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From one of America’s leading geopolitical thinkers, the classic treatise on America's strategic mission in the modern world “The Grand Chessboard makes permanent contributions to the national debate over American foreign policy and power.”―Los Angeles Times In this seminal work...

From Politico’s National Political Reporter Alex Isenstadt, a fly-on-the-wall account of Donald Trump’s history-defying reelection campaign, illustrating how he overcame seemingly insurmountable challenges to return to the White House. Over the course of the last four years, the American...

The Swamp has been around for more than 150 years, and six major presidents have tried to drain it with varying degrees of success. Donald Trump promised to “Drain the Swamp”, by which he originally meant lobbyists. When he got in, he found an entirely different Swamp - a Deep State that had grown, layer upon layer, within the government. But he wasn’t the first to encounter entrenched Swamp opposition.

"This is a delightful account of one of the deepest and most fascinating explorations going on today at the frontier of our knowledge." —Carlo Rovelli, bestselling author of The Order of Time and Seven Brief Lessons on Physics A revelatory exploration of how a "theory of everything" depends...

"A groundbreaking exploration of corporate leadership that challenges conventional wisdom." - Hubert Joly, former CEO of Best Buy Being appointed CEO is seen by many as the pinnacle of success in business, but it is actually the first step in a journey of evolving stages requiring ongoing...

In a world where everything is perfect, yet the same day after day, Eve must decide if she wants to live forever in the garden with Adam and never know what lies beyond the walls. When she makes a choice with terrible consequences, the pain of mortality is swift. As she and Adam explore their new world, and her body changes, Eve discovers the sweetness of first love with the man who has always been at her side.

Master storyteller and best-selling author H. B. Moore brings to life the biblical account of Ruth as never before in this vivid retelling of her courageous and faithful life. Following the death of Ruth's husband, she finds herself at a crossroads. Rather than return to her family and hometown, the young widow makes a remarkable decision: she will remain with her mother-in-law, Naomi, as her caretaker and companion.

Gay Hendricks' bestselling book The Big Leap has sold over 350,000 copies since its original publication. That book outlined the idea of going beyond the listener's happiness ceiling, and into experiencing the joys of life in ever-growing ways. Now comes Hendricks' companion book, Your Big Leap Year, which breaks the larger goals explored in Hendricks’ bestseller into smaller daily steps, helping listeners move into immediate action and stop delaying their dreams. This 366-day (to accommodate leap years!) guidebook takes listeners on a journey to leave good behind in pursuit of extraordinary.

Mitsuhiro Matsunaga is an investor relations manager at a large development firm that’s currently in the process of constructing a new high-rise building. After claims surface online of fires breaking out, illness spreading, and human bones unearthed at the site, he ventures there himself to...

In Madison’s Militia, Carl T. Bogus illuminates why James Madison and the First Congress included the right to bear arms in the Bill of Rights. Linking together dramatic accounts of slave uprisings and electric debates over whether the Constitution should be ratified, Bogus shows that—contrary to conventional wisdom—the fitting symbol of the Second Amendment is not the musket in the hands of the minuteman on Lexington Green but the musket wielded by a slave patrol member in the South.

The internationally bestselling author of Last Child in the Woods seeks a deeper personal connection to nature during this time of ecoanxiety and upheaval by exploring his own backyard Long beloved for his insightful, inspiring nature writing, Richard Louv returns with his most personal book yet...

I would talk to the president before the chief of staff even saw the president in the morning. I walked into work, and I was already in the Oval Office talking to President Trump. It was rarely medical, to be honest with you; it was whatever was going on in the news. I’d be the first person he’d see in the morning. The president was completing tasks two to three hours before anybody else showed up in the West Wing to work. He’d get up at five o’clock in the morning and would be watching TV, tweeting, making phone calls, and doing all types of other tasks.

God loves you. And if you will let him, he will not only direct your path, but he will give you power to live. That’s what this book is all about: power for living. Let God give you power, not only to live, but to live abundantly.

In Modernizing Medicare, editors Robert Emmet Moffit and Marie Fishpaw bring together a rare combination of leading scholars and policy practitioners to outline a vision for Medicare reform and provide solutions for the millions of seniors whose health care depends on it. Contributors include a former Medicare trustee, a former Medicare administrator, and a former director of the Congressional Budget Office.

There are Giants in the land...and it has always been so as far as anyone can remember. They work side-by-side with the villagers, and whenever there is a job too difficult or a threat too great they are there to step in. The giants' presence gives the townspeople a special confidence about life. But the people have become much more dependent on the giants than they realize. One morning they rise to start their labors only to discover the giants have mysteriously disappeared.

With tensions mounting after the recent events of 9/11 and the U.S. on the brink of war, an evil exists that hasn’t yet been unleashed. What happens when an unseen enemy strikes the heart of the warrior whose mission is to find those responsible for the attacks? When forces of darkness engulf government officials all the way to the white house? For Peter Mercer, it turns suddenly and deeply personal.

Thomas finds himself at the mercy of the evil king of Westland. With no hope for escape, he must face an impossible test for survival amidst a quest for the greatest of all the giant secrets. Book three caps this award-winning trilogy with a danger-ridden triple quest: Save Thomas, redeem a lost people, and reverse the land's painful slide toward destruction. Can help be found in a mythical cave at the far edge of the world?

Tony is my appointed godfather. Over a period of time, he has relayed stories about himself and his family to me. To know him and to have listened to these stories, one realizes that these American people have undiluted Sicilian blood coursing through their veins. Tony is a man to be admired; To say that he is a simple man would be a conundrum. He is an imposing figure. A man in his seventies, showing determination and pride in his being. His physical appearance is most impressive, a well-dressed, good looking man with strong character lines etched in his face, exuding a commanding presence. His erect posture and carriage belies his seventy plus years.

Book two of the Giants Trilogy follows Thomas as a much older man now serving as the Land's Forest Ward and two of his grandchildren (17 year old Tommy and 13 year old Rose). Tommy is one of three prodigals who have either given up on their hopes and dreams, had them crushed by events or have attempted to hide from their responsibilities. Each are overcome by sudden and terrible events that stem from a great menace threatening the land and all the giants have created in a thousand years. They and an aging hero are caught up in this struggle for the survival.