A Very Private Plot

Author : William F. Buckley
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504018586

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A Very Private Plot by William F. Buckley Pdf

Dangerous Cold War secrets come to light in the age of glasnost in this “smooth and skillful” spy thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author (Publishers Weekly). In the bleakest hours of the Cold War, the CIA did terrible things. The agency arranged coups, assassinations, and wars, but no matter how dark their methods, they did it for America. Senator Hugh Blanton does not understand this. A bleeding-heart liberal with an impeccable academic pedigree, he came to Washington with one goal in mind: neutering the CIA. His prime target is Blackford Oakes—the agency’s most elegant cold warrior—whose shadowy past Blanton wants to expose to the world. But Oakes will not testify, lest he be forced to divulge the secrets of Operation Cyclops. In the last days of the Cold War, as the USSR moved toward glasnost, the CIA became aware of a Russian plot to assassinate Premier Gorbachev. The only person Oakes told was President Reagan, with whom he was forced to decide if the leader of the evil empire would live or die. A Very Private Plot is the 10th book in the Blackford Oakes Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

Author : Martin Booth
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2005-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429971034

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A Very Private Gentleman by Martin Booth Pdf

The locals in the southern Italian town where he lives call him Signor Farfalla--Mr. Butterfly: for he is a discreet gentleman who paints rare butterflies. His life is inconspicuous--mornings spent brushing at a canvas, afternoons idling in the cafes, and evening talks with his friend the town priest over a glass of brandy. Yet there are other sides to this gentleman's life: Clara: the young student who moonlights in the town bordello. And another woman who arrives with $100,000 and a commission, but not for a painting of butterflies. With this assignment returns the dark fear that has dogged Signor Farfalla's mysterious life. Almost instantly, he senses a deadly circle closing in on him, one which he may or may not elude. Part thriller, part character study, part drama of deceit and self-betrayal, A Very Private Gentleman shows Martin Booth at the very height of his powers

Author : Wilkie Collins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044010168151

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A Plot in Private Life and Other Tales by Wilkie Collins Pdf

Author : Wilkie Collins
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783382304737

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A Plot in Private Life by Wilkie Collins Pdf

Reprint of the original. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Author : Alec Nove
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136629488

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Was Stalin Really Necessary? by Alec Nove Pdf

First published in 1964, Was Stalin Really Necessary? is a thought-provoking work which deals with many aspects of the Soviet political economy, planning problems and statistics. Professor Nove starts with an attempt to evaluate the rationality of Stalinism and discusses the possible political consequences of the search for greater economic efficiency, which is followed by a controversial discussion of Kremlinology. The author goes on to analyse the situation of the peasants as reflected in literary journals, then looks at industrial and agricultural problems. There are elaborate statistical surveys of occupational patterns and the purchasing power of wages, followed by an examination of the irrational statistical reflection of irrational economic decisions. Professor Nove’s essay on social welfare was, unlike some of his other work, used in the Soviet press as evidence against over-enthusiastic cold-warriors, among whom the author was not always popular. Finally, the author seeks to generalise about the evolution of world communism.

Author : Ariana Traill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008-05-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139472623

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Women and the Comic Plot in Menander by Ariana Traill Pdf

Taking a fresh look at mistaken identity in the work of an author who helped to introduce the device to comedy, in this book Professor Traill shows how the outrageous mistakes many male characters in Menander make about women are grounded in their own emotional needs. The core of the argument derives from analysis of speeches by or about women, with particular attention to the language used to articulate problems of knowledge and perception, responsibility and judgement. Not only does Menander freely borrow language, situations, and themes from tragedy, but he also engages with some of tragedy's epistemological questions, particularly the question of how people interpret what they see and hear. Menander was instrumental in turning the tragic theme of human ignorance into a comic device and inventing a plot type with enormous impact on the western tradition. This book provides original insights into his achievements within their historical and intellectual context.

