Der Untertan
"Der Untertan" ist ein Roman von Heinrich Mann aus dem Jahr 1914. Die erste Buchausgabe erschien 1918 im Kurt Wolff Verlag. Heinrich Mann erz瓣hlt mit ironischer Distanz die Lebensgeschichte des fiktiven Opportunisten Diederich He?ling von dessen Kindheit bis hin zur Sicherung seiner Stellung in der wilhelminischen Gesellschaft des deutschen Kaiserreichs um die Jahrhundertwende vom 19. zum 20. Jahrhundert.
The Coyotes of Carthage
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ERNEST J. GAINES AWARD FOR LITERARY EXCELLENCE"With this splendid debut, Steven Wright announces his arrival as a major new voice in the world of political thrillers. I enjoyed it immensely." --John GrishamA blistering and thrilling debut--a biting exploration of American politics, set in a small South Carolina town, about a political operative running a dark money campaign for his corporate clientsDre Ross has one more shot. Despite being a successful political consultant, his aggressive tactics have put him on thin ice with his boss, Mrs. Fitz, who plucked him from juvenile incarceration and mentored his career. She exiles him to the backwoods of South Carolina with $250,000 of dark money to introduce a ballot initiative on behalf of a mining company. The goal: to manipulate the locals into voting to sell their pristine public land to the highest bidder.Dre arrives in God-fearing, flag-waving Carthage County, with only Mrs. Fitz's well-meaning yet na簿ve grandson Brendan as his team. Dre, an African-American outsider, can't be the one to collect the signatures needed to get on the ballot. So he hires a blue-collar couple, Tyler Lee and his pious wife, Chalene, to act as the initiative's public face.Under Dre's cynical direction, a land grab is disguised as a righteous fight for faith and liberty. As lines are crossed and lives ruined, Dre's increasingly cutthroat campaign threatens the very soul of Carthage County and perhaps the last remnants of his own humanity.A piercing portrait of our fragile democracy and one man's unraveling, The Coyotes of Carthage paints a disturbingly real portrait of the American experiment in action.
Dick Cheney Saves Paris
With insight, humor, and a bit of "I don't know what," Ryan Forsythe turns the modern political satire on its head in this alternative history exploring why Dick Cheney did the things he's done. We first meet a young Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney in the year 2791 as he endures another of his Dad's lectures on the terrible no good Gore presidency-the source of all suffering in the world after a series of freak time travel accidents vaporized our dearest celebrities. Soon Cheney is on a joyride through time with his buddy Kimo. Unfortunately, their time machine stalls out on the Interyear and Dick finds he is stuck in the Nixon administration.Recalling his father's rants, Cheney realizes he has the opportunity to change history. If he can ensure Gore loses the 2000 election, perhaps 800 years later he could finally make his old man proud. Will the assistance of alien pinochle player Donald Rumsfeld be enough? Or will he have to enlist both foul-mouthed mob boss Ralph Nader and the secretly Republication robot Joseph Lieberman? And what does the Iran-Contra scandal have to with any of this?Forsythe skewers the conventions of modern books and DVDs, with numerous "bonus features." Included are an obviously not deleted "Deleted Epilogue"; a faux Author Commentary in which Forsythe and Cheney discuss Cheney's actions in the book; and a Reading Group Guide, featuring discussion questions and an author interview.Originally released the same day as Cheney's own novel-er, memoir, this special memorial edition (released the day Dick Cheney died) has been updated with added bonus features, including a foreword by writer, artist, and provocateur Norman Conquest; a new introduction by the author; additional details on the Paris Hilton BFF contest; and new and improved blurbs (this time by people who actually read the book).What would you pay for all this? $49.99? No! $29.99? Not even. In fact, the price is precisely the same as the version without all the added content. Read the book about which noted writer Brian K. Vaughan says, "There is no way in hell I'm gonna read this, much less blurb it."
