Strike Fast

Strike Fast
Author: Kaylea Cross
Publisher: Kaylea Cross Inc.
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2017-09-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1928044239

A military widow reluctant to risk her heart again. After losing her soldier husband in combat, DEA agent Tess Dubrovksi swore never to fall for another man in uniform. The last thing she anticipates is for a sexy FAST agent single father and his young daughter to steal their way into her heart. Now Tess can’t stay detached, even though he brings a ton of emotional baggage she’s not sure she’s ready for. But when an unthinkable tragedy strikes and his daughter’s life is at stake, Tess is already in too deep to walk away, and will lay everything on the line to help. A single father who protects what’s his. A divorce and custody battle left DEA FAST agent Reid Prentiss cynical about love. Then a sexy helo pilot walks into his life and changes everything. But his newfound happiness with Tess is too good to last. His team’s latest target is looking for an opportunity for revenge, and finds it in Reid’s daughter. When a vicious cartel lieutenant decides to make a statement by kidnapping her, Reid’s whole world implodes. Now it’s a race against time to save her, and hope is fading with each passing hour. Even with his teammates and Tess at his back, it will take everything Reid has to endure this hellish nightmare and find his daughter…before it’s too late. Because when everything you hold dear is at stake, you’ll do anything to protect it.

Strike!

Strike!
Author: Jeremy Brecher
Publisher: PM Press
Total Pages: 786
Release: 2020-06-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1629638080

Jeremy Brecher’s Strike! narrates the dramatic story of repeated, massive, and sometimes violent revolts by ordinary working people in America. Involving nationwide general strikes, the seizure of vast industrial establishments, nonviolent direct action on a massive scale, and armed battles with artillery and tanks, this exciting hidden history is told from the point of view of the rank-and-file workers who lived it. Encompassing the repeated repression of workers’ rebellions by company-sponsored violence, local police, state militias, and the U.S. Army and National Guard, it reveals a dimension of American history rarely found in the usual high school or college history course. Since its original publication in 1972, no book has done as much as Strike! to bring U.S. labor history to a wide audience. Now this fiftieth anniversary edition brings the story up to date with chapters covering the “mini-revolts of the twenty-first century,” including Occupy Wall Street and the Fight for Fifteen. The new edition contains over a hundred pages of new materials and concludes by examining a wide range of current struggles, ranging from #BlackLivesMatter, to the great wave of teachers’ strikes “for the soul of public education,” to the global “Student Strike for Climate” that may be harbingers of mass strikes to come.

Critical Strike

Critical Strike
Author: Carl Bowen
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2014-07-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 162370264X

In the modern world of politics and warfare, the critical battles take place behind the scenes--and that's just where Shadow Squadron excels. Under the leadership of Lieutenant Commander Ryan Cross, this elite team of soldiers completes missions around the globe that no one else has the talent or training to handle. But as the team's successes mount, so does the complexity of their missions--and the best course of action becomes difficult to determine. In their Starred Review of Elite Infantry, Kirkus Reviews lauded the Shadow Squadron series as "breathtaking to the word" with "top-drawer renderings of secret military missions around the globe." This action packed series delivers exciting stories highly relevant to today's real-world conflicts.

MindWar

MindWar
Author: Andrew Klavan
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2014-07-15
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1401688934

When Rick lost the ability to run, he came one step closer to becoming a hero. New High Score! New Record Time! Rick nodded with grim satisfaction. He laid the game controller aside on the sofa and reached for his crutches. Rick Dial was the best quarterback Putnam Hills High School had ever seen. Unflappable. Unstoppable. Number 12. But when a car accident left him crippled, Rick’s life as he knew it ended. He disavowed his triumphant past. He ignored his girlfriend. He disappeared into his bedroom—and into the glowing video screen. But Rick’s uncanny gaming skills have attracted attention. Dangerous attention. Government agents have uncovered a potentially devastating cyber-threat: a Russian genius has created a digital reality called the Realm, from which he can enter, control, and disrupt American computer systems . . . from transportation to defense. The agents want Rick, quick-thinking quarterback and gaming master, to enter the Realm and stop the madman—before he sends America into chaos. Entering the Realm will give Rick what he thought he’d never have again: a body as strong and fast as it was before the accident. But this is no game, there are no extra lives, and what happens to Rick in the Realm happens to Rick’s body in reality. Even after Rick agrees to help, he can’t shake the sense that he’s being kept in the dark. Why would a government agency act so aggressively? Can anyone inside the Realm be trusted? How many others have entered before him . . . and failed to return? In the tradition of Ender’s Game and The Matrix, MindWar is a complex thriller about a seemingly ordinary teenager who discovers a hidden gift—a gift that could make him a hero . . . or cost him everything. "Edgar Award–winning Klavan’s well-orchestrated fantasy thriller features . . . an imaginative mix of gaming action with real-life stakes. With just the right cliff-hanger ending, this trilogy opener shows promise." —Booklist

Fast Strike

Fast Strike
Author: Don Pendleton
Publisher: Gold Eagle
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1993
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780373611720

Maximum Damage

Maximum Damage
Author: Sammy Franco
Publisher: Contemporary Fighting Arts, LLC
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2014-07-29
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1941845029

LEARN THE QUICKEST WAY TO WIN A FIGHT! Maximum Damage: Hidden Secrets Behind Brutal Fighting Combinations teaches you the quickest ways to beat your opponent in the street by exploiting his physical and psychological reactions in a fight. Learn how to stay two steps ahead of your adversary by knowing exactly how he will react to your strikes before they are delivered. In this one-of-a kind book, reality based self-defense expert Sammy Franco reveals his unique Probable Reaction Dynamic (PRD) Fighting Method. Probable reaction dynamics are both a scientific and comprehensive offensive strategy based on the positional theory of combat. Regardless of your style of fighting, PRD training will help you overpower your opponent by seamlessly integrating your strikes into brutal fighting combinations that are fast, ferocious and final! Maximum Damage teaches you: Think two steps ahead of your opponent Blend techniques into logical fighting combinations Attack with explosive energy Spot the best vital point targets Psychologically cripple your adversary Overwhelm your opponent’s defenses And much, much more With over 240 photographs and detailed step-by-step instructions, Maximum Damage teaches you the best ways to deliver devastating compound attacks that will take the fight out of your opponent and your opponent out of the fight! In this informative book, you’ll see Sammy Franco’s PRD system put into explosive action with dozens of real-life street encounters. Whether you are a military specialist, martial artist or self-defense student, Maximum Damage teaches you brutally effective skills and proven strategies to get you home alive and in one piece.

Adventure

Adventure
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 696
Release: 1914
Genre: Adventure stories
ISBN:

China on Strike

China on Strike
Author: Zhongjin Li
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2016-05-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1608465802

China has been the fastest growing major economy in the world for three decades. It is also home to some of the largest, most incendiary, and most underreported labor struggles of our time. China on Strike, the first English-language book of its kind, provides an intimate and revealing window into the lives of workers organizing in some of China’s most profitable factories, which supply Apple, Nike, Hewlett Packard, and other multinational companies. Drawing on dozens of interviews with Chinese workers, this book documents the processes of migration, changing employment relations, worker culture, and other issues related to China’s explosive growth.