Assassins Quandary

Author : Mark Thiessen Nation
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 1441242600
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bonhoeffer the Assassin? written by Mark Thiessen Nation and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of us think we know the moving story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's life--a pacifist pastor turns anti-Hitler conspirator due to horrors encountered during World War II--but does the evidence really support this prevailing view? This pioneering work carefully examines the biographical and textual evidence and finds no support for the theory that Bonhoeffer abandoned his ethic of discipleship and was involved in plots to assassinate Hitler. In fact, Bonhoeffer consistently affirmed a strong stance of peacemaking from 1932 to the end of his life, and his commitment to peace was integrated with his theology as a whole. The book includes a foreword by Stanley Hauerwas.

Author : Ralph D. Sawyer
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781795188142
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Assassin's Quandary written by Ralph D. Sawyer and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-01-28 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China's intrigue filled Warring States period saw the powerful state of Qin ruthlessly vanquish the other six kingdoms through subversion, deception, bribery, assassination, and military conquest. Accordingly, in the mid third century BC near the end of their successful quest to dominate the realm, a young doctor pursuing his calling as a healer in Qin's draconian world is suddenly thrust into the role of an assassin, tasked with killing an impossible target in the nearby state of Wei. Assassin's Quandary unfolds his initial experience as an itinerant healer, which serves as his cover as well as his profession; his quest to develop a viable assassination method; his encounters with murderers and charlatans; and his emotional consternation and psychological perplexity as he becomes increasingly familiar with the man and his mesmerizing daughter Ya-lan. Written by Ralph D. Sawyer, author of the internationally acclaimed Tao of Spycraft: Intelligence Theory and Practice in Traditional China and numerous other seminal works on Chinese military strategy, and set in a historically accurate context, the contents fully reflect the era's military and political intrigue, just as the medical cases embody Warring States theory and practice.

Author : Eric Johns
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1326234005
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Scribbler's Assassination written by Eric Johns and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-04 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: E.Rick Jones was a penniless author while Fred, his twin brother, was a successful inventor and entrepreneur. Fred's advice on how Rick could improve his life was never any use because Rick, although he dreamed of becoming like his brother, in reality was hobbled by his timidity. When Rick was accused of being a paedophile, he found himself being investigated by the police and hounded by the media. The evidence appeared conclusive. No one would believe him that he was being framed and everyone he knew (including his wife) seemed to have a reason for wanting him imprisoned or murdered. There was no one he could trust. The media were doing their best to stir up a lynch mob and the police weren't interested in offering him protection. His brother thought his predicament hilarious. One way or another it seemed that his sheltered life was about to come to a painful end.

Author : Robert Asprin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110104635X
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dragons Luck written by Robert Asprin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-04-07 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Robert Asprin scales new heights in his series of Big Easy-dwelling dragons… Griffen McCandles is adjusting well to running his gambling operation in the French Quarter of New Orleans and to his newfound status as head dragon. But he still doesn’t know much about dragon protocol—or what he’s really capable of. Other dragons are getting a whiff of his reputation, though, and they’re not happy about it. Which is why there’s suddenly a hit out on Griffen. And, just in time for Halloween, the ghost of a voodoo queen wants Griffen to moderate a supernatural conclave. And though the strange goings-on will barely be noticed in a city used to drunken conventioneers and wild revelers, it’s Griffen’s chance to spread his wings—or crash and burn…

