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The Ambassador S Son
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Author : Homer H. Hickam
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
The Ambassador S Son written by Homer H. Hickam and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with categories.
The Ambassador S Son
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Author : Kenneth Royce
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
The Ambassador S Son written by Kenneth Royce and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Detective and mystery stories categories.
The Ambassador S Son
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Author : Homer Hickam
language : en
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Release Date : 2005-03-01
The Ambassador S Son written by Homer Hickam and has been published by Thomas Dunne Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-03-01 with Fiction categories.
It's 1943 and the Americans and Japanese are fighting a deadly war in the hot, jungle-covered volcanic islands of the South Pacific. The outcome is in doubt and a terrible blow has fallen on American morale. Lieutenant David Armistead, a Marine Corps hero and cousin of the President of the United States, is missing and some say he's gone over to the enemy. Coast Guard Captain Josh Thurlow and his ragtag crew are given the assignment to find Armistead, though not necessarily to bring him back alive. Recruited in the hunt is a tormented and frail PT-boat skipper nicknamed "Shafty" who is also known by another name: John F. Kennedy. When Josh is stranded in the jungles of New Georgia with a mysterious, sensual woman who has a tendency to chop off men's heads, it's up to Kennedy to come to the rescue and complete the mission. But to procure a gunboat, he first has to play high-stakes poker with a young naval supply officer called Nick who happens to be the best gambler in the South Pacific. Nick has another name, too: Richard M. Nixon. Based solidly on historical fact with echoes of James Michener, The Ambassador's Son is a thrilling tale of the South Pacific and adventure fiction at its finest.
The Ambassador S Son
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Author : Mike Takieddine
language : en
Publisher: Bookbaby
Release Date : 2017-02-25
The Ambassador S Son written by Mike Takieddine and has been published by Bookbaby this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-25 with Fiction categories.
The Ambassador's Son is a novel inspired by true events, written as a tribute to the author's beloved father. The story opens with eight-year old Rudi in 1954 watching his parents and their friends at the Lebanese embassy in Mexico City play poker. Young Rudi is enchanted and the seeds are planted for a lifelong struggle with gambling. In Cairo two years later, the populist Nasser nationalizes everything in sight and swiftly clamps down on the wealthy. Many of Cairo's desperate rich come to Ambassador Rahmani seeking help getting valuables out through the diplomatic pouch. The Ambassador turns them all down. All, that is, except one. He agreed to help a wealthy Egyptian family, and like tumblers in a lock, Rudi's family and the Egyptian family became entwined for the next three decades. Their son Omar became Rudi's best friend as they attended Oxford together. They each emigrated to the United States, eventually joining forces in business, and walking with each other through joys, conflict and tragedies. Business, gambling, and loyalty further bound the two families through corporate takeovers, an epic love story, as well as rescues in war-ravaged Beirut . . . until all of it unraveled.
The Ambassador S Son
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Author : Homer Hickam
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2007-04-01
The Ambassador S Son written by Homer Hickam and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-01 with Fiction categories.
It's 1943 and the Americans and Japanese are fighting a deadly war in the hot, jungle-covered volcanic islands of the South Pacific. The outcome is in doubt and a terrible blow has fallen on American morale. Lieutenant David Armistead, a Marine Corps hero and cousin of the President of the United States, is missing and some say he's gone over to the enemy. Coast Guard Captain Josh Thurlow and his ragtag crew are given the assignment to find Armistead, though not necessarily to bring him back alive. Recruited in the hunt is a tormented and frail PT-boat skipper nicknamed "Shafty" who is also known by another name: John F. Kennedy. When Josh is stranded in the jungles of New Georgia with a mysterious, sensual woman who has a tendency to chop off men's heads, it's up to Kennedy to come to the rescue and complete the mission. But to procure a gunboat, he first has to play high-stakes poker with a young naval supply officer called Nick who happens to be the best gambler in the South Pacific. Nick has another name, too: Richard M. Nixon. Based solidly on historical fact with echoes of James Michener, The Ambassador'sSon is a thrilling tale of the South Pacific and adventure fiction at its finest.
The Ambassadors
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Author : George Lerner
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2014-09-15
The Ambassadors written by George Lerner and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-15 with Fiction categories.
An eye-opening account of the Rwandan civil war and an achingly tender portrait of a family at odds. Embedded in real events, the novel takes us on an unforgettable journey through the Congo, Germany, and Brooklyn as it examines one family’s passage through genocide and grief. Jacob Furman has always chosen his call to duty over his wife, Susanna, and their son, Shalom. When he’s deployed to the Congo as a Mossad operative to help the Tutsis in their fight against the Hutus, Susanna and Shalom are left once again to contemplate his absence. Susanna, a Holocaust survivor and an esteemed linguistics scholar, buries herself in work as she searches for the biological roots of human language, while Shalom, overwhelmed by the accomplishments of his parents, struggles in search of his identity.After years apart, a fragile reunion borne out of illness sparks a sense of family they never had before, connecting the three to a web of emotion not just to one another, but to the political events that have defined our century.
