Most Popular Books by michael allen

A thousand years after the Norse gods fell asleep, with no followers remaining to sustain them, a girl finds an altar in a moment of need. Her actions awaken one that some other gods preferred to stay asleep. This look at Norse myth, the nature of gods, social media impact, and a little politics follows the young girl, her unknown god, and a would-be influencer as they each navigate worlds unfamiliar to them, and learn to thrive.

Flipping is used to obtain the triangulation of the points inserted so far, and the history of the flips is used to locate the position of the next point. We develop a data structure which stores both the current triangulation and the history of flips. This data structure is amodification of the edge-facet data structure. We also describe an extension to a technique for simulating general position, called Simulation of Simplicity, which allows points at infinity to be handled easily. Finally, we give statistics on the performance of the two algorithms."

A fighter pilot endures years in a POW camp in Afghanistan after his jet experiences equipment failure while on a routine mission. By some strange miracle one day after years of incarceration, Captain Haven Kayd finds a way to escape. Meanwhile, his wife was informed of his death and has moved on with her life. So has his daughter who has been growing up on her own without a father since his disappearance. To their surprise, they are visited one day by two Marines who are there to inform them that Haven is in fact still alive. Haven''s return shocks the nation and his life is celebrated while he''s simply trying to play catch up in a world that went on without him. It''s not long before he stumbles onto the truth, a scandalous truth that finds him mixed up in the middle of unbelievable corruption. Not only was his plane meant to go down, but he was meant to die. And that just scratches the surface of how evil this scandal gets. As the truth comes out, he finds himself pitted against an enemy he once thought was on his side. An invisible enemy that reaches quite high and has resources far beyond Haven''s imagination. But they have no idea how far Haven is willing to go once they threaten the one very special person he has left in his life. There are bad hackers, and then there are some good ones. A Deeper Dark is a masterfully woven tale of corruption in the highest places of our government with action that doesn''t let up until the end. Michael Allen is a skillful author who keeps his readers turning pages until they hesitantly devour the last word.

A drama for young audiences about the life of Nelson Mandela.

Special Committees: Law and Practice provides attorneys with a sound working knowledge of the use, advantages, and equally important, the disadvantages of using a special committee to resolve business conflicts.

Designed for undergraduate/graduate-level parallel programming courses. This nontheoretical text - which is linked to real parallel programming software - covers the techniques of parallel programming in a practical manner that enables students to write and evaluate their parallel programs

Months of surveillance-related leaks from U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden have fuelled an international debate over privacy, spying, and Internet surveillance. This book explores current issues torn from the headlines with a uniquely Canadian perspective.

It''s time for Jesus to attempt his second coming, but linear time progression doesn''t apply to extra-spatial deities, so he ends up coming "again" long before the first time - the Jurassic period. Once he arrives, expecting to see a bunch of human beings who''ve been waiting for him for two millennial seasons, he is surprised to find himself in a weird civilization full of thunder lizards. Jesus goes into Predator mode, arming himself to the teeth and slaughtering them wholesale, trying to find someone who''s capable of nailing him to a cross so he can get back home, however, dinosaurs don''t have thumbs. What they do have is the "hum," a magical frequency capable of shaping the world. They have mythical metals. They have a sensible social contract. They have a bizarre, but seemingly decent civilization going. Mammals however, are the most disgusting, rotten, violent things imaginable, and they seem to be evolving into something worse with the help of a little cosmic power. Something has been providing them with products that shouldn''t be invented for another billion years or so, from the as-seen-on-tv catalog, and they''re taking full advantage of it. Who is behind this forced evolution, and what could they stand to gain? Is heaven full of heroes, or gibbering lunatics? It''s up to J.C. to set things right and stop the apocalypse and figure out whether the universe really should be run by a bunch of insane deities, or whether it''s better to wipe out heaven and let them sort it all out themselves! Action, adventure, insanity and good ol'' fashioned heresy!

