The Brink: A Novel (Hardcover)

The Brink: A Novel (Hardcover)
By Mark Fadden

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Charged with murder and hiding out in the Mexican wilderness, Texas Ranger Danny Cavanaugh contemplates eating a bullet in the exact spot his father did years ago. But when he sees something strange at the nearby converted monastery, the cop inside him takes over. As he investigates, he meets a nearly naked woman running for her life. A judge in the International Court of Justice, Sydney Dumas thought she was there to discuss a secret lawsuit Japan is bringing against the United States. Meanwhile in Washington, D.C., a robbery attempt at the Library of Congress becomes an unimaginable test for newly elected President Jack Butcher. The nearly stolen document is a lost article of the U.S. Constitution which contains evidence the Founding Fathers foresaw certain collapse for their new country. As Danny and Sydney race toward Washington, D.C., to reach President Butcher, they are hunted by a killer dispatched by an organization known as The Group; they have infinite resources and will stop at nothing to reach their goal. Once Danny uncovers the link between the lawsuit, the lost Constitution article, and The Group, he discovers an unthinkable plot designed by a brilliant psychopath whose motive makes them question everything. Read more

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The Blueprint: Obama's Plan to Subvert the Constitution and Build an Imperial Presidency (Hardcover)

The Blueprint: Obama's Plan to Subvert the Constitution and Build an Imperial Presidency (Hardcover)
By Ken Blackwell

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Barack Obama’s shocking plan to take over the government,
the elections, the economy, the American consciousness,
and even our personal freedoms

 

From noted conservative leader Ken Blackwell and Washington, D.C.-based constitutional attorney and journalist Ken Klukowski comes an urgently needed book about President Barack Obama’s blueprint to centralize power in the White House, subvert the Constitution, and transform the United States of America into a militant, secular welfare state dominated by an overbearing central government.

 

The authors identify and discuss more than twenty tactics being taken by the Obama administration to restructure the country and ensure perpetual liberal rule—such as changing voting laws, politicizing the census, coercing corporations into adopting its policies, planning to destroy talk radio, and seeking to make millions of illegal aliens into voting citizens. By means both sharp and subtle, President Obama aims to change Americans’ views about government, liberty, and even God.

 

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·        Czars: The authors show how Obama is installing a shadow government of radical appointees not subject to Senate confirmation and answerable to no one but him.

 

·        Courts: The authors have insider knowledge of how Obama will pack the Supreme Court and lower courts with activist judges who will overstep their constitutional authority.

 

·        When Lawmaking becomes Lawbreaking: The authors reveal the ways Obama is consolidating lawmaking power in the White House, in direct violation of our nation’s separation of powers.

 

·        Changing the American Identity: The authors show how Obama is using unconstitutional tactics to change how we conduct commerce, how we vote, our right to bear arms, and the free-speech rights of opposition voices.

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The Bible, Fact or Fiction? Exciting and Compelling Facts to Consider (Paperback)

The Bible, Fact or Fiction? Exciting and Compelling Facts to Consider (Paperback)
By Lynnette Lloyd

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Don't let current and future events catch you unaware! This is a must read book for everyone who is perplexed and frustrated as to the major catastrophes happening all around the world. Equip yourself and others with facts and evidences from science, astronomy, history and prophecy that confirm what one ancient, yet yearly top-selling book, has predicted regarding where the world is headed and the urgency to be prepared and ready for these critical events on the horizon.

Included Topics:Life - Is This All There Is? Life is difficult and though the world faces many crises, there are many astonishing evidences that showwe aren't here by accident; we do have a purpose and there is hope for each individual as well as a more exciting future for those willing to search it out.

-Does any religion or philosophy stand above the others in physical facts and evidences that prove it alone stands above all others to be trusted? If so, what is it?
-Between Psychics, Astrology, and Biblical Prophecy, which one of the three have proven 100% accurate in foretelling the future?
-Which book preceded the sciences in giving facts regarding astronomy, medicine and physics? What book first stated that the world was round, that there were so many stars you couldn't count them, that creation is made of invisible elements and the earth is suspended on nothing?
-Is the Bible reliable? Can it be proven by history that Jesus Christ actually lived on this earth? Is there evidence that God exists? Is He personal?
-Is there any one book that encompasses science, medicine, astronomy, politics, prophecy and current events, while being the one common denominator that millions attest to transforming their lives?
-The world as we know it is about to change. Prophetical signs written over 2000 years ago predicted what is now taking place. Among the numerous events soon to take place are the cashless society, coming war of Russia with allies of Iran and Middle Eastern countries against Israel, nuclear war and a One-World government. Read about them in an ancient book written centuries ago. If a book has proven to be consistently accurate in the past, it would be wise not to ignore it when so much is at stake.

