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Written with Halberstam's customary attention to detail and human insight, this is the story of the dozen men from FDNY Engine 40 Ladder 35 who were lost at the World Trade Center on 9/11/01, and the morning that united them forever.
A top nuclear scientist turns homicidal, taking an innocent family hostage at gunpoint. Gideon Crew, a colleague of the scientist at Los Alamos, is called in to talk the man down. But the standoff ends in an explosion of violence. When the authorities discover the scientist's bo…
He said he hadn't wanted to take Chelsea Swan hostage. Jonah Fairfax claimed it was the only way he could keep her safe from the terrorist cell he'd infiltrated. Chelsea didn't trust his secretive past, or his steely blue eyes. And she certainly didn't trust the edgy, vulnurable…
Federal agent Jonah Fairfax was in over his head, maintaining his cover in a Supermax prison. But when some escapees abducted Chelsea Swan, Jonah was ready to show his true colors in order to save the medical examiner's life.
A tour bus crashes in a savage snowstorm and lands Jack Reacher in the middle of a deadly confrontation. In nearby Bolton, South Dakota, one brave woman is standing up for justice in a small town threatened by sinister forces--and Reacher will risk his own to save her from a col…
'War on terror': the Oxford Amnesty lectures 2006
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'War on terror': the Oxford Amnesty lectures 2006
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"War on terror": the Oxford Amnesty lectures 2006
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Type: Book
Based on the lectures and responses given as part of the world-famous Oxford Amnesty Lectures, this volume brings together an outstanding group of authors and academics, from Ahdaf Soueif to Joanna Bourke to discuss the war on terror.
As Head of a reconstituted Liberal Studies Department, he has assumed power without authority at the Fenland College of Arts and Technology and the fantasies he now confronts are those of political bigots and reactionary bureaucrats - in addition to his wife's enthusiasm for eve…
What if America's most powerful leader was also its prime target?Vince Flynn's shattering thriller, Term Limits, soared onto national bestseller lists and marked the emergence of a new master of political fiction in the same league as Tom Clancy. In USA Today, Larry King called …
An Iraqi terrorist captures the White House, with the president inside, demanding the U.S. lift the economic embargo. To prove he is serious the terrorist proceeds to shoot hostages on TV. The CIA sends in counter-terrorist Mitch Rapp. What if America's most powerful leader was …
When a gang of terrorists seizes control of the White House, taking hostages, leaving many dead, and driving the president to a secret bunker, it is up to the CIA's top counterterrorism specialist, Mitch Rapp, to stop the insurrection.