Download or read book Terror at Troy written by L. A. Peacock and published by Scholastic Incorporated. This book was released on 2012 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twins Jess and Josh travel back in time to the ancient city of Troy, where they meet the great warrior Achilles and search of their uncle.
Download or read book The Attack on Troy written by Rodney Castleden and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2006-06-19 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A most insightful treatment of the seemingly mythic events that make up part of the foundation of Western history . . . an excellent book.” —The NYMAS Review Thirty-three hundred years ago, Agamemnon, king of Mycenae in Greece, attacked the city of Troy in western Anatolia. The bloody siege that followed gave rise to one of the most famous legends of the ancient world, and the search for the truth behind the legend has intrigued scholars ever since. In this fascinating new investigation, Rodney Castleden reconsiders all the evidence in order to establish the facts and give a historical basis to the most potent myth of ancient warfare.
Download or read book Objective Troy written by Scott Shane and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dramatic account of the cat-and-mouse game between the Obama administration and most-wanted terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki traces the President's shifting campaigns and the evolution of the robotic technology that ended Awlaki's life.
Download or read book Confronting Terror written by Dean Reuter and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2011-08-23 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the September 11, 2001 attacks the United States went to war. With thousands of Americans killed, billions of dollars in damage, and aggressive military and security measures in response, we are still living with the war a decade later. A change of presidential administration has not dulled controversy over the most fundamental objectives, strategies and tactics of the war, or whether it is even a war. This book clears the air over the meaning of 9/11, and sets the stage for a reasoned, clear, and considered discussion of the future with a collection of essays commemorating the 10th anniversary of the attacks. The contributors include supporters and critics of the war on terrorism, policymakers and commentators, insiders and outsiders, and some of the leading voices inside and outside government.
Download or read book Tome of Terror written by Troy Howarth and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TOME OF TERROR is a series of books detailing the history of the horror genre, from the mid-1890s to the present day
Download or read book Worst Cases written by Lee Clarke and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-04-02 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Al Qaeda detonates a nuclear weapon in Times Square during rush hour, wiping out half of Manhattan and killing 500,000 people. A virulent strain of bird flu jumps to humans in Thailand, sweeps across Asia, and claims more than fifty million lives. A single freight car of chlorine derails on the outskirts of Los Angeles, spilling its contents and killing seven million. An asteroid ten kilometers wide slams into the Atlantic Ocean, unleashing a tsunami that renders life on the planet as we know it extinct. We consider the few who live in fear of such scenarios to be alarmist or even paranoid. But Worst Cases shows that such individuals—like Cassandra foreseeing the fall of Troy—are more reasonable and prescient than you might think. In this book, Lee Clarke surveys the full range of possible catastrophes that animate and dominate the popular imagination, from toxic spills and terrorism to plane crashes and pandemics. Along the way, he explores how the ubiquity of worst cases in everyday life has rendered them ordinary and mundane. Fear and dread, Clarke argues, have actually become too rare: only when the public has more substantial information and more credible warnings will it take worst cases as seriously as it should. A timely and necessary look into how we think about the unthinkable, Worst Cases will be must reading for anyone attuned to our current climate of threat and fear.
Download or read book Troy written by Si Sheppard and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Paris, prince of Troy, ran off with Helen, wife of the king of Sparta, it launched the greatest war of the mythic age of Greece. Heroes and gods assembled on both sides, as the combined armies of Greece launched a siege that would last for ten years. During that time, famous heroes, such as Achilles, Ajax, and Hector, would find glory on the battlefield, before being cut down. Others, such as Agamemnon, Odysseus, and Aeneas, would survive the war, only to face even greater challenges afterwards. Thanks to the Iliad of Homer, and numerous other ancient sources, the story of the siege of Troy has survived over 3,000 years. In this new book in the Myths and Legends series, Professor Si Sheppard draws together all of these ancient writings to tell the complete story of the Trojan war, from the flight of the “face that launched a thousand ships” to the great wooden horse that brought the city to bloody ruin.
