This study tells the story of the strategic nuclear forces deployed to England by the United States from the late 1940s, and details the secret agreement made to launch atomic strikes against the USSR.Drawing on more than a decade's research in archives on both sides of the Atlantic, hitherto unknown aspects of Cold War history are revealed. The book deals with the United States Air Force's (USAF) relations with their British hosts as well as tensions between the American commands,...

Choices. Consequences. A white boy. A Jamaican kingpin. A mother who hates him. Welcome to the ghetto of Clearwater, where survival means selling your soul.When the little boy narrator returns from the nightmarish Mariana Dozier School for Boys, he finds no sanctuary in his mother's arms—only rejection and alcoholic indifference. Desperate for belonging and protection, he makes a devil's bargain with V, a calculating Jamaican drug lord who recognizes the boy's unwa...

What does it take for a 13-year-old boy to survive in a juvenile detention facility that's more like hell on earth? How can faith emerge from the darkest corners of human experience? After defending his mother from abuse, one young teen's journey through violence, survival, and divine intervention reveals the transformative power of faith in the most hopeless places.In this raw and powerful memoir, a thirteen-year-old boy finds himself thrown into the notorious Mar...

Super Bomb unveils the story of the events leading up to President Harry S. Truman's 1950 decision to develop a "super," or hydrogen, bomb. That fateful decision and its immediate consequences are detailed in a diverse and complete account built on newly released archives and previously hidden contemporaneous interviews with more than sixty political, military, and scientific figures who were involved in the decision.Ken Young and Warner R...

This is the Starting of a true documentary of a Child trapped in the battle between Darkness and the Light. May God show you the Light and the Way, and be there for you as He was for me.You are powerful in the name of God!! Build a Relationship With God and you too will feel his presence.My Father, who art in Heaven, I come to you as a humble Child in the Name of Jesus. I ask for you to pour your love into the reader as they go through the pain of the Life that I had to go through....

Ken and Jennifer live in beautiful Auckland, New Zealand. They began the “God’s Love...” cartoons back in 1994 while in ministry in their local church to draw peoples attention to various aspects of God’s amazing love. Now, using the original characters, Jack and Daisy, they introduce “We Believe in Christmas” where the twins are confronted with various biblical doctrines such as faith, sin, forgiveness, and the real meaning of Christmas. Ken enjoys tramping, scuba diving, and being outdoo...

Local government passed unscathed through the political and economic upheavals which followed the Great Depression. Contemporary commentators had every reason to look forward to continued growth and expansion in the role of local government, which was seen as the main vehicle for the social programmes of the comeing Welfare State. That optimism was misplaced. Many of the trends of the early twentieth century have been reveresed. From the vantage point of 1985, local government was in crisi...

Karl and Mr. Kraddle are both described as being “slow,” by normal standards. These loveable characters show children that even though they’re “slow,” they can still succeed in things and also have their own relationship with God their Creator.

This fact-packed exposé reveals all the dirty little secrets that Michele Bachmann would rather you didn't knowSince Michele Bachmann became a front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, journalists have been plumbing the depths of the well-regarded blog Dump Bachmann for material on her. Now the bloggers themselves pour forth a decade's worth of research and analysis to show that, no matter what you've heard about Bachmann, there's worse. Muc...

Few images evoke a more powerful or frightening reaction than that of the assassin.Silently creeping into your room while you sleep, they plunge a pick deep inside your brain, or fill your snoring nostrils with poisonous vapour. Or perhaps skilled fingers from the shadows strike a vital point during mid-step; the coroners say it was a heart attack.Assassins are people to be feared, no doubt. But what do they fear? What do they dream of? What life, what world, are they longi...

Focusing on the issues associated with migrating for work both in and from the Asian region, this book sheds light on the debate over migration and trafficking. With contributions from an international team of well-known scholars, the book sets labour migration firmly within the context of globalization, providing a focused, contemporary discussion of what is undoubtedly a major twenty-first century concern.Transnational Migration and Work in Asia analyzes workers motivati...

The term “spiritual transmission” refers to the passing of the state of enlightenment from teacher to student, which takes place in many spiritual traditions. In itself, the transmission is synonymous with the experience of enlightenment. But the fact that the student’s experience is rooted in a relationship with a human teacher who is perceived to possess absolute knowledge lends the experience much of its intrinsic, yet hidden, nature.Following the breakup of his 21-year relation...