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  Winston Churchill CEO - 25...

  Alan Axelrod

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  A study of the leadership style of the incomparable Winston Churchill, by an author who is “as thorough a biographer as he is a business thinker” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).  
   
  The quintessential twentieth-century leader Winston Churchill skillfully converted crisis into victory, making the boldest of visions seem attainable; even though he sometimes failed audaciously, he embraced his errors and used them to become stronger. In this book, historian Alan Axelrod looks at this much-studied figure in a way nobody has before: He explores 25 key facets of Churchill’s leadership style and decision-making from his early years as a junior cavalry officer and journalist to his role throughout WWII, and demonstrates how he was able to overcome near-impossible obstacles. Fluidly and engagingly written, each lesson is enlivened with a vivid vignette from Churchill’s life. As always, Axelrod’s penetrating analysis will instruct, inspire, and encourage those who lead business enterprises and other organizations, large and small.

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  Grocery Shopping with My Mother...

  Kevin Powell

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  When Kevin Powell's elderly mother became ill, he returned home ever week to take her grocery shopping in Jersey City. Walking behind her during those trips, Powell began to hear her voice, stories, and language in a new way—and examined his own healing while praying for hers.Grocery Shopping with My Mother originated as social media posts about these visits and evolved into a breathtaking collection of thirty-two new poems, crafted like an album, plus four bonus tracks celebrating a great love of wordplay. Culturally rooted in the literary traditions of Ntozake Shange and Allen Ginsberg, Powell’s poems honor the likes of V (formerly Eve Ensler), bell hooks, and Sidney Poitier.Grocery Shopping with My Mother dives into the complexities of relationships and contemporary themes with honesty and vulnerability. Creatively and spiritually inspired by Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life, Powell’s poems shift in form and style, from praise chants to reverential meditations to, most importantly, innovative hope.

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  The Ordeal of Mark Twain

  Van Wyck Brooks

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  This book, published in 1920, analyzes the literary progression of Samuel Clemens and his shortcomings (which are debatable). Brooks attributes Clemens' increasing sense of pessimism to the repression of his creative spirit due largely to his mother and his wife. (Summary by Wikipedia and Lucretia B.).

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  Mike Tyson His Story

  Onofre Quezada

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  Michael Gerard Tyson (New York, June 30, 1966), also known as Malik Abdul Aziz,6​7​ is an American former boxer. He won the world heavyweight title twice in the 1980s and is the youngest boxer in history to win a world heavyweight title when on November 22, 1986 he won the WBC title against Trevor Berbick , at only 20 years, 4 months and 22 days. Later he would manage to unify all the crowns against the champions James Smith (WBA) and Tony Tucker (IBF), being defeated, after several defenses, by James "Buster" Douglas in 1990. In 1992 he was imprisoned for the rape of Desiree Washington, an 18-year-old model. On March 26, he was sentenced to 10 years, 6 in prison and 4 on probation. He was released for good behavior in March 1995, returning to the ring that same year. He won the world title again in 1996, but lost it to Evander Holyfield a few months later. In 1997, in the rematch against Holyfield, he tore off a piece of his opponent's right ear, and after being warned by the referee and trying to bite him again, he was disqualified and banned for twelve months. He continued fighting and at the age of 35 he returned to fight for the world title against Lennox Lewis, but was defeated, retiring three years later. In 2003 he declared bankruptcy after having earned $30 million in some of his fights and around $300 million in his career as a whole. 

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  Confronting the Presidents - No...

  Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

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  Every American president, from Washington to Biden: Their lives, policies, foibles, and legacies, assessed with clear-eyed authority and wit.Authors of the acclaimed Killing books, the #1 bestselling narrative history series in the world, Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard begin a new direction with Confronting the Presidents.From Washington to Jefferson, Lincoln to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Kennedy to Nixon, Reagan to Obama and Biden, the 45 United States presidents have left lasting impacts on our nation. Some of their legacies continue today, some are justly forgotten, and some have changed as America has changed. Whether famous, infamous, or obscure, all the presidents shaped our nation in unexpected ways.The authors' extensive research has uncovered never before seen historical facts based on private correspondence and newly discovered documentation, such as George Washington's troubled relationship with his mother.In Confronting the Presidents, O’Reilly and Dugard present 45 wonderfully entertaining and insightful portraits of each president, with no-spin commentary on their achievements—or lack thereof. Who best served America, and who undermined the founding ideals? Who were the first ladies, and what were their surprising roles in making history? Which presidents were the best, which the worst, and which didn’t have much impact? How do decisions made in one era, under the pressure of particular circumstances, still resonate today? And what do presidents like to eat, drink, and do when they aren’t working—or even sometimes when they are?These and many more questions are answered in each fascinating chapter of Confronting the Presidents. Written with O’Reilly and Dugard’s signature style, authority, and eye for telling detail, Confronting the Presidents will delight all readers of history, politics, and current affairs, especially during the 2024 election season.

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  The Bee Eater - Michelle Rhee...

  Richard Whitmire

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  This book chronicles the life and work of the dynamic and  controversial Michelle Rhee -- from her first teaching job in a  West Baltimore classroom to her current position as chancellor  of Washington DC public schools.  Along the way, we also learn  about the fundamental problems in our current education  system, and -- most of all -- about the politics of  leadership.   When Rhee first arrived in Washington, she found a school  district that had been so broken for so long, that everyone had  long since given up.  Her determination to turn the situation  around, her encounters with community politics and long-simmering  racial tensions, and her battles with central office bureaucrats  and teachers unions have been featured in major media outlets such  as Time, Newsweek, and The Wall Street  Journal.      The book concludes with an inside account of the  contentious re-election race of mayor Adrian Fenty, a preview  of Rhee's future, and lessons for would-be reformers.  An  8-page photo insert includes images of Rhee from childhood through  the present.

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