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Profile of a Drone Assassin Operator Ames had been recruited into the Righteous Wrath Unit 000 right out of the academy for many different reasons, one of which was the many championships he won in competitive online game tournaments. Of course, his ability to concentrate — a rare commodity in a world filled with attention deficit disorder Millenniums — and his unusually fast reflexes made him a prime candidate for the unit. But it was his total...
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Noam Chomsky discusses Western power and propaganda with filmmaker and investigative journalist Andre Vltchek.
This book is the perfect introduction to Chomsky's political thinking, and makes a refreshing read for anyone who is uneasy about the West's wider role in the world.
Beginning with the New York newsstand where Chomsky started his political education as a teenager, the discussion broadens out to encompass colonialism and imperial...
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In the long response to 9/11, the US government initiated a deeply controversial policy of "targeted killing"-the extrajudicial execution of suspected terrorists and militants, typically via drones. A remarkable effort was made to legitimize this practice; one that most human rights experts agree is illegal and that the United States has historically condemned.
In The Drone Memos, civil rights lawyer Jameel Jaffer presents and assesses the legal...
8) Drone Warrior: An Elite Soldier's Inside Account of the Hunt for America's Most Dangerous Enemies
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"A must read for anyone who wants to understand the new American way of war." - General Michael V. Hayden, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency
A former special operations member takes us inside America's covert drone war in this headline-making, never-before-told account for fans of Zero Dark Thirty and Lone Survivor, told by a Pulitzer Prize-winning Wall Street Journal writer and filled with eye-opening...
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In this high-interest accessible novel for middle-grade readers, fourteen-year-old Charlotte wants to use her new drone to prove that Dottie, the elusive lake monster of Dorothy Lake, really exists.
The truth is about to surface.
Charlotte is going to prove her grandma is right-the lake monster is real!
When Charlotte gets a drone for her fourteenth birthday, she's determined to get footage of Dottie, the elusive lake monster of Dorothy Lake....
10) Guardian
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The Recorder's fate has been sealed, but the Consortium is not the only enemy. Labeled an aberration by the Consortium, the Recorder is not yet free. Time is running out as an engineered bioweapon wreaks havoc on friend and foe alike. Stopping both the biological agent and the people who created it is no easy task, especially since the Recorder and her friends are trapped on a research station infested with behemoth insects. Without Consortium technology,...
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Zerby Derby volume 4
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Strut and Rex construct Zerbapartments! / Dotty the Drone has never played Hide and Seek. / The Zerbies are parading through Zerby Town.
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Zerby Derby volume 12
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Zack and Lily climb a hill of scree. / Dotty the Drone helps clean up hazards. / Jake the Truck keeps falling over when going around a banked turn.
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From New York Times bestselling author Dave Eggers comes a deadpan take on creativity and persistence, as told through the eyes of a humpback whale looking for a new song
Soren, a young humpback whale, loves music, but is tired of the dull, droning, endless songs that are frustratingly popular among the adult whales he knows. He has ideas for better songs: shorter, up-tempo tunes with snare drums and even maracas. Unfortunately, every time he shares...
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My name is Argo Herrero. I'm ready to enlist, sign the contract to serve for ten years under the ally ranks. Enlisting is the only way to free myself from the hands of the totalitarians, to fight for freedom itself. The allies assure me citizenship and a decent salary after ten years of service.
The Megachine are strong. Undefeated. Unrivaled. They have wiped out the ally drone force and are moving in for the final blow. First they took Europe, then...
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Part voyeuristic entertainment, part group therapy, Passive Aggressive Notes offers a fascinating look at the all-too-familiar frustrations of embattled office drones, apartment dwellers, parents, and pet owners everywhere.
This curated collection combines dozens of outrageous, never-before-seen notes as well as favorites from Passiveaggressivenotes.coma 2008 Webby Award Winner and the official "Best Blog" of the South by Southwest Interactive festival....
16) Elvene
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Elvene, a solo Space Corps agent, is on a reconnaissance mission when she is ambushed by space marauders: militaristic robotic drones, designed to hunt and kill.
She escapes by taking refuge on an uncharted planet, where she discovers the Kiri, an unknown tribe living a subsistence life on an ocean archipelago. They have no knowledge of her world nor her of theirs; but they readily adopt her and give her the title of Ocean Woman.
17) The ultimatum
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Jeremy Fisk novels volume 3
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When a hacker named Merritt Verlyn releases sensitive documents from the NYPD Intelligence Division to WikiLeaks, some of the deadliest criminals have access to Detective Jeremy Fisk's unlisted home address. Within hours, three mysterious assailants arrive at his Sutton Place apartment. Who are they and why do they want Fisk dead? With the clock ticking and millions of lives at stake, Fisk and Chay must find the mastermind before he can wreak havoc...
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Get the Summary of Alex Jones and Kent Heckenlively's The Great Awakening in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Great Awakening" by Alex Jones and Kent Heckenlively examines the potential dangers of artificial intelligence (AI) and the implications of technological advancements on humanity. The authors discuss the risks of AI, referencing an incident where an AI drone attacked its human operator, and Elon Musk's...
19) Love & Leather
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A pair of Doms who don't expect to fall for their new shared submissive. A corporate drone who never expects to be ordering around the firm's wealthiest-and hottest-client. A fencing coach who finds a whole new curriculum to teach his eager student.They're all onboard for some kinky play-pain, pleasure, bondage, submission-but things get even hotter when love joins the party.This collection contains the following BDSM romance novels:Out of FocusThe...
20) Soledad
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The wasteland's most valuable slave just became its most wanted fugitive.
Soledad Paz, a slave with an amazing gift escapes bondage, determined to learn the truth about her mysterious past. But to find it, she'll have to traverse hundreds of miles of deadly territory filled with unimaginable dangers, where only the strongest-or the very lucky-survive.
In the vast expanse of a failed state, rival warlords fight vicious battles over territory and...
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