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  Barack Obama - Conservative...

  Burton I. Kaufman

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  Following his election, President Obama's supporters and detractors anticipated radical reform. As the first African American to serve as president, he reached the White House on a campaign promise of change. But, as Burton Kaufman explores in this insightful biography, Obama showed clear patterns of classical conservativism of an ideological sort and basic policy-making pragmatism. His commitment to usher in a multiracial, multiethnic, and multicultural society was fundamentally connected to opening up, but not radically altering, the existing free enterprise system. 
   
    
    
  The Affordable Care Act was a distillation of President Obama's complex motivations for policy. More conservative than radical, the ACA fitted the expansion of health insurance into the existing system. Similarly, in foreign policy, Obama eschewed the use of force to affect regime change. Yet he kept boots on the ground in the Middle East and supported ballot-box revolts geared toward achieving in foreign countries the same principles of liberalism, free enterprise, and competition that existed in the United States. 
   
     
   
  In estimating the course and impact of Obama's full political life, Kaufman makes clear that both the desire for and fear of change in the American polity affected the popular perception but not the course of action of the forty-fourth US president.

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  Bravest of the Brave - The...

  Lt General Satish Dua (Retd)

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  The incredible story of a braveheart. 
   
  Chunni Lal grew up among heroes. And at the age of nineteen, he became a hero himself. In the 1987 Siachen attack, he was the first to reach the enemy post and was, subsequently, awarded the Sena Medal. Lt Gen. Satish Dua (Retd.) was his commanding officer in the battalion at the LoC a decade later, when Chunni was a combat-experienced Havildar and an inspirational figure. For counter insurgency operations, he was awarded the Veer Chakra at this time. Seven years later, in 2007, while deployed again on the LoC in North Kashmir during a counter infiltration operation, Naib Subedar Chunni Lal was killed in action. He was posthumously awarded the Ashok Chakra. With the Sena Medal, the Veer Chakra and Ashok Chara, Naib Subedar Chunni Lal became the highest awarded soldier of the Indian Army.  
  All Indian Army soldiers are brave, but Naib Subedar Chunni Lal, AC, VrC, SM stood out as one of the bravest. At five feet three, he stood mighty tall. He is a legendary figure in India's military history. 
  This is his story.

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  Genghis Khan - The truth about...

  Susanne Monroe

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  Do you want to learn about Genghis Khan?  
  Gеnghiѕ Khаn аnd thе Mаking of thе Modern Wоrld because I rеаlizеd I knеw relatively littlе аbоut оnе оf the mоѕt influential men in humаn hiѕtоrу. Rеѕеаrсhеrѕ hаvе еѕtimаtеd thаt 0.5 реrсеnt of mеn hаvе Gеnghiѕ Khan’s DNA in thеm, whiсh iѕ реrhарѕ оnе оf the mоѕt tаngiblе means оf dеtеrmining hiѕtоriсаl imрасt. But thаt’ѕ juѕt thе tip оf the iсеbеrg. Thе Mоngоliаn wаrlоrd соnԛuеrеd a mаѕѕivе chunk оf thе 13th-century сivilizеd wоrld—inсluding mоrе than оnе-third оf its рорulаtiоn. He сrеаtеd оnе of the first intеrnаtiоnаl роѕtаl systems. Hе dесrееd universal freedom of religion in all hiѕ соnԛuеrеd tеrritоriеѕ—indееd, some of hiѕ ѕеniоr gеnеrаlѕ wеrе Chriѕtiаnѕ. Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn... Who was Genghis Khan and what he did? Biographical aspects of his lifeBecoming Genghis KhanGеnghiѕ Khan’s Education and Beginnings Early life and family Military СаmраignѕMuch,much more! 
  Don’t miss out on Genghis Khan: The truth about Genghis Khan’s life and political principles revealed!

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  Confessions of a forger The...

  Eric Piedoie Le Tiec

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  Art forgeries are everywhere, in museums, exhibition halls, galleries. Why? Because forgeries are made with the complicity of the artists themselves (sometimes), through the collusion of the deceased artists' families (very often), and with the connivance of experts and gallery owners the world over (all the time). Eric Piedoie Le Tiec was a forger for 30 years and spent 10 years behind bars. In this extraordinary story of one of the main forgers of the last forty years, we discover the hidden world of the art market. Miró, Toulouse-Lautrec, Dufy, Chagall, Arman... and above all César, all the great masters pass through. The undisputed king of forgery created thousands of forgeries—of all the great masters—enriching many art dealers. “Everyone knew what we were doing, in Nice, Copenhagen, New York, Antwerp, Shanghai, but everyone kept quiet because there was a lot of money to be made.” The art racket finally exposed! Eric Piedoie Le Tiec, 63 years old, is today a gallery owner and art dealer in Grasse, on the French Riviera. 
  This audiobook is read by a synthesized voice.

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  When You Lie About Your Age The...

  Carol Leifer

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  It occurred to standup comic and comedy writer Carol Liefer that she had to stop telling one of her favorite stories—seeing The Beatles perform at Shea Stadium—because it dated her. But then she thought: What's that about? "I see now that when you deny your age, you deny yourself, and when you lie about your age, you become your inauthentic twin. But most important, when you lie about your age, they win." And, of course, by 'they,' she means the terrorists. In this uproarious audiobook, Leifer reveals all—her age, her outlook, her life philosophy—with a no-holds-barred approach.

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  Surviving Life as a Miracle Child

  Brandon C. Gandy

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  This is a true story about Brandon C. Gandy, who overcame fifteen birth defects, twenty-eight surgeries, a medically induced coma, and cancer, and became the eighth person in the world to have a testicular and kidney transplant. During all of his near-death medical challenges, Brandon persisted; he would remain an athlete and he tackled many different sports. His brave, strong journey sheds light on real-life struggles of what a miracle child has to go through growing up and how he turned his preconceived weaknesses into his ultimate strengths with his endless faith.

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