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Soulcraft

Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche

By: Bill Plotkin

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Soulcraft

Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche

By: Bill Plotkin

Since 1980, depth psychologist Bill Plotkin has been guiding women and men into the wilderness — the redrock canyons and snow-crested mountains of the American West — but also into the wilds of the soul. He calls this work soulcraft. There’s a great longing in all people to uncover the secrets and mysteries of our individual lives, to find the unique gift we were born to bring to our communities, and to experience our full membership in the more-than-human world. This journey to soul is a descent into layers of the self much deeper than personality, a journey meant for each one of us, not just for the heroes and heroines of mythology. A modern handbook for the journey, Soulcraft is not an imitation of indigenous ways, but a contemporary nature-based approach born from wilderness experience, the traditions of Western culture, and the cross-cultural heritage of all humanity. Filled with stories, poems, and guidelines, Soulcraft introduces over 40 practices that facilitate the descent to soul, including dreamwork, wilderness vision fasts, talking across the species boundaries, council, self-designed ceremony, nature-based shadow work, and the arts of romance, being lost, and storytelling.

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New World Library

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1577313577

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Those Who Trespass

A Novel of Television and Murder

By: Bill O'Reilly

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Those Who Trespass

A Novel of Television and Murder

By: Bill O'Reilly

From the mega-bestselling author of The O’Reilly Factor, The No Spin Zone, and Who’s Looking Out for You?, a mystery thriller about the fast-paced and ruthless world of TV journalism. With three consecutive number one bestsellers, Bill O’Reilly has proved that he’s the king of the nonfiction list. With Those Who Trespass, he extends his bestselling domain to fiction, giving readers a novel that’s an exciting look into the no-holds-barred world of television news. One by one, high-level executives and correspondents are being murdered. Soon it becomes clear that the killings are linked, the work of a bitter former newsman exacting revenge on those who derailed his career. Tommy O’Malley, a tough but warmhearted New York City detective, is assigned to crack the widening, high-profile murder cases, but encounters competition from a beautiful and tenacious tabloid reporter, Ashley Van Buren. As the story unfolds, Tommy and Ashley quickly discover they’ve got much more in common than a knack for solving crimes. Those Who Trespass combines suspense, action, psychodrama, and romance with a fascinating glimpse into the harsh realities behind the delivery of our daily dose of television news--a picture only Bill O’Reilly could bring to life.

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Crown

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0767913817

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9780767913812

A Voter's Journey

By: Bill Lewers

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A Voter's Journey

By: Bill Lewers

A few years ago, I published a book titled Six Decades of Baseball: A Personal Narrative, which described my lifelong passion for baseball, written purely from the perspective of a baseball fan with no inside knowledge of the game. A Voter's Journey sets out to do the same thing, only this time with politics. I hope that the telling of my story will encourage the reader to reflect upon his or her own lifelong political journey. For in a society like ours, saturated with politics and elections, each one of us, whether we are politically inclined or not, makes a political journey of some kind or another. This is the story of mine.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1483686779

