Sophia
Sophia has just enjoyed a cup of coffee in the university canteen with her close friend Cathy when her laptop screen becomes infested with a swarm of bee-like insects; unknown to her this is the signal that her first visit from the voice, an extra-terrestrial agent, is about to take place. The voice calmly asks her to take on the role of diverting humanity away from its present self-destructive course which, if left unchanged, will lead swiftly to the sixth extinction. Sophia is shocked by the enormity of the request, and challenges the voice about why she has been chosen, and whether she is up to the job, but eventually reluctantly accepts, having consulted at length with her boyfriend Matt. The story then charts Sophia's life, the internal struggles she faces, and her multiple conversations with the voice, her mentor, as she sets up Domum amid growing opposition; she is found often in the carefully depicted domestic settings of her and Matt's families, where there are many moments of high comedy. In parallel a number of paranormal events occur around the world; examples are lightbox advertisements changing their messaging to stark reminders of the damage being reeked by humanity, collective suicide by puffins in Iceland whose older members plunge themselves into the caldera of a volcano, apparently in protest at the industrial fishing of sand eels, and bees deciding en masse to leave their hives in Patagonia to escape to wilder terrain unspoilt by farming. These incidents shock most people into thinking seriously about the wellbeing of the planet, but with the consequence that they usually divide into one of two camps, the survivalists and the hedonists. Some of the key characters in the book are Mark, an advertising agent with whom Sophia gradually falls in love, Boghilder, an Icelandic barmaid with a hilarious and sensuous humour, and Sir Carl Layman, her deadly opponent who founds Project Guillotine in order to dispose once and for all of Domum and Sofia. The denouement happens when the prime minister, a close friend of Sir Carl, finds that even members of her own party cannot accept her decision to label Domum as a proscribed terrorist organisation; this leads to her defeat on a vote of confidence, a general election, and at the end of a long night of waiting, a victory for the coalition of opposition parties who support Domum. But Sophie is left wondering where the seismic forces she has unleashed are going to settle as time moves forward.
Tremors and Transformations
Maybe it is the fact that I witnessed one of the major revolutions that highlight a turmoil-full Bolivian history, maybe it is my education, I am sensitive to political turmoil. My political seismograph is acute. This explains my despondency over recent developments in the country that was once perceived as the north star for democracy. This book refers to this and other political tremors as the setting within which heroes and heroines need to live their lives. Their stories, their transformations could inspire or intrigue the reader. I have always been impressed with personal growth.This book contains stories of individuals from disparate places and upbringings, different economic conditions, and diverse educational backgrounds. They all try to sort out the conditions that challenge them and seek to rise to the occasion.The reader will also find two stories written with a healthy dose of sarcasm--one about a country that is lifted from horrible misery, only to crash soon thereafter. The other about a tiny dog whose life is terribly affected by a misguided owner, and a selfish girlfriend. One can also find a short story with a touch of dark humor- hopefully, it will bring a smile. Finally, we find a collection of men complaining about their amorous misfortunes. I can imagine the reactions will split along the gender divide.
Black Wonder
Black WonderBy: Thomas DavisFound as an abandoned baby, Tawanna grows up seeing all the injustice and wrong in the world. When she loses everything, she becomes a hero who fights racism, sexism, corrupt cops, and corrupt government. Through the teaching and training of her adoptive father, Tawanna fights for truth and equality and is a message of hope in the story of Black Wonder.About the AuthorBorn and raised in Charleston, South Carolina, Thomas Davis, thirty-five, grew up questioning everything, then started researching spirituality. His characters fight for truth and equality.
