New Releases by Patrick Robinson

Building a Stronger Family: Navigating the Emotional, Legal, and Practical Challenges of Blended Families This insightful guide offers practical strategies and heartfelt advice for stepfathers and blended families alike. From building trust and effective communication and managing complex relationships, this book provides essential tools to create harmony and love amid life''s challenges. Whether you''re just starting your journey or seeking to strengthen existing bonds, this book empowers you to forge a resilient, loving family built on understanding, patience, and shared commitment.

O mundo econômico como o conhecemos está chegando ao fim. Estamos diante da maior migração de capital na história e de uma nova era definida por inflação persistente e crises de dívida pública e privada. Lawrence G. McDonald, fundador da plataforma The Bear Traps Report, aprendeu na prática sobre risco de mercado ao assistir ao Lehman Brothers ignorar os sinais de alerta antes de seu colapso. Suas análises e experiência permitiram que identificasse 21 indicadores para avaliar a saúde de uma economia e detectar oportunidades e perigos. Em Como interpretar o mercado financeiro, McDonald revela seus modelos preditivos e delineia estratégias de investimento contraintuitivas. Os leitores aprenderão: sobre o próximo bull market de commodities e como se adiantar a essa tendência lucrativa; como capitalizar nos tempos do enfraquecimento da moeda americana; por que ativos tangíveis e ações de valor vão superar as growth stocks, os títulos do Tesouro americano e as estratégias de investimento passivo saturadas; por que a clássica carteira composta de 60% de ações e 40% de títulos de renda fixa está ultrapassada, e como direcionar investimentos daqui para a frente. Em vez de profetizar o apocalipse, McDonald capacita os leitores para resistirem às narrativas reacionárias e manter-se um passo à frente das multidões, atentando-se aos sinais de risco e oportunidade e preservando sua riqueza em tempos de crise. Quando os mercados falam, vale a pena escutar! "Como interpretar o mercado financeiro faz previsões ousadas sobre mudanças sísmicas na economia global, orienta os leitores sobre como se preparar para essas mudanças e antecipa tendências em quase todas as classes de ativos, compartilhando sinais importantes que podem dar aos investidores uma vantagem nos inconstantes anos que estão por vir." — Gregory Zuckerman, autor de O homem que decifrou o mercado e repórter especial do Wall Street Journal

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The Master Submariner has finally surfaced. Patrick Robinson, who wrote a dazzling series of best sellers about submarine warfare (guided by ex-Royal Navy Underwater Chief and Falklands War Battle Group Commander, Admiral Sir Sandy Woodward) has written his first book in five years, Maidens In The Vale. It''s a page-turning thriller about revenge, murder on an international scale, posing the electrifying modern question - can a young woman be so shockingly abused, that any action she subsequently takes is justified? She''s beautiful, young, expensively educated in England, although Russian by birth and heritage. But her uncle, her mum''s brother, is an ex-KGB assassin. He''s a ''diplomat'' now, based in London. He and his niece make a fire-proof and vengeful combination - driving international Police Forces almost crazy with frustration. Robinson''s areas of some expertise include horseracing, boxing, rowing, Special Forces, and military thrillers, including residents of the Lubyanka, Uncle Rudy''s home base in Moscow. He also knows a thing or two about London''s aristocracy (he was once a much-feared writer on the legendary William Hickey Society Column, Daily Express), It''s all woven into this complex story, and it''s marginally held in place by the most unlikely romance - when the Scotland Yard Superintendent is utterly captivated by his possible prime suspect. Meanwhile, his own mother, the daughter of a Scottish Duke, nearly steals the show, as a droll and irreverent matriarch, like Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey. The book will keep you guessing to the very last page, as it deals with a devastating High Court ''crime'' which dare not speak its name.

Two polar explorers are out to solve a mystery: Where is their special seal, Patches? Scientists Roxanne Beltran and Patrick Robinson set off on a polar adventure, traveling to Antarctica to study the lives of Weddell seals. By finding Patches, a wily seal they’ve been tracking since its birth, they’ll be able to learn a lot about how much the seals get to eat and how many pups they raise. A Seal Named Patches takes young readers into the world at the very bottom of the globe, where they meet the extraordinary animals that live in cold, icy conditions. Through breathtaking photos and real-life stories, young readers will learn about how scientists do fieldwork, the challenges of researching animals in harsh climates, and even what it’s like to fly a helicopter over Antarctica. This engaging story will especially entertain and educate children in grades K-2 (ages 5–8.)

