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Unstoppable recounts the fascinating life of Siggi Wilzig, who survived
the hell of Hitler and Auschwitz to become one of the biggest success
stories in post-World War II American business--a true embodiment of
the American Dream. At a time of national division, this testament to
the triumph of the human spirit over horrific tragedy through fortitude
and faith offers an inspiring message that will both resonate with
readers today and offer enormous hope for a better future.
Unstoppable is the story of an American hero--a man who survived the
hell of Auschwitz to become one of the most successful, mesmerizing,
and outrageous personalities in postwar America. Siggi Wilzig was a
force of nature: a Holocaust survivor who arrived in New York penniless
and without formal education at just twenty one years old yet went on
to build a $4 billion oil-and-banking empire. This is the ultimate
immigrant story, an epic rags-to-riches adventure that follows Siggi
from starvation on death marches to dinner at the White House--a story
that starts in Auschwitz and ends with one of the most lucrative bank
sales in Wall Street history. A survivor's saga in a category of its
own, Unstoppable does not dwell on tragedy, but instead celebrates
Siggi's ingenuity, hope, resolve and message: no matter how cruel or
unjust the world may be, humans can overcome the past to achieve a
bright future.
Joshua Green s Devil's Bargain took us inside the defining story of
the 2016 cycle, the populist takeover of the Republican Party and
Stave Bannon s partnership with Donald Trump to storm the White
House. Now, Joshua Green gives us the defining story of the 2020
cycle, written with his inimitable access, razor-sharp political
acumen, and character-driven storytelling elan. Whatever the
ultimate result in November, the story Joshua Greenss book tells
offers a brilliant and enthralling optic on the larger structural
changes roiling our country, and the world.
Milton H. Greene (1922-1985), famous for his fashion photography
and celebrity portraits from the golden age of Hollywood, met
Marilyn Monroe on a photo shoot for Look magazine in 1953. The pair
developed an instant rapport, quickly becoming close friends and
ultimately business partners. In 1954, after helping her get out of
her studio contract with 20th Century Fox, they created Marilyn
Monroe Productions, Inc. Milton and Marilyn were much more then
business partners, Marilyn became a part of the Greene family. By
the time their relationship had ended in 1957, the pair had
produced two feature films, in addition to more than 5,000
photographs of the iconic beauty. There was magic in Milton and
Marilyn's working relationship. The trust and confidence they had
in each other's capabilities was on full display in each photo.
Greene passed in 1985, thinking his life's work was succumbing to
the ravages of time. His eldest son, Joshua, began a journey to
meticulously restore his father's legacy. A photographer himself,
Joshua spent years researching ways to restore his father's
photographs as well as cataloguing and promoting Milton's vast body
of work all over the world. After spending nearly two decades
restoring his father's archive, Joshua Greene and his company are
widely regarded as one of the leaders in photographic restoration
and have been at the forefront of the digital imaging and
large-format printing revolution. Now Joshua Greene, in conjunction
with Iconic Images, presents The Essential Marilyn Monroe: Milton
H. Greene, 50 Sessions. With 280 photographs, including many
never-before published and unseen images, newly scanned and
restored classics, as well as images that have appeared only once
in publication, Greene's Marilyn Monroe archive can finally be
viewed as it was originally intended when these pictures were first
produced more than 60 years ago. These classic sessions - 50 in all
- cover Monroe at the height of her astonishing beauty and meteoric
fame. From film-sets to the bedroom, at home and at play, Joshua
has curated a lasting tribute to the work of a great photographer
and his greatest muse. Poignant and powerful, joyful and stunning -
these breath-taking images of an icon stand above all the rest. The
Essential Marilyn Monroe: Milton H. Greene, 50 Sessions is sure to
be a book that will become the platinum standard in photography
monographs. Numbered to only 250 copies, this deluxe edition will
be produced with the highest quality paper and cloth binding,
packaged in a stunning cloth clamshell presentation case. Each book
will come with a limited edition estate-stamped print, measuring
355 x 279mm, from Marilyn's 'Negligee Sitting', which will be hand
numbered, and a letter of authenticity from the Milton Greene
estate.
Milton H. Greene (1922-1985), famous for his fashion photography
and celebrity portraits from the golden age of Hollywood, met
Marilyn Monroe on a photo shoot for Look magazine in 1953. The pair
developed an instant rapport, quickly becoming close friends and
ultimately business partners. In 1954, after helping her get out of
her studio contract with 20th Century Fox, they created Marilyn
Monroe Productions, Inc. Milton and Marilyn were much more then
business partners, Marilyn became a part of the Greene family. By
the time their relationship had ended in 1957, the pair had
produced two feature films, in addition to more than 5,000
photographs of the iconic beauty. There was magic in Milton and
Marilyn's working relationship. The trust and confidence they had
in each other's capabilities was on full display in each photo.
