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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
My Kind of Guy
Appointed by Lizzie Leah to locate her lost lover, whom she knows by the name of Leo McGuire, PI (and ex-spy) Mervyn Vincent discovers that the object of his quest is not only a gigolo with a harem of "Mrs McGuires" across the continents, but also a valuable player (real name Leon Devine) in an international right-wing cartel. Realizing that there's more to Leon than meets the eye, Mervyn joins forces with his sister Taya, and Lizzie to reform the young man and channel his abilities into worthier causes, thereby impacting, albeit modestly, the global power machinery.
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 Coyotes of Carthage
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ERNEST J. GAINES AWARD FOR LITERARY EXCELLENCE"Withthis splendid debut, Steven Wright announces his arrival as a major new voicein 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 clients Dre 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.
2084
Welcome to America in the Year 2084 She froze, hearing that eerily unnatural sound again. This time it was much closer. Brutus barked in another room and then so did Spartacus. "Did you hear it that time?" she whispered to her husband. "Hear what?" he whispered back. Her nervous agitation and the reaction of the dogs had put him on edge. His muscles tensed. The hair on the back of his neck prickled. Brutus and Spartacus scratched at the front door. BAM! Shards of glass and splinters of wood exploded around them. Someone screamed as shadowy, helmeted figures wearing night-vision goggles poured like giant beetles through the demolished door and the shattered windows... In this mystery thriller, desperate parents race against the clock to save the lives of their two children, abducted by a shadowy international society. Their mission takes a pivotal turn when they accept help from a band of gypsies, an elderly sage, and a young woman with a horrifying past. But nothing can prepare them for the decisions they must make as the fate of an apocalyptic world hangs in the balance.
Lieber Cousin Herbert ...
Die Welt steht so gut wie still. Ein Virus hat uns fest im Griff und wir alle sind darauf angewiesen, dass die Politik so verantwortungsbewusst wie m繹glich agiert. Die Frage ist, ob sie das tun wird. Man darf seine Zweifel haben, wenn man sich die Ereignisse aus dem Jahr 2019 genauer ansieht. In diesem Buch finden sich die Brieferl No.201 bis No.250 an den ehemals besten Innenminister aller Zeiten. M繹ge der Humor mit uns sein, der doch mehr ist, als blo? 'wenn man trotzdem lacht'. Er ist N瓣hrboden der Kraft, die wir f羹r den erneuten Aufstieg brauchen werden.
In the Heartland
This is a story that centers around the changing of our society in the post 9/11 era, a change that is real but denied for the most part by the government and the press. It illustrates and brings to life, through a group of fictional characters that you may recognize, an undercurrent of disappointment and at times outright hate of certain segments of our society. The storyline plays out mostly in the heartland of this country around everyday folks like you and I. The plot centers around the FBI trying to solve hate crimes against the Muslim community featuring the lead character, Jonathan Blake. Blake is a man of questionable morals, and he is brought out of retirement to lead a team of former and current FBI and CIA agents in this pursuit. This all plays out in the Pacific Northwest against a backdrop of patriotic White Supremacist groups. It is full of action and intrigue and develops an interesting ending that has you begging for more.
Going Down in a Blip
BUSINESS has always risked running onto the rocks of executive imbecility. But in the last 30 years, it has been driven onto the rocks by waves of financial plunder. Whether by banks, hedge funds, private equity, short sellers, raiders, lawyers, or Russians, THE WRECK OF THE "FOUNTAINHEAD" TELLS THE WHOLE STORY!WE ARE ALL JUST ONE STEP AWAY FROM THE WRECK OF THE "FOUNTAINHEAD" ... BE PREPARED!
The Curious Tale of the Homeless Man
This is the story of a homeless man, who has a penchant for regaling people with riveting stories. When this homeless man makes a rather macabre scene at a funeral, two fascinated graveyard security guards ask him to tell them his story. In response, he takes them back to a moment in time, by weaving an explosive tale that relives the intrigue that followed the announcement of the unbanning of political organizations in South Africa back in February of 1990, a tale that culminates in utterly explosive scenes. Set in present day South Africa, the homeless man's story is a creative way of pondering whether the moment of arrival of democracy in South Africa in 1994 is a victory that lay the ghosts of our past to rest, or it was cunning subterfuge with which the future would later reckon.
