Deadliest Enemy

Deadliest Enemy
Author: Michael T. Osterholm
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre: AIDS (Disease)
ISBN: 9780316343756

Infectious disease has the terrifying power to disrupt everyday life on a global scale, overwhelming public and private resources and bringing trade and transportation to a halt. In today's world, it's easier than ever to move people, animals, and materials around the planet, but the same advances that make modern infrastructure so efficient have made epidemics and even pandemics nearly inevitable. So what can -- and must -- we do in order to protect ourselves? Drawing on the latest medical science, case studies, and policy research, Deadliest enemy explores the resources and programs we need to develop if we are to keep ourselves safe from infectious disease.--

Fatal Attractions

Fatal Attractions
Author: William R. White
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Total Pages: 93
Release: 1992
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0687127858

Written by a creative preacher, an innovative sermon series on the seven deadly sins that demonstrates a variety of sermon styles. "White has woven biblical stories, folktales, and personal experiences in sermons that are both winsome and convincing".--Michael Williams, editor of Storyteller's Companion to the Bible.

Fatal Ally

Fatal Ally
Author: Tim Sebastian
Publisher: Canongate Books
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2021-09-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1838853979

Your closest friend could be your deadliest foe A British intelligence operation to recover an asset from Moscow goes catastrophically wrong, compromised by a rogue element at the highest level of US government. So Margo Lane, one of MI6's top agents, is ordered to deliver a message the White House won't forget. Satisfied at the chance for retribution, Margo embarks on a mission that will take her from the violent heart of Russia to the edge of the civil war in Syria - until she is led to a terrifying personal decision she hoped she would never have to make. And Margo's world is one where your conscience can get you killed.

Beat Check

Beat Check
Author: Diane Capri
Publisher: Diane Capri LLC
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2024-02-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1962769542

The Jordan Fox Mystery Series The exciting romantic action-packed detective mystery thrillers starring Jordan Fox! They murdered her mom and disappeared without a trace. Jordan Fox won’t let the case stay cold forever. Award-winning New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Diane Capri presents this exciting new series full of action and adventure. A heart-pounding thrill ride of suspense and mystery set in the face-paced world of television news, with a touch of romance. When Jordan uncovers a drug cartel in Haiti shipping contaminated study drugs to Florida college students, she's in way over her head. The cartel will kill to protect themselves and their business. Can Jordan expose the ruthless cartel and keep her life? Like TV news, rookie reporter Jordan Fox is living a developing story. She was 17 when her mother was murdered. The trauma caused her father's stroke and stole Jordan's normal life. She was forced to grow up fast. Now she's 22 and ready to find the truth about her mother's death. She thinks. Jordan Fox's quest to find her mother's killers while chasing her dream job and dealing with her dad's disability is more than any 22 year old woman should be required to handle. Can she do it? Or will her mother's killers come back to finish what they started? “AMAZING!!! WOW WOW WOW WOW Diane Capri really knocked this one out of the park!” Tom T. (reader review) “Now that I have finished the series, I absolutely loved it!”— Lisa. (reader review) “A spellbinding thriller! Every page is full of action!” John K. (reader review) Each book is better than the last! Award-winning New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Diane Capri presents this exciting new series full of action and adventure. Fans of Ally Carter, The Hunger Games, Divergent, and Veronica Mars will discover a heart-pounding thrill ride of suspense and mystery set in the face-paced world of television news that will keep the pages turning well into the night. Grab the next book and you'll be hooked. Make some coffee and grab your ereader. But lock the doors first. This series will have you reading until the wee hours of the morning. Cozy, murder mystery, romance, romantic suspense, contemporary romance, new adult, new release, mystery book series, women sleuth, female protagonist, detective mystery series, womens action adventure, family saga

The Fatal Gate

The Fatal Gate
Author: Ian Irvine
Publisher: Orbit
Total Pages: 646
Release: 2017-06-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 031638691X

The second book in a brand new epic fantasy duology from fan favorite Ian Irvine, set in the world of his View from the Mirror series. The cruel Merdrun, the greatest warriors in the void, have invaded Santhenar but their portal backfired and they're stuck on the tropical Isle of Gwine. They're desperately trying to regain contact with the Summon Stone so they can reopen the portal and begin the slaughter of humanity. The hideous Whelm hold Karan and Llian's daughter, Sulien, in the frozen south and plan to sacrifice her to the Merdrun to gain their favor. Karan races south in a stolen sky ship but fears she will be too late. Llian, hurled through another portal, sees the summon stone wake and knows the allies have but one chance to destroy the Merdrun -- though it will involve an alchemical quest that has always ended in ruin, a mad invasion in untested sky ships with untrained pilots, then the most unequal battle in all the Histories. The Gates of Good and EvilThe Summon StoneThe Fatal Gate

Fatal Sunday

Fatal Sunday
Author: Mark Edward Lender
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages: 494
Release: 2016-04-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 0806155124

