Behind the Desert Storm


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Using top secret documents stolen from Russian archives, historian Pavel Stroilov, a Russian dissident living in London in political exile, has written a masterpiece on the behind-the-scenes politicking of the first Gulf War that exposes direct lies in the memoirs of President Bush Senior, Brent Scowcroft and James Baker, and explains the truth behind the current revolutions throughout the Middle East. In addition to revealing a great number of never-before-seen top secret documents, Behind the Desert Storm delves into closed-doors discussions between world leaders - something that normally remains secret for a very long time. It tells the hidden history of the events which have largely determined the current state of the Middle East - from the conflict in Iraq to the Israeli-Palestinian 'peace process' to the development of the 'Eurabia' alliance between the EU and the Arab states. Looking forward, Stroilov draws out relevant lessons from history for future foreign policy.




Desert Oracle


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The cult-y pocket-size field guide to the strange and intriguing secrets of the Mojave—its myths and legends, outcasts and oddballs, flora, fauna, and UFOs—becomes the definitive, oracular book of the desert For the past five years, Desert Oracle has existed as a quasi-mythical, quarterly periodical available to the very determined only by subscription or at the odd desert-town gas station or the occasional hipster boutique, its canary-yellow-covered, forty-four-page issues handed from one curious desert zealot to the next, word spreading faster than the printers could keep up with. It became a radio show, a podcast, a live performance. Now, for the first time—and including both classic and new, never-before-seen revelations—Desert Oracle has been bound between two hard covers and is available to you. Straight out of Joshua Tree, California, Desert Oracle is “The Voice of the Desert”: a field guide to the strange tales, singing sand dunes, sagebrush trails, artists and aliens, authors and oddballs, ghost towns and modern legends, musicians and mystics, scorpions and saguaros, out there in the sand. Desert Oracle is your companion at a roadside diner, around a campfire, in your tent or cabin (or high-rise apartment or suburban living room) as the wind and the coyotes howl outside at night. From journal entries of long-deceased adventurers to stray railroad ad copy, and musings on everything from desert flora, rumored cryptid sightings, and other paranormal phenomena, Ken Layne's Desert Oracle collects the weird and the wonderful of the American Southwest into a single, essential volume.




Desert Gold and The Light of Western Stars


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"No man has employed the Western story formula with better results." --The New York Times From the legendary writer of the west: two complete novels in one low-priced edition. Desert Gold While rescuing a lovely Spanish maiden from Mexican rebels, former Union soldier Dick Gale partners up with a pair of rough-hewn cowboys. The three men take refuge on the ranch of Al Belding, where Gale finds a new mission helping breed fine horses and carving a settlement out of the wild landscape. But angry, greedy men have their eyes on the rich ranchlands—and the beautiful women who live there. The Light of Western Stars Searching for her brother Al, Maddie Hammond gets off the transcontinental railroad in the middle of the night, in a New Mexico town full of drunken, dangerous men. A hard-bitten cowboy drags her before a priest and insists that they be married—until he hears her name. Al Hammond, a ranch foreman, holds the loyalties of many cowboys and ranchers, whom he defends from cruel lawmen and Mexican rebels alike. Maddie eagerly joins the struggle for freedom. Other Zane Grey doubles Wildfire and The Heritage of the Desert The Spirit of the Border and The Last Trail The Lone Star Ranger and The Mysterious Rider The Last of the Plainsmen and Last of the Great Scouts Riders of the Purple Sage and The Rainbow Trail Betty Zane and To the Last Man At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.




America


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From the sierras of New Mexico to the streets of New York and LA by night-"a sort of luminous, geometric, incandescent immensity"-Baudrillard mixes aperus and observations with a wicked sense of fun to provide a unique insight into the country that dominates our world. In this new edition, leading cultural critic and novelist Geoff Dyer offers a thoughtful and perceptive take on the continued resonance of Baudrillard's America.




