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Book Synopsis The Valentine Hostage by : Dawn Stewardson
Download or read book The Valentine Hostage written by Dawn Stewardson and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In steamy New Orleans, three people witnessed the same crime, testified against the same man and were then swept into the Witness Protection Program. But now there's new evidence, and these three witnesses are about to come out of hiding… EYE WITNESS Witness Monique LaRoquette had no choice but to return to New Orleans for the retrial of a man she'd seen commit murder with her own eyes. But in the courtroom the defendant grabbed her—and escaped! Monique wasn't about to believe Ben DeCarlo's protestations of innocence and a lookalike culprit—until her heart started playing tricks on her…and she began wondering if her eyes might have been mistaken after all.
Book Synopsis US Foreign Policy and the Iran Hostage Crisis by : David Patrick Houghton
Download or read book US Foreign Policy and the Iran Hostage Crisis written by David Patrick Houghton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-05-21 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did a handful of Iranian students seize the American embassy in Tehran in November 1979? Why did most members of the US government initially believe that the incident would be over quickly? Why did the Carter administration then decide to launch a rescue mission, and why did it fail so spectacularly? US Foreign Policy and the Iran Hostage Crisis examines these puzzles and others, using an analogical reasoning approach to decision-making, a theoretical perspective which highlights the role played by historical analogies in the genesis of foreign policy decisions. Using interviews with key decision-makers on both sides, Houghton provides an analysis of one of the United States' greatest foreign policy disasters, the events of which continue to poison relations between the two states. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of foreign policy analysis and international relations.
Book Synopsis My Insanity: Held Hostage by Depression's Grip by : Janice L. D'Errico
Download or read book My Insanity: Held Hostage by Depression's Grip written by Janice L. D'Errico and published by America Star Books. This book was released on 2009-04-25 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine feeling overwhelming hopelessness and despair—nothing but oppressive thoughts resonating a constant desire to end the anguish and pain. Anything becomes an option for relief. Everyone has a survival instinct, that healthy voice within them that promotes self-preservation. Janice knows this because hers was silenced by depression so severe that she was a danger to herself for many years. This book graphically details Janice’s journey from a stable, mentally healthy individual to a self-injurious, suicidal, crazy person, as well as her subsequent rehabilitation resulting in her renewed appreciation of life. She decided to share her story in hopes of inspiring just one person who is so distraught that they are tuning out their healthy inner voice and are on the verge of giving in to their despair. Janice believes that if you have the slightest inclination to hurt yourself, your survival instinct will try to tell you something. Just listen.
Book Synopsis The Hostage Brain by : Bruce S. McEwen
Download or read book The Hostage Brain written by Bruce S. McEwen and published by Rockefeller Univ. Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Hostage written by Peter O'Mahoney and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-10-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A girl is kidnapped. The clock is ticking. And Jack Valentine is the only hope the girl has left... Chase Martin's life is all about money. He uses it as he uses people-often and without care for the consequences. When his daughter is kidnapped from under his nose, Chase's world is turned upside down. The kidnapper demands one million in cash, and warns Chase against going to the police. Contacting Private Investigator Jack Valentine, Chase entrusts Valentine to uncover the kidnapper and get his girl back safe. Entering into a world of corruption, crime, and power, Valentine uncovers a group of ex-army veterans that have been cheated by Chase's companies and are desperate for revenge. Investigating cops, family members, and felons, Valentine fights against time to find the girl, fighting to find the one piece of evidence that would answer all his questions. But what he uncovers will make it the most dangerous case of his career... This private investigator thriller will take you for a ride through the streets, twisting and turning until it reaches a conclusion you won't see coming!
