The Flying Inn
The Flying Inn is set in a future England where the Temperance movement has allowed a bizarre form of "Progressive" Islam to dominate the political and social life of the country. Because of this, alcohol sales to the poor are effectively prohibited, while the rich can get alcoholic drinks "under a medical certificate". The story relates the adventures of Humphrey Pumph and Captain Patrick Dalroy, who roam the country in their cart with a barrel of rum in an attempt to evade Prohibition, exploiting loopholes in the law to temporarily prevent the police taking action against them. Eventually the heroes and their followers foil an attempted coup by an Islamic military force.
Memories of Lasting Shadows
It has been forty years since the United States of America abolished abortion. The long debate, which brought so much division and discord, was finally brought to an end, and two generations of citizens have reached maturity in this new normal.United States Senator Benjamin Pettus was alive when choice was the law of the land. A doctor by profession, over the past several years, he has struggled to preserve a sweeping federal healthcare law he helped create.Roberta Sheridan was born and raised in a world where terminating an unborn child is both illegal and unthinkable. A devout Christian and principled journalist, Roberta is about to discover that the past is never truly gone.Memories of Lasting Shadows takes readers into a vision of the future, where a nation comes to terms with its dark past and struggles to determine its present. A political thriller, the story navigates the D.C. area's partisanship, oratories, protests, and Beltway maneuvering which come together to forge a vast industry of ideological conflict.
The Dance of the Eagle and the Condor
Have you ever wondered what needs to change to achieve a thriving world that is more compassionate, caring and inclusive? A world that works for everyone, not just the elite 1%? After all, what's the definition of madness - to keep doing the same thing and expect different results?This novel is the story of a woman of Inca heritage called Ang矇lica who embarks on a quest to understand what global frameworks need to change to realise her vision of a fairer, more humane global community that respects the earth. A nuanced love story about a woman's determination to strive for a better world, despite obstacles and setbacks, political inertia and betrayal.A novel to help guide the world beyond the age of Trump.
GOTCHA!
Nine-time Emmy Award-winning writer/producer Ed. Weinberger, known for his work on such legendary comedies as The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, and The Cosby Show, imagines an alternate Trump 2020 presidential campaign in this hilarious new novel.In GOTCHA! Weinberger creates a chaotic world inhabited by America's 45th President where cheating at golf is taken for granted; Fox anchors are valued advisors; and hydroxychloroquine is promoted as a COVID-19 cure.Spanning the critical period from March 5, 2020 to January 24, 2021, GOTCHA! takes readers into Trump's private world as he meets with his re-election committee, has a hush-hush dinner with Laura Ingraham, makes an angry early-morning call to Don, Jr., and asks Melania whether his bullet-proof vest makes him look fat. Trump tries to rush through a COVID-19 vaccine; attempts to build rapport with African Americans; and even gets away with shooting a protester on Fifth Avenue-an incident applauded by the NRA. With an entertaining mix of fiction and satire, this provocative novel looks into the corrupt, three-ring-circus that is Washington in the new normal.
We Care
It has been three years since Nod was introduced by the Author in the "Department of Compassionate Services." Nod's life, as bear with PTSD and Depression, has not greatly improved. He continues to suffer from hallucination, flashbacks and nightmares. This book continues to examine his mental health while he attempts to deal with the Covid19 pandemic.
Hashticharot’s Revolution
Do you want to live in the new normal? Where bands of thugs roam the streets of our cities, where there remain no monuments to our past, where silence reigns before the cultural bullies, where any executive can eliminate any right by fiat, where our most sacred liberties may only be exercised by permission. Is this the nation we want our children and grandchildren to inherit? This does not have to be the end but we cannot continue our contest for liberty as we have in the past. The despots, the socialists and communists, they have stacked the deck so far in their favor that the traditional methods of voting, protesting, the courts; well, the results speak for themselves-look where we are. The truth is we have gotten to this point because we have been cooperating with our own subjugation by accepting the premise that because we live in a democracy we are bound by whatever our elected representatives decide to do. We are not. If our rulers make decisions or pass laws that violate our rights, those laws and decisions are illegitimate, morally and legally according to our founding documents. We are under no obligation to comply. If we are to reclaim our liberty we must take non-compliance beyond the individual. In recent years we have seen both the left and the right utilize this tactic; Sanctuary Cities and Second Amendment Sanctuaries. But ALL our rights are under attack so we need a comprehensive approach. We need Constitutional Sanctuaries, places where the violation of our rights and the looting of our property is resisted within an 'inferior' body politic-cities, counties, even states. "Hashticharot's Revolution" is the sequel to "And Hashticharot Smiled" and follows five poker buddies in central Virginia who become part of a revolution to restore freedom. Through their actions and conversations they provide the rationale, motivation and practical implementation of a Constitutional Sanctuary. It is also an extrapolation of current events and trends to the near future and the characters provide plenty of insights into their negative effects on liberty. If you have been frustrated with our slide into tyranny, a slide that has become a plummet, if you have voted and marched and protested the abolition of our fundamental rights to no apparent effect, Hashticharot's Revolution provides a blueprint for actually restoring the liberty that is our birthright as Americans and human beings.
