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Several years after a bitter retirement from the Air Force, former fighter pilot Colin Pearce has found a second career: flying Gulfstream and Falcon business jets as a daily contractor. Between the constant travel and his extensive Single-Malt Scotch collection, he manages to keep the demons of his past where they belong. It's a lucrative, solitary existence and that's the way he likes it. But then he takes a phone call while making a connection in the Atlanta airport and his life changes forever.The call leads Pearce to a dark corner of a nearby hotel bar, where he finds himself across a table from two CIA operations officers - one of whom looks oddly familiar. Over the last year, they've been following the activities of a mercenary F-16 unit which has been conducting bombing raids all over the world. Now, thanks to an informant on the inside, they have solid intelligence on an upcoming strike that could have devastating global consequences. But their informant has gone silent and they need Pearce's help. Pearce flatly refuses and tells them, "...where all this service to country shit is concerned, my 'give-a-damn' has been flat out busted." Then, they tell Pearce the one thing he wasn't prepared to hear. Their informant was Burt Magnusson, Pearce's Air Force Academy roommate and close friend. Before he went missing, Magnusson added Pearce's name to the unit's "talent pool" of possible replacements. Now the unit needs a new pilot and the CIA needs someone to stop them. Colin Pearce, a former F-16 instructor with no family ties, seems to be the perfect candidate.But that's not the only reason the CIA wants him. They also know enough about Pearce's dark side to be confident he'll do what must be done.Reluctantly, Pearce goes in and immediately finds himself in a desperate race against time as he frantically tries to thwart the unit's destructive intentions as the day of the fateful strike rapidly approaches. In the midst of this struggle, Pearce must cope with the competing romantic attentions of the unit's seductive commander and its voluptuous flight doctor, while simultaneously trying to evade an anonymous assassin who seems intent that Pearce doesn't leave the island alive.Pearce has lived his life by a single creed: "I'd rather be lucky than good." With lottery-like odds against his survival, he's going to have to be very lucky indeed.
Still recovering from injuries gained in his last adventure, Colin Pearce is called back to action to help a friend in need: Sarah Morton, a former monthly mistress for Bachelor Magazine and now the Chief Pilot of the magazine's flight department. Sarah Morton is one of the very few women from his past who managed to get under his skin and the last thing Pearce needs now is to have those feelings resurrected. But the tone of her voice and the urgency of her request tell Pearce this is about much more than mere contract flying - there's something deeper going on - something that terrifies her. And Pearce is hooked.A quick trip to Burbank, California lands Pearce in the middle of a situation that leaves his head spinning. The CIA quickly identifies Sarah's new boss as a member of a faction of the Saudi Royal family sympathetic to Muslims of the radical Wahhabi sect. As Pearce flies him back and forth to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, he learns the mysterious Saudi appears to be building an alliance with the head of the largest drug cartel in Mexico and Pearce stumbles upon a plot to assassinate the Vice-President of the United States and infect large portions of the west coast with a lethal biological agent. And yet it seems that this plot is a distraction, meant to hide something much more sinister taking shape in the background.Pearce has lived his life by a simple motto: "I'd rather be lucky than good." As events unfold and explode around him, he realizes luck won't be enough to save him this time.He's going to need a miracle.
Still recovering from injuries gained in his last adventure, Colin Pearce is called back to action to help a friend in need: Sarah Morton, a former monthly mistress for Bachelor Magazine and now the Chief Pilot of the magazine's flight department. Sarah Morton is one of the very few women from his past who managed to get under his skin and the last thing Pearce needs now is to have those feelings resurrected. But the tone of her voice and the urgency of her request tell Pearce this is about much more than mere contract flying - there's something deeper going on - something that terrifies her. And Pearce is hooked.A quick trip to Burbank, California lands Pearce in the middle of a situation that leaves his head spinning. The CIA quickly identifies Sarah's new boss as a member of a faction of the Saudi Royal family sympathetic to Muslims of the radical Wahhabi sect. As Pearce flies him back and forth to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, he learns the mysterious Saudi appears to be building an alliance with the head of the largest drug cartel in Mexico and Pearce stumbles upon a plot to assassinate the Vice-President of the United States and infect large portions of the west coast with a lethal biological agent. And yet it seems that this plot is a distraction, meant to hide something much more sinister taking shape in the background.Pearce has lived his life by a simple motto: "I'd rather be lucky than good." As events unfold and explode around him, he realizes luck won't be enough to save him this time.He's going to need a miracle.
