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The Chelsea Series

Resnek J: The Last Four Mayors Took down
a City

The Last Four Mayors Took down a City

Chelsea, Massachusetts holds a unique American distinction: four consecutive mayors-Joel Pressman, James Mitchell, Thomas Nolan, and John Brennan-were brought to justice for leading a city into the ground. Only Newark and Atlantic City compare in municipal misconduct. In The Last Four Mayors, the fourth volume of The Chelsea Series, writer Josh Resnek and documentary photographer Arnie Jarmak revisit this sordid era. They detail how these leaders broke their promises, enriched themselves with bribes, and brought the city to bankruptcy. The corruption grew so severe that public servants went unpaid, forcing the state of Massachusetts to suspend local government and take over receivership. Through stunning black and white photographs and firsthand narrative, Resnek and Jarmak offer an honest testimony of a compromised era and the results of the FBI investigation that brought it to a crashing halt.

From the veteran US legal analyst and leading Robert Mueller prosecutor, Andrew Weissmann issues an urgent summons to tackle the scourge of political lies - and prevent a figure like Donald Trump from ever rising again"The 2020 election was a total FRAUD!" "I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally." "There is NO WAY Biden got 80,000,000 votes!!!" These and other lies by Donald Trump sparked a historic insurrection to topple US democracy and undermined the public's faith in elections. The Trump administration's deceit has enabled the use of law enforcement and the military against the people, the unlawful deportation of immigrants, and the disregard of international rules meant to promote a civilized and peaceful world. Other politicians, inspired by the success of the political lie, have flooded the public square with falsehoods of their own. As Andrew Weissmann reveals in LIAR'S KINGDOM, our vulnerability to politicians' lies stems from a flaw in America's legal system - one that can be fixed. But it will take courage, creativity, and a willingness to look to other countries, including Brazil, France, Germany, and the UK, that have already confronted this crisis. A slim, elegant treatise, LIAR'S KINGDOM is a playbook for stopping politicians like Trump from holding office in the future - and for saving democracy. We are entitled to more from our governments, and Weissmann shows us how we can get it.

How To Stop Trump's Deceit and Save Democracy - The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller

Liar's Kingdom

The Shattering of Elon Musk

Hubris Maximus

The story of a family in modern China with a history of deceit, betrayal and political intrigue, and the communist party's long shadow over them, from the Cultural Revolution to today. Following the lives of military intelligence officer Jie and his wife Moon, The Book of Secrets weaves recently found material into a narrative that not only illuminates the shadowy world of intelligence in China, but also the emotional tragedies that political extremism inflicted on those working within. Drawing on Jie's own vivid biography of his youth, Xinran pieces together his trajectory as he joins the great hope of the Chinese young - the Communist Party - and becomes a loyal cadre until the late 1970s when, as a chief in the security forces, he makes a decision that will poison his family against him. This is a totally unique behind-the-scenes account of a family torn apart by the Tiananmen Square massacre and the attempts of Jie to finally open up the Chinese system to the people, pieced together from an extraordinary archive of personal diaries and letters.

A Personal History of Betrayal in Red China

The Book of Secrets

THE INSTANT&nbsp;SUNDAY TIMES&nbsp;AND NUMBER ONE&nbsp;NEW YORK TIMES&nbsp;BESTSELLER'A flabbergasting feat of political reporting . . . A news bomb on every page'&nbsp;Tina Brown,&nbsp;Observer'A blockbuster'&nbsp;Guardian&nbsp;'Gobsmacking'&nbsp;Daily Mail&nbsp;'Deeply reported and gripping'&nbsp;Financial Times'Riveting'&nbsp;Fintan O'Toole,&nbsp;New York Times'Exceptional . . . packed with news that will stay news'&nbsp;David Remnick,&nbsp;New Yorker'It's sparked fear - and leak inquiries - in the White House' Sunday Times*Few expected Donald Trump to return to the White House stronger than before.&nbsp;The indictments, convictions, assassination attempts, and four years of political exile made him not weaker but more powerful, more vengeful, and more willing to gamble than any President that came before him.Regime Change&nbsp;is the definitive account of the first year of Donald Trump's second presidency, based on hundreds of interviews and unprecedented reporting from deep within the administration's most closely guarded rooms. Journalists Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman investigate the decisions that have defined Trump's second term, which has been liberated from every constraint that defined his first. The generals who once told him 'no' are gone, and the lawyers who remain have learned to pick their battles.Haberman and Swan take you behind the scenes of a presidency that has launched a new war in the Middle East, sealed the border, deployed National Guard troops into American cities, transformed the Justice Department into an instrument of retribution against the President's enemies, and turned the office itself into a brazen vehicle for profit. They reveal a President operating almost entirely on instinct and a White House operating at the edge of political power.Regime Change&nbsp;shows how Trump has wielded that power, who has tried to stop him, and why nearly all of them have failed. A landmark work of real-time political history, this is the story of a President who has fundamentally altered how the world understands American power.&nbsp;

The phenomenal bestseller making global headlines

Regime Change

'Deeply moving and necessary'ANNE ENRIGHT'A must-read'iPAPER'Remarkable ... affecting'NEW STATESMAN'Original and heart-warming' LINDSEY HILSUMFrom the Orwell Prize-winning author of My Fourth Time, We Drownedcomes a powerful account of human resilience, capturing our capacity for love and connection against all odds.We live in an era defined by crisis - whether it be war and displacement, or climate collapse and rapidly widening inequality. Acclaimed international correspondent Sally Hayden has spent her career covering some of the darkest moments of our time, and yet even in the face of unimaginable adversity, she's witnessed the love and care of everyday people.Hayden introduces us to a couple separated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and a mother in northeast Nigeria who risks everything to save her daughter from forced marriage to Boko Haram militants. We meet a group of Syrian women searching tirelessly for their missing spouses and children, while launching a call for justice, and learn about letters from the bereaved to the dead, still being written over a decade after the tsunami that devastated Japan.In stories that crisscross the globe, from Uganda to Lebanon, Rwanda to Iraq, Hayden asks us: what if news was recounted through the actions people take for those they love? Would it become harder to dehumanise those who seem different to us? This is Also a Love Story dares us to recognise how love can be found in even the most difficult of times, and to question what might be needed to create a better world.'Moving ... Hayden is an excellent journalist'SUNDAY TIMES'Beautiful, painful and in many ways restorative ... I recommend it highly'MARIAN KEYES, author of My Favourite Mistake'Remarkable ... the perfect antidote to our times'CHRISTINA LAMB, author Our Bodies, Their Battlefields'A beautiful meditation on love ... [Hayden] is our most vital journalist'IRISH TIMES'Shows us that in the midst of war, around the most acute suffering, there is also tremendous heroism' NATHAN THRALL, author of A Day in the Life of Abed Salama'A reporter of the first order ... A searching, deeply moving work' JONATHAN BLITZER, author of Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here'Hayden uncovers miracles. She may be one herself' ALEX PERRY, author of Blood Will Flow

Searching for Good in a Divided World

This is Also a Love Story

Kickbacks and payoffs, greasing someone's palm and paying them under the table: We have a rich vocabulary for bribery. The French refer to bribes as "wine jugs"; in South Asia, a corrupt transaction might be passed off as "money for tea and refreshments." Why is bribery so universal, and in what ways does it typically occur? How has it persisted despite countless pledges that authorities are tackling the problem? This book offers an eye-opening exploration of bribery in practice, taking us inside the sordid world of grubby transactions and tainted institutions. Drawing on an extensive career of skirmishing with fraud, David J. O'Regan examines the all-too-human reasons that people offer and accept bribes. Gripping case studies allow readers to peer into the backrooms where bribery takes place, peek behind the closed doors that conceal corruption from the public, and join auditors as they uncover underhand transactions. O'Regan contends that bribery is particularly socially damaging because of its uncanny relationship to gift exchange. It undermines collective solidarity, misallocates economic resources, and diminishes social trust. He also argues that many anticorruption efforts provide merely the trappings of compliance--a thin veneer of empty assurance that something is being done. Shining a light into the shadows where corruption thrives, Bribery Humanized proposes realistic steps to curb an ineradicable scourge.

