Anderson, Jack

After having to hand back his Pulitzer Prize due to a massive scandal, Ron Wright's reputation as a journalist with the Washington Post crashed and burned, taking his marriage with it. After receiving a cryptic message from an old friend, Ron takes the first train from Washington to New York City--and quickly finds himself in a deadly chase after a friend and long-trusted news source ends up dead in Paris. Wright, thrust into the lead of a lifetime, must connect this bizarre turn of events to unlock one of the most covered-up secrets of the modern era: Saudi Arabian royalty has long provided funding for a powerful group in America--funds that have been accumulating to launch a vicious attack on American soil. Beginning in France and stretching across the Middle East, Wright must enlist the help of a beautiful journalist from Al-Jazeera to uncover the story of the century.--From publisher description.

"In Peace, War, and Politics, Anderson gives us a through-the-keyhole look at the personal side of many of our country's most controversial figures. Anderson relates countless anecdotes; some are colorful, some poignant, some funny, some shocking, but all capture the behind-the-scenes story of many of the most important scandals of recent history. Anderson tells how he uncovered the truth about President Kennedy's assassination, searched for Nazis in South America, broke the Savings and Loan scandal, was the first to discover the Iran "arms for hostages" scandal, and uncovered the mystery of Howard Hughes's death. Peace, War, and Politics also includes unforgettable accounts of such towering figures as Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, J. Edgar Hoover, Lucky Luciano, Robert Redford, John Lennon, Fidel Castro, Jackie Onassis, Lyndon Johnson, Imelda Marcos, Richard Nixon, Joe McCarthy, Howard Hughes, Boris Yeltsin, Jimmy Hoffa, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, and George Bush."--BOOK JACKET.

Inside the NRA is an intensely researched and powerfully written examination of one of the most influential lobbying groups in America, the National Rifle Association. In this work, famed muckraker and Pulitzer Prize winner Jack Anderson scrutinizes an organization that began humbly enough in 1871 as a club established by two Civil War veterans to "promote rifle practice" and "suitable ranges" for that practice. Since that time, however, the organization has grown to a membership that exceeds 3.5 million people whose tight cabal of leaders reside in Washington, D.C. Today the openly stated focus of the NRA is to strive to protect the Second Amendment right to "keep and bear arms.". As Anderson skillfully uncovers the propaganda techniques, congressional pocket lining, and private agendas of the NRA leadership, the astonishing truth about just how far this group will go to protect its Second Amendment right is revealed. Ironically, it is the 3.5 million members of the NRA themselves who are going to be the most disturbed by what they read. Inside the NRA provides an up-close-and-personal look at the three powerful leaders of the NRA, and reveals a shocking dossier of their different backgrounds. Through this examination of its potentially corrupt leadership comes an understanding of why the NRA has amassed huge cash deficits that are slowly bankrupting the organization. Digging even deeper, Anderson reveals the secret ties that the NRA has to the growing militia movement, how and why the NRA has attempted to make martyrs out of David Koresh and Randy Weaver, and the true reasons behind the NRA's hatred of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF). Including an examination of the Brady Bill, a look at the NRA's true Constitutional rights, a study of the efficacy of handguns as legitimate protection, and with appendices that document NRA contributions to congressional and senatorial leaders, Inside the NRA is a comprehensive and cutting expose on one of the nation's largest and most secretive organizations.

In 2150, when genetic manipulation has been outlawed, seventeen-year-old Zelia must rescue her kidnapped sister with the help of a band of outcasts with mutated genes. In 2150, when genetic manipulation has been outlawed, seventeen-year-old Zelia must rescue her kidnapped sister with the help of a band of outcasts with mutated genes. The plot contains profanity and sexual references.

Sinclair's 1927 novel did for California's oil industry what The Jungle did for Chicago's meat-packing factories. In Oil! Upton Sinclair fashioned a novel out of the oil scandals of the Harding administration, providing in the process a detailed picture of the development of the oil industry in Southern California. Bribery of public officials, class warfare, and international rivalry over oil production are the context for Sinclair's story of a genial independent oil developer and his son, whose sympathy with the oilfield workers and socialist organizers fuels a running debate with his father. Senators, small investors, oil magnates, a Hollywood film star, and a crusading evangelist people the pages of this lively novel.

Contains primary source material.