Rick Banyan, a Private Investigator of American Indian heritage awaits a government undercover assignment. Surviving a beating leaving him in a comatose state for weeks, he begins his dangerous journey into a world of treachery and intrigue, while searching out and apprehending the person responsible. This action position's him inside an organization he's destined to eventually destroy. Someone close to him is murdered and he vows vengeance, but he's sidetracked until after completing his government assignment. He learns of a super-secret drug development, designed to inhibit addiction to heroin and cocaine. Cartel chieftains frantically attempt to identify locations on the European mainland where research is being performed. His job--locate these sites, and provide this information directly to the Cartel's leadership. He initially balks at the part he's to play, finding later he's been the catalyst to a gigantic sting operation designed by the government to net the cream of international drug participants. Despite adversity and personal distaste for the man he must work with on the other side of the law, he completes his assignment. He re-institutes his search to find the murderer, working on a now cold trail. He perseveres and extracts his own brand of justice.
Rick Banyan International P.I., half- reed American Indian/Caucasian, undercover agent of super-secret government agency, is called in to stop a multi-pronged attempt to take the life of the US President. A group of affluent businessmen, known as the CLIQUE, formed because of their hatred of the president, the man, and his policies, hire Victor Salvetti, head of the Camorra. This International Crime Group, similar to the Mafia, has offered to complete this task in one year for $150,000,000. After setting the contract, Salvetti sells same services to Saddam Hussein for an additional $100,000,000. Included in this contract is additional condition that Saddam provide a deep-cover sleeper agent to assist. Salvetti plans to use the sleeper during assassination attempt to kill the Speaker of the house, his hated enemy. Unique methods to achieve Camorra goals are tested in Europe and perfected. To identify and thwart developing plans, Rick creates a physical disguise and infiltrates the Camorra as one of their soldiers. At the lowest echelon he’s assigned to kidnap wealthy Europeans for ransom, working for a drop-dead gorgeous woman with whom he falls in love. Activities reach into France, Spain, Italy, Bosnia, Malaysia, Jordan and Iraq.
Five individuals, born in separate corners of the world, yet uniquely connected, come together. As they approached maturity, their mothers were murdered to provide for their real training to begin. Each is alleged to be a direct descendent of leader's of the Third Reich. They were secretly prepared for the day when they would revive the reign of terror many hoped had died with the men who envisioned it. What destruction will result from their hatred? Mike Burke Associates are hired to investigate a seven-year series of thefts from a South African diamond mine. In a strange turn of events the thief ultimately captures Mike. Badly beaten, bereft of clothes and all body hair, Mike incurs amnesia. He is believed dead. Two detectives begin separate journeys-Mike sets off in search of his identity, while his wife, Martha, searches for clues to understand how and why Mike has died. Her path leads her to discover a plot to destroy the Panama Canal, bringing her into the world of the descendants of the Third Reich. Mike's path winds through another life before reclaiming his own. Once again a team, they pursue a man who could be Hitler's son.
The End of the Beginning is an autobiography featuring my 70-year journey spring boarding to the rest of my life. The book shows how a boy born to poor parents from a small Pennsylvania town in the 1940s progressed through many of life's phases including my antics while growing up, having a successful 20-year Military life as an electronics technician, followed by a 24-year second career as a System Safety Engineer in several Defense Industries, culminating in retirement or semi-retirement however you care to view it. In parallel, the book depicts a lifetime of volunteerism to help my fellow man in areas of Emergency Services (Law Enforcement, Fire Services, and Emergency Medical Services) including working as an educator in these fields, church activities, various fraternal organizations, and Habitat for Humanity. Weaved throughout is a depiction of the morphing, growing, and maturing of my religious beliefs and actions.
This is the second volume in a series of lecture notes based on the highly s- cessful Euro Summer School on Exotic Beams that has been running yearly since 1993 (apart from 1999) and is planned to continue to do so. It is the aim of the School and these lecture notes to provide an introduction to - dioactive ion beam (RIB) physics at the level of graduate students and young postdocs starting out in the ?eld. Each volume will contain lectures covering a range of topics from nuclear theory to experiment to applications. Our understanding of atomic nuclei has undergone a major re-orientation over the past two decades and seen the emergence of an exciting ?eld of research: the study of exotic nuclei. The availability of energetic beams of short-lived nuclei, referred to as radioactive ion beams (RIBs), has opened the way to the study of the structure and dynamics of thousands of nuclear species never before observed in the laboratory. In its 2004 report “Persp- tives for Nuclear Physics Research in Europe in the Coming Decade and - yond”, the Nuclear Physics European Collaboration Committee (NuPECC) statesthatthe?eldofRIBphysicsisoneofthemostimportantdirectionsfor the future science programme in Europe. In 2005 it published its “Roadmap for Construction of Nuclear Physics Research Infrastructures in Europe”.
This volume contains the edited versions of some selected lectures delivered at the famous "Schladming Winter School", devoted to "Flavor Physics" in the present case. Flavor physics is one of the hot topics in contemporary elementary particle physics, because it relates to fundamental questions like the origin of masses, the size and strength of CP violation and the oscillations between various neutrino species. This volume will be useful for graduate students wishing to get more acquainted with the field as well as for lecturers in search of material for seminars of special lectures and courses in quantum field theory.
