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Two intrepid curmudgeons. An SUV with red plates. Ten thousand miles of twisty roads. What could go wrong? Changing zip codes every day? But of course! Folding your mirrors to squeeze through narrow lanes? Sign us up. Eating unidentified animal parts? Why not? But sorting out the trash in Sardinia? You need a Ph.D. for that! Driving Italy is the irreverent memoir of our winter chasing the sun from Paris to Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily, fighti...

A brave dog. A sea of hidden mines. When the thirsty desert craves his humans' blood, can this brave K-9 save his partners' lives? K-9 Rambo was too meek to be a protection dog. That's how he ended up sniffing bombs in Afghanistan.

When a heartless gold-digger steals her life, can a good dog save the human she loves? Mom lives for her puppies and her human, Jones. Doting on them fills her heart until the pups leave home. Bereft without them, Mom and Jones find strength in each other. But his callous daughter sends Jones away and dumps Mom in a shelter. Heartbroken for failing her human, Mom risks a daring escape. Can she rescue Jones, or will he die alone? MOM is...

Three loyal dogs. A merciless war. When the thirsty desert craves their humans' blood, can these brave K-9s save their partners lives? Guinness may be the runt of the litter, but she scoffs at being a pet. So when her siblings join their forever homes, she can't wait to enlist and risk her tail for her country. Butter loves treats, cherishes her trainer, and is proud of her job. But an errant bullet ends her career and changes her life. Vipe...

A good dog trapped in a hate-poisoned land. Can this brave K-9 dodge overwhelming dangers to find his way home, or will he pay with his life? Prozak is crushed. After a lifetime of service, the loyal Golden Retriever is devastated to find himself betrayed. He gets trapped, but he'd give his tail to go home. Determined to get back to his friends, Prozak ventures a daring escape. But can an old dog survive this merciless mountain? Prozak fea...

Until you, hoomans, learn to sniff each other's butts, so you read each other's thoughts, you'll need us, dogs, to guide you, love you, and make you better people."Corporal K-9 Guinness.If you thought being a K-9 is easy, think again. What's the hardest, you ask? Sniffing bombs? No sir. That's easy once you know what to look for. Apprehending perpetrators? Nope. That's fun. The hardest part of being a K-9 is training people.Humans don't know h...

People drop like flies in Dr. Emma Steele's ER, and nobody knows why. A new disease? Medication errors? Poisoned oxygen? She's got to find out, even though her job is on the line, her daughter's in trouble, and she'd rather be home, drinking wine. Is it a mercy killer? But then why kill healthy people? Are they framing her nurses or framing her? As her orders get corrupted by lethal mistakes, her patients die, her nurse is killed, and somethin...

I tried to be good, but I got bored."So what if I grew up behind bars? In life, it's not about where you start, It's all about where you end up. And about the journey. Mine took me to Kandahar, where every car could be a bomb and every human your killer. I risked my life every day, scouring the desert for the things that long to kill my humans, and I loved it. Because I had the best nose in the business and the guts to match it."good dog story,

Jones'... K-9 Heroes series... is a lovely tribute to the brave canine officers in the military." Kirkus Reviews. Countless deadly mines lie in wait under the hot Afghan desert. Here, in Kandahar, every car could be a bomb, every human your killer. The only shield standing between you and your death is me, K-9 Viper. One scorching day after another, I scour the desert hunting for what craves to kill you. But it only takes one mistake, and this...

Der Umgang mit den indigenen Völkern Nordamerikas, die Unterstützung diktatorischer Regimes in Afrika oder die Rolle der Westmächte im Balkankreg 1999: Oft genug hat sich "der Westen" an Taten beteiligt, die mit seinem gesellschaftlichen Werten nicht vereinbarsind. Das vorliegende Buch beleuchtet diesen wichtigen und unzureichend erforschten Aspekt der Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts und untersucht die Beteiligung der Vereinigten Staaten und a...