Political Satire

An American politician, frustrated with the inner workings of the political systems, demands dues be paid by Great Britain for the War of 1812. After being institutionalized and thrown out of office, he finds himself uncovering a plot no one would have ever imagined. This third release by Sir Wisely McDickens takes a different tone than his first two releases, but within this dramatic tail, you'll find much of the same humor that has made Sir Wisely a house hold name in the very household he resides in.

Blending fact and fiction, China Dream is an unflinching satire of totalitarianism. Ma Daode, a corrupt and lecherous party official, is feeling pleased with himself. He has an impressive office, three properties, and multiple mistresses who text him day and night. After decades of loyal service, he has been appointed director of the China Dream Bureau, charged with replacing people's private dreams with President Xi Jinping's great China Dream of national rejuvenation.

A Dark Comedy about a Dysfunctional Family of Four of the World's Best Assassins The Charon/McIntosh clan is your typical dysfunctional family. They also happen to be four of the world’s best assassins. A mysterious and beautiful young woman arrives at the office of contract killer/mercenary Michael Charon and informs him the lost love of his life has been brutally murdered. This starts a wild chase to find the killer and along the way Michael discovers the identity of the man who had betrayed him years earlier and even more startling, the reason why. Rod Pennington last 15 titles have ...

“If winning is wrong, I don’t want to be right—but I am right—FOUR MORE YEARS OF HUMP!” – Donal Hump, 45th President You can’t trump Hump! Support Donal Hump, the greatest president in the history of his country—and possibly any country that’s ever existed—as he fights for YOU and THE WORLD, with every tight-chested toddle he can muster. Set in a universe which utilizes such outrageous fiction—perhaps the most outrageous we’ve ever seen—it wi—might even be the most outrageous in history—it will stretch your imagination to its term limits and beyond. President ...

When Funk, the quiet, ethical auditor of Kansas City, announces he wants to run for Mayor against an entrenched political regime, his wife, Gloria, puts aside her own ambitions - temporarily (ha!) - to run his campaign.Here is a true story of democracy at work: a rented, broken-down trailer for HQ; a campaign cobbled together by scrounging, loans, and thousands in family savings; a staff of one plus volunteers; fear, anxiety, financial instability, and the recognition that with Funk’s resignation as city auditor, the family has no income unless he wins. Gloria is the glorious heroine of ...

London, 2045. Three months into the Coffee Wars, and Britain's caffeine supplies are at critical levels. Brits are drinking even more tea than usual, keeping a stiff upper lip and praying for an end to it all. A secret government coffee stockpile could save the day...but then mysteriously disappears overnight. One man is asked to unravel the missing-coffee mystery. His name is Pond. Howie Pond. And he's in desperate need of a triple espresso.

He's big. He's bold. He's brash. And as the new governor of Minnesota, Jimmy (Big Boy) Valente is the most compelling figure to appear on the state - and national - political landscape in decades.

The new King of American Politics (and former UWA World Champion) tells all to best-selling author, public radio show host, and fellow Minnesotan Garrison Keillor. This is satire at its best, delivered as only Keillor can.

Cyril Rush is the heir to a large American business fortune. He was pushed out of the family and is being hunted by his uncle to prevent him from inheriting what is rightfully his. Cyril has been in hiding and while doing so, has developed a number of skills that are neither socially, nor legally, acceptable. There are various killings ("Call me Connie"), a very funny counterfeiting operation and many other anti-social acts culminating in a very realistic assassination of both the predatory uncle and the President of the United States. Cyril and his band of merry pranksters cross the ...

“Acerbic, funny, …a delightfully heightened portrayal of modern society.” Kirkus Reviews Feel the Burn by Carra Roe is a razor-sharp satire that chronicles an affluent, dysfunctional family from New York City as they navigate the treacherous waters of modern American politics. At the center of this darkly comedic tale are three siblings: a populist brother with presidential ambitions, a progressive sister who will stop at nothing to prevent her brother's political ambitions from being realized, and a third sibling intent on keeping the peace. Meanwhile, the family’s fallen patriarch...

