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Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise
by Scott EymanFilm historian and acclaimed New York Times bestselling biographer Scott Eyman has written the definitive biography of Hollywood legend Cary Grant, one of the most accomplished—and beloved—actors of his generation, who remains as popular as ever today.Born Archibald Leach in 1904, he came to America as a teenaged acrobat to find fame and fortune, but he was always haunted by his past. His father was a feckless alcoholic, and his mother was committed to an asylum when Archie was eleven years old. He believed her to be dead until he was informed she was alive when he was thirty-one years old. Because of this experience Grant would have difficulty forming close attachments throughout his life. He married five times and had numerous affairs. Despite a remarkable degree of success, Grant remained deeply conflicted about his past, his present, his basic identity, and even the public that worshipped him in movies such as Gunga Din, Notorious, and North by Northwest. Drawing on Grant&’s own papers, extensive archival research, and interviews with family and friends, this is the definitive portrait of a movie immortal.
Cary Grant: A Celebration
by Richard SchickelRichard Schickel's text, combining critical analysis and a re-interpretation of all the available biographical information, masterfully maps the intersections where a great star's personal history and his screen personality met in a style as elegant, graceful and witty as the actor himself.
Cary Grant: Dark Angel
by Geoffrey WansellHis signature jaw line and charismatic characters made him an American symbol. His films, including Bringing Up Baby, The Philadelphia Story, and North by Northwest, were timeless classics. However, Grant was also married five times and sustained a tortured, obsessive relationship with money. In this beautifully illustrated and comprehensive book, Geoffrey Wansell traces the threads of both light and darkness in one of Holly-wood's greatest stars. As his friend and co-star Deborah Kerr wrote, he was "one of the most outstanding personalities in the history of the cinema."
Cary Grant’s Suit: Nine Movies That Made Me the Wreck I Am Today
by Todd McEwenA cinematic memoir and critical exploration of nine classics of old Hollywood by a contemporary comic novelist.&“North by Northwest isn&’t about what happens to Cary Grant, it&’s about what happens to his suit. The suit has the adventures, a gorgeous New York suit threading its way through America. The suit, Cary inside it, strides with confidence into the Plaza Hotel. Nothing bad happens to it until one of the greasy henchmen grasps Cary by the shoulder. We&’re already in love with this suit and it feels like a real violation.&”Todd McEwen grew up in Southern California, so his head was hopelessly messed with by the movies. As the son of relatively normal people, Todd had no in with Hollywood, a mere thirteen miles away, yearn and try as he might.This is a kid who loved the movies so much, he got up at 4:30 in the morning to watch Laurel and Hardy. A kid who insisted on his birthday that his father project 8mm cartoons onto the family&’s dining room curtains so they could be slowly parted, just like at a real cinema.This is a kid who liked to leave the movie and trudge up hundreds of dangerous iron steps to visit the lugubrious and always surprised projectionist. This is a kid who, years later, watched Chinatown over 60 times.A love letter to old Hollywood, this is a book for anyone interested in film. Movies discussed include Blotto, The Wizard of Oz, The Three Stooges, To Catch a Thief, North by Northwest, The 39 Steps, The Trouble with Harry, and many, many more.