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9781483686776

Killed by Death

By: Bill MacWithey

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Killed by Death

By: Bill MacWithey

Killed by Death When CIA assassin, John Taylor, receives an assignment to eliminate a top ranking U.S. Air Force General, he draws the line, even though he knows he will be on the companys hit list for knowing about an assignment but not carrying it out. In an attempt to warn the target he is in danger, Taylor becomes entangled in an operation much larger than the assassination of the general. A top-secret military device has been stolen, and it looks as if the general and his daughter might be involved in the theft. When he finds himself is on someones hit list, Taylor is on his own to not only stay alive, but figure out what the hell is going on and who wants him and the general dead. When he goes to London to confront or warn the general (hes not sure which) an attempt is made on his life by a small group of army rangers. But, they dont know the kind of survivor-at-all-costs they have taken on. He kills all the would-be assassins and makes it to the generals headquarters in London. Taylor isnt prepared for what he encounters, mainly the generals daughter, Tracy, an army first lieutenant. He has never seen a soldier that looks like her, and they soon become lovers. Tracy is a computer expert and works in the Allied Headquarters, Europe. Actually, the headquarters is a huge listening station, staying on top of what European leaders are saying in their phone conversations and communications. It is a spy network headquarters. Tracy has intercepted a message from a satellite system that isnt even supposed to be online unless the US is involved in a war. Its a highly secret system about which very few people know. The message is a complete dozier on the general and the commander of Army Special Forces. They are both marked for assassination. Taylors search, which includes Tracy as an assistant, leads him to a top-secret facility in Utah. There, a scientist has developed a device that will see stealth aircraft. Now, that device is for sale by someone to the highest bidder. John Taylors only living relative is his sister, Doris. Although he is confident no one knows she exists, when his life is in danger, he send her off on a trip to Barbados to get her out of the line of fire. She is kidnapped and held aboard a yacht, so the enemy might lure Taylor into a trap. They believe he knows where the missing device is hidden. Taylor doesnt disappoint them and walks right into their trap. Then, he finds out Tracy is much more than a lieutenant who knows her way around computers, when she comes to the rescue. Taylor has always used women and dumped them when it was convenient. But, he finds himself to be truly in love for the first time in his life. Then, as they return to DC from Utah, a passing car fires into their car and Tracy is killed. Taylor is, to say the least, pissed! He has always done his job without passion, much like a mechanic changing a tire. He was given an assignment to kill someone and he killed him or her, always knowing it was for the good of democracy and his country. But that has changed! They made it personal when they killed Tracy and he vows to kill them all. Whoever they are. A seemingly unrelated incident takes place in the Caribbean. A team of army rangers fires a deadly missile at a US frigate, then, the army team is all murdered on the shore of Honduras. The helicopter crew, which ferried the rangers ashore picks up the bodies and takes them to an aircraft carrier on maneuvers in the Caribbean. As they leave the carrier, a missile shoots down their helicopter. A large naval fleet is participating in war games, and the president goes to visit the carrier. Before Taylor killed one of the perpetrators aboard the yacht where Doris had been held, the man told him the entire thing was about assassinating the president. Now, Taylor realizes a team is aboard the carrier to sink it with explosives, while the president is aboard. He and

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146284121X

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9781462841219

Along Different Lines

70 Real Life Railway Stories

By: Geoff Body,Bill Parker

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Along Different Lines

70 Real Life Railway Stories

By: Geoff Body,Bill Parker

Running a railway is a complex business. However organised it is, there will always be surprises: often hilarious, frequently unexpected, but sometimes serious. Along Different Lines includes such bizarre 'everyday' events as coping with hurricanes, rogue locomotives and runaway wagons; PR successes and otherwise; the Brighton Belle, Flying Scotsman and Mallard; training-course capers; a wino invasion; trackside antics; the Eurostar backdrop; the birth of a prison; and royal and other special occasions. Expert authors Geoff Body and Bill Parker lovingly compiled this entertaining collection in which railway professionals recall notable incidents from across their careers. This illustrated compilation provides an enjoyable look back at life on the railways.

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The History Press

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0752490915

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9780752490915

Birth of a Legend

The Bomber Mafia and the Y1b-17

By: Capt Arthur H. Wagner Uscg (Ret),Arthur H. Wagner,Ltcol Leon E. (Bill),Leon E. Braxton

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Birth of a Legend

The Bomber Mafia and the Y1b-17

By: Capt Arthur H. Wagner Uscg (Ret),Arthur H. Wagner,Ltcol Leon E. (Bill),Leon E. Braxton

Competition for Army acquisition funding in the betrween wars depression years was fierce. The opposing camps of Fighter Supremacy versus Strategic Bombing played out at the Air Corps Tactical School (ACTS), at GHQ, before Congress and in the media. Military exercises pitted the Navy and the Air Corps in operations with real cloak and dagger background gambits, each trying to gain the upper hand. When leaders such as Benjamin Foulois, Billy Mitchell, and Frank Andrews eventually were able to foster a bomber competition to replace the Martin B-10, Boeing's four-engined Model 299 was a clear winner; but then it crashed at Dayton, and the Army opted for the Douglas B-18. Somehow, Frank Andrews had enough faith in his convictions and managed to have 13 Y1B-17s produced and sent to the 2nd Bombardment Group at Langley Field, VA. There Robert Olds and his three squadrons enthralled the country with long range goodwill flights, transcontinental speed runs with an obscure 1st Lt Curtis leMay navigating the way, and a thrilling movie "Test Pilot" starring Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, and Spencer Tracy. Fortunately for the trials of WWII, these daring young men of the Army Air Corps put their careers on the line, and made the B-17 one of the iconic weapons of that conflict. This is the untold story of the aircraft development and the men who made it happen.