An Old Negro Spiritual
During mid-January, Judge Thomas Dolittle is visited by the haint of Marshall, his predecessor, who expresses great regret for not doing more in his position as a judge, and Marshall warns Dolittle of the dire consequences involved in failing a legacy. He tells Dolittle that he can save himself, but that he will be visited by three haints, those of Injustice Past, Injustice Present and Injustice Yet-to-Come.In his dreams that night, Dolittle meets Pathos (Injustice Past), Logos (Injustice Present) and Ethos (Injustice Yet-to-Come), setting upon a poignant journey into the history and present state of injustice in America. On the next morning, Dolittle must choose what his role will be in the yet-to-come.
Final Delivery
Final Delivery is a collection of stories set in, or connected to, far northern landscapes with characters who have either made a decision, or are about to make one, that will change their life's trajectory -- often in a manner or direction that they had not anticipated. There is a Professor of Ethics who hires an assassin, there's a despondent trust fund baby who tries his hand at running drugs, and there are two good old northern boys who have always lived for the hunt, the kill, but have never contemplated death. These are stories about change, about awakenings, about paths that are chosen without clarity of what those paths hold. There's a failed Hollywood screenwriter, a washed-up NHL hockey player, and an under accomplished woman who married the wrong man -- all at the brink of life's fragile breaking point. There's a small town braggart who is about to meet his father for the first time, and also a lonely checkout girl in her final days, who lived her life without ever asserting herself. These stories in Final Delivery cross through race, culture, politics and religion with unique characters who are faced with the simple struggles in life that challenge us all.
Spinning Real Life
A young, would-be author leaves his family's business and finds his ideal writing place in Texas Jake's Trailer Park and Harley Repair, in California's far northwest. While trying to write the great American novel, he encounters an odd assortment of characters, gets involved in a war between the government and the forest and lands in the middle of a major political drama. Clueless about what's going on around him and clueless about the women he meets, loves and loses, Scott stumbles through an exciting chapter in modern history. Meet the man with many names, a tee shirt and bumper sticker artist who might be a terrorist mastermind, a lesbian punk rock band, local hillbillies who love to get drunk and fight and Jake, the biker who is not all he seems.
The BBC Hunters
2019. Russia's Web Brigades have created a divided West, but the European and the American intelligence services are getting wise to their tactics. When Stanislav Kuznetsov, the FSB's Director of Overseas Strategic Affairs, entrusts a group of young idealists with the task of devising the next phase in the disruption of Russia's enemies, little does he suspect that six weeks later, they'll come up with a plan to suborn the British Broadcasting Corporation. His first reaction is mingled incredulity and exasperation. Have they taken leave of their senses?But then he studies the details. And actually, it's not as far-fetched as it looks. In fact it's entirely workable. When news of the plot reaches Britain, MI7 agent John Mordred is assigned to investigate. He quickly finds himself dealing with influential people in his own country who see the BBC as more than problematic, and who would dearly like to see it cut down to size. Could they conceivably have a point? In a media-saturated age, what remains of the corporation's historic remit to inform, educate and entertain? Is it still capable of living up to that lofty ideal, or is it not longer fit for purpose?
Our Woman in Jamaica
Sometimes the ballot-box and the bullet aren't incompatible ...Jamaica, 1980. With a general election looming, the left-of-centre People's National Party stands to win a third term of radical social reform. Ties with Russia and Cuba will be strengthened. The IMF will be shown the door. Newly hatched revolutionary movements, like the Sandinistas in Nicaragua, and the JRG in El Salvador, will be encouraged. Neither London nor Washington wants any of that. Unfortunately, however, the only person who could conceivably do anything about it is someone the Brits would rather not acknowledge. Ruby Parker's just twenty-five, but she and MI6 already have a shared history. And she's been written off by everyone there who matters.
Towards a Parliament for Cats
Louis is fighting for the rights of cats. He says: "Trouble is, in society, we're bottom of the list. Of rights, we have none. We are disenfranchised. That means we can't vote. There are no votes for cats. That is why I am beginning this consciousness-raising campaign, working towards a Parliament for Cats. For we are not merely miaow-machines, tender on the tactile; we are not just moggies, four-legged, friendly, furry and cute; we are feline fellahs and fellarinas, guys and dolls with brains, hopes and ambitions. We have our dreams. Mine is for a full parliament of cats, all seats filled after being duly contested, so we can begin the true democratisation of the feline kingdom. Let's fight for the rights of moggies!"
