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  The Hales Brothers and the Irish...

  Liz Gillis

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  The story of the Hales family from Bandon epitomises the whole revolutionary period in Ireland. They were involved from the establishment of the Irish Volunteers in West Cork and were closely associated with well-known revolutionary figures, including Michael Collins, Tom Barry and Liam Deasy. Both Seán and Tom were company commanders in the IRA in the area. The signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921 split the family and led to the two brothers taking opposing sides in the Civil War that would follow.
  Tom Hales was the most senior Republican officer on the scene of the chaotic ambush at Béal na mBláth that led to the shooting of Michael Collins. Seán Hales was himself assassinated in Dublin by Republicans, following a vote in Dáil Éireann to allow the Provisional Government to increase its powers to penalise Republican prisoners.The story of these brothers and the rest of the family gives a unique insight into life in Ireland in this tumultuous period.

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  French for Beginners: Learn...

  Lingo Publishing

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  Ready to learn French the easy way? If you have tried textbooks, online classes, or CD compilations – and found them obtrusive or just too hard – this is the audiobook for you! 
  Yes, you can learn French in 30 days without wasting time, jumping through hoops, or spending hundreds of dollars – just to find that it didn’t work. 
  Learn French the playful way as you join Martin in his journey through France, and gain a solid foundation in the language, thanks to helpful dialogues and real-life situations.  
  With this handy guide, you will: Learn a brief history of the French languageDiscover the alphabet, accents, pronunciation tips, word order, etc.See examples of all kinds of logical fallacies so you can laugh (inside) as your opponent gets stuck in themMeet new people, learn nouns gendersLearn traveling lingoGo shopping in a French market and learn all about foodGo sightseeing with MartinHave a house party – invitations, family members, and how to address themEnjoy a restaurant excursion, talk with waiters and other dinersDiscuss your past, time expressions, months/seasonsTake a helpful revision quiz to see how you’ve doneAnd much, much more!  
  It’s said that the best way to learn any language is immersion within the culture speaking it; this audiobook puts you in French culture without even boarding a plane!  
  As you journey with Martin, you’ll listen and practice the language alongside him – the best way to learn!  
  What are you waiting for? Let’s take the trip, immerse ourselves in this amazing and exciting culture, and learn French the easy way. 
  Au revoir!

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  Double Agent - My Secret Life...

  Kevin Fulton

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  '"I am a British soldier," I told my reflection. "I am a British soldier and I'm saving lives. I'm saving lives. I'm a British soldier and I'm saving lives..."'Kevin Fulton was one of the British Army's most successful intelligence agents. Having been recruited to infiltrate the Provisional IRA at the height of The Troubles, he rose its ranks to an unprecedented level. Living and working undercover, he had no option other than to take part in heinous criminal activities, including the production of bombs which he knew would later kill. So highly was he valued by IRA leaders that he was promoted to serve in its infamous internal police - ironically, his job was now to root out and kill informers.Until one day in 1994, when it all went wrong. . . Fleeing Northern Ireland, Kevin was abandoned by the security services he had served so courageously and left to live as a fugitive. The life of a double agent requires constant vigilance, for danger is always just a heartbeat away. For a double agent within the highest ranks of the IRA, that danger was doubled. In this remarkable account, Kevin Fulton - former intelligence agent, ex-member of the IRA - tells a truth that is as uncomfortable as it is gripping.

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  US - Mexican Border: Official US...

  Army U.S., George P. Major...

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  This edition provides a starting point in understanding U.S. – Mexico relations and the border issues. The book addresses the importance of strategic guidance and the dangers of certain hasty actions, as it relates to operational planning for synchronized tactical actions and border politics. Analyzing Mexico's drug-war offers a crucial case study to help understand the current situation surrounding non-traditional forms of war, such as a drug related war, and how Mexico's internal conflict impacts their regional neighbors as well as the international community. 
  Content:
  Understanding the Current Situation
  Rise of Drug Trafficking Organizations in Mexico
  Causes and Costs of Instability in Mexico
   Developing an Understanding of the Strategic Approach
  United States' Strategic Vision to Achieve Security and Stability in Mexico
  Mexico's Strategic Vision for Security and Stability within their Borders
  The International Community's Strategy for Security and Stability in the Western Hemisphere
  Linking Strategies to Tactics: The Current Operational Approach
  Presidential Executive Order 13535: Enforcing Federal Law with Respect to Transnational Criminal Organizations and Preventing International Trafficking 
  Presidential Executive Order 13768: Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States

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  Founding Finance - How Debt...

  William Hogeland

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  The author of The Whiskey Rebellion “dig[s] beneath history’s surface and note[s] both the populist and anti-populist dimensions of the nation’s founding” (Library Journal). 
   
  Recent movements such as the Tea Party and anti-tax “constitutional conservatism” lay claim to the finance and taxation ideas of America’s founders, but how much do we really know about the dramatic clashes over finance and economics that marked the founding of America? Dissenting from both right-wing claims and certain liberal preconceptions, Founding Finance brings to life the violent conflicts over economics, class, and finance that played directly, and in many ways ironically, into the hardball politics of forming the nation and ratifying the Constitution—conflicts that still continue to affect our politics, legislation, and debate today. 
   
  Mixing lively narrative with fresh views of America’s founders, William Hogeland offers a new perspective on America’s economic infancy: foreclosure crises that make our current one look mild; investment bubbles in land and securities that drove rich men to high-risk borrowing and mad displays of ostentation before dropping them into debtors’ prisons; depressions longer and deeper than the great one of the twentieth century; crony mercantilism, war profiteering, and government corruption that undermine any nostalgia for a virtuous early republic; and predatory lending of scarce cash at exorbitant, unregulated rates, which forced people into bankruptcy, landlessness, and working in the factories and on the commercial farms of their creditors. This story exposes and corrects a perpetual historical denial—by movements across the political spectrum—of America’s all-important founding economic clashes, a denial that weakens and cheapens public discourse on American finance just when we need it most.

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  None Braver - US Air Force...

  Michael Hirsch

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  From award-winning journalist and combat veteran Michael Hirsh comes the thrilling inside story of the Air Force's pararescue operations in Afghanistan. The first journalist to be embedded with an Air Force combat unit in the war on terrorism, Hirsh flew from Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, with the 71st Rescue Squadron to their expeditionary headquarters at a secret location in Central Asia.Unparalleled access to the pararescue jumpers-or PJs-as well as to the courageous men and women who fly them where they have to go, often under enemy fire, allowed Michael Hirsh to uncover incredible stories of courage. Among them: the drama of a plane crash at 10,000 feet in the Hindu Kush mountains, where PJs climb with hundred-pound packs through chest-deep snow to rescue the crew; the tension of an unprecedented nighttime combat parachute jump into the middle of an Afghan minefield; the heartbreak during Operation Anaconda, when seven American fighting men die, including the first PJ killed in combat since Vietnam.

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