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  The Isolated Presidency

  Jordan T. Cash

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  How powerful is the President of the United States? For many scholars, this is a question that can be answered only by considering factors outside the office itself, such as the president's popularity, personal clout, political talents, or institutional relationships. 
   
   
   
  In The Isolated Presidency, Jordan T. Cash reframes this question to instead ask what authority is available to all presidents. Drawing on the Constitution itself, Cash argues that the presidency possesses an internal logic derived from its structure, duties, and powers which not only grants the president a unique institutional perspective, but also provides the president with considerable agency and discretion in pursuing agendas. 
   
   
   
  To gain a clear view of how the Constitution creates a baseline of authority that is available to all presidents, Cash examines the "isolated presidents"—presidents who were unelected, faced divided government, and were opposed by major factions of their own political parties. Stripped of all external supports, these presidents were left with nothing but their constitutional authority to rely on. Through three case studies of isolated presidents, Cash illustrates how the Constitution creates an empowering logic within the presidency which orients presidential behavior and grants every president significant power and agency.

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  My Name Is Philippa - Accessible...

  Philippa Ryder

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  My Name is Philippa: A Transgender Memoir of Love, Understanding and Transformation. Experience a heart-changing journey with Philippa Ryder as she transitions from male to female with the support of her family. This powerful and moving story explores the physical and emotional process of transitioning and provides answers to common questions about being transgender—a must-read for anyone seeking to understand and support the global movement towards gender freedom and empowerment.

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  Midstream: My Later Life

  Helen Keller

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  Helen Keller’s name is forever linked with courage, perseverance, and the power of education. In Midstream: My Later Life, she picks up where The Story of My Life left off, offering a rare and intimate look at her journey beyond her early triumphs. 
  Here, Keller recounts the challenges and victories of adulthood—her advocacy for people with disabilities, her international travels, her friendships with world leaders and artists, and her tireless fight for social change. She writes candidly about setbacks, loneliness, and the weight of public life, but also about the deep sense of purpose that guided her. 
  Far more than a continuation of her first memoir, Midstream reveals Keller as an outspoken activist and global citizen. Her story is one of resilience and vision, an extraordinary life dedicated not only to overcoming personal barriers, but to dismantling the world’s. 
  This inspiring autobiography is a testament to the strength of the human spirit, and a reminder that true greatness lies not in what we achieve for ourselves, but in what we give to others.

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  The Whistling Wind - the true...

  John T.Hope

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  Weird can be wonderful, mysterious and magical, the word conveys all levels of emotion. In this remarkable book, ‘The Whistling Wind’, the author John T. Hope takes the reader on a trip to the underbelly of today’s society and the ugly underworld in gripping poetic prose.Born in the United Kingdom out of the Windrush generation, John T. Hope is an ordinary hardworking single black man writing a true story of romance in the midst of racism, unemployment, and the economic exploitation so many ethnic minorities face in the workplace. Stemming out of an impoverished background with a poor education, he confronts many unlucky turns of event on his life’s journey, then ends up in prison. Upon his release, he’s undeterred by the problems he encounters. Striving to survive, he writes to articulate why life is so hard in modern society and asks, why we can’t all live together as equals.

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  Life on Hold

  Ivonne Cabral

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  Discover a miracle among us 
  Life on Hold tells the moving and true story of Ivonne Cabral, a woman who faced the greatest challenge of her life: a chronic illness that brought her to the brink of death. Through its pages, Ivonne shares her journey from diagnosis to the moment she received a double liver and kidney transplant, transforming her struggle into a source of inspiration and hope.There is meaning in suffering 
  This book not only chronicles Ivonne's battle against her illness but also invites you to reflect on the power of love, the strength of faith, and the importance of relationships in the toughest times. With an honest, intimate, and sensitive voice, Life on Hold is a must-read for those looking to find light in darkness, meaning in suffering, and a purpose amidst pain.A Devotional Journey 
  Ideal for readers interested in true stories of overcoming, spirituality, and those facing chronic illnesses or challenging life situations. Find in this book a devotional guide to nourish your soul, strengthen your faith, and discover that, even in the hardest trials, we are not alone. 
  Life on Hold is a powerful testimony that reminds us that, with faith and determination, we can overcome any obstacle. Dive into Ivonne's story and let her journey inspire you to look beyond your circumstances and embrace each day with gratitude and hope. 
  Learn more at https://ivonnes.fund.

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  Architects of Terror: Paranoia...

  Paul Preston

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  A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 
  From the preeminent historian of 20th century Spain Paul Preston, Architects of Terror is a new history of how paranoia, conspiracy and anti-Semitism was used to justify the military coup of 1936 and enabled the construction of a dictatorship built on violence and persecution. 
  It is the previously untold story of how antisemitic beliefs were weaponised to justify and propagate the Franco overthrow of liberal Spain. 
  The Spanish military coup of 1936 was launched to overturn the social and economic reforms of the democratic Second Republic, and its educational and cultural challenges to the established order. The consequent civil war was fought in the interests of the landowners, industrialists, bankers, clerics and army officers whose privileges were threatened. However, a central justification for a war that took the lives of around 500,000 Spaniards was that it was being fought to combat an alleged scheme for world domination by a non-existent ‘Jewish- Masonic-Bolshevik Conspiracy’. Despite the fact that Spain had only a tiny minority of Jews and Freemasons, Franco and his inner circle were ardent believers in this fabricated conspiracy and spread the notion that the survival of Catholic Spain, as well, of course, of the establishment ’ s economic interests, required the total annihilation of Jews and Freemasons. 
  Architects of Terror is the story of how fake news, mendacity, corruption and nostalgia for lost empire generated violence and hatred. The book presents vivid portraits of the key ideologues who propagated the myth of the Jewish-Masonic-Bolshevik Conspiracy and of the military figures who implemented the atrocities that it justified. Among the convictions shared by these individuals was their belief in the idea that Freemasonry was responsible for Spain ’ s loss of empire and in the factual veracity of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, the notorious fiction about the global domination of the Jews. 
  This is a history that reverberates in our own political moment 
  In his latest work, Architects of Terror, Paul Preston presents a compelling narrative of the Spanish military coup of 1936, a historical event marred by paranoia, conspiracy, and anti-Semitism. The book, a must-read in the biography and historical genre, uncovers the role of fake news, corruption, and nostalgia in generating violence and hatred. 
  For fans of Antony Beevor (Arnhem), Giles Tremlett (The International Brigades), Adam Hochschild (American Midnight), Anne Applebaum (Red Famine), and Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway on Writing). 
  HarperCollins 2023

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