In the heart of Washington, one deadly secret could topple the presidency and ignite a national crisis.Captain Luke Steele knows the corridors of power can be as perilous as any battlefield. As a military aide to the president, he carries the nuclear codes and stands at the center of America’s most closely guarded secrets. But when whispers of betrayal swirl inside the White House, Luke is drawn into a web of political corruption and hidden agendas that threaten no...

In the heart of Washington, one deadly secret could topple the presidency and ignite a national crisis.Captain Luke Steele knows the corridors of power can be as perilous as any battlefield. As a military aide to the president, he carries the nuclear codes and stands at the center of America’s most closely guarded secrets. But when whispers of betrayal swirl inside the White House, Luke is drawn into a web of political corruption and hidden agendas that threatens n...

This book examines the impact of COVID-19 on restorative justice programs in several provinces of Canada and the emerging practices that have resulted. The COVID pandemic seems to have influenced Canadians’ perceptions of public safety, with reported changes in the frequency and types of crimes committed, as well as changes in how justice institutions and restorative justice programs operate.This book explores some of the innovative virtual and blended restorative justice practices...

How modernist novels learned to think through air, mood, and environment.Modernist literature is often associated with interiority and psychological depth. Novel Atmospheres turns this account inside out, asking readers to look up and out into the air. Anna Jones Abramson shows that in the twentieth century, dramatic changes in the air changed the novel itself.In the first three decades of the twentieth century, a series of technological innovation...

When two of the Lang family’s priceless paintings vanish from a London gallery, where they have been on display, CIA operative Cole Bridger and his cousin Lars Hendriks immediately make the trip from a family wedding to investigate. Along with Lars’s fiancée, Marit, and Cole’s girlfriend, Isabelle, they must uncover the thief before any more paintings disappear. But as they delve deeper into their investigation, the group makes a startling discovery: there’s a very real possibility that th...

Unraveling the Tangled Web of Trump's Global CorruptionIn the third volume of his Proof series, New York Times bestselling author Seth Abramson delves deep into the Ukraine scandal, revealing it to be more sinister, complex, and transnational than previously thought. Abramson's research positions the scandal as the foreseeable culmination of years of clandestine machinations involving scores of players, from Beijing to Budapest, Ankara to Caracas, Warsaw to Jerusal...

The inside story of how Big Pharma’s relentless pursuit of ever-higher profits corrupts medical knowledge—misleading doctors, misdirecting American health care, and harming our health.The United States spends an excess $1.5 trillion annually on health care compared to other wealthy countries—yet the amount of time that Americans live in good health ranks a lowly 68th in the world. At the heart of the problem is Big Pharma, which, in this compelling Big Pharma exposé, is shown to fu...

The first book in an exciting mystery series!San Francisco has never been more romantic or adventuresome as portrayed by this popular novelist. A bit of magic and a lot of local lore makes for an exciting and fun read.Gay tourists are arriving in San Francisco by the planeload for the party of the decade at the Moscone Center, a tribute to a late disco star. On the same night as the dance festival, a infamous evangelist plans to bring his nationwide crusade against gay righ...

Kylie Ramsey is supposed to be invisible. In fact, to keep her unnoticed, the FBI has changed the world-class swimmer's identity and moved her twice in the last year. However, there are still a few people who would quickly recognize her. One of them is Matt Whitman, the man Kylie could have easily spent eternity with. The other is Judge Rush — the man who wants Kylie dead.Now the former rising-star athlete is forced to Live a life in the shadows. Worst of all, Kylie believes she wi...

Unraveling the Tangled Web of Trump's Global CorruptionIn the third volume of his Proof series, New York Times bestselling author Seth Abramson takes readers on a deep dive into the Ukraine scandal, revealing it to be more sinister, complex, and transnational than previously thought. Abramson’s research on Trump administration corruption positions the Ukraine scandal as the foreseeable culmination of years of clandestine machinations involving sco...

Instant New York Times Bestseller"A richly documented indictment of power and corruption." —Kirkus ReviewsThrough diligent research, Seth Abramson exposes a story that U.S. media has largely missed: a pre-election geopolitical conspiracy involving Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Israel, and Russia that sought to put Trump in the White House—and succeeded.In late 2015, conv...

Here is a book that is truly quietly deeply subtle. It appears to operate along the lines of here is how one thing follows another; it appears to rely on anticipated cause and effect to spring us forth from one fraction of a split second’s thought to the next. There are many and then actions in this book. What follows comes as a surprise sometimes even when it shouldn't. For instance, at one poem’s conclusion it says: An archer shoots. That’s what an archer does. And this is astonishing. A...