Títulos em Político

Over four decades in public safety, Alex encounters a changing America, where veterans are left to rot on streets, women are welcome in dangerous fields but abusers still walk free, and service providers are subjected to intense public scrutiny while being denied the resources they need. After moving from bustling Boston to small town Vermont, Alex discovers an escalating feud between emergency operators and must decide which to protect: their community, or their legacy.

Set in the fictional town of Steeplejack, nestled in the Bitterroot Mountains, Hazel Mackenzie provides law enforcement with sketch art and victim reconstruction following suspected crimes. Hazel is catapulted from observer to participant when her husband dies in an accident and then soon after, her gay twin brother Kento is shot by a member of Steeplejack's growing anti-LGBTQ community during a gender reveal party for his child.

Tony Malik, a half-Irish, half-Arab FBI agent based in New York, specializes in tracking money from drug and arms deals. His life takes a dramatic turn when a long-term relationship ends and his job hangs in the balance. Amid personal turmoil, Malik becomes intrigued by his Palestinian father's past. He decides to visit his ancestral homeland for his niece's wedding, accepting a seemingly simple FBI assignment along the way.

A man known only as K. arrives in a mysterious town where an all-powerful castle filled with unseen "gentlemen" controls every aspect of life. When the ridiculous bureaucracy of the castle officials makes K.'s original reason for coming to the village, working as a land surveyor, seem impossible, K. must find a way to make a life within a system where the only answer he ever seems to get is "no". K. struggles in vain to get in contact with anyone at all within the castle to help solve his predicament. But still, there may be some tenderness to be found in this absurdist landscape.

Professor Soren Pafko has made a life and career out of lying, conniving, manipulating, and abusing everyone in his path. So far, it’s working great: he’s Chair of his College’s Department of Comparative Literature; he’s leader of the local chapter of the Democratic Communists of America; and when he wants to cheat on his wife, he’s got his pick of women who think he’s the second coming of Che Guevara. But when he flunks local yokel Gus Dropo’s teenage son for a politically incorrect classroom comment, everything in Professor Pafko’s world begins to go hilariously wrong.

BKA-Hauptkommissar Philipp Gerber ermittelt vor dem Hintergrund eines der wichtigsten Ereignisse der deutschen Nachkriegsgeschichte: dem Mauerbau. August 1961. Auf dem Frankfurter Flughafen vereitelt BKA-Hauptkommissar Philipp Gerber in letzter Sekunde ein Attentat auf General Hiram C. Anderson, seinen ehemaligen Chef beim US-Militärgeheimdienst. Offiziell ist Anderson nach Deutschland zurückgekehrt, um mit seiner Tochter June durch das Land zu reisen, doch er verfolgt auch andere, politische Pläne. Und er will Philipp vor einem möglichen Doppelagenten und Landesverräter warnen.

President John F. Kennedy once said, “Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.” Today, a new element has been introduced to the preparations—artificial intelligence. The United States, in its quest to rapidly and effectively defend the nation from a nuclear attack, has incorporated AI into its operation plan of response. But what if the artificial intelligence relied upon by the nation’s decision-makers is wrong? What if AI takes the controls of America’s nuclear response? Might it trigger nuclear war without justification?

Es ist ein großer Tag für Interims-Polizeipräsident Kluftinger, der seine erste Anti-Terrorübung in den Bergen leitet. Doch die Übung läuft völlig aus dem Ruder, ein Polizist stirbt. Ist Kluftingers chaotische Planung schuld am Tod des Kollegen? Ausgerechnet jetzt kann er schlechte Schlagzeilen überhaupt nicht gebrauchen, denn er kandidiert für den Gemeinderat – zunächst zwar nur als Lückenbüßer, um die Liste zu füllen. Aber als er erfährt, dass sein Intimfeind Doktor Langhammer gegen ihn antritt, ist sein Ehrgeiz geweckt, und er zieht in den Wahlkampf.

In March 2012, Bennett Carrington had the world on a string. A junior senator from Arkansas, the up and coming golden boy of American politics was being vetted for the vice-presidential position on the Anderson campaign. By July, he had resigned in disgrace and was left with no marriage, no career, and a broken heart. Eleven years later, Bennett finds himself in a unique position. He has the opportunity to reclaim his political career.

Durch sein lässiges Auftreten hat er es auf der Karrierleiter bis zu Großbritanniens höchstem politischen Amt gebracht. Doch Marcus Valentine ist ein Blender. Selbstsüchtig benutzt er sogar die ihm nahestehenden Menschen nur für seine Zwecke: Stabschef Sunil, der sämtliche Fehler auszubaden hat; seine schöne Frau Abbie, die er mit der PR-Chefin betrügt; die hübsche Nanny seines kleinen Sohns; seinen militärischen Berater ... Aufgrund eines Bombenattentats muss der Premier sich eines Tages mit seinen Getreuen in die Tunnel unter der Downing Street flüchten.

