Like a nonfiction version of All the King's Men, The Politician offers a truly disturbing, even shocking, perspective on the risks taken and tactics employed by a man determined to rule the most powerful nation on earth.
Idealistic and ambitious, Andrew Young volunteered for the John Edwards campaign for Senate in 1998 and quickly became the candidate's right-hand man. As the senator became a national star, Young's responsibilities grew. For a decade he was this politician's confidant, and he was assured he was "like family." In time, however, Young was drawn into a series of questionable assignments that culminated with Edwards asking him to help conceal the senator's ongoing adultery. Days before the 2008 presidential primaries began, Young gained international notoriety when he told the world that he was the father of a child being carried by a woman named Rielle Hunter, who was actually the senator's mistress. While Young began a life on the run, hiding from the press with his family and alleged mistress, John Edwards continued to pursue the presidency and then the vice presidency in the future Obama administration.
Young had been the senator's closest aide and most trusted friend. He believed that John Edwards could be a great president and was assured throughout the cover-up that his boss and friend would ultimately step forward to both tell the truth and protect his aide's career. Neither promise was kept.
Not only is The Politician a moving personal account of Andrew Young's political education, but it also offers a look at the trajectory that made John Edwards the ideal Democratic candidate for president and the hubris that brought him down, leaving his career, his marriage, and his dreams in ashes.
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Wrested from the primordial Australian wilderness, Tibooburra Station has taken the blood, sweat, and tears of generations of Kerricks and given them a magnificent heritage in return. But now the golden legacy of the outback station is threatened by the disappearance of the young boy who will one day inherit it all. Fleeing the pain of being abandoned by his mother, eight-year-old Jeremy Kerrick wanders the rough-and-ready gold towns of the frontier and comes to manhood among the primitive Aborigines of the vast, unexplored interior. At one with the land, he draws from it an indomitable strength that enables him to win the woman of his dreams. Together, they will meet the challenge of the outback or die trying.
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Oregon Revenge! Arlene Day, Capitol Sex Bonus Girl, has blown the whistle on Senator Harland H. Harrington of Oregon. She has told the world about her secretarial sex life while on the Washington payroll. As a result, the Senator is being forced to retire. Suddenly Oregon is under attack. Six hundred acres of land are burned to the ground. An entire lake is poisoned, killing all the fish and surrounding wildlife. A clue is left that the destruction of the dams will be next and final blow. The same person is claiming credit for all the disasters. But who is he and why is he out to destroy the entire state? Will he be able to stop the saboteur before the state of Oregon is wiped off the map?
What is your best? Are you giving it ? Why don't we consistently, day after day, benefit from our best qualities and talents? If the ability is there, why don`t we use it? If we have the knowledge, why don`t we apply it? Here are 100 answers to these questions. This book will further challenge you to bring your potential future accomplishments in the present so that you can benefit each day. In fact, this book will guide and teach you how to: Stay on target , Become your own critic, Be a good listener and have patience, Sell your decisions, Appraise applause, Avoid doubters, Focus on priorities, Learn from losses, Test new skills’ Deserve respect, Eliminate obstacles, Become trustworthy, Learn to Say NO, Meet commitments, Keep Options Open, and Confront Conflicts. ...and many more techniques to improve yourself and bring out your best. About the author: Dr Roger Fritz is considered one of the country`s foremost authorities on Performance Based Management and change requirements for individuals. Organizations from Fortune 500 companies to family-owned businesses have used his advice. Dr. Fritz has served over 350 clients and takes out ample time from his busy schedule, each month for keynote, workshop and seminar presentations. His features in monthly magazines and weekly columns in business newspapers reach millions of readers. He has written more than 40 books in 32 languages. They include several best sellers, book-of-the-month selections and award winners. He is the Founder (1972) and President of the Organization Development Consultants in Naperville, IL.
Josh, Kiahawk Chief Lightening Horse, was believed to be the one to help the tribe gain revenge, but he lays near death in Intensive Care. Now, the elders must perform the Kobanee--a dance that will bring the great Chief Winter Wolf back from the past to help win retribution. In order to revive the dead chief, a human sacrifice must be performed at the ancient burial grounds. Meanwhile, outside the reservation those responsible for the destruction to the J-Bar-Ranch, and the brutality toward the Kiahawks, are running scared. There have been whispered rumors about what happens when the Kiahawk rituals are performed. These stories add fuel to the fire when several men from town are found gruesomely dismembered in the desert outside the reservation. In the eyes of Commander Stone of the National Guard, the timing couldn't be better. He has a personal hatred of the Kiahawk, and he sees the town's fears as the perfect opportunity to blame everything on the Kiahawks; allowing him to bring in his troops and wipe the tribe out. What he doesn't plan on, is that the Kobanee will work, and Winter Wolf, along with his warriors from the past, will return with blood lust and vengeance in their hearts.
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James Stanford, a recent college graduate, seeks out an abandoned homestead in the rugged Owyhee country of southwestern Idaho which has recently been scheduled for tax sale. He finds an archeological dig underway there and becomes captivated by the millennia of human drama which is suggested by the artifacts.
High school cheerleader Tricia Wheeler didn’t make it to her graduation because a bullet went through her heart and killed her. Twenty years later, a journalist is investigating Tricia’s supposed suicide for a book. Suddenly, a second cheerleader is dead and the body count in the small West Virginia town continues to rise. For Joshua Thornton, the case is personal. The reopening of the Wheeler case stirs up memories and feelings for a girl who died without knowing his true feelings for her. Now, the newly elected prosecutor is challenged to use everything he’s got to find out what really happened to Tricia and stop the killing.
