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Here is a real treat for lovers of English - the very first
dictionary in our language. Contrary to popular opinion, this
honour goes not to Samuel Johnson, whose definitive tome appeared
in 1755, but to Robert Cawdrey, who published his Table
Alphabeticall in 1604. Written for the benefit of Ladies,
Gentlewomen or any other unskilfull persons, this was not a book
for scholars but was aimed squarely at the non-fiction best-seller
list of its day. It is a treasure-house of meaning, bristling with
arresting and eminently quotable definitions. For example geometrie
is the 'art of measuring the earth', and hecticke is 'inflaming the
hart, and soundest parts of the bodie', while barbarian is 'a rude
person', and a concubine is a 'harlot, or light huswife'. Cawdrey
did set out to create an exhaustive catalogue of the language but
rather a guide which would unlock the mystery of hard usual English
wordes, borrowed from the Hebrew, Greeke, Latine, or French for
educated gentlefolk encountering new words which English was then
absorbing at a phenomenal rate. Every entry in this list of 2,543
words sheds interesting light on early modern life and the
development of the language. This edition, prepared from the sole
surviving copy of the first edition, now in the Bodleian Library,
also includes an extensive introduction setting the dictionary in
its historical, social and literary context, and exploring the
unusual and interesting career of its little-known author.
Published eight years ahead of the first of the first Italian
dictionary and 35 years ahead of the first French dictionary, this
work shows Cawdrey as a man ahead of his time and foreshadows the
phenomenal growth of English and its eventual triumph as the new
global lingua franca.
Find your way to a life full of wonder, imagination, and
possibility.  In The Way of Wonder, co-founders
of the inspiring Jewelry brand Waxing Poetic, Patti Pagliei and her
partner John invite you on a journey full of wonder and vibrant
living. With thoughtful poems, powerful sayings, and
heartfelt essays and invitations, this beautifully
illustrated book will lead you through a
voyage of nows so that you live a
more intentional life. Find more joy in the ordinary,
learn to trust the universe, have the courage to seek beauty in
darkness, and free yourself from the confines placed on you by your
mind and the constructs of society. Divided into four
parts: The Invitation, Magical Gateways, Exalted
Encounters, and Ongoing Celebrations, this book serves as an
invitation for you to discover wonder as a Way in your every day,
to make meaningful connections and appreciate what each moment in
this precious life can call us to experience. The chapters within
each section touch on different concepts dealing
with courage, doubt,
joy, fear, trust, growth, love, and much
more. Each chapter reveals the ways in which you can find wonder
and how your life comes alive with possibility when you
do. By the end, we learn that within each sensing moment lies a
profound opportunity to awaken again to the light of our lives,
ourselves and our truth. Â Accept
the invitation to The Way of Wonder and let
yourself uncover the rich and fulfilling life that awaits you.
Written originally for the education of the polite London classes
in 'canting' - the language of thieves and ruffians - should they
be so unlucky as to wander into the 'wrong' parts of town, A New
Dictionary of Terms, Ancient and Modern, of the Canting Crew by
'B.E. Gent' is the first work dedicated solely to the subject of
slang words and their meanings. It is also the first text which
attempts to show the overlap and integration between canting words
and common slang. In its refusal to distinguish between criminal
vocabulary and the more ordinary everyday English of the period, it
sets canting words side by side with terms used by sailors,
labourers, and those in the common currency of domestic culture.
With an introduction by John Simpson, chief editor of the Oxford
English Dictionary, describing the history and culture of canting
in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, as well as the
evolution of English slang, this is a fascinating volume for anyone
with a curiosity about language, or wishing to reintroduce
'Dandyprat' or 'Fizzle' into their everyday conversation. Anglers,
c Cheats, petty Thievs, who have a Stick with a hook at the end,
with which they pluck things out of Windows, Grates, &c. also
those that draw in People to be cheated. Dandyprat, a little puny
Fellow. Grumbletonians, Malecontents, out of Humour with the
Government, for want of a Place, or having lost one. Strum, c. a
Periwig. Rum-Strum, c. a long Wig; also a handsom Wench, or
Strumpet.
There is a widening gap between what we expect of public transport
and what can be delivered, given the circumstances in which we seem
to expect it to operate. Our expectations for travel are
increasing, both in quantity and in the standards of speed,
reliability and comfort. Out-of-town shopping, leisure parks and
business parks all involve more travel than did their predecessors.