Ben Oppenheim balanciert zwischen Ex-Frau, zwei Kindern und seiner Liebe zu Julia. Er hat Rückenschmerzen und Geldsorgen, aber was ihn wirklich ängstigt, ist der Krieg in Osteuropa. Getrieben vom jüdischen Fluchtinstinkt steigt er eines Morgens kurzerhand in ein Flugzeug nach Brasilien. Mitsamt Ex-Frau und Kindern, aber ohne Julia. Im Krisenmodus läuft Ben zur Hochform auf. Nur der Atomkrieg lässt auf sich warten. Ben dämmert, dass er sich ändern muss, wenn sich etwas ändern soll.

Rylee Williams is looking forward to a fun-filled gap year before she heads East for college. An extended trip to Europe. Volunteering for her congregations Home Mission. Maybe even mentoring for her old high schools robotics team. Pregnancy was the last thing that she expected. Detained under the Unborn Child Protection Act and forced into the Wisconsin Individual Family Education program with her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Rylee struggles to navigate in a world that has reduced her to a walking womb. Can this strong-willed mother-to-be reclaim her life . . . and her future?

Novembre 1970. La Camera dei deputati sta per approvare una delle norme più tormentate della nostra storia: la legge sul divorzio. In Italia, infatti, fino ad allora, il matrimonio era "indissolubile". Il giovane dott. Ciro Amendola, appena assunto al Ministero, segue direttamente questa vicenda, a lui molto cara per ragioni familiari e di passione sportiva. A suo tempo, aveva infatti seguito le vicissitudini amorose di Fausto Coppi, che non aveva potuto vivere liberamente la travolgente passione d'Amore con la sua Giulia, la Dama Bianca, soltanto perché erano entrambi sposati.

First Lady Elizabeth Caen can't believe what she just overheard: the President of the United States is planning a shocking assassination. With no hard evidence to back her claims against her powerful husband, she faces the nearly impossible task of revealing the dark conspiracy to the world. She must do something...but what?

This book is dedicated for open minded people who wish to change things or to see beyond the ordinary world affairs as it contains details regarding the current state of world order.

In January 2010, Calista Caldwell, a fresh journalism graduate, arrives in Capital City. She secures what appears to be an ideal position as a political aide to the seasoned municipal councillor, Ralph Mastronzo. While Cal grows fond of the community, she grapples with the realities of being a young woman in a male-dominated political arena. Can her dedication to serving the community compensate for the strain on her well-being and personal life?

Deutschland 1940, ein Volk im Kriegstaumel. Die 25-jährige Elisabeth scheint für ihre Umgebung etwas merkwürdig, da sie lieber zeichnet und Klavier spielt, als den Eltern bei der Bewirtschaftung des Hofes zu helfen. Durch ein dramatisches Ereignis fällt sie in eine tiefe Depression und soll in der Landesheilanstalt Stadtroda genesen. Wovon die Eltern jedoch nichts wissen, ist das Vorhaben von Hitler und seinen willigen Vollstreckern in weißen Kitteln, "lebensunwertes Leben" in der Aktion Gnadentod zu beenden.

Mitch Caddo, a young law school graduate and aspiring political fixer, is an outsider in the homeland of his Anishinaabe ancestors. But alongside his childhood friend, Tribal President Mack Beck, he runs the government of the Passage Rouge Nation, and with it, the tribe’s Golden Eagle Casino and Hotel. On the eve of Mack’s reelection, their tenuous grip on power is threatened by a nationally known activist and politician, Gloria Hawkins, and her young aide, Layla Beck, none other than Mack’s estranged sister and Mitch’s former love.

It is 1954, but not the same way the history books would have it. Events and characters swirl in a vortex of fragments and chance connections. Brisbane celebrates the young Queen Elizabeth II's arrival on her first royal tour of the commonwealth. Meanwhile the future is being shaped behind closed doors, laying the foundations for the 21st century...

In book eight of the award-winning Warren Steelgrave series, Warren is concerned about the growing distance between himself and Cindy O’Brian, the love of his life. Warren decides to go to Italy without her, hoping the separation will benefit them. Once in Italy, the FBI is waiting for him. The FBI is looking for Warren’s good friend, Jack Sullivan. They know Jack is finishing a new book involving stock market manipulation and the death of stockbroker George Daily. Jack has the information the FBI needs and is concerned for his safety. They ask Warren to find him.