The Book No One is Writing
Either the incumbent Bond President Abel Abraham or his Crack challenger CD Dizzy will be president in 24hrs. In this timeframe, each man engages in and remembers a bunch of situations that lucidly reveal their quality of character and the nature of the political party they belong too. Here is a satirical take on America that will encourage readers to think deeply about what kind of people and policies will achieve a healthy government and a free society. By the end of this brief book, the answer will be obviously clear. America's future depends on the right choice, so read this book to find out who that is. My main interests align with creative endeavors. I'm a college graduate who prefers educating himself out of class.
The Stone Book
Everyone there is, receives a text message. And that is all that it took, to bring our world to the brink of nuclear conflict. The global public, succumbing to their own irrational conclusions about two esoteric text messages, begin for the first time in their lives, to actually live. The global politic, see this as their new path; an opportunity to carve from a new stone the world they always wanted. The President, crippled with fear, becomes open to the insane doctrines proposed by war-hungry generals. Knowing however, that there must be another path, he seeks the counsel and wisdom of three great minds from long ago. In dream, or reality, over dinner with Thucydides, Democritus, and Zeno, he realizes that it was the fever of fear which dictated his decision-making. Now he must stop a war, that may erase history itself.
Operation Navajo
2022 Kirkus Review Editor's Choice--"Great Indie Books Worth Discovering" "The novel offers intriguing surprises. A smart, fast-paced thriller."--Kirkus Reviews"Whoever controls the flow of the money supply, irrespective of whether it is fiat or gold currency, is the one to fear."Amid the dissension and turmoil of the launch of gold-backed currency, the Federal Reserve Chairman, Frank Littleton, receives a cryptic warning of a plot inside the Federal Reserve to assassinate him.He contacts the one person he can trust, the head of the elite FBI Tracker unit, Scott Fleming. A clandestine meeting in the middle of the night leaves Fleming holding a political time bomb. How can he stop the assassination of the 2nd most powerful man in the federal government when he's been sworn to secrecy?A mysterious message sent to the Tracker office adds to the impasse. No one can decipher it.Written in a decades-old code used by the Navajo Code Talkers in World War II, is it a message from the dead?When a Tracker agent joins forces with an Interpol agent to infiltrate the inner sanctum of the Federal Reserve, the agents become the killer's target.Can they survive to stop the assassination and prevent a global financial cataclysm?
Gotcha!
"...my favorite kind of satire; wonderfully observed and bitingly funny. It cuts so close to the bone, you'll think you're a staffer on the campaign. It's the perfect tonic to help you through these insane times." -Rob Reiner, actor, director, producerNine-time Emmy Award-winning writer/producer Ed. Weinberger, known for his work on such legendary comedies as The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, and The Cosby Show, imagines an alternate Trump 2020 presidential campaign in this hilarious new novel.In GOTCHA! Weinberger creates a chaotic world inhabited by America's 45th President where cheating at golf is taken for granted; Fox anchors are valued advisors; and hydroxychloroquine is promoted as a COVID-19 cure.Spanning the critical period from March 5, 2020 to January 24, 2021, GOTCHA! takes readers into Trump's private world as he meets with his re-election committee, has a hush-hush dinner with Laura Ingraham, makes an angry early-morning call to Don, Jr., and asks Melania whether his bullet-proof vest makes him look fat. Trump tries to rush through a COVID-19 vaccine; attempts to build rapport with African Americans; and even gets away with shooting a protester on Fifth Avenue-an incident applauded by the NRA. With an entertaining mix of fiction and satire, this provocative novel looks into the corrupt, three-ring-circus that is Washington in the new normal.
The Allegations
DC Attorney and TV News commentator Elaine Bower-Camden is waiting for the call of her life., from the Attorney General of the United States nominating her for a federal judgeship appointment. But when she answers the phone, it's a reporter asking "what do you have to say about April McFarland's allegations against your husband?" In an instant the best day of her life turns into a nightmare, especially for a woman whose legal career is defined by championing the rights of women. Fearful that her judicial appointment could be jeopardized by accusations that Ted committed sexual assault, Elaine cuts herself off completely from him. For Elaine there is only one path forward -- to believe the victim, unequivocally. But when disturbing patterns begin to emerge between Ted's accuser, an anonymous DC gossip blogger, and the wife of a Senator involved in his own gender discrimination lawsuit, Elaine has to follow the truth. What she ultimately discovers cements Starr Sanders as a master of the unexpected ending.