Cars are becoming more like mobile sitting rooms with all the home
comforts such as CD player and telephone. To give all this up for a
bus or train is asking a lot. We all still recognize that there are
many people for whom public transport is essential, particularly
amongst the elderly, children and teenagers and others who have
only limited access or no access to a car. Less obvious is the
dependence of our cities for their existence on high capacity
public transport. Yet there is still a prevalent view that local
public transport, especially buses, are only for those who do not
have a car, a welfare service for the needy. We still prefer to
spend our money on cars rather than public transport, knowing that
we can not all have unrestricted use of them. But we are slowly and
patchily beginning to realiz
The Academy celebrates the architect John Simpson's newly finished
building for the School of Architecture at the University of Notre
Dame, Indiana: the Walsh Family Hall. The language of John
Simpson's architecture, which derives from the fifth century BC,
has been daringly applied to new uses and an instant landmark of
exceptional interest has been created. Through a judicious
combination of Classical richness and warehouse-like workspace the
Walsh Family Hall provides a humane and joyous series of spaces,
which elevates the spirits of those entering and passing through
it. This book describes not only the architecture of the Walsh
Family Hall but the process whereby it came into existence, with
written contributions from the generous donors, Matt and Joyce
Walsh; Dean Michael Lykoudis, who commissioned the building; and
some of the students who work in these uplifting surroundings.
Further educational works by John Simpson such as his new 'yard'
for Eton College and major new improvements to the Royal College of
Music in London are described, with an essay by Simpson describing
his approach. All these works are presented and explored with full
colour commissioned photography, drawn plans and original sketches
throughout. John Simpson Architects believes that Classicism can
enhance life in the twenty-first century by creating inspirational
spaces that relate to the proportions of the human body - a view of
architecture that is triumphantly demonstrated in the Academy that
is the Walsh Family Hall.
John Simpson's eventful career as a reporter with the BBC has put him on the spot to witness the Tiananmen Square massacre, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the collapse of Communism through Eastern Europe and the release of Nelson Mandela. This is the first volume of his autobiography.
DIPLOMACY, n. The patriotic art of lying for one's country In 1881
Ambrose Bierce, journalist and former soldier for the Union army in
the Civil War, began writing satirical definitions for the San
Francisco Wasp, and then for William Randolph Hearst's San
Francisco Examiner. Bierce was launched on a journalistic career
that would see him liked and loathed in equal measure - and earn
him the title of 'the wickedest man in San Francisco'. In his
column, Bierce, a contemporary of Mark Twain, brought his biting
black humour to bear on spoof definitions of everyday words,
writing deliberate mistranslations of the vocabulary of the
establishment, the Church and the politics of his day, and shining
a sardonic light on hypocrisy and deception. These columns formed
the beginnings of a dictionary, first published in 1906 as The
Cynic's Word Book. Over 100 years later, Bierce's redefinitions
still give us pause for thought - REPORTER, n. A writer who guesses
his way to the truth and dispels it with a tempest of words;
UN-AMERICAN, adj. Wicked, intolerable, heathenish; POLITICS, n. The
conduct of public affairs for private advantage - making for a
timely new edition of this irreverent and provocative satire.
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Psychological horror. Three lifelong friends, Tabitha (Katheryn
Winnick), Shelby (Laura Breckenridge) and Lisa (Jessica Lucas) are
being stalked by a psychotic serial killer bearing a grudge linked
to a seemingly innocent incident from the women's school days. In
the name of revenge, the deranged killer has invented the most
brutal and sadistic games for his three victims to 'play'. Can they
possibly get out alive?
A collection of essential UK forms, although some non-UK forms are
included, this volume is a representative collection of contracts
used by practitioners involved in the carriage of goods by land and
sea. It provides examples of forms and contract clauses in common
use.
