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Jaded
To Dream the Impossible Dream
2018
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The world we live in is a world of dualityan outer world composed of relationships and an inner world of what those relationships mean. For this reason, there are two threads that run throughout the book. The main thread is a deeper soul-searching journey about what happens when we experience the loss of a loved one. Do we have the power within to change what has happened? Is the past set in stone, or is it malleable? Are our loved ones lost to us forever, or are they waiting to be redisco...
Intelligence and Strategy
Selected Essays
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- Studies in Intelligence
2007
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John Ferris' work in strategic and intelligence history is widely praised for its originality and the breadth of its research. At last his major pioneering articles are now available in this one single volume.In Intelligence and Strategy these essential articles have been fundamentally revised to incorporate new evidence and information withheld by governments when they were first published. This volume reshapes the study of communications intelligence by tracing Britain's...
The Yo(U)Niverse Paradox
Revealing the Mystery of You
2016
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Have you ever wondered why the world is the way it is? Why so much fear, conflict and disagreement permeates nations, societies and even individuals? Why some people appear to be living the dream while others wrestle with the mundane? Why the codes we follow in science and religion fail to align? Why YOU? The answer lies deep within. Let me take you on a journey to the source of your being. To unlock the knowledge to the key fundamental principle of existence. The understanding of this spi...
For the Love of Rome
Memories, Musings, and Anecdotes
2013
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In For the Love of Rome, John Ferris conveys his excitement in discovering the city of Rome through language that moves those unfamiliar with the enchanted city, as well as those who have often been there. The book is not about wars, persecutions, internal struggles for power within Roman and Vatican rule, nor cultural development. As Ferris said, The book is about our experiences in [mid-1960s and -1970s] Rome, what drew my wife and me there, and what we learned by seeing and reading. The...
Behind the Enigma
The Authorised History of GCHQ, Britain’s Secret Cyber-Intelligence Agency
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- Charles Armstrong
Unabridged
30 hours 32 min
2020
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Bloomsbury presents Behind the Enigma by John Ferris, read by Charles Armstrong.'Fascinating … This monumental work completes the authorised picture of a century of British intelligence' BEN MACINTYRE, THE TIMES'[A] revelatory look at the world of GCHQ … There is much in the book that illuminates' Mark Urban, Sunday TimesYou know about MI5. You know about MI6.Now uncover the mystery behind Britain’s most secretive intelligence agency, in the first ever author...
The Winds of Barclay Street
The Amusing Life and Sad Demise of the New York World-Telegram and Sun
2013
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John Ferris wrote The Winds of Barclay Street on behalf of the men and women who worked on the New York World-Telegram and Sun. After the prestigious newspaper's demise, in 1967, he often reminisced with his former colleagues, fondly remembering the antics and tomfoolery of fellow journalists as well as their reportage of serious news. Their past seemed a wondrous experience that must be preserved before it faded completely, consigning their signi?cant if often foolish history to oblivion....
Orion's Belt
Birth of the Hunter
2013
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I am a Science Fiction writer of a Series I call "ORION'S BELT". I have 2 of them released and currently working on the 3rd book. The story is about an ex-Lieutenant from the Navy SEAL's, who is tragically almost killed in a rescue, & then brought back to life by the means of a secret Nano-Technology, invented by a brilliant Scientist, (&CEO),of a billion dollar Corporation. The main reason the Scientist created this Technology was to rid the planet of all disease. But Lt...
2017
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The military events of the Second World War have been the subject of historical debate from 1945 to the present. It mattered greatly who won, and fighting was the essential determinant of victory or defeat. In Volume 1 of The Cambridge History of the Second World War a team of twenty-five leading historians offer a comprehensive and authoritative new account of the war's military and strategic history. Part I examines the military cultures and strategic objectives of the eight major powers...
Maritime Strategy and Global Order
Markets, Resources, Security
2016
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Taken for granted as the natural order of things, peace at sea is in fact an immense and recent achievement—but also an enormous strategic challenge if it is to be maintained in the future. In Maritime Strategy and Global Order, an international roster of top scholars offers historical perspectives and contemporary analysis to explore the role of naval power and maritime trade in creating the international system.The book begins in the early days of the industrial revoluti...
2010
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John Sulston was director of the Sanger Centre in Cambridge from 1993 to 2000. There he led the British arm of the international team selected to map the entire human DNA sequence, a feat that was pulled off in record time by an extraordinary collaboration of scientists. Despite innumerable setbacks and challenges from outside competitors the ultimate success of the project can be attributed in large part to John Sulston's own determination, passion and scientific excellence.In thi...
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- Social Aspects of AIDS
2013
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Based on the findings of a research project conducted by the World Health Organisation, this book contains unpublished material on AIDS-related knowledge and sexual behaviour in countries in Africa, Asia and South America, including: Cote d'Ivoire; Kenya; Lesotho; Mauritius; Tanzania; Sri Lanka; Singapore; Thailand and Brazil. The book provides an in-depth comparative analysis of the findings from 16 key surveys in the original research programme, the aim of which was to identify baseline ...
Teaching L2 Composition
Purpose, Process, and Practice
2023
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This popular, comprehensive theory-to-practice text helps teachers understand the task of writing, L2 writers, the different pedagogical models used in current composition teaching, and reading-writing connections. Moving from general themes to specific pedagogical concerns, it includes practice-oriented chapters on the role of genre, task construction, course and lesson design, writing assessment, feedback, error treatment, and classroom language (grammar, vocabulary, style) instruction.











