The Family Jewels

Author : John Prados
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292762152

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In December 1974, a front-page story in the New York Times revealed the explosive details of illegal domestic spying by the Central Intelligence Agency. This included political surveillance, eavesdropping, detention, and interrogation. The revelation of illegal activities over many years shocked the American public and led to investigations of the CIA by a presidential commission and committees in both houses of Congress, which found evidence of more abuse, even CIA plans for assassinations. Investigators and the public soon discovered that the CIA abuses were described in a top-secret document agency insiders dubbed the "Family Jewels." That document became ground zero for a political firestorm that lasted more than a year. The "Family Jewels" debacle ultimately brought about greater congressional oversight of the CIA, but excesses such as those uncovered in the 1970s continue to come to light. The Family Jewels probes the deepest secrets of the CIA and its attempts to avoid scrutiny. John Prados recounts the secret operations that constituted "Jewels" and investigators' pursuit of the truth, plus the strenuous efforts—by the agency, the executive branch, and even presidents—to evade accountability. Prados reveals how Vice President Richard Cheney played a leading role in intelligence abuses and demonstrates that every type of "Jewel" has been replicated since, especially during the post-9/11 war on terror. The Family Jewels masterfully illuminates why these abuses are endemic to spying, shows that proper relationships are vital to control of intelligence, and advocates a system for handling "Family Jewels" crises in a democratic society. With a new epilogue that discusses former CIA employee Edward Snowden's revelation of massive covert surveillance by the NSA, this powerful accounting of intelligence abuses committed by the CIA from the Cold War through the war on terror reveals why such abuses and attempts to conceal them are endemic to spying and proposes how a democratic nation can rein in its spymasters.

Author : Hardy Haberman
Publisher : Guide to Male Genital Play and
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1890159344

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Simultaneously powerful and vulnerable, the male genitals offer boundless possibilities for painful pleasures. From anatomy to psychology to descriptions of actual play scenarios, Family Jewels offers a wealth of information and ideas for any man or woman who wants to offer more pleasure and intensity to the male anatomy. A first in its field, the author is a respected member of the US fetish community, a gay activist and has been awarded numerous awards for his contributions to sex education.

Author : Marina & The Diamonds
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-08
Category : Rock music
ISBN : 0571534635

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Family Jewels by Marina & The Diamonds Pdf

Author : Denise Grover Swank
Publisher : DGS
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781939996466

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Family Jewels by Denise Grover Swank Pdf

The New York Times bestselling first book in the Rose Gardner Investigation series by New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author Denise Grover Swank. Trouble always comes to those who court it. Rose Gardner’s ability to see glimpses of the future has gotten her into hot water time and again, but so have her curiosity and her sense of daring. Those very qualities helped her defeat the most powerful man in Arkansas—a man so adept at hiding his crimes there was no way to defeat him inside of the law—but her success came at a steep personal price. Now she’s throwing herself into her landscaping business, trying to live a life that’s as orderly as one of her gardens. Rose’s best friend, Neely Kate, is struggling with her own losses, so when she suggests they help a local man find a missing necklace, Rose agrees. It’ll give both of them a welcome distraction, and besides, it’s a simple investigation. What harm could befall them? But things that should be simple rarely are. In seeking out the necklace, Rose and Neely Kate find themselves in the thick of a power struggle in the Fenton County underworld, one that could dethrone Rose’s friend James Malcolm, the surprisingly moral king. The last thing Rose should do is court more trouble, but she’s not the type to step away from a friend in need—and she’s also not so sure she wants an orderly life.

Author : Peter F. Murphy
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2001-02-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0299171302

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Studs, Tools, and the Family Jewels by Peter F. Murphy Pdf

Peter F. Murphy's purpose in this book is not to shock but rather to educate, provoke discussion, and engender change. Looking at the sexual metaphors that are so pervasive in American culture—jock, tool, shooting blanks, gang bang, and others even more explicit—he argues that men are trapped and damaged by language that constantly intertwines sexuality and friendship with images of war, machinery, sports, and work. These metaphors men live by, Murphy contends, reinforce the view that relationships are tactical encounters that must be won, because the alternative is the loss of manhood. The macho language with which men cover their fear of weakness is a way of bonding with other men. The implicit or explicit attacks on women and gay men that underlie this language translate, in their most extreme forms, into actual violence. Murphy also believes, however, that awareness of these metaphorical power plays is the basis for behavioral change: "How we talk about ourselves as men can alter the way we live as men."

