The Betrayers

Author : David Bezmozgis
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316284363

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The Betrayers by David Bezmozgis Pdf

Winner of the National Jewish Book Award A Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2014 A New Yorker Favorite Book of 2014 New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice These incandescent pages give us one fraught, momentous day in the life of Baruch Kotler, a Soviet Jewish dissident who now finds himself a disgraced Israeli politician. When he refuses to back down from a contrary but principled stand regarding the settlements in the West Bank, his political opponents expose his affair with a mistress decades his junior, and the besieged couple escapes to Yalta, the faded Crimean resort of Kotler's youth. There, shockingly, Kotler encounters the former friend whose denunciation sent him to the Gulag almost forty years earlier. In a whirling twenty-four hours, Kotler must face the ultimate reckoning, both with those who have betrayed him and with those whom he has betrayed, including a teenage daughter, a son facing his own moral dilemma in the Israeli army, and the wife who once campaigned to secure his freedom and stood by him through so much. Stubborn, wry, and self-knowing, Baruch Kotler is one of the great creations of contemporary fiction. An aging man grasping at a final passion, he is drawn inexorably into a crucible that is both personal and biblical in scope. In prose that is elegant, sly, precise, and devastating in its awareness of the human heart, David Bezmozgis has rendered a story for the ages, an inquest into the nature of fate and consequence, love and forgiveness. The Betrayers is a high-wire act, a powerful tale of morality and sacrifice that will haunt readers long after they turn the final page.

Author : James Patrick Hunt
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007-03-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466824317

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The Betrayers by James Patrick Hunt Pdf

With The Betrayers, James Patrick Hunt decisively marks his territory as a crime novelist to rival the best writers on the shelf today. On a busy suburban street at almost nine o'clock on a misty November evening, two beat cops are machine-gunned down in one of the most brutal crimes St. Louis has ever seen. Did Deputy Chris Hummel and Deputy Wade Childers simply pull over the wrong reckless driver, or did someone target these two for a more sinister reason? Lieutenant George Hastings is the primary investigator on the case, along with his detective Bobby Cain, an inexperienced but connected detective who is ambitious and impolitic. Hastings and Cain dissect the lives the two murdered officers, focusing in on Hummel after they learn that he did a year-long stint with narcotics undercover and helped put away one of the biggest meth dealers in the area. But what they uncover is much bigger than one bitter dealer's revenge, and much more personal.

Author : Harold Robbins,Junius Podrug
Publisher : Forge Books
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2005-07-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466833692

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The Betrayers by Harold Robbins,Junius Podrug Pdf

Luz had nightheat, the sensuous quality in a woman that makes men ache with desire. Nick loved and lusted for her the first time he saw her. But what he didn't know was that Luz had secrets--that beneath the glamour and sex appeal was a woman determined to turn her back on wealth and challenge a corrupt political system. Even if doing so meant her life. Nick started out dirt poor--as a child, he survived the war-torn frozen hell of the siege of Leningrad and saw his mother starve to death as fat-cat bureaucrats ate well. He learned early that there were the haves and have-nots in this world. He was going to get everything rich people had--and more. From a brutal Soviet orphanage to a plantation in the steamy jungles of the Caribbean, from sultry, violent Havana to the dangerous streets of Santo Domingo, Nick battled men who controlled and exploited the wealth of nations. With bootleg vodka and exotic rum, he built a business empire that would one day bring him into conflict with the most brutal dictator in the Caribbean--and a struggle for the love and life of the only woman he ever truly loved. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Donald Hamilton
Publisher : Titan Books (US, CA)
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781783292912

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Matt Helm - The Betrayers by Donald Hamilton Pdf

Matt Helm finds himself in Hawaii, trying to unhatch a plot of unrivalled viciousness. When an agent turns bad, nobody’s business is private anymore, and when that agent decides to start a war, someone has to finish him—fast. Between the rogue agent and the stranger who insists she is his sister-in-law, this won’t be a relaxing Pacific holiday.

Author : William J. Broad,Nicholas Wade
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : MINN:31951000984677V

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Betrayers of the Truth by William J. Broad,Nicholas Wade Pdf

"Fraud and deceit in the halls of science"--Cover subtitle.

