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CIA agent Tom Parker and Army Brigadier General Jack Hayes are set on a twisting and turning course throughout the world in an effort to capture or kill Dr. al-Sadr, al Qaeda’s number three man. Al-Sadr’s latest plan to bring deaths to Americans is by shipping biological or chemical weapons into America using containers from the Far East. He plans to introduce these deadly materials into America’s water supply. Al-Sadr has been on the CIA’s most wanted list for more than twenty years and is one of al Qaeda’s master planners of terrorism. When his latest plot goes awry, he orchestrates a new deadly plan against America. Following the trail of al-Sadr to Hong Kong, Tom Parker meets a...
Bad Karma is the thrilling story of a small vigilante group intent on avenging the financial mistreatment of their family and friends. Led by marine vet, Malcolm Jennings, and his cyber expert wife, the vigilantes gather an arsenal of weapons, infiltrate the FBI DNA data base, surreptitiously cross back and forth from the US to Canada, and take extreme measures to achieve their own sense of justice. Malcolm’s targets are corrupt executives who cheat the system and take advantage of other people, but he and his soldiers-turned-assassins are playing God. Are they justified? Only you can decide.
Many of the stars of silent westerns were young horse wranglers who left the open fields to make extra money bulldogging steers and chasing Indians around arenas in traveling Wild West shows. They made their way to Hollywood when the popularity of the Wild West shows began to decline, found work acting in action-packed silent westerns, and became idols for early moviegoers everywhere. More than 100 of those cowboys who starred in silent westerns between 1903 and 1930 are highlighted in this work. Among those included are Art Acord, Broncho Billy Anderson, Harry Carey, Fred Cody, Bob Custer, Jack Daugherty, William Desmond, William Duncan, Dustin Farnum, William Farnum, Hoot Gibson, Neal Hart, William S. Hart, Jack Holt, Jack Hoxie, Buck Jones, J. Warren Kerrigan, George Larkin, Leo Maloney, Ken Maynard, Tim McCoy, Tom Mix, Pete Morrison, Jack Mower, Jack Perrin, William Russell, Bob Steele, Fred Thompson, Tom Tyler, and Wally Wales, to name just a few. Biographical information and a complete filmography are provided for each actor. Richly illustrated with more than 300 movie stills.
Joshua S. Walden's study of the genre of musical portraiture since 1945 focuses on significant composers of the period, including Pierre Boulez, Morton Feldman, Philip Glass, and György Ligeti. Grounding his exploration in key works, Walden uncovers contemporary understandings of music's capacity to depict identity, and of intersections between music, literature, theater, film, and the visual arts.
A taut drama set in a post-World War III POW-camp Manhattan, in which two sisters must learn the truth about the city's past in order to take hold of their own future
Now completely updated and revised with new color photos and topos, this guidebook is the ultimate resource to technical climbing routes, hiking trails, and peak-bagging routes in Wyoming's Wind River Range, a popular playground for backcountry enthusiasts and alpine rock climbers. More than 200 new climbing routes have been completed in the Wind Rivers since this book was last published in 1994, and this guide is the only comprehensive collection of information available to climbers. Includes hiking and climbing information for these areas: Ross LakesGreen RiverDinwoody GlacierPeak LakeTitcomb BasinAlpine LakesMiddle Fork LakeEast Fork ValleyBaptiste LakeCirque of the TowersDeep LakeSouth Pass
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In 1926, Tom Rolt who was then sixteen years old, abandoned his public school education. Having taken a job with a small firm of agricultural engineers, he realized that he had found his life’s calling. But the way ahead was neither smooth nor easy. Having secured a premium apprenticeship, the firm which took him on foundered and although he eventually qualified as a mechanical engineer, the 1930s depression made it almost impossible to find regular employment. Nothing daunted, with the encouragement of his mysterious companion ‘Cara’, he turned to writing. His literary career flourished alongside his association with the Vintage Sports Car Club, the Inland Waterways Association and th...