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In America's Cold Warrior, James Graham Wilson traces Paul Nitze's career path in national security after World War II, a time when many of his mentors and peers returned to civilian life. Serving in eight presidential administrations, Nitze commanded White House attention even when he was out of government, especially with his withering criticism of Jimmy Carter during Carter's presidency.

GRIPPING DARK AUSTRALIAN STORY In the distance a man watches her Perfect she stands on the beach Wavelets lapping at her feet He desires her, he will charm her She will come with him like others Where are those others now? She goes with him, travelling to distant places They walk all alone in a land of bright sunlight She sees not the shadows hiding in the dark Awful secrets emerge - she knows she must escape. But she is trapped with him in the middle of nowhere. Her hands and feet are tied. She is a captive. He is taking her to a place of huge crocodiles. She fears she will vanish inside ...

Little Sophie vanished - where did she go? For 100 years nobody knows. Her photo and an antique perfume bottle long hidden in the fireplace of an old house. Story of a family over 170 years. Finally, we discover what really happened. Set in historic Balmain on beautiful Sydney Harbour. Imagined history of early Australia to the present day

Two faces glimpsed on TV – one a Victim one a Killer. A fisherman finds a head in a crocodile infested waterhole They call him Crocodile Man – who is he? And who is she – the woman with him before he died? She holds her lover’s diary. Its contents terrify her, What awful tale does it tell? She must read it to discover. Unable to do so she hides it away. Others think they know. BRAZEN ENGLISH HUSSY, tabloids scream. ‘ Killed her lover, fed his body to crocodiles. Brought back to Australia, charged with murder. But what really happened on that fateful day?

She sits alone in an empty cell. They say she killed her lover, fed his body to the crocodiles. She will tell no one what happened on that last fateful day. She knows an awful secret but will hide it forever. It is this man's diary. She has hidden that too. There is a buried box which no one must find. The search gets closer. She must stop them. One person, a good friend, could help her. But now he and his helicopter have vanished. It was in a vast empty wilderness where nobody goes. Soon after helicopter wreckage is found floating in the sea There was a huge flood. He is presumed dead.

C S. Lewis stands as one of the most influential Christians of the twentieth century. His commitment to the life of the mind and the life of the heart is evident in classics like the Chronicles of Narnia and Mere Christianity―books that illustrate the unbreakable connection between rigorous thought and deep affection. This volume explores the man, his work, and his legacy―reveling in the truth at the heart of Lewis’s spiritual genius: God alone is the answer to our deepest longings and the source of our unending joy.

Perhaps you have read the Crocodile Dreaming Series and wonder who is the man at the centre of its first book 'The Visitor'. Now it is like he has come back from the dead to tell the story he wrote and hid for another to find years later. It begins as a tale of a victim, bullied by others. He learns to turn the tables and give back in double measure. It is a story built on bad choices. His search for vengeance destroys his life and that of others around him, leading to ever darker places and worse actions. And twinned with his soul is an ancient predatory crocodile being. As time goes by, ...

Corporate crime and poor victims. Gilt Investments, a new company, promises a risk free investor bonanza. But at what price? A journalist discovers former workers are sick and dying. Gilt will take the assets leaving an empty shell with nothing for former workers. It's a race against time - once the company floats publicly it will be too late. More dirty secrets are found but can it be stopped? It is not gold that glitters in this story, but wealth stolen from others to create this new glittering company, Taking this money has not only stolen their wealth but their health. The sick and ...

A parents worst nightmare. A small child with an incurable disease and a father who served in Vietnam and blames himself for her illness. The family is torn apart. Finally only one choice remains to save the daughter's life, a devil's choice. The time is in the 1980s. Catherine, Lizzie's daughter has returned to Sydney to study. She now lives in Balmain, near where her mother grew up. She settles into life there, establishes a successful career and marries. Then she has a daughter, Amelie, who is the joy of both her and her husband's lives. But when her daughter is two years old the ...