The Voyages Travells Of The Ambassadors Sent By Frederick Duke Of Holstein To The Great Duke Of Muscovy And The King Of Persia
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Author : Adam Olearius
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1669
The Voyages Travells Of The Ambassadors Sent By Frederick Duke Of Holstein To The Great Duke Of Muscovy And The King Of Persia written by Adam Olearius and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1669 with Asia categories.
The Ambassador S Mission
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Author : Trudi Canavan
language : en
Publisher: Orbit
Release Date : 2010-05-18
The Ambassador S Mission written by Trudi Canavan and has been published by Orbit this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-18 with Fiction categories.
Sonea, a Black Magician of Kyralia, is horrified when her son, Lorkin, volunteers to assist the new Guild Ambassador to Sachaka. When word comes that Lorkin has gone missing, Sonea is desperate to find him, but if she leaves the city she will be exiled forever. And besides, an old friend is in need of her help. Most of her friend's family has been murdered -- the latest in a long line of assassinations to plague the leading Thieves of the city. There has always been rivalry, but now the Thieves are waging a deadly underworld war, and it appears they have been doing so with magical assistance. With over one million copies in print, Trudi Canavan has taken the fantasy world by storm. If you haven't done so already, The Ambassador's Mission is the perfect opportunity to discover the magic of Trudi Canavan.
The Ambassadors
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Author : Jonathan Wright
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2006-06-05
The Ambassadors written by Jonathan Wright and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06-05 with History categories.
From the author of Heretics comes this “informative and enjoyable glimpse at the travails and achievements of emissaries over thousands of years” (Booklist). We think of ambassadors as simply diplomats—but once they were adventurers who dared an uncertain fate in unknown lands, bringing gifts of greyhounds and elephants to powerful and unpredictable leaders. In vivid detail, The Ambassadors traces the remarkable journeys of these emissaries, taking us from the linguistically challenged Greek Megasthenes to the first Japanese embassies to China and Korea; from Mohammed’s ambassadors to Egypt to the envoys of Byzantium, who had the unenviable task of convincing Attila the Hun to stop attacking them. We also witness the dialogue between Europe and Moorish Spain, and meet the ill-fated envoys sent in search of the mythical king Prester John. What Europe still thinks of Asia and what Asia still thinks of Africa were in no small part kindled in these long-ago first encounters. From the cuneiform civilizations of the ancient Near East to the clashing empires of the early modern age, JonathanWright brings alive the men who introduced the great cultures of the world to each other. “Illuminating the practice of diplomatic immunity, the gradual formalization of the institution of global diplomacy and the role of maverick diplomats, Wright carefully balances general developments in the scope of ambassadorial duties with colorful and exemplary tales of particular instances.” —Publishers Weekly
The Ambassadors
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Author : Paul Richter
language : en
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Release Date : 2020-10-27
The Ambassadors written by Paul Richter and has been published by Simon & Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-27 with Political Science categories.
Veteran diplomatic correspondent Paul Richter goes behind the battles and the headlines to show how American ambassadors are the unconventional warriors in the Muslim world—running local government, directing drone strikes, building nations, and risking their lives on the front lines. The tale’s heroes are a small circle of top career diplomats who have been an unheralded but crucial line of national defense in the past two decades of wars in the greater Middle East. In The Ambassadors, Paul Richter shares the astonishing, true-life stories of four expeditionary diplomats who “do the hardest things in the hardest places.” The book describes how Ryan Crocker helped rebuild a shattered Afghan government after the fall of the Taliban and secretly negotiated with the shadowy Iranian mastermind General Qassim Suleimani to wage war in Afghanistan and choose new leaders for post-invasion Iraq. Robert Ford, assigned to be a one-man occupation government for an Iraqi province, struggled to restart a collapsed economy and to deal with spiraling sectarian violence—and was taken hostage by a militia. In Syria at the eruption of the civil war, he is chased by government thugs for defying the country’s ruler. J. Christopher Stevens is smuggled into Libya as US Envoy to the rebels during its bloody civil war, then returns as ambassador only to be killed during a terror attach in Benghazi. War-zone veteran Anne Patterson is sent to Pakistan, considered the world’s most dangerous country, to broker deals that prevent a government collapse and to help guide the secret war on jihadists. “An important and illuminating read” (The Washington Post) and the winner of the prestigious Douglas Dillon Book Award from the American Academy of Diplomacy, The Ambassadors is a candid examination of the career diplomatic corps, America’s first point of contact with the outside world, and a critical piece of modern-day history.