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Veiled Valor: The Chameleon's War

Author : John Nunez
Publisher : John Nunez
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (244 download)

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Download or read book Veiled Valor: The Chameleon's War written by John Nunez and published by John Nunez. This book was released on 2024-10-02 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the gripping tale of courage, sacrifice and resistance in "Veiled Valor: The Chameleon's War." This riveting historical fiction novel plunges readers into the heart of Nazi-occupied France during World War II, following the transformation of Norma Wilson from a grieving widow to a formidable resistance fighter known as "The Chameleon." Set against the backdrop of war-torn Paris and the French countryside, "Veiled Valor" weaves a complex tapestry of loyalty, betrayal, and the indomitable human spirit. The author masterfully brings to life the dangerous world of the French Resistance, where every shadow could hide an ally or an enemy, and where the line between heroism and tragedy is razor-thin. Key features of this captivating novel: Immersive historical detail: Experience the tension and fear of life under Nazi occupation, meticulously researched and vividly portrayed. Complex characters: Follow Norma's journey as she navigates moral dilemmas, forges unlikely alliances, and confronts the costs of resistance. Heart-pounding action: From daring sabotage missions to nail-biting escapes, each chapter pulses with suspense and danger. Emotional depth: Explore the psychological toll of war as characters grapple with loss, guilt, and the struggle to maintain their humanity in inhuman circumstances. Themes of identity and sacrifice: Delve into thought-provoking questions about the nature of heroism, the price of freedom, and the transformative power of adversity. Perfect for fans of Ken Follett's "The Eye of the Needle" and Kristin Hannah's "The Nightingale," "Veiled Valor" offers a fresh perspective on the often-overlooked role of women in the French Resistance. Nunez's nuanced portrayal of Norma Wilson and her comrades brings to life the everyday heroes who risked everything to fight tyranny. This page-turner is ideal for: Historical fiction enthusiasts World War II buffs Readers who enjoy strong female protagonists Anyone fascinated by stories of espionage and resistance movements Book clubs seeking rich material for discussion "Veiled Valor: The Chameleon's War" is more than just a war story – it's a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the power of ordinary people to effect extraordinary change. Order your copy today and prepare to be transported to a world of bravery, sacrifice, and unyielding hope in the face of overwhelming odds.

Shadows of Valor

Author : Elsie Park
Publisher : Amberjack Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1944995439
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (449 download)

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Download or read book Shadows of Valor written by Elsie Park and published by Amberjack Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something dark stirs within the peaceful walls of the prosperous town of Graywall, something only the mysterious vigilante known as The Shadow can overcome. Torn between a sense of justice and a desire for revenge, The Shadow is the nobleman Sir Calan, who must use his skills to assist the Lord of Graywall. When Sir Calan is sent to hunt down smugglers who have run rampant after the levying of a harsh tax by King Edward, he learns of a plot against the just ruler of the town, Lord Shaufton. To thwart this plot, Calan enters a pseudo courtship with Shaufton's daughter under the guise of Sir Calan, even as he wrestles with emotions stirred by the lovely Elsbeth, Lord Shaufton's niece. Elsbeth may be the only person who can heal Calan's troubled soul, but she has secrets of her own. Rife with deceit, greed, and betrayal, Shadow of Valor is a timeless tale of honor, love, and redemption.

Smugglers, Brothels, and Twine

Author : Elaine Carey
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816545499
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Smugglers, Brothels, and Twine written by Elaine Carey and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume the borders of North America serve as central locations for examining the consequences of globalization as it intersects with hegemonic spaces and ideas, national territorialism, and opportunities for—or restrictions on—mobility. The authors of the essays in this collection warn against falling victim to the myth of nation-states engaging in a valiant struggle against transnational flows of crime and vice. They take a long historical perspective, from Mesoamerican counterfeits of cacao beans used as currency to cattle rustling to human trafficking; from Canada’s and Mexico’s different approaches to the illegality of liquor in the United States during Prohibition to contemporary case studies of the transnational movement of people, crime, narcotics, vice, and even ideas. By studying the historical flows of contraband and vice across North American borders, the contributors seek to bring a greater understanding of borderlanders, the actual agents of historical change who often remain on the periphery of most historical analyses that focus on the state or on policy. To examine the political, economic, and social shifts resulting from the transnational movement of goods, people, and ideas, these contributions employ the analytical categories of race, class, modernity, and gender that underlie this evolution. Chapters focus on the ways power relations created opportunities for engaging in “deviance,” thus questioning the constructs of economic reality versus concepts of criminal behavior. Looking through the lens of transnational flows of contraband and vice, the authors develop a new understanding of nation, immigration, modernization, globalization, consumer society, and border culture.