Operation Navajo
2022 Kirkus Review Editor's Choice--"Great Indie Books Worth Discovering" "The novel offers intriguing surprises. A smart, fast-paced thriller."--Kirkus Reviews"Whoever controls the flow of the money supply, irrespective of whether it is fiat or gold currency, is the one to fear."Amid the dissension and turmoil of the launch of gold-backed currency, the Federal Reserve Chairman, Frank Littleton, receives a cryptic warning of a plot inside the Federal Reserve to assassinate him.He contacts the one person he can trust, the head of the elite FBI Tracker unit, Scott Fleming.A clandestine meeting in the middle of the night leaves Fleming holding a political time bomb. How can he stop the assassination of the 2nd most powerful man in the federal government when he's been sworn to secrecy?A mysterious message sent to the Tracker office adds to the impasse. No one can decipher it.Written in a decades-old code used by the Navajo Code Talkers in World War II, is it a message from the dead?When a Tracker agent joins forces with an Interpol agent to infiltrate the inner sanctum of the Federal Reserve, the agents become the killer's target. Can they survive to stop the assassination and prevent a global financial cataclysm?
Sanguine Dawn
Sanguine Dawn dives you into the depth of burning national and international issues. This book beautifully highlights theproblem related to science & technology, global warming, climate change, nuclear weapons, terrorism, tribal affair, corruption and various social & political issues. Appropriate solutions of the problems are also provided in this book. While reading this book reader can feel the glimpse of India and Indian culture.
Devious Measures
Politics is a pitched battle whose first casualty is the truth.Journalist Tierra Campos and FBI Special Agent Victoria Larsen team up again in the sequel to the multiple award-winning thriller Justifiable Deceit.In the turbulent wakes of uncertain career trajectories, the two women risk their futures to foil one of the most dastardly plots in American political history. The race is on to uncover the truth, and the stakes couldn't be higher: fail, and the American people will lose all confidence in the electoral process. As the clock winds down to the New Hampshire primary, will the conspiracy unravel, or will the nation succumb to the mastermind's Devious Measures?Devious Measures is the second novel in a five-book serial drama. Readers are encouraged to begin the journey with Justifiable Deceit and enjoy the Tierra Campos Thrillers in the order they were written.Election rigging. Hacking. Ruthless campaign tactics. Is it fiction or today's reality?Election-year politics is an ugly game that gets dirtier every two years. When the campaign of a rising candidate is targeted with intimidation, arson, and cyberattacks, attention immediately turns to his chief opponent in the primaries as the instigator: Senator Alicia Standish.Drawn to inconsistencies in the suicide of a political mega-donor a month earlier, FBI Special Agent Victoria Larsen finds herself trapped in a quagmire of internal politics. With no other place to turn when the state becomes a political battlefield, she enlists the help of journalist Tierra Campos to track down a series of leads that could provide answers. Little does she know that Tierra has her own problems.Since unraveling the conspiracy behind the Brockhampton massacre, Tierra has become a media superstar. Her imminent departure from the online news organization Front Burner has created a rift with her editor that has become impossible to bridge. Forced to operate outside of their normal channels, Tierra and Victoria must put all the pieces together to catch the conspirators manipulating America's first primary. As assumptions lead to shocking conclusions, they must make a bold move before the presidential race is altered forever.Devious Measures is a fast-paced political suspense thriller with twists and turns that will keep you guessing until the final chapter. Buy it now!The Tierra Campos Thrillers (in order): Justifiable DeceitDevious MeasuresVital TargetsRevealed SecretsDecisive Endgame
March 1917
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the University of Notre Dame Press is proud to publish Nobel Prize-winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's epic work March 1917, Node III, Book 1, of The Red Wheel.The Red Wheel is Solzhenitsyn's magnum opus about the Russian Revolution. Solzhenitsyn tells this story in the form of a meticulously researched historical novel, supplemented by newspaper headlines of the day, fragments of street action, cinematic screenplay, and historical overview. The first two nodes--August 1914 and November 1916--focus on Russia's crises and recovery, on revolutionary terrorism and its suppression, on the missed opportunity of Pyotr Stolypin's reforms, and how the surge of patriotism in August 1914 soured as Russia bled in World War I.March 1917--the third node--tells the story of the Russian Revolution itself, during which not only does the Imperial government melt in the face of the mob, but the leaders of the opposition prove utterly incapable of controlling the course of events. The action of book 1 (of four) of March 1917 is set during March 8-12. The absorbing narrative tells the stories of more than fifty characters during the days when the Russian Empire begins to crumble. Bread riots in the capital, Petrograd, go unchecked at first, and the police are beaten and killed by mobs. Efforts to put down the violence using the army trigger a mutiny in the numerous reserve regiments housed in the city, who kill their officers and rampage. The anti-Tsarist bourgeois opposition, horrified by the violence, scrambles to declare that it is provisionally taking power, while socialists immediately create a Soviet alternative to undermine it. Meanwhile, Emperor Nikolai II is away at military headquarters and his wife Aleksandra is isolated outside Petrograd, caring for their sick children. Suddenly, the viability of the Russian state itself is called into question.The Red Wheel has been compared to Tolstoy's War and Peace, for each work aims to narrate the story of an era in a way that elevates its universal significance. In much the same way as Homer's Iliad became the representative account of the Greek world and therefore the basis for Greek civilization, these historical epics perform a parallel role for our modern world.