Author : Greg Lilly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1937556069

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Fingering the Family Jewels by Greg Lilly Pdf

Derek Mason arrives in Charlotte, North Carolina for the funeral of his Aunt Walterene. He encounters the family who sent him away because he revealed he was gay. His mother and Uncle Vernon want him out of town because of Vernon's senate campaign. His sister and Aunt Ruby urge him to stay. His cousin Mark denies their past relationship. Derek uncovers mysteries in the death of a family gardener, possibly at the hands of a young Vernon. Secrets and lies unravel as Derek digs into the family history with the help of hunky reporter Daniel.

Author : American College of Psychiatrists
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Family psychotherapy
ISBN : UOM:39015050409146

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Author : Anna Keay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Crown jewels
ISBN : 0500289824

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The Crown Jewels by Anna Keay Pdf

This text captures the magnificence of a collection of symbolic objects steeped in English history like no other: the crown jewels.

Author : Francesca Cartier Brickell
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 673 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780525621638

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The Cartiers by Francesca Cartier Brickell Pdf

“A dynamic group biography studded with design history and high-society dash . . . [This] elegantly wrought narrative bears the Cartier hallmark.”—The Economist The “astounding” (André Leon Talley) story of the family behind the Cartier empire and the three brothers who turned their grandfather’s humble Parisian jewelry store into a global luxury icon—as told by a great-granddaughter with exclusive access to long-lost family archives “Ms. Cartier Brickell has done her grandfather proud.”—The Wall Street Journal The Cartiers is the revealing tale of a jewelry dynasty—four generations, from revolutionary France to the 1970s. At its heart are the three Cartier brothers whose motto was “Never copy, only create” and who made their family firm internationally famous in the early days of the twentieth century, thanks to their unique and complementary talents: Louis, the visionary designer who created the first men’s wristwatch to help an aviator friend tell the time without taking his hands off the controls of his flying machine; Pierre, the master dealmaker who bought the New York headquarters on Fifth Avenue for a double-stranded natural pearl necklace; and Jacques, the globe-trotting gemstone expert whose travels to India gave Cartier access to the world’s best rubies, emeralds, and sapphires, inspiring the celebrated Tutti Frutti jewelry. Francesca Cartier Brickell, whose great-grandfather was the youngest of the brothers, has traveled the world researching her family’s history, tracking down those connected with her ancestors and discovering long-lost pieces of the puzzle along the way. Now she reveals never-before-told dramas, romances, intrigues, betrayals, and more. The Cartiers also offers a behind-the-scenes look at the firm’s most iconic jewelry—the notoriously cursed Hope Diamond, the Romanov emeralds, the classic panther pieces—and the long line of stars from the worlds of fashion, film, and royalty who wore them, from Indian maharajas and Russian grand duchesses to Wallis Simpson, Coco Chanel, and Elizabeth Taylor. Published in the two-hundredth anniversary year of the birth of the dynasty’s founder, Louis-François Cartier, this book is a magnificent, definitive, epic social history shown through the deeply personal lens of one legendary family.

Author : Carole Hart
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101019795

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The Family Jewels by Carole Hart Pdf

From the author of Pleasure U comes the erotic tale of a jewel thief who uses the art of seduction to get what she wants. After relieving a wealthy young count of his irreplaceable jewels, master thief Olivia is ready to lie back and live the good life for a while. Then the one man she's never forgotten turns up. Paul taught her everything she knows about thieving, as well as more intimate arts. Now he's stolen the gems she herself purloined--and wants more than money in exchange for them. He wants her to pull a heist with him. The mark is a wild heiress whose parties are known to push the limits of all who attend. But what begins with a heist turns into a lusty game of cat-and-mouse. Olivia is game to play with both cops and robbers--and anyone else who gets in her way. Because if there's one thing Olivia knows how to handle, it's the family jewels.

