To avoid the footpaths which may have been mined with improvised explosive devices (IEDs), Ryan Evans, a U.S. federal civilian, was walking across a wheat field in Babaji, Helmand Province, in the spring of 2011. Evans was attached to the Royal Highland Fusiliers (2 Scots), C Company, a heavy infantry patrol tasked with providing security in the vicinity. Begun 2 years earlier, the Helmand Food Zone Program was a form of development intervention which offered subsidies, seed, and fertilize...

Hoodoo for Beginners is a comprehensive and easy-to-follow guide for those interested in learning about African American folk magic. This book provides a detailed overview of hoodoo, its history, and its significance in African American culture.• Discover the rich history of hoodoo and its roots in African spirituality and American folk magic.• Learn about the different tools and ingredient...

Universal Citizen is a collection, mostly of poetry, focuing on the political mind and experiences of poet Christopher D. Sims. A political-minded writer, organizer, and activist, he has combined a collection of writings taking a deep look at politics, political figures, and community. This collection combines his experiences and his journey as someone who has been involved in all facets of politics - from ground work in Rockford' IL's working group focusing on the People Who Care Lawsuit ...

Hoodoo for Beginners is a comprehensive and easy-to-follow guide for those interested in learning about African American folk magic. This book provides a detailed overview of hoodoo, its history, and its significance in African American culture.• Discover the rich history of hoodoo and its roots in African spirituality and American folk magic.• Learn about the different tools and ingredient...

Ignoring pain & suffering of one Nation from far South Eastern corner of the World that all the rich countriesand all the Super Powers love to settle their differences on that land. Cover up and forgotten by most of our World.

This project examines the representation of anxiety about technology that humans feel when encountering artificial intelligences in four science fiction novels: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Neuromancer, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Cloud Atlas. By exploring this anxiety, something profound can be revealed about what it means to be a person living in a technologically saturated society. While many critical investigations of these novels focus on the dangerous and ne...

Bloomsbury presents Wild and Crooked by Leah Thomas, read by Madeleine Rose, Christopher Ragland and Adam Sims.Critically-acclaimed author Leah Thomas blends a small-town setting with the secrets of a long-ago crime, in a compelling novel about breaking free from the past.In Samsboro, Kentucky, Kalyn Spence’s name is inseparable from the brutal murder her father committed when he was a teenager. Forced to return to town, Kalyn must attend school under a pseudonym . . . or f...

An all-new story of The Empire's Corps!Earth has fallen. The Core Worlds have collapsed into chaos. War is breaking out everywhere as planetary governments declare independence, entire sectors slip out of contact and warlords battle for power. The remnants of the once-great Empire are tearing themselves apart. And, in the shadows, the Terran Marine Corps works to save what little they can to preserve civilisation and build a better tomorrow. But now they might have met their match....

An all-new story of The Empire's Corps!Earth has fallen. The Core Worlds have collapsed into chaos. War is breaking out everywhere as planetary governments declare independence, entire sectors slip out of contact and warlords battle for power. The remnants of the once-great Empire are tearing themselves apart. And, in the shadows, the Terran Marine Corps works to save what little they can to preserve civilisation and build a better tomorrow. But now they might have met their match....

The award-winning spy and author of the New York Times bestseller Argo recounts his service with the CIA during the Cold War.On the fiftieth anniversary of the CIA, Antonio J. Mendez was named one of the fifty all-time stars of the spy trade, and he was granted exclusive permission to tell his fascinating story—all of it.For the first time, the CIA has authorized a top-level operative to tell all in an unforgettable behind-the-scenes look at...

First-time fiction writers often get stuck in the middle of writing a novel mainly because they do not have an outline they can stick to. Outlining a novel before writing is essential for carrying on with a story of 80,000 words or more.This book includes ten questions after answering which you will be have the entire outline of your novel in front of you. You will have built your protagonist, antagonist, major characters, setting, plot, theme, narrative POV and genre of your novel...

Officially the war in Laos did not exist – both North Vietnam and the USA denied they had troops there. In fact, thousands of North Vietnamese were invading the country and pouring down the Ho Chi Minh Trail on their way to the south, and the Americans were fighting a vigorous war against them from the air. The Ravens were the pilots, all volunteers, who flew through heavy groundfire to identify targets and call in air-strikes. Their mission was so secret that they were ‘sold’ their prop-d...