The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth (Book of Dust, Volume 2)


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The #1 New York Times Bestseller! Return to the world of His Dark Materials—now an HBO original series starring Dafne Keen, Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott, and Lin-Manuel Miranda—in the second volume of Philip Pullman’s new bestselling masterwork The Book of Dust. The windows between the many worlds have been sealed and the momentous adventures of Lyra Silvertongue’s youth are long behind her—or so she thought. Lyra is now a twenty-year-old undergraduate at St. Sophia’s College and intrigue is swirling around her once more. Her daemon Pantalaimon is witness to a brutal murder, and the dying man entrusts them with secrets that carry echoes from their past. The more Lyra is drawn into these mysteries, the less she is sure of. Even the events of her own past come into question when she learns of Malcolm Polstead’s role in bringing her to Jordan College. Now Lyra and Malcolm will travel far beyond the confines of Oxford, across Europe and into the Levant, searching for a city haunted by daemons, and a desert said to hold the truth of Dust. The dangers they face will challenge everything they thought they knew about the world, and about themselves. Praise for The Book of Dust “It’s a stunning achievement, this universe Pullman has created and continues to build on.” —The New York Times “Pullman’s writing is simple, unpretentious, beautiful, true. The conclusion to The Book of Dust can’t come soon enough.”—The Washington Post




Light of the Desert


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Noora Fendil, the favorite daughter of a very successful and influential Middle Eastern businessman, has the perfect life. Until one night in London. Just two months before graduating from a posh London Ladies college, and while planning her lavish wedding to her childhood sweetheart, Noora is framed by her sister who masterminded a plot to destroy Nooras happiness. Believing she has shamed him and in order to preserve his family name, Nooras father attempts to drown her in an act of honor killing. Unbeknownst to him, she survives. Barely clinging to life, she flees from her fathers mansion and is rescued by a tribe of Bedouins. Still in danger, Noora travels nearly half way around the world in search of sanctuary. All along her path she must hide her true identity, while hoping to return one day and prove her innocence. However, she is relentlessly stalked by her fundamentalist former bodyguard who discovered she is still alive and vows to bring her back to justice. Follow Noora on this remarkable journey of courage and survival against all obstacles. Light of the Desert shares the moving tale of a Middle Eastern womans remarkable journey of survival, courage, and the ultimate act of humanity. A truly inspiring and engrossing novel Connie Harris, MyShelf.com




Blues for our light


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These are lyrics that I wrote in my youth, in the 80's and 90's. I was part of the underground scene and travelled all over scandinavia. I wrote lyrics and played bass in Katarakt, The God, Nailgun Portrait and some psychadelic blues bands, but I have forgotten their names. This is, bascically, juvenilia. But some of these lyrics still work, I think. If you want to put music to my lyrics, please contact me. Contact information is on the backside of the book.




Lights of God


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Are you ready to learn the world's biggest and scariest secret? "One day, Moses saw something very interesting in the Desert." "A Bush was on fire such as a fireball, yet it was not consumed." (Bible, Exodus, 3) Archaeologist John Smith, finds a very interesting ancient Roman 2000-year-old silver coin in the ancient city of Pompeii, Italy in 2036. He sets out with his wife Sara and daughter Elsa to Cairo, the capital of Egypt, to visit his friend Professor Gregory Kravnik to analyze the coin which has some strange figures and some dates written in Roman numerals. When he arrives in Cairo, a sphere with a source of unknown, shining like a fireball with a big explosion, descends from the sky and illuminates the whole city with its light in the uninhabited desert somewhere near the Great Pyramids. Meanwhile, John Smith, who was close to the incident, received a very important information from his friend Gregory, about analyzing the symbols and what the symbols on it were saying and when he returned to his hotel, his car stopped suddenly after that explosion. A mysterious hand touches the back of his car and he shouts 'Help!' But that night he has never even passed through his mind that the person, whom he will take in his car, is the one who will change the future and will be one of the most important figures in the history of mankind that three great religions await. At the same time, John's friend Professor Gregory Kravnik and his assistant Katya, who have been working at Archeology Institute of Cairo State University, is about to uncover the world's most mysterious sect, which has changed the history of the world and had kept a secret for 500 years. This Medieval Jesuit sect known as the 'Jesuits', coded it into everything and described it in encrypted form in the paintings of famous painters. However, Gregory and John will find out before it's too late that these two big secrets with the same goal have a very important connection with the light sphere descending into the desert that night. Moreover, this Earth's Biggest Secret that they will learn that night, has the power to change all known Religions History. All these connections and codes point to a very important event that could change the world in 2036. But it won't be easy for them to learn this, a deadly hustle and bustle waiting for them will also start at the same time. All intelligence organizations around the world including Vatican, FBI and CIA, are into this incident and besides, John and his family's life are now in danger. Beyond all this, the great prophecy, which is mentioned in all Holy Books and is depicted symbolically in the Old Testament, the New Testament and the Qur'an, is about to come true. Now, with the realization of this prophecy, humanity has to either face God or fight with the devil and find a new way to stop the Doomsday.




