Safe Houses I Have Known

Author : Steve Healey
Publisher : Coffee House Press
ISBN 13 : 1566895693
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Safe Houses I Have Known written by Steve Healey and published by Coffee House Press. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a child during the height of the Cold War, Steve Healey learns that his father is a spy for the CIA. Beneath the banality of everyday life—the suburbs of Washington, DC; school and play; his parents’ deteriorating marriage—assumed names, parallel lives, and myriad Cold War menaces linger. Drawing from CIA training manuals and pop culture references alike, Healey’s poetry is both intimate and claustrophobic. In these poems, the natural anxiety of childhood is compounded by the weight of both national and family secrets, and Healey draws deep parallels between the shaky foundations of truth in his past and the paranoia and obfuscation that envelops our nation’s present.

Author : Dan Fesperman
Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN 13 : 0525436006
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Safe Houses written by Dan Fesperman and published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: West Berlin, 1979. Helen Abell oversees the CIA's network of safe houses, rare havens for field agents and case officers amidst the dangerous milieu of a city in the grips of the Cold War. Helen's world is upended when she overhears a meeting between two people unfamiliar to her speaking a coded language that hints at shadowy realities. Before the day is out, she witnesses a second unauthorized encounter, one that will place her in the sight lines of the most ruthless and dangerous man at the agency. What she has witnessed will have repercussions that reach across decades and continents into the present day, when, in a farm town in Maryland, a young man is arrested for the double murder of his parents, and his sister takes it upon herself to find out why he did it.

Author : Eric Walters
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 : 038567340X
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Safe As Houses written by Eric Walters and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2010-05-14 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The date is October 15, 1954. Thirteen-year-old Elizabeth, who lives in the Toronto suburb of Weston, is a typical grade 8 girl. She has a secret crush on a boy in her class and she thinks Elvis Presley is "dreamy." Elizabeth also has a part-time job babysitting an adorable little grade 2 girl named Suzie, and Suzie’s not-so-adorable grade 6 brother, David. Elizabeth’s job is to walk Suzie and David home after school and then stay at their house with them until their mother gets home from work. David resents Elizabeth because he thinks he is too old for a babysitter, and he goes out of his way to make life miserable for her. On this particular evening, however, Elizabeth has more than a badly behaved boy to contend with. It is on this October night that Hurricane Hazel roars down on Toronto, bringing torrential rains that cause extensive flooding. David and Suzie’s house is on Raymore Drive, a street that will be practically wiped out by the floodwaters. David and Suzie’s parents are unable to reach the house, which means the children’s safety on this most deadly of nights is Elizabeth’s responsibility. She finds herself increasingly isolated. They are surrounded by rising water. The electricity goes out. The phone goes dead. Still, Elizabeth is sure they will be safe as long as they remain in the house. But are Elizabeth and the children really as "safe as houses"? Before this terrifying night is over, Elizabeth and David will have to learn to communicate and cooperate if they are to save their own lives and Suzie’s. Their survival in the midst of one of Canada’s worst disasters will depend upon their resourcefulness, maturity and courage.

Author : Janice VanHorne-Lane
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614232121
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Safe Houses and the Underground Railroad in East Central Ohio written by Janice VanHorne-Lane and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11-29 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For slaves fleeing captivity, the Underground Railroad was the most viable means of escape, and with over three thousand miles of clandestine routes and secret trails, Ohio had the country's most extensive network of safe houses. A great number of these passageways were concentrated throughout the state's east central region, particularly the inland channels of Coshocton, Holmes and Guernsey Counties and the now-famous canal route, a major conduit winding through Tuscarawas and Stark Counties. Similarly, runaways sought refuge in the hills and valleys of Harrison County, as well as in the Quaker stronghold of Columbiana County. Using the letters of Wilbur H. Seibert, along with contemporary photographs of area safe houses, Janice VanHorne-Lane provides an intimate account of east central Ohio's profound contributions to the Underground Railroad and its mission, freedom for all.

Author : Victor H. Green
Publisher : Colchis Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Negro Motorist Green Book written by Victor H. Green and published by Colchis Books. This book was released on with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Negro Motorist Green Book was a groundbreaking guide that provided African American travelers with crucial information on safe places to stay, eat, and visit during the era of segregation in the United States. This essential resource, originally published from 1936 to 1966, offered a lifeline to black motorists navigating a deeply divided nation, helping them avoid the dangers and indignities of racism on the road. More than just a travel guide, The Negro Motorist Green Book stands as a powerful symbol of resilience and resistance in the face of oppression, offering a poignant glimpse into the challenges and triumphs of the African American experience in the 20th century.