Smoke Rings

Author : Alberto Olivares
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1426943369
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (269 download)

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Download or read book Smoke Rings written by Alberto Olivares and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smoke Rings follows a group of friends who use their youthful experiences smuggling marijuana to form the basis for smuggling cigars into the United States. Now in their mid-forties, attorney Jorge Montes de Oca and his best friend, John Davis, a medical doctor, find themselves lured into this adventure by another friend, a Cuban exile and political activist who must finance his activities against the Cuban regime. As they become more involved in the adventure, Jorge and John risk their professional lives to engage in the cigar smuggling. At the same time, the cop who had pursued them during their marijuana-smuggling days is hot on their trail again; and this time, the stakes are so much larger! Examining the intricacies affecting Cuban politics and the love of Cuban cigars, Smoke Rings is fast-paced thriller filled with action and the beautiful scenery of Miami, Havana, and the Florida Keys.

Contraband

Author : Michael Kwass
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674369645
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (743 download)

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Download or read book Contraband written by Michael Kwass and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-07 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louis Mandrin led a gang of bandits who brazenly smuggled contraband into eighteenth-century France. Michael Kwass brings new life to the legend of this Gallic Robin Hood and the thriving underworld he helped to create. Decades before the storming of the Bastille, surging world trade excited a revolution in consumption that transformed the French kingdom. Contraband exposes the dark side of this early phase of globalization, revealing hidden connections between illicit commerce, criminality, and popular revolt. France's economic system was tailor-made for an enterprising outlaw like Mandrin. As French subjects began to crave colonial products, Louis XIV lined the royal coffers by imposing a state monopoly on tobacco from America and an embargo on brilliantly colored calico cloth from India. Vigorous black markets arose through which traffickers fed these exotic goods to eager French consumers. Flouting the law with unparalleled panache, Mandrin captured widespread public attention to become a symbol of a defiant underground. This furtive economy generated violent clashes between gangs of smugglers and customs agents in the borderlands. Eventually, Mandrin was captured by French troops and put to death in a brutal public execution intended to demonstrate the king's absolute authority. But the spectacle only cemented Mandrin's status as a rebel folk hero in an age of mounting discontent. Amid cycles of underground rebellion and agonizing penal repression, the memory of Mandrin inspired ordinary subjects and Enlightenment philosophers alike to challenge royal power and forge a movement for radical political change.

House and Street

Author : Sandra Lauderdale Graham
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 9780292727571
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book House and Street written by Sandra Lauderdale Graham and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the later half of the nineteenth century, a majority of Brazilian women worked, most as domestic servants, either slave or free. House and Street re-creates the working and personal lives of these women, drawing on a wealth of documentation from archival, court, and church records. Lauderdale Graham traces the intricate and ambivalent relations that existed between masters and servants. She shows how for servants the house could be a place of protection—as well as oppression—while the street could be dangerous—but also more autonomous. She integrates her discoveries with larger events taking place in Rio de Janeiro during the period, including the epidemics of the 1850s, the abolition of slavery, the demolition of slums, and major improvements in sanitation during the first decade of the 1900s. House and Street was originally published by Cambridge University Press in 1988. For this paperback edition, Lauderdale Graham has provided a new introduction.

Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor

Author : Dick Couch
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101576170
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor written by Dick Couch and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-01-10 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Navy SEALs have been fighting terrorists around the world for over a decade. And for all that time, the Bandito Platoon SEALS from SEAL Team Seven have been on continuous combat rotation. Now they have drawn a shipboard assignment off Central America—an easy day. But for a Navy SEAL, the only easy day was yesterday. In a powerful story of global anti-terrorism inspired by real life missions, Act of Valor combines stunning combat scenes, up-to-the minute battlefield technology, and heart-pumping emotion for the ultimate action adventure. Act of Valor takes you deep into the secretive world of today’s most elite, highly trained group of warriors. When the rescue of a kidnapped CIA operative leads to the discovery of a deadly terrorist plot against the United States, a team of SEALs is dispatched on a worldwide manhunt. As the men of Bandito Platoon race to stop a coordinated attack that could kill and wound thousands of American civilians, they must balance their commitments to country, team, and their families back home. But each time they accomplish their mission, a new piece of intelligence reveals another shocking twist to the plot, which stretches from Chechnya to the Philippines and from Ukraine to Somalia. The widening operation sends the SEALs across the globe as they track the terrorist ring to the U.S.-Mexico border—where they engage in an epic firefight with potentially unimaginable consequences for America…

The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers

Author : Claude A. LaBelle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers written by Claude A. LaBelle and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

No Place Like Home

Author : Mysti Parker
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1680461907
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book No Place Like Home written by Mysti Parker and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catching this Tyger will take a lot more than a net. Mirabelle Hearton's time is running out. As punishment for crimes in Leogard, she has two months to return to Port Valor to capture a dangerous mercenary called The Tyger. Failure means an excruciating death from an irreversible curse. But the hard part is facing Lysander Devlin again, the man she almost married ten years ago. Mirabelle must make a choice-catch The Tyger and redeem her sins, or give into feelings long buried and risk losing everything.

