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Illustrated with 22 photos, maps and plans.Beginning in 2009, the U.S. and many of its NATO-ISAF partners dramatically raised their levels of effort in Afghanistan. The "Afghan Surge," as it came to be known, was most evident in the number of additional US and allied troops that arrived in Afghanistan in 2009 and 2010. Their mission was clear: To reverse the Taliban's momentum and deny it the ability to overthrow the government, and to strengthen the capacity of Afghanistan's securi...

Includes 35 illustrations.Since 2001, the US Army in Afghanistan has been conducting complex operations in a difficult, often dangerous environment. Living in isolated outposts and working under austere conditions, US Soldiers have carried out missions that require in equal parts a warrior's courage and a diplomat's restraint. In the larger discussions of the Afghanistan campaign, the experiences of these Soldiers-especially the young sergeants and lieutenants that lead small units-...

"When a tech witch inherits an AI that's learned magic, she must partner with her coven's enemy to prevent digital demons from consuming reality." Ella Cygnus built a perfect life in Silicon Valley-sterile, predictable, and completely magic-free. A software engineer who quantifies everything, she's spent years suppressing the witchcraft heritage that left her scarred and shamed. But when her grandmother dies, Ella returns to Savannah, where Spanish moss drapes ancient oaks and two covens-t...

Dr. Evelyn "Evie" Reed, a brilliant but unconventional historian specializing in obscure alchemical theories, finally gets her chance at academic validation when she inherits her eccentric great-aunt's bizarre collection. Hidden within it, Evie discovers "The Chrono-Alchemist's Ledger," a meticulously coded journal by the notorious 17th-century alchemist, Marius Thorne. The Ledger details not the transmutation of gold, but the terrifyingly precise method of "temporal transposition"—a ritua...

In the shadows of Berlin's academia, former CIA analyst Dr. Ben Carter has buried his past of deadly intelligence failures. But when a cryptic message pulls him back into the world of espionage, he uncovers the Phoenix Order-a clandestine group led by brilliant but ruthless scientists engineering the Lethe Virus, a bioweapon designed to selectively erase "inferior" populations in the name of human evolution. Teaming with Dr. Eva Richter, a biochemist whose father is at the heart of the con...

Balances hard science with accessible storytellingCreates genuine stakes at both personal and cosmic scalesDevelops a believable evolution of technology and societyMaintains hope and wonder throughout despite existential threatsOffers a vision of humanity's potential that feels both fantastical and achievableWhen quantum physicist Sarah Mitchell loses her husband David in a lab accident, she discovers hi...

In *The Golden Book II: Khan's Legacy*, archaeologist Barry Curtis has retreated to isolation after losing his partner, Blossom Hirata, during a perilous expedition in the Solomon Islands. Haunted by grief and guarding fragments of a golden map pointing to Genghis Khan's legendary tomb, Barry's solitude is shattered when Blossom's estranged sister, Sakura, arrives with urgent warnings. The Red Lotus Society, a ruthless organization obsessed with Mongol secrets, has reformed under new lead...

For three years, Sean Murphy has led his coven in relative peace, honing their magical skills and deepening his bond with his powerful girlfriend, Katie. This tranquility shatters when a sense of profound wrongness returns to their small South Carolina town. After the sudden, peaceful death of his grandfather, Tom, Sean inherits the full weight of his family's legacy. He learns they are not just witches, but part of a long line of "Guardians" who protect the world from Malevolent Spirits. ...

"A haunted house story where the house doesn't just scare you-it writes you. A failed novelist discovers a manuscript in his own handwriting that predicts his future, and a town where stories are alive, hungry, and waiting to consume him. "The house waited for him.When failed novelist William Varn arrives in Cartersville, he expects cheap rent and quiet nights. Instead, he finds a Victorian mansion that reads him like an open book-and an unfinished manuscript written in hi...

Canada is not one nation, but three: English Canada, Quebec, and First Nations. Yet as a country Canada is very successful, in part because it maintains national diversity through bilingualism, multiculturalism, and federalism. Alongside this contemporary openness Canada also has its own history to contend with; with a legacy of broken treaties and residential schools for its Indigenous peoples, making reconciliation between Canada and First Nations an ongoing journey, not a destination. D...

The animals know it's coming. He can prove it. They will kill to keep it a secret.Professor Elias Quinn, a brilliant but disgraced anthropologist, believes he can predict natural disasters by listening to the Earth's oldest warning system: its animals. His controversial AI, Prometheus, analyzes patterns in animal behavior that science has long dismissed as folklore.Dr. Mara Lang is a geologist who trusts only in hard data, her career still in ruins after a ...

For three years, Sean Murphy has led his coven in relative peace, honing their magical skills and deepening his bond with his powerful girlfriend, Katie. This tranquility shatters when a sense of profound wrongness returns to their small South Carolina town. After the sudden, peaceful death of his grandfather, Tom, Sean inherits the full weight of his family's legacy. He learns they are not just witches, but part of a long line of "Guardians" who protect the world from Malevolent Spirits. ...