Resultados para "Lifer" en Política

I survived the War of Cinders to live a quiet life, but corrupt politicians won’t leave us alone. To secure Aerenvale’s future, my beautiful elven companions and I are traveling to the capital to claim a county of my own. But Irendale is a pit of vipers and beneath the noble estates lies a rotting secret. I didn’t come to the capital to fight another war, but I’ll do whatever is necessary to protect what is mine. And hey, there’s the added advantage of seeing the girls in their most elegant dresses while we maneuver through the politics.

A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK 'As heart-wrenching as it is achingly beautiful' Sadeqa Johnson, author of The House of Eve 'Heartbreaking and life affirming' Adrienne Brodeur, author of Little Monsters 'Courage, friendship, loyalty, hardship, love – this novel has everything' Mary Beth Keane...

The corridor of the Fine Arts Building was deserted, save for two figures at the far end, two men approaching slowly. Rose was about to go into the classroom, where she'd left her purse, when she saw a sign on the door - a crude sign in pencil, on a ragged sheet of paper. "Collapse of Western Civilization - Dr. Norbert Beilstein," it said. "Visitors welcome."

Will King Dylan be able to help her survive New Orleans? In a poor neighborhood rife with drugs, gangs, and crime, two children set out to make a difference. King loves the little girl from the moment he sees her. He knows she’s special and knows what he must do–become a father, brother, provider, protector, student, companion, and friend. As Johanee grows into a teenager and people are drawn to her. She starts the Sacred Heart movement. Not everyone wants change and they’re willing to do anything to stop her.

Saeed is the comic hero, the luckless fool, whose tale tells of the aggression and resistance, terror and heroism, reason and loyalty, that typify the hardships and struggles of Arabs in Israel. An informer for the Zionist state, his stupidity, candor, and cowardice make him more of a victim than a villain; but in a series of tragicomic episodes, he is gradually transformed from a disaster-haunted, gullible collaborator into a Palestinian—no hero still, but a simple man intent on survival and, perhaps, happiness.

"If you, too, feel like wandering, come along and help me unravel this odd tale - a tale full of half-truths, whole-truths, and no-truths at all." So begins Frank Capra's never published, and often speculated about novel of his favorite place - Silver Lake, nestled in the jagged cliffs of the eastern Sierra Nevadas. Capra casts the fictional Frank Capra in the lead roll of this novel of environmental and humanitarian preservation. 

Life of Right depicts the dramatic conflict between pro-choice and pro-life protesters in Washington, DC in the days leading up to the landmark 1992 Supreme Court decision in Planned Parenthood v. Casey that upheld Roe v. Wade. Ultimately, Justices Sandra Day O'Connor, Anthony Kennedy, and David Souter find the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment protects a woman's right to choose abortion. Meanwhile, deep in the heart of Texas, a virgin named Mary finds herself with child, but not by her mate Joseph.

‘A superb satirical novelist’ WASHINGTON POST In a provocative novel addressing contemporary immigration by the sharply observant Lionel Shriver, a New York family takes in a Honduran migrant – who may or may not be the innocent paragon she claims to be. ‘An incendiary provocateur’...

Inspired by a real midwife who became one of the most controversial figures in Victorian New York City, this “action-packed, thought-provoking page-turner” (The New York Times) is an unforgettable tale—a love story and a family saga, featuring a charismatic and passionate woman who became...

From Neil Abramson, USA Today bestselling author of Unsaid, comes a riveting novel that explores the complex connection between humans and animals. Veterinarian Samantha Lewis and her team are dedicated to providing a sanctuary for unwanted, abused, and abandoned dogs in New York City. But every...

Gabriela, a senior negotiator in the FCO’s Counter-Terrorism Unit, runs a small and powerful team based in Whitehall. She is tenacious, hard-working and the family breadwinner. Her husband, Tom - a freelance architect - looks after their two small children. When Gabriela returns from a seven-month stint in Moscow, something doesn’t seem right. Isobel is a journalist working for the local paper in Camden. Walking home from a party one night, she witnesses a horrific attack. But someone has seen her and is making themselves known in increasingly frightening ways.

Wife. Mother. Spy. A double life is no life at all. Since the disappearance of her husband in 1951, Laura Leverett has been living in limbo with her daughter in Geneva. All others see is her conventional, charming exterior; nobody guesses the secret she is carrying. Her double life began years...

When Jim Martini goes back to his WV hometown to see why its major employer failed suddenly he finds more than a failed company. He risks his life, finds a lost love, and stumbles into an international conspiracy. A Chinese revolutionary group is using viruses, hacking, malware and cyber-technology to over-throw its own government and attempt to control the US—by shutting down all forms of computers and communications—all at once. Suddenly nothing works—communications are "silenced."

“An extraordinary gift to its lucky readers: an enormously full and brilliantly structured novel whose characters come to feel as familiar—and as bottomlessly mysterious—as one's own family.” —Karen Russell, author of National Book Award finalist The Antidote “A testament to...

In the brutal, concrete landscape of Diston Town, teenage Des Pepperdine is doing his best to stay invisible—reading poetry, avoiding trouble, and nursing a dangerous secret. But his guardian, Lionel Asbo, is a ferocious presence: a pit bull-breeding, tabloid-devouring career criminal with a...

Colonel Dan Blake's 18-year career in the British Army comes to an abrupt end when he fails a psychiatric evaluation when in line for the top job in counterterrorism at MI5. Finding himself unexpectedly unemployed, Blake travels to Moscow to visit his one real friend, Edwin Mallory, himself a high-achieving Cambridge peer 18 years into a high-flying career with MI6. In Mallory's Moscow circle, Blake meets oil billionaire Sheikh Mohammad al Hussein. The meeting leads to a job offer for Blake's unique skill set.

Années 1980. Qui est Karin, la femme de Giles Barrington ? Espionne russe ou victime d'une conspiration dévastatrice ? Le mystère s'épaissit autour des familles Clifton et Barrington. Pendant ce temps, Harry Clifton, en fin de vie, se prépare à livrer son chef-d'œuvre littéraire tout en devant accepter la vente inévitable de l'empire maritime des Barrington. Et alors qu'Emma se voit proposer une place à la Chambre des Lords par Margaret Thatcher, sa petite-fille Jessica, est renvoyée de son école d'art.

A sharp, empowering novel about a group of women who refuse to go quietly when society tells them they’re no longer valuable beyond the age of 40, from the author of Ginger and Me. 'A rebellious and uplifting tale of punkish, middle-aged, feminist defiance' Lucy Ribchester ' A delicious tale...

A Recommended Book of 2019 from Vulture and Esquire Pam, Daniel, and Joe might be the worst punk band on the Lower East Side. Struggling to scrape together enough cash and musical talent to make it, they are waylaid by surprising arrivals—a daughter for Pam and Daniel, a solo hit single for...

‘A fierce, big-hearted novel.’ Joe Treasure, author of The Book of Air ‘Pushes us to find our kinder selves.’ Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of Harmless Like You ‘A wonderful book.’ Maurice Wren, Chief Executive of the Refugee Council One of the Guardian’s Readers’ Books of the...