Charles Constant
2) Secret empires: how the American political class hides corruption and enriches family and friends
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"Peter Schweizer has been fighting corruption--and winning--for years. In [past books], he exposed insider trading by members of Congress, ... uncovered how politicians use mafia-like tactics to enrich themselves, ... and revealed the Clintons' massive money machine ... . Now he explains how a new corruption has taken hold, involving larger sums of money than ever before. Stuffing tens of thousands of dollars into a freezer has morphed into multibillion-dollar...
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William Morrow, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers
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[2017]
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"Barack Obama is arguably the most dynamic political figure to grace the American stage since John F. Kennedy. His meteoric rise from promise to power has stunned even the cynics and inspired a legion of devout followers. For anyone who wants to know more about the man, David Mendell's Obama is essential reading. Mendell, who covered Obama for the Chicago Tribune, had far-reaching access to the Chicago politician as Obama climbed the ladder to the...
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HarperCollins
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[2019]
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English
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"Now that every detail and argument set forth in the #1 New York Times bestseller The Russia Hoax has been borne out by the Mueller report, the author is back with a hard-hitting, well-reasoned evisceration of what may be the dirtiest trick in political history"--
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"Breathtaking tales of climbers and hunters, runners and racers, winners and losers by the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter. New York Times reporter John Branch's riveting, humane features on ordinary people doing extraordinary things at the edges of the sporting world have won nearly every major journalism prize. Sidecountry gathers the best of Branch's work for the first time, including classic pieces like "Snow Fall," about skiers caught in an avalanche...
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"Wilhelm Brasse: "I looked death in the eyes. I did it fifty thousand times..." When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, photographer Wilhelm Brasse was sent to Auschwitz. His inability to condone the Third Reich and swear allegiance to Hitler landed him at one of the deadliest concentration camps of WWII. There, he was forced to record the camp's atrocities. From 1940-1945, Brasse took more than 50,000 photos of the nightmare that surrounded him. Brasse's...
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Bloomsbury Sigma
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"In Suspicious Minds, Rob Brotherton explores the history and consequences of conspiracism, and delves into the research that offers insights into why so many of us are drawn to implausible, unproven and unproveable conspiracy theories. They resonate with some of our brain's built-in quirks and foibles, and tap into some of our deepest desires, fears, and assumptions about the world, "--Amazon.com.
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HarperCollins
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New York City native Jeremiah Salinger is one half of a hot-shot documentary-making team. He and his partner, Mike, made a reality show about roadies that skyrocketed them to fame. But now Salinger's left that all behind, to move with his wife, Annelise, and young daughter, Clara, to the remote part of Italy where Annelise grew up, the Alto Adige. Nestled in the Dolomites, this breathtaking, rural region that was once part of the Austro-Hungarian...
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2016
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You'll be part of the pack when you dive into this werewolf romance from USA Today bestselling author Terry Spear. Brace yourself for a world of wolves like you've never seen.
Billionaire werewolf Rafe Danali always gets what he wants, and he always trusts his instincts. When sexy she-wolf Jade Ashton and her brother attend a party at his beach house, he knows better than to trust them, but he can't fight destiny, and there's
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"It begins with a massacre. A crime so brutal and bloody, the local sheriff isn’t smart enough to solve it. But when young deputy Dan Caine sees the slaughter for himself—an entire family murdered—he can’t let it go. Especially when the eldest daughter is missing. Right there and then, Caine makes a fateful decision: throw away his badge, form a vigilante team, and go after the killers . . . There’s one problem: Who would be crazy enough...
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Published in 1926 to explosive acclaim, The Sun Also Rises stands as perhaps the most impressive first novel ever written by an American writer. A roman ̉clef about a group of American and English expatriates on an excursion from Paris's Left Bank to Pamplona for the July fiesta and its climactic bull fight, a journey from the center of a civilization spiritually bankrupted by the First World War to a vital, God-haunted world in which faith and...
12) Little Girl Lost
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Tantor Media, Inc
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2019
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English
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A brick wall of a twist that will leave you stunned for days! Psychological Thriller with paranormal elements.We had secrets, my husband and I. Not many, so few, all of them lethal.A thrilling mystery with a twist so big you will never see it coming.From NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, and WALL STREET JOURNAL bestselling author, Addison Moore.Cosmopolitan Magazine calls Addison's books, "...easy, frothy fun!"A six-year-old-girl befriends a strange young...
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No evil trilogy volume 3
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Instead of preparing for her high school graduation, Lucy Kincaid is facing a vicious execution. Lured by an online predator, she is destined to die horribly, live on the Internet, while hundreds of heartless viewers watch and vote on the method of her slaughter. Her only hope rests with Kate Donovan, an FBI agent who took on the same sadistic killer once before.
14) Kidnapped
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The story of young David Balfour, whose miserly uncle cheats him out of his inheritance and schemes to have him kidnapped, shanghaied, and sold into slavery. But justice triumphs - after a spirited odyssey that includes a shipwreck, a hazardous journey across Scotland with a daredevil companion, intrigues, narrow escapes, and desperate fighting.
15) See No Evil
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Tantor Audio
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2019
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A cunning killer hides in plain sight. A troubled teenage girl has been charged with the grisly murder of her stepfather. The evidence is damning: Emily was found alone at the scene with blood on her hands, and an incriminating e-mail she wrote outlines a murder plot identical to the method of the brutal slaying. But deputy district attorney Julia Chandler believes her niece is innocent, and she's determined to keep the promise she made to protect...