Michael Jenkins: 28 books

Book cover of A House in Flanders
by Sir Michael Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011

In 1951 Michael Jenkins, then 14 years old, spent the summer with "the aunts in Flanders." His "aunts" were a group of elderly women whose connection to his family had never been explained but they immediately embraced him and he quickly became entwined in the lives of an extended...
Book cover of Man-Child
by Michael Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014

In this collection of 21 essays, Michael deals with the many frustrations and pratfalls that occur in every day life with a disharmonious style all his own. With comical observations based on a childhood wrought with bad horror movies and video games, Michael tackles the adventures of adulthood while...
Book cover of Unconquerable Nation: Knowing Our Enemy, Strengthening Ourselves
by Brian Michael Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2002

The author presents a clear-sighted and sobering analysis of where we are today in the struggle against terrorism. Jenkins, an internationally renowned authority on terrorism, distills the jihadists• operational code and outlines a pragmatic but principled approach to defeating the terrorist enterprise....
Book cover of Daytona Beach, Florida Travel Guide - What To See & Do
by Michael Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012

  Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Daytona Beach, Florida and the magnificient Daytona International Speedway. Daytona Beach is famous as the "World Center of Racing" and is the home of NASCAR. Although the wide 23-mile stretch of white sandy beach is...
Book cover of Aviation Security

Aviation Security

After Four Decades, It's Time for a Fundamental Review

by Brian Michael Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012

While security budgets shrink, passenger loads grow, and hostility towards security procedures increases, terrorist groups such as al Qaeda remain obsessed with attacking airplanes. In the face of these challenges and real, innovative threats, the author proposes a mechanism for conducting an independent...
Book cover of Al Qaeda in Its Third Decade

Al Qaeda in Its Third Decade

Irreversible Decline or Imminent Victory?

by Brian Michael Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012

This essay examines a number of issues concerning the status of al Qaeda more than ten years after 9/11, including whether America has won the operational battle but lost the ideological contest; whether homegrown terrorism is a growing threat; whether maintaining American troops in Afghanistan is essential; and whether the United States ought to declare on its own an end to the war on al Qaeda.
Book cover of The Failsafe Query
by Michael Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018

The search is on..... The Failsafe Query is a gripping thriller set in the contemporary world of modern British espionage. Sean Richardson, a disgraced former intelligence agent, is tasked to lead a team to search for Alfie Chapman, an Intelligence officer on the cusp of exposing thousands...
Book cover of Would-Be Warriors

Would-Be Warriors

Incidents of Jihadist Terrorist Radicalization in the United States Since September 11, 2001

by Brian Michael Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2010

Between 9/11 and the end of 2009, 46 publicly reported cases of domestic radicalization and recruitment to jihadist terrorism occurred in the United States, 13 of them in 2009. Most of the would be jihadists recruited themselves into the terrorist role, assisting foreign terrorist organizations, joining...
Book cover of Making Champions - How South Africa's sporting heroes are made
by Michael Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013

This is a journey into the histories, hearts and homes of some of South Africa's greatest sporting heroes. Featuring the varied and very human stories of 13 icons of our time, including AB de Villiers, Ryan Sandes, 'Beast' Mtawarira, and Bridgitte Hartley, the book shows that it takes far more than...
Book cover of Stray Dogs and Virtual Armies

Stray Dogs and Virtual Armies

Radicalization and Recruitment to Jihadist Terrorism in the United States Since 9/11

by Brian Michael Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2011

Since 9/11, "homegrown terrorists" have planned or implemented terrorist activities, supported others' terrorist activities, or become radicalized in the United States and traveled abroad to conduct activities against other countries or the United States. This paper examines the cases of homegrown terrorism,...
Book cover of DIY Citizenship

DIY Citizenship

Critical Making and Social Media

by Steve Mann, Kate Milberry, Henry Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014

How social media and DIY communities have enabled new forms of political participation that emphasize doing and making rather than passive consumption. Today, DIY—do-it-yourself—describes more than self-taught carpentry. Social media enables DIY citizens to organize and protest in new ways...
Book cover of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics, Vol. 6
by McCollum, Rick; Anderson, Bill; Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

TMNT Classics Continues! Volume 6 collects issues #4244, which includes "Turtle Dreams," "Juliet's Revenge," and "Halls of Lost Legends."
Book cover of The Heart Has Its Reasons

The Heart Has Its Reasons

Young Adult Literature with Gay/Lesbian/Queer Content, 1969-2004

by Michael Cart, Christine A. Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2006

Society does not make it easy for young people, regardless of their sexual orientation, to find accurate, nonjudgmental information about homosexuality. It makes it even more difficult for young homosexuals to find positive role models in fiction either written or published expressly for them or—if...
Book cover of The State of the Parties

The State of the Parties

The Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties

by Alan Abramowitz, Paul A. Beck, Michael John Burton
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2014

The State of the Parties brings readers up to date on party action in election years and in between. This essential party primer includes: new chapters on polarization between and within the parties in the aftermath of the 2012 election, demographic changes to America’s political parties and the...
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