Greene passed in 1985, thinking his life's work was succumbing to
the ravages of time. His eldest son, Joshua, began a journey to
meticulously restore his father's legacy. A photographer himself,
Joshua spent years researching ways to restore his father's
photographs as well as cataloguing and promoting Milton's vast body
of work all over the world. After spending nearly two decades
restoring his father's archive, Joshua Greene and his company are
widely regarded as one of the leaders in photographic restoration
and have been at the forefront of the digital imaging and
large-format printing revolution. Now Joshua Greene, in conjunction
with Iconic Images, presents The Essential Marilyn Monroe: Milton
H. Greene, 50 Sessions. With 280 photographs, including many
never-before published and unseen images, newly scanned and
restored classics, as well as images that have appeared only once
in publication, Greene's Marilyn Monroe archive can finally be
viewed as it was originally intended when these pictures were first
produced more than 60 years ago. These classic sessions - 50 in all
- cover Monroe at the height of her astonishing beauty and meteoric
fame. From film-sets to the bedroom, at home and at play, Joshua
has curated a lasting tribute to the work of a great photographer
and his greatest muse. Poignant and powerful, joyful and stunning -
these breath-taking images of an icon stand above all the rest. The
Essential Marilyn Monroe: Milton H. Greene, 50 Sessions is sure to
be a book that will become the platinum standard in photography
monographs. Numbered to only 250 copies, this deluxe edition will
be produced with the highest quality paper and cloth binding,
packaged in a stunning cloth clamshell presentation case. Each book
will come with a limited edition estate-stamped print, measuring
355 x 279mm, from Marilyn's 'Bed Sitting', which will be hand
numbered, and a letter of authenticity from the Milton Greene
estate.
Milton H. Greene (1922-1985), famous for his fashion photography
and celebrity portraits from the golden age of Hollywood, met
Marilyn Monroe on a photo shoot for Look magazine in 1953. The pair
developed an instant rapport, quickly becoming close friends and
ultimately business partners. In 1954, after helping her get out of
her studio contract with 20th Century Fox, they created Marilyn
Monroe Productions, Inc. Milton and Marilyn were much more then
business partners, Marilyn became a part of the Greene family. By
the time their relationship had ended in 1957, the pair had
produced two feature films, in addition to more than 5,000
photographs of the iconic beauty. There was magic in Milton and
Marilyn's working relationship. The trust and confidence they had
in each other's capabilities was on full display in each photo.
Greene passed in 1985, thinking his life's work was succumbing to
the ravages of time. His eldest son, Joshua, began a journey to
meticulously restore his father's legacy. A photographer himself,
Joshua spent years researching ways to restore his father's
photographs as well as cataloging and promoting Milton's vast body
of work all over the world. As a result, Joshua established "The
Archives," a company committed to the restoration and preservation
of photography. After spending nearly two decades restoring his
father's archive, Joshua Greene and his company are widely regarded
as one of the leaders in photographic restoration and have been at
the forefront of the digital imaging and large-format printing
revolution. Now Joshua Greene, in conjunction with Iconic Images,
presents The Essential Marilyn Monroe: Milton H. Greene, 50
Sessions. With 280 photographs, including newly scanned and
restored classics, as well as images that have appeared only once
in publication, Greene's Marilyn Monroe archive can finally be
viewed as it was originally intended when these pictures were first
produced more than 60 years ago. These classic sessions - 50 in all
- cover Monroe at the height of her astonishing beauty and meteoric
fame. From film-sets to the bedroom, at home and at play, Joshua
has curated a lasting tribute to the work of a great photographer
and his greatest muse. Poignant and powerful, joyful and stunning -
these breathtaking images of an icon stand above all the rest. The
Essential Marilyn Monroe: Milton H. Greene, 50 Sessions is sure to
be a book that will become the platinum standard in photography
monographs.
"The Boston Globe"
"Surprising and remarkable... Toggling between big ideas,
technical details, and his personal intellectual journey, Greene
writes a thesis suitable to both airplane reading and PhD
seminars."
Our brains were designed for tribal life, for getting along with a
select group of others (Us) and for fighting off everyone else
(Them). But modern times have forced the world's tribes into a
shared space, resulting in epic clashes of values along with
unprecedented opportunities. As the world shrinks, the moral lines
that divide us become more salient and more puzzling. We fight over
everything from tax codes to gay marriage to global warming, and we
wonder where, if at all, we can find our common ground.