Combustion
The theory of sociothermodynamics predicts an increase in social entropy which occurs rapidly during the McDonald administration.
The Senator’s Secret
My carefully crafted life is being threatened.Someone wants to tarnish my squeaky clean image. I make my living cleaning up the messes left behind by New York's elite. But what happens when my life becomes the mess that I avoid so carefully?Can I trust the one man I swore to hate forever, the sexy U.S. Senator whose name is on everyone's lips, to help me?I guess a little blackmail never looked so sexy...
Martha
The year is 2089.In an independent Scotland, Constable Harmon Chikenyyt is thrown into a world of drug-dealers and pimps. Their goal is simple: to use and sell as much of the hallucinogenic cannabinoid D.E.R.P. as possible. Suddenly, civil war breaks out in Belgium. The British Parliament decides to intervene with a band of Northern Irish mercenaries. As the civil war escalates, it becomes clear to Tara Blimmen that everything is connected; that each crime committed, whether in Scotland, the halls of Westminster, or Belgium, is a symptom of something far deadlier...In Antarctica, at a research station funded by the bank I.T.C.B. Holdings plc, pharmacologist Norvin Tubani簽a has been tasked with understanding Martha-if that's even possible."Zupp's bleak vision of the future is, unfortunately, all too convincing, and his darkly comic prose offers perhaps the best means of facing it as a possibility. This is a book for those who love the work of Kurt Vonnegut, early Thomas Pynchon, and David Foster Wallace."- Charlie Gere, Lancaster University"A freewheelingly scabrous, energetic and darkly funny tale, pinpricked with pathos and sympathy, all concealing a strange sort of seriousness. Probably the strangest and most scatologically unbridled book you'll read this year, and that's a recommendation."- George Green, author of Hound and Hawk"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas meets Dr. Strangelove; Zupp is to subversive fictional literature as Salvador Dali is to art in this future-real dissection of a world with characters as secular and loveless as our own. Martha is written with intelligence, wit, and a delightful sprinkling of absurdity for good measure."- K.T. Browne, author of The Strangled Hubris
Secretocracy
"The secret is out: Tom Glenn has done it again, using creative, page-turning fiction to hold a mirror up to the hard realities of modern life. In Secretocracy, Gene Westmoreland is a government insider persecuted by the current administration, then vindicated by the mid-term Congress-and on a mission to expose the rotten underbelly of government leadership and illegal activities at the highest levels. Political and emotional, Secretocracy packs a punch."-Eric D. Goodman, author of Setting the Family Free and The Color of JadeiteThe story is set in Washington, D.C. in 2018, during the Trump administration. Senior federal budget reviewer Gene Westmoreland refuses to approve funds for an administration initiative called Operation Firefang-building clandestine nuclear missile sites world-wide-on the grounds that it is illegal and violates treaty agreements. The administration attacks him. A general and a senator rebuke him, his phone is tapped, his car is tailed, and his adult son is trapped into a dangerous relationship. His boss, Clem, who opposes Firefang and refuses to fire Gene, is blackmailed and commits suicide. Now without protection, Gene is stripped of his security clearances and exiled to a warehouse to await termination. If he discloses what he knows, he will be prosecuted for revealing classified information.Tom Glenn has worked as an intelligence operative, a musician, a linguist (seven languages), a cryptologist, a government executive, a caregiver for the dying, a leadership coach, and, always, a writer. His first four novels resulted from the thirteen years he shuttled between the U.S. and Vietnam on clandestine combat support missions. His 2017 novel, Last of the Annamese, is set during the fall of Saigon which he survived, escaping under fire after the North Vietnamese were already in the streets. In March 2020, Adelaide Books published his latest novel, Secretocracy, a political thriller set during the Trump administration.
