Political

They train to be the toughest, the smartest, the most covert operators in the world—they are the Tier One Navy SEALs, led by Lieutenant Commander Keith “Chunk” Redman.

Tremendous in scope and breathtaking in its suspense, Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rand's magnum opus, an electrifying moral defense of capitalism and free enterprise....

When presidential candidate Josh Alexander's motorcade is ambushed by a group of terrorists, the nation is thrown into turmoil....

Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of its monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul.

For months, Mitch Rapp has been steadily working his way through a list of men, bullet by bullet. With each kill, the tangled network of monsters responsible for the slaughter of 270 civilians becomes increasingly clear....

When Max Krupin - Russia's leader - discovers that his kidney cancer has spread to his brain, he's determined to hide his diagnosis. He begins by getting rid of anyone threatening to him - as well as creating chaos in the region to keep the world's attention diverted....

In a daring and chilling debut, Brad Thor draws us into a sinister labyrinth of political intrigue and international terrorism, serving up an explosive cocktail of unrelenting action....

On a busy Washington morning, the stately calm of the White House is shattered in a deadly terrorist attack on the executive mansion....

The action begins in the heart of Iran, where billions of dollars are being spent on the development of a nuclear program....

Before he was considered a CIA superagent, Mitch Rapp was a gifted college athlete without a care in the world. And then tragedy struck....

In the tangled, duplicitous world of espionage, there are those, even among America's allies, who want to see Mitch Rapp eliminated. They have decided the time has come....

Newly appointed CIA director Dr. Irene Kennedy is the target of an inside plot to destroy her and prematurely end the American president's term....

The four dead guards didn’t concern Mitch Rapp as much as the absence of the man they’d been paid to protect....

Mitch Rapp and his protege, Mike Nash, may have met their match. The CIA fears that a terrorist cell is on the loose and about to descend upon America....

Set against the backdrop of America's Great Depression and Dust Bowl, a family of farmers from Oklahoma head west in search of work, only to discover thousands like them are also on the move....

In the early 1980s, long before he was President or head of the CIA, even before a submarine named Red October crossed the Atlantic...

For years, ex–Navy SEAL Maxwell Moore has worked across the Middle East and behind the scenes for the Special Activities Division of the CIA....

This near-future political satire about the election of a new president argues that socialism and populism will eventually give rise to chaos and disaster....

Chinese commandos in a lightning raid have seized the vast, under-populated, resource-rich lands of Northern Australia. Thousands of Australian soldiers are held hostage. International realpolitik has left Australia abandoned by its supposed allies....

Told through multiple perspectives, rich with emotion and immersive dual timelines, The Summer We Ran weaves together a story of lost love, devastating secrets, shocking sabotage, and the painstaking decision two people must make in order to fulfill the futures they each desire.

In Brad Thor's highest-voltage thriller to date, Scot Harvath must race to locate an ancient secret that has the power to stop militant Islam dead in its tracks....

July 4th weekend, New York City: As thousands of holiday travelers make their way out of Manhattan, a flawlessly executed terrorist attack plunges the city into a maelstrom of panic and death....

After 9/11, the United States made one of the most secretive and dangerous deals in its history. The evidence against the powerful Saudis who coordinated the attack would be buried....

Doremus Jessup, a newspaper editor, is dismayed to find that many of the people he knows support presidential candidate Berzelius Windrip....

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...

यह किताब डायरी, नोट्स और टिप्पणियों की शैली में अपने समय की तफ्तीश करती है। इसमें समाज और राजनीति की बड़ी परिघटनाएं हैं तो इसके बीच बनते हुए एक प्रबुद्ध नौजवान की कहानी भी है। यह आज़मगढ़ के पिछड़े किसान परिवार में पैदा होता है। इलाहाबाद और दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय से पढ़ायी करता है। दशक भर से ज़्यादा दिल्ली के एक कॉलेज में अध्यापन करता है। उसके कंधों पर गरीब परिवार की अपेक्षाओं और अपने सपनों का वज़न है। वह अकेला है। वह असमंजस, असुरक्षा और अनिश्चितता से घिरा हुआ है। वह डरा हुआ है।

In a dorm room at her safety school, surrounded by corn-fed boys and contemptuous girls, Alice is losing her mind. Her first semester is spent clinging to middling grades between drunken hookups and roommate fights. The next brings sleepless nights, extreme weight loss, and effortless, compulsive energy, paused only by an unexpected summoning from the RA for evaluation.

Everett and Kincaid present a fictitious chronicle of South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond's desire to pen a history of African Americans—his and his aides' belief being that he has done as much, or more, than any American to shape that history. An epistolary novel, A History follows the letters of loose-cannon congressional office workers, insane interns at a large New York publishing house, and disturbed publishing executives, along with homicidal rival editors, kindly family friends, and an aspiring author named Septic.

From the baseball playgrounds of Little League in the conservative fifties, through the Summer of Love and the radical sixties, to the last days of the Vietnam War, Luck of the Draw is the story of four idealistic boomers coming of age while looking for love and trying to change the world.

