While Ryan struggles to find his missing wife, his friends have been tasked with an investigation of the Defense Intelligence Agency. An investigation that involves finding a covert agent operating inside the agency. For Ryan, his only clue is a is a picture of his RV crossing into Mexico from El Paso, Texas. How these two arbitrary events intersect into the lives of people, is like a pebble in a pond with the ripples spreading out affecting everything and everyone till the ripples lap up onto the shore. Retribution is the fourth book in the Ryan series with his first two books both being nominated for the CIPA EVVY award.
Ryan and Gunny are at it again. Amanda has called in her favor, and now the both of them are off to Budapest and a double cross. Ryan has been tasked with discrediting ANFA, a U.S. homegrown terror outfit. While at the same time finding information on a left-wing radical group inside the Hungarian government. Who will die this time?
A powerful and deeply personal exploration of mental health, and an indelible account of the legacy of familial illness and living with a fracturing mind Like many people, Tom Lee remembers the presence - somewhere out of sight, on the outskirts of town - of the local psychiatric hospital. It was a place that inspired jokes, rumours and dread, a place where the strange and deranged were kept away. But among those people were, at different times, Tom's own parents. Afterwards, those times were not much spoken about and before long the hospital closed, as part of the nationwide shutting down of psychiatric institutions. For many years, Tom believed that he had dodged the bullet of the mental illness that had marked the lives of his parents. But then, quite out of the blue, he has a crisis of his own and finds himself returning to the past for clues. The Bullet is an attempt to piece together and understand what happened to his parents and what happened to him. It is also a story about how we have tried and spectacularly failed to care for people suffering with mental illness, and about the terrifying fragility and unknowability of the human mind.
Doctor Jimmy Capri was anxious. Doctor Maureen Mo Lally had coerced him into presenting their paper at a military medical meeting in Hanoi. He feared that returning to Vietnam would unmask the post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD that he suffered from his first tour at First Marines First Medical Battalion in Da Nang and that he had managed to submerge for over thirty-five years. The memories that had lain dormant did surface, including being shot and the details of his love affair with Mai Nguyen, a nurse at WHO Children"s Hospital. What he didnt anticipate from his short stay in Vietnam, was a new love.
Tom, our narrator, is a stranger in an intellectual community whose members experience the world by wondering how things are made and how they might be made differently. Instead of characters undergoing dramatic changes, Tom's life in this world is defined by the changing plans for things:objects that might help people overcome injuries, virtual reality experiences that induce profound nostalgia about memories, ambiguous and ordinary robots, and failed services intended to replace the function of mirrors. Tom's job is to tell stories about the work going on in this intellectual community and to look for the unacknowledged storytelling that is already part of the world. Many of the stories Tom hears and observes involve types of people called clients, consumers and designers-all figures who in this story are bound together by the common thread of trying to make visions and aspirations tangible. Tom listens and watches people pour their practical and imaginative energies into plans for thing-projects and in the process gives centre stage to a pervasive but oddly inconspicuous aspect of what it means to be human in the world today.
Jim Icarus is a handsome twenty-two year old who is invited to trek to the base camp of Mount Everest by his Dad, Alex. His adventures start by saving a boy from a burning helicopter. He falls in love with Charley, a pretty emergency physician. She helps resuscitate his Dad who succumbs to high altitude mountain sickness in Dingboche, Nepal. By luck a working group who has spent the summer and fall cleaning the trash from the base camp of Mount Everest is camped a few hundred yards from Jim's trekking party when his Dad goes into high altitude cerebral edema. Their Gamow hyperbaric bag is successful in resuscitating his Dad out of coma, but unfortunately Alex slips back into coma. Good fortune smiles again when a French physician from the High Altitude Mountain Rescue clinic in Pheriche arrives with her Jacque Cousteau designed hyperbaric chamber that will pressure the victim down to sea level. An injection of Niphedapine under Alex's tongue and a dive in the Cousteau bag brings Alex out of his coma once again. Alex survives a trip to a lower altitude on a makeshift stretcher with oxygen flowing, but is in poor condition. Only a daring helicopter rescue offers any hope, but leaves Jim wondering about the fate of his Dad. The rest of the trekking party marches up the trail and eventually five members summit Kala Patthar, but not without another high altitude sickness casualty. Meanwhile, Jim hurries down the mountain only to have to wait in Lukla for a flight back to Kathmandu. Alex recovers unbeknownst to Jim and sight sees around Kathmandu. Charley transports the other coma patient by rescue helicopter, but never quite hooks up with Jim. Jim finally meets his Dad and they recount the events that nearly melted their wings.