Tapis de bombes
En une grosse centaine de textes courts, Michel Drac dynamite une ? une toutes les positions du syst癡me. Pourquoi le Mal, c'est bien, et pourquoi nos ma簾tres veulent nous rendre bons... Pourquoi la rationalit矇 conduit ? la folie, et pourquoi la folie est l'essence de la technocratie... Comment l'antiracisme fabrique le racisme, et pourquoi le syst癡me a besoin du racisme pour exister... Ces th癡mes, et bien d'autres, s'interp矇n癡trent dans un «bombardement dialectique罈 qui n'a que l'apparence du d矇sordre. Casque lourd de rigueur ! Anticonformiste et parfois iconoclaste, Michel Drac s'est donn矇 pour t璽che de d矇construire les grilles de lecture impos矇es par la pens矇e dominante, afin de rendre possible, ? nouveau, «l'矇nonciation du N矇gatif罈. Sa d矇marche proc癡de de la provocation. Au vrai sens du terme.
Vendetta
Lorsque les d矇mons seront sur le point de triompher, ils se montreront. Ils seront visibles. Ils se sont gliss矇s parmi nous, ceux-l? dont la condamnation est 矇crite depuis longtemps. Et parce qu'ils seront visibles, ? l'instant de leur triomphe, cet instant marquera aussi leur chute. Alors, ceux qui marchent au service de l'Eternel sauront qui doit 礙tre d矇truit. Alors, il sera possible de faire une guerre v矇ritablement sainte. Ainsi parle le harrateur de "Vendetta". Et quand vous aurez lu ce livre, vous saurez qu'il ne parle pas sans raisons. Il est r矇solu. Rien ne l'arr礙tera. Il est la col癡re de Dieu.L'argent, le pouvoir, la c矇l矇brit矇... rien ne vous prot癡gera
With Dark Understandings
Former Lieutenant and present Opposition Member of Parliament Andres Orce is running for the leadership of his political party. Having earned a reputation as an unconventional politician, the party bosses have become ill-tolerant of his non-partisan direction. Surrounded by candidates that are much more preferred by the party elite, he has to carve out an independent strategy to win.His major obstacle is the military. It rules with a system of government that differs radically from its constitutional democratic past. Almost four decades of its rule has produced severe economic complications. Orce has played his part in his country's history. Past battles now plague him by his inner demons through his nightmares, which continues to haunt him.It is a do-or-die political game with vast implications.
The Lion’s DenTheLion’s DenA Story of American Renewal
"The Lion's Den is essential reading for anyone whose confidence in American democracy has been shaken by recent events. There is plenty to discourage and alarm us these days; the supply of negative political role models, real and fictional, seems endless. Frank Atkinson leaves no doubt that we can do better and be better. Just in time, it seems, he arrives with some exemplary political characters, a powerfully uplifting story, and a summons to get to work restoring the ethic of principled citizenship and service that reflects the 'better angels of our nature' and offers hope for bringing Americans together again." - LARRY J. SABATO, Director, UVA Center for PoliticsThe Lion's Den offers a prescription for American renewal at a time of eroding confidence in our political institutions and growing confusion about our national purpose. In Frank Atkinson's formulation, there are no quick fixes for our broken politics ... no easy cure for what ails our democracy. A republic's community spirit and capacity for constructive self-governance depend on a consensus about essential values and the active choice to practice, promote, and perpetuate those values. The ethic of principled citizenship and service that Atkinson considers indispensable for American renewal is not an inherited trait - like every ethic, it is a character requiring cultivation. And it is strongest when grounded in personal faith and integrity ... illuminated by hard-learned lessons from history and experience ... inspired by worthy human exemplars ... propelled by the optimistic pursuit of a "more perfect union" ... and kindled in a culture of mutual respect and forbearance guided by the "Golden Rule." No starry-eyed idealist, Frank Atkinson's major nonfiction works - The Dynamic Dominion and Virginia in the Vanguard - turned a candid lens on the hard-fought modern politics of his native state. In The Lion's Den, he offers a compelling fictional account of life in the political arena - at once a venue for selfless contribution and palace of selfish ambition. Inspired by timeless lessons from the Book of Daniel, Madison's vision of competition and compromise, and the colorful politics of his contemporary Commonwealth, Atkinson places his characters in a modern-day lion's den where they grapple with vexing moral and practical choices. But Atkinson's players find the grace to come together ... and, he suggests, so can we. Frank B. Atkinson has participated in and written about government and politics for four decades. His major works, The Dynamic Dominion and Virginia in the Vanguard, are highly regarded political histories used as university-level texts. A lawyer and consultant, he is a partner in McGuireWoods LLP and senior advisor in McGuireWoods Consulting. His civic service includes two stints in the Department of Justice under President Reagan, service as cabinet-level counsel and policy director for Virginia Governor George Allen, chairmanship of the federal Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission, and service on the University of Virginia Board of Visitors, the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Board of Trustees, and other government commissions and nonprofit boards. He and his wife Diane are covenant partners of Third (Presbyterian) Church in Richmond, Virginia.
