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Standoff

Sandra Brown
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Author : Sandra Brown
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2000-05-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780446931120

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Ambitious TV reporter Tiel McCoy is driving through New Mexico when she hears over the radio that Sabra Dendy, the 17 year-old daughter of Fort Worth multimillionaire Russell Dendy, has been kidnapped.ááTiel calls her editor and learns that Sara was "kidnapped" by her boyfriend Ronnie and is pregnant.ááTiel is at a gas station store when an armed couple robs the cashier and orders all the customers to the floor.ááThe girl goes into labor and Tiel realizes that she has a huge story on her hands. A tense standoff begins as the FBI and Russell Dendy wait outside.ááTiel learns that Sabra and Ronnie are more afraid of her father-who plans to put the baby up for adoption-than of the FBI and would rather die together than surrender and be kept apart.ááNow it is more than just a story to Tiel as she fights to prevent these two kids from becoming a tragedy.

Stand-Off

Andrew Smith
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Author : Andrew Smith
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781481418294

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Stand-Off by Andrew Smith Pdf

Now a senior at Pine Mountain Academy, fifteen-year-old Ryan Dean West becomes captain of the rugby team, shares his dormitory room with a twelve-year-old prodigy, Sam Abernathy, and through the course of the year learns to appreciate things he has triedto resist, including change.

Standoff

Bill Schneider
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Author : Bill Schneider
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781451606249

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Bill Schneider, former CNN senior political analyst, takes us inside the voting booth in “a detailed examination of recent presidential elections studded with sharp observations…A good choice for political junkies” (Kirkus Reviews). In the 1960s, a rift developed between the Old America and the New America that resulted in a populist backlash that ultimately elected Donald Trump in 2016. Bill Schneider describes today’s American populism in Standoff as one that is economically progressive and culturally conservative. Liberals are attacked as cultural elitists (“limousine liberals”), and conservatives as economic elitists (“country club conservatives”). Trump, says Schneider, is the complete populist package. He embraces social populism (anti-immigrant), economic populism (anti-free trade), and isolationism (“America First”). Standoff examines a number of hard-fought elections to show us how we got to Trump. He asserts the power of public opinion. He points to the public that draws the line on abortion and affirmative action. He shows why an intense minority cancels a majority on gun control, immigration, small government, and international interests. Standoff tells us why fifty years of presidential contests have often been confounding. It takes us inside to watch how and why Americans pull the lever, how they choose their issues, and select their leaders. It is usually values that trump economics. Required reading for an understanding of the 2016 election and the political future, Schneider’s “fast-paced” (Publishers Weekly) Standoff shows how Americans vote and why their votes sometimes seem to make no practical sense.

House Standoff

Mike Lawson
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Author : Mike Lawson
Publisher : Grove Atlantic
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780802158574

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A D.C. fixer heads to Wyoming on a personal mission in the new novel from the Edgar Award–finalist and “reliably excellent writer” (Seattle Times). When someone close to him is shot dead in a roadside motel in a small Wyoming town, Joe DeMarco shirks his responsibilities as the Speaker of the House’s fixer to make sure the authorities are doing everything they can to catch the killer. He soon realizes that the rural area is dominated by Hiram Bunt, a wealthy rancher with an obstructionist streak who’s willing to take on the federal government at gunpoint and seems to have a number of politicians under his thumb. But Bunt isn’t the only one in the way. DeMarco also learns that his friend―a woman he was once in love with―had unearthed explosive secrets during her time in the backwoods, and that the deputy in charge of the investigation may be ignoring leads to preserve a secret of his own. Surrounded by people willing to kill to maintain the status quo, DeMarco launches his own investigation into a growing list of intertwining suspects. And being DeMarco, he concludes that breaking the law to uncover the truth is the best way to ensure that justice is done . . . “[A] consistently entertaining, well-crafted series.” —Booklist “A charmingly likable character.” —Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of the Rizzoli & Isles novels “A writer who gets everything right.” —The Plain Dealer

The Bay Bulls Standoff

Chris Ryan
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Author : Chris Ryan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-05
Category : Arrest (Police methods)
ISBN : 1771173556

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The Mounties don't always get their man. There is a folk legend living in Bay Bulls, on the Southern Shore of Newfoundland, by the name of Leo Crockwell. He ranks up there with legends like D. B. Cooper and Albert Johnson, the Mad Trapper of Rat River. This is the story of how Leo Crockwell took on one of the most revered police forces in the world, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and walked away unscathed. On December 4, 2010, Leo Crockwell, fifty-five, an electrical technician and lifetime resident of Bay Bulls, barricaded himself in his mother's house in Bay Bulls after an altercation with his sister involving a firearm. Chris "Dutch" Ryan, a friend and neighbour of Leo's, watched as for the next eight days the RCMP utilized every tool at its disposal to extract Leo from the house and bring the standoff to a peaceful end. But no one expected it to end like it did. The Bay Bulls Standoff is a dialogue-driven account of the eight days in Bay Bulls that made national headlines in 2010. Chris Ryan's memoir takes the reader on a ride-along tour and, for the first time, shares the frustration and worry the residents of the town felt for the safety of their friend Leo Crockwell.