An old stone house with no history - secrets buried below the floor Glimpsed lives from 200 years past - If only the stones could talk A mother and child vanished thirty years ago Now a new mystery - the mother’s pendant is found From the author of The Old Balmain House this is a story set in early Sydney Its consequences reverberate down through successive generations until today She bends forward. A silver pendant falls from her shirt, swinging free on a chain from her neck. The name ‘Cindy’ is in silver cursive letters. On its back is a heart symbol and, ‘From Jim’. I remember ...

The girl you love vanishes - you search and search. No trace is found. You see one who looks like her - she looks at you but knows you not. Is she a mirage, a fading dream or a figment of desperate hope? She likes you. You ask her and she comes with you. Her mind sees only sunlight. You see dark shadowed edges. Can you make a life with a person who holds no memory of you? The final book of the Crocodile Spirit Dreaming Series The story of Susan, an English backpacker in outback Australia She travels to the middle of nowhere with a man who loves crocodiles. She finds out terrifying secrets ...

In The Triumph of Improvisation, James Graham Wilson takes a long view of the end of the Cold War, from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979 to Operation Desert Storm in January 1991. Drawing on deep archival research and recently declassified papers, Wilson argues that adaptation, improvisation, and engagement by individuals in positions of power ended the specter of a nuclear holocaust.

Throughout his presidency, Ronald Reagan sought "peace through strength" during an era of historic change. In the decades since, pundits and scholars have argued over the president's legacy: some consider Reagan a charismatic and consummate leader, who renewed American strength and defeated communism. To others he was an ambitious and dangerous warmonger, whose presidency was plagued with mismanagement, misconduct, and foreign policy failures.

A neighborhood won't let its residents forget the past. One taste draws two lovers into a nightmarish addiction. A harsh winter forces strange creatures down from the mountains. At sea level, where it's safe, things like this can't happen. But when you're sky high in Denver, Colorado, anything goes...including your sanity. Beware of Terror at 5280', a horror fiction anthology featuring dark tales set in and around Denver and the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, penned exclusively by local authors.

Sixteen historians, all members of the Society of Independent Southern Historians, have come together to write this truthful history of America specifically for home-schooled students. Herein is a history that is truthful, concise, yet comprehensive, written especially for students of middle school and high school age and for the parents who provide guidance through the home school educational approach. The 40 student lessons in this book present 278 years of our history.

Discover the story of Australia in the Great War through the eyes and stories of John Murray - a would-be journalist, aspiring artist, and young soldier. John’s dairies capture the history, events, and experiences of Australians, as each instalment builds to tell the story of Australia’s journey from peacetime through to the war’s end. Share a young Australian’s hopes, his insights, and his pain, as war changes the fabric of his world and his family.

Four passports are found of girls missing in Australia. The one who found them has vanished too. Who are these girls? Where have they gone? Are they dead? Could any be still alive? A dead man's diary and a search across the world give tiny glimpses. But their stories remain elusive. Police search, friends and families search. But the five girls remain gone, their fates unknown.

Raped and reduced to working in a brothel to keep her baby, unwed, teenage mother, Lizzie, forges a new life for herself and her child in the Kimberley region of Australia. But can she evade her persecutors and ultimately bring to them to justice? This is a story of a girl from inner Sydney. Her family is poor, her father dies when she is nine, life is hard. But her courage rises above adversity. It is story of her struggle to survive and make a life of her own, first as a prostitute, then with her child in a remote outback town. This is the second book in the series, "Old Balmain House" ...

Graham Wilson's Leadership Laid Bare audio experience designed to decode leadership for today’s world. Being a forward-thinking leader and game changer, you'll be able to tune in to discover pragmatic tips and hints on leadership from relevant leaders who are out there actually doing it day in, day out. Each episode is dedicated to sharing pragmatic stories from the field, and more importantly real examples of what successful leaders are actually doing to deliver at pace These ideas are designed to teach and inspire action, and to awaken possibility to deliver extraordinary results. Join ...

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