Mack to the Rescue
When he's not anchoring the NewsHour on PBS, Jim Lehrer may be found casting a satirical eye at America's heartland in such books as Crown Oklahoma and The Sooner Spy. Mack to the Rescue is the latest of his successful One-Eyed Mack novels. Set in Oklahoma and tracing the exploits of a fictional lieutenant governor, the series allows Lehrer to address contemporary national issues with a unique blend of humor and insight.When Governor "Buffalo Joe" Hayman calls for privatizing state government, Mack decides to oppose his re-election bid, but a medical mishap prevents Mack from running. While attending a lieutenant governors' conference in Washington, he suddenly collapses. Hospitalized, he is given a heart bypass operation intended for another patient. Mack backs out of the race and throws his support behind his flaky friend and former state house Speaker, Luther Wallace. Embroiled in a medical malpractice suit while following Luther's questionable shenanigans, Mack finally has no choice but to come to the rescue when the governor's race takes a particularly ugly turn.Rife with Oklahoma-isms and brimming with memorable characters, this is political satire at its best, employing ironic twists and sharp dialogue to poke fun at government foibles. Inventive and hilarious, it demonstrates once again that Lehrer knows Middle America and its ways all too well.
The Lion’s Den
The Lion's Den offers a prescription for American renewal at a time of eroding confidence in our political institutions and growing confusion about our national purpose. In Frank Atkinson's formulation, there are no quick fixes for our broken politics ... no easy cure for what ails our democracy. A republic's community spirit and capacity for constructive self-governance depend on a consensus about essential values and the active choice to practice, promote, and perpetuate those values. The ethic of principled citizenship and service that Atkinson considers indispensable for American renewal is not an inherited trait - like every ethic, it is a character requiring cultivation. And it is strongest when grounded in personal faith and integrity ... illuminated by hard-learned lessons from history and experience ... inspired by worthy human exemplars ... propelled by the optimistic pursuit of a "more perfect union" ... and kindled in a culture of mutual respect and forbearance guided by the "Golden Rule." No starry-eyed idealist, Frank Atkinson's major nonfiction works - The Dynamic Dominion and Virginia in the Vanguard - turned a candid lens on the hard-fought modern politics of his native state. In The Lion's Den, he offers a compelling fictional account of life in the political arena - at once a venue for selfless contribution and palace of selfish ambition. Inspired by timeless lessons from the Book of Daniel, Madison's vision of competition and compromise, and the colorful politics of his contemporary Commonwealth, Atkinson places his characters in a modern-day lion's den where they grapple with vexing moral and practical choices. But Atkinson's players find the grace to come together ... and, he suggests, so can we. About the AuthorFrank B. Atkinson has participated in and written about government and politics for four decades. His major works, The Dynamic Dominion and Virginia in the Vanguard, are highly regarded political histories used as university-level texts. A lawyer and consultant, he is a partner in McGuireWoods LLP and senior advisor in McGuireWoods Consulting. His civic service includes two stints in the Department of Justice under President Reagan, service as cabinet-level counsel and policy director for Virginia Governor George Allen, chairmanship of the federal Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission, and service on the University of Virginia Board of Visitors, the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Board of Trustees, and other government commissions and nonprofit boards. He and his wife Diane are covenant partners of Third (Presbyterian) Church in Richmond, Virginia.