Proof from the Light and Darkness


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This book, "Proof from the Light and Darkness" intends to prove many divine truths to many people. Many will accept it as proof while many will not. The following are seven of such truths this book will prove: 1) God is a living, eternal and a superior being. 2) The soul is a living and unique pattern of energy created by God and should not be confused with the spirit. 3) God is a union of two entities, which were the first souls to exist male and female therefore God can be him or her. 4) God comes to Earth periodically as Christ-incarnate in the body of a man and a woman. 5) Jesus of Nazareth and Mary of Bethany (the Magdalene) were the Christ's two thousand years ago. 6) Spencer John Atkinson and Pamela Theresa Atkinson are the new names and bodies of the same Christ, Jesus and Mary Magdalene. 7) Heaven is a real and eternally joyful place in another dimension of space. These seven topics and more is a result or a chain reaction from the main proof, God has given me; proof that I am the incarnate soul of Jesus of Nazareth and my wife and I are the Christ. Have no fear; this book is not just another book on religion, however, in order to prove Jesus' soul is back incarnate, the King James Bible must be used, not for its Christian theology or religious teachings, instead for its Divine Arrangements (blueprint, map of predictions or prophecies) concerning the return of Jesus Christ. It's time to stop the confusion caused by so many different beliefs by adding common sense, logic, and deductive reasoning, leading to proof that might be realized by all faiths.




The Desert’s Dessert


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A Delicious Christian Mystery A desert land for 'new creatures' turns into a treasure-hunt, as child detectives pass a delicious secret like a baton between themselves about "the dessert in the desert." And as this slow uprising races with the quicksand, it is mysteriously up to Willow to protect this secret, make the discovery, and become a sweet benefit for everyone looking to 'have their cake and eat it too.' All 3 Versions Included: * Story * WordPlay® * Family Skit Let's 'rock sand' with Roxanne, feel the sandy side of Sandy, and determine the 'will' in Willow! For all ages, this Christian Mystery is a fun new parable which animates the hidden experiences of Christian living today! Tour the 'big picture' of spiritual responsibility and having a natural appetite for righteousness. It's a biblically animated tour of Christian Living from its born-again beginning, to the spiritual growth obstacles, from the tactical temptation, all the way to the rapture to come. And do all of this with the symbolism of today! Biblical Dessert, Anyone? As this edible treasure-hunt is on, you get to digest a fun bible memory! With the WordPlay® Version of this new parable (included), this new story riddle is actually animated by a variety of Bible verses working together, sharing the short story scene! From the same bible memorization technique of its original 5-Star WordPlay® book series, it's "wordplay" in more ways than one. Symbolism of Today! With this Christian riddle, you can biblically twist-and-learn as your own detective to bible verses about everyday topics affecting all good-fight Christians today! Discover the origins and consequences of lukewarm choices. Understand the difference between a natural and supernatural appetite, and reunite with the promises of The Bible! The symbolism will give readers and their bible study groups a better glimpse of the complexities awaiting Christianity itself. And you'll understand the stronger source of strength. Use the symbolism to test others' faith in 'His coming.' And find the "will" in the "Willow" of you and yours! A Sunday School Movie + Bible Quiz starring YOU! Much like dinner-and-a-movie, this Christian riddle is like movie-and-a-dinner: a new Christian mystery which later becomes a devotional to feast on with family and friends! Enjoy bible study options with the following (ALL included inside): *Story Symbolism *Fun Facts *Discussion Questions *Instant Replay Bible Study: where story scenes replay themselves through the same bible verses animating this New Christian Mystery (in the WordPlay® Version) for fun bible verse learning and memory. *Bible Study - Scripture Index *Free Gift (on our Christian Parables Website) Or You Can Become the Story! With the Family Skit Version (included), you can rehearse the script right from your Kindle! Invite your friends, your church, and your bible study group for a playful play full of inspiration. And energize the bible study in others as the Cast, Narrator, or Biblical Talk Show Host. It's bible study with a twist! So journey this Christian Adventure with Willow. And maybe… save some room for "dessert!" Scroll Up & Grab A Copy Today! "Stress changes Truth for itself. Peace changes itself for Truth" - Jwyan C. Johnson