Author : Gisele Bousquet
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317518105

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Urbanization in Vietnam by Gisele Bousquet Pdf

Most studies on urbanisation focus on the move of rural people to cities and the impact this has, both on the cities to which the people have moved, and on the rural communities they have left. This book, on the other hand, considers the impact on rural communities of the physical expansion of cities. Based on extensive original research over a long period in one settlement, a rural commune which over the course of the last two decades has become engulfed by Hanoi’s urban spread, the book explores what happens when village people become urbanites or city dwellers – when agriculture is abandoned, population density rises, the value of land increases, people have to make a living in the city, and the dynamics of family life, including gender relations, are profoundly altered. This book charts these developments over time, and sets urbanisation in Vietnam in the wider context of urbanisation in Southeast Asia and Asia more generally.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Agricultural assistance, American
ISBN : UOM:39015009212526

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Collectivization and Its Impact on the Ukrainian Population and on Soviet Agricultural Productivity by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Pdf

Author : John F. Kennedy,Glyn O. Phillips,Peter A. Williams
Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781849731935

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Gum Arabic by John F. Kennedy,Glyn O. Phillips,Peter A. Williams Pdf

Dealing with the latest information on polysaccharide gum research, particularly focused on gum Arabic, this book covers the production, identification, classification, and application of these important carbohydrate polymers. Written by leading experts, it will be an essential reference for researchers in industry and academia interested in the continued advances in this area.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Public Lands
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Pasture, Right of
ISBN : MINN:31951D02087107A

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Grazing on Public Domain Lands by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Public Lands Pdf

Examines complaints and grievances of Idaho citizens about the cutting of allotments for grazing on the public domain. Hearing was held in Twin Falls, Idaho.

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1468 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Law
ISBN : IND:30000126169907

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Congressional Record by United States. Congress Pdf

Author : Moyo, Sam,Tsikata, Dzodzi
Publisher : CODESRIA
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9782869786363

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Land in the Struggles for Citizenship in Africa by Moyo, Sam,Tsikata, Dzodzi Pdf

The variety of land questions facing Africa and the divergent strategies proposed to resolve them continue to evoke debates. Increasingly, in response to the enduring problems of land tenure, there are land movements of all shapes and orientations, some reformist and others quite revolutionary in their agenda. However revolutionary, land movements have tended to ignore the land tenure interests of women, pastoralists, youth and indigenous people. Several of these longstanding and emerging issues in land tenure include the role of the state in land tenure reforms; urban land questions, the nature of land struggles and improvements; and, the impact of land tenure developments on particular social groups and countries. An overarching concern is the extent to which land rights are being commodified, through the conversion of land held under customary tenure systems into marketised systems. The consequences of this include growing land concentration, land tenure insecurities, diminishing access to land by various sections of society, including the poor, women and less dominant ethno-religious groups. This volume brings together different studies on Africa's land questions exploring emerging land issues on the continent in terms of the wider questions of development, citizenship, and democratisation. The chapters discuss the land question through a variety of themes. Some focus on the agrarian aspects of the land questions, while others elucidate the urban dimensions of the land question.

Author : David Callinan
Publisher : BookCountry
Page : 1014 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781463002817

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The Immortality Plot by David Callinan Pdf

Ex US government assassin and Hong Kong Police martial arts enforcer Mike Delaney is kicked out of the force on a trumped up charge along with his partner Bob Messenger. Delaney drops out and joins a reclusive esoteric monastic brotherhood while Messenger forms confess-confess.com - a global crime busting website where ordinary people fight back against injustice, each with their own code name. Delaney falls in love, leaves the monastery and marries. One year later his investigative journalist wife is brutally murdered by a contract serial killer known as 'The Priest'. She is one of many. Delaney vows to track down 'The Priest'. He discovers his wife was about to expose a global plot known as The Renaissance Project involving the richest and most powerful people on the planet who pay huge sums to attain true immortality. The 'Priest' is their tame assassin (but Lucius Gynt is not as tame as they think he is). On the confess-confess website Delaney's code name is 'The Monk'. His search for 'The Priest', and uncovering the labyrinthine Renaissance Project will test his skills to the limit and put his life on the line.

Author : Samuel Rawson Gardiner
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066207540

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What Gunpowder Plot Was by Samuel Rawson Gardiner Pdf

This work presents a history of The Gunpowder Plot of 1605. It was a failed assassination attempt of King James I by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby. They aimed to restore the Catholic monarchy to England after decades of persecution against Catholics. Contents include: Historical Evidence Guy Fawkes's Story The Later Documentary Evidence Structural Difficulties The Discovery The Government and the Catholics The Government and the Priests

Author : United States. National Resources Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1939
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951D012845170

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Urban Planning and Land Policies by United States. National Resources Committee Pdf