Tail Whip of the Black Dragon
The spring before a presidential election, David Drummer, Senior Analyst in Charge of Interagency Communications in the FBI's Kansas City office, is planning his upcoming retirement to Eleuthera with his lover, Rachel. Instead of enjoying his last few months at the Bureau, he comes face-to-face with several evil scenarios: a scandal of far-reaching consequences within the bureau, two apparently unrelated police killings (three thousand miles apart), and grassroots rallies designed to rile the voting populace against foreigners. International terrorism and government retaliation form the backdrop to these domestic events. David becomes deeply involved in the cover-up of the bureau scandal. In an effort to influence the outcome of the investigation, he decides to play puppeteer to a newspaper reporter. He feeds the reporter just enough information to keep his investigation alive. Several local murders cause David great concern; he digs into a political force from the past that may have some bearing on the rallies. His team focuses on learning the driving force behind the rallies, and wonders: Are they a hint of evil to come? The bureau's manipulative efforts to bury the scandal, as well as the facts uncovered about a dangerous conspiracy, cause David's emotional and physical well-being to spiral inexorably out of control. Rachel is his rock as he struggles to reach retirement. Will David get caught in the tail whip of the Black Dragon?
2034A Novel of the Next World War
An instant New York Times Bestseller! "Consider this another vaccine against disaster. Fortunately, this dose won't cause a temporary fever--and it happens to be a rippingly good read." --Wired "This crisply written and well-paced book reads like an all-caps warning for a world shackled to the machines we carry in our pockets and place on our laps . . ." --The Washington Post From two former military officers and award-winning authors, a chillingly authentic geopolitical thriller that imagines a naval clash between the US and China in the South China Sea in 2034--and the path from there to a nightmarish global conflagration. On March 12, 2034, US Navy Commodore Sarah Hunt is on the bridge of her flagship, the guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones, conducting a routine freedom of navigation patrol in the South China Sea when her ship detects an unflagged trawler in clear distress, smoke billowing from its bridge. On that same day, US Marine aviator Major Chris "Wedge" Mitchell is flying an F35E Lightning over the Strait of Hormuz, testing a new stealth technology as he flirts with Iranian airspace. By the end of that day, Wedge will be an Iranian prisoner, and Sarah Hunt's destroyer will lie at the bottom of the sea, sunk by the Chinese Navy. Iran and China have clearly coordinated their moves, which involve the use of powerful new forms of cyber weaponry that render US ships and planes defenseless. In a single day, America's faith in its military's strategic pre-eminence is in tatters. A new, terrifying era is at hand. So begins a disturbingly plausible work of speculative fiction, co-authored by an award-winning novelist and decorated Marine veteran and the former commander of NATO, a legendary admiral who has spent much of his career strategically outmaneuvering America's most tenacious adversaries. Written with a powerful blend of geopolitical sophistication and human empathy, 2034 takes us inside the minds of a global cast of characters--Americans, Chinese, Iranians, Russians, Indians--as a series of arrogant miscalculations on all sides leads the world into an intensifying international storm. In the end, China and the United States will have paid a staggering cost, one that forever alters the global balance of power. Everything in 2034 is an imaginative extrapolation from present-day facts on the ground combined with the authors' years working at the highest and most classified levels of national security. Sometimes it takes a brilliant work of fiction to illuminate the most dire of warnings: 2034 is all too close at hand, and this cautionary tale presents the reader a dark yet possible future that we must do all we can to avoid.
Gary The Go-Cart
Author is the winner of the Literary Titan Award and the International Impact Book award.This book is a compilation of two children's books that teach kids on one level and teenagers and adults read it on a different level.The Gary the Go-Cart books give a different perspective on energy and the environment from the one that is normally heard. Wind Energy is actually horrible for the environment, and climate change is really all about power and money and has nothing to do with the environment. This perspective is shared by large numbers of experts who are not having their voices heard. It is written as a fun story, with poetry, rhyme, and cadence. Gary the Go-Cart tackles Wind Energy, Climate Change, and Fake News in a manner that is simple enough that even a child can enjoy it. The intention is to educate the adult reading it.There is a page at the end of each story entitled, "For the Adults in the Room." These pages give information and quotes showing the problems with wind energy and carbon capture.Get it for your high schooler to read! They need to hear this before they get to college and are totally indoctrinated!It is 68 pages of full-color illustrations. It is illustrated by the late, award-winning Sidnei Marques.
