Death of a Politician
Author : Richard Condon
Publisher :
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 31,44 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345283269
Author : Richard Condon
Publisher :
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 31,44 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345283269
Author : Dpm Michael Wilson
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 20,80 MB
Release : 2011-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1613795033
SUMMARY Dedicated to a life serving others, this story documents one man's journey, highlighting his dream to become elected to the Congress of the United States. But, this is more than a mere documentary chronicling random events of a political process. It is a story of Dr. Michael Wilson's personal fortitude, a display of character and commitment to a vision to succeed even when the cards were clearly stacked against him. The strength of this story is how it moves seamlessly from one God-inspired moment to another until his true destiny was realized. Never, ever giving up, the real prize was in discovering how faith in the power of God inspired him to greatness. BIO Dr. Michael Wilson is a podiatrist with the Veterans Administration. He resides in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with his wife, Shelia, and son, Drew. No longer active in politics, Dr. Wilson is a sought-after inspirational speaker in anti-violence initiatives, youth integrity, and responsibility. ENDORSEMENTS "Death of a Politician" is a 'Rocky Balboa' type of story of how to meet challenges that come from many directions, and still come out a winner. At a time when role-model values of African-American men is under such heated discussion, Dr. Wilson is a true role model. This book should be mandatory reading for every young man, no matter what his background." Dr. Mitzi Bond, Ph.D. North Carolina State A&T State University Greensboro, NC "Death of a Politician" is a very good way to describe the ups and downs of trying to win a political race. This book is a must to help all politicians, new comers, and those that have been in politics for many years. It is a wake-up call for all of us." Rev. Oscar Odom, Jr. Councilman City of St. George, SC
Author : Peter Wehner
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 36,61 MB
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0062820818
The New York Times opinion writer, media commentator, outspoken Republican and Christian critic of the Trump presidency offers a spirited defense of politics and its virtuous and critical role in maintaining our democracy and what we must do to save it before it is too late. “Any nation that elects Donald Trump to be its president has a remarkably low view of politics.” Frustrated and feeling betrayed, Americans have come to loathe politics with disastrous results, argues Peter Wehner. In this timely manifesto, the veteran of three Republican administrations and man of faith offers a reasoned and persuasive argument for restoring “politics” as a worthy calling to a cynical and disillusioned generation of Americans. Wehner has long been one of the leading conservative critics of Donald Trump and his effect on the Republican Party. In this impassioned book, he makes clear that unless we overcome the despair that has caused citizens to abandon hope in the primary means for improving our world—the political process—we will not only fall victim to despots but hasten the decline of what has truly made America great. Drawing on history and experience, he reminds us of the hard lessons we have learned about how we rule ourselves—why we have checks and balances, why no one is above the law, why we defend the rights of even those we disagree with. Wehner believes we can turn the country around, but only if we abandon our hatred and learn to appreciate and honor the unique and noble American tradition of doing “politics.” If we want the great American experiment to continue and to once again prosper, we must once more take up the responsibility each and every one of us as citizens share.
Author : Peter Dale Scott
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 21,28 MB
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 0520205197
Meticulously documented investigation uncovering the political secrets surrounding John F. Kennedy's assassination.
Author : H. H. Smith
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 29,7 MB
Release : 1891
Category : Politicians
ISBN :
Author : Peter Jan Margry
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 20,75 MB
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0857451901
Grassroots memorials have become major areas of focus during times of trauma, danger, and social unrest. These improvised memorial assemblages continue to display new and more dynamic ways of representing collective and individual identities and in doing so reveal the steps that shape the national memories of those who struggle to come to terms with traumatic loss. This volume focuses on the hybrid quality of these temporary memorials as both monuments of mourning and as focal points for protest and expression of discontent. The broad range of case studies in this volume include anti-mafia shrines, Theo van Gogh’s memorial, September 11th memorials, March 11th shrines in Madrid, and Carlo Giuliani memorials in Genoa.
