Bøger om District of Columbia

Fra bestsellerforfatterne Hillary Clinton og Louise Penny kommer en roman med uovertruffen spænding og uovertruffen insider-ekspertise. Den canadiske krimiforfatter Louise Penny spurgte Hillary Clinton: Hvordan vil du beskrive dit værste mareridt i din tid som udenrigsminister? Svaret var en terrorstat. Et land ude af kontrol, som befinder sig i en tilstand af kaos, frygt og håbløshed. Det blev startskuddet på et samarbejde mellem en af verdens bedste krimiforfattere og en af USA’s mest markante ledere. I Tilstand af terror møder vi en idealistisk, men grøn, udenrigsminister, som har tilsluttet sig sin rivals administration; en præsident, der er indsat efter fire år med et amerikansk lederskab, hvor USA har været usynlig på den internationale scene. En række terrorangreb ryster den globale orden, og udenrigsministeren må samle et hold i forsøget på at afsløre en dødbringende konspiration. En sammensværgelse, der er omhyggeligt designet til at udnytte, at den amerikanske regering har mistet føling og er uden magt dér, hvor magten betyder mest.Tilstand af terror er en hæsblæsende thriller om internationale intriger, i en verden af diplomati og forræderi, og giver et sjældent indblik i det globale drama, der udspiller sig bag kulisserne og som kun en politisk insider vil kunne kende til.

"Perhaps no other single day in US history was as threatening to the survival of the nation as August 24, 1814, when British forces captured Washington, DC. It is a unique moment in American history that might have significantly altered the nation's path forward, but the event and the reasons why it happened are little remembered by most Americans. The British conquest of Washington, DC during the War of 1812 happened because of inept American leadership, a poorly trained and equipped military, and a lack of foresight. The burning of federal building, including the White House and Capitol, reversed a decade and a half of work to build the capital city. The humiliation of a foreign army eating dinner at the president's table and the flight of the federal government reopened old questions about the survival of the United States, what kind of government it would have, and where its capital should be located. Yet the British invasion was repulsed over the coming weeks and months, and from the ashes of the capital city, the United States ultimately emerged stronger. Robert P. Watson tells this almost forgotten history and probes questions about the American calamity, British motives, and what it all meant for the United States"--

School, mysteries, crime-solving - just an ordinary day for Ali Cross!Ali has helped to solve two big cases and he knows he has what it takes to follow in the footsteps of his famous father, Alex Cross.Eager to keep solving crimes, Ali and his friends hack into police calls and secretly check out crime scenes to crack the cases themselves.But when Ali witnesses something terrible, he must grapple with some tough questions about what it means to be a detective, and a detective's son.Will Ali be the one in danger this time?____________________________Praise for the Ali Cross series'The prolific king of the beach read is back with an intergenrational mystery for the 9-to-12-year-old set' Kirkus'This is a fresh look at the world of James Patterson's most famous protagonist' School Library Journal'This one will fly off the shelves' Booklist

'Affecting and engaging' COLM TÓIBÍN'A wistful, witty meditation on a gay man's twilight years and the twilight of America' GuardianOut in the drought-struck backwaters of rural Florida, The Kingdom of Sand's nameless narrator lives a life of semi-solitude, enjoying the odd, fleeting sexual encounter and the friendship of a few.His world is ageing, and the memories of another time flash, then fade - visions of parties filled with handsome young men, the parents whom he chose to spend his life besides, the generation he once knew, struck down by AIDS. But, when forced to watch the slow demise of a close neighbour, he is drawn back to the here and now, and his own borrowed time in this kingdom of sand.'Bracingly honest and wise' The Times, Books of the Year'Both melancholy and hilarious' New York Times

A lush tour of 15 private gardens in the Washington, DC metro area illuminating the sophisticated yet inviting landscape style of the region.

The New York Times BestsellerA New York Times Notable Book of 2022Named one of Vanity Fair's "Best Books of 2022""Not since Robert Caro's Years of Lyndon Johnson have I been so riveted by a work of history. Secret City is not gay history. It is American history."-George StephanopoulosWashington, D.C., has always been a city of secrets. Few have been more dramatic than the ones revealed in James Kirchick's Secret City.For decades, the specter of homosexuality haunted Washington. The mere suggestion that a person might be gay destroyed reputations, ended careers, and ruined lives. At the height of the Cold War, fear of homosexuality became intertwined with the growing threat of international communism, leading to a purge of gay men and lesbians from the federal government. In the fevered atmosphere of political Washington, the secret "too loathsome to mention" held enormous, terrifying power.Utilizing thousands of pages of declassified documents, interviews with over one hundred people, and material unearthed from presidential libraries and archives around the country, Secret City is a chronicle of American politics like no other. Beginning with the tragic story of Sumner Welles, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's brilliant diplomatic advisor and the man at the center of "the greatest national scandal since the existence of the United States," James Kirchick illuminates how homosexuality shaped each successive presidential administration through the end of the twentieth century. Cultural and political anxiety over gay people sparked a decades-long witch hunt, impacting everything from the rivalry between the CIA and the FBI to the ascent of Joseph McCarthy, the struggle for Black civil rights, and the rise of the conservative movement. Among other revelations, Kirchick tells of the World War II-era gay spymaster who pioneered seduction as a tool of American espionage, the devoted aide whom Lyndon Johnson treated as a son yet abandoned once his homosexuality was discovered, and how allegations of a "homosexual ring" controlling Ronald Reagan nearly derailed his 1980 election victory.Magisterial in scope and intimate in detail, Secret City will forever transform our understanding of American history.

