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The Last Patriot

By: Bernard W. Rees

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An American newspaper reporter, Owen OBrien, is on the run in China. Why is he being chased by both the Chinese and the CIA? Who is the beautiful blonde with whom he becomes emotionally entangled? As OBrien attempts to escape along the ancient Silk Road, over the high Himalayas into Pakistan, he carries a terrifying secret crucial to Americas security. This fast paced romantic thriller, dealing with big power politics, corruption in high places and the subversion of the democratic process in America, will grip the reader from beginning to end! REVIEW EXPATICA MAGAZINE, EUROPE Expats have an advantage when writing fiction; doing unusual things in exotic places is often part of the experience of living and working outside your native country. Dutch resident Bernard W. Rees takes us to the Philippines in The Manila Galleon and to China, along the Silk Road and over the Himalayas into Pakistan in The Last Patriot. Born in Llanelli in Wales, Rees has seen his fair share of the world. He grew up in Kampala, Uganda and Nairobi in Kenya. At sixteen he went to sea and got his first taste of the Orient. He emigrated to Canada in his early 20s where he traded ships and cargo for many years, from "the Americas to the Persian Gulf, China, Japan and Korea". Following the death of his first wife in 1995, Rees decided he needed "to change my life and do something new". He sold his shipping business and moved to Manila, where, in his spare time, he searched for Spanish treasure ships. This is when he developed another talent: he pens a good yarn. The main character of The Manila Galleon is Peter de Vries, a rogue CIA agent. Of course rogue CIA agents are common in thrillers these days, and one who has lost his memory isnt that original either. But what really matters is that Rees makes something of this character in this page-turning thriller, with a twist. De Vries gets involved in the salvage of a 17th century Spanish treasure ship, while at the same time he must avoid the CIA and discover the significance of his dreams about the Galleon and its fatal encounter with Dutch privateers. The sole survivor was a Dutch prisoner, Captain Jeroen de Vries. Rees wrote his second novel while living in the US from 2003 to 2005. The CIA is there again but this time the main setting is China. This book is heavier than Galleons as it deals with the "major problems facing the world today": energy security, terrorism and the looming potential of conflict between the US and China. The hero, if that is the correct term, is Owen O Brien, a cynical, alcoholic journalist and the heroine is an idealistic young doctor working with orphaned AIDS children in China. Written as a memoir to his daughter, the book recounts how OBrien comes into possession of secret documents outlining a plan to attack the US. The CIA, which will never hire Rees to do its PR, is again the bad guy as it joins forces with the Chinese to stop OBrien fleeing with the papers. If this was Hollywood, the hero would save the day at the last minute. But Rees, a world-wise expat, doesnt go for sugar-coated endings. Not to give too many secrets away, Reese wrote a second, Hollywood ending for Galleons to "maintain the domestic peace" with his wife. The Last Patriot has a more open ending. Reese opened yet another new chapter in his life when he moved to the Netherlands as the trailing spouse at the beginning of 2006. The couples teenage children enrolled in the international school in Arnhem and their youngest is attending Dutch elementary school. This expat author is now working on a series of books about an American living in Paris. We will eagerly await publication.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1462825249

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9781462825240

Shades of Difference

A History of Ethnicity in America

By: Richard W. Rees

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Shades of Difference

A History of Ethnicity in America

By: Richard W. Rees

From its prehistory in the biological theories of racial difference formulated in the 1800s to its current position in academic debate, Richard Rees investigates the diverse fields of scholarship from which the multifaceted understanding of the term ethnicity is derived. At the same time, Rees traces the broader historical forces that shaped the needs to which the concept of ethnicity responded and the social purposes to which it was applied. Centrally, he focuses upon the emergence of ethnicity in the early 1940s as a means of resolving contradictions and ambiguities in the racial status of European immigrants and its subsequent legacy and implications on race and caste. Shades of Difference introduces new perspectives on the definition of 'whiteness' in America, and makes an original contribution to the larger discussion of race through a detailed account of ethnicity's original meaning and its revaluation when later appropriated by the discourse of Black Nationalism in the 1960s and 70s. Rees has produced a powerful new analysis of the cultural and political history of ethnicity in America.

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192

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Rowman & Littlefield

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074254317X

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9780742543171

The European Union and Internal Security

Guardian of the People?

By: V. Mitsilegas,J. Monar,W. Rees

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The European Union and Internal Security

Guardian of the People?