Read Jim Powell's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community. The Breaking of Eggs is the story of the curmudgeonly Feliks Zhokovski, Polish by birth, Communist at heart, who at age 61 finds that just about everything he has based his life on is crumbling. Separated from him family as a child when the Nazis invaded Poland, Feliks is currently living in Paris and his life's work is a travel guide to the old Eastern bloc. But unfortunately for Feliks, it's 1991: the Berlin Wall has fallen, Communism has collapsed, East Germany isn't the economic miracle he wants it to be, and he's forced to confront the fact that his travel-writing days are numbered. His guide was a flourishing business, but the old pro-Communist descriptions won’t do, for Western visitors will now be able to see for themselves. So he makes the (extremely difficult) decision to sell his guide to a big, capitalist American publisher. This sets in motion a chain of events that will reunite him with a brother living in Ohio that he hasn't seen in fifty years, reveal the truth about the mother he thought abandoned him and offer him a second chance with a long-lost love. Equal parts hilarious and moving, The Breaking of Eggs is the story of a man who closed himself off from everyone and everything years ago and now awakens to discover the world has changed dramatically and he must change with it. The Breaking of Eggs also has the added bonus of being a crash course in 20th century European history, subtly told as a backdrop to Feliks' riveting personal story. Imagine Everything is Illuminated meets The Elegance of the Hedgehog, then forget all the publishing clichés and discover this incredible new voice.
This updated edition of a classic bestseller discusses the benefits, the rewards, and the importance of reading aloud to children of a new generation. Supported by delightful anecdotes as well as the latest research, the handbook offers proven techniques and strategies for helping children discover the pleasures of reading.
Today’s business environment is constantly evolving, filled with volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity and driven by digital transformation, globalization, and the need to creating value through innovation. These shifts demand that organizations view contracting through a different lens. Since it is impossible to predict every what-if scenario in a transactional contract, organizations in strategic and complex partnerships must shift to a mindset of shared goals and objectives built upon a strong foundation of transparency and trust, working together to mitigate risk much better than merely shifting risk to the weaker party. Contracting in the New Economy helps you to not only develop this mindset – but also offers the practical tools needed to embrace the social side of contracting, enabling your organization to harness the value creating potential of formal relational contracts. Briefly sharing the theoretical foundations that prove relational contracting works, it goes well beyond theory by providing powerful examples of relational contracting principles in practice. In addition, the authors provide a practical and proven approach for helping you to put relational contracting theory into practice for your own relationships. First by providing a framework for approaching any contracting situation and helping organizations finding the best contract model for each situation. And then by sharing five proven steps you can take to create an effective relational contract for you own strategic and complex business relationships. For anyone involved in developing contracts —lawyers, in-house counsels, contract managers, C-level managers, procurement officers, and so on — this book will empower you to create powerful cooperative alliances that will help you reach —and surpass — your business goals in today’s dynamic new environment.
Are we creating an ungovernable world? Can we be confident that our existing modes of global governance are sufficient, or adaptable enough, to meet the challenges of globalization? This new study powerfully tackles these key questions, delivering a provocative examination of the cognitive, practical and political limits on our ability to exercise systems of regulation and control on the same scale as the globalizing forces already shaping the human condition. Key issues addressed include: * an examination of the many meanings of 'global governance' * a contextualised view of global governance within the complex interaction of human and natural systems * an analysis of global governance at a fundamental and conceptual level * a case study of disseminative systems and global governance This book is essential reading for those with research interests in global politics, international relations and globalization.
This book is an oral history of the auditing profession in Britain from 1920s to the present day based on extended extracts from interviews with 77 past and present practitioners. Those interviewed ranged from a nonagenarian who qualified in the 1920s, to active contemporaries, from sole practitioners to the present day heads of the Big Five accounting firms. The often candid interviews uncover a surprising variety of experience and opinions and allow a group of often fascinating individuals to tell their own stories.
The Glory of Washington is the most comprehensive book ever written on the fabled and rapidly growing University of Washington athletic program. This book chronicles over 100 years of Husky athletics, listing yearly accounts of statistics, records, individual achievements, and team accomplishments. Fans of the Huskies will enjoy reading about legends such as Hugh McElhenny, Aretha Hill, Gil Dobie, Hec Edmundson, Jim Owens, Karen Deden, Al Ulbrickson, Hiram Conibear, Don James, and Marv Harshman. Included is a complete listing of letter winners and Olympic competitors. Even the most rabid Washington fan will discover something new in this collection of vignettes that tell the tale of the purple and gold.
Uncovers information on the technology, experimentation and implementation of "mind-control" technology. This text reveals aspects of this topic such as: early CIA experiments on Project MONARCH and RHICEDOM; the methodology and technology of implants; and "mind-control" assassins and couriers.
