Author: Raymond W. Holcomb
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1597973610
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
FBI operative Raymond W. Holcomb's assignments took him across America, the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Africa, and involved espionage, counter narcotics, Mafia takedowns, national security, Special Weapons and Tactics, and much more. He and his men captured the terrorists behind the 1993 assault on the World Trade Center, investigated the bombings of U.S. embassies, and pursued the killers of the seventeen American sailors who died in the 2000 suicide attack on the USS Cole. After 9/11, he assisted in interrogating Yemeni prisoners who had information about the attack, which led to identifying al Qaeda and some of the hijackers. After the capture of one of 9/11's most lethal masterminds, he went on a secret followup mission to Afghanistan. Holcomb's memoir provides detailed information about the FBI that only a longtime bureau insider can reveal, such as prison conditions and interrogation techniques in Guantánamo and Afghanistan. He describes hunting down and grilling criminals of every ilk around the world, and then creating and leading the FBI's elite cadre of counterterrorism agents who were at the helm of every major post-9/11 investigation, including the infiltration of homegrown conspiracies. Holcomb's absorbing account gives anyone interested in the training and activities of the FBI's elite tactical units a window into these highly effective organizations within the bureau.
Endless Enemies
Author: Raymond W. Holcomb
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1597973610
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
FBI operative Raymond W. Holcomb's assignments took him across America, the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Africa, and involved espionage, counter narcotics, Mafia takedowns, national security, Special Weapons and Tactics, and much more. He and his men captured the terrorists behind the 1993 assault on the World Trade Center, investigated the bombings of U.S. embassies, and pursued the killers of the seventeen American sailors who died in the 2000 suicide attack on the USS Cole. After 9/11, he assisted in interrogating Yemeni prisoners who had information about the attack, which led to identifying al Qaeda and some of the hijackers. After the capture of one of 9/11's most lethal masterminds, he went on a secret followup mission to Afghanistan. Holcomb's memoir provides detailed information about the FBI that only a longtime bureau insider can reveal, such as prison conditions and interrogation techniques in Guantánamo and Afghanistan. He describes hunting down and grilling criminals of every ilk around the world, and then creating and leading the FBI's elite cadre of counterterrorism agents who were at the helm of every major post-9/11 investigation, including the infiltration of homegrown conspiracies. Holcomb's absorbing account gives anyone interested in the training and activities of the FBI's elite tactical units a window into these highly effective organizations within the bureau.
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1597973610
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
FBI operative Raymond W. Holcomb's assignments took him across America, the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Africa, and involved espionage, counter narcotics, Mafia takedowns, national security, Special Weapons and Tactics, and much more. He and his men captured the terrorists behind the 1993 assault on the World Trade Center, investigated the bombings of U.S. embassies, and pursued the killers of the seventeen American sailors who died in the 2000 suicide attack on the USS Cole. After 9/11, he assisted in interrogating Yemeni prisoners who had information about the attack, which led to identifying al Qaeda and some of the hijackers. After the capture of one of 9/11's most lethal masterminds, he went on a secret followup mission to Afghanistan. Holcomb's memoir provides detailed information about the FBI that only a longtime bureau insider can reveal, such as prison conditions and interrogation techniques in Guantánamo and Afghanistan. He describes hunting down and grilling criminals of every ilk around the world, and then creating and leading the FBI's elite cadre of counterterrorism agents who were at the helm of every major post-9/11 investigation, including the infiltration of homegrown conspiracies. Holcomb's absorbing account gives anyone interested in the training and activities of the FBI's elite tactical units a window into these highly effective organizations within the bureau.
Endless Enemies
Author: Jonathan Kwitny
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
One of America's premier journalists investigates why U.S. foreign policy defeats our own best interests.
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
One of America's premier journalists investigates why U.S. foreign policy defeats our own best interests.
Endless Enemies
Author: Jonathan Kwitny
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
"How America's worldwide interventions destroy democracy and free enterprise and defeat our own best interests"--Jacket subtitle.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
"How America's worldwide interventions destroy democracy and free enterprise and defeat our own best interests"--Jacket subtitle.
Endless Enemies
Author: Raymond Holcomb
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1597975753
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
An FBI agent's adventures in fighting terrorists.
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1597975753
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
An FBI agent's adventures in fighting terrorists.
How to Use Your Enemies
Author: Baltasar Gracián
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141398280
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
'Better mad with the crowd than sane all alone' In these witty, Machiavellian aphorisms, unlikely Spanish priest Baltasar Gracián shows us how to exploit friends and enemies alike to thrive in a world of deception and illusion. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Baltasar Gracián (1601-1658). Gracián's work is available in Penguin Classics in The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141398280
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
'Better mad with the crowd than sane all alone' In these witty, Machiavellian aphorisms, unlikely Spanish priest Baltasar Gracián shows us how to exploit friends and enemies alike to thrive in a world of deception and illusion. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Baltasar Gracián (1601-1658). Gracián's work is available in Penguin Classics in The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence.
