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Bannon: Always the Rebel
by Keith Koffler"By now, everyone in America knows Steve Bannon, the force of nature who has shaped the Trump presidency more than anyone except Trump himself. If you want to know what's behind that force of nature—if you want to know Steve Bannon the man—this is the indispensable book for you." —DAVID HOROWITZ, author of Big Agenda.He helped engineer one of the greatest upsets in political history—the election of Donald J. Trump as president of the United States.And he's far from done.Now he wants to restore America—its prosperity, its sense of self, and its ability to survive a perilous twenty-first century.To do that, former Trump White House strategist Steve Bannon intends to transform the Republican Party from a club for establishment flunkies into a populist political force powerful enough to take on America's military, economic, and cultural adversaries.In Bannon: Always the Rebel, veteran White House reporter Keith Koffler—who had hours of exclusive access to Bannon, both during and immediately after his tenure at the White House—offers a penetrating portrait of the man and his ideas.In Bannon, you'll learn: How Bannon's core values come from his Catholic faith, his working-class background, and his service in the Navy How Bannon's faith helped him stop drinking Why Bannon—even as a Harvard Business School grad—was always an outsider How he made his money in Hollywood—and then became both a maverick writer, producer, and director of conservative documentaries and the leader of a political movement at Breitbart How Bannon plans to remake the GOP as a workers' party that will attract minority voters and become the dominant political force of the twenty-first century Why Bannon believes America is a civilization in crisis Provocative, original, concise, Bannon: Always the Rebel might just change the way you think—not only about Steve Bannon, but about politics and America's future.
Banquet at Delmonico's
by Barry WerthIn Banquet at Delmonico's, Barry Werth, the acclaimed author of The Scarlet Professor, draws readers inside the circle of philosophers, scientists, politicians, businessmen, clergymen, and scholars who brought Charles Darwin's controversial ideas to America in the crucial years after the Civil War.The United States in the 1870s and '80s was deep in turmoil-a brash young nation torn by a great depression, mired in scandal and corruption, rocked by crises in government, violently conflicted over science and race, and fired up by spiritual and sexual upheavals. Secularism was rising, most notably in academia. Evolution-and its catchphrase, "survival of the fittest"-animated and guided this Gilded Age.Darwin's theory of natural selection was extended to society and morals not by Darwin himself but by the English philosopher Herbert Spencer, father of "the Law of Equal Freedom," which holds that "every man is free to do that which he wills," provided it doesn't infringe on the equal freedom of others. As this justification took root as a social, economic, and ethical doctrine, Spencer won numerous influential American disciples and allies, including industrialist Andrew Carnegie, clergyman Henry Ward Beecher, and political reformer Carl Schurz. Churches, campuses, and newspapers convulsed with debate over the proper role of government in regulating Americans' behavior, this country's place among nations, and, most explosively, the question of God's existence.In late 1882, most of the main figures who brought about and popularized these developments gathered at Delmonico's, New York's most venerable restaurant, in an exclusive farewell dinner to honor Spencer and to toast the social applications of the theory of evolution. It was a historic celebration from which the repercussions still ripple throughout our society.Banquet at Delmonico's is social history at its finest, richest, and most appetizing, a brilliant narrative bristling with personal intrigue, tantalizing insights, and greater truths about American life and culture.From the Hardcover edition.
Banvard's Folly: Thirteen Tales of Renowned Obscurity, Famous Anonymity, and Rotten Luck
by Paul Collins“Hearteningly strange . . . Collins exhumes little-known figures [and] recounts their perversely inspiring battles against the more logical ways of the world.” —The OnionHere are thirteen unforgettable portraits of forgotten people: men and women who might have claimed their share of renown but who, whether from ill timing, skullduggery, monomania, the tinge of madness, or plain bad luck—or perhaps some combination of them all—leapt straight from life into thankless obscurity.Collins brings them back to glorious life. John Banvard was an artist whose colossal panoramic canvasses (one behemoth depiction of the entire eastern shore of the Mississippi River was simply known as “The Three Mile Painting”) made him the richest and most famous artist of his day . . . before he decided to go head to head with P. T. Barnum. René Blondot was a distinguished French physicist whose celebrated discovery of a new form of radiation, called the N-Ray, went terribly awry. At the tender age of seventeen, William Henry Ireland signed “William Shakespeare” to a book and launched a short but meteoric career as a forger of undiscovered works by the Bard—until he pushed his luck too far.Collins’ love for what he calls the “forgotten ephemera of genius” give his portraits of these figures and the other ten men and women in Banvard’s Folly sympathetic depth and poignant relevance. Their effect is not to make us sneer or revel in schadenfreude; here are no cautionary tales. Rather, here are brief introductions—acts of excavation and reclamation—to people whom history may have forgotten, but whom now we cannot.
