The Cromwell Enigma
July 1540. The courts of Europe are stunned to hear that Henry VIII has executed his all-powerful minister, Thomas Cromwell.Poet and classicist Nicholas Bourbon is sent from the cultured court of Queen Marguerite of Navarre to investigate. Thrust into a turbulent world of religious, political and personal rivalries, his travels take him far and wide. He endures perils at sea, incarceration in a monastic prison and poisonous intrigue in the Tudor court. Yet this retiring scholar cannot abandon a quest which steadily becomes an obsession, drawing him ever deeper into the beliefs and motivations of his mysterious quarry.Only after facing many hazards does he discover the astonishing secret that unlocks the Cromwell enigma.This thrilling historical novel blends fact and fiction together seamlessly to deliver a novel about Thomas Cromwell rich in description and history. A real page turner for those who are fans of Hilary Mantel and Alison Weir, The Cromwell Enigma will captivate anyone with an interest in the Tudor period. This is historical fiction at its finest as Derek Wilson delivers an engaging narrative on the life and mystery of Thomas Cromwell.
Philip Dru Administrator, a Story of Tomorrow, 1920-1935
"Philip Dru: Administrator: a Story of Tomorrow, 1920-1935" is a futuristic political novel published anonymously in 1912 by Edward Mandell House, an American diplomat, politician and presidential foreign policy advisor. His book's hero leads the democratic western U.S. in a civil war against the plutocratic East, and becomes the dictator of America. Dru as dictator imposes a series of reforms that resemble the Bull Moose platform of 1912 and then vanishes. This new editions adds an introduction by Karl Wurf and a portrait of House.
Separation of Power, Volume 5
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the electrifying Mitch Rapp series "knows how deliver action in his novels" (St. Paul Pioneer Press) and does so again with this thrilling follow-up to The Third Option. The confirmation of Dr. Irene Kennedy as the CIA's new director explodes into chaos as a deadly inside plot to destroy her and prematurely end the president's term emerges. Meanwhile, a dangerous world leader gains power in the nuclear arms race, leading Israel to force the president's hand with a chilling ultimatum. With the specter of World War III looming, the president calls on top counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp, but with only two weeks to take out the nukes, Rapp is up against a ticking clock--and impossible odds.
Blowback
From #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and #1 Publishers Weekly bestselling author, Brad Thor, comes Blowback. Scot Harvath's counterterrorism career has just crashed and burned--thanks in part to a ruthless senator with her sights set on the White House. But when the war on terror takes a chilling turn, the president has no choice but to secretly bring Harvath back inside. Deep beneath an Alpine glacier, an ancient weapon designed to decimate the Roman Empire has been unearthed--and a shadowy organization intends to use it for America's downfall. Racing across Europe, Harvath must secure the ultimate instrument of destruction before it brings the United States and the rest of the world to their knees.
Coda
Senator Bob Hill (R-PA) is sentenced for involuntary manslaughter for an accident in which he was driving under the influence. Prior to completing his sentence in jail, the Senator is ordered to enter a substance abuse treatment program. His personal life and his political ambitions shattered, Sen. Hill is little aware that during treatment at the Betty Ford Clinic he will be surprised by the miracle of a statue that comes to life and challenges his recovery.
Trump's Second Term
America is in crisis. The country is locked down with a pandemic. The economy is deteriorating. Businesses are going bankrupt. 40 million people are unemployed. The country's health system is in tatters. There are protests and rioting around the country. Relations with China are at an all-time low. It also is a presidential election year. The country is divided. Despite the myriad of problems the country faces, the race is very close. Within this context of America at a turning point, what if Trump had won reelection in 2020. What would happen?From Trump's reelection in 2020 until the time he leaves office, this story of America is played out in graphic detail with some good, some bad, some horrible, and some redemption. It is told through the eyes of both the President's supporters and detractors. During his second term, Trump will aggressively promote his vision and agenda. Some will try anything to stop him, but will they succeed?This is a story of a troubled America and its political leadership. People must follow their consciences or their party. Everything that happens in this book is plausible but not predictable.In Trump's America, no one can sit on the sidelines.
One
A gripping thriller for fans of romantic murder mysteriesSydney Jones Series, book 3Sydney enjoys a life of prestige, power, and luxury. What's missing is the love of her life. Walker, the father of her son was killed, and now she'll never know the reasons for his premature disappearance.Grieving her loss, she along with her son return to their island villa. Her enemies were staking out the location for their latest schemes. Judith, an old imposter friend accidentally discovered a secret and unknown to Sydney was blackmailing the source. The buried truth would provide answers to her burning desire for closure and be able to move forward with her life.Returning to the city, Sydney continued attracting high-profile clients in her law practice. Some she should've refused counsel. Her daredevil attitude always won out, and she'd escaped an assassin's target more than once. Will she survive the latest attacks from professional and personal enemies to die another day?Tap the "Buy Now" button to discover if Sydney's desire to become ONE will be her undoing or if the hand of fate will set her free to live and love again?Scroll up and grab a copy today.