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Trafford Publishing

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1466906022

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9781466906020

The Last Good German

By: Bill Granger

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The Last Good German

By: Bill Granger

They met before. Their encounter nearly cost Devereaux--code name November--his life. Now, amid a perilously uncertain global thaw, they meet again: America's November Man, an agent without faith, and a defunct East Germany's Double Eagle, an agent without a country. For Double Eagle, the confrontation is the means to a totalitarian countercoup inside a reunified Germany. For November, it is the only way to halt the devastating blackmail of Rita Macklin, his one love. Once more, the two long-standing adversaries--and the powers behind them--will try to use each other. And this time, the spy called Double Eagle is determined that the November Man won't survive.

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Hachette+ORM

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1455530298

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9781455530298

Norfolk 2

North-west and south

By: Nikolaus Pevsner,Bill Wilson

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Norfolk 2

North-west and south

By: Nikolaus Pevsner,Bill Wilson

This second volume on Norfolk provides a comprehensive survey from prehistoric times to the present day. The 17th- and 18th-century treasures of King's Lynn are explored, as well as the market towns of Swaffham and Wymondham. Castle remains and medieval churches are also explored.

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Yale University Press

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0300096577

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9780300096576

Crossrail Bill

first special report, session 2006-07, Vol. 4: Oral evidence, 21 June to 26 July 2006

By: Great Britain: Parliament: Select Committee on the Crossrail Bill

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Crossrail Bill

first special report, session 2006-07, Vol. 4: Oral evidence, 21 June to 26 July 2006

By: Great Britain: Parliament: Select Committee on the Crossrail Bill

Incorporating HC 837-xliii to lvii, session 2005-06. The Crossrail Bill was originally published as HCB 2, session 2006-07 (ISBN 9780215707871) and was carried over into session 2007-08 as HCB 5 (ISBN 9780215709202). The first volume of the report is available separately as HC 235-I, session 2006-07 (ISBN 9780215036810), as is Vol. 2 (ISBN 9780215037169), Vol. 3 (ISBN 9780215037176) and Vol.5 (ISBN 9780215037190)

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The Stationery Office

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0215037189

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Keep Watching the Skies!

American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties, The 21st Century Edition

By: Bill Warren

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Keep Watching the Skies!

American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties, The 21st Century Edition

By: Bill Warren

Bill Warren's Keep Watching the Skies! was originally published in two volumes, in 1982 and 1986. It was then greatly expanded in what we called the 21st Century Edition, with new entries on several films and revisions and expansions of the commentary on every film. In addition to a detailed plot synopsis, full cast and credit listings, and an overview of the critical reception of each film, Warren delivers richly informative assessments of the films and a wealth of insights and anecdotes about their making. The book contains 273 photographs (many rare, 35 in color), has seven useful appendices, and concludes with an enormous index. This book is also available in softcover format (ISBN 978-1-4766-6618-1).

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McFarland

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0786442301

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9780786442300

The Man Who Heard Too Much

By: Bill Granger

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The Man Who Heard Too Much

By: Bill Granger

It begins in Sweden. A low-level defection by a Russian sailor in Stockholm coincides with the theft of critical tapes at a high-level Soviet-American conference in Malmo. At stake is a sophisticated computer virus potentially more lethal that any biological plague in history. From Paris to Copenhagen to Washington to the Vatican, two adversaries once more find themselves on opposite sides: Henry McGee, the traitorous, seemingly indestructible double agent, and Devereaux, code name November, waging his personal, deadly war for--and against--both the CIA and the KGB.

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145553031X

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9781455530311

Hemingway's Notebook

By: Bill Granger

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Hemingway's Notebook

By: Bill Granger

Everyone is looking for it on St. Michel in the Caribbean. Here the president is a raving lunatic, the "Black Police" have the run of the capital, guerilla forces mass in the hills, an organized crime syndicate plans its own takeover, and U.S. agents brutally battle for a document filled with hot political secrets, the lost notebook of Ernest Hemingway. And here one of America's toughest spies, the man they call November, will need all his courage and cunning if the coveted prize is to be his.

