Títulos em Político

Yumi Fuller hasn’t set foot in her hometown of Liberty Falls, Idaho—heart of the potato-farming industry—since she ran away at age fifteen. Twenty-five years later, the prodigal daughter returns to confront her dying parents, her best friend, and her conflicted past, and finds herself caught up in an altogether new drama. The post-millennial farming community has been invaded by Agribusiness forces at war with a posse of activists, the Seeds of Resistance, who travel the country in a camping car, “The Spudnick,” biofueled by pilfered McDonald’s french-fry oil.

Vera Stark ha quarantacinque anni, una figlia di venticinque, un ex marito che la tormenta ma ha ritrovato l’amore con Alex, un docente di dottrine politiche all’università. Ma Vera è soprattutto una giornalista di razza e ha da poco cominciato un’inchiesta sulla crescita del neonazismo in Germania e, in modo particolare, sul gruppo “31 Aprile”, che vuole riprendere il progetto nazista là dove il Führer lo ha lasciato. Grazie alle sue ricerche e all’aiuto di due anziani antinazisti capisce ben presto che l’orrore non è alle spalle e che qualcosa di strano accade a Villa Redenzione, una casa di cura che nascondeva un tempo un lager.

Dive into this thrilling standalone MM romance that's filled with suspense and sizzling chemistry by the USA Today bestselling authors Kimberly Knight and Rachel Lyn Adams. This heart-pounding story follows a devoted Secret Service agent and the sassy-mouthed son of the president, whose forbidden love story will keep you on the edge of your seat with every twist and turn.

Eine aufwühlende georgische Familiengeschichte zwischen Vertreibung, Hoffnung und Versöhnung. Vom intensiven Leben in einer gefährlichen Welt. Georgien, 2010. Auf der Flucht vor dem Bürgerkrieg bleibt Sabas Mutter zurück. Erst Jahre später hat sein Vater genug Geld, um nach ihr zu suchen. Doch in Tbilissi verschwindet der Vater, und auch der ihm folgende ältere Bruder. Nun ist es an Saba in das ihm unbekannte Land aufzubrechen. Begleitet von den Stimmen seiner georgischen Familie folgt Saba den Hinweisen, die sein Bruder ihm hinterlassen hat. Graffiti, versteckte Notizen, ein Manuskript.

Gregory George Notso Normal, and five of his buds, after a couple of beers at the American Legion Post, decide to take on the woke, politically correct crowd. These woke, politically incorrect whippersnappers fill the World Wide Web with their truth. Which in most cases is not the truth at all.

Journey through America's history with "Uncle Sam's Eulogy: Comedy of Soulful Reflections," a compelling narrative that offers a unique blend of humor, sincerity, and introspection. Told through the eyes of Uncle Sam, this book presents a vivid portrayal of the United States, reflecting on its triumphs, trials, and aspirations.

Friends for most of their lives, Rob, Julia, and Ray are boomers who set out in their twenties to make things right in America. A couple since law school, Rob is a distinguished Constitutional scholar at Harvard and Julia a prominent journalist writing a book about the wreckage of the nation’s political life, while Ray serves as dean of the medical school. Ray’s work as a physician in a Vietnam combat zone left him scarred yet with a powerful and loving commitment to heal and to support his friends through tragedy.

Wie werden wir leben, falls die weltweit auf Hochtouren laufende Forschung zur biologischen Verjüngung des Menschen Erfolg hat? SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautor Maxim Leo legt einen raffinierten und hochgradig unterhaltsamen Roman über vier Menschen vor, deren Leben so unmerklich wie unaufhaltsam aus den Fugen gerät. Sie sind Probanden einer medizinischen Studie der Berliner Charité, deren »Nebenwirkungen« ungeahnte Folgen hat: eine biologische Verjüngung um gleich mehrere Jahre. Jakob ist gerade seiner ersten Liebe begegnet und verliert auf einmal jegliche Lust.

Isabel Rosen hat noch ein Semester am Wilder College vor sich, als ein neuer Professor ihren Kurs für Kreatives Schreiben übernimmt. R. H. Connelly ist ein charismatischer Lehrer und ein Mann mit Geheimnissen. Er gibt Isabel das Gefühl, gesehen zu werden, schön und talentiert zu sein: die Frau, die sie sein möchte. Die beiden beginnen eine Affäre, die die Grundlagen dessen, wer Isabel zu sein glaubt, immer mehr erschüttert. Während ein weiteres Drama um ein verheiratetes Paar am College alle um sie herum in Atem hält, ahnt Isabel, dass die Grenze zwischen Jugend und Erwachsensein weniger klar ist, als sie dachte.