Behind the Throne
Reproduction of the original: Behind the Throne by William Le Queux
Concerning Children
Reproduction of the original: Concerning Children by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Potomac Princess
A page-turning story about a presidential election campaign with more than its share of twists, turns, and surprises.Kati Case is 37 and in her third term in the House of Representatives. Four years before, she masterminded her widower father's unsuccessful campaign for the presidency but nonetheless saw him appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court as a consolation prize. Now, she's trying again, promoting the candidacy of handsome Senator and former Hollywood studio executive Wilson Burnett, not only Kati's chosen candidate, but her bed-mate as well. But Kati - described by the press as having "movie-star looks" and called, to her annoyance, "Princess of the Potomac" - has an uphill fight. First, Senator Burnett needs to wrest the nomination from the incumbent, the bumbling President Bromwell, who is even worse than he seems. If the Senator succeeds, there's still the opposing party's candidate to overcome. All the while, Kati has a to deal with her own ambitions, anxieties and reservations about what she's doing, as well as her significant relationship issues. Written in a breezy style with crisp dialogue and populated by a colorful group of Capitol characters, including a politically in-touch news reporter; his pretty, surprising, and fast-talking new girl friend; a good-looking Congressman from the other party who's hot for Kati; a dirt-bag fixer who serves as the incumbent president's right-hand man; and a reluctant ten-term African-American congressman persuaded by Kati into joining the campaign team, this is a story of a presidential election unlike any we've seen.
Notes from a Modern ChimurengaCollected Stuggle Stories
Notes from a Modern Chimurenga is an extensive collection of Zimbabwe's political struggle short stories. It covers: the modern Chimurenga period from the formation of tribal trust lands (The Tortoise); the liberation wars (Zanzibar, Eating Whilst Running); the Gukurahundi massacre (Gukurahundi); the late 1990s democratic struggles pitting ZANUPF against the MDC (The List, Mbuya Chitungwiza, Operation Murambatsvina, Notes from Mai Mujuru's Breast, Breaking the Silence); the individual struggle within this democratic struggle (Mushazhike, Nyadzonya); the resultant migration and exilitic stories (Limpopo Bones, Germinston 1401); the corruption (Nyakasikana, Tree of the Year); the mismanagement of the country, the beatings and killings (Leonard, Karidza, Raising A Cain again); and the continuing democratic struggles.
The ActivistsTheActivists
Rats and Frauds Beware--Activists Are Coming to Save Democracy Four young activists, Izzy, Zoom, Roxy, and Fritz, make it their mission to agitate against the decay of democracy. In their travels to New York, Washington DC, and through the heartland, they confront our political frauds and the fools who voted for them. When they become the target of violence in a rural town, they engage the community and find creative and entertaining ways to shake citizens out of their narrow-minded lethargy. Rats and frauds beware. The activists in this political fairy tale participate in a variety of whimsical events: A figure reminiscent of the Pied Piper entices frauds to march as rats into the Potomac River; an artist paints a portrait of the wannabe dictator and incorporates the hues from a donkey's ass; and ticks find their way onto the scalps of white nationalists. The Activists confronts the turmoil in America with satire, bits of magic, drumming, art, rhyming, and political theater. Similar to the Parkland activists and the likes of Greta Thunberg, the novel's protagonists are passionate about the future and take action. If you want political change, you will find this novel stimulating and amusing.
Participation TrophyHow the Rise of Progressive Socialism Leads to the Fall of the United
Throughout history, we have seen socialism destroy the economic success of countries in the past. But if socialism conquered the current American political landscape, what would the future of the United States look like? In his latest work, Participation Trophy: How the Rise of Progressive Socialism Leads to the Fall of the US, author James J. Stolze answers this question that is on the minds of many Americans as they witness the socialistic policies at the heart of the 2020 presidential election. Through a fictionalized account of an America of the near future, Stolze uses current political events to predict what could potentially transpire in American society if progressive socialism was given authority in the United States. With his professional experience in economics, finance, and investments, Stolze has learned that progressive socialism has the potential to completely ruin the economy of the United States. Now, in this thrilling and sobering work, Stolze shows the reality of socialism and the effects of this damaging political ideology. Discover the truth behind democratic economic plans such as Medicare for All, the New Green Deal, and the Housing Program, which could cost $40-50 trillion over just a decade. In Stolze's mesmerizing look at American politics, you'll learn how the massive tax increases for these programs will not come close to paying for them, the deficit will explode, and the stock market will crash over time. Participation Trophy will inspire you to boldly fight socialism and play your part in protecting the future of your nation with a very powerful weapon--your vote. James J. Stolze is a finance professional, currently serving as the CFO of a very large religious organization. He formerly managed an $8 billion investment portfolio and developed a passion for projecting the economic outcome of progressive socialism.
The Day the Dollar Died
A neighbor warned John that his life in the U.S. could change dramatically. He dismissed the warning and didn't believe that things could get that bad in the country he grew up in.John is an ordinary farmer in the Midwest. His life is going well and he has created a comfortable lifestyle for himself. He loves his family and enjoys what he does for a living. He imagines things will be the same for his future as they have been for his father and grandfather.He begins to notice things aren't right when prices rise faster than normal and crime starts to escalate. He tries to cope as well as he can, but circumstances begin to spiral out of control. His comfortable lifestyle is shaken to the core.When the family farm is seized by armed government agents, life changes dramatically for John. He is allowed to continue to live in his home, but his situation degrades noticeably. He realizes he is heading toward a brick wall.He has to make some very hard decisions that he never thought he would be faced with. He has to try to save his family and ensure some freedom for his children and grandchildren. The government he has trusted all of his life labels him as an enemy and pulls out all of the stops to destroy him and his family.Now he is on the run with those he loves the most. Outside of his family, there is no one he can trust. One wrong move and he could endanger all of them.In this fast-paced novel, John leads his family on a path and in a direction that could lead to freedom or destruction. Can he take on the U.S. government and survive? Will his family ever have a normal life again?$ $ $ $ $As you read this book, you need to ask "Is this a riveting novel or is it prophecy?"
