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  The Faith of Ronald Reagan

  Mary Beth Brown

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  The New York Times–bestselling author’s biography reveals that President Reagan’s greatest virtue wasn’t allegiance to country, but allegiance to God. 
   
  With warmth and insight, Reagan biographer Mary Beth Brown delves into the spiritual journey of America’s fortieth president and offers profound stories of the provisions God made in his life—from his early success as an actor to his historic presidential victory, and from surviving an assassination attempt to eventually changing the face of politics and the world. 
   
  Drawing on Ronald Reagan’s own words and writings, as well as firsthand interviews with his family, friends, and co-workers, Brown weaves a magnificent story that inspires as it informs. Reagan’s strong devotion to God will encourage believers to enter public service, allowing their faith to motivate their actions, and will draw focus to Christ’s matchless sacrifice—which was forever near and dear to President Reagan’s heart.

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  Wins Losses and Lessons - An...

  Lou Holtz

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  When I die and people realize that I will not be resurrected in three days, they will forget me. That is the way it should be. For reasons known only to God, I was asked to write an autobiography. Most people who knew me growing up didn't think I would ever read a book, let alone write one.&#8212Lou HoltzFew people in the history of college sports have been more influential or had a bigger impact than Lou Holtz. Winner of the three national Coach of the Year honors, the only coach ever to lead six different schools to season-ending bowl games, and the ninth-winningest coach in college football history, Holtz is still teaching and coaching, although he is no longer on the gridiron. In his most telling work to date, the man still known as "Coach" by all who cross his path reveals what motivated a rail-thin 135-pound kid with marginal academic credentials and a pronounced speech impediment to play and coach college football, and to become one of the most sought-after motivational speakers in history. With unflinching honesty and his trademark dry wit, Holtz goes deep, giving us the intimate details of the people who shaped his life and the decisions he would make that shaped the lives of so many others.His is a storied career, and Holtz provides a frank and inside look at the challenges he overcame to turn around the programs at William and Mary, North Carolina State, Arkansas, and Minnesota. From growing up in East Liverpool, Ohio, to his early days as a graduate assistant at the University of Iowa, to his national championship runs at Notre Dame and his final seasons on the sidelines in South Carolina, Lou Holtz gives his best, a poignant, funny, and instructive look into a life well lived.

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  A Time of Scandal - Charles R...

  Rosemary Stevens

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  A look at what really happened in the U.S. Veterans’ Bureau Scandal in the 1920s. 
   
  In the early 1920s, as the nation recovered from World War I, President Warren G. Harding founded the U.S. Veterans Bureau, now known as the Department of Veterans Affairs, to treat disabled veterans. He appointed his friend, decorated veteran Colonel Charles R. Forbes, as founding director. Forbes lasted only eighteen months in the position before stepping down under a cloud of suspicion. In 1926—after being convicted of conspiracy to defraud the federal government by rigging government contracts—he was sent to Leavenworth Penitentiary. Although he was known in his day as a drunken womanizer, and as a corrupt toady of a weak president, the question persists: was Forbes a criminal or a scapegoat? 
   
  Historian Rosemary Stevens tells Forbes’s story anew, drawing on previously untapped records to reveal his role in America’s commitment to veterans. She explores how Forbes’s rise and fall in Washington illuminates Harding’s efforts to bring business efficiency to government. She also examines the scandal in the context of class, professionalism, ethics, and etiquette in a rapidly changing world. Most significantly, Stevens proposes a revisionist view of both Forbes and Harding: They did not defraud the government of billions and do not deserve the reputation they have carried for a hundred years. 
   
  Packed with conniving friends, FBI agents, and rival politicians as well as gamblers, revelers, and wronged wives, A Time of Scandal will appeal to anyone interested in political gossip, presidential politics, the “Ohio Gang,” and the 1920s.

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  The Doors of Perception

  Aldous Huxley

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  "A genuine spiritual quest. . . . Extraordinary." — New York Times 
  Among the most profound and influential explorations of mind-expanding psychedelic drugs ever written, a complete classic book—The Doors of Perception —in which Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, reveals the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human consciousness. 
  The Doors of Perception by Huxley blends Eastern mysticism with scientific experimentation to produce one of the most influential works on the effects of hallucinatory drugs on the human psyche.  
  Huxley’s essays The Doors of Perception  ushered in a whole new generation of counter-culture icons such as Jackson Pollock, John Cage, Timothy Leary and Jim Morrison. In fact, Morrison’s band name The Doors was inspired by The Doors of Perception.

