Dance On a Sinking Ship

MICHAEL.KILIAN

Literature & Fiction

SIDGWICK JACKSON

Dust jacket notes: "As the late Mayor Daley used to boast, Chicago is 'the city that works.' It never worked as well as he pretended but works better than anyother big city in the U.S., perhaps because if all the people who run it were to gather in one room (and they'd fit) they would all know each other (and they'd all be talking about this book. The only books that seem to get written about Chicago are about Daley, gangsters, or historical oddities like the 1871 Chicago Fire. WHO RUNS CHICAGO? goes far beyond that - into the boardrooms and back rooms, the slums and lakefront highrises, the exclusive clubs and the Chicago Bears locker room. Even under some bushes at the Saddle &amp; Cycle Club where the previous Prince of Wales took a Chicago lady some fifty years ago. The most penetrating and expansive view of any city is through its leading citizens, which is why each chapter includes a lsit of the most important people in each respective field. (Taken into consideration in the rankings are also ability and prestige - and false impressions of the above.) Chapters include: The Dems - who actually runs the city; The Repubs - a discussion of the leading Republicans, if any can be found; The Gangs - a listing of Chicago's top street gangs and their leaders, including the one who ran for City Council; Society - an inside look at the guest lists, linen closets, and civic activities of the powerful ladies who make up le tout Chicago; The Clubs - the most prestigious institutions, who belongs, and who doesn't; and much much more. Who's who in the media, big business, and the Mob, and where they work (a look at downtown Chicago), play (what to look for on the fine arts and sports scenes), and sleep (the most comprehensive listing ever of Chicago's top twenty suburbs.)

Who Runs Chicago?

St.Martin's Press

Dance on a Sinking Ship

In 1935, an obscure Dutch ship embarks on an ill-fated voyage to America with Edward, Prince of Wales, and his beloved Wallis Simpson, Charles Lindbergh, and a company of glamorous but desperate passengers

BANTAM BOOKS

When President Henry Hampson is shot during an assassination attempt and rushed to Camp David, factions within Congress and the White House struggle to take charge, and all wonder whether the president is dead or alive

By Order of the President

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Severn House Publishers

A would-be assassin wounds the president—and throws the country into chaosThe gunman crouches in his crawl space, dreaming of revenge. The United States has turned his homeland into a combat zone, killing his family and ruining his life. Today, vengeance will be had. President Henry Hampton is visiting Gettysburg, and the band has just struck up “Hail to the Chief” when the first shots ring out. Blood stains the old battleground once more. The president takes a bullet to the neck, and his bodyguard hustles him into his limousine—rushing him not to a hospital, but to Camp David, where he can be best protected against the conspiracy that threatens to consume America from the inside out.As days pass with only vague news about the president’s condition, the country threatens to slide into chaos, and it will fall to 2 unlikely heroes to rescue the government: a California adman and the desperate vice president of the United States.

Thrillers & Suspense

Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio

A counterfeit stallion lures a Virginia horseman into a billion-dollar conspiracy.Vicky Clay awakens with chills. She's still glowing from her victory in last night's steeplechase--the genteel form of horseracing for which the Virginia gentry lives and dies--but that's not why her skin tingles. She has been poisoned, and within seconds she's as useless to the world as a thoroughbred with a broken leg.The stakes are high in the world of Virginia horseracing, where fortunes are won and lost by a hair. Captain David Showers, whose family has bred racing horses since before the Revolutionary War, knows how quickly luck can change. When he gets the chance to buy the descendant of a legendary mare, he leaps at the opportunity to revitalize his family stables. But the horse's bloodline turns out to be a fabrication of the mafia, and Showers will have to ride faster than ever if he wants to stay alive.

Last Virginia Gentleman, The

Looker

A Civil War spy is pulled out of retirement to find a killer. It's 1862, and for Harrison Raines, the Civil War is finished. Since the First Battle of Bull Run, he has served the Union Army as a spy, crisscrossing the war-torn country and witnessing more death, misery, and carnage than any man should. Although a Virginian, he loathes slavery, and is proud to have served Abraham Lincoln. But Raines has had enough killing, and wishes only to retire to a tranquil patch of land. He acquires a plot in the hills of western Virginia and settles down to the life of the gentleman farmer - but Raines's days will not remain quiet for long. When a local parson known to have Union sympathies is killed, Raines fears his new neighbors may come after him next. To secure a peaceful retirement, he will have to stare down death one last time. The Antietam Assassins is the sixth book in the Harrison Raines Civil War Mysteries, but you may enjoy the series in any order.

Antietam Assassins (The Harrison Raines Civil War Mysteries, 6)

Genre Fiction

Harrison Raines is caught in no-man's-land - and suspected of murder. The messenger finds Harrison Raines in one of the finest gambling halls in Washington. As usual, Raines is losing. Union intelligence demands his presence immediately - it's a matter that could affect the outcome of the Civil War - but Raines delays. He's holding four eights, and as a Southern dandy who renounced his family to serve the Union government as a secret agent, Raines can't resist a bet. But as soon as he finishes this hand of poker, Raines will be gambling with more than cards - he'll be wagering his life. Abraham Lincoln is a close friend of Colonel Baker, and he orders Raines to guard the colonel on the battlefield. But in the chaos of Ball's Bluff, Baker refuses to take cover from enemy fire. When Baker is cut down by a Confederate riding a white horse, Raines is a prime suspect in the murder and must clear his name or risk being a fugitive from both sides of the Civil War. A Killing at Ball's Bluff is the second book in the Harrison Raines Civil War Mysteries, but you may enjoy the series in any order.

Killing at Ball's Bluff, A (The Harrison Raines Civil War Mysteries, 2)

Staatsrechtslehrer des 20. Jahrhunderts: Nachtragsband Deutschland - Österreich - Schweiz (German Edition)

Heinrich Amadeus Wolff

Peter Häberle

Administrative Law

Walter de Gruyter

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Dance On a Sinking Ship

Who Runs Chicago?

Dance on a Sinking Ship

By Order of the President

By Order of the President

Last Virginia Gentleman, The

Looker

Antietam Assassins (The Harrison Raines Civil War Mysteries, 6)

Killing at Ball's Bluff, A (The Harrison Raines Civil War Mysteries, 2)

Staatsrechtslehrer des 20. Jahrhunderts: Nachtragsband Deutschland - Österreich - Schweiz (German Edition)