During the boom years of the 1980s, the massed oil wealth of the princes of Dubai and Saudi Arabia were pitted against British millionaire Robert Sangster in a battle for control of one of the world’s rarest, most precious and most unpredictable commodities: top-pedigree thoroughbread racehorses.

Cardinal Giovanni Morone (1509-80) remains one of the most intriguing characters in the history of the sixteenth century Catholic Church - with neither his contemporaries nor subsequent scholars being able to agree on his motivations, theology or his legacy. Appointed Bishop of Modena in 1529 and created Cardinal in 1542 by Pope Paul III, his glittering career appeared to be in ruins following his arrest in 1557 on charges of heresy. Yet, despite spending more than two years imprisoned in Castel Sant'' Angelo, he managed to resurrect his career and in 1563 was appointed principal legate to the Council of Trent, whereupon he resolved the difficulties besetting the council, which had brought it to a virtual standstill, and guided it to a successful conclusion. Concentrating largely - but by no means exclusively - upon the period of the pontificate of Pius IV (1559-65) and an evaluation of Morone''s role as presiding legate at the Council of Trent, this book tackles a number of issues that have exercised scholars. How does Morone''s activity at Trent in 1563 now look in the light of the information available in connection with his processo? What was the result of the wider activity of Morone and the spirituali during Pius'' pontificate? How did Morone''s career progress after Trent, with regards his actions as a diocesan in the immediate post-conciliar situation and his renewed difficulties in the pontificate of Pius V? Through a re-reading of important archival material and a re-examination of the wealth of recently published primary sources, this study revisits these key questions, and analyses the fluctuating fortunes of Morone''s career as bishop, diplomat, heretic and cardinal legate.

"Robinson, coauthor of ... Lone Survivor, shares the ... untold story of Mohammed Gulab, the Pashtun warrior who defied the Taliban and saved the life of American hero and Navy Seal Marcus Luttrell.

Ein geprellter irakischer Spion startet einen Rachefeldzug gegen sein Land. Mithilfe eines «unsichtbaren» U-Boots greift er westliche Ziele an. Der Verdacht fällt auf den Irak. Wie reagiert der Westen? Kann er den Amokläufer stoppen?

Der amerikanische Geheimdienst macht eine beunruhigende Entdeckung: Die chinesische Marine transportiert offensichtlich Seeminen an die Straße von Hormus. Durch die geht ein Großteil des internationalen Ölhandels. Tatsächlich explodieren wenig später mehrere Tanker. Die US-Regierung muss sofort reagieren...

HUNTER KILLER – wenn der Jäger zum Gejagten wird ... 2009: In Saudi-Arabien wird ein Militärputsch geplant – schnell wachsen die Ängste vor einem Zusammenbruch des Ölexports und einer weltweiten Wirtschaftskrise. US-Admiral Morgan greift ein und sieht sich schon bald mit seinem Erzfeind, dem Terroristen Rashud, konfrontiert. Unnachahmlich vermag Patrick Robinson hochbrisante politische Szenarien zu entwerfen und mit genauester Kenntnis moderner Waffentechnologie durchzuspielen. Im Jahr 2009 plant der saudi-arabische Prinz Nasir das Regime seines Landes zu stürzen. Die herrschende dekadente Königsfamilie droht das Land durch ihre Ausschweifungen mehr und mehr in den Bankrott zu führen. Für seine Umsturzpläne kann der Prinz die französische Regierung gewinnen, die in einer geheimen Aktion mit U-Booten der Hunter-Killer-Klasse die saudi-arabische Erdölindustrie lahmlegen und gleichzeitig das Armeehauptquartier angreifen will. Leiten soll die Attacke Ravi Rashud – der weltweit meistgesuchte Terrorist. Doch dem US-amerikanischen Admiral a. D. Arnold Morgan bleibt nicht verborgen, dass sich auf dem internationalen Erdölmarkt etwas tut. Er ahnt Schlimmes und kommt den Verschwörern schließlich auf die Spur. Ein erbittertes Duell mit seinem Erzfeind Rashud bahnt sich an.