The Ultimate Londoner
A 51-year-old pub landlord from Hammersmith, a DJ from Lambeth, a prize-winning novelist influenced by Charles Dickens and Iain Sinclair, a young British intelligence officer: just four of the ten contenders in 2018's truly fabulous 'Ultimate Londoner' competition! With a 瞿5 million prize-pot and an awards ceremony on the top floor of The Gherkin, it's the last word in up-to-the-minute kudos.Or perhaps not. To begin with, no one has the faintest idea where it came from. Or how it garnered so much publicity. And not even the 'candidates' themselves know how they were selected. For the intelligence officer, John Mordred, its unsolicited exposure is profoundly unwelcome.So far, so irritating. But then the candidates start dying.As Mordred investigates, the truth slowly emerges. And it's stranger and more shocking than anyone could possibly have imagined.The Ultimate Londoner. Who will you vote for?
The Square Mile Murder
After a chance skirmish with an armed killer in central London, agent John Mordred ends up in hospital, condition critical. Six weeks and a full recovery later, he's persuaded it's purely a police matter, one he should forget about.But nothing in MI7 is ever that simple. There's more to this particular incident than meets the eye and unnamed people in high places want it investigating. They believe Mordred's the man for the job. Add to the mix five missing IMF officials, the kidnapping of a top British financier in Venezuela, evidence of a related cover-up in Whitehall, a young and unpredictable London Lord Mayor with acute delusions of grandeur, plus - most bizarrely - persistent rumours of local UFO sightings. Things threaten to spin radically out of control.
A Reason for Living
It is the mid-1960s in Kingston, Jamaica, and the country is steeped in social, political, and economic inequities. Howard Baxter, the heir to a real estate empire, has no interest in seeking or managing wealth. Painting and deflowering Jamaican maidens are his passions. As he combs the streets looking for greater meaning in his pathetic life, it soon becomes apparent that Howard's journey will not be easy. Bernaldo Lloyd, a member of the Baxter clan, is a medical student who is sensitive to the hopelessness of the Jamaican masses. Inspired by his close friend and Howard's cousin, Ras Robin Pone, and their ties with the Rastafari movement that calls for social and economic equity, Bernaldo is determined to overthrow the corrupt government. As Howard, Bernaldo and Robin become influenced by The American Black Power and Civil Rights movements demanding equal rights for African Americans, the women in their lives both love and criticize them. But when revolution breaks out, Howard finally discovers a purpose for his twisted life that leads him in a direction he never anticipated. In this tale of love, passion, and self-discovery, three Jamaican men become caught up in a 1960s revolution that reveals injustices, oppression, and a purpose for one of them.
Blood Ribboned Covenant
INSIDE COVER: BLOOD RIBBONED COVENANT Philosophically, ribbons are long or narrow strips which stretch the length of our time on earth. Often, these threads mark beginnings or ends in our relationships. The beginnings are fashioned by the promises we make and the ends on how we fulfill them. Some start relationships amid laughter and others with tears. Yet, each draws a line between one's self-centered past and the giving of one's self, in hope that light shines through our flesh and bones elegantly. Even if, later, we face flutters and flickers in our destinies. During life, our faces are alive with promises richly sustained by returned promises of others. This is the birthplace of our covenants. Such was a covenant forged by James Harold "Rudy" Blanco and Anne Maria Shephard. A na簿ve bond of love which was severely tested. Theirs were ties appearing to endure a lifetime, no matter how flailed in the fire of fate. Somewhere along the line, fate forced upon Anne Maria a decision to marry the ambitious attorney who later emerged the Mayor of New York. James could have walked away and pretended to forget Maria, but he did not. In a big metropolitan city such as New York, powers lurk behind all misdeeds, mayhem, and murders. Two, career minded, warring women played a great part in this! James was a knife thrower who fitted the profile of a murderer. The powers that be promised to deliver swift justice on the accused until Hercules offered to save his tarot-gypsy-mother from crying over her son's innocent and lifeless grave. Hercules Johnson, himself, was a disgraced protagonist with problems of his own. Does he stand a chance against the trusted, four-term Mayor or those powerful people financing his campaigns? What happens to the love of two lives and everyone connected to them? What if we added powerplays by two competing visceral women? We know, where there are covenants, there are blood sacrifices! Would their pains pass in the end? Would there be a better future for Rudy and Maria if they hold on to love or power and did not cut the ribbon? Let us trace the vicious splatter and viscous threads in Blood Ribboned Covenant!