American Snowflake
American Snowflake is a novel set in real time, as Socialist Democrat and Fidel-Castro-T-shirt-wearing millennial Roland Dark begins waking up to the truth about the Democratic Party and the fake news propaganda. It's the election year of 2016, and in Los Angeles, California, the only thing that's certain is that capitalism is over and Bernie Sanders will soon be president of the United States. Hooray for socialism! Everything will be free! America will soon be the socialist utopia that Roland Dark and all his friends have always dreamed of: no one will have a job, and money will rain down from airplanes the government flies over every city. But then Roland's nightmare happens: Donald J. Trump becomes president of the United States. Trump is like . . . oh my gosh . . . like so bad. Los Angeles quickly becomes an unhinged hotbed of radical protesters who haven't showered. Soon after, very bizarre woke rules begin to take shape, and they're starting to drive outspoken Roland Dark insane. Roland's filmmaking colleagues are convinced Trump is a Russian spy, and no one is allowed to say otherwise or they will be thrown off the set. Roland's feminist socialist neighbor is convinced she's being oppressed by something strange called toxic masculinity. Roland's friends who are "people of color" can't stop arguing about who's more oppressed by white privilege. As Roland begins to discover within his inner circles very odd beliefs, which seem to stem from the policies of the Obama administration, he begins looking at his own inner beliefs, and he begins to wonder if he's just as crazy as all of them. He then begins to wonder if everything CAN be free. Communist uprisings have caused devastation in countries such as Cambodia, which just so happens to be where Roland Dark's girlfriend Hong immigrated from. "But surely that wasn't real socialism. Surely it will work here in America," Roland keeps telling himself. As the violent and incredibly delusional behavior of so-called liberals all around him grows, he still just can't seem to understand how anyone could have ever voted for Trump in 2016. The economy will collapse at any moment. Or at least that's what the media keep saying. Roland can't seem to understand why so much money is constantly falling out of his pockets, and why the economy keeps skyrocketing with Trump's deregulation and America First trade policies. It's almost as if freedom and capitalism work, which is odd, because all of the mainstream media said they didn't for all of Roland's life. It's almost as if it's all been fake news the whole time. Still, Roland Dark is steadfast in his beliefs that we are all just slaves to our corporate masters, and all of his friends keep reminding him of these beliefs, given that he wrote his first book, American Slave, about that very same theory. Surely Roland Dark and other brilliant geniuses like Michael Moore are the ones who are right, and it's the Trump supporters who are crazy. As Roland Dark's world begins to unravel, someone from his San Francisco past pops back up into his life. If you really want to know who and what has been causing the division, radicalization, and delusion in America, read this book. But be forewarned that it might just make you end up being a MAGA-hat-wearing, America-loving, Trump-supporting conservative, like its author. This is NOT fake news! Make America Great Again 2020!
Blood Ties
Ritchie's life is shadowed by the death of his wife, Cat, in a car accident twenty-two years previously. He was the driver. He loves his children - Nic, who is bi-polar and often impulsive, and Jack. Both are active in the campaign to welcome asylum-seekers and refugees to Britain. His life comes to a crisis as he realises how much his children despise his trade in advertising and how much the loss of Cat still means to them all. Ritchie abandons his career but achieves new success in driving Britain's treatment of refugees up the political agenda. This earns him the respect of his children but brings him to the attention of Makepeace, the populist Home Secretary. Nic, his daughter, strives to show she can overcome her disorder. She infiltrates a people-trafficking gang but is arrested as a criminal. Makepeace uses this to blackmail Ritchie to help him in his political schemes. Ritchie is horrified to discover that his task is to sell the reintroduction of forced labour, modern slavery, to the public. As a result he is once again rejected by his children. Ritchie has reached rock bottom. He is desolate but believes he can outsmart Makepeace. Blood Ties shows how he finally resolves the situation, embraces the causes his children hold dear and reunites his family.
