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Reformed from his days of as a covert operative and assassin for the US government, Paul Janson has a new mission and a new partner. Working independently with highly-skilled sharpshooter Jessica Kincaid, Janson only takes operations he believes contributes to the world`s greater good. When his latest job rescuing a doctor abducted in international waters by African pirates goes haywire, Janson realizes he`s caught in the middle of something much bigger.

Reformed from his days of as a covert operative and assassin for the US government, Paul Janson has a new mission and a new partner. Working independently with highly-skilled sharpshooter Jessica Kincaid, Janson only takes operations he believes contributes to the world`s greater good. When his latest job rescuing a doctor abducted in international waters by African pirates goes haywire, Janson realizes he`s caught in the middle of something much bigger.

For courses in the History of Art.   Rewritten and reorganized, this new edition weaves together the most recent scholarship, the most current thinking in art history, and the most innovative online supplements, including digital art library. Experience the new Janson and re-experience the history of art.   Long established as the classic and seminal introduction to art of the Western world, the Eighth Edition of Janson's History of Art is groundbreaking. When Harry Abrams first published the History of Art in 1962, John F. Kennedy occupied the White House, and Andy Warhol was an emerging artist.  Janson offered his readers a strong focus on Western art, an important consideration of technique and style, and a clear point of view. The History of Art, said Janson, was not just a stringing together of historically significant objects, but the writing of a story about their interconnections, a history of styles and of stylistic change. Janson’s text focused on the visual and technical characteristics of the objects he discussed, often in extraordinarily eloquent language. Janson’s History of Art helped to establish the canon of art history for many generations of scholars.   The new Eighth Edition, although revised to remain current with new discoveries and scholarship, continues to follow Janson’s lead in important ways: It is limited to the Western tradition, with a chapter on Islamic art and its relationship to Western art. It keeps the focus of the discussion on the object, its manufacture, and its visual character. It considers the contribution of the artist as an important part of the analysis. This edition maintains an organi

Paul Garrison breathes new life into an under-exploited Robert Ludlum character in this action-packed adventure novel. In an effort to right some of the wrongs he committed as a Consular Operations assassin, Paul Janson now runs the Phoenix Foundation, which helps agents who`ve been abandoned by the government–and which also is a security firm. He puts all of this aside, however, at the request of another former agent, Doug Case, who was paralyzed in an effort to save Janson`s life. Case asks Janson to track down a doctor who worked for an oil company in Africa and has been captured by pirates near the Isle de Foree. This mission launches Jason on a globetrotting expedition that involves dictators, princesses, assassins, rebels, and greedy corporate execs.

Harry Pendel keeps his past a secret from everyone including his wife. He offers in its stead an alternate version, which he has carefully constructed. But everything changes when British agent Andrew Osnard barges into his shop one Friday brandishing the truth like a weapon. Osnard is willing to keep Harry`s secret as long as Harry agrees to do a little intelligence gathering for him. Desperate to retain his identity, Harry accepts the assignment, but he`s so eager to please that he will do anything to tell his bosses what they want to hear.