Gunny-a retired Marine now working for the CIA-and Ryan-a fellow Marine and Gunny's former boss-are at it again. This time they've been tasked to stop terrorists who are planning a major attack on the U.S. While searching for the target and the terrorists, they also must avenge the death of one of Ryan's old flames. Little do they know that those two tasks will intersect, drawing Ryan back into the black ops world he has so desperately tried to escape.
GUNNY (a retired Marine, now working for the CIA) is tasked by his bosses, to find out who and why covert operations are being leaked to The Washington Post. He needs someone outside the CIA, he needs a ghost - a person no one knows about, with the required skill set. His choice, his old boss, RYAN, from his Marine Corps days. Ryan starts down the path of discovery, and learns that FATION GJONI is the key. Fation is a ruthless crime boss from Tirana, Albania who deals with terrorist and drug cartels. Following the trail of money, he learns that EMILY ADAMSON (a money hungry southern belle and the wife of the president) is selling the covert operations, for monetary gain, and then hiding the money in a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Emily has her husband's childhood friends, the STEWARTS, killed when they stumble onto Fation Gjoni and his criminal past in order to keep her secret. With Gunny supplying him money, passports, and identities to take down Gjoni, Ryan also maps out a plan of justice for Emily; but that is a plan Gunny is unaware of. Will the CIA intervene to stop Ryan? Does Gunny have to arrest, or worse, kill his old boss to stop him from carrying out vigilante justice. Does the Washington Post expose Ryan's hunt, which will in turn destroy the CIA? How will Ryan complete his assignment with people turning against him? Will he make a deal?
Analogue bodies is a collection of essays by Tom Lee, materialised as a set of illustrated books by Zoë Sadokierski, a collaboration between designer and writer, presented at The Emerging Writers' Festival, Melbourne, May-July 2014.
One of the strangest and most appealing novels you will read this year! Tom Lee’s first novel is about a young jogger who is in a relationship with an older woman. She is both his coach and his mentor. Coach Fitz, as he calls her, seeks to instil a philosophy of running which combines ‘controlled intensity’ with a curiosity about places and their histories. A country boy, he is fascinated by the landscapes of the city beaches and parks through which they travel. And he has his own obsessions – with exercise routines, ancestral legacies, outdoor gyms, horse-racing, weather conditions and inner-city eating habits. Then, suddenly, their relationship falls apart, over the issue of sex – and he becomes a coach and mentor in turn, to a young man this time, as he attempts to orchestrate an ideal expression of his emotional, athletic and intellectual urges. Coach Fitz is an exploration of the outdoor mentality that plays such a dominant role in the Australian psyche. It is remarkable for its observations about landscape and physical exercise, embedded in the training routines and dialogues of the runners. But most of all it is about the emotions and aspirations of youth, and the complications these engender.
A Poetics of the Naughty is an essay written by Tom Lee, typeset and illustrated by Zoë Sadokierski. Tom's essay covers biblical naughty figs, trickster god Hermes, what naughty animals and children get up to, and Kafka's naughty characters"--Lulu.com.
