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(0)James Scott
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
420 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Black Snow brilliantly vivifies the horrific reality of the most destructive air attack in history, against Tokyo on the night of March 9-10, 1945. James Scott deftly employs sharply etched portraits of individuals of all stations and nationalities to survey the global, technological, and moral backdrop of the cataclysm, including the searing experiences of Japanese trapped in a gigantic firestorm. This riveting account illuminates an historical moment...
Author
Series
Max Geller volume 1
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Fired for bias against the U.S. president, ex-CIA Russia expert Max Geller gets a chance to redeem his reputation and make a fortune when he is hired to investigate the president's incriminating ties to Moscow. Jill Rucker, an undercover CIA agent, is assigned to work with him - and she does - when she's not pursuing her own conflicting goals. The search takes them to England, Russia, Panama, and Switzerland. Along the way, Max runs afoul of British...
Author
Series
Max Geller volume 2
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
x, 370 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Former CIA Russia expert Max Geller is recovering from an intense mission while lying low in Australia, enjoying his sudden wealth in the company of his new girlfriend. But his beachy bliss is short-lived when Max, while relaxing by the ocean, is ambushed by the CIA. He soon learns that his girlfriend, Vanessa, is being used as blackmail by his former CIA boss, Rodney, to convince Max to go to Moscow. His mission? Smuggle out a defector with knowledge...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
635 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents a history of the Battle of Manila that traces the capture of the Philippine capital by Japanese forces, the massacre of an estimated one hundred thousand civilians, and the liberation campaign that ultimately destroyed the city.