The Valley of DecisionTheValley of Decision
Edith Wharton (born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper class New York "aristocracy" to realistically portray the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1996. Despite not publishing her first novel until she was forty, Wharton became an extraordinarily productive writer. In addition to her 15 novels, seven novellas, and eighty-five short stories, she published poetry, books on design, travel, literary and cultural criticism, and a memoir.In 1873, Wharton wrote a short story and gave it to her mother to read. Her mother criticized the story, so Wharton decided to just write poetry. While she constantly sought her mother's approval and love, it was rare that she received either. From the start, the relationship with her mother was a troubled one. Before she was 15, she wrote Fast and Loose (1877). In her youth, she wrote about society. Her central themes came from her experiences with her parents. She was very critical of her work and wrote public reviews criticizing it. She also wrote about her own experiences with life. "Intense Love's Utterance" is a poem written about Henry Stevens.In 1901, Wharton wrote a two-act play called Man of Genius. This play was about an English man who was having an affair with his secretary. The play was rehearsed but was never produced. Another 1901 play, The Shadow of a Doubt, which also came close to being staged but fell through, was thought to be lost, until it was discovered in 2017. Its world premiere was a radio adaptation broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 2018. She collaborated with Marie Tempest to write another play, but the two only completed four acts before Marie decided she was no longer interested in costume plays. One of her earliest literary endeavors (1902) was the translation of the play, Es Lebe das Leben ("The Joy of Living"), by Hermann Sudermann. The Joy of Living was criticized for its name because the heroine swallows poison at the end, and was a short-lived Broadway production. It was, however, a successful book.Many of Wharton's novels are characterized by subtle use of dramatic irony. Having grown up in upper-class, late-19th-century society, Wharton became one of its most astute critics, in such works as The House of Mirth and The Age of Innocence. (wikipedia.org)
Political AF
Unlikely Books is thrilled to release Political AF: A Rage Collection by Tara Campbell. The past few years have been fertile ground for work in the field of protest writing. Political AF: A Rage Collection is a hybrid chapbook of poetry and prose. The collection focuses on topics such as race, corruption, gun violence, police brutality, Confederate monuments, reproductive freedom, and the sexual harassment and abuse of women. While the current POTUS and his league of enablers are addressed in some works the bulk of the collection is, sadly, evergreen.
Hypnotic State
Set in Spring 2027, Ox and Chan, friends since childhood, get caught unawares in a police surveillance operation. Arrested, electronically tagged for attempted car theft. They know they're innocent. Little did they realise when choosing to clear their names in court, what the newly privatised and fully automated court system has in store for them. After watching a hypnotist perform for their first anniversary with his second wife, Lady Elizabeth, Sir Edward has an idea for solving the problem of overcrowded in prisons. Receiving a call for help later that night from his playboy brother James, Sir Edward the Minister for Prisons learns he had used his car during the crime. With an election looming, Sir Edward saw the potentially damaging situation. The next day Sir Edward makes a series of phone call aimed at keeping his brother out of prison then contacts the hypnotist from the show Ian, with an offer backed up with blackmail to further his idea to hypnotise prison inmates then release them into the community, saving the government millions and hopefully without re-offending. The project is a secret that Sir Edward hopes when ready will aid his push towards becoming Prime Minister one day. Ox and Chan's appointed court solicitor persuade them to plead guilty, but during the process in the new electronic fully automated system, they discover they're charged with the murder and sentenced to a minimum of twelve years in Prison. In prison, Ox rescues Paul, a small-time burglar, from the clutches of the known thug Dozer. But everyone knows that Fat Fingers controls Downing prison. Ian chooses Downing Prison to carry out his hypnotic trials, with his own hidden agenda to get his brother out of prison. Forced to hypnotise the head warden, Officer Newport, and Riley the governor, as a precaution, Paul begs Ian to include Ox and Chan in the release scheme. Dr Min has asked Sir Edward for a return favour for keeping the minister's brother out of prison, so Ian finds he's then laboured with an assistant, Dr Min's daughter, Mai Li. Irritated by the imposed sidekick, Mai Li's computer skills however help him with a few problems during the project trial.Sir Edward's ex-wife, Kim, who he has been seeing in secret, tells him she is pregnant, and Elizabeth gives him similar news on the same day. In a panic, Sir Edward doesn't know how to resolve the mess he has made for himself. While he considers how to extricate himself, the hypnosis trial gets underway, and Paul, Ox and Chan find themselves among the inmates scheduled for the trial release. Knowing that knowledge is power, Fat Fingers is curious about Ian's activity in the prison. The governor receives a call from Sir Martin Dupont, his friend in Counter-intelligence, asking if he could take some suspected terrorist and use some unethical interrogation techniques to gain information on their targets. But most of the suspects have had their tongues cut out, and all but one that can talk is sick and taken to the prison hospital. Fat Fingers, by some coincidence after a raid on his cell and becoming ill, is also in hospital. The new prisoner, Izsa Madas, a Yemeni seemed to have somehow planned the encounter and asks him to help locate some processor chips, lost since the meltdown of Microsoft that Madas has plans for. Fat Fingers only agreeing after negotiating a large finder's fee.Mai Li discovers she has a twin brother; after her father shows her a pendant. Back in Downing Prison, the only suspected terrorist that could talk is now dead; several other prisoners have died in similar circumstance over the months, and Newport and Riley think he is the victim of an unknown virus..... A lot more.
Catalogue Diabolique
In the vein of Goethe's Der Zauberlehrling, Vignjevic's Catalogue Diabolique is a fantastical tale of Mata Gradinar, a newly appointed Pedagogical Faculty post-doc whose well-received graduate paper throws him into a world of secrets revealed by his work.This all starts when he goes to the bookbinders to pick up his finished work where instead he finds that - although the book has been bound - there is no text on the pages. At first confused to the point of not even protesting, Mata Gradinar discovers that he has more than empty pages in his hands, but rather a catalog of empty pages that allows him to discover all the wrongdoers in his society. Mata then embarks to uncover all with the help of his best friend Eroneous Petroneus.At first Mata Gradinar is extremely careful what he writes in the book, since everything he writes within it reveals the deep history, and possible future of that subject. As the tale develops so does Mata's curiosity with regard to his wanting to rid his society of all evil doing, primarily by exposing the vast corruption that surrounds him.The story in the book has been carefully chosen by the author to emphasize the length to which corruption can spread in any given society, thereby diminishing the value that the same society puts on human life.