The Bradford Legacy
The Bradford Legacy is the story of Carter Bradford, a fabulously rich descendant of an American family of entrepreneurs with a financial empire worth billions. Carter is a seriously flawed human being suffering from destructive narcissism and is, by all standards of measurement, a sociopath. From his earliest years Carter has been manipulative and cruel but amazingly charming when the need was there. Following his grandfather, Hiram Bradford, Carter chooses a political career and sets his sights on the Presidency. As the story progresses Carter uses his wealth and political power, augmented by a willingness to commit murder, to reach his goals. In many ways Carter Bradford is an extreme example of the worst of any number of American politicians or, maybe he isn't. Let the reader judge.
Dirge
He doesn't know how to let go...What do you do when you gain everything you think you want...but lose everything you think you need?I was a husband, a father, a politician. Now, I'm just lost.Maybe they can help find me, I don't know. Maybe I shouldn't be found.Maybe the devastation that is my life should be allowed to crumble and decay.There is no comfort in a funeral dirge, no solace in empty words spoken to me.There is no release from this hell but death, and I can't do that yet.I don't know how to let go.But...maybe they can help me hold on.(Book 1 of the Devastation Trilogy. MMF, Political Romance. A standalone trilogy set in the world of the Governor Trilogy.)
Tiempos de morir
Novela de ficci籀n que contempl籀 algunas zonas de la Amazon穩a peruana. Un jornalero de la coca empez籀 a contemplar escenarios que nunca hab穩a imaginado: cruces con guerrilleros, traqueteros y narcos; discrepancias pol穩ticas y hasta aventuras amorosas no pasan desapercibidas por el protagonista de la obra.
Rachel Versus Sean with Jackson in the Middle
Rachel vs Sean with Jackson in The Middle brings together a brilliant African American bartender with an amazing knowledge of political events, facts and opinions, trapped in a unique circumstance with a beautiful intellectual liberal and a handsome, articulate and successful business conservative. In the course of two long contentious and sometimes humorous debates that involve spouse relationships they delve into many conservative and liberal differences and seek some innovative ideas and compromises on the key issues. Jackson keeps it fun with some Presidential trivia and humorous stories. As we navigate through this volatile political season, I hope this story motivates you to listen to opposing views and generate some rationale understanding of the need to evaluate the issues in depth from multiple angles.
Rachel Versus Sean with Jackson in the Middle
Rachel vs Sean with Jackson in The Middle brings together a brilliant African American bartender with an amazing knowledge of political events, facts and opinions, trapped in a unique circumstance with a beautiful intellectual liberal and a handsome, articulate and successful business conservative. In the course of two long contentious and sometimes humorous debates that involve spouse relationships they delve into many conservative and liberal differences and seek some innovative ideas and compromises on the key issues. Jackson keeps it fun with some Presidential trivia and humorous stories. As we navigate through this volatile political season, I hope this story motivates you to listen to opposing views and generate some rationale understanding of the need to evaluate the issues in depth from multiple angles.
Remember Me \ Recu矇rdame (Spanish Edition)
Una novela emocionante, tremendamente humana y real, que describe las peripecias de un grupo de ni簽os en un barco hasta su llegada a M矇xico. La ayuda del presidente General C獺rdenas del R穩o a los ni簽os republicanos.Recu矇rdame puede parecer una novela de perdedores que tuvieron que dejarlo todo para huir, pero es ante todo un homenaje a los exiliados de todas las guerras y aquellos que han perdido su patria por la barbarie de la guerra.SinopsisMarco, Isabel y Ana viven en Madrid, corre el a簽o 1937 y a pesar de la llegada de la primavera, la ciudad sufre continuos bombardeos y est獺 a punto de rendirse ante las tropas del general Franco. Los padres de los ni簽os se debaten entre la duda de sacar a sus hijos de la ciudad o mantener a la familia unida. Francisco, padre de los ni簽os se entera de que el presidente Manuel Aza簽a est獺 organizando la salida de casi medio millar de ni簽os del pa穩s. El Comit矇 Iberoamericano de ayuda a los ni簽os del Pueblo Espa簽ol, quiera sacar v穩a Burdeos a los ni簽os, aunque le cuesta encontrar el barco adecuado. Marcelo, uno de los enviados para organizar el proyecto, intentar獺 conseguir un barco franc矇s, para que los franquistas no intenten capturarlo. Al final logra convencer al capit獺n del Mexica. Tras un azaroso viaje hasta Burdeos y su lucha para que los ni簽os logren subir al barco. La llegada a Veracruz es todo un acontecimiento. El presidente C獺rdenas y miles de ciudadanos van a recibir al grupo de ni簽os asustados y enflaquecidos por la guerra y el viaje. El gobierno mexicano ha preparado una escuela para ellos, aunque su intenci籀n es crear una casa hogar en Morelia, que sea un modelo educativo para todo el pa穩s. Ni el viaje ni la estancia en el pa穩s ser獺n f獺ciles, muchos peligros les acechan y el gobierno Franquista quiere llev獺rselos de nuevo a Espa簽a. Escapando de una Espa簽a en guerra, cientos de ni簽os buscar獺n su futro en Am矇rica, aunque a veces no es tan f獺cil huir de la guerra y el pasado.
