In Mark Twain's classic novel, 1840's Missouri adolescents Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are in danger after witnessing a murder, and struggle with an impossible dilemma-- either reveal what they saw to spare an innocent man from the gallows, or speak out and risk becoming the new targets of the killer. Complete and unabridged. An Adventure Classic.
书目信息 书号:9780553212785 装 帧:平装 作 者:Niccolo Machiavelli 页 数:176 语 言:English 出版社:Bantam Books Inc 开 本: 10.46 x 0.99 x 17.4 cm 出版日期:1 Aug. 1984 以上信息均为网络信息,仅供参考,具体以实物为准
Moscow,1988.It is the twilight of the Cold War.and the KGB is at its most ruthless.In the Last three years,ten CIA operatives have been executed or neutralized.Langley has no idea how the KGB seems to be able to predict the CLA's every move,but some believe they are using an invisible electromagnetic powder that allows them to keep tabs on anyone who touches it:spy dust. 作者简介:ANTONIO MENDEZ is the former chief of disguise for the Cla recipient of the CLA's Intelligence Star of Valor and the Trailblaz Award,he is the author of a previous nonfiction work,The Mast of Disguise.JONNA MENDEZ is a twenty-seven-year veteran the CLA who served as a technical operations officer and chief The Agency,and helped design the international Spy Museum downtown Washington,D.C.,where they are founding boamembers.They live in Maryland withe their son,Jesse.Visit tlauthors at their Web site:www.themasterofdisguise,com.
From the woman who has reported on every president from Kennedy to Clinton comes a privileged glimpse into the White House -- and a telling record of the ever-changing relationship between the presidency and the press. Helen Thomas wanted to be a reporter from her earliest years. She turned a copy-aide job at the Washington Daily News into a powerful and successful career spanning thirty-seven years and eight U.S. presidents. Assigned to the White House press corps in 1961. Thomas was the first woman to close a press conference with "Thank you. Mr. President." She was also the first female president of the White House Correspondents Association and the first woman member, later president, of the Gridiron Club. In this revealing memoir, which includes hundreds of anecdotes, observations, and personal details. Thomas looks back on a career spent with presidents at home and abroad, on the ground and in the air. Providing a unique view of the past four decades of presidential history. Front Row at the W
For the past 90 years, the House of Windsor, through its four successive monarchs,has reigned over the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth and 'other realms and territories'. It has borne witness to almost a century of unprecedented social and political change, and has itself undergone substantial modemisation. As Head of State, the Queen continues to have an important part to play in the life of the nation: she and many other members of the Royal Family make regular and extensive visits throughout the UK, meeting the public, supporting the work of charities and other public bodies, recognising excellence in both business and social contexts. Her State duties include the Opening of Parliament and the giving of the Queen's Speech; on the international stage, close links with former colonies are maintained through her role as Head of the Commonwealth, and state visits to all parts of the world help promote international relations.