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Night Watch
Night Watch or Nightwatch may refer to: Being on duty at night * The nighttime shift worked by a security guard (night watchman) * Watchman (law enforcement), organized groups of men to deter criminal activity and provide law enforcement * One of the watches stood by sailors who are watchkeeping Books * ''The Night Watch'', a 1977 memoir by Central Intelligence Agency officer David Atlee Phillips Novels * ''Night Watch'', a 1972 play by American dramatist Lucille Fletcher, later adapted into the 1973 film) * ''Night Watch'', a 1989 UNACO novel by Alastair MacNeill * ''Night Watch'', a 1990 novel by American writer Robin Wayne Bailey * Night Watch (Sigurðardóttir novel), ''Night Watch'' (Sigurðardóttir novel), a 1992 novel by Icelandic author Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir * ''The Night Watch'', a 1997 novel by American-Canadian science fiction and fantasy author Sean Stewart * Night Watch (Lukyanenko novel), ''Night Watch'' (Lukyanenko novel), a 1998 fantasy novel by Russian aut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Watch (Phillips Novel)
''Night Watch'' is a 2023 novel by Jayne Anne Phillips which, alongside being longlisted for the National Book Award, won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The novel is historical fiction, set during the American Civil War. Plot summary In 1874, after the Civil War, civilians and veterans, freedmen, and runaways are haunted by erasure, trauma, and namelessness. Twelve-year-old ConaLee has been the adult in her family for as long as she can remember. She and her mother, Eliza, who has not spoken in over a year, are on a journey in a buckboard. They are brought to the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia by a war veteran who has forced himself into their lives. Far from their family, a beloved neighbor, and the mountain home they once knew, they try to rebuild their lives. As the story unfolds, the impact of war and race becomes clear. ConaLee's father disappeared after leaving for the war and never returned. At the asylum, ConaLee pretends to be her mother's maid w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Security Guard
A security guard (also known as a security inspector, security officer, factory guard, or protective agent) is a person employed by a government or private party to protect the employing party's assets (property, people, equipment, money, etc.) from a variety of hazards (such as crime, waste, damages, unsafe worker behavior, etc.) by enforcing preventative measures. Security guards do this by maintaining a high-visibility presence to deter illegal and inappropriate actions, looking (either directly through patrols, or indirectly by monitoring alarm systems or video surveillance cameras) for signs of crime or other hazards (such as a fire), taking action to minimize damage (such as warning and escorting trespassers off property), and reporting any incidents to their clients and emergency services (such as the police or emergency medical services), as appropriate. Security officers are generally uniformed to represent their lawful authority to protect private property. Securit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
