In the harrowing days after September 11, 2001, the President of the United States reached out to one man to help guide the nation in its quest to shore up domestic security.In this candid and compelling memoir, Tom Ridge describes the whirlwind series of events that took him from the state capital of Pennsylvania, into the fray of Washington, D.C., and onto the world stage as a new leader in the fight against international terrorism.A Washington outsider, R...

The size and scope of the global forced migration crisis are unprecedented. Almost 66 million people worldwide have been forced from home by conflict. If recent trends continue, this figure could increase to between 180 and 320 million people by 2030. This global crisis already poses serious challenges to economic growth and risks to stability and national security, as well as an enormous human toll affecting tens of millions of people. These issues are on track to get worse; without signi...

Dramatic, compelling, downright unbelievable accounts of the Coast Guard's often unsung heros.

Fourteen true, amazing and inspiring stories of some of the bravest men and women you'll ever meetSo Others May Live is the untold story of the U.S. Coast Guard's quiet but resolute rescue swimmers. From deep ocean caves on the Oregon coast to the panicked and chaotic streets of post-Katrina New Orleans, here are their stunningly heroic stories - some of the greatest maritime rescues attempted since the program was started in 1985. These feats, told through the eyes of the...

In the rugged hills of Gold Creek, fortune favors the bold — and buries the foolish. When an unexpected gold strike sets off a frenzy, old grudges, desperate men, and deadly schemes come to the surface.Clem Connolly, a weathered prospector with nothing left to lose, and his trusty burro find themselves caught in a high-stakes gamble where the prize is more than gold — it's survival. In a land where every handshake hides a blade and every bet could be your last, Clem has to outwit c...

First published in 1985. Information technology can offer huge benefits to the disabled. It can help many disabled people to overcome barriers of time and space and to a much greater extent it can help them to overcome barriers of communication. In that way new information technology offers opportunities to neutralise the worst effects of many kinds of disablement.This book reviews the possibilities of using information technology in the education of the disabled. Commencing with a...

WINNER: Gold Medal in the History Genre 2019 by Military Writers Society of AmericaWINNER: Independent Press AwardWINNER: LitPick Top Choice Book Review AwardThe Vietnam War represents a dark period in the history of the United States. Scores of young men (and many women) went off to a foreign land to fight a war of unclear intentions. For those that came home, years of PTSD and anything but a hero's welcome would be there to meet them. Fo...

Assadollah Assadi, became the first-ever serving Iranian diplomat to be detained, investigated, tried, convicted, and imprisoned, after he plotted to blow up thousands of participants in the Iranian Resistance's annual Free Iran World Summit in Villepinte, France, where Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran was speaking, along with hundreds of political dignitaries from across the globe.In late February 2022, authorities in Iran...

United Airlines Flight 93, which took off from Newark Airport the morning of September 11th, 2001, is perhaps the most famous flight in modern American history: We know of the passenger uprising, but there’s so much more to the story besides its harrowing and oft-told climax. Amazingly, the definitive account of this seminal event has yet to be written.The book offers the most complete account of what actually took place aboard Flight 93 – from its delayed takeoff in Newark to the m...