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Diego Garcia is an island in the Indian Ocean. Technically a British Indian Ocean Territory, since 1966 it has been dominated by U.S. military facilities headed by Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia and its current 2,800 personnel. China’s lucrative trade route to Europe ran through the South China Sea, the Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean. To help preserve European countries’ economies, the U.S. Navy established a quarantine against Chinese cargo vessels. This led to naval engagements between American and Chinese forces. Due to the inability to resolve the dispute diplomatically, ...

She spent seven years surviving the streets. He spent his life hiding from his own truth. When Tia walks into a church looking for quiet, she doesn’t expect confession to become connection. And when Deago Meadows listens from behind the collar, he doesn’t expect the woman in front of him to awaken everything he buried—desire, fear, masculinity, and choice. Tia is a former streetwalker trying to outrun a violent past and a man who still believes he owns her. Deago is a priest shaped by childhood abuse, shame, and a lifetime of being told who he should be instead of who he is. Their ...

She spent seven years surviving the streets. He spent his life hiding from his own truth. When Tia walks into a church looking for quiet, she doesn’t expect confession to become connection. And when Deago Meadows listens from behind the collar, he doesn’t expect the woman in front of him to awaken everything he buried—desire, fear, masculinity, and choice. Tia is a former streetwalker trying to outrun a violent past and a man who still believes he owns her. Deago is a priest shaped by childhood abuse, shame, and a lifetime of being told who he should be instead of who he is. Their ...

Ever since the 13th century, the Silk Road from China to Europe was used to carry everything from silk and pasta to exotic spices from the Far East to Western Europe. It was the route by which both Orientals and Europeans were enriched. In the early 2010s, China devised an agenda by which they would restore the Silk Road under the "One Belt, One Road" policy. The One Belt carried goods across China, the Indian subcontinent, and Turkey to Istanbul and the starting point of the several routes of the historic Orient Express. The One Road was the maritime route to Western Europe by way of the ...

For the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, more commonly known as ISIS, the two week period from October 31st through November 13th, 2015, had been extraordinarily successful from a public relations point of view. It had both made an explicit ideological statement and would serve as a recruiting tool for faithful Muslims around the world. Not only had 396 people lost their lives in terrorist attacks, but those attacks had taken place both in the Middle East and in Western Europe. The message those attacks sent was unmistakable. We know who our enemies are, we can find them, and we can kill ...

Chris Knowles was born on October 24th, 1949. He was raised in Washington, DC. He entered The Sidwell Friends School, Washington's most exclusive coeducational college preparatory school, in September of 1952 at the age of two. In the Fall of 1962, he was 13 years old and beginning his Eighth Grade year when the photointerpreters at the National Photo Interpretation Center at the Washington Navy Yard detected Soviet offensive ballistic missiles stationed on the island of Cuba. This marked the beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis. In the intervening years, he attended The University of ...

Please note this is a re-release of a previous book with some new content and a new cover. Time is running out for the Vampire Breeder Skye, in more ways than one. Her car is attacked while enroute to give birth, a huge bounty is placed on her head and a Vampire Hunter attacks her. And that happens in one day. Her Were-Hyena security team calls in Adrian Vail, a mercenary who gets results. He’ll get her to safety, keeping a step ahead of the Bounty Hunters and the master-minds behind the threats. One thing for sure, he’s never met anyone like her and fights the attraction with each ...

Since 1979, the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has had offices in Chinatown in New York City and elsewhere across the United States. Its purported purpose is to assist American residents of Chinese ancestry deal with such mundane issues as obtaining driver’s licenses and filling out work papers. But its more significant purpose is the suppression of anti-Chinese Communist activities. It works in collaboration with the CCP in recruiting those of Chinese ancestry such as graduate students working in classified American military projects. They are ...

Who am I? Where am I? What’s happened here?” These were questions going through the lovely, red-haired beauty stretched out on the sandy, dirt trail. With bright sunlight in her eyes, she tried to focus on her surroundings. She had to get up, but everything in sight was fuzzy. She felt her head and discovered a bloody gash on the back of her skull. Crawling to an overturned covered wagon, she managed to stand. On the ground lay two corpses. Who were those people?” Lightning flashed and loud thunder meant a storm was brewing. “Oh, Lord, please protect me.” She had to find someplace...

Beth Edelman was the first woman Director of Central Intelligence, the head of the Central Intelligence Agency. She was the first foreign-born individual to head the Central Intelligence Agency, having been born in Israel in 1960. And she was the first Director of Central Intelligence to be kidnapped. Abducted from the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts, by captors unknown, she was whisked away to a location where she would be secure but out of touch with the outside world. The collective resources of the nation's law enforcement and intelligence communities were enlisted to determine her ...

