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Journalist Charlie Barrow originally intends to explore Spain as a
tourist, to relax and escape from the pressures of work. But after
his arrival in Castillo, where a mass grave of Civil War victims
has been discovered, Barrow can't resist the temptation to follow
his gut and seek answers. Accompanied by an intelligent lawyer,
Carlito, and a beautiful archaeologist, Elena, Barrow wastes no
time making enemies of a powerful political party and another,
misguided, lawyer, Ortiz. Chasing the story of corruption in a land
where old-fashioned political prejudices die hard, Barrow travels
from country to city, and back again. Dodging bullets, Arab
bodyguards, and untrustworthy officials, the shambling journalist
seems certain to face many triumphs as well as the loss of
friendships, loves and hopes.
This is a new release of the original 1947 edition.
This is a new release of the original 1947 edition.
In its earliest days, photography was seen as depicting its
subjects with such objectivity as to be inherently free of
ideological bias. Today we are rightly more skeptical -- at least
most of the time. When it comes to photography from the past, we
tend to set some of our skepticism aside. But should we? In Light
on Darkness? T. Jack Thompson, a leading historian of African
Christianity, revisits the body of photography generated by British
missionaries to sub-Saharan Africa in the nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries and demonstrates that much more is going on in
these images than meets the eye. This volume offers a careful
reassessment of missionary photographers, their photographs, and
their African and European audiences. Several dozen fascinating
photographs from the period are included.
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
everyone!
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
everyone!
Breaking the Cross is a tale of corruption, racism and neo-fascism
in post-communist Hungary. Charlie Barrow (who featured in my first
thriller A Wicked Device) is a British journalist working out of
Budapest. He uncovers a plot by Colonel Mihaly Kozma, the top man
in state security, to return the country to totalitarianism. Kozma
aims to revive the Arrow Cross, the Hungarian Nazis who held power
in the last months of World War II. He has friends in high places
and in the mafia, helping him to bankroll a private army through
dodgy business deals. They use this to kidnap Roma (gypsies) for
slave labour in their camps. Barrow's allies are Captain Peter
Kovacs and Sergeant Sandor Ubul, police officers in a squad
assigned to root out illegal immigrants. This brings them into
contact with Coro, a young Roma who suffers Arrow Cross brutality
and provides much of the evidence needed to nail Kozma. As they
probe further, they meet success and tragedy. Charlie gets his
story but wonders - was it worth it?
The Human Body has been around for a very long time. Particularly
in recent years we have learnt a lot about how the body works, but
there is still a huge amount of secrets that the body has not given
up. The body has changed over the years from the days we lived in
caves and beyond. Despite all the evolution that has gone on it
appears certain fundamentals of our design have not changed. For
example the inner control of our bodies which decides if we must
stand, and fight or take flight. It is a device, which takes away
any choice of the conscious mind and is basic to survival. It's
basic to every creature in varying degrees.
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This is a tale of loyalty and betrayal. Charlie Barrow, a British
journalist with a colourful past now working in Germany, is
obsessed by The Movement, a neo-Nazi organisation with growing
influence among the young in the former German Democratic Republic.
When he witnesses the murder of a member of The Movement in the
back streets of Berlin, he's even more determined to delve into a
dangerous world where the Far Right maim and kill and plan the
assassination of a German chancellor at an anti-Nazi rally close to
the Brandenburg Gate - the symbol of the division, conflict and
violence that overtook Germany in the 20th century. Charlie Barrow
is never sure whether his contacts in the police and the security
forces, notably with a woman officer with whom he falls in love,
are there to help or hinder him - or even destroy him altogether.
The story takes us into the very core of neo-Nazism, its brutality,
its mindless longing for the return of a Fuehrer, and its links to
other latter day terrorist organisations, including Al Qaeda.
For several decades conservatives set the political agenda in the
United States, allowing them to focus the conversation on topics
such as tax cuts, national security, and social issues. It is
increasingly becoming apparent, however, that this has begun to
change. Factors such as the election of the first African-American
President and the increasing diversity of the population, the
dramatic rise of income inequality, and the social liberalism of
younger Americans indicate that progressive political ideas are
more influential today than at any point in four decades. This book
is the first to offer a comprehensive overview of progressive
politics, combining historical analysis, a discussion of policy
priorities today, and a survey of the challenges ahead. Featuring
essays by leading scholars, analysts, and commentators, it is an
indispensable guide to the ideas and debates that will shape
American politics in the coming years.
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