Several years after a bitter retirement from the Air Force, former fighter pilot Colin Pearce has found a second career: flying Gulfstream and Falcon business jets as a daily contractor. Between the constant travel and his extensive Single-Malt Scotch collection, he manages to keep the demons of his past where they belong. It's a lucrative, solitary existence and that's the way he likes it. But then he takes a phone call while making a connection in the Atlanta airport and his life changes forever.The call leads Pearce to a dark corner of a nearby hotel bar, where he finds himself across a table from two CIA operations officers - one of whom looks oddly familiar. Over the last year, they've been following the activities of a mercenary F-16 unit which has been conducting bombing raids all over the world. Now, thanks to an informant on the inside, they have solid intelligence on an upcoming strike that could have devastating global consequences. But their informant has gone silent and they need Pearce's help. Pearce flatly refuses and tells them, "...where all this service to country shit is concerned, my 'give-a-damn' has been flat out busted." Then, they tell Pearce the one thing he wasn't prepared to hear. Their informant was Burt Magnusson, Pearce's Air Force Academy roommate and close friend. Before he went missing, Magnusson added Pearce's name to the unit's "talent pool" of possible replacements. Now the unit needs a new pilot and the CIA needs someone to stop them. Colin Pearce, a former F-16 instructor with no family ties, seems to be the perfect candidate.But that's not the only reason the CIA wants him. They also know enough about Pearce's dark side to be confident he'll do what must be done.Reluctantly, Pearce goes in and immediately finds himself in a desperate race against time as he frantically tries to thwart the unit's destructive intentions as the day of the fateful strike rapidly approaches. In the midst of this struggle, Pearce must cope with the competing romantic attentions of the unit's seductive commander and its voluptuous flight doctor, while simultaneously trying to evade an anonymous assassin who seems intent that Pearce doesn't leave the island alive.Pearce has lived his life by a single creed: "I'd rather be lucky than good." With lottery-like odds against his survival, he's going to have to be very lucky indeed
For the last five years, Colin Pearce has been hiding from the CIA and hiding from himself. He's been living under an assumed name in an isolated place, flying tourists in OV-10 aircraft, drinking single-malt whiskey, and avoiding companionship. But all of that changes when a former CIA comrade shows up planeside at Pearce's workplace - a woman he left for dead back during his time with the Agency. On a flight over the scenic landscape of Sedona, Arizona she tells him she's not there to recruit him, she's there to warn him. It seems that Peace's boss, Ian Brooks, used to work for the CIA as well. Brooks was at the center of a project that was ultra-classified and involved technology that was deadly beyond imagination. And now, it seems he may have gone rogue. After swearing that he would never get involved in another CIA operation, Pearce is drawn into a complex plot that has him working with new and familiar allies. He'll risk his life against unexpected and ruthless enemies he thought were long vanquished and battle them at the controls of the mighty A-10 Warthog. And along the way, he'll be forced to conquer the violent darkness inside himself or die in the attempt.
For the last five years, Colin Pearce has been hiding from the CIA and hiding from himself. He's been living under an assumed name in an isolated place, flying tourists in OV-10 aircraft, drinking single-malt whiskey, and avoiding companionship. But all of that changes when a former CIA comrade shows up planeside at Pearce's workplace - a woman he left for dead back during his time with the Agency. On a flight over the scenic landscape of Sedona, Arizona she tells him she's not there to recruit him, she's there to warn him. It seems that Peace's boss, Ian Brooks, used to work for the CIA as well. Brooks was at the center of a project that was ultra-classified and involved technology that was deadly beyond imagination. And now, it seems he may have gone rogue. After swearing that he would never get involved in another CIA operation, Pearce is drawn into a complex plot that has him working with new and familiar allies. He'll risk his life against unexpected and ruthless enemies he thought were long vanquished and battle them at the controls of the mighty A-10 Warthog. And along the way, he'll be forced to conquer the violent darkness inside himself or die in the attempt.
The World of Colin Wilson: a Biographical Study
Sidney Ronald 1891- Campion
Hassell Street Press
2021
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The World of Colin Wilson: a Biographical Study
Sidney Ronald 1891- Campion
Hassell Street Press
2021
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A sweeping historical novel tracing a boy's journey into manhood. Set against a backdrop of poverty in 1855 London to America, he is shaped by the events leading up to and including the Civil War. Slavery, shipwrecks, treachery, and enduring romance make this a book to be savored and enjoyed. Is Colin a true orphan, or is Father out there somewhere?Can St. Anne's Church save him from the streets?Does he have talents far beyond what he projects?How is America so different from what he expected?The reality of slavery, the struggle of abolitionists, the yearning for freedom, the complications of falling in love with an Irish girl, and the horrors of fighting in the Civil War, all combine to weave a captivating story.
A 25th anniversary hardcover edition of the debut novel by the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad that wowed critics and readers and marked the emergence of an important American writer. EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS. It is a time of crisis in a major metropolitan city's Department of Elevator Inspectors, and Lila Mae Watson, the first black female elevator inspector in the history of the department, is at the center of it. There are two warring factions in the department: the Empiricists, who rely on tests and measurements; and the Intuitionists, who can intuit any defects merely by entering an elevator cab. Lila Mae is an Intuitionist, with the highest accuracy rate in the department. But when an elevator goes into freefall on her watch, chaos ensues. It's an election year, and the good-old-boy Empiricists would love nothing more than to blame an Intuitionist. Meanwhile, startling excerpts from the lost notebooks of Intuitionism's founder, James Fulton, surface, describing Fulton's work on the "black box," a perfect elevator that could reinvent the modern city. When Lila Mae goes underground to investigate the crash, she is drawn into the search for the missing notebooks and uncovers a secret that will change her life forever. Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times. Look for Colson Whitehead's new novel, Crook Manifesto.
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Rose and Colin, a Comic Opera, in One Act, Etc. [based on Rose Et Colas by Michel Jean Sedaine.]
Charles Dibdin
British Library, Historical Print Editions
2011
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Macmillan Children's Readers Colin's Colours International Level 1
Ana Soberon; Carol Read
Macmillan Education
2004
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Can be used as supplementary reading material with any primary courseActivities pages and picture dictionary can be found at the back of each readerAudio and worksheets accompany the book and are available to download for free from www.macmillanyounglearners.com/readersAudio CD is also available for this titleFull-colour book with beautiful illustrations
Sir Henry Havelock and Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde
Edith Caroline Phillips
Kessinger Pub
2007
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