Author: Gregory Feifer
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN: 9780061143199
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a grueling debacle that has striking lessons for the twenty-first century. In The Great Gamble, Gregory Feifer examines the conflict from the perspective of the soldiers on the ground. In gripping detail, he vividly depicts the invasion of a volatile country that no power has ever successfully conquered. A riveting account as seen through the eyes of the men who fought in the war, The Great Gamble tells an unforgettable story full of drama, action, and political intrigue whose relevance in our own time is greater than ever.
The Great Gamble
Author: Gregory Feifer
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN: 9780061143199
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a grueling debacle that has striking lessons for the twenty-first century. In The Great Gamble, Gregory Feifer examines the conflict from the perspective of the soldiers on the ground. In gripping detail, he vividly depicts the invasion of a volatile country that no power has ever successfully conquered. A riveting account as seen through the eyes of the men who fought in the war, The Great Gamble tells an unforgettable story full of drama, action, and political intrigue whose relevance in our own time is greater than ever.
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN: 9780061143199
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a grueling debacle that has striking lessons for the twenty-first century. In The Great Gamble, Gregory Feifer examines the conflict from the perspective of the soldiers on the ground. In gripping detail, he vividly depicts the invasion of a volatile country that no power has ever successfully conquered. A riveting account as seen through the eyes of the men who fought in the war, The Great Gamble tells an unforgettable story full of drama, action, and political intrigue whose relevance in our own time is greater than ever.
The Great Gamble
Author: David L. Bluder
Publisher: Ice Cube Press
ISBN: 9781948509138
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
An odd-couple of FBI agents embark on a classified operation into the gambling battlefield which is bleeding into the corrupt empire of athletics. Will the FBI uncover the truth that could shock the nation? A deadly international hunt leads to a fascinating sting in Mexico City before it returns to the sickening web of sports corruption in the United States. THE GREAT GAMBLE is full of suspense and revelation. Uncovering the deceptive and corrupt universe of gambling and sports betting previously hidden from the eyes of fans. Can everyone be had for the right price? A novel that entertains and informs. Everyone has a price when tempation or need makes them alter their decisions. It's the consequences that follow that change lives. Think Indecent Proposal, the apple in the garden.
Publisher: Ice Cube Press
ISBN: 9781948509138
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
An odd-couple of FBI agents embark on a classified operation into the gambling battlefield which is bleeding into the corrupt empire of athletics. Will the FBI uncover the truth that could shock the nation? A deadly international hunt leads to a fascinating sting in Mexico City before it returns to the sickening web of sports corruption in the United States. THE GREAT GAMBLE is full of suspense and revelation. Uncovering the deceptive and corrupt universe of gambling and sports betting previously hidden from the eyes of fans. Can everyone be had for the right price? A novel that entertains and informs. Everyone has a price when tempation or need makes them alter their decisions. It's the consequences that follow that change lives. Think Indecent Proposal, the apple in the garden.
The Thief's Gamble
Author: Juliet E. McKenna
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061020362
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
The Secrets of the Shadow-Men Magic? It's for the rich, the powerful...the Archmage and his elite wizards and cloud-masters. Livak is not among them. She haunts the back taverns of the realm, careful to appear neither rich nor poor, neither tall nor short . . . neither man nor woman. Obscurity is her protection, thievery her livelihood, and gambling her weakness. Alas, some bets are hard to resist. Particularly when they offer a chance to board a ship for Hadrumal, the fabled city of the Archmage. So Livak follows a minor wizard, Shiv, in an attempt to turn a rune or two, never dreaming that the stolen tankard she wants to sell contains the secrets of an ancient magic far more powerful, and infinitely darker, than any mortal mage's spells.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061020362
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
The Secrets of the Shadow-Men Magic? It's for the rich, the powerful...the Archmage and his elite wizards and cloud-masters. Livak is not among them. She haunts the back taverns of the realm, careful to appear neither rich nor poor, neither tall nor short . . . neither man nor woman. Obscurity is her protection, thievery her livelihood, and gambling her weakness. Alas, some bets are hard to resist. Particularly when they offer a chance to board a ship for Hadrumal, the fabled city of the Archmage. So Livak follows a minor wizard, Shiv, in an attempt to turn a rune or two, never dreaming that the stolen tankard she wants to sell contains the secrets of an ancient magic far more powerful, and infinitely darker, than any mortal mage's spells.
Books and Readers in the Early Church
Author: Harry Y. Gamble
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300069181
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
This fascinating and lively book provides the first comprehensive discussion of the production, circulation, and use of books in early Christianity. It explores the extent of literacy in early Christian communities; the relation in the early church between oral tradition and written materials; the physical form of early Christian books; how books were produced, transcribed, published, duplicated, and disseminated; how Christian libraries were formed; who read the books, in what circumstances, and to what purposes. Harry Y. Gamble interweaves practical and technological dimensions of the production and use of early Christian books with the social and institutional history of the period. Drawing on evidence from papyrology, codicology, textual criticism, and early church history, as well as on knowledge about the bibliographical practices that characterized Jewish and Greco-Roman culture, he offers a new perspective on the role of books in the first five centuries of the early church.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300069181
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
This fascinating and lively book provides the first comprehensive discussion of the production, circulation, and use of books in early Christianity. It explores the extent of literacy in early Christian communities; the relation in the early church between oral tradition and written materials; the physical form of early Christian books; how books were produced, transcribed, published, duplicated, and disseminated; how Christian libraries were formed; who read the books, in what circumstances, and to what purposes. Harry Y. Gamble interweaves practical and technological dimensions of the production and use of early Christian books with the social and institutional history of the period. Drawing on evidence from papyrology, codicology, textual criticism, and early church history, as well as on knowledge about the bibliographical practices that characterized Jewish and Greco-Roman culture, he offers a new perspective on the role of books in the first five centuries of the early church.
