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Edward Everett Hale’s The Man Without a Country is a poignant and patriotic short story that explores the devastating consequences of exile and the importance of national identity. The story follows Philip Nolan, a young army officer who, in a moment of reckless defiance, renounces his country during a treason trial. As punishment, he is sentenced to spend the rest of his life at sea, never again hearing mention of the United States.

Ein ergreifender Roman über drei junge Schauspieler im Warschauer Ghetto von Bestsellerautor David Safier. Im Warschauer Ghetto 1942 erklingt aus einer kleinen Seitenstraße Musik, Gelächter und Applaus. Ein Theaterstück feiert Premiere, eine heitere Musikkomödie namens Die Liebe sucht ein Zimmer. Die junge Schauspielerin Sara wartet nervös auf ihren Auftritt. Mit leuchtenden Augen schaut sie vom Bühnenrand ihrer großen Liebe Edmund zu, wie er die Zuschauer in den Bann schlägt und sie ihr Elend vergessen lässt.

In the first anthology of its kind, Robert Olen Butler and Phong Nguyen assemble an astounding collection of stories that cause listeners to contemplate war, peace, and social justice in a new light. The fourteen stories featured in this volume explore the varied and often unexpected outcomes of violence. The authors explore the tragedies that occur closer to home—not on military battlefields but rather in places that are never meant to be battlefields, like schools and churches. The fiction reveals the violence that renders our most sacred and seemingly safest of places vulnerable.

Ascension is a political coming-of-age story that captures the energy and fun of a down-to-the-wire election.

In 1995 Ben Jones is a fifth-year senior at East Central Louisiana University in Ascension, Louisiana. While trying to graduate from college, he naively runs for the legislature to fill a government-studies requirement. But Ben still doesn't know what he wants to do with his life.

Journalist Tierra Campos and FBI Special Agent Victoria Larsen find themselves in a desperate race against the clock to stop a dangerous cabal from rigging a presidential election in the fourth book of multiple award-winning political thriller author Mikael Carlson's terrifying contemporary fiction series.

James Norval has built a successful career crafting the thrilling adventures of his fictional hero, Hunter Chase, a character admired by readers and movie-goers worldwide. But despite his fame and fortune, Norval has always harboured a secret dream of living the life he only writes about—a life as a field operative for CSIS, Canada's Security Intelligence Service. In fact, nearly thirty years earlier, he washed out of the CSIS recruitment program, and it's haunted him ever since.

"তথাকথিত 'উদ্বাস্তু' শঙ্খর পরিবার দেশভাগের সময় ওপার বাংলার ভিটে ছেড়ে চলে আসে উত্তর চব্বিশ পরগনার সীমান্ত লাগোয়া গ্রাম ঈশ্বরীপুরে। শুরু হয় আবার নতুন করে বাঁচার লড়াই। শিকড়ের খোঁজে লড়াই, যে লড়াই শঙ্খ শেখে তার ঠাকুর্দাকে দেখে এবং নানা অভিজ্ঞতার মধ্যে দিয়ে বড়ো হতে হতে নিজের অজান্তেই কখন যেন সেই লড়াইয়ে শামিল হয়ে যায়। তপন বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের লেখায় বারবার উঠে এসেছে পূর্ববাংলা থেকে পশ্চিমবাংলায় অভিপ্রয়াণ করা মানুষদের কথা। শুধু তাই নয়, বাংলার মানুষের জীবনে রাজনীতির প্রভাবও তাঁর লেখায় সুস্পষ্ট; "সমগ্র শঙ্খচিল" পড়ে আমরা বাংলার তৎকালীন রাজনৈতিক প্রেক্ষাপট ও তার শৈলীর পরিবর্তন লক্ষ্য করতে পারি।"

Putin by Stu Armstrong is a gripping blend of fact and fiction, delivering a compelling narrative that explores the life and legacy of one of the world’s most controversial leaders. Meticulously researched and infused with dramatic storytelling, this audiobook takes listeners deep into the psyche of Vladimir Putin, from his early days as a KGB operative in Soviet-era East Germany to his rise as the unchallenged ruler of modern Russia.

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.

ಸಂಪ್ರದಾಯಸ್ಥ ಮುಸ್ಲಿಮ್ ಕುಟುಂಬದಿಂದ ಬಂದ ಸಫಿಯಾ ತನ್ನ ಉದಾರವಾದಿ ಪತಿ ಅಬ್ಬಾಸ್ ಉತ್ತೇಜನದಿಂದ ನಿರ್ದಿಷ್ಟ ನಿಲುವು ಮತ್ತು ಆತ್ಮಸ್ಥೈರ್ಯವನ್ನು ತಾಳಿ, ಎಲ್ಲ ಬಗೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಮೋಚಿತರಾದ ಮಹಿಳೆಯರ ಸಬಲತೆಯಿಂದಲೇ ಶಕ್ತಿ ಪಡೆಯುವ ಮುಕ್ತ ಭಾರತದ ಕನಸನ್ನು ಕಾಣುತ್ತಾಳೆ. ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯ ಪೂರ್ವದ ಒಂದೆರಡು ವರ್ಷಗಳಿಂದ ಹಿಡಿದು ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಶಾಹ್‍ಬಾನೂ ಪ್ರಕರಣದವರೆಗಿನ ಪ್ರಕ್ಷುಬ್ಧ ಭಾರತದ ಪರಿಸರದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಥೆಯು ನೆಲೆಗೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತದೆ. ಹೋರಾಟದ ಹಾದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪತಿ-ಪತ್ನಿ ಇಬ್ಬರೂ ಸಾಯುತ್ತಾರೆ:

