Private Politics

David Portland works security for America’s British Embassy in London. His life is upended when his son Trevor dies mysteriously in Nigeria, while employed by a suspicious security/mercenary company known as SureSafe. One night, Portland sees a man in a bar wearing a bracelet - a family heirloom, which he had given his son - and attacks the man.

Eli Cutter is a knight-master in an ancient order created to advise the president of the United States. Because of the mental toll from their job, knight-masters retire at a young age. Cutter has retired to Taos, New Mexico, but on a trip to Vail, Colorado, he rescues the current president. Seeing Cutter display unusual skills, the current president asks if Cutter can assist him solving crimes that fall through the cracks of bureaucracy.

Hot shot Private Investigator Cole Ustick couldn't care less about politics. However, his boss thrusts Ustick into the world of Idaho politics by assigning him the case of gubernatorial candidate Ignacio Hernandez. Hernandez wants to find the women behind thinly sourced allegations of sexual misconduct against him that appeared in the state's largest newspaper.

Rogue special-operations agent McCracken has never been shy about answering the call, and this time it comes in the aftermath of a deep-water oil rig disaster that claims the life of a onetime member of his commando unit. The remnants of the rig and its missing crew lead him to the inescapable conclusion that one of the most mysterious and deadly forces in the universe is to blame: Dark matter, both a limitless source of potential energy and an unimaginably destructive weapon.

High season is coming to an end, and fishing guide Jake Trent suddenly has some time on his hands. As the ex-lawyer ponders rekindling his romance with park ranger Noelle Klimpton, a surprise call from a long-lost love lights up his phone.

It's been years since law school graduation, when Jake last saw Divya Navaysam. Now a DC lobbyist, Divya wants Jake to come to Washington for a consulting job - immediately.

Gumersindo Peña, ex subinspector de la DISIP (Dirección de los Servicios de Inteligencia y Prevención, organismo policial de inteligencia y espionaje venezolano) anda retirado, pero peligra cuando descubre que en torno a Miraflores gira la resolución del caso más peligroso de su carrera. Debe huir de liebres cazadoras y ultrarevolucionarios asesinos. Los boliburgueses transportan maletas y tienden trampas mortales y Gumersindo Peña juega ahora con fuego rojo rojillo, chorros de dólares y...magnicidios.

Era el detective más caro y exclusivo del mundo. Sus servicios solo estaban al alcance de importantes corporaciones a las que les habían robado sus secretos y necesitaban urgentemente recuperarlos. No tenía ni oficina, ni sede conocida y sólo unos pocos sabían contactar con él. Usaba personalidades diferentes para cada caso, siendo una sombra para sus clientes e invisible para sus enemigos. Ninguno de sus encargos tenía nada de vulgar o corriente, pero cuando aceptó su último trabajo, no podía imaginar que las cosas se iban a complicar tanto: la chica, el cliente y el objeto a recuperar.

Habían descubierto el arma definitiva. A petición de cualquier cliente que lo pudiese pagar, podían fabricar un virus letal capaz de eliminar solo a la etnia seleccionada... La más novedosa tecnología farmacéutica al servicio de la muerte. Intriga, suspense, asesinatos, en la carrera de venderla al mejor postor. Sin quererlo Yoko Yoshida, se había visto envuelta en la conspiración. Para enfrentarse a ella solicitó la ayuda de la única persona a la que confiaría su vida: Sergio.

#1 best-selling author and popular radio and television host Glenn Beck considers the hot-button issue of education in the US, exposing the weaknesses of the Common Core school curriculum and examining why liberal solutions fail. As he did with the issue of gun control in his thoughtful and succinct #1 best seller Control, Glenn Beck uncovers the politically motivated truth behind the continual failures of the American educational system and offers real, tangible solutions for change.

Sandringham, the much-loved Norfolk retreat of Queen Elizabeth II, has been the private home of four generations of monarchs since 1862, when Queen Victoria and Prince Albert bought the country estate for their eldest son Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. Written with warmth and wit, Helen Cathcart charts a hundred years of royal domestic history at Sandringham, from earliest days through to celebrated visitor attraction. A blend of narrative history and family chronicle, Sandringham commemorates the centenary of one of the best-known private country houses in the world.

