Michael Goodwin

"Vice Versa mischievously turns the 2020 election upside down. With his sharp wit and fast-paced dialogue, Goodwin's portrayal of partisan American politics will cause the reader to both laugh out loud and maybe quietly mourn."--William Smith, PhD, author of Democracy and Imperialism Vice Versa offers an incisive and funny send up of the 2020 presidential election. Goodwin is tough on both sides of the political spectrum. And by making us smile, he also shows a way out of our divisive politics.--Nadia Schadlow, Former White House Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy, Sr. Fellow The Hudson Institute and author, War and the Art of Governance: Consolidating Combat Success Into Political VictoryImagine if the 2020 presidential election were the mirror image of 2016, as the Biden campaign is accused of receiving aid from the People's Republic of China. In this alternative universe, the media is mostly pro-Trump and the FBI rife with MAGA supporters. Gary Wang, a low-level Biden staffer, somehow becomes the center of the maelstrom and is pursued by the media, politicians, and the FBI. Vice Versa is a satirical take on the comedy and tragedy of current American media and politics. Michael Goodwin has adopted an understated but commendable style of writing with Vice Versa. There is no slapstick comedy here, simply a well-written account where the ironies of American politics are subtly portrayed, but nevertheless in a bold and hard-hitting manner. Vice Versa exposes the ugly side of politics, from the informants, lobbyists, leaks to the press, disinformation, abuse of social media, and divided loyalties, to the bribery and corruption over campaign funding.-Reviewed by Leonard William Smuts for Readers' Favorite

Bolshe komiksov i graficheskikh romanov v navigatore po proektu MIF. Komiksy. Eto knigi s zakruchennym sjuzhetom, neobychnymi gerojami i velikolepnymi illjustratsijami. Prikljuchenija, biografii, nauchpop i istorii, ponjatnye bez slov! Posmotrite samiPerevodchik: Konstantinova JulijaRedaktor: Malakhova EkaterinaKhudozhnik: Burr Den

Bolshe komiksov i graficheskikh romanov v navigatore po proektu MIF. Komiksy. Eto knigi s zakruchennym sjuzhetom, neobychnymi gerojami i velikolepnymi illjustratsijami. Prikljuchenija, biografii, nauchpop i istorii, ponjatnye bez slov! Posmotrite samiPerevodchik: Konstantinova JulijaRedaktor: Malakhova EkaterinaKhudozhnik: Burr Den

" Goodwin has surprising sensitivity and wisdom that is unusual in such a young poet." - Charlotte Gordon ( Author of Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley)

Stimulus: plans: good or bad? Jobs: can we afford them? Money: who's got it? Everybody's talking about the economy, but how can you evaluate what they're saying? How can we, the people, understand what the banks or government knows (or says they know)? Author Michael Goodwin asked himself the same questions and came up with a good answer: explore the development of economic thought, examine the reality of economic practice, add a wry sense of humour and tell all through the graphic medium. In a word, Economix. Goodwin's wit and clarity of writing along with artist Dan Burr's quirky, iconic art transform the "dismal science" of economics into a fun, fact-filled story about human nature and our attempts to make the most of what we've got . . . and sometimes what our neighbors have got. Economix explains it all from the beginning of Western economic thought to markets, free or otherwise, to economic failures, successes and anomalies, to how our modern economy is grappling with war, climate change and resource limitations. The book's graphic format means complex ideas can be comprehensive and accessible.

"Vengeance is in my heart, death in my hand, blood and revenge are hammering in my head". Such were the Shakespearian sentiments simmering in one man's soul since being bullied at school forty years earlier. But Sam's philosophy was more straightforward. Although he had regrets and one in particular, he saw no point in harbouring grudges. But his view was about to change, as his regrets and the vengeance of someone else converged.

Martin Stallworth is a black man trying to make it on Wall Street. As a junk bond salesman with the investment bank Whorman Skeller & Co., he has a chance to prove his worth when the firm plans to launch a major high yield bond deal for a satellite communications company called Lodestar. Because Lodestar has important connections to the US Department of Defense, Martin and the other junk bond salespersons know their jobs are on the line if they don't sell the deal. Their desperation to do so leads to an act of espionage and murder. Martin somehow finds himself as the accused perpetrator of both. Both the cops and a gang of Chinese thugs under the command of a rogue hedge fund trader are hot on his trail. "Junk combines a satirical send-up of a typical investment bank with elements of a fast-paced thriller. While the narrative action is riveting, Goodwin's characterizations and descriptive writing attain the level of serious literary fiction.