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Japan and the War on Terror

Japan and the War on Terror

Michael Penn

Bloomsbury Academic
2020
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The role of the Far East is becoming increasingly important in global geopolitics. Japan's economic might and sphere of geographical influence, between China, North Korea and the US, means it has the potential to be a major ally in the War on Terror. While Japan's constitution does not allow for militarism or acts of war, in the post 9/11 world the use of the Japanese nation's 'Self-Defence Force' has become increasingly normal - a result of the exploitation of legal loopholes and political double-speak that has been used to bypass Japan's pacifist ideology. Here, Michael Penn assesses the role of US diplomats and lobbyists in Tokyo, the politicians who see the War on Terror as a means of self-advancement and the influence of Washington in the unprecedented deployment of Japanese troops in Iraq. Written using a huge range of primary source material, including interviews with US insiders and Japanese policy makers, this is a scholarly and lucid account of Japan's relationship to the US and the Middle East from 9/11 to Barack Obama and the death of Osama Bin Laden.
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A Pocket Guide to Ibsen, Chekhov and Strindberg

A Pocket Guide to Ibsen, Chekhov and Strindberg

Michael Pennington; Stephen Unwin

Faber Faber
2004
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The essential, concise and readable guide to the plays of Ibsen, Chekhov and Strindberg.Are you looking for an overview of the major work of these three leading playwrights?Are you going to see a play by Ibsen, Chekhov or Strindberg and want a run-down of the storyline?Do you want to know why these three are considered major writers?A Pocket Guide to Ibsen, Chekhov and Strindberg gives you all this and more:An introduction to each playwrightHistorical and theatrical context to their playsA synopsis for and analysis of each of the major playsDetails of productions around the worldA chronology of plays during the periodHenrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) and August Strindberg (1848-1912) are acknowledged masters of their craft. This handy reference book aims to tell you why they should be considered as such, as well as giving you a snapshot view of the plays and a considered view of the writers.Faber's 'Pocket Guide' series includes: A Pocket Guide to Shakespeare's Plays, A Pocket Guide to the 20th Century Theatre, A Pocket Guide to Opera and A Pocket Guide to Alan Ayckbourn's Plays.
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Particles

Particles

Michael Penny

McGill-Queen's University Press
2011
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Michael Penny addresses his poems directly to the reader, challenging you to satisfy your need to investigate and understand the sensory and intellectual assumptions we use to make sense of our world. Balanced between abstract metaphysical challenges and the concrete and commonplace, Penny's poetry considers a range of topics, including cars, bruises, lotteries, pine needles, and dogs, infusing each with strangeness and unexpected intrigue. A lively and surprising collection, Particles joins together inner and outer space and suggests that you might not know what you think you know.
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Outside, Inside

Outside, Inside

Michael Penny

McGill-Queen's University Press
2014
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"My best actions are a parrot's / bright feathers in the dark jungle / trying to catch your eye / with the colour and flight / which says, I am here / and trying to do what's right." Do we make the universe, or does it make us? In Outside, Inside, Michael Penny positions each of us at the centre of this mystery, but lightens this presumption with irony and word-play that is as entertaining as it is thought-provoking. The three hundred short, linked poems in this collection begin with a complaint about the unknowability of what's outside and what's inside, but then shift to an engagement with the very nature of this outside/inside dichotomy. Penny then explores the many ways the question arises for us: through travel, wind, rain, signs, ladders, landscape, the sun, the moon, even parrot feathers, and, of course, in how we use words and find meaning in them. Ultimately, the poems ask whether we construct what's outside, or whether what's outside constructs us.
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Dohch: Book 2 of the Zhena Series

