Crescendo Of Fire

Author : Marc Stiegler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1642020370

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Crescendo Of Fire by Marc Stiegler Pdf

If a rocketship dies, who wins? The world's most advanced rocket company suffers a catastrophic explosion that becomes a publicity disaster. Within hours, the new CEO Matt Toscano learns he faces much deeper trouble than a public relations problem- The California Governor plans to destroy him. Suddenly mankind's best hope of better space travel lies on the water, with the BrainTrust. Fortunately Dash Ambarawati, the BrainTrust's most brilliant researcher, has studied rocket science since childhood. With her help, Matt stands a chance. But Dash brings trouble with her. Matt and Dash find themselves with a host of enemies on their heels, including the Russian Union Premier and the American President for Life. The race is on. One way or the other, this race will end in a Crescendo of Fire. Meanwhile, An itty bitty ninja gets her fondest wish. An ex-commando squares off with a Red Princess. And a retired project director toils quietly behind the scenes. Kidnappers, oligarchs, politicians, dictators, princelings-outwitting them is not just a job, it's an adventure. And all in a day's work...on the BrainTrust. Scroll back to the top, and click "Read for Free" or "Buy Now" and kick back for a thought-provoking, action-packed adventure that will have you staying up all night reading to discover the truth!

Author : Marc Stiegler
Publisher : LMBPN Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781642020380

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Crescendo Of Fire by Marc Stiegler Pdf

If a rocketship dies, who wins? The world’s most advanced rocket company suffers a catastrophic explosion that becomes a publicity disaster. Within hours, the new CEO Matt Toscano learns he faces much deeper trouble than a public relations problem— The California Governor plans to destroy him. Suddenly mankind’s best hope of better space travel lies on the water, with the BrainTrust. Fortunately Dash Ambarawati, the BrainTrust’s most brilliant researcher, has studied rocket science since childhood. With her help, Matt stands a chance. But Dash brings trouble with her. Matt and Dash find themselves with a host of enemies on their heels, including the Russian Union Premier and the American President for Life. The race is on. One way or the other, this race will end in a Crescendo of Fire. Meanwhile, An itty bitty ninja gets her fondest wish. An ex-commando squares off with a Red Princess. And a retired project director toils quietly behind the scenes. Kidnappers, oligarchs, politicians, dictators, princelings—outwitting them is not just a job, it’s an adventure. And all in a day’s work...on the BrainTrust. Scroll back to the top, and click “Read for Free” or “Buy Now” and kick back for a thought-provoking, action-packed adventure that will have you staying up all night reading to discover the truth!

Author : Tamar Katriel
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 079140644X

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Communal Webs by Tamar Katriel Pdf

This book brings together insights derived from a detailed exploration of Israeli cultural patterns of communication, highlighting their role in the processes of culture formation, maintenance, and change. Katriel's ethnographic examples provide a richly-textured account of Israeli cultural experience, illustrating the potential of a cultural analysis grounded in the study of ideologically-informed communicative practices. The author addresses central issues in contemporary anthropology and human communication studies such as the identification of cultural communication patterns in ethnographic research, conceptualizations of the notions of culture and community, the rhetorical force of cultural communication forms, the role of ritualization in communication and social processes, the critical potential of ethnographic work, and the ethnographer's stance in studying one's own culture.

Author : Paul Irion
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 571 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781426945045

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That Far Land We Dream About by Paul Irion Pdf

Johann and Marta Weber are two Prussians in the 1850s, frustrated by the lack of opportunity and poor living conditions in their home country. They decide to seek their family's fortune in the New World, leaving everything behind-including an infant son too fragile to make the rigorous passage overseas-in order to seek a better life for themselves and future generations of the Weber clan. Upon their arrival in America, they find their way to a growing community of Germans and Swedes living along the Ohio River in Indiana. As they begin to settle in to their harsh and unfamiliar circumstances, the Civil War breaks out. Johann joins the Union side, desperate to defend what he now considers to be his home. Tragically, Johann is disabled in battle, which adds to the ever-present difficulty of finding a way to support his family. That Far Land We Dream About tells the tale of immigrants searching for a better way of life. Johann and Marta have much in common with the ancestors of all Americans. It is a story of great adversity, as the Weber family assimilates to a new culture and seeks a happier life within the borders of the land of their dreams.