"A history of the uprisings and protests in Washington, D.C., following the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968"--

"Make bird-watching in Maryland and Delaware even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela's famous bird guide, field identification is simple and informative. There's no need to look through dozens of photos of birds that don't live in your area. This handy book features 148 species of Maryland and Delaware birds-including Washington, D.C., and the Chesapeake Bay-organized by color for ease of use. Full-page photographs present the species as you'll see them in nature, and a "compare" feature helps you to decide between look-alikes"--

"In the sixty-four days between November 3 and January 6, President Donald Trump and his allies fought to reverse the outcome of the vote. Focusing on six states--Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin-- Trump's supporters claimed widespread voter fraud. It was not a well-orchestrated matter. There was no guiding genius pulling the strings in key states for the defeated Donald Trump. In the weeks after the election, in counties and precincts all over the country, many local Republican officials and even Trump's own campaign workers washed their hands of his increasingly unhinged allegations of fraud. But there was no shortage of people willing to take up the fight. Urged on by Trump and his coterie of advocates, lawyers, and media propagandists, true believers turned on their colleagues, friends, and neighbors-- even those in their own party--to accuse them of rigging the election. The real story of the insurrection began months before Trump's mob attacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. That riot was the desperate final act, emblematic of the clumsy, failed movement Trump had been building for years. It began in cities and small towns all over America on election day, November 3, 2020. Working with a team of researchers and reporters, Bowden and Teague uncover never-before-told accounts from the election officials fighting to do their jobs amid outlandish claims and threats to themselves, their colleagues, and their families. The Steal is an engaging, in-depth report on what happened during those crucial nine weeks and a portrait of the heroic individuals who did their duty and stood firm against the unprecedented, sustained attack on our election system to ensure that every legal vote was counted and the will of the people prevailed."--Provided by publisher.

Connor Fitzgerald er topprofessionel agent. Han har fået æresmedaljen, han er hengiven familiefar og han er CIA's mest dødbringende våben. Gennem otteogtyve år har han ført et dobbeltliv, og kun dage før han går på pension, støder han på en fjende, end ikke han kan håndtere. Fjenden er hans egen chef.Hun har ét mål: At ødelægge ham. Samtidig står USA over for en lige så frygtindgydende fjende: en ny russisk præsident, der er fast besluttet på at fremprovokere en militær konfrontation mellem de to supermagter. "Fabelagtig bog. Anbefaler den til alle, der elsker en ægte spændingsroman." Goodreads"Hvis der var en nobelpris i fortællekunst, ville Archer få den." Daily Telegraph

Fanget i et skab i en rigmands soveværelse, overværer indbrudstyven Luther Whitney et brutalt overfald og mord på millionærens unge kone. Overfaldsmanden er USA?s præsident. Whitney flygter med en blodig brevåbner, der kan forbinde præsidenten til mordet, og snart er han jaget vildt.Jack Graham startede sin karriere som beskikket forsvarer, men han har opgivet sine principper for at forfølge sine ambitioner, og er nu en succesrig advokat for finansverdenens top. Alligevel bliver han blandet ind i den lyssky affære, da Whitney kontakter ham. Og med kontakten til Whitney, følger et møde med hans datter, Jacks tidligere forlovede.Jack hvirvles ud i et kapløb mod tiden for at afsløre magtens korruption, før det er for sent for dem, der stoler på ham, og for ham selv. Og bag det hele sidder den sociopatiske præsident og trækker i trådene, som en giftedderkop i sit spind.Farligt øjenvidne er en stand alone krimi.

Romanens fortæller, Nielsen, møder romanens hovedperson, Rasmussen, da Rasmussen efter Abu Ghraib-skandalen er på vej til USA i et forsøg på at forbedre demokratiet i Guds eget land, kort tid inden præsidentvalget i 2004. Rasmussen instruerer ham i hans rolle som Nielsen, inden de med en metalkasse ved navn 'The Democracy' lander i JFK-lufthavnen i New York. I New York træder de direkte ind på kunstscenen og forfærdes over den såkaldte politiske kunst, som er forudsigelig og alt det modsatte af magtkritisk. De rejser videre til Washington for at indføre demokrati i selve magtens hjerte. Her forsøger de at komme i kontakt med folket, som indlysende burde spille en central rolle i et demokrati. Men forsøget på at få en dialog mellem Europa og Amerika mislykkes fatalt, og de to europæeres mission udvikler sig til en personlig tragedie. Nielsen følger Rasmussen i tykt og tyndt og gør, hvad han siger. Men efterhånden opdager han, at det hverken er demokratiet eller USA, han må beskrive. Det er Rasmussen selv. Hvad er det for en mand, der drives med større og større kraft imod magtens centrum - for næsten at tilintetgøres der? Nielsen skifter fokus og fortæller historien om det universelle menneske, som Rasmussen bestræber sig på at være. Et absolut væsen, der under ingen omstændigheder lader sig påvirke af virkelighedens banaliteter, det hverdagslige, det tilfældige, det, der pludselig trænger sig på fra den pinagtige private fortid. Men i selveste Pentagon City bliver Rasmussen indhentet af sin fortid, og Nielsen bliver trukket med ind og ned i en grusomt privat historie om forfald, almindelighed, provins og brunsviger. Rasmussen går under, men Nielsen vender tilbage til Rasmussens fortid - og opdager et skjult paradis. DEMOKRATIET I USA handler om det store begreb demokrati, men endnu mere om det lille, allestedsnærværende forhold mellem mennesker, det store menneske og det lille menneske.