Historians have long considered the Battle of Monmouth one of the most complicated engagements of the American Revolution. Fought on Sunday, June 28, 1778, Monmouth was critical to the success of the Revolution. It also marked a decisive turning point in the military career of George Washington. Without the victory at Monmouth Courthouse, Washington's critics might well have marshaled the political strength to replace him as the American commander-in-chief. Authors Mark Edward Lender and Garry Wheeler Stone argue that in political terms, the Battle of Monmouth constituted a pivotal moment in the War for Independence. Viewing the political and military aspects of the campaign as inextricably entwined, this book offers a fresh perspective on Washington’s role in it. Drawing on a wide range of historical sources—many never before used, including archaeological evidence—Lender and Stone disentangle the true story of Monmouth and provide the most complete and accurate account of the battle, including both American and British perspectives. In the course of their account it becomes evident that criticism of Washington’s performance in command was considerably broader and deeper than previously acknowledged. In light of long-standing practical and ideological questions about his vision for the Continental Army and his ability to win the war, the outcome at Monmouth—a hard-fought tactical draw—was politically insufficient for Washington. Lender and Stone show how the general’s partisans, determined that the battle for public opinion would be won in his favor, engineered a propaganda victory for their chief that involved the spectacular court-martial of Major General Charles Lee, the second-ranking officer of the Continental Army. Replete with poignant anecdotes, folkloric incidents, and stories of heroism and combat brutality; filled with behind-the-scenes action and intrigue; and teeming with characters from all walks of life, Fatal Sunday gives us the definitive view of the fateful Battle of Monmouth.

Fatal Dive

Fatal Dive
Author: Peter F. Stevens
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2012-07-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 1596987685

Fatal Dive: Solving the World War II Mystery of the USS Grunion by Peter F. Stevens reveals the incredible true story of the search for and discovery of the USS Grunion. Discovered in 2006 after a decades-long, high-risk search by the Abele brothers—whose father commanded the submarine and met his untimely death aboard it—one question remained: what sank the USS Grunion? Was it a round from a Japanese ship, a catastrophic mechanical failure, or something else—one of the sub’s own torpedoes? For almost half the war, submarine skippers’ complaints about the MK 14 torpedo’s dangerous flaws were ignored by naval brass, who sent the subs out with the defective weapon. Fatal Dive is the first book that documents the entire saga of the ship and its crew and provides compelling evidence that the Grunion was a victim of “The Great Torpedo Scandal of 1941-43.” Fatal Dive finally lays to rest one of World War II’s greatest mysteries.

Fatal Distraction

Fatal Distraction
Author: Diane Capri
Publisher: AugustBooks
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2012-05-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0983729832

They stole her son. She wants him back. Bestselling JESS KIMBALL THRILLER SERIES from award-winning New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author DIANE CAPRI. Jess Kimball is the relentless mother on a mission to find her son. Peter was stolen. She wants him back. While she searches, she's helping other families get justice. Jess Kimball’s son has been missing for ten long years. She spends every available moment looking for him. She’ll never stop. And never give up hope. She knows the best chance she has to find Peter is a tip from someone who’s seen him. To keep her search in the public eye, hoping for the right tip to come her way, she’s climbed to the top of her field, investigative reporter for Taboo Magazine. Which is how she met beloved Florida Governor Helen Sullivan… Three years ago, Helen’s world shattered when her only son died in a senseless car crash, killing his best friend, too. Helen quickly discovered Eric’s crash was no accident and lured the killer to her son’s funeral to be caught. When the shooting ceased in the small country church, the shooter was dead and Helen believed her nightmare was over. Instead, she’d unwittingly escalated her duel with a cunning and patient assassin. Now, Jess and Helen are driven to find the horrifying truth... Who killed Eric Sullivan? Is the real killer still out there? For fans of Melinda Leigh, Kendra Elliott, Robert Dugoni, Mary Higgins Clark, Greg Iles, Karin Slaughter, Lisa Gardner, Lee Child, Jack Reacher, John Grisham, and James Patterson’s Women's Murder Club

To Be a Friend Is Fatal

To Be a Friend Is Fatal
Author: Kirk W. Johnson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2014-10-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 147671049X

The “searing” (The New Yorker), “must read” (The Philadelphia Inquirer) memoir of “one of the few genuine heroes of America’s war in Iraq” (Dexter Filkins). In January 2005 Kirk Johnson, then twenty-four, arrived in Baghdad as USAID’s (US Agency for International Development) only Arabic-speaking American employee. Despite his opposition to the war, Johnson felt called to civic duty and wanted to help rebuild Iraq. Working as the USAID’s first reconstruction coordinator in Fallujah, he traversed the city’s IED-strewn streets, working alongside idealistic Iraqi translators—young men and women sick of Saddam, filled with Hollywood slang, and enchanted by the idea of a peaceful, democratic Iraq. It was not to be. As sectarian violence escalated, Iraqis employed by the US coalition found themselves subject to a campaign of kidnapping, torture, and assassination. On his first brief vacation, Johnson, swept into what doctors later described as a “fugue state,” crawled onto the ledge outside his hotel window and plunged off. He would spend the next year in an abyss of depression, surgery, and PTSD—crushed by having failed in Iraq. One day, Johnson received an email from an Iraqi friend, Yaghdan: People are trying to kill me and I need your help. That email launched Johnson’s now seven-year mission to get help from the US government for Yaghdan and thousands of abandoned Iraqis like him. To Be a Friend Is Fatal is Kirk W. Johnson’s “truly incredible” (Ira Glass) portrait of the human rubble of war and his efforts to redeem a shameful chapter of American history. “It is difficult to imagine a book more urgent than this” (The Boston Globe).