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Jared Kushner was one of the most consequential presidential advisers in modern history For the first time, he recounts what happened behind closed doors during the Trump presidencyFew White House advisors have had such an expansive portfolio or constant access to the president From his office next to Trump, senior adviser Jared Kushner operated quietly behind the scenes, preferring to leave the turf wars and television sparring to others&nbspNow, Kushner finally tells his story8212a fast-paced and surprisingly candid account of how an earnest businessman with no political ambitions found himself pulled into a presidency that no one saw coming&nbspBreaking History takes readers inside debates in the Oval Office, double-crosses at the United Nations, tense meetings in Arab palaces, high-stakes negotiations, and the daily barrage of leaks, false allegations, investigations, and West Wing infightingA true historical thriller, this book is not your typical political memoir Kushner details Washington's intense resistance to change and reveals how he broke through the stalemates of the past An outsider among outsiders, Kushner was a results-driven executive among beltway power brokers He questioned old assumptions and delivered unprecedented results on trade, criminal justice reform, production of COVID-19 vaccines, and Middle East peace His successful negotiation of the Abraham Accords, the most significant diplomatic breakthrough in 50 years, earned him a nomination for the Nobel Peace PrizeWritten by one of the few people by Trump's side from his trip down the golden escalator to his final departure from Andrews Air Force Base,&nbspBreaking History&nbspprovides the most honest, nuanced, and definitive understanding of a presidency that will be studied for generations***** Now 41, Kushner was involved in brokering Trump's US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement and drafting and passing the 2018 First Step Act that included prison and criminal sentencing reforms He helped lead the White House COVID-19 response in 2020 and led efforts to broker diplomatic relations between Israel and four Arab countries during the final months of Trump's term 8212New York Post
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One of the most anticipated autobiographies of this generation, Arnold Schwarzenegger's Total Recall is the candid story of one of the world's most remarkable actors, businessmen, and world leaders Born in the small city of Thal, Austria, in 1947, Arnold Schwarzenegger moved to Los Angeles at the age of 21 Within 10 years, he was a millionaire businessman After 20 years, he was the world's biggest movie star In 2003, he was elected governor of California and became a household name around the world Chronicling his embodiment of the American Dream, Total Recall covers Schwarzenegger's high-stakes journey to the United States, from creating the international bodybuilding industry out of the sands of Venice Beach, to breathing life into cinema's most iconic characters, and becoming one of the leading political figures of our time Proud of his accomplishments and honest about his regrets, Schwarzenegger spares nothing in sharing his amazing story
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In this revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J Trump and the toxic family that made him, Mary L Trump, a trained clinical psychologist and Donald8217s only niece, shines a bright light on the dark history of their family in order to explain how her uncle became the man who now threatens the world8217s health, economic security, and social fabricMary Trump spent much of her childhood in her grandparents8217 large, imposing house in the heart of Queens, where Donald and his four siblings grew up She describes a nightmare of traumas, destructive relationships, and a tragic combination of neglect and abuse She explains how specific events and general family patterns created the damaged man who currently occupies the Oval Office, including the strange and harmful relationship between Fred Trump and his two oldest sons, Fred, Jr, and DonaldA firsthand witness to countless holiday meals and family interactions, Mary brings an incisive wit and unexpected humor to sometimes grim, often confounding family events She recounts in unsparing detail everything from her uncle Donald8217s place in the family spotlight and Ivana8217s penchant for regifting to her grandmother8217s frequent injuries and illnesses and the appalling way Donald, Fred Trump8217s favorite son, dismissed and derided him when he began to succumb to Alzheimer8217sNumerous pundits, armchair psychologists, and journalists have sought to parse Donald J Trump8217s lethal flaws Mary L Trump has the education, insight, and intimate familiarity needed to reveal what makes Donald, and the rest of her clan, tick She alone can recount this fascinating, unnerving saga, not just because of her insider8217s perspective but also because she is the only Trump willing to tell the truth about one of the world8217s most powerful and dysfunctional families
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The former attorney general provides a candid account of his historic tenures serving two vastly different presidents, George HW Bush and Donald J TrumpWilliam Barr8217s first tenure as attorney general under President George HW Bush was largely the result of chance, while his second tenure under President Donald Trump a deliberate and difficult choice In this candid memoir, Barr takes listeners behind the scenes during seminal moments of the 1990s, from the LA riots to Pan Am 103 and Iran Contra Thirty years later, Barr faced an unrelenting barrage of issues, such as Russiagate, the COVID outbreak, civil unrest, the impeachments, and the 2020 election fallout One Damn Thing After Another is vivid, forthright, and essential not only to understanding the Bush and Trump legacies but also how both men viewed power and justice at critical junctures of their presidencies
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Now available unabridged on audio for the first timeNumber one New York Times best sellerOne of Essence's 50 Most Impactful Black Books of the Past 50 YearsIn this iconic memoir of his early days, Barack Obama&nbsp8220guides us straight to the intersection of the most serious questions of identity, class, and race8221 (The Washington Post Book World)In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a Black African father and a White American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a Black American It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father - a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man - has been killed in a car accident This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey - first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his mother8217s family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family, confronts the bitter truth of his father8217s life, and at last reconciles his divided inheritance
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INSTANT NEW YORKTIMES BESTSELLER 8220It8217s a hell of a story8221 8212The New York Times 8220A stunning and revelatory memoir8221 8212OprahDaily From MSNBC anchor and New York Times bestselling author Katy Tur, a shocking and deeply personal memoir about a life spent chasing the news 8220By the time I was two years old, I knew to yell 8216Story! Story!8217 at the squawks of my parents8217 police scanner By four, I could hold a microphone and babble my way through a kiddie news report By the time I was in high school, though, my parents had lost it all Their marriage Their careers Their reputations8221 When a box from her mother showed up on Katy Tur8217s doorstep, months into the pandemic and just as she learned she was pregnant with her second child, she didn8217t know what to expect The box contained thousands of hours of video8212the work of her pioneering helicopter journalist parents They grew rich and famous for their aerial coverage of Madonna and Sean Penn8217s secret wedding, the Reginald Denny beating in the 1992 Los Angeles riots, and OJ Simpson8217s notorious run in the white Bronco To Tur, these family videos were an inheritance of sorts, and a reminder of who she was before her own breakout success as a reporter In Rough Draft, Tur writes about her eccentric and volatile California childhood, punctuated by forest fires, earthquakes, and police chases8212all seen from a thousand feet in the air She recounts her complicated relationship with a father who was magnetic, ambitious, and, at times, frightening And she charts her own survival from local reporter to globe-trotting foreign correspondent, running from her past Tur also opens up for the first time about her struggles with burnout and impostor syndrome, her stumbles in the anchor chair, and her relationship with CBS Mornings anchor Tony Dokoupil (who quite possibly had a crazier childhood than she did) Intimate and captivating, Rough Draft explores the gift and curse of family legacy, examines the roles and responsibilities of the news, and asks the question: To what extent do we each get to write our own story?
