And as their relationship rises to a new level, so do mounting tensions between the United States and China. As things unravel abroad, Bird and Angel's lie comes dangerously close to reality. On the home front, Bird must contend with a high-strung wife who entertains Olympic equestrian ambition, and the qualifying competition happens to be taking place in China. Now Fa and Gang must convince the world that the People's Republic is not out to kill the Dalai Lama, while maintaining Fa's small margin of power in the increasingly militaristic environment of the party. Meanwhile in China, mild-mannered President Fa Mengyao and his devoted aide Gang are maneuvering desperately against sinister party hard-liners Minister Lo and General Han. When Bird fails to uncover an authentic reason to slander the nation, he and Angel put the Washington media machine to work, spreading a rumor that the Chinese secret service is working to assassinate the Dalai Lama. Описание: In an attempt to gain congressional approval for a top-secret weapons system, Washington lobbyist 'Bird' McIntyre teams up with sexy, outspoken neocon Angel Templeton to pit the American public against the Chinese. To lose both looks like carelessness.' Just as Calvin Trillin and Joan Didion gave readers solace and insight into the experience of losing a spouse, Christopher Buckley offers consolation, wit, and warmth to those coping with the death of a parent, while telling a unique personal story of life with legends. Buckley maintains his sense of humor by recalling the words of Oscar Wilde: 'To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune. Writes Buckley: 'They were not - with respect to every other set of loving, wonderful parents in the world - your typical mom and dad.' As Buckley tells the story of their final year together, he takes readers on a surprisingly entertaining tour through hospitals, funeral homes, and memorial services, capturing the heartbreaking and disorienting feeling of becoming a 55-year-old orphan. He was their only child and their relationship was close and complicated. Buckley, the father of the modern conservative movement, and his mother, Patricia Taylor Buckley, one of New York's most glamorous and colorful socialites. Описание: In twelve months between 20, Christopher Buckley coped with the passing of his father, William F. Supreme Courtship is another classic Christopher Buckley comedy about the Washington institutions most deserving of ridicule.ISBN: 0446540951 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780446540957 Soon, Pepper finds herself in the middle of a constitutional crisis, a presidential reelection campaign that the president is determined to lose, and oral arguments of a romantic nature. Will Pepper, a straight-talking Texan, survive a confirmation battle in the Senate? Will becoming one of the most powerful women in the world ruin her love life? And even if she can make it to the Supreme Court, how will she get along with her eight highly skeptical colleagues, including a floundering Chief Justice who, after legalizing gay marriage, learns that his wife has left him for another woman. After one nominee is rejected for insufficiently appreciating To Kill A Mockingbird, the president chooses someone so beloved by voters that the Senate won't have the guts to reject her - Judge Pepper Cartwright, the star of the nation's most popular reality show, Courtroom Six.

President of the United States Donald Vanderdamp is having a hell of a time getting his nominees appointed to the Supreme Court.

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