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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the White House Chiefs of Staff, whose choices have defined the course of our country—including a chapter on the chaos of the first Trump administration “Entertaining and engaging.”—The Wall Street Journal “Compelling...

At a time when cynicism toward romance is at an all-time high, Gatekeeper offers a counterintuitive message of hope for men: raise your standards. Transcend the history and habits that foster unworkable commitments. A better life is never free. It takes work. But maybe it’s time to expect more from ourselves, from our relationships, and from the women in our lives. Gatekeeper is the roadmap for any man starting out, starting over, or simply looking to improve his relationships with women. If commitment is our greatest investment, then our relationships should be among our most powerful assets.

When, in the course of a week, a young heroin addict is gunned down while trying to rob a convenience store, a narcotics dealer is found hanging from a bridge, and the granddaughter of a political bigwig dies of an overdose, Vermont detective Joe Gunther vows to stop the flow of drugs into his beloved state.

In the fall of 1999, New York Times education reporter Jacques Steinberg was given an unprecedented opportunity to observe the admissions process at prestigious Wesleyan University. Over the course of nearly a year, Steinberg accompanied admissions officer Ralph Figueroa on a tour to assess and recruit the most promising students in the country. The Gatekeepers follows a diverse group of prospective students as they compete for places in the nation's most elite colleges.

James Byrne's The Gatekeeper introduces Dez Limerick in the most anticipated new thriller in years. A highly trained team of mercenaries launches a well-planned, coordinated attack on a well-guarded military contractor - but they didn't count on one thing, the right man being in the wrong place...

The companion to the Oscar-nominated documentary, an unparalleled look inside Israel's security establishment. Imagine the following situation: You have just received a tip that six suicide bombers are making their way into the heart of Israel's major cities, each one to a different city, to set off explosions in the most crowded centers of population. How far would you go to stop the attacks?

Widely considered the first female presidential chief of staff, Marguerite "Missy" LeHand was the right-hand woman to Franklin Delano Roosevelt - both personally and professionally - for more than 20 years. Although her official title as personal secretary was relatively humble, her power and influence were unparalleled. Everyone in the White House knew one truth: if you wanted access to Franklin, you had to get through Missy. The Gatekeeper is a thoughtful, revealing, unsung-hero story about a woman ahead of her time.

Narration is provided by Joshua Swanson, also known for his work on The Mark of Athena and The Demigod Diaries by Rick Riordan. Award-winning author Robert Liparulo delivers the next book in the Dreamhouse Kings series in which the King family must confront the truth about their role as...

Matt is being punished for a crime he saw, but didn't commit. Instead of being locked up, he is being sent to the middle of nowhere to live with a new foster mom, as part of a government scheme called The Leaf Project. But Matt's new home provides anything but peace and quiet. His new guardian is involved in very sinister things, and the whole town seems to be on her side. The truth is much bigger than Matt or the town, but Matt is the only person who can stop the ultimate evil from being unleashed.

What if the delay in your destiny isn’t because of lack of effort—but because your gates are being guarded by unseen enemies in the midnight hour? While the world sleeps, spiritual battles rage over your future. Satanic sentinels stand at critical transition points, warring against your next level. If you don’t rise up and contend at the gate, the enemy will dictate what comes through it. Every gate has a guardian, and midnight is when these gatekeepers are most active—blocking breakthroughs, reinforcing bondage, and issuing demonic verdicts against your life. Many believers are ...

As Dean Parker takes a moment to celebrate the successful rescue of Magnus and Natalia, he’s reluctantly forced back into the field, the goal: save the dozen Gatekeepers trapped beyond the failing portals. Karo and Ableen align with Dean and his family, but when an unexpected twist sabotages the mission, their lives might be the cost of returning home.

What if the gate was never about truth - but about control? In The Gatekeepers, Justin Goldston, PhD exposes the invisible systems that decide who gets access, who gets amplified, and who gets dismissed. Gatekeeping isn’t just about jealous leaders or closed-minded institutions. It’s a structure. A pipeline. A set of mechanisms that quietly determine what counts as credible, publishable, searchable, fundable, or “orthodox.” From credential politics and syllabus control to algorithmic priesthoods and AI-driven retrieval systems, this book maps the modern gates shaping theology, ...

The bratva put a gun in my hand at age thirteen. Gave me freedom, a sense of belonging, and the family I never had. There’s no way I’m going to let this slip of a woman harm my boss. No matter how beautiful she is.

TJ Young has been surrounded by magic his entire life, yet he has never tapped into it...until now. Fourteen-year-old TJ grew up normal in a secret community of gifted diviners in the heart of modern-day Los Angeles. His powerful sister was ordained to lead his people into a new age of prosperity, but her mysterious death in Nigeria threatens to destroy the very foundations of TJ’s world. Desperate to pick up where his sister left off and uncover the secrets behind her questionable death, TJ commits himself to unlocking the magical heritage that has always eluded him.

When young medusa Ria inadvertently turns an entire village to stone, she and her older sister flee to Nelroote, an underground settlement populated by other non-humans also marginalised by society. There she becomes their gatekeeper, hoping to seek redemption and love…until her friendship...

It’s been four years since Dylan first encountered Derek, a demonic spirit, while under hypnosis. Now 18, Dylan is beginning to feel like he can lead a normal life again. His heart is set on college and a charming classmate at school. But his plans come to a screeching halt when Derek makes a sudden reappearance, looking more sinister than ever.

"How could we know that forever could end at seventeen?" Anyone passing through North Shore, Illinois, would think it was the most picture-perfect place ever, with all the lakefront mansions and manicured hedges and iron gates. No one talks about the fact that the brilliant, talented kids in...

His story is part myth and his life, part legend . . . History knows him as the gatekeeper of Pontius Pilate and as the man who cannot die. He is Cartaphilus, the ruthless Roman centurion cursed to immortality for his role in the Crucifixion of Christ. He wanders the earth in torturous perpetuity seeking absolution for his terrible crimes and waiting. Waiting for the return of the Son of God. Now, 2,000 years later, Cartaphilus's chance for redemption has come. The fallen angel Lucifer has grown weary of waiting for his earthly reign to begin. He devises a sinister plan to steal ancient ...

When Vatican security officer Sam Azim uncovers a manuscript tied to the Jesuit Illuminati, he joins a rogue quantum physicist and elite tactical team to expose a truth buried by ancient secret societies. Their journey leads from hidden catacombs beneath Rome to high-stakes escapes across Europe—racing against time to unlock quantum truths long suppressed by the New World Order.

Why did liberals support fascists? The answer may change how you understand the history of fascism—and why it keeps returning. This book is not another generic fascism book or a simplified warning about authoritarianism. It is a rigorous political essay on how fascism works, and why, again and again, liberal institutions and elites have failed to stop it. We hear it often, especially in left-wing debates: that liberalism is the antechamber of fascism. A provocation, certainly—but is it historically true? By examining the history of fascism across the twentieth century and into the ...