War on the mainland is draining Reykjavík. For some, the remote islands off Hrímland's coast are their only hope of survival. Elka, a recovering addict, has fled there with her son Sölvi. In their village they find a new life—all thanks to the Deep, a peculiar power their neighbours praise for the booming fishing industry. Everything seems perfect, but Sölvi does not trust the people who take his mother in.

Pulitzer prize-winning author David K. Shipler’s fictionalized story of a Vietnamese interpreter, based on his own experiences as a war correspondent, brings back the tensions within Vietnam during the war, focusing on a local with close ties to American journalists and politicians.

Sia Fox, agente, y Max Castillo, colaborador de la CIA, se unen para emprender una peligrosa operación de espionaje que involucra a oligarcas, políticos y mafiosos rusos. Ella está infiltrada en un bufete de abogados londinense que se dedica a ocultar grandes fortunas; él es un próspero terrateniente mexicano, dueño de un criadero de purasangres y heredero de una familia vinculada con la Agencia desde los sesenta.

But the most important situations we face as adults were never discussed with us when we were students. We weren't taught these skills in school, and this makes all the success stories we hear about seem out of reach; it makes us feel dumb. We aren't dumb, we just don't know how to work the system.

What do democracy and doughnuts have in common? Nothing in the middle. Owls, Doughnuts, and Democracy is the satirical adventures of an outspoken millennial woman with a colourful past named Bea, who, with a motley coalition spanning the political spectrum, puts the middle back into democracy. Bea gets it all going when she’s volunteered to help at a senior’s home. She teaches octogenarian Harold, the resident curmudgeon and ex-MP troll, to use the internet, leading to an app for people to vote individually on bills before parliament.

Román Sabaté entra al mundo de la política casi por casualidad, pero es allí donde se sella su destino. La permanente tensión entre la necesidad de trabajo de un joven de provincia y las ocultas intenciones del político que lo ha elegido como secretario privado es lo que mueve los hilos de esta novela: dos hombres en conflicto en una historia en la que hasta la paternidad está en juego. Magia, doble discurso o crimen, todo vale. Las maldiciones desnuda la verdad de la llamada "nueva política".

"Eines der schönsten, anregendsten und originellsten literarischen Werke des vergangenen Jahrhunderts." Susan Sontag. Leonid Zypkin setzt mit diesem virtuosen Roman seinem literarischen Idol Dostojewski ein Denkmal. Susan Sontag stieß zufällig in einer Bücherkiste auf eine alte Ausgabe und rettete das Meisterwerk vor dem Vergessen.

מייקל שלנברגר, זוכה פרס גיבור הסביבה של מגזין "טיים" לשנת 2008 ונשיא הארגון פרוגרס סביבתי, לא מפחד יותר לומר את האמת: ההתחממות הגלובלית לא מסכנת את עתיד העולם. התנועות הירוקות משקרות לכולנו שאסון מתרגש ובא והשקרים שלהם גובים מחיר כבד. המאמר בו חשף שלנברגר את התרמית ופורסם לרגל הוצאת הספר בבמה הקבועה שלו במגזין פורבס, הורד מהאוויר לאחר הפעלת לחץ מצד ארגונים ירוקים. אבל ניסיונות ההשתקה לא הצליחו. יממה בלבד לאחר הוצאתו, הספר הפך לרב-מכר, דורג במקום ה-7 ברשימת הנמכרים של אמזון, ולאחר יומיים אף יצא במהדורה שנייה.

Na sua modesta casa em um sítio isolado, o ex-presidente de um pequeno país latino-americano recebe uma jornalista europeia para debater as terríveis circunstâncias que ameaçam a democracia ao redor do planeta. Antes conhecido como o presidente mais pobre do mundo, hoje é visto como um símbolo de altruísmo, justiça e direitos humanos. Mas agora, durante a entrevista, ele se vê à beira de revelar seu maior segredo: que todos os seus conceitos sobre revolução, dignidade e amor se devem às profundas conversas que teve, no período em que esteve preso, com seu companheiro de cela — um sapo.

La historia oculta de la poderosa reina del opulento imperio Azteca resucita después de cinco siglos. Guiados por las mariposas monarca, símbolo del viaje circular norte-sur en su propio y cautivador patrón migrante, Adrian Salvatierra y otros migrantes desarrollan un complejo y ambicioso esquema de negociación que convence a las autoridades estadounidenses para endosar un ejército de descendientes de migrantes mexicanos que, irónicamente, realizarán una auto ocupación para rescatar el ya fallido y perdido Estado calentano de los grupos criminales y políticos corruptos que lo tienen captivo.