Under a Helmet, Behind a Camera
Author : Richard G. Wells (Photographer)
Publisher :
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 36,22 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Photography, Military
ISBN : 9781450769860
Blackout
Author : Marc Elsberg
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 45,55 MB
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1492654426
Book Description
"Fast, tense, thrilling — and timely: this will happen one day. Highly recommended." —Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series This is no accident. This is no act of God. This is a Blackout. When the lights go out one night, no one panics. Not yet. The lights always come back on soon, don't they? Surely it's a glitch, a storm, a malfunction. But something seems strange about this night. Across Europe, controllers watch in disbelief as electrical grids collapse. There is no power, anywhere. A former hacker and activist, Piero investigates a possible cause of the disaster. The authorities don't believe him, and he soon becomes a prime suspect himself. With the United States now also at risk, Piero goes on the run with Lauren Shannon, a young American CNN reporter based in Paris, desperate to uncover who is behind the attacks. After all, the power doesn't just keep the lights on—it keeps us alive.
Gun Metal Heart
Author : Dana Haynes
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 50,69 MB
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1250009642
Book Description
In Gun Metal Heart by Dana Haynes, Daria Gibron, a freelance operative with a long and deadly history, has been slowly recovering from the injuries sustained from her last case. Hiding out in a town in rural Italy, she has been staying as far off the map as she can—until she's tracked down by an old colleague. Diego had been a bodyguard in Florence, protecting an engineer and her invention, when they were attacked by a highly trained paramilitary group. Diego alone escaped and the White Scorpions, a Serbian mercenary group known for their indiscriminate violence, are now after him. Well, after him and Daria, now that he's dragged her into the picture. At the same time, a small group of disgraced CIA agents have been waiting for their chance to exact revenge on the person they blame for their discharge—Daria Gibron. When they learn she's in contact with Diego, they get the okay from their former bosses to take her out. With several highly trained teams out to get her, a partner withholding critical information, and a missing invention around which everything turns, Daria is in the worst danger of her life. And she couldn't be having more fun.
Nick McLean Behind the Camera
Author : Wayne Byrne
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 18,91 MB
Release : 2020-03-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1476677832
Book Description
Nick McLean was one of the most acclaimed camera operators in American cinema of the 1970s, during which time he shot many classics of the New Hollywood movement including McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Heaven Can Wait, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Deer Hunter, Marathon Man, and Being There. As a cinematographer throughout the 1980s, McLean would film blockbusters such as Cannonball Run II, City Heat, The Goonies, and Short Circuit before being lured into television to photograph some of the biggest shows in town, including Evening Shade, Cybill, and the pop culture phenomenon Friends, for which he was thrice Emmy-nominated.
Under the Red Velvet Cover
Author : Grant Garris
Publisher : Author House
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 40,13 MB
Release : 2010-05-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1449069126
Book Description
Today, I would learn the truth. An efficient sounding female voice answered the phone, Dallas County Police Department. Where do I begin? What do I say? Yes ma'am, I need to speak with someone about a case that's twenty two years old. A case? What type of case? A sexual abuse case. With that phone call, successful business executive Grant Garris began a journey through the memory of his shattered childhood; many of the details as painstakingly clear as when they had occurred, as he suffered violent and horrific sexual abuse at the hands of his own grandfather. In a stark and startling memoir, Garris recounts his early years, offering no protection from the shocking reality that is childhood sexual abuse. Difficult to read and yet impossible to put down, Garris details molestation, the physical torture, and the sadistic mental manipulation that are the all-too-common arsenal of those who harm children - and those who protect them as they harbor a family's dirty secret. Standing against a monster and refusing to be deterred by the intricate family ties and powerful political connections of a Southern bastion family that threatened to sacrifice their own children to the altar of public image, Garris chose to prevail. Garris movingly recounts the surprising support system that evolved in his journey, including a seemingly powerless domestic servant, strangers, a fellow survivor named Oprah Winfrey, and a few courageous loved ones, all of whom dropped into his life at precisely the right moment. Garris' life story is not a narrative of victimhood, nor is it a rosy tale of happy endings tied up in a neat package. Instead, it is the gritty, raw, and sometimes wonderful reality of conquering adversity. This book should be required reading for all who believe it is time to shred the veil of secrecy that protects child molesters.