After the September 11 attacks, the 9/11 Commission argued that the United States needed a powerful leader, a spymaster, to forge the scattered intelligence bureaucracies into a singular enterprise to vanquish AmericaÆs new enemiesùstateless international terrorists. In the midst of the 2004 presidential election, Congress and the president remade the postûWorld War II national security infrastructure in less than five months, creating the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and a National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). Blinking Red illuminates the complicated history of the bureaucratic efforts to reform AmericaÆs national security after the intelligence failures of 9/11 and IraqÆs missing weapons of mass destruction, explaining how the NSC and Congress shaped the U.S. response to the 9/11 attacks. Michael Allen asserts that the process of creating the DNI position and the NCTC is a case study in power politics and institutional reform. By bringing to light the legislative transactions and political wrangling during the reform of the intelligence community, Allen helps us understand why the effectiveness of these institutional changes is still in question.

Two suspicious drownings start the day for deputy sheriff'' Mack Thomas. An obvious homicide discovered in the middle of an old fashioned Minnesota blizzard followed. Soon, a third drowning victim is discovered. All four bodies are found to be connected to organized crime, and criminals specializing in human trafficking. Quickly, Mack and his deputy sheriff wife, Lisa, are totally immersed in the hunt for the human traffickers. At the same time, those traffickers are working diligently to kill Mack, Lisa, and as much of the Cayborne County sheriff''s department as they possibly can. What follows is a series of murders and gun battles, putting everyone, especially Mack and Lisa, on the edge and in constant danger. The question is, who will survive? The sheriff''s department, or the traffickers? At the same time, there''s a bear exploring the wildlife refuge in Clayborne County. Is there any way she can survive the fear most humans have of her? Even after she''s put on trial?

Superintendent Spence investigates the murder of a playboy.

Michael Meeropol argues that the ballooning of the federal budget deficit was not a serious problem in the 1980s, nor were the successful recent efforts to get it under control the basis for the prosperous economy of the mid-1990s. In this controversial book, the author provides a close look at what actually happened to the American economy during the years of the "Reagan Revolution" and reveals that the huge deficits had no negative effect on the economy. It was the other policies of the Reagan years--high interest rates to fight inflation, supply-side tax cuts, reductions in regulation, increased advantages for investors and the wealthy, the unraveling of the safety net for the poor--that were unsuccessful in generating more rapid growth and other economic improvements. Meeropol provides compelling evidence of the failure of the U.S. economy between 1990 and 1994 to generate rising incomes for most of the population or improvements in productivity. This caused, first, the electoral repudiation of President Bush in 1992, followed by a repudiation of President Clinton in the 1994 Congressional elections. The Clinton administration made a half-hearted attempt to reverse the Reagan Revolution in economic policy, but ultimately surrendered to the Republican Congressional majority in 1996 when Clinton promised to balance the budget by 2000 and signed the welfare reform bill. The rapid growth of the economy in 1997 caused surprisingly high government revenues, a dramatic fall in the federal budget deficit, and a brief euphoria evident in an almost uncontrollable stock market boom. Finally, Meeropol argues powerfully that the next recession, certain to come before the end of 1999, will turn the predicted path to budget balance and millennial prosperity into a painful joke on the hubris of public policymakers. Accessibly written as a work of recent history and public policy as much as economics, this book is intended for all Americans interested in issues of economic policy, especially the budget deficit and the Clinton versus Congress debates. No specialized training in economics is needed.

How one simple man with the unfortunate case of mistaken identity shook an entire town...and the Good Ol'' Boy network waging war against him! It''s a laugh riot as Michael Allen explores the notions of power, privilege and intoxication. After a brush with the law, Dawg''s life takes a sudden turn as he becomes a hostage of the "system." Fighting against the madness every step of the way, Dawg''s behind the scenes discoveries are hilarious, sobering and often shocking exposures of a transparent Gaggle blatantly making their own rules and disregarding them themselves. They soon find Dawg isn''t who they thought he was and all their tactics, normally quite effective are actually what help him find his way out of their clutches so that he could live to fight another day.

A young boy''s adventures in the forest building his first fort. His neighbor''s dog Petey comes along for the fun. Helps young children learn about architecture and learning how to be creative with resources at hand.