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King Khoury of Manaf has come across an interesting piece of intel: the Princess of Ashwari has been hidden in America for 25 years. If the story proves true, the King would be able to form alliances with the war-torn nation, not to mention finally secure himself a bride. All he has to do is get the Princess to go along with his plan, which may be a challenge according to his good friend Belkacem Al-Malwali, King of his sister country Ghassan. The King decides to rely on his trusted vizier, educated in the States, to plead the King's case and vet the young girl to see if she is truly King ...

Today, many Americans regard globalization as a significant threat to our work force, and to our very way of life. As unemployment soars, the automotive and manufacturing industries crumble, countless jobs continue to ship overseas, and the retail sector faces the worst slump in decades, cries of "Buy American" have grown louder and louder.

This landmark, myth-shattering work chronicles the most powerful institution in America, the people who created it, and the pathologies it has spawned. Carroll proves a controversial thesis: the Pentagon has, since its founding, operated beyond the control of any force in government or society. It is the biggest, loosest cannon in American history, and no institution has changed this country more.

It's 1986, the heart of the Cold War. Marie Mitchell is an intelligence officer with the FBI. She's brilliant and talented, but she's also a black woman working in an all-white boys' club, and her career has stalled with routine paperwork - until she's recruited to a shadowy task force aimed at undermining Thomas Sankara, the charismatic, revolutionary president of Burkina Faso, whose Communist ideology has made him a target for American intervention. In the year that follows, Marie will observe Thomas, seduce him and ultimately have a hand in the coup that will bring him down.

What’s lost doesn’t always stay that way… Sleuth Kim Smith always knew adventure was on her horizon, and now she has her chance. After being contacted by one of her clients, she sets off to Europe in search of art stolen by the Nazis during World War II. Thinking nothing of it, she smiles at a charming stranger seated behind her on the plane, which changes her trip more than she intended. The following day at an art auction, a chance meeting with him develops into something more. She has no idea that the one piece he’s interested in might hold a secret that could blow her case wide ...

Meena Menon was The Hindu's correspondent in Islamabad till she was expelled by the Pakistani authorities in May 2014. In spite of her truncated stay and the restrictions placed on her movements, Menon managed to write on a range of subjects covering swathes of life in Islamabad.

Volume 2: Extraordinary European and American women have taught, preached, and cared for people in global settings for centuries. Most of the Pentecostal missionaries who went abroad after the early C20 Pentecostal revivals were WOMEN as well. This volume, second in a series, examines precedent and concurrent women from many backgrounds: Catholic, American mainline churches, Evangelicals, and revivalist groups. Before the Pentecostal revivals, career missionary women paved the way for serving abroad, connecting with partners at home, and updating missions administrators. These women, with ...