Candidate

Author : Richard Condon
Publisher : RosettaBooks
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780795335068

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The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon Pdf

The classic thriller about a hostile foreign power infiltrating American politics: “Brilliant . . . wild and exhilarating.” —The New Yorker A war hero and the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, Sgt. Raymond Shaw is keeping a deadly secret—even from himself. During his time as a prisoner of war in North Korea, he was brainwashed by his Communist captors and transformed into a deadly weapon—a sleeper assassin, programmed to kill without question or mercy at his captors’ signal. Now he’s been returned to the United States with a covert mission: to kill a candidate running for US president . . . This “shocking, tense” and sharply satirical novel has become a modern classic, and was the basis for two film adaptations (San Francisco Chronicle). “Crammed with suspense.” —Chicago Tribune “Condon is wickedly skillful.” —Time

Author : Peter Stone
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781534422186

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The Perfect Candidate by Peter Stone Pdf

“The perfect YA thriller for right now—think John Grisham meets John Green.” —Margaret Stohl, New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Creatures “Gripping and twisty, but also filled with heart. A fun must-read.” —Melissa de la Cruz, New York Times bestselling author of Alex and Eliza “An enthralling plot of power, greed, and murder.” —Kirkus Reviews “A YA version of the TV show Scandal, and it is just as addictive.” —Publishers Weekly From debut author Peter Stone comes a heart-stopping, pulse-pounding political thriller that’s perfect for fans of Ally Carter and House of Cards. When recent high school graduate Cameron Carter lands an internship with Congressman Billy Beck in Washington, DC, he thinks it is his ticket out of small town captivity. What he lacks in connections and Beltway polish he makes up in smarts, and he soon finds a friend and mentor in fellow staffer Ariel Lancaster. That is, until she winds up dead. As rumors and accusations about her death fly around Capitol Hill, Cameron’s low profile makes him the perfect candidate for an FBI investigation that he wants no part of. Before he knows it—and with his family’s future at stake—he discovers DC’s darkest secrets as he races to expose a deadly conspiracy. If it doesn’t get him killed first.

Author : Noah Richler
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780385687287

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The Candidate by Noah Richler Pdf

A comical and revealing account of what it's like to run for office with no political experience, little money and only a faint hope of winning, told first-hand by celebrated writer Noah Richler. During the 2015 federal election, approximately 1200 political campaigns were held across Canada. One of those campaigns belonged to author, journalist and political neophyte Noah Richler. Recruited by the NDP to run in the bellwether riding of Toronto-St Paul's, he was handed $350 and told he would lose. But as veteran NDP activists and social-media-savvy newbies joined his campaign, Richler found himself increasingly insulated from the stark reality that his campaign was flailing, imagining instead that he was headed to Parliament Hill. In The Candidate, Richler recounts his time on the trail in sizzling detail and hilarious frankness, from door knocking in Little Jamaica to being internet-shamed by experienced opponents. The Candidate lays bare what goes on behind the slogans, canvassing and talking points, told from the perspective of a political outsider. With his signature wit and probing eye, Noah Richler's chronicle of running for office is insightful, brutally honest and devastatingly funny.

Author : Samuel L. Popkin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199922086

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The Candidate by Samuel L. Popkin Pdf

