Author : De Groot
Publisher : 9th Cinebook
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,4 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781905460083
Imagine a supercomputer that is perfect in every respect, recently acquired by the Intelligence Service. It chooses people to eliminate, supplies all the information about the target and sends the killers. Through the clumsiness of a tech expert, Colonel Clifton is targeted as the next victim for killers
Author : Sean Naylor
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 26,51 MB
Release : 2005-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1101204613
Award-winning combat journalist Sean Naylor reveals a firsthand account of the largest battle fought by American military forces in Afghanistan in an attempt to destroy al-Qaeda and Taliban forces. At dawn on March 2, 2002, America's first major battle of the 21st century began. Over 200 soldiers of the 101st Airborne and 10th Mountain Division flew into Afghanistan's Shah-i-Kot Valley—and into the mouth of a buzz saw. They were about to pay a bloody price for strategic, high-level miscalculations that underestimated the enemy's strength and willingness to fight. Naylor, an eyewitness to the battle, details the failures of military intelligence and planning, while vividly portraying the astonishing heroism of these young, untested US soldiers. Denied the extra support with which they trained, these troops nevertheless proved their worth in brutal combat and prevented an American military disaster.
Author : Bronnie Ware
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 39,50 MB
Release : 2019-08-13
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1401956009
Revised edition of the best-selling memoir that has been read by over a million people worldwide with translations in 29 languages. After too many years of unfulfilling work, Bronnie Ware began searching for a job with heart. Despite having no formal qualifications or previous experience in the field, she found herself working in palliative care. During the time she spent tending to those who were dying, Bronnie's life was transformed. Later, she wrote an Internet blog post, outlining the most common regrets that the people she had cared for had expressed. The post gained so much momentum that it was viewed by more than three million readers worldwide in its first year. At the request of many, Bronnie subsequently wrote a book, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, to share her story. Bronnie has had a colourful and diverse life. By applying the lessons of those nearing their death to her own life, she developed an understanding that it is possible for everyone, if we make the right choices, to die with peace of mind. In this revised edition of the best-selling memoir that has been read by over a million people worldwide, with translations in 29 languages, Bronnie expresses how significant these regrets are and how we can positively address these issues while we still have the time. The Top Five Regrets of the Dying gives hope for a better world. It is a courageous, life-changing book that will leave you feeling more compassionate and inspired to live the life you are truly here to live.
Author : William Diehl
Publisher :
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 34,26 MB
Release : 2012-03-08
Category : Detective and mystery stories
ISBN : 9780615608068
In this last novel of Diehl, finished by a writing partner after the novelist's death in 2006, Nez Perce Indian and New York detective Micah Cody investigates a serial killer.
Author : Jim Harrison
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 31,37 MB
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0802190022
A road trip novel of three desperate souls fueled by drugs, alcohol, and delusions—from the New York Times–bestselling author of Legends of the Fall. The author of thirty-nine books of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, Jim Harrison was one of our most beloved and acclaimed writers, adored by both readers and critics. His novel, A Good Day to Die, centers on an unlikely trio: a poet with a tendency to lapse into beatific reveries of superb fishing in cold, fast streams; a Vietnam vet consumed by uppers, downers, and violence; and a girl who loved only one of them—at first. With plans conceived during the madness of one long drunken night, the three of them leave Florida, driving west to buy a case of dynamite, determined to save the Grand Canyon from a dam they believe is about to be built. A Good Day to Die is an unrelenting tour de force, and a dark exploration of what it means to live beyond the pale in contemporary America. “Mr. Harrison’s perceptions are jagged and cutting . . . A remarkably well-plotted story.” —Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times
Author : Sheri Fink
Publisher : Crown
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 18,16 MB
Release : 2013-09-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0307718980
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The award-winning book that inspired an Apple Original series from Apple TV+ • A landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina—and the suspenseful portrayal of the quest for truth and justice—from a Pulitzer Prize–winning physician and reporter “An amazing tale, as inexorable as a Greek tragedy and as gripping as a whodunit.”—Dallas Morning News After Hurricane Katrina struck and power failed, amid rising floodwaters and heat, exhausted staff at Memorial Medical Center designated certain patients last for rescue. Months later, a doctor and two nurses were arrested and accused of injecting some of those patients with life-ending drugs. Five Days at Memorial, the culmination of six years of reporting by Pulitzer Prize winner Sheri Fink, unspools the mystery, bringing us inside a hospital fighting for its life and into the most charged questions in health care: which patients should be prioritized, and can health care professionals ever be excused for hastening death? Transforming our understanding of human nature in crisis, Five Days at Memorial exposes the hidden dilemmas of end-of-life care and reveals how ill-prepared we are for large-scale disasters—and how we can do better. ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, Entertainment Weekly, Christian Science Monitor, Kansas City Star WINNER: National Book Critics Circle Award, J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Ridenhour Book Prize, American Medical Writers Association Medical Book Award, National Association of Science Writers Science in Society Award
Author : A. B. Whelan
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,21 MB
Release : 2016-01-13
Category : Man-woman relationships
ISBN : 9781523363360
Stay-at-home mom Sarah Johnson has the perfect family's handsome, hardworking husband and two healthy and beautiful children. At least, that's what she's been telling herself for years. After the tragedies in her youth, Sarah deemed living a lie easier than dwelling on the past and facing her everyday failures. To avoid any kind of confrontation at home she doesn't read her husband's emails or spy on him like most jealous wives do. She wouldn't jeopardize her comfortable but dull life for anything. But Sarah's world is about to crumble around her when she receives a phone call from a man with a heavy foreign accent telling her that her perfect husband has put a price on her head. She is offered two weeks to come up with a counteroffer or die.
Author : Paulo Coelho
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,81 MB
Release : 2009-03-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0061835439
“A highly original, moving, and ultimately life-affirming book.” – Sunday Mirror (London) Twenty-four-year-old Veronika seems to have everything – youth and beauty, boyfriends and a loving family, a fulfilling job. But something is missing in her life. So, one cold November morning. She takes a handful of sleeping pills expecting to never wake up. But she does—at a mental hospital where she is told that she has only days to live. Inspired by events in Coelho’s own life, Veronika Decides to Die questions the meaning of madness and celebrates individuals who do not fit into patterns society considers to be normal. Bold and illuminating, it is a dazzling portrait of a young woman at the crossroads of despair and liberation, and a poetic, exuberant appreciation of each day as a renewed opportunity.
Author : Riley Morrison
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 33,48 MB
Release : 2020
Category :
ISBN : 9781654209360
Early Access survival-crafting and post-apocalyptic games were trash. Or so my girlfriend and I thought. Then we found 7 Days Later... The old world is dead. But the horror is about to begin. Craft weapons and tools, scavenge for supplies and working vehicles, build your base and its defenses, then prepare for the horde. Monsters hunt the night, feeding on the flesh of the living. But they are not the only menace that will kill you. Hunger, thirst, disease, wild animals and other players are a constant threat. Without the best weapons, armor and tools-you won't survive. But with great loot comes great danger. Are you brave enough to discover the terrifying secrets that led to the destruction of your world? Have you got the guts to enter the darkness that awaits? Are you ruthless enough to survive? Grab your guns, tools and item upgrades and enter the apocalypse! Alpha 2.0 coming soon. My girlfriend grinned. "This is it, baby. Let's buy this and go build our base!"
Author : Russell Jensen
Publisher : Infinity Publishing
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 21,7 MB
Release : 2012-01-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0741469294
Diagnosed with Leukemia and only one hundred days to live, Earl Roberts wants to leave a dynamic impression on the world, but how? The explosive answer is beyond shocking.
