Acclaimed as one of the most important novels of the Vietnam War, Year of the Monkey takes us not only into the savage jungles where death waits in every paddyfield and triple canopy, but into the apocalyptic world of political...
Political corruption
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Auteur:Strange, MarcSommaire:Stolen gems. Shady cops. Murders that could lead to an international incident. Orwell Brennan, chief of the Dockerty police force in small-town Ontario, had enough problems on his hands with the mayoral election, a daughter engaged, and...
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Auteur:Lisac, MarkSommaire:"Sins don't destroy people here. Dreams do." In a small city somewhere in an oil-rich Canadian province just east of the Rockies, a political scandal has erupted: an aging cabinet minister has struck and killed a member...
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Auteur:Hood, DavidSommaire:On an October night in 1899 the body of a well-regarded city councilman is found floating under a Halifax wharf. Detective Inspector Culligan Baxter embarks on an investigation that leads from the waterfront, through the city's streets...
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Auteur:Pennie, RossSommaire:Suspense and corruption light up the third Dr. Zol Szabo offering
Epidemic investigator Dr. Zol Szabo and his team are called to a panic’ stricken high school in the heart of Ontario’s tobacco country, where teens are dying from...
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Auteur:Schraff, Anne E.Sommaire:Written for young adults, the Urban Underground series confronts issues that are of great importance to teens, such as friendship, loyalty, drugs, gangs, abuse, urban blight, bullies and self-esteem to name a few. More than...
- Auteur:Itäranta, EmmiSommaire:
Eliana is a weaver in the prestigious House of Webs, but she has a secret--she can dream, an ability forbidden by the island's council of elders. When a girl is found unconscious with Eliana's name tattooed on her palm, Eliana will have...
- Auteur:Carr, JackSommaire:
"Double the trouble, twice the action, and quadruple the enjoyment. Careful while reading this one, it could leave a mark."--Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Order A Navy SEAL has nothing left to live...
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Auteur:Chandlar, L. A.Sommaire:New York City, 1936. In the midst of the Great Depression, the Big Apple is defiantly striving toward an era infused with art, architecture, and economic progress under dynamic Mayor La Guardia. It's been six months since Lane...
- Auteur:Trump, Mary L.Sommaire:
This program is read by the author. The instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller From the #1 bestselling author of Too Much and Never Enough : A diagnosis of America's national trauma, and a way to heal. The Reckoning will...
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Auteur:Cullen, RoySommaire:The fight to eliminate world poverty is being severely hampered by corrupt leaders in developing countries. According to the African Union, some $150 billion is lost every year to corruption in Africa. In China, it is estimated...
- Auteur:Stone, PeterSommaire:
From debut author Peter Stone comes a heart-stopping, pulse-pounding political thriller that's perfect for fans of Ally Carter and House of Cards. When recent high school graduate Cameron Carter lands an internship with Congressman...
- Auteur:Klein, Joe.Sommaire:
Joe Klein, best-selling author of Primary Colors and one of our most brilliant political analysts, now tackles the subject he knows best: Bill Clinton. Astute, even-handed, and keenly intelligent, The Natural is the only book to read if...
- Auteur:Majors, InmanSommaire:
Living in the late 1970s, brothers J.T. and Roland Cole build an impressive economic empire from their father's humble bank enterprise. Now they have their eyes on endeavors promising more wealth and power--but at what cost?
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Auteur:Shah, LondonSommaire:At the end of the twenty-first century, the world has changed dramatically, but life continues one thousand feet below the ocean's surface. In Great Britain, sea creatures swim among the ruins of Big Ben and the Tower of London,...
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Auteur:Makansi, K.Sommaire:Remy Alexander wants revolution. After watching Vale fall back into the hands of the Sector, she will stop at nothing to reveal the corruption in Okaria. When she joins a secret Outsider network in the underbelly of the capital city,...
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Auteur:Burrows, BruceSommaire:When childhood best friends Ollie Swanson and Dougie Tarkenen commit larceny, they must keep it secret into their adult lives. Years later, Dougie turns up dead, apparently drowned in a canoe accident. Ollie is devastated. When he...
- Auteur:Simmons, KristenSommaire:
Pretty Little Liars meets Ocean's 11 in this highly commercial, intrigue-filled contemporary drama. Welcome to Vale Hall: a school for aspiring con artists. When Brynn Hilder is recruited to the elite Vale Hall, she can't believe her...
- Auteur:Fitton, ThomasSommaire:
In 2008, Barack Obama made a promise to have the “most transparent administration” of any U.S. president; it was the very cornerstone of his campaign. No secrets. No masks. No smoke and mirrors. No excuses. But...
- Auteur:Nasrallah, DimitriSommaire:
An election sets the stage for Oedipal rivalry and civil revolt. An intimate novel about the levers of power and privilege that shape the lives of the people most affected by war and insurrection.
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