The Negro Grandsons of Vercingetorix
Set in the imaginary African Republic of Vietongo, The Negro Grandsons of Vercingetorix begins when conflict breaks out between rival leaders and the regional ethnic groups they represent. Events recorded in a series of notebooks under the watchful eye of Hortense Lloki show how civil war culminates in a series of outlandish actions perpetrated by the warring parties' private militias--the Anacondas and the Romans from the North who have seized power against Vercingetorix (named after none other than the legendary Gallic warrior who fought against Caesar's army) and his Little Negro Grandsons in the South who are eager to regain control. Award-winning author Alain Mabanckou is at his satiric best in this novel that catalogues the pain and suffering caused by the ravages of civil war. Translated into English for the first time, this novel provides a gritty slice of life in an active war zone.
The Stalinist Becomes Bogomil
At war織s end, Europe was divided between ourselves and the Soviet Union. With the author, Michael Yarbrough, it has never been an issue whether our side of the barbed-wire was the better place to be. I've ALWAYS assumed as much. But I've ALWAYS regarded it as beside the point. The point is that on our side, there was the reconstitution with brilliant reforms of the very socio-economic order that led to the Depression in the first place which in its turn led to World War II and 60 million dead by conservative estimate. On the last Friday of January 2020, Kristalina Georgeva of the International Monetary Fund expressed dismay at the parallels between the international economic situation of the roaring 1920s that led to the Depression with the situation today. No surprise to me; it was inevitable. What else is inevitable? So who is Jean LeFey? At war's end a question loomed: Would there be a Communist revolution in Italy (and France)? This question impinged on the very life, the dream and lethal conspiracy of a (French-Canadian) American visionary serving in the American Army in Italy in the closing days of World War II...and the opening days of the Cold War. He was once a Catholic priest an ancient history professor committed to the defense of Christendom - Christian civilization. He is now a Stalinist committed to the revolutionary Communist unification of Europe, which he believes will be an intellectuals' Europe secure from depression and world war, resurgent in power and culture. He does not seriously suspect that for reasons of state, Stalin does not want a revolution in Italy and has since the war's outset exerted himself to prevent it. All of this in keeping with the novel's theme: The elusiveness of reality or the uncertainty of life. It is inspired by classical Greek tragedy and Graeco-Roman and Germanic epics. *A paean to internationalist-inspired high treason as well as a cautionary tale against it. *A metaphor of a spiritual ordeal not only transfixing the epoch of the Cold War, but in different guises our own as well. *Passionate, heroic, brooding, romantic, sinister, threatening, poignant, tender, wildly ribald. *A national epic for an Italy -- even a Europe...never to be born. Its hero: Jean LeFey, a professorial blend of Captain Ahab, Lenin, and Woody Allen.