Book Synopsis Held Hostage at Whiskey Gulch by : Elle James
Download or read book Held Hostage at Whiskey Gulch written by Elle James and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guarding her 24/7 …just became his most important mission. To discover what real life is about, Outrider Joseph "Irish" Monahan left the army. But the former Delta Force soldier still needs his military skills. A masked stalker is attempting to murder Tessa Bolton, and Irish is assigned to be her bodyguard. Though the fiercely independent nurse resists his protection, Irish won't back down…or abandon his mission to catch the killer and keep Tessa alive. From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served. Discover more action-packed stories in The Outriders Series. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order: Book 1: Homicide at Whiskey Gulch Book 2: Hideout at Whiskey Gulch Book 3: Held Hostage at Whiskey Gulch Book 4: Setup at Whiskey Gulch
Book Synopsis Six Years a Hostage by : Stephen McGown
Download or read book Six Years a Hostage written by Stephen McGown and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2021-07-29 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE LONGEST-HELD AL QAEDA CAPTIVE IN THE WORLD Stephen McGown was en route from London to South Africa, on a once-in-a-lifetime trip by motorbike, returning home to Johannesburg. He had reached Timbuktu, in Mali, when he was captured, along with a Dutch and a Swedish national, by Al Qaeda Islamist militants. Steve was taken because he held a British passport. He was subsequently held hostage at various camps in the Sahara Desert in the north-west of Africa for nearly six years before eventually being released. Life as Steve had known it changed in that instant that he was taken at gunpoint. He had nothing to bargain with, and everything to lose. For the next six years, he reluctantly engaged in what he came to call the greatest chess game of his life. Thousands of kilometres to the south, in Johannesburg, the shock of Stephen's capture struck the McGown family and his wife, Cath, with whom he had, until recently, been living in London. They immediately began efforts to secure Steve's release, through diplomatic channels and in every other way they felt might have a chance of seeing Stephen freed. But as the months of captivity became years, Steve was compelled to go to extraordinary lengths to survive. Making it back home alive became his sole aim. To accomplish this, he realised that he would have to do everything he could to raise his status in the eyes of his captors. To this end, he taught himself Arabic and French, and also converted to Islam, accepting a new name, Lot. To this day, Steve retains the unenviable record of being the longest-held, surviving prisoner of Al Qaeda. While he was undoubtedly always Al Qaeda's captive, through the long years he spent in intimate proximity to his captors, Steve got to see the Islamist militants as few other Westerners have ever seen them. Six Years a Hostage is not only a remarkable story of mental strength, physical endurance and the resilience of the human spirit, but also, significantly, a unique and nuanced perspective on one of the world's most feared terrorist groups. Steve did not merely survive his terrible ordeal; he emerged from the desert a changed - stronger, more positive - human being. This is Stephen McGown's remarkable story, as told to Tudor Caradoc-Davies, a freelance writer, editor and author based in Cape Town, South Africa. After seven years spent working for glossy magazines such as Men's Health, GQ, Best Life and Women's Health, he now contributes to a range of publications. He also writes for the (South African) Sunday Times, and Red Bulletin.
Book Synopsis The New Orleans of Fiction by : James A. Kaser
Download or read book The New Orleans of Fiction written by James A. Kaser and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of New Orleans in American culture has made the city's place in the American imagination a crucial topic for literary scholars and cultural historians. While databases of bibliographical information on New Orleans-centered fiction are available, they are of little use to scholars researching works written before the 1980s. In The New Orleans of Fiction: A Research Guide, James A. Kaser provides detailed synopses for more than 500 works of fiction significantly set in New Orleans and published between 1836 and 1980. The synopses include plot summaries, names of major characters, and an indication of physical settings. An appendix provides bibliographical information for works dating from 1981 well into the 21st century, while a biographical section provides basic information about the authors, some of whom are obscure and would be difficult to find in other sources. Written to assist researchers in locating works of fiction for analysis, the plot summaries highlight ways in which the works touch on major aspects of social history and cultural studies (i.e., class, ethnicity, gender, immigrant experience, and race). The book is also a useful reader advisory tool for librarians and readers who want to identify materials for leisure reading, particularly since genre, juvenile, and young adult fiction—as well as literary fiction—are included.
Download or read book The Want Ad written by Dawn Stewardson and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Jillian Birmingham please call her brother collect 212-555-1427 Trouble was, Jillian Birmingham didn't have a brother. She wasn't even Jillian Birmingham anymore. She was April Kelly—and she'd do anything to prove her parents innocent of a long-ago crime. Paul Gardiner was a man on a mission. His father had been killed in a bombing allegedly masterminded by April's father. So why would he want to prove Colin Birmingham innocent? But he said he had proof. Proof April couldn't ignore. So she phoned him and began the greatest adventure—and the greatest love—of her life!
Book Synopsis Hostages to Fortune. A Novel. By the Author of “Lady Audley's Secret,” Etc. M. E. Braddon by :
Download or read book Hostages to Fortune. A Novel. By the Author of “Lady Audley's Secret,” Etc. M. E. Braddon written by and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gates of Power written by Peter O'Mahoney and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-05 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Justice is a dangerous game... When Chicago's most revered newsreader, Brian Gates, is found murdered in his dressing room, all the evidence points to one man-professional computer gamer Alfie Rose. Desperate to prove his innocence, Rose defies the advice of his legal team, hiring private investigator Jack Valentine to dig into the case. Still reeling from a personal tragedy, the relentless Valentine embarks on the most dangerous case of his career-battling against the far-right, the complex world of lawyers, and media corporations that will do anything to deliver the news first. With a community on edge, Valentine turns leads into danger and friends into suspects, but what he uncovers will change him forever... This private investigator thriller will take you for a ride through the streets, twisting and turning until it reaches an ending you won't see coming.
