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1	Fleeced: How Barack Obama, Media Mockery of Terrorist Threats, Liberals Who Want to Kill Talk Radio, the Do-Nothing Congress, Companies That Help Iran, and Washington Lobbyists for Foreign more books like this by Dick Morris, Eileen McGann add to wishlist With sharp, detail-filled style Morris and McGann are sure to stir up controversy with the hard facts laid out in this book. From claims about the slave state of Dubai; secretly buying everything from MGM to the Queen Mary to credit card companies abuse; charging interest every way they can, Screen-Studios product; and, placing tobacco in PG films ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £7.48! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Split Second more books like this by David Baldacci add to wishlist At crucial moments eight years apart, two Secret Service agents are distracted--with disastrous results: in one case, a presidential candidate is assassinated, and in the second, one is kidnapped. The two disgraced agents set out to trace the myriad connections between the events. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £2.09! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Outrage: How Illegal Immigration, the United Nations, Congressional Ripoffs, Student Loan Overcharges, Tobacco Companies, Trade Protection, and Drug Companies Are Ripping Us Off . . . and more books like this by Dick Morris, Eileen McGann add to wishlist America's canniest conservative political analyst takes on the State of the Nation, 2007-8 ...and finds new outrages around every corner. Now, in his liveliest and most entertaining book yet, Morris wages his most ambitious campaign since Bill Clinton's reelection in 1996: An all-encompassing, no-holds-barred assault on the villains who live to ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	The Empress File more books like this by John Sandford add to wishlist Computer hack Kidd always plays both sides against the middle. His partner LuEllen is his lover, a liar and a thief. When two major politicians secretly embezzle over a million dollars, Kidd and LuEllen decide to steal the stash--and cover their tracks by blowing the whistle on the dirty officials. "A fast-moving delight, with dialogue that ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.78! \| first editions
5	Saving Faith more books like this by David Baldacci add to wishlist A renegade faction of the CIA has created an elaborate scheme to gain primacy over the FBI via the manipulation of key members of Congress. The plan seems simple when they uncover a bribery scam produced by lobbyist Danny Buchanan. Assassinate Danny and his beautiful assistant Faith Lockhart, force the bribed legislators to support the CIA over ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	A Game as Old as Empire: The Secret World of Economic Hit Men and the Web of Global Corruption more books like this by Steven Hiatt (Editor), John Perkins (Introduction by) add to wishlist "A Game As Old As Empire" exposes many more shocking secrets of a worldwide web of control, corruption, and plunder. It tells how multinational corporations, governments, powerful individuals, banks, other financial institutions, and quasi-governmental agencies operate to enrich small elite and corporate coffers while often impoverishing masses of ... see all copies from £7.24! new only from £7.69! \| first editions
7	The Soprano State: New Jersey's Culture of Corruption more books like this by Bob Ingle, Sandy McClure add to wishlist "The Soprano State" details the unbelievable but true stories of the corruption that has pervaded New Jersey politics, government, and business for the past 30 years. see all copies from £6.90! new only from £6.90! \| first editions
8	The Cold Six Thousand more books like this by James Ellroy add to wishlist Ellroy's 1995 novel AMERICAN TABLOID is a fictionalized recreation of the days just before President Kennedy's assassination. THE COLD SIX THOUSAND, the sequel to AMERICAN TABLOID, picks up almost where the earlier book leaves off. Taciturn heroes (or is it anti-heroes?) Pete Bondurant and Ward Littell return, to wend their way along the ... see all copies from £2.47! new only from £6.53! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Dr. Mary's Monkey: How the Unsolved Murder of a Doctor, a Secret Laboratory in New Orleans and Cancer-Causing Monkey Viruses Are Linked to Lee Harvey Oswald, the JFK Assassination and Emerging Global Epidemics more books like this by Edward T Haslam, Jim Marrs (Foreword by) add to wishlist The 1964 murder of a nationally known cancer researcher sets the stage for this gripping expose of medical professionals enmeshed in covert government operations over the course of three decades. Following a trail of police records, FBI files, cancer statistics, and medical journals, this revealing book presents evidence of a web of medical secret ... see all copies from £11.66! new only from £11.66!
10	Pigs at the Trough: How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption Are Undermining America more books like this by Arianna Huffington add to wishlist Syndicated columnist Huffington examines the corporate world and the greed that supports it. Starting with Enron and Anderson, PIGS AT THE TROUGH probes the infrastructure of big business that allows this kind of corruption and disregard for ethical governance to occur. see all copies from £4.98! new only from £5.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception more books like this by Scott McClellan (Read by) add to wishlist In the bestselling book that provoked a media sensation, former White House press secretary Scott McClellan takes readers behind the scenes of the presidency of George W. BushScott McClellan was one of a few Bush loyalists from Texas who became part of his inner circle of trusted advisers, and remained so during one of the most challenging and ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.16! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton more books like this by Joe Klein add to wishlist This revisionist view of President Clinton and his administration finds more to credit than to blame, while acknowledging the stunning shadow cast by the Lewinsky affair. Journalist Klein sees a coherent foreign policy and a record of domestic achievement over two terms. His portrayal of Clinton is kinder than the Clintonesque character in Klein's ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.61! \| first editions
13 view cover	The Franklin Cover-Up: Child Abuse, Satanism, and Murder in Nebraska more books like this by John W DeCamp add to wishlist see all copies from £8.50! new only from £13.30!