Tom Lee's journey through life is probably similar to that experienced by many other folks, filled with the ups and downs that come with living in our world today. Looking back at this journey, there are a number of instances where God was helping him along and guiding his voyage. It's a good thing that God was there or his faith may not have survived. That is the miraculous thing about our God. His grace extends to everyone, and He will help overcome many of life's obstacles, often without it being obvious. The questions and issues that had to be dealt with during this journey all had an influence on his faith. The understanding developed with God's help as a result of each of these is presented in a clear and personal fashion. The positions formed allowed his faith to be fortified and strengthened his relationship with God. In many instances, the positions came about through direct guidance from the Holy Spirit even though that was not evident at that time. This is how God imparts wisdom to His people, and frequently, it takes looking back at it with a wiser and older eye to see how He has impacted our lives. The issues covered include sin, evil, death, judgmental behavior, creation, forgiveness, the second coming of Jesus Christ, and several potentially confusing topics such as baptism, Communion, and the Trinity. It is certain that everyone won't be in full agreement with the positions given, but they work for him. They certainly don't make him perfect as he is still a sinner, but they do show that he can be forgiven through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. God can lead other folks to a very different understanding of these issues, and these differences should not cause serious conflicts between individuals. No one is perfect or has complete knowledge of God's plan for His universe. Everyone can look for and find their own understanding of these same or similar questions with the help of the Holy Spirit. When your faith is fortified and you feel closer to God, you'll know you've got it. The information in this book may help you think about what's right for you. As you read this, remember there are two great commandments. Love God and love your neighbor as yourself. Keeping this forefront in your mind is the best way to live your life in a God pleasing way.
Includes 20 costumed figures and 14 additional outfits for the Confederate general, his wife, and their 7 children, among them military and civilian apparel and modest day wear for the women and children.
One of the final projects of the legendary Stan Lee and beautifully illustrated by Spider-man veteran Andie Tong, BACKCHANNEL centers on Tom Tanner and his father, Martin. On the surface, Tom Tanner is having an average high school life - struggling to stay on the lacrosse team, hiding his affections for his friend Sally, and trying to keep his head down and grades up. What his father, an LA police detective, and friends don’t know is that Tom is an engineering prodigy and is being recruited by BACKCHANNEL, a decentralized hactivist group causing havoc at prisons across the U.S. While developing a highly sophisticated AI algorithm, a power awakens within Tom that grants him the ability to mentally hack into any device (technopathy). While initially using this newfound power for personal gain and petty revenge, he learns of a dark secret from his father’s past that will change him forever. In need of a moment of escapism, Tom returns to his favorite digital comics. This time though, the comic is disturbingly on point with what Tom has been experiencing. As he continues to read, Tom realizes that there are encrypted messages in the comic from an unknown ally who clearly knows everything Tom has been up to. When he discovers that the hacktivist group BACKCHANNEL has been tracking him and is aware of his new abilities and reaching out to him for help, Tom is set on a very dangerous path.
How it all Began!" Stan Lee Comics presents “MIGHTY 7," a sensational new superhero property from the creator of Spider-Man, the X-Men and more!! When a crew of sinister, alien prisoners and their jailers are blasted across the galaxy, their ship lands smack dab in front of legendary comic book creator Stan “the man" Lee! What does this alien arrival mean for planet Earth?! Reality meets fantasy as the "Mighty 7" journey begins!
This book documents the project Words from the First Walk. Over three days in late January 2013, a poet (Tom Lee) walked an illustrator (Zoë Sadokierski) and a photographer (Jacqueline Lorber Kasunic) around his family farm, Coorah. Tom described the land and named the places and things on it while Jacquie and Zoë documented, in their own ways. The party moved from landmark to landmark: bumping about in the ute, pushing through burr-starred paddocks, scrabbling up rocks scabbed with lichen, entering into and emerging from atmospheres of light, sound, surface and weather; always accompanied by the various non-humans that also lay claim to the land, always wondering at the different ways the land had been greeted and praised in the long history of its habitation.The book tells the story of a walk, in three different ways. The poet retraces past memories. The illustrator obsesses with the minutiae of shape and pattern. The photographer maps movement in the landscape brought about by farming practices.
