Rescue From Sana'a (ARCHANGEL, Mission Log #2)

Rescue From Sana'a (ARCHANGEL, Mission Log #2)
Author: Gerard de Marigny
Publisher: JarRyJorNo Publishing
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2014-01-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1495281809

Vin Rigoni, leader of ARCHANGEL’s Michael squad recorded his personal log, “I can finally say, job’s done … going home. I’d like to say, job well done, but … I don't think anything we've done here will have a lasting effect.” The U.S Ambassador to Yemen calls on The Watchman Agency to evaluate security at the embassy in Sana'a, Yemen’s capital. The country is on the verge of civil war and violence is erupting all over the city. ARCHANGEL is dispatched. Scipio and a small team are disturbed by what they find. Security at the embassy is severely inadequate, but the team has no authority to order the staff to evacuate. All they can do is file their report when they return home. That is, until terrorists attack before the team departs. It’s up to Scipio and his team to prevent another nightmare like the one in Benghazi. From the creator of the Amazon-Bestselling action & adventure CRIS DE NIRO and ARCHANGEL thriller series, Gerard de Marigny. TITLES BY GERARD DE MARIGNY CRIS DE NIRO BOOK 1: THE WATCHMAN OF EPHRAIM BOOK 2: SIGNS OF WAR BOOK 3: RISE TO THE CALL BOOK 4: PROJECT 111 BOOK 5: NOTHING SO GLORIOUS BOOK 6: NEW DETROIT [coming soon] ARCHANGEL MISSION LOG #1: THE EAGLE'S PLUME MISSION LOG #2: RESCUE FROM SANA’A MISSION LOG #3: WHITE WIDOW [coming soon]

Joshua's Country

Joshua's Country
Author: Gerard de Marigny
Publisher: JarRyJorNo Publishing
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2017-11-19
Genre:
ISBN:

Born-and-raised a cowboy, Vietnam vet Joshua Jacobs looks out across the West Texas plain. All the land stretching to the uncluttered western horizon is his. From just a patch of land he built an empire, one he runs by his own rules. Yet, Joshua learned a hard lesson ... that his family couldn’t be run the same way. Joshua deeply regretted not being on speaking terms with his only son when James died serving his country. James’s wife Katy never forgave Joshua for trying to run their lives. Heartache upon heartache, Joshua’s beloved wife Sarah passed not long after. Now, the only legacy Joshua has left is his grandson, but like his dad and granddad before him, young Josh also chose to serve his country. Joshua spends his days waiting for letters from him. In the latest letter, young Josh said he was thinking of finally leaving the military to take his place on the ranch at his grandfather’s side. Joshua was overjoyed, but his joy was cut short when he saw a picture of his grandson on the news. The report said young Josh was taken hostage by the head of the most violent ISIS unit, known as the “Storm Demons.” Their leader, Shakir was infamous for beheading his hostages and broadcasting the horrors online to the world. Threatening Joshua Jacobs’ grandson was a mistake. Now, an Islamic Extremist’s hate for America faces an old cowboy’s love for his grandson. From the creator of the Amazon-bestselling action & adventure CRIS DE NIRO and ARCHANGEL thriller series, Gerard de Marigny. OTHER TITLES BY GERARD DE MARIGNY CRIS DE NIRO BOOK 1: THE WATCHMAN OF EPHRAIM BOOK 2: SIGNS OF WAR BOOK 3: RISE TO THE CALL BOOK 4: PROJECT 111 BOOK 5: NOTHING SO GLORIOUS BOOK 6: NEW DETROIT ARCHANGEL MISSION LOG #1: THE EAGLE'S PLUME MISSION LOG #2: RESCUE FROM SANA’A MISSION LOG #3: WHITE WIDOW [coming soon]

New Detroit (Cris De Niro, Book 6)