Millionaire Howard Hughes likes his secrets. He likes to keep them - and he definitely doesn't like having them stolen. Hollywood PI Toby Peters has a rep for being discreet. So when the film tycoon and aviation magnate needs a detective to very privately investigate the theft of top-secret blueprints taken from his home during one of his fabulous parties, he summons Peters. But what starts as counter-espionage intrigue turns into a triple murder, and Peters soon finds himself bait for a killer.

En este audiobook hay varios personajes, los principales son tres mujeres hablando sin editar de los temas cotidianos de la vida. Solo para adultos mayotes de 18 anos.

The Supreme Court's decision in the Kelo case created a firestorm of interest in protecting property rights. Through real-life stories and solid legal analysis, this book shows why property rights are the cornerstone of liberty and how they are protected in the U.S. Constitution. It critically examines how courts and legislatures have diminished property rights and then lays out an agenda for protecting these rights in the future.

Steadfast in fighting crime, but operating outside the police force - and sometimes even the law - is the private detective. Driven by his own moral code, he is a shadowy figure in a trench coat standing on a street corner, his face most likely obscured by a tilted fedora, a lit cigarette dangling from his hand. The hard-boiled detective is known by his dark past, private pain, and powers of deduction. He only asks questions - never answers them. In his stories he is both the main character and the narrator.

Freiheit und Demokratie, so der Investor Peter Thiel 2009, seien nicht länger kompatibel. Wer die Freiheit liebe, müsse daher versuchen, der Politik in all ihren Formen zu entkommen. Zuflucht suchen könnten Libertäre im Cyberspace, im Weltraum und auf dem offenen Meer. Das mag verblasen klingen, steht aber in einer jahrzehntealten Tradition marktradikaler Ideen: Denker wie Milton Friedman begeisterten sich für das noch unter britischer Oberhoheit stehende Hongkong; Margaret Thatcher träumte von einem Singapur an der Themse.

Somebody in Washington is updating Shakespeare. The first thing he wants to do is kill all the lobbyists. Knocking off three of them in consecutive weeks, he's off to a fast start. On the lapel of each victim, the killer leaves a pin that, arguably, resembles Porky Pig. The Metro police are on the case when Putnam Shady steps forward and identifies the third victim as a friend. Authority-averse, Putnam gives the cops only bare-bones information - but he tells Margaret "Sweetie" Sweeney that he thinks he will be the next victim.

La sua bellezza, assieme ad altre doti, l'aveva catapultata nel mondo delle escort di lusso ad Hong Kong. La sua vita era cambiata dopo che il suo amante milionario l'aveva mandata negli USA per permetterle di studiare. Pochi anni dopo era uscita da Harvard con un MBA e una certificazione da commercialista. Con qualche aiuto da parte del suo amico, era ascesa a presidente di una delle maggiori banche di Miami.

Brunette bombshell Araceli hires Scott Brody, PI, to find her missing brother Damian, whose life is endangered in the neon-lit playground of Vegas. To save Damian, Brody must contend with mafia leg breakers, feds, a murderous deep state cabal, CIA spooks, and a sicario hit team. Everybody, it seems, wants a piece of Damian, and they'll kill anyone who gets in their way.

Spannung und Aufklärung – diese einzigartige Kombination ist das Markenzeichen der Kriminalromane um den Stuttgarter Privatermittler Georg Dengler. Beiden Ansprüchen wird Wolfgang Schorlau auch in diesem Roman, in dem es um die Machenschaften der Pharmaindustrie geht, glänzend gerecht. Der sechste Fall führt Georg Dengler nach Berlin. Professor Dr. Bernhard Voss, Arzt an der Charité, wird eines schrecklichen Verbrechens verdächtigt. Sein Verteidiger bittet Dengler um Unterstützung. Dieser steht plötzlich vor einem Abgrund an Manipulationen.

Das Bundeskriminalamt bittet seinen früheren Zielfahnder und heutigen Privatermittler Georg Dengler um Mithilfe: Er soll die Akten der damaligen Sonderkommission Theresienwiese über den Anschlag auf das Münchner Oktoberfest 1980 prüfen. Dengler denkt, es sei ein leichter Auftrag, doch schon bald entdeckt er die ersten Widersprüche.