Across a vast panorama of heart-stopping action, Sally Roe flees for her life. Her journey is a penetrating portrayal of our times, and a vivid reminder of the redemptive power of the Cross.
It's frustrating for local law enforcement to come up against a piece of scum like Newton Glover. He's dirty as hell, everyone knows that - breaks into and vandalizes his neighbors' homes; cheats and steals from everyone; folks suspect he deals drugs and porn. He's even killed a man and gotten away with it. He gets away with all of it, hinting that he has a secret government background and that he's "protected" by the Powers That Be. Glover may finally have gone too far
In twenty-four fifty-three Kalen MacKenna, son of Russell and Alannah MacKenna, and great grandson of Shawn MacKenna is convicted of the brutal murders his wife and father. After his conviction, in a surprise move, the judge orders Kalen placed in cold-stasis instead of imposing the death penalty. When Kalen awakens twenty-five colonial periods later he finds a world changed beyond anything he could have imagined. The world he is reentering now has a largely female population. He discovers that the birth of a male child though not rare is a welcomed event. While he recovers from the effects of Cold-stasis Kalen studies other changes to his world. The mesa-cities are now now built up and populated including his home mesa of Tyree. Shortly before his release an attempt is made on his life. The attempt leaves Kalen in a coma and close to death. When he recovers and is returned to his cell he attempts to contact his friends, but receives a cold reception. Finally he makes contact with his best friends mother only to have her cut their conversation short Upon his release, a second attempt is made on his life. Now, Kalen finds himself alone in the midst of a life and death struggle. He travels to Mesa Tyree only to discover his footsteps are being dogged the whole way. He dodges his pursuers and makes contact with Carla Hobbes his best friends mother. His enemies discover his location and he must escape. On the run once again he heads for the southern mountains where he stumbles across a mysterious woman injured and semi-conscious. He takes her to a home built for him by his best friend Cal and settles in to try and unravel this mystery. Slowly he realizes he is in a struggle he must win or face his own death and the destruction of the Arrisian male population. Along the way he will discover a piece of family history never reveled to him. A family willing to risk all to help him, and old wounds of these forgotten friends he must heal. He will also find people who believe him guilty of murder and still want revenge, and prophecy made months before his birth foretelling the events of his life. But on a world as technologically advanced as his, where man controls the very environment of his world, who would pay attention to a prophecy?Especially one made by a woman who didn't believe it herself.
A down on his luck disbarred Philadelphia lawyer, working now as a bar piano player, must solve the murder of the managing partner of his former law firm. As he peels away layer after layer of intrigue, he finds himself pursued simultaneously by the police, the Mafia, and a psychopathic skinhead. Meanwhile, he continues his secret, unconsummated liaison with a judge whose husband becomes one of his prime suspects, while he carries on a real affair with a stripper. When he becomes the prime suspect in the murder, he must draw on all of his skills to find the real killer.
The Seeds of Evil...In a secluded farm house in the Pacific Northwest, a family has been slaughtered – and a teenage son has disappeared. Single mother and cop, Emily Kenyon spearheads a dark hunt for a killer. But Emily's teenage daughter Jenna is one step ahead of her...are planted in...Jenna knows the boy suspected of murdering his family and wants to help him – perhaps too much. Then another family is butchered, this time in Iowa. And on the heels of this brutal slaying, another follows in Salt Lake City. Eerie similarities link the crime scenes. But an even darker connection threatens to claim even more victims...A Cold Dark Place...As Emily fits the puzzle pieces together, she realizes the danger surrounding her daughter is worse than she'd imagined. Now, in a desperate race to save Jenna, Emily must match wits the most cunning, diabolical killer she's faced yet in her career – a killer who just placed her and her daughter on the top of the list...
Hannah Griffin was a girl when tragedy struck on her family's farm. She still remembers the flames reflected against the newly fallen snow and the bodies the police dug up—one of them her mother's. It was the nation's worst murder scene in decades and the killer was never found. Two decades later Hannah is a CSI investigating a case of child abuse when the past comes hurtling back. Years of buried questions are brought to life. A killer with unfinished business is on the hunt. And an anonymous message turns Hannah's blood cold: Your Mom called...
"A WICKED SNOW is a tightly-plotted, gripping police procedural made even more terrifying by Olsen's straightforward storytelling and eye for detail. Gregg Olsen's riveting debut is an outstanding addition to the suspense genre."
Business...is what a gang of crooked cops has been taking care of-big and dirty business. Seattle, that northwestern stronghold of law, order, and the American way, is the scene. Mark Hardin (a. k. a. The Penetrator) steps in when he finds that a former Vietnam War buddy-now a cop-has been shot to death in an apparent robbery. But who was robbing whom? Mark doesn't know for sure, and he will find out. Just which boys in blue have sold their souls to profit outside the law while pretending to uphold it? The enemy is everywhere, and will stop at nothing. It's a stinking whirlpool of corruption that includes grand larceny, prostitution-and murder for hire! It's up to Mark Hardin to slice out the cancer and protect the innocent. The exciting eighth novel in The Penetrator Series. Mark Hardin wages a one man war against the criminal elements, terrorists, and evil organizations from around the world in order to protect the innocent.
Norbert Briscoe, financial wizard, friend of presidents, and toast of the jet set, is alive and well and living in exile in Costa Rica. The proceeds of his swindles, thefts, and international money manipulation made him a wanted man in the U.S. But now he is putting together his biggest deal – one that will guarantee his own safety, grant him a complete pardon, and allow him to retain his huge fortune. He's going to buy the Panama Canal!