Títulos em Político

Pulitzer prize-winning author David K. Shipler’s fictionalized story of a Vietnamese interpreter, based on his own experiences as a war correspondent, brings back the tensions within Vietnam during the war, focusing on a local with close ties to American journalists and politicians.

Sia Fox, agente, y Max Castillo, colaborador de la CIA, se unen para emprender una peligrosa operación de espionaje que involucra a oligarcas, políticos y mafiosos rusos. Ella está infiltrada en un bufete de abogados londinense que se dedica a ocultar grandes fortunas; él es un próspero terrateniente mexicano, dueño de un criadero de purasangres y heredero de una familia vinculada con la Agencia desde los sesenta.

But the most important situations we face as adults were never discussed with us when we were students. We weren't taught these skills in school, and this makes all the success stories we hear about seem out of reach; it makes us feel dumb. We aren't dumb, we just don't know how to work the system.

What do democracy and doughnuts have in common? Nothing in the middle. Owls, Doughnuts, and Democracy is the satirical adventures of an outspoken millennial woman with a colourful past named Bea, who, with a motley coalition spanning the political spectrum, puts the middle back into democracy. Bea gets it all going when she’s volunteered to help at a senior’s home. She teaches octogenarian Harold, the resident curmudgeon and ex-MP troll, to use the internet, leading to an app for people to vote individually on bills before parliament.

Román Sabaté entra al mundo de la política casi por casualidad, pero es allí donde se sella su destino. La permanente tensión entre la necesidad de trabajo de un joven de provincia y las ocultas intenciones del político que lo ha elegido como secretario privado es lo que mueve los hilos de esta novela: dos hombres en conflicto en una historia en la que hasta la paternidad está en juego. Magia, doble discurso o crimen, todo vale. Las maldiciones desnuda la verdad de la llamada "nueva política".

"Eines der schönsten, anregendsten und originellsten literarischen Werke des vergangenen Jahrhunderts." Susan Sontag. Leonid Zypkin setzt mit diesem virtuosen Roman seinem literarischen Idol Dostojewski ein Denkmal. Susan Sontag stieß zufällig in einer Bücherkiste auf eine alte Ausgabe und rettete das Meisterwerk vor dem Vergessen.

La historia oculta de la poderosa reina del opulento imperio Azteca resucita después de cinco siglos. Guiados por las mariposas monarca, símbolo del viaje circular norte-sur en su propio y cautivador patrón migrante, Adrian Salvatierra y otros migrantes desarrollan un complejo y ambicioso esquema de negociación que convence a las autoridades estadounidenses para endosar un ejército de descendientes de migrantes mexicanos que, irónicamente, realizarán una auto ocupación para rescatar el ya fallido y perdido Estado calentano de los grupos criminales y políticos corruptos que lo tienen captivo.

Na sua modesta casa em um sítio isolado, o ex-presidente de um pequeno país latino-americano recebe uma jornalista europeia para debater as terríveis circunstâncias que ameaçam a democracia ao redor do planeta. Antes conhecido como o presidente mais pobre do mundo, hoje é visto como um símbolo de altruísmo, justiça e direitos humanos. Mas agora, durante a entrevista, ele se vê à beira de revelar seu maior segredo: que todos os seus conceitos sobre revolução, dignidade e amor se devem às profundas conversas que teve, no período em que esteve preso, com seu companheiro de cela — um sapo.

Ein wahrer Weltroman: Die einschneidende Liebesgeschichte von Ifemelu und Obinze zwischen drei Kontinenten. Chimamanda Adichie erzählt von der Liebe zwischen Ifemelu und Obinze, die im Nigeria der neunziger Jahre ihren Lauf nimmt. Dann trennen sich ihre Wege: Die selbstbewusste Ifemelu studiert in Princeton, Obinze strandet als illegaler Einwanderer in London. Nach Jahren stehen sie plötzlich vor einer Entscheidung, die ihr Leben auf den Kopf stellt. Adichie gelingt ein eindringlicher, moderner und hochpolitischer Roman über Identität und Rassismus in unserer globale Welt.