Author : Chris Ewan
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250012562
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Safe House written by Chris Ewan and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Rob Hale wakes up in the hospital after a motorcycle crash on the Isle of Man, his first thought is for Lena, the gorgeous blonde who was on the back of his bike. But the doctors and the police insist that he was found alone at the scene and don't believe she exists. Convinced that Lena is real, Rob sets out to uncover the truth behind her disappearance.

Author : Steven Green
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781796218466
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Safe As Houses written by Steven Green and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-27 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you're interested in property investment but have always been too wary to take the plunge, this is the book for you. Learn tried-and-tested methods for property investment to help you grow your wealth from someone who started at the bottom and worked their way up.Explore creative ways of investing in property; discover how property can be a short-term investment as well as a long-term commitment; and learn how to make a living from the property industry. This book covers:Buy-to-letHMOsDeal sourcingCommercial-to-residential conversionsSteven provides a no-nonsense guide to getting started in the sector, even with very little capital. In this candid book, he reveals how he's developed his £5 million property portfolio, sharing his successes and failures to accelerate your growth as a property investor.Take control of your future. The time is now for property investment.

Author : Linwood Barclay
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698146883
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book No Safe House written by Linwood Barclay and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling author delivers the follow-up to No Time for Goodbye--an electrifying novel of suspense in which a family’s troubled past is about to return in more ways than one. And this time, they may not be able to escape.… Seven years ago, Terry Archer and his family, who first appeared in No Time for Goodbye, experienced a horrific ordeal that nearly cost them their lives. Today, the echoes of that fateful night are still audible. Terry’s wife, Cynthia, is living separate from her husband and daughter after her own personal demons threatened to ruin her relationship with them permanently. Their daughter, Grace, is rebelling against her parents’ seemingly needless overprotection. Terry is just trying to keep his family together. And the entire town is reeling from the senseless murder of two elderly locals. But when Grace foolishly follows her delinquent boyfriend into a strange house, the Archers must do more than stay together. They must stay alive. Because now they have all been unwillingly drawn into the shadowy depths of their seemingly idyllic hometown. For there, they will be reconnected with the man who saved their lives seven years ago, but who still remains a ruthless, unrepentant criminal. They will encounter killers for hire working all sides. And they will learn that there are some things people value much more than money, and will do anything to get it. Caught in a labyrinth between family loyalty and ultimate betrayal, Terry must find a way to extricate his family from a lethal situation he still doesn’t fully comprehend. All he knows is that to live, he may have to do the unthinkable....

Author : Marie-Helene Bertino
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1609381149
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Safe as Houses written by Marie-Helene Bertino and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2012-10 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The titular story revolves around an aging English professor who, mourning the loss of his wife, robs other people's homes of their sentimental knick-knacks. In "Free Ham," a young dropout wins a ham after her house burns down and refuses to accept it. "Has my ham done anything wrong?" she asks when the grocery store manager demands that she claim it. In "Carry Me Home, Sisters of Saint Joseph," a failed commercial writer moves into the basement of a convent and inadvertently discovers the secrets of the Sisters of Saint Joseph. A girl, hoping to talk her brother out of enlisting in the army, brings Bob Dylan home for Thanksgiving dinner in the quiet, dreamy "North Of." In "The Idea of Marcel," Emily, a conservative, elegant girl, has dinner with the idea of her ex-boyfriend, Marcel. In a night filled with baffling coincidences, including Marcel having dinner with his idea of Emily, she wonders why we tend to be more in love with ideas than with reality. In and out of the rooms of these gritty, whimsical stories roam troubled, funny people struggling to reconcile their circumstances to some kind of American Ideal and failing, over and over.

Author : Ferdinand J. Haberl
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031247442
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jihadi Intelligence and Counterintelligence written by Ferdinand J. Haberl and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-03-22 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the ideological roots, structures and operational methods of Jihadi intelligence and counterintelligence activities. Based on a substantive collection of data on terrorist attacks, communication channels, recruitment methods, manuals and statements released by various Jihadi groups, it examines and compares the nature, ideology and realities of Jihadi intelligence operations. The author, an expert on Jihadist ideology and paramilitary intelligence, compares the modus operandi of terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda and the IS with those of governmental intelligence agencies, and subsequently analyzes the role of historical and religious narratives that help Jihadist groups justify their actions and military management. Further topics covered include encryption, counterfeiting, covert operations and Jihadi intelligence activities in the digital realm. The insights shared here will allow readers to gain a comprehensive understanding of Jihadist groups and their intelligence operations, while helping practitioners and policymakers develop better counterterrorism activities and counternarratives.