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"A rollicking celebration of excellence - SHOULD BE A MOVIE It has everything Stunning women, including an over-the-top awesome female co-star; fast cars; technology; chases galore; comic foils; and action and romance. Isenberg writes with imagination and intelligence." - Kia Heavey, Author, Night Machines.The economy has crashed (again), the Nanny State is out of control, and software engineer Gimbel O'Hare just wants to do his job. Not easy, given that his boss is out to get him, the Department of Justice has him under surveillance, and one of his co-workers is suing him for sexual harassment. Overstressed, he finds refuge in the movies of Jon Dunn, Secret Agent Beta-11. He soon becomes convinced that he is Jon Dunn, and sets off on an off-the-wall journey around metro-Washington, from the ruins of a once fashionable mall, to a psychiatric ward in a military hospital, to the office of the Attorney General of the United States. With the help of redheaded amazon Cheri Tarte ("the perfect combination of sweet and tangy"), Gimbel is on the trail of a dangerous - and possibly imaginary - conspiracy to steal a presidential election and fundamentally transform America.

For thirty years, Nizam al-Mulk ruled the Seljuq Empire, wielding more power than the sultans he served-until the fall night in 1092 when an assassin's blade struck him down on the road to Baghdad. Among the papers he left behind, an unpublished manuscript warned that "damaging and odious enemies" had infiltrated the government. "One will not know the extent of their intrigues and their ruses until I am gone."Determined to learn who was behind the murder of his chief minister, but unable to trust his officials, the sultan turns to one of the smartest people he knows: Omar Khayyam-astronomer, mathematician, poet, scholar of shari'ah, and lover of wine.With little experience navigating the dangerous waters of court politics, Omar must race to solve the mystery against the background of a Muslim world on the verge of fundamental change.

A valiant father, courageous mother, and loyal children confront adversity intheir passage of life, death, and love.

I once asked George H.W. Bush his priorities. "Family, friends, and faith," he said. This book shows why. In The Longest Year, a valiant father, courageous mother, and loyal children confront adversity. Their family's passage of life, death, and love touches and teaches: Reading, we look within ourselves. Deeply felt and lyrically written, it bares the priorities that matter -- and why. Curt Smith, Former Presidential Speechwriter, Author, books including Voices of The Game The Longest Year is a moving portrait of a family coming to the grips with the impending loss of its patriarch. The Isenbergs' emotional journey of humor and heartache, laughter and love is sure to touch readers and remind them about what's most important in their own lives. Dave Kovaleski, Senior Writer Meetings Group Magazines