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Explores the different aspects of cultural politics in the world's most populous Muslim nation. This book engages with complex issues of cultural translation, localization and globalization from various perspectives through analyzing a diverse range of cultural forms, including government or palace-based celebrations, and ceremonies and rituals.

It's winter in San Diego, and U.S. Customs Special Agent Jimmy Maxwell is working hard at Operation Alliance, a border narcotics task force trying to stem the flow of narcotics being smuggled into the U.S. from Mexico. During one of his investigations, an attempt is made on his life, followed by a handful of other attempts over the course of the next several months. As Jimmy fights to stay in San Diego against the wishes of management, who want him moved for his own safety and that of his co-workers, Jimmy's love interest, Margie Gray, begins showing signs of stress. She's not only worried about Jimmy's safety, but that she will likely be transferred to Washington, D.C. As tensions mount, Jimmy struggles with his choices, even as the ongoing investigation finally comes to a head. There's trouble brewing in San Diego!Timothy Daniels spent a good portion of his career working as a U.S. Customs (later U.S. ICE) special agent assigned to Operation Alliance in San Diego. He was a supervisor of a group of special agents conducting border narcotics investigations. "There are a plethora of stories available, as there are several thousand cases worked each year by the Customs Service, DEA, and local police detectives assigned to the Operation Alliance office." He grew up in rural Washington State, retired in 2009, and lives in San Diego. This book is a sequel to his first novel, A Target Rich Environment..Publisher's website: http://sbpra.com/TimothyDaniels

U.S. Customs Special Agent Jimmy Maxwell has narcotics smuggler/trafficker Angel Garcia in his crosshairs. It is the late 1990's and being on the perilous front lines of the War on Drugs is not for the faint of heart. Angel Garcia is just one step away from an arrest, but the overload of drug-related smuggling cases flooding the Ports of Entry in the San Diego area is hampering Jimmy Maxwell's investigation. To top it all, Jimmy's home life is rapidly deteriorating. Jimmy thought that Angel's ex-wife might be able to help in his investigation, but when their unexpected attraction turns into something more, it puts his rocky marriage on a collision course with his professional life. As the pressures of job and personal life reach boiling points, Jimmy finds that he is being forced to make choices that threaten to overwhelm his understanding of right and wrong.ABOUT THE AUTHOR-Timothy L. Daniels has nearly 22 years of experience as a Special Agent/Criminal Investigator with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the San Diego area. He currently supervises a group of Special Agents in border narcotics investigations. A Target Rich Environment is his first novel.http://sbpra.com/TimothyDaniels