![]() Targeted killing is not limited to high-technology drone strikes. The same legal construct that allowed national-security advisors for Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy to plot to kill foreign leaders like Fidel Castro also allowed Presidents Bush and Obama to create a system in which prominent people can be placed on a kill-or-capture list, to be targeted and killed. With its ethos in unconventional warfare, the Central Intelligence Agency officers and operators who conduct covert action were originally called the president’s guerrilla warfare corps. The president’s third option was born in the wake of World War II, and those who created it did so to avert World War III. The most extreme of all hidden-hand operations involves killing a leader or prominent person, and this book focuses on that act. All covert action is classified, designed to be plausibly denied, and because of this it is sometimes called the president’s hidden hand. ![]() ![]() Some might say this is a book about assassination, but really it is a book about covert action, Tertia Optio, the president’s third option when the first option, diplomacy, is inadequate and the second, war, is a terrible idea. ![]()
0 Comments
![]() What it is, however, is an intimate glimpse into a relationship that honestly describes examples of how people who live within the community may choose to engage. Don't expect to find an overbearing Dom and a helpless Sub looking for a master, because LOAD THE DICE is NOT your average BDSM story. How refreshing to read a book with both honesty and depth! The quality of writing is excellent with few errors, and a smooth ebb and flow between sizzling sexual scenes and the out-of-bedroom character dialogue.įinally, my favorite feature is the realistic portrayal of the BDSM aspects within this story. They express a wide range of feelings, are insecure at times, make mistakes and stumble along the road towards love. ![]() The first being that the characters are authentically written, with tangible emotions that I was able to connect with instantly. ![]() Quite possibly the best BDSM themed romance I have ever read there were several things that I loved about LOAD THE DICE. ![]() ![]() Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, BDSM theme and content (including/not limited to bondage, gag, flogging, spanking, wax play), exhibitionism. But now he'll have to convince Owen they can have more than a teacher/student relationship, more than just good kink. With the stakes that much higher, Sterling's more determined than ever to win Owen over. It's not as easy as he thinks it will be, and things get even more complicated when Sterling realizes that he's fallen in love with Owen. Moriarty Unmasked - Jane Stanford 2017 Elizabeth Cady Stanton as Revealed in Her Letters, Diary and Reminiscences - Elizabeth Cady Stanton 1922 This is the nal revision of Stanton's autobiography, Eighty Years and More, and a large collection of her letters and diary selections. ![]() ![]() ![]() Determined to get what he wants, Sterling sets out to convince the doubting Owen that he can be the best sub in the world, the fastest learning, the most obedient. Genre: BDSM LGBT Erotic Contemporary When Sterling Baker discovers the wonderful world of BDSM, he's ready to literally throw himself at the feet of the spectacular Owen Sawyer, but Owen is unwilling to take on someone so new to the scene - or so he says. What can we expect from Life Under New Management A romance that’s got its ups and downs but is based on a sizzling attraction and a good deal of mutual respect. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The task I have set myself in this series of blogs is to provide a taste of the latter book and hopefully some motivation to read it further and study it more deeply. ![]() Indeed, to my mind, the nature and extent of Heidegger's involvement in National Socialism only becomes philosophically pertinent once one has begun to understand and feel the persuasive power of what takes place in his written work, especially Being and Time. The hugely important matter of the relation between Heidegger and politics is the topic for another series of blogs entries. ![]() ![]() There have been stage adaptations, radio plays, and television miniseries dedicated to bringing this heart-pounding story to life. References to the book exist in several of horror writer Stephen King’s books, as well as in modern romantic novels like E.L. ![]() Related: The 12 Best Movies Based on Books ![]() (The film will premiere on Netflix in October 2020-you can watch a trailer for Rebecca here.) This 1940 Academy Award-winning film was directed by none other than the iconic Alfred Hitchcock, and starred Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine.Įighty years later, as a testament to the staying power of this great work, a remake of the film is in production, with Lily James and Armie Hammer in the leading roles. ![]() Shortly after this captivating story hit the shelves, a film adaptation was produced. But while Du Maurier’s novel may have drawn from a genre classic, it paved its own way so uniquely that it boasts its own ripples through pop culture. For avid readers, it may be easy to spot some similarities between Rebecca and the earlier Charlotte Brontë work, Jane Eyre. ![]() ![]() It shows our ability to be flexible and to enjoy reading a variety of books and it may surprise some of the critics out there I have read and enjoyed more indepth or more "high" level books such as Jane Eyre, Pride And Prejudice (and even before the big bbc production I hasten to add) Emma, Animal farm, 1984 to name but a few but I am also a great james patterson fan and have read all his books except Daniel x whomI could not get intoīut sorry I had to say the above:- re the book It is