The Great University Gamble
Author: Andrew McGettigan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781849647656
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A critical and deeply informed survey of the brave new world of UK Higher Education emerging from government cuts and market-driven reforms.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781849647656
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A critical and deeply informed survey of the brave new world of UK Higher Education emerging from government cuts and market-driven reforms.
Devil's Gamble
Author: Frank G. Slaughter
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN: 1612328008
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
A novel of Demonology Among the victims of a devastating plane crash was one of America’s most dangerous criminals—a ruthless terrorist and self-proclaimed agent of the devil named Lynne Tallman. Among the survivors was another woman—a dedicated reporter named Janet Burke, for whom the enigma of Lynne Tallman had become much more than just another story.... A miracle had spared Janet Burke's life. And the miraculous skill of a young plastic surgeon had not only repaired her disfigured face but transformed her into a vision of unearthly beauty. But, unknown to either doctor or patient, Janet Burke had undergone another transformation, one that medical science had no power to reverse. For, at the moment Lynne Tallman's life ended in a scream of terror, Janet Burke had become not merely a pawn in a deadly game of evil and destruction but the principal player in the devil s gamble for world control. A spell-binding tale of suspense and the supernatural from one of America's master storytellers.
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN: 1612328008
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
A novel of Demonology Among the victims of a devastating plane crash was one of America’s most dangerous criminals—a ruthless terrorist and self-proclaimed agent of the devil named Lynne Tallman. Among the survivors was another woman—a dedicated reporter named Janet Burke, for whom the enigma of Lynne Tallman had become much more than just another story.... A miracle had spared Janet Burke's life. And the miraculous skill of a young plastic surgeon had not only repaired her disfigured face but transformed her into a vision of unearthly beauty. But, unknown to either doctor or patient, Janet Burke had undergone another transformation, one that medical science had no power to reverse. For, at the moment Lynne Tallman's life ended in a scream of terror, Janet Burke had become not merely a pawn in a deadly game of evil and destruction but the principal player in the devil s gamble for world control. A spell-binding tale of suspense and the supernatural from one of America's master storytellers.
The Great Food Gamble
Author: John Humphrys
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 1444763954
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
'Compelling' OBSERVER 'Humphrys' level-headedness makes the arguments all the more powerful' SUNDAY TIMES 'A concise, no-nonsense assessment of the true cost of cheap food: to the environment, the livestock, and the nation's long-term health' DAILY MAIL 'A passionate discourse ... well-written and accessible' INDEPENDENT * * * * * * * * * John Humphrys is passionate about the state of British food, farming, fishing and agriculture. Here, he looks back to the days of organic farming in England when people shared and swapped food and considered the wildlife as well as the farmed animals, crops and fruits. He examines today's travesties: factory farming, pouring chemicals into the land, the scandal of the supermarket wars and cheap imported goods. He then turns to the future and asks: Can we save this ravaged earth and rebuild our community values? Most of all, can we reverse the damage to ourselves and our long-term health that may result from what we eat? John Humphrys' book requires the full attention of anyone who cares about themselves or the future.
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 1444763954
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
'Compelling' OBSERVER 'Humphrys' level-headedness makes the arguments all the more powerful' SUNDAY TIMES 'A concise, no-nonsense assessment of the true cost of cheap food: to the environment, the livestock, and the nation's long-term health' DAILY MAIL 'A passionate discourse ... well-written and accessible' INDEPENDENT * * * * * * * * * John Humphrys is passionate about the state of British food, farming, fishing and agriculture. Here, he looks back to the days of organic farming in England when people shared and swapped food and considered the wildlife as well as the farmed animals, crops and fruits. He examines today's travesties: factory farming, pouring chemicals into the land, the scandal of the supermarket wars and cheap imported goods. He then turns to the future and asks: Can we save this ravaged earth and rebuild our community values? Most of all, can we reverse the damage to ourselves and our long-term health that may result from what we eat? John Humphrys' book requires the full attention of anyone who cares about themselves or the future.
Jefferson's Great Gamble
Author: Charles A. Cerami
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A momentous moment in American history, one that forever changed the scope of the nation and its people.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A momentous moment in American history, one that forever changed the scope of the nation and its people.
Hitler's Last Gamble
Author: Trevor Nevitt Dupuy
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN: 9780060921965
Category : Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The German counterattack against American and British soldiers approaching the German border from the west came as a complete surprise. But the Americans hung on heroically, and, when the smoke cleared, Hitler was finished. This impressive recounting of the Battle of the Bulge provides a compelling yet evenhanded treatment of this tide-turning event. 42 photos. 22 maps.
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN: 9780060921965
Category : Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The German counterattack against American and British soldiers approaching the German border from the west came as a complete surprise. But the Americans hung on heroically, and, when the smoke cleared, Hitler was finished. This impressive recounting of the Battle of the Bulge provides a compelling yet evenhanded treatment of this tide-turning event. 42 photos. 22 maps.
The Biodynamic Food and Cookbook
Author: Wendy E. Cook
Publisher: CLAIRVIEW BOOKS
ISBN: 9781905570010
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Illustrated with hundreds of color photographs, "The Biodynamic Food & Cookbook" explains the principles behind biodynamic methods and places it in the context of food and cooking through the ages. Included are supplementary sections on breads, sauces, salads, desserts, drinks, and much more.
Publisher: CLAIRVIEW BOOKS
ISBN: 9781905570010
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Illustrated with hundreds of color photographs, "The Biodynamic Food & Cookbook" explains the principles behind biodynamic methods and places it in the context of food and cooking through the ages. Included are supplementary sections on breads, sauces, salads, desserts, drinks, and much more.