How Safe Are We?: Homeland Security Since 9/11, Hardcover - Janet Napolitano

Reducere. DescriptionFormer Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano offers an insightful analysis of American security at home and ...

Reducere. Just as U. S. soldiers and diplomats pulled out of Afghanistan, supposedly concluding their role and responsibility in the two-decade conflict, the...

Provocative and prolific, Boots Riley has written lyrics as the frontman of underground favorites The Coup and Street Sweeper Social Club, as well ...

Reducere. "The leadership lessons learned in combat apply here at home: take care of the people to your left and to your right. You are the frontlines--no ma...

Reducere. The changes that preteens experience can be very stressful. This book, the third in the newly revised Learning About Sex series for girls, explains...

Reducere. In an ironic reversal of the American dream, a staggering 20, 000 members of the immigrant community of Midwood, Brooklyn (known as Little Pakistan...

From the first FDNY chief to respond to the 9/11 attacks, an intimate memoir and a tribute to those who died that others might live When Chief Joe ...

Reducere. DescriptionTwo summers ago, scientists removed a tiny piece of flesh from Philip Ball's arm and turned it into a rudimentary "mini-brain." The skin...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. This around-the-world tour introduces readers to children who have taken on the role of social activist, fighting for human rights and social justi...

Publisher: Scribe PublicationsAuthor(s): Simon AkamNumber of pages: 704Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 130 x 198 x 47Cover type: Paperback / soft...

The story of America's longest war, seen through the eyes of those who led it, The Long War uncovers the failures at the start that made long-term ...

Reducere. This inspiring picture book tells the amazing story of the first moon landing and the friends who made it happen. Neil, Buzz, and Mike were three t...

Reducere. Looking out from my office window overlooking the skyline of New York City on September the 11th 2001, I watched history unfold before my very eyes...

A groundbreaking look inside the controversial field of deradicalization, told through the stories of former militants and the people working to br...

This book introduces students to the dynamic and complex enterprise that is homeland security. Using a broad lens, the authors explore key operatio...

Since 2001 the U.S. government has been engaged in the delicate balancing act of seeking to protect the country against terrorism, both foreign-con...

Reducere. Written from the child's point of view, this book for young children tells a charming story of family. Though families may look different the commo...

Reducere. Critical Issues in Homeland Security: A Casebook encourages analytical and careful examination of practical homeland security problems through the ...

Learn all the super-important life skills you need to keep safe with this new series of books all about preparing little ones for school.No matter ...

Features the real-life smoking day of a young woman who plans to quit again. This book reveals the psychological and scientific issues behind the n...

This lyrical and extremely timely picture book illuminates the many different migrants who have made their homes in North America through the centu...

Reducere. This book describes the experiences of an Army chaplain who officiated at the first two Memorial Services conducted in the Pentagon after 9/11, and...

DescriptionA stirring look at nonviolent activism, from American suffragists to Civil Rights to the Climate Change Movement We Are Power brings to ...

In the spring of 2001, George W. Bush selected Dallas attorney Robert W. Jordan as the ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Jordan's nomination sped through...

You've heard the stories about the dark side of the internet--hackers, #gamergate, anonymous mobs attacking an unlucky victim, and revenge porn--bu...

DescriptionThe ninth of a new, well-received, and highly acclaimed series on critical infrastructure and homeland security, Defense Industrial Base...

Reducere. On September 11th, 2001, Port Authority Police Officer, William Jimeno, left his home unsuspecting of what the day was about to hold. Just a few ho...

DescriptionThe extraordinary, and largely unchronicled, account of the Cuban people's struggle for survival in a post-Soviet world In the aftermath...

Reducere. Now in paperback, this is a multi-faceted biography of 12 talented people that introduces young readers to eight ways in which people can be smart ...

Reducere. "Gripping...a terrific action narrative." -Max Hastings, The Sunday Times An award winning journalist reveals the dramatic true story of the CIA's ...

Reducere. This is the amazing, true story of Gerald Sanford, a former New York City police officer and FDNY firefighter who retired and moved to Naples, Flor...

DescriptionA deeply reported look at the rise of home genetic testing and the seismic shock it has had on individual lives You swab your cheek or s...

In this thought-provoking follow-up to his acclaimed StarTalk book, uber astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson tackles the world's most important phil...

Ideas defer to no border--least of all the idea of belonging. So where does one belong, and what does belonging even mean, when a border inscribes ...

Publisher: Key Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Kaminski, TomIllustration(s): Over 120Number of pages: 96Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 173 x 243 x 9Cov...

Contributor(s): Author: Christian B. MillerWe like to think of ourselves, our friends, and our families as decent people. We may not be saints, but...

Reducere. Widely heralded on publication as a "must-read" (Military Review) and "important window on America's battle with al-Qaeda" (Washington Post), Ali S...

Reducere. In this wide-ranging and carefully curated anthology, Daniel M. Cobb presents the words of Indigenous people who have shaped Native American rights...

We Are The Apollo 11 Crew tells how, through incredible teamwork, astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins succeeded in their histor...