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Millions of Baby Boomers got beach houses, free education, jobs for life and a franking credit-fed retirement. But Millennials have been handed a housing crisis, crippling student debt, the gig economy, a cooked planet, a truly broken political system and now wars, inflation and a global pandemic, as a treat. This fully sucks. But never fear–this book is going to fix everything. Through the power of jokes, history, interviews and sass, so-called comedian Tom Ballard unpicks how his generation got here, and explains why we should probably do a revolution.

Based on extensive research and hundreds of interviews, including two with active directors of Central Intelligence, William H. Webster and Robert M. Gates, and with three former D.C.I.s, Inside the C.I.A. is the first in-depth, unbiased account of the Agency's core operations, its abject failures, and its resounding successes.

In recent years, the world of politics has taken a series of disastrous wrong turns. We have witnessed leaders who can't - or shouldn't be allowed to - lead, policies that are either self-serving or don't work, and world views that are corrosive or short term. Alastair Campbell's aim in But What Can I Do? is twofold: to explain why things have gone so wrong, and to show what we can to help put them right. A mix of polemic, analysis and practical advice, this is a political masterclass from a master political commentator and strategist.

I Love Russia takes us to places that non-Russians have never seen and brings us voices we have never heard. It is Elena Kostyuchenko’s courageous attempt to document Russia as experienced by those whom it systematically and brutally erases: village girls recruited into sex work, queer people in the outer provinces, patients and doc­tors at a Ukrainian maternity ward, and reporters like herself. At once uncompromising and deeply humane, it stitches reportage and personal essays into a kaleidoscopic, often other-worldly journey. Here is Russia as it is, not as we imagine it.

My Russia is an autobiography that traces Jill Dougherty's fascination with Russia and shares the insights into the country, its people, and its leader she has gleaned through forty years of reporting. Listeners will see Russia's evolution through the eyes of the dedicated and compassionate woman they have watched on cable since 1983.

Resuming the narrative of his Pulitzer Prize-winning Ghost Wars, best-selling author Steve Coll tells for the first time the epic and enthralling story of America's intelligence, military, and diplomatic efforts to defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan since 9/11.

Complete with a road map of the trends and players shaping the world today, Never Give an Inch is more than a historical review of the Trump Administration's greatest victories. It is essential listening for anyone who wants to understand the challenges of the future. And it is an inspirational story of leadership through dangerous times that will leave you with a greater appreciation for America.

In February 2013, Toronto's former mayor, Rob Ford, was caught on video smoking crack cocaine. Weeks later, he was accused of groping a campaign rival; had to leave a gala for being too intoxicated; and was fired as the coach of a high school football team. The events were part of a stream of Rob Ford "mishaps", which include a DUI; accusations of domestic violence; a trial where the Toronto City Council stripped him of his powers; even accusations of murder.

Never having run for office before, Katie Porter charted a new path in 2018 when she was elected to Congress as a Democrat in historically conservative Orange County, California. Underestimated as a single mom and chided for her progressive values, Katie defied expectations. Then, using her signature whiteboard, she began to take CEOs and corrupt government officials to task in Congressional hearings. The videos went viral, introducing Americans to her no-bullshit style, and making her a coveted guest on cable news and late-night television.

Under mer än 30 år har Jan Guillou varit Sveriges mest läste, kanske också mest kontroversielle, kolumnist. Hans texter i Aftonbladet har handlat om allt från föreställningen att de fattiga får det bättre om man sänker skatterna för de rika, till hot och hat mot framför allt kvinnliga skribenter, om tilltron till hårdare straff och utbyggda fängelser och till och med om vargfrågan. Men allra mest om terroristlagstiftningen och frågan om likhet inför lagen.

In an extraordinary series of private interviews, conducted over 16 years with the stipulation that they not be released until after Gerald Ford's death, the 38th president of the United States reveals a profoundly different side of himself: funny, reflective, gossipy, strikingly candid, and the stuff of headlines.

Why don’t people want to stay free? Well, I believe that most people do, and it is a republic if we can keep it. But I did not know this as a child, or even as a grown man, until the last few years. Each chapter of this book is a revealing report on politics in the United States of America, through the study of someone who was never literate in the world of politics. I Used to Be a Democrat shows that knowledge is power.

A menacing force surrounds us. We see it, we feel it, we know it. The country we love is in grave peril. While politicians and "experts" prattle on about the debt crisis at home, and terrorism abroad, a more insidious homegrown threat is emerging. It endangers our future and undermines our present. The uncomfortable truth: We have become our own worst enemy.

Når aftenen saenker sig over Nordkorea, bliver der mørkt. Helt mørkt. Det blev lykken for 12-årige Mi-ran og 15-årige Jun-sang, der aften efter aften sneg sig til staevnemøder i ly af mørket. Efter tre år tog de hinanden i hånden. Efter ni år kyssede de hinanden. Så flygtede Mi-ran med sin familie til Kina - uden et ord til Jun-sang. For hvem kan man stole på?

James Webb, author of Fields of Fire, the classic novel of the Vietnam War - and a former U.S. Senator; Secretary of the Navy; recipient of the Navy Cross, Silver Star and Purple Heart as a combat Marine; and a self-described "military brat" - has written an extraordinary memoir of his early years, "a love story - love of family, love of country, love of service" in his words.

In How Do I Tax Thee?, libertarian commentator and rising media star Kristin Tate takes us on a tour of the ways the government bleeds us dry in innumerable daily transactions and at various stages of life. We all know the government taxes our pay: Federal, state, and local taxes are withheld by employers, as are Social Security payments. But what about the many other ways the government drains money from our wallets?

Klokken 11.52 den 11. september 1973 brager to britiske Hawker Hunter- jagerfly i lav højde over praesidentpaladset i Santiago og lader de første af i alt atten bomber falde. Indenfor i paladset La Moneda ligger Chiles demokratisk valgte, socialistiske praesident Salvador Allende blandt glasskår og murbrokker og skyder ud gennem vinduerne med en maskinpistol, han har fået af Fidel Castro.

"Skuddene i København" er en reportage fra ytringsfrihedens skandinaviske frontlinje. Gennem interviews med fremtrædende danske og svenske kulturpersonligheder og politikere fortæller den svenske journalist og forfatter Niklas Orrenius en historie om to velfærdssamfund, der har bevæget sig i hver sin retning under truslen fra islamiske ekstremister.

In Silent No More: How I Became a Political Prisoner of Mueller’s "Witch Hunt", New York Times best-selling author of Killing the Deep State Jerome R. Corsi, PhD meticulously details the psychological torment he was subjected to in what the media has simply called "The Mueller Investigation". In late 2018, in an FBI closed conference room with no windows, Dr. Corsi was confronted for hours upon hours at a time by detailed questioning about events that occurred in 2016.

A journalist returns to her family home in Iran, witnessing enormous political, social, and personal change.