For a group of fundamentalist extremists, stealing a shipment of weapons-grade plutonium from Pakistan was almost too easy. Now they have everything they need to construct a terrifying weapon—on U.S. soil. They believe their plans are virtually undetectable but Mack Bolan is on their trail. When the Executioner tracks the stolen plutonium he uncovers a brutal network hiding behind the scenes of the professional motorcycle-racing circuit. The world of professional motorcycle racing is fast and dangerous and comes complete with corrupt oil companies, al Qaeda ties and murder. The race has already started—and only the winner will survive.
The heartbreaking story of college athlete Madison Holleran, whose life and death by suicide reveal the struggle of young people suffering from mental illness today in this #1 New York Times Sports and Fitness bestseller. If you scrolled through the Instagram feed of 19-year-old Maddy Holleran, you would see a perfect life: a freshman at an Ivy League school, recruited for the track team, who was also beautiful, popular, and fiercely intelligent. This was a girl who succeeded at everything she tried, and who was only getting started. But when Maddy began her long-awaited college career, her parents noticed something changed. Previously indefatigable Maddy became withdrawn, and her thoughts centered on how she could change her life. In spite of thousands of hours of practice and study, she contemplated transferring from the school that had once been her dream. When Maddy's dad, Jim, dropped her off for the first day of spring semester, she held him a second longer than usual. That would be the last time Jim would see his daughter. What Made Maddy Run began as a piece that Kate Fagan, a columnist for espnW, wrote about Maddy's life. What started as a profile of a successful young athlete whose life ended in suicide became so much larger when Fagan started to hear from other college athletes also struggling with mental illness. This is the story of Maddy Holleran's life, and her struggle with depression, which also reveals the mounting pressures young people -- and college athletes in particular -- face to be perfect, especially in an age of relentless connectivity and social media saturation.
Evoking Krakauer's Into the Wild, Dan Schultz tells the extraordinary true story of desperado survivalists, a brutal murder, and vigilante justice set against the harsh backdrop of the Colorado wilderness On a sunny May morning in 1998 in Cortez, Colorado, three desperados in a stolen truck opened fire on the town cop, shooting him twenty times; then they blasted their way past dozens of police cars and disappeared into 10,000 square miles of the harshest wilderness terrain on the North American continent. Self-trained survivalists, the outlaws eluded the most sophisticated law enforcement technology on the planet and a pursuit force that represented more than seventy-five local, state, and federal police agencies with dozens of swat teams, U.S. Army Special Forces, and more than five hundred officers from across the country. Dead Run is the first in-depth account of this sensational case, replete with overbearing local sheriffs, Native American trackers, posses on horseback, suspicion of vigilante justice and police cover-ups, and the blunders of the nation's most exalted crime-fighters pursuing outlaws into territory in which only they could survive.
During the 1980s, popular fear of World War III spurred moviemakers to produce dozens of nuclear threat films. Categories ranged from monster movies to post-apocalyptic adventures to realistic depictions of nuclear war and its immediate aftermath. Coverage of atomic angst films isn't new, but this is the first book to solely analyze 1980s nuclear threat movies as a group. Entries range from classics such as The Day After and WarGames to obscurities such as Desert Warrior and Massive Retaliation. Chronological coverage of the 121 films released between 1980 and 1990 includes production details, chapter notes, and critical commentaries.
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THE FACES OF 266 Shocking! Vivid! Factual! Dramatic! Three young women, three friends in high school, three years after graduation, they reconnect. Meanwhile, three pregnancies, three mothers (two of them single), three decisions: birth, adoption, abortion, even suicide. From life-supporting pregnancy care centers to unethical, self-promoting counselors at abortion sites, these three women experience the everyday workings of abortion. They deal with the evil reality this right has caused. Daring! Hair-raising! Heart-wrenching! Gut-punching! Four thousand abortions are done every day in the USA. One every twenty seconds. "See" an abortion to learn who you are. Dare to face yourself and think. Dare to discover what you really believe about the gift of love in life and why. These three young, pregnant women grow up fast when forced to face the hard facts of life beyond oneself. Each mother asks her heart can she ever love anyone if she can't love her baby as herself. Two hundred sixty-six is the number of days from human conception to birth-this number no lover of life will ever forget to win the War for Life. These women soon understand for whom the bell tolls. They see how abortion affects every single one of us. They realize that no man is an island. Provoking! Soul-searching! Life-celebrating! Where there is life, there is hope. Where there is hope, there is love. Abortion is taking life. Giving life is giving birth. The Faces of 266 is the hard-hitting, emotionally charged eye-opener to the most unforgettable chapter in United States history that is still being written with the blood and bodies of American babies. This novel strikes a blow to the heart while joyfully celebrating every wonderful life revealed when true love is a baby. If you can't love a baby, you can't love anybody. "The book engaged me from start to finish, weighing heavily on me with reality and instruction to start and then moving me literally to tears of joy and victory at the end." --Rev. Dr. Christopher C. DeGreen, author of 60 Days of Praise! Devotional "The Faces of 266 presents sort of a mini-course in life-crisis management as the reader encounters the choices and consequences of the characters, the hidden motives of their advisors, and the powerful victory of embracing the call to love." -Ellen Marie Edmonds, author of Embracing Dementia-A Call to Love and of Cardiophany of the Sacred Heart-Divine Mercy in the Womb For news and updates go to [email protected]
A New York Times bestseller 'A sensation ... a rollicking tale well told' - The Times At the heart of Born to Run lies a mysterious tribe of Mexican Indians, the Tarahumara, who live quietly in canyons and are reputed to be the best distance runners in the world; in 1993, one of them, aged 57, came first in a prestigious 100-mile race wearing a toga and sandals. A small group of the world's top ultra-runners (and the awe-inspiring author) make the treacherous journey into the canyons to try to learn the tribe's secrets and then take them on over a course 50 miles long. With incredible energy and smart observation, McDougall tells this story while asking what the secrets are to being an incredible runner. Travelling to labs at Harvard, Nike, and elsewhere, he comes across an incredible cast of characters, including the woman who recently broke the world record for 100 miles and for her encore ran a 2:50 marathon in a bikini, pausing to down a beer at the 20 mile mark.