Young Donald
"...Will make readers laugh so they don't cry." -- Booklist Just a few minutes before, Teddy Haswell had been helping his friend Donald break into the math teacher's office. Now, limbs terminally akimbo, Teddy's body lies in a pool of blood in Jessup Quadrangle. And at the center of the investigation at the prestigious New Jersey Military Academy is young Donald. Surely blame for Teddy's accidental death should not rest with him, Donald reasons. But how? Can people be convinced that Teddy took his own life? Can suspicion be cast on Stanley Wong, the Academy's only Asian cadet? And with Teddy gone, who can Donald enlist to help him avoid blame? From New York real-estate moguls to Hong Kong triad bosses, Donald's web of lies soon spins further than he could have ever imagined.
In Our Bones
Powerful and unapologetic journey of one woman as democracy fails and authoritarianism takes holdLauren's happy childhood on a farm in Minnesota is shattered after an assault during her teen years, and she retreats into her own world as America falls apart. Hers was the last generation to grow up before the economic collapse that followed the Corona pandemic. Amidst roiling climate chaos, the government has been taken over by extremists, incompetents, and con-men who tear the country apart while clinging to power. Lauren is swept up in the madness when she falls for the wrong man. She's looking for love and safety, but Bryan becomes distant and abusive as he obsesses over White Sharia and deepens his ties to the racist patriot militia group. Lauren worries about the safety of her sister and nephew, who is mixed-race. Will Lauren escape from Bryan and keep her nephew safe from danger? In a world where values are tested and morality is unsettlingly murky, Lauren must break free from the constraints in her mind to protect her family.
Candidate Spectrum
When the real-world superhero Spectrum grows frustrated with the limited ways he can help people using his superpowers, he decides he can do more good as a politician and runs for office. Having devoted his life to helping others, Spectrum won't settle for a typical political career. After winning the Missouri governorship, he launches a 2020 presidential bid dedicated to fixing a country that Americans have consistently said is on the wrong track. But as he develops proposals for issues from a growing wealth gap to paralyzing partisanship, he realizes that America's real troubles are deeper: a loss of individual agency, an increasing quantification of life that undermines morality and erodes our humanity. Meanwhile, his campaign is beset by problems. He never imagined how difficult it would be to run for president as an atheist immigrant from a destroyed planet who is honest and serious about the issues. Further, his campaign must overcome him ditching campaign events to rescue people in Bangladesh from a typhoon, and the public's fear of an alien takeover after a scientist offers to restart his race by cloning him. Will Spectrum win a mandate to restore America to its place as a pioneer among nations, or lose and watch it slide further into dissonance and mediocrity?
Four Pistols
Three old friends embark on a retirement adventure that brings them face to face with conspirators from the JFK assassination. A seemingly harmless quest to find rare guns for a retired gun collector from Wyoming turns into more than anyone anticipated. The adventure takes the friends from Ohio to Washington, D.C., and Buffalo, Wyoming, and inadvertently puts them and their families into grave danger from different individuals and organizations intent on protecting the historical legacies of the original conspirators. The gun collector becomes integral in trying to protect the three friends from the machinations that he set in motion by hiring them. Murder and political intrigue are plentiful within the conspiracy, and no one involved can consider themselves safe.
1900 or, The Last President
From the author who told us about Baron Trump, comes another tale, this one lamenting the Democrat Party's "socialist" platform of 1896, and warning that the election of "Bryan" would be the last election for president, as the country would dissolve within a single four year term. Hence the title of the book "1900" or, "The Last President." But, just who is the "last president" according to Lockwood? Is it Bryan, or the man with a "a gleam of devilish joy" in his eyes? Might it be the Baron Trump (or is it, Barron Trump) of his previous books? Might the passage of time reveal all?
The Cromwell Enigma
July 1540. The courts of Europe are stunned to hear that Henry VIII has executed his all-powerful minister, Thomas Cromwell.Poet and classicist Nicholas Bourbon is sent from the cultured court of Queen Marguerite of Navarre to investigate. Thrust into a turbulent world of religious, political and personal rivalries, his travels take him far and wide. He endures perils at sea, incarceration in a monastic prison and poisonous intrigue in the Tudor court. Yet this retiring scholar cannot abandon a quest which steadily becomes an obsession, drawing him ever deeper into the beliefs and motivations of his mysterious quarry.Only after facing many hazards does he discover the astonishing secret that unlocks the Cromwell enigma.This thrilling historical novel blends fact and fiction together seamlessly to deliver a novel about Thomas Cromwell rich in description and history. A real page turner for those who are fans of Hilary Mantel and Alison Weir, The Cromwell Enigma will captivate anyone with an interest in the Tudor period. This is historical fiction at its finest as Derek Wilson delivers an engaging narrative on the life and mystery of Thomas Cromwell.