Participation Trophy
Throughout history, we have seen socialism destroy the economic success of countries in the past. But if socialism conquered the current American political landscape, what would the future of the United States look like? In his latest work, Participation Trophy: How the Rise of Progressive Socialism Leads to the Fall of the US, author James J. Stolze answers this question that is on the minds of many Americans as they witness the socialistic policies at the heart of the 2020 presidential election. Through a fictionalized account of an America of the near future, Stolze uses current political events to predict what could potentially transpire in American society if progressive socialism was given authority in the United States. With his professional experience in economics, finance, and investments, Stolze has learned that progressive socialism has the potential to completely ruin the economy of the United States. Now, in this thrilling and sobering work, Stolze shows the reality of socialism and the effects of this damaging political ideology. Discover the truth behind democratic economic plans such as Medicare for All, the New Green Deal, and the Housing Program, which could cost $40-50 trillion over just a decade. In Stolze's mesmerizing look at American politics, you'll learn how the massive tax increases for these programs will not come close to paying for them, the deficit will explode, and the stock market will crash over time. Participation Trophy will inspire you to boldly fight socialism and play your part in protecting the future of your nation with a very powerful weapon--your vote. James J. Stolze is a finance professional, currently serving as the CFO of a very large religious organization. He formerly managed an $8 billion investment portfolio and developed a passion for projecting the economic outcome of progressive socialism.
The Valley of DecisionTheValley of Decision
Edith Wharton (born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper class New York "aristocracy" to realistically portray the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1996. Despite not publishing her first novel until she was forty, Wharton became an extraordinarily productive writer. In addition to her 15 novels, seven novellas, and eighty-five short stories, she published poetry, books on design, travel, literary and cultural criticism, and a memoir.In 1873, Wharton wrote a short story and gave it to her mother to read. Her mother criticized the story, so Wharton decided to just write poetry. While she constantly sought her mother's approval and love, it was rare that she received either. From the start, the relationship with her mother was a troubled one. Before she was 15, she wrote Fast and Loose (1877). In her youth, she wrote about society. Her central themes came from her experiences with her parents. She was very critical of her work and wrote public reviews criticizing it. She also wrote about her own experiences with life. "Intense Love's Utterance" is a poem written about Henry Stevens.In 1901, Wharton wrote a two-act play called Man of Genius. This play was about an English man who was having an affair with his secretary. The play was rehearsed but was never produced. Another 1901 play, The Shadow of a Doubt, which also came close to being staged but fell through, was thought to be lost, until it was discovered in 2017. Its world premiere was a radio adaptation broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 2018. She collaborated with Marie Tempest to write another play, but the two only completed four acts before Marie decided she was no longer interested in costume plays. One of her earliest literary endeavors (1902) was the translation of the play, Es Lebe das Leben ("The Joy of Living"), by Hermann Sudermann. The Joy of Living was criticized for its name because the heroine swallows poison at the end, and was a short-lived Broadway production. It was, however, a successful book.Many of Wharton's novels are characterized by subtle use of dramatic irony. Having grown up in upper-class, late-19th-century society, Wharton became one of its most astute critics, in such works as The House of Mirth and The Age of Innocence. (wikipedia.org)
Death in Westchester (2nd Edition)
2nd Edition, updated for 2020A highly respected Westchester psychotherapist is murdered. A vast cover up ensues involving corrupt politicians, mobsters, and police. When the investigation hits a wall of legal roadblocks, the doctor's son, also a therapist, initiates his own harrowing investigation that carries him from Westchester to the Hamptons, Saratoga, and Lake George. The cover up leads to other murders before the arrogant halls of political power and corruption begin to crumble in a crescendo of sexual desire, intrigue, violence and vengeance. During the investigation our protagonist meets a vivacious woman, falls in love, and takes on the responsibilities of a new family. Against the backdrop of today's cultural conflicts and madness, he reaffirms the values of love and life, over those of hatred and death.
The Fall of President TweetTheFall of President Tweet
Having been defeated in his bid for a third presidential term, Steven Beck decides to seize power, setting off a chain of events that forces the nation's First Lady and Vice President to undertake extreme measures. The tale of a president who refuses to leave the office, John. F. Hurst's political satire, The Fall of President Tweet, is a poignant reminder that absolute power corrupts, and that drastic times call for drastic measures.About the AuthorThough originally from New York City, John F. Hurst moved to the Bay Area some 20 years ago to undertake a Doctorate in psychology. He has since come to see the Bay Area as his home and has built a career as a freelance actor, writer, and occasional singer. Political activism has long been Hurst's passion, and penning a political satire that addresses the nation's descent towards madness is an act of political activism. When he's not trying to raise people's consciousness through the creative process, he reads, sings opera, and reads voraciously. He loves Italian food, chocolate, and great literature.