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145553062X

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Schism

A November Man Novel

By: Bill Granger

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Schism

A November Man Novel

By: Bill Granger

The November Man returns... After twenty years in the Cambodian jungle, Father Leo Tunney has staggered out--with a secret of global importance. What does Father Leo Tunney know? Washington, Moscow, Vatican City and an international bank want to find out--at any cost. So does a cool, clever U.S. agent: Deveraux--code name, the "November Man." And one other: A beautiful young journalist who has her own way of prying answers from a tortured priest...a woman who might outwit them all...or become the ultimate pawn in a deadly game that could destroy the balance of world power!

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1455530638

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HC 129 - High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill

By: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill Select Committee,Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill

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HC 129 - High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill

This report contains the final directions and recommendations of the Select Committee on the High Speed 2 Phase One Hybrid Bill after 160 days of sittings over nearly two years. Our responsibility was to hear petitions from those specially and directly affected by the Bill and, where we believed it was appropriate, to suggest modifications, assurances, undertakings or mitigation to address petitioners' concerns. The Committee directed a number of amendments to the proposed HS2 Phase One project. Notably they have directed a longer Chilterns bored tunnel, greater noise protection for Wendover, better construction arrangements in Hillingdon, and a remodelled maintenance depot at Washwood Heath to maximise local job opportunities. There should be a coherent approach to the redevelopment of Euston. In many cases not specifically mentioned in this report we have intervened to encourage fairness, practical settlements, the giving of assurances, or better mitigation. The Committee recommended amendments to the operation of the discretionary compensation schemes which they believe will result in greater fairness and a more functional property market in areas near to the proposed line. They also suggest improvements to the procedure for dealing with hybrid bills.

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0215091213

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9780215091215

Cop

Forty-Three Years In The Royal Canadian Mounted Police

By: Bill Sharp

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Forty-Three Years In The Royal Canadian Mounted Police

By: Bill Sharp

COP is the true story of Bill Sharp's service in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police from 1968 to 2011. For over forty-three years he served in British Columbia where he upheld the law in Trail, Burnaby, Castlegar, Surrey, North Vancouver, Coquitlam and Langley. These are his stories of basic training, followed by first-hand accounts of violence, tragedy and interesting events-experiences recounted with honesty and humour. It is a lucid, credible and articulate memoir of the author's career as a front-line policeman in the RCMP....

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FriesenPress

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1460216121

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9781460216125

Hit the Target

Eight Men who Led The Eighth Air Force to Victory over the Luftwaffe

By: Bill Yenne

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Hit the Target

Eight Men who Led The Eighth Air Force to Victory over the Luftwaffe

By: Bill Yenne

From Bill Yenne, author of the military histories Big Week and Aces High, comes the stirring true story of the Eighth Air Force in World War II. Barely a month after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Army formed its Eighth Air Force, the first bomber command on either side to commit to strategic daylight bombing, with the goal of defeating the Third Reich from the air. The men of the Eighth paid the price in both lives and blood. Hit the Target introduces readers to those who made the Eighth Air Force the formidable juggernaut it soon became. Men of all ranks, from General Tooey Spaatz, the hard-driving founding commander, to Colonel Jimmy Doolittle, the hero who led the first air raid on Japan, to Maynard “Snuffy” Smith, the irascible first airman in Europe to be awarded the Medal of Honor. The story of the Mighty Eighth is told through these men, whose careers paralleled the early history of aviation and who helped to revolutionize airborne warfare and win World War II. INCLUDES PHOTOS “Bill Yenne scores another bull’s-eye with Hit the Target...This is a story everyone should know.”—Robert Bruce Arnold is the co-author of Wilderness of Tigers, A Novel of Saigon and grandson of the Air Force’s only Five Star General, Hap Arnold “The story of the mighty United States Eighth Air Force is one for the ages.”—Brian Sobel, author of The Fighting Pattons

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Penguin

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0425274187

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9780425274187

Weekends for Two in the Pacific Northwest

50 Romantic Getaways

By: Bill Gleeson

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Weekends for Two in the Pacific Northwest

50 Romantic Getaways

By: Bill Gleeson

The best-selling title in this popular series, Weekends for Two in the Pacific Northwest offers a fully illustrated guide to 50 dazzling destinations, from Oregons breathtaking coastal forests to the romantic gulf islands of British Columbia. This completely revised and updated third edition contains a host of new destinations for the most unforgettable getaways to be found in this spectacular region. If migrating whales can be seen from a private deck or late-morning breakfast is served on a canopied bed before a flickering fire, Bill Gleeson is there. For honeymoons, anniversaries, or a secret rendezvous, nothing beats Weekends for Two.