Death in a Half Foreign Country
When John Mordred leaves MI7, marries the woman he loves, and settles down to a relatively humdrum lifestyle, it ought to be a brave new start. But he and his wife have formerly been top-level spies, and they find the readjustment harder than they anticipated.Unfortunately, there's also a limit to how far they can walk away. Especially when any number of foreign intelligence agencies have hostile eyes on them. They were once two of Britain's best assets; they're currently untethered from central control.And actually, come to think if it, this is an excellent time to put an assassin on their tail. Get rid of them both, once and for all.
Little War in London
After an acrimonious US election whose outcome Moscow may or may not have influenced, can it really be that a few maverick intelligence agents from Russia and the United States are fighting a discreet battle-to-the-death on some of London's back streets? And that the corpses are piling up, out of sight of the British police? Or is that just more "fake news"? ... Well, luckily, no it isn't. Not yet, anyway, because the media still hasn't heard about it. But that could change. When MI7 agent John Mordred is assigned to investigate, he uncovers a veritable Schr繹dinger's Cat state of affairs in which the relevant facts are neither wholly present nor entirely absent. And where some of the evidence lies closer to home than is comfortable. Along the way, he is forced to address one of history's oldest questions. Just what is the truth anyway, and why do we care?
The New Europeans
London, 2016, and the lead-up to the EU referendum. The liberal consensus in Europe is breaking down and no one knows exactly what will replace it. As always, there are those with an eye on the main chance.In the course of investigating the disappearance of a prominent Eurosceptic MP, MI7 agent John Mordred finds himself under hostile scrutiny from obscure figures within his own organisation. It quickly turns out that his investigation and theirs may not be entirely independent of each other. Behind all the intrigues, arguments and accusations, much greater, darker forces are coming into play. Forces whose existence hardly anyone suspects. And the stakes are high enough to make even MI7's best agent dispensable.
World War O
"World War Offshore" - no one knows how it started, or who's behind it, but one thing's for certain: it's the biggest anti-capitalist demonstration the world has ever seen. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators, spread across six continents, demanding an end to the "non-accountability of the 1%", re-regulation of the world's financial services, and a new era of social justice.MI7 takes the view that it's a problem best left to the appropriate law enforcement agencies - with the exception of one little detail. In order to get off the ground so effectively, its organisers had to bypass GCHQ in Britain, and the NSA in America. A breathtakingly impressive achievement, and possibly an ominous one. Next time, whoever does that may not be so benign. Agent John Mordred is assigned to investigate. His enquiry takes him halfway across the globe before depositing him in the Crown dependency of Jersey for what looks like a war of attrition.
Act of Treason
The fallout from a horrific Washington explosion has just begun, along with CIA superagent Mitch Rapp's hunt for a killer with a personal agenda in this "fun, finger-blistering page-turner" (Star Tribune, Minneapolis) in the #1 New York Times bestselling Mitch Rapp series. In the final weeks of a fierce presidential campaign, a motorcade carrying candidate Josh Alexander is shattered by a car bomb. Soon after the attack, Alexander is carried to victory by a sympathy vote, but his assailants have not been found. When CIA director Irene Kennedy and Special Agent Skip McMahon receive damaging intelligence on Washington's most powerful players, they call on Mitch Rapp--the one man reckless enough to unravel a global network of contract killers on an explosive mission that leads back to the heart of our nation's capital...and the inner sanctum of the Oval Office. "Taut writing and [a] plausible vision of the real work of the intelligence community" (Publishers Weekly) make Act of Treason an unputdownable and heart-pounding thriller.