Author : Harold M. Knudsen
Publisher : Savas Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781940669939

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James Longstreet and the American Civil War by Harold M. Knudsen Pdf

The American Civil War is often called the first “modern war.” Sandwiched between the Napoleonic Wars and World War I, it spawned a host of “firsts” and is considered a precursor to the larger and more deadly 20th century wars. Confederate Gen. James Longstreet made overlooked but profound modern contributions to the art of war. Retired Lt. Col. Harold M. Knudsen explains what Longstreet did and how he did it in James Longstreet and the American Civil War: The Confederate General Who Fought the Next War. Initially, commanders on both sides extensively utilized Napoleonic tactics that were obsolete because of the advent of the rifled musket and better artillery. Some professional army officers worked to improve tactics, operations, and strategies. On the Confederate side, a careful comparison of Longstreet’s body of work in the field to modern military doctrine reveals several large-scale innovations. Longstreet understood early that the tactical defense was generally dominant over the offense, which was something few grasped in 1862. Longstreet’s thinking demonstrated a clear evolution that began on the field at First Manassas in July 1861, developed through the bloody fighting of 1862, and culminated in the brilliant defensive victory at Fredericksburg that December. The lethality with which his riflemen and artillery mowed down repeated Union assaults hinted at what was to come in World War I. Longstreet’s ability to launch and control powerful offensives was on display at Second Manassas in August 1862. His assault plan at Chickamauga in Georgia the following September was similar, if not the forerunner to, World War II tactical-level German armored tactics. Other areas show progressive applications with artillery, staff work, force projection, and operational-level thinking. Longstreet was not the sole agent of modern change away from the Napoleonic method, but his contributions were significant and executed on a large scale. They demonstrated that he was a modern thinker unparalleled in the Confederate Army. Unfortunately, many Civil War students have a one-sided view of Longstreet, whose legacy fell victim to bitter postwar Southern politics when “Old Pete” supported Reconstruction bills, accepted postings with the Grant Administration, and criticized Robert E. Lee. Many modern writers continue to skew the general’s legacy. This book draws heavily upon 20th century U.S. Army doctrine, field training, staff planning, command, and combat experience and is the first serious treatment of Longstreet’s generalship vis-a-vis modern warfare. Not everyone will agree with Knudsen’s conclusions, but it will now be impossible to write about the general without referencing this important study.

Author : Thomas Crampton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0022776472

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A Summer Song. [Part-song, begins:"Out among the bracken".] by Thomas Crampton Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1200 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
ISBN : UIUC:30112059887221

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Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 by Anonim Pdf

Author : BILL JONES
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781490716251

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HEMMED IN by BILL JONES Pdf

The tropical state of Porta Bella is 'Bling, ' where nubile 'wannabee's kick start their career against the visual bliss of the coral-beached mecca of television and fashion shoots. Gainesville City provides international tourists and commercial traffic a backdrop of thousands of kilometres of dangerous, inaccessible alligator infested wetlands. Hemmed In, a fast moving adult action thriller with loads of satirical humour, tells of glitz and glamour which involves a psychopath preying on beautiful models. Homicide Detectives Keeley Harrington and Barney Corvette are troubled keepers of the peace, following the trail of senseless murder and mayhem that is grotesquely exhibited around the city and wetlands. Keeley Harrington takes exception to the commissioning of an international profiler Victoria Ambrose, and resigns. Now unarmed, unwittingly placing her on the shopping list of a mass murderer. Who is the killing machine, and how does he access a harvest of beautiful women ....strangely, keeping more of his collection alive than dead....so, where does he keep his butterflies? A gripping and disturbing trip through the mind of a demented predator - a mix of madness, unexpected adult humour, confusion and evil. -You'd be advised to turn on your alarm! So If You Can't Breathe...........You Might Be Hemmed In!