Author : Malin Akerstrom
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781351316781

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Betrayal and Betrayers by Malin Akerstrom Pdf

Betrayal has a deep fascination. It captures our imagination in part because we have all betrayed or been betrayed, in small or large ways. Despite this there has been little serious work on the subject. It was this absence that inspired this book.As Akerstrom notes, betrayal is something that most people have encountered at some point in their lives. She defines betrayal as a breach of trust, when information is shared beyond an agreed upon boundary of relations, whether that boundary is a pair of friends or a nation. Taking as a point of departure Simmers work on secrets and secrecy, Akerstrom discusses categories of.betrayal, and conditions that influence its intensity. Sometimes the betrayer is seen as a hero and at other times a traitor; and sometimes there are competing loyalties. In certain situations, she reminds us, it is difficult to avoid betrayal or the perception of betrayal. Akerstrom discusses strategies people employ to avoid betraying, ranging from not telling, to making sure one does not know about something in the first place. With deft precision, she clarifies distinctions and in the process broadens our understanding.Initially inspired by insights arising from her research on the criminal informer, for which she had done in-depth interviews, Akerstrom supplements these with interviews with policemen. She has also drawn from her experiences in the field of social work, particularly with women's and crime shelters. Using biographies, autobiographies and a broad range of literature related to spies, World War II, the McCarthy era, and recent literature on whistle-blowing, Akerstrom has defined a fascinating theme. While her illustrations are sometimes dramatic, she hopes that readers will perceive obvious parallels with their own experiences. Social psychologists, sociologists, criminologists, and others interested in secrecy, secrets, and those who betray them to others will find this an unusual and absorbing volume.

Author : Jennifer Freyd,Pamela Birrell
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781118234488

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Blind to Betrayal by Jennifer Freyd,Pamela Birrell Pdf

One of the world's top experts on betrayal looks at why we often can't see it right in front of our faces If the cover-up is worse than the crime, blindness to betrayal can be worse than the betrayal itself. Whether the betrayer is an unfaithful spouse, an abusive authority figure, an unfair boss, or a corrupt institution, we often refuse to see the truth order to protect ourselves. This book explores the fascinating phenomenon of how and why we ignore or deny betrayal, and what we can gain by transforming "betrayal blindness" into insight. Explains the psychological phenomenon of "betrayal blindness", in which we implicitly choose unawareness in order to avoid the risk of seeing treachery or injustice Based on the authors' substantial original research and clinical experience carried out over the last decade as well as their own story of confronting betrayal Filled with fascinating case studies involving unfaithful spouses, abusive authority figures and corrupt institutions, to name a few In a remarkable collaboration of science and clinical perspectives, Jennifer Freyd, one of the world's top experts on betrayal and child abuse, teams up with Pamela Birrell, a psychotherapist and educator with 25 years of experience.

Author : Guy Stanton,Peter Walsh
Publisher : Milo Books Ltd
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-24
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Betrayer by Guy Stanton,Peter Walsh Pdf

Guy Stanton was a burly London gangster with a big reputation. For years he operated at the top of the drugs trade, moving huge shipments around the world. He knew the leading players in global organised crime, from wealthy Asian warlords and Turkish heroin barons to British cannabis crews and Colombian cocaine cartels. Yet all along he was living a perilous double life. ‘Stanton’ was the legend – the fake identity – of a covert investigator fronting a bold new concept in deep infiltration. Beta Projects was Britain’s most secret undercover unit. Formed by HM Customs, it trained an elite cadre of officers to adopt false personas and penetrate the international underworld – for as long as it took. Posing as money launderers, yacht skippers, lorry drivers and gangster’s molls, and often just a word away from betrayal and retribution. they lived the life of the villains they pursued, helping to seize tonnes of drugs and illicit contraband. Their clandestine exploits have never been revealed – until now. Stanton’s extraordinary work took him to four continents, all while living on a razor’s edge. He and his colleagues survived gun battles, kidnaps, disasters at sea and false claims of corruption. The job cost him dear, pushing hm to the limits of physical and mental endurance. THE BETRAYER is the authentic account of a ground-breaking assault on the world’s most brutal narcos and of the courage, camaraderie (and humour) of the men and women who took the War on Drugs deep into the heart of the enemy.

Author : Phyllis Schlafly,Chester Ward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015074200182

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The Betrayers by Phyllis Schlafly,Chester Ward Pdf

Author : Jeff Salyards
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781597804073

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Scourge of the Betrayer by Jeff Salyards Pdf

Many tales are told of the Syldoon Empire and its fearsome soldiers, who are known throughout the world for their treachery and atrocities. Some say that the Syldoon eat virgins and babies-or perhaps their own mothers. Arkamondos, a bookish young scribe, suspects that the Syldoon's dire reputation may have grown in the retelling, but he's about to find out for himself. Hired to chronicle the exploits of a band of rugged Syldoon warriors, Arki finds himself both frightened and fascinated by the men's enigmatic leader, Captain Braylar Killcoin. A secretive, mercurial figure haunted by the memories of those he's killed with his deadly flail, Braylar has already disposed of at least one impertinent scribe . . . and Arki might be next. Archiving the mundane doings of millers and merchants was tedious, but at least it was safe. As Arki heads off on a mysterious mission into parts unknown, in the company of the coarse, bloody-minded Syldoon, he is promised a chance to finally record an historic adventure well worth the telling, but first he must survive the experience! A gripping military fantasy in the tradition of Glen Cook, Scourge of the Betrayer explores the brutal politics of Empire-and the searing impact of violence and dark magic on a man's soul.

