Small Treasons

Author : Mark Powell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781507203385

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"Tess Maynard's life is coming apart. At home with her three young children ... she is steadily becoming obsessed with an American journalist captured in Syria and being held by ISIS ... Meanwhile, the life of her husband is also beginning to unravel. John Maynard is a psychologist working as a college counselor. But in a former life--a life that becomes his obsession--he worked as a government contractor at a CIA black site in Eastern Europe where suspected terrorists ... were tortured. Now the Justice Department is threatening an investigation, but not if John will cooperate in an ongoing operation: a professor at the college where he works is rumored to be involved with an organization masking a militant group"--

Author : Mark Powell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781507203392

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Small Treasons by Mark Powell Pdf

With writing that is both devastating and tender, Mark Powell brings his acclaimed eye to an American marriage on the verge of rupture, spinning an all-too-current tale of the world we live in and the world we fear—and how we may not be able to tell the two apart—perfect for fans of Adam Johnson’s Fortune Smiles and Denis Johnson’s The Laughing Monsters. Tess Maynard is coming apart. At home with her three young children in her husband’s Georgia hometown, people keep asking if she’s depressed, if she and John are okay. Secretly, she’s becoming obsessed with the war on terror—an ISIS beheading video in particular. Something about the victim’s captivity on the computer screen resonates with her. Something inside of her demands endless prayers for a world gone mad. The carefully constructed life of her husband is likewise beginning to unravel. Now a college counselor, John’s former life bears persistently into the present. Once a contractor at a CIA black site that interrogated suspected terrorists—and one innocent civilian—he is given a choice by the Justice Department: either help with a problem in the homeland, or they investigate. Forced by an old colleague to spy on a new one, John’s experiences abroad come home to roost in Georgia. For his wife, for his family, he goes along with the game. But just as he and Tess work to salvage their life together, the world comes between them in the form of a young man slowly being radicalized by the professor John is reporting on. In a moment Tess imagined and never wanted to see, the intersection of their three lives is as devastating as the bomber’s explosion of hate and metal, and as inevitable as the battle between powers great and personal.

Author : Becky Murphy
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-29
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780698146907

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I'd Rather Be Short by Becky Murphy Pdf

"5'1 is the new 6'2, and Becky's book proves it."—Kristen Bell Leggy supermodels and pro basketball players be warned: being tall doesn’t mean you’re always a step up in life. Graphic designer Becky Murphy is five-foot-nothing and proud to be petite. Sure, sometimes being diminutive gets you the short end of the stick, but there are also plenty of unique advantages to being under 5’4”—and Murphy has compiled the 100 best reasons in the delightfully whimsical I’d Rather Be Short. Illustrated in a charming, quirky style, I’d Rather Be Short highlights the benefits of being petite, from the sensible to the absurd, including: · You get the best of both worlds: kids’ meals and cocktail parties · You’re never expected to help your friends move · Concertgoers usually won’t hassle you when you shimmy up to the front · You’re less likely to get struck by lightning · Skirts can be dresses; dresses can be skirts · You’re just the way you should be Witty and heartwarming, I’d Rather Be Short is a celebration of self-acceptance—and an instant ego boost to pint-sized ladies everywhere.

Author : George Orwell
Publisher : Renard Press Ltd
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781913724269

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Why I Write by George Orwell Pdf

George Orwell set out ‘to make political writing into an art’, and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature – his descriptions of authoritarian regimes helped to form a new vocabulary that is fundamental to understanding totalitarianism. While 1984 and Animal Farm are amongst the most popular classic novels in the English language, this new series of Orwell’s essays seeks to bring a wider selection of his writing on politics and literature to a new readership. In Why I Write, the first in the Orwell’s Essays series, Orwell describes his journey to becoming a writer, and his movement from writing poems to short stories to the essays, fiction and non-fiction we remember him for. He also discusses what he sees as the ‘four great motives for writing’ – ‘sheer egoism’, ‘aesthetic enthusiasm’, ‘historical impulse’ and ‘political purpose’ – and considers the importance of keeping these in balance. Why I Write is a unique opportunity to look into Orwell’s mind, and it grants the reader an entirely different vantage point from which to consider the rest of the great writer’s oeuvre. 'A writer who can – and must – be rediscovered with every age.' — Irish Times

Author : Peter Charles Hoffer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131738044

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The Treason Trials of Aaron Burr by Peter Charles Hoffer Pdf