Dohch: Book 2 of the Zhena Series

Michael Pennington

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2010
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A normal life, Susan truly wondered if she'd ever have one again. A year ago she discovered the truth, that everything she believed about herself and her entire life was a lie. Up until that fateful day, she was an ordinary housewife who was raised in an orphanage, had attended Purdue University and was happily married to a Naval Officer with two children. Then she received a mysterious phone call and nothing was the same. She began to have flashbacks to events she didn't remember and also seemed to suddenly have amazing martial arts and weapons skills. Most importantly, she discovered "the voice", a mysterious person inside her head who began giving information and advice in stressful situations. All of this forced her to look into her past only to discover nothing about her childhood was real, at least not for her. At one time Susan Carlisle had existed. After leaving for college she was "replaced" by Sasha, a trained agent from the Soviet Union. Now Susan knew that she was originally Sasha and the Russians wanted her to start working for them again. She was barely able to keep her family safe as well as ignorant from the truth while she fought the Russians off. A year later, things seemed to have returned to normal. Her family still doesn't know the truth and Susan has neither heard nor seen any indication that they are still looking for her. That is until she receives a mysterious communiqu from Vladimir her old handler and her life is once again thrown into turmoil. She will quickly discover that the agents after her this time are better equipped, trained, and organized than before. It will take all of her skills, many of which she still doesn't fully understand, to protect her secrets, keep her family safe and rescue her friends from danger. She will also gain further insight into the true nature of the voice, the mysterious mission it keeps talking about, and her past.
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This Is Our Faith

This Is Our Faith

Michael Pennock

Ave Maria Press
2018
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This Is Our Faith is a bestselling overview of the faith for those preparing entry into the Church, as well as for both newly initiated and lifelong Catholics who wish to understand Church teachings more clearly. This revised and updated edition strengthens one of the strongest endorsements of the book: that it communicates important Church teachings in anengaging and understandable manner. Revised and updated in collaboration with longtime RCIA leaders, this new edition of This Is Our Faith has been refreshed with two new chapters, with language and style more in line with the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and with updated cultural and historical references. The text maintains the popular book's accessible toneand easy-to-follow organization, following the four pillars of the Catechism: the Profession of Faith; celebration of the sacraments, liturgy, and the Paschal Mystery; life in Christ: foundations of Catholic morality; and Christian prayer.Chapters in each of the four parts lead with a thought-provoking story that connects the reader to important teachings, which are then communicated through an easy-to-understand question-and-answer format. Discussion questions and suggestions for additional reading are included for RCIA and parish adult-education groups wishing to explore Church teachings in a group environment. This Is Our Faith provides a solid, clear presentation of the Catholic faith for adults at any stage in their faith journey.
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Person Unknown

Person Unknown

Michael Penncavage

All Due Respect
2021
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Life is going great for Steve Harrison. Only thirty-five years old, he's already a Senior Vice President for a major financial firm. He's admired by his co-workers, his friends, his wife-and his mistress. There's nothing he can't handle. The world, as they say, is his oyster. And all of that is about to change. His phone rings and the caller says that his name is "Bill". That's it. Just Bill. And Bill's got a message. Steve's wife, Kathy, has been kidnapped. If Steve wants her back then he'll do exactly what he's told. Deviate even the slightest from the plan, Bill tells him, and Kathy will die. It's a classic kidnap. Or is it?
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The Black Testament

The Black Testament

Michael Penning

Independent
2024
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Hell grants nothing without sacrifice...Haunted by the tragic loss of her mother, fearless occultist Anna Jacobs now carries on their ghost-hunting legacy alone. When a cryptic message from beyond the grave leads her to an abandoned village wrapped in silence and shadows, she crosses paths with a tormented family living in hiding. But they have dark secrets of their own. Anna's arrival awakens something ancient, something that should have stayed hidden, and she soon becomes entangled in a mystery much older and more sinister than any she has encountered before.Beneath the eerie calm, the desolate village guards an unholy relic: the Black Testament, a grimoire gifted by the Devil himself to one of history's most infamous witches. The infernal book has claimed many lives through the centuries, weaving a legacy of death and destruction - but it may also be Anna's only hope of saving her mother's soul from damnation.​​​​​​​Prepare to be spellbound and return to a world of fierce women, dark magic, and terrifying evil in the newest chapter in the bone-chilling Book of Shadows series
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