Philip Dru Administrator, a Story of Tomorrow, 1920-1935
"Philip Dru: Administrator: a Story of Tomorrow, 1920-1935" is a futuristic political novel published anonymously in 1912 by Edward Mandell House, an American diplomat, politician and presidential foreign policy advisor. His book's hero leads the democratic western U.S. in a civil war against the plutocratic East, and becomes the dictator of America. Dru as dictator imposes a series of reforms that resemble the Bull Moose platform of 1912 and then vanishes. This new editions adds an introduction by Karl Wurf and a portrait of House.
Blowback
From #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and #1 Publishers Weekly bestselling author, Brad Thor, comes Blowback. Scot Harvath's counterterrorism career has just crashed and burned--thanks in part to a ruthless senator with her sights set on the White House. But when the war on terror takes a chilling turn, the president has no choice but to secretly bring Harvath back inside. Deep beneath an Alpine glacier, an ancient weapon designed to decimate the Roman Empire has been unearthed--and a shadowy organization intends to use it for America's downfall. Racing across Europe, Harvath must secure the ultimate instrument of destruction before it brings the United States and the rest of the world to their knees.
Separation of Power, Volume 5
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the electrifying Mitch Rapp series "knows how deliver action in his novels" (St. Paul Pioneer Press) and does so again with this thrilling follow-up to The Third Option. The confirmation of Dr. Irene Kennedy as the CIA's new director explodes into chaos as a deadly inside plot to destroy her and prematurely end the president's term emerges. Meanwhile, a dangerous world leader gains power in the nuclear arms race, leading Israel to force the president's hand with a chilling ultimatum. With the specter of World War III looming, the president calls on top counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp, but with only two weeks to take out the nukes, Rapp is up against a ticking clock--and impossible odds.
When The Sky Was No Longer Blue
A work of fiction drawn from true events, When the Sky Was No Longer Blue is a shattering account of three generations' response to one of humanity's most devastating crimes, a tale of unspeakable terror that culminates in a universal message and an important call for prevention.The past bleeds into the present for Jeet, a survivor of a brutal genocide who, decades later, is still tormented by it regularly. It is a past from which injustice still bellows, a past in which human rights and humanity were deeply buried, a past more terrible than most of us could contemplate. Through her enduring nightmares and memories, we embark on a journey of survival with Jeet, who is now a grandmother spending the summer with her beloved grandchildren, Rinny and Raj. Over its course, the teenagers come face to face with their grandmother's truth and the family history she's kept hidden from them. Jeet decides to share her experience only after much tortured contemplation, shedding her long-held conviction that shielding future generations from the cruelty was best. With this choice, Jeet reconciles with her past, and Rinny and Raj help her to heal. Along the way, they delve into the topic of genocides and preventing mass atrocities against humanity.
Coda
Senator Bob Hill (R-PA) is sentenced for involuntary manslaughter for an accident in which he was driving under the influence. Prior to completing his sentence in jail, the Senator is ordered to enter a substance abuse treatment program. His personal life and his political ambitions shattered, Sen. Hill is little aware that during treatment at the Betty Ford Clinic he will be surprised by the miracle of a statue that comes to life and challenges his recovery.
Concerning Children
Reproduction of the original: Concerning Children by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Brother Against Brother
Reproduction of the original: Brother Against Brother by John R. Musick
Behind the Throne
Reproduction of the original: Behind the Throne by William Le Queux
Hypnotic State
Set in Spring 2027, Ox and Chan, friends since childhood, get caught unawares in a police surveillance operation. Arrested, electronically tagged for attempted car theft. They know they're innocent. Little did they realise when choosing to clear their names in court, what the newly privatised and fully automated court system has in store for them. After watching a hypnotist perform for their first anniversary with his second wife, Lady Elizabeth, Sir Edward has an idea for solving the problem of overcrowded in prisons. Receiving a call for help later that night from his playboy brother James, Sir Edward the Minister for Prisons learns he had used his car during the crime. With an election looming, Sir Edward saw the potentially damaging situation. The next day Sir Edward makes a series of phone call aimed at keeping his brother out of prison then contacts the hypnotist from the show Ian, with an offer backed up with blackmail to further his idea to hypnotise prison inmates then release them into the community, saving the government millions and hopefully without re-offending. The project is a secret that Sir Edward hopes when ready will aid his push towards becoming Prime Minister one day. Ox and Chan's appointed court solicitor persuade them to plead guilty, but during the process in the new electronic fully automated system, they discover they're charged with the murder and sentenced to a minimum of twelve years in Prison. In prison, Ox rescues Paul, a small-time burglar, from the clutches of the known thug Dozer. But everyone knows that Fat Fingers controls Downing prison. Ian chooses Downing Prison to carry out his hypnotic trials, with his own hidden agenda to get his brother out of prison. Forced to hypnotise the head warden, Officer Newport, and Riley the governor, as a precaution, Paul begs Ian to include Ox and Chan in the release scheme. Dr Min has asked Sir Edward for a return favour for keeping the minister's brother out of prison, so Ian finds he's then laboured with an assistant, Dr Min's daughter, Mai Li. Irritated by the imposed sidekick, Mai Li's computer skills however help him with a few problems during the project trial.Sir Edward's ex-wife, Kim, who he has been seeing in secret, tells him she is pregnant, and Elizabeth gives him similar news on the same day. In a panic, Sir Edward doesn't know how to resolve the mess he has made for himself. While he considers how to extricate himself, the hypnosis trial gets underway, and Paul, Ox and Chan find themselves among the inmates scheduled for the trial release. Knowing that knowledge is power, Fat Fingers is curious about Ian's activity in the prison. The governor receives a call from Sir Martin Dupont, his friend in Counter-intelligence, asking if he could take some suspected terrorist and use some unethical interrogation techniques to gain information on their targets. But most of the suspects have had their tongues cut out, and all but one that can talk is sick and taken to the prison hospital. Fat Fingers, by some coincidence after a raid on his cell and becoming ill, is also in hospital. The new prisoner, Izsa Madas, a Yemeni seemed to have somehow planned the encounter and asks him to help locate some processor chips, lost since the meltdown of Microsoft that Madas has plans for. Fat Fingers only agreeing after negotiating a large finder's fee.Mai Li discovers she has a twin brother; after her father shows her a pendant. Back in Downing Prison, the only suspected terrorist that could talk is now dead; several other prisoners have died in similar circumstance over the months, and Newport and Riley think he is the victim of an unknown virus..... A lot more.