München in den zwanziger Jahren: Gegen den fortschrittlichen, aber unbequemen Museumsdirektor Krüger wird ein Meineidprozess angezettelt, der ihn ins Zuchthaus bringt. Die Beschreibung von Krügers Werdegang macht »Erfolg« zu einem Portrait seiner Heimatstadt München, einem Zeitbild und zu gleich zu einer weitsichtigen Prognose des politischen Geschehens in einem Deutschland zu Beginn des Faschismus.

Prince Dmitry Ivanovich Nekhlyudov, having fulfilled his duty on a jury, unexpectedly recognizes a woman named Katerina Maslova. She was once a maid he had seduced and subsequently abandoned, leaving her pregnant. His aunt cast her out, and she eventually found herself drawn into a life of prostitution, eventually becoming entangled in a crime. As he observes her unjust trial and subsequent imprisonment, Nekhlyudov becomes consumed with guilt and a desire for redemption.

In the spring of 2012, an unlikely transformational figure inadvertently breaches the perimeter of U.S politics. Unencumbered by political ambition and devoid of greed or lust for power, Jonathon Braxton reluctantly enters the arena. Fueled solely by a desire to advocate for more medical research funding to find a cure for Type 1 diabetes afflicting his son, Braxton agrees to speak at the 2012 Republican National Convention courtesy of two influential power brokers who see ‘JB‘ as the future of the party.

Adam Tinker’s first job at The Firm sweeps him into fast-moving cross-currents of international politics and corruption, in Cyprus, the Eastern Mediterranean, and then in Abu Dhabi in the Persian Gulf. Nothing is what it seems. He becomes a small but influential player in flushing out a major conspiracy that could so easily lock up the world’s oil supplies. As he continues to probe, Adam encounters daring adventurers, awkward historical questions, idealistic defectors, and well-connected informers.

It seems we have not internalized the lessons of George Orwell's dystopian vision in “1984.” Now, forty years later, that terrifying notion is becoming a reality. Win, the fictional son of Winston Smith, experiences firsthand the horrors of the totalitarian system–a system that takes control of every aspect of daily life with sophisticated and cruel efficiency. A system that clutches each of us with a cold claw right now.

Salzburg, März 1913. Der Schausteller Otto Witte wird in eine Irrenanstalt eingewiesen, weil er steif und fest behauptet, König von Albanien gewesen zu sein. Der junge Doktorand Alois Schilchegger ist von diesem Mann fasziniert und nimmt sich seiner an. Ottos Version der Weltgeschichte beginnt im Oktober 1912 in Konstantinopel. Das Osmanische Reich droht auseinanderzubrechen. Albanien nutzt die Gunst der Stunde, erklärt sich unabhängig und sucht einen König. Otto und sein Kumpan, der Schwertschlucker Max Hoffmann, riskieren einen waghalsigen Coup: Albanien sucht einen König?

Il Prigioniero, il capo del più importante partito cristiano d’Italia, dopo essere stato catturato da uomini che minacciano la sua vita riceve in cella la visita di Satana, che lo tenterà nel corso di un viaggio notturno alla scoperta del futuro del paese. Il Presidente, espressione luciferina del potere che non tramonta mai, cerca di reagire ai sospetti di collusione con la mafia in seguito all’arresto di uno dei suoi uomini chiave. L’Esule, scappato in Tunisia dopo che gli scandali di corruzione hanno travolto la sua carriera politica, riflette, in limina mortis, sulla propria caduta.

Scott Bradley James arrives in Annapolis, Maryland, as a plebe in the class of 1941 without a terribly good idea why he wants to be a naval officer, other than that his father was a sailor, and he wants to see the world, whatever that means. Scott and his roommate become fast friends, and, after surviving scrapes of their own making, the two fetch up at Pearl Harbor. War is brewing, and their class has graduated early. They have been sent to battle stations.

The Rooftop Garden is a novel about Nabila, a researcher who studies seaweed in warming oceans, and her childhood friend Matthew. Now both in their twenties, Matthew has disappeared from his Toronto home, and Nabila travels to Berlin to find him and try to bring him back.

Having been made High Commissioner in Nairobi, Ed Barnes is keeping his head down and staying out of trouble. But when his daughter, Sophie, is kidnapped following a security crisis for which he is blamed, his attempts at normality fall apart once again. He finds himself at the heart of a complex negotiation with a dangerous Somali terrorist group, in an effort to avert a regional security crisis and free his daughter.

Teheran, 1979. Behsad, giovane rivoluzionario comunista, lotta per un nuovo ordine dopo la cacciata dello Scià. Ci trascina nelle sue azioni clandestine, ci confessa le sue speranze per un nuovo Iran e ci racconta come, nel cuore della lotta, abbia incontrato l’amore della sua vita, Nahid. Dieci anni dopo, Behsad e Nahid si trovano in Germania. Insieme ai loro figli, Laleh e Morad, sono fuggiti dall’Iran dopo l’ascesa al potere di Khomeini. Di notte tutto è silenzio a Teheran racconta quattro decenni di un popolo in lotta.