Two men. A corporate lawyer from Los Angeles to whom success has come easy and a former homeless child from the streets of Rio aching for the big money. Each reaching for something impossible, something that has always eluded them. The wealthy lawyer lives the good life, but has lost his purpose–the other can't escape poverty. Now they find themselves pursued by dreams in a booming gold town 250 miles up the Amazon. When these two desperate lives cross, neither will ever be the same again.
A mid-level U.S. diplomat is sent on a mission to Egypt the day before a military coup that nobody expected. Suddenly, the streets aren’t safe for anyone, especially an American, especially one who mysteriously begins to show fantastic healing powers. Set alternately in Washington DC, Cairo and Alexandria, “Sudden Rivers” takes us into the richly imagined world of a modern Egypt and spins a tale of a complex society in flux told through the eyes of a man in crisis, a man who has given up on nearly everything some time ago. He is Parrish McKenzie, a mid-level diplomat based at the embassy in Cairo whose future is buried in a stultifying bureaucracy where he just can’t fit in. His only joy is following his passion—hunting for black market antiquities on the back streets of the old city, Al-Qāhirah. In Arabic it means “The Victorious.” Though he denies it even to himself, he suddenly begins to exhibit mysterious powers and first heals a young girl shot by Jihadists in a bus hijacking. But when the police question him, he dismisses it and tells them she was never really hurt, they were mistaken. Nevertheless, the story spreads and he attracts a Muslim following. This drives the fundamentalists and the State Department up the wall, it’s the last thing anyone needed in a volatile Egypt. Who knew the General would grab power overnight, a man as famous for his gourmet cooking as he was for his fundamentalism—though soon his feminist daughter, Azhara, would test that faith. It didn’t help that Parrish had rescued her from near death and now they were both on the run caught up in a web of politics and violence. When philandering oil minister al’ Rashid hires a detective to investigate Azhara before risking a proposal of marriage, he sets all his powers after them too. Then a young Russian journalist latches onto the story and realizes it’s her ticket to fame and riches with a worldwide exclusive Now everybody wants Parrish. The junta for murder; Islamists for blasphemy; The State Department just wants him gone, but some Egyptian people desperately want to believe in him. Unexpectedly something bigger is happening, something profound. Parrish is evolving into an enigmatic new person and it sweeps him into dangerous events he never before could have imagined.
An enigmatic genius discovers it. A woman obsessed with power exploits it. One man will risk everything to find the answer behind it, but he could never have been prepared for where the truth would take him. It is Los Angeles of the near future. People are dazzled by technology driven by an insatiable demand for virtual excitement. EXIT POINT; One man’s odyssey into a dark landscape of the near future as he desperately tries to unravel the mystery while struggling with his own crisis in belief.
A body floating in the Harlem River. A phone call asking for help. A call that leads government lawyer Devlin Wolfe into the murky world of dark money and Wall Street, and behind the scenes of the glamorous Metropolitan Opera where everything is seemingly linked together - the murder of a top financial figure, the laundering of illegal funds into a political campaign and two otherworldly divas battling it out for supremacy in a new production the press has taken to calling the "Haunted Aida.
Two men. A corporate lawyer from Los Angeles to whom success has come easy and a former homeless child from the streets of Rio aching for the big money. Both are reaching for something impossible, something that has always eluded them. Success has come easily to a wealthy Los Angeles' lawyer. He is riding high on a free-running global economy that has reordered the world. He cares little for the logic of global capital that has enriched him overpowering the ancient inertia of politics. He is preoccupied with expensive cars, trouble with women and mingling with the successful. Now he finds himself in the middle of the booming Brazilian gold rush 250 miles from Manaus down the Amazon, in a floating gold town named the Wolf's Mouth. Cut off from civilization, he is suddenly confronted with the brutal nature of law and his own failures deep in the Brazilian rainforest. Somewhere in Los Angeles he has lost his purpose, pursued by dreams in the booming gold fields of the Amazon he will find it.