Background. Stress may hasten HIV disease progression by compromising immune response and increasing viral replication. Conversely, efforts to reduce stress may buffer the physiological effects of stress on HIV disease progression. Purpose. This study determined the effects of a structured, eight-week, mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program on perceived stress, mood, stress hormone secretion, immune function, and functional health outcomes in HIV-infected subjects. Conceptual framework. A synthesized framework of psychoneuroimmunology and a transactional model of stress guided the study. Design. A quasi-experimental, repeated measures, control group design was utilized. Subjects were nonrandomly assigned to intervention (N = 24) or control group (N = 10) and data was collected at baseline, four weeks, eight weeks, and three months postintervention (only baseline and eight weeks for control). Data Analysis. Paired t-tests between baseline scores and scores from subsequent time points and repeated measures ANOVAs were used to determine within group changes. Independent t-tests (calculated on change scores from baseline to eight weeks) were used to determine between group differences. Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated between change scores for psychological, endocrine, and immune measures to determine the associations among these variables. Results. At eight-weeks, the MBSR group showed significant increases in total functional health score, natural killer (NK) cell activity, NK cell number, and a significant decrease in fatigue. In addition, RANTES levels significantly increased while levels of SDF-1 remained stable. At three months postintervention, significant increases in NK cell number and function were maintained, and significant decreases in tension, depression, anger, confusion, and total mood disturbance emerged. Control subjects showed no changes in any dependent variables. Serum cortisol and DHEAS did not significantly change in either group. Within MBSR group changes over time (ANOVA) were found for perceived stress, tension, depression, anger, confusion, fatigue, and NK cell number. Between group differences in change scores were found for NK cell activity and number. No significant associations were found among change scores for dependent variables. Conclusion. These results provide empirical evidence that MBSR may assist in slowing HIV disease progression and may be considered an effective adjunctive therapy in the comprehensive management of HIV disease.

THEY JUST CAPTURED IRAQ''S MOST WANTED TERRORIST. NOW THEY HAD TO DEFEND THEIR HONOR. On a daring nighttime raid in September 2009, a team of Navy SEALs grabbed the notorious terrorist Ahmad Hashim Abd al-Isawi, the villainous “Butcher of Fallujah,” mastermind behind the 2004 murder and mutilation of four American contractors. Within hours of his capture, al-Isawi, with his lip bleeding, claimed he had been beaten in his holding cell. Three Navy SEALs—members of the same team that had just captured the notorious terrorist—were charged with prisoner abuse, dereliction of duty, and lying. On the word of a terrorist! The three Navy SEALs were placed under house arrest and forbidden contact with their comrades. Despite enormous pressure from their commanders to sign confessions to “lesser charges,” the three resolute and fearless SEALs each demanded a court-martial. They were determined to prove their innocence. When Fox News broke the story about the accusations, Americans were outraged. Over 300,000 people signed petitions demanding the SEALs be exonerated. Their SEAL teammates were furious; but nothing could stop the cold determination of the military''s top brass to hang these guys out to dry—not even U.S. congressmen who petitioned the Pentagon to drop the charges. Honor and Betrayal is a no-holds-barred account by bestselling author Patrick Robinson. It reveals for the first time the entire story, from the night the SEALs stormed the al-Qaeda desert stronghold, the accusations and legal twists and turns that followed, to the cut-and-thrust drama in the courtroom where the fate of three American heroes hung in the balance.

