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“Richard Norton Smith had brought a lifetime of wisdom, insight,
and storytelling verve to the life of a consequential
president—Gerald R. Ford. Ford’s is a very American life, and
Smith has charted its vicissitudes and import with great grace and
illuminating perspective. A marvelous achievement!” -- Jon
Meacham From the preeminent presidential scholar and acclaimed
biographer of historical figures including George Washington,
Herbert Hoover, and Nelson Rockefeller comes this eye-opening life
of Gerald R. Ford, whose presidency arguably set the course for
post-liberal America and a post-Cold War world. For many Americans,
President Gerald Ford was the genial accident of history who
controversially pardoned his Watergate-tarnished predecessor,
presided over the fall of Saigon, and became a punching bag on
Saturday Night Live. Yet as Richard Norton Smith reveals in a book
full of surprises, Ford was an underrated leader whose tough
decisions and personal decency look better with the passage of
time. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and thousands of documents,
Smith recreates Ford’s hardscrabble childhood in Michigan, his
early anti-establishment politics and lifelong love affair with the
former Betty Bloomer, whose impact on American culture he predicted
would outrank his own. As president, Ford guided the nation through
its worst Constitutional crisis since the Civil War and broke the
back of the most severe economic downturn since the Great
Depression—accomplishing both with little fanfare or credit (at
least until 2001 when the JFK Library gave him its prestigious
Profile in Courage Award in belated recognition of the Nixon
pardon). Less coda than curtain raiser, Ford's administration
bridged the Republican pragmatism of Eisenhower and Nixon and the
more doctrinaire conservatism of Ronald Reagan. His introduction of
economic deregulation would transform the American economy, while
his embrace of the Helsinki Accords hastened the collapse of the
Soviet Union. Illustrated with sixteen pages of black-and-white
photos, this definitive biography, a decade in the making, will
change history’s views of a man whose warning about presidential
arrogance (“God help the country”) is more relevant than ever.
Described by a former senior Intelligence official as a
‘long-term thorn in the side of the intelligence
establishment’, Richard Norton-Taylor reveals the secrets of his
forty-year career as a journalist covering the world of spies and
their masters in Whitehall. Early in his career, Norton-Taylor
successfully campaigned against official secrecy, gaining a
reputation inside the Whitehall establishment and the outside world
alike for his relentless determination to expose wrongdoing and
incompetence. His special targets have always been the security and
intelligence agencies and the Ministry of Defence, institutions
that often hide behind the cloak of national security to protect
themselves from embarrassment and accountability. Encouraged by his
trusted contacts in intelligence agencies and Whitehall
departments, Norton-Taylor was among the first of the few
journalists to consistently attack the planned invasion of Iraq in
2003, and subsequently covered the devastating evidence of every
witness in the Chilcot inquiry in the Guardian . With unique access
to a wide array of defence sources, The State of Secrecy offers a
provocative and rare insight into the disputes among top military
commanders as they struggled to fight wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
with under-resourced and ill-equipped troops. Winner of numerous
awards for his journalism, Norton-Taylor is one of the most
respected defence and security journalists of his generation. The
State of Secrecy is an illuminating, critical and provocative
account of the author’s experiences investigating this secret
world.
Value Engineering: Scenes from the Grenfell Inquiry is a verbatim
reconstruction of the Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry. Using only the
words spoken at the Inquiry, the play deals predominantly with Part
2 which ran between January 2020 - July 2021 in which evidence was
heard from those responsible for the disastrous refurbishment of
Grenfell Tower before the tragic fire. Edited by Richard
Norton-Taylor and directed by Nicholas Kent, the team behind
previous testimonial plays The Colour of Justice: The Stephen
Lawrence Inquiry and Bloody Sunday: Scenes from the Saville
Inquiry, this edited verbatim account of the Grenfell Inquiry is
aimed at giving the public an overview and access to some of the
most important evidence. The play shows how companies involved in
the refurbishment of the Tower conspired to cover up what they knew
about the dangerous and life-threatening materials used to
refurbish the Tower. It also reveals the incompetence and neglect
of local authorities. Staged in Notting Hill Tabernacle in October
2021, this features the full text of the play alongside additional
information on the context of Grenfell and the ongoing inquiry.