Download or read book War by Other Means written by John Yoo and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The key legal architect of the Bush administration’s response to 9/11 delivers a fascinating insider account of the war on terror. While America reeled from the cataclysmic events of September 11, 2001, John Yoo and a skeletal staff of the Office of Legal Counsel found themselves on the phone with the White House. In a series of memos, Yoo offered his legal opinions on the president’s authority to respond, and in the process had an almost unmatched impact on America’s fight against terrorism. His analysis led to many of the Bush administration’s most controversial policies, including detention at Guantanamo Bay, coercive interrogation, and military trials for terrorists, preemptive attacks, and the National Security Agency’s wiretapping program. In fascinating detail, Yoo takes us inside the corridors of power and examines specific cases, from John Walker Lindh and Jose Padilla to an American al-Qaeda leader assassinated by a CIA pilotless drone in the deserts of Yemen. “At its core, War by Other Means offers spirited, detailed and often enlightening accounts of the decision-making process behind the key 2001-03 legal decisions.” —The Washington Post “Unambiguous and combative, Yoo’s philosophy is sure to spark further debate.” —Publishers Weekly
Download or read book Terror written by Brett Bowden and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a foreword by Geoffrey Robertson, QC. The issues of terror and terrorism confront us every day- every time we board a flight, pick up a newspaper or watch television. Concerns about terrorism now dictate domestic and foreign policies around the world. In a very real sense, one way or another we find ourselves in the grip of terror. But what is terror? How is it described, measured and experienced? Is the current terrorist threat unprecedented? The answers to many of these questions, and the lessons therein, are to be found in history; and nowhere more so than in Europe. In fact, Europe has been home to some of the most terrifying and horrific events in recorded human history. This collection takes a broad-ranging yet detailed look at the landmark events and epochs of terror across Europe, from the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 to the terrorist bombings on the London Underground in July 2005. Drawing on leading authorities from across the globe, this volume explores the historical mutation of political violence and concepts of terror. Terror will be of interest to scholars of history, international relations and political science; to policy makers; and to the educated layperson.
Download or read book Houston s Homegrown Terror written by Peter Alan Olsson and published by Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency. This book was released on 2014-07-23 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychotherapists help police find two homegrown terrorists in the crime thriller Houston’s Homegrown Terror. When two bombs explode at St. John’s High School in Houston, psychotherapists Tom and Andrea Tolman assist their friend, Houston Police Detective Mark Lane, in the intense investigation. They need to find the terrorists before they can strike again! Andrea is a former nun who left her order to marry Tom, a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst with expertise in treating adolescents, and in understanding destructive religious cults and terrorist groups. After 9/11, the couple and the detective became friends when they helped a family threatened by the father's involvement with a Satanic cult. Now, ten years later, they are challenged by these local bombers. The story explains the depth of psychology as well as the powerful motivations of the American homegrown terrorists and their group.
Download or read book Law Text Terror written by Ian Ward and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-16 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ian Ward places contemporary political and jurisprudential responses to terrorism within a broader literary, cultural and historical context.
Download or read book The Tanglewood Terror written by Kurtis Scaletta and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When 13-year-old Eric Parrish comes across glowing mushrooms in the woods behind his house, he's sure there's a scientific explanation. But when they start encroaching on the town—covering the football field and popping up from beneath the floorboards—Eric knows something's seriously wrong. Not that much else is going right: his parents are fighting, his little brother Brian is a little pill, and he's had a falling-out with his football team—over a pig. Then a runaway girl from a nearby boarding school warns Eric that the fungus could portend the town's doom and leave it in rubble—just like the village that inexplicably disappeared in the exact same spot over 200 years ago. Eric, Brian, and Mandy set out to solve a very old mystery and save the town of Tanglewood.
Download or read book Let s Finish the Game written by Troy Moore and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 11 short stories featuring horror, action, drama, comedy, romance, sci-fi, etc.Read how an African King gets sold into slavery.The deadly virus that kills people within three days.And the demon that challenged Lucifer.
Download or read book Labyrinth of Terror written by Richard Putnam Wenzel and published by Brandylane Publishers Inc. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terror reigns when a string of post-op infections erupts in the sanitized halls of King's College Hospital in London. A trio of experts--Microbiology Professor Chris Rose, Jake Evans, an American infectious disease specialist, and Elizabeth Foster, a senior agent with M15--soon realize that the offending organism is a weapon in a worldwide terrorist plot. The terrorists turn their focus on an upcoming medical-legal conference, hoping to infect hundreds and subsequently ravage the global community, as well as those very doctors who might be able to find a cure. Author and physician Richard Wenzel takes us on a riveting, winding journey through Europe and the Middle East, unravels the science of infections, and opens a revealing window on the complex politics of medicine.
Download or read book Grimm Tales of Terror written by Ralph Tedesco and published by Zenescope Entertainment. This book was released on 2017-07-18 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From shocking twists on classic literature to brand new takes on modern day urban legends, this terror - filled series re - imagines the creepy stories you know and love for a new generation of readers. "What makes me absolutely love this story is how incredibly unique it is in the realms of anthology fiction." -- Front Towards Gamer
Download or read book Lost in the Labyrinth written by L. A. Peacock and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twins Jess and Josh discover a time-compass in their attic that whisks them back to ancient Crete, where they participate in a bull-riding contest and have a close encounter with the Minotaur.
Download or read book Rise of ISIS written by Jay Sekulow and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jay Sekulow closely examines the rise of the terrorist groups ISIS, their objectives and capabilities.
