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Author
Series
Blackstone legacy volume 2
Language
English
Description
He carries a dangerous secret, but can he survive long enough to expose it? Count Dimitri Sokolov has been charged with overseeing construction of the legendary Trans-Siberian Railway, but during this work, he witnesses an appalling crime, the truth of which threatens the Russian monarchy. In an effort to silence him, the czar has stripped Dimitri of his title, his lands, and his freedom . . . but Dimitri has one asset the czar knows nothing about:...
Author
Series
Jack Ryan and John Clark novels volume 20
Language
English
Description
Aboard an icebreaker in the Arctic Ocean a sonar operator hears an unusual noise coming from the ocean floor. She can't isolate it and chalks the event up to an anomaly in a newly installed system. Meanwhile, operatives with the Chinese Ministry of State Security are dealing with their own mystery - the disappearance of brilliant but eccentric scientist, Liu Wangshu. They're desperate to keep his crucial knowledge of aerospace and naval technology...
Author
Language
English
Description
In this thriller set in the Middle East of 1914, Somerville, a British archaeologist, and his team are excavating a long-buried Assyrian palace when an American geologist from an oil company posing as an archaeologist arrives one day and insinuates himself into Somerville's group. But he's not the only one working undercover to stake a claim on Iraq's rich oil fields.
Author
Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Library edition.
Physical Desc
12 CDs (approximately 720 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (72, 70 pages ; 22 cm).
Language
English
Description
Presents lectures concerning foreign relations between the United States and the Middle East, from 1914 to September 11, 2001.
11) Bliss
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
444 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Having grown up in a California commune, Bliss sees her aloof grandmother's Atlanta world as a foreign country, but she is determined to be nice as a freshman at an elite high school, which makes her the perfect target for Sandy, a girl obsessed with the occult.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xii, 339 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The rules, policies, and institutions that have guided the world since World War II have largely run their course. The United States remains the world's strongest country, but American foreign policy has at times made matters worse, both by what the United States has done and by what it has failed to do. Haass explains that the election of Donald Trump and the unexpected vote for Brexit signals that many in modern democracies reject important aspects...
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
270 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A new account of America's most controversial diplomat that moves beyond praise or condemnation to reveal Kissinger as the architect of America's current imperial stance."--Provided by publisher.
16) The pickup
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Julie is from an affluent white family and is always searching for new ideas and adventures. When her car breaks down in a South African city she is immediately drawn to Abdu the mechanic who comes to her aid. He has left his home and family in the north to find work in the new South Africa. As their relationship develops into passionate love, they must both confront the prejudices of their past and the uncertainties of the future.
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 319 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the scientific discovery, conservation, and current understandings of giant pandas to trace their story and reveal how the species reflects changing attitudes toward the natural world and contributes to China's rise to a super-power.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The Freedom Agenda traces the history of America's democratic evangelizing. James Traub, a journalist for The New York Times Magazine, describes the rise and fall of the Freedom Agenda during the Bush years, in part through interviews with key administration officials. He offers a richly detailed portrait of the administration's largely failed efforts to bolster democratic forces abroad. In the end, Traub argues that democracy matters--for human rights,...
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Series
Language
English
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Description
A thorough understanding of Conservatism's lineage, principles, and impact on history is essential to making sense of the 21st-century political dialogue-a dialogue that consumes the television you watch, the newspapers you read, and the radio you listen to.No matter where you place yourself on the ideological spectrum, these 36 lectures will intrigue you, engage you, and maybe even provoke you to think about this political philosophy in an entirely
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