Cardinal Giovanni Morone (1509–80) remains one of the most intriguing characters in the history of the sixteenth century Catholic Church – with neither his contemporaries nor subsequent scholars being able to agree on his motivations, theology or his legacy. Appointed Bishop of Modena in 1529 and created Cardinal in 1542 by Pope Paul III, his glittering career appeared to be in ruins following his arrest in 1557 on charges of heresy. Yet, despite spending more than two years imprisoned in Castel Sant'' Angelo, he managed to resurrect his career and in 1563 was appointed principal legate to the Council of Trent, whereupon he resolved the difficulties besetting the council, which had brought it to a virtual standstill, and guided it to a successful conclusion. Concentrating largely – but by no means exclusively – upon the period of the pontificate of Pius IV (1559–65) and an evaluation of Morone''s role as presiding legate at the Council of Trent, this book tackles a number of issues that have exercised scholars. How does Morone''s activity at Trent in 1563 now look in the light of the information available in connection with his processo? What was the result of the wider activity of Morone and the spirituali during Pius'' pontificate? How did Morone''s career progress after Trent, with regards his actions as a diocesan in the immediate post-conciliar situation and his renewed difficulties in the pontificate of Pius V? Through a re-reading of important archival material and a re-examination of the wealth of recently published primary sources, this study revisits these key questions, and analyses the fluctuating fortunes of Morone''s career as bishop, diplomat, heretic and cardinal legate.

Sie ruhen nicht, bis der Terror stirbt Die USA stehen vor ihrer größten Herausforderung: Die Geheimdienste wissen um die Aktivitäten der weltweit gefährlichsten Terroristen, die bereits bei der Planung eines schrecklichen Anschlags sind. Doch der National Security Agency sind die Hände gebunden, denn es gibt keine Beweise. Dem Geheimdienst bleibt nichts anderes übrig, als eine Mission undercover zu starten. Und niemand anders als Ex-Navy-SEAL Mack Bedford erhält die Chance seines Lebens ...

Mack Bedford, US Navy SEAL, ist mit seiner Truppe im Irak im Einsatz. Alles verläuft normal, bis die Einheit von Terroristen mit verbotenen Diamondhead-Raketen beschossen wird, die eine fatale Wirkung haben. Panzer verglühen in unglaublicher Hitze. Die Insassen haben nicht die geringste Chance, dem Tod zu entkommen. Als sich die Terroristen gespielt unschuldig ergeben, sieht Mack Bedford rot. Patrick Robinson, geboren in Kent/England, schrieb zahlreiche Sachbücher zum Thema Seefahrt und schaffte mit seinem aufsehenerregenden Debüt ''Nimitz Class'' auf Anhieb den Durchbruch als Romanautor. Mit den folgenden U-Boot-Thrillern, die zu internationalen Erfolgen wurden und alle bei Heyne erschienen sind, konnte er sich im Genre Technothriller etablieren. Patrick Robinson lebt heute in Irland und den USA.

"The primary objective for conducting this study is to increase adaptive capacity by informing and developing climate change adaptation training workshops. To ensure that training meets priority needs and provides accessible and applicable tools and resources, these organizations have collaborated to conduct a needs assessment: a comprehensive front-end evaluation of the climate change adaptation training and information needs of Great Lakes coastal communities. Presented here are the results of a needs assessment completed in 2011, engaging nearly 700 stakeholders across the Basin through interviews, focus groups, and an online survey"--Executive summary.

Mack Bedford must devise a plan to stop the Russians before they and their cyber weaponry reach the Chinese border-the launch site of their master plan.

The Delta Solution is an action-packed novel dealing with the Somali pirates operating off the southerly reaches of the lawless East African republic on the Indian Ocean. For the past three years, these heavily armed tribal brigands have been capturing and holding for ransom massive cargo ships, especially oil tankers, and violently demanding millions of dollars for their return. Pirating out of the tiny Somalian village of Haradheere has become a very lucrative, dangerous business, so much so that the village has its own Stock Exchange with a reputed $78 million cash, all in crisp $100 bills, in the town vault. And each time an owner pays big for the return of their ship, the pirates immediately do it again, enraging the Pentagon more and more by the day. That is, until the "Somali Marines" make a big mistake, seizing at gun point two United States ships and demanding a $15 million ransom for their return. Hero Mack Bedford, previously encountered in Diamondhead and Intercept, is deployed to SEAL Team 10 to form The Delta Platoon. His objective: obliterate the Somali Marines in the middle of the Indian Ocean, at all costs, once and for all.

Pat, Chucky, and Larry had dreams to become the best basketball players in the neighborhood. Every summer they played against the best players in the neighborhood but could never seem to win a game. This summer was going to be different for the 3 boys. They struggled along the way, but thanks to Mr. A.I.P, they were ready to prove that anything is possible!