A grand synthesis of neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy,
"Moral Tribes" reveals the underlying causes of modern conflict and
lights the way forward. Greene compares the human brain to a
dual-mode camera, with point-and-shoot automatic settings
("portrait," "landscape") as well as a manual mode. Our
point-and-shoot settings are our emotions--efficient, automated
programs honed by evolution, culture, and personal experience. The
brain's manual mode is its capacity for deliberate reasoning, which
makes our thinking flexible. Point-and-shoot emotions make us
social animals, turning Me into Us. But they also make us tribal
animals, turning Us against Them. Our tribal emotions make us
fight--sometimes with bombs, sometimes with words--often with
life-and-death stakes.
An award-winning teacher and scientist, Greene directs Harvard
University's Moral Cognition Lab, which uses cutting-edge
neuroscience and cognitive techniques to understand how people
really make moral decisions. Combining insights from the lab with
lessons from decades of social science and centuries of philosophy,
the great question of "Moral Tribes "is this: How can we get along
with Them when what they want feels so wrong to Us?
Ultimately, Greene offers a set of maxims for navigating the
modern moral terrain, a practical road map for solving problems and
living better lives. "Moral Tribes" shows us when to trust our
instincts, when to reason, and how the right kind of reasoning can
move us forward.
A major achievement from a rising star in a new scientific field,
"Moral Tribes" will refashion your deepest beliefs about how moral
thinking works and how it can work better.
"A fascinating read." - Associated Press. Joshua Greene, who
studied meditation with the legendary Beatle George Harrison, draws
on personal remembrances, recorded conversations, and firsthand
accounts to create a moving portrait of Harrison's spiritual life,
his profound contribution to the Beatles' music, and previously
unpublished anecdotes about his time with music legends Bob Dylan,
Elvis Presley, and others. "Many well known artists have touched
people's hearts with their music, but few have ever succeeded in
touching people's souls. That was George's gift, and his story is
described here with affection and taste. A wonderful book." - Mia
Farrow. Joshua M. Greene (Long Island, NY) is the author of two
acclaimed previous nonfiction books and the producer of numerous
award winning films. His articles have been published
internationally, and his books on the Holocaust were adapted for
broadcast on PBS and the Discovery Channel.
How sharing, linking, and liking have transformed the media and
marketing industries Spreadable Media is a rare inside look at
today's ever-changing media landscape. The days of corporate
control over media content and its distribution have been replaced
by the age of what the digital media industries have called
"user-generated content." Spreadable Media maps these fundamental
changes, and gives readers a comprehensive look into the rise of
participatory culture, from internet memes to presidential tweets.
The authors challenge our notions of what goes "viral" and how by
examining factors such as the nature of audience engagement and the
environment of participation, and by contrasting the concepts of
"stickiness"-aggregating attention in centralized places-with
"spreadability"-dispersing content widely through both formal and
informal networks. The former has often been the measure of media
success in the online world, but the latter describes the actual
ways content travels through social media. The book explores the
internal tensions businesses face as they adapt to this new,
spreadable, communication reality and argues for the need to shift
from "hearing" to "listening" in corporate culture. Now with a new
afterword addressing changes in the media industry, audience
participation, and political reporting, and drawing on modern
examples from online activism campaigns, film, music, television,
advertising, and social media-from both the US and around the
world-the authors illustrate the contours of our current media
environment. For all of us who actively create and share content,
Spreadable Media provides a clear understanding of how people are
spreading ideas and the implications these activities have for
business, politics, and everyday life, both on- and offline.
Unstoppable recounts the fascinating life of Siggi Wilzig, who
survived the hell of Hitler and Auschwitz to become one of the
biggest success stories in post-World War II American business--a
true embodiment of the American Dream. At a time of national
division, this testament to the triumph of the human spirit over
horrific tragedy through fortitude and faith offers an inspiring
message that will both resonate with readers today and offer
enormous hope for a better future. Unstoppable is the story of an
American hero--a man who survived the hell of Auschwitz to become
one of the most successful, mesmerizing, and outrageous
personalities in postwar America. Siggi Wilzig was a force of
nature: a Holocaust survivor who arrived in New York penniless and
without formal education at just twenty one years old yet went on
to build a $4 billion oil-and-banking empire. This is the ultimate
immigrant story, an epic rags-to-riches adventure that follows
Siggi from starvation on death marches to dinner at the White
House--a story that starts in Auschwitz and ends with one of the
most lucrative bank sales in Wall Street history. A survivor's saga
in a category of its own, Unstoppable does not dwell on tragedy,
but instead celebrates Siggi's ingenuity, hope, resolve and
message: no matter how cruel or unjust the world may be, humans can
overcome the past to achieve a bright future.