Baptism
by Larry Gwin"The 2nd Battalion of the 7th Cavalry had the dubious distinction of being the unit that had fought the biggest battle of the war to date, and had suffered the worst casualties. We and the 1st Battalion."A Yale graduate who volunteered to serve his country, Larry Gwin was only twenty-three years old when he arrived in Vietnam in 1965. After a brief stint in the Delta, Gwin was reassigned to the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) in An Khe. There, in the hotly contested Central Highlands, he served almost nine months as executive officer for Alpha Company, 2/7, fighting against crack NVA troops in some of the war's most horrific battles.The bloodiest conflict of all began November 12, 1965, after 2nd Battalion was flown into the Ia Drang Valley west of Pleiku. Acting as point, Alpha Company spearheaded the battalion's march to landing zone Albany for pickup, not knowing they were walking into the killing zone of an NVA ambush that would cost them 10 percent casualties.Gwin spares no one, including himself, in his gut-wrenching account of the agony of war. Through the stench of death and the acrid smell of napalm, he chronicles the Vietnam War in all its nightmarish horror.From the Paperback edition.
Baptism: A Vietnam Memoir
by Larry Gwin"The 2nd Battalion of the 7th Cavalry had the dubious distinction of being the unit that had fought the biggest battle of the war to date, and had suffered the worst casualties. We and the 1st Battalion." A Yale graduate who volunteered to serve his country, Larry Gwin was only twenty-three years old when he arrived in Vietnam in 1965. After a brief stint in the Delta, Gwin was reassigned to the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) in An Khe. There, in the hotly contested Central Highlands, he served almost nine months as executive officer for Alpha Company, 2/7, fighting against crack NVA troops in some of the war's most horrific battles. The bloodiest conflict of all began November 12, 1965, after 2nd Battalion was flown into the Ia Drang Valley west of Pleiku. Acting as point, Alpha Company spearheaded the battalion's march to landing zone Albany for pickup, not knowing they were walking into the killing zone of an NVA ambush that would cost them 10 percent casualties. Gwin spares no one, including himself, in his gut-wrenching account of the agony of war. Through the stench of death and the acrid smell of napalm, he chronicles the Vietnam War in all its nightmarish horror.
Bapu Ka Balidan Hamare Liye Khuli Chunauti Hai
by Naveen Narayan AgarwalThis book tells how, when and where Mahatma Gandhi was murdered and what was behind his murder.
Bapuna Ashramman
by Haribhau Upadyayઆ પુસ્તક ઇતિહાસનું કે ચરિત્રનું નથી. સંસ્મરણોનું છે અને એ લખતી વખતે ભગવાન કૃષ્ણ પ્રત્યે ગોપીઓના આ મામિર્ક અને સાર્થક વચને મને સદા પ્રેરણા આપી છે: तव कथामृतं तप्तजीवनं कविभिरीडितं कल्मषापहम्| श्रवणमडलं श्रीमदाततं भुवि गृणन्ति ते भूरिदा जना:|| હે વહાલા, તારી કથા તો અમૃતની ધારા છે. એ સંતાપમાં પડેલા જનોને જીવન, શાંતિ અને શીતળતા આપે છે. કવિઓએ એની ઘણી પ્રશંસા કરી છે. એ પાપનો નાશ કરનારી છે. એના શ્રવણથી મનુષ્યનું કલ્યાણ થાય છે. એ સમૃદ્ધ છે, અને નિત્ય છે. એથી જે કવિઓ એનું ગાન કરતા વિચરે છે, તેઓ જગતને એક અતિ કીમતી વસ્તુનું દાન કરે છે.