Inviting, perfect in proportion, exquisite in detail such are a few
of the ways to describe homes designed by John Simpson. Well known
for his work with the British royal family at Buckingham and
Kensington palaces and for his buildings at Eton College in the
U.K. and at the University of Notre Dame in the U.S., he is perhaps
most brilliant at the level of the house and home. Building
Beautiful is an invitation to enter the work of this master
designer, as one might visit with a treasured friend. From a dream
made real within a Venetian palazzo a former seventeenth-century
near-ruin, brought back to glorious, fancifully detailed life to an
English countryside cottage with a thatched roof, the featured
homes are expressions of Simpson s unerring eye and extraordinary
sense of beauty. Here we find drama in contrasts of scale and the
seductive effects of light, where a cosy reading nook opens to an
expansive living room with a double-height ceiling that
nevertheless feels not overly large but rather just right. This is
Simpson s subtle art a mastery of scale, balance, and a pervading
sense of elegance.
From distinguished foreign correspondent John Simpson, a
fascinating history of what it is to risk life and limb to bring
home news of the troubled world 'Great stories, sometimes
harrowing, sometimes hilarious' Telegraph In corners of the globe
where fault-lines seethe into bloodshed and civil war, foreign
correspondents have, for hundreds of years, been engaged in
uncovering the latest news and - despite obstacles bureaucratic,
political, violent - reporting it by whatever means available. It's
a working life that is difficult, exciting and undeniably
glamorous. We Chose to Speak of War and Strife brings us pivotal
moments in our history - from the Crimean War to Vietnam; the siege
of Sarajevo to the fall of Baghdad - through the eyes of those who
risked life and limb to witness them first hand, and the
astonishing tales of what it took to report them. These stories
celebrate an endangered tradition. Where once despatches were
trusted to the hands of a willing sea-captain, telegraph operator
or stranger in an airport queue prepared to spirit a can of
undeveloped film back to London, today the digital realm has
transformed the relaying of the news - even if the work of
gathering it in the field has changed little. Weaving the tales of
the greats of yesterday and today, such as Martha Gellhorn, Ernest
Hemingway, Don McCullin and Marie Colvin, with extraordinary
accounts from his own lifetime on the frontlines, this is a deeply
personal book from a master of the profession, the most
distinguished foreign correspondent of our time.
The first in the Problems in Anesthesia seris, Cardiothoracic Surgery examine and provide guidance for a number of problematic clinical scenarios in cardiothoracic surgery anesthesia. This is a field which is growing in complexity due to the increasingly diverse set of conditions that are now treated surgically, and also due to developments in technology which are leading to different approaches to even common problems. This book will be of interest to the qualified specialist and the general trainee in anesthesiology.
Cases are presented followed by an approach to the case, utilizing the various experiences of anesthesiologists from both sides of the Atlantic. The case-based teaching relates the material to the clinic, and the discussion then explains the options in approach. Each chapter concludes with a series of essential tips in dealing with the various problems. Cases covered range from the common (e.g. off-pump coronary bypass) to the rare (e.g. anesthetic management of the patient with carcinoid heart disease).
The aim of the book is to allow readers to learn from both the successes and the complications within the cases covered, and in this way disseminate knowledge amongst those working in the field as well as pave the way for further investigation and continued advancement.
This collection of papers rigorously examines the current place of
deterrence in international security relations, delivering the best
of contemporary thinking. This is a special issue of the leading
journal Contemporary Security Policy. It shows how and why nuclear
deterrence was the central organizing mechanism for international
security relations in the second half of the twentieth century. It
has been replaced by a new global security environment in which the
central role of deterrence, both nuclear and otherwise, appears to
have diminished. The Cold War has been succeeded by a new state of
play. This book will be of interest to students of military and
naval history and security studies.
Secured transactions reform, also known as collateral or pledge law
reform, is increasingly seen as an important building block for
economic development. The commonly held view is that the
availability and cost of credit, as well as the efficiency of the
market for secured credit, are directly influenced by the laws
affecting secured transactions and their implementation. However,
there is still a lot of confusion about this relatively complex and
technical area of the law and its role in promoting access to
credit and economic growth. The chapters presented here provide,
for the first time, a comprehensive and cutting-edge view of the
subject - from both a legal and economic perspective. They start at
the macro level of financial systems, moving towards the behaviours
of lenders (commercial banks and micro-lenders), policy options for
government and the mechanisms of collateral law reform. By
approaching the subject from different angles and experiences, the
work advocates an inclusive approach to the subject where all
stakeholders' interests can be taken into account. It addresses the
question of what role laws and institutions can play to encourage
access to credit. This book will be of primary interest to those
involved in economic development and the interaction between law
and economics, either for practical reasons (for example, working
on reform or providing advice on investment in transition
economies) or for research purposes.
