Gatekeeper

Author : James Byrne
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 1250805775
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gatekeeper written by James Byrne and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Byrne's The Gatekeeper introduces Dez Limerick in the most anticipated new thriller in years. A highly trained team of mercenaries launches a well-planned, coordinated attack on a well-guarded military contractor - but they didn't count on one thing, the right man being in the wrong place at the right time. Desmond Aloysius Limerick (“Dez” to all) is a retired mercenary, and enthusiastic amateur musician, currently in Southern California, enjoying the sun and sitting in on the occasional gig, when the hotel he's at falls under attack. A skilled team attempts to kidnap the Chief legal counsel of Triton Expeditors, a major military contractor – in fact, Petra Alexandris is the daughter of the CEO – but their meticulously-planned, seamlessly executed scheme runs into the figurative 'spanner-in-the-works,' Dez himself. After foiling the attack, and with nothing better to do, Dez agrees to help Alexandris with another problem she’s having – someone has embezzled more than a billion dollars from her company and left very few tracks behind. But Dez is a gatekeeper – one who opens doors and keeps them open – and this is just a door of another kind. And the door he opens leads to a dangerous conspiracy involving media manipulation, militias, an armed coup, and an attempt to fracture the United States themselves. There’s only one obstacle between the conspirators and success – and that is Dez, The Gatekeeper.

Author : Kathryn Smith
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501114964
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gatekeeper written by Kathryn Smith and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Journalist Smith (A Necessary War) grants readers an unusual insider's view of F.D.R.'s political career by profiling his longtime private secretary. Marguerite 'Missy' LeHand, a young woman with a modest background, an agile intellect, a pleasant personality, and remarkable stenographer's skills, began working for F.D.R. in 1920, when he ran for vice president. Smith writes particularly well about F.D.R.'s struggle to bounce back from being struck with polio in 1921, explaining the disease and the origins of the Warm Springs, Ga., health spa that he frequented. LeHand was F.D.R.'s most constant companion during the 1920s, sparking rumors--convincingly dismissed by Smith--that they were lovers. The real core of the story is the White House years from 1933 until 1942, when LeHand helped create the vast New Deal bureaucracy. She decided who would see the president and when; today her title would be chief of staff. LeHand worked long hours but took time to enjoy the perks of the job, including a barrage of social invitations and fawning press coverage. Though Smith overstates her claim about LeHand's importance to F.D.R. and his work as president, she delivers a fascinating account of one woman's involvement in an important administration"--Publishersweekly.com.

Author : Chris Whipple
Publisher : Crown Publishing Group (NY)
ISBN 13 : 0804138249
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gatekeepers written by Chris Whipple and published by Crown Publishing Group (NY). This book was released on 2017 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The first in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the White House Chiefs of Staff, whose actions--and inactions--have defined the course of our country. Since George Washington, presidents have depended on the advice of key confidants. But it wasn't until the twentieth century that the White House chief of staff became the second most powerful job in government. Unelected and unconfirmed, the chief serves at the whim of the president, hired and fired by him alone. He is the president's closest adviser and the person he depends on to execute his agenda. He decides who gets to see the president, negotiates with Congress, and--most crucially--enjoys unparalleled access to the leader of the free world. When the president makes a life-and-death decision, often the chief of staff is the only other person in the room. Each chief can make or break an administration, and each president reveals himself by the chief he picks. Through extensive, intimate interviews with all seventeen living chiefs and two former presidents, award-winning journalist and producer Chris Whipple pulls back the curtain on this unique fraternity, whose members have included Rahm Emanuel, Dick Cheney, Leon Panetta, and Donald Rumsfeld. In doing so, he revises our understanding of presidential history, showing us how James Baker and Panetta skillfully managed the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, ensuring their reelections--and, conversely, how Jimmy Carter never understood the importance of a chief, crippling his ability to govern. From Watergate to Iran-Contra to the Monica Lewinsky scandal to the Iraq War, Whipple shows us how the chief of staff can make the difference between success and disaster. As an outsider president tries to govern after a bitterly divisive election, The Gatekeepers could not be more timely. Filled with shrewd analysis and never-before-reported details, it is a compelling history that changes our perspective on the presidency."--Jacket flap.