Down Goes Trump
Down Goes Trump is a collection of satirical stories, based on news, about the entertaining but absurd and often quite dangerous events following the election of President Donald J. Trump in November 2016 until shortly after his loss to Joe Biden four years later.In addition to fictionalized first-person entries by Trump and contemporary political and social personalities Nancy Pelosi, Kim Jong Un, Vladimir Putin, James Mattis, Rex Tillerson, John Bolton, Maxine Waters, Meryl Streep, Melania Trump, and many others, the author offers unexpected commentary by historical figures including Martin Luther King, General Robert E. Lee, Babe Ruth, Joseph Stalin, the Ayatollah Khomeini, and General Douglas MacArthur.There are no filters as Trump blunders the nation and world toward a nuclear confrontation with North Korea, a war with Iran, backs out of international agreements, wages psychological war again people of color in the United States, and bungles containment of the coronavirus. Buckle your seatbelts for a turbulent ride.
Greenbrier Chronicles
Greenbrier Chronicles is the story of how I became aware of critical environmental issues, from my early childhood through 40 years of medical practice, to my early years of retirement. In a quest to redefine my personal goals as I aged, I relate a number of personal vignettes that I believe are pivotal to my development, including obsessions with water, medicine and chemistry. This search for my Personal Legend comes to an inevitable conclusion: Climate change and environmental welfare are issues no one should ignore.As an added treat, this story centers primarily in the beautiful Greenbrier Cove of East Tennessee, my family's favorite vacation locale since I was five. It is here that the fictional Think Tank from Alpha Centauri emerges to help elucidate the climate debate. Through arguments made in this unlikely scenario, I expose the debates most contentious issues. Although this may seem to undermine my credibility, the result is raw insight into the most important dilemma facing out country in the 21st century, one that's being played as a chess game without the people's knowledge.
The Secret Witness
The story follows a female protagonist Constantia Dudley and her relationship with the mysterious Ormond. The Dudley family lives in New York where they get victimized by a trusted employee who embezzles their money and leave them in huge debt. They are forced to move to Philadelphia where they endure the loss of their mother, a yellow fever epidemic, rigors of winter and the exactions of landlords. Constantia, the daughter of the family, manages to keep the family afloat by her efforts and determination. Her luck changes when she meets Ormond, a wealthy military projector and conscientious atheist, who falls in love with her. Ormond helps the Dudley family to rise from poverty and makes numerous efforts to win Constantia's heart. The Secret Witness thematically focuses on the ways in which individuals change in reaction to their social environments. The novel thoroughly explores the republicanism and republican values common to the early American nation.
The Social Magus
Everyone knows UK general elections aren't what they used to be. British politics, Westminster in particular, is mired in an integrity crisis. Expenses scandals, cash for questions, a tainted honours system and other wrong-turns have created a deeply disillusioned electorate. Enter Real Alternative, a bold new party with a youthful, charismatic leader and a radical manifesto. True, it stands to win very few seats, but what really matters is that it has galvanised the young and apathetic. And it apparently has the establishment running scared.Yet RA may be more vulnerable than it looks. Who's funding it? No one quite knows. If its backers are foreign, that would constitute a clear breach of electoral commission rules - which would please a lot of people in Whitehall.Agent John Mordred is assigned to investigate.
The Girl from Kandahar
In Afghanistan, British secret servicewoman Marcie Brown, posing as the third wife of one of ISAF's most trusted operatives, is killed in a drone strike. Or at least, that's what the official report states. Deep inside enemy territory, what remains of her body is deemed irrecoverable. Seven thousand miles away, her grieving husband, MI7 officer Nicholas Fleming, joins a police investigation which stumbles onto an Islamist plot to bomb central London. Handed responsibility for the counter-terrorism initiative, he uncovers evidence that one of the bombers is his wife. By degrees, the utterly unbelievable becomes plausible and, at last, undeniable. And to make matters worse, there's evidence that she's slowly recovering her memory ...