La casa de los pintores
by Rodrigo Muñoz AviaEl relato personal, lleno de emoción y amor, de dos artistas contemporáneos de primer nivel, los pintores Lucio Muñoz y Amalia Avia, vistos a través de la mirada de su hijo. «En este libro hablo de quiénes fueron mis padres y cómo fue mi vida con ellos. Uno debe escribir de aquello que más sabe, debe compartir, de la manera más honesta que sea capaz, la mejor historia que lleve dentro. En este momento esta era mi mejor historia, la de mis padres, la de mi origen. »Siempre he creído que en buena parte estoy hecho de pintura. Mis padres eran artistas plásticos y se conocieron y se enamoraron gracias a la pintura. En nuestra casa y en nuestra vida familiar la pintura estaba por todas partes. No había un espacio para ser pintores y un espacio para ser padres o para ser hijos. Todo estaba unido. Éramos hijos de la pintura. »Yo pasaba tardes enteras viéndolos trabajar en sus estudios, fascinado por el aspecto plástico y artesanal de su oficio. Me encantaba tener a unos padres tan diferentes a los de mis compañeros de colegio y dejaba que el aura que envolvía su trabajo creativo, con el reconocimiento que empecé a descubrir que tenía, me envolviera también a mí, como si el ser hijo de ellos fuera un mérito mío. Quería y admiraba mucho a mis padres, con sus personalidades tan diferentes y tan singulares, y deseaba quedarme todo el tiempo en su mundo fabuloso de artistas, de conversaciones y reivindicaciones políticas, de cenas, de viajes, de exposiciones aquí y allí. »El día en que murieron, mi padre en 1998 y mi madre en 2011, descubrí que yo no estaba hecho solo de pintura. La muerte no se llevó a los artistas, pero sí a las personas. El artista sobrevive, perdura para todos, pero el hijo que yo era había perdido a sus padres. Este libro trata de recuperar a esas personas y compartirlas con los demás.»Rodrigo Muñoz Avia La crítica ha dicho sobre el autor y sus obras:«Cactus, además de un viaje iniciático a una tierra prometida, [...] es el descubrimiento, con enorme carga poética, del paisaje norteamericano para disfrute de las nuevas generaciones.»Juan Ángel Juristo, ABC «Una lectura enormemente divertida y propensa a la carcajada.»Fernando Díaz de Quijano, El Cultural (sobre Cactus) «Todo esto lo cuenta Muñoz Avia con chispa e ingenio [...]. Novela, para nuestra suerte, salpicada con escenas de antología.»Antonio Fontana, ABC de las Artes y las Letras (sobre Psiquiatras, psicólogos y otros enfermos) «En la gracia y el ingenio derramado en algunas situaciones radica lo mejor del texto.»Ángel Basanta, El Cultural (sobre Psiquiatras, psicólogos y otros enfermos) «Este es uno de esos relatos que, envueltos en un papel de colores, guardan en su interior los elementos necesarios para comprobar los matices que hacen de la vida una experiencia muy original [...]. Un libro para reír pensando, o pensar riendo, mas para hacerlo uno mismo, sin ayuda profesional.»Antonio J. Ubero, Diario de Valencia (sobre Psiquiatras, psicólogos y otros enfermos)
Casa Nostra
by Caroline Seller ManzoEnglishwoman Caroline Seller met Marcello Manzo at a Halloween party in London in the mid-seventies. Although she spoke little Italian and he spoke practically no English, the chemistry between them was undeniable, and it wasn't long before Caroline was invited to visit Marcello's family in Mazara del Vallo, Sicily. A large, eccentric, and loving clan living in a magnificent, crumbling villa, Santa Maria, the Manzos welcomed Caroline warmly, and soon she and Marcello were married. Together they traveled the world and started a family, but through it all, Santa Maria was never far from their thoughts. So when the Manzo brothers united to save the family's deteriorating estate, Marcello and Caroline eagerly signed on to the project-not entirely prepared for what they were getting into! As seen through the eyes of Caroline Seller Manzo-an outsider who is often surprised and always delighted by her Italian family and adopted hometown-Casa Nostra is the captivating story of a villa's difficult, glorious rebirth and a celebration of the unique beauty and history of western Sicily and its people.
