Politics

[close] A 7-year-old boy in rural South Carolina...

An FBI counterterrorism task force...

A GITMO detainee...

What could they possibly have in common?

Jake Bond is not your ordinary private eye. A retired army colonel, Jake has a "gift" inherited from his father and honed throughout his years in Military Intelligence. High-powered attorneys from around the country have made Jake rich paying him to do the impossible--and he always delivers. Even the FBI and state law enforcement agencies call on Jake Bond for help when all else fails. But when a routine assignment from a divorce lawyer sends Jake to the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of nowhere and up to his neck in a child abduction. When an AMBER Alert goes out naming Jake as the kidnapper, the stakes get personal, and Jake is determined to get to the truth and find the real kidnappers and their motives before it's too late. [close]

[close] Alice Hatcher's face graces the cover of every magazine in America - the beautiful First Lady, charming, personable, charitable, engaging, and desperately miserable … stuck in a life she never asked for, never wanted. The spotlight flashes one too many times and she is gone, lost to the spotlight forever with one sip of sweet wine and a glass fallen to the floor.
"Resurrected" and no longer Alice, she finds herself renewed and chasing freedom with a handsome, dangerous man at her side.
Douglass Storms, the Secretary of Defense, believes Alice to be alive and sets off to find her, thinking her to be in danger at the hands of desperate men. In his pursuit, he sets "Sherry" and her companion on the run.
Recklessly pursuing her perception of freedom, she discovers her love has ties outside the United States that could threaten the security of the very nation she once swore alongside her husband to protect and serve. . [close]

[close] More citizen involvement is needed in our government processes to ensure the voices of the people are heard over the money of paid lobbyists, unions, and coalitions, both in Washington, DC, and in state capitals across the country. Too often our public officials seem removed from the people who hired them to be their representatives and fail to work on their behalf. The Citizen Lobbyist is a handbook for anyone who wants to learn about how to be active in local, state, and federal government and have a voice in creating public policy. It gives a step-by-step plan on how to lobby elected officials about whatever issues you care about, offers information on how to plan a lobbying meeting for individuals and groups, and provides sample lobbying worksheets and resources to assist with finding legislative information and history. The Citizen Lobbyist is your go-to reference for being a grassroots activist and citizen lobbyist.

"The Citizen Lobbyist offers sound advice for presenting an issue to a government official. Legislative life would have been much easier the past forty years had I been lobbied as Ms. Knief outlines." --Pete Stark, U.S. Congressman, 1973-2013 [close]