Danger in the Air
Danger in the Air is the first book in the Alice Ott Mystery Series.Author Dusty J. Miller's passion as an activist, and life-long addiction to fiction compelled her to write the adventures of Alice Ott, Raging Granny and cyber sleuth. Danger in the Air takes the reader on a fast-paced adventure from the quiet villages of Western New England into the epicenter of biological warfare, the high security labs at Ft. Detrick, Maryland. Alice Ott, with the help of a small band of concerned senior citizens, exposes a lethal cover-up. Alice successfully eludes dangerous covert operatives in her quest to reveal the origins of the infamous anthrax letters. Along the way, she reunites with her long-lost French lover and co-conspirator, Gerard, and proves that age is a state of mind.
He Lost, He Lost!
HE LOST, HE LOST! features four major reasons that Trump lost - not just the election but popular support, based on a series of cartoons with a spirit of levity. The commentary is written in this same spirit, while providing some background to explain the comparisons made in the cartoons. The four reasons Trump lost are these: - Trump is Bats in that he is like a bat flying in the dark so he can't see what's real very well, and he's running or running away like a bat out of hell. - Trump Is Nuts in that he is like a variety of nuts from peanuts to cashews and pecans, and finally he is carted off to the nuthouse. - Trump Is an Animal in that he is like a male animal fighting for power, women, and territory; - Trump is like a Variety of Extinct Animals or Humans in that he is like a variety of dinosaurs and other extinct creatures. He Lost, He Lost! is a fun, yet insightful look into the malignant narcissist that just left the White house. It is an easy read that 80,000,000 of us can enjoy." Charles E. Hooper, Speaker Coach, Sacramento, California"If you need a good laugh during this trying time, check out this new book. It's an SNL literary approach with great illustrations and satire." John Covert, Crystal Image Variety Band, Jackson, California"This book brings some laughs and light in a dark time. Sure to make you smile. For me it's a must read." Mark Gagnon, Film Critic, Los Angeles, California Sandi Derring is an author who has long been following the ups and downs of Trump's 2016 campaign, White House years, 2020 election, and final defeat. She also supports science, preserving the environment, recognizing climate control, and eradicating the coronavirus -- all things Trump is against or has chosen to ignore.
Fifty Essays
Fifty Essays (1946) is a collection of wartime pieces by George Orwell. It covers a variety of topics in English literature, and also includes some pioneering studies of popular culture. It was acclaimed by critics, and Orwell himself thought it one of his most important books.
Racism in America Why?
Mitch had been dreaming his whole future as a white man but in reality he was actually a person of color. While Mitch spends his time speaking about Racism in America and a vaccine for Covid-19, he found True Love. The author, Charles Cook Jr., was born in the month of July. Fast forward through time and life's journey, was drafted into the army, received an honorable discharge and retired 33 years from the United States Postal Service. He has one grown son, Terrance C. Cook. Co-author, Terrance C. Cook was born in Decatur Georgia, March 19, 1986. His mother's name is Demecia Jones, and he has two brothers Michael Jones and DeMario Jones. Co-author, Felecia R. Bush is a mother of a son, Ronald D. Bush (Pam), a daughter, Alecia B. Rhone(John), grandmother to two granddaughters, Jahnesha and Alenna Rhone. One grandson, Isaiah J. Bush and an adorable great-grandson, Asaiah Rhone. She is a native of Cleveland, OH, and her ancestors are natives of Georgia. Ms. Bush was born under the zodiac sign Aries. This book is dedicated to her mother Grace Vincent-Smith.
Doodleman and the Tail of Two Kingdoms
Two fictional worlds exist side-by-side. One is home to a united population that follows science, inclusion, and common sense. The other is led by a want-to-be king who styles himself as the Emperor and is only interested in his own concerns. Narrated from a future perspective through memoirs and other media, Doodleman and the Tail of Two Kingdoms juxtaposes how the history of these two lands unfolded. What kind of disasters might arise from policies that encourage hate and discrimination? Watch the fallout unfold as people are pitted one against the other and pushed to the brink of rebellion.Doodleman and the Tail of Two Kingdoms will challenge readers to carefully consider the state of their own nation and governing authorities....