One of the biggest questions of the financial crisis has not been answered until now: What happened at Lehman Brothers and why was it allowed to fail, with aftershocks that rocked the global economy? In this news-making, often astonishing book, a former Lehman Brothers Vice President gives us the straight answers—right from the belly of the beast. In A Colossal Failure of Common Sense, Larry McDonald, a Wall Street insider, reveals, the culture and unspoken rules of the game like no book has ever done. The book is couched in the very human story of Larry McDonald’s Horatio Alger-like rise from a Massachusetts “gateway to nowhere” housing project to the New York headquarters of Lehman Brothers, home of one of the world’s toughest trading floors. We get a close-up view of the participants in the Lehman collapse, especially those who saw it coming with a helpless, angry certainty. We meet the Brahmins at the top, whose reckless, pedal-to-the-floor addiction to growth finally demolished the nation’ s oldest investment bank. The Wall Street we encounter here is a ruthless place, where brilliance, arrogance, ambition, greed, capacity for relentless toil, and other human traits combine in a potent mix that sometimes fuels prosperity but occasionally destroys it. The full significance of the dissolution of Lehman Brothers remains to be measured. But this much is certain: it was a devastating blow to America’s—and the world’s—financial system. And it need not have happened. This is the story of why it did.

When Navy SEAL Mack Bedford''s fellow officers are brutally killed by Iraqi insurgents using a cruel, new, anti-tank Diamondhead missile, Mack avenges their murders by gunning down the then-unarmed attackers, ultimately getting himself court-martialed and kicked out of the Navy in the process. To make matters worse, Mack then learns that the Diamondhead missiles were sold illegally by French industrialist and infamous politician Henri Foche. Mack suspects that Foche will succeed in his campaign to become the next French president and fears that his election will promote the spread of international terrorism. In addition, Mack has a gravely ill son whose life can only be saved with an experimental and unaffordable foreign medical procedure. So when Mack is asked to help assassinate Henri Foche, he finds himself agreeing. His reward: a chance at survival for both his son and the country. But before Mack can reach Foche, a jilted mercenary group warns the Frenchman of the threat, greatly increasing the difficulty of Mack''s solo assassination attempt. Can Mack track down and murder the French tyrant as he has been commissioned to do? Does he have the power to restore his reputation as a Navy SEAL? And will he be able to save his son before it''s too late?

After a liberal judge releases four al-Qaeda terrorists, they slip away from CIA surveillance and disappear into the mountains of Pakistan, and soon the CIA learns that an attack on the U.S. mainland is imminent, an attack that can only be stopped by retired Navy SEAL Mack Bedford.

The H.M.S. Unseen is one of the most efficient, lethal submarines ever built. But suddenly, on a training mission off the English coast, it vanishes, baffling military intelligence on both sides of the Atlantic, including National Security Adviser Admiral Arnold Morgan. A missing weapon is dangerous enough. But then the unthinkable begins to happen... Planes begin blowing up across the skies. Searching for answers, Morgan is convinced that only one man can be behind all these devastating events: his archenemy, the world''s most cunning—yet reportedly dead—terrorist spy. Determined to stop his old nemesis, Morgan must use all his wits to find a madman armed with a powerful sub hidden somewhere in a million square miles of ocean. What Morgan doesn''t know, however, is that the fanatical terrorist has a plan of his own, one that will bring these two intense warriors face-to-face—and only one will come out alive in one of the most chilling spy stories of the year.

Armed with stolen U.S. military technology, the Chinese are producing a frightening new breed of weaponry,led by the ICBM submarine Xia III--a vessel that just might be able to launch a nuclear warhead across the Pacific Ocean and take out an American West Coast city. National Security Adviser Admiral Arnold Morgan can''t let that happen, and he dispatches the most stealthy hunter-killer submarine in the U.S. fleet, the 9,000-ton ultrasecret Seawolf, deep into the dark, forbidden waters of the South China Sea. But then the unthinkable happens: Seawolf, collides with a Chinese destroyer and falls into enemy hands. A team of cunning Navy SEALs--the biggest Special Forces assault group assembled since Vietnam--is sent in to free the captive Seawolf, crew and bring them home. The American Eagle confronts the Chinese Dragon with the balance of world power on the line. Failure is not an option...