Títulos em Político

The Vision of 2025 is a speculative fiction book comprising interconnected short stories that explore the implementation and consequences of policies derived from "Project 2025," a political manifesto. The narrative is framed around Mr. Persident, a resolute and enigmatic figure who rises to power on promises to reshape the nation, starting with his stirring inauguration speech.

Kaley Presley was supposed to be the next Jamie Austen. A CIA extraordinaire. A beloved heroine like Jamie who trained her. When she's sent to Norway with A-Rad to search for a rich man who is trafficking young women on a submarine, things go horribly wrong. The trafficker is the Crown Prince. The next heir to the throne. The guards they killed were members of the Royal Guard. They're arrested and must stand trial for murder and abandoned by the ones who sent them there. Is her CIA career over before it really gets started?

In November 2021, an inflatable dinghy carrying migrants from France to the UK capsized in the English Channel, causing the deaths of 27 people on board. Despite receiving numerous calls for help, the French authorities wrongly told the migrants they were in British waters and had to call the British authorities for help. By the time rescue vessels arrived on the scene, nearly three hours later, all but two of the migrants had died, the worst single loss of life ever to occur in the Channel.

In the contested borderlands between Mexico and the United States, a woman flees into the desert after a devastating raid on her dead husband’s ranch. A lieutenant colonel in service to the fledgling Republica, sent in pursuit of cattle rustlers, discovers he’s on the trail of a more dramatic abduction. Decades later, with political ambitions on the line, the American and Mexican militaries try to maneuver Geronimo, the most legendary of Apache warriors, into surrender. In our own day, a family travels through the region in search of a truer version of the past.

In the fictional African country of Zambuena, Katmé Abbia enjoys a life of privilege and influence married to Tashun, the powerful prefect of Zambuena's capital. Yet after years spent playing the obedient, demure wife to a husband who has ceased to notice her, Katmé grows increasingly restless. Her one source of connection is Samy, a childhood friend, struggling artist, and gay man—an offense punishable by law in Zambuena.

When the Chinese premier visits Harvard, international student Pei Lulu encounters a lone woman protesting who will drastically change her understanding of the People's Republic and her own place in the world. For the first time, Lulu learns of the 1989 protest movement and the government’s violent response. Determined to find out more, she seeks answers from her family, who share surprising stories of their involvement. A formative university course prompts Lulu to pursue a line of PHD research focused on the protest movement.

Traveling east after witnessing the aftermath of the Massacre at Wounded Knee, the young man, who had seen more death in his short life than most people encounter in their entire lives, sought to rebuild the ruins of his life. His father had abandoned his mother, who had turned to prostitution to survive. She was shot when he was twelve, leaving him alone. Having learned to read at a very young age, his intelligence and attention to detail took him places typically reserved for his elders. The young man rode the train east, determined to leave the past behind.

Seeing an opportunity to attract 800 new jobs back to her small, decaying town of Halstaholm, new district councillor Julia Bäck jumps right into spearheading a persuasive campaign with an unprecedented charm offensive to win the contract over Stockholm. Julia's tenacity impresses the German dream bed boss Konrad Jr… but has she bitten off more than she can chew?

Hailes Castle, 1511. Midnight on a doom-laden Halloween and Elisabeth Hepburn, feisty daughter of the Earl of Bothwell, makes a wish to wed her lover, the poet David Lindsay. But her uncle has other plans. To safeguard the interests of the Hepburn family, she is to become a nun and succeed her aunt as Prioress of St. Mary’s Abbey, Haddington. However, plunged into the political maelstrom and religious turmoil of the early Scottish Reformation, Hepburn's life there is hardly one of quiet contemplation.

Sandy Eden, a Vietnam survivor turned charismatic barrister, has a taste for bourbon, blues, and the relentless pursuit of justice. Yet he often wonders—for what? The answer is his elixir: live music in Austin, where he and his love, Bev, follow the soulful bass lines of his longtime friend Dude from one club to another. But whiskey and blues can’t satisfy his deeper urge to give bullies their due—an itch born in the chaos of war and sharpened by his legal battles.