Bapuna Jivanvrato
by Dashrathlal Shahગાંધીજી જે જાતના સમાજની નવરચના કરવા માગતા હતા, એમાં આ એકાદશ વ્રતોના પાલનને સ્થાન હતું. આશ્રમ એની પ્રયોગશાળા કે તાલીમશાળા હતી. આશ્રમના નાનકડા સમુદાયમાં જો વ્રતો મૂતિર્મંત થાય તો વિશાળ જનસમાજ એને અપનાવશે એવી એમની શ્રદ્ધા હતી. આવી શ્રદ્ધા સાથે સત્યાગ્રહાશ્રમ, સાબરમતીમાં પંદર વર્ષ વ્રતપાલનનો એક સામુદાયિક પ્રયોગ એમણે કર્યો. આ અભિનવ પ્રયોગ દ્વારા એમણે બતાવી આપ્યું કે સત્ય અહિંસાદિ વ્રતો એ કંઈ મોક્ષમાર્ગી સાધુસંતોનો ઇજારો નથી; સામાન્ય જનસમાજ પણ એનું આચરણ કરી શકે છે. ગાંધીવિચારના હાર્દ સમા આ એકાદશ વ્રતોની મીમાંસા અનેકોએ અનેક રીતે કરી છે. પ્રસ્તુત પુસ્તિકા ‘મંગળપ્રભાત’નાં બાપુનાં એકાદશ વ્રતો વિશેના શ્રી દશરથલાલ શાહના લેખોનો સંગ્રહ છે. ગાંધીપ્રેમીઓ અને વિશેષ કરીને ગાંધીદર્શનના વિદ્યાર્થીઓને એ ઉપયોગી નીવડશે એવી શ્રદ્ધા છે. —મગનભાઈ જો. પટેલ
Bapune 10 Anjali
by Amrutlal Vegadબાપુના જીવન સંબંધી વિશાળ સાહિત્ય-મંદિરમાં, કંઈક લજ્જા અને કંઈક સંકોચ સાથે, ભાઈ અમૃતલાલ પણ એમનો લઘુ પૂજાથાળ લાવ્યા છે. એની સાથે ન તો ઘંટા-ઝાલરનો ઘનઘોર ઘટાટોપ છે, ન સ્તવ-સ્તોત્રોનો સીમાહીન સંભાર. બસ નાનોશો — કદાચ માટીનો બનેલો — થાળ છે, થોડીશી દિવેટો, જેમાં પૂજારીની અન્તર્મુખી દૃષ્ટિનો સ્નિગ્ધ પ્રકાશ છે. અમૃતલાલ વ્યવસાયે શિલ્પી છે, એટલે રંગ-રૂપ-રેખાઓના પેલા આંતરિક વિરહ-મિલનનો ભેદ તેઓ જાણે છે, સુરુચિ અને સહૃદયતાના રસથી શિલ્પી જેને ભીંજવે છે. એટલે જ એમને સંતુલન સુલભ છે, અને સુષમા પણ. સ્વભાવથી અમૃતલાલ સાધક છે, એટલે મંગલની કલ્પના એમને અનુપ્રેરિત કરે છે. એમની શૈલી આમ શિલ્પીની સૂઝ અને સાધકની બૂજનાં તત્ત્વોથી આપોઆપ ઘડાઈ ઊઠી છે. બાપુ જો કેવળ સંગ્રહાલયમાં સજાવીને રાખવાની વસ્તુ ન હોય, તો અમૃતલાલની આ રચનાઓ આપને જરૂર ગમશે. — મોહનલાલ બાજપેયી
Bapuni Jhankhi
by Kakasaheb Kalelkarપૂ. બાપુજી વિશે જે કાંઈ વાંચવાને મળે તે લોકોને આનંદદાયક હોય જ છે...આ સંસ્મરણોમાં પૂજ્ય બાપુના સંપૂર્ણ દર્શનની આશા વાચકો ન રાખે. પરંતુ એમના સમૃદ્ધ અને તેજસ્વી જીવનનાં કેટલાંક પાસાંઓનું યથાર્થ દર્શન એમને અહીં જરૂર થશે. ..આ પ્રસંગો મૂળે હિંદીમાં લખાયા હતા અને बापूकी झाँकियाँને નામે પ્રસિદ્ધ થયા હતા. એ ચોપડીનો આ ગુજરાતી અનુવાદ છે.
Barack
by Jonah WinterThis is a journey that began in many places. It began in Kansas, home of Barack's mother. It began in Africa, home of Barack's father. It began in Hawaii one moonlit night, the night that Barack was born. Sometimes it was a lonely journey. Sometimes it was an enchanted journey. But throughout this most unusual ride, this boy often wondered: Who am I? Where do I belong? Jonah Winter and AG Ford re-create the extraordinary story behind the rise of the inspirational icon Barack Obama in this stunning picture book.
Barack Obama
by Beatrice GormleyPresident Barack Obama's early involvement with politics was inspired by his mother's interest in the controversial social issues of her times -- a passion that she passed on to her son. As the first African American editor of the Harvard Law Review, the first African American presidential nominee of a major political party, and eventually the first African American president of the United States, Barack Obama has consistently shattered barriers -- barriers that some people thought could never be overcome. However, life has not always been easy for President Obama. Born to a Kenyan father and an American mother, Barack grew up in Hawaii and Indonesia, where he faced discrimination and struggles with his own racial identity. Despite these obstacles, Barack persevered and had a successful political career before his historic win in the 2008 presidential election, with his daughters and wife, Michelle, standing firmly by his side. His election has energized a nation, and President Obama will continue to lead the charge for change over the next four years. This is the children's biography about the forty-fourth president of the United States. Containing up-to-the-minute information, including President Obama's November victory, this is essential reading for every young student of American history.
Barack Obama
by Beatrice GormleyRight on time for election season comes an updated biography of our 44th President--written just for kids!President Barack Obama's election in 2008 energized the United States and the world. And though the last few years haven't been easy, this president has spent a lifetime overcoming obstacles. President Barack Obama's early involvement with politics was inspired by his mother's interest in the controversial social issues of her times--a passion that she passed on to her son. As the first African America editor of the Harvard Law Review, the first African American presidential nominee of a major political party, and eventually the first African American president of the United States, Barack Obama has consistently shattered barriers--barriers that some people thought could never be overcome. However, President Obama's life has had its challenges. Born to a Kenyan father and an American mother, Barack grew up in Hawaii and Indonesia, where he faced discrimination and struggles with his own racial identity. Despite these obstacles, Barack persevered and had a successful political career even before his historic win in the 2008 presidential election. Containing vital and current information, this biography will bring you up to date with all the latest from the Oval Office, and much more!
Barack Obama
by Sarah ParvisA concise biography with candid photos revealing the story behind the history-making American president. Get an inside look at the remarkable forty-fourth president of the United States. The first African American U.S. president and the first politician to apply twenty-first-century technology to an election and the presidency, he brought change to a nation during his eight years in office—and also changed history. From local community reformer to commander-in-chief, Barack Obama has lived the American dream. This is his story in pictures and in words.
Barack Obama
by Sarah ParvisA concise biography with candid photos revealing the story behind the history-making American president. Get an inside look at the remarkable forty-fourth president of the United States. The first African American U.S. president and the first politician to apply twenty-first-century technology to an election and the presidency, he brought change to a nation during his eight years in office—and also changed history. From local community reformer to commander-in-chief, Barack Obama has lived the American dream. This is his story in pictures and in words.
Barack Obama
by Stephen FeinsteinBarack Obama had a childhood full of adventure. His mother was American; his father was African. Barack lived Hawaii and Indonesia. He grew up to be a senator and U.S. president. With colorful illustrations, lively layout, and accessible vocabulary, this inspiring biography tells the exciting life story of this African-American hero. Ideal for early independent readers and useful for beginning reports.
Barack Obama
by Stephen KrenskyLoaded with archival photographs and amazing facts, the DK Biography series introduces young readers to some of history's most interesting and influential characters. From his early life in Hawaii and Indonesia, to his work as a community organizer in Chicago, to his first months in the Oval Office, DK Biography: Barack Obama tells the story of the 44th president of the United States.
Barack Obama (Basic Biographies)
by Susan KesselringA very simple introduction to the life and accomplishments of America's 44th president, Barack Obama.
Barack Obama (National Geographic Kids Readers)
by Caroline Crosson GilpinWhat biography series is complete without a title on the current U.S. President: Barack Obama? The election of an African American president was truly a monumental day in American history. His legacy will live on as a barrier-breaker and a pioneer. Learn all about our 44th President in this fascinating leveled reader.
Barack Obama For Beginners, Presidential Edition: An Essential Guide (For Beginners)
by Bob NeerBarack Obama For Beginners: An Essential Guide is the most concise and reliable short biography available on the 44th President of the United States — from his childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia, education at Columbia and Harvard, work as a community organizer, writer, teacher, lawyer, and politician in Illinois, to his historic campaign for President. Barack Obama For Beginners keeps the focus on the man and his record — accomplishments and missteps, praise and criticism — to allow readers to gain a balanced understanding of President Obama as they follow his rise to the White House. Entertaining illustrations enliven the reading experience and highlight important details.
Barack Obama Man of Destiny
by Amelie Von ZumbuschBarack Obama is an inspiration to many people. He is the first African American to become president of the United States. Obama's story proves that any child from any background can become the president.
Barack Obama for Beginners
by Bob NeerThis slim volume is the fastest and most reliable way to get up to speed on the nation's new president. Entertaining illustrations complement the text to offer a complete, neutral introduction.
Barack Obama in Hawai'i and Indonesia: The Making of a Global President
by Dinesh SharmaDistinguishing itself from the mass of political biographies of Barack Obama, this first interdisciplinary study of Obama's Indonesian and Hawai'ian years examines their effect on his adult character, political identity, and global world-view. * Foreword * Photographs * Timelines * Figures * Appendices
Barack Obama's America: How New Conceptions of Race, Family, and Religion Ended the Reagan Era
by John Kenneth White"White'sBarack Obama's Americaeloquently captures both the important nuances of the current political scene and its long-term consequences. " ---Richard Wirthlin, former pollster for Ronald Reagan "This delightfully written and accessible book is the best available account of the changes in culture, society, and politics that have given usBarack Obama's America. " ---Stan Greenberg, pollster for Bill Clinton and Chairman and CEO of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research "From one of the nation's foremost experts on how values shape our politics, a clear and compelling account of the dramatic shifts in social attitudes that are transforming American political culture. White's masterful blend of narrative and data illuminates the arc of electoral history from Reagan to Obama, making a powerful case for why we are entering a new progressive political era. " ---Matthew R. Kerbel, Professor of Political Science, Villanova University, and author ofNetroots "John Kenneth White is bold. He asks the big questions . . . Who are we? What do we claim to believe? How do we actually live? What are our politics? John Kenneth White writes compellingly about religion and the role it played in making Barack Obama president. White's keen insight into America's many faiths clarifies why Barack Obama succeeded against all odds. It is a fascinating description of religion and politics in twenty-first-century America---a must-read. " ---Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland and author ofFailing America's Faithful "InBarack Obama's America,John Kenneth White has written the political equivalent of Baedeker or Michelin, the definitive guide to and through the new, uncharted political landscape of our world. White captures and explains what America means---and what it means to be an American---in the twenty-first century. " ---Mark Shields, nationally syndicated columnist and political commentator for PBS NewsHour "John White has always caught important trends in American politics that others missed. With his shrewd analysis of why Barack Obama won, he's done it again. " ---E. J. Dionne, Jr. , Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, and University Professor in the Foundations of Democracy and Culture at Georgetown University The election of Barack Obama to the presidency marks a conclusive end to the Reagan era, writes John Kenneth White inBarack Obama's America. Reagan symbolized a 1950s and 1960s America, largely white and suburban, with married couples and kids at home, who attended church more often than not. Obama's election marks a new era, the author writes. Whites will be a minority by 2042. Marriage is at an all-time low. Cohabitation has increased from a half-million couples in 1960 to more than 5 million in 2000 to even more this year. Gay marriages and civil unions are redefining what it means to be a family. And organized religions are suffering, even as Americans continue to think of themselves as a religious people. Obama's inauguration was a defining moment in the political destiny of this country, based largely on demographic shifts, as described inBarack Obama's America. John Kenneth White is Professor of Politics at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D. C. Cover image: "Out of many, we are one: Dare to Hope: Faces from 2008 Obama Rallies" by Anne C. Savage, view and buy full image at http://revolutionaryviews. com/obama_poster. html.
Barack Obama, Post-racialism, And The New Politics Of Triangulation
by Terry SmithExamines black voters' relationship to the political process and to the first black president in a prematurely post-racial America using interviews with members of the Congressional Black Caucus, empirical data, news accounts, academic literature and case law.