Proportional Response
The Chinese populist Tuanpai faction is dissatisfied with the rapid pace of change by the elitist princeling coalition to transform the country into a full market economy. The Tuanpai embark on an audacious plan to trigger a global disaster that will bring down the princelings and humble America. In the aftermath, America identifies China as the culprit, but doesn't know if this was a rogue operation or a government sponsored plot. The Chinese president knows the perpetrators, but has no proof. Fearful of American retaliation, he invites U.S. investigators to help him find proof while outraged countries apply economic sanctions. Under a cloud of mutual suspicion, the investigation stumbles and America readies itself for a military confrontation. This is a mind-bending expose of international politics and distrust between two vastly different cultures.
The Flying Inn
Chesterton's The Flying Inn is a story of adventure that will capture both new readers and old fans. In this England, a "progressive" political party has pushed in a new prohibition era, where the rich can buy alcohol at a steep price for "medicinal" reasons. These restrictions leave a pub owner named Humphrey Pump empty handed. He comes up with a plan: he roams the country with a donkey-pulled cart, affectionately named "The Flying Inn", with his friend Captain Partick Dalroy. With clever tactics, they are able to exploit various loopholes in the new law to avoid being arrested during Prohibition.Chesterton's magical storytelling, coupled with his criticism of 20th century classism and politics, makes The Flying Inn much more than a simple tale of friendship and adventure. With poems and songs that come from the Temperance movement and characters that will have you rolling with laughter, The Flying Inn is the perfect novel for those who want a lighthearted, entertaining read that questions the boundaries of the Victorian era classes.
Jennifer
Jennifer is an original screenplay by Tony Seton. It's the story of a social studies teacher from Santa Morino who is name one of the three top teachers in the country. When she goes to the White House to receive the award, she confronts the president with the concerns of her students, and suddenly finds herself in an important new job and a new world.
2020 Hindsight
Poetry for a PandemicVictoria R. Crosby hadn't planned on writing another political poetry book, however, after staying at home due to the Corona Virus, more poems were inevitable.These poems are anger in action, inspired by the incompetence and continued mismanagement of the virus crisis by the current US administration. Instead of marching and demonstrating, Victoria uses the power of the pen, or in this case the keyboard, to express her outrage, once again using satirical humor, photos and quotes from the famous and the infamous.2020 Hindsight was written in March and April of 2020, so Victoria takes no responsibility for any insanity that probably will occur during the following months of the year.The is Victoria's second political satire book, having penned "America; Wake Up!" published in December of 2019, available on Amazon.
Cold Island
Britain is divided, and Mara is on the wrong side1989, the Berlin Wall opens. The upheavals in her homeland are an opportunity for Mara--free to travel, she comes to Britain, falls in love and never leaves.2016, the UK votes to leave the European Union, and once again, Mara is at the centre of a changing world.She's built her life in Britain: a wife, a career and a cottage in the countryside. But now Mara worries she'll be forced to return to a Germany she no longer knows.Faced with bureaucratic inflexibility and administrative failures, Mara needs to prove her right to remain. But do the events of her first years in Britain hold the key to whether she will be allowed to stay?Cold Island explores the personal cost of Brexit
Utopia
Neu lektorierte 2020er-Ausgabe, mit modernisierter Rechtschreibung und einem aktuellen Vorwort des Herausgebers - Dieses Buch hat gewaltige Wirkung hinterlassen. Es ist die erste Sozialutopie, und wurde zum Vorl瓣ufer eines ganzes Genres. Der Engl瓣nder Thomas More (1478-1535), der es im Alter von 37 Jahren schrieb, schildert darin einen, aus seiner Sicht idealen Staat. - Die Utopier kennen kein Privateigentum. Die Interessen des einzelnen sind denen der Gemeinschaft untergeordnet. Jedermann hat zu arbeiten; jedermann bekommt Bildung und genie?t religi繹se Toleranz. Anders als in der Realit瓣t der damaligen Zeit sind Grund und Boden gemeinsamer Besitz. - Morus' Werk ist ein Versuch, einen Weg zur Verteilungsgerechtigkeit aufzuzeigen. - Die Utopie, sei es die literarische oder die politische, ist ein Gedankenexperiment, ein Denken ohne Denkverbote, ein vision瓣rer Blick in eine m繹gliche Zukunft. All das, was unseren heutigen Politikern fehlt. Deshalb sei gerade ihnen die Lekt羹re von Utopia w瓣rmstens empfohlen.
The First Lady
A brilliant musician and an equally brilliant astrophysicist fall in love, have a family, and stumble into politics. They innovate with everything they do, and they write new chapters of history.
The E.G.G.
How it began... During World War II, a very exclusive group of people would soon convene at a site known only to them. The overall insanity of WWII made them much more valuable because they wanted to put an end to the war. These people had power beyond imagination. They could influence, control, and even bring down any form of government on the face of the earth. Prolific in the fields of law, finance, religion, and medicine, they were strong but remained secluded for their own security. However, due to the events occurring in Europe, they could not be complacent any longer. The time had come for them to join forces for the survival of the world. They knew about each other. They had read about each other. They knew they had to join powers, knowledge, and expertise to stop the world from destroying itself.The Elite Global Government was formed.
