Mountain Goats Are My Weakness

First time in paperback, with a new Introduction and final chapter World affairs expert and intrepid travel journalist Robert D. Kaplan braved the dangers of war-ravaged Afghanistan in the 1980s, living among the mujahidin—the “soldiers of god”—whose unwavering devotion to Islam fueled their mission to oust the formidable Soviet invaders. In Soldiers of God we follow Kaplan’s extraordinary journey and learn how the thwarted Soviet invasion gave rise to the ruthless Taliban and the defining international conflagration of the twenty-first century. Kaplan returns a decade later and brings to life a lawless frontier. What he reveals is astonishing: teeming refugee camps on the deeply contentious Pakistan-Afghanistan border; a war front that combines primitive fighters with the most technologically advanced weapons known to man; rigorous Islamic indoctrination academies; a land of minefields plagued by drought, fierce tribalism, insurmountable ethnic and religious divisions, an abysmal literacy rate, and legions of war orphans who seek stability in military brotherhood. Traveling alongside Islamic guerrilla fighters, sharing their food, observing their piety in the face of deprivation, and witnessing their determination, Kaplan offers a unique opportunity to increase our understanding of a people and a country that are at the center of world events.

Reproduction of the original: The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals by William T. Hornaday

Madison Grant played an active role in wildlife and environmental preservation and discussed the special rocky mountain goat. This book describes the characteristics of the rocky mountain goat in comparison with the mountain sheep and mountain antelope among others. He also describes some specific physiological features and internal features of the animal including the skull.

Thirty-two-year-old Tristan Shays isn’t a messenger; he’s the CEO of an electronics manufacturer who is literally minding his own business. But one fateful day, everything in his life changes. Tristan receives a mysterious warning delivered directly to his mind—and accompanied by unbearable pain. The warning tells him that a good friend will be murdered if Tristan doesn’t give him a message. Impossible as it seems, he decides to share the message. As Tristan begins to realize that the warnings are real and he has the power to save people’s lives, he is faced with an unenviable choice: continue living the life he knows or give up his career and his free will to be the universe’s bearer of bad news. If that weren’t bad enough, someone is working very hard to stand in his way—a stranger named Ephraim who knows Tristan’s every move and delights in causing chaos. How do you fight an enemy who knows everything about you? A prequel to the award-winning Messenger Trilogy, Instant Messenger tells the story of how Tristan’s journey begins.

England under Elizabeth I. A time of war and plague, politics and rebellion, personal heroism and religious fanaticism. When if you were born poor you stayed poor, and the thumbscrews and the rack could be the grim prelude to the executioner's block. But it was also an age that encouraged literary genius, global exploration, and timeless beauty. When the lowly privateer Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe with no reliable navigational instruments and only a drunken, mutinous crew for company. When the Queen's favourite, the wealthy and handsome Robert Dudley, was widely suspected of having killed his wife. And when only the machinations of ruthless intriguers like William Cecil and Francis Walsingham prevented Elizabeth's kingdom from descending into anarchy and political chaos. The Elizabethans is a panoramic, exhilarating depiction of an intensely colourful period by master-historian, A N Wilson. This is what life under Elizabeth I was really like.