This 2005 book gives a comprehensive overview of measurement
techniques and theories for marine turbulence and mixing processes.
It describes the processes which control the mixing of greenhouse
gases, nutrients, trace elements, and hazardous substances in our
oceans and shelf seas - from local to planetary scales. These
processes buffer climate changes and are centrally important for
regional to global ecosystem dynamics. The publication also
contains source codes of turbulence models and models of the
upper-ocean mixing layer (COHERENS and GOTM), and observational
data sets of turbulence characteristics or corresponding proxies of
waters from all over the world. These can be found at
www.cambridge.org/9780521153720. Written by a team of 53
world-leading experts, it represents a rich source of data and
methods for students and scientists in oceanography, hydrology,
limnology, and meteorology, as well as marine, naval and civil
engineers.
Originally published in 1987, this book is concerned with the
possible acquisition of nuclear weapons by states not in possession
of them and the international concern caused by this. Since 1968,
the international arrangements designed to prevent this had been
based upon the Nuclear Non-Proliferations Treaty, which had over
130 states as signatories at the time of publication. The initial
period of application of this treaty ended in 1995, and a
conference was held then to discuss its extension. This volume was
the first public attempt to explore the problems surrounding this
conference, to examine issues likely to determine its outcome, and
to analyse the consequences if the conference were to fail to reach
any agreement on extension. The international contributors were
among the foremost students and practitioners in the area, and
brought unique knowledge and experience to the subject. The result
was a pathbreaking attempt to investigate a critical problem for
international security in the 1990s, and to identify methods
whereby international nuclear non-proliferation arrangements could
be extended into the next century.
Language is always changing. No one knows where it is going but the
best way to future-cast is to look at the past. John Simpson
animates for us a tradition of researching and editing, showing us
both the technical lexicography needed to understand a word, and
the careful poetry needed to construct its definition. He
challenges both the idea that dictionaries are definitive, and the
notion that language is falling apart. With a sense of humour, an
ability to laugh at bureaucracy and an inclination to question the
status quo, John Simpson gives life to the colourful characters at
the OED and to the English language itself. He splices his stories
with entertaining and erudite diversions into the history and
origin of words such as 'kangaroo', 'hot-dog' , 'pommie', 'bicycle'
, not ignoring those swearwords often classed as 'Anglo-Saxon' !
The book will speak to anyone who uses a dictionary, 'word people'
, history lovers, students and parents.
CONTENTS: Abdol Rauh Yaccob, British policy on Arabia before the
First World War: an internal argument; Adrian G. Parker &.
Jeffrey I. Rose, Climate change and human origins in southern
Arabia; Alexandrine Guerin & Faysal Abdallah al-Na'imi,
Nineteenth century settlement patterns at Zekrit, Qatar: pottery,
tribes and territory; Anthony E. Marks, Into Arabia, perhaps, but
if so, from where?; Audrey Peli, A history of the Ziyadids through
their coinage (203- 442/818-1050); Aurelie Daems & An De Waele,
Some reflections on human-animal burials from pre-Islamic
south-east Arabia (poster); Brian Ulrich, The Azd migrations
reconsidered: narratives of 'Amr Muzayqiya and Malik b. Fahm in
historiographic context; Christian Darles, Derniers resultats,
nouvelles datations et nouvelles donnees sur les fortifications de
Shabwa (Hadramawt); Eivind Heldaas Seland, The Indian ships at
Moscha and the Indo-Arabian trading circuit; Fabio Cavulli &
Simona Scaruffi, Stone vessels from KHB-1, Ja'lan region, Sultanate
of Oman (poster); Francesco G. Fedele, Wadi al-Tayyilah 3, a
Neolithic and Pre-Neolithic occupation on the eastern Yemen
Plateau, and its archaeofaunal information; Ghanim Wahida, Walid
Yasin al-Tikriti & Mark Beech, Barakah: a Middle Palaeolithic
site in Abu Dhabi Emirate; Jeffrey I. Rose & Geoff N. Bailey,
Defining the Palaeolithic of Arabia? Notes on the Roundtable
Discussion; Jeffrey I. Rose, Introduction: special session to
define the Palaeolithic of Arabia; Julie Scott-Jackson, William
Scott-Jackson, Jeffrey Rose & Sabah Jasim, Investigating Upper
Pleistocene stone tools from Sharjah, UAE: Interim report; Krista
Lewis & Lamya Khalidi, From prehistoric landscapes to urban
sprawl: the Masn'at Maryah region of highland Yemen; Michael J.