Una casa propia
by Sandra CisnerosPunzante, honesta y profundamente conmovedora, Una casa propia es una celebración exuberante de una vida vivida al máximo, por una de nuestras escritoras más queridas. Desde Chicago a México, los lugares en los que Sandra Cisneros ha vivido han servido de inspiración para sus trabajos ya clásicos de ficción y poesía. Sin embargo, una casa propia, un lugar en el que realmente pueda echar raíces, la ha eludido. En esta autobiografía rompecabezas, formada de ensayos e imágenes a través de tres décadas (algunas nunca antes publicadas) Cisneros ha llegado por fin a casa. Escrito con su muy conocido lirismo, la autora de La casa en Mango Street, y ganadora del PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature 2018, comparte los recuerdos que la han transformado y revela sus influencias artísticas e intelectuales.
Una casa propia
by Deborah LevyEl cierre de la Autobiografía en construcción de una Deborah Levy que logra su habitación propia. Deborah Levy imagina una casa en una latitud cálida, cerca de un lago o de un mar. Allí hay una chimenea y un mayordomo que atiende sus deseos, hasta el de discutir. Pero Levy en realidad está en Londres, no tiene dinero para construir el hogar que imagina, su apartamento es minúsculo y lo más parecido a un jardín en su casa es un banano al que entrega los cuidados que sus hijas ya no necesitan. La menor ha abandonado el nido, y Levy, a sus cincuenta y nueve años, está lista para afrontar una nueva etapa en su vida. Así, nos lleva desde Nueva York a Bombay, pasando por París y Berlín, mientras teje una estimulante y audaz reflexión sobre el significado del hogar y de los espectros que lo acechan. Entretejiendo el pasado y el presente, lo personal y lo político, y convocando a Marguerite Duras, Elena Ferrante, Georgia O’Keeffe o Céline Schiamma, la autora indaga en el significado de la feminidad y de la propiedad. A través de sus recuerdos hace inventario de sus posesiones reales e imaginarias y cuestiona nuestra forma de entender el valor de la vida intelectual y cotidiana de la mujer. Después de Cosas que no quiero saber y El coste de vivir, esta obra es la culminación de una autobiografía escrita en el fragor de una vida que no está solamente protagonizada por Levy, sino por todas las mujeres que la sostienen con una red invisible. Reseñas: «La voz imprevisible, tierna, incisiva, entristecida y entusiasta de la Levy biógrafa ofrece un festín literario.»Gonzalo Torné, El Cultural «Por supuesto, Levy es feminista, su autobiografía desvela no solo una postura como mujer, también esa visión impregna otros temas como la migración, el imperialismo, el racismo o el amor. Estos textos según Levy tenían que narrar dos aspectos que nunca coexisten: el poder de los hombres y la vulnerabilidad que se permite la mujer al escribir.» Ariana Basciani, The Objective Sobre Cosas que no quiero saber: «Una narración vivaz y brillante sobre cómo los detalles más inocentes de la vida personal de una escritora pueden alcanzar el poder en la ficción.»The New York Times Book Review «Un relato vívido y sorprendente de la vida de la escritora, que feminiza y personaliza las contundentes a afirmaciones de Orwell.»The Spectator Sobre El coste de vivir: «Derrocha en el segundo tomo de su autobiografía tanto hallazgos expresivos como verdades acendradas [...] en un tapiz algo descosido que sin embargo se lee con delectación y donde rubrica sobre todo el regreso a los planteamientos de Simone de Beauvoir en El segundo sexo; esto es, vuelve a admitir la dificultad desquiciante de conjugar pareja, maternidad e independencia intelectual.»El Periódico «El coste de vivir es el precio que debe pagar una mujer para desmontar un hogar en el que ya no se siente como en casa. Para Levy, este acto radical da inicio a la búsqueda de una nueva vida que resulta inseparable de la búsqueda de una nueva narrativa.»The Times
La Casa Que El Queso Construyo: Vida Inusual Del Emigrante Mexicano Que Definio Una Industria Global Multibillonaria
by Miguel A. LealA quintessential American dream story from a Mexican entrepreneur who shares the tale of building a multi-million-dollar business from scratch, complete with both success and failure, and always a vision of hope Leal came to the U.S. penniless as a teenager, speaking almost no English; he literally slept in the boiler room of a Wisconsin cheese factory for months before he was caught. Through hard work, grit, and ingenuity Leal would go on to launch his own business. He is widely credited with introducing Mexican cheeses to the U.S. market and grew his company to a multibillion-dollar success story. Yet, like many successful entrepreneurs, Leal’s great successes were matched by personal failures: the end of a marriage; trouble with law enforcement; and the deeply felt sense that there must be something more to life than great wealth. Leal’s memoir, THE HOUSE THAT CHEESE BUILT, is both a beautiful illustration of the immigrant experience—isolation, fear, and ambition for a better life and assimilation—as well as a thoughtful personal account of entrepreneurship and all its benefits and costs.