A Monster Among Us!" Stan Lee Comics’ “MIGHTY 7′′ continues! HEROES and VILLAINS and LASERS! OH MY! The all-new superhero property from the co-creator of Spider-Man, the X-Men and more, takes a dramatic turn as a frightening new villain finally makes his destructive debut! As our heroes continue to adjust to their new lives on Earth, Stan must adjust to playing host to the unruly band of aliens! Can the greatest comic book creator ever manage to spare the city of L.A from complete chaos?!
One of the Financial Times' Best Economics Books of 2023 Visionary Oxford professor Ian Goldin and The Economist's Tom Lee-Devlin show why the city is where the battles of inequality, social division, pandemics and climate change must be faced. From centres of antiquity like Athens or Rome to modern metropolises like New York or Shanghai, cities throughout history have been the engines of human progress and the epicentres of our greatest achievements. Now, for the first time, more than half of humanity lives in cities, a share that continues to rise. In the developing world, cities are growing at a rate never seen before. In this book, Professor Goldin and Tom Lee-Devlin show why making our societies fairer, more cohesive and sustainable must start with our cities. Globalization and technological change have concentrated wealth into a small number of booming metropolises, leaving many smaller cities and towns behind and feeding populist resentment. Yet even within seemingly thriving cities like London or San Francisco, the gap between the haves and have-nots continues to widen and our retreat into online worlds tears away at our social fabric. Meanwhile, pandemics and climate change pose existential threats to our increasingly urban world. Professor Goldin and Tom Lee-Devlin combine the lessons of history with a deep understanding of the challenges confronting our world today to show why cities are at a crossroads – and hold our destinies in the balance.
Presents biographies of 13 Americans and discusses "ideas," such as freedom, cooperation, education, and division of labor, upon which America was founded.
Analogue Emails documents the collaboration between writer Tom Lee and designer Zoë Sadokierski that led to their book: Analogue Bodies Vol. 1: Feet and Teeth. It includes every email Tom and Zoë sent each other between July 2013 and May 2014.
Capture and Chaos!" Stan Lee Comics' Mighty 7 continues! The all-new superhero property from the co-creator of Spider-Man, the X-Men, and more heats up as Stan must come to terms with his alien compatriots! Titanic forces collide as comics legend meets alien, but what evil is brewing on the horizon? Villainy looms in this action-packed second installment of Stan Lee's latest and greatest super-heroic tale!
The straight punch is the core of Jeet Kune Do."—Bruce Lee The straight lead was a key element in Bruce Lee's development of his own personal style. It was designed to be uncomplicated, economical, and brutally effective but is not as simple as it might seem. Bruce Lee once described it the most difficult move in the Jeet Kune Do arsenal. Lee developed JKD as a response to the shortcomings he found in traditional martial arts, but it also includes elements of Western combat systems that he found effective. It incorporates contributions ranging from Jack Dempsey's approach to boxing to the fencing style of Aldo Nadi. In The Straight Lead: The Core of Bruce Lee's Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do, author Teri Tom describes the development of the straight punch in Western martial arts and describes Bruce Lee's refinement of the technique. It also offers a thorough instruction in the complexity and power of the move—showing martial artists of any discipline how to incorporate this devastating attack into their repertoire. With forewords by Shannon Lee Keasler and Ted Wong, chapters include: A Brief History of Straight Punching Evolution of Jeet Kune Do's Straight Lead The Stance Mechanics of the Straight Lead Footwork Why the Straight Lead? Application Speed Variations of the Straight Punch What Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do is Not Go to the Source An Interview with Ted Wong
Based on interviews with Stan Lee and dozens of his colleagues and contemporaries, as well as extensive archival research, this book provides a professional history, an appreciation, and a critical exploration of the face of Marvel Comics. Recognized as a dazzling writer, a skilled editor, a relentless self-promoter, a credit hog, and a huckster, Stan Lee rose from his humble beginnings to ride the wave of the 1940s comic books boom and witness the current motion picture madness and comic industry woes. Included is a complete examination of the rise of Marvel Comics, Lee's work in the years of postwar prosperity, and his efforts in the 1960s to revitalize the medium after it had grown stale.
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