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Read why the historical account of the 56 Signers of The Declaration of Independence and the story behind the 4th of July are so critically important8230before they and the 4th of July are banned from American societyThe urgent need to honor the 56 Signers of The Declaration of Independencecame to Douglas MacKinnon, fittingly enough, on the 4th of JulyWhile doing research for a column meant to remind the American people of that date8217s critical importance, he came across example after example of those from the Left and the Far-Left82118211be they in the mainstream media, activists, or anarchists82118211calling for not only the 8220canceling8221 of the 4th of July, but the continued smearing, censorship, and canceling of our Founding FathersOne overriding thought then filled his mind:8220What if they are successful?8221Those who believe such totalitarian censorship could never come to be in the United States of America, need only review how quickly and brutally many on the Left were able to create the 8220Woke Cancel Culture8221 to silence those they oppose todayNow they come for Thomas Jefferson, Richard Henry Lee, Benjamin Franklin and others who courageously signed The Declaration of IndependenceThat document and those men created our history History which should never be bent, twisted, censored, or banned to fit any ideological narrative If it is good, let us praise it If it is bad, let us condemn it and learn from it But let us never twist, censor, or cancel itAnd yet, more and more followers of the Left want to do just that As they control the media, academia, entertainment, science, and medicine8230who is to stop them?Time is of the essence We must find our voices The 56 left the blueprint:Liberty
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The first comprehensive, fully up-to-date biography of Vladimir Putin, woven into the tumultuous saga of Russia over the last sixty years Vladimir Putin is the world8217s most dangerous man Alone among world leaders, he has the power to reduce the United States and Europe to ashes in a nuclear firestorm and has threatened to do so He invades his neighbors, most recently Ukraine, meddles in western elections, and orders assassinations inside and outside Russia His regime is autocratic and deeply corrupt But that is only half the storyUnflinching, hard-hitting, and objective, Philip Short8217s biography gives us the whole tale, up to the present day To the fullest extent anyone has yet been able, Short cracks open the strongman8217s thick carapace to reveal the man underneath those bare-chested horseback rides In this deeply researched account, readers meet the Putin who slept in the same room as his parents until he was twenty-five years old, who backed out of his wedding right beforehand, and who learned English in order to be able to talk to George W BushVladimir Putin is wreaking havoc in Europe, threatening global peace and stability and exposing his fellow citizens to devastating economic countermeasures Yet puzzlingly many Russians continue to support him This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the many facets of the man behind the mask that Putin wears on the world stageDrawing on almost two hundred interviews conducted over eight years in Russia, the United States, and Europe and on source material in more than a dozen languages, Putin will be the last word for years to come
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The first book from Ruth Bader Ginsburg since becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993 - a witty, engaging, serious, and playful collection of writings and speeches from the woman who has had a powerful and enduring influence on law, women's rights, and popular culture My Own Words is a selection of writings and speeches by Justice Ginsburg on wide-ranging topics, including gender equality, the workways of the Supreme Court, being Jewish, law and lawyers in opera, and the value of looking beyond US shores when interpreting the US Constitution Throughout her life Justice Ginsburg has been (and continues to be) a prolific writer and public speaker This book contains a sampling selected by Justice Ginsburg and her authorized biographers, Mary Hartnett and Wendy W Williams Justice Ginsburg has written an introduction to the book, and Hartnett and Williams introduce each chapter, giving biographical context and quotes gleaned from hundreds of interviews they have conducted This is a fascinating glimpse into the life of one of America's most influential women This audiobook features archival original recordings of Justice Ginsburg8217s speeches and bench announcements
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This classic of American literature, a dramatic autobiography of the early life of an American slave, was first published in 1845, when its author had just achieved his freedom It is a story that shocked the world with its first-hand account of the horrors of slavery The book was an incredible success It sold over 30,000 copies and was an international best seller His eloquence gives a clear indication of the powerful principles that led Douglas to become the first great African-American leader in the United States
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