Casa se busca
by Socorro GiménezHíbrido entre prosa, poesía, autoficción, memoria y crónica postal, Casa se busca compone, a modo de mosaico, o de rompecabezas, un autorretrato emocional. A veces me agarra una voluntad destructiva de objetos. La llamo así porque llamarla torpeza es humillante e inexacto y prefiero llamarla voluntad aunque no la comprenda, aunque este impulso no sea asimilable a la intención ni a la consciencia. Es algo más que una torpeza. Vuelco agua y me resbalo en el suelo mojado, tiro el vino sobre la computadora y el parlante, rompo los libros cuando quiero mostrarlos, mancho con aceite la camisa nueva y le echo mal la sal, como si no importara. Quiero arreglar la canilla que gotea y armo una inundación. Golpeo la ventana que no cierra hasta descoyuntarla. Me impacientan las cosas que asumo que debieran ser transparentes, funcionales, y sin embargo fallan. Es una especie de impaciencia platónica, una furia ante el cuerpo, la consideración de la materia como una resistencia, un obstáculo. Como si no supiera ya que es la materia el instrumento vibratorio, es la materia lo que permite que haya música. Como si todavía creyera en una música celeste.
Casanova: The World of a Seductive Genius
by Laurence BergreenThe definitive biography of the impoverished child, abandoned by his parents, who became the famous writer, notorious libertine, and self-invented genius whose name still resonates today: Giacomo Casanova.Today, "Casanova" is a synonym for "great lover," yet the real story of this remarkable figure is little known. Giacomo Casanova was raised by his maternal grandmother, an illiterate peasant. His birthplace, Venice, was a republic in decline, reputedly the most debauched city in Europe. Casanova would add to the republic's reputation. Over the course of his lifetime, he claimed to have seduced more than 100 women, among them married women, young women in convents, girls just barely in their teens, and in one notorious instance, his own illegitimate daughter. Casanova came of age in a Venice filled with spies and informers. Naturally brilliant, he was intellectually curious and read forbidden books, for which he was jailed. He staged a dramatic escape from Venice's notorious prison, the only person known to have done so. He then fled to France, where he invented the national lottery that still exists to this day. But, intemperate by nature, he made enemies at the French court. He crisscrossed Europe, landing for a while in St. Petersburg, where he was admitted to the court of Catherine the Great. He corresponded with Voltaire and met Mozart and Lorenzo da Ponte--assisting them as they composed the timeless opera Don Giovanni. And he wrote what many consider the greatest memoir of the era, the 12-volume Story of My Life. A figure straight out of a Henry Fielding novel: erotic, brilliant, impulsive, and desperate for recognition, Casanova was a self-destructive genius. This witty, roisterous biography exposes his astonishing life in rich, intimate detail. At the same time, it is a dazzling portrait of eighteenth-century Europe from serving girls to kings and courtiers. Esteemed biographer Laurence Bergreen brings a sensual world vividly alive in this irresistible book.