New Detroit (Cris De Niro, Book 6)
Author: Gerard de Marigny
Publisher: JarRyJorNo Publishing
Total Pages: 308
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Tonio reached into his jacket again and handed Kevin Matthews another photo sealed inside a plastic baggie. Matthews stared at it in horror. Kevin Matthews, brother of Karla, The Watchman Agency’s Vice President of Government Relations is presenting his dream, a hometown renovation plan titled, PROJECT: NEW DETROIT to Cris De Niro and others when a friend from his past burst into the VIP-only meeting. Antonio Brown, a former drug dealer who grew up with Kevin shocks everyone with gruesome photos of his son, murdered in a style favored by Islamic terrorists. Brown asks De Niro for justice. De Niro, together with Mugsy Ricci, John “Johnnie-F” Francis, and Karla are joined by Kevin and Brown as they look into the crime. The investigation leads them to a terrorist plot that may be headed by the infamous White Widow, a British national-turned-Islamic extremist responsible for dozens of attacks and hundreds of murders. But, before they can act, the tables are turned on them. Time is running out for Cris De Niro and The Watchman Agency as they must save themselves before they can prevent an attack on America’s birthday. From the creator of the Amazon-bestselling action & adventure CRIS DE NIRO and ARCHANGEL thriller series, Gerard de Marigny. TITLES BY GERARD DE MARIGNY CRIS DE NIRO BOOK 1: THE WATCHMAN OF EPHRAIM BOOK 2: SIGNS OF WAR BOOK 3: RISE TO THE CALL BOOK 4: PROJECT 111 BOOK 5: NOTHING SO GLORIOUS BOOK 6: NEW DETROIT ARCHANGEL MISSION LOG #1: THE EAGLE'S PLUME MISSION LOG #2: RESCUE FROM SANA’A MISSION LOG #3: WHITE WIDOW [coming soon]

Nothing So Glorious (Cris De Niro, Book 5)

Nothing So Glorious (Cris De Niro, Book 5)
Author: Gerard de Marigny
Publisher: JarRyJorNo Publishing
Total Pages: 468
Release: 2014-01-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1495215644

President Park stepped onto the elevator and smiled, “It is spoken that you are a man of faith. I trust that you will do what is right.” The President of South Korea asks Cris De Niro for help. A North Korean general may be plotting to launch a missile attack on the South in order to reignite the Korean War, and a high-ranking South Korean official may be an accomplice. The only way to know for sure is for a small covert team to cross into the corrupt country - one not officially attached to any nation - and investigate. Mugsy Ricci and Scipio are assigned to the task. They’ll have to work with a North Korean general and a South Korean colonel whom they’re not sure they can trust. Meanwhile, Cris heads to Seoul with Michelle Wang and John “Johnny-F” Francis to uncover the South Korean conspirator. Enemies must work together or war will be inevitable … a war that could drag the superpowers into it, from the creator of the Amazon-bestselling action & adventure CRIS DE NIRO and ARCHANGEL thriller series, Gerard de Marigny.

Archangel's Assassin

Archangel's Assassin
Author: Barbara Elsborg
Publisher:
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2018-01-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9781981249701

He wants to forget West is an archangel's assassin delivering justice to supernatural creatures who break the law. Not a straightforward job because he also has to absorb the memories of those he kills. Even worse, West is breaking the law himself in an attempt to free his brother from hell. If he doesn't succeed before his archangel boss finds out, West will be joining his sibling. He wants to remember A young guy wakes in a London park with his memories gone. He has no idea who he is, or where he comes from. A bracelet engraved with the single word Tao is the only clue to his identity. With no sign of his memory returning, he drifts into a life on the streets. Begging is his only way to survive. Two worlds collide When Tao returns West's stolen wallet, West offers to buy him a coffee. Tao delights in the chance to sit down with a good-looking guy until his instincts tell him to run away. Fast. West is surprised when Tao flees, considering how much he'd been mentally urging him to stay. Is he losing his touch or is Tao more than a scruffy young man down on his luck? Only one way to find out.

