PUBLISHED BOOKS
Death, Taxes, and Turduckens
This is the gripping inside story of the largest tax-evasion case in U.S. history: the saga of ruthless billionaire Robert Brockman, indicted for $1.4 billion in alleged unpaid taxes.
Told through exclusive interviews with the agents and prosecutors who spent years building the case, it unfolds like a spy thriller. Encrypted messages, undercover stings, a lawyer’s mysterious suicide on the eve of trial, and a billionaire’s brazen dementia defense.
But this is about more than one case. America loses $447 billion a year to tax evasion, enough to cover six months of groceries for every household. The ultra-wealthy hide over $1 trillion offshore. This book reveals how they exploit a broken system and what it will take to fix it.
Out of the Melting Pot, Into the Fire
Out of the Melting Pot, Into the Fire reveals the dark reality behind policies that emphasize group distinctions: they have often unleashed ethnic conflict, violence, and even genocide. Drawing on historical examples from ancient Rome, Byzantium, Rwanda, and Bosnia, Jens Heycke shows how societies thrive when diverse peoples unite under a shared identity, and fail disastrously when governments divide citizens into competing groups.
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Supported by clear analysis and compelling stories, Heycke demonstrates that multicultural division not only fuels violence but also erodes economic growth, trust, and public well-being. This timely and provocative book offers a vital warning for America and other countries teetering between unity and division, vividly showing why the melting pot isn’t just a nice ideal: it’s an urgent necessity.