Socialism
We all know dogmatic self-righteous radical leftists, and if we don't, we get to watch them in action every day on the news. This book attempts to show the left's immoral tactics and hypocrisy as seen through the eyes of an innocent young dog. His master, the book's antagonist, is an over educated and under employed avowed socialist who seeks to undermine the constitution and destroy his political opponents by any means, fair or foul, using the excuse that the end justifies any means. His dog is not so sure and asks far too many uncomfortable questions. This sets up a series of humorous discussions that shows the Master's ideology for what it really is. Cheer for the pup as he unwillingly engages in his campaign for rights and freedom!
Doodleman and the Tail of Two Kingdoms
Two fictional worlds exist side-by-side. One is home to a united population that follows science, inclusion, and common sense. The other is led by a want-to-be king who styles himself as the Emperor and is only interested in his own concerns. Narrated from a future perspective through memoirs and other media, Doodleman and the Tail of Two Kingdoms juxtaposes how the history of these two lands unfolded. What kind of disasters might arise from policies that encourage hate and discrimination? Watch the fallout unfold as people are pitted one against the other and pushed to the brink of rebellion.Doodleman and the Tail of Two Kingdoms will challenge readers to carefully consider the state of their own nation and governing authorities.
The Trial of George W. Bush
THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL POLITICAL NOVEL IN AMERICA Following the worst terrorist attacks in American history on September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush pledged to bring those responsible to justice, especially the mastermind behind it all, Osama bin Laden. After failing to capture bin Laden in Afghanistan, George W. Bush shifted his attention and that of our country to Saddam Hussein and Iraq, neither of which had anything to do with the 9/11 attacks (as history has proven). Bush, Jr., wanted a war in Iraq, and with the help of others in his administration, he succeeded in waging one regardless of its price in human lives or expense to his country's treasury. George W. Bush's Iraq War lasted eight and a half years, killed tens of thousands of people, and cost the United States trillions of dollars. In Terry Jastrow's new novel, The Trial of George W. Bush, past evil deeds are exposed and reckoned with in a most unexpected way. At a time when America's political leadership has alienated itself from the rest of the world, the scales of justice respond in a trial at the International Criminal Court in which former President George W. Bush is accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. This fascinating trial brings together eyewitness testimony from a former Secretary of State, the Commander of US Central Command who oversaw military operations, an American counterterrorism expert, and a female Iraqi blogger, who reads from the blogs she wrote while Bush's war was destroying her country. As the trial ends after weeks of contentious statements and nonstop coverage by an overzealous media, a captivated worldwide public awaits the determination of Bush's fate. Will he be found guilty or not? The surprising verdict is revealed in Terry Jastrow's new novel, The Trial of George W. Bush.
Protect and Defend, Volume 10
Counterterrorist agent Mitch Rapp is on a collision course with America's most feared enemy in this white-knuckle thriller from "the best pure adrenaline-charged action writer out there" (The Providence Journal) and #1 New York Times bestselling author of American Assassin. No longer willing to wait for the international community to stop its neighboring enemy, Israel brings down Iran's billion-dollar nuclear program in an ingeniously conceived operation. The attack leaves a radioactive tomb and environmental disaster in its wake, and has Iranian president Amatullah calling for blood--American blood. Seeing opportunity where others fear reprisals, Mitch Rapp devises a brilliant plan to humiliate Iran's government and push the nation to the brink of revolution. But when a back-channel meeting between CIA director Irene Kennedy and her Iranian counterpart goes disastrously wrong, Rapp is locked in a showdown with a Hezbollah mastermind in league with Amatullah--and he is given twenty-four hours to do whatever it takes to stop unthinkable catastrophe.