A mid-level U.S. diplomat is sent on a mission to Egypt the day before a military coup that nobody expected. Suddenly, the streets aren’t safe for anyone, especially an American, especially one who mysteriously begins to show fantastic healing powers. Set alternately in Washington DC, Cairo and Alexandria, “Sudden Rivers” takes us into the richly imagined world of a modern Egypt and spins a tale of a complex society in flux told through the eyes of a man in crisis, a man who has given up on nearly everything some time ago. He is Parrish McKenzie, a mid-level diplomat based at the embassy in Cairo whose future is buried in a stultifying bureaucracy where he just can’t fit in. His only joy is following his passion—hunting for black market antiquities on the back streets of the old city, Al-Qāhirah. In Arabic it means “The Victorious.” Though he denies it even to himself, he suddenly begins to exhibit mysterious powers and first heals a young girl shot by Jihadists in a bus hijacking. But when the police question him, he dismisses it and tells them she was never really hurt, they were mistaken. Nevertheless, the story spreads and he attracts a Muslim following. This drives the fundamentalists and the State Department up the wall, it’s the last thing anyone needed in a volatile Egypt. Who knew the General would grab power overnight, a man as famous for his gourmet cooking as he was for his fundamentalism—though soon his feminist daughter, Azhara, would test that faith. It didn’t help that Parrish had rescued her from near death and now they were both on the run caught up in a web of politics and violence. When philandering oil minister al’ Rashid hires a detective to investigate Azhara before risking a proposal of marriage, he sets all his powers after them too. Then a young Russian journalist latches onto the story and realizes it’s her ticket to fame and riches with a worldwide exclusive Now everybody wants Parrish. The junta for murder; Islamists for blasphemy; The State Department just wants him gone, but some Egyptian people desperately want to believe in him. Unexpectedly something bigger is happening, something profound. Parrish is evolving into an enigmatic new person and it sweeps him into dangerous events he never before could have imagined.
An enigmatic genius discovers it. A woman obsessed with power exploits it. One man will risk everything to find the answer behind it, but he could never have been prepared for where truth would take him. It is Los Angeles of the near future. People are dazzled by technology driven by an insatiable demand for virtual excitement. Secretly, network executives employ a fantastic new technology that causes people to lose touch with reality. This hidden influence suddenly affects everyone in sinister and unexpected ways. EXIT POINT is the odyssey of Nash DeCoucy into the dark landscape of the near future as he desperately tries to unravel the mystery while struggling with his own crisis in belief.
The United States entered World War II after a surprise attack by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. U.S. officials feared that Japanese Americans would betray their country and help Japan. Nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans were taken from their homes and moved into relocation centers, which some viewed as concentration camps. The internees, backed by many other Americans, believed that their fundamental rights as U.S. citizens had been denied. Years later the government apologized for its unjust actions.
For freshman/sophomore level courses in Introduction to Political Science, U.S. Politics, and Comparative Politics. Exceptionally up-to-date and rich in cross-national examples with an emphasis on the U.S. political system this text offers an unbiased, thorough introduction to the basic terminology, concepts, and theories of political science.
The Majority Leader of the 107th Senate offers a candid insider's account of the workings of the U.S. government during two extraordinary years of American history, sharing his thoughts on the presidential election of 2000, the September 11th terrorist attacks, the anthrax scare, the war on terrorrism, corporate scandals, and other Senate leaders. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.
The Stanley Cup -- hockey's ultimate prize and the most recognized trophy in all sports.Lord Stanley's Cup has seen the happiest moments and celebrations that the championships can bring, and has shared in so many intimate moments such as when Denis Potvin sat with The Stanley Cup and his dying father. For over one hundred years professional hockey players have battled for possession of The Cup.The Cup has been stolen, it has been vandalized, it is home to the names of hockey's greatest players such as Bowman, Imlach, Blake, Arbour...it has stories that young and old alike will wait to hear with baited breath...If the Cup Could Talk.
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