The Stalinist Becomes Bogomil
At war織s end, Europe was divided between ourselves and the Soviet Union. With the author, Michael Yarbrough, it has never been an issue whether our side of the barbed-wire was the better place to be. I've ALWAYS assumed as much. But I've ALWAYS regarded it as beside the point. The point is that on our side, there was the reconstitution with brilliant reforms of the very socio-economic order that led to the Depression in the first place which in its turn led to World War II and 60 million dead by conservative estimate. On the last Friday of January 2020, Kristalina Georgeva of the International Monetary Fund expressed dismay at the parallels between the international economic situation of the roaring 1920s that led to the Depression with the situation today. No surprise to me; it was inevitable. What else is inevitable? So who is Jean LeFey? At war's end a question loomed: Would there be a Communist revolution in Italy (and France)? This question impinged on the very life, the dream and lethal conspiracy of a (French-Canadian) American visionary serving in the American Army in Italy in the closing days of World War II...and the opening days of the Cold War. He was once a Catholic priest an ancient history professor committed to the defense of Christendom - Christian civilization. He is now a Stalinist committed to the revolutionary Communist unification of Europe, which he believes will be an intellectuals' Europe secure from depression and world war, resurgent in power and culture. He does not seriously suspect that for reasons of state, Stalin does not want a revolution in Italy and has since the war's outset exerted himself to prevent it. All of this in keeping with the novel's theme: The elusiveness of reality or the uncertainty of life. It is inspired by classical Greek tragedy and Graeco-Roman and Germanic epics. *A paean to internationalist-inspired high treason as well as a cautionary tale against it. *A metaphor of a spiritual ordeal not only transfixing the epoch of the Cold War, but in different guises our own as well. *Passionate, heroic, brooding, romantic, sinister, threatening, poignant, tender, wildly ribald. *A national epic for an Italy -- even a Europe...never to be born. Its hero: Jean LeFey, a professorial blend of Captain Ahab, Lenin, and Woody Allen.
The Consul
This early work by Richard Harding Davis was originally published in the early 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Consul' is a short story by this famous war correspondent. Davis attended Lehigh University and Johns Hopkins University, but was asked to leave both due to neglecting his studies in favour socialising. During the Second Boer War in South Africa, Davis was a leading correspondent of the conflict. He saw the war first-hand from both parties perspectives and documented it in his publication 'With Both Armies' (1900). He wrote widely from locations such as the Caribbean, Central America, and even from the perspective of the Japanese forces during the Russo-Japanese War. Davis died following a heart attack on 11th April, 1916, at the age of 51.
The New Machiavelli
"The New Machiavelli" is a novel written by H. G. Wells, first published in 1911. The plot was well-known to have been based on Wells' affair with Amber Reeves and a satire of Beatrice and Sidney web; and, as such, was constituted a veritable literary scandal at the time. An interesting and entertaining story of life and loves, "The New Machiavelli" will not disappoint fans of Wells work and deserves a place on every bookshelf. Contents include: "The Making Of A Man", "Concerning A Book That Was Never Written", "Bromstead And My Father", "Margaret In London", et cetera. Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946) was a prolific English writer who wrote in a variety of genres, including the novel, politics, history, and social commentary. Today, he is perhaps best remembered for his contributions to the science fiction genre thanks to such novels as "The Time Machine" (1895), "The Invisible Man" (1897), and "The War of the Worlds" (1898). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
Constitution II
This book addresses the need for a new Constitution based on the national and world changes in the past 200+ years. Emphasis is placed on the need for changes in the fundamentals of our way of governing and on the increasing impact of technology in governing. Increased honesty in government is proposed with development of a new technology instantaneous portable lie-detection system. Some of the many recommendations to be included in a new Constitution are: new judiciary elements, a new income tax formula, required financial education of all students, President/Vice President exchange positions every 2 years, citizen DNA Identification mandatory, eliminate Electoral College, required control of inflation and reduction of national debt, 80% vote required to approve legislation, specific requirements for Declaration of War or pre-emptive force, conditions when military can override a Presidential order, mandatory Position Descriptions for Government employees, psychological testing of Government leaders, list of impeachable offenses, new oath of office for all Government employees. The first paragraphs are expanded lists of Human Rights and Citizen Rights.