Julian of Norwichs Revelations of Divine Love grapples with the
same fundamental question that has vexed philosophers and
theologians since the advent of monotheistic religion, and
continues as a barrier to belief for many today. Namely, if God is
so good, how can natural disaster, genocide, trauma - and my
present suffering - occur? Historically, there have been two
apparently very different approaches to the problem: the pastoral,
or practical, on the one hand and the systematic on the other.
However, Richard Norton suggests that these two lines of thought
may not be as separate as they seem, and may indeed be dependent on
one another for their cohesion. Drawing on Julians medieval
experience of personal and population-wide suffering, alongside
that of more recent theologians such as Dorothy Solle and J'fcrgen
Moltmann, Norton constructs a com-passionate model of theodicy that
can be of use to both pastoral and systematic theologians.
Throughout, he remains sensitive to the raw atrocity of evil, while
preserving a vision of God as the one who ensures that all shall be
well.
Featuring a new prologue and conclusion and two new chapters on
recent developments With Hezbollah's entry into the Lebanese
government in 2009 and forceful intervention in the Syrian civil
war, the potent Shi'i political and military organization continues
to play an enormous role in the Middle East. A hybrid of militia,
political party, and social services and public works provider, the
group is the most powerful player in Lebanon. Policymakers in the
United States and Israel usually denounce Hezbollah as a dangerous
terrorist organization and refuse to engage with it, yet even its
adversaries need to contend with its durability and resilient
popular support. Augustus Richard Norton's incisive account stands
as the most lucid, informed, and balanced analysis of Hezbollah yet
written-and this expanded and fully updated third edition features
a new prologue and conclusion and two new chapters largely devoted
to the group's recent activities, including its involvement in
Syria. Hezbollah is a work of perennial importance and remains
essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the Middle
East.
What is unique about Richard Norton's book is that it is both a
field guide to observing meteors, and also a field guide to
locating, preparing and analysing meteorites. In addition to giving
the reader information about observing techniques for meteors, this
book also provides a fully detailed account of the types of
meteorites, how and where to find them, how to prepare and analyse
them. The book provides everything the amateur astronomer (or
geologist!) needs to know about meteors and meteorites. It is thus
the only complete book on the subject available at present.
“Richard Norton Smith had brought a lifetime of wisdom, insight,
and storytelling verve to the life of a consequential
president—Gerald R. Ford. Ford’s is a very American life, and
Smith has charted its vicissitudes and import with great grace and
illuminating perspective. A marvelous achievement!” -- Jon
Meacham From the preeminent presidential scholar and acclaimed
biographer of historical figures including George Washington,
Herbert Hoover, and Nelson Rockefeller comes this eye-opening life
of Gerald R. Ford, whose presidency arguably set the course for
post-liberal America and a post-Cold War world. For many Americans,
President Gerald Ford was the genial accident of history who
controversially pardoned his Watergate-tarnished predecessor,
presided over the fall of Saigon, and became a punching bag on
Saturday Night Live. Yet as Richard Norton Smith reveals in a book
full of surprises, Ford was an underrated leader whose tough
decisions and personal decency look better with the passage of
time. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and thousands of documents,
Smith recreates Ford’s hardscrabble childhood in Michigan, his
early anti-establishment politics and lifelong love affair with the
former Betty Bloomer, whose impact on American culture he predicted
would outrank his own. As president, Ford guided the nation through
its worst Constitutional crisis since the Civil War and broke the
back of the most severe economic downturn since the Great
Depression—accomplishing both with little fanfare or credit (at
least until 2001 when the JFK Library gave him its prestigious
Profile in Courage Award in belated recognition of the Nixon
pardon). Less coda than curtain raiser, Ford's administration
bridged the Republican pragmatism of Eisenhower and Nixon and the
more doctrinaire conservatism of Ronald Reagan. His introduction of
economic deregulation would transform the American economy, while
his embrace of the Helsinki Accords hastened the collapse of the
Soviet Union. Illustrated with sixteen pages of black-and-white
photos, this definitive biography, a decade in the making, will
change history’s views of a man whose warning about presidential
arrogance (“God help the country”) is more relevant than ever.
Julian of Norwichs Revelations of Divine Love grapples with the
same fundamental question that has vexed philosophers and
theologians since the advent of monotheistic religion, and
continues as a barrier to belief for many today. Namely, if God is
so good, how can natural disaster, genocide, trauma - and my
present suffering - occur? Historically, there have been two
apparently very different approaches to the problem: the pastoral,
or practical, on the one hand and the systematic on the other.
However, Richard Norton suggests that these two lines of thought
may not be as separate as they seem, and may indeed be dependent on
one another for their cohesion. Drawing on Julians medieval
experience of personal and population-wide suffering, alongside
that of more recent theologians such as Dorothy Solle and J'fcrgen
Moltmann, Norton constructs a com-passionate model of theodicy that
can be of use to both pastoral and systematic theologians.
Throughout, he remains sensitive to the raw atrocity of evil, while
preserving a vision of God as the one who ensures that all shall be
well.
Richard Norton-Taylor reveals the secrets of his forty-year career
as a journalist covering the world of spies and their masters in
Whitehall. Early in his career, Norton-Taylor successfully
campaigned against official secrecy, gaining a reputation inside
the Whitehall establishment and the outside world alike for his
relentless determination to expose wrongdoing and incompetence. His
special targets have always been the security and intelligence
agencies and the Ministry of Defence, institutions that often hide
behind the cloak of national security to protect themselves from
embarrassment and being held to account. Encouraged by his trusted
contacts in intelligence agencies and Whitehall departments,
Norton-Taylor was among the first of the few journalists
consistently to attack the planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 and
subsequently covered for the Guardian the devastating evidence of
every witness to the Chilcot inquiry. He also enjoyed unique access
to a wide array of defence sources, giving him a rare insight into
the disputes among top military commanders as they struggled to
fight wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with under-resourced and
ill-equipped troops. Described by a former senior Intelligence
official as a 'long-term thorn in the side of the intelligence
establishment', and winner of numerous awards for his journalism,
Norton-Taylor is one of the most respected defence and security
journalists of his generation. Provocative, and rich in anecdotes,
The State of Secrecy is an illuminating, critical and, at times,
provocative account of the author's experiences investigating the
secret world.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1914 Edition.
This book celebrates the 640th anniversary of Juilan's "Showings."
It compares Julian's prayer life with that of Teresa of Avila and
shows how this leads to a system of Contemplative ethics for us
today as we explore questions of ecology, empowerment and equality.
Title: Pausanias the Betrayer of his Country. A tragedy in five
acts and in verse]. ... Written by a Person of Quality R. Norton.
Edited by T. Southern].Publisher: British Library, Historical Print
EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United
Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries
holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats:
books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps,
stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14
million books, along with substantial additional collections of
manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The
POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British
Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and
changing role of literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry
to Victorian verse. Containing many classic works from important
dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover
of the stage and verse. ++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Norton,
Richard; Norton, Richard; 1696. 4 . 164.i.3.
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The Essays Presented In The Following Pages Are The Product Of No
Hasty Thought. The Choice Of Illustrations Has Been Difficult. It
Has Seemed Best, However, To Reproduce In Full The Little Known
Sketches Of Bernini Showing The Development, In His Mind Of The
Design For The Piazza Of St. Peter's, And The Sculptor's Models
Wrought By His Own Hands. For The Rest I Have Thought That It Would
Be More Serviceable For The Reader To Have A Few Typical Examples
Illustrating The Main Points Of The Text Rather Than A Larger, And
Perhaps More Confusing, Selection Of Subjects From The Almost
Inexhaustible Wealth Of Available Material.
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PublishingAcentsa -a centss Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age,
it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia
and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally
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protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature.
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for e
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