In the aftermath of the horrific 9-11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, surviving family members of the innocent victims come together in hundreds of grief counseling sessions to deal with their losses and depression. One small counseling group becomes so mired in their anger and frustration with their own government's inability to find the terrorists, they decide to go after them on their own. Drawing on their individual strengths and diverse backgrounds, these survivors come up with a surprisingly simple plan to draw the reviled terrorist from his lair. Their personal journey of retribution takes them from New York's Times Square to Europe, from Russia to the Middle East, navigating oceans, traversing borders, and climbing mountains, all the while evading pursuers, for a fateful face-to-face meeting with the World's most sought after terrorist.
Hiding in Plain Sight to Settle Accounts Vince's specialized work wasn't as well defined and clear anymore. It wasn't black and white like the old days. It had become more dangerous, and personally frustrating. His moral compass was spinning out of control. All he wanted to do was retire peacefully and start a new life with his beautiful wife on a ranch in the northwest. Having completed what would be his last assignment he traveled to Langley, VA. There he gives notice to his superiors claiming old bones and health maladies that were slowing him down. These DC leaders were naturally reluctant to let their best field agent go and asked him to reconsider. At the same time others in DC decided they couldn't let him go. He knew too much. They would organize an assassination hit to silence their trusted agent and all who would stand with him. Utilizing all his acquired skills he fights back and then disappears, hiding in plain sight to lick his wounds. Then he mounts his own campaign of retribution for those who had challenged his life. From Central America to the islands of Washington State, to the deserts of Arizona, and then Vancouver, BC. Vince determines who his friends and enemies are. He is a man on a mission hiding in plain sight. One last job!
In 2011 Osama bin Laden, the cold-blooded leader of al Qaeda, was finally tracked down by a U.S. SEAL assault team in a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The head of the snake was killed and sent al Qaeda's terrorist organization into considerable turmoil. In Yemen, the remaining al Qaeda leadership tries to regroup and mounts a campaign of counterstrikes on a number of fronts, creating the Arab Spring discontent throughout the Mideast. CIA covert operator Josh Ranalli is tasked to investigate al Qaeda's efforts to regain the terrorist network's initiative. Identifying a sniper camp in Yemen, he infiltrates the terrorist organization and stumbles on an even more sinister plot to avenge bin Laden's death. Stinger missiles go missing, assassinations start occurring across the Mideast, and Josh stares down al Qaeda's leadership to figure out what is being planned. To put the pieces of the puzzle together, the covert agent is brought stateside to follow the meager leads of a terrorist plot targeting Chicago. He partners with beautiful Homeland Security professional, Etta Petrini, who proves to be a challenge in multiple ways. Normally a Mideast desert sand rat, Josh Ranalli is out of his element in the city in more ways than one, as they team up to solve the sinister terrorist plot that could be more devastating than 9-11.
In the aftermath of the horrific 9-11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, surviving family members of the innocent victims come together in hundreds of grief counseling sessions to deal with their losses and depression. One small counseling group becomes so mired in their anger and frustration with their own government's inability to find the terrorists, they decide to go after them on their own. Drawing on their individual strengths and diverse backgrounds, these survivors come up with a surprisingly simple plan to draw the reviled terrorist from his lair. Their personal journey of retribution takes them from New York's Times Square to Europe, from Russia to the Middle East, navigating oceans, traversing borders, and climbing mountains, all the while evading pursuers, for a fateful face-to-face meeting with the World's most sought after terrorist.
A father (Tom) hears his son Richard say, “School is OK except I don’t like learning numbers or arithmetic.” After dinner, Tom sits with Richard and tells him a story of a kingdom long ago where the use of numbers is forbidden by King Kcaj and of the chaos that ensues because of it. As Tom’s story unfolds, he hopes to instill in Richard a sense of the importance of learning numbers, counting, and arithmetic along with other life lessons.
Revised and updated since its first publication in 1990, this acclaimed critical survey covers the classic chillers produced by Universal Studios during the golden age of hollywood horror, 1931 through 1946. Trekking boldly through haunts and horrors from The Frankenstein Monster, The Wolf Man, Count Dracula, and The Invisible Man, to The Mummy, Paula the Ape Woman, The Creeper, and The Inner Sanctum, the authors offer a definitive study of the 86 films produced during this era and present a general overview of the period. Coverage of the films includes complete cast lists, credits, storyline, behind-the-scenes information, production history, critical analysis, and commentary from the cast and crew (much of it drawn from interviews by Tom Weaver, whom USA Today calls "the king of the monster hunters"). Unique to this edition are a new selection of photographs and poster reproductions and an appendix listing additional films of interest.
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