Harrower, Mapping and dating incipient irrigation in Wadi Sana,
Hadramawt (Yemen); Mikhail Rodionov, The jinn in Hadramawt society
in the last century; Mohammed A.R. al-Thenayian, The Red Sea Tihami
coastal ports in Saudi Arabia; Mohammed Maraqten, Women's
inscriptions recently discovered by the AFSM at the Awam
temple/Mahram Bilqis in Marib, Yemen; Nasser Said al-Jahwari &
Derek Kennet, A field methodology for the quantification of ancient
settlement in an Arabian context; Remy Crassard, The "Wa'shah
method": an original laminar debitage from Hadramawt, Yemen; Saad
bin Abdulaziz al-Rashid, Sadd al-Khanaq: an early Umayyad dam near
Medina, Saudi Arabia; Ueli Brunner, Ancient irrigation in Wadi
Jirdan; Vincent Charpentier & Sophie Mery, A Neolithic
settlement near the Strait of Hormuz: Akab Island, United Arab
Emirates; Vincent Charpentier, Hunter-gatherers of the "empty
quarter of the early Holocene" to the last Neolithic societies:
chronology of the late prehistory of south-eastern Arabia
(8000-3100 BC); Yahya Asiri, Relative clauses in the dialect of
Rijal Alma' (south-west Saudi Arabia); Yosef Tobi, Salom (Salim)
al-Sabazi's (seventeenth-century) poem of the debate between coffee
and qat; Zaydoon Zaid & Mohammed Maraqten, The Peristyle Hall:
remarks on the history of construction based on recent
archaeological and epigraphic evidence of the AFSM expedition to
the Awam temple in Marib, Yemen
Contents: 1) Coastal prehistory in the southern Red Sea Basin,
underwater archaeology, and the Farasan Islands (Geoff Bailey,
Abdullah AlSharekh, Nic Flemming, Kurt Lambeck, Garry Momber,
Anthony Sinclair & Claudio Vita-Finzi); 2) Chronologie et
evolution de l'architecture a Makaynun: la formation d'un centre
urbain a l'epoque sudarabique dans le Hadramawt (A. Benoist, O.
Lavigne, M. Mouton & J. Schiettecatte); 3) A preliminary study
on the materials employed in ancient Yemeni mummification and
burial practices (summary) (Stephen A. Buckley, Joann Fletcher,
Khalid Al-Thour, Mohammed Basalama & Don R. Brothwell); 4) From
Safer to Balhaf: rescue excavations along the Yemen LNG pipeline
route (Remy Crassard & Holger Hitgen); 5) Pastoral nomadic
communities of the Holocene climatic optimum: excavation and
research at Kharimat Khor al-Manahil and Khor al-Manahil in the Rub
al-Khali, Abu Dhabi (Richard Cuttler, Mark Beech, Heiko Kallweit,
Anja Zander & Walid Yasin Al-Tikriti); 6) Flip the coin.
