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The culmination of nearly 30 years of reporting on Donald Trump, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter David Cay Johnston takes a revealingly close look at the mogul's rise to power and prominence. Covering the long arc of Trump's career, Johnston tells the full story of how a boy from a quiet section of Queens, New York, would become an entirely new and complex breed of public figure. Trump is a man of great media savvy, entrepreneurial spirit, and political clout. Yet, his career has been plagued by legal troubles and mounting controversy

The best-selling author of Perfectly Legal returns with a powerful new expose.

While the world watched Donald Trump’s presidency in horror or delight, few noticed that his lifelong grifting quietly continued. Less than 40 minutes after taking the oath of office, Trump began turning the White House into a money machine for himself, his family, and his courtiers. The Big Cheat offers a guided tour of how money flowed in and out of Trump’s hundreds of enterprises, showing in simple terms how a corrupt president used our government for his benefit, even putting national security at risk.

For some people “Pentecostal” is a new word. Although it has become much more common in recent years, its roots go back to an ancient Jewish feast and, more recently, to the first outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the earliest Christian believers. Because this initial outpouring of the Spirit took place on the Day of Pentecost, those who experience a similar infilling of the Spirit are known as Pentecostals. They look to the book of Acts as a guide for how to live out their Christian faith.

David Cay Johnston has made a name for himself as the defender of the common man, calling out the rich and powerful for cheating the system at the expense of everyone else. Whether he's exposing unjust loopholes in the tax code that help the rich get richer or pointing out how powerful corporations pocket government subsidies at excessive taxpayer expense, Johnston is an eloquent town crier for justice and equality.

No working journalist knows Donald Trump better than David Cay Johnston, who first met the 45th president in 1988 and has tracked him ever since. Featuring Johnston's renowned skill in bringing government policy to life, this crucial book explains how our daily lives will be affected by the actions of the Trump Administration. This book is essential listening for all Americans.

Venture into new realms of terror with Scare Street’s latest bone-chilling collection. This spine-tingling volume contains 15 ghastly tales of horror and the paranormal - more than enough to while away the hours as you lose yourself in the shadows of the night. The deeper you plunge into this realm of terror, the farther away the real world seems. But don’t worry...resist pausing, and stay a bit longer.

A growing chorus of prominent voices in Congress and elsewhere are calling for the expansion of our Social Security system - people who know that Social Security will not "go broke" and does not add a penny to the national debt. Social Security Works! will amplify these voices and offer a powerful antidote to the three-decade-long, billionaire-funded campaign to make us believe that this vital institution is destined to collapse. It isn't.

Janice Bell’s life was on the rise. She was young, talented, and hard-working. Her spectacular career at a prestigious company looked like it was on pace for superstardom, until she was confronted with the ‘Old Boys Club’. While looking for an edge to shatter the glass ceiling, a friend directs her to a shady storefront where a mysterious man awaits. He claims to make dreams reality, yet asks an intimate price for these favors. Janice must balance her own wishes to succeed against the demeaning acts the man demands in trade. How far is she willing to go to get what she wants, and how ...

Harmon Tomeral and his friends wanted nothing more than to go to space, and they have beaten the odds, time and again, to get there. They developed a mech and won the Top Fleet Marine competition. They brought back a battle cruiser from an unknown system and made it their own. They made allies who helped them achieve great victories, and they, ultimately, founded new colonies in what has become known as the Salvage System.

A man runs from a tragedy in his past, ending up in a small Russian village in the Arctic Circle. He must earn the trust of those around him, and manage the complicated relationships they have with one another, while collectively they must deal with a creature that is stalking and slaying them. Old grudges must be overcome, and new alliances forged in order to come together and slay a monster that is becoming more brazen in its bloodlust, before there is no one left to stop it.

An enlisted man on an alien planet discovers a method of living life and viewing the world that is so utterly simplistic and makes so much sense, it resonates across the universe. Seaman Noble aids the residents of Saffron, a beautiful world of wildly different colors and amazing cuisine, while working to mine expensive fuel from massive reservoirs beneath the planet's surface. Noble finds himself intertwined with the peaceful residents of Saffron, and cannot stand idly by while they are victimized and mistreated. Can one man and a mind-shatteringly simple view of life stand in the face of ...

A bleak future world, where most women are barren, and social status (and survival) literally hinges upon the number and quality of eggs each family can produce. Mary, a girl on the cusp of discovering her fate in the lottery of fertility, tries to manage her complicated family situation, and contain her growing frustration with the overbearing society that controls everything in everyone's lives. As each new stage of discovery passes in her life, we see more of the webs and complications that choke personal freedoms, and hold everyone in check. She suddenly discovers that she is in a ...

Something has happened in the world of man. An apocalypse of epic proportions now spills over into the oceans, and tilts the balance of nature dangerously in favor of the undead. A Great White, one of the greatest killing machines ever produced by nature, becomes infected by the plague. With nothing capable of matching its power, speed, or relentlessness in the deep, nothing is safe. With nowhere to hide, a small Pod of Dolphins finds themselves constantly hunted by the unstoppable predator. Can they find a way to adjust to the new world order of the ocean, and outlast its murderous assaults?

In the early days of submarining, before the Great War, two U.S. submarine disasters riveted the nation as the stories unfolded in local and national newspapers. In Hawaii, the USS F-4 left Honolulu on a routine training run in March 1915 — and disappeared with its crew of 21 men. At Northern California’s Humboldt Bay in December 1916, the USS H-3 crashed onto the sea floor during a treacherous bar crossing attempt and was pinned under roiling surf with its crew of 27. Both rescue attempts would become historic naval events, requiring tremendous courage, innovation, and stamina from all...

THIS IS A SHORT STORY: A secretive government project, studying one of the most mystifying substances known to man is thrown into internal chaos when a hard-nosed military man storms in, intending to turn a profit. The project's scientific lead resists as best he can, yet all their plans go out the window when a beautiful young woman washes up on the shore of their desolate island.

Written for a post-pandemic world, Empathy is a book about learning to be empathetic and then turning that empathy into action. Based on the personal experiences of author David Johnston, the book explores how awakening to the transformative power of listening and caring permanently changes individuals, families, communities, and nations. A how-to manual for a world craving kindness, Empathy offers proof of the inherent goodness of people, and shows how exercising the instinct for kindness creates societies that are both smart and caring.

We often look forward, hoping our circumstances will bring us a sense of peace and calm. Unfortunately, we simply can’t control all our surroundings and the events that happen to us. They are often beyond our jurisdiction and power. This book will give you keys to experiencing peace, calm, and composure, regardless of what may be occurring around you. David Johnston uses the vetted and verified ancient documents, the Scriptures, to demonstrate God’s unquestionable way to tranquility and true lasting peace.

Many of us don't see ourselves accurately. We are hindered from being the best version of ourselves, the version God intended. We are prevented by this insidious thing called iniquity. Iniquity is mentioned 334 times in the Bible, yet so many remain oblivious to its significant and negative impact on everyday living. Iniquity is the ancient term for narcissism.

Trust is a much-needed manual for the repair and restoration of the social quality on which all democracies rely. One of Canada's most revered governors general, David Johnston mines his long life and varied career to give Canadians 20 ways to make themselves, their institutions, and their country more worthy of trust.