Showing results by publisher "Random House Audio" in Political

From the author of bestselling Invisible Man—the classic novel of African-American experience—this long-awaited second novel tells an evocative tale of a prodigal of the twentieth century. Brilliantly crafted, moving, and wise, Juneteenth is the work of an American master. "Tell me what...

Christopher Buckley, the bestselling author of the comic classics The White House Mess and Thank You for Smoking, returns to the funniest place in America: Washington, D.C. Elizabeth Tyler MacMann, the First Lady of the United States, has been charged with killing her philandering husband, the...

Christopher Buckley, the bestselling author of the comic classics The White House Mess and Thank You for Smoking, returns to the funniest place in America: Washington, D.C. Elizabeth Tyler MacMann, the First Lady of the United States, has been charged with killing her philandering husband, the...

This generations-spanning novel carries one extraordinary family to the brink of the Iranian Revolution--and marks the debut of a literary talent to watch As a child living in his family's apple orchard, Ahmad Torkash-Vand treasures his great-great-great-great grandfather's every mesmerizing...

In the high-stakes, high-pressure world of presidential politics, where predators carry microphones and one misstep can savage a lifetime of achievement, Kerry Kilcannon is the rarest player of all. Kilcannon believes he can make the system work. And he just may die trying. Driven by the violent...

A HELLO SUNSHINE x REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK A thrilling tale of secretaries turned spies, of love and duty, and of sacrifice--inspired by the true story of the CIA plot to infiltrate the hearts and minds of Soviet Russia, not with propaganda, but with the greatest love story of the...

Former CIA operative Robert Baer pushes fiction to the absolute limit in this riveting and unnervingly plausible alternative history of 9/11. Veteran CIA officer Max Waller has long been obsessed with the abduction and murder of his Agency mentor. Though years of digging yield the name of a...

From the award-winning author of Waiting and War Trash: an urgent, timely novel that follows an aspiring author, an outrageous book idea, and a lone journalist’s dogged quest for truth in the Internet age. New York, 2005. Chinese expatriate Feng Danlin is a fiercely principled reporter at a...

When a member of his Cabinet is killed in a plane President Jack Ryan suspects that the "accident" is anything but in this latest shocking entry in this #1 New York Times bestselling series. The White House is stunned when the Secretary of Commerce is killed in a plane crash in Turkey. President...

Spreading democracy takes more than cutting-edge military hardware. Winning the hearts and minds of a troubled nation is a special mission we give to bewildered young soldiers who can’t speak the native language, don’t know the customs, can’t tell friends from enemies, and–in this...

From the best-selling author of Republic of Fear, here is a gritty and unflinching novel about Iraqi failure in the wake of the 2003 American invasion, as seen through the eyes of a Shi‘ite militiaman whose participation in the execution of Saddam Hussein changes his life in ways he could...

"Stefan Heyms grandiose Abrechnung mit dem Stalinismus" (Hamburger Abendblatt) führt mitten hinein in das Jahr 1956. Illusionslos und doch voller Poesie erzählt Heym die Geschichte des Stararchitekten Arnold Sundstrom, der seine ästhetischen Ideale längst verraten hat und baut, was die Partei will. Doch die berühmte Geheimrede, in der Chruschtschow mit den Verbrechen Stalins abrechnet, bringt auch Sundstroms Lebenslügen zum Vorschein. Seine junge Frau Julia, überzeugte Sozialistin, begreift, dass ihr bewunderter Ehemann ihre Eltern in den Tod geschickt hat.

"What happens when you have to choose between faith and logic? Temples are places of worship, oceans of tranquillity, or so everyone thinks, till a series of murders threatens to destroy the carefully cultivated reputation of the royal family of Thiruvanathapuram. And when fingers point towards...

Jennifer Government is Here to Help! In Max Barry’s twisted, hilarious vision of the near future, the world is run by giant American corporations (except for a few deluded holdouts like the French); taxes are illegal; employees take the last names of the companies they work for; The Police and...

Bonn, Frühjahr 1974: Erstmals lassen sich DDR-Diplomaten in der Bundeshauptstadt nieder. Die Politprominenz feiert, aber die Folgen verändern mehr als ein Leben. Heike lebt zurückgezogen mit Mann und Kindern in Bonn, manchmal hilft sie im Schreibwarenladen mit. Von ihr aus könnte es immer so weitergehen. Doch eines Tages steht ihr alter Uni-Professor im Laden, der Leiter des Instituts für Graphologie. Er möchte sich Heikes enorme Begabung zunutze machen: Niemand kann so viel aus einer Handschrift herauslesen wie sie.

Die große Entdeckung: Stefan Heyms auf Deutsch bisher unveröffentlichter Roman! Stefan Heym, der einer der wichtigsten Intellektuellen im deutschsprachigen Raum werden sollte, war Soldat der US Army, als er diesen Roman unter dem Titel "Of Smiling Peace" auf Englisch schrieb und 1944 bei einem amerikanischen Verlag veröffentlichte. Zu Heyms 20. Todestag legt Bernhard Robben nun diese Erstübersetzung ins Deutsche vor.

Sometimes, love is just an illusion. Sometimes, it becomes the sole purpose of your life. While stories on social media were trending, Raghu was lost in books. For him, even the idea of falling in love was limited to books-until he met Ruhi. As their love plays out against the backdrop of the...

Sex and politics dominate national headlines, but what do these dangerous dalliances look like from inside? Bridget Siegel--veteran of John Edwards’s and Barack Obama’s presidential bids--tells a provocative, page-turning tale of a talented young woman who falls in love and in bed with the...

A compelling new novel from Richard North Patterson- a major departure, and that confirms his place among the most important popular novelists at work today. A newly elected president faces the unexpected chance to nominate a new chief justice of the Supreme Court. His first choice is a...

Diplomatic immunity, n: freedom from arrest ... and submission to police regulations usually accorded by international law to diplomatic agents -- Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language From the most exciting writer of international thrillers since Robert...