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Chronicle Books

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0811835324

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9780811835329

Nature and the Human Soul

Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World

By: Bill Plotkin

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Nature and the Human Soul

Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World

By: Bill Plotkin

The depth psychologist and wilderness guide presents eight stages of human life that are modeled on the cycles and qualities of the natural world.

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New World Library

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1577315510

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9781577315513

Devil's Grandson

By: W. A. Bill Harris

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Devil's Grandson

By: W. A. Bill Harris

On a gray early morning, the shadowy figure of a young girl leaves a cardboard box at the end of a long driveway that leads up to a broken-down farmhouse. A newborn boy child in the box cries for milk. His seemingly uncaring mother walks away quickly and disappears into the mist. The child is about to begin a life of living hell. This is a story of a boy who suffers extreme mental and physical abuse at the hands of a brutal grandfather. It's a story of courage and the will to live. He survives and excels, but he can never forget his nightmare past.

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1483608565

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9781483608563

The British Cross

By: Bill Granger

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The British Cross

By: Bill Granger

In the depths of a Finnish winter, Deveraux--the November Man--is about to be betrayed... A defecting Russian agent dangles a Gulag prisoner, thought dead for thirty-eight years--in front of the November Man. Suddenly the intelligence forces of the world are locked in a bloody battle, and Deveraux is cut loose by his own people. From Britain to Ireland to Leningrad, Deveraux and a tough, beautiful reporter slip outside the system to bring the prisoner out--even if it means blowing the lid off the most shocking triple-cross of World War II.

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1455530654

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9781455530656

Apollo's Fire

Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy

By: Jay Inslee,Bracken Hendricks,Bill Clinton

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Apollo's Fire

Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy

By: Jay Inslee,Bracken Hendricks,Bill Clinton

In this book the authors make the case for renewable energy and renewable energy policy. Each chapter begins with an inspiring story by someone working in renewable energy or a related field.

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Island Press

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1597266493

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9781597266499

P-51B Mustang

North American’s Bastard Stepchild that Saved the Eighth Air Force

By: James William "Bill" Marshall,Lowell F. Ford

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P-51B Mustang

North American’s Bastard Stepchild that Saved the Eighth Air Force

By: James William "Bill" Marshall,Lowell F. Ford

During World War II, the United States Army Air Corps was led by a cadre of officers who believed implicitly that military aviation, particularly fast heavy bombers at high altitude, would be able to destroy strategic enemy targets during daylight with minimal losses. However, by 1942 the Flying Fortress was proving vulnerable to Luftwaffe fighters. This title charts the United States Army Air Force's struggle to develop a Long-Range Escort which would enable them to achieve the Combined Bomber Objectives and gain mastery of the skies over the Third Reich. The commitment of the USAAF to the Mediterranean and European theatres saw an increasingly desperate need to find a fighter escort, which reached crisis point in 1943 as losses suffered in the Tidal Wave offensive and Schweinfurt-Regensburg-Munster raids emphasised the mounting strength of the Luftwaffe. The USAAF leaders increasingly accepted the probability of bomber losses, and the deployment of the P-51B Mustang solved the problem of Germany's layered defence strategy, as Luftwaffe fighters had been avoiding the P-47 Thunderbolt and P-38 Lightening escort fighters by concentrating their attacks beyond the range of the Thunderbolt and Lightning. The P-51B duly emerged as the 'The Bastard Stepchild' that the USAAF Material Division did not want, becoming the key Long-Range Escort fighter, alongside the P-38 and P-47, that defeated the Luftwaffe prior to D-Day. As well as the P-51B's history, this title explores the technical improvements made to each of these fighters, as well as the operational leadership and technical development of the Luftwaffe they fought against.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472839641

