Seeking Shadows

Author : J.L.D. Jackson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1456848887
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seeking Shadows written by J.L.D. Jackson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-02-09 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the devastating murder of her family, and her nightmarish captivity in a dark cell for four long months, Alex is determined to escape from a world that contains only reminders, and faces that seem unfamiliar to her now. Her recent experience seems to have drained the emotion from her every encounter, which is compensated for by the fact that she can feel the emotions of any stranger—all she has to do is make eye contact. The moment she does, every emotion they are experiencing and every thought they have comes pouring into Alex’s mind, and there is nothing she can do about it. Her escape from her old life, and from the knowledge of certain minds that she never wanted, proves difficult when she arrives at her new school only to meet Jason, a boy who is far too perceptive, and seems to be everywhere she turns. But there is more to Jason than meets the eye, which is emphasized by the fact that she can’t read his mind, and Alex can’t help but wonder what he is hiding. The truth will shock her, and destroy any preconceptions she may have had of starting a new life. Jason is a part of a dangerous and unbelievable mission, and unbeknownst to her, Alex is caught in the center of it.

Author : Major Patricia D. Hoffman
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786253097
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seeking Shadows In The Sky: The Strategy Of Air Guerrilla Warfare written by Major Patricia D. Hoffman and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study analyzes the feasibility of guerrilla warfare as the basis for a strategy of airpower employment for a weak air force confronting an opponent with a stronger air force. The analysis begins with a distillation of the theory of guerrilla warfare into five elements essential to its success: superior intelligence, security, mobility advantage, surprise, and sustainment. The author then compares the ground combat environment of the traditional guerrilla with the airpower environment of the potential air guerrilla and concludes that these five elements can be met in the airpower environment provided the weak force has sufficient ingenuity and the necessary resources. An investigation of recent trends in technology and the prevailing strategic environment indicates that it increasingly possible for a weak force to obtain these resources. The author assesses that air guerrilla warfare is a viable warfighting strategy, but points out that the likelihood of a weak force actually adopting air guerrilla warfare will depend on its regional security needs and its resolve to protract a conflict. The study concludes that air guerrilla warfare is a credible threat to a stronger opponent. To meet this threat, the author recommends that the United States re-examine its intervention strategy, reinforce its policy of strategic engagement, and research both airpower and non-airpower means to neutralize an elusive guerrilla air force.

Author : Patricia D. Hoffman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seeking Shadows in the Sky written by Patricia D. Hoffman and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This study analyzes the feasibility of guerrilla warfare as the basis for a strategy of airpower employment for a weak air force confronting an opponent with a stronger air force. The analysis begins with a distillation of the theory of guerrilla warfare into five elements essential to its success: superior intelligence, security, mobility advantage, surprise, and sustainment. The author then compares the ground combat environment of the traditional guerrilla with the airpower environment of the potential air guerrilla and concludes that these five elements can be met in the airpower environment provided the weak force has sufficient ingenuity and the necessary resources. An investigation of recent trends in technology and the prevailing strategic environment indicates that it increasingly possible for a weak force to obtain these resources. The author assesses that air guerrilla warfare is a viable warfighting strategy, but points out that the likelihood of a weak force actually adopting air guerrilla warfare will depend on its regional security needs and its resolve to protract a conflict. The study concludes that air guerrilla warfare is a credible threat to a stronger opponent. To meet this threat, the author recommends that the United States re-examine its intervention strategy, reinforce its policy of strategic engagement, and research both airpower and non-airpower means to neutralize an elusive guerrilla air force."--DTIC.

Author : John Westfall
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1493915355
Total Pages : 727 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Celestial Shadows written by John Westfall and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-19 with total page 727 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much of what is known about the universe came from the study of celestial shadows. This book looks in detail at the way eclipses and other celestial shadows have given us amazing insights into the nature of the objects in our solar system and how they are even helping us discover and analyze planets that orbit stars other than our Sun. A variety of eclipses, transits, and occultations of the mooons of Jupiter and Saturn, Pluto and its satellite Charon, asteroids and stars have helped astronomers to work out their dimensions, structures, and shapes - even the existence of atmospheres and structures of exoplanets. Long before Columbus set out to reach the Far East by sailing West, the curved shadow of the Earth on the Moon during a lunar eclipse revealed that we inhabit a round world, a globe. More recently, comparisons of the sunlit and Earthlit parts of the Moon have been used to determine changes in the Earth's brightness as a way of monitoring possible effects in cloud coverage which may be related to global warming. Shadows were used by the Greek mathematician Eratosthenes to work out the first estimate of the circumference of the Earth, by Galileo to measure the heights of the lunar mountains and by eighteenth century astronomers to determine the scale of the Solar System itself. Some of the rarest and most wonderful shadows of all are those cast onto Earth by the lovely "Evening Star" Venus as it goes between the Earth and the Sun. These majestic transits of Venus occur at most two in a century; after the 2012 transit, there is not a chance to observe this phenomenon until 2117, while the more common sweep of a total solar eclipse creates one of the most dramatic and awe-inspiring events of nature. Though it may have once been a source of consternation or dread, solar eclipses now lead thousands of amateur astronomers and "eclipse-chasers" to travel the globe in order to experience the dramatic view under "totality." These phenomena are among the most spectacular available to observers and are given their full due in Westfall and Sheehan's comprehensive study.

Author : John Munn
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595209440
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Shadow of Thy Wings written by John Munn and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE SHADOW OF THY WINGS is a story about an Amorite shepherd in the time of David whose fate is sealed when he stumbles into David's world of Hebrew life and finds himself doubting the reality of God at first. When he discovers that his own town and his family have been destroyed by the Philistines, he stays with David's family and sees them daily interacting with their God. He and David share many adventures and dangers as soldiers and Ahman, the Amorite sees the personal love and dependence that David has for his God. He finds himself submitting to God's Authority. When David orders a great celebration in God's honor after Jerusalem is captured, Ahman finally dances in the parade before the Ark of the Covenant with David to the top of Mount Zion.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1318 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Day's Collacon: an Encyclopaedia of Prose Quotations written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 1318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Saba Shafi
Publisher : Partridge Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1482889269
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leaves from Kashmir written by Saba Shafi and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-05 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As yet another violent summer comes to a close and the burnt amber leaves of the Chinar are shed, she gathers the scattered leaves of her journal, packs up her bag and leaves her nestLeaves from Kashmir traces the trajectory of a young womans journey from her native land- Kashmir to Delhi, in a story where prose and poetry intermingle in a lyrical, sensual dance. A moving allegorical account of the struggles she faces as she grapples with the diverse shades of life, death, home, exile, love and longing.

Author : Frederick Denison Maurice
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 734 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient philosophy and the first to the thirteenth centuries written by Frederick Denison Maurice and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Frederick Denison Maurice
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 740 pages
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Download or read book Moral and Metaphysical Philosophy: Ancient philosophy and the first to the thirteenth centuries written by Frederick Denison Maurice and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Frederick Denison Maurice
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 734 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Moral and Metaphysical Philosophy written by Frederick Denison Maurice and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: