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Third Party by Jay Beck

Mindstir Media Publishing — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 18:30:01 +0000

This novel is a continuation of the adventures of political consultant Mark Young, his wife Vicki and the murky CIA associate, Bruce. It has been almost six years since Mark's Greece campaign and we find him co-managing a domestic presidential campaign for a third-party candidate.

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A Mostly Peaceful Book

Mindstir Media Publishing — Sun, 02 May 2021 02:30:40 +0000

Michael Mebruer was born in 1994 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is the fourth born out of his father's five kids. From an early age, he found role models in his brother Mark and his adopted mother Helen. These are two people who have always loved and supported him. And although the future is uncertain. Michael knows that the future will at least be bearable if he has them in his life. A Mostly Peaceful Book is Michael Mebruer's first book.

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“I’m Left and I’m Right!”: The Pocket Handbook for Progressives

Mindstir Media Publishing — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 23:57:07 +0000

Perhaps you have heard of the recent surreptitious discovery of a heretofore top-secret handbook. The booklet apparently has been widely circulated among Progressive Democratic Party operatives and is rather explicit in its guidelines for use. This confidential information was forwarded to me by a former card-carrying member of the book’s Pocket Progressive Democrats. This fellow is now hiding out in a box of uncounted ballots somewhere in the swamps of Florida.

The booklet is organized around an alphabetical listing of certain words and catchphrases complete with instructions for use and inherent meaning for the faithful zealots. The following is the reproduction of the original manuscript as conveyed to me in a plain manila envelope wrapped in brown shipping paper. Having originally been cautioned about the dangers of unprotected handling of this material, I was warned that the pages of the booklet are coated with an anti-Trump concoction, one that causes the eyes to water, the nose to sneeze, and the skin to itch--but only for President Donald Trump supporters. Despite tearing up, uncontrollable sneezing, and the maddening requirement to scratch that which itches, I have persevered to bring you the following. Please be aware, there is no physical danger to the reader.

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Nachash’s Narrative by Volker G. Fremuth

Mindstir Media Publishing — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 15:53:21 +0000

After the gruesome death of a woman gets the attention of a shadowy federal task force, Washington DC Police Officer Leroy MacRay and Newspaper Reporter Rebecca Glendale felt compelled to dig deeper into the incident. Known affectionately as Officer Mac in the community he serves, the metro police officer and the ambitious young reporter find themselves tangled in the web of a narrative designed to disguise an abyss of corruption and coverup, manipulation and murder and a hidden agenda of greed, exploitation, power and politics. But who is truly in control of the script?

From the ivory towers of Washington DC to the disenfranchised, disillusioned and down trodden, "Nachash's Narrative" explores how easily the populous can be misled, manipulated, poisoned and weaponized at the whims of the serpent's tongue.

An exciting and fast-paced read, "Nachash's Narrative" exposes the sinister side of today's political and multimedia-fed environment.

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Death in Westchester by Richard K. Roos

Mindstir Media Publishing — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 15:53:03 +0000

A highly respected Westchester psychotherapist is murdered. A vast cover-up ensues involving corrupt politicians, mobsters, and police. When the investigation hits a wall of legal roadblocks, the doctor‘s son, also a therapist, initiates his own harrowing investigation that carries him from Westchester to the Hamptons, Saratoga, and Lake George. The cover-up leads to other murders before the arrogant halls of political power and corruption begin to crumble in a crescendo of sexual desire, intrigue, violence, and vengeance. During the investigation, our protagonist meets a vivacious woman, falls in love, and takes on the responsibilities of a new family. Against the backdrop of today’s cultural conflicts and madness, he reaffirms the values of love and life, over those of hatred and death.

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Baile Ionaraora: The Campbells Are Comin’!

admin — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 18:31:51 +0000

John Campbell's fast-moving, action-packed memoir celebates the life of a centenarian and who was both successful as a centurion and a businessman.

The attentive reader will discover a great deal more than an American's long life and successful career. His hundred-year life story is set in the context of many of the great political, social, news, entertainment and leisure-time changes that have transformed the way we live our everyday lives.

His life-journey is that of a man who actually was "in the arena" in the trenches of war, bigtime broadcasting and the growth of the Leisure-time industries. He was always willing to try and dare new things. As Theodore Roosevelt might have said, "his place will never be with those cold and timid souls, who know neither victory nor defeat."

