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Some of the finest writing and reporting on the events of September 11 was done by Der Spiegel, Germany's magazine of record. With its main office in Hamburg, base of operations for terrorist ringleader Mohamed Atta and many of the others, Der Spiegel's journalists were on the front lines of the earliest investigation into the identities of those who brought holy war to America.
The award-winning team from Spiegel was also at Ground Zero, talking...
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It could Happen . . .
Bobby Hart, an idealistic young senator from California, thinks that he's escaped the political spotlight when he decides not to run for president. Then, on a secret mission to Germany, he discovers that there is going to be an assassination. He doesn't know who is the target, who is behind the plan, or where it will take place. All he knows is that it will happen before the election. And that it operates under the code name...
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They're here. In America. Thousands of Islamic terrorists committed to a rabid jihad that ends only when they've butchered the last man, woman, and child. Worst of all, they have nukes. The Day of Jihad is at hand. The odds of Western civilization being snuffed out grow stronger each day.Compounding the threat, the Chinese are solidifying their grasp throughout Asia, while behind the scenes they sponsor the Islamic terrorists. Once an ineffective...
4) Dead Code
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In the murky world of organized crime, drug cartels, and terrorist organizations, a covert US government organization operates in the shadows. Known only as "Operation Deep Cross," their mission is to eliminate high-valued assets that operate with impunity inside the United States. They generate a "Dead Code" - an encrypted message that is sent to "dark contract assassins" who carry out the hits. One such assassin, known only as "Red Snake," is their...
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The New York Times calls GROWING UP BIN LADEN: "The most complete account available of the terrorist's immediate family." (May 15, 2011)
A true story that few ever believed would come to light, GROWING UP BIN LADEN uncovers startling revelations and hidden secrets carefully guarded by the most wanted terrorist of our lifetime, Osama bin Laden.
"I was not always the wife of Osama bin Laden. Once I was an innocent child dreaming little girl dreams..."
Thus...
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In 1975, the attention of the world caught a space rock travelling through our solar system. It was named ''OKUTA'' meaning Outerspace-kinetic-Universe-Transmitter Anomaly. It was so named because, unlike other meteorites in space, it exhibited very unusual signatures on the radar and emitted radio signals in a uniformly consistent pattern of wave pulses which suggests it may be a piece of alien technology floating in spaceThe entire scientific community...
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At a time when Israel is under persistent attack-on the battlefield, by international organizations, and in the court of public opinion-Alan Dershowitz presents a powerful case for Israel's just war against terrorism. In the spirit of his international bestseller, The Case for Israel, Dershowitz shows why Israel's struggle against Hamas is a fight not only to protect its own citizens, but for all democracies. The nation-state of the Jewish people...
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Dans le paysage tumultueux de la Syrie contemporaine, "L'Entonnoir de la Mort" de Benak émerge comme une lumière dans l'obscurité des récits médiatiques occidentaux. Depuis 2013, l'auteur plonge au cœur des événements poignants qui ont secoué la Syrie, exposant sans détours les sombres réalités vécues par son peuple, défiant ainsi les narratifs conventionnels. Au cœur de "L'Entonnoir de la Mort", Benak pointe du doigt les forces obscures...
9) Slow Burn
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A sinister plan ignites not-so-spontaneous combustions in an explosive thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of the Stillhouse Lake novels.
A prostitute's client in Dallas. A jogger in El Paso. A pastor in Louisiana. Across the South and Southwest, middle-aged men are bursting into flames.
In the Office of Environmental Hazards, one man is on the case. His initial observations point to something in the drinking water....
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Une Terreur de l'Intérieur est un récit fictif d'une cellule terroriste infiltrée aux États-Unis. Un étudiant moyen-oriental psychologiquement défaillant s'efforce d'attaquer les États-Unis par tous les moyens possibles afin de réaliser son destin égaré. Yousef Khan conçoit des scénarios et des complots difficiles, mettant en ¿uvre ses plans imprudents, avec des résultats pas toujours les meilleurs. Sera-t-il découvert la prochaine...
11) Hidden Charges
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The setting is The Yankee Green-an enormous shopping center and entertainment mall located in a suburb of Boston. A self-sufficient, environmentally controlled, electronically secure indoor city, The Yankee Green has tens of thousands of people pass through its five pavilions every day. The children play in the indoor amusement park; young professionals work out in the state-of-the-art health club and jog on the atrium's overhead running track; the...
12) Raven's Ridge
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An American detective in Ireland becomes entangled in international intrigue: "Excellent" (Peter Eichstaedt, award winning author of Borderland).
Hard-boiled private detective and former muckraking journalist Max Blake, along with his fearless fiancée Caeli Brown, are back in action in their newly adopted Irish homeland. A favor to a new friend who works with the Irish police brings them out of retirement to solve a series of thefts at Bunratty...
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The author of Project Inferno brings back the United States' greatest threat in the second novel in the thrilling Infiltration series.
The shadowy figure known only as "The General" is a master of technological espionage. In Project Inferno, the first book in the Infiltration series, The General launched an insidious campaign to start fires in American homes. His plot was exposed and catastrophe was narrowly averted.
The General is back with a new...
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Any glance at the contemporary history of the world shows that the problem of evil is a central concern for people everywhere. In the last few years, terrorist attacks, suicide bombings, and ethnic and religious wars have only emphasized humanity's seemingly insatiable capacity for violence. In Feminist Philosophy and the Problem of Evil, Robin May Schott brings an international group of contemporary feminist philosophers into debates on evil and...
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Phoenix Rising recounts the paradoxical birth of SOF through the prism of Operation Eagle Claw, the failed attempt to rescue fifty-two American hostages in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. When terrorists captured the embassy on November 4, 1979, the Joint Chiefs of Staff quickly realized that the United States lacked the military capability to launch a rescue. There was no precedent for the mission, a mission that came with extraordinary restrictions...
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A riveting exploration of terrorism's relationship to sex, with a new preface by the author Terrorism is the international crime that has captured the attention of the entire world, forcing governments to make radical changes in security and civil liberties. Meanwhile, everyone tries to comprehend the real reasons that inspire such violence. This is where political philosopher Robin Morgan begins The Demon Lover, a groundbreaking work of investigative...
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The destruction of Pan Am Flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in December 1988 was the largest attack on Britain since World War Two. 259 passengers and 11 townsfolk of Lockerbie were murdered. Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was convicted of the crime. He maintained his innocence until his death in 2012. Among the passengers was Flora, beloved daughter of Dr Jim Swire. Jim accepted American claims that Libya was responsible, but during the...
18) A Ray of Light
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This is the inspiring true story of what happens when ordinary people unite to make a stand against evil.
Lidice was a peaceful and vibrant community in Czechoslovakia with a rich mining heritage. But an act of Nazi revenge saw this village wiped from existence in a horrifying chapter of European history.
Disaster struck for Lidice in 1942 when the prominent Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich was assassinated. Described by Hitler as "the man with an...
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The renowned activist examines the brutal reality of America's Cold War era foreign policy across Central America-with a new preface by the author.
First published in 1986, Turning the Tide presents Noam Chomsky's expert analysis of three interrelated questions: What was the aim and impact of the US Central American policy? What factors in US society supported and opposed that policy? And how can concerned citizens affect future policy?
Chomsky...
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Follow Jack as he is thrust into dangerous field assignments in different countries across the globe. From uncovering patterns in terrorist communications and networks in the Middle East to tracking suspicious cargo in South America tied to far-reaching conspiracies, to crisscrossing Europe to prevent the cascade of destabilizing conflicts and global catastrophe, Jack will stop at nothing to protect the country he loves and her allies. The stakes...