Pengembaraan Jade dan Zed, dua orang perisik Agensi Perisikan Global (APG) merentasi London, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Hong Kong, Brussels, Bali dan Tanjong Malim. Misi mereka mahu menjejaki Mr. X yang memiliki mikrofilem TOP SECRET, mengandungi maklumat jenayah antarabangsa yang menjadi rebutan pelbagai pihak. Tugas mereka melindungi keselamatan seorang gadis kampung bernama Maryam Eisya, anak Mr. X. Namun antara misi dan perasaan, hati mereka tewas dek keayuan dan kelembutan gadis itu. Perasaan mereka tergugah walaupun mereka cuba bersikap profesional.
Berkawan sejak kecil, Adrian dan Puteri Sara Ibrani berkongsi segala suka dan duka. Puteri Sara, gadis yang kuat merajuk namun Adrian ada cara terbaik untuk memujuk. Hadiahkan bunga tulip… seluruh hati Puteri Sara cepat saja cair! Mereka hanya sayang-menyayangi. Istilah cinta tidak terpahat dalam sanubari. Namun bohonglah kalau tidak ada sekelumit cinta! Dalam geram menunggu luahan Adrian, Puteri Sara ingin mencapai satu impian. Dia ingin pulang ke Malaysia, merungkai rahsia yang dipendam oleh papanya selama 21 tahun. Dia perlukan pertolongan Adrian untuk meyakinkan papanya yang dia sudah cukup dewasa untuk pulang ke kampung halaman.
"In late 1965, the stage was being set for the final study of a new generation photographic satellite. It would be required to provide the resolution of earlier close-look satellites while simultaneously providing the broad area coverage capability of previous search/surveillance systems. On July 21, 1966 proposals for the Hexagon sensor were submitted to the government by both Itek and the Perkin-Elmer Corporation. At 1700 on October 10, Mr. Robert Sorensen, then Senior Vice President, Optical Group, received an important phone call from Mr. John J. Crowley, Director of Special Projects, CIA, -- Perkin-Elmer's proposal was accepted by the government. This is a story of the events that followed."--Introduction.
Que bekerja sebagai penghantar surat. Dia sangat komited dengan kerjanya walaupun dia berpelajaran tinggi. El, bosnya sangat tegas dan suka memaksa. Que sangat bengang. Rupa-rupanya dalam diam, El suka pada Que. Dia suka tengok Que marah dan berbalas kata dengannya. Cuma satu sikap Que yang paling El tidak suka. Que kaki motor dan ada Kelab Motosikal Berkuasa Tinggi. Akhirnya, mereka berkahwin juga. Akibat dua-dua keras kepala dan ego, mereka berpisah tanpa lafaz. Lima tahun Que hidup di Jepun. Selama itu, dia membesarkan anaknya sendiri. Selama itu juga El mencari. Akhirnya, selepas penat bermain dengan takdir, pertemuan terjadi semula. Kekusutan terlerai dan mereka gembira akhirnya.
With an introduction by Pope Benedict XVI and including information previously suppressed, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Bertone, definitively reveals and explains one of the most controversial events in twentieth-century Catholicism—the 1917 apparition of the Virgin Mary at Fatima. During World War I, three Portuguese children received a vision in which Mary, the Mother of Jesus, foretold great global turmoil. The first part of their vision—warnings about World War II, communism, and the spread of atheism—were widely publicized, but Vatican officials were hesitant to reveal the vision’s concluding images, thus creating the "secret" of Fatima. Speculation about this secret gripped many Catholics, and the aura of intrigue surrounding Fatima grew when the Church hierarchy barred the last surviving visionary from speaking publicly. In THE LAST SECRET OF FATIMA, Cardinal Bertone, the Vatican equivalent of prime minister and a top advisor to Pope Benedict, breaks the Vatican’s official silence on the last secret. Rather than Armageddon, he claims, the final prophecy envisaged the 1981 assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II. Bertone argues the apparition at Fatima was a call to renewal for the Church, and he was assigned the task of promulgating this message by the Pope.
A story that vividly examines the occasionally-turbulent friendships of young girls. My Best Friend, Sometimes is an empathic and honest portrait of the delight in these relationships, but also the confusion, jealousy and vulnerability that can result. "Stephanie and I like each other. And we don't like each other. Both." It all begins on the day Stephanie proposes, "If you give me a cookie, I'll be your best friend." From then on, the two girls are inseparable, but not always at peace. They love to giggle, whisper, observe their classmates, and share their most outlandish, secret dreams. But sometimes they are at odds. Some days one doesn't feel like sharing. Taking turns isn't always easy. If they can't agree on a game to play, who decides? One day it seems like Stephanie is mad for no reason at all. The ups and downs of friendship can be steep, and often unpredictable. My Best Friend, Sometimes navigates the path of two girls moving towards, away from, and back to each other again.
Once Upon a Time . . . Maria Martingale was going to elope. But Phillip Hawthorne, Marquess of Kayne, put a stop to those plans when he learned his younger brother intended to marry a cook's daughter. Now, twelve years later, Maria discovers that the man who holds her fate in his hands is none other than the haughty gentleman who sent her packing—and he's as handsome and arrogant as ever. Happily Ever After? Always the proper gentleman, Phillip will do anything to protect his family from scandal, and when Maria dares to move in right next door, he knows scandal will surely follow. She is as tempting as he remembered . . . and the more he sees her, the harder it is for Phillip to keep his own secret desire for her a secret . . .
In 1942 the Blue Goose, a B-24 bomber, disappeared during a routine test flight from an airbase in Florida. After an intensive search, no trace of the plane or crew was ever found. Thirty years later, the remains of the copilot were discovered on a remote beach in northern Brazil. The pilot's son learns of the discovery and teams up with his father's former commanding officer. They mount an expedition to Brazil and find a Luger pistol that leads them to a Luftwaffe pilot who flew with the Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War. While he is sympathetic, the former Luftwaffe pilot refuses to cooperate and the investigation reaches a dead end. Years later, the Condor Legion pilot dies in a crash at Tenerife and a bizarre Nazi plot is uncovered.
In spare, poignant, direct prose, I Hate Everyone paints a nuanced and honest portrait of the complex emotional lives of children. "I hate everyone." In your worst mood, it's a phrase you might want to shout out loud, even if, deep down, you don't really mean it. Set at a birthday party, this disgruntled, first-person story portrays the confusing feelings that sometimes make it impossible to be nice, even-or especially-when everyone else is in a partying mode. A gorgeous, poetic contemplation, sure to elicit a reaction from readers. A worthy successor toAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
From Chechnya in Russia to Kashmir in India to the Basque region in Spain, secessionist movements remain a serious threat to international security. Despite the importance of this issue, the causes that bring about external military intervention in a secessionist war have not, until now, been adequately addressed. In this book, Dos Santos identifies the conditions that make international military intervention in a secessionist war more or less likely. South Asia, being fraught with secessionist movements—Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Kashmir, and Punjab—provides an ideal laboratory for the examination of this compelling issue. Dos Santos argues that a shift in the balance of power between a secessionist group and its central government will lead to a preventive war on the secessionists by the central government. In turn, a preventive war of this nature may lead to an alliance between the secessionist group and an external power. The stronger the alliance, the greater the chances of an international military intervention. Understanding the conditions under which secessionist movements expand, become secessionist wars, and invite international military intervention on behalf of the secessionists has strong policy implications. It can go a long way toward guiding policymakers who may want to mitigate or avoid these conditions in their states. Dos Santos views both states and secessionist groups as primary actors, and she examines both the distribution of power among states and the balance of power between central government and groups within states.
