terrorism

"Examines this violent extremism, armed conflict, and unrest, studies the reasons why it has flared up, and looks at how people have tried to resolve these situations"-- Provided by publisher.

Provides an introduction to terrorism, discussing what it is, why it is used, and other related topics.

Reluctant teenage-spy Alex Rider, on a routine mission at the Wimbledon tennis championships, gets caught up in Chinese gangs, illegal nuclear weapons, and the suspect plans of his Russian host, General Sarov.

An account of a young woman who went straight from her college sorority to the CIA, where she hunted terrorists and WMDs. When Tracy Walder enrolled at the University of Southern California, she never thought that one day she would offer her pink beanbag chair in the Delta Gamma house to a CIA recruiter, or that she'd fly to the Middle East under an alias identity. The Unexpected Spy is the story of Walder's tenure in the CIA and, later, the FBI.

"In January 2002, the United States sent a group of Muslim men they suspected of terrorism to a prison in Guant?namo Bay. They were the first of roughly 780 prisoners who would be held there--and 40 inmates still remain. Eighteen years later, very few of them have been ever charged with a crime. In Guant?namo Voices, journalist Sarah Mirk and her team of diverse, talented graphic novel artists tell the stories of ten people whose lives have been shaped and affected by the prison, including former prisoners, lawyers, social workers, and service members. This collection of illustrated interviews explores the history of Guant?namo and the world post-9/11, presenting this complicated partisan issue through a new lens"--From the publisher's web site.

After a fiery attack on a train leaves 104 people dead, the fates of three people become inextricably entangled. Jivan, a bright, striving woman from the slums looking for a way out of poverty, is wrongly accused of planning the attack because of a careless comment on Facebook. PT Sir, a slippery gym teacher from Jivan's former high school, has hitched his aspirations to a rising right wing party, and his own ascent becomes increasingly linked to Jivan's fall. Lovely, a spirited, impoverished, relentlessly optimistic hjira, who harbors dreams of becoming a Bollywood star, can provide the alibi that would set Jivan free, but her appearance in court will have unexpected consequences that will change the course of all of their lives.

"Forced to become a child soldier, sixteen-year-old Somali refugee Abdi, must confront his painful past"--Provided by publisher.

"After a chance encounter with the son of billionaire Nikolei Drevin, Alex Rider finds himself in the middle of an international plot to destroy the Pentagon. The weapon Ark Angel, a revolutionary space hotel with catastrophic potential"--Provided by publisher.

When the peaceful alien-run government decides to simply withdraw from Earth, it seems that the terrorist group Sapience is going to get the "free" Earth it wanted; but Donovan Reyes, member of the security forces, and once a prisoner of Sapience, realizes that freedom comes with a price--other alien races want to strip the planet of its resources, and if anyone is going to survive, what is left of the security forces and Sapience have to work together.

Lucas has to tell his dad's friend Benny, a firefighter and former football star, that his parents do not want him playing football anymore, and he takes the train into New York City to talk to Benny, but everything changes when the Twin Towers are attacked.