Casanova
by Ian KellyGiacomo Casanova was one of the most beguiling and controversial individuals of his or any age. Braggart or perfect lover? Conman or genius? He made and lost fortunes, founded state lotteries, wrote forty-two books and 3,600 pages of memoirs recording the tastes and smells of the years before the French Revolution - as well, of course, as his affairs and sexual encounters with dozens of women and a handful of men. His energy was dazzling. Historian Ian Kelly draws on previously unpublished documents from the Venetian Inquisition, by Casanova, his friends and lovers, which give new insights into his life and world. His research spans eighteenth-century Europe. This is the story if a man, but also of the book he wrote about himself. His own memoirs have brought him two centuries of notoriety. They have also changed forever the way we think and write about ourselves - and about sex. At the same time that revolutions - scientific, industrial, political and artistic - remade the world in the eighteenth century, Casanova created an intimate and exhaustive study of what he saw as the most revolutionary article of all - himself. The world, and the way we look at ourselves in it, would never be the same again.
Casanova in Bohemia: A Novel
by Andrei CodrescuAn erotic, comedic, and compulsively readable historical novel depicting the beguiling Giacomo Casanova as he looks back on a life of love and ribald adventure In Count Waldstein's far-flung Bohemian castle, an aging Casanova spends his days as a librarian cataloging the count's extensive collection of books. Or at least that's what he's supposed to be doing. Ever the storyteller, Casanova instead dedicates himself to his own writing, for which the young servant Laura Brock serves as an endlessly fascinated audience. He recounts to her his greatest escapades--from romances in a Venetian convent to the seduction of an entire harem to the triumphant amassing (and subsequent loss) of a fortune in Paris. Enlivened by the French Revolution and the liberating ideas of the Enlightenment, Casanova's latest exploits prove he still possesses an intellectual vigor and insatiable curiosity. Even old age can't keep this legendary libertine--who corresponded with Voltaire, discussed flight with Benjamin Franklin, and whose life and writings inspired artists as diverse as Mozart, Flaubert, Stendhal, and Hesse--from causing trouble. Rich with eighteenth-century European social, political, and religious history, Casanova in Bohemia is an energetic and erotic portrait of Western literature's most beloved lothario, whose hedonism was matched by his creativity and wit.
Casanova the Irresistible
by Armine Kotin Mortimer Phillippe SollersHis is a name synonymous with seduction. His was a life lived without limits. Giacomo Casanova left behind thousands of pages detailing his years among Europe's notable and noble. In Casanova the Irresistible, Philippe Sollers--prolific intellectual and revered visionary of the French avant-garde--proffers a lively reading of and guide to the famed libertine's sprawling memoir. Armine Kotin Mortimer's translation of Sollers's reading tracks the alluring Venetian through the whole of his astounding and disreputable life. Eschewing myth, Sollers dares to present the plain realities of a man "simple, direct, courageous, cultivated, seductive, funny. A philosopher in action." The lovers are here, and the ruses and adventures. But Sollers also rescues Casanova the writer, a gifted composer of words who reigns as a titan of eighteenth-century literature. As always, Sollers seeks to shame society for its failure to recognize its failings. By admiring those of Casanova's admirable qualities present in himself, Sollers spurns bourgeois hypocrisy and cliché to affirm a jocund philosophy of life devoted to the twinned pursuits of pleasure and joy. A masterful translation that captures Sollers's idiosyncratic style, Casanova the Irresistible escorts readers on a journey into the heads and hearts of two singular personalities.
Casanova's Return to Venice
by Arthur Schnitzler Ilsa Barea"His yearning for Venice, the city of his birth, grew so intense that, like a wounded bird slowly circling downwards in its death flight, he began to move in ever-narrowing circles."One of Schnitzler’s most poignant evocations of the passing of time and the ironies of sentiment and love, Casanova’s Return to Venice tells the story of an ageing Casanova’s desperate desire to return to the city he truly loves after a life of exile; a desire which is contrasted with his still-libidinous and sensuous – yet weary – pursuit of women, money and prestige.
The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media's Favorite Candidate
by David FreddosoHas any major candidate for president of the United States ever received less critical examination than Barack Obama? Who is this man, who was only elected to the Senate in 2004?
Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK
by Gerald PosnerThe assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, continues to inspire interest ranging from well-meaning speculation to bizarre conspiracy theories and controversial filmmaking. But in this landmark book,reissued with a new afterword for the 40th anniversary of the assassination, Gerald Posner examines all of the available evidence and reaches the only possible conclusion: Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. There was no second gunman on the grassy knoll. The CIA was not involved. And although more than four million pages of documents have been released since Posner first made his case, they have served only to corroborate his findings. Case Closedremains the classic account against which all books about JFK's death must be measured.
The Case for Faith Student Edition: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity (Case for … Series for Students)
by Lee StrobelWhy is there suffering? Doesn&’t science disprove miracles? What about hell—and the millions who&’ve never heard of Jesus? Is heaven for real? Is God unjust? Lee Strobel decided to use his award-winning journalistic skills to investigate the idea of faith, and prove that placing our trust in things we cannot see is a solid bet. This updated The Case for Faith Student Edition adapts Strobel&’s bestselling The Case for Faith to present hard-hitting findings as well as interviews with believers and skeptics alike in an easy-to-follow manner so you can make a decision about Christian faith for yourself.The Case for Faith Student Edition:Is written for readers ages twelve and olderPresents the arguments for and against having faith that teens and young adults often ask and encounter so they can see the real evidence and factsUses logic and solid information to examine why Christians believe what they doCan also be used in the classroom, in group studies, or as part of a religious studies or comparisons classContains infographics and charts to make the facts clearPairs well with The Case for Christ Student Edition, The Case for a Creator Student Edition, The Case for the Real Jesus Student Edition, and The Case for Miracles Student EditionLee Strobel&’s research provides:Scientific data, expert testimonies, and interviewsCross-religious comparisonsHistorical and archeological proofs he discovered during his investigationPrepare yourself for an eye-opening, no-punches-pulled investigation into eight of the toughest objections to Christianity. The answers will prove whether or not Jesus is who he says he is and if heaven is for real, leading you to a life-changing decision in your current case for or against Christianity. Even if you&’re an atheist or just aren&’t sure about Jesus, these stories will turn your whole world upside down. If you&’re already a Christian, you&’ll gain powerful insights that will reshape your understanding of the Bible and affect your life of faith like never before.
The Case for Hillary Clinton
by Susan EstrichWith the Bush administration now in its final years, all eyes are turning to the 2008 political season -- especially those of Democratic voters, who are casting about for a galvanizing leader to help them win back the White House.And in that role, argues longtime political strategist Susan Estrich, no candidate even approaches the power and promise of Hillary Rodham Clinton, the senator from New York. She is, by far, not only the most popular Democratic leader in the country, but also one of its most popular and admired politicians, period. Both a passionate spokesperson for progressive values and a strong advocate for our troops overseas, she has used her time in the Senate to establish herself successfully as a genuine political powerhouse. There is no candidate whose election would bring such vitality and lasting change into the White House. And she offers Americans a once-in-a-lifetime chance to break the world's most prominent glass ceiling and elect a female president of the United States.In an atmosphere where conservative Hillary-bashing is still as virulent as ever, Estrich demonstrates all the reasons that this principled leader still blows away any other potential contender in the early polls for 2008. And, with arguments both stirring and sensible, she reminds us that if Hillary should succeed, America and the world would be changed forever and for the better.
The Case for Impeachment: The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush from Office
by Dave Lindorff Barbara Olshansky(From the book jacket) THE WAR IN IRAQ. NO-BID CONTRACTS AWARDED TO HALLIBURTON. HURRICANE KATRINA. THE CIA LEAK INVESTIGATION. ILLEGAL WIRETAPPING. THE STORY just keeps getting worse. The evidence is glaring. George W. Bush's record as a president is abysmal. And it's time to impeach him. The Case for Impeachment lays out the reasons why in a straightforward, letter-of-the-law manner. Juxtaposing hard facts with the lies and deceptions of this administration, The Case for Impeachment is a serious consideration of Bush's high crimes and misdemeanors while in office. This important and timely book will serve as a rallying cry for all those fed up with George W. Bush's abuses of power.