Author : David L. Robbins
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0553902822
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Assassins Gallery written by David L. Robbins and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2006-07-25 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An absolutely sensational historical thriller—with an ending so shocking that I literally jumped up out of my chair!”—Max Byrd, author of Grant New Year’s Eve, 1945. The assassin steps out of the Atlantic Ocean in the middle of a raging nor’easter. Cool and efficient, she’s a weapon of war superbly trained in the ancient arts of subterfuge and murder. And even though she’s outnumbered, she’s got one major advantage: No one knows she’s coming. Professor Mikhal Lammeck’ s specialty is the history and weaponry of assassins. But even Lammeck is caught off guard when the Secret Service urgently requests his help: A gruesome double murder and suicide in Massachusetts has set off alarm bells. It’s only a hunch, but all too soon Lammeck suspects the unthinkable. In the waning days of the war, someone wants one last shot to alter history. An assassin is headed to Washington, D.C., to kill the most important soldier of them all: the U.S. commander in chief. As Lammeck and a killer at the top of her profession circle the streets of the capital in the hunt for FDR, one of them will attempt to kill the world’s most powerful man; the other, to save him. And between them, for an instant, history will hang in the balance. . . . Praise for The Assassins Gallery “Provide[s] thriller readers with one of their best reads of the year. . . . The powerful climax deserves the term 'heart-stopping.'”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Ingenious . . . A solid, satisfying treat for the armchair historian.”—Kirkus Reviews “An exciting thriller that rings so true it's difficult to tell where fact ends and fiction begins. Robbins is a master—at the top of his game with this one.”—Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The Templar Legacy “If you read one book this year, make it The Assassins Gallery. Mesmerizing plotting, characters you'll never forget, and a wealth of invaluable historical seasoning that make you wonder ... did it actually happen this way? Only one word will do to describe this novel: masterpiece.”—Brian Haig, bestselling author of Man in the Middle “Nobody is better than David L. Robbins at making yesterday feel like today and fiction feel like fact. This is his most audacious book yet and probably his best.”—Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author of One Shot

Author : Josie Brown
Publisher : Signal Press
ISBN 13 : 0974021466
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Housewife Assassin's Vacation to Die For written by Josie Brown and published by Signal Press. This book was released on 2013-08-14 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An NSA scientist has disappeared with a deadly plague virus. Donna and Jack must find him before it is unleashed on Fantasy island. But first they'll have to deal with a nude sunbathing serial killer, a Lord of the Flies 'tween takeover, poison dart-throwing pygmies. And you call this a vacation?

Author : Clive Cussler
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698169670
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Assassin written by Clive Cussler and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detective Isaac Bell tracks a killer across the nation’s oilfields in this adventure in the #1 New York Times–bestselling historical series. As Van Dorn private detective Isaac Bell strives to land a government contract to investigate John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil monopoly, the case takes a deadly turn. A sniper begins murdering opponents of Standard Oil, and soon the assassin—shooting with extraordinary accuracy at seemingly impossible long range—kills Bell’s best witness. Then the shooter detonates a terrible explosion that sets the victim’s independent refinery ablaze. Bell summons his best detectives to hunt down the mysterious killer. But the murders—shootings, poisonings, staged accidents—have just begun as Bell tracks his phantom-like criminal adversary from the “oil fever” regions of Kansas and Texas to Washington, D.C., to the tycoons’ enclave of New York, to Russia’s war-torn Baku oil fields on the Caspian Sea, and back to America for a final, desperate confrontation. And this one will be the most explosive of all.

Author : Robin Hobb
Publisher : Spectra
ISBN 13 : 055357339X
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Assassin's Apprentice written by Robin Hobb and published by Spectra. This book was released on 1996-03-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Fantasy as it ought to be written . . . Robin Hobb’s books are diamonds in a sea of zircons.”—George R. R. Martin Young Fitz is the bastard son of the noble Prince Chivalry, raised in the shadow of the royal court by his father’s gruff stableman. He is treated as an outcast by all the royalty except the devious King Shrewd, who has him secretly tutored in the arts of the assassin. For in Fitz’s blood runs the magic Skill—and the darker knowledge of a child raised with the stable hounds and rejected by his family. As barbarous raiders ravage the coasts, Fitz is growing to manhood. Soon he will face his first dangerous, soul-shattering mission. And though some regard him as a threat to the throne, he may just be the key to the survival of the kingdom. Praise for Robin Hobb and Assassin’s Apprentice “A gleaming debut in the crowded field of epic fantasies . . . a delightful take on the powers and politics behind the throne.”—Publishers Weekly “This is the kind of book you fall into, and start reading slower as you get to the end, because you don’t want it to be over.”—Steven Brust

Author : Ward Larsen
Publisher : Forge Books
ISBN 13 : 0765385805
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Assassin's Code written by Ward Larsen and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2017-08-22 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Slaton returns for another adrenaline-packed adventure by USA Today bestselling author Ward Larsen

Author : Josie Brown
Publisher : Signal Press
ISBN 13 : 0974021407
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Housewife Assassin's Handbook written by Josie Brown and published by Signal Press. This book was released on 2011-05-13 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every desperate housewife wants an alias. Donna Stone has one, and it happens to be government-sanctions. But when terrorism hits close to home, espionage makes for strange bedfellows -- and brings new meaning to the old adage, "Honey, I'm home..."