Exposed
Rashin joined the others in the recitation they always said before they ate: "We are the invisible hand of justice, the caretakers of humanity, the voice of reason when the world becomes unreasonable." Rashin believed in those words. Anton D. Morris has concocted not only a swiftly-paced suspense churner, he has also constructed a compelling premise about people's lot in life-how they got where they are-and whether or not they have the wherewithal to change life as they know it. Pacific Book Review Rashin is part of a Black secret society. He has a daughter and two sons. Cassandra's a scrupulous lawyer. Jason runs an international company. Horus runs for President of the United States. Horus has wit, charm, voter's confidence, and a troubling family secret that an upstart journalist wants to Expose. Morris has created more here than just another political potboiler. His examination of black families' ties to one another challenges readers to think twice about their own deeply held convictions ... Morris deftly interweaves socioeconomic theory and good old-fashioned storytelling. He keeps readers involved to the very end or perhaps even longer. -Recommended by Premium US Review of Books
Colt’s Crisis
The Colt Garrett Series is a spy-thriller centering on defense policy wonk Colt Garrett. When the U.S. Secretary of Defense suddenly dies, creating political intrigue, Colt Garrett is appointed by the President to the second-most powerful job in the world. While onboard USS Ronald Reagan in the Western Pacific, he must find and recover missing biological warheads hidden in South Korea before U.S. efforts to bring peace to the region are derailed. Colt's son is a Navy pilot onboard the Reagan, and they struggle to repair their severely strained relationship, while Russian agents conspire to assassinate the new SECDEF before he can influence policy against Russian interests. Espionage, politics, betrayal, romance and assassination all while embarked on one of the most powerful ships in the world combine in this military tech thriller.Colt Garrett Book Categories1.- Spies & Politics2.- Thrillers and Mysteries 3.- Action thrillers4.- Suspense thrillers5.- Espionage6.- Political Intrigue7.- War & Military
I Was a VIP on 11/22/63
This novel is a suspenseful story of a presidential assassin based on real life events. We follow the assassin through his diary, letters, radio shows, and descriptions of his actions. Readers can peer into the mind of this assassin and see how he tries to fulfill his goals, despite numerous blockades. The novel is interspersed with extracts from real world leaders adding an opportunity to know more about the thinking of many other people as they discussed real momentous events in the novel.
The House
After the rogue administrations of Donald Trump and Alexander Baldwin have exposed the weaknesses of our constitutional order the nation has had enough. It calls a constitutional convention to reform our political system. Steve Schmidt, bestselling author of Independence, a novel of contemporary American politics, reports on the convention for the Atlantic Monthly. He has also reconnected with an old flame setting his life on two compelling, side by side tracks.
The Optimistic Futurian
The Optimistic Futurian started out as a social experiment to combat the daily struggle of social media and the 24-hour news cycle. The pessimistic ranting and negativity drove me to create a series of short stories about the world my son will inherit from an optimistic perspective. These 17 stories don't show a dystopian nightmare of zombies or mutants. Instead, they show a younger generation tasked with the survival of the human race flourishing in spite of all criticism. From tera-forming Mars to creating an intelligent response to the growing student loan crisis this generation does what we only dreamed. They turn their empathy into a beacon for the world to see, creating a world based on character and turning a dying world into a symbol of human exceptionalism. If you are someone who thought we'd be closer to Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek vision by now, then this book is for you.
Machine-Ecole
Machine-Ecole raconte l'histoire d'un ministre de l'矇ducation, devenu Pr矇sident de la R矇publique, qui va mettre en place son grand projet: une 矇cole machine qui s'appuie sur les neurosciences, la neurop矇dagogie et les progr癡s de l'informatique, d矇sormais capables de cr矇er des 矇l癡ves augment矇s.Machine-Ecole c'est encore l'histoire de deux France qui se combattent: une France Populaire et une France plus bourgeoise qui ne partagent pas la m礙me vision de la soci矇t矇 et de l'individu.Machine-Ecole, c'est enfin le r矇cit du pouvoir grandissant des grandes firmes num矇riques, bien d矇cid矇es ? faire l'histoire.
