The Treacherous Path
The Treacherous Path

Author: Vladimir Yakunin

Publisher: Biteback Publishing

Published: 2018-04-12

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 1785903772

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In 1991, Vladimir Yakunin, a Soviet diplomat and KGB officer, returned from his posting in New York to a country that no longer existed. The state that he had served for all his adult life had been dissolved, the values he knew abandoned. Millions of his compatriots suffered as their savings disappeared and their previously secure existences were threatened by an unholy combination of criminality, corruption and chaos. Others thrived amid the opportunities offered in the new polity, and a battle began over the direction the fledgling state should take. While something resembling stability was won in the early 2000s, today Russia's future remains unresolved; its governing class divided. The Treacherous Path is Yakunin's account of his own experiences on the front line of Russia's implosion and eventual resurgence, and of a career – as an intelligence officer, a government minister and for ten years the CEO of Russia's largest company – that has taken him from the furthest corners of this incomprehensibly vast and complex nation to the Kremlin's corridors. Tackling topics as diverse as terrorism, government intrigue and the reality of doing business in Russia, and offering unparalleled insights into the post-Soviet mindset, this is the first time that a figure with Yakunin's background has talked so openly and frankly about his country.

Treacherous Paths
Treacherous Paths

Author: Carl Hups

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2009-12-13

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 0557106524

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The secret formula for fabricatinga perfect diamond scribbled downin a tattered red journal leads to theft,romance, and murder, spanning theRocky Mountains, the wet lands ofBrazil and eventually the Emerald Isle.

The Treacherous Path
The Treacherous Path

Author: Vladimir I. Yakunin

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781785903014

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In 1991, Vladimir Yakunin, a Soviet diplomat and KGB officer, returned from his posting in New York to a country that no longer existed. The state that he had served for all his adult life had been dissolved, the values he knew abandoned. Millions of his compatriots suffered as their savings disappeared and their previously secure existences were threatened by an unholy combination of criminality, corruption and chaos. Others thrived amid the opportunities offered in the new polity, and a battle began over the direction the fledgling state should take. While something resembling stability was won in the early 2000s, today Russia's future remains unresolved; its governing class divided. The Treacherous Path is Yakunin's account of his own experiences on the front line of Russia's implosion and eventual resurgence, and of a career - as an intelligence officer, a government minister and for ten years the CEO of Russia's largest company - that has taken him from the furthest corners of this incomprehensibly vast and complex nation to the Kremlin's corridors. Tackling topics as diverse as terrorism, government intrigue and the reality of doing business in Russia, and offering unparalleled insights into the post-Soviet mindset, this is the first time that a figure with Yakunin's background has talked so openly and frankly about his country.

The Pull
The Pull

Author: Summer Robidoux

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2010-09

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1450249396

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Brittany Scott coasts through the life her parents always wanted for her. That is, until the clinic's new doctor walks in, forcing Brit to look into a mirror reflecting her short comings. Luring out her competitive side, Brit decides it's time for a change, starting with her superficial relationships. After recruiting her favorite work acquaintances, Brit embarks on a road trip of self-discovery. While exploring in Boulder, the three friends are approached by a stranger. Speaking in riddles, he discloses directions leading directly to an Arapahoe legend, the Cleansing Pool, located deep within the Rocky Mountains. With the help of her friends, she discovers that the pool is not a pool, but rather a pull a portal that pulls you throughout the universe. Only the universe's protectors, known as travelers, can pass through a pull travelers like Brit. With the discovery of Brit's rare destiny, the universe is at her fingertips, and she holds one of the master keys to pass through any door. She must now save our world and her love from a tyrant plotting to avenge his father's death. It's a race to the finish line with our existence at stake.

Haevgar
Haevgar

Author: Daniel Haverty

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2020-03-10

Total Pages: 57

ISBN-13: 1678004979

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An epic style poem set in the American Rockies prior to any settlers or known civilization.

Life of Buddha
Life of Buddha

Author: A. India

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Published: 2012-10-23

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 1462907733

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The Life of Buddha is based on a prolonged study of Indian legends, poems, history and literature. The Life of Buddha not only adds to the actual knowledge of the facts surrounding the life of the Lord Buddha, but it also renders intelligible much that has hitherto mystified the Western student of the Orient. With great clarity, the author brings out the modes of life the sense of values, the technique of meditation, and the daily life of the Lord Buddha. Packed with stimulating information, it is of interest to the student of Eastern religion and mysticism and the lover of Asiatic art, as well as to those concerned with philosophy, with the psychology of religion, and also to the general reader who hopes to gain an insight into the Orient. This vivid account of Buddha's life shows clearly how the values and manners set down by this man swept through India, Burma, Indo-China, and Ceylon, across China and Korea, and into Japan; and how the daily life of a man who lived over two thousand five hundred years ago has become an inspiration, not only to millions of Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese, but also to increasing numbers of Westerners as well.

The Alpine Casanovas
The Alpine Casanovas

Author: Toni Davidson

Publisher: Cargo Publishing

Published: 2015-09-14

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1910449199

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The Alpine Casanovas is a stunning, sophisticated tour de force of sex, drugs, violence and death, exploring the lives of those caught between East and West. The Amerasian Beat and the Eurasian Quyn share the same heritage - both are half Vietnamese. Beat is a star of Asian action movies who lives in the US, relying on sex, drugs and acclaim to survive. Whilst filming in Vietnam he fakes his own death and then watches the media circus from the refuge of a chalet high in the mountains. Quyn is the product of an adulterous affair between his father, a bootlegger, and a Vietnamese refugee. Brought up in the family barn, when Quyn’s father immolates, Quyn is left itinerant. He drifts through corrosive casual jobs before returning to the mountain, building a treehouse close to his birthplace. Toni Davidson follows his acclaimed novels Scar Culture and My Gun Was As Tall As Me with his most accomplished and mature work to date; a bold, challenging and timely exploration of the loss of heritage, identity and community. As Davidson weaves a beguiling and complex web, both men are driven to near madness by the circumstances of their births, culminating in an explosive, shocking climax.