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  Abraham Lincoln - The truth...

  Susanne Monroe

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  Do you want to learn about Abraham Lincoln? 
  Abrаhаm Lincoln's journey from bеing juѕt аnоthеr роlitiсiаn to bесоming America's greatest рrеѕidеnt. Hiѕtоriсаl rаnkingѕ оf Presidents of thе United States" which mаkеѕ it clear thаt in thе еуеѕ оf mаnу еxреrtѕ, and the public, Linсоln hаѕ соnѕiѕtеntlу hеld thiѕ ѕtаtuѕ. 
  A kеу tо thiѕ transformation was hоw Linсоln, whоѕе birthday iѕ today, developed thе ѕеlf-diѕсiрlinе tо tаkе оnе of his signature strengths-; hiѕ mastery of language-; аnd uѕеd it to serve the intеrеѕtѕ of thе Amеriсаn реорlе rаthеr thаn his оwn. 
  Linсоln wаѕ undоubtеdlу оnе of the grеаtеѕt соmmuniсаtоrѕ аmоng all Amеriсаn рrеѕidеntѕ. Hiѕ wоrdѕ-; аѕ a рubliс speaker, writеr, dеbаtеr, humоriѕt, аnd conversationalist-; continue tо еntеrtаin, educate, and inѕрirе uѕ to thiѕ dау. With оnlу one уеаr оf fоrmаl ѕсhооling, Linсоln соnѕсiоuѕlу cultivated thiѕ mastery оf lаnguаgе аnd еxрrеѕѕiоn. As a уоung bоу, he would рrасtiсе public ѕреаking bу gаthеring hiѕ friеndѕ tоgеthеr аnd ѕtеррing оntо a stump to address thеm. During hiѕ dауѕ аѕ a lаwуеr in Illinоiѕ, Linсоln wоuld frequently mееt uр in thе еvеning with friеndѕ аt a tavern whеrе they wоuld еngаgе in ѕtоrу-tеlling соntеѕtѕ. And hе glеаnеd valuable lessons in rhеtоriс by diligently ѕtudуing Shаkеѕреаrе. 
  As hе bеgаn forging hiѕ political ambitions, Linсоln rесоgnizеd thе роwеr оf words tо wеаkеn аnd еvеn dеѕtrоу his орроnеntѕ, аnd ѕо he started tо аttасk them with роwеrful vоllеуѕ of сritiсiѕm аnd mockery. Uроn provocation аt a political gаthеring in 1840, Linсоln mimiсkеd аnd ridiсulеd his opponent, Jеѕѕ Thоmаѕ, tо uрrоаriоuѕ cheering оf thе crowd. Thоmаѕ, whо wаѕ рrеѕеnt at thе event, wаѕ rеduсеd tо tears, and fоr уеаrѕ afterward, the реорlе referred tо it аѕ "thе ѕkinning оf Thomas."

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  My Secret Life Vol 6 Chapter 8

  Dominic Crawford Collins

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  My Secret Life is the longest erotic autobiography ever written. Penned anonymously during the 1800s by a wealthy English gentleman called Walter, it offers an eye and thigh opening account of life behind closed doors in the Victorian era. Banned from publication for its extreme and explicit content for nearly a century, My Secret Life has now come to life in the 21st century as an immersive audio book, narrated and scored by film composer Dominic Crawford Collins.Volume 6 Chapter 8?Promiscuous whorings. • Mrs. Eliza F***m**g. • Her fling. • An expensive establishment. • Mutual likings. • I am her fancy. • Lord E**t*r. • Caught by her with a woman. • My gift. • She marries. • A Rotterdam saloon. • A flaxen-haired North Hollander. • The young Englishman. • An Amsterdam bitch. • A difficult poke and queer cunt. • A Dutch sailor's whore. • Polyglot baudiness. • A pomatum pot. • At B***s**s. • Mrs. W***t*r again. • Acquaintance renewed. • A shallow cupboard. • A cough and a fart. • Four brothels and eight whores. • A larkish maid-servant. • Unsuccessful attempts.

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