Travid: Behind the Nine Stars
Author : Vid Legradic
Publisher : Europa Edizioni
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 39,79 MB
Release : 2021-10-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Book Description
Travid Urs is a space tour guide. He travels the galaxy on his trusted spaceship, which he treats like a friend and to which he has even given a name: the Beast. His life proceeds quietly – he accompanies his guests to visit the many planets that form the greater Space Union – until he is chosen to be the personal driver guide of the Minister for Technology, Janus Kohn. His new job is as important as extremely risky, he is being called in truth to escort the Minister and protect him from the political assassinations that are bloodying planet Earth, the central planet of the Space Union. Everything changes when, after the Commemoration Festival at planet Dala, Travid Urs and Janus Kohn are attacked in flight and mysteriously disappear. What until that moment seemed to be a quiet and normal life is rapidly upset by a tangle of ambiguities, alien presences and secret conspiracies aimed at threatening the order of the galaxy. This novel is the first Sci-Fi work written by Vid Legradic. Notwithstanding the little experience in the field, he has demonstrated a great ability to combine his soul of passionate traveller with his fictional creativity. Travid: Behind the Nine Stars is a book full of action and mystery framed in distant landscapes populated by unlikely characters. An imaginary world created in the smallest detail that owes much of its creation to the many journeys that have punctuated the author’s life, and that functions as the perfect gateway from the oppressing everyday reality. Vid Legradic is a young 35-year-old freelance writer from Slovenia. After his master’s degree in Political Science, he decided to devote his life to travel, a passion which he was soon lucky to call his job. He worked for ten years as an international and local tour guide and managed to translate his experiences into words for travel magazines. This event encouraged him to write and publish his personal traveling adventures. From this turning point, two novels were born: Story about my travel (2019) written in his mother tongue, and the most recent Travid: Behind the Nine Starsù (2021) written in English, in which he explores for the first time the fascinating world of Science Fiction.
Into the Hands of the Soldiers
Author : David D. Kirkpatrick
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 18,91 MB
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0735220638
Book Description
ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR David D. Kirkpatrick, a correspondent for The New York Times, was banned from Egypt for writing this book: the definitive account of the turn back toward authoritarianism in Cairo and across the Middle East. Egypt has long set the paradigm for Arab autocracy. It is the keeper of the peace with Israel and the cornerstone of the American-backed regional order. So when Egyptians rose up to demand democracy in 2011, their thirty months of freedom convulsed the whole region. Now a new strongman, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, is building a dictatorship so severe some call it totalitarian. The economy sputters, an insurgency simmers, Christians suffer, and the Israeli military has been forced to intervene. But some in Washington—including President Trump—applaud Sisi as a crucial ally. Kirkpatrick lived with his family in Cairo through the revolution, the coup and the bloodshed that followed. Then he returned to Washington to uncover the American role in the tragedy. His heartbreaking story is essential to understanding the Middle East today.
American Cinematographer
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 22,75 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Cinematography
ISBN :
Book Description
Third, Convictions
Author : S.J. Saunders
Publisher : Riverbank Publishing
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 18,27 MB
Release : 2016-12-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Book Description
· Turns out that globe-spanning organizations who’ve spent billions running the world from the shadows don’t just back down when you start poking the hornet’s nest. Who knew? They’ve screwed up, though. Even after all my friends and I have torn down, they continue to underestimate us. We know the truth about them; everything they’ve done. And we’re going to end it.
The Total Bicycling Manual
Author : Robert F. James
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 33,42 MB
Release : 2022-04-12
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1681888262
Book Description
Covering everything from choosing the right bike and rules of the road, to maintenance and customization, this practical guide is a must-have for every bike owner from beginner to advanced. Fix a flat, winterize your bike, try a road race, and more. This is your guide to everything you might need to enjoy the sport of cycling in one comprehensive manual. Find your perfect bike, customize your ride without spending a fortune, learn to do your own repairs and maintenance, ride with confidence whether in traffic or on the trail, and participate in races, cyclocross, and other biking activities. PRACTICAL EXPERT ADVICE Bicycle Times magazine reaches hundreds of thousands of “everyday cyclists.” Their mission is to make cycling fun and accessible for everyone: families, commuters, travelers, and weekend warriors included. CYCLE WITH CONFIDENCE Filled with practical, wheels-on-the-ground tips, this book will make you a safer and smarter rider. Never fear getting stranded by the roadside without the tools or know-how to fix your ride. CYCLING BASICS, RIDING SKILLS, AND ADVENTURES! A complete breakdown of essential cycling information from choosing the correct bike to suit your needs to understanding the drive train, terrain tips, rules of the road, and more. Learn everything you need to get the most out of your two-wheeled adventure. REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE Tips and education on how to repair and maintain your bike. Learn to fix a flat, perform a basic tune-up, change brakes, and everything else you may encounter in keeping your bicycle ready when you are.
