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From the editor in chief of Variety and author of the New York Times bestseller "Ladies Who Punch", the never-fully-told, behind-the-scenes story of Donald Trump and The Apprentice, the long-running reality series that catapulted him to the White House.
Here for the first time is the definitive untold story of Donald Trump’s years as a reality TV star. Trump himself admits he might not have been president without The Apprentice. Now, just as he uncovered the chaos inside the daytime favorite The View in his bestselling "Ladies Who Punch", Ramin Setoodeh chronicles Trump’s dramatic tenure as New York’s ultimate boss in the boardroom, a mirage created by Survivor producer Mark Burnett and NBC boss Jeff Zucker.
With unprecedented access, including hours of interviews with Trump, his boardroom advisers George Ross and Carolyn Kepcher, Eric Trump, and some of the most memorable contestants, and writing with flair and authority, Setoodeh shares all the untold tales from this legendary show that has left its mark on popular culture, shaped the legend of its star, and ultimately changed American history.
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Peril
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Bob Woodward, Robert Costa
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The transition from President Donald J. Trump to President Joseph R. Biden Jr. stands as one of the most dangerous periods in American history. But 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.
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. 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 vivid, eyewitness accounts of what really happened.
Peril is supplemented throughout with never-before-seen material from secret orders, transcripts of confidential calls, diaries, emails, meeting notes and other personal and government records, making for an unparalleled history. It is also the first inside look at Biden’s presidency as he faces 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.
“We have much to do in this winter of peril,” Biden declared at his inauguration, an event marked by a nerve-wracking security alert and the threat of domestic terrorism.
Peril is the extraordinary story of the end of one presidency and the beginning of another, and represents the culmination of Bob Woodward’s news-making trilogy on the Trump presidency, along with Fear and Rage. And it is the beginning of a collaboration with fellow Washington Post reporter Robert Costa that will remind readers of Woodward’s coverage, with Carl Bernstein, of President Richard M. Nixon’s final days.
New York Times bestselling author of Fire And Fury and Siege completes the trilogy on the presidency of Donald J. Trump.
We all witnessed some of the most shocking and confounding political events of our lifetime: the careening last stage of Donald J. Trump’s reelection campaign, the president’s audacious election challenge, the harrowing mayhem of January 6, the buffoonery of the second impeachment trial. But what was really going on in the inner sanctum of the White House during these calamitous events? What did the president and his dwindling cadre of loyalists actually believe? And what were they planning?
Michael Wolff pulled back the curtain on the Trump presidency with his 2 previous bestsellers and now he closes the door on the presidency with a final, astonishingly candid account.
Wolff embedded himself in the White House in 2017 and gave us a vivid picture of the chaos that had descended on Washington. Almost four years later, Wolff finds the Oval Office even more chaotic and bizarre, a kind of Star Wars bar scene. At all times of the day, Trump, behind the Resolute desk, is surrounded by schemers and unqualified sycophants who spoon-feed him the “alternative facts” he hungers to hear―about COVID-19, Black Lives Matter protests, and, most of all, his chance of winning reelection. Once again, Wolff has gotten top-level access and takes us front row as Trump’s circle of plotters whittles down to the most enabling and the president reaches beyond the bounds of democracy as he entertains the idea of martial law and balks at calling off the insurrectionist mob that threatens the institution of democracy itself.
As the Trump presidency’s hold over the country spiraled out of control, an untold and human account of desperation, duplicity, and delusion was unfolding within the West Wing. Landslide is that story as only Michael Wolff can tell it.
Throughout history, personal liberty, free markets, and peaceable,
voluntary exchanges have been roundly denounced by tyrants and
often greeted with suspicion by the general public. Unfortunately,
Americans have increasingly accepted the tyrannical ideas of
reduced private property rights and reduced rights to profits, and
have become enamored with restrictions on personal liberty and
control by government. In this latest collection of essays selected
from his syndicated newspaper columns, Walter E. Williams takes on
a range of controversial issues surrounding race, education, the
environment, the Constitution, health care, foreign policy, and
more. Skewering the self-righteous and self-important forces
throughout society, he makes the case for what he calls the "the
moral superiority of personal liberty and its main ingredient -
limited government." With his usual straightforward insights and
honesty, Williams reveals the loss of liberty in nearly every
important aspect of our lives, the massive decline in our values,
and the moral tragedy that has befallen Americans today: our belief
that it is acceptable for the government to forcibly use one
American to serve the purposes of another.
Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given
area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject
in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of
travel. They are relevant but also visionary. This
thought-provoking Research Agenda examines themes within economic
studies that have become active areas of commentary for economists
of the Austrian School. Contributors establish their own
distinctive interpretations of how an Austrian Research Agenda
should appear, clearly demonstrating there is no set dogma within
Austrian economics. Chapters provide state-of-the-art dialogues
surrounding the many complex dimensions of Austrian economics,
including the School’s responses to behavioral economics and the
theory of public goods. This book portrays Austrian economics as
constantly evolving and its ultimate endeavour is to prompt further
contributions and discussions surrounding the Austrian School. This
erudite Research Agenda will be highly beneficial for graduate
students studying political economics, market processes and
economic development, seeking to understand the unique dimensions
of Austrian economics. It will also be of great value to academics
endeavouring to conduct comparative studies of different economic
schools of thought.
This insightful book sheds light on three competing ideological
windows on the world: conservatism, liberalism and socialism. David
Reisman explores the importance of these perspectives not only to
generating public policy, but also in our capacity to explain the
very nature of reality. Surveying the diversity of beliefs that
govern and guide contemporary society, Reisman illustrates the
pre-eminence of three all-encompassing meta-ideologies that capture
heterogenous philosophies. The book traces the history of these
meta-ideologies through key figures and moments in their
development, illuminating the paradox at the heart of political
beings: the conceptual wedding of independence and integration.
Refusing a partisan perspective, Reisman argues in favour of a
tolerant vision of society that promotes understanding as an avenue
by which to achieve the peaceable coexistence of plurality and
diversity. Offering a clear, intellectual and unbiased presentation
of contemporary political philosophy, this book is crucial reading
for researchers and students of social and political thought,
particularly those focusing on ideology and the history of
philosophy.
"The essential handbook for thinking and talking Democratic--must
reading not only for every Democrat but for every responsible
citizen" (Robert B. Reich, former Secretary of Labor and author of
"Beyond Outrage").
Voters cast their ballots for what they believe is right, for the
things that make moral sense. Yet Democrats have too often failed
to use language linking their moral values with their policies. The
Little Blue Book demonstrates how to make that connection clearly
and forcefully, with hands-on advice for discussing the most
pressing issues of our time: the economy, health care, women's
issues, energy and environmental policy, education, food policy,
and more. Dissecting the ways that extreme conservative positions
have permeated political discourse, Lakoff and Wehling show how to
fight back on moral grounds and in concrete terms. Revelatory,
passionate, and deeply practical, The Little Blue Book will forever
alter the way Democrats and progressives think and talk about
politics.
"I'd been an activist for years. I'd marched, protested, blocked
the road, been arrested. I'd exposed how banks and tax havens fuel
corruption, poverty and environmental destruction. I'd launched a
campaign that rewrote the laws on secret company ownership in
dozens of countries. My research had contributed to the cluster
munitions ban and a treaty to control the arms trade. But despite
these efforts, my discomfort about activism was growing. Was I part
of the problem too?" The Entangled Activist is the story of how
activism is entangled in the problems it seeks to solve, told by a
hard-hitting campaigner who through personal experience -- as well
as extensively researched psycho-social enquiry -- comes to look at
activism very differently. After years of thinking that her task
was to 'get the bastards,' campaigner, writer and reporter Anthea
Lawson came to see that activism often emerges from the same
troubles it is trying to fix, and that its demons, including
hypocrisy, saviourism, burnout and treating other people badly, can
be a gateway to understanding the depth of what really needs to
change. Drawing on her own experience, critical analysis and
interviews with leading activists, Lawson looks under the surface
of our attempts to change the world to offer a timely and
eye-opening vision for transformative work. By considering how
unexamined shadows and assumptions get in the way of
well-intentioned activist goals, and how those at the forefront of
sociopolitical change are often caught up in the very systems and
ideologies they seek to change, Lawson dismantles hierarchies that
have shaped the field for too long. The Entangled Activist is a
profound call to acknowledge our entanglement with the world. To
those who are worried about the state of things but are skeptical
of 'activism', it offers possibilities for action that go beyond
righteousness and reactivity. And to activists who so want to help,
it mindfully unearths a different starting place, one where
transforming ourselves is unwaveringly part of transforming the
world.