The Valley of DecisionTheValley of Decision
Edith Wharton (born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper class New York "aristocracy" to realistically portray the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1996. Despite not publishing her first novel until she was forty, Wharton became an extraordinarily productive writer. In addition to her 15 novels, seven novellas, and eighty-five short stories, she published poetry, books on design, travel, literary and cultural criticism, and a memoir.In 1873, Wharton wrote a short story and gave it to her mother to read. Her mother criticized the story, so Wharton decided to just write poetry. While she constantly sought her mother's approval and love, it was rare that she received either. From the start, the relationship with her mother was a troubled one. Before she was 15, she wrote Fast and Loose (1877). In her youth, she wrote about society. Her central themes came from her experiences with her parents. She was very critical of her work and wrote public reviews criticizing it. She also wrote about her own experiences with life. "Intense Love's Utterance" is a poem written about Henry Stevens.In 1901, Wharton wrote a two-act play called Man of Genius. This play was about an English man who was having an affair with his secretary. The play was rehearsed but was never produced. Another 1901 play, The Shadow of a Doubt, which also came close to being staged but fell through, was thought to be lost, until it was discovered in 2017. Its world premiere was a radio adaptation broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 2018. She collaborated with Marie Tempest to write another play, but the two only completed four acts before Marie decided she was no longer interested in costume plays. One of her earliest literary endeavors (1902) was the translation of the play, Es Lebe das Leben ("The Joy of Living"), by Hermann Sudermann. The Joy of Living was criticized for its name because the heroine swallows poison at the end, and was a short-lived Broadway production. It was, however, a successful book.Many of Wharton's novels are characterized by subtle use of dramatic irony. Having grown up in upper-class, late-19th-century society, Wharton became one of its most astute critics, in such works as The House of Mirth and The Age of Innocence. (wikipedia.org)
Catalogue Diabolique
In the vein of Goethe's Der Zauberlehrling, Vignjevic's Catalogue Diabolique is a fantastical tale of Mata Gradinar, a newly appointed Pedagogical Faculty post-doc whose well-received graduate paper throws him into a world of secrets revealed by his work.This all starts when he goes to the bookbinders to pick up his finished work where instead he finds that - although the book has been bound - there is no text on the pages. At first confused to the point of not even protesting, Mata Gradinar discovers that he has more than empty pages in his hands, but rather a catalog of empty pages that allows him to discover all the wrongdoers in his society. Mata then embarks to uncover all with the help of his best friend Eroneous Petroneus.At first Mata Gradinar is extremely careful what he writes in the book, since everything he writes within it reveals the deep history, and possible future of that subject. As the tale develops so does Mata's curiosity with regard to his wanting to rid his society of all evil doing, primarily by exposing the vast corruption that surrounds him.The story in the book has been carefully chosen by the author to emphasize the length to which corruption can spread in any given society, thereby diminishing the value that the same society puts on human life.
Death in Westchester (2nd Edition)
2nd Edition, updated for 2020A highly respected Westchester psychotherapist is murdered. A vast cover up ensues involving corrupt politicians, mobsters, and police. When the investigation hits a wall of legal roadblocks, the doctor's son, also a therapist, initiates his own harrowing investigation that carries him from Westchester to the Hamptons, Saratoga, and Lake George. The cover up leads to other murders before the arrogant halls of political power and corruption begin to crumble in a crescendo of sexual desire, intrigue, violence and vengeance. During the investigation our protagonist meets a vivacious woman, falls in love, and takes on the responsibilities of a new family. Against the backdrop of today's cultural conflicts and madness, he reaffirms the values of love and life, over those of hatred and death.
