Resultados para "1" en Política

Año 2112. Una alarma climática sin precedentes asola el planeta Tierra: bosques deforestados; especies extinguiéndose todos los días; una contaminación que roza ya lo irremediable. Zoe, una joven bióloga y activista ecológica para quien la lucha se ha convertido en su forma de vida, es...

It was the end of World War II. FDR's New Deal had redefined American politics. Taxes were at an all-time high. The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had created a fear of total annihilation. The rise of secret government agencies and sanctions on business had many watching their backs. America's sense of freedom was diminishing... and many were desperate to take that freedom back.

March 1917 tells the story of the Russian Revolution itself, during which not only does the Imperial government melt in the face of the mob, but the leaders of the opposition prove utterly incapable of controlling the course of events. The absorbing narrative tells the stories of more than fifty characters during the days when the Russian Empire begins to crumble. The anti-Tsarist bourgeois opposition, horrified by the violence, scrambles to declare that it is provisionally taking power, while socialists immediately create a Soviet alternative to undermine it.

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.

"ظلال المفاتيح" رواية عابرة لأزمنة كثيرة وتحولات كبرى شهدتها فلسطين، وعاشتها شخصيات هذا العمل، في امتدادات الحدود القصوى لفكرة الوجود، والشتات، والتّماهي مع وطن...

المجلّد الأول من الخماسيّة التي حملت مجلّداتُها الخمسة هذا العنوان العام : دروب المنفى، والتي حمل كلّ مجلّد منها عنوانا إضافيا بجانب العنوان العام. إنها...

حكاية من العالم السفلي" الرواية تتناول التاريخ التونسي الحديث ليكتب فيها سيرة بطل مهمش هو مسعود الصحراوي، وهو من الفلاقة -الثوار ضد الاستعمار الفرنسي- لا يؤمن...

تبدأ هذه الرواية في دارفور وتنتهي في باريس مستندةً على واقعة حقيقية حدثت قبل أعوام عندما كشف السودان وتشاد عن عصابة تقوم بتهريب الأطفال من المنطقة وبيعهم في باريس...

وتحمل اسم عيون المعاصرة،تعتبر الرواية معالجة فنية لاستشراء ظاهرة الفساد وآليات تكوّن الرأي العام، كرست الفساد والتخلف وفق ما أدخلته على المدينة من تحولات ألحقت...

Milly Grove, home of Kenneth 'Uno' Mills, has been run by his family for over a century. Commissioner by day and gangsta by night, he's the man in his city. Although he may hold a position in office, don't be fooled by the tailored suits. Disrespecting him will cost you your life. When the current mayor is exposed for misconduct, Uno steps in to make sure the position continues to be held by the Mills bloodline. His decision to run for Mayor leaves the family at odds. Once he receives the keys to the city, blood ties will be severed, lives will be lost, and new bonds will be forged.

When Nathaniel Pickering, Lady Margaret's older brother is found murdered, Thomas takes her away to London, in search of gyrfalcons. Thomas's astute mind is unable to ignore the clues, and in uncovering some dark secrets, he places himself - and his mistress - in grave danger. Now a target himself, Thomas must face some of London's most notorious criminals, in a battle of both brain and brawn.

Former Green Beret turned history teacher Michael Bennit likes to inspire his students. After losing a bet to one of his classes, he finds himself running for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Partnering with his students to campaign exclusively on social media, the race turns into a national sensation, and a sleazy incumbent fanatical about hanging onto his power becomes desperate to destroy it- at any cost.

On the verge of unseating a powerful incumbent, crusading congressional candidate Marcus Blanchard is framed for murder. As the final votes are counted, he’s discovered at the scene of a brutal election-night homicide—accused of killing the very woman hired to assassinate him. Now, three powerful forces want him eliminated: A corrupt political boss driven by hatred, a violent drug lord protecting his empire, and a sitting congressman desperate to keep his seat. To survive, Marcus turns to the only man he can trust.

In the colonized nation of Viryana, Poppy Sutherland lives between cultures. As the brown-skinned adopted daughter of the Viceroy, she is both rejected by white high society and alienated from the people of her native island. When she discovers her opportunistic fiancé's plot to exile her, Poppy flees—straight into the clutches of the Jackal.

New York City, 1929. Young Theo Sterling’s world begins to unravel as the Great Depression exerts its icy grip. He finds it hard to relate to his parents: His father, a Jewish self-made businessman, refuses to give up on the American dream, and his mother, a refugee from religious persecution in Mexico, holds fast to her Catholic faith. When disaster strikes the family, Theo must learn who he is.

Nothing can ruin the magic of Christmas. Enter the U.S. House of Representatives. Award-winning political fiction author Mikael Carlson spins an uplifting tale of romance, adventure, and political maneuvering that is part Hallmark Christmas movie, part House of Cards. Banning Santa is a heartwarming story about setting aside political differences, finding love, and celebrating the spirit of Christmas. Will Stowe and Wyatt find the perfect jolly old St. Nick to rekindle the magic of the holiday, or has a jaded public had enough of the commercialization that sucks all the joy out of the season?

Mycroft Canner is a convict. For his crimes he is required, as is the custom of the 25th century, to wander the world being as useful as he can to all he meets. Carlyle Foster is a sensayer--a spiritual counselor in a world that has outlawed the public practice of religion, but which also knows that the inner lives of humans cannot be wished away.

When a simple surveillance operation in Iraq goes violently wrong, Marine-turned-covert-agent Jack Noble finds himself caught in a deadly web of betrayal, conspiracy, and cover-ups. Branded a fugitive and pursued by the very government he served, Jack must rely on his instincts, his partner Rile “Bear” Logan, and a whole lot of grit to survive.

A cabal of Russian oligarchs instigates unrest in the Far East of Russia as the first stage of an attempt to unseat Vladimir Putin. Britain offers covert support in the form of five MI7 agents. The disturbances mirror those in Eastern Ukraine and, if pushed far enough, might persuade the Kremlin to retract its territorial interests in Donetsk, Luhansk, and Zaporizhia. However, once the five operatives are shipped east, events take an unexpected turn. One by one, they begin to disappear.

Frühsommer 1986, Charleston County in South Carolina. Der 17-jährige Gale Lafayette bereitet sich auf den High School-Abschluss vor, hat jedoch noch nicht entschieden, auf welches College er gehen will und was er überhaupt studieren soll. Das ist aber nicht sein einziges Problem. Seine Familienverhältnisse sind kompliziert. Seine enge Freundschaft mit Nelson ist nicht gern gesehen, da die Rassentrennung in der rückständigen Gegend noch nachhallt.