Author : Robert Ludlum
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 34,59 MB
Release : 2006-10-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780312990695
Imprisoned and drugged in a restricted island psychiatric facility for government intelligence employees, former Consular Operations agent Hal Ambler manages a daring escape and sets out to discover why he was placed there.
Author : Robert Ludlum
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 26,7 MB
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 142990674X
"Welcome to Robert Ludlum's world...fast pacing, tight plotting, international intrigue." — Cleveland Plain Dealer In Robert Ludlum's The Ambler Warning, an agent breaks out of a top-security institution where the government has kept him drugged for years only to discover that he's not the person he thinks he is. On Parrish Island, a restricted island off the coast of Virginia, is a little-known and never-visited psychiatric facility. There, far from prying eyes, the government stores former intelligence employees whose psychiatric states make them a danger to their own government, people whose ramblings might endanger ongoing operations or prove dangerously inconvenient. One of these employees, former Consular Operations agent Hal Ambler, is kept heavily medicated and closely watched. But there's one difference between Hal and the other patients - Hal isn't crazy. With the help of a sympathetic nurse, Hal manages to clear his mind of the drug-induced haze and then pulls off a daring escape. Now he's out to discover who stashed him here and why - but the world he returns to isn't the one he remembers. Friends and longtime associates don't remember him, there are no official records of Hal Ambler, and, when he first sees himself in the mirror, the face that looks back at him is not the one he knows as his own.
Author : Eric Ambler
Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 13,22 MB
Release : 2011-10-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 030794994X
Nicky Marlow needs a job. He’s engaged to be married and the employment market is pretty slim in Britain in 1937. So when his fiancé points out the Spartacus Machine Tool notice, he jumps at the chance. After all, he speaks Italian and he figures he’ll be able to endure Milan for a year, long enough to save some money. Soon after he arrives, however, he learns the sinister truth of his predecessor’s death and finds himself courted by two agents with dangerously different agendas. In the process, Marlow realizes it’s not so simple to just do the job he’s paid to do in fascist Italy on the eve of a world war.
Author : Bernard A. Drew
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 45,30 MB
Release : 2010-03-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 078645721X
This is an encyclopedic work, arranged by broad categories and then by original authors, of literary pastiches in which fictional characters have reappeared in new works after the deaths of the authors that created them. It includes book series that have continued under a deceased writer's real or pen name, undisguised offshoots issued under the new writer's name, posthumous collaborations in which a deceased author's unfinished manuscript is completed by another writer, unauthorized pastiches, and "biographies" of literary characters. The authors and works are entered under the following categories: Action and Adventure, Classics (18th Century and Earlier), Classics (19th Century), Classics (20th Century), Crime and Mystery, Espionage, Fantasy and Horror, Humor, Juveniles (19th Century), Juveniles (20th Century), Poets, Pulps, Romances, Science Fiction and Westerns. Each original author entry includes a short biography, a list of original works, and information on the pastiches based on the author's characters.
Author : Scott W. Ambler
Publisher : Pearson Education
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 44,82 MB
Release : 2006-03-03
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0321630173
Refactoring has proven its value in a wide range of development projects–helping software professionals improve system designs, maintainability, extensibility, and performance. Now, for the first time, leading agile methodologist Scott Ambler and renowned consultant Pramodkumar Sadalage introduce powerful refactoring techniques specifically designed for database systems. Ambler and Sadalage demonstrate how small changes to table structures, data, stored procedures, and triggers can significantly enhance virtually any database design–without changing semantics. You’ll learn how to evolve database schemas in step with source code–and become far more effective in projects relying on iterative, agile methodologies. This comprehensive guide and reference helps you overcome the practical obstacles to refactoring real-world databases by covering every fundamental concept underlying database refactoring. Using start-to-finish examples, the authors walk you through refactoring simple standalone database applications as well as sophisticated multi-application scenarios. You’ll master every task involved in refactoring database schemas, and discover best practices for deploying refactorings in even the most complex production environments. The second half of this book systematically covers five major categories of database refactorings. You’ll learn how to use refactoring to enhance database structure, data quality, and referential integrity; and how to refactor both architectures and methods. This book provides an extensive set of examples built with Oracle and Java and easily adaptable for other languages, such as C#, C++, or VB.NET, and other databases, such as DB2, SQL Server, MySQL, and Sybase. Using this book’s techniques and examples, you can reduce waste, rework, risk, and cost–and build database systems capable of evolving smoothly, far into the future.
