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This is the story of the rise to national power of a desperately poor young man from the Texas Hill Country. The Path to Power reveals in extraordinary detail the genesis of the almost superhuman drive, energy, and ambition that set LBJ apart. It follows him from the Hill Country to New Deal Washington, from his boyhood through the years of the Depression to his debut as Congressman, his heartbreaking defeat in his first race for the Senate, and his attainment, nonetheless, at age 31, of the national power for which he hungered.

In 1948, seven hundred thousand Palestinians were forced out of their homes by the first Arab-Israeli War. More than seventy years later, most of their houses are long gone, but millions of their descendants are still registered as refugees, with many living in refugee camps. This group—unlike countless others that were displaced in the aftermath of World War II and other conflicts—has remained unsettled, demanding to settle in the state of Israel. Their belief in a "right of return" is one of the largest obstacles to successful diplomacy and lasting peace in the region.

Former President Carter introduces this gripping first-person narrative that provides significant details about six headline stories not previously revealed. Captivating experiences from my unique childhood, attending boarding school at the age of seven, escaping the 1964 Congo rebellion as a refugee, and being inducted into the Masai tribe in Kenya, jump start the book. Human-interest vignettes punctuate fascinating accounts of developing the Predator drone, conducting the 2003 scud hunt in Iraq, and accompanying Senator Obama to Africa in 2006.

In 1962 the American statesman Dean Acheson famously charged that Britain had lost an empire and failed to find a new role. Nearly 60 years later the rebuke rings true again. Britain's postwar search for its place in the world has vexed prime ministers and government since the nation's great victory in 1945: the cost of winning the war was giving up the empire. After the humiliation of Anthony Eden's Suez expedition, Britain seemed for a time to have found an answer. 

Public trust in government is near an all-time low after decades of disruptive events that have exposed corruption, waste, and dysfunction in Washington, D.C. Like the contractions that precede a birth, the nation is now experiencing the pains of transformation as it undergoes a rebirth—...

Joe Scarborough—former Republican congressman and the always insightful host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe—takes a nuanced and surprising look at the unexpected rise and self-inflicted fall of the Republican Party. Dominant in national politics for forty years under the influence of the...

In The Political Vise, political strategist and policy leader John Tillman unmasks the hidden machinery driving America’s relentless leftward drift. Drawing on decades of experience, including a landmark legal victory at the Supreme Court in Janus v. AFSCME, Tillman introduces a powerful framework for how political power has been used since the country’s founding: a three-sided vise of the media, elite influencers, and the American people that holds politicians accountable.

I wrote a letter to the entirety of The Congress of the United States of America in the last years of the 90's. I have not read that letter in over 20-years. This personal story, very close to my heart and feelings, is now a true reality, for all to accomplish a better life, standard of living and save our world from famine and hunger. Yes, it is a reality that is occurring to us all, whether through weather events, war, medical treatments, and more.

The author of America's Hidden Success launches a daring and appealing political and economic plan to restore American unity and prosperity. Today, bitter partisanship has sunk our politics into unending stalemate, millions of Americans are struggling to get ahead financially, and cynicism about the effectiveness and fairness of our political processes grows continually deeper. The country needs practical, principled, and unifying solutions, rather than continued finger-pointing across the aisle.

Diagnosed with a rare and deadly cancer at the very beginning of the COVID-19 shutdowns, Justin Taylor Hughes spent a lot of time alone in hospitals without the support of his friends and family. Thankfully, God gave Justin peace, love, and even joy in his suffering through Freedom Prayer, a discipline based on the teachings of Jesus that helped Justin identify lies that he was telling himself about his illness and replace that negativity with God’s life-giving truth. Justin thought that his life was over, but God showed him that He still has a wonderful plan for his recovery.