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Dave Dravecky (Today's heroes. #No. 13)
By Gregg Lewis, Deborah Shaw Lewis. 2002
Curveball: spies, lies, and the con man who caused a war
By Bob Drogin. 2007
Investigates CIA reliance on unverified information from Ahmed Hassan Mohammed, "Curveball," an Iraqi chemical engineer who sought political asylum in…
Germany in 1999. Examines the discovery, during interrogations that occurred after the invasion of Iraq, that the defector's pre-war tales of Saddam's mobile weapons of mass destruction were fabricated. c2007.Count it all Joy!
By Phyllis Thompson. 1978
Covert entry: spies, lies and crimes inside Canada's secret service
By Andrew Mitrovica. 2002
John Farrell, once a dedicated CSIS operative, believed in the service's "Ways and Means Act": If you have a way…
to get things done, the means - legal or not - are justified. Breaking the silence surrounding CSIS, he describes its leadership, day-to-day operations, and major cases, to provide Canadians with a clearer understanding of what often takes place in the name of national security. He reveals a portrait of incompetence, venality, and law breaking, and shatters the myth that CSIS respects the rights and liberties it is charged with protecting. 2002.By searching: My Journey Through Doubt Into Faith (Moody pocket books. #53.)
By Isobel Kuhn. 1959
Isobel Miller gave up God for worldly pursuits. But as graduation approached and her engagement was broken, she questioned that…
decision. God heard her prayers and reached out to her. She dedicated her life to missionary service in China. 1959.Bible personalities: a treasury of insights for personal growth and ministry
By Warren W Wiersbe. 2005
Choosing to see: a journey of struggle and hope
By Mary Beth Chapman, Ellen Santilli Vaughn. 2010
Readers will hear firsthand about the loss of her daughter, the struggle to heal, and the unexpected path God has…
placed her on. Even as difficult as life can be, Mary Beth Chapman “Chooses to See”. c2010.Between heaven and ground zero: One Woman's Struggle For Survival And Faith In The Ashes Of 9/11
By Leslie D Haskin. 2006
By way of deception
By Victor Ostrovsky, Claire Hoy. 1990
As a junior officer with the Mossad, Israel's security organization, Ostrovsky had extraordinary access to its files. At first elated…
at the privilege of joining the Mossad, Ostrovsky's experiences convinced him that it had betrayed the trust of Israel. Bestseller 1990. Some strong language and descriptions of violence. 1991, c1990.Wilford reveals the surprising history of the CIA's pro-Arab operations in the 1940s and 50s by tracing the work of…
the agency's three most influential officers in the Middle East. Kermit "Kim" Roosevelt was the grandson of Theodore Roosevelt and the first head of CIA covert action in the region; his cousin, Archie Roosevelt, was a Middle East scholar and chief of the Beirut station ; Miles Copeland was a maverick covert operations specialist who had joined the American intelligence establishment during World War II. These "Arabists" propped up authoritarian regimes, attempted secretly to sway public opinion in America against support for the new state of Israel, and staged coups that irrevocably destabilized the nations with which they empathized. 2013.All is grace: a ragamuffin memoir
By Philip Yancey, Brennan Manning, John Blase. 2011
Brennan Manning roves back through his past, honouring the lives of the people closest to him, family and friends who've…
known the saint and the sinner, the boy and the man. Far from some chronological timeline, these memories are witness to the truth of life by one who has lived it. 2011.Aim high: an Olympic decathlete's inspiring story
By Verne Becker, Dave Johnson. 1994
Dave tells how his strong faith in God helped him overcome the physical and emotional rigours of training and win…
a bronze medal in Barcelona, despite breaking a bone in his foot. 1994.A U.S. Marine chaplain offers an eyewitness account of the war in Iraq, detailing the day-to-day life on the battlefield…
and the faith that brought together the members of a U.S. Marine battalion. c2004.A man worth knowing
By Cal Bombay. 2007
A genuine love of people seemed to be the driving force behind his ministry. This is not so much the…
story of one person, but perhaps more, the stories of the many people who came into contact with Dick Bombay. c2007.A different kind of miracle: My Story Of Hope, Healing, And God's Amazing Faithfulness
By Emilie Barnes. 2002
A bridge to the mountain: the life and ministry of Paul Chang
By Ray Wiseman. 2003
A crown of thorns: an autobiography, 1951-1963
By John Carmel Heenan. 1974
Les années Condor: comment Pinochet et ses alliés ont propagé le terrorisme sur trois continents ((La découverte poche ; 280. Essais))
By John Dinges, Isabelle Taudière. 2008
"Les années Condor raconte l'histoire secrète des "sales guerres" conduites par les dictatures latino-américaines alliées des États-Unis, au cours des…
années 1970 et 1980. Pendant plus de dix ans, six gouvernements ont mené de concert des actions clandestines contre leurs opposants, enlevant et assassinant plus de 30 000 personnes. À l'initiative du président chilien Augusto Pinochet, et avec le soutien de la CIA, ils ont mis sur pied une organisation terroriste internationale, l'opération Condor, pour liquider les opposants qui s'étaient réfugiés dans d'autres pays latino-américains, en Europe ou aux États-Unis. Le journaliste américain John Dinges fait ici le récit de cette histoire effroyable, fruit d'une enquête de plusieurs années, nourrie de nombreux témoignages, de documents secrets américains déclassifiés et des archives des dictatures elles-mêmes. Il révèle l'ampleur de la complicité de Washington dans les crimes de dictateurs pour lesquels les États-Unis étaient le "leader" [...]". -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: The Condor years.Vengeance: the true story of an Israeli counter-terrorist mission
By George Jonas. 2005
The mission of five ordinary Israelis: to hunt down and kill the PLO terrorists responsible for the massacre of eleven…
Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972. Details the mechanics, the horror, and the day-by-day suspense, as they changed identities constantly, moved from country to country, and were themselves tracked in turn (and some killed) by PLO assassins. Some strong language and descriptions of violence. 2005.William Carey: father of missions (Heroes of the faith ; #6)
By Sam Wellman. 1997
A shoemaker turned missionary, William Carey was one of the first missionaries to India. He mastered the languages there and…
spent his life preaching, teaching, translating, and distributing Bibles. Amidst the millions of committed Christians in each generation, a handful rise to special prominence. Learn more about their exciting and inspiring lives in Barbour's "Heroes of the Faith" series. 1997.