A Guide to Understanding and Countering Corruption

Bribery Humanized

Elements in Chinese Economy and Governance

While bribery has been extensively studied, the dynamics of personnel corruption in the public sector, often known as 'buying and selling of government offices,' remain underexplored. This form of corruption involves leaders' accepting or soliciting bribes from subordinates to influence recruitment, appointment, and promotion decisions, significantly impacting political selection and governance quality. This Element employs a dual perspective - corruption and elite mobility - to analyze the distribution of office-selling across the Chinese administrative matrix and its various forms and implications. Using two novel self-compiled datasets, it proposes a tripartite framework of performance, patronage, and purchase to reimagine political selection in China, highlighting the coexistence of multiple governance models: a meritocratic state prioritizing competence, a clientelist state emphasizing loyalty, and an investment state bound by money. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Political Selection in China Beyond Performance and Patronage

Bribery as a Third Path to Power?

The World Cup is here, but what function does a worldwide tournament play in an increasingly belligerent police state, with Donald Trump at the helm?
Publishing on the eve of the soccer World Cup in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, this concise, power-packed philippic provides a critical take on the dark underbelly of the beautiful game at its most storied moment.
At the heart of this analysis by acclaimed sportswriter and scholar Jules Boykoff,&nbsp;who himself played soccer professionally, is the concept of sportswashing, where political leaders use sports to stoke nationalism and legitimize themselves on the world stage, deflecting from chronic problems at home. Step forward the recipient of the newly cast FIFA Peace Prize, Donald J. Trump, a titan unrivaled in squeegeeing every drop of personal wealth and prestige from hosting the competition. In this, he is ably assisted by a governing body of global soccer dripping in patronage and corruption.
In these pages Boykoff demonstrates&nbsp;that it is possible to simultaneously treasure the&nbsp;skills and athleticism displayed on the pitch while lamenting their exploitation by malevolent powerbrokers for whom love of the game means nothing next to turning a buck or harvesting prestige. And, as&nbsp;Red Card&nbsp;so skillfully shows, this bait and switch is not confined to soccer. Precisely the same legerdemain will be used to distract and enrich when the Olympic Games come to Los Angeles two years from now.

The 2026 World Cup, Sportswashing, and the FIFA Greed Machine

Red Card

Ling Li unveils the often-hidden inner workings of China's Party-state. The Chinese Communist Party has crafted and relied on an integrated regulatory system, where politics and law are fused, to govern both its internal operations and its relations with the state. Drawing on two decades of in-depth research, Li delves into the 'black box' of decision-making in the Party-state, analyzing the motivations and strategies that drive individual and institutional choices in corruption, anti-corruption investigations, and power struggles at the Politburo. This insightful book reveals the critical role of rules and institution-building within the Party, illuminates the complex relationship between corruption and regime stability, and captures the evolving dynamics of Party-state relations. A must-read for students, academics, business leaders, and policymakers alike, this book is an indispensable guide for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of law, politics, and governance in China and its global implications.

Corruption, Law, and the Modus Operandi of the Chinese Communist Party

Governance of a Party-state

The new book from the acclaimed author of Number Go Up.

Scam World

The number one global bestseller and Book of the Year 2025 for Audible, The Times, Cosmopolitan, The Economist and more. 'Amazing: of all the books in all the world Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to ban, it's the one about him' - Marina Hyde 'Jaw-dropping . . . A tell-all tome' - Financial Times 'A Bridget Jones's Diary-style tale of a young woman thrown into a series of improbable situations' - The Times 'You have to read it' - Caitlin Moran Sarah Wynn-Williams joined Facebook believing the company could change things for the better. Instead, what she encountered over seven years was so shocking that Meta obtained a legal order to silence her. Now you can read her award-winning story. Candid and entertaining, Wynn-Williams' account pulls back the curtain on Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg and the global elite. She exposes the true cost of Silicon Valley's ambition, from outrageous schemes cooked up on private jets to the alarming consequences of Facebook's aggressive pursuit of global dominance. Careless People is an ordinary woman's gripping and darkly funny memoir that will forever change how you view the technology that runs our lives - and the unchecked power of those who control it. With a new foreword for paperback from Naomi Alderman. 'Urgently necessary reading' - Elizabeth Day, author of The Party and Friendaholic 'How else to put this? Bloody hell' - The Guardian Shortlisted for the British Book Awards, Book of the Year 2026 Winner for the British Book Awards, Freedom to Publish Award 2026 Shortlisted for the Westminster Book Awards 2026 Shortlisted for the Hatchards First Biography Prize 2025 Shortlisted for the Unwin Award 2026 Winner of the Blueprint Asia-Pacific Whistleblowing Prize 2025 Winner of the Speakies Award for the Best Non-Fiction Memoir Audiobook

A story of where I used to work

Careless People

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