Book Synopsis The Iranian Hostage Rescue Attempt: A Case Study by : Major Peter D. Buck USMC
Download or read book The Iranian Hostage Rescue Attempt: A Case Study written by Major Peter D. Buck USMC and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Operation Eagle Claw was tactically feasible, operationally vacant, and strategically risky. This paper examines the failed hostage rescue mission conducted by the U.S. in Iran during April of 1980. The following text will recreate the rescue mission in its historical context while identifying factors across the three levels of war which contributed to its outcome. The three levels of war referred to in this discussion are the tactical, operational and strategic levels. This study concludes that (1) The fall of the Shah unearthed a gap in U.S. military influence in the Middle East which could not rapidly be overcome; (2) the hostage rescue mission, although tied directly to the strategic objective of returning the 53 American hostages, provided little influence in terms of salvaging U.S. honor and interests in the Middle East. In reality, it is probable that mission failure protracted eventual diplomatic resolution of the crisis; (3) the hostage rescue mission, a limited objective and high risk raid, should only have been executed in the event that hostages lives were directly threatened; and (4) since 1961, sixty-six separate hostage, kidnapping, or hijacking incidents have occurred involving U.S. diplomats, servicemen, and private citizens. The frequency of these actions equate to 1.6 per year over the past 41 years. This data demonstrates the relevancy of the subject and the frequency of its occurrence.
Book Synopsis Art Held Hostage: The Battle over the Barnes Collection by : John Anderson
Download or read book Art Held Hostage: The Battle over the Barnes Collection written by John Anderson and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Money, pretension, horrid behavior by cultured people” (New York) —John Anderson’s tale delivers it all in fabulously juicy detail. This is the story of how a fabled art foundation—the greatest collection of impressionist and postimpressionist art in America, including 69 Cézannes, 60 Matisses, and 44 Picassos, among many priceless others—came to be, and how more than a decade of legal squabbling brought it to the brink of collapse and to a move that many believe betrayed the wishes of the founder, Dr. Albert C. Barnes (1872—1951). Art Held Hostage is now updated with a new epilogue by the author covering the current state of this international treasure and the endless battle over its fate.
Book Synopsis Dying to Have Her by : Heather Graham
Download or read book Dying to Have Her written by Heather Graham and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2012-02-21 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A soap opera actress is in danger—and her handsome ex is hired to protect her—in this tale of romantic suspense from the New York Times–bestselling author. Jane Dunne has a future in Hollywood. After years of striving, she’s finally landed a juicy part on Valentine Valley, the highest-rated soap on daytime TV. Fame will be hers, no matter whom she has to hurt to get it. But fate, it seems, has other plans. As Jane readies for her first close-up, a stage light falls from above, breaking Jane’s neck on her first day of work. The tragedy shocks the set, and terrifies Valentine Valley star Serena McCormack, who fears the deadly blow was meant for her. When death threats flood Serena’s dressing room, the show’s producers hire her former lover, private investigator Liam Murphy, to protect her. He is a handsome, courageous bodyguard, and as they grow closer Serena thinks she might be on the verge of true love—unless death finds her first. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Heather Graham including rare photos from the author’s personal collection. Dying to Have Heris the 2nd book in the Valentine Valley series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Book Synopsis Heroes to Hostages by : Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet
Download or read book Heroes to Hostages written by Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-07-31 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outlines the evolving U.S.-Iran relationship from 1800 until 1988, highlighting the intersection of diplomatic, social, and cultural changes.
Book Synopsis Odyssey of Innocence by : Lek Pervizi
Download or read book Odyssey of Innocence written by Lek Pervizi and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2020-11-26 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “...And after 47 years of suffering and tribulations, the new Ulysses of the twentieth century, comes to hug his dear Penelope ...” This is the unlikely and incredible story of Valentine.
Book Synopsis Fifth Moon's Lovers by : Monica La Porta
Download or read book Fifth Moon's Lovers written by Monica La Porta and published by Monica La Porta. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All his life, Valentine Lobo has done everything the Brotherhood of the Wolf has requested of him, including marrying Mirella Canalis, his genetically engineered bride. Now Mirella is expecting his child, and Valentine should be happy to have successfully ensured the continuity of his species. Instead, he is devastated because he has fallen in love with her, and he knows that she won’t survive her pregnancy. As he faces demons from his past and enemies from his present, he must fight his most difficult battle yet. Valentine will stop at nothing to save his beloved Mirella, but can love conquer all?