Standoff (Natchez Trace Park Rangers Book #1)

Patricia Bradley
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Author : Patricia Bradley
Publisher : Revell
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781493423170

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Standoff (Natchez Trace Park Rangers Book #1) by Patricia Bradley Pdf

The Natchez Trace National Parkway stretches 444 miles from Nashville to Natchez, the oldest town on the Mississippi River. It's the perfect road for a relaxed pleasure drive. Unfortunately for park ranger Luke Fereday, lately it's being used to move drugs. Sent to Natchez to infiltrate the organization at the center of the drug ring, Luke arrives too late to a stakeout and discovers the body of his friend, park ranger John Danvers. John's daughter Brooke is determined to investigate her father's murder, but things are more complicated than they first appear, and Brooke soon finds herself the target of a killer who will do anything to silence her. Luke will have his hands full keeping her safe. But who's going to keep him safe when he realizes he's falling--hard--for the daughter of the man he failed to save? Award-winning author Patricia Bradley introduces you to a new series set in the sultry South that will have you wiping your brow and looking over your shoulder.

Standoff at Tiananmen

Eddie Cheng
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Author : Eddie Cheng
Publisher : Eddie Cheng
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780982320303

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A narrative history, told from the point of view of student demonstrators, of the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident and events leading to it incident in Beijing, China.

Theorizing the Standoff

Robin Wagner-Pacifici
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Author : Robin Wagner-Pacifici
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2000-03-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521654793

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In this book, theoretical analysis and real life case studies are combined to explore the nature of the standoff.

The Standoff

Chuck Hogan
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Author : Chuck Hogan
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Criminals
ISBN : 0553574469

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A white supremacist, barricaded with his family on an isolated Montana mountaintop, holding off the cops with assault rifles. A brilliant hostage negotiator who has failed to come to terms with his personal demons, reluctantly taking leadership of the one case he can't afford to lose. A virtual army of state and local cops, national guardsmen, U.S. Marshals, and the FBI's elite hostage rescue team, clawing for jurisdiction, vowing vengeance for fallen comrades. A growing crowd of onlookers, sympathizers, and troublemakers, some willing to turn an isolated battle into an all-out war. A mixture as explosive and unstable as nitroglycerine... The Standoff. A stunning debut from a major new talent.

Avengers

Nick Spencer,Al Ewing,Gerry Duggan,Mark Waid
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Author : Nick Spencer,Al Ewing,Gerry Duggan,Mark Waid
Publisher : Marvel Entertainment
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-29
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781302488437

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Avengers by Nick Spencer,Al Ewing,Gerry Duggan,Mark Waid Pdf

On his 75th anniversary, Captain America is about to face a challenge unlike any other. Prepare for an assault on...Pleasant Hill! Three shield-wielders past and present - Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes and Sam Wilson - find themselves in a standoff, with high and very personal stakes. And this tense conflict quickly escalates out of control, drawing in several Avengers teams! But it all begins in the small town of Pleasant Hill. An idyllic community with friendly neighbors...and a terrible, dark secret. What is going on behind Pleasant Hill's closed doors, and how will Captain America react? COLLECTING: WELCOME TO PLEASANT HILL PROLOGUE #1, ASSAULT ON PLEASANT HILL ALPHA #1, AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. #3-4, UNCANNY AVENGERS #7, ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT AVENGERS #7-8, NEW AVENGERS #8-10, CAPTAIN AMERICA: SAM WILSON #7-8, UNCANNY AVENGERS #8, ILLUMINATI #6, HOWLING COMMANDOS #6, ASSAULT ON PLEASANT HILL OMEGA #1.

When All Roads Lead to the Standoff

Jeanne M. Haskin
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Author : Jeanne M. Haskin
Publisher : Algora Publishing
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781628941883

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Using eye-witness accounts to narrate the terrifying, failed efforts at communication during the standoffs at Ruby Ridge and in Waco, TX, Haskin offers a psycho-social theory for militant white movements influenced by political economics. The heart-stopping dialogues as the authorities in both cases make their erroneous calculations are dramatic, but so is the idea that such events can furnish essential clues to success for those who are responsible for de-fusing such conflicts. The Ruby Ridge standoff and the Branch Davidian siege were symptoms of a broader battle between the goals of Corporate Governance and the hatred of white supremacists. Haskin show that by instilling insecurity, the Corporate power makes a mockery of citizens' free will. Bred by a different set of goals and grievances, white supremacists would use and sacrifice anyone (whites included) to achieve their "whites-only" world. What if white supremacists and those who favor Corporate Governance find common ground? The worst of both their goals--grotesque levels of deprivation, debt peonage, survival slavery, ethnic cleansing, and racial and religious violence--may be our future.