The Secret News spread like wildfire throughout the whole county that the most eligible bachelor was getting engaged to his young beautiful, spirited sister. How could a brother and sister get married? Everyone knew that they weren’t blood relatives but they had grown up together since Hope was only a small child of three. They had shared adventures and took part in each other’s struggles as they tried to follow their dreams. Will A young, rugged rancher with coal black hair and crystal blue eyes, he had always been bossy, over-protective, and affectionate at times when it came to Hope,...

On Thursday, July 28th, 2016, Beijing announced that the Russian Navy would be conducting joint naval exercises with the People's Liberation Army Navy in the South China Sea in September of that year. The announcement followed by sixteen days the ruling by the World Court that it had rejected China's claim to sovereignty across a vast expanse of the South China Sea. Competing claims to portions of the body of water with Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Brunei were left unresolved. The exercises were conducted without threat or provocation. At the end of the ...

Within any bureaucracy the size of that to which the government of the United States had grown there were inevitably those who had been in the same or similar roles for a number of administrations, if not decades. They had been hired or appointed to carry out certain tasks and implement certain policies and, whether intentionally or subliminally, they did their job each day as they had been hired to do it, often oblivious to the changes in policy by subsequent administrations. These men and women made up the shadow government. There were those in the print and broadcast media who reveled in...

Brenda and Roark lived the “Happily Ever After” part of the fairy tale. He’d rescued her from the bad guys, swept her off to his home, and loved her like a madman. Brenda was in heaven, until she went to visit her dying aunt and disappeared. Roark, his brothers and the men of 3X Construction race against time to find the woman Roark refuses to live without. This book is a part of the Men of 3X CONStruction series. Although it can be read as a stand- alone book, the reading is more enjoyable when the other books in the series are read first. Visit the men of 3X construction website for...

Navigate the challenges of caring for aging parents with confidence—discover essential elder care, health, and legal planning in as little as one weekend, even if you don’t know where to start Are you overwhelmed by the thought of balancing caregiving, work, and family? Do you wish there was a reliable, straightforward guide to help you manage the health, legal, and emotional needs of your aging parents? Are you searching for practical answers and real support, but fear being lost in medical jargon or unrealistic advice? If so, you’re not alone. Many adult children and seniors are ...

"Diana's empire is in danger. Her heart, even more so. Can Ross help her beat the odds and rekindle their lost love? Experience their captivating story in the third book of the Midnight Ball! In the heart-throbbing third installment of the Midnight Ball series, "The Redemption of Diana's Heart," we delve into the world of the fiercely independent Diana Larue. Consumed by a world of figures, stocks, and investment portfolios, Diana has spent the last five years building her financial empire, Wise Girl Finance, while grappling with a hidden heartache too potent to relinquish. Her sole solace ...

History of London If you’ve always felt a bit drawn to London and its unique legacy and multicultural background, then this book will appeal to you! It’s filled with interesting information regarding the way in which this city has become a key multicultural hub in the 21st century. It will take you through the main periods that have left an important mark on London, giving you answers to some of the questions you might have about the city. Immersed in history, beauty, arts and culture, London is something else, it is a small universe on its own – a place that distinguishes itself from...

Over 95% of Americans are unable to support themselves when they retire! They're reliant on Social Security, family and charity donations. Do you want that to be you? Of course not! In this life-changing book, young entrepreneur Tom Corson-Knowles shares his secrets to lasting business and financial success passed down to him by hundreds of millionaire mentors.

Club Reclamation isn't just any club. It's a haven for veterans from all branches of the military. Here, they can relax, share a meal, or simply find solace among those who understand their journey. If you've ever donned a uniform in service to your country, Club Reclamation promises a friend who understands both your sacrifices and your stories. It's a place of second chances. Former SEAL Maximus Delgado finds himself in a situation no parent should ever face. He's summoned to the morgue to potentially identify a body—that of a young boy who bears a haunting resemblance to his four-year-...

Ever since the conclusion of World War II, which was precipitated by the dropping of two atomic bombs, one each on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the specter of the nuclear annihilation of mankind on this “big blue marble” has hung over society like an omnipresent cloud. During the Cold War, which lasted from 1947 until 1991, conventional wisdom held that the end of life on Earth would eventually be brought about by the exchange of nuclear weapons between the United States and the Soviet Union. And then, in 1957, British author Nevil Shute wrote the incendiary novel On ...