Download or read book The Levine Affair written by Lela Gilbert with W. Jack Buckner LTC (ret). Special Forces and published by Post Hill Press. This book was released on 2014-07-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An American missionary has been kidnapped in by Boko Haram. A young Nigerian mother is sentenced to death by stoning. A Texas oilman has disappeared in Nigeria’s oil-rich delta. No government in the world will touch these politically charged cases. Acquisitions editor Karen Burke works for the small, L.A. based “faith and inspiration” imprint of a venerable New York publishing company. She arrives at work one Monday morning to find a book proposal on her desk. “See if this story has legs,” her boss writes. “If you have to do a site visit, do it. This could be huge!” The book proposal was written by an American, Nate Gregory, recounting his shocking recollections of being held hostage by Muslim radicals in Nigeria. His story is gripping, and although Nate was simply doing construction work on a short-term missionary assignment, he turns out to be a surprisingly talented writer. Karen is troubled, however, with his description of his Muslim captors, his seemingly “colonial” view of the Christian community in Africa, and his eloquent but relentless deprecation of “Sharia law,” the Islamic religious system under which he was held captive. He also makes incredible claims about brutal amputations as sentencing for crimes, crude violations of women’s rights, and the burning alive of Christians in their churches. Talented or not, is Nate Gregory just another Islamophobic religious fanatic who hates Muslims? Meanwhile, David Levine, an Israeli philanthropist based in London, has put an elite paramilitary team together. Levine is deeply concerned about the global threat of Islamic jihadists like Boko Haram, and their ferocious tactics in trying to impose Shari’a law around the world. Since neither the US, NATO nor any other government wants to get involved in politically incorrect religious politics, Levine has formed an elite team of former Special Forces commandoes. He sees it as his own little army – fighting jihadis, one deadly attack at a time. Unbeknownst to Nate Gregory – who’s been led astray by a Southern California preacher who claims to have miraculously saved him from his captors - Levine’s team, commanded by Joe Brac a retired Green Beret, was actually responsible for his release from captivity. Now Levine has tasked Brac with another rescue – this time to liberate Jumoke Akabakar, the 18-year-old Nigerian girl who has been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery. The story unfolds as Karen Burke, in order to confirm the facts in Nate’s book proposal, travels to Nigeria to meet up with him. The two of them get along better than they might have imagined. But what seems to be a simple fact-finding mission soon gets increasingly ugly. While Karen and Nate are in Nigeria, they learn that an American oilman has been kidnapped and beheaded in the Niger River delta. At about the same time, the corrupt governor of the local Nigerian state is assassinated. Worst of all, an urgent warning reaches them that a mob of jihadis has targeted the church compound where they are staying. The Boko Haram terrorists are heavily armed and raging with hatred. All at once Karen and Nate find themselves in the crosshairs of bloodthirsty radicals. They have unexpectedly been left on their own and aren’t at all sure that help is one the way. They have no choice but to run for their lives. Joe Brac’s small team of Special Operators rescue has been working night and day to develop of plan to liberate Jumoke. That was their key mission, well conceived and meticulously planned. But now, unexpectedly, they have two more victims in grave danger. Will they find a way to rescue Nate and Karen, too?
Download or read book The BCCI Affair written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Papon Affair written by Richard Joseph Golsan and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book The BCCI Affair written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics, and International Operations and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 1028 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Political Culture and Foreign Policy in Latin America written by Roland H. Ebel and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the impact of Latin America's political culture on the international politics of the region. It offers a general account of traditional Iberian political culture while examining how relations among states in the hemisphere -- where the United States has been the central actor -- have evolved over time. The authors assess the degree of consistency between domestic and international political behavior. The assessments are supported by case studies.
Download or read book Sorry I Don t Speak French written by Graham Fraser and published by Douglas Gibson Books. This book was released on 2009-02-24 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the threat of another Quebec referendum on independence looms, this book becomes important for every Canadian — especially as language remains both a barrier and a bridge in our divided country Canada’s language policy is the only connection between two largely unilingual societies — English-speaking Canada and French-speaking Quebec. The country’s success in staying together depends on making it work. How well is it working? Graham Fraser, an English-speaking Canadian who became bilingual, decided to take a clear-eyed look at the situation. The results are startling — a blend of good news and bad. The Official Languages Act was passed with the support of every party in the House way back in 1969 — yet Canada’s language policy is still a controversial, red-hot topic; jobs, ideals, and ultimately the country are at stake. And the myth that the whole thing was always a plot to get francophones top jobs continues to live. Graham Fraser looks at the intentions, the hopes, the fears, the record, the myths, and the unexpected reality of a country that is still grappling with the language challenge that has shaped its history. He finds a paradox: after letting Quebec lawyers run the country for three decades, Canadians keep hoping the next generation will be bilingual — but forty years after learning that the country faced a language crisis, Canada’s universities still treat French as a foreign language. He describes the impact of language on politics and government (not to mention social life in Montreal and Ottawa) in a hard-hitting book that will be discussed everywhere, including the headlines in both languages.