Author : Nuraliah Norasid
Publisher : Epigram Books
ISBN 13 : 9811700966
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gatekeeper written by Nuraliah Norasid and published by Epigram Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of Singapore Book Awards 2018, Best Fiction Title & Best Book Cover Design Winner of the 2016 Epigram Books Fiction Prize Shorlisted for Singapore Literature Prize 2018 When young medusa Ria inadvertently turns an entire village to stone, she and her older sister flee to Nelroote, an underground settlement populated by other non-humans also marginalised by society. There she becomes their gatekeeper, hoping to seek redemption and love…until her friendship with a man from above threatens to dismantle the city she swore to protect.

Author : Jan Anderegg
Publisher : Gatekeeper Press
ISBN 13 : 1642370754
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Julu written by Jan Anderegg and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a magical land just beyond our imaginations called Jirvania; where stories grow. Muse faeries gather ripened “story-pearls” and carry them to writers, musicians, and poets here in our world. In the heart of Jirvania stands The Great Library, where every story is collected by the library’s guardian, Karel. This library is a portal to other times and places where one can step into stories and experience them first hand. Homework has never been such fun. When eleven-year-old Jack Lemoine finds an opal dragon egg in Mystic, Connecticut, he discovers the real world is not what he thought. Dragons, unicorns, faeries, centaurs, and countless others do exist. Unfortunately, so do witches, ogres, goblins, and monsters, and they want Jack dead, yesterday. It has been prophesied he will one day save Jirvania, with the help of a magical opal dragon, Julu, but evil disrupts time itself, leading to the annihilation of Jirvania, seven years before Jack comes of age. Imagination ceases to exist. Libraries, art galleries, concert halls, and theme parks vanish. Our lives become meaningless and empty. Jirvania's lone survivor, Karel receives a visitor from the stars, urging him to change the story. Meanwhile, back in Mystic, Jack and his friend, Mia are thrown into a fantastical adventure when Julu hatches and takes them back in time to protect them. Through her stories, they learn that family, friendship, and love are the threads that bind us together, no matter who or what we are and hope is often found in the most unexpected places. Can Karel change the story and save our imaginations?

Author : Terry L. Craig
Publisher : Nelsonword Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780884195979
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gatekeeper written by Terry L. Craig and published by Nelsonword Publishing Group. This book was released on 1999 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Code of the Vital Union was simple. It governed the body, the soul, and the spirit. The Vital Union held open rallies for nonbelievers whom they hoped would be "joined." You did not "join the Union"; the Union "joined" you.

Author : Ilgın Deniz Akseloglu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783868289770
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gatekeeper written by Ilgın Deniz Akseloglu and published by . This book was released on 2020-02 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She wanted to stop time when she was ten years old and stopped eating in order not to grow up. Lene Marie Fossen rejected the linear progression of time that forced her to go through puberty. She chose to be open about her disease and found her means of expression in photography. Her unabashed self-portraits bear witness to an inner conflict and are both cruel and beautiful. Lene Marie Fossen sadly passed away on October 22, 2019; she was only thirty-three years old. The present publication pays tribute to Fossen as an artist, but also reveals the difficult path she chose to take - and that anorexia is a serious illness and cannot be trivialized.

Author : Wren Havyn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578323442
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gate 1 written by Wren Havyn and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anthony Horowitz
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545470021
Total Pages : 637 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oblivion (The Gatekeepers #5) written by Anthony Horowitz and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final, thrilling conclusion to #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Anthony Horowitz's masterful series! Matt. Pedro. Scott. Jamie. Scar. Five Gatekeepers have finally found one another. And only the five of them can fight the evil force that is on the rise, threatening the destruction of the world. In the penultimate volume of The Gatekeepers series, a massive storm arose that signalled the beginning of the end. Now the five Gatekeepers must battle the evil power the storm has unleashed -- and strive to stop the world from ending.

Author : Jacques Steinberg
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101200316
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gatekeepers written by Jacques Steinberg and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-07-29 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the fall of 1999, New York Times education reporter Jacques Steinberg was given an unprecedented opportunity to observe the admissions process at prestigious Wesleyan University. Over the course of nearly a year, Steinberg accompanied admissions officer Ralph Figueroa on a tour to assess and recruit the most promising students in the country. The Gatekeepers follows a diverse group of prospective students as they compete for places in the nation's most elite colleges. The first book to reveal the college admission process in such behind-the-scenes detail, The Gatekeepers will be required reading for every parent of a high school-age child and for every student facing the arduous and anxious task of applying to college. "[The Gatekeepers] provides the deep insight that is missing from the myriad how-to books on admissions that try to identify the formula for getting into the best colleges...I really didn't want the book to end." —The New York Times