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9781472839640

Zest for Learning

Developing curious learners who relish real-world challenges (Pedagogy for a Changing World series)

By: Bill Lucas,Ellen Spencer

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Developing curious learners who relish real-world challenges (Pedagogy for a Changing World series)

By: Bill Lucas,Ellen Spencer

In Zest for Learning: Developing curious learners who relish real-world challenges, Bill Lucas and Ellen Spencer explore the ways in which teachers can help their pupils to find their passions, develop independence and challenge themselves to become more expansive learners. Young people need more than subject knowledge in order to thrive they need capabilities. The Pedagogy for a Changing World series details which capabilities matter and how schools can develop them. A key capability is zest: the curiosity and desire to experience new things. Zest for Learning offers a powerful new synthesis of thinking about what it takes for young people to flourish both in education and in the wider world, especially at a time when preparing them for life beyond school often calls for brave leadership. This could be encouraged through, for example, greater engagement with sports and the arts, by collaborating with external bodies such as the Scouts and Guides or the Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme or by working with libraries, museums, faith groups and environmental associations. In this book Bill and Ellen offer a framework for zest: a practical guide for teachers, underpinned by theory. They draw on a number of areas of knowledge and practice that each have something to contribute to the concept of zest for learning, bringing together ideas in concrete and actionable ways. Zest for Learning connects the co-curriculum with the formal curriculum, building both theoretical and practical confidence in the kinds of pedagogies which work well. Bill and Ellen have infused the book with a wide range of ideas for getting pupils to love learning so much that they will be able to learn whatever they want to throughout their lives. The authors also go further by presenting case studies that illustrate the successful integration of the co-curriculum with the formal curriculum at various educational institutions, and by providing an A to Z of practical ideas and activities for developing zest in young learners. Suitable for all teachers and leaders, in both primary and secondary settings.

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Crown House Publishing Ltd

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1785834843

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9781785834844

The Scar of Cain

The Book of Jasher, Part 1

By: Bill Sanford

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The Scar of Cain

The Book of Jasher, Part 1

By: Bill Sanford

In this re-edited book version of The Book of Jasher, The Clan, the year is 2025. Man’s most ancient and feared enemy still walks the earth and has been consolidating his power and marshaling his dark forces for thousands of years. He is the man of shadows, and he has only one agenda: to establish a one-world order where he controls our destiny. For him, there can be no other purpose for power. Now only one man, Benjamin Jasher, stands between this same dark ruler and the goal of the same ancient society, not because he is more cunning but because he has the means to expose this dark adversary for what he is and what he wants: he is the Beast, and he intents for all to carry his mark.

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iUniverse

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1532051557

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9781532051555

No Outward Sign

By: Bill Neugent

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No Outward Sign

By: Bill Neugent

A computer attack on the nation finds the targeted industries in denial and authorities hamstrung by turf and legal impediments. The country’s survival depends on Brent Singleton, cyber vigilante, who heads a rebel force willing to go against the law. Brent becomes the target of both the government and the terrorists, and finds an unexpected ally in a beautiful FBI computer-crime investigator. “exciting and very thought provoking. I thoroughly enjoyed the book.” John Gilligan, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Air Force “read it in two sittings...an attention grabber” Charlie Sherupski, Formerly the top cybersecurity officer at CIA “riveting, entertaining, authoritative” Bruce Brody, top cybersecurity official, Department of Veterans Affairs

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0595257496

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George Whitefield Chadwick

The Life and Music of the Pride of New England

By: Bill F. Faucett

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George Whitefield Chadwick

The Life and Music of the Pride of New England

By: Bill F. Faucett

In many ways, this is the story of the birth of the American style in classical music. George Whitefield Chadwick (1854-1931) was one of the most significant and influential American composers at the turn of the twentieth century and a leading light of the Boston cultural scene. Bill F. Faucett offers a detailed exploration of Chadwick's life and art utilizing archival material only recently made available. These crucial primary sources, including letters, diaries, and memoirs, enable a deeper and more nuanced understanding of Chadwick's music and aesthetic perspective, and provide a clearer lens through which to view his life, career, and times. The book traces Chadwick's story from his earliest musical education to his surging career in Boston's nascent musical culture of the 1880s, to his fruitful middle years, and finally to his later life and towering legacy. In addition to bringing newfound appreciation of Chadwick's life, Faucett's book offers penetrating examinations of his major compositions and a vivid re-creation of Boston's rich and influential musical and cultural scene.

