Bob woodward audio book5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Two days after the January 6, 2021, violent assault on the United States Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump, General Mark Milley, the nation’s senior military officer and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, placed an urgent call on a top secret, back-channel line at 7:03 a.m. It is also the first inside look at Biden’s presidency as he began his presidency facing the challenges of a lifetime: the continuing deadly pandemic and millions of Americans facing soul-crushing economic pain, all the while navigating a bitter and disabling partisan divide, a world rife with threats, and the hovering, dark shadow of the former president. Intimate scenes are supplemented with never-before-seen material from secret orders, transcripts of confidential calls, diaries, emails, meeting notes and other personal and government records, making Peril an unparalleled history. This classic study of Washington takes readers deep inside the Trump White House, the Biden White House, the 2020 campaign, and the Pentagon and Congress, with eyewitness accounts of what really happened. ![]() Woodward and Costa interviewed more than 200 people at the center of the turmoil, resulting in more than 6,000 pages of transcripts-and a spellbinding and definitive portrait of a nation on the brink. stands as one of the most dangerous periods in American history.īut as #1 internationally bestselling author Bob Woodward and acclaimed reporter Robert Costa reveal for the first time, it was far more than just a domestic political crisis. ![]()
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Purity jonathan franzen review5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() And as with Freedom, there’s a lengthy scene which involves human faeces. ![]() As with Freedom, it spans decades and examines, in detail, the conflicts within a suburban American family. As with Freedom, it has its good bits and its not so good bits. The Corrections is commonly heralded as a 21 st century masterpiece. Wow! While the book as a whole isn’t without its faults, I still found it enjoyable enough to buy The Corrections a couple of years later. To my surprise though, it doesn’t only feature a Bright Eyes concert it also namedrops Jeff Tweedy and Michael Stipe. The first Franzen novel I read was Freedom, which I decided to pick up purely for the fact that one of its main characters goes to a Bright Eyes concert. For some reason, I decided that I was feeling like a Big American Novel, and so I turned to an author who is usually seen as one of the best recent purveyors of Big American Novels: Jonathan Franzen. There’s always the question of what to read, though. Like a lot of people, I realised pretty early on that one of the potential upsides of lockdown was the opportunity to spend more time reading. ![]() ![]() Gaskell understood the value of domesticity to the female writer: for all that it was suffocating, it was also a shieldĮnter Mrs Gaskell, who knew how the game was played. ![]() Even Dickens’s reputation was hurt when he separated from his wife imagine what a similar tenor of gossip did to the career and immediate legacy of a woman without Dickens’s connections, resources or privileges. ![]() But if people don’t read your books because they think you’re a whore, that is not exciting at all. The idea that Brontë was, in the words of one article, “ a filthy minx” seems to us irrelevant now (if luridly exciting). There were rumours of an embarrassing incident with a married man in Brussels, and when she fell in love, she was awkward and obvious in her affections. ![]() A single woman with an unnerving whiff of sex about her, she wrote big and lustful books. Brontë was a challenging figure to her contemporaries. ![]() The wounded heart by dr dan b allender5/13/2023 ![]() With a new introduction reflecting on the ongoing importance of the book, and a companion workbook for personal and group recovery, The Wounded Heart continues to offer an urgently needed word of grace in a world ravaged by sexual abuse.ĭr. The Wounded Heart has sold over 400,000 copies and has been the first book family, friends, counselors, pastors, and victims have turned to in search of Christian answers to the calamity of sexual abuse. Ultimately Dan offers the bold assurance to sexual abuse victims that even they can find their way to joy and hope in the comforting embrace of a good God. ![]() His work continues to help victims and those who love them to honestly acknowledge their abuse, understand the unique challenge of repentance for victims of abuse, and learn to love boldly in defiance of their trauma. Thirty years ago, with great courage and vision, Dan Allender brought Christians to the table to acknowledge, understand, and help victims heal from their experience of the evil of sexual abuse. ![]() ![]() For those who have experienced childhood sexual abuse and those who love and care for them, The Wounded Heart offers a tender, compassionate window into the psychological effects of abuse and the theological foundations for healing. ![]() Barefoot in the sand roxanne st claire5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() I don’t know about you, but when I check out an author's bio, it’s usually because I’ve read a book I liked and wondered about the person behind it. Jocelyn has guided countless clients to happiness-but can she escape the rainy days of her past for a new sunny future with Will? ![]() Shocked by the change in her father's personality, Jocelyn struggles to reconcile her dark childhood with the sweet, confused man who has grown close to Will. But the reunion with