Der Faschist
Es ist das Jahr 2024. Die Folgen der Coronapandemie und Finanzkrisen brachten die globale Wirtschaft zum Kollaps. Durch die St瓣dte Europas ziehen Heerscharen an desillusionierten Arbeitslosen und entladen ihre Wut und Verzweiflung in zunehmend gewaltt瓣tigen Ausschreitungen. Die Uneinigkeit der Regierungen 羹ber den Weg aus der Krise l瓣sst eine Koalition nach der n瓣chsten platzen und die scheinbare Unf瓣higkeit des Establishments l瓣sst 羹ber den ganzen Kontinent neue Parteien und Bewegungen entstehen, die einen radikalen Wandel verlangen. Der junge Spezialist f羹r politisches Marketing Nikolas Schaber ist einer der wenigen, der noch der verschwindenden Mittelschicht angeh繹rt und ein sorgenfreies Leben in dem friedlichen m羹nchener Stadtviertel Schwabing f羹hren kann. Als seine Freundin ihn jedoch mit einem aus Afrika stammenden Migranten betr羹gt, ist er am Boden zerst繹rt und versinkt in einer l瓣hmenden Depression. Aus der Einsamkeit des gebrochenen Herzens erw瓣chst bald Wut und Hass auf seine Ex und ihren ausl瓣ndischen Liebhaber. Trost, neue Kraft und einen Kanal f羹r seine Gef羹hle findet er bald in dem Machtfetisch und der Rhetorik der neofaschistischen Bewegung European Union of Fascists. Deren charismatischer F羹hrer Kasimir Nenad verspricht Europa unter einer Flagge zu einem neuen Imperium zu vereinen und aus den Ruinen in ein nie da gewesenes goldenes Zeitalter zu f羹hren - und vor allem, Europa den Europ瓣ern zur羹ckzugeben. Zehn Jahre sp瓣ter blickt Nikolas Schaber in seinen Memoiren auf sein Leben zur羹ck und zieht Bilanz dar羹ber, wie seine Entscheidungen den Lauf der Geschichte ver瓣nderten.
CosconnaThe Return of an Angry Goddess
In this cautionary tale for our times, Cosconna - Cosmic Consciousness - newly emboldened by the latest discoveries of astrophysicists, is summoned into existence by the mind of the author. Cosconna returns to Earth in a bid to save her favourite planet. She is angry with God for His incompetence in allowing the Earth to fall into ruin, and she is exasperated with His followers - belligerent war-mongers and avaricious entrepreneurs - who plunder her planet. High on her agenda is to call a halt to men's habitual mistreatment of her human sisters. In provocative conversations that roam from the bedroom to the boundaries of the mind, from the latest in current events to the utmost limits of the universe, Cosconna and the author discuss with verve, wit and concern what has gone wrong with the world, and how Cosconna, now a goddess again, intends to put things right.Ultimately, Cosconna encourages God to vacate Heaven and go on a spiritual retreat. With Him go many of the self-aggrandizing ideas with which patriarchal philosophers, politicians and theologians have cluttered human heads for the last few thousand years. "We men have run the world and we have made a hash of it," says Andrew Malleson. "I believe it is now women's turn."About the Author: Andrew is the second of two boys born in London, UK, to Miles and Joan Malleson. Miles was an actor, film script writer and social commentator. His play, 'Yours Unfaithfully', banned in Britain when he wrote it 80 years ago was premiered NYC three years ago. Joan, an active feminist ran a medical practice in the middle of Red Light District specializing in the sexual difficulties of women. She was the first to teach contraception to medical students, and when one of her patients, a fourteen-year-old girl, became pregnant after being raped by four soldiers, arranged for her abortion, and following a landmark trial, law was changed in Britain and her then empire to allow for abortion to protect the mental health of a pregnant woman.Andrew trained in medicine at Guys Hospital and holds specialist qualifications in both internal medicine and psychiatry. He worked as a psychotherapist.He settled in Canada when he married Donna Stewart, a Canadian psychiatrist, the first person in the world to hold a chair in Women's Health. The couple have a son Michael, who is a Crown lawyer prosecuting environmental offences. Andrew wrote, 'Need Your Doctor Be So Useless?', a study of Britain's NHS, published in the US as 'The Medical Runaround', and 'Whiplash And Other Useful Illnesses, ' a study of doctor and lawyer created diseases, published by McGill-Queen's University Pres
Tyrant
The nation is divided, its citizens split into factions, a president demands unwavering support for himself. As the 2020 presidential election nears, the outcome is in doubt. An increasingly tyrannical president draws the nation closer to another civil war.Conrad Augustus, a retired U.S. Navy Chief Cryptologist (code-breaker), now a teacher in an inner-city high school, discusses increasing uncertainty of the upcoming presidential election with his students. During their discussion, a student states his fear that the current president will refuse to concede the election if he loses. As the Election Day approaches, the disinformation campaign goes into full effect. Conrad is compelled into action once he acknowledges that the nation is being driven towards another civil war.It is a story of exceptional bravery, the obligations of the citizenry, and the fragility of the Republic. This book is partially a product of the times where fiction may come all too close to becoming a reality.
Beneath The Clouds
Beneath the Clouds is a story of how people, acting collectively, can defeat tyranny. It is more than an action political thriller. This is a book about resistance to despotism. It is a call to arms.
