A contemporary Western Noir. The Rain King is the story of, George Washington Parker, a 107 year Comanche Indian, and the way he remembers his turn of the century travels through Oklahoma Territory with Ex-Confederate outlaw, Henry Faro as they pursue a genocidal preacher known as The Rain King. "The American Western redefined a shade darker. The elements of supernatural make it all the more enjoyable, and anything but traditional." Livius Nedin: Booked Podcast.

The Rain King

Literature & Fiction

Helmick, Kevin Lynn

Genre Fiction

Heartland Press

Industrial Canal

Foxon

Returning to Base Camp

Jeffers, Kathryn

The fascinating story of the real Chicago political world that spawned President Obama and Rahm Emanuel. America's most corrupt city. The murder capitol of America where nineteen people get shot on a single summer evening. The city with the most jailed politicians in America. The vote fraud capitol of America. Illinois has two former governors in jail, right now! Chicago's population has shrunk by 1,000,000 residents! This is the real story about what is happening away from the impressive glitz. The Chicago political organization is filled with hangers on, nepotism, blatant corruption, vote fraud, corrupt justice, bribes, fixes and hear no evil, see no evil and speak no evil prosecutors. You can not make this stuff up any better. In Chicago, truth is stranger than fiction. Enough background: A reviewer described the book as "Forrest Gump meets the crooked Chicago political machine." This is a "true novel", that means it isn't really fiction. All we did was change the names to protect the guilty. This is the real story of life in Chicago outside the spectacular downtown. Chicago Police Detective Ross "Sunny" SunWarrior (a Comanche orphaned at a young age), a Special Forces Afghanistan veteran with a unique and checkered past teams with his partners Vlad Kozak and Harold Brookins to battle a gang war being subsidized and pushed to ever higher levels of violence by a Mexican drug cartel (this is actually happening right now as you read the story). As the battle continues they are immersed in obscene levels of real political corruption. It becomes ever more obvious the gangs are tied into the Chicago political establishment who are none too pleased to have Detective SunWarrior mucking around in the hidden, soft underbelly of their political power. The investigation approaches a deadly end at the intersection where Chicago street gangs, the Chicago political establishment, political correctness, political corruption and Operation Fast & Furious' deadly weapons converge at the same time. Sunny learns far more than he ever wanted to know about Chicago's political machine leaders and their chairman when he cooperates with a politically savvy gang leader to undermine the other gangs, lower the level of violence and frustrate the drug cartel. This is a real world story about how the other 2 million folks in Chicago live: Separated from the glitz, the Maginficent Mile, the beautiful lake front, the legendary restaurants and the world famous skyscrapers. This is Carl Sandburg's city of Big Shoulders with the real political warts. The investigation gets very personal when the cartel decides to target Sunny and his family to make them an example of what happens when you interfere with the drug cartel. It takes all of Sunny's skills, experience, special forces training and lots of luck to survive. As the investigation digs a little too deep, it becomes obvious there are issues far bigger than a bunch of street gang thugs selling drugs and killing each others. In Chicago the political leaders are involved in everything! In the blazing, action packed finale, with an ending no one will expect, Sunny faces the personal danger faced everyday by honest citizens left to fend for themselves in the blood soaked neighborhoods on the South Side of the city. Like the book, the finale is real Chicago, not a writer's imagination. This is not a novel as you think of them. This is real. In Chicago truth is stranger than fiction. Remember, all we did was change the names to protect the guilty.

Chicago Confidential

Keats, Sen. Roger A.

Quite simply, this is a book written for those who love the Badger State (and it's not named after the animal -- not directly, anyway), or who want to learn more about it in a format that's accessible, interesting and relatable. Eight chapters cover the first century of statehood, roughly from 1845 through the end of World War II. Beginning with pre-statehood settlement, through the period when Wisconsin marked the western frontier of the young United States, with a look at how schools and churches developed, industries rose and fell, how people adapted to the advent of leisure time, to the state's singular political history, its survival of the Great Depression, and the huge part it played in helping the country win the Second World War. Each chapter is bracketed by a pair of profiles of more-or-less-well-known Wisconsinites who made an impact on the state somehow. By no means an exhaustive, scholarly tome, "Wisconsin: The Way We Were" is instead intended to be a lighthearted look back over the early years of this most interesting area of America's Heartland. It's designed to be read in snippets, as you have time, and heavily illustrated with dozens of historic photos, many of which had never been published before. Reading this book is the literary equivalent of finding and perusing a long-lost photo album stuffed with letters and news clippings from your grandma's attic. It provides just enough information about all aspects of Wisconsin to be the perfect introduction for anyone who wants to know more. A great gift to or from Badget State boosters!

Wisconsin: The Way We Were

History

Shafer, Mary A.

Americas

I Surrender All - The Amazing Story of Pauline Gruse, Missionary to Liberia, As Told to Charles E. Clanton

Charles E. Clanton

The essays by Frank Miele in this collection span from 2005 to 2009 during the second term of President Bush, with special emphasis on the collapsing border, the war on terrorism and the birth of the Tea Party movement. "Bush's Global Failure" opens the author's three-part examination of "Why We Needed Trump" and sets the stage for the entire Heartland Diary USA series. These essays originally appeared in the Daily Inter Lake in Kalispell, Montana, where Miele worked for 34 years, including 18 years as managing editor. Miele gained a wide following for his weekly conservative "Editor's 2 Cents" commentaries, which are now collected in the Heartland Diary series. The author, who is now a columnist for Real Clear Politics, describes his work as a community journalist in his Introduction, and explains why his column became such a touchstone for conservatives:"My column ultimately was informed by love of country, gratitude for family and friends, humility before God, and an acute awareness of the cussedness of politicians and other wild animals. I repeatedly called on the American people to live up to the mandate set upon them by the Founding Fathers - to educate themselves and govern the governors - and I publicly repudiated presidents, both Democratic and Republican, who betrayed their own sacred trust to the Constitution. All along, as I wrote of the greatness of America, I felt our country willingly slipping away into mediocrity - and looked for solutions that would come from the people, not the politicians."

Why We Needed Trump: Part 1: Bush's Global Failure: Half Right (Heartland Diary USA)

Politics & Social Sciences

MIELE, Frank D.

Politics & Government

The essays by Frank Miele in this collection span from 2008 to 2016 during the presidency of Barack Obama, with special emphasis on the collapsing border, the war on terrorism and the birth of the Tea Party movement. "Obama's Fundamental Transformation" continues the exploration begun in Part 1: "Bush's Global Failure" of "Why We Needed Trump" and sets the stage for the entire Heartland Diary USA series. These essays originally appeared in the Daily Inter Lake in Kalispell, Montana, where Miele worked for 34 years, including 18 years as managing editor. Miele gained a wide following for his weekly conservative "Editor's 2 Cents" commentaries, which are now collected in the Heartland Diary series. The author, who is now a columnist for Real Clear Politics, describes his work as a community journalist in his Introduction, and explains why his column became such a touchstone for conservatives:"My column ultimately was informed by love of country, gratitude for family and friends, humility before God, and an acute awareness of the cussedness of politicians and other wild animals. I repeatedly called on the American people to live up to the mandate set upon them by the Founding Fathers - to educate themselves and govern the governors - and I publicly repudiated presidents, both Democratic and Republican, who betrayed their own sacred trust to the Constitution. All along, as I wrote of the greatness of America, I felt our country willingly slipping away into mediocrity - and looked for solutions that would come from the people, not the politicians."

Why We Needed Trump: Part 2: Obama's Fundamental Transformation: Far Left (Heartland Diary USA)

The essays by Frank Miele in this collection span from 2015 to 2018 during the campaign of Donald Trump and the first two years of his presidency, with special emphasis on border security, the Deep State and Fake News.The "Why We Needed Trump" trilogy began with "Bush's Global Failure: Half Right" and continued with "Obama's Fundamental Transformation: Far Left." The trilogy introduces the entire Heartland Diary USA series. Most of these essays originally appeared in the Daily Inter Lake in Kalispell, Montana, where Miele worked for 34 years, including 18 years as managing editor. Miele gained a wide following for his weekly conservative "Editor's 2 Cents" commentaries, which are now collected in the Heartland Diary series. The author, who is now a columnist for Real Clear Politics, describes his work as a community journalist in his Introduction, and explains why his column became such a touchstone for conservatives:"My column ultimately was informed by love of country, gratitude for family and friends, humility before God, and an acute awareness of the cussedness of politicians and other wild animals. I repeatedly called on the American people to live up to the mandate set upon them by the Founding Fathers - to educate themselves and govern the governors - and I publicly repudiated presidents, both Democratic and Republican, who betrayed their own sacred trust to the Constitution. All along, as I wrote of the greatness of America, I felt our country willingly slipping away into mediocrity - and looked for solutions that would come from the people, not the politicians."

Why We Needed Trump: Part 3: Trump's American Vision: Just Right (Heartland Diary USA)

The essays by journalist Frank Miele in this collection span from 2005 to 2018. "The Media Matrix" is Volume 4 of the Heartland Diary USA series. Most of these essays originally appeared in the Daily Inter Lake in Kalispell, Montana, where Miele worked for 34 years, including 18 years as managing editor. Miele gained a wide following for his weekly conservative "Editor's 2 Cents" commentaries, which are now collected in the Heartland Diary series. The author, who is now a columnist for Real Clear Politics, relies on his work as a community journalist to filter the Fake News promoted by the Mainstream Media to get to the real story. You can read about biased reporting on a variety of topics such as "natural born citizenship," "the war on terrorism," "border security," and "Russian collusion." Miele finds common ground with Donald Trump and declares himself to be a sworn enemy of Fake News. The foreword was written by Brant Horn who was circulation director at the Daily Inter Lake for most of the years when Miele was at the helm. He describes the challenges Miele met in his capacity as managing editor and lauds him for not giving up on his responsibility to present a fair and balanced news report even while writing conservative commentary under his own name for many years.The afterword by economist Richard L. Spencer is the introduction to the entire Heartland Diary USA series. Spencer commends Miele as "America's diarist" and believes that Miele's columns represent a vital resource for future historians.

The Media Matrix: What If Everything You Know Is Fake (Heartland Diary USA)

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