Cansados del abuso y explotación que sufren, los animales dentro de la granja de los Jones se sublevan contra sus dueños humanos y los derrocan. La revolución fracasa cuando se crean rivalidades entre los animales dentro de la granja, e incluso algunos animales se alían con los Jones, amos que previamente derrocaron. Al traicionar su propia identidad y los intereses de su clase, se crea una nueva clase de burocracia en la granja, la cual refleja la estructura de una idealizada organización totalitarista.

Mit ihrer eingeschworenen Frauen-Clique, einigen Gin Tonics und noch mehr Zigaretten manövriert sich die Politikerin Catharina Cornelius im Bonn der späten 70er hinreissend klug durch den Sumpf der Altherren-Elite. Als die Liberale aber völlig überraschend zur Außenministerin und Vizekanzlerin wird, reiben sich überrumpelte Kollegen in höchsten Regierungskreisen fassungslos die Augen. Die konservative Opposition überschlägt sich mit hämischen Kommentaren. Die Herren Journalisten lächeln süffisant und spitzen die Feder.

In the land of Tisandre, a country on the brink of transformation, the battle between religious fervor and the thirst for scientific discovery rages beneath the surface. As the authoritarian ruler, Caius Magnus Torvok, tightens his grip on power, the nation plunges into a new age of dogma and control, where truth itself becomes a weapon. Luke Thorne, a former military officer turned political adviser, is drawn into a web of lies, loyalty, and internal conflict.

October 1502. As Cesare Borgia sets out to invade the Florentine Republic, Niccolò Machiavelli is sent to spy on him and to glean details of his nefarious plan. But when Borgia asks Machiavelli to write his life story, their bond gains complexity and nuance: ultimately, they both aspire to everlasting fame and to achieve it, they need each other, for the one's sword can only rule in eternity via the pen of the other.

Nadie responde en la casa de los comandantes en jefe de las Fuerzas Armadas y todo indica que el golpe de Estado está en marcha. Salvador Allende se dirige a palacio. Y Rufino, asistente personal del residente, viejo compañero de un taller anarquista, gran amante del tango—afición que comparte con el mandatario—escribe en un cuaderno escolar la historia de la tragedia que se avecina.

The Shadow Between Worlds by Rolyat NoohIn the enchanted realm of Eridoria, where ancient magic and forgotten lore intertwine, Aldric Veylan, a seasoned mercenary, is suddenly torn from his world and thrust into a realm of shadows and secrets. Bound to the enigmatic Guild Mistress, Serenya, by chains that ignite a fierce passion, Aldric must navigate the treacherous landscape of politics and power struggles. As he delves deeper into the mysteries of Eridoria, Aldric discovers his World Walker abilities, which hold the key to unlocking the realm's hidden truths.

Now 80 years old, retirement and advanced age have dissipated the spirit of six college radicals of the 1960s, who jointly had participated in civil rights campaigns and anti-war protests. Having engaged in only periodic communication over the decades, they suddenly receive an invitation to reunite for an extended weekend. Struggling with whether to go, each of them has divergent qualms and expectations for the proposed gathering.

A group of people are sent invitations to participate in a paid product survey. But once they arrive and get settled in, they come to find out that they have been tricked by the wording of the invitation and forced to stay against their will. The doors are locked and they start to try and get out to no avail. A sheet of paper with the agreement they all signed is shoved under the locked door. It now highlights the fine print that they agreed to follow through to completion. And the “product “ they are giving their opinions on are the products of political opinions.

Toad Hall, derelict and empty for a century, sees the return of the impecunious Horatio Toad and his six wives to the ancestral home. In need of cash, Horatio has leased out his estate and formed a partnership with oddball rewilder Georges Montgolfiere, who needs the land more than he needs Horatio. Tensions mount as Horatio’s vision of an animal-based theme park replete with zipwires and gift shops is diametrically opposed to Montgolfiere’s purist sensibilities. Meanwhile, a bemused Mole surfaces not to a “Silent Spring”, as Montgolfiere contends, but to a fractious one.

1977: Das Attentat einer jungen Frau erschüttert Karlsruhe. 2022: Die engagierte Studentin Hanna ist Klimaaktivistin mit hohen Zielen und viel Wut im Bauch. Eine unerwartete Nachricht führt sie zum Familienurlaub auf die Insel Kreta, wo eine schicksalhafte Begegnung die Geister der Vergangenheit heraufbeschwört. Hanna ist gezwungen, die Weichen für ihr Leben neu zu stellen.

Dr. Taylor Abrahms, rising above his troubled past, is an expert in the burgeoning field of Medical Virtual Reality. A gifted researcher, he’s created an experimental fusion of virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and microsurgery that will revolutionize the way surgery is performed. With the Virtual Heart Project (VHP), Taylor can enter a virtual recreation of his patient’s beating heart and perform critical, life-saving surgery entirely within the realm of virtual reality. But in the political war zone of San Francisco University Medical Center, not everyone is thrilled.