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  Summary: Tired of Winning -...

  Brooks Bryant

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  DISCLAIMER: THIS IS NOT THE OFFICIAL BOOK. 
  This is a summary, and it does not accompany the official 
  'Tired of Winning' by Jonathan Karl examines Donald Trump's resurgence in the Republican Party following his presidency. The book describes Trump's journey from a defeated and disgraced former president to regaining prominence within the party. Karl, with his extensive experience as a reporter and ABC News's chief White House correspondent, offers detailed insights into Trump's post-presidency period at Mar-a-Lago, where he became increasingly extreme and vengeful, causing damage to the GOP's electoral prospects. Despite legal challenges and a divisive presence, Trump re-emerged as a frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. The book poses a critical question to the Republican Party, paralleling Ronald Reagan's 1964 speech, about whether they are ready to continue their path with Trump as their leader. Karl's unique perspective, rooted in his long history of covering Trump, provides a comprehensive view of the former president's quest for retribution and the potential implications for the GOP.

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  Fall of Rome and Constantinople...

  Charles River Editors

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  For the people of the ancient Mediterranean and beyond, the city of Rome had been a symbol of power for centuries, and entering the early 5th century CE, the Eternal City hadn’t been taken by an enemy force since the Gauls had done it about 800 years earlier, an unheard of period of tranquility in a world wracked with almost constant warfare. 
  	Thus, when the Visigoths, whom the Romans considered uncultured and inferior, took the city of Rome and sacked it in 410, the world was stunned. It made theologians of the newly Christianized empire question God’s plan on Earth, and it encouraged many leading Romans to look east to Constantinople for their future. Indeed, the Western Roman Empire would completely collapse in the late 5th century, less than 70 years after the Visigoths sacked Rome, and just how it went from being a superpower to a poorly led, weak, and vulnerable shadow of its former self has preoccupied historians for centuries.  
  To this day, it remains difficult to trace just when the decline began, but it’s fair to say that the sack of Rome was the result of a number of factors that had been coalescing for many years. 	In the end, the fall of the Roman Empire was not a tale of cataclysmic events that shattered the sprawling power, but the culmination of centuries of internal dissent and decay, combined with growing external threats that led to gradual decline and eventually to the empire’s final destruction.  
  	In terms of geopolitics, perhaps the most seminal event of the Middle Ages was the successful Ottoman siege of Constantinople in 1453. The city had been an imperial capital as far back as the 4th century, when Constantine the Great shifted the power center of the Roman Empire there, effectively establishing two almost equally powerful halves of antiquity’s greatest empire. Constantinople would continue to serve as the capital of the Byzantine Empire even after the Western half of the Roman Empire collapsed.

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  Power without Victory - Woodrow...

  Trygve Throntveit

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  For decades, Woodrow Wilson has been remembered as either a paternalistic liberal or reactionary conservative at home and as a naïve idealist or cynical imperialist abroad. Historians’ harsh judgments of Wilson are understandable. He won two elections by promising a deliberative democratic process that would ensure justice and political empowerment for all. Yet under Wilson, Jim Crow persisted, interventions in Latin America increased, and a humiliating peace settlement was forced upon Germany. A generation after Wilson, stark inequalities and injustices still plagued the nation, myopic nationalism hindered its responsible engagement in world affairs, and a second vastly destructive global conflict threatened the survival of democracy worldwide—leaving some Americans today to wonder what, exactly, the buildings and programs bearing his name are commemorating. In Power without Victory, Trygve Throntveit argues that there is more to the story of Wilson than these sad truths. Throntveit makes the case that Wilson was not a “Wilsonian,” as that term has come to be understood, but a principled pragmatist in the tradition of William James. He did not seek to stamp American-style democracy on other peoples, but to enable the gradual development of a genuinely global system of governance that would maintain justice and facilitate peaceful change—a goal that, contrary to historical tradition, the American people embraced. In this brilliant intellectual, cultural, and political history, Throntveit gives us a new vision of Wilson, as well as a model of how to think about the complex relationship between the world of ideas and the worlds of policy and diplomacy.

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  Swapped and Frozen - Gender Swap

  Kinky Press

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  Where have all the innocent young women gone? 
    
  Andrew wakes up to find the horrible snowy curse of the Snow King has fallen over his kingdom and no innocent women left to sacrifice. The witch instead turns him into a beautiful young maiden and offers him up. 
    
  The Snow King accepts her and uses her as his maid, and more. More than one in the castle is allowed to take his pleasure with her. But when Andrew has his chance to defeat the Snow King and turn back into a man, will he even want to? Or will he choose to give in to the big man and start a family, instead?

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  Encounters in Yoga and Zen

  Trevor Leggett

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  Gleaned from the author's experiences over many years of yoga and Zen training, as well as from conversations with teachers, folk stories and temple magazines, this is a fascinating and enlightening compendium of tales from the yoga and Zen traditions.

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  History Of The Conquest Of Peru...

  William Hickling Prescott

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  "History of the Conquest of Peru" by William Hickling Prescott is a classic work of historical narrative that tells the story of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire in the 16th century. The book was first published in 1847 and is widely regarded as one of the greatest works of American historical writing. 
  Prescott's account of the conquest is rich in detail and offers a vivid portrayal of the people, places, and events involved. He draws on a wide range of sources, including contemporary accounts and first-hand reports, to provide a comprehensive and authoritative history of the conquest. 
  The book begins with an overview of the Inca Empire and its society and culture, before moving on to describe the arrival of the Spanish and the conquest itself. Prescott provides a detailed account of the major battles and campaigns, as well as the personal rivalries and conflicts among the Spanish conquistadors. 
  Throughout the book, Prescott offers a nuanced analysis of the political, social, and cultural factors that contributed to the conquest, and he reflects on the broader significance of the events for the history of the Americas and for global history more generally. 
  Overall, "History of the Conquest of Peru" is a masterful work of historical narrative that offers a compelling and detailed account of one of the most significant events in the history of the Americas. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of the region or in the broader themes of conquest, colonization, and cultural encounter.

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