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1555537731

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Norfolk 1

Norwich and North East

By: Nikolaus Pevsner,Bill Wilson

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Norfolk 1

Norwich and North East

By: Nikolaus Pevsner,Bill Wilson

Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East and its companion, Norfolk 2: North-West and South, aim to provide a lively and uniquely comprehensive survey of the architectural treasures of Norfolk. Extensively revised and expanded, these new editions of Sir Nikolaus Pevsner's original volumes bring together the latest research on a county which has some of the most attractive buildings in England. The gazetteer is enhanced by an introduction which provides a perceptive overview of the region's architectural inheritance, and is illustrated by numerous text figures, maps and 130 photographs (many specially commissioned). Pre-eminent in this volume is the city of Norwich, rich in major buildings of outstanding quality, from Norman cathedral and castle to twentieth-century city hall and university. Supreme among the ports described in this volume is the medieval walled town of Great Yarmouth, whose highly individual history and buildings are here examined in detail for the first time. There are also full descriptions of many appealing market towns, whilst the rest of the county is revealed through succinct accounts of its parish churches and less well-known buildings. Abbey ruins, brick eighteenth-century farmhouses and estate cottages in quiet inland villages contrast with coastal fishing settlements and resorts. Great barns testify to the significance of agriculture. Country houses range from the magnificent Jacobean Blickling Hall to seaside extravaganzas by Lutyens. Detailed indexes make this not only an essential reference book, but also a guide book for anyone interested in the rich region of Norfolk.

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Yale University Press

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0300096070

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9780300096071

Olympic Act

By: Bill Gross

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Olympic Act

By: Bill Gross

Olympic Act is a fictional account about a CIA agent who becomes the action officer in a counter terrorism program involving biological warfare attacks against NATO and other United States interests. For the most part, the book is a first person description as though the agent was relating his actions, and his qualifications and background, to the reader. The action portion of Olympic Act is based wholly in a contemporary setting; involving the current (1999-2000) geo-political scene as it exists in the Trans-Caucasus region of the Russian Federation. The book delves into national and international political aspirations and problems; and it cites many of the inter-actions found in that environment. It specifically addresses the Russian Federation and its wants and needs to restore itself to a position of prominence and power, under Valdimir Putin. It shows interactions between the Russian Federation and the European Union; and it addresses the effects of rising Islamic political power throughout the Middle East.

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0595004202

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The Infant of Prague

By: Bill Granger

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The Infant of Prague

By: Bill Granger

In the majestic silence of Chartres cathedral, Deveraux--code name November Man--receives his assignment: help Czechoslovakias' cultural liaison cross over to the West. A hard enough job, even without the added complicatin of an act of God. For in a humble Chicago parish church, the sacred statue of the Infant of Prague is found weeping real tears. A visiting Czech child star actress, transfigured by the wondrous event, declares, on live television, her intent to remain in American in the name of Christ and freedom. Only an operative as cynical and seasoned as the November Man can sense the sinister link between two dramatic, yet apparently unrelated defections. A miracle has plunged him into a vast global adventure. And it will take a miracle to get him through it alive.

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145553028X

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Code Name November

By: Bill Granger

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Code Name November

By: Bill Granger

The classic bestselling thriller that introduced the November Man... Devereaux. Both target and triggerman, pawn and master player, the spy who can never come in from the cold.... Devereaux. Code name November. Brilliant, lethally cool operative. Years ago regarded as one of America's most valuable security assets. Now courted by the KGB, attacked by the CIA. Your mission: foil the planned assassination of England's richest man and its prime minister in a treacherous war of shadows on the Irish Sea, where the first loyalty is to yourself. And the wrong move can be your last....

