The Raid
Title | The Raid PDF eBook |
Author | Ken Merkley |
Publisher | Trafford Publishing |
Pages | 388 |
Release | 2007-01-29 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1426992335 |
After a long and complex police investigation into drugs and organized crime in three major Canadian cities, police are able to make a number of significant arrests. Soon clues surface that indicate political aides to two cabinet ministers in British Columbia may be implicated, resulting in a combined police raid on the Legislature and the homes and offices of some of the province's most influential political organizers. The raid is an unprecedented event that leads to more arrests. Startling evidence is uncovered indicating that a major federal political party may have used the proceeds from drug sales to pay the membership fees for thousands of new party recruits. Over time other criminal activities are unearthed, including money laundering, influence-peddling, election rigging and finally, murder. As the investigation escalates, the combined resources of the RCMP and other major police forces in Victoria and Vancouver become increasingly challenged. Recruited into the investigation almost by accident, the impetuous and daring RCMP Corporal, Tim Murphy, moves from one escapade to another in an otherwise methodical pursuit to determine who is behind this shocking set of crimes. Continually in trouble with his superior officers as a result of his impulsive, hotheaded nature and less than orthodox methods, Corporal Murphy nevertheless moves ever closer to identifying the mastermind behind this complex sequence of organized unlawful activities. What he discovers is startling and could have significant and tragic ramifications for the province and perhaps the whole country.
The Raid
Title | The Raid PDF eBook |
Author | Robert J. Rosenbaum |
Publisher | iUniverse |
Pages | 468 |
Release | 2002-09-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0595243827 |
A fast-paced thriller touched off by a DEA raid on a western slope dairy with devastating consequences. Who fingered the dairy and why?
Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor
Title | Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor PDF eBook |
Author | James M. Scott |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 629 |
Release | 2015-04-13 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0393246760 |
Finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in History "Like Lauren Hillebrand's Unbroken…Target Tokyo brings to life an indelible era." —Ben Cosgrove, The Daily Beast On April 18, 1942, sixteen U.S. Army bombers under the command of daredevil pilot Jimmy Doolittle lifted off from the deck of the USS Hornet on a one-way mission to pummel Japan’s factories, refineries, and dockyards in retaliation for their attack on Pearl Harbor. The raid buoyed America’s morale, and prompted an ill-fated Japanese attempt to seize Midway that turned the tide of the war. But it came at a horrific cost: an estimated 250,000 Chinese died in retaliation by the Japanese. Deeply researched and brilliantly written, Target Tokyo has been hailed as the definitive account of one of America’s most daring military operations.
The Raid and Other Stories
Title | The Raid and Other Stories PDF eBook |
Author | graf Leo Tolstoy |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 310 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780192838087 |
This collection of Tolstoy's stories includes "Sevastopol," "Two Hussars," "Albert," "What Men Live By," "Master and Man," "How Much Land Does a Man Need?," "The Death of Ivan Ilych," "The Three Hermits," and the title piece.
The Son Tay Raid
Title | The Son Tay Raid PDF eBook |
Author | John Gargus |
Publisher | Texas A&M University Press |
Pages | 369 |
Release | 2010-09-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 160344212X |
In May 1970, aerial photographs revealed what U.S. military intelligence believed was a POW camp near the town of Son Tay, twenty-three miles west of North Vietnam’s capital city. When American officials decided the prisoners were attempting to send signals, they set in motion a daring plan to rescue the more than sixty airmen thought to be held captive. On November 20, a joint group of volunteers from U.S. Army Green Berets and U.S. Air Force Special Operations Forces perfectly executed the raid, only to find the prisoners' quarters empty; the POWs had been moved to a different location. Initially, the Son Tay raid was a devastating disappointment to the men who risked their lives to carry it out. Many vocal critics labeled it as a spectacular failure of our nation’s intelligence network. However, subsequent events proved that the audacity of the rescue attempt stunned the North Vietnamese, who implemented immediate changes in the treatment of their captives. The operation also restored the prisoners’ faith that their nation had not forgotten them. John Gargus not only participated in the planning phase of the Son Tay rescue, but also flew as a lead navigator for the strike force. This revised edition incorporates the most recent information from raid participants and also includes recent translations of North Vietnamese perspectives. No previous account of this top-secret action has given such a full account or such insight into both the execution and the aftermath of Son Tay.
The Brownsville Raid
Title | The Brownsville Raid PDF eBook |
Author | John Downing Weaver |
Publisher | Texas A&M University Press |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780890965283 |
The book that prompted congressional action to rectify a U.S. president's shocking act of racism.
Dawn Raid
Title | Dawn Raid PDF eBook |
Author | Pauline Vaeluaga Smith |
Publisher | Chronicle Books |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 2021-03-02 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1646140222 |
Imagine this: You're having an amazing family holiday, one where everyone is there and all 18 of you are squeezed into one house. All of sudden it's 4 o'clock in the morning and there's banging and yelling and screaming. The police are in the house pulling people out of bed ... Sofia is like most 12-year-old girls in New Zealand. How is she going to earn enough money for those boots? WHY does she have to give that speech at school? Who is she going to be friends with this year? It comes as a surprise to Sofia and her family when her big brother, Lenny, starts talking about protests, "overstayers", and injustices against Pacific Islanders by the government. Inspired by the Black Panthers in America, a group has formed called the Polynesian Panthers, who encourage immigrant and Indigenous families across New Zealand to stand up for their rights. Soon the whole family becomes involved in the movement. Told through Sofia's diary entries, with illustrations throughout, Dawn Raid is the story of one ordinary girl living in extraordinary times, learning how to stand up and fight.