Author: Quinn Cooper
Publisher: Two Harbors Press
ISBN: 9781938690006
Category : Arizona
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ted Teagan is an Army Military Intelligence veteran, working as a college recruiter and part-time surveillance specialist for the NSA, living in Arizona, with no one knowing where he is or what he does on a daily basis. In the aftermath of 9-11 comes a new, heightened attention to the war on terror and the surveillance of all citizens. After contact is severed with the government, Ted decides to keep his skills sharp; he starts picking ordinary people to watch in the hope that, one day, he will get called back into the surveillance game. But when the people he is watching start to perish, who can he turn to? Is he innocent? If so, who would ever believe him? Ted spends his long days and lonely nights in nowhere; Arizona and southern Nevada, weaving his way through a tangled web of deception and lies, trying to uncover Who's Watching the Watcher?
Who's Watching the Watcher
Author: Quinn Cooper
Publisher: Two Harbors Press
ISBN: 9781938690006
Category : Arizona
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ted Teagan is an Army Military Intelligence veteran, working as a college recruiter and part-time surveillance specialist for the NSA, living in Arizona, with no one knowing where he is or what he does on a daily basis. In the aftermath of 9-11 comes a new, heightened attention to the war on terror and the surveillance of all citizens. After contact is severed with the government, Ted decides to keep his skills sharp; he starts picking ordinary people to watch in the hope that, one day, he will get called back into the surveillance game. But when the people he is watching start to perish, who can he turn to? Is he innocent? If so, who would ever believe him? Ted spends his long days and lonely nights in nowhere; Arizona and southern Nevada, weaving his way through a tangled web of deception and lies, trying to uncover Who's Watching the Watcher?
Publisher: Two Harbors Press
ISBN: 9781938690006
Category : Arizona
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ted Teagan is an Army Military Intelligence veteran, working as a college recruiter and part-time surveillance specialist for the NSA, living in Arizona, with no one knowing where he is or what he does on a daily basis. In the aftermath of 9-11 comes a new, heightened attention to the war on terror and the surveillance of all citizens. After contact is severed with the government, Ted decides to keep his skills sharp; he starts picking ordinary people to watch in the hope that, one day, he will get called back into the surveillance game. But when the people he is watching start to perish, who can he turn to? Is he innocent? If so, who would ever believe him? Ted spends his long days and lonely nights in nowhere; Arizona and southern Nevada, weaving his way through a tangled web of deception and lies, trying to uncover Who's Watching the Watcher?
The Color of Man
Author: Robert Carl Cohen
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780394910390
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Discusses the biological reasons for various skin colors in man and the social and cultural impact of this phenomenon.
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780394910390
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Discusses the biological reasons for various skin colors in man and the social and cultural impact of this phenomenon.
Mass surveillance - Who is watching the watchers?
Author: Council of Europe
Publisher: Council of Europe
ISBN: 9287182744
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
"They know where you got on the bus, where you went to work, where you slept, and what other cell phones slept with you." Edward Snowden The disclosures by Edward Snowden since June 2013 revealing mass surveillance and large-scale intrusion practices have provided compelling evidence of the existence of far-reaching, technologically advanced surveillance systems. Put in place by United States intelligence services and their partners in certain Council of Europe member states, these systems are aimed at collecting, storing and analysing communication data, including content, location and other metadata, on a massive scale. In several countries, a massive “surveillance-industrial complex” has evolved, which risks escaping democratic control and accountability and threatens the free and open character of our societies. The surveillance practices disclosed endanger fundamental human rights, including the rights to privacy, freedom of information and expression, and the rights to a fair trial and freedom of religion. Given the threat such surveillance techniques pose, how can states uphold these fundamental rights and ensure the protection of privacy and Internet safety in the digital age? This book presents, in its first part, the report of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and, in its second part, the legal expertise of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission).
Publisher: Council of Europe
ISBN: 9287182744
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
"They know where you got on the bus, where you went to work, where you slept, and what other cell phones slept with you." Edward Snowden The disclosures by Edward Snowden since June 2013 revealing mass surveillance and large-scale intrusion practices have provided compelling evidence of the existence of far-reaching, technologically advanced surveillance systems. Put in place by United States intelligence services and their partners in certain Council of Europe member states, these systems are aimed at collecting, storing and analysing communication data, including content, location and other metadata, on a massive scale. In several countries, a massive “surveillance-industrial complex” has evolved, which risks escaping democratic control and accountability and threatens the free and open character of our societies. The surveillance practices disclosed endanger fundamental human rights, including the rights to privacy, freedom of information and expression, and the rights to a fair trial and freedom of religion. Given the threat such surveillance techniques pose, how can states uphold these fundamental rights and ensure the protection of privacy and Internet safety in the digital age? This book presents, in its first part, the report of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and, in its second part, the legal expertise of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission).