Dead Fish
It's 20 -a changed yet still complacent America-and Lorraine Mulderon is mad. She's mad that dying fish litter the shores of her small Connecticut coastal town. She's mad other birds seem to be dying, possibly indirectly related to fish deaths. She's still mad about a wave of crow deaths over a decade ago. Oh, and Lorraine is also mad about small local irritants-four-way stop signs, rude "flocks" of bikers clogging up roadways, water wasted on lawns, too much alcohol consumption. But, mostly, Lorraine is mad at the lack of madness. Lorraine writes letters, contacts agencies that no longer employ people, only manage voicemails. She types discursive comments on blogs and websites. She makes speeches. She phones lazy, and now corrupt, legislators. She is ignored. What has happened to passion? What has happened to our country? And, now, what has happened to Lorraine? Lorraine disappears after a large New York protest march. Her daughter, Haley, is desperate to find her, and ultimately writes a letter to Lorraine for publication, hoping her mother will read it and return. Perhaps Lorraine's favorite birds-blue jays-can fill in these blanks. Actually, a bird's eye view reveals certain truths too difficult for all of us immersed, anchored, and egocentric humans to understand. The blue jays know Lorraine's is a story about our country's greatest sin-the normalization of tragedy.
A bondade de Deus e a for癟a dos homens
Conceber pol穩tica 矇, antes de tudo, olhar para o ser humano em a癟瓊o. Os humanos interagem em busca de uma dada plenitude de direito, de acesso ao poder, de participa癟瓊o e atua癟瓊o no campo decis籀rio, de consumo dos bens produzidos e de uso dos recursos dispon穩veis. Escrevendo entre 1635 e 1638, a atua癟瓊o do Cardeal Richelieu gerou o "Testamento Pol穩tico", um documento de orienta癟瓊o ao Rei Lu穩s XIII da Fran癟a. Neste documento registra posicionamentos enf獺ticos, descreve como um governante deve agir, como deve se posicionar e o tratamento dispensado aos inimigos. Um homem de f矇 inquebrant獺vel, afirmava que "O reino de Deus 矇 o princ穩pio do governo dos Estados: e com efeito 矇 uma coisa t瓊o absolutamente necess獺ria, que sem esse fundamento n瓊o h獺 pr穩ncipe que possa bem reinar, nem Estado que possa ser feliz".Discutir os fundamentos do Estado moderno 矇 um desafio marcado pela solid瓊o do pesquisador. Neste distanciamento Alexandre Pierezan se envolve e escreve "A bondade de Deus e a for癟a dos homens: o Testamento Pol穩tico do Cardeal Richelieu", uma obra marcada pelo agir de Richelieu que "sempre recorreu ?s combina癟繭es religiosas e estrat矇gicas, deixando nas m瓊os de Deus as conquistas que a prud礙ncia e a for癟a dos homens n瓊o pudessem garantir".
Satyagraha 2020
Satyagraha is a short story of dark shade of politics and resistance developed by a person over the time.
The Prague Protocol
A shocking assassination. A lethal cover up. Can a prominent British lawyer smash a conspiracy before he becomes the next victim?Human rights lawyer Scott Mitchell's idealism has turned to cynicism. So when a top UK politician is assassinated, he's not surprised to discover an incriminating list of names linking his wealthy Russian oligarch client to the crime. But he's shaken to the core when the victim's lawyer is brutally tortured and killed. With MI6 and the police determined to string him up for the murder, Mitchell uncovers evidence of a worldwide money-laundering operation. But as the people with the truth die one-by-one, he must choose his allies carefully...or pay with his life. Can Mitchell prove his client's innocence before he winds up in the killer's crosshairs?The Prague Protocol is the third book in the riveting Puppet Meisters Trilogy, a political conspiracy thriller series. If you like pulse-pounding espionage, authentic characters, and rich international intrigue, then you'll love Adrian Churchward's epic suspense novel.Buy The Prague Protocol to unmask corruption today!
Gary The Go-Cart
"Carbon Comes out of the Closet" is a humorous conservative "Children's Book" that tackles Climate Change, Energy and Fake News in a manner that is so simple, even a child can understand it on some level. (Hopefully, the parent will get it as well!) It tells the inconvenient truth about the carbon controversy. It clearly illustrates how it is all about politics and money and nothing to do with the environment. It is a fun story, written in poetry with rhyme and cadence. It is illustrated by the late, great award-winning Sidnei Marques, who passed away shortly after completing the illustrations for this book. It is titled the way it is because the author was tired of hearing people being vilified for not believing in man-made catastrophic climate change and she wanted to "Come out of the closet" and go ahead and say out loud that she didn't believe it either. This book shows how carbon dioxide is actually good for the environment. It presents a side of the climate change argument that isn't often heard. The book can be read on one level to a child, and on a much deeper level by a teenager or an adult. It will likely make you laugh out loud. There is a section at the back of the books, "For the adults in the room" that helps explain the concepts in more depth.The Gary the Go-Cart series was written to balance the conversation surrounding energy and the environment. BB's goal was to simplify some rather complicated ideas about energy and climate change.