A Case for Solomon: Bobby Dunbar and the Kidnapping That Haunted a Nation
by Tal McThenia Margaret Dunbar CutrightThe spellbinding story of one of the most celebrated kidnapping cases in American history—the kidnapping of Bobby Dunbar—and a haunting family mystery that took almost a century to solve.THE MOST NOTORIOUS KIDNAPPING CASE IN AMERICAN HISTORY In 1912, four-year-old Bobby Dunbar went missing in the Louisiana swamps. After an eight-month search that electrified the country and destroyed Bobby’s parents, the boy was found, filthy and hardly recognizable. A wandering piano tuner was arrested and charged with kidnapping— a crime then punishable by death. But when a destitute single mother came forward from North Carolina to claim the boy as her son, not the lost Bobby Dunbar, the case became a high-pitched battle over custody—and identity—that divided the South. A gripping historical mystery, A Case for Solomon chronicles the epic century-long effort to unravel the startling truth.
The Case for the Real Jesus: A Journalist Investigates Current Attacks on the Identity of Christ (Case for … Series for Students)
by Lee Strobel Jane VogelStudents today are bombarded with opinions and research about Jesus that goes against everything you've been trying to teach them. They don't know if they can trust what the Bible says about Jesus because they don't know they can trust the Bible. They wonder if he really rose from the dead, or if he was even God. Let Lee Strobel's investigations into the real Jesus help your students see the truth about the Son of God.
The Case for Trump
by Victor Davis HansonFrom an award-winning historian and regular Fox contributor, the true story of how Donald Trump has become one of the most successful presidents in history -- and why America needs him now more than ever <P><P> In The Case for Trump, award-winning historian and political commentator Victor Davis Hanson explains how a celebrity businessman with no political or military experience triumphed over sixteen well-qualified Republican rivals, a Democrat with a quarter-billion-dollar war chest, and a hostile media and Washington establishment to become president of the United States -- and an extremely successful president. <P><P>Trump alone saw a political opportunity in defending the working people of America's interior whom the coastal elite of both parties had come to scorn, Hanson argues. <P><P>And Trump alone had the instincts and energy to pursue this opening to victory, dismantle a corrupt old order, and bring long-overdue policy changes at home and abroad. <P><P>We could not survive a series of presidencies as volatile as Trump's. But after decades of drift, America needs the outsider Trump to do what normal politicians would not and could not do. <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
Case of a Lifetime: A Criminal Defense Lawyer's Story
by Abbe SmithA recent study estimates that thousands of innocent people are wrongfully imprisoned each year in the United States. Some are exonerated through DNA evidence, but many more languish in prison because their convictions were based on faulty eyewitness accounts and no DNA is available. Prominent criminal lawyer and law professor Abbe Smith weaves together real life cases to show what it is like to champion the rights of the accused. Smith describes the moral and ethical dilemmas of representing the guilty and the weighty burden of fighting for the innocent, including the victorious story of how she helped free a woman wrongly imprisoned for nearly three decades.For fans of Law and Order and investigative news programs like 20/20, Case of a Lifetime is a chilling look at what really determines a person's innocence.
The Case of Abraham Lincoln: A Story of Adultery, Murder, and the Making of a Great President
by Julie M. FensterThe Case of Abraham Lincoln offers the first-ever account of the suspenseful Anderson Murder Case, and Lincoln's role in it. Fenster not only examines the case that changed Lincoln's fate, but portrays his day-to-day life as a circuit lawyer and how it shaped him as a politician. Drawing a picture of Lincoln in court and at home during that season of 1856, Fenster also offers a close-up look at Lincoln's political work in building the party that would change his fate - and that of the nation.