possible that there is like me a lot of people who read Fiction (please do remember its fiction) and want something that is easy to read and different from there lives and not always want to read series books with heavy deeper meanings that require a lot of thought or that takes more thought and effort to read ![]() I see that there are several reviews here that suggest that to have enjoyed this book or james pattersons books shows a low reading level ![]() I have read this and I am not ashamed to state I enjoyed it ![]() ![]() ![]() Once upon a time there lived, a great way off, an old man who had twodaughters, the name of the eldest was Fatima, the youngest Irene. ![]() Produced by Chris Curnow, Lisa Tang and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at (Thisfile was produced from images generously made availableby The Internet Archive)įor the Amusement of Little LACK BEARD, and his PRETTY SISTERS. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the process, the charming rogue with the grade school education created the most definitive archive of the American Indian. Curtis would amass more than 40,000 photographs and 10,000 audio recordings, and he is credited with making the first narrative documentary film. And the undertaking changed him profoundly, from detached observer to outraged advocate. It took tremendous perseverance - ten years alone to persuade the Hopi to allow him to observe their Snake Dance ceremony. But when he was thirty-two years old, in 1900, he gave it all up to pursue his Great Idea: to capture on film the continent’s original inhabitants before the old ways disappeared.Ĭurtis spent the next three decades documenting the stories and rituals of more than eighty North American tribes. He moved in rarefied circles, a friend to presidents, vaudeville stars, leading thinkers. Egan’s spirited biography might just bring the recognition that eluded him in life.” - The Washington PostĮdward Curtis was charismatic, handsome, a passionate mountaineer, and a famous portrait photographer, the Annie Leibovitz of his time. ![]() “A vivid exploration of one man's lifelong obsession with an idea. New York Times bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Timothy Egan reveals the life story of the man determined to preserve a people and culture in Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis. A Winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction ![]() ![]() ![]() The Twelfth Night of Christmas - Margaret Moore - 3 /5 - After determining that marriage must be like a prison, Giselle asks her guardian uncle for a boon - to be able to refuse a man’s hand in marriage if she feels she and her groom do not suit. It is a good origin story for the Sutherland series though. Maybe if this had been longer their relationship could have been built up to have me believing it. This was pretty cute, but a bit too short for me to believe that Duncan’s love had grown strong enough for such an honor-bound man to set aside his promise without first talking to Janet. But when his wealth is returned to him, honor demands he do the right thing. As he begins to fall in love with Kara, he forgets about his previously planned future. ![]() But he soon learns that he’s been robbed of his portable wealth, and without he it cannot marry even if he does get home, so he stays to help….partly also to please Kara, the beautiful young woman who nursed him back to health. But Duncan has no desire to fight another man’s war again. He’s a dream come true for them because he’s a soldier and could help them defeat the MacGory clan. But before he can make it, his injury waylays him in a secluded valley with a pagan (sort of) clan being persecuted by their neighbors. Kara’s Gift - Suzanne Barclay - 4 /5 - Duncan Mclellan comes back from the Crusades a wealthy man and able to marry his sweetheart Janet. ![]() ![]() ![]() If someone were to ask Jasmine Santos to describe the last few years of her life with a single word, it would definitely be a four-letter one.Īfter seventeen years of figure skating – and countless broken bones and broken promises – she knows her window to compete is coming to a close.īut when the offer of a lifetime comes from the arrogant idiot she’s spent the last decade dreaming about pushing in front of a moving bus, Jasmine might have to reconsider everything. But could their shared passion on the ice turn to unexpected heat? From Lukov with Love Kindle Edition by Mariana Zapata (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 17,579 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 0.00 This title and over 1 million more available with Kindle Unlimited 6. They’re the coldest of enemies off the ice. ‘Wow, this is one of the best romances I’ve read in a LOOOOONG time’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review ‘There hasn’t been a book of Mariana’s that I didn’t love’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review ![]() ![]() I’ll never get over this’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review ‘This book, just smacked me right in the feels’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review ‘A perfect enemies-to-lovers, with a delicious slow burn’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review ‘I freakin’ love this author’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review ‘I will forever read everything Mariana writes she is amazing’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review ‘This book was EVERYTHING!’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review ‘The slow-burn queen’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review From Lukov with Love is the sensational TikTok hit that is captivating readers all over the world! No one writes slow burn like Mariana Zapata and her millions of fans agree! ![]() |