After Terror
Author: Akbar S. Ahmed
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0745657850
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
After Terror presents sustained reflections by some of the world's most celebrated thinkers on the most pressing question of our time: how can we find ways to defuse the ticking bombs of terrorism and excessive interventions against it? It offers an antidote to the fatalistic global holy war perspective that afflicts much contemporary thought, focusing instead on the principles, issues, and acts needed to shift course from alienation and conflict to a path of sanity and goodwill among cultures and civilizations. The central aim of the book is to advance contemporary thinking on the causes and implications of 9/11 and thus provide the essential elements of a blueprint for humanity. It features 28 original essays by some of the world's leading public figures, scholars, and religious leaders, including Benjamin Barber, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Amitai Etzioni, Bernard Lewis, Martin Marty, Queen Noor, Joseph Nye, Judea Pearl, Jonathan Sacks, Ravi Shankar, Bishop Desmond Tutu, E.O. Wilson and James D. Wolfensohn. After Terror attests to the power of dialogue and mutual understanding and the possibility of tolerance, respect, cooperation, and commitment. Without ignoring the dangers of the modern world, it points to a future in which people can celebrate both the fundamental sentiments and interests that we share and the diversities that make us human.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0745657850
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
After Terror presents sustained reflections by some of the world's most celebrated thinkers on the most pressing question of our time: how can we find ways to defuse the ticking bombs of terrorism and excessive interventions against it? It offers an antidote to the fatalistic global holy war perspective that afflicts much contemporary thought, focusing instead on the principles, issues, and acts needed to shift course from alienation and conflict to a path of sanity and goodwill among cultures and civilizations. The central aim of the book is to advance contemporary thinking on the causes and implications of 9/11 and thus provide the essential elements of a blueprint for humanity. It features 28 original essays by some of the world's leading public figures, scholars, and religious leaders, including Benjamin Barber, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Amitai Etzioni, Bernard Lewis, Martin Marty, Queen Noor, Joseph Nye, Judea Pearl, Jonathan Sacks, Ravi Shankar, Bishop Desmond Tutu, E.O. Wilson and James D. Wolfensohn. After Terror attests to the power of dialogue and mutual understanding and the possibility of tolerance, respect, cooperation, and commitment. Without ignoring the dangers of the modern world, it points to a future in which people can celebrate both the fundamental sentiments and interests that we share and the diversities that make us human.
POWER ξ SNAKE
Author: Beat Hans Wäfler
Publisher: tredition
ISBN: 3384049438
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
It's the end of April, 1975. Saigon is about to fall, as the situation goes from severely bad to completely fucked-up. The Snake is faced with a difficult decision: he can fade into the noise of history, slowly obscured by the haze and comfort of innocent love. Or he can follow his instincts into the violent depths of human nature, along a transnational path of conflict paved by drugs and weapons smugglers, from the ricefields of Vietnam to the jungles of El Salvador and Nicaragua. Hardly a choice. Power & Snake explores the implausible and yet highly probable story of how The Snake has found himself in this situation - and what he does about it. Using the historical events we are aware of as stepping stones in the dangerous swamps of twentieth century conflicts, The Snake brings the reader into the heart of darkness and shows us how to both respect and laugh at the creatures that call it their home.
Publisher: tredition
ISBN: 3384049438
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
It's the end of April, 1975. Saigon is about to fall, as the situation goes from severely bad to completely fucked-up. The Snake is faced with a difficult decision: he can fade into the noise of history, slowly obscured by the haze and comfort of innocent love. Or he can follow his instincts into the violent depths of human nature, along a transnational path of conflict paved by drugs and weapons smugglers, from the ricefields of Vietnam to the jungles of El Salvador and Nicaragua. Hardly a choice. Power & Snake explores the implausible and yet highly probable story of how The Snake has found himself in this situation - and what he does about it. Using the historical events we are aware of as stepping stones in the dangerous swamps of twentieth century conflicts, The Snake brings the reader into the heart of darkness and shows us how to both respect and laugh at the creatures that call it their home.
