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From New York Times bestselling authors Andrews & WilsonAfter surviving the most dangerous mission of his career, John Dempsey is back at Ember. But Ember has changed--and so has he. Meanwhile, a new adversary sees an opportunity to rise. As Dempsey and Vice President Jarvis soon discover, the world stage is about to get deadlier than ever ...To survive the notorious prison IK-2 and assassinate Russian President Vladimir Petrov, John Dempsey had to become rosomakha, the wolverine. Now, back home in America, he's trying to put the pieces of his life at Ember back together. But which man returned from Russia--Dempsey, or the wolverine? From the way his teammates look at him, it's obvious they're not sure, and neither is he.Meanwhile, Vice President Kelso Jarvis has barely had time to mourn the death of his mentor before a devastating attack reveals a new threat. Because of Dempsey's mission in Russia, the rules of the game have changed--only now it's not clear who the players are. As Dempsey leads Ember on a mission to protect and avenge a shocking attack on America, Jarvis's oath to his nation is tested in ways he never imagined. Together, they must determine who is behind this rising threat and stop the mastermind before it's too late.And just as Dempsey begins to feel like himself again, an old ally resurfaces--someone he thought he'd left for dead long ago ...
Four Minutes is the latest brilliant techno-thriller from the #1 internationally bestselling duo behind the Sons of Valor series.It is said that no plan survives first contact with the enemy, but what if you remove the one thing no one can control: Uncertainty about the future?Special Operations Chief Tyler Brooks might not know quantum mechanics, or have an eidetic memory, but he is the very best in the world at one thing: leading covert ops. When an unpredictable enemy causes the catastrophic loss of his entire SEAL team, Brooks is recruited by Pat Moody to lead a new elite squad, Task Force Omega. Moody's promise--access to mind-bending tech that grants a glimpse of the future.Together with Navy Intelligence Specialist Zee Williams, Brooks leads a new kind of counterterrorism task force, one that collects intel from the future to stop attacks in the present. But there's a catch. Each mission can only last FOUR MINUTES. Stakes quickly escalate when Omega discovers an unprecedented future attack against America threatening the lives of millions--including Tyler's daughter.Despite their prescient advantage, Brooks and Williams find themselves thwarted at every turn as they try to stop the plot. To make matters worse, they have somehow gone from hunter to hunted, targeted by an unknown enemy hidden in the shadows. With the country on the brink of nuclear war, Tyler's daughter in mortal danger, and a commanding officer they're not sure they can trust, Omega Team faces a terrible dilemma: Even if you know the future, is FOUR MINUTES enough time to change it?
Boldly combining the highly personal with the brilliantly scholarly, In the Dark Room explores the question of how memory works emotionally and culturally. It is narrated through the prism of the author's experience of losing both his parents, his mother when he was sixteen, his father when he was on the cusp of adulthood and of trying, after a breakdown some years later, to piece things together. Drawing on the lessons of centuries of literature, philosophy and visual art, Dillon interprets the relics of his parents and of his childhood in a singularly original and arresting piece of writing reissued for the first time since its original publication in 2005, and including a new foreword from prize-winning biographer Frances Wilson.
Mer än fyra decennier senare ...Den amerikanska underrättelsen har upptäckt en oroväckande aktivitet i den ryska flottan. Men det är inte förrän marinofficer Katie Ryan, den skarpsinniga yngsta dottern till president Jack Ryan, får bitarna att falla på plats som de förstår att det handlar om en tungt bestyckad ubåt med skrämmande stor räckvidd. Inte nog med att det är en kamp mot klockan att avgöra var ubåten befinner sig och om den utgör ett hot mot den amerikanska kontinenten, det är också upp till president Jack Ryan att komma på ett motdrag, och allting kommer till ett pris. När de sista ögonblicken tickar iväg kommer Jack Ryan att behöva välja mellan att rädda sitt land och sitt eget barn. TOM CLANCY slog igenom med Jakten på Röd Oktober 1984. Han skrev inte mindre än 18 New York Times-bästsäljare under sin livstid och lanserade redan 1998 sitt första tv-spel. Efter hans bortgång har varumärket förvaltats med stor framgång. Idag finns hans böcker på över 30 språk, tv-serierna avlöser varandra och spelen släpps regelbundet i nya versioner. Flera av böckerna i serien har på ett nästan skrämmande sätt förutspått världspolitiska konflikter innan de uppstått. Författarparet BRIAN ANDREWS och JEFFREY WILSON har skrivit fler New York Times bästsäljande böcker tillsammans. Brian Andrews är en US Navy veteran, kärnkraftsingenjör och ubåtsofficer medan Jeffrey Wilson har en bakgrund som kirurg, marinofficer och pilot. De är som klippta och skurna att förvalta arvet efter Tom Clancy.Nostalgi vävs samman med en andlös intrig i vad som bara kan beskrivas som en värdig uppföljare till Jakten på Röd Oktober. - The Real Book Spy
The California Days of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Brian C. Wilson
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS
2022
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In the spring of 1871, Ralph Waldo Emerson boarded a train in Concord, Massachusetts, bound for a month-and-a-half-long tour of California—an interlude that became one of the highlights of his life. On their journey across the American West, he and his companions would take in breathtaking vistas in the Rockies and along the Pacific Coast, speak with a young John Muir in the Yosemite Valley, stop off in Salt Lake City for a meeting with Brigham Young, and encounter a diversity of communities and cultures that would challenge their Yankee prejudices. Based on original research employing newly discovered documents, The California Days of Ralph Waldo Emerson maps the public story of this group's travels onto the private story of Emerson's final years, as aphasia set in and increasingly robbed him of his words. Engaging and compelling, this travelogue makes it clear that Emerson was still capable of wonder, surprise, and friendship, debunking the presumed darkness of his last decade.