From the coming of sound to the 1960s, the musical was central to Hollywood production. Exhibiting – often in spectacular fashion – the remarkable resources of the Hollywood studios, musicals came to epitomise the very idea of 'light entertainment'. Films like Top Hat and 42nd Street, Meet Me in St. Louis and On the Town, Singin' in the Rain and Oklahoma!, West Side Story and The Sound of Music were hugely popular, yet were commonly regarded by cultural commentators as trivial and escapist. It was the 1970s before serious study of the Hollywood musical began to change critical attitudes and foster an interest in musical films produced in other cultures. Hollywood musicals have become less common, but the genre persists and both academic interest in and fond nostalgia for the musical shows no signs of abating. 100 Film Musicals provides a stimulating overview of the genre's development, its major themes and the critical debates it has provoked. While centred on the dominant Hollywood tradition, 100 Film Musicals includes films from countries that often tried to emulate the Hollywood style, like Britain and Germany, as well as from very different cultures like India, Egypt and Japan. Jim Hillier and Douglas Pye also discuss post-1960s films from many different sources which adapt and reflect on the conventions of the genre, including recent examples such as Moulin Rouge! and High School Musical, demonstrating that the genre is still very much alive.
Germs are everywhere--in your mouth, on your clothes, on everything you touch. Some we can't live without; others are microscopic killing machines. This title looks at the fascinating people who discovered and studied germs. From the "Father of Microbiology" Robert Koch to biologist Alexander Fleming discovering antibiotics, readers will learn all about the history and theories of germs. ABDO & Daughters is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
People of all ages and backgrounds are seeking work in career fields that will help save the planet, yet many people are unaware of the variety of green careers available. This unique career guidance book, based on labor market research, covers green jobs representing almost every area of career interest. The authors' extensive experience in career and workforce development will help you explore tomorrow's green career options. Answer such questions as: What green careers are available? What salary can I expect? What education do I need? What is the demand for this type of job? How do I change to a green career? Green Careers offers clear and concise information about the emerging field of green and environmental jobs. Chapters include: Industry-by-industry overview of green jobs Profiles of 90 different occupations in 12 different career groups Over 65 case studies and interviews of people working in green jobs Career planning information and job search resources This book will appeal to students, career explorers, job seekers, and career and workforce development professionals as an indispensable guide for finding a career to feel passionate about and prospering while doing what you love.
Leela Pulaski's garden visit with friend, Georgia May, leads to a desperate plea for help in finding Georgia's infant granddaughter, kidnapped a week earlier. The tragic story of the child's mother and her subsequent suicide, ties back to a member of the Aryan Nations extremists killed by Leela during an attack on the Pulaski home in 1999. Georgia May believes Leela is destined to solve the kidnapping because of it. Meanwhile, Emil, the other half of the Pulaski team, is in Phoenix, tracking down Annette Van Zandt, the seventeen year-old, run-away daughter of a Coeur d'Alene family. Upon learning why the girl left home, Emil immediately cancels his contract with her father, and befriends the young woman, an act that will have profound consequences for the Pulaski family.
From January to July 1942, more than seventy-five ships sank to North Carolina's "Graveyard of the Atlantic" off the coast of the Outer Banks. German U-boats sank ships in some of the most harrowing sea fighting close to America's shore. Germany's Operation Drumbeat, led by Admiral Karl Donitz, brought fear to the local communities. A Standard oil tanker sank just sixty miles from Cape Hatteras. The U-85 was the first U-boat sunk by American surface forces, and local divers later discovered a rare Enigma machine aboard. Author Jim Bunch traces the destructive history of world war on the shores of the Outer Banks.
Despite a rapid increase in the availability of many forms of gambling, there has been little serious study in the literature of the likely effects. This book seeks to fill that gap by reviewing what is known about gambling in Britain and studying work on the nature, prevalence and possible causes of problem gambling. Drawing on the history and recent British studies on the subject, Gambling and Problem Gambling in Britain gives an in-depth theoretical and practical viewpoint of this subject. Areas covered include: * gambling in Britain since Victorian times * expansion of gambling in the late twentieth century * what we now know about problem gambling and its treatment * a consideration of the future of gambling in Britain. This book will be invaluable for professionals, trainees and academics in the areas of counselling, primary care, probation and social work.
Monster Stalks NYC When a local drunk is mugged near the toxic Gowanus Canal by “a hulking, hairy beast who smells really bad,” Hank Kalabander thinks nothing of blaming the assault on the legendary Bigfoot. His sardonic crime blotter for The Hornet, a local Brooklyn rag, often gleefully recounts the tragedies that befall the borough’s dimmer residents. But when an upstart reporter from The Eagle, a tabloid paper, lifts his piece and implicates Bigfoot in two more attacks, the crimes become local news fodder and the hunt for the “Gowanus Beast” takes off. Pretty soon the G.B. is to blame for everything from murder and robberies to playground scuffles and a pie’s disappearance—and neighborhood watch patrols have taken to the streets. Alarmed by the populace’s response, Hank decides it’s his responsibility to disprove the existence of this menacing beast and, with the help of an old carny colleague, put an end to the growing hysteria. In The Blow-off, acclaimed writer Jim Knipfel has crafted an astoundingly funny send-up of our current times—an intoxicating blend of sharp cultural references, wildly comical scenes, discerning commentary, and unforgettable characters.
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