{"id":8117124366630,"title":"Life and Death on a Contested Island","handle":"life-and-death-on-a-contested-island","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/5689\/files\/certa_100x100.png?v=1503066620\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4d2a;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN 9781946466952\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4d2a;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor N. L. Fix\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4d2a;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages 153\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eLife and Death on a Contested Island is a memoir detailing experiences of a young American instructor and newspaper editor on Sakhalin Island, Russia. Invited to teach business and language classes at the remote island Institute, she quickly found herself in a cold and hostile environment where her money was stolen, car dismantled, and job and income in jeopardy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eDaily life on Sakhalin was punctuated with humorous and improbable encounters with the island residents and unsavory run-ins with the local underground mafia. She practiced survival skills in bartering for food and finding ways to communicate with the outside world as the contested island went through the turbulent times of Perestroika. Later, when a friend took a perilous fall and needed to be airlifted, she approached oil companies and arranged a Mercy flight to transport her dying friend home. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eThis is a story of a woman overcoming hardships and adversity in a dangerous environment, and without intending to, finding the meaning of friendship and trust.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e1f;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eN. L. Fix worked as a Linguistic Advisor in the United Nations, an I.P. specialist in Deqi Law Firm and is the Co-founder of Hub-Haction. She holds a B.A. from the University of California, a J.D. from Santa Clara Law School and M.I.B. from Sophia University, Japan. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2020-08-28T16:06:41-04:00","created_at":"2023-02-01T15:11:43-05:00","vendor":"Certa Publishing","type":"Book","tags":["memoir","N.L. 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L. Fix\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4d2a;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages 153\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eLife and Death on a Contested Island is a memoir detailing experiences of a young American instructor and newspaper editor on Sakhalin Island, Russia. Invited to teach business and language classes at the remote island Institute, she quickly found herself in a cold and hostile environment where her money was stolen, car dismantled, and job and income in jeopardy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eDaily life on Sakhalin was punctuated with humorous and improbable encounters with the island residents and unsavory run-ins with the local underground mafia. She practiced survival skills in bartering for food and finding ways to communicate with the outside world as the contested island went through the turbulent times of Perestroika. Later, when a friend took a perilous fall and needed to be airlifted, she approached oil companies and arranged a Mercy flight to transport her dying friend home. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eThis is a story of a woman overcoming hardships and adversity in a dangerous environment, and without intending to, finding the meaning of friendship and trust.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e1f;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eN. L. Fix worked as a Linguistic Advisor in the United Nations, an I.P. specialist in Deqi Law Firm and is the Co-founder of Hub-Haction. She holds a B.A. from the University of California, a J.D. from Santa Clara Law School and M.I.B. from Sophia University, Japan. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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Daryl Charles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eStone Tower Press\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook Dimensions:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 6”x9”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBinding Style:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback ISBN:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 979-8-9868172-9-3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003eThe Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was a bold act of aggression and escalation in a conflict that began in 2014. Many observers, political leaders, and military analysts believed that the invasion would lead to the quick defeat and capitulation by the Ukrainian government and military. Those expectations were wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e In a series of 17 essays in the first half of the book, published during the course of the war and brought together in this volume, J. Daryl Charles writes of the moral and ethical aspects of the war as well as its political dimensions and meaning for the West. In the second half of the book he considers the conflict through the lens of the just war tradition and argues that the defense of Ukraine is a moral and military obligation of the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e Measured and thought-provoking, the author provides readers much to consider with respect to war in Ukraine and war in the twenty-first century. His work is a stark reminder that \u003cbr\u003evalues have consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor Bio:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJ. Daryl Charles, PhD,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an affiliate scholar of the John Jay Institute and serves as a contributing editor of \u003ci\u003eProvidence: A Journal of Christianity and American Foreign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e and the journal \u003ci\u003eTouchstone\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written more than twenty books on issues of religion and war, ethics and public policy, and on the just war tradition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-01-08T15:33:58-05:00","created_at":"2024-01-03T10:20:59-05:00","vendor":"Stone Tower Press","type":"Book","tags":["Certa Authors","Ethics","International Relations","Invasion","J. 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Daryl Charles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eStone Tower Press\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook Dimensions:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 6”x9”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBinding Style:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback ISBN:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 979-8-9868172-9-3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003eThe Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was a bold act of aggression and escalation in a conflict that began in 2014. Many observers, political leaders, and military analysts believed that the invasion would lead to the quick defeat and capitulation by the Ukrainian government and military. Those expectations were wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e In a series of 17 essays in the first half of the book, published during the course of the war and brought together in this volume, J. Daryl Charles writes of the moral and ethical aspects of the war as well as its political dimensions and meaning for the West. In the second half of the book he considers the conflict through the lens of the just war tradition and argues that the defense of Ukraine is a moral and military obligation of the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e Measured and thought-provoking, the author provides readers much to consider with respect to war in Ukraine and war in the twenty-first century. His work is a stark reminder that \u003cbr\u003evalues have consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor Bio:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJ. Daryl Charles, PhD,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an affiliate scholar of the John Jay Institute and serves as a contributing editor of \u003ci\u003eProvidence: A Journal of Christianity and American Foreign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e and the journal \u003ci\u003eTouchstone\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written more than twenty books on issues of religion and war, ethics and public policy, and on the just war tradition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}