political corruption

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political corruption

Stealing elections

how voter fraud threatens our democracy
2008

Watergate, the secret story

1992
Documents the entire Watergate scandal, from the initial break-in to the cover-up and President Nixon's resignation.

Thieves of state

why corruption threatens global security

The activist

2013
All of Strattenburg sits is divided over a hot political environmental issue.The county commission is fighting hard to change the landscape of the town, and Theo is strongly opposed to the plans. But when he uncovers corruption beneath the surface, Theo will do whatever it takes to stand up for what is right.

A dance of mirrors

2013
Haern, the King's Watcher, must find an assassin known as the Wraith who has begun slaughtering those in power and and leaving the symbol of the Watcher.

House of cards

2014
Francis Urquhart is Chief Whip and he has his hands on every secret in politics and is willing to betray them all to become Prime Minister. Mattie Storin is a tenacious young political correspondent. She faces the biggest challenge of her life when she stumbles upon a scandalous web of intrigue and financial corruption at the very highest levels. She is determined to reveal the truth, but she must risk everything to do so.

Night judgement at Sinos

1970
The island of Sinos has become a prison for political offenders from the Greek mainland. A fortress of grim solitude and secrets, Sinos is the last place anyone would voluntarily enter but deep sea diver Jack Savage has little choice. After losing his boat, Savage is approached by shipping magnate Dimitri Aleko. The multi-millionaire has taken an extreme interest in Savage's background as a Royal Marine Commando and his expertise in underwater sabotage.

Bay of souls

2003
Family man Michael Ahearn, a professor of literature at a small college in the upper Midwest, allows his search for the sublime to lead him into disaster when he becomes infatuated with new faculty member Lara Purcell and follows her back to her native island of St. Trinity, a place rife with political intrigue and superstition.

Fraud of the century

Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden, and the stolen election of 1876
2003
Argues that illegal maneuvers by Republicans robbed the 1876 presidential election from New York democrat Samuel J. Tilden and gave it to Rutherford B. Hayes; and discusses the election's effect on race relations.

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