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Author : Antonio Mendez
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 28,39 MB
Release : 2012-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 1101601205

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The true, declassified account of CIA operative Tony Mendez's daring rescue of American hostages from Iran that inspired the critically-acclaimed film directed by and starring Ben Affleck, and co-starring John Goodman, Alan Arkin, and Bryan Cranston. On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal and a quake in global politics still reverberating today. But there is a little-known drama connected to the crisis: six Americans escaped. And a top-level CIA officer named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them before they were detected. Disguising himself as a Hollywood producer, and supported by a cast of expert forgers, deep cover CIA operatives, foreign agents, and Hollywood special effects artists, Mendez traveled to Tehran under the guise of scouting locations for a fake science fiction film called Argo. While pretending to find the perfect film backdrops, Mendez and a colleague succeeded in contacting the escapees, and smuggling them out of Iran. Antonio Mendez finally details the extraordinarily complex and dangerous operation he led more than three decades ago. A riveting story of secret identities and international intrigue, Argo is the gripping account of the history-making collusion between Hollywood and high-stakes espionage.

Author : Jessie van Eerden
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,68 MB
Release : 2024-10-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780983740599

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Winner of the 2019 Dzanc Prize for Fiction Set in small-town West Virginia in the twilight of the eighties, Call It Horses tells the story of three women--niece, aunt, and stowaway--and an improbable road trip. Frankie is an orphan (or a reluctant wife). Mave is an autodidact (or the town pariah). Nan is an artist (or the town whore). Each separately haunted, Frankie, Mave, and Nan--with a hound in tow--set out in an Oldsmobile Royale for Abiquiú and the desert of Georgia O'Keeffe, seeking an escape from everything they've known. Frankie records the journey in letters to her aunt Mave's dead lover, a linguist named Ruth, sketching out her troubled life and her complicated relationship with Mave, who became her guardian when Frankie was orphaned at sixteen. Slowly, one letter at a time, Frankie exposes the ruins of herself and her fellow passengers: things that chase them, that died too soon, that never lived. With lush prose and brutal empathy, Frankie tells Ruth--and herself--the story of liminality experienced by a woman standing just outside of motherhood, fulfillment, and love.

Author : Mark Knowles
Publisher : Aries Book
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,49 MB
Release : 2022
Category : Argonauts (Greek mythology)
ISBN : 1801102724

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Iolkos, Thessaly. 1230 BC. King Pelias has grown paranoid, tormented by his murderous past and a prophecy of the man who will one day destroy him. When a stranger arrives to compete in the Games of Poseidon, Pelias is horrified, for this young man should never have grown to manhood. He is Jason, Pelias' nephew, who survived his uncle's assassins as a child. Now Jason wants his revenge and the kingdom. But Pelias is cunning as well as powerful. He gives his foe an impossible challenge- to claim the throne, Jason must first steal the fabled Golden Fleece of Colchis. Jason assembles a band of Greece's finest warriors. They are the Argonauts, named for their trusty ship. But even with these mighty allies, Jason will have to overcome the brutal challenges hurled his way. His mission and many lives depend on his wits and his sword.

Author : Bernard Smith
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 47,64 MB
Release : 2004-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0595329217

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Jason Steele has no time to lose. He has managed to achieve a position of power at a young age. But even this success, is not enough. He has higher ambitions and feels an urgent need to hurry. And with the sudden arrival of a spaceship signaling to the political powers of earth, his chance has arrived. Now all he has to do is: convince the President he can captain the ship, then get a crew he can trust, and battle for the future of earth and his crew. Argo is a science fiction work, with humor, adventure, and a fast pace. This ARGO, travels through space, but it finds adventure in the same manner as its namesake.

Author : Matt Browning
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 20,80 MB
Release : 2021-09-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1493063375

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The Definitive Golden Girls Cultural Reference Guide is an in-depth look at the hundreds of topical references to people, places, and events that make up many of the funniest lines from the ever-popular television series, The Golden Girls. Over the course of seven seasons and 180 episodes, The Golden Girls was a consistent top 10 hit, yielding 58 Emmy nominations, multiple spin-off shows, and millions of lifelong devoted fans with its biting observations and timeless humor about such issues as dating, sex, marriage, divorce, race, gender equality, gay rights, menopause, AIDS, and more. Reruns are run on multiple cable networks daily and are streaming 24/7 on Hulu. This book brings 21st Century viewers “in on the joke” while educating readers about pop culture and world events from the past.

Author : Billy Yuen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 10,52 MB
Release : 2021-03-23
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1617297275

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Part 1. Background. 1. Why GitOps? -- 2. Kubernetes and GitOps -- Part 2. Patterns and processes. 3. Environment management -- 4. Pipelines -- 5. Deployment strategies -- 6. Access control and security -- 7. Secrets -- 8. Observability -- Part 3. Tools. 9. Argo CD -- 10. Jenkins X -- 11. Flux.

Author : William Tyler Olcott
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 47,40 MB
Release : 2018-05-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3732684415

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Reproduction of the original: A Field Book of the Stars by William Tyler Olcott