The author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Stephanie Plum novels offers a red-hot screwball romance. He was a handsome hell-raiser, a reckless crusader in low-slung jeans—and he was driving Louisa Brannigan crazy! Pete Streeter made terrible coffee, snatched her newspaper, and listened...

Discover the chilling foresight of 1900; or, The Last President by Ingersoll Lockwood in this captivating audiobook. Written in 1896, this political satire eerily mirrors modern events, weaving a tale of societal upheaval, economic collapse, and a controversial leader rising to power. Perfect for fans of dystopian fiction, historical curiosities, and conspiracy theories, this audiobook brings Lockwood's prophetic vision to life with immersive narration.

१९४८ च्या गांधी हत्येनंतर देशात जे दंगे झाले त्यात ज्यांचा संबंध हि नाही अशी अनेक कुटुंबे होरपळली गेली नंतर घरांची डागडुजीही झाली पण आपलाच शेजारी आपला घात करील याची कल्पना हि नसलेल्या मानसिकतेचे वर्णन "वावटळ" मध्ये केले आहे.

Ingersoll Lockwood (1841-1918) was a New York attorney, diplomat and lecturer who wrote children's books, satire, and poetry. 1900 or, The last President is a dystopian, alternative history book which was published in 1896 and ostensibly involves events of a few years later - the 1898 election that put William Jennings Bryan in power and led to civic unrest. As a work of political satire, the narrative deplores the rise of socialism and populism in its dystopian vision of the future.

Senator Francesca Thurston is embroiled in a battle to be the first female president of the United States with frosty Ice Queen Congresswoman Margot Smith. Francesca is a trailblazer, being an openly gay senator. What she doesn't expect is the immediate chemistry she feels on her first meeting with Margot. Francesca doesn't like Margot and her tendency to stoop to underhand methods to get what she wants, but she can't resist the lure of the icy older woman. If anyone caught them together it would destroy everything they had fought their whole lives to build.

John A. Kinley is a forty-two-year-old disillusioned United States Congressman from Indiana. Following John’s retirement, an old friend introduces John to a mysterious group of investors. Their proposal stuns him—they want to provide a trillion-dollar budget for John to found his own country from inception to fruition. Though D.C. has made him skeptical, John hasn’t given up on his dreams of creating a great nation. John accepts this task naively, with no idea of the strings attached to their deal.

En una remota región rural de Hungría azotada por el viento y la incesante lluvia, unos pocos miembros de una fallida cooperativa llevan una vida anodina en un pueblo ya casi fantasmal mientras aguardan impotentes a que un milagro les devuelva el futuro. Hasta que un día reciben la noticia de que, en la carretera que conduce a la aldea, se ha avistado al astuto y carismático Irimiás, desaparecido años atrás y al que daban por muerto.

Wie ein Mann nichts tat – und so den Dritten Weltkrieg verhinderte:. Sowjetunion, 1983. Stanislaw Petrow lebt ein beschauliches Leben mit seiner Frau ...

Delivering Santa is a heartwarming story about forgiveness, hope, and understanding the true meaning of Christmas. Will Stowe and Wyatt find a way to work through their differences to help deliver a holiday miracle in front of the world, or are the obstacles that pulled them apart too much to overcome?

Who decides what’s best for Alaskans? Mandates from on high, for the greater good. Reduce violence. Eliminate hunger. Save the people by dehumanizing them. Make them dependent. Take the citizens' voice. Remove their claws. Cory Beringer’s old man took him to Rhodesia to fight as a mercenary when the boy was thirteen. Who does that? Someone who believes when society falls, it won’t be a catastrophic train wreck.

It is 2008. Sam’s dream publishing debut is three years behind him. Now he is a writer without a story. Desperate for inspiration, he takes the opportunity to ghostwrite an old Vietnamese solider’s memoir, only to find that his subject, Mr. Lan, is an intractable communist, whose amazing narrative is rooted in the vilification of Vietnamese emigres, the very people Sam’s debut celebrated.