John Macdonald

Susan, a young White House staffer, becomes suspicious when one of her colleagues disappears. The colleagues sister informs Susan that her brother suspects the administration is raising money on the black market in Vietnam to help finance the presidents 1968 re-election. The colleagues sister also informs Susan that four Navy SEALs were killed in Vietnam when they intercepted the presidents campaign money. A car is reported burned, with an unidentified...

"Winner of the James Short Senior Scholar Award, Communities and Place Division of the American Society of Criminology" John MacDonald is professor of criminology and sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. Charles Branas is the Gelman Professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology at Columbia University. Robert Stokes is associate professor and chair of the Master of Public Policy Program in the School of Public Service at DePaul University....

Mark Sway, 11, witnesses a Mafia lawyer's suicide, which puts him in danger from Barry the Blade & a politically ambitious U.S. attorney. In the two years since The Firm first captured the imagination of America's readers, John Grisham, with three consecutive number-one bestsellers, has become one of the most popular authors of our time. Now, in The Client, he has written a novel so irresistible, so thoroughly entertaining and satisfying, that it...

Originally published in the early 1900s. This is the best of very few books ever published on Highland Ponies. The illustrated contents include detailed chapters on: Island Ponies - The Ponies of Skye - Of Uist - Of Barra - Of Rhum - Of Mull - Of Arran - Of Lewis and Harris - Of Tiree - Of Islay - Shetland Ponies. On Mainland Ponies - The Atholl Ponies - Applecross Stud - Glenartney Forest Stud - Ponies of Sutherland and Caithness - Gaick Ponies -...

War is threatening. The grey parrot with the bright red tail named Kasuku is flying as fast as he can to reach the village of Kiritiri and the hut of the powerful and aging warrior, Chief Pachunga. But if Kjaz-Barbaroi, an evil leader with designs on ruling Africa, gets to the hut first, it will be too late for all of them. Kasuku carries orders from Olugbala to tell the chief, who has been held prisoner for three rainy seasons, that he must raise...

Originally published in the early 1900s. This is the best of very few books ever published on Highland Ponies. The illustrated contents include detailed chapters on: Island Ponies - The Ponies of Skye - Of Uist - Of Barra - Of Rhum - Of Mull - Of Arran - Of Lewis and Harris - Of Tiree - Of Islay - Shetland Ponies. On Mainland Ponies - The Atholl Ponies - Applecross Stud - Glenartney Forest Stud - Ponies of Sutherland and Caithness - Gaick Ponies -...

From a beloved master of crime fiction, Bright Orange for the Shroud is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat.
 
Travis McGee is looking forward to a “slob summer,” spending his days as far away from danger as possible. But trouble has a way of finding him, no matter where he hides. An old friend, conned out of his life savings by his ex-wife, has...

The Harrowed Path describes the experience in 1972 of a 21 year old man struggling to come to terms with experiences diagnosed as Schizophrenia. It is a vivid and compelling account of events both within and out-with his fractured consciousness. The story describes the breakdown of all his normal ability and perception and their replacement with a terrifying, debilitating and self-destructive inner world. It depicts his extraordinary struggle and...

Blackford Oakes launches a wild attempt to kill Castro on behalf of the CIA Ever since the botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs, Fidel Castro has run amok. He has executed thousands of his enemies, driven his countrymen to emigrate, and done everything possible to run Cuba into the ground-all in a deliberate attempt to humiliate the White House. At least, that's how the situation looks from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, where hatred of Castro has grown...

This magisterial and lucid history of America from its beginning to the present is recommended listening for all Americans, as well as for foreigners seeking historical wisdom and insight. Alden's approach is broad and inclusive, covering literature, thought, and things social as well as political, economic, and military. This superb panoramic history provides our listeners with a wonderful and entertaining opportunity to learn about the remarkable...