The Shield and the Cloak

The Shield and the Cloak
Author: Gary Hart
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2006-02-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0195345649

Gary Hart has long been one of the nation's foremost experts on national security, combining a deep knowledge of national security policy with first-hand experience of the political realities that influence how America safeguards itself and its interests. In his new book, Hart outlines the fundamental changes with which America must grapple when confronting the current terrorist threat--a threat with no state and no geographic home-base and thus no real target for the world's largest and most sophisticated military force. Hart argues for a security of the commons, emphasizing that the new security will require a shield for the homeland as well as a cloak of non-military security, including security of income, community, environment, and energy.

Cloak and Dollar

Cloak and Dollar
Author: Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0300074743

A leading expert on American espionage now offers a lively and sweeping history of American secret intelligence from the founding of the nation through the present day.

The Argonautica of Apollonius

The Argonautica of Apollonius
Author: R. L. Hunter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521604383

This book analyses Apollonuis' epic poem about the quest for the Golden Fleece.

The Epic Gaze

The Epic Gaze
Author: Helen Lovatt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2013-06-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107016118

Re-envisions epic from Homer to Nonnus through theories of the gaze.

Votan and Other Novels

Votan and Other Novels
Author: John James
Publisher: Gollancz
Total Pages: 636
Release: 2015-05-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1473214041

In the second century AD, a Greek nobleman is travelling and living abroad in Germany while carrying on an affair with a military man's wife. When discovered, he takes an emergency business trip to save his life and packs amongst his belongings certain items that lead the people he encounters to think him a Norse God, a fortuitous point of view which he does little to dispel. Forced to keep up the pretence of being a god while staying one step ahead of his lover's jealous husband, Photinus must juggle the severity of his situation with the enjoyment of being a god. Published here with its sequel, NOT FOR ALL THE GOLD IN IRELAND and companion volume MEN WENT TO CATTREATH, VOTAN is one of the highpoints of modern fantasy.

Cloak & Dagger

Cloak & Dagger
Author: Carey Scheppner
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2014-05-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1496914635

Water, Earth, Fire, and Air Alone give strength, together despair! A mysterious disease is affecting the mages in the Tower of Sorcery. Kazin, now an arch mage, is charged with discovering the source of the illness. He learns this same plague is sweeping down from the north, leaving people and livestock dead or dying. Try as they might, the clerics in the Tower of Hope are unable to heal the disease. Tracking the source of the plague into the mountains, Kazin encounters a new group of unlikely adventurers who assist him on his quest. The sudden inexplicable appearance of elementals in the mortal realm complicates matters, and threatens worldwide cataclysmic devastation should all four elementals be summoned simultaneously. This forces Kazin to confront many unknown dangers and challenges as he leads his group deeper into the mountains. Can Kazin and his companions prevent this worldwide devastation, and eliminate the source of the plague before its too late? Find out now in Cloak & Dagger, Book II of The Dragon Mage Trilogy! Check out www.dragonmagetrilogy.com

The Viking Age

The Viking Age
Author: Paul Belloni Du Chaillu
Publisher:
Total Pages: 628
Release: 1889
Genre: Scandinavia
ISBN: