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See images for the condition of this book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlurb:\u003c\/strong\u003e Informs our understanding of American politics--then and now--and gives us a new perspective on the unpredictable forces that shape history.\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eAn illuminating study of the intertwined lives of the founders of the American republic--John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington.\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eDuring the 1790s, which Ellis calls the most decisive decade in our nation's\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ehistory, the greatest statesmen of their generation--and perhaps any--came together to define the new republic and direct its course for the coming centuries. 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He was President Clinton's secret election strategist, invited to advise the demoralized president in the wake of the midterm debacle of 1994 that gave Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole control of Congress and, it seemed, a certain Republican victory in the 1996 presidential campaign. It did not turn out that way. Clinton made the biggest comeback in the history of modern politics, and he did it largely because of his partnership with Dick Morris, the man whose remarkable political insights helped Clinton become governor of Arkansas in 1978 and rescued him from defeat in 1982. They had a rapport that Clinton himself has called \"probably unique in American history.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe assignment after the 1994 Republican congressional victory began in utmost secrecy. Morris, who had to cross the road from being adviser to Republicans such as William Weld, Dan Coats, and Trent Lott, was for months known only as Charlie, an unknown source calling Clinton's private White House telephone number. None of Clinton's Cabinet or inner circle knew anything about this, and they could not understand why Clinton began speaking in a new voice. When Clinton decided he needed Morris in the White House working with others, Morris became an object of intense scrutiny, speculation, and envy. He was Washington's great mystery man. He refused on-the-record press interviews. He was controversial. But he succeeded brilliantly. He laid the foundation for Clinton's return to the White House for a second term. He decided to write a book about it all--about his view of Clinton, his own role, and his perception of a change in the mood of the voters. In August, the president asked Morris to wait until after the election to write this book and to make it \"right for Bill Clinton and right for Dick Morris.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd then Morris blew it.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn a day to savor his triumph, on the day when a resurgent Clinton addressed the Democratic Convention, Morris was on the way out in disgrace: revealed as having had a relationship with a prostitute who claimed he talked freely of his work for the president.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBehind the Oval Office\u003c\/b\u003e, Dick Morris makes no excuses for his personal conduct. He is candid about it--painfully so--contemplating the wreckage of his career and the damage to his marriage. But with his book he achieves something significant on three levels. Shedding light on the unseen forces that drive politics today, he reveals just how the Republicans were routed by a combination of a Democratic shift to the center and an unprecedented and secret selling strategy. We have a box-seat view of the struggles in the White House for the soul of the Democratic party. We are taken deep into the hidden relationship between President Clinton and Republican Senate leader Trent Lott. The author explains how the deals they cut formulated the laws they passed--laws that doomed Dole's bid for the presidency.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd then there is William Jefferson Clinton. Morris gives us a three-dimensional portrait of the man and the politician. He draws on their twenty-year relationship to explain Clinton to us so vividly, with such new perspective, that we meet him as if for the first time. Morris lets us finally understand Bill Clinton and gives us vital clues about what he will do for the next four years. And we see Hillary Rodham Clinton at work and at home, facing up to political storms and adding her voice to the disputations about which way the Democrats should go.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFinally, Morris, the master of polling, gives us a surprising perspective on the values and desires of America, the key that enabled Clinton to respond and unlock the door to a second term in the White House, the first Democratic president to achieve that in fifty years.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is an extraordinary book with a compelling narrative and incisive analysis by a political operator of unparalleled experience. It is filled with insights, touched with pathos. It is must reading for everyone who cares about the future of American democracy.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCheck out our online store for more great resources and learn about our virtual book clubs at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1612880799963000\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNFVD3ltknESfatrgbgJPMBF_kGoQg\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003epostmarkedfromthestars.com\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou can also follow us on social media PostmarkedfromtheStars We have FB, IG, Twitter, and a YouTube channel with sci-fi related content!\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38137241960641,"sku":"9780679457473","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/7685\/4977\/products\/20210208_123715.jpg?v=1612805959"},{"product_id":"memoirs-of-the-life-and-writings-of-benjamin-franklin-benjamin-franklin-1910-vintage-hardcover-edition","title":"Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin - Benjamin Franklin (1910 Vintage Hardcover Edition - E.P. 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The unfinished work is a vivid depiction of life in early America, as well as a relatable and inspiring portrait of one of its revolutionary thinkers.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCheck out our online store for more great resources and learn about our virtual book clubs at postmarkedfromthestars.com. \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou can also follow us on social media PostmarkedfromtheStars We have FB, IG, Twitter, and a YouTube channel with sci-fi related content!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"E.P. 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His History, translated throughout Europe and achieving sales in America second only to the Bible, immediately became the canon of historical orthodoxy, replacing previous histories so completely that it is now difficult to see past its long and apparently effortless triumph.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCheck out our online store for more great resources and learn about our virtual book clubs at postmarkedfromthestars.com. \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou can also follow us on social media PostmarkedfromtheStars We have FB, IG, Twitter, and a YouTube channel with sci-fi related content!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Porter \u0026 Coates","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38141737337025,"sku":"","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/7685\/4977\/products\/image_7d506b99-0f45-45e0-aeb9-430771d45cab.jpg?v=1612852827"},{"product_id":"dutch-a-memoir-of-ronald-reagan-edmund-morris","title":"Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan - Edmund Morris (1999 First Edition Hardcover)","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCondition:  Great condition for a used book! Very minor wear. See images for the condition of this book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlurb: \"This book, the only biography ever authorized by a sitting President--yet written with complete interpretive freedom--is as revolutionary in method as it is formidable in scholarship. When Ronald Reagan moved into the White House in 1981, one of his first literary guests was Edmund Morris, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Theodore Roosevelt. Morris developed a fascination for the genial yet inscrutable President and, after Reagan's landslide reelection in 1984, put aside the second volume of his life of Roosevelt to become an observing eye and ear at the White House.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Coming and going with Reagan's benign approval ('I'm not going to charge up San Juan Hill for you'), Morris found the President to be a man of extraordinary power and mystery. Although the historic early achievements were plain to see--the restoration of American optimism and patriotism, a repowering of the national economy, a massive arms buildup deliberately forcing the 'Evil Empire' of Soviet Communism to come to terms--nobody, let alone Reagan himself, could explain how he succeeded in shaping events to his will. And when Reagan's second term came to grips with some of the most fundamental moral issues of the late twentieth century--at Bitburg and Bergen-Belsen, at Geneva and Reykajavik, publicly outside the Brandenburg Gate ('Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!'), and deep within the mother monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church, Morris realized that he had taken on a subject of epic dimensions.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Thus began a long biographical pilgrimage to the heart of Ronald Reagan's mystery, beginning with his birth in 1911 in the depths of rural Illinois (where he is still remembered as 'Dutch,' the dreamy son of an alcoholic father and a fiercely religious mother) and progressing through the way stations of an amazingly varied career: young lifeguard (he saved seventy-seven lives), aspiring writer, ace sportscaster, film star, soldier, union leader, corporate spokesman, Governor, and President. Reagan granted Morris full access to his personal papers, including early autobiographical stories and a handwritten White House diary.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCheck out our online store for more great resources and learn about our virtual book clubs at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1612968926682000\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNEJlfoPpT145Ykz_4kOEvovVg-sdA\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003epostmarkedfromthestars.com\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou can also follow us on social media PostmarkedfromtheStars We have FB, IG, Twitter, and a YouTube channel with sci-fi related content!\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38144996638913,"sku":"9780394555089","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/7685\/4977\/products\/20210209_102224.jpg?v=1612884500"},{"product_id":"the-idea-factory-bell-labs-and-the-great-age-of-american-innovation-jon-gertner","title":"The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation - Jon Gertner (2012 Hardcover Edition)","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCondition: Very good condition for a used book! Minimal wear. See images for the condition of this book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlurb: \u003cspan id=\"freeText12578825440992466505\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe definitive history of America s greatest incubator of innovation, the birthplace of some of the 20th century s most influential technologies, including the integrated circuit, the communications satellite and the cell phone.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom its beginnings in the 1920s until its demise in the 1980s, Bell Labs officially, the research and development wing of AT\u0026amp;T was the biggest, and arguably the best, laboratory for new ideas in the world. From the transistor to the laser, it s hard to find an aspect of modern life that hasn t been touched by Bell Labs.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhy did so many transformative ideas come from Bell Labs? In \"The Idea Factory,\" Jon Gertner traces the origins of some of the twentieth century s most important inventions and delivers a riveting and heretofore untold chapter of American history. At its heart this is a story about the life and work of a small group of brilliant and eccentric men Mervin Kelly, Bill Shockley, Claude Shannon, John Pierce, and Bill Baker who spent their careers at Bell Labs. Their job was to research and develop the future of communications. Small-town boys, childhood hobbyists, oddballs: they give the lie to the idea that Bell Labs was a grim cathedral of top-down command and control.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGertner brings to life the powerful alchemy of the forces at work behind Bell Labs inventions, teasing out the intersections between science, business, and society. He distills the lessons that abide: how to recruit and nurture young talent; how to organize and lead fractious employees; how to find solutions to the most stubbornly vexing problems; how to transform a scientific discovery into a marketable product, then make it even better, cheaper, or both. Today, when the drive to invent has become a mantra, Bell Labs offers us a way to enrich our understanding of the challenges and solutions to technological innovation. Here, after all, was where the foundational ideas on the management of innovation were born.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"The Idea Factory\" is the story of the origins of modern communications and the beginnings of the information age a deeply human story of extraordinary men who were given extraordinary means time, space, funds, and access to one another and edged the world into a new dimension.\"\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCheck out our online store for more great resources and learn about our virtual book clubs at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1612968926682000\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNEJlfoPpT145Ykz_4kOEvovVg-sdA\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003epostmarkedfromthestars.com\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou can also follow us on social media PostmarkedfromtheStars We have FB, IG, Twitter, and a YouTube channel with sci-fi related content!\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38145255178433,"sku":"9781594203282","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/7685\/4977\/products\/20210209_105403.jpg?v=1612886173"},{"product_id":"americans-in-paris-life-and-death-under-nazi-occupation-charles-glass","title":"Americans in Paris: Life and Death Under Nazi Occupation - Charles Glass (2010 Penguin Press First American Edition)","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCondition: Great condition for a used book! Very minor wear. See images for the condition of this book.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlurb: \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn unforgettable portrait of Paris and Vichy France during the Nazi occupation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAmericans in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e recounts tales of adventure, intrigue, passion, deceit, and survival under the brutal Nazi occupation through the eyes of the Americans who lived through it all. Renowned journalist Charles Glass tells the story of a remarkable cast of five thousand expatriates--artists, writers, scientists, playboys, musicians, cultural mandarins, and ordinary businessmen--and their struggles in Nazi Paris. Glass's discovery of letters, diaries, war documents, and police files reveals as never before how Americans were trapped in a web of intrigue, collaboration, and courage.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAwards:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSeries:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCheck out our online store for more great resources and learn about our virtual book clubs at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1612968926682000\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNEJlfoPpT145Ykz_4kOEvovVg-sdA\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003epostmarkedfromthestars.com\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou can also follow us on social media PostmarkedfromtheStars We have FB, IG, Twitter, and a YouTube channel with sci-fi related content!\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38145444905153,"sku":"9781594202421","price":4.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/7685\/4977\/products\/20210209_111911.jpg?v=1612887684"},{"product_id":"man-of-the-house-the-life-and-political-memoirs-of-speaker-tip-oneill-tip-oneill-william-novak","title":"Man of the House: The Life and Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip O'Neill - Tip O'Neill, William Novak","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCondition: Signs of wear and consistent use. See images for the condition of this book.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlurb: Canny folk hero O'Neill alludes here to another such, the legendary mayor of Boston: ``When the good Lord made James Michael Curley, He broke the mold''; and if you substitute his own name, you have the flavor of this knowing, pietistic, jolly, seductive memoir, written with Novak, coauthor of Iacocca. In the all-but-vanished tradition of ward healer, the retired Speaker of the House, writing in the first person, blends treacle (``I would work to make sure my own people could go to places like Harvard'') and shrewdness (``power accumulates when people think you have power''), idealism and pragmatism, humor and heft as he relates anecdotes about the national figures he has dealt with in Washington, D.C., and politicians in Massachusetts where he spent eight terms in the legislature before joining Congress in 1952. Like ``a good Irish pol who can carry on six conversations at once,'' O'Neill talks about baseball, poker and his boyhood gang, issues of governance and the functioning of Congress, in which he served for 34 years. ``All politics is local,'' he writes, and this memoir makes that a truism, bringing national imperatives back home to the national constituency. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCheck out our online store for more great resources and learn about our virtual book clubs at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1612968926682000\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNEJlfoPpT145Ykz_4kOEvovVg-sdA\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003epostmarkedfromthestars.com\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou can also follow us on social media PostmarkedfromtheStars We have FB, IG, Twitter, and a YouTube channel with sci-fi related content!\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38145580138689,"sku":"044903004956","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/7685\/4977\/products\/20210209_113239.jpg?v=1612888878"},{"product_id":"the-audacity-of-hope-thoughts-on-reclaiming-the-american-dream-barack-obama","title":"The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream - Barack Obama","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCondition: Great condition for a used book! Very minor wear. See images for the condition of this book.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlurb: \u003cspan id=\"freeText3920616540568835806\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn July 2004, four years before his presidency, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. One phrase in particular anchored itself in listeners' minds, a reminder that for all the discord and struggle to be found in our history as a nation, we have always been guided by a dogged optimism in the future, or what Obama called \"the audacity of hope.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Audacity of Hope\u003c\/i\u003e is Barack Obama's call for a different brand of politics--a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eand alienated by the \"endless clash of armies\" we see in congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of \"our improbable experiment in democracy.\" He explores those forces--from the fear of losing to the perpetual need to raise money to the power of the media--that can stifle even the best-intentioned politician. He also writes, with surprising intimacy and self-deprecating humor, about settling in as a senator, seeking to balance the demands of public service and family life, and his own deepening religious commitment.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAt the heart of this book is Barack Obama's vision of how we can move beyond our divisions to tackle concrete problems. He examines the growing economic insecurity of American families, the racial and religious tensions within the body politic, and the transnational threats--from terrorism to pandemic--that gather beyond our shores. And he grapples with the role that faith plays in a democracy--where it is vital and where it must never intrude. 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Some wear. See images for the condition of this book.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlurb: At the height of World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 residents, and consumed more electricity than New York City, yet it was shrouded in such secrecy that it did not appear on any map. Thousands of civilians, many of them young women from small towns across the U.S., were recruited to this secret city, enticed by the promise of solid wages and war-ending work. What were they actually \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003edoing\u003c\/i\u003e there? Very few knew. The purpose of this mysterious government project was kept a secret from the outside world and from the majority of the residents themselves. Some wondered why, despite the constant work and round-the-clock activity in this makeshift town, did no tangible product of any kind ever seem to leave its guarded gates? 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Denise Kiernan captures the spirit of the times through these women: their pluck, their desire to contribute, and their enduring courage. “A phenomenal story,” and \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e called it an “intimate and revealing glimpse into one of the most important scientific developments in history.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAwards: \u003c\/span\u003eAPSA Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award (2014),\u003cbr\u003e Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for History \u0026amp; Biography (2013)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCheck out our online store for more great resources and learn about our virtual book clubs at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1612968926682000\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNEJlfoPpT145Ykz_4kOEvovVg-sdA\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003epostmarkedfromthestars.com\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou can also follow us on social media PostmarkedfromtheStars We have FB, IG, Twitter, and a YouTube channel with sci-fi related content!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Touchstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38146000879809,"sku":"9781451617535","price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/7685\/4977\/products\/20210209_121313.jpg?v=1612890903"},{"product_id":"too-far-from-home-a-story-of-life-and-death-in-space-chris-jones","title":"Too Far From Home: A Story of Life and Death in Space - Chris Jones","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCondition: Very good condition for a used book! 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Every time an astronaut makes the trip into space, he faces the possibility of death from the slightest mechanical error or instance of bad luck: a cracked O-ring, an errant piece of space junk, an oxygen leak . . . There are a myriad of frighteningly probable events that would result in an astronaut's death. In fact, twenty-one people who have attempted the journey have been killed.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYet for a special breed of individual, the call of space is worth the risk. Men such as U.S. astronauts Donald Pettit and Kenneth Bowersox, and Russian flight engineer Nikolai Budarin, who in November 2002 left on what was to be a routine fourteen-week mission maintaining the International Space Station.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut then, on February 23, 2003, the \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eColumbia\u003c\/i\u003e exploded beneath them. Despite the numerous news reports examining the tragedy, the public remained largely unaware that three men remained orbiting the earth. With the launch program suspended indefinitely, these astronauts had suddenly lost their ride home.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eToo Far from Home\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the efforts of the beleaguered Mission Controls in Houston and Moscow as they work frantically against the clock to bring their men safely back to Earth, ultimately settling on a plan that felt, at best, like a long shot.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLatched to the side of the space station was a Russian-built \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSoyuz TMA-1\u003c\/i\u003e capsule, whose technology dated from the late 1960s (in 1971 a malfunction in the \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSoyuz 11\u003c\/i\u003e capsule left three Russian astronauts dead). Despite the inherent danger, the \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSoyuz\u003c\/i\u003e became the only hope to return Bowersox, Budarin, and Pettit home.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChris Jones writes beautifully of the majesty and mystique of space travel, while reminding us all how perilous it is to soar beyond the sky.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCheck out our online store for more great resources and learn about our virtual book clubs at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1612968926682000\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNEJlfoPpT145Ykz_4kOEvovVg-sdA\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003epostmarkedfromthestars.com\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou can also follow us on social media PostmarkedfromtheStars We have FB, IG, Twitter, and a YouTube channel with sci-fi related content!\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Doubleday","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38146443870401,"sku":"9780385514651","price":4.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/7685\/4977\/products\/20210209_131537.jpg?v=1612894682"},{"product_id":"hiroshima-john-hersey-1985-penguin-books-paperback","title":"Hiroshima - John Hersey (1985 Penguin Books Paperback)","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCondition: Good condition for a used book! 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