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This book will appeal to most audiences young and old looking for sound, factual answers to pressing questions. Short of wading through a ton of books on today's hot topics of current world events and concerns, astronomy, science and the Bible, archaeology, apologetics and proven prophecy, this informative, inspiring unique book condenses the highpoints of several overwhelming databases and books into one informative, exciting, easy-to-read book that answers the tough questions that every person has asked at one time or another. People who are searching, people who don't believe in God, and people who do will want to read this book. We all have friends and loved ones who are questioning the meaning of life. What is the purpose of life? How did we get here? Where will we go after we die? Where can we find truth? Where is the world headed in regard to a cashless society, world financial system, one-world government? Will we be destroyed by nuclear weapons, inept leaders or financial collapse?

This book, "The Bible, Fact or Fiction?" has been used in classes to inform, educate, inspire and encourage young people, college students, and mature adults who have found this book so fact-filled and enlightening that they have bought several more to share with others.

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The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life (Paperback)

The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life (Paperback)
By Ben Sherwood

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There are plenty of books about coping with adversity. But isn't until now, with WHO SURVIVES, that we discover the human factors that determine survival. It's a combination instruction book and security blanket that blends compelling true stories with cutting-edge science to deliver some of the most important lessons we'll ever need to learn.

The book will:
--list the most important traits necessary for survival (e.g., adaptability, tenacity, faith)
--identify the 5 types of survivors
--debunk myths (like only the strong survive), explore the frontiers of survival science (How much strain and punishment can a human body endure?), and introduce readers to counterintuitive thinking (Ever heard of posttraumatic growth?)
--provide a Survivors Tool Kit, including an online test that measures one's Survivor's Quotient

Each one of us eventually joins the club of millions who face life's inescapable tribulations and tragedies. WHO SURVIVES is the companion we need to prepare us for and guide us through the worst. Read more

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Downhill Slide: Why the Corporate Ski Industry is Bad for Skiing, Ski Towns, and the Environment (Paperback)

Downhill Slide: Why the Corporate Ski Industry is Bad for Skiing, Ski Towns, and the Environment (Paperback)
By Hal Clifford

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In this impassioned expose, lifelong skier Hal Clifford reveals how publicly traded corporations gained control of America's most popular winter sport during the 1990s, and how they are gutting ski towns, the natural environment, and skiing itself in a largely futile search for short-term profits.

Chronicling the collision between Wall Street's demand for unceasing revenue growth and the fragile natural and social environments of small mountain communities, Clifford shows how the modern ski industry promotes its product as environmentally friendly--even invoking the words and emblems of such environmental icons as Ansel Adams and John Muir--while at the same time creating urban-style problems for mountain villages. He also uncovers the ways in which resorts are carefully engineered to separate visitors from their money, much like theme parks.

Clifford suggests an alternative to this bleak picture in the return-to-the-roots movement that is now beginning to find its voice in American ski towns from Mammoth Lakes, California, to Stowe, Vermont. He relates the stories of creative business people who are shifting control of the ski business back to the communities that host it.

Hard-hitting and carefully researched, Downhill Slide is indispensable reading for anyone who lives in, visits, or cares about what is happening to America's alpine communities. Read more

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True Compass: A Memoir (Hardcover)

True Compass: A Memoir (Hardcover)
By Edward M. Kennedy

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Edward M. Kennedy is widely regarded as one of the great Senators in the nation's history. He is also the patriarch of America's most heralded family. In this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator Kennedy speaks with unprecedented candor about his extraordinary life.


The youngest of nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, he came of age among siblings from whom much was expected. As a young man, he played a key role in the presidential campaign of his brother, John F. Kennedy. In 1962, he was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he learned how to become an effective legislator.


His life has been marked by tragedy and perseverance, a love for family and an abiding faith. He writes movingly of his brothers and their influence on him; his years of struggle in the wake of their deaths; his marriage to the woman who changed his life, Victoria Reggie Kennedy; his role in the major events of our time (from the civil rights movement to the election of Barack Obama); and how his recent diagnosis of a malignant brain tumor has given even greater urgency to his long crusade for improved health care for all Americans.


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In this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story--of his legendary family, politics, and fifty years at the center of national events.

TRUE COMPASS

The youngest of nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, he came of age among siblings from whom much was expected. As a young man, he played a key role in the presidential campaign of his brother John F. Kennedy, recounted here in loving detail. In 1962 he was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he began a fascinating political education and became a legislator.