The Committee, an international cabal of industrialists and media barons, is on the verge of privatizing all information. Dear Diary, an idealistic online Underground, stands in the way of that takeover, using radical politics, classic spycraft, and technology that makes Big Data look like dial-up. Into this secret battle stumbles an unlikely trio: Leila Majnoun, a disillusioned non-profit worker; Leo Crane, an unhinged trustafarian; and Mark Deveraux, a phony self-betterment guru who works for the Committee.

From the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature, a "brilliant...enchanting novel" (New York Times Book Review) of romance, deceit, religion, and magic set in 18th-century Portugal at the height of the Inquisition.

Care to sell your soul? Imagine all that money! Fear not 'tis but a metaphor. Simply look inside this book and see for yourself! it's a sort of "how to manual" with many insiders definitions... And the salesman is handsome, vaguely foreign, & possessed of obvious...Intelligence. He has an air of sophistication for he is "a man of wealth and taste". A witty look at the strange world of inter-dimensional diplomatic missions , . . The Devil's Diplomatic Dictionary brings a light-hearted laugh to the world of diplomacy, providing funny definitions of the most common terms and phrases of ...

THAT IS ONE ANGRY MONKEY! A.E. Williams opines on more matters of concern to thinking people, philosophers and chicken farmers. CODE MONKEY follows the trajectory set by ROCKET SURGEON, as A.E. Williams opens up a can of whoop-ass on science, technology, politics and religion. Yeah, all those uncomfortable subjects that polite people eschew during cocktail party banter are just gristle for the mill as far as Williams is concerned. Rocket Surgeon was just the first stage! Code Monkey ramps it up with a second-stage-to-orbit collection of articles, essays and unpublished works that will leave...

In What Just Happened?! Marina Hyde slashes her way through the hellscape of post-referendum politics, where the chaos never stops. Clamber aboard as we relive every inspirational moment of magic, from David Cameron to Theresa May to Boris Johnson.

In politics, winning is the ONLY thing that matters. Two-term incumbent U.S. Senator Finn Harper envisioned a cakewalk election to a third term, followed by his ultimate goal — a successful run for the U.S. Presidency. That was before a young, and popular state senator named Maria Santos broke with the party and entered the race. Now Harper and his campaign staff of cast-offs and wannabes are fighting for their political lives. Hired by a pain-in-the-neck client to follow an ex-con, PI Earl Town begins to suspect he has become part of a conspiracy by a powerful U.S. senator to paint his ...

The Printed Threat is a postmodern allegory set in New York City after the near total institutionalization of Orwellian information control. After The Theory and Practice to E.S.P. was published and people began to recognize lies, the book was banned and all information, news, fiction, poetry and so on, became strictly regulated. This is the story of the first book dealer in literature, a marijuana dealer turned literature dealer in postmodern New York City.

She was 19 when the obsession began. With Trump. With guns. With power. In Trump’s Mouthpiece: The Making of a Press Secretary (Volume One), Karoline Leavitt’s hunger isn’t just political—it’s biblical, erotic, and all-consuming. From the moment she first heard his voice, she knew Donald J. Trump wasn’t just a president. He was Him. Her God. Her purpose. Her only way to matter in a world that worships dominance and punishes devotion. As America burns through presidencies and collapses under scandal, Karoline claws her way to His side—offering loyalty, silence, sex, and ...

Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman gives an understated and exemplary performance of this satiric look at the unreality of American media culture. Chance, the enigmatic gardener, becomes Chauncey Gardiner after getting hit by a limo belonging to a Wall Street tycoon. The whirlwind that follows brings Chance to his new status of political policy advisor and possible vice presidential candidate. His garden-variety political responses, inspired by television, become heralded as visionary, and he is soon a media icon.

Fed up with the Republican Right? Then you'll love Al Franken's scathingly hilarious look at America's largest talk show host and his conservative cronies. Funny yet uncompromisingly fair, Franken tackles the issues - and the politicians - in ways few have dared.

An analysis of whether Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan should be read as satire.