Xlibris apr 2007 (21 résultats)

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - A gripping historical novel, The Winds of Change encompasses the last fourteen months of the American Civil War. Beginning in March of 1864, President Abraham Lincoln meets Ulysses S. Grant, who explains to Lincoln his strategy of attacking the South at all points simultaneously, thereby preventing the South from reinforcing threatened points by shifting troops. Grant's plan of 'total war'-thousands of families driven from their homes in despair-is designed not only to defeat the armies of the Confederacy, but also to take the will to fight from the Southern population. He works in conjunction with William Sherman and George Thomas in the West, Philip Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, and George Meade in the East.In The Winds of Change, you can experience the conflicts and intrigue encountered by President Lincoln and his trusted generals as lives are lost in battle and strategies are revised to ensure victory.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Yannis Perdikis was born in Pireaus, Greece in 1920. He is a graduate of the Thessaloniki University Law School and of the Political School of the Panteios University in Athens. During the occupation of Greece by the Nazis 1941 1944, he joined the largest underground organization in Athens, the National Democratic Hellenic League (EDES) and soon became a leader of its Young Section. He recruited students and young Greeks in the fight against the occupants. Due to his ardent activities the Germans tried to capture him in the middle of 1943. In September 1943 he was captured by the communists guerillas of ELAS who attempted to establish a communist government in Greece before the liberation. In February 1944 he escaped and returned to Athens. Under the Gestapo threat he continued recruiting members and fighting against the Germans. When the Germans started leaving Athens, in October 1944, he requisitioned the largest hotels in the center of Athens, where he encamped over 1000 members of his organization. He was named Military Commander of EDES for the city of Athens and was commissioned First Lieutenant. The communists attempted to overtake the hotels. A small battle ensued but the communists' attempts were futile. In November 1944 Yannis was ordered by the Commander of the British Forces in Greece, General Scombi, to rejoin the EDES Guerillas Headquarters in Epirus with four of his officers, which were under the control of General Napoleon Zervas. He returned to Athens with the General in February 1945.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Save me, oh, save me, I'm all out of dreams,Walking through Heaven's zone on 25th Street. Cars are the fashion parading under neon lights; Faces through tinted glass tell their stories of life. You stare, you frown and swear, and I smile back at you. Billions of stars will fall before the night is through. South of Main and Hollywood is 25th Street. Liquid gold in glasses is always in our reach; You can soar for days and days because the magic is good. Feel the fire in our veins, we're the joke of the neighborhood.I search to find a place to bury my headDeep within my thoughts on the night edge. Lovers sending messages through crystal eyes, Passing the sights unknown we want to ask. Give me another shot of that whiskey, man, Fill up my dreamer's glass with my only friend.South of Main and Hollywood is 25th Street. Liquid gold in glasses is always in our reach. You can soar for days because the magic is good. Feel the fire in our veins; we're the joke of the neighborhood.…

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Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - 'Fuhrer's Heart: An American Story' is a suspense thriller set in the New Orleans academic world and inspired by the David Duke era in Louisiana politics. Full of suspicious deaths, action, conspiracies, and sex; the author adds to this tumultuous mix a great dose of racial tension and political intrigue. One of the main characters is a young and highly ambitious African American named Michael Woods. His dreams for a better life lure him from the working class lifestyle of his family, former cotton pickers in the rural South. He graduates from college and upon receiving a PhD, is fiercely recruited by New Orleans' prestigious Institute for Public Policy. Unbeknown to Michael, the liberal leaning Institute has recently been infiltrated by white supremacists portraying themselves as members of the liberal establishment.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - A prominent Stanford researcher, Dr. Brett Russell, is found dead the morning he is scheduled to reveal his medical breakthrough to a worldwide conference in San Jose. The night of his murder, his computer which contains years of confidential research is invaded by a cyber hacker and all traces of activities are wiped clean. Joanne Gravitz, a young software developer for OmegaSoft is hired to assist the FBI in tracing the identity of the murderous database hacker. Her first day on the job creates continuous fear when the hacker learns of her involvement and makes her his next prey.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware.