[PDF] The Guard eBook

Author : Peter Terrin
Publisher : MacLehose Press
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 24,77 MB
Release : 2015-01-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 162365288X

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Winner of the European Union Literature Prize, Peter Terrin's The Guard is a haunting novel of perceived oppression by the an omnipresent, but unknown, authority. In the near future, Harry and Michel live in the basement of a luxury apartment block, guarding the inhabitants. No one goes outside. The world might be at war, it might even have been plunged into nuclear winter. No one knows. But one weekend, all of the residents leave the block, one by one. All but the man on floor 29. Harry and Michel stick to their posts. All they know, all they can hope for, is that if they are vigilant, the "Organization" will reward them with a promotion to an elite cadre of security officers. But what if there were no one left to guard? Playing on our darkest fears, The Guard is a tautly observed novel by a writer of striking and stylish originality.

Author : Kiera Cass
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 45,30 MB
Release : 2014-12-02
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0062351206

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Don't miss this digital original novella set in the captivating world of Kiera Cass's #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series. Before America Singer's story began, another girl came to the palace to compete for the hand of a different prince…. This prequel story takes place before the events of The Selection and is told from the point of view of Prince Maxon's mother, Amberly. Discover a whole new Selection with this inside look at how Maxon's parents met—and how an ordinary girl named Amberly became a beloved queen. Don’t miss The Betrothed, a glittering royal romance sure to captivate Kiera Cass’s legion of loyal readers and lovers of courtly intrigue alike!

Author : N. L. Westaway
Publisher : Guard Trilogy
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,59 MB
Release : 2023-05-20
Category :
ISBN : 9781733944236

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When a woman linked to the supernatural finds her mother's journal holds a cryptic mystery, she and her friends race to uncover a secret matriarchal society protected by mystical unseen forces.

Author : Kiera Cass
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 19,33 MB
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0062248162

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Don’t miss this captivating novella set in the world of the #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series! Go behind the scenes of the competition with this story from the point of view of Prince Maxon. Before America Singer was chosen to compete in the Selection, there was another girl in Prince Maxon’s life . . . . In The Prince, follow Prince Maxon through the week leading up to the beginning of the Selection—and the day he first meets America. The Prince also includes a teaser to The Elite, the enchanting second book in the Selection series. Don’t miss The Betrothed, a glittering royal romance sure to captivate Kiera Cass’s legion of loyal readers and lovers of courtly intrigue alike!

Author : Simon Akam
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 17,6 MB
Release : 2021-03-02
Category :
ISBN : 9781922310279

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A revelatory, explosive new analysis of the British military today. Over the first two decades of the twenty-first century, Britain has changed enormously. During this time, the British Army fought two campaigns, in Iraq and Afghanistan, at considerable financial and human cost. Yet neither war achieved its objectives. This book questions why, and provides challenging but necessary answers. Composed of assiduous documentary research, field reportage, and hundreds of interviews with many soldiers and officers who served, as well as the politicians who directed them, the allies who accompanied them, and the family members who loved and -- on occasion -- lost them, it is a strikingly rich, nuanced portrait of one of our pivotal national institutions in a time of great stress. Award-winning journalist Simon Akam, who spent a year in the army when he was 18, returned a decade later to see how the institution had changed. His book examines the relevance of the armed forces today -- their social, economic, political, and cultural role. This is as much a book about Britain, and about the politics of failure, as it is about the military.

Author : David Petersen
Publisher : Boom! Studios
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 29,35 MB
Release : 2011-11-30
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1613989512

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Collects Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard #1-4 plus Bonus Materials! Collects the first volume of Legends of the Guard, a new Mouse Guard anthology series featuring the work of artists and storytellers handpicked by series creator David Petersen. Bonus content includes an all-new Epilogue illustrated by Joao Lemos (Avengers Fairy Tales), cover gallery, character lineup, floor plan of the June Alley Inn, and creator bios.

Author : David Petersen
Publisher : BOOM! Studios
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 48,11 MB
Release : 2015-04-08
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1681594897

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Gather 'round in the June Alley Inn for more mouse tales. Dustin Nguyen (Batman: Li’l Gotham) tells the story of a dying raven, while Kyla Vanderklugt (Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Witches) spins a tale of a lovely and brave mouse dancer. And C.M. Galdre (Duelist) and Nicole Gustaffson (Nimasprout) tell the story of a town whose protective walls have fallen.

Author : BJ Penn
Publisher : Victory Belt Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,64 MB
Release : 2009-08-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780981504469

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BJ PENN—UFC World Champion, Jiu-Jitsu World Champion, and best-selling author of Mixed Martial Arts: The Book of Knowledge—sheds new light on the sport of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with this unprecedented examination of the closed guard. Through step-by-step color photographs and descriptive narrative, Penn shares his elaborate system for gaining control of your opponent's body while fighting off your back, and then unleashes more than eight fight-ending submissions. He divulges his most vicious strangleholds, including collar chokes, arm chokes, and triangle chokes. He demonstrates how to apply bone-breaking pressure to your opponent's wrist, elbow, and shoulder using his most ruthless straight arm bars, inverted arm bars, kimura locks, Americana locks, and omaplata locks. And to ensure your offense never gets shut down, Penn unveils your opponent's most common submission defenses, and then teaches you how to capitalize on that defense by transitioning into secondary submissions and a host of sweeps. Detailing dozens of ways to chain your attacks together to form fluid combinations, this book leaves no stone unturned. Whether you are new to the grappling arts or an experienced practitioner, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: The Closed Guard will take your game to the next level.

Author : Antonio Nogueira
Publisher : Victory Belt Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,71 MB
Release : 2008-11
Category : Mixed martial arts
ISBN : 9780981504421

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Antonio Nogueira is known as "The World's Most Dangerous Groundfighter"