Author : Robert Ludlum
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 38,1 MB
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1429906774
For the past three decades Robert Ludlum's bestselling novels have been enjoyed by hundreds of millions of readers worldwide and have set the standard against which all other thrillers are measured. His Covert-One series has been among his most beloved creations and now comes the latest thrilling novel in the series. The Lazarus Movement, the dominant force in the eco-conscious, "anti-technology" protest movement, has sent rumblings down the halls of the world's intelligence agencies. Led by a mysterious, never-seen figure known only as Lazarus, this increasingly prominent group is believed by some to be preparing a bold strike. When an attack on a nano-technology research facility leaves thousands dead--- protestors and scientists alike---from what appears to be a cloud of inadvertently released but gruesomely deadly nanobots, pandemonium reigns. Lt. Col. Jon Smith is activated by Covert-One to find and uncover the truth about Lazarus where all others have failed. As Smith slowly uncovers the deadly underpinnings of the group, he soon learns that the Lazarus Movement is only the very tip of the iceberg in a deadly scheme that threatens billions of lives and will forever change the nature of the world itself.
Author : Chris Shei
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 12,80 MB
Release : 2024-04-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1040025374
The Routledge Handbook of Language and Mind Engineering is a comprehensive work that delves into the complex interplay between language, culture, politics, and media in shaping the human mind. The book is divided into five main sections, each exploring different aspects of mind engineering: I. Political Mind Engineering; II. Commercial Mind Engineering; III. Media, Culture, and Mind Engineering; IV. Linguistic and Semiotic Analysis of Mind Engineering; V. Mind Engineering in Educational Settings. The book provides a multi-dimensional perspective on how language, media, culture, and politics intersect to shape individuals' thoughts and beliefs. It highlights the diverse methods and contexts in which mind engineering occurs, making it a valuable resource for scholars, researchers, and policymakers interested in understanding the complexities of contemporary discourse and manipulation of human thought. The contents of this cutting-edge handbook will engage all undergraduate, postgraduate, PhD students and scholars, and researchers at all levels, in fields such as languages, linguistics, politics, communication studies, media studies, and psychology. Chapter 15 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) International license. Chapter 17 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution‐Non Commercial‐No Derivatives (CC‐BY‐NC‐ND) 4.0 license. Chapter 18 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Author : Eric Ambler
Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 19,10 MB
Release : 2012-12-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307950093
One Monday, Robert Halliday receives a bomb threat in the mail. Two days later, the bomb arrives—accompanied by an offer of employment from one Karliss Zander, an international fixer. Unless Halliday agrees to help him edit the memoirs of a 19th century Russian terrorist and ghostwrite an exposé of modern terrorist governments, Zander will detonate the bomb. For the sake of self-preservation, Halliday joins the project—but quickly discovers that Zander requires more than mere literary assistance: He and his daughter are in mortal peril from a Middle Eastern terrorist group. Now tangled in this massive international web of danger, Halliday wonders if it wouldn’t have been far less painful if that bomb had just gone off. The Care of Time, Eric Ambler’s final novel, is a carefully constructed, utterly absorbing story of intrigue and suspense, one of the most acclaimed works of his more than sixty year career.
Author : Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 36,79 MB
Release : 2019-12-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
'The Battle Ground' is a historical romance novel by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Ellen Glasgow. The story is set in Virginia, and takes place from the plantation era and all the way up to the American Civil War. Central to the story are two families who built their wealth from slavery, the Amblers and the Lightfoots. The Amblers are much more sympathetic to abolishing slavery and staying loyal to the Union, while the Lightfoots' view on the matter is more in line with that of the Confederacy.
Author : Ellen Glasgow
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 44,73 MB
Release : 2020-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Delve into the rich tapestry of human emotions and Southern society with Ellen Glasgow's poignant novel, "Barren Ground." Set against the backdrop of the post-Civil War South, "Barren Ground" offers a compelling exploration of love, ambition, and societal expectations. Join Glasgow as she delves into the lives of her characters, navigating the complexities of family dynamics, class struggles, and the search for identity. Themes of tradition, change, and the passage of time weave through the pages of "Barren Ground," inviting readers to reflect on the enduring legacies of the past and the challenges of forging a new future. Glasgow's evocative prose captures the essence of the Southern landscape and the intricacies of human relationships. Through vivid characterizations and intricate plotlines, Glasgow breathes life into her characters, from the resilient matriarchs to the restless young protagonists grappling with their place in the world. As their stories intertwine and unfold, readers are drawn into a mesmerizing narrative that resonates with depth and authenticity. The overall tone and mood of "Barren Ground" are imbued with a sense of nostalgia, melancholy, and hope, as Glasgow skillfully portrays the struggles and triumphs of her characters against the backdrop of a changing South. Her keen observations and keen insights into human nature ensure that readers are captivated from start to finish. Since its publication, "Barren Ground" has been celebrated for its lyrical prose, nuanced characterization, and profound exploration of Southern society. Critics and readers alike have praised its timeless themes and its ability to capture the essence of a bygone era. Whether you're a fan of Southern literature or simply seeking a compelling story that resonates with depth and emotion, "Barren Ground" promises to captivate and enthrall. Join Ellen Glasgow on a journey through the complexities of the human heart and discover the enduring power of love and resilience. Don't miss your chance to experience the timeless beauty of "Barren Ground." Order your copy today and immerse yourself in Ellen Glasgow's masterful exploration of the human condition.