"Aaron Burr was an enigma even in his own day. Founding Father and vice president, he engaged in a duel with Alexander Hamilton, resulting in a murder indictment that effectively ended his legal career. And when he turned his attention to entrepreneurial activities on the frontier he was suspected of empire building - and worse." "In the first book dedicated to this important case, Peter Charles Hoffer unveils a cast of characters ensnared by politics and law at the highest levels of government, including President Thomas Jefferson - one of Burr's bitterest enemies - and Chief Justice John Marshall, no fan of either Burr or Jefferson. Hoffer recounts how Jefferson's prosecutors argued that the mere act of discussing an "overt Act of War" - the constitution's definition of treason - was tantamount to committing the act. Marshall, however, ruled that without the overt act, no treasonable action had occurred and neither discussion nor conspiracy could be prosecuted. Subsequent attempts to convict Burr on violations of the Neutrality Act failed as well."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : John Lanchester
Publisher : Picador
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781743536544

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The Debt To Pleasure by John Lanchester Pdf

Tarquin Winot, voluptuary and supercivilized ironist (and snob), sets out on a journey of the senses from the Hotel Splendide, Portsmouth, to his cottage in Provence, his spiritual home. With his head newly shaved and his well-thumbed copy of the Mossad Manual of Surveillance Techniques safely stowed, Tarquin elegantly introduces his life, itself a work of art, through the medium of seasonal menus.

Author : Funnybunny Coloring Books
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798685997548

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20 Reasons Why Small Boobs Rock! by Funnybunny Coloring Books Pdf

You will enjoy this fantastic and fun coloring book! 20 original small boob designs to color! Fall in love with your small boobs! Makes a great gift for yourself or your small boobed friend or girlfriend! Everyone will love it! Great features of this book are: - The pages are one sided, so you can cut out the colored pictures for framing or gifts. - Unique funny and original illustrations, not to be found anywhere else! - Professionally designed glossy cover. - High quality paper stock. Get your copy today!

Author : Ashley Spires
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781554539598

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Small Saul by Ashley Spires Pdf

Small Saul is a different kind of pirate. Will Small Saul be able to prove his worth as a pirate or will he be thrown overboard?

Author : Anne Trubek
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-28
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781948742856

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So You Want to Publish a Book? by Anne Trubek Pdf

In So You Want to Publish a Book?, Anne Trubek, founder of Belt Publishing, demystifies the publishing process. This insightful guide offers concrete, witty advice and information to authors, prospective authors, and those curio

Author : Robert Munsch
Publisher : Annick Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781773211916

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I Have to Go! by Robert Munsch Pdf

Andrew has decided he never needs to go pee ever again, but his parents aren’t too sure. Only one minute into the drive to his grandparents’ house, Andrew changes his mind. A new look for the Classic Munsch picture books brings all of the urgency and fun of I Have to Go! To a new generation of young readers.

Author : Great Britain. State Trials Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Trials
ISBN : STANFORD:36105061305491

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Reports of State Trials by Great Britain. State Trials Committee Pdf

Author : Albert Gallatin Mackey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Charleston (S.C.)
ISBN : HARVARD:32044086289816

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The Political Treason of Senator F.A. Sawyer and Representative C.C. Bowen by Albert Gallatin Mackey Pdf

Author : Great Britain. Parliament
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1010 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : PRNC:32101075721041

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Hansard's Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain. Parliament Pdf

Author : Ray Robertson
Publisher : Biblioasis
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781771964630

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Estates Large and Small by Ray Robertson Pdf

Profound, perceptive, and wryly observed, Estates Large and Small is the story of one man’s reckoning and an ardent defense of the shape books make in a life. What decades of rent increases and declining readership couldn’t do, a pandemic finally did: Phil Cooper has reluctantly closed his secondhand bookstore and moved his business online. Smoking too much pot and listening to too much Grateful Dead, he suspects that he’s overdue when it comes to understanding the bigger picture of who he is and what we’re all doing here. So he’s made another decision: to teach himself 2,500 years of Western philosophy. Thankfully, he meets Caroline, a fellow book lover who agrees to join him on his trek through the best of what’s been thought and said. But Caroline is on her own path, one that compels Phil to rethink what it means to be alive in the twenty-first century. In Estates Large and Small Ray Robertson renders one man’s reckoning with both wry humour and tender joy, reminding us of what it means to live, love, and, when the time comes, say goodbye.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : IOWA:31858029863598

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History by Anonim Pdf