The Watcher
Author: Jeanette Winter
Publisher: Anne Schwartz Books
ISBN: 0375867740
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Acclaimed picture book biographer Jeanette Winter has found her perfect subject: Jane Goodall, the great observer of chimpanzees. Follow Jane from her childhood in London watching a robin on her windowsill, to her years in the African forests of Gombe, Tanzania, invited by brilliant scientist Louis Leakey to observe chimps, to her worldwide crusade to save these primates who are now in danger of extinction, and their habitat. Young animal lovers and Winter's many fans will welcome this fascinating and moving portrait of an extraordinary person and the animals to whom she has dedicated her life. The Watcher was named a Best Book of the Year by the Boston Globe, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, and the Bank Street College of Education.
Publisher: Anne Schwartz Books
ISBN: 0375867740
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Acclaimed picture book biographer Jeanette Winter has found her perfect subject: Jane Goodall, the great observer of chimpanzees. Follow Jane from her childhood in London watching a robin on her windowsill, to her years in the African forests of Gombe, Tanzania, invited by brilliant scientist Louis Leakey to observe chimps, to her worldwide crusade to save these primates who are now in danger of extinction, and their habitat. Young animal lovers and Winter's many fans will welcome this fascinating and moving portrait of an extraordinary person and the animals to whom she has dedicated her life. The Watcher was named a Best Book of the Year by the Boston Globe, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, and the Bank Street College of Education.
The Watcher
Author: James Howe
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439115788
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
A mysterious girl, dubbed The Watcher, spins tales of rescue from her lonely perch above the beach. She closely observes the actions of two people she has never met: a fourteen-year-old boy whose family seems perfect and a handsome eighteen-year-old lifeguard. Their lives become intertwined -- and their troubling truths are revealed.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439115788
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
A mysterious girl, dubbed The Watcher, spins tales of rescue from her lonely perch above the beach. She closely observes the actions of two people she has never met: a fourteen-year-old boy whose family seems perfect and a handsome eighteen-year-old lifeguard. Their lives become intertwined -- and their troubling truths are revealed.
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?
Author: Dr. Seuss
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008348839
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
In this hilarious tale of mishap and misadventure, Dr. Seuss reminds us just how lucky we are.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008348839
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
In this hilarious tale of mishap and misadventure, Dr. Seuss reminds us just how lucky we are.
Murder Falcon
Author: Daniel Warren Johnson
Publisher: Image Comics
ISBN: 1534315314
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The world is under attack by hideous monsters, and Jake's life is falling apart until he meets Murder Falcon. He was sent from The Heavy to destroy all evil, but he can't do it without Jake shredding up a storm. Now, with every chord Jake plays on his guitar, the power of metal fuels Murder Falcon into all-out kung fu fury on those that seek to conquer Earth! From DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON creator of the Eisner-nominated EXTREMITY comes MURDER FALCON! GET READY TO SHRED! Collects MURDER FALCON #1-8
Publisher: Image Comics
ISBN: 1534315314
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The world is under attack by hideous monsters, and Jake's life is falling apart until he meets Murder Falcon. He was sent from The Heavy to destroy all evil, but he can't do it without Jake shredding up a storm. Now, with every chord Jake plays on his guitar, the power of metal fuels Murder Falcon into all-out kung fu fury on those that seek to conquer Earth! From DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON creator of the Eisner-nominated EXTREMITY comes MURDER FALCON! GET READY TO SHRED! Collects MURDER FALCON #1-8
The Watcher
Author: Ross Armstrong
Publisher: MIRA
ISBN: 1488022925
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
She's watching you, but who's watching her? Lily Gullick lives with her husband, Aiden, in a brand-new apartment opposite a building that has been marked for demolition. A keen bird-watcher, she can't help spying on her neighbors. Until one day Lily sees something suspicious through her binoculars, and soon her elderly neighbor Jean is found dead. Lily, intrigued by the social divide in her local area as it becomes increasingly gentrified, knows that she has to act. But her interference is not going unnoticed, and as she starts to get close to the truth, her own life comes under threat. But can Lily really trust everything she sees?
Publisher: MIRA
ISBN: 1488022925
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
She's watching you, but who's watching her? Lily Gullick lives with her husband, Aiden, in a brand-new apartment opposite a building that has been marked for demolition. A keen bird-watcher, she can't help spying on her neighbors. Until one day Lily sees something suspicious through her binoculars, and soon her elderly neighbor Jean is found dead. Lily, intrigued by the social divide in her local area as it becomes increasingly gentrified, knows that she has to act. But her interference is not going unnoticed, and as she starts to get close to the truth, her own life comes under threat. But can Lily really trust everything she sees?