Jocelyn doesn't go smoothly. To Will Palmer, Guy Bloom is more than the elderly, senile neighbor he looks after-he's the last connection to Jocelyn, the woman Will loved and lost. and still capable of turning her world inside out. Now nothing about the tiny island off the coast of Florida is quite how she remembers it, especially Will Palmer. ![]() She left Barefoot Bay-and the boy next door who knew all her secrets-years ago. When "Life Coach to the Stars" Jocelyn Bloom is embroiled in scandal, the only place she can hide is the one place she wishes she could forget. ![]() ![]() Fortunately, Maureen Johnson doesn't take any of the easy paths or settle for obvious "lessons" with her characters so what we end up with is a rich exploration of growth, friendship, relationships, and family with just the right pacing of events to move the story along. She's pretty aggressive and that always bugs me. And I thought I'd have a harder time with Aunt Peg than I actually did. She's pretty passive and that always bugs me. ![]() I thought I'd have a harder time with Ginny than I actually did. When her aunt Peg dies and leaves her a stack of envelopes with travel instructions, Ginny reluctantly begins following the path they describe. Yes, she knows that she is shy, even with her aunt Peg (who she loves wholeheartedly), but she's okay with that. She doesn't get into trouble, she gets good grades, and she follows the rules. ![]() I loved this book and I'm afraid this review won't do it justice. ![]() King of Carnage by R.E. Bond5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() "As we learned in the Venom series and the King In Black event, nobody who’s ever bonded with a symbiote completely dies their consciousness is imprinted forever in the symbiote hive," Johnson explained to SYFY WIRE. ![]() ![]() If you read King in Black, you know that Carnage was seemingly down for the count by the end of it, but it's hard to keep a creature that vicious down for long, even if his favorite host Cletus Kasady doesn't technically have a physical form anymore. This event kickoff issue, written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson (who recently relaunched Marvel's Alien comics) and drawn by Manuel Garcia ( Lords of Empyre: Emperor Hulkling), will pick up in the wake of the symbiote-redefining King in Black event, and set in motion Carnage's new dark plan for the remaining symbiotes. It's the perfect climate for the most dangerous of them all to return, and today SYFY WIRE has an exclusive first look at what that return looks like in the pages of Extreme Carnage Alpha #1. In the wake of the events of King in Black, the world is more aware than ever of the threat symbiotes might pose, and humanity is scared and angry. ![]() This summer, one of Marvel Comics' most vicious villains will step back into the spotlight with Extreme Carnage, a new event headlined by the legendary scarlet symbiote himself and co-starring several of his most prominent symbiote siblings. ![]() Hatchet book 25/13/2023 ![]() ![]() Retrieved This article about a 1990s young adult novel is. “Vividly written, a book that will, as intended, please the readers who hoped that Paulsen, like Brian, would ‘do it again. SuggestionThe River by Gary Paulsen (Brian. He's survived with only a hatchet before-now can Brian build a raft and navigate an unknown river?įor the first time it's not only Brian's survival that's at stake. ![]() ![]() Brian's only hope is to transport Derek a hundred miles down the river to a trading post. But a freak storm leaves Derek unconscious. This time Derek Holtzer, a government psychologist, will accompany him. Two years after Brian Robeson survived fifty-four days alone in the Canadian wilderness, the government wants him to head back so they can learn what he did to stay alive. The government sends Brian back to the Canadian wilderness in this beloved follow-up to the award-winning classic Hatchet from three-time Newbery Honor-winning author Gary Paulsen! ![]() ![]() ![]() In addition to the books, Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends have entertained children and adults alike over the years, as the characters came alive in animated films and television programs produced by the Walt Disney Company. 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Many of us remember growing up with the books written by A.A. ![]() On October 14 and beyond, take a moment to remember Winnie-the-Pooh (or Pooh Bear). ![]() Deadweather and sunrise by geoff rodkey5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() His father runs the uglyfruit plantation with a keen eye for business and a thumping for anyone not pulling their weight. Here’s what awaited me in the New Lands, where lies the smelly island Deadweather – and other islands with varying stink-levels – sit surrounded by the Blue Sea:Įgbert is the youngest of three siblings, the only children on Deadweather island. Because even though I don’t like to read by no landlubberly rules, it’s sometimes best to start at the beginning. There are three books currently available in the series, but I started at the beginning with Deadweather And Sunrise. ![]() ![]() But several stalwart and fervent young readers of the 9-12 persuasion have recommended Geoff Rodkey’s series to me – especially on Pirate Fridays when I make a point to wear stripes and my little spyglass – so I figured it was high time I set off at full sail into The Chronicles Of Egg. Usually I gravitate towards stand-alone books in my reading ventures, because life is too damn short. Alas and alack! My pile of Pirate Books To Tackle has grown so monstrous that I should have avoided starting a new series on top of everything. ![]() |