In this powerful work of reportage, Wendell Potter and Nick Penniman, two vigilant watchdogs, expose legalized corruption and link it to the kitchen-table issues citizens face every day. Inciting our outrage, the authors then inspire us by introducing us to the army of reformers laying the groundwork for change, ready to be called into action. The battle plan for reform presented is practical, realistic, and concrete. No one-except some lobbyists...

In the Cyrilian Empire, the gifts Affinites use to control the world are unnatural and dangerous. Anastacya Mikhailov, the crown princess, has a secret and deadly Affinity to blood; it is her curse, and the reason she has lived her life behind palace walls. When Ana's father, the emperor, is murdered, her world is shattered. Framed as his killer, Ana must flee the palace to save her life. To clear her name, she must find her father's murderer on...

In this second film based on Larsson's Millennium trilogy, Mikael Blomkvist's journalistic protégé and his activist girlfriend are delving into a sex-trafficking ring whose patrons who are highly placed in the political establishment. When the couple are brutally murdered, the gun found in their apartment has Lisbeth's fingerprints on it, and Lisbeth and Mikael embark on parallel manhunts. Mikael is simultaneously aided and obstructed by a shambling...

From its inception, Atlantic City has always been a town dedicated to the fast buck, and this wide-reaching history offers a riveting account of its past 100 years{u2014}from the city's heyday as a Prohibition-era mecca of lawlessness to its rebirth as a legitimate casino resort in the modern era. A colorful cast of characters, led by Enoch ?Nucky? Johnson, populates this stranger-than-fiction account of corrupt politics and the toxic power structure...

For reporter Hope Sinclair, writing about the recovery of a sunken Spanish treasure off Pleasure Island should be her big chance. But Hope can t help feeling that she s been hand-picked for this job for all the wrong reasons. Someone wants Hope out of New York and off the story that could blow a corruption case wide open. If they think sending her to paradise will shut her up, they ve got another thing coming. Hope s subject, treasure hunter Conner...

Jon Cold is a professional secret agent-for-hire. Amidst political corruption, murder and bounty of back-stabbing bad guys, Cold is hired to deliver a package from France to Germany. Some dangerous people will stop at nothing to make sure that the package doesn't make it to its rightful owner. These men soon discover that getting in his way is a very dangerous decision.

When D.C. reporter Cal McCaffrey is assigned to investigate the murder of an assistant to an up-and-coming politician, he uncovers a conspiracy that threatens to bring down the nation's power structures. In a town of spin-doctors and wealthy power brokers, he will discover one truth: when fortunes are at stake, no one's integrity, love, or life is safe.

"Late one night in his New York apartment, investigative journalist Jack Logan receives a surprise visit from US Senator Malcolm Phillips. The senator swears he's about to be murdered, and pleads that Jack protect his wife Taylor. When the senator is found dead, Jack and Taylor race to find the one man who knows the truth. Pursued by unknown assailants, their hunt leads them to the Institute, led by Damon Crosse. The Institute has tentacles everywhere--but...

New York chief assistant district attorney Butch Karp is appointed special prosecutor by the governor of West Virginia when coal mine union leader Ralph "Red" Heeney and his family are brutally murdered. Butch had met the Heeneys when they were vacationing on Long Island and he is determined to see justice done no matter what the danger. --

Details the inner workings of the organization the author was a former spokesman for, revealing the evolution, finances, and inner tensions from the first meeting with Julian Assange to his withdrawal from Wikileaks.