Nothing stops former Navy SEAL and Tier One operator John Dempsey from answering the call of duty—including a mission with the highest stakes he’s ever faced. When one of the most brazen and lethal acts of terrorism rocks American and Israeli intelligence forces at the highest levels, Dempsey’s ultracovert antiterror unit, Ember, mobilizes. But this operation isn’t just a retaliatory strike by Ember; it’s a mission of vengeance for Dempsey—against the Iranian terrorist mastermind who slaughtered Dempsey’s Tier One comrades. Racing from Tel Aviv to Tehran, the elite American warrior and his formidable Israeli counterpart must forsake their backup in a capture-or-kill gambit that could turn into a suicide run. But with missiles flying across the Middle East, Dempsey’s do-or-die quest must succeed. If it doesn’t, it’s a short countdown to World War III.
FYRTIO ÅR SENARE Den amerikanska underrättelsen har upptäckt en oroväckande aktivitet i den ryska flottan. Men det är inte förrän marinofficer Katie Ryan, presidentens skarpsinniga yngsta dotter, får bitarna att falla på plats som de förstår att det handlar om en tungt bestyckad ubåt med en skrämmande stor räckvidd. Det blir en kamp mot klockan att avgöra var ubåten befinner sig och om den utgör ett hot mot den amerikanska kontinenten. Blir president Jack Ryan tvungen att välja mellan att prioritera nationens säkerhet och sin egen dotter? Jakten under ytan är en lika nostalgisk som spännande uppföljare till Jakten på Röd Oktober. Som alla Tom Clancys #1 New York Times-bästsäljare i serien är den skrämmande realistisk och aktuell, som hämtad direkt från verklighetens politiska spel mellan stormakterna. TOM CLANCY slog igenom med Jakten på Röd Oktober 1984. Han skrev inte mindre än 18 New York Times-bästsäljare under sin livstid. Redan 1998 lanserades det första Tom Clancy tv-spelet och efter hans bortgång har varumärket förvaltats med stor framgång. Idag finns hans böcker på över 30 språk, tv-serierna avlöser varandra och spelen släpps regelbundet i nya versioner. Flera av böckerna i serien har på ett nästan skrämmande sätt förutspått världspolitiska konflikter innan de uppstått. Författarparet BRIAN ANDREWS och JEFFREY WILSON har skrivit flera New York Times bästsäljande böcker tillsammans. Brian Andrews är en US Navy-veteran, kärnkraftsingenjör och ubåtsofficer medan Jeffrey Wilson har en bakgrund som kirurg, marinofficer och pilot. De är som klippta och skurna att förvalta arvet efter Tom Clancy. Nostalgi vävs samman med en andlös intrig i vad som bara kan beskrivas som en värdig uppföljare till Jakten på Röd Oktober. - The Real Book Spy
From the Wall Street Journal, Amazon, and USA Today bestselling authors of the Tier One series and W.E.B. Griffin's Rogue Asset comes a unique military thriller with a supernatural twist. When dark forces rise, are faith and firepower enough? On the eve of his medical retirement, Navy SEAL Jedidiah Johnson receives a frantic call from his estranged childhood best friend David Yarnell. David's daughter has been kidnapped off the streets of Nashville in broad daylight. The police have no suspects and no leads. The only clue: the body of a dead priest left behind at the scene. With the clock ticking, David is growing desperate, as is his wife, Rachel . . . Jed's first love. Despite his painful history with David and Rachel, Jed agrees to help. But he's spent his career as a door-kicking Navy SEAL, not an investigator. His presence immediately draws unwanted attention, creates friction with the local police, and triggers a mysterious attempt on his life. Just when he thinks things can't get worse, it starts to happen again―the voices in his head, the nightmares, the visions. Dark memories and strange abilities, things he believed he'd left behind when he fled Nashville for the Navy at eighteen, begin to resurface. Jed realizes that to save the missing girl, he must take a leap of faith and embrace the gifts he's denied for all these years. To foil this dark intercept, he'll need more than just his years as a SEAL operator, because he has no choice now but to take up arms and join the battle in the unseen spiritual warfare raging all around him. And there is far more at stake than just a missing girl: the world is not the place he thought it was―and he is not alone. Follow the military heroes of The Shepherds series as they bring the power of light into the dark mystery of Sara Beth's abduction.