Ups and Downs of Aerial Smuggling

Author : Conrad Bernier
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 146696541X
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book Ups and Downs of Aerial Smuggling written by Conrad Bernier and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I escaped jail for the second time and finally got out of Colombia. I should have been happy, but my feelings were forlorn. I could never return. I would never drink the waters or the local rum or a perfect cup of coffee again. I already missed my friends, associates, and all our pleasant, exciting times together. With two counts of jailbreak, possession of six thousand pounds of marijuana, and violation of Colombian airspace, I would serve a total of twenty years in prison if I ever return. Good-bye, Colombia. I shall always think of you with love.

The World War and Historic Deeds of Valor from Official Records and Illustrations of the United States and Allied Governments

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book The World War and Historic Deeds of Valor from Official Records and Illustrations of the United States and Allied Governments written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Heart of Valor (Guardians of the North Book #2)

Author : Alan Morris
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1441263020
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book Heart of Valor (Guardians of the North Book #2) written by Alan Morris and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 1996-10-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Together they fight a dangerous enemy. Can their hearts of valor prevail?Hunter Stone and the North-West Mounted Police are faced with establishing themselves as the law on the rugged Canadian frontier. They discover that an evil trader, Armand Sweet, has been smuggling shipments of whisky into the North-West Territories, and Sweet becomes the focus of the Mounties' relentless search.Reena O'Donnell has continued her work as a young missionary among an Indian tribe of the Blackfoot Nation. But she finds that she must deal with the ongoing breakdowns of tribal customs due largely due to the whiskey influence, and she must try to bring a renegade young man, Drew Eagle, under control before violence erupts.Together she and Hunter fight against their common enemy, the dangerous whisky trade. When Armand Sweet eventually is arrested and the true source of the illegal shipments is revealed, the shocking evidence points to someone they know. Hunter and Reena come into a direct confrontation with the heart of evil and are led down a dark trail of high suspense.A declaration of love is made. But is he truly ready for what lies ahead?

Deeds of Valor

Author : Walter F. Beyer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Deeds of Valor written by Walter F. Beyer and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Border Contraband

Author : George T. Díaz
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292761082
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Border Contraband written by George T. Díaz and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2015-02-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Present-day smuggling across the U.S.-Mexico border is a professional, often violent, criminal activity. However, it is only the latest chapter in a history of illicit business dealings that stretches back to 1848, when attempts by Mexico and the United States to tax commerce across the Rio Grande upset local trade and caused popular resentment. Rather than acquiesce to what they regarded as arbitrary trade regulations, borderlanders continued to cross goods and accepted many forms of smuggling as just. In Border Contraband, George T. Díaz provides the first history of the common, yet little studied, practice of smuggling across the U.S.-Mexico border. In Part I, he examines the period between 1848 and 1910, when the United States’ and Mexico’s trade concerns focused on tariff collection and on borderlanders’ attempts to avoid paying tariffs by smuggling. Part II begins with the onset of the Mexican Revolution in 1910, when national customs and other security forces on the border shifted their emphasis to the interdiction of prohibited items (particularly guns and drugs) that threatened the state. Díaz’s pioneering research explains how greater restrictions have transformed smuggling from a low-level mundane activity, widely accepted and still routinely practiced, into a highly profitable professional criminal enterprise.

Behind Bars

Author : Mike Gerrard
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493084429
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Behind Bars written by Mike Gerrard and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-10-08 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behind Bars is filled with stories both ancient and urgent of what happens when alcohol meets crime, from illicit stills in the Scottish Highlands to moonshine in the USA, rum smuggled by Caribbean pirates to the roaring times of Prohibition, current-day gangs selling millions of dollars’ worth of fake Bordeaux, and the often-unsolved cases of people walking into a liquor store, stealing whiskey bottles worth tens of thousands of dollars, and walking out, never to be seen again. Award-winning travel and drinks writer Mike Gerrard takes readers on a centuries-long journey highlighting the most bizarre – and expensive – alcohol-related crimes all while revealing the inside world of spirits, how they have been distilled, legislated, imbibed, and infused into our culture for hundreds of years. Featuring colorful tangents and detailed appendices, Behind Bars will whet the whistle of any curious reader. Spanning the stories of ancient wine swindlers in Pompeii to the modern radiocarbon-dating techniques used by today’s cutting-edge scientists to investigate suspect bottles of expensive alcohol, from million-dollar robberies of wine cellars buried deep underground to whiskey rings surrounding the highest reaches of the Presidency, Gerrard smartly and swiftly reveals that the link between alcohol and crime is a never-ending story.

Deeds of Valor

Author : Walter Frederick Beyer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Deeds of Valor written by Walter Frederick Beyer and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

"With His Pistol in His Hand"

Author : Am Paredes
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 9780292701281
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book "With His Pistol in His Hand" written by Am Paredes and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 1958 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the life of Gregorio Cortez Lira, a Mexican ranchhand who became the hero of a popular ballad after a shootout with a Texas sheriff, and describes various versions of the ballad