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It was just another day on the job for 53-year-old Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk Alabama, a United States-flagged cargo ship that was carrying, among other things, food and agricultural materials for the World Food Program. That all changed when armed Somali pirates boarded the ship.

Dever de capitão é a história real de um marinheiro sob a mira de piratas somalis nos mares do leste da África. Em março de 2009, Richard Phillips, experiente oficial da marinha mercante dos Estados Unidos, assumiu o comando do navio cargueiro Maersk Alabama com a missão de transportar toneladas de alimentos desde Omã, na península Arábica, até o Quênia.

By any serious measurement, best-selling historian Kevin Phillips argues, William McKinley was a major American president. It was during his administration that the United States made its diplomatic and military debut as a world power. McKinley was one of eight presidents who, either in the White House or on the battlefield, stood as principals in successful wars, and he was among the six or seven to take office in what became recognized as a major realignment of the U.S. party system.

A true story of life and clinical death times three. This book will serve as a significant reference and case study for medical students, heart surgeons, and cardiologists.

Have you ever wondered why people can have similar opportunities, grow up in the same locality, go to the same school, and live in similar economy, but some can outperform others financially and excel in their craft, while others fail miserably? Why are other people mega-successful and what do they have that you don't? You perhaps think that they are hiding some secret formula which gives them tremendous success. But if there is really such thing, we surely would all be using and doing it. You have what it takes to achieve success....