Texas Secessionists Standoff

Donna Marie Miller
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Author : Donna Marie Miller
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-28
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781648430992

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Texas Secessionists Standoff by Donna Marie Miller Pdf

On April 27, 1997, Richard Lance McLaren and his followers in the so-called “Republic of Texas (ROT)” militia held Joe and Margaret Ann Rowe hostage inside their own home at the Davis Mountain Resort, near Fort Davis, Texas, and demanded the release of jailed ROT members Jo Ann Turner and Robert Jonathan Scheidt. McLaren’s demand initiated a seven-day standoff with local law enforcement and the Texas Rangers that came to be called the “Republic of Texas War.” Opening with a foreword by the FBI negotiator who served as an on-site consultant throughout the crisis, author Donna Marie Miller presents the first full-length book treatment of the events leading up to McLaren’s “declaration of war” and its aftermath. The result is an absorbing account of manipulation by a leader as charismatic as he was deluded; of misinformed individuals motivated by desperation who aligned themselves with an extremist; and of law enforcement officials caught in the tension between their duty to protect the public and their desire to avoid a repeat of disasters like those at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, and the Branch Davidian compound outside Waco, Texas. Central to the story is Jo Ann Turner, a frantic woman drowning in debt who was drawn into the false ideology espoused by McLaren, which eventually led to her personal undoing. Based on archival research and interviews with persons involved—including McLaren, who has been incarcerated since 1998—this riveting account provides a multifaceted perspective of the historical incident and a detailed chronicle of a modern American anti-government militia, its victims, and the events that led to its eventual downfall.

Silent Night Standoff

Susan Sleeman
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Author : Susan Sleeman
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780373446339

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HOSTAGE SITUATION When armed robbers strike her bank, hostage negotiator Skyler Brennan's life is on the line. Rescue comes from the last person she thought she could count on--the ex-boyfriend who chose his job over their relationship. FBI agent Logan Hunter knows how much is resting on this case. The promotion of his dreams...and the safety of the woman he's never been able to forget. But when an unexpected twist in the case pulls Logan in two separate directions, he'll have to make an impossible choice. Will he manage to have it all by Christmas--a career and love--or will he lose them both? First Responders: Brave men and women alert and ready for danger and love.

Wartime Images, Peacetime Wounds

Sandra Lambertus
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Author : Sandra Lambertus
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0802085512

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Wartime Images, Peacetime Wounds by Sandra Lambertus Pdf

What does the media coverage of a crisis situation reveal about the nature of dominant-minority relations locally, regionally, and nationally? Sandra Lambertus asks this question of the media coverage of the largest RCMP operation in Canadian history - the 1995 Gustafsen Lake Native Indian standoff. Drawing from extensive newspaper, television, and radio news products, legal and law enforcement documents, ethnographic interviews with 26 journalists, as well as RCMP, and Native leaders, Lambertus examines the construction and national dissemination of vilifying stereotyped portrayals of Native people. The ethnographic component pushes the standard of media analysis, bringing to light previously unconsidered aspects of media representations of minorities: media and law enforcement processes, frameworks of the news makers, face presentation strategies, information control, and exchange relations in news-gathering. The investigation shows how the values and perspectives of local communities, media, and law enforcement became overshadowed by 'outsiders' during the course of the event and the serious effects of the media coverage on specific audiences and ultimately, Canadian society. The study culminates with an assessment of the structural elements that contributed to the damaging media portrayals: media bias, competition, cooperation, empowerment, and cultural misperceptions. Wartime Images, Peacetime Wounds opens new avenues for studies of minorities in the news and for the study of news media in general.

Standoff

David Rivard
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Author : David Rivard
Publisher : Graywolf Press
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-02
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781555979416

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I often feel as though I've entered a standoff between what happens around me & what's going on inside--& this life that goes on & on inside my head goes on & on & on it seems almost without me, as it has since childhood . . . --from "Standoff" For three decades, David Rivard has written from deep within the skin of our times. With Standoff, he asks an essential question: In a world of noise, of global anxiety and media distraction, how can we speak to each other with honesty? These poems scan the shifting horizons of our world, all the while swerving elastically through the multitude of selves that live inside our memories and longings--"all those me's that wish to be set free at dawn." The work of these poems is a counterweight to the work of the world. It wants to deepen the mystery we are to ourselves, stretching toward acceptance and tenderness in ways that are hard-won and true, even if fleeting.