Author : Becca Fitzpatrick
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781416989424

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Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick Pdf

Sixteen-year old Nora finds forbidden love with a fallen angel, the New York Times Bestseller, now in paperback!

Author : Anthony King
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199658848

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The Combat Soldier by Anthony King Pdf

A work of historical, comparative sociology examining the evolution of infantry tactics in the American, Australian Canadian, British, French, German, and Italian armies from the First World War to the present. It addresses a key question in the social sciences of how social solidarity (cohesion) is generated and sustained.

Author : Laura Kalpakian
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1988-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0671660101

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Crescendo by Laura Kalpakian Pdf

Born to wealth but condemned to poverty, Claire loved a man she could not marry and married a man she could not love, safeguarding a bitter secret for years. But for her cherished son she committed a bold, unthinkable act, risking the most hazardous consequence of all--the truth.

Author : Estate of R S Crenshaw
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612515519

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The Battle of Tassafaronga by Estate of R S Crenshaw Pdf

The Battle of Tassafaronga, November 30, 1942, was the fifth and last major night surface action fought off Savo Island during World War II’s Guadalcanal campaign. It ended a string of Japanese victories, but it was also a horrible embarrassment to the U.S. Navy, which had three heavy cruisers damaged and one sunk to enemy torpedoes. After the battle, American commanders erroneously reported that multiple enemy ships had been sunk or seriously damaged, leading Admiral Nimitz to focus on training as the missing ingredient. Not until more than half a century later did Captain Russell S. Crenshaw, Jr., the destroyer Maury’s gunnery officer during the battle, discover that the outcome hinged instead on critical shortcomings that had been built into the U.S. Navy before the war—defective torpedoes, poor intelligence, blinding gunfire, over-confidence, and a tendency to equate volume of fire with effectiveness of fire—factors that turned the battle into “a crucible in which the very nature of the U.S. Navy and its weapons was tested [and] a miniature of what might have been, under other circumstances, a truly devastating defeat.”

Author : Tag Gallagher
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0520063341

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John Ford by Tag Gallagher Pdf

This radical re-reading of Ford's work studies his films in the context of his complex character, demonstrating their immense intelligence and their profound critique of our culture.

Author : Gillian Slovo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-22
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781849432979

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The Riots by Gillian Slovo Pdf

The Government has so far refused a Public Inquiry into the riots that shook our cities this Summer, so the Tricycle is mounting its own. This verbatim play builds a real-time picture of the riots as they unfolded. And then, from interviews with politicians, police, teachers, lawyers, community leaders, as well as victims and on-lookers, The Riots analyses what happened, why it happened, and what we should do towards making a better future for ourselves and our city. Astonishing stories and equally astonishing conclusions told by the many voices that have been stirred up by the riots.

Author : Becca Fitzpatrick
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-03
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781416989448

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Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick Pdf

The second book in the breathtaking New York Times bestselling Hush, Hush saga, soon to be a major motion picture! Nora should have known her life wouldn’t stay perfect for long. Despite starting a relationship with her bad boy guardian angel, Patch, and surviving an attempt on her life, things are not looking up. Patch is starting to pull away and Nora can’t figure out if it’s for her best interest or if his interest has shifted to her arch-enemy Marcie Millar. Not to mention that Nora is haunted by images of her father and starting to become obsessed with finding out what really happened to him that night he left for Portland and never came home. The farther Nora delves into the mystery of her father’s death, the more she comes to question if her Nephilim blood line has something to do with it as well as why she seems to be in danger more than the average girl when she has a guardian angel. Since Patch isn’t answering her questions, she has to start finding the answers on her own. But when she finds them, will she be able to count on Patch or are the things he’s hiding from her darker than she can imagine?