The Renewal of Pagan Antiquity

The Renewal of Pagan Antiquity
Author: Aby Warburg
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 872
Release: 1999
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780892365371

A collection of essays by the art historian Aby Warburg, these essays look beyond iconography to more psychological aspects of artistic creation: the conditions under which art was practised; its social and cultural contexts; and its conceivable historical meaning.

Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction

Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Jonathan A.C. Brown
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2011-03-24
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0199559287

Drawing on traditional Muslim sources, Michael Cook describes Muhammad's life and teaching. He also attempts to stand back from this traditional picture to show how far it is historically justified.

Clothing Sacred Scriptures

Clothing Sacred Scriptures
Author: David Ganz
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2018-12-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3110558602

According to a longstanding interpretation, book religions are agents of textuality and logocentrism. This volume inverts the traditional perspective: its focus is on the strong dependency between scripture and aesthetics, holy books and material artworks, sacred texts and ritual performances. The contributions, written by a group of international specialists in Western, Byzantine, Islamic and Jewish Art, are committed to a comparative and transcultural approach. The authors reflect upon the different strategies of »clothing« sacred texts with precious materials and elaborate forms. They show how the pretypographic cultures of the Middle Ages used book ornaments as media for building a close relation between the divine words and their human audience. By exploring how art shapes the religious practice of books, and how the religious use of books shapes the evolution of artistic practices this book contributes to a new understanding of the deep nexus between sacred scripture and art.

A Thesaurus of English Word Roots

A Thesaurus of English Word Roots
Author: Horace Gerald Danner
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 1007
Release: 2014-03-27
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1442233265

Horace G. Danner’s A Thesaurus of English Word Roots is a compendium of the most-used word roots of the English language. As Timothy B. Noone notes in his foreword: “Dr. Danner’s book allows you not only to build up your passive English vocabulary, resulting in word recognition knowledge, but also gives you the rudiments for developing your active English vocabulary, making it possible to infer the meaning of words with which you are not yet acquainted. Your knowledge can now expand and will do so exponentially as your awareness of the roots in English words and your corresponding ability to decode unfamiliar words grows apace. This is the beginning of a fine mental linguistic library: so enjoy!” In A Thesaurus of English Word Roots, all word roots are listed alphabetically, along with the Greek or Latin words from which they derive, together with the roots’ original meanings. If the current meaning of an individual root differs from the original meaning, that is listed in a separate column. In the examples column, the words which contain the root are then listed, starting with their prefixes, for example, dysacousia, hyperacousia. These root-starting terms then are followed by terms where the root falls behind the word, e.g., acouesthesia and acoumeter. These words are followed by words where the root falls in the middle or the end, as in such terms as bradyacusia and odynacusis.. In this manner, A Thesaurus of English Word Roots places the word in as many word families as there are elements in the word. This work will interest linguists and philologists and anyone interested in the etymological aspects of English language.

Dante’s Prayerful Pilgrimage

Dante’s Prayerful Pilgrimage
Author: Alessandro Vettori
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2019-09-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004405259

In Dante’s Prayerful Pilgrimage Alessandro Vettori provides a comprehensive analysis of prayer in Dante’s Commedia. The underlying thesis considers prayer a metaphorical pilgrimage toward a sacred location and connects it with the pilgrim’s ascent to the vision of the Trinity. Prayer is movement in Purgatorio and also in Paradiso, while eternal stasis is the penalty of blasphemous souls in Inferno. In the fictional rendition of the poem, the pilgrim’s itinerary becomes a specular reflection of Dante’s own exilic experience. Prayer’s human-divine interaction affords the poet the necessary escape from the overwhelming sense of failure in politics and love. Whether it is petitional, liturgical, thankful, praiseful, or contemplative, prayer expresses the supplicant’s wish to transform reality and attain a superior spiritual status. See inside the book.