In response to the growing use of sophisticated digital encryption to conceal potential threats to the United States, the National Security Agency has ushered forth the new dawn of intelligence-gathering techniques. The top-secret initiative is dubbed Third Echelon. Its existence denied by the U.S. [...]
As part of a top-secret initiative called Third Echelon, National Security Agency special operative Sam Fisher has been given license to spy, steal, destroy, and assassinate to protect America. And he does...[...]
The U.S. Army's Special Forces are known for their highly specialized training and courage behind enemy lines. But there's a group that's even more stealthy and deadly. It's comprised of the most feared operators on the face of the earth--the soldiers of Ghost Recon.[...]
After Saudi Arabia and Iran destroy each other, Russia, one of the world's leading gas and oil suppliers, is determined to rise to global power, forcing America to send in an elite strike force to the heart of Moscow to capture an eccentric warrior who holds the key to Russia's next major invasion p[...]
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier Prima Official Game Guide includes:
- Know your surroundings - Labeled area maps with waypoints, enemy encounters, and other areas of interest will keep you well briefed.
- Knowledge is power - Complete breakdown of all four classes, weapons and their t[...]
When Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in 1852 it caused a sensation. Its antislavery position proved to be one the most powerful cultural influences behind the Civil War. By emphasizing the moral failure inherent in slavery, it helped intensify the conflict between north and south. By the end of the[...]
Several disastrous missions have depleted the ranks of the Splinter Cells. Third Echelon is training new recruits when a stunning piece of evidence is uncovered. Evidence that points to the mole who sold out his government...Sam Fisher, Splinter Cell(r) operative.
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The skies will never be the same...
Never before published.
Just as Troy Loensch comes into his own as a pilot with the United States Air Force, a private military contractor called Firehawk takes over. Troy isn't happy with the arrangement-and neither is the CIA. And when they ask Troy for[...]
David Hockney (b. 1937) has always been closely associated with Pop Art and California, where he has lived for much of his life. This major study of his work, published to accompany the exhibition showing at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, redefines him as an important painter of the English co[...]
In this thoughtful exploration of a sensitive issue, Tom Horner considers all the references to homosexuality in the Bible--the stories of Sodom and Gibeah, David and Jonathan, Ruth and Naomi, and passages from Deuteronomy, Leviticus, Romans, I Corinthians, and I Timothy. He includes an important di[...]
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From the bestselling authors of "The Motley Fool Investment Guide" and its successful, savvy prequel, "The Motley Fool's You Have More Than You Think, " here's an engaging, humorous, and practical stock-picking guide, packed with Foolish insights, that caps off t[...]
Complex, contentious, and blessed with the perfect-pitch ability to find the next big talent, David Geffen has shaped American popular culture and transformed the way Hollywood does business. His dazzling career has included the roles of power agent, record-industry mogul, Broadway producer, and bil[...]
Two entwined narratives run through the creation of "Swordfishtrombones" and form the backbone of this book. As the 1970s ended, Waits felt increasingly constrained and trapped by his persona and career. Bitter and desperately unhappy, he moved to New York in 1979 to change his life. It wasn't worki[...]
This comic book oscillates between the cute Adventures of Tintin-like drawings and the hard facts presented by David and Jonathan. The much-anticipated reprint is published in a handy size.[...]
He's back! Britain's most famous fantasy footballer, Roy Race, makes his long-awaited return, in this first bumper volume collecting the very best of Roy's thrilling escapades!Featuring the cream of Roy's matches and adventures from the '70s and '80s, this incredible collection will be a must-have f[...]
This title celebrates another momentous decade in the career of soccer's greatest player, Roy Race, as he competes to win the GBP 30,000 Goal Rush Challenge, teaches how to play American Football, tackles the problem of hooliganism head on and struggles to control Melchester's latest signing - the f[...]
About Hume David Hume (1711-1776) is one of the greatest of philosophers. Today he probably ranks highest of all British philosophers in terms of influence and philosophical standing. His philosophical work ranges across morals, the mind, metaphysics, epistemology, and aesthetics; he had broad int[...]
A powerful and inspiring book from the founders of IDEO, the award-winning design firm, on unleashing the creativity that lies within each and every one of us.[...]
Offering a scientific approach to nutrition, this book describes the function of nutritional requirements at the cellular and molecular level. It includes a discussion of relevant aspects of physiology, food chemistry, toxicology, pediatrics, and public health.[...]
Intelligence takes many forms. This exciting study explores the novel insight, based on well-established ethological principles, that animals, humans, and autonomous robots can all be analyzed as multi-task autonomous control systems. Biological adaptive systems, the authors argue, can in fact provi[...]
'I have lost interest ...in all that I have written prior to The Philosophy of Money. This one is really my book, the others appear to me colourless and seem as if they could have been written by anyone else.' - Georg Simmel to Heinrich Rickert (1904) In The Philosophy of Money, Simmel provides us [...]
Lost gems by icons of the pop music world, as well as should-have-been major artists, are unearthed in an encyclopedic guide to the obscure back alleys off the pop music superhighway. Original.[...]