The Watchers
Author: Shane Harris
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101195746
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Using exclusive access to key insiders, Shane Harris charts the rise of America's surveillance state over the past twenty-five years and highlights a dangerous paradox: Our government's strategy has made it harder to catch terrorists and easier to spy on the rest of us. Our surveillance state was born in the brain of Admiral John Poindexter in 1983. Poindexter, Reagan's National Security Advisor, realized that the United States might have prevented the terrorist massacre of 241 Marines in Beirut if only intelligence agencies had been able to analyze in real time data they had on the attackers. Poindexter poured government know-how and funds into his dream-a system that would sift reams of data for signs of terrorist activity. Decades later, that elusive dream still captivates Washington. After the 2001 attacks, Poindexter returned to government with a controversial program, called Total Information Awareness, to detect the next attack. Today it is a secretly funded operation that can gather personal information on every American and millions of others worldwide. But Poindexter's dream has also become America's nightmare. Despite billions of dollars spent on this digital quest since the Reagan era, we still can't discern future threats in the vast data cloud that surrounds us all. But the government can now spy on its citizens with an ease that was impossible-and illegal-just a few years ago. Drawing on unprecedented access to the people who pioneered this high-tech spycraft, Harris shows how it has shifted from the province of right- wing technocrats to a cornerstone of the Obama administration's war on terror. Harris puts us behind the scenes and in front of the screens where twenty-first-century spycraft was born. We witness Poindexter quietly working from the private sector to get government to buy in to his programs in the early nineties. We see an army major agonize as he carries out an order to delete the vast database he's gathered on possible terror cells-and on thousands of innocent Americans-months before 9/11. We follow General Mike Hayden as he persuades the Bush administration to secretly monitor Americans based on a flawed interpretation of the law. After Congress publicly bans the Total Information Awareness program in 2003, we watch as it is covertly shifted to a "black op," which protects it from public scrutiny. When the next crisis comes, our government will inevitably crack down on civil liberties, but it will be no better able to identify new dangers. This is the outcome of a dream first hatched almost three decades ago, and The Watchers is an engrossing, unnerving wake-up call.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101195746
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Using exclusive access to key insiders, Shane Harris charts the rise of America's surveillance state over the past twenty-five years and highlights a dangerous paradox: Our government's strategy has made it harder to catch terrorists and easier to spy on the rest of us. Our surveillance state was born in the brain of Admiral John Poindexter in 1983. Poindexter, Reagan's National Security Advisor, realized that the United States might have prevented the terrorist massacre of 241 Marines in Beirut if only intelligence agencies had been able to analyze in real time data they had on the attackers. Poindexter poured government know-how and funds into his dream-a system that would sift reams of data for signs of terrorist activity. Decades later, that elusive dream still captivates Washington. After the 2001 attacks, Poindexter returned to government with a controversial program, called Total Information Awareness, to detect the next attack. Today it is a secretly funded operation that can gather personal information on every American and millions of others worldwide. But Poindexter's dream has also become America's nightmare. Despite billions of dollars spent on this digital quest since the Reagan era, we still can't discern future threats in the vast data cloud that surrounds us all. But the government can now spy on its citizens with an ease that was impossible-and illegal-just a few years ago. Drawing on unprecedented access to the people who pioneered this high-tech spycraft, Harris shows how it has shifted from the province of right- wing technocrats to a cornerstone of the Obama administration's war on terror. Harris puts us behind the scenes and in front of the screens where twenty-first-century spycraft was born. We witness Poindexter quietly working from the private sector to get government to buy in to his programs in the early nineties. We see an army major agonize as he carries out an order to delete the vast database he's gathered on possible terror cells-and on thousands of innocent Americans-months before 9/11. We follow General Mike Hayden as he persuades the Bush administration to secretly monitor Americans based on a flawed interpretation of the law. After Congress publicly bans the Total Information Awareness program in 2003, we watch as it is covertly shifted to a "black op," which protects it from public scrutiny. When the next crisis comes, our government will inevitably crack down on civil liberties, but it will be no better able to identify new dangers. This is the outcome of a dream first hatched almost three decades ago, and The Watchers is an engrossing, unnerving wake-up call.
Eye Soar's Trials... Tribulations... & Blessed Treasures
Author: David L. Slaughter II
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469198657
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Having been inspired by dreams, ideas, entertainment, history, fiction and non-fiction, and so much more in life, Eye Soars Trials... Tribulations... & Blessed Treasures is a culmination of poems that have been written over a number of years by David L. Slaughter II. As such, you will find poems that deal with military and war (whether on the broad spectrum or from an individual perspective), political stances, love of family, faith in God, dreams, fears and anxieties, as well as lighthearted poems that still possess a message in their own right. Of course, not all the poems contained within are based on what has inspired David, but also to inspire others to overcome their own demons, problems, self-esteem issues, concerns, etc. with the hope that the reader, whether reading those that have inspired or to inspire will gain a perspective for themselves to relate to. If we find relation in our own lives by the words of another, we also find we learn and grow.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469198657
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Having been inspired by dreams, ideas, entertainment, history, fiction and non-fiction, and so much more in life, Eye Soars Trials... Tribulations... & Blessed Treasures is a culmination of poems that have been written over a number of years by David L. Slaughter II. As such, you will find poems that deal with military and war (whether on the broad spectrum or from an individual perspective), political stances, love of family, faith in God, dreams, fears and anxieties, as well as lighthearted poems that still possess a message in their own right. Of course, not all the poems contained within are based on what has inspired David, but also to inspire others to overcome their own demons, problems, self-esteem issues, concerns, etc. with the hope that the reader, whether reading those that have inspired or to inspire will gain a perspective for themselves to relate to. If we find relation in our own lives by the words of another, we also find we learn and grow.