The Valley of DecisionTheValley of Decision
Edith Wharton (born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper class New York "aristocracy" to realistically portray the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1996. Despite not publishing her first novel until she was forty, Wharton became an extraordinarily productive writer. In addition to her 15 novels, seven novellas, and eighty-five short stories, she published poetry, books on design, travel, literary and cultural criticism, and a memoir.In 1873, Wharton wrote a short story and gave it to her mother to read. Her mother criticized the story, so Wharton decided to just write poetry. While she constantly sought her mother's approval and love, it was rare that she received either. From the start, the relationship with her mother was a troubled one. Before she was 15, she wrote Fast and Loose (1877). In her youth, she wrote about society. Her central themes came from her experiences with her parents. She was very critical of her work and wrote public reviews criticizing it. She also wrote about her own experiences with life. "Intense Love's Utterance" is a poem written about Henry Stevens.In 1901, Wharton wrote a two-act play called Man of Genius. This play was about an English man who was having an affair with his secretary. The play was rehearsed but was never produced. Another 1901 play, The Shadow of a Doubt, which also came close to being staged but fell through, was thought to be lost, until it was discovered in 2017. Its world premiere was a radio adaptation broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 2018. She collaborated with Marie Tempest to write another play, but the two only completed four acts before Marie decided she was no longer interested in costume plays. One of her earliest literary endeavors (1902) was the translation of the play, Es Lebe das Leben ("The Joy of Living"), by Hermann Sudermann. The Joy of Living was criticized for its name because the heroine swallows poison at the end, and was a short-lived Broadway production. It was, however, a successful book.Many of Wharton's novels are characterized by subtle use of dramatic irony. Having grown up in upper-class, late-19th-century society, Wharton became one of its most astute critics, in such works as The House of Mirth and The Age of Innocence. (wikipedia.org)
Steaming OdysseyFlying Sleuth Mysteries
From the glamour of Houston, to the steamy tropical jungles of Central America, it will take all of Lucine Muir's courage to stay alive while deceived by a covert operator masterminding American political affairs in El Salvador. Lucine thought she was only working as a Spanish translator for a coffee export business while she had a few days off as a flight attendant, never imagining she was immersed in the scandalous Iran Contra Affair. A Flying Sleuth Thriller
The Fall of President TweetTheFall of President Tweet
Having been defeated in his bid for a third presidential term, Steven Beck decides to seize power, setting off a chain of events that forces the nation's First Lady and Vice President to undertake extreme measures. The tale of a president who refuses to leave the office, John. F. Hurst's political satire, The Fall of President Tweet, is a poignant reminder that absolute power corrupts, and that drastic times call for drastic measures.About the AuthorThough originally from New York City, John F. Hurst moved to the Bay Area some 20 years ago to undertake a Doctorate in psychology. He has since come to see the Bay Area as his home and has built a career as a freelance actor, writer, and occasional singer. Political activism has long been Hurst's passion, and penning a political satire that addresses the nation's descent towards madness is an act of political activism. When he's not trying to raise people's consciousness through the creative process, he reads, sings opera, and reads voraciously. He loves Italian food, chocolate, and great literature.
Jennifer
Jennifer is an original screenplay by Tony Seton. It's the story of a social studies teacher from Santa Morino who is name one of the three top teachers in the country. When she goes to the White House to receive the award, she confronts the president with the concerns of her students, and suddenly finds herself in an important new job and a new world.
Cold Island
Britain is divided, and Mara is on the wrong side1989, the Berlin Wall opens. The upheavals in her homeland are an opportunity for Mara--free to travel, she comes to Britain, falls in love and never leaves.2016, the UK votes to leave the European Union, and once again, Mara is at the centre of a changing world.She's built her life in Britain: a wife, a career and a cottage in the countryside. But now Mara worries she'll be forced to return to a Germany she no longer knows.Faced with bureaucratic inflexibility and administrative failures, Mara needs to prove her right to remain. But do the events of her first years in Britain hold the key to whether she will be allowed to stay?Cold Island explores the personal cost of Brexit
Der Faschist
Es ist das Jahr 2024. Die Folgen der Coronapandemie und Finanzkrisen brachten die globale Wirtschaft zum Kollaps. Durch die St瓣dte Europas ziehen Heerscharen an desillusionierten Arbeitslosen und entladen ihre Wut und Verzweiflung in zunehmend gewaltt瓣tigen Ausschreitungen. Die Uneinigkeit der Regierungen 羹ber den Weg aus der Krise l瓣sst eine Koalition nach der n瓣chsten platzen und die scheinbare Unf瓣higkeit des Establishments l瓣sst 羹ber den ganzen Kontinent neue Parteien und Bewegungen entstehen, die einen radikalen Wandel verlangen. Der junge Spezialist f羹r politisches Marketing Nikolas Schaber ist einer der wenigen, der noch der verschwindenden Mittelschicht angeh繹rt und ein sorgenfreies Leben in dem friedlichen m羹nchener Stadtviertel Schwabing f羹hren kann. Als seine Freundin ihn jedoch mit einem aus Afrika stammenden Migranten betr羹gt, ist er am Boden zerst繹rt und versinkt in einer l瓣hmenden Depression. Aus der Einsamkeit des gebrochenen Herzens erw瓣chst bald Wut und Hass auf seine Ex und ihren ausl瓣ndischen Liebhaber. Trost, neue Kraft und einen Kanal f羹r seine Gef羹hle findet er bald in dem Machtfetisch und der Rhetorik der neofaschistischen Bewegung European Union of Fascists. Deren charismatischer F羹hrer Kasimir Nenad verspricht Europa unter einer Flagge zu einem neuen Imperium zu vereinen und aus den Ruinen in ein nie da gewesenes goldenes Zeitalter zu f羹hren - und vor allem, Europa den Europ瓣ern zur羹ckzugeben. Zehn Jahre sp瓣ter blickt Nikolas Schaber in seinen Memoiren auf sein Leben zur羹ck und zieht Bilanz dar羹ber, wie seine Entscheidungen den Lauf der Geschichte ver瓣nderten.