Author : Stuart Woods
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780451477248

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Family Jewels by Stuart Woods Pdf

When Stone Barrington takes on a wealthy heiress as his client, he finds himself handling a whole lot of trouble in this “this glossy, modern take on the classic detective story” (Publishers Weekly). Stone Barrington’s newest client is a poised lady of considerable wealth who’s looking for help discouraging the attentions of a tenacious gentleman. But no sooner does Stone fend off the offensive party than his client becomes involved in two lethal crimes. With suspects aplenty, Stone probes deep into his client’s life to find the truth, and he discovers that the heart of the mystery may be a stunningly beautiful vestige of a bygone era. It’s a piece with a long and storied past and untold value...the kind of relic someone might kill for. Among the upper crust nearly everyone has buried a skeleton or two, and it will take all of Stone’s investigative powers to determine whose secrets are harmless, and whose are deadly.

Author : Kate Christie
Publisher : Family Jewels
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0985367717

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Family Jewels by Kate Christie Pdf

Michigander Elizabeth "Junior" Starreveld is fairly certain this is the worst year of her twenty-something life. Her girlfriend recently dumped her for her best friend, her longtime mentor is seriously ill, and her conservative Dutch-American family still struggles to accept her "chosen lifestyle." When her father invites her on a business trip to the Netherlands, she suspects he plans to try to talk her into coming back to work at the family jewelry store-a return to the fold she has no intention of making. Still, a free trip to Europe is surely worth a bit of drama, isn't it? But as she and her father explore Amsterdam and get to know each other again over dark coffee and Belgian beer, Junior begins to question what she thought she knew about her family-and herself. Could this turn out to be a good year, though one of the hardest, after all?

Author : Stefano Papi
Publisher : Skira
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Art
ISBN : 0500517061

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The Jewels of the Romanovs by Stefano Papi Pdf

An amazing collection of images of the Romanovs, their world, and their fabulous jewels brings the last years of the dynasty to life

Author : Iory Allison
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595330256

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The Family Jewels by Iory Allison Pdf

The young antiquarian from an old Boston family and his sister had just inherited their aunt's Back Bay town house. As they walked through the home they felt the sorrow and excitement of new heirs and they reminisced about their childhood days in this antiquated residence where nothing had changed for years. Upstairs in a shuttered bedroom, an ornately enameled chest lured them by its barbaric splendor, and they were compelled to open it. Inside they found a key. The Family Jewels is a comedic mystery and the first book of the trilogy, Glamour Galore. Our industrious author is madly scribbling away with frantic haste the next two novels. Naughty Astronautess, the middle novel, recounts the adventures of the first drag queen astronaut. The concluding novel, The Mermaid and the Sailor, is a romantic romp set in Provincetown. These three Gay novels are escapist froth intended to make you laugh while you ponder the human condition.

Author : Prince Dimitri,Lavinia Branca Snyder
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780847866915

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Once Upon a Diamond by Prince Dimitri,Lavinia Branca Snyder Pdf

A remarkable history of jewelry told through the beguiling stories of the royal families of Italy, Greece, Belgium, Russia, and Yugoslavia. Renowned jewelry designer Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia recounts the enthralling exploits of his beloved family members and describes their extraordinary jewelry collections. Among the many royals whose stories are richly illustrated in this volume are his paternal grandparents Prince Regent Paul and Princess Olga of Yugoslavia; Grand Duke Vladimir and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia; his great-grandparents Prince Nicolas and Princess Helen of Greece as well as his maternal grandparents King Umberto II and Queen Marie-José of Italy. The exquisite photography and family albums of Grand Duchess Elena of Russia (later Princess of Greece and Prince Dimitri's great-grandmother) present remarkable never-before-seen images of prerevolutionary life of the Russian imperial family, their court, and their many European royal family members and friends. This luxurious tome also includes exclusive and previously unpublished designs by Prince Dimitri, which juxtapose uncommon materials and color in imaginative yet timeless forms.