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An esteemed journalist delivers a compelling on-the-ground account of the construction of President Trump's border wall in San Diego--and the impact on the lives of local residents.In August of 2019, Donald Trump finished building his border wall--at least a portion of it. In San Diego, the Army Corps of engineers completed two years of construction on a 14-mile steel beamed barrier that extends eighteen-feet high and cost a staggering $147 million. As one border patrol agent told reporters visiting the site, "It was funded and approved and it was built under his administration. It is Trump's wall." 14 Miles is a definitive account of all the dramatic construction, showing readers what it feels like to stand on both sides of the border looking up at the imposing and controversial barrier. After the Department of Homeland Security announced an open call for wall prototypes in 2017, DW Gibson, an award-winning journalist and Southern California native, began visiting the construction site and watching as the prototype samples were erected. Gibson spent those two years closely observing the work and interviewing local residents to understand how it was impacting them. These include April McKee, a border patrol agent leading a recruiting program that trains teenagers to work as agents; Jeff Schwilk, a retired Marine who organizes pro-wall rallies as head of the group San Diegans for Secure Borders; Roque De La Fuente, an eccentric millionaire developer who uses the construction as a promotional opportunity; and Civile Ephedouard, a Haitian refugee who spent two years migrating through Central America to the United States and anxiously awaits the results of his asylum case. Fascinating, propulsive, and incredibly timely, 14 Miles is an important work that explains not only how the wall has reshaped our landscape and countless lives but also how its shadow looms over our very identity as a nation.
.Pinocchio becomes a real boy, grows up, and finds Geppetto's toyshop too small for his new wife Natalie and his growing family. As his now adult son walks out the door, what should the old toymaker do? Well, he makes new toys, including his Bellarina, a ballerina puppet who may give him as much trouble as Pinocchio did.Geppetto's Bellarinam full of fun characters, is about love a self value, and offers a message every girl and boy should hear.A timeless story of a father's love for his lost daughter. A heartwarming tale of a father's unending love and dedication. A beautiful story of a father's love for his daughter, no matter what. A moving story of a father's love that knows no bounds.
During the Qing Dynasty in 1801, pirates kidnapped M gū from a floating brothel off the shore of Guangzhou. So began one of the most notorious adventurers to take on the waters of South China. M gū's rough start as a discarded daughter raised by nuns worsened after puberty when she was sold to work on a flower boat. Shrewd and determined to come out on top of each bad situation, M gū prospers from a golden opportunity with the pirates who kidnap her. Quickly adapting to sword fighting and collecting riches, she shows Zheng Yi and Po Tsai more lucrative ways to live. Over miles of open ocean, plundering Portuguese and British fleets, through love and loss, M gū rises to each challenge with surprising grit. Negotiating amnesty for her band of outlaws, she seeks a place of her own for peace and happiness.
Prayers To My Father: a devotional
Dw Grant
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
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Because I'm Black is a biographical novel inspired by the true story of a Black sharecropper who was tried for murder in Waco, Texas in 1916.
Because I'm Black is a biographical novel inspired by the true story of a Black sharecropper who was tried for murder in Waco, Texas in 1916.
One Week to Change the World: An Oral History of the 1999 Wto Protests
Dw Gibson
SIMON SCHUSTER
2024
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The definitive history of Seattle's 1999 World Trade Organization protests, featuring over 100 original interviews and timed to the event's twenty-fifth anniversary. One week in late 1999, more than 50,000 people converged on Seattle. Their goal: to shut down the World Trade Organization conference and send a message that working-class people would not quietly accept the runaway economic globalization that threatened their livelihoods. Though their mission succeeded, it was not without blowback. Violent confrontations between police and protestors resulted in hundreds of arrests and millions of dollars in property damage. But the images of tear gas and smashed windows that flashed across TVs and newspapers were not an accurate representation of what actually happened that week. In the oral history One Week to Change the World, award-winning journalist DW Gibson pieces together a complex and compelling account of what really went down in Seattle, immersing you in the angst that defined the end of a millennium, complete with fight clubs and Y2K doomsday scenarios. In more than 100 original interviews with protestors, police, politicians, anarchists, artists, activists, union members, and many others, Gibson reconstructs the events in gripping detail; documents its antecedents and aftermath; and shows how so many of its themes remain just as pressing today, including the vitalness and difficulty of grassroots activism, the aspirations and limitations of globalization, the militarization of policing, the sensationalism of the media, and the undeniable power of the people. Timed to the 25th anniversary of the protests, this book is a page-turning drama, an essential history, and a practical handbook for how to make one's voice heard.