Code WordCowgirl: A Maggie O’Shea Mystery
Maggie O'Shea, a Boston attorney, private investigator and New Age designer, with a knack for having trouble find her, lands in the middle of an Asian conspiracy to dominate the world when a former lover sends her an encoded computer disk a few hours before his inexplicable death. Maggie knew little of Dai toa Kyoei-ken (the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere), the justification for Japan's "anti-colonial" onslaught into Asia 60 years earlier, until Commander Nick Adams, an intelligence analyst at the Naval War College in Newport, RI, is found floating lifeless under the Newport Bridge. Returning to her native Newport, Maggie finds that local authorities and politicians, the FBI, Naval Intelligence and the Naval Investigative Service have so bungled their investigation of Nick's apparent suicide the truth might never be known. It occurs to her that someone might want it that way. Maggie's twin sister, Michaela, sheds more light and darkness on Nick's death by implicating her ex-husband, Bobby Nathan. Nathan owns a fleet of fishing boats, a trucking company, has Mafia connections in New York's Fulton Market and is suspected of running drugs as well as fresh fish up and down the east coast and to Japan via Fukihara San, a New York import/export agent. Filling in for Michaela on a blind date, Maggie meets Tom Charles, a technical writer for a defense contractor and is attracted to him immediately. Tom, a computer hack, offers to help Maggie decode the disk once she has it, but there's a problem. Tom had an affair with the late Commander's Japanese wife, Kazuko, and, either through accident or by design, he allowed her to obtain some sensitive information on the TOMAHAWK and TRIDENT guidance systems. Maggie wonders if her new love is all he seems to be. The group of Japanese fanatics behind the conspiracy is not satisfied with economic domination; they now plan to subjugate the West militarily by infecting our tactical and strategic weapons systems with a computer virus embedded in software manufactured by Japanese owned/controlled companies that supply chips to the US military. But the Japanese seem to be only a little more competent than the American authorities who are trying to unravel their plan. Mistaking her for Maggie, members of the group abduct Michaela, sweep her away to New York, where Fukihara San tries to force her to turn over the disk and code word. Michaela knows nothing about the disk, but is clever enough to realize she must assume Maggie's identity to save her own skin. Maggie realizes too that she must assume the identity of Michaela to protect her sister. In the process, each twin not only discovers how her other half lives, but how her twin thinks and feels as well. This is an illuminating experience for both twins because Maggie has always gotten by on her brains, whereas, Michaela, with two broken marriages in her past, has always been treated as an object of desire. It is in Michaela's shoes, that Maggie receives a marriage proposal from a powerful U.S. Senator, a man who may very well hold the key to Nick's death and Michaela's salvation. Romance, humor, subversion, murder and incompetence attend Maggie in her attempt to save her own life, that of her sister, and the destiny of her country.
Ginnels in the Hedges
Ginnels in the Hedges is a book of short stories with each narrative happening in a different setting and in a different time. The stories' genres differ from drama, to romance, action, politics and crime, and some of the narratives are weaved in a historical event that truly happened. Ginnels in the hedges is a metaphor the author uses to reveal how lives are unknowingly allied across people and across time. So whether a heist is taking place in England, a runaway girl is falling in love, or someone is caught up in the middle of a protest in Korea, the characters have their butterfly effect on each other's lives.
Crypto Citizens
"In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George OrwellWith incredible speed our world moved from disconnected villages to a global network - one owned by the power brokers. The consequences couldn't be foreseen. This is the second book of the Bitpats, a revolutionary group working to preserve the right, the ability to stay out of sight. In a world dominated and driven by data, the digitization of information we didn't even know was important, the big players not only know where we are but they can make reasonable guesses about what we do next... what products we will buy, what cause we will support. This changing world makes even silence into a statement. Where people once could recreate themselves and start fresh, that opportunity is gone. Digital footprints never disappear... no tide of time sweeps in to wash them away. The new tools are double edged, however, and Tricia Campbell finds a new lease on life by turning the system on itself. Joining forces with Joshua Raintree, a financial analyst, and Kenny Lu, a technical wizard, she helps clients thread their way through the web of online identities and biometrics that were created to close the loopholes. They create what Tricia terms "crypto citizens" - using the tools created to track citizens to free them, to release them through the cracks that still exist in the web of global data. They find the ways and places a person can hide their identity while moving about freely in a world characterized by sophisticated surveillance. The Bitpats, led by Boone, work with them, as this pro-freedom group understands why, the harder it gets to disappear from sight, the more important it is to do it. This is a war novel; it involves conflicts that are at once political, economic, technological, and philosophical. It poses an existential question: Does a government or agency have the right to hold citizens under constant scrutiny? This is story of grand passions, both good and bad; a story of the haphazard application of technology, which is indifferent to the morals of the people or group applying it; it's a story of a struggle to remain human in an increasingly inhuman world.
The Return Of Adam MarshTheReturn Of Adam Marsh
Despite leaving Washington DC in the best shape in years, Adam Marsh is accused of treason only six months later. Will his political opponents live to regret this decision ? Marsh returns to our nation's capitol and the Deep State resorts to drastic measures to stop him. The cat and mouse maneuvering results in intrigue and plenty of action. Will Adam Marsh survive against this ghostly enemy?
