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Decision Points
~ George W. Bush
In this candid and
gripping account, President George W.
Bush describes the critical decisions
that shaped his presidency and personal
life.
Decision Points brings
readers inside the Texas governor's
mansion on the night of the 2000
election, aboard Air Force One during
the harrowing hours after the attacks of
September 11, 2001, into the Situation
Room moments before the start of the war
in Iraq, and behind the scenes at the
White House for many other historic
presidential decisions.
A groundbreaking new
brand of presidential memoir, Decision
Points will
captivate supporters, surprise critics,
and change perspectives on eight
remarkable years in American history—and
on the man at the center of events. |
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Outliers
By
Malcolm Gladwell
Now that he's gotten us talking about the viral life
of ideas and the power of gut reactions, Malcolm Gladwell poses a more
provocative question in Outliers:
why do some people succeed, living remarkably productive and impactful
lives, while so many more never reach their potential?
Gladwell once again proves masterful in a genre he
essentially pioneered—the book that illuminates secret patterns behind
everyday phenomena. His gift for spotting an intriguing mystery, luring
the reader in, then gradually revealing his lessons in lucid prose, is
on vivid display.
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Tales of
Beedle the Bard
by J.K. Rowling
Offering the trademark wit and
imagination familiar to Rowling's legions of
readers--as well as Aesop's wisdom and the
occasional darkness of the Brothers Grimm--each of
these five tales reveals a lesson befitting children
and parents alike: the strength gained with a
trusted friendship, the redemptive power of love,
and the true magic that exists in the hearts of all
of us. Rowling's new introduction also comments on
the personal lessons she has taken from the
Tales, noting that the characters in Beedle's
collection "take their fates into their own hands,
rather than taking a prolonged nap or waiting for
someone to return a lost shoe," and "that magic
causes as much trouble as it cures." |
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The Shack
by Wiliam P. Young
Mackenzie Allen Philips' youngest
daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family
vacation and evidence that she may have been
brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack
deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later in
the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a
suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him
back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better
judgment he arrives at the shack on a wintry
afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare.
What he finds there will change Mack's world
forever. In a world where religion seems to grow
increasingly irrelevant "The Shack" wrestles with
the timeless question, "Where is God in a world so
filled with unspeakable pain?" The answers Mack gets
will astound you and perhaps transform you as much
as it did him. You'll want everyone you know to read
this book!
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The Audacity
of Hope - thoughts on reclaiming the American Dream
by Barack Obama
Obama engages themes raised in his
keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National
Convention, shares personal views on faith and
values and offers a vision of the future that
involves repairing a "political process that is
broken" and restoring a government that has fallen
out of touch with the people. Obama writes
insightfully, with vivid firsthand observations,
about politics and the compromises forced on
politicians by fund-raising, interest groups, the
media and legislative horse-trading. |
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