Constitution II
This book addresses the need for a new Constitution based on the national and world changes in the past 200+ years. Emphasis is placed on the need for changes in the fundamentals of our way of governing and on the increasing impact of technology in governing. Increased honesty in government is proposed with development of a new technology instantaneous portable lie-detection system. Some of the many recommendations to be included in a new Constitution are: new judiciary elements, a new income tax formula, required financial education of all students, President/Vice President exchange positions every 2 years, citizen DNA Identification mandatory, eliminate Electoral College, required control of inflation and reduction of national debt, 80% vote required to approve legislation, specific requirements for Declaration of War or pre-emptive force, conditions when military can override a Presidential order, mandatory Position Descriptions for Government employees, psychological testing of Government leaders, list of impeachable offenses, new oath of office for all Government employees. The first paragraphs are expanded lists of Human Rights and Citizen Rights.
SunnyBreeze
SunnyBreeze is a new concept in upscale resorts and everything that dreams of paradise should be - lush and tropical, perfect in every detail, offering every amenity and service that any wealthy guest might desire. While the guests are lulled by lush ambiance and over-indulgence, they will also be subliminally programmed to accept their roles in the approaching economic collapse and class warfare that is sure to destroy what remains of our society and our culture.
The Man in the Empty Suit
In this dystopian novel set in the 2030s, a man suffering from a gunshot wound is trying to remember what happened to him in the years since Trump got elected.Fimple is an alcoholic psychological counselor suffering from post-traumatic amnesia. As he recovers in the hospital, he tries to reconstruct his past, but can't recognize the America his country has become.As his memory slowly returns, he realizes the hospital is owned by his half-uncle, a Trump-like corporatist who wants to run for president and has hired Fimple to babysit three sexually addicted young people to keep them out of the news. This is necessary because a sex scandal in the evangelical right-wing post-Trump era could weaken his run for president.But in counseling the three young addicts locked up in a halfway house, Fimple comes to love them. When they beg him to set them free, he is tempted. Fimple can't afford to lose his job, but feels morally obligated to aid in their escape.What should he do?"While Walker's prose is never flashy, his careful grounding of details and patient efforts in constructing character and setting create a universe of flaws and possibilities, and his stories unfold with a cumulative, occasionally wrenching emotional effect." - Kirkus review of Tom Walker's book Signed Confessions (2013)San Antonio native Tom Walker attended the University of Texas at Austin. In the sixties, he moved to Manhattan and worked as an editor for Prentice Hall Publishers. In the seventies, he edited and contributed to SA: The Magazine of San Antonio before becoming editor of Southwest Airlines Magazine and Continental Airlines Magazine. This is his fourth book.
A Loss of Innocents
A former Navy SEAL first finds his way into private security leading to African conflicts, leading to US private military corporations that lead to indirect and direct involvement to covert activities. He finally finds his niche back in private business, only to be pulled back into the shadows in preventing a complete alteration of the political makeup of American government. Along the way, he experiences success, friendship, and tragedy.
The Right That Could Be
Joe Bridgeman is a good-hearted, likable man who just wants to do the right thing. He naively gets into politics to find fame and popularity at his doorstep, wondering why it's so easy. Eventually, Joe understands and, through the heartaches he witnesses and endures, learns his purpose in life is to share a message of a hope and a warning with his generation.
Negative Return
NEGATIVE RETURN Australasians continue to let themselves down badly with their trans-Tasman ethos of "she'll be right." When a flurry of incidents occurs underground across the two nations - shocking events that are inconceivable to the minds and hearts of Christians - people are slow to make connections. Way, way too slow . . . In a blend of frighteningly feasible political possibilities, we face in Negative Return the fact that as judiciousness is subsumed by raw emotion, nothing seems impossible.
The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent is set in London in 1886 and deals with Mr. Adolf Verloc and his work as a spy against Britain. Verloc is also a businessman who owns a shop which sells pornographic material, contraceptives and bric-a-brac. His friends are a group of anarchists of which Comrade Ossipon, Michaelis, and "The Professor" are the most prominent. The group produces anarchist literature in the form of pamphlets entitled F.P. - The Future of the Proletariat. Although a member of an anarchist cell, Verloc is also secretly employed by the embassy of a foreign country, but Mr. Vladimir, the new First Secretary in the Embassy is not satisfied with Verloc's contribution. In order to redeem himself, Verloc must carry out an operation - the destruction of Greenwich Observatory by a bomb.