Eugenics and Other Evils
I publish these essays at the present time for a particular reason connected with the present situation; a reason which I should like briefly to emphasise and make clear. Though most of the conclusions, especially towards the end, are conceived with reference to recent events, the actual bulk of preliminary notes about the science of Eugenics were written before the war. It was a time when this theme was the topic of the hour; when eugenic babies (not visibly very distinguishable from other babies) sprawled all over the illustrated papers; when the evolutionary fancy of Nietzsche was the new cry among the intellectuals; and when Mr. Bernard Shaw and others were considering the idea that to breed a man like a cart-horse was the true way to attain that higher civilisation, of intellectual magnanimity and sympathetic insight, which may be found in cart-horses. It may therefore appear that I took the opinion too controversially, and it seems to me that I sometimes took it too seriously. But the criticism of Eugenics soon expanded of itself into a more general criticism of a modern craze for scientific officialism and strict social organisation.
Democracy
FOR reasons which many persons thought ridiculous, Mrs. Lightfoot Lee decided to pass the winter in Washington. She was in excellent health, but she said that the climate would do her good. In New York she had troops of friends, but she suddenly became eager to see again the very small number of those who lived on the Potomac. It was only to her closest intimates that she honestly acknowledged herself to be tortured by ennui. Since her husband's death, five years before, she had lost her taste for New York society; she had felt no interest in the price of stocks, and very little in the men who dealt in them; she had become serious. What was it all worth, this wilderness of men and women as monotonous as the brown stone houses they lived in? In her despair she had resorted to desperate measures. She had read philosophy in the original German, and the more she read, the more she was disheartened that so much culture should lead to nothing-nothing.
Sequence of Protocol
In every fiction, there's a bit of truth. In the mid-1960' and early 1970s, some of the most dangerous and ruthless young black men from the brutal streets of Philadelphia formed an alliance within the Nation of Islam's Mosque Number 12. Believing wholeheartedly in the teachings of Elijah Muhammad and his vision of self-sufficiency, they saw themselves as pioneers of a new black nation. Committed to do whatever was necessary, including becoming involved in organized crime and murder.
The Club
Geoff arrived home, was arrested, tried, found guilty, and executed for his fiancees' murder-a crime he did not commit. He awoke from a drug-induced coma to learn his execution had been faked and he now owed the Club the next ten years of his life. He accepted the Club's conditions and became a member--there was no choice. The Founding Fathers having fled tyrannical monarchies of Europe established the Club as insurance against their greatest fear-a corrupt and ever expanding central government. The first name on the Club's founding documents can be found on the American Declaration of Independence.
The Club II
We lured him to a motel with a promised sexual encounter unlike anything he'd ever known. We made good on our promise-there was no sex, but it was without doubt unlike anything he'd ever known. We spiked his drink, teased, and toyed with him until he passed out. Then we tied him up, duct-taped his mouth, threw him into the trunk of our car and drove him to an abandoned farmhouse in the woods where he could scream himself hoarse without anyone hearing him. We waited until the drug wore off and then introduced him to pain. In the end we gave him a choice; he could tell us what we wanted to know and die quickly or die stripped naked with syrup poured in his ears, nose, eyes, and on other areas of his body while tied down in the vicinity of a fire ant community. We took him outside where he could view the area-there were dozens of ant hills. I thanked him for his cooperation and made sure he saw me smile as I slit his throat. I can only speculate as to how deep corruption goes and who is involved in any given circumstance. I only know I will never fully trust my government ever again."