As the party that has won wars, reversed recessions and held prime
ministerial power more times than any other, the Conservatives have
played an undoubtedly crucial role in the shaping of contemporary
British society. And yet, the leaders who have stood at its helm -
from Sir Robert Peel to David Cameron, via Benjamin Disraeli,
Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher - have steered the party
vessel with enormously varying degrees of success.;With the
widening of the franchise, revolutionary changes to social values
and the growing ubiquity of the media, the requirements, techniques
and goals of Conservative leadership since the party's
nineteenth-century factional breakaway have been forced to evolve
almost beyond recognition - and not all its leaders have managed to
keep up.;This comprehensive and enlightening book considers the
attributes and achievements of each leader in the context of their
respective time and diplomatic landscape, offering a compelling
analytical framework by which they may be judged, detailed personal
biographies from some of the country's foremost political critics,
and exclusive interviews with former leaders themselves.; An
indispensable contribution to the study of party leadership,
British Conservative Leaders is the essential guide to
understanding British political history and governance through the
prism of those who created it.;Contributing authors include Matthew
d'Ancona, Tim Bale, Stuart Ball, Jim Buller, John Campbell, John
Charmley, Charles Clarke, Mark Davies, Patrick Diamond, David
Dutton, Dr Mark Garnett, Richard A. Gaunt, William Hague, Angus
Hawkins, Timothy Heppell, Andrew Holt, Michael Howard, Toby S.
James, Nigel Keohane, Jo-Anne Nadler, T. G. Otte, Anne Perkins,
Robert Saunders, Anthony Seldon, Andrew Taylor, D. R. Thorpe and
Alan Wager.
In the follow-up to the #1 New York Times bestseller Trump's War,
Michael Savage makes the case for President Trump in 2020.America
rolled into 2020 like a juggernaut, with the strongest economy in
its history and a renewed leadership role on the world stage.
President Trump was cruising to reelection on the strength of
record low unemployment, phase one of a historic trade deal, and a
more stable Middle East after the defeat of ISIS.Then, catastrophe
struck. A novel coronavirus originating in Wuhan, China, swept the
world, taking hundreds of thousands of lives and wreaking economic
and social destruction. As America battled to its feet and prepared
to reopen its economy, the tragic death of George Floyd at the
hands of a police officer lit a powder keg of political tension
waiting to explode after months of lockdown. As the November
elections approach, America is at war with itself to decide if it
will remain a land of freedom and opportunity, or whether a radical
new vision will emerge.Americans are searching for answers. Was the
American lockdown necessary to defeat Covid-19 or was it a
politically motivated strategy to harm President Trump's reelection
chances? Does the death of George Floyd represent a systemic
problem with American police or is the Left exploiting the tragedy
for political purposes? Where does legitimate protest end and
insurrection begin?A trained scientist who studied epidemiology for
his PhD and one of America's most popular conservative radio hosts
for the past twenty-six years, Dr. Michael Savage is uniquely
positioned to answer these burning questions. In OUR FIGHT FOR
AMERICA: THE WAR CONTINUES, Savage cuts through the propaganda and
noise to present a clear analysis of the crises and the political
and scientific motivations behind them. Michael Savage tells the
truth even when nobody wants to hear it and presents a clear vision
of what Americans must do to survive our most turbulent period in
decades.
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