The Holy States have excommunicated Halice and recalled its Holy Servants, and blocked trade to the wounded city. Renza Di Maneri and her fellow members of the High Chamber are running out of time and have few good options. So when Renza’s Soulhate, Idris Patricelli, suggests inviting mercenaries behind the city walls, in a bid to secure protection against Halice’s righteous foe, she is forced to agree. But the mercenaries bring death into the High Chamber, and their presence exposes a spy in Halice’s ranks, the city's future plunges further into unrest.

20 luglio 2001. Mentre il movimento no-global sfila nelle strade di Genova contro il G8, tre romani intorno ai trent'anni, Enzo, Giacomo e Filippo, tutti e tre in qualche modo di sinistra e "contro er capitale", imboccano la famigerata Pontina diretti a Lavinio alla festa di compleanno di una cugina di Giacomo, per poi passare la notte ad Anzio, nella casa dei genitori di Enzo. Alla notizia alla radio degli scontri a Genova, protestano e discutono. Ma soprattutto cazzeggiano, i loro pensieri sempre un po' diversi da ciò che dicono.

First published in 1516, Utopia is a political and philosophical satire presented as a dialogue between More and the traveller Raphael Hythlodaeus. Raphael recounts his time visiting the island of Utopia, where private property ceases to exist, all citizens work, and the laws promote equality, education and religious tolerance. Through this imagined society, More indirectly challenges the injustices of European politics, and cleverly reflects on the meaning of justice, governance and what it takes to create a ‘perfect’ society.

When the longtime abuse by a university’s softball coach of teenagers in its youth summer softball program—and the university’s strategic cover-up of those crimes—comes to light, a community is turned upside down in this drama-filled thriller perfect for fans of Kate Elizabeth Russell and Allison Leotta.

Inspired by journalists Christiane Amanpour and Sylvia Poggioli, Midnight, at the War is a novel about a reporter chasing the biggest story of her career as she contends with a tense newsroom, a dangerous global conflict, and all the problems she’s running away from at home, by the acclaimed novelist that Megha Majumdar calls "a gem of a writer."

Als Jana mit ihrer Familie aufs Land zieht, merkt sie schnell: Hier gelten andere Regeln. Hinter der bürgerlichen Fassade lauert ein höchst problematisches Weltbild, wie selbstverständlich wird hier AfD gewählt. Je mehr Zeit Jana mit Karolin verbringt, desto klarer wird ihr, dass sie auf eine sehr zeitgemäße Weise ultrakonservativ ist – sie kämpft als »Tradwife« im Namen der Tradition gegen alles, wofür Jana eigentlich steht. Jana versucht, sich gegen ihre Faszination zu wehren, und ertappt sich doch immer wieder bei dem verstörenden Gedanken, dass sie Karolin um ihr Leben beneidet.

Jhilli has come to New York for a few months from Kolkata for training at the School of Social Sciences, staying with her childhood friend Shipra in Queens. Through Jhilli’s eyes, we see the wonders of New York, meet their Bengali friends, and experience their friendships and romances with native New Yorkers Gloria, Joshua, and Benjamin.

As Scruff Sanders struggles with the challenges of being manipulated by disguised power as well as the rewards of becoming a national celebrity, his own integrity is put to the test. Puzzled by who to trust, his life, his career, and his values are put in the crucible. The wrong answer might cost him everything. But is there a right answer? With the presidential election looming, decisions must be made.

Historians describe great wars as the clash of armies, the strategies of generals, the choices of leaders. But history is also shaped by the smallest moments—the flick of a wrist, the turn of a head, a slight hesitation. A single moment, barely noticed, that cascades into something far greater. And the world changes forever.

Johannes Gottstein flieht 1796 nach New York. Der junge Pfarrer war zu freigeistig, wurde exkommuniziert. In den frisch gegründeten USA soll «John» eine Expedition des vermögenden Oliver Hancock begleiten, der das «American Incognitum» aufspüren will – ein Mammut in einem unzugänglichen Landstrich, dessen Entdeckung Reichtum, ja ewigen Ruhm verheißt. Dreizehn Männer ziehen los, ein bunter Haufen. Sie erleben Eisstürme, Überfälle, begegnen Natives. Die waghalsige Reise fordert bald ihre Opfer.