14 view cover	Boss Tweed: The Rise and Fall of the Corrupt Pol Who Conceived the Soul of Modern New York more books like this by Kenneth D Ackerman add to wishlist William Marcy "Boss" Tweed was a politician who was more corrupt than most. In this historical biography, Kenneth D. Ackerman deftly balances the two sides of this larger-than-life figure who, as mayor of New York City in the second half of the 19th century, shaped the city for both bad and good. Ackerman examines Tweed's roots in the already ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
15	Cadillac Desert more books like this by Marc Reisner add to wishlist A history of the federal water projects that transformed the American West within a single generation. A former staff writer for the Natural Resources Defense Council, Reiser describes how the nationally coordinated construction of a series of dams, aqueducts, roads, and hydroelectric generators during the years immediately following the First ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £14.30! \| first editions
16 view cover	Autumn of the Patriarch more books like this by Gabriel Garcia Marquez add to wishlist "Majestic . . . superb. . . . A stunning portrait of the archetype, the pathological fascist tyrant. Garcia Marquez is as exorbitant as Melville and Dostoyevsky".--New York Times Book Review. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £8.38! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	The Best Democracy Money Can Buy more books like this by Greg Palast add to wishlist Investigative journalist Palast here collects his best work, which appeared in British and American publications. He exposes corruption worldwide, and his targets include the WTO, Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris, Tony Blair's administration, Exxon, Pfizer, Hillary Clinton, and the IMF. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.56! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Inside Congress: The Shocking Scandals, Corruption, and Abuse of Power Behind the Scenes on Capitol Hill more books like this by Ronald Kessler add to wishlist Uses interviews with insiders to reveal the inner workings of the Congress and the behavior of congressional members. see all copies from £2.53! new only from £2.53! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	The Big Con: The True Story of How Washington Got Hoodwinked and Hijacked by Crackpot Economics more books like this by Jonathan Chait add to wishlist Through vivid portraits of self-interested politicians and pseudo-economists, and in wry analysis of their bogus theories, Chait gives readers the tools to understand what is really behind economic debates in Washington, in this riveting drama of greed and deceit. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £5.61! \| first editions
20 view cover	A Bright and Guilty Place: Murder, Corruption, and L.A.'s Scandalous Coming of Age more books like this by Richard Rayner add to wishlist Hard-boiled detectives, scheming starlets, and tabloid trials fill this dramatic story of the early years and coming-of-age of Los Angeles. see all copies from £12.79! new only from £12.79! \| first editions
21 view cover	A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President more books like this by Jeffrey Toobin add to wishlist This behind-the-scenes look at the investigation into the Clinton-Jones-Lewinsky scandal presents a somewhat critical view of Independent Counsel Starr's office, a harsh view of Linda Tripp, and an even harsher view of the media. see all copies from £4.98! new only from £5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Thieves in High Places: They've Stolen Our Country and It's Time to Take It Back more books like this by Jim Hightower add to wishlist Popular radio columnist Hightower takes on government and big business, assessing the degree of deception, corruption, and outright lying. He offers solutions, and he also writes optimistically about selfless, involved people who have made a difference in their communities. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Cocaine Politics: Drugs, Armies, and the CIA in Central America more books like this by Peter Dale Scott, Jonathan Marshall add to wishlist When the "San Jose Mercury News" ran a controversial series of stories in 1996 on the relationship between the CIA, the Contras and crack, they reignited the issue of the intelligence agency's connections to drug trafficking, initially brought to light during the Vietnam War and then again by the Iran-Contra affair. This text shows that under the ... see all copies from £5.92! new only from £14.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Voice at the Back Door more books like this by Elizabeth Spencer add to wishlist In pre-civil rights Mississippi, Duncan Harper is appointed interim sheriff of a small hill town, and he struggles to bring justice and equality to the treatment of blacks. see all copies from £2.04! new only from £7.79! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	The Death of Outrage: Bill Clinton and the Assault on American Ideals more books like this by Dr. William J Bennett add to wishlist Advisors of Bill Clinton constructed a defensive wall of bricks left over from Watergate which Bennett dismantles, showing Clinton's recklessness to be evident in all fields, interlinked with his corruption, and why allegations of sexual misconduct need to be taken seriously. see all copies from £4.24! new only from £4.98! \| signed copies \| first editions

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