Preliminary results of compositional EDX analyses on south-east
Arabian coins from ed-Dur (Umm al-Qaiwain, UAE) (Parsival Delrue);
7) Spreading the Neolithic over the Arabian Peninsula (Philipp
Drechsler); 8) Water and waste in mediaeval Zabid, Yemen (Ingrid
Hehmeyer); 9) Tribal links between the Arabian Peninsula and the
Middle Euphrates at the beginning of the second millennium BC
(Christine Kepinski); 10) Rare photographs from the 1930s and 1940s
by Yihye Haybi, a Yemenite Jew from Sana: historical reality and
ethnographic deductions (Ester Muchawsky-Schnapper); 11) Stargazing
in traditional water management: a case study in northern Oman
(Harriet Nash); 12) Al Qisha: archaeological investigations at an
Islamic period Yemeni village (Audrey Peli & Florian Tereygeol,
Al-Radrad (al-Jabali): a Yemeni silver mine, first results of the
French mission (2006) (Lynne S. Newton); 13) A biographical sketch
of Britain's first Sabaeologist: Colonel W.F. Prideaux, CSI (Carl
Phillips & St J. Simpson); 14) The Arabian Corridor Migration
Model: archaeological evidence for hominin dispersals into Oman
during the Middle and Upper Pleistocene (Jeffrey Rose); 15) Ceramic
production in mediaeval Yemen: the Yadgat kiln site (Axelle
Rougeulle); 16) The word slm/snm and some words for "statue, idol"
in Arabian and other Semitic languages (Fiorella Scagliarini); 16)
"Transformation processes in oasis settlements in Oman" 2005
archaeological survey at the oasis of Nizwa: a preliminary report
(Juergen Schreiber); 17) Middle Palaeolithic - or what? New sites
in Sharjah, UAE (Julie Scott-Jackson, William Scott-Jackson &
Sabah Jasim); 18) Rites and funerary practices at Rawk during the
fourth millennium BC (Wadi 'Idim, Yemen) (T. Steimer-Herbet, J-F.
Saliege, T. Sagory, O. Lavigne & A. as-Saqqaf, in collaboration
with M. Mashkour & H. Guy); 19) The sources on the Fitna of
Masud b. Amr al-Azdi and their uses for Basran tribal history
(Brian Ulrich); 20) The beads of ed-Dur (Umm al-Qaiwain, UAE) (An
De Waele); 21) Aspects of recent archaeological work at al-Balid
(Iafar), Sultanate of Oman (Juris Zarins); 22) Towards a new
theory: the state of Bani Mahdi, the fourth imamate in Yemen (Ahmad
b. Umar al-Zaylai).
MP Patrick Macready has been found dead in his flat. The coroner
rules it an accident, a sex game gone wrong. Jon Swift is from the
old stock of journos - cynical, cantankerous and overweight - and
something about his friend's death doesn't seem right. Then days
after Macready's flat is apparently burgled, Swift discovers that
his friend had been researching a string of Russian government
figures who had met similarly 'accidental' fates. When the police
refuse to investigate further, Swift gets in touch with his
contacts in Moscow, determined to find out if his hunch is correct.
Following the lead, he is soon drawn into a violent underworld,
where whispers of conspiracies, assassinations and double-agents
start blurring the line between friend and foe. But the truth will
come at a price, and it may cost him everything.
Written originally for the education of the polite London classes
in 'canting' - the language of thieves and ruffians - should they
be so unlucky as to wander into the 'wrong' parts of town, A New
Dictionary of Terms, Ancient and Modern, of the Canting Crew by
'B.E. Gent' is the first work dedicated solely to the subject of
slang words and their meanings. It is also the first text which
attempts to show the overlap and integration between canting words
and common slang. In its refusal to distinguish between criminal
vocabulary and the more ordinary everyday English of the period, it
sets canting words side by side with terms used by sailors,
labourers, and those in the common currency of domestic culture.
With an introduction by John Simpson, chief editor of the Oxford
English Dictionary, describing the history and culture of canting
in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, as well as the
evolution of English slang, this is a fascinating volume for anyone
with a curiosity about language, or wishing to reintroduce
'Dandyprat' or 'Fizzle' into their everyday conversation. Anglers,
c Cheats, petty Thievs, who have a Stick with a hook at the end,
with which they pluck things out of Windows, Grates, &c. also
those that draw in People to be cheated. Dandyprat, a little puny
Fellow. Grumbletonians, Malecontents, out of Humour with the
Government, for want of a Place, or having lost one. Strum, c. a
Periwig. Rum-Strum, c. a long Wig; also a handsom Wench, or
Strumpet.
Jon Swift is in trouble. His journalism career is in freefall. He's
too old to be part of the new world order and he's never learned to
suck up to those in charge. But experience has taught him to trust
his instincts. When, for the first time in years, Jon runs into Lin
Lifeng in a cafe in Oxford he wonders if the meeting is a
coincidence. When Lin asks him to pass on a coded message, he knows
it's not. Travelling to Beijing, Jon starts to follow a tangled web
in which it is hard to know who he can trust. Under the watchful
eyes of an international network of spies, double-agents and
politicians, all with a ruthless desire for power, Jon is in a
high-stakes race to expose the truth, before it's too late.
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