In 1984 by George Orwell, one of the pivotal paragraphs that captures the essence of the novel is when Winston Smith reflects on the power and control exerted by the Party. This passage illustrates the Party's ability to manipulate reality and shape individual thought:"Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past."This phrase encapsulates the totalitarian regime's grip on history and truth. By constantly rewriting r...

In 1984, George Orwell thrusts readers into a dystopian future where the omnipresent Party, led by the mysterious Big Brother, controls every facet of life. The protagonist, Winston Smith, battles against an oppressive regime that eradicates individuality, rewrites history, and criminalizes independent thought. Orwell’s portrayal of a society under constant surveillance, where even one's innermost thoughts can be punished, serves as a chilling cautionary tale about the abuse of power and t...

There’s a budding romance on Butler Mountain, but in the hornets’ nest known as the Abbott family, keeping a secret is no easy feat…Colton Abbott and Lucy Mulvaney have a secret. Colton’s nosy siblings have begun to put the pieces together, but it’s not like Lucy to keep things from those closest to her—especially her best friend, Cameron, who recently moved to Vermont to live with her true love, Will. But Lucy isn’t about to tell Cam she’s having a fling…with ...

She loves being right, but she wishes she’d been wrong about the VP…Lieutenant Sam Holland is running on empty. After her nephew Ethan’s traumatic kidnapping, a case that once again rocked her family, she’s holding on to her husband, Nick, her safe place in a world that never stops demanding more.But even Nick can’t protect her—or his presidency—from what’s coming.When a young woman arrives with information about her brother’s murder, Sam i...

From Hollywood to Las Vegas, Flynn and Natalie's whirlwind love affair has it all—romance, passion, steamy hot sex, relentless paparazzi, and a murder that could be their undoing. Flynn is a dirty-talking hero who puts it all on the line for the woman he loves, who leaves no desire unfulfilled, who will do anything it takes to protect what's his...Their destiny is sealed in this riveting conclusion to the initial Quantum trilogy.

Charlotte "Charley" Abbott has gone out with every guy under thirty-five in Butler, Vermont—except for one. Tyler Westcott's attempts to date her may be determined, and frequent, but Charley can't stand how he acts like he knows her better than she knows herself. So when Tyler turns up at the running club Charley joined to train for a marathon, she's almost ready to quit before she even gets started.Tyler knows that behind Charley's prickly personality and dismissive attitude is a ...

As one of Hollywood's hottest producers, Kristian Bowen is on top of the world. With the Quantum team fresh off a clean sweep of awards season and looking ahead to the premiere of their new film, his life is exactly how he likes it, complete with a stable of willing subs to tend to his every desire. That is, it was right up until he attended a wedding and met Aileen Gifford. Since meeting her, his carefully cultivated life has changed in ways he never could've expected. Now she and her chi...

Every time Leah Holt encounters Quantum Production’s chief counsel, Emmett Burke, the only thing she can think of is how much she wants to lick him—everywhere. She’s never had that kind of reaction to a man, and the fact that he’s a much-older colleague makes her out-of-control attraction to him far more complicated than it should be. Every day, she brings a new legal question to Emmett, hoping to catch his attention and make him see her as a grown woman who wants him desperately. She walk...

This United States Space Force book, Space Capstone Publication Spacepower: Doctrine for Space Forces, is capstone doctrine for the United States Space Force and represents our Service’s first articulation of an independent theory of spacepower. This publication answers why spacepower is vital for our Nation, how military spacepower is employed, who military space forces are, and what military space forces value. In short, this capstone document is the foundation of our professional body o...

Air Force Manual AFMAN 31-129 USAF Small Arms and Light Weapons Handling Procedures December 2018 including the following chapters and attachments:Chapters:1 — GENERAL GUIDELINES2 — RESPONSIBILITIES3— WEAPON ISSUE AND TURN IN4— CLEARING BARRELS5— BLANK AMMUNITION, DYE-MARKING CARTRIDGES AND EXERCISE SAFETY6— DECONTAMINATION OF SA/LW IN A CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL OR NUCLEAR7 — Security Forces ...

This United States Air Force manual, Air Force Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures AFTTP 3-32.33 Volume 2 Expedient Roads, Drainage, and Protective Structures, addresses field expedient construction and repair methods for roads, drainages, and protective structures when time and materials are limited or when conventional methods are impractical to employ. Most of the highlighted construction methods involve expedient materials readily available at deployed locations (see paragraph 1.4 for ...

Dick Popkin and James Force have attended a number of recent conferences where it was apparent that much new and important research was being done in the fields of interpreting Newton's and Spinoza's contributions as biblical scholars and of the relationship between their biblical scholarship and other aspects of their particular philosophies.This collection represents the best current research in this area. It stands alone as the only work to bring together the best current work on...