Author : Phil Waldrep
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780736978781

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Beyond Betrayal by Phil Waldrep Pdf

Responding Right When You've Been Wronged We all know what it’s like to be lied to, cheated, tricked, or swindled. Whether you want revenge or to protect yourself from future harm, Phil Waldrep understands your pain. Waldrep had no idea of the steep journey that lay ahead of him when two men walked into his office and revealed an unfolding story of a friend turned colleague who was living what amounted to a second life. For years following, Waldrep sought to heal the wounds of this broken relationship and confront the pain he felt in the aftermath of this betrayal. Along the way, he discovered God’s solutions to overcoming resentment. In Beyond Betrayal, you’ll learn about the biblical principles and practical tools that can help you identify betrayers in your life and name the pain you feel rediscover God as the healer of your wounds avoid bitterness and express your anger in healthy ways learn to remain open to trusting others again as you build new relationships choose forgiveness and develop strategies to prevent future betrayal Whether you’ve been hurt by a family member, friend, colleague, or trusted leader, you are not alone. Even Jesus was betrayed. You don’t have to let past hurts limit your future relationships—you can move beyond betrayal.

Author : Hubert Cole
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105033724951

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The Betrayers: Joachim and Caroline Murat by Hubert Cole Pdf

Author : David Bezmozgis
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780241953754

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The Free World by David Bezmozgis Pdf

Summer, 1978. Among the thousands of Soviet Jews who have landed in Italy to secure visas for new lives in the West are the members of the Krasnansky family - three generations of Russian Jews. Together they will spend six months in Rome - their way station and purgatory

Author : Ben Macintyre
Publisher : Signal
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780771060342

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The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre Pdf

The celebrated author of A Spy Among Friends and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Cold War-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the collapse of the Soviet Union. If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky. The son of two KGB agents and the product of the best Soviet institutions, the savvy, sophisticated Gordievsky grew to see his nation's communism as both criminal and philistine. He took his first posting for Russian intelligence in 1968 and eventually became the Soviet Union's top man in London, but from 1973 on he was secretly working for MI6. For nearly a decade, as the Cold War reached its twilight, Gordievsky helped the West turn the tables on the KGB, exposing Russian spies and helping to foil countless intelligence plots, as the Soviet leadership grew increasingly paranoid at the United States's nuclear first-strike capabilities and brought the world closer to the brink of war. Desperate to keep the circle of trust close, MI6 never revealed Gordievsky's name to its counterparts in the CIA, which in turn grew obsessed with figuring out the identity of Britain's obviously top-level source. Their obsession ultimately doomed Gordievsky: the CIA officer assigned to identify him was none other than Aldrich Ames, the man who would become infamous for secretly spying for the Soviets. Unfolding the delicious three-way gamesmanship between America, Britain, and the Soviet Union, and culminating in the gripping cinematic beat-by-beat of Gordievsky's nail-biting escape from Moscow in 1985, Ben Macintyre's latest may be his best yet. Like the greatest novels of John le Carré, it brings readers deep into a world of treachery and betrayal, where the lines bleed between the personal and the professional, and one man's hatred of communism had the power to change the future of nations.

Author : Scott McGough
Publisher : Wizards of the Coast
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780786957101

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Heretic, Betrayers of Kamigawa by Scott McGough Pdf

A rogue warrior struggles with loyalty in this second title about a mysterious new area of the Magic: The Gathering world—Kamigawa Now in the employ of Princess Michiko and beholden to Myojin of Night’s Reach, Toshiro "Toshi" Umezawa—samurai, magician, and con—tries to honor his commitments while pursuing his own ends. But while Toshi’s main concern is usually for his own skin, he finds he cannot escape the drama and intrigue surrounding the looming war between the mortals and spirits of Kamigawa. As the Kami War threatens to engulf the entire plane, an unimaginably powerful spirit beast threatens the world. And at the heart of the battle moves the figure of the Daimyo, whose impassive features conceal a sinister crime that gnaws at the world’s heart.