By: V. Mitsilegas,J. Monar,W. Rees

In the post-Cold war period new security threats have arisen in Western Europe. Amongst these, organized crime and illegal immigration are acknowledged to represent significant security challenges. The European Union and Internal Security analyses the nature of these challenges and investigates how the EU has been evolving to counter them. Written by experts in the fields of political science and law, this book addresses a hitherto neglected area of study.

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210

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Springer

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0230504388

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9780230504387

Living with Tinnitus

By: David W. Rees

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Living with Tinnitus

By: David W. Rees

Unless you live next to a big church and have the option of moving, there is not much you can do to get rid of ringing in the ears. But, explain two psychologists, there is a lot you can do to make life easier. Part of the series for sufferers of chronic conditions. Distributed in the US by St. Martin's. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Manchester University Press

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0719033675

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9780719033674

Anglo-American Approaches to Alliance Security, 1955-60

By: W. Rees

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Anglo-American Approaches to Alliance Security, 1955-60

By: W. Rees

This book looks at the attitudes and policies of the United States and United Kingdom, in the late 1950s, towards the three major alliances in Europe, the Middle East and South East Asia. Drawing upon a wealth of archival material, it analyses both the military relationship between the US and UK and the extent to which these two countries were prepared to cooperate with their allies in countering the threats to Western security.

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229

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Springer

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0230379834

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9780230379831

Creatures of the Night

By: Alfred W. Rees

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Creatures of the Night

By: Alfred W. Rees

Reproduction of the original: Creatures of the Night by Alfred W. Rees

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3732680827

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9783732680825

The Headline Murders

A Story of Murder and Deceit Set in the City of Pittsburgh

By: David W. Rees

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The Headline Murders

A Story of Murder and Deceit Set in the City of Pittsburgh

By: David W. Rees

In The Headline Murders David Rees's first novel you will meet Clifford Reavis: tall, skinny, thick glasses, clumsy, hearing aid in each ear, can't fight, and can't shoot straight. But a man with a national reputation for putting facts together to reach the conclusions he seeks. While investigating another murder, Reavis concludes that there is a man somewhere in Pittsburgh who stalks, then rapes and murders one type of woman beautiful, in her thirties, and well on her way towards the summit of her profession. In the first chapter the reader meets not only the murderer's next victim, but also the killer whose needs are so strong that he can barely hold himself back from ending her life right now afterhaving his grotesque way with her. He can't let himself though. He needs one more piece to make his perfect puzzle. His next victim's name: Marsha LeGrange, successful young litigator. His: John Lee Simpson, highly educated, and rich beyond reason. Clifford Reavis must learn whom Marsha is and the alias Simpson is using in Pittsburgh before he can hope to save her. Decades ago, he moved too late to save his wife's and unborn child's lives from the man who killed them. Those memories haunt him as again he must speed to save another woman whom Death has already raised his hand over.

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Word Assn Pub

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1595718583

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9781595718587

Soils of the Woodstock-Florenceville Area Carleton County, New Brunswick

By: Canada. Agriculture Canada. Research Branch,Sherif H. Fahmy,Herbert W. Rees,New Brunswick. Land Resources Branch

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Soils of the Woodstock-Florenceville Area Carleton County, New Brunswick

By: Canada. Agriculture Canada. Research Branch,Sherif H. Fahmy,Herbert W. Rees,New Brunswick. Land Resources Branch

The Woodstock-Florenceville area forms the southern half of the New Brunswick potato-producing region. This soil survey publication begins with a general description of the area, and of the soil classification, soil survey procedures, and soil mapping methods used. It then describes the mineral soil associations and land types found in the area. Each mineral soil association is described in terms of area mapped, topographic conditions encountered, physical, chemical, and mineralogical characteristics, drainage, surface stones, bedrock exposures or rockiness, soil classification, associated soil types and differentiating criteria, and capability for agriculture. A summary of selected soil characteristics is also given for the dominant layers of a typical association member with detailed information on such parameters as pH, texture, thickness, percent organic matter, cation exchange capacity, water holding capacity, and saturated hydraulic conductivity.

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Book's by W. Rees

The Last Patriot

The Last Patriot

Shades of Difference

Shades of Difference

The European Union and Internal Security

The European Union and Internal Security

Living with Tinnitus

Living with Tinnitus

Anglo-American Approaches to Alliance Security, 1955-60

Anglo-American Approaches to Alliance Security, 1955-60

Creatures of the Night

Creatures of the Night

The Headline Murders

The Headline Murders

Soils of the Woodstock-Florenceville Area Carleton County, New Brunswick

Soils of the Woodstock-Florenceville Area Carleton County, New Brunswick

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