När USA:s underrättelsetjänst får indikationer på att Kina förbereder en militär operation mot Taiwan ställs världen inför ett livsfarligt maktspel. När den nytillträdde kinesiske presidenten planerar ett militärt angrepp mot Taiwan, inser försvarsminister Qin att han är den enda som kan hindra ett fullskaligt krig mellan världens stormakter. Men efter att den senaste ministern som sa emot presidenten försvann spårlöst,är riskerna stora om Qin säger ifrån. Den enda chansen att hindra krig och samtidigt skydda sig själv och sin familj, är att i största hemlighet ta kontakt med CIA. John Clark och hans elitstyrka leder insatsen som ska få ut försvarsministern ur Kina. Samtidigt placeras kommendörkapten Katie Ryan utanför Taiwans kust för att försvara landet vid en eventuell attack. President Jack Ryan tvingas väga diplomati mot militär beredskap i ett läge där minsta felsteg kan få förödande konsekvenser. Tusentals liv står på spel, inklusive hans egen dotters. Nation i beredskap en tät och realistisk thriller om underrättelsekrig, strategiska beslut och den hårfina gränsen mellan fred och global konflikt. TOM CLANCY slog igenom med Jakten på Röd Oktober 1984. Han skrev inte mindre än 18 New York Times-bästsäljare under sin livstid. Redan 1998 lanserades det första Tom Clancy tv-spelet och efter hans bortgång har varumärket förvaltats med stor framgång. Idag finns hans böcker på över 30 språk, tv-serierna avlöser varandra och spelen släpps regelbundet i nya versioner. Flera av böckerna i serien har på ett nästan skrämmande sätt förutspått världspolitiska konflikter innan de uppstått. Författarparet BRIAN ANDREWS och JEFFREY WILSON har skrivit flera New York Times bästsäljande böcker tillsammans. Brian Andrews är en US Navy-veteran, kärnkraftsingenjör och ubåtsofficer medan Jeffrey Wilson har en bakgrund som kirurg, marinofficer och pilot. De är som klippta och skurna att förvalta arvet efter Tom Clancy.
The authors of Good Owners, Great Dogs offer advice on picking the best breed for a family dog, avoiding common dog/toddler problems, training an older dog to accept an infant, and other topics. Original.
Renowned dog trainers Brian Kilcommons and Sarah Wilson share their knowledge and skill gained in over twenty-five years experience, focusing on the two areas of most concern to dog owners: effectively changing unwanted behaviour and preventing bad behavior with methods that are fun, that work, and make the dog even more loyal to its master. The key ingredient is becoming a good owner, someone who knows how to communicate with patience, praise, and clarity. With this in mind, GOOD OWNERS, GREAT DOGS trains you. As no other dog book has, it teaches you to read canine body language and to give your pet commands with the help of wonderful instructional photographs. With specific tips on housebreaking, food stealing, barking, aggression and a host of other issues, GOOD OWNERS GREAT DOGS will show you how to give guidance that leads to years of loving, trouble-free companionship.
Securing America's Passenger-rail Systems
Jeremy M Wilson; Brian A Jackson; Mel Eisman; Paul Steinberg; Jack K Riley
RAND
2008
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U.S. communities depend on reliable, safe, and secure rail systems. Each weekday, more than 12 million passengers take to U.S. railways. This book explains a framework for security planners and policymakers to guide cost-effective rail-security planning, specifically for the risk of terrorism. Risk is a function of threat, vulnerability, and consequences. This book focuses on addressing vulnerabilities and limiting consequences.
Something Within Me
Michael Wilson; the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS
2022
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The late Honourable Michael Wilson was a Canadian politician and business professional. As Minister of Finance under Brian Mulroney, Wilson was one of the key negotiators of the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement – one of Canada’s most important economic agreements in the last 50 years, later superseded by NAFTA. In addition, Wilson was responsible for implementing the controversial Goods and Services Tax (GST), which remains key to the federal government today. After his life in Parliament, Wilson served as Ambassador to the United States and Chancellor of the University of Toronto. Outside of politics, Wilson was active in raising awareness of mental health issues following the traumatic loss of his son, Cameron, to suicide. Devoting considerable time to advocacy, he established the Cameron Parker Holcombe Wilson Chair in Depression Studies at the University of Toronto and served as Board Chair for the Mental Health Commission of Canada. Something within Me highlights how Wilson’s personal life blended with his political life and accomplishments, detailing his advocacy for mental health awareness as well his involvement in important pieces of legislation that made significant impacts in Canadian political and economic history. These deeply personal stories, particularly those of a father grappling with his son’s illness and death, remind us of the lives behind the political personas that shape our world.
Bacterial Disease Mechanisms
Michael Wilson; McNab Rod; Brian Henderson
Cambridge University Press
2002
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Introductory textbook describing the ways in which bacteria cause disease at the molecular and cellular level.