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venerdì 30 aprile 2021
Decision Points by George W. Bush
In this candid and gripping account, President George W. Bush describes
the critical decisions that shaped his presidency and personal life.
George
W. Bush served as president of the United States during eight of the
most consequential years in American history. The decisions that reached
his desk impacted people around the world and defined the times in
which we live.
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.
For the first time, we learn President Bush's perspective and insights on:
- His decision to quit drinking and the journey that led him to his Christian faith
- The selection of the vice president, secretary of defense, secretary of state, Supreme Court justices, and other key officials
- His relationships with his wife, daughters, and parents, including heartfelt letters between the president and his father on the eve of the Iraq War
- His administration's counterterrorism programs, including the CIA's enhanced interrogations and the Terrorist Surveillance Program
- Why the worst moment of the presidency was hearing accusations that race played a role in the federal government’s response to Hurricane Katrina, and a critical assessment of what he would have done differently during the crisis
- His deep concern that Iraq could turn into a defeat costlier than Vietnam, and how he decided to defy public opinion by ordering the troop surge
- His legislative achievements, including tax cuts and reforming education and Medicare, as well as his setbacks, including Social Security and immigration reform
- The relationships he forged with other world leaders, including an honest assessment of those he did and didn’t trust
- Why the failure to bring Osama bin Laden to justice ranks as his biggest disappointment and why his success in denying the terrorists their fondest wish—attacking America again—is among his proudest achievements
Since leaving office, President George W. Bush has led the George W. Bush Presidential Center at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. The center includes an active policy institute working to advance initiatives in the fields of education reform, global health, economic growth, and human freedom, with a special emphasis on promoting social entrepreneurship and creating opportunities for women around the world. It will also house an official government archive and a state-of-the-art museum that will open in 2013.
giovedì 29 aprile 2021
The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason and Suze Orman
Beloved by millions, George S. Clason’s classic business book reveals
the financial principles that hold the key to personal wealth—now with a
new introduction by Suze Orman.
THE SUCCESS SECRETS OF THE ANCIENTS—AN ASSURED ROAD TO HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY
Countless readers have been helped by the famous “Babylonian parables,”
hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of
thrift, financial planning, and personal wealth. In language as simple
as that found in the Bible, these fascinating and informative stories
set you on a sure path to prosperity and its accompanying joys.
Acclaimed as a modern-day classic, this celebrated bestseller offers an
understanding of—and a solution to—your personal financial problems that
will guide you through a lifetime.
This is the business book
that holds the secrets to keeping your money—and making more. May they
prove for you, as they have proven for millions of others, a sure key to
gratifying financial progress.
mercoledì 21 aprile 2021
Out of Many, One: Portraits of America's Immigrants by George W. Bush
In this powerful new collection of oil paintings and stories,
President George W. Bush spotlights the inspiring journeys of America’s
immigrants and the contributions they make to the life and prosperity of
our nation.
The issue of immigration stirs intense emotions
today, as it has throughout much of American history. But what gets
lost in the debates about policy are the stories of immigrants
themselves, the people who are drawn to America by its promise of
economic opportunity and political and religious freedom—and who
strengthen our nation in countless ways.
In the tradition of Portraits of Courage, President Bush’s #1 New York Times bestseller, Out of Many, One brings
together forty-three full-color portraits of men and women who have
immigrated to the United States, alongside stirring stories of the
unique ways all of them are pursuing the American Dream. Featuring men
and women from thirty-five countries and nearly every region of the
world, Out of Many, One shows how hard work, strong values,
dreams, and determination know no borders or boundaries and how
immigrants embody values that are often viewed as distinctly American:
optimism and gratitude, a willingness to strive and to risk, a deep
sense of patriotism, and a spirit of self-reliance that runs deep in our
immigrant heritage. In these pages, we meet a North Korean refugee
fighting for human rights, a Dallas-based CEO who crossed the Rio Grande
from Mexico at age seventeen, and a NASA engineer who as a girl in
Nigeria dreamed of coming to America, along with notable figures from
business, the military, sports, and entertainment. President Bush
captures their faces and stories in striking detail, bringing depth to
our understanding of who immigrants are, the challenges they face on
their paths to citizenship, and the lessons they can teach us about our
country’s character.
As the stories unfold in this vibrant book,
readers will gain a better appreciation for the humanity behind one of
our most pressing policy issues and the countless ways in which America,
through its tradition of welcoming newcomers, has been strengthened by
those who have come here in search of a better life.
lunedì 5 aprile 2021
Wyandotte Bound by George T. Arnold
Bound, like many other strong words, finds its meaning in the
perceptions of those it affects. To the Van Sheltons, it is positive and
deep-rooted, defining their ties to a vast amount of land abundant in
the timber, cattle, and silver that make them the wealthiest and the
most powerful family in the town of Wyandotte and influential throughout
the state of Nevada.
To J.D. Rohr, who has no money and few
prospects, bound is a hopeful force, driving him to Wyandotte, where he
assumes the identity of Jesse Bodine in a desperate attempt to live in
obscurity, hiding from his reputation as one of the West’s most feared
gunfighters.
For Dr. Frederick Albert Carlisle, an aristocratic
Boston physician who becomes Jesse’s friend despite their romantic
rivalry, bound is a magnetic lure that compels him to abandon his Beacon
Hill mansion, his upper-class privileges, and his affluent patients in a
quest to give meaning to his life by serving poor westerners sorely in
need of his healing knowledge.
As for Honoria Lowell Blaire and
Lillian Tomlinson Wellesley, blue-blooded descendants of two of New
England’s oldest and most distinguished families, bound represents the
chains that will bind them to “a God-forsaken wilderness” if they choose
to live with the men they love instead of clinging to their pampered
lives among America’s nobility.
And for the incomparably
beautiful Jolene Lloyd, being bound is the same as virtual imprisonment
when she is coerced into saving her family from financial catastrophe by
being shackled to a ruthless, emasculated tyrant driven by hatred and
bitterness to take control of Wyandotte and force the mighty Van
Sheltons to grovel at his feet.
These and the other men and women
of Wyandotte, the good and the bad, battle for a quarter of a century
to determine their region’s fate during the fading years of the Western
Frontier.
domenica 4 aprile 2021
Master Your Destiny : What Famous Peoples' Lives Teach by George Kouloukis
The moment you’ve finished reading this book, you’ll be able to learn
whether the years just ahead are good or bad for you, and how long this
season will last. You’ll be able thus to act accordingly: if there is a
storm on the horizon, you’ll take shelter in time; if sunny days loom
ahead, you’ll take advantage of it before the opportunity passes. In
short, you’ll be able to take crucial decisions regarding your career,
marriage, family, relationships, and all other life’s issues.
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