"Corey McAlister was amazed to see a man in a black wetsuit crawl from the surf onto the beach in front of her cottage on the Gulf of Mexico. Mystery surrounds the injured stranger and his unknown enemies. This does not dissuade Corey from helping the man into her cabin and safety. 'Don't call anyone ... especially the authorities, ' he pleads. 'They'll kill me!' he cries out before managing to give her a number ... his lifeline. Then he lapses into a coma. In the excitement, Corey forgets the last three digits of the number. Only a few months earlier, Corey fled to her vacation home after witnessing the fatal, fiery death of her famous husband, the veteran race car driver, Charlie McAlister, who won the Indy 500 several times. Memories haunted her and nightmares stole her sleep. The atmosphere of Gulf Shores with its white sand, brilliant sunshine and salt air has been healing, but now this sought-after peace is shattered by the stranger's appearance. The added responsbilitiy of his care while learning she has a fight ahead to save her beach property seems overwhleming."--Back cover

Recoge: Murder among nations -- How to talk about self-defense -- A theory of legitimate defense -- The six elements of legitimate defense -- Excusing international aggression -- Humanitarian intervention -- Preemptive and preventitive wars -- The collective dimension of war.

Covering over 10,000 idioms and collocations characterized by similarity in their wording or metaphorical idea which do not show corresponding similarity in their meanings, this dictionary presents a unique cross-section of the English language. Though it is designed specifically to assist readers in avoiding the use of inappropriate or erroneous phrases, the book can also be used as a regular phraseological dictionary providing definitions to individual idioms, cliches, and set expressions. Most phrases included in the dictionary are in active current use, making information about their meanings and usage essential to language learners at all levels of proficiency.

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