Download or read book Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran Contra Affair written by Lee H. Hamilton and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1995-11 with total page 707 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: The Report: executive summary; Central America; the arms sales to Iran; exposure and concealment; the enterprise; conclusions and recommendations. Also contains the Minority report: the foreign affairs powers of the Constitution and the Iran-Contra Affair; Nicaragua; Iran; disclosure and investigations; putting Congress' house in order; and recommendations. Extensive appendices contain additional views of several Representatives and Senators.
Download or read book Developments in Europe March 1983 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Power of Adrienne Rich written by Hilary Holladay and published by Nan A. Talese. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive biography of Adrienne Rich, feminist and queer icon and internationally revered National Book Award winning poet. Adrienne Rich was the female face of American poetry for decades. Her forceful, uncompromising writing has more than stood the test of time, and the life of the woman behind the words is equally impressive. Motivated by personal revelations, Rich transformed herself from a traditional, Radcliffe-educated lyric poet and married mother of three sons into a path-breaking lesbian-feminist author of prose as well as poetry. In doing so, she emerged as both architect and exemplar of the modern feminist movement, breaking ranks to denounce the male-dominated literary establishment and paving the way for the many queer women of letters to take their places in the cultural mainstream. Drawing on a wealth of unpublished materials, including Rich's correspondence and in-depth interviews with numerous people who knew her, Hilary Holladay digs deep into never-before-accessed sources to portray Rich in full dimension and vivid, human detail.
Download or read book Maroon 5 Shooting For the Stars written by Chloé Govan and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2013-10-14 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maroon 5: Shooting For The Stars uncovers intimate details of the lives and backgrounds of all band members of Maroon 5. Also revealed is the story of their struggle to find early success in the music industry as Kara’s Flowers as well as exclusive interviews with school friends which provide the inside story on this troubled time in the ambitious foursome’s lives. The inside story on Kara’s Flowers reveals the woman who inspired the band’s name and exclusively reveals her relationship with singer Adam Levine. Maroon 5: Shooting For The Stars includes details on Adam’s troubled relationship with Vogue editor-to-be, Jane Herman, and how their break-up influenced many tracks on the album Songs About Jane and his other high profile relationships with, amongst others, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Cameron Diaz, Jessica Simpson and the Russian Victoria’s Secret model Anne Vyalitsyna, with whom he posed naked on the cover of Vogue. Maroon 5: Shooting For The Stars also features behind the scenes accounts of the group’s tours with artists including the Rolling Stones as well as the evolution of the band across their four albums, including the inside story behind collaborations with Rihanna, Christina Aguilera, Alicia Keys and Kanye West. The book also touches on some of the more sensitive subjects around the band members, including the relentless bullying endured by the Levine family after Adam’s brother came out as gay, and Adam’s later campaigns to raise awareness of LGBT right. The lives and backgrounds of all band members will be revealed in depth in the incredibly compelling and revealing tell-all book.
Download or read book The Jew Accused written by Albert S. Lindemann and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three Jews, Alfred Dreyfus, Mendel Beilis, and Leo Frank, were charged with heinous crimes in the generation before World War I, Dreyfus of treason in France, Beilis of ritual murder in Russia, and Frank of the murder of a young girl in the United States. Quite aside from the lurid details and sensational charges, larger issues emerged, among them the power of modern anti-Semitism, the sometimes tragic conflict between the freedom of the press and the protection of individual rights, the unpredictable reactions of individuals when subjected to extreme situations, and the inevitable ambiguities of campaigns for truth and justice when political advantage is to be gained from them. In attempting to untangle myth and reality many surprises emerge; heroes appear less heroic and villains less villainous, while real factors appear more important than most accounts of the affairs have recognised.
Download or read book Exchanging Terrorism Oxygen for Media Airwaves The Age of Terroredia written by Eid, Mahmoud and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terroredia is a newly coined term by the editor, Dr. Mahmoud Eid, to explain the phenomenal, yet under-researched relationship between terrorists and media professionals in which acts of terrorism and media coverage are exchanged, influenced, and fueled by one another. Exchanging Terrorism Oxygen for Media Airwaves: The Age of Terroredia provides a timely and thorough discussion on a wide range of issues surrounding terrorism in relation to both traditional and new media. Comprised of insights and research from leading experts in the fields of terrorism and media studies, this publication presents various topics relating to Terroredia: understanding of terrorism and the role of the media, terrorism manifestations and media representations of terrorism, types of terrorism and media stereotypes of terrorism, terrorism tactics and media strategies, the war on terrorism, the function of terrorism and the employment of the media, new terrorism and new media, contemporary cases of terrorist-media interactions, the rationality behind terrorism and counterterrorism, as well as the responsibility of the media. This publication is of interest to government officials, media professionals, researchers, and upper-level students interested in learning more about the complex relationship between terrorism and the media.
