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THE ROOT The Marines in Beirut August 1982–February 1984 Eric Hammel Facing northward out of a second-deck window, the lance corporal was hurled through the window and out into mid- air. He fell thirty feet to the ground and landed on his feet. He was not harmed until falling debris struck him on the head and shoulders. Nearly every other member of the recon platoon in his compartment was killed in the inferno. At 6:22 A.M. on October 23, 1983, a yellow Mercedes truck raced across the parking lot of the Beirut International Airport in Lebanon. Crashing through a chain-link gate into the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit’s headquarters compound, it raced on careening through a shack and into ...
"Chuck Bartowski got stuck with option C ... and ever since, his life as part of the Nerd Herd has been interrupted by dangerous ladies, secret missions, and random attacks. Agents Walker and Casey have done their best to keep him out of trouble, but some days it's all they can do to keep him alive!"--P. [4] of cover.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The story of a small AI company that gave facial recognition to law enforcement, billionaires, and businesses, threatening to end privacy as we know it “The dystopian future portrayed in some science-fiction movies is already upon us. Kashmir Hill’s fascinating book brings home the scary implications of this new reality.”—John Carreyrou, author of Bad Blood A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Financial Times, Los Angeles Times, Wired Winner of the Inc. Non-Obvious Book Award • Longlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award New York Times tech reporter Kashmir Hill was skeptical when she got a tip about a mysterious app called Clearview...
Change is just about the only constant in the area that is now the north shore of Lake Travis. The limestone, gravel, clay, and loam that make up the land have evolved under the influence of wind and the mighty floodwaters of the untamed Colorado River. Comanche Indians and other tribes lived here long before settlers arrived from back east. Land grants helped many pioneers settle in the area, and their descendents benefited from electricity brought here through the Rural Electric Administration. Gradually the rural farming and ranching community developed into incorporated cities with a state-of-the art education system. The Mansfield Dam transformed a small section of the Colorado River into Lake Travis and enabled fishing and water sports. In spite of this growth, however, the north shore of Lake Travis still retains its small-town feel. Change continues, and the flora and fauna, rocks and hills, and ranches and communities that make up this beautiful part of the hill country still draw people of all ages.
Explores ghosts and haunted places, local legends, cursed roads, crazy characters, and unusual roadside attractions found in the United States.
A twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Charles Johnson’s National Book Award-winning masterpiece—"a novel in the tradition of Billy Budd and Moby-Dick…heroic in proportion…fiction that hooks the mind" (The New York Times Book Review)—now with a new introduction from Stanley Crouch. Rutherford Calhoun, a newly freed slave and irrepressible rogue, is lost in the underworld of 1830s New Orleans. Desperate to escape the city’s unscrupulous bill collectors and the pawing hands of a schoolteacher hellbent on marrying him, he jumps aboard the Republic, a slave ship en route to collect members of a legendary African tribe, the Allmuseri. Thus begins a voyage of metaphysical horror and hum...
Anthony G. Roof's Left for Dead and Other Morbid Tales is a collection of disturbing short stories that will haunt the dark recesses of your mind, weave your dreams into terrifying nightmares and leave you feeling sickened and uneasy as you helplessly crave for more. Find out what it's like to be "Left for Dead" as you follow George through a dismal struggle to be taken seriously enough to make a livable wage. Discover what it's like to commit "The Cardinal Sin," to be in a constant state of "Rigor Mortis," to encounter "The Centipede," and to witness the "Fall of the Feline King." These dark tales of doom take readers to the underworld where "Hell Unfolds," and leaves them with confusion and fear only to wander aimlessly "Into the Night." This book will frighten and repulse you and make you think twice about leaving the safety of your home unarmed. WARNING: THIS BOOK IS RATED MATURE AND IS NOT INTENDED FOR CHILDREN. READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
ICON, the International Covert Operations Network, has been clandestinely puppeteering international status quo for the last century. But when former agents start dying, all signs point to ICON's own.Former agent Michael Puckette saw his death coming, yet he left no explanation. Captain Alexander Stark leads the team that must find out what Puckette knew, before ICON's darkest mistakes can break through the surface of the world.
From Charles Johnson—a National Book Award winner, Professor Emeritus at University of Washington, and one of America’s preeminent scholars on literature and race—comes an instructive, inspiring guide to the craft and art of writing. An award-winning novelist, philosopher, essayist, screenwriter, professor, and cartoonist, Charles Johnson has devoted his life to creative pursuit. His 1990 National Book Award-winning novel Middle Passage is a modern classic, revered as much for its daring plot as its philosophical underpinnings. For thirty-three years, Johnson taught and mentored students in the art and craft of creative writing. The Way of the Writer is his record of those years, and t...