Madam Vice President
Victoria Pierce is not the person she claims to be. As a beautiful farm girl, living in desolation on the Oklahoma range, she escapes her draconian "parents," hitchhikes to San Francisco, and enlists in the United States Marine Corps. After surviving the rigors of basic training, Victoria is promoted through the ranks from Private to Brigadier General. Throughout her evolution, General Pierce and United States Senator Sam Eagan carry on a torrid love affair. Victoria joins Sam's campaign for president, first as his military consultant and later as his vice presidential candidate. No one, not even Sam Eagan, is aware of Victoria's clandestine past, except for one anonymous and demented caller. During the presidential campaign, Victoria befriends reporter Grace Brandon, but Grace becomes increasingly suspicious of Victoria's urban sophistication which belies an agrarian past. This leads Grace into investigative reporting that eventually unravels the truth about Victoria's past. However, before Grace can get to the bottom of the story, Sam and Victoria win the presidential election. Not long afterwards, Victoria ascends to the office of acting president under the 25th amendment. Grace finally completes her investigation and convinces her editor to release a bombshell of a story. America is shocked. Victoria reacts. Will the story require Victoria to resign or can she survive the revelation?
Madam Vice President
Victoria Pierce is not the person she claims to be. As a beautiful farm girl, living in desolation on the Oklahoma range, she escapes her draconian "parents," hitchhikes to San Francisco, and enlists in the United States Marine Corps. After surviving the rigors of basic training, Victoria is promoted through the ranks from Private to Brigadier General. Throughout her evolution, General Pierce and United States Senator Sam Eagan carry on a torrid love affair. Victoria joins Sam's campaign for president, first as his military consultant and later as his vice presidential candidate. No one, not even Sam Eagan, is aware of Victoria's clandestine past, except for one anonymous and demented caller. During the presidential campaign, Victoria befriends reporter Grace Brandon, but Grace becomes increasingly suspicious of Victoria's urban sophistication which belies an agrarian past. This leads Grace into investigative reporting that eventually unravels the truth about Victoria's past. However, before Grace can get to the bottom of the story, Sam and Victoria win the presidential election. Not long afterwards, Victoria ascends to the office of acting president under the 25th amendment. Grace finally completes her investigation and convinces her editor to release a bombshell of a story. America is shocked. Victoria reacts. Will the story require Victoria to resign or can she survive the revelation?
Stealing The Future
Behind the Berlin Wall a dissident is on the trail of a killer This "compelling" series (Fiona Rintoul, Leipzig Affair) is set in an East Germany that didn't end in 1990. 1993. After forty years of communist rule it's time for change: participatory democracy, citizen's movements and de-centralization are part of a new political landscape in East Berlin. But when a politician's crushed body is found a constitutional crisis erupts. Ex-dissident Martin Grobe turns detective and his investigations point towards the Stasi, the KGB and the West Germans--has he uncovered a putsch against the new GDR, or is it just a conspiracy to murder?