There are two winners in every presidential election campaign: The inevitable winner when it begins--such as Rudy Giuliani or Hillary Clinton in 2008--and the inevitable victor after it ends. In The Candidate, Samuel Popkin explains the difference between them. While plenty of political insiders have written about specific campaigns, only Popkin--drawing on a lifetime of presidential campaign experience and extensive research--analyzes what it takes to win the next campaign. The road to the White House is littered with geniuses of campaigns past. Why doesn't practice make perfect? Why is experience such a poor teacher? Why are the same mistakes replayed again and again? Based on detailed analyses of the winners--and losers--of the last 60 years of presidential campaigns, Popkin explains how challengers get to the White House, how incumbents stay there for a second term, and how successors hold power for their party. He looks in particular at three campaigns--George H.W. Bush's muddled campaign for reelection in 1992, Al Gore's flawed campaign for the presidency in 2000, and Hillary Clinton's mismanaged effort to win the nomination in 2008--and uncovers the lessons that Ronald Reagan can teach future candidates about teamwork. Throughout, Popkin illuminates the intricacies of presidential campaigns--the small details and the big picture, the surprising mistakes and the predictable miscues--in a riveting account of what goes on inside a campaign and what makes one succeed while another fails. As Popkin shows, a vision for the future and the audacity to run are only the first steps in a candidate's run for office. To truly survive the most grueling show on earth, presidential hopefuls have to understand the critical factors that Popkin reveals in The Candidate. In the wake of the 2012 election, Popkin's analysis looks remarkably prescient. Obama ran a strong incumbent-oriented campaign but made typical incumbent mistakes, as evidenced by his weak performance in the first debate. The Romney campaign correctly put power in the hands of a strong campaign manager, but it couldn't overcome the weaknesses of the candidate.

Author : Zareh Vorpouni
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780815653790

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The Candidate by Zareh Vorpouni Pdf

The Candidate is one of the most masterful, psychologically penetrating novels in Armenian diaspora literature. Published in 1967 at a time of political awakening among the descendants of survivors of the Armenian genocide, the novel explores themes of trauma, forgiveness, reconciliation, friendship, and sacrifice, and examines the relationship between victim and perpetrator. The book opens in 1927 in Paris after Minas has found his friend Vahakn’s body on the floor of the apartment they share. In a fragmentary way, Minas tells of his meeting Vahakn in the cafés of the Latin Quarter; the friendship that joins them; their conversations with Ziya, a Turkish student in Paris; Vahakn’s murder of Ziya; and Vahakn’s suicide. At the core of the novel is the note Vahakn leaves Minas to explain the enigma of Ziya’s murder and his own suicide. The letter recounts Vahakn’s and his mother’s deportation from their village in the Ottoman Empire; his mother’s death and Vahakn’s adoption by a Turkish woman, Fatma, who rapes and abuses him; his feelings of alienation and self-estrangement in France; and his inability to adapt to life after trauma. Known for his innovation of the Western Armenian novel, Vorpouni challenges the narrative elements of the conventional novel by playing with subjectivity and linearity. His melding of contemporary French literary and intellectual currents produces a literary and cultural hybrid unique in Western Armenian literature.

Author : Alex Nunns
Publisher : OR Books
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781682191057

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The Candidate by Alex Nunns Pdf

Drawing on first-hand interviews with those involved in the campaign, including its most senior figures, Nunns traces the origins of Jeremy Corbyn’s remarkable ascent in British politics.

Author : Guillermo Cordero,Eva H. Önnudóttir,Xavier Coller
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9782832508312

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Beyond the Secret Garden of Politics: Internal Party Dynamics of Candidate Selection by Guillermo Cordero,Eva H. Önnudóttir,Xavier Coller Pdf

Author : GRAHAM. MASTERTON
Publisher : Telos Publishing
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1845839722

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The Hell Candidate by GRAHAM. MASTERTON Pdf

I opened my eyes. I wasn't dreaming. I was awake. And right beside me, Jennifer was panting and moaning and bouncing up and down on the bed. I stared harder into the darkness, chilled with fright, and against the dim gray light that filtered in through the closely-drawn drapes, I saw an outline on top of Jennifer that made me cram my hand into my mouth to stop myself from screaming. It was a huge, bulky outline, as dark as sin. But its eyes glowed slanted and orange, like the eyes of a wolf, and on its head were two curved horns. It stank of stale incense and animal sweat, and it was grunting with grotesque delight. When businessman Hunter Peal decided to run for President of the USA, they said he didn't have a chance in Hell ... but they were wrong. Initially he seemed pleasant and moderate ... but then everything started to change. As his popularity grew, so did his ability to influence people, sending them weeping to their knees, and seeing sights which no cameras could capture. And what of his opponents and the strange 'accidents' which befel them? Indeed, Hunter Peal was not the man he once was ... one of the denizens of Hell has made a pact with him, and on his inauguration, all Hell will be let loose. Literally. Telos Publishing is proud to present a superb new edition of this long out-of-print 1981 novel. A horrific tale of lust and greed and power from one of the genre's greatest writers, Graham Masterton. 'If you like horror novels, the kind that make you catch your breath at certain parts, can change your perception of the temperature in the room and leave you with impressions that can't be unseen for days - if ever - then this is your book. It really is an absolute masterpiece and in my opinion one of the weirdest, most twisted horror tales ever told, where the message, "Be careful who you vote for" really makes a hell of a lot of sense.' Cat DeSpira, Retrobitch