In this historic memoir, Ted Kennedy takes us inside his family, re-creating life with his parents and brothers and explaining their profound impact on him. For the first time, he describes his heartbreak and years of struggle in the wake of their deaths. Through it all, he describes his work in the Senate on the major issues of our time--civil rights, Vietnam, Watergate, the quest for peace in Northern Ireland--and the cause of his life: improved health care for all Americans, a fight influenced by his own experiences in hospitals.

His life has been marked by tragedy and perseverance, a love of family, and an abiding faith. There have been controversies, too, and Kennedy addresses them with unprecedented candor. At midlife, embattled and uncertain if he would ever fall in love again, he met the woman who changed his life, Victoria Reggie Kennedy. Facing a tough reelection campaign against an aggressive challenger named Mitt Romney, Kennedy found a new voice and began one of the great third acts in American politics, sponsoring major legislation, standing up for liberal principles, and making the pivotal endorsement of Barack Obama for president.

Hundreds of books have been written about the Kennedys. TRUE COMPASS will endure as the definitive account from a member of America's most heralded family, an inspiring legacy to readers and to history, and a deeply moving story of a life like no other.

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A Look at Edward M. Kennedy Through the Years
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Ted Kennedy with Bobby Kennedy at the opening of the Royal Children’s Zoo (June 9, 1938)

John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Edward M. Kennedy

Ted Kennedy and Bobby Kennedy at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in South Boston

Ted and Vicki Kennedy (Photo by Ken Regan)

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Al-Yahud: Eternal Islamic Enmity and the Jews (Paperback)

Al-Yahud: Eternal Islamic Enmity and the Jews (Paperback)
By Elias Al-Maqdisi

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This most important book examines in depth and with a mastery of the basic documents, the crucial issues of our time. What are the sources of the enmity that drive and justify Jihad in all its forms? Will Judaism and Christianity survive when currently global Islam, supported by the universal Caliphate's Jihad against Israel enforces its 7th century claim to be the origin of these two faiths? This is the real meaning of the Jihad against Israel. With knowledge, skill and irrefutable scholarship, Al-Maqdisi & Solomon identify and explain the root cause of the Islamic denial of the Jewish and Christian Biblical history, identity and patrimony in the Holy Land. This masterpiece provides a mine of information on the Islamic challenge to Western survival, and should be read by everyone. Professor Bat Ye'or, Author Landmark works include "The Dhimmi: Jews and Christians under Islam," "Islam and Dhimmitude: Where Civilizations Collide," "Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis" Elias Al-Maqdisi & Sam Solomon's Al-Yahud: Eternal Islamic Enmity & the Jews represents another groundbreaking work from this prolific writing duo. Following Al-Maqdisi/Solomon's Al-Hijra: The Islamic Doctrine of Immigration, Al-Yahud uncovers and explains some of the deepest held Islamic doctrinal beliefs supporting the continuous Jihad against the one enemy of Islam that is never forgotten or forgiven-the Jew. In Al-Yahud, the authors literally uncover the root of the problem between the Jews and the Muslims, a problem that manifests itself in the current Middle East conflict, which is currently being framed as a classical land-for-peace issue. Not so, say Al-Maqdisi/Solomon-the problem is forever and will continue to haunt us as long as Muslims continue to believe in Muhammed's mission to retroactively supersede and claim the origins of Judeo-Christian Monotheism, then to "correct," and finally to complete the Jewish and Christian revelations. Bjorn Larsen, President International Free Press Society (Canada) Sam Solomon, a convert to Christianity and an expert on Islam, is a senior lecturer and research coordinator, a human rights activist and an advisor to British as well as European parliamentarians. Sam has authored a number of thought-provoking books and numerous articles on Christian Muslim relations. Elias Al-Maqdisi was a prolific writer and debater, an author of some 15 books, and a regular contributor to many Internet sites on this complex subject of Islam and its teachings. Read more

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The Call to Conversion : Why Faith Is Always Personal but Never Private (Paperback)

The Call to Conversion : Why Faith Is Always Personal but Never Private (Paperback)
By Jim Wallis

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Put Your Faith into Action

A leading voice at the crossroads of faith and politics offers a prophetic appeal for our times: faced with a growing gap between the rich and poor, bombarded by national security alerts that ratchet up our stress levels, taxed by a govern-ment that spends billions of dollars on war -- where do we find hope? In this revised and updated edition of his classic, Jim Wallis insightfully critiques contemporary culture and politics, inspiring us with stories to convert our way of thinking and point to a solution to our current social and political dilemmas. Read more

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