Zeus the Sleuth is a series of stories about a pony who works for the ESS (Equestrian Secret Service). In this first book you get to meet the main characters as Zeus moves to a new home with a new family in Cheshire, England. No one knows about Zeus's background as an agent, but he soon finds himself using his skills to solve some mysteries on and around the yard. You get a feeling for what's to come and get an idea of some of the other animals and humans personalities.
Stone Hart moved to Buzby Beach at the start of his teen years - the years of learning about life and love - believing he was destined to find his soul mate. However, his chances at love came and went as one girl after another raised his hopes and then dashed his dreams. Is there a girl who won't break Stone's heart, or will he wind up with a heart of stone?
On a normal Tuesday back in 2000, Damian Hennington (DW) left his home in Dallas, Texas to give a friend a ride to her mother's house just a few miles down the road when his life turned upside down. A short ride resulted in being pulled over by the police for no apparent reason. What happened next is nothing short of strange, ironic, funny, painful and All-American.
Bigfoot Field Guide - Starting your own Bigfoot Research
Dw Lee
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2018
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Back in the year 1977, D.W. experienced the Peavine Bigfoot Hoax, yet it was that interest in the subject that continued to propel him through life until he was able to start doing his own research into the Bigfoot phenomenon in the early 90s. At that time, there wasn't an Internet that you could look things up, you had to spend countless hours going to book stores around the country, talking to other researchers that you came across and develop the research craft as the researchers went along. Today with the Internet, there are many who promote themselves as ultimate "experts" on Bigfoot, though many fail on massive scales. Follow along with the Executive Director of the Mid-America Bigfoot Research Center, one of the largest International Bigfoot research organizations there is, as he explains the ins and outs to starting your own Bigfoot research. This book contains many of the items that the MABRC teaches to their new researchers, that gives them a boost in their research and get them heading down the trail faster.
What is this fine black powder that leaks from Hugo's eyes? Does it have anything to do with his stolen night with Kelsey? Did he somehow give it to her? Is he responsible for this entire outbreak? He was the only one outside in the middle of the night when he first saw the darkness cover the sky like clouds. Now it's hit the whole town like a plague.The Darklings is a teen love story and thriller set in the ashes of California's wildfires. Follow a circle of high school friends through doubt and distrust, accusation and blame, and riots and fire to eventual redemption in the rich world of wineries and mansions in Sonoma County.?
An esteemed journalist delivers a compelling on-the-ground account of the construction of President Trump's border wall in San Diego--and the impact on the lives of local residents.In August of 2019, Donald Trump finished building his border wall--at least a portion of it. In San Diego, the Army Corps of engineers completed two years of construction on a 14-mile steel beamed barrier that extends eighteen-feet high and cost a staggering $147 million. As one border patrol agent told reporters visiting the site, "It was funded and approved and it was built under his administration. It is Trump's wall." 14 Miles is a definitive account of all the dramatic construction, showing readers what it feels like to stand on both sides of the border looking up at the imposing and controversial barrier. After the Department of Homeland Security announced an open call for wall prototypes in 2017, DW Gibson, an award-winning journalist and Southern California native, began visiting the construction site and watching as the prototype samples were erected. Gibson spent those two years closely observing the work and interviewing local residents to understand how it was impacting them. These include April McKee, a border patrol agent leading a recruiting program that trains teenagers to work as agents; Jeff Schwilk, a retired Marine who organizes pro-wall rallies as head of the group San Diegans for Secure Borders; Roque De La Fuente, an eccentric millionaire developer who uses the construction as a promotional opportunity; and Civile Ephedouard, a Haitian refugee who spent two years migrating through Central America to the United States and anxiously awaits the results of his asylum case. Fascinating, propulsive, and incredibly timely, 14 Miles is an important work that explains not only how the wall has reshaped our landscape and countless lives but also how its shadow looms over our very identity as a nation.
Melbourne, 1956. An intelligent, but unworldly Alison meets sophisticated, man-about-town Andrew and her middle-class life is transformed.The sparkle and excitement of Melbourne's 1950s elite social scene makes her whirlwind romance with him seem perfect. But not everyone is happy.Behind the veil of wealth and prestige, Alison finds sinister intentions. A story that rolls through fifty years of history across the playgrounds of Melbourne and Hong Kong society.
