Beltway Upheaval

Beltway Upheaval

Author: Ken Gorman

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-09-13

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1365163075

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The Country has experienced bizarre political events. First, a contingent election in the House of Representatives after no candidate for president garnered 270 electoral votes. Then, the victorious president resigned suddenly on Inauguration Day. Is President Granger guilty of concealing a secret about resigned President Atkinsen in order to succeed him? Speaker of the House Allcott despises Granger who "stole the presidency from me." Granger foresees a disastrous economic decline. He signs Executive Order 14914 to ward off a depression. Allcott condemns the EO and influences the House to Impeach Granger. The Senate decides Granger's fate. Is Allcott guilty of conspiracies? What is the fallout from the Executive Order? Unexpectedly, Granger takes a leave of absence. Who becomes acting president? BELTWAY UPHEAL is a fictional story of presidential actions and conflicts. Can real transformation happen?


Lethal Agent

Lethal Agent

Author: Vince Flynn

Publisher: Pocket Books

Published: 2020-08-25

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 1501190636

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An unprecedented and terrifying bioterrorism plot threatens to kill millions in the midst of a divisive presidential election in this “gut punch of a tale that exploits our greatest fears” (The Providence Journal) from the #1 New York Times bestselling Mitch Rapp series. A toxic presidential election is underway in an America already badly weakened by internal divisions. While politicians focus entirely on maintaining their own power, ISIS kidnaps a brilliant French microbiologist and forces him to begin manufacturing anthrax. Slickly produced videos chronicling his progress and threatening an imminent attack are posted to the internet, intensifying the hysteria gripping the United States. ISIS recruits a Mexican drug cartel to smuggle the bioweapon across the border, but it’s really just a diversion. The terrorist organization needs to keep Mitch Rapp and Irene Kennedy distracted long enough to weaponize a deadly virus that they stumbled upon in Yemen. If they succeed, they’ll trigger a pandemic that could rewrite the world order. Rapp embarks on a mission to infiltrate the Mexican cartels and track down the ISIS leader who he failed to kill during their last confrontation. But with Washington’s political elite increasingly lined up against him, he knows he’ll be on his own. Another stellar and white-knuckled page-turner, Lethal Agent proves that “Mitch Rapp is the hero we need, maybe now more than ever” (The Real Book Spy).


From This Clay

From This Clay

Author: Thomas J. McCarthy

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 9780739113981

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From This Clay is an eclectic collection of reflections on American culture and society and the ongoing quest for meaning and illumination in everyday life. By virtue of their idiosyncratic and personal treatment of universal themes, the essays give voice to concerns, hopes, and consolations that resonate with authenticity.


Below the Line

Below the Line

Author: Sara Chin

Publisher: City Lights Books

Published: 1997-11

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780872863316

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An anthology in which Chinese-Americans try to make sense of their divided history and culture. In the title story, old men in Chinatown record their wills on videotape, in another a typhoon diverts a woman's plane to Taiwan, where she receives a lesson in family history.