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1455530263

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Soul Theft

How Religions Seized Control of Humanity's Spiritual Nature

By: Bill Missett

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Soul Theft

How Religions Seized Control of Humanity's Spiritual Nature

By: Bill Missett

DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK IF YOU OWN THE "Trilogy" or ATS: Book 2, its primary source. (This, the fifth book in the Awakening The Soul series, is the story of the discovery of the suppression of almost all the traits of our spiritual nature by those who should have been protecting and enhancing them. By the time you get to the end of this book, you will understand what Western Religions have done to the world. This realization grew to the point where it became obvious this most vital information needed a wider, more immediate audience for greater exposure than just to those actively seeking spiritual awakening. These historically-documented truths, many presented here for the first time, are something every contemporary Christian, Jew and Muslim should know.)

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AuthorHouse

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1434398196

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Area 51 - Black Jets

A History of the Aircraft Developed at Groom Lake, America's Secret Aviation Base

By: Bill Yenne

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Area 51 - Black Jets

A History of the Aircraft Developed at Groom Lake, America's Secret Aviation Base

By: Bill Yenne

Area 51's most important military aviation developments are profiled in an illustrated format. When most of us think of Area 51, we think of aliens, UFOs, and controversial government cover-ups. It's easy to forget that, since the mid-1950s, the United States' famed extension of Edwards Air Force Base has served as a top-secret CIA testing ground for many of the most groundbreaking advancements in American military aviation technology. In Area 51 - Black Jets, author and military historian Bill Yenne offers the first fully illustrated chronology of Area 51's most famous aircraft projects, including Lockheed's U-2 "Dragon Lady" and SR-71 "Blackbird" reconnaissance planes, drones ranging from the early Lockheed D-21 to the modern-day General Atomics MQ-1 Predator, and the famous F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter produced by the Have Blue program during the 1970s. Each project is given its own fascinating chapter illuminating the aircraft's development at this famed location. But beyond the aircraft themselves, Area 51 - Black Jets also covers a handful of the many classified experimental programs carried out at Area 51 over the years, such as Have Doughnut, Have Ferry, and Have Drill - secret undertakings that successfully reverse-engineered such enemy aircraft as the Russian MiG during the Cold War. Presented in beautiful hardcover format and illustrated with historic color and black-and-white photographs, diagrams, and maps, this book reveals Area 51 for what it truly is: a clandestine area for the United States' most cutting-edge technological innovators in military aviation.

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Zenith Press

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0760361460

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Biking Puget Sound

50 Rides from Olympia to the San Juans

By: Bill Thorness

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Biking Puget Sound

50 Rides from Olympia to the San Juans

By: Bill Thorness

* Bike routes rated from easy to difficult, between 10 and 50+ miles round-trip * The start of most rides are within an hour's drive of Seattle * Handy "At A Glance" chart compares bike routes by features, including difficulty, length, elevation gain, biking time, and points of interest Puget Sound offers amazing scenery, and there is no better way to see the awe-inspiring mountains, dramatic shorelines, and tranquil fields than by bicycle. This guidebook points you to the 50 best bike routes in the region, from Olympia to the San Juans, with most tours located close to Seattle. Biking Puget Sound offers a mix of major bike routes, such as the Burke-Gilman, and the Centennial Trail, along with on-road bike routes. All trips can easily be done within a day, however, some trips can be combined to make longer outings. There are also overnight options at popular weekend destinations, including the Skagit Valley and the San Juan Islands. For each tour, there is a comprehensive description noting points of interest, food and drink stops, bike shops, road or trail hazards, and more. You will also find clear driving directions and information on where to leave your car, along with turn-by-turn bicycling directions. Helpful tips are included on preparing for a ride, what to bring, bicycling safety, commuting by bike, and riding with children.

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1594851263

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9781594851261

A Trash Hauler in Vietnam

Memoir of Four Tactical Airlift Tours, 1965-1968

By: Bill Barry

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A Trash Hauler in Vietnam

Memoir of Four Tactical Airlift Tours, 1965-1968

By: Bill Barry

This book recounts four tours of Air Force duty in Vietnam, 1965-1968, and reports firsthand how tactics and the war effort changed each time. The routine and risk of daily airlift operations and the differing air bases are discussed--and colored with personal memories. Cargo included everything from elephants to dancing girls, and accidents and errors were all part of the mission. The author describes the work as a "history-based, humorous, satirical, and bitter recount of a major national wasted effort," with commentary on American attitudes, the costs and the lingering social impact of the war. Photographs. Index.

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