Download or read book The Darcy Myth written by Rachel Feder and published by Quirk Books. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A wildly entertaining read.”—The Washington Post What if we've been reading Jane Austen and romantic classics all wrong? A literary scholar offers a funny, brainy, eye-opening take on how our contemporary love stories are actually terrifying. Covering cultural touchstones ranging from Normal People to Taylor Swift and from Lord Byron to The Bachelor, The Darcy Myth is a book for anyone who loves thinking deeply about literature and culture—whether it’s Jane Austen or not. You already know Mr. Darcy—at least you think you do! The brooding, rude, standoffish romantic hero of Pride and Prejudice, Darcy initially insults and ignores the witty heroine, but eventually succumbs to her charms. It’s a classic enemies-to-lovers plot, and one that has profoundly influenced our cultural ideas about courtship. But what if this classic isn’t just a grand romance, but a horror novel about how scary love and marriage can be for women? In The Darcy Myth, literature scholar Rachel Feder unpacks Austen’s Gothic influences and how they’ve led us to a romantic ideal that’s halfway to being a monster story. Why is our culture so obsessed with cruel, indifferent romantic heroes (and sometimes heroines)? How much of that is Darcy’s fault? And, now that we know, what do we do about it?
Download or read book Propaganda written by Fouad Sabry and published by One Billion Knowledgeable. This book was released on 2024-10-06 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overview In today's world, where information shapes our perspectives, understanding propaganda is vital for political science. This analysis explores how persuasive communication influences public opinion and policy. It delves into propaganda techniques and their societal impacts, offering critical insights into how messages are crafted and their broader effects. Chapter Summaries Chapter 1: Propaganda – Introduction to propaganda with a definition and historical context. Chapter 2: Psychological Warfare – How psychological tactics shape political influence. Chapter 3: Harold Lasswell – Lasswell’s key contributions to propaganda theory. Chapter 4: Black Propaganda – The origins and secret methods of black propaganda. Chapter 5: Media Manipulation – The strategic use of media to influence public opinion. Chapter 6: Appeal to Emotion – The role of emotions in swaying public sentiment. Chapter 7: Political Warfare Executive – Political strategies that drive national and global agendas. Chapter 8: Institute for Propaganda Analysis – Promoting media literacy to combat misinformation. Chapter 9: Propaganda in Nazi Germany – How Nazi propaganda shaped ideology and societal change. Chapter 10: Propaganda in the United States – Propaganda’s role in shaping U.S. policy and public views. Chapter 11: Randal Marlin – Marlin’s insights into propaganda’s impact on democracy. Chapter 12: Ethnic Hatred – How propaganda incites ethnic hatred and its effects. Chapter 13: Propaganda Techniques – A review of key propaganda techniques and their influence. Chapter 14: Crowd Manipulation – Methods used to control crowd behavior through messaging. Chapter 15: Yale Attitude Change Approach – Insights into how attitudes are changed through propaganda. Chapter 16: Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes – How propaganda molds individual and public opinions. Chapter 17: Counterpropaganda – Strategies to counter misleading narratives and promote truth. Chapter 18: History of Propaganda – A historical look at propaganda’s evolution through the ages. Chapter 19: Bruce Lannes Smith – Smith’s contributions to the understanding of political propaganda. Chapter 20: Incitement to Genocide – How propaganda has been used to provoke genocidal violence. Chapter 21: Emma Briant – Briant’s contemporary research on propaganda and its media impacts. Closing This book offers more than an academic exploration—it gives readers a crucial understanding of the persuasive tools shaping global societies. Whether for students, professionals, or the curious, the insights provided are invaluable in navigating today’s information-saturated world.
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Relationship Science and Couple Interventions written by Kieran Terese Sullivan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marriage and other long-term committed relationships are an integral part of our lives and confer many benefits. People in satisfying marriages report greater life happiness, live longer, and are less vulnerable to mental and physical illness. Unfortunately, many couples experience significant relationship distress and about half of marriages end in divorce. Among those who stay married, a notable number of couples remain in unstable, severely distressed marriages for years or even decades. Given the serious physical and psychological consequences of relationship distress and divorce for spouses and their children, it is clear that relationship science-the basic and applied study of relationship development, maintenance, and dysfunction-is of critical importance. The Oxford Handbook of Relationship Science and Couple Interventions showcases cutting-edge research in relationship science, including couple functioning, relationship education, and couple therapy. The book presents the most current definitions of and classifications for relationship dysfunction and discusses the latest research on the biological, psychological, and interpersonal causes and correlates of couple dysfunction and subsequent treatment implications. The latest findings regarding empirically supported prevention and treatment interventions for couple dysfunction are highlighted, as well as diversity and cultural issues in the context of working with couples. This Handbook will appeal to researchers who seek to understand the development of relationship distress and design interventions to prevent and treat couple distress and clinicians who are diagnosing, assessing, and treating couple dysfunction.
Download or read book The Foreign Policy Implications of Arms Sales to Iran and the Contra Connection written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