Der Untertan
Heinrich Mann: Der Untertan - Entwicklungsroman eines Obrigkeitsh繹rigen Neu editierte 2021er Ausgabe, mit aktualisierter Rechtschreibung und Fu?noten Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts, Zeit des wilhelminischen Kaiserreichs: Der introvertierte Knabe Diederich He?ling lernt im reaktion瓣ren Klima jener Zeit schnell, sich Autorit瓣ten zu beugen und sich opportunistisch auf die Seite der St瓣rkeren zu schlagen. Bedacht auf eigene Vorteile, nimmt er Schule, Studium und Studentenverbindung als Vorbereitung, um sich im System des Katzbuckelns bei gleichzeitiger R羹cksichtslosigkeit Schw瓣cheren gegen羹ber Vorteile zu verschaffen. He?lings Sucht zur lustvollen Unterwerfung gipfelt in absoluter H繹rigkeit dem Kaiser gegen羹ber, der sich in imperialistischem Gr繹?enwahn zum Weltenherrscher berufen sieht. - Heinrich Mann portr瓣tiert in diesem 1918 erschienenen Roman den Prototypen eines Menschenschlags, der sich in noch 羹blerer Form f羹nfzehn Jahre sp瓣ter, als die Nazis die Macht 羹bernehmen, Bahn brechen wird. (c) Redaktion AuraBooks, 2021
Der Untertan
Der Untertan ist ein Roman von Heinrich Mann aus dem Jahr 1914. Die erste Buchausgabe erschien 1918. Der Roman erz瓣hlt von Diederich He?ling als Beispiel f羹r einen bestimmten Typ Mensch in der Gesellschaft des deutschen Kaiserreichs. He?ling ist obrigkeitsh繹rig, feige und ohne Zivilcourage. Er ist ein Mitl瓣ufer und Konformist. Heinrich Mann erz瓣hlt mit ironischer Distanz He?lings Lebensgeschichte von dessen Kindheit bis hin zur Sicherung seiner Stellung in der wilhelminischen Gesellschaft. Der Untertan persifliert die wilhelminische Epoche und analysiert die Situation der damaligen Zeit. Heinrich Mann diagnostizierte die nationalistische Politik sowie die Machtverh瓣ltnisse seiner Epoche unter der Regierung Wilhelms II.
Whistleblower
Journalist, Jack Parker sets out to capture the truth of the injustices plaguing society. However, as he rises through the ranks of his job earning a comfortable promotion and rubbing shoulders with politicians, the truth spirals out of his grasp. Leaving society to slowly decay in a cesspool of lies and corruption. Get your copy today by clicking the "Buy Now" button right now!
The Six Pointed Star
Manuel Tiago derived much of his material for this book about prison life from the years he spent in detention for his political views during the era of Portuguese fascism. There are three "political" prisoners in this novelistic m矇moire, but mostly we meet men convicted for other types of crimes, many of them violent. But in a backward, repressive society, is stealing food for the poor or trying to demand justice for your fellow workers truly a crime? Many writers have applied their gritty realism to the subject of prison, again, some from personal experience. The Six-Pointed Star, now available to an English-language readership, joins the select company of great books on this theme.The author opens and closes his account on the outside of the prison. On almost every page, he tells stories, some tragic, some even with elements of humor, showing that life on the inside mirrors that on the outside. All the human qualities, both positive and negative, that we see there, we also see here.In this composite tapestry of a place, a time, and a shifting population of 500 men, almost any reader will be able to identify moments in their own lives when they were just this far away from committing a crime, or wanting to, and ending up as these men did. However many reasons there may be why people commit crimes, even heinous ones, prison does not cancel a person's humanity. That may be in itself the single most important "message" this book communicates.
The Mindful President
This timely fiction illustrates a pursuit to come to terms with life, how to see things as they are and how to act in a way which brings relative happiness and peace with self and others-how to live. Amidst great confusion, conflict, and the world of calamities and crises, brought about by corrupt and selfish behavior, Juan Miguel Soto Rios, a modern-day president of Mexico, finds a way to deal with his destructive programmed predisposition and a chaotic thought process. He finds a way to balance what his inner voice tells him with the many voices that come from the outside and the world of others. Miguel's compelling story is one of discovery, transformation, and growth, as he faces personal and professional difficulties. Through a glimpse into his inner life and the practical application of his discoveries, we are shown how his efforts bring consequences that significantly influence and transform his path, those of many others, and the future of his beloved country as well as the world. Includes Reading Guide.
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 only the fever of fear, and voluntary blindness towards our collective histories, that dictated his decision-making. Now he must stop a war, that may erase history itself.
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?
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.
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.
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!
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?
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.
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.
