Bøger af Ian Fletcher

A government scientist failing to report for work wouldn't usually give cause for alarm. But when the scientist in question holds the secret formula for a revolutionary type of fuel that could have massive implications for the world's oil producing countries and for the world generally, the alarm bells begin to ring. Anxious not to involve the government and in an attempt to hide their embarrassment the scientist's immediate employers decide to bring in Matt Deadman to track him down. There's nothing to go on, however, and Deadman has just twelve days to find him before the government has to be informed. The pursuit of the missing scientist will take Deadman across Eastern Europe, to Minsk, Moscow and finally to Crimea, encountering on his way crooks, corrupt officials, the Russian FSB, a beautiful Russian agent and the Moscow police who want him for murder. Twelve days, and the clock is ticking.....

A writer buys an old executive desk for his office. While sorting through its contents, he finds a diary written forty years ago by a man who had a torrid affair with a woman who was his wife's best friend. This journal provides a candid and touching window into one family's life almost two generations ago. The reader will be intrigued by this captivating and erotic account of a most passionate love affair and its unexpected finale.

Paul Revere has achieved an enviable situation in life. He is doing well in his job. His children are grown and gainfully employed. He works, hunts, fishes and occasionally he and his wife, Gwen make love. Life is good until Gwen develops a severe case of Empty Nest Syndrome. All of a sudden she is dissatisfied with everything in her life, including her husband who doesn't get it. Before he knows it they are separated and Paul's life is badly out of joint. When he moves out of their home, a lovely co-worker named Jennifer finds out he is available. She invites him to a home cooked meal where he discovers that life as a middle-aged single man is not so bad after all. Then Molly, a divorcee who attends his church, professes a long standing crush on him. And, Nancy the realtor who finds him a place to live also expresses a need for his romantic attentions. Also Caroline, his tall, blonde and elegant former back-yard neighbor develops a keen interest in him. All of a sudden Paul has a full schedule. As time passes, things change and Paul's enjoyment of his rakish existence begins to pale. Then he meets Sarah and his life is forever changed. This is a story of romance and sex told with great wit, sophistication and subtle humor.

"The only way to save our economy is for the U.S. to counter with trade and industrial policies designed to correct the defects of free trade. Ian Fletcher's Free Trade Doesn't Work is the best guide to develop such policies." -Ernest Hollings, U.S. senator from South Carolina, 1966-2005."Uniformly insightful, often brilliant, and remarkably readable. Obama's team should read it - and soon."-George C. Lodge, professor emeritus, Harvard Business School " If people will listen, Fletcher's informed voice will help turn the country toward a more promising future."-William Greider, author of Come Home, America: The Rise and Fall (and Redeeming Promise) of Our Country. " This book is an excellent introduction to these realities and what can be done about them." -Dan DiMicco, Chairman and CEO, Nucor Steel Corporation; author of Steeling America's Future: a CEO's Call to Arms. " This book will be an essential guide to the emerging debate over the wisdom of 'free trade' as a sound policy." -Patrick A. Mulloy, Commissioner, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission; former Assistant Secretary of Commerce. "Ian Fletcher has laid out a powerful critique of so-called 'free trade' theory." -John J. Sweeney, former President, AFL-CIO; author, America Needs a Raise. "A very powerful, passionate, and convincing critique of free trade in an accessible and engaging manner." -Ha-Joon Chang, Cambridge University, author, Kicking away the Ladder. "Up-to-date, comprehensive and very readable." -Jeff Faux, Distinguished Fellow, Economic Policy Institute; author, The Global Class War. "A devastating and powerful indictment of free trade economics." -Gavin Fridell, author, Fair Trade Coffee. This book is aimed at ordinary concerned citizens. It examines why free trade is slowly bleeding America's economy to death and what can be done. It explains why the economics free traders use is false, and what kind of economics justifies protectionism instead. It is critical of the current establishment, but from a bipartisan point of view, so it should satisfy progressives, conservatives, and everyone in between. See www.freetradedoesntwork.com for more information.

'As the snow fell on the face it froze, and my hair was matted with ice, and icicles formed on my eyelashes. So intense was the cold that whenever I was compelled in visiting the sentries or otherwise to face the blast, my nose burst out bleeding, which with the exposure exhausted one so much, that it was only the certainty of never rising again that prevented me throwing myself down in the snow.'This is just one of many lurid passages from the letters of William John Rous, who arrived in the Crimea in December 1854 with his regiment, the 90th (Perthshire) Regiment. Throughout the following months Rous wrote a series of letters describing the ordeal of life in the trenches before Sevastopol in graphic detail. These letters have remained unpublished ever since. Now though Ian Fletcher, one of the leading authorities on the Crimean War, has edited and illustrated Rous's work for republication.The letters were written during what was the most controversial period of the Crimean War for the British army, for it was during this period that the shortcomings in the army were cruelly exposed during a bitter winter which saw more British soldiers die of cold, disease and overwork than were killed through enemy action.Rous's words bring home the terrible conditions in the trenches, the lack of sleep, the endless overwork, the constant fear and threat of a Russian sortie, not to mention the ever-present dangers posed by the Russian guns inside the city. Rous's experience sheds new light on one of the most famous but tragic campaigns ever fought by the British army.

Biography of Robert Craufurd, one of Wellington's finest generals during the Peninsular War.

Presents the story of the Waterloo Campaign and illustrates just how desperate the battle was, with Wellington's Anglo-Dutch army hanging on to the ridge at Mont St Jean until their Prussian allies arrived to put the seal on one of the most decisive victories in military history.

This work details the course of the Vittoria campaign, the pinnacle of Wellington's achievement in the peninsular, from the initial invasion in May, to the final crushing victory and the advance into Napoleon's France.

The waters of oblivion