Tyrant
The nation is divided, its citizens split into factions, a president demands unwavering support for himself. As the 2020 presidential election nears, the outcome is in doubt. An increasingly tyrannical president draws the nation closer to another civil war.Conrad Augustus, a retired U.S. Navy Chief Cryptologist (code-breaker), now a teacher in an inner-city high school, discusses increasing uncertainty of the upcoming presidential election with his students. During their discussion, a student states his fear that the current president will refuse to concede the election if he loses. As the Election Day approaches, the disinformation campaign goes into full effect. Conrad is compelled into action once he acknowledges that the nation is being driven towards another civil war.It is a story of exceptional bravery, the obligations of the citizenry, and the fragility of the Republic. This book is partially a product of the times where fiction may come all too close to becoming a reality.
Code WordCowgirl: A Maggie O’Shea Mystery
Maggie O'Shea, a Boston attorney, private investigator and New Age designer, with a knack for having trouble find her, lands in the middle of an Asian conspiracy to dominate the world when a former lover sends her an encoded computer disk a few hours before his inexplicable death. Maggie knew little of Dai toa Kyoei-ken (the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere), the justification for Japan's "anti-colonial" onslaught into Asia 60 years earlier, until Commander Nick Adams, an intelligence analyst at the Naval War College in Newport, RI, is found floating lifeless under the Newport Bridge. Returning to her native Newport, Maggie finds that local authorities and politicians, the FBI, Naval Intelligence and the Naval Investigative Service have so bungled their investigation of Nick's apparent suicide the truth might never be known. It occurs to her that someone might want it that way. Maggie's twin sister, Michaela, sheds more light and darkness on Nick's death by implicating her ex-husband, Bobby Nathan. Nathan owns a fleet of fishing boats, a trucking company, has Mafia connections in New York's Fulton Market and is suspected of running drugs as well as fresh fish up and down the east coast and to Japan via Fukihara San, a New York import/export agent. Filling in for Michaela on a blind date, Maggie meets Tom Charles, a technical writer for a defense contractor and is attracted to him immediately. Tom, a computer hack, offers to help Maggie decode the disk once she has it, but there's a problem. Tom had an affair with the late Commander's Japanese wife, Kazuko, and, either through accident or by design, he allowed her to obtain some sensitive information on the TOMAHAWK and TRIDENT guidance systems. Maggie wonders if her new love is all he seems to be. The group of Japanese fanatics behind the conspiracy is not satisfied with economic domination; they now plan to subjugate the West militarily by infecting our tactical and strategic weapons systems with a computer virus embedded in software manufactured by Japanese owned/controlled companies that supply chips to the US military. But the Japanese seem to be only a little more competent than the American authorities who are trying to unravel their plan. Mistaking her for Maggie, members of the group abduct Michaela, sweep her away to New York, where Fukihara San tries to force her to turn over the disk and code word. Michaela knows nothing about the disk, but is clever enough to realize she must assume Maggie's identity to save her own skin. Maggie realizes too that she must assume the identity of Michaela to protect her sister. In the process, each twin not only discovers how her other half lives, but how her twin thinks and feels as well. This is an illuminating experience for both twins because Maggie has always gotten by on her brains, whereas, Michaela, with two broken marriages in her past, has always been treated as an object of desire. It is in Michaela's shoes, that Maggie receives a marriage proposal from a powerful U.S. Senator, a man who may very well hold the key to Nick's death and Michaela's salvation. Romance, humor, subversion, murder and incompetence attend Maggie in her attempt to save her own life, that of her sister, and the destiny of her country.
Ginnels in the Hedges
Ginnels in the Hedges is a book of short stories with each narrative happening in a different setting and in a different time. The stories' genres differ from drama, to romance, action, politics and crime, and some of the narratives are weaved in a historical event that truly happened. Ginnels in the hedges is a metaphor the author uses to reveal how lives are unknowingly allied across people and across time. So whether a heist is taking place in England, a runaway girl is falling in love, or someone is caught up in the middle of a protest in Korea, the characters have their butterfly effect on each other's lives.
