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Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Howard Silk is a lowly cog in the bureaucratic machinery of a Berlin-based United Nations spy agency. When Howard discovers that his organization safeguards the secret of a crossing into a parallel dimension, he is thrust into a shadow world of intrigue, danger, and double cross, where the only man he can trust is his near-identical counterpart from this parallel world.
3) Agenda 21
Author
Series
Agenda 21 novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the government comes for her mother, Emmeline embarks on a plan to save her family and expose the truth behind the objectives of the United Nations' agenda 21.
Publisher
A24 Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, an idealistic young employee (Theo James) working at the UN investigates the grisly murder of his predecessor and uncovers a vast global conspiracy, that may even involve his own boss (Ben Kingsley), in this gripping and timely thriller. "*"Backstabbing For Beginners" is a mesmerizing, intense watch with beautiful acting and powerful directing.*" - Bobby LePire, ***Film Threat*** "*An elegantly shot, compelling impression of...
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005], c2004
Language
English
Description
In one of the hidden corridors of power at UN headquarters, translator Silvia Broome overhears a potentially explosive secret about a planned assassination attempt. But when federal agent Tobin Keller investigates her claim, is she a victim or a suspect?
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by actual events, this "ripped-from-the-headlines" thriller features Kathy Bolkovac (Rachel Weisz) as a Nebraskan police officer who takes a job working as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Her expectations of helping to rebuild a devastated country are dashed when she uncovers a dangerous reality of corruption, cover-up, and intrigue amid a world of private contractors and multinational diplomatic doubletalk.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Reveals Sergio Vieira de Mello's powerful legacy of humanity and ideological strength in the context of his troubleshooting attempts in Lebanon in the aftermath of Israel's 1982 invasion; in his taming of the Khmer Rouge and his repatriation of four-hundred-thousand Cambodian refugees in the early nineties; in his efforts to negotiate an end to the slaughter in Bosnia; in his struggle to nation-build in war-torn societies during his quasi-colonial...
Author
Publisher
Broadside Books
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Explains the international agreements President Obama will be championing in the last few months of his term, including the Law of the Sea Treaty, and offers a concrete plan to push back against the formation of world government.
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Income inequality and the offshore hoarding of illicit black funds have reached such extremes that the earth's democracies are in peril. The oligarchs are taking over. The People worldwide, however, are rising up, and they demand that the UN seize and redistribute all that illegal filthy lucre. But it will not be easy. The world's oligarchs will not go gentle. Mikhail Putilov, Russia's strongman; J. T. Tower, the American president, and Wahid al-Waheed,...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Zalmay Khalilzad grew up in a traditional family in the ancient city of Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. As a teenager, Khalilzad spent a year as an exchange student in California, where after some initial culture shocks he began to see the merits of America's very different way of life. He believed the ideals that make American culture work, like personal initiative, community action, and respect for women, could make a transformative difference to his...
14) American outrage
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Documents the Dann sisters heroic fight for their land rights, and their human rights after the government sued them for trespassing and their dispute went to the Supreme Court, and then eventually the United Nations.
Publisher
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Looks at how human activities have affected Earth's environment over the course of the twentieth century, discussing climate, global warming, deforestation, endangered species, environmental pollution, and other topics, and explores the need to establish new policies and practices for interacting with and using natural resources.
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