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The Decaying Empire

2015 Spy stories
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Release : 2015
Genre : Spy stories
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Book Synopsis The Decaying Empire by : Laura Thalassa

Download or read book The Decaying Empire written by Laura Thalassa. This book was released on 2015. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When eighteen-year-old teleporter Ember Pierce wakes up in a Los Angeles hospital, she remembers only the basics: she's been trained by the government as a spy, she's sent on dangerous missions, and her last assignment--the one that landed her in the hospital--was a setup. Caden Hawthorne has spent the past ten months of his life grieving Ember's death. So when she shows up in his room like an apparition, he can't believe his eyes. But this Ember is different. Her hair is longer, her skin is paler, her gaze is haunted. She tells him what he's already begun to suspect: someone he trusted betrayed her. Now, uncertain who is friend and who is foe, Ember and Caden face the toughest mission of their lives--to stay together and survive, as they run from danger toward an unknown future.

Imperial Ends

2001-08-01 Political Science
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Release : 2001-08-01
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Imperial Ends by : Alexander J. Motyl

Download or read book Imperial Ends written by Alexander J. Motyl. This book was released on 2001-08-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite their historical importance, empires have received scant attention from social scientists. Now, Alexander J. Motyl examines the structure, dynamics, and continuing relevance of empire—and asks, "Why do empires decline? Why do some empires collapse? And why do some collapsed empires revive?" Rejecting choice-centered theories of imperial decline, Motyl maintains that the very structure of empires promotes decay and that decay in turn facilitates the progressive loss of territory. Although most major empires have in fact declined in this manner, some, such as the Soviet Union, have collapsed suddenly and comprehensively. Motyl explains how and why collapse occurs, why such an outcome is hard to foresee, and why some collapsed empires revive. While broad-ranging historically and empirically, Imperial Ends focuses on five modern empires: the Soviet, Romanov, Ottoman, Habsburg, and Wilhelmine. Examining the possibility of a revival of the Soviet empire, Motyl points out that the expansion of NATO and the European Union, along with increasing globalization, will isolate Russia and its neighbors, promoting their dependence upon one another and perhaps facilitating the rise of the former core. With boldly stated conclusions and concise analytical interpretations, Imperial Ends cohesively illustrates to policymakers and social scientists alike the importance of possible imperial revivals and the rise of future empires.

The Vanishing Girl

2015-01-27 Kidnapping
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Release : 2015-01-27
Genre : Kidnapping
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Book Synopsis The Vanishing Girl by : Laura Thalassa

Download or read book The Vanishing Girl written by Laura Thalassa. This book was released on 2015-01-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each night after Ember Pierce falls asleep, she disappears. She can teleport anywhere in the world: London, Paris, her crush's bedroom, or wherever her dreams lead her. Ten minutes is all she gets, and once time's up, she returns to her bed. It's a secret she's successfully kept for the last five years. But now someone knows. A week after her eighteenth birthday, when frustratingly handsome Caden Hawthorne kidnaps her, delivers her to the government, and then disappears before her eyes, Ember realizes two things: One, she is not alone. And two, people like her--teleporters--are being used as weapons. Forced into a quasi-military training camp for teleporters, Ember discovers she has been paired--perhaps for life--with Caden, the boy who got her into this mess in the first place. Now, she has to work with him on a series of teleporting missions, each one riskier than the last. But Caden just might hold the key to Ember's escape plan, if she can survive her missions without losing her heart...or her life. Revised edition: This edition of The Vanishing Girl includes editorial revisions and is intended for mature audiences.

The Fall of Empires

2020-05-28 History
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Release : 2020-05-28
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Fall of Empires by : Chad Denton

Download or read book The Fall of Empires written by Chad Denton. This book was released on 2020-05-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Historical Survey of the Many Ways Empires have Succumbed to External and Internal Pressures There are no self-proclaimed empires today. After the twentieth century, with its worldwide wave of decolonizing and liberation movements, the very word "empire" conjures images of slavery, war, repression, and colonialism. None of this is to say that empires are confined to the past, however. By at least some reasonable definitions, empires do exist today. Many articles and books speak about the decline of the "American Empire," for example, or compare the history of the United States to that of Rome or the British Empire. Yet no public official would speak candidly of American "imperial" interests in the Middle East or use the word "empire" in discussions of the nation's future the same way British politicians did in the twentieth century. In addition, empires don't have to fit the classical Roman mold; there are many kinds of empire and varieties of international authority, such as cultural imperialism and economic imperialism. But it is clear empires do not last, even those that once harnessed great wealth, strong armies, and sophisticated legal systems. InThe Fall of Empires: A Brief History of Imperial Collapse, historian Chad Denton describes the end of seventeen empires throughout world history, from Athens to Qin China, from the Byzantium to the Mughals. He reveals--through stories of conquest, corruption, incompetence, assassination, bigotry, and environmental crisis--how even the most seemingly eternal of empires declined. For Athens and Britain it was military hubris; for Qin China and Russia it was alienating their subjects through oppression; Persia succumbed with the loss of its capital; the Khmer faced ecological catastrophe; while the Aztecs were destroyed by colonial exploitation. None of these events alone explains why the empires fell, but they do provide a glimpse into the often-unpredictable currents of history, which have so far spared no empire. A fascinating and instructive survey, The Fall of Empiresprovides compelling evidence about the fate of centralized regional or global power.

The History of the Growth and Decay of the Othman Empire ...

1734 Turkey
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Release : 1734
Genre : Turkey
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Book Synopsis The History of the Growth and Decay of the Othman Empire ... by : Dimitrie Cantemir (Voivode of Moldavia)

Download or read book The History of the Growth and Decay of the Othman Empire ... written by Dimitrie Cantemir (Voivode of Moldavia). This book was released on 1734. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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