Kessler ( Escape from the CIA ), who is the first journalist to be accorded the full cooperation of the CIA, here reveals more about the agency's structure, policies and key personnel than any previous writer has. He defines the missions of the agency's five components--the director and the directorates of operations, science and technology, intelligence, and administration. Kessler explores such diverse subjects as the agency's employment policies , the director's daily presidential briefing, the CIA's counter-narcotics efforts, the physical plant itself  

Victorian England produced some of the greatest novelists in Western history, including Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, and George Eliot. Critical analysis focuses on the development of the Victorian novel through the second half of the 19th century.

Early English novelists such as Samuel Richardson, Daniel Defoe, and Laurence Sterne helped create the formula for the modern novel.

Grammar Plus is a series of three colourfull illustrated books offering systematic practice and revision of grammar structures for secondary students learning English.

For use by pre-intermediate learners, Grammar Plus 2 is thorough and easy to use, and provides valuable practice of important grammar structures through a variety of exercises.
• clear presentation of grammar points through lively colourful texts
• grammar boxes highlighting structure and usage
• a wide range of exercise types, both oral and written

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