"On a tiny French island, a couple of American dreamers redefine their lives by restoring a ruin…The French House moves to a soulful, very funny rhythm all its own."—Meryl StreepDon and Mindy Wallace have always been Francophiles, so when they had the opportunity to buy a home on a small French island off the coast of Brittany, they jumped—sight unseen—into a crumbling mess that challenged their finances and their family.But when the Wallaces arriv...

For more than a century, no Number 1 and Number 2 high schoolfootball team had ever met -- until October 6, 2001One Great GameThis is the story of two teams -- Concord De La Salle, a private Catholic school in an upscale Northern California suburb, and Long Beach Poly, a proud public institution from a blue-collar SoCal seaport -- striving to achieve the same goal: the all-American dream.In this supercharged account of the first-ever national high-school championship g...

Stress affects millions of Americans. According to the Statistic Brain Research Institute, 77% ofAmericans report experiencing physical symptoms associated with stress. 1/3 of Americans feelas if they are living with extreme stress.

A Tide in Time follows the misfortunes of Matthew and Abby Roving, siblings plunged into double lives as modern teens and accidental secret agents at the heart of the American Revolution. The trouble begins when Matthew stumbles on an antique ship's logbook that functions like a time portal. Soon the 12 year old Matthew is solo-sailing a Death Ship, escaping from murderous mutineers, and managing the affairs of future national heroes like John Paul Jones and Ben Franklin, helping them to k...

WHEN A TERRORIST MASTERMIND TRIGGERS A SINISTER DECEPTION, THE WORLD IS THROWN INTO PERIL."A rip-snorting submarine adventure..." —Stephen Coonts, NY Times bestselling author____________________________________________________________A DEA agent investigating the Asian drug trade stumbles upon a deadly plot. A Navy SEAL team is tasked with finding stolen Russian nuclear weapons in east Asia. And a young Naval Academy midshipman beco...

This book seeks to understand the obligations of the international community to promote and protect state and human security in situations of international humanitarian crises.In Iraq and Syria, as well as in neighbouring states, the rise of ISIL has raised serious state and human security challenges. This study explores the relationships between the Global-Regional Partnership, the United Nations and nine organizations in their attempt to deal with the challenges presented by ISIL...

This book seeks to understand the obligation of the international community to implement the principles of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P).With a focus on the humanitarian crisis in Syria, the volume examines what formal responsibility and actual capability international institutions have to protect and prevent civilians from systematic mass atrocities and presents an analysis of several prominent international organizations (IOs). Each chapter focuses on a specific organizatio...

A stranger and foreigner arrives at the offices of a small publication in London only to be faced by the "editor" whose face is completely swathed in a veil. Nothing is as it seems, and it quickly becomes evident that both are bent on more than lively gossip about the elite. Blackmail and opportunism is the order of the day. When two men are found shot to death outside the door of Mr. Farrington the millionaire who just happens to live a few doors from T. B. Smith, the head of the secret p...

When the Russian President moves to reunite the Soviet Union, he sets in motion an epic battle of spies, submarines, and US Navy SEALs."This team spins a great tale." —***W.E.B. Griffin, NY Times bestselling autho*r____________________________________A belligerent Russian president seeks to reunite the Soviet Union—beginning with Lithuania. But before the US can send military support, Russia’s navy forces a dangerous face-off in th...

A terrorist mastermind will start World War III...unless a US submarine crew and a crack team of Navy SEALs can stop him first."This team spins a great tale." —W.E.B. Griffin, NY Times bestselling author____________________________________To US intelligence, he is known only as Nabiin.But his followers call him the Prophet, and they will stop at nothing to follow his orders—orders that will pit the world powers agai...

WHEN A VENEZUELAN ADMIRAL ATTEMPTS AN AMBITIOUS POWER GRAB, AMERICA’S ELITE WARRIORS MUST STOP A DISASTER OF UNIMAGINABLE SCALE."This team spins a great tale." —W.E.B. Griffin, NY Times bestselling author______________________________________Admiral Juan Valdez is the puppet master behind Venezuela's dictatorship. He has spent years modernizing Venezuela’s military while the poor of his country starved. All the while, Valdez was wor...

The axis of global power has shifted.Is it too late to restore the balance?Biding its time for decades, China has patiently lain in wait for its chance at global dominance. Long content to needle the West while secretly amassing intelligence, technology, and resources, the war chest is now full and the gears of the colossus are grinding into motion.New arenas of modern battle emerge as China wages an all-out cyber assault on the Wes...