Aviary
Author: Deirdre McNamer
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
ISBN: 1571317384
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
A crime at a Montana senior residence brings multiple secrets to light in “a literary thriller written with [Deirdre] McNamer’s trademark emotional acuity” (Chicago Review of Books). At the deteriorating Pheasant Run, the occupants keep their secrets and sadnesses behind closed apartment doors. Kind Leo Umberti, formerly an insurance agent, now spends his days painting abstract landscapes and mourning a long-ago loss. Down the hall, retired professor Rydell Clovis tries desperately to stay fit enough to restart a career in academia. Cassie McMackin, on the same floor, has seemingly lost everything—her husband and only child dead within months of each other—leaving her loosely tethered to this world. And a few doors away, her friend, Viola Six, is convinced of a criminal conspiracy involving the building’s widely disliked manager, Herbie Bonebright. Cassie and Viola dream of leaving their unhappy lives behind, but one woman’s plan is interrupted—and the other’s unexpectedly set into motion—when a fire breaks out in Herbie’s apartment. Lander Maki, the city’s chief fire inspector, finds the circumstances around the fire highly suspicious. Viola has disappeared. So has Herbie. And a troubled teen was glimpsed fleeing the scene. In trying to fit together the pieces of this complicated puzzle, Lander finds himself learning more than expected about human nature and about personal and corporate greed as it is visited upon the vulnerable. From a writer “with a keen sense of the small detail that says it all” (Chicago Tribune), Aviary weaves a compelling tapestry of love, grief, and the mysteries of memory and old age. “Aviary is as questioning as its characters, heart-haunted, buoyant, and rich with the wonders that make life worth living.” —Chicago Review of Books “Even when it hurts—and, if you have anything in the way of feelings, this novel will make you weep—Aviary is a cleansing antidote to the last few years of political and cultural turmoil, a salve to combat our still-raging health crisis, a tonic for our social media spinout . . . This quietly important book offers hope as it tackles grief and isolation and our essential humanity.” —New York Times Book Review “The residents at Pheasant Run are acutely aware of the world’s indifference to them. They no longer work. Their great love affairs are behind them. Why should they fight back? But by the end of this underdog novel, Ms. McNamer has developed poignant reasons that they do.” —Wall Street Journal “Beautifully realized characters, a wonderfully constructed plot . . . this novel is a delight from start to finish.” —Booklist
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
ISBN: 1571317384
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
A crime at a Montana senior residence brings multiple secrets to light in “a literary thriller written with [Deirdre] McNamer’s trademark emotional acuity” (Chicago Review of Books). At the deteriorating Pheasant Run, the occupants keep their secrets and sadnesses behind closed apartment doors. Kind Leo Umberti, formerly an insurance agent, now spends his days painting abstract landscapes and mourning a long-ago loss. Down the hall, retired professor Rydell Clovis tries desperately to stay fit enough to restart a career in academia. Cassie McMackin, on the same floor, has seemingly lost everything—her husband and only child dead within months of each other—leaving her loosely tethered to this world. And a few doors away, her friend, Viola Six, is convinced of a criminal conspiracy involving the building’s widely disliked manager, Herbie Bonebright. Cassie and Viola dream of leaving their unhappy lives behind, but one woman’s plan is interrupted—and the other’s unexpectedly set into motion—when a fire breaks out in Herbie’s apartment. Lander Maki, the city’s chief fire inspector, finds the circumstances around the fire highly suspicious. Viola has disappeared. So has Herbie. And a troubled teen was glimpsed fleeing the scene. In trying to fit together the pieces of this complicated puzzle, Lander finds himself learning more than expected about human nature and about personal and corporate greed as it is visited upon the vulnerable. From a writer “with a keen sense of the small detail that says it all” (Chicago Tribune), Aviary weaves a compelling tapestry of love, grief, and the mysteries of memory and old age. “Aviary is as questioning as its characters, heart-haunted, buoyant, and rich with the wonders that make life worth living.” —Chicago Review of Books “Even when it hurts—and, if you have anything in the way of feelings, this novel will make you weep—Aviary is a cleansing antidote to the last few years of political and cultural turmoil, a salve to combat our still-raging health crisis, a tonic for our social media spinout . . . This quietly important book offers hope as it tackles grief and isolation and our essential humanity.” —New York Times Book Review “The residents at Pheasant Run are acutely aware of the world’s indifference to them. They no longer work. Their great love affairs are behind them. Why should they fight back? But by the end of this underdog novel, Ms. McNamer has developed poignant reasons that they do.” —Wall Street Journal “Beautifully realized characters, a wonderfully constructed plot . . . this novel is a delight from start to finish.” —Booklist
Magic Purple Lightening
Author: Yue RiTianXiang
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649354894
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
On the day of the moon, Tianxiang had always been silent and indifferent. However, he had inadvertently obtained the divine tool, Violet Lightning. However, Violet Lightning did not approve of YueRi Tianxiang's ability. Only by working hard to become a Saint Swordsman could he become the owner of the purple lightning. That was why he had striven hard to walk the path of a Saint Swordsman from now on. This path was also gradually changing Tian Xiang's cold and detached heart ...
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649354894
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
On the day of the moon, Tianxiang had always been silent and indifferent. However, he had inadvertently obtained the divine tool, Violet Lightning. However, Violet Lightning did not approve of YueRi Tianxiang's ability. Only by working hard to become a Saint Swordsman could he become the owner of the purple lightning. That was why he had striven hard to walk the path of a Saint Swordsman from now on. This path was also gradually changing Tian Xiang's cold and detached heart ...
Legend of Spear
Author: Zhu SiXi
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649209053
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Does the other side of the starry sky really exist? Split souls, strange memories, a strange and bizarre world of immortals, it was a scene from a legend. That year, he had revealed his true strength at the age of the weak crown. He had achieved his goals at a young age, and had smiled as he looked at the world. That year, he returned and looked around. His aura was like a mountain, and no one could compare to him.
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649209053
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Does the other side of the starry sky really exist? Split souls, strange memories, a strange and bizarre world of immortals, it was a scene from a legend. That year, he had revealed his true strength at the age of the weak crown. He had achieved his goals at a young age, and had smiled as he looked at the world. That year, he returned and looked around. His aura was like a mountain, and no one could compare to him.