Author : Guillermo Cordero,Xavier Coller
Publisher : Springer
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319765501

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Democratizing Candidate Selection by Guillermo Cordero,Xavier Coller Pdf

This book studies the challenges to conventional politics posed by new ways of selecting candidates for legislative elections. The recent economic crisis had profound political consequences on politics, generating an upsurge in the demand for more participative ways of decision-making in politics channelled through social movements and individuals in different countries. Some parties have reacted by introducing changes in their internal organization (via intra-party democracy), particularly related to the selection of candidates for public office. This volume explores the trends and challenges of these new methods of selection, analyses how the internet is increasingly being used as a selection tool, and evaluates some of the relevant consequences related to political representation, party cohesion and party centralization, among others.

Author : Fred Busch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000224535

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Dear Candidate: Analysts from around the World Offer Personal Reflections on Psychoanalytic Training, Education, and the Profession by Fred Busch Pdf

In this first-of-kind book, senior psychoanalysts from around the world offer personal reflections on their own training, what it was like to become a psychoanalyst, and what they would like most to convey to the candidate of today. With forty-two personal letters to candidates, this edited collection helps analysts in training and those recently entering the profession to reflect upon what it means to be a psychoanalytic candidate and enter the profession. Letters tackle the anxieties, ambiguities, complications, and pleasures faced in these tasks. From these reflections, the book serves as a guide through this highly personal, complex, and meaningful experience and helps readers consider the many different meanings of being a candidate in a psychanalytic institute. Perfect for candidates and psychoanalytic educators, this book inspires analysts at all levels to think, once again, about this impossible but fascinating profession and to consider their own psychoanalytic development.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Election law
ISBN : UCBK:C056863017

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Ballot Access: For Congressional candidates by Anonim Pdf

Author : Eugene D. Mazo,Michael R. Dimino
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108835398

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The Best Candidate by Eugene D. Mazo,Michael R. Dimino Pdf

Leading scholars examine the law governing the American presidential nomination process and offer practical ideas for reform.

Author : Lieven De Winter,Rune Karlsen,Hermann Schmitt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000208146

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Parliamentary Candidates Between Voters and Parties by Lieven De Winter,Rune Karlsen,Hermann Schmitt Pdf

This book offers the first comprehensive, comparative and coherent perspective on parliamentary candidates in contemporary representative democracy. Based on the unique database of the ‘Comparative Candidate Survey' project which interrogated parliamentary candidates in more than 30 countries, it fills a significant lacuna by focusing on the thousands of ordinary candidates that participate in national elections. It examines who the candidates are in terms of their socio-demographic background and political career patterns, how they were selected by their parties, what their policy preference are and whether these are congruent to those held by their voters, who they seek to represent and how they intend to do so once elected, and what their visions are on representative democracy and party government. Last but not least, it investigates how they go about reaching out to their potential voters during the election campaign. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of political parties and party politics, political elites, political communication, political participation, elections, theories of democracy and representation, legislative studies, voting behaviour and more broadly to European politics, as well as to political and policy professionals throughout Europe.

Author : Anthony Michael Sayers
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0774806990

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Parties, Candidates, and Constituency Campaigns in Canadian Elections by Anthony Michael Sayers Pdf

This work provides a systematic analysis of the constituency campaigns that are the basis of elections and democracy in Canada. It describes the nature of local riding associations, the candidates they select, and the environment in which they operate.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Campaign funds
ISBN : IND:30000068299571

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Supporting Federal Candidates by Anonim Pdf