Author : Robert Barnard
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 46,23 MB
Release : 2013-03-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1476737215
When the body of a Member of Parliament is found floating in the Thames, everyone assumes it is suicide, except for Superintendent Sutcliffe, whose investigation of the case reveals some nasty and ruthless politics. Three-time Edgar Award nominee Robert Barnard takes on the cunning and ruthless world of politics in this suspenseful tale centering upon the mysterious death of a member of Parliament.
Author : Bradley Tusk
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 39,96 MB
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0525536507
The famed political advisor to Uber, FanDuel, Lemonade, Tesla and other startups reveals what really happens at the intersection of politics, tech and business Most new startups today are in highly regulated industries with strong incumbents - transportation, hotels, drones, energy, gaming, education, health care, cannabis, finance, liquor, insurance. The more startups try to snatch a piece of the establishment's pie, the more they risk running into a political wall. That's where Bradley Tusk comes in. Described as "Silicon Valley's Political Savior" (Fast Company) "Uber's Political Genius" (Vanity Fair) and "Silicon Valley's Favorite Fixer" (TechCrunch) Tusk deploys the skills and knowledge he developed working with Chuck Schumer, Michael Bloomberg, Rod Blagojevich, and other political and business legends to help startups fight back. This book goes behind the scenes on how he helped stop the taxi industry from killing Uber in its infancy, how he held insurance companies at bay while startup Lemonade launched in each state, and how he helped online sports betting sites FanDuel and Draft Kings escape the regulatory death grip casinos tried to put on them. As Tusk writes, "Every new company is essentially a tech startup. And when you disrupt someone in any industry, they don't say thank you. They punch you in the nose. These are the lessons startups need to learn to punch back and survive the clutches of politics." Combining a firsthand glimpse behind the curtain with tangible advice for how any new venture can play the political game, THE FIXER is a must-read for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Author : John Troyer
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 30,78 MB
Release : 2021-08-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0262542315
“One of our greatest thinkers” on death presents a radical new approach to thinking about dying and the human corpse (Caitlin Doughty, mortician and bestselling author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes). A fascinating exploration of the relationship between technology and the human corpse throughout history—from 19th-century embalming machines to 21st-century death-prevention technologies. Death and the dead body have never been more alive in the public imagination—not least because of current debates over modern medical technology that is deployed, it seems, expressly to keep human bodies from dying, blurring the boundary between alive and dead. In this book, John Troyer examines the relationship of the dead body with technology, both material and conceptual: the physical machines, political concepts, and sovereign institutions that humans use to classify, organize, repurpose, and transform the human corpse. Doing so, he asks readers to think about death, dying, and dead bodies in radically different ways. Troyer explains, for example, how technologies of the nineteenth century including embalming and photography, created our image of a dead body as quasi-atemporal, existing outside biological limits formerly enforced by decomposition. He describes the “Happy Death Movement” of the 1970s; the politics of HIV/AIDS corpse and the productive potential of the dead body; the provocations of the Body Worlds exhibits and their use of preserved dead bodies; the black market in human body parts; and the transformation of historic technologies of the human corpse into “death prevention technologies.” The consequences of total control over death and the dead body, Troyer argues, are not liberation but the abandonment of Homo sapiens as a concept and a species. In this unique work, Troyer forces us to consider the increasing overlap between politics, dying, and the dead body in both general and specifically personal terms.
Author : William Manchester
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 33,93 MB
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 031637072X
William Manchester's epic and definitive account of President John F. Kennedy's assassination--now restored to print in a new paperback edition. As the world still reeled from the tragic and historic events of November 22, 1963, William Manchester set out, at the request of the Kennedy family, to create a detailed, authoritative record of the days immediately preceding and following President John F. Kennedy's death. Through hundreds of interviews, abundant travel and firsthand observation, and with unique access to the proceedings of the Warren Commission, Manchester conducted an exhaustive historical investigation, accumulating forty-five volumes of documents, exhibits, and transcribed tapes. His ultimate objective -- to set down as a whole the national and personal tragedy that was JFK's assassination -- is brilliantly achieved in this galvanizing narrative, a book universally acclaimed as a landmark work of modern history.