DAVID MICHAELS

A radical Islamic leader who dreams of the past will do anything in his power to ensure that the future is destroyed-by hitting the technological world where it hurts: oil.

The U.S. Army's Special Forces are known for their highly specialized training and courage behind enemy lines. But there's a group that's even more stealthy and deadly. It's composed of the most feared operators on the face of the earth-the soldiers of Ghost Recon.

Sam is looking for the killer of his daughter, who has been killed in an hit-an-run at the beginning of Splinter Cell: Double Agent. He has abandoned the NSA and is now striking out alone.

David Michaels tem uma expertise que não existe nas graduações e pós-graduações, nem nos governos, nem entre as organizações da sociedade: ele se define como "algo próximo de um especialista em irreg

Just as Troy Loensch comes into his own as a pilot with the United States Air Force, a private military contractor called Firehawk takes over. Troy isn't happy with the arrangement--and neither is the CIA. And when they ask Troy for help investigating Firehawk, he accepts--with explosive consequences...

An encyclopaedic, eye-catching tribute to one of the world's most popular foods - the humble hamburger Celebrate the classic hamburger with this unprecedented collection of essays, photographs, and ephemera - a colourful look at the burger's origins and impact, assembled by a true burgerphile whose passion has taken him around the globe. Perfect for home cooks and pop-culture addicts alike, the book is chock-full of original research, exclusive interviews with culinary icons, never-before-seen archival photographs from brands such as McDonald's and White Castle, and twelve delicious

In this eye opening expose David Michaels reveals how unscrupulous product defense consultants have increasingly shaped and skewed the scientific literature manufactured and magnified scientific uncertainty and influenced policy decisions to the advantage of polluters and the manufacturers of dangerous products He proves that our regulatory system is broken and offers concrete workable suggestions for how it can be restored by taking the politics out of science and ensuring that concern for public safety rather than private profits guides our regulatory policy

Freedom has a cost. One man pays the price. In response to the growing use of sophisticated digital encryption to conceal potential threats to the United States, the National Security Agency has ushered forth the new dawn of intelligence-gathering techniques. The top-secret initiative is dubbed Third Echelon. Its existence denied by the U.S. government, Third Echelon deploys a lone field operative. He is sharp, nearly invisible, and deadly. And he has the right to spy, steal, destroy, and assassinate to protect American freedoms. His name is Sam Fisher. He is a Splinter Cell. 1 Its like being in a state of nonexistence. A vacuum. Darkness and light at the same time, and no sense of gravity. Theres no air, but I know Im breathing. Certainly no sounds are present. I see and feel nothing. There are no dreams. Thats what sleep is like for me. Im blessed, I suppose. I can will myself to sleep anywhere, anytime. I didnt train to do it. Its always been that way, ever since I was a kid. I simply tell myself, Its time to sleep now. And I do it. Im sure a lot of people in the world would envy this talent. I dont take it for granted because in my business I have to catch sleep in the strangest places and at the oddest times. I feel the pulsating pressure on my wrist. It gently pulls me out of this dimensionless world, and I slowly regain the use of my senses. I feel the warm metal against my face. I hear far-off nondescript echoes. The OPSAT attached to my wrist continues to wake me. Theres a little T-shaped rod that protrudes from the flexible band when the silent alarm goes off. The rod rocks back and forth, nudging my pulse, telling my body that its time to rouse. When I first saw it demonstrated, it reminded me of a James Coburn spy movie from the sixties in which he played a secret agent who could stop his heart on command. This apparently put him in some kind of hibernation. He had a wristwatch with the same kind of T-shaped rod that poked him until he woke up. I remember laughing in the movie theater when I saw that. It was too ridiculous to take seriously. Now look at me. I tak

All in a day''s work for a Splinter Cell He is Sam Fisher: Third Echelon special operative. And when a cargo freighter loaded down with radioactive material is headed towards the coast of the United States, he has minutes to disable the ship - or die trying.

Well heeled American corporations have long had a financial stake in undermining scientific consensus and manufacturing uncertainty In The Triumph of Doubt former Obama and Clinton official David Michaels details how corrupt science becomes public policy and where it s happening today Opioids Concussions Obesity Climate Change America is a country of everyday crises big long spanning problems that persist despite their toll on the country s health And for every case of government inaction on one of these issues there is a set of familiar doubtful refrains The science is unclear The data are inconclusive Regulation is unjustified It s a slippery slope Is it The Triumph of Doubt traces the ascendance of science for hire in American life and government from its origins in the tobacco industry in the 1950s to its current manifestations across government public policy and even professional sports Amid fraught conversations of alternative facts and truth decay The Triumph of Doubt wields its unprecedented access to shine a light on the machinations and scope of manipulated science in American society It is an urgent revelatory work one that promises to reorient conversations around science and the public good for the foreseeable future

She's known as the Snow Maiden-an operative of a secret group dedicated to world domination. To get their hands on her, U.S. Special Forces Captain Alexander Brent and his team will have to outmaneuver a terrorist faction bent on wiping her off the face of the earth.