Raven Men of the Yellowstone: The true story of Chief Sore-Belly, war-lord of the crows, Keefe Brian L.

Автор: Keefe, Patrick Radden
Название: Chatter
ISBN: 0812968271 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780812968279
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 1375.00 р.
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Описание: How does our government eavesdrop? Whom do they eavesdrop on? And is the interception of communication an effective means of predicting and preventing future attacks? These are some of the questions at the heart of Patrick Radden Keefe's brilliant new book, Chatter.

In the late 1990s, when Keefe was a graduate student in England, he heard stories about an eavesdropping network led by the United States that spanned the planet. The system, known as Echelon, allowed America and its allies to intercept the private phone calls and e-mails of civilians and governments around the world. Taking the mystery of Echelon as his point of departure, Keefe explores the nature and context of communications interception, drawing together fascinating strands of history, fresh investigative reporting, and riveting, eye-opening anecdotes. The result is a bold and distinctive book, part detective story, part travel-writing, part essay on paranoia and secrecy in a digital age.

Chatter starts out at Menwith Hill, a secret eavesdropping station covered in mysterious, gargantuan golf balls, in England's Yorkshire moors. From there, the narrative moves quickly to another American spy station hidden in the Australian outback; from the intelligence bureaucracy in Washington to the European Parliament in Brussels; from an abandoned National Security Agency base in the mountains of North Carolina to the remote Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia.

As Keefe chases down the truth of contemporary surveillance by intelligence agencies, he unearths reams of little-known information and introduces us to a rogue's gallery of unforgettable characters. We meet a former British eavesdropper who now listens in on the United States Air Force for sport; an intelligence translator who risked prison to reveal an American operation to spy on the United Nations Security Council; a former member of the Senate committee on intelligence who says that oversight is so bad, a lot of senators only sit on the committee for the travel.

Provocative, often funny, and alarming without being alarmist, Chatter is a journey through a bizarre and shadowy world with vast implications for our security as well as our privacy. It is also the debut of a major new voice in nonfiction.

From the Hardcover edition.

Автор: Radden Keefe, Patrick
Название: Whatever you say, say nothing
ISBN: 0008159254 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780008159252
Издательство: HarperCollins UK
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Цена: 2640.00 р.
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Описание: `Contemporary history at its finest` Maya Jasanoff One night in December 1972, Jean McConville, a mother of ten, was abducted from her home in Belfast and never seen alive again. Her disappearance would haunt her orphaned children, the perpetrators of this terrible crime and a whole society in Northern Ireland for decades.

Автор: J. M. Power-O`Keefe
Название: Key Stage 1 Skills Practice Maths
ISBN: 0007159897 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007159895
Издательство: HarperCollins UK
Цена: 395.00 р.
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Описание: Spark Island is an online learning channel for children aged from 3-12. It has been designed, built and tested in close co-operation with teachers and education experts to help practise and develop core skills in a highly interactive and enjoyable way using all the capabilities of digital media. The content of the website is divided into a teacher and parent domain so it is designed to be used in the classroom and at home. Based on Spark Island's learning environment and the appealing characters that live there, this series of activity books should provide lots of opportunities for children to practise core skills at home. The books are set in two distinct areas of Spark Island (Sparklantis and Sparkopolis) and are aimed at two different age groups 5-7 and 7-11 year olds. Each area has its own environment and its own set of characters, so in the underwater world of Sparklantis, children will encounter the Hair Care Crew consisting of a group of mullets, a pike and a plaice. In Sparkopolis they might come across the Elders (or Wizards) that ride around on magic unicycles. "Spark Island KS1 Maths" includes fun activities to give children practice with early maths skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, time, shape and money) as well as encouraging children's use of maths in everyday situations. Notes for parents are included on each page.

Автор: J. M. Power-O`Keefe
Название: Key Stage 1 National Tests Maths
ISBN: 0007159919 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007159918
Издательство: HarperCollins UK
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Цена: 395.00 р.
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Описание: Spark Island is an online learning channel for children aged from 3-12. It has been designed, built and tested in close co-operation with teachers and education experts to help practise and develop core skills in a highly interactive and enjoyable way using all the capabilities of digital media. The content of the website is divided into a teacher and parent domain so it is designed to be used in the classroom and at home. Based on Spark Island's learning environment and the appealing characters that live there, this series of activity books should provide lots of opportunities for children to practise core skills at home. The books are set in two distinct areas of Spark Island (Sparklantis and Sparkopolis) and are aimed at two different age groups 5-7 and 7-11 year olds. Each area has its own environment and its own set of characters, so in the underwater world of Sparklais, children will encounter the Hair Care Crew consisting of a group of mullets, a pike and a plaice. In Sparkopolis they might come across the Elders (or Wizards) that ride around on magic unicycles. "Spark Island KS1 National Tests Maths" includes lots of activities for consolidating early maths skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, money and shape and time), as well as test-type questions for children to do at home to prepare them for their SATs test.

Автор: Keefe Susan E., Junaluska Heritage Association From The
Название: Junaluska: Oral Histories of a Black Appalachian Community
ISBN: 1476680175 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476680170
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Цена: 4574.00 р.
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Описание: Junaluska is one of the oldest African American communities in western North Carolina and one of the few that has persisted into the modern era. These life history narratives adapted from interviews with residents (born between 1885 and 1993) offer a people`s history of the black experience in the southern mountains.

Автор: Keefe Simon P.
Название: Mozart in Context
ISBN: 131663244X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781316632444
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Цена: 4277.00 р.
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Описание: This comprehensive and accessible book focuses on the professional, cultural and historical environments in which Mozart operated, and how they influenced his output. The concise, topic-based essays will appeal to students, researchers and music lovers wishing to deepen their understanding of this outstanding composer and his world.