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The Portrait of a Lady (Adapted by Joseph Cowley)

admin — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 03:26:16 +0000

Henry James was born in the United States, in New York City, on April 15, 1843 and is considered an American writer, though he spent most of his life in England and, a year before his death in London on February 28, 1916, became a British citizen. He is regarded as one of the key literary figures of the 19th century, writing mainly narrative fiction. He influenced many other writers, most notably Edith Wharton.... James was the son of Henry James, Sr., a well-known intellectual of his day, and the brother of William James. Henry is known especially for the novels in which he portrays Americans encountering Europeans. His style of writing, often verbose and indirect, especially in his later years, can make him difficult to read. Often, too, he writes from the point of view of the characters within a tale, exploring issues related to consciousness and perception.... James contributed significantly to literary criticism, especially in his later years when his works were republished with extensive introductions by James. He insisted that writers be allowed the greatest freedom in their writing, and that narrative fiction be true to life, giving readers a view of life that is recognizable. He felt that the only way to judge whether a novel is good or bad is by whether the author is good or bad.... His imaginative use of point of view, interior monologue, and narrators who were not necessarily reliable, brought depth and interest to his fiction. The Aspern Papers is one of his most notable short novels, along with The Turn of the Screw. In addition to fiction he published articles, books of travel, autobiography, biography, criticism, and plays. Among his masterpieces are Daisy Miller (1879), The Portrait of a Lady (1881), The Bostonians (1886), What Maisie Knew (1897), The Wings of the Dove (1902), and The Golden Bowl (1916), available in this series, Classics Condensed by Cowley, along with The Portrait of a Lady, and The Aspern Papers.

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Casting Stones by Jay Beck

admin — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 22:18:39 +0000

Jay Beck has continued writing about the fascinating adventures of political consultant, Mark Young, in his next book, "Casting Stones." Set in Greece during the 1985 elections, the historical novel pits the United States against the Soviet Union in a battle over Greece's future political economic soul.

The novel is set in the turbulent times of airline hijackings, terror bombing and assassinations. The Soviet KGB, Greek secret police and terrorists all conspire against Mark Young as he tries to win a national election while simultaneously rescuing the most valuable ancient sculpture ever created.

Mark is torn between the turmoil in Greece and a critical situation threatening to end his relationship with his girlfriend, Vicki back in Washington, D.C. All of these diverse threads come together in an unexpected and thrilling conclusion.

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We All Bleed Blue

admin — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 05:05:51 +0000

Follow the police career of the Author, who spent a career working within the black inner-city ghetto's of Richmond, California not unlike Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore, Maryland. Find out what it's really like to work in such environments. A place that became one of the most crime ridden cities within the United States following the end of WWII. Left with a black and white populace who had come by the tens of thousands to work in the Kaiser Richmond Shipyards, one of the largest in the West Coast during the war effort. Many of the black's were left with nothing, no work, little housing and very little hope or opportunity. They were left with drugs, death and violence. Follow Sergeant Smith's career from the beginning to end. A career that saw many of his fellow officers and friends killed, wounded and injured policing the tough streets of Richmond and the Bay Area. Having served in many police details within the police department, he experienced what it was to be a white American who grew up near the Amish Country, in the farmland of Pennsylvania during the start of the civil rights movement. Martin Luther Kings, "I have a dream" speech in nearby Washington D.C., who then found himself in the battlegrounds of the inner-city. A city where the black community he served complained of police brutality, unjustified police shootings, and unfair profiling because of the color of their skin. A police department where Federal Lawsuits led to consent degrees that did not benefit the good of the department but led to internal strife among the sworn personnel. The results of Affirmative Action policies in hiring, promotions, and the effects felt within the agency which had been served by more than 90% of white sworn officers from its start in 1905. How the agency and the city suffered but started to find its way back by 2015.

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We All Fall Down: A Detective Kim Langley Novel

admin — Sat, 29 Dec 2018 22:27:44 +0000

In the most haunted city in America, a killer has struck leaving the citizens of Savannah gripped in terror. After the discovery of a woman’s body -- strangled, mutilated, and discarded on the riverbank like a heap of trash -- homicide detective Kim Langley is determined to find the person responsible. But when the trail of disfigured corpses leads her back to her dark past and celebrity author L.E. Payne, she has to wonder- is the killer out for revenge? As she is forced to play the killer’s perverse game, she learns the past maybe forgotten -- but never dies.

Dark and dangerous, L.E. Payne is suspected of being the merciless killer who hunts in the swamps of South Georgia. Blaming himself for the tragic accident of a co-ed twelve years earlier, Payne drowns his guilt in alcohol, preferring numbness to any emotion. Struggling with his haunted past and failing career, he strives to suppress his growing attraction to the beautiful ghostwriter, Anna Grace, as together they pen a story eerily similar to the murders that have rocked the Hostess City.

Working beside the mysterious writer, Anna is ever aware of the fact that she cannot trust the secretive man she’s falling for. But as the bodies line up one by one, Anna must decide if Payne is innocent or if he is a deadly monster unburden by guilt or remorse, a murderer who kills for the sheer thrill of the game.

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