The Kramski Case
When someone starts assassinating paparazzi in three countries, MI7 sits up. Apparently, the killer is none other than Dmitri Vassyli Kramski, retired SVR field-operative and former Kremlin prot矇g矇. True, the Cold War is long finished, but everyone knows Vladimir Putin is as unhappy for Russia to play second fiddle on the international stage as even the most strident of his Communist predecessors. In 2010 therefore, East-West relations remain as tortuous as ever. Kramski's trail leads deep into London's 矇migr矇 community, forcing his pursuers into conflict with an unknown organisation bent on protecting him. Bit by bit, he begins to look less like a professional assassin and more like someone plotting to scupper the foundations of Western democracy itself. To compound matters, the Russians are as baffled by him as anyone.
Mesnadas del pueblo
Mesnadas del pueblo es una obra de personajes ficticios que se desarrolla en las postrimer穩as del siglo XX.La idea de esta novela comenz籀 con los recuerdos que nos llegaron a la mente de aquellos hombres de a pi矇 que sufrieron los embates de la violencia pol穩tica, social y econ籀mica, suscitada en la selva peruana. Pobladores que se convirtieron en protagonistas de esta guerra milenaria, no porque fueron la causa, sino el efecto.Efecto traducido en miseria, muerte, olvido, orfandad, falta de oportunidad e impotencia de no poder accionar frente a los sanguinarios invasores, y al final, obligados por las circunstancias, esta poblaci籀n 矇tnica reaccion籀 por instinto de supervivencia ante la casi total inoperancia de un Estado que se ca穩a tambi矇n a pedazos; que m獺s que seguridad, su sola presencia causaba total inseguridad por su tambi矇n permanente implementada represi籀n contra 矇stos.
El Islam en Cuba
El Islam en Cuba聶Un hecho aislado o un fen籀meno social?Esta obra aborda el tema del Islam en Cuba, particularmente estudia la comunidad Isl獺mica Cubana.El autor realiza un profundo an獺lisis sobre historia, tradici籀n y costumbres, as穩 como la inserci籀n del Islam en las principales religiones cubanas.Este libro invita a un di獺logo franco y espiritual, donde se pueden convertir las diferencias en interesantes puntos de vista; donde la historia se vuelve arte, y el discurso teol籀gico, poes穩a, mostr獺ndonos en esencia qui矇nes realmente somos, ya que el Islam no es un elemento ajeno a nuestra sociedad, sino que se encuentra insertado en nuestras m獺s aut矇nticas ra穩ces.
Not穩cia N瓊o 矇 Poesia. Ou 矇?
Livro de poesias sobre not穩cias. O jornalista Diego Machado transformou a repercuss瓊o de not穩cias em poesia. Alguns desses fatos ganharam os ve穩culos e polarizaram o bate-papo. O olhar destes poemas sai da inten癟瓊o (sempre frustrada do jornalismo) da imparcialidade e critica, opina e se coloca diante de not穩cias que, at矇 num mundo absurdo e inimagin獺vel, seria de se estranhar. Aconteceram e viraram versos.
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.
Extreme Measures, Volume 11
#1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon Vince Flynn delivers a white-knuckled rollercoaster ride of a novel featuring "the best hero the thriller genre has to offer" (The Real Book Spy) as Mitch Rapp wages a war against a new enemy with the help of a fellow soldier as dedicated--and as lethal--as they come. Counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp and his colleague Mike Nash may have finally met their match. The CIA has intercepted two terrorist cells, but a third--led by a dangerous mastermind determined to become al-Qaeda's new leader--is believed to be on the loose. With such a terrifyingly deadly enemy out there, Rapp needs the best of the best by his side and he believes he has that with Nash. Together, they have made careers out of meeting violence with extreme violence and have never wavered in the top-secret fight against the war on terrorism. Both have been forced to lie to virtually every single person they care about, and both have soldiered on with the knowledge that their lethal tactics have saved thousands of lives. But certain leaders on Capitol Hill are pushing to have men like Rapp and Nash put on a short leash. And then one spring afternoon in Washington, DC, everything changes. With nonstop action and ripped-from-the-headlines writing, Extreme Measures is the political thriller of our time and proves once again that, "in the world of black-ops thrillers, Mitch Rapp continues to be among the best of the best" (Booklist, starred review).
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.
