A Pearl In Peril

Known as "the Pearl of the Mediterranean," Izmir invokes a city and countryside blessed with good fortune; it is known to many as the homeland of Ephesus, Bergama, and Sardis. Yet, Turkey's third largest city has an especially vexed past. The Greek pursuit of the Megali Idea leveraged Classical history for 19th century political gains, and in so doing also foreshadowed the "Asia Minor Catastrophe." Princeton University's work at Sardis played into the duplicitous agendas of western archaeologists, learned societies, and diplomats seeking to structure heritage policy and international regulations in their favor, from the 1919 Paris Peace Conference to the League of Nations. A Pearl in Peril reveals the voices of those on the ground. It also explores how Howard Crosby Butler, William Hepburn Buckler, and William Berry penetrated the inner circle of world leaders, including Woodrow Wilson, Lloyd George, and Eleftherios Venizelos. On the smoldering ashes of Anatolia's scorched earth, foreign intervention continued apace with plans for large-scale development. A Pearl in Peril tackles the untold story of Julian Huxley's admiration of the US Tennessee Valley Authority's "principals of persuasion" in the context of the industrial landscapes and pursuit of modernity in the Aegean. The promise of UNESCO, too, brought diplomacy dollars deployed to foster "mutual understanding" through preservation programs at Sardis. Yet, from this same pot of money came support for "open intelligence" at the international fairs held in Izmir's Kültürpark, a turnkey battleground of the Cold War. Ironically, it was UNESCO's colossal Abu Simbel project in Egypt that led the US to abandon their preservation initiatives in Turkey. Five decades on, groves of organic olives, marble quarries and gold mines not only threaten the erasure of sacred landscapes, but also ensure the livelihood of local communities. Ultimately, A Pearl in Peril offers a bold assessment of diplomatic practice, perspectives of contemporary heritage, and the challenges of unprecedented expansion of city and countryside.

'A Pearl in Peril' investigates the intersection of diplomacy and heritage in Turkey. American, and European approaches to assistance are explored through the lens of the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, the League of Nations, and UNESCO's promise.

The transition from President Donald J. Trump to President Joseph R. Biden Jr. stands as one of the most dangerous periods in American history. But as #1 internationally bestselling author Bob Woodward and acclaimed reporter Robert Costa reveal for the first time, it was far more than just a domestic political crisis. Woodward and Costa interviewed more than 200 people at the center of the turmoil, resulting in more than 6,000 pages of transcripts—and a spellbinding and definitive portrait of a nation on the brink. This classic study of Washington takes readers deep inside the Trump White House, the Biden White House, the 2020 campaign, and the Pentagon and Congress, with eyewitness accounts of what really happened. Intimate scenes are supplemented with never-before-seen material from secret orders, transcripts of confidential calls, diaries, emails, meeting notes and other personal and government records, making Peril an unparalleled history. It is also the first inside look at Biden’s presidency as he began his presidency facing the challenges of a lifetime: the continuing deadly pandemic and millions of Americans facing soul-crushing economic pain, all the while navigating a bitter and disabling partisan divide, a world rife with threats, and the hovering, dark shadow of the former president.

L.A. cops chase drug runners. Shoot out in Hawaii. Confrontation with Yardie pushers and eventual defeat. Tour of California and the island of Oahu. The 'good-guys' win sometimes.

This is Chuck Swaim's third book of poetry. These poems were written in 1991 when he was 22 & 23 years old. He was in a universe of love and loss, which he chronicled during that year. Illustrations done by the author. Paper book version images are in black & white and E-book version has color images.

In You the Amozula is a unique collection of poems that transcends anything people have ever read and seen before. This is truly a colorful, masterful work of art that stands out in a class of its own.

We call to paper the quandary of Valerie Meridian and what to do with him. Valerie is a victim of the 21st Century. Valerie wants to do the right thing the television told him so trouble is, the television never told him exactly what the right thing is, and now he's spent his days in search of someone who might finish what it started. Well, Valerie's about to get a lesson in letting others do his thinking for him. Our story begins with a choice. For Valerie to help himself at the harm of another or to help another at the harm of himself. But what everyone forgot to tell him was that the world doesn't care if he makes the right choice or not, and that his decision will find him swiftly in a reality beyond even the television's infinite imagination a world of circuitry rampant, and of technology forgotten, of genetic minorities and of majority rule, a world of programmed morality and dogmatic conformity, of terrorism and colonization and a debauched human form, of mechanical police and organic computers, a world where truth and lie share a common interest, where death is held for ransom, and life is handed out for free.