Our brains were designed for tribal life, for getting along with a
select group of others (Us), and for fighting off everyone else
(Them). But modern life has thrust the world's tribes into a shared
space, creating conflicts of interest and clashes of values, along
with unprecedented opportunities. As the world shrinks, the moral
lines that divide us become more salient and more puzzling. We
fight over everything from tax codes to gay marriage to global
warming, and we wonder where, if at all, we can find our common
ground. A grand synthesis of neuroscience, psychology, and
philosophy, Moral Tribes reveals the underlying causes of modern
conflict and lights a way forward. Our emotions make us social
animals, turning Me into Us. But they also make us tribal animals,
turning Us against Them. Our tribal emotions make us fight,
sometimes with bombs, sometimes with words, and often with
life-and-death stakes. Drawing inspiration from moral philosophy
and cutting-edge science, Moral Tribes shows when we should trust
our instincts, when we should reason, and how the right kind of
reasoning can move us forward. Joshua Greene is the director of
Harvard University's Moral Cognition Lab, a pioneering scientist, a
philosopher, and an acclaimed teacher. The great challenge of Moral
Tribes is this: How can we get along with Them when what they want
feels so wrong? Finally, Greene offers a surprisingly simple set of
maxims for navigating the modern moral terrain, a practical road
map for solving problems and living better lives.
A book of the year for Waterstones, the Daily Telegraph, The Times,
the FT, and the Irish Independent. The instant #1 New York Times
bestseller. From the reporter who was there at the very beginning
comes the revealing inside story of the partnership between Steve
Bannon and Donald Trump - the key to understanding the rise of the
alt-right, the fall of Hillary Clinton, and the hidden forces that
drove the greatest upset in American political history. Based on
dozens of interviews conducted over six years, Green spins the
master narrative of the 2016 campaign from its origins in the far
fringes of right-wing politics and reality television to its
culmination inside Trump's penthouse on election night. The
shocking elevation of Bannon to head Trump's flagging presidential
campaign on August 17, 2016, hit political Washington like a
thunderclap and seemed to signal the meltdown of the Republican
Party. Bannon was a bomb-throwing pugilist who'd never run a
campaign and was despised by Democrats and Republicans alike. Yet
Bannon's hard-edged ethno-nationalism and his elaborate, years-long
plot to destroy Hillary Clinton paved the way for Trump's unlikely
victory. Trump became the avatar of a dark but powerful worldview
that dominated the airwaves and spoke to voters whom others
couldn't see. Trump's campaign was the final phase of a populist
insurgency that had been building up in America for years, and
Bannon, its inscrutable mastermind, believed it was the culmination
of a hard-right global uprising that would change the world. Any
study of Trump's rise to the presidency is unavoidably a study of
Bannon. Devil's Bargain is a tour-de-force telling of the
remarkable confluence of circumstances that decided the election,
many of them orchestrated by Bannon and his allies, who really did
plot a vast, right-wing conspiracy to stop Clinton. To understand
Trump's extraordinary rise and Clinton's fall, you have to weave
Trump's story together with Bannon's, or else it doesn't make
sense.
From the reporter who was there at the very beginning comes the revealing inside story of the partnership between Steve Bannon and Donald Trump—the key to understanding the rise of the alt-right, the fall of Hillary Clinton, and the hidden forces that drove the greatest upset in American political history.
Based on dozens of interviews conducted over six years, Green spins the master narrative of the 2016 campaign from its origins in the far fringes of right-wing politics and reality television to its culmination inside Trump’s penthouse on election night. The shocking elevation of Bannon to head Trump’s flagging presidential campaign on August 17, 2016, hit political Washington like a thunderclap and seemed to signal the meltdown of the Republican Party. Bannon was a bomb-throwing pugilist who’d never run a campaign and was despised by Democrats and Republicans alike. Yet Bannon’s hard-edged ethno-nationalism and his elaborate, years-long plot to destroy Hillary Clinton paved the way for Trump’s unlikely victory.
Trump became the avatar of a dark but powerful worldview that dominated the airwaves and spoke to voters whom others couldn’t see. Trump’s campaign was the final phase of a populist insurgency that had been building up in America for years, and Bannon, its inscrutable mastermind, believed it was the culmination of a hard-right global uprising that would change the world. Any study of Trump’s rise to the presidency is unavoidably a study of Bannon.
Devil’s Bargain is a tour-de-force telling of the remarkable confluence of circumstances that decided the election, many of them orchestrated by Bannon and his allies, who really did plot a vast, right-wing conspiracy to stop Clinton. To understand Trump's extraordinary rise and Clinton’s fall, you have to weave Trump’s story together with Bannon’s, or else it doesn't make sense.
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