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Life is short, the world is big, and Abby Steel has no time to lose.
Fifteen years ago, Abby found the love of her life entangled in the arms of her best friend.
Abby hit the road. For good.
She hit it on a Harley, and she never looked back.
Now, she's the proud owner of a successful all-female motorcycle touring company, Steel Journeys. Women from all walks of life flock to join Abby on her rides across the world. Part tour guide and part life-coach, Abby makes her living helping other women thrive.
When a ghost from Abby's past comes knocking on her door, he threatens to bring her world tumbling down.
Can Abby learn to forgive and face her past? Or will letting him through that door destroy everything she's struggled to become?
Join Abby Steel on a series of breathtaking international adventures with Steel Journeys - a women-only motorcycle touring company where she calls all the shots. From huts to hotels, it's never the same adventure twice.
Don't settle for the ordinary - take a ride with bad-ass women, big bikes, and far-flung adventure.
Imagine for a moment that you could achieve financial freedom and live the American Dream …
What would it mean to you? Retiring early? Freedom to live life the way you want? Work when you want or not? Travel? More time with your family? The resources to explore hobbies and things you have been wanting to do for years?
I realize that for many people the idea of true financial freedom may not be believable. This is understandable as a lot of us have grown up with very little education around money and creating wealth. However, as a Certified Financial Planner® who has worked with hundreds of people in different stages of life, I am here to tell it is very possible to reach financial freedom. It takes the right mindset and a willingness to follow a few essential principles which I lay out for you in this book. As you read through it you will discover:
•Unique and effective methods to significantly reduce or eliminate taxes
•Clever ways to create an everlasting portfolio for generations to come so no one in your lineage ever struggles with money again
•The secrets for managing debt (including credit card and student loan debt)
•How to stretch your dollar further than you ever imagined
•How to make sure you never run out of money in retirement
•Why investing in yourself first is critical to your financial freedom
This is not a get rich scheme or a program of severe budgeting, it is however a very clear and defined path to achieving financial freedom and living the American Dream. Whether you are already on track for reaching your goals, just getting started, or are struggling financially, you can start or dramatically accelerate your journey for achieving your financial dreams today!
SPECIAL BONUS: Includes Free Access to 25+ LinkedIn Training Videos!
Discover How To Use LinkedIn For Sales, Business and Marketing, including how to:
- Find New Sales Leads and Prospective Clients on LinkedIn FAST
- Turn Your Existing LinkedIn Connections into Paying Clients
- Make Your LinkedIn Profile a Magnet for New Business and Inbound Leads
- Small Business Case Study: 6 Figures in Just 90 Days using LinkedIn
WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR:
- Small Business Owners
- Entrepreneurs
- Business Coaches
- Consultants
- Trainers
- Sales Executives
- Business Development Executives
- Anyone else looking to generate more sales, clients and revenue using LinkedIn!
WHAT OTHERS SAY:
"When it comes to LinkedIn, there are pretty much three people I listen to, but only one has ever dropped new business right in my lap the way John Nemo did. You know me. I don't recommend people lightly. John Nemo is worth your time. Jump on this book!" - Chris Brogan, New York Times Bestselling Author & Speaker
"John Nemo took my LinkedIn profile page and ignited it in a way I hadn't seen done before. After witnessing John's expertise up close and personal, it's easy to see why he's been crushing it on LinkedIn the past few years. Simply put, when it comes to LinkedIn, John Nemo is the real deal. Can't wait to share more of his LinkedIn knowledge bombs with the rest of Fire Nation soon!" - John Lee Dumas, Host, Award-Winning "Entrepreneur on Fire" Podcast, Bestselling Author
WHAT READERS SAY:
"5 of the 13 sales I've made so far this year came from LinkedIn using John's methods! NO KIDDING, this REALLY works!" - Charles (Chaz) Broersma, Internet & Digital Marketing Executive
"I can attribute just over $20,000 in revenue the last 4-5 months to my LinkedIn activity using John's insights. I have another $10,000 in outstanding proposals that I feel confident will land in the next few weeks. There is not a week that goes past when I do not have new leads generated from my continuing to follow this program's advice!" - Paul Copcutt, Personal Branding Consultant & Speaker
"After implementing John's system, I started receiving leads immediately. Within 90 days my business was at 100 percent capacity. I literally had to turn new prospects away. I feel like I can now easily generate all the leads I'll ever need!" - Karen Nierlich, Small Business Owner
"In a very short amount of time, I've added 90 new connections, landed 3 solid leads had more than 30 phone and in person meetings with prospects. I've turned my LinkedIn network into a lead generation machine thanks to you John! Your expertise and insight is second to none. You don't try to pass off BS to your followers. Your system is so simple even for the average Joe. Thank you!" - John Barton, Director of Sales
"John - I should tell you that I just sold my largest consulting gig ever. It came from LinkedIn, and it came from being proactive on LinkedIn and following your tips!" - Dave DeVelder, FasTrac Revenue
"I have invested over $10,000 in various LinkedIn tools & training and John Nemo's is the top! His training had strategies and techniques that are NOT COVERED BY ANYONE else. All I can say is ... Wow!" - Dr. Murray Beaulieu, JV Broker, Health & Safety Products
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
The author of 7 books, John Nemo is a former Associated Press Reporter, Talk Radio Producer, Award-Winning PR Director and Social Media Consultant based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
John has personally rewritten LinkedIn profiles for A-List Entrepreneurs and Bestselling Authors including Chris Brogan, Mari Smith, John Lee Dumas, Bob Burg, Tom Ziglar, Jairek Robbins, Dan Miller, Ray Edwards and many others.
Get ready to renew your trust in God, identify the spiritual entanglers in your life, and rediscover who you are in Christ.
In this six-week devotional, Carole Brewer shares her love for God and knowledge of His word with humor, heart-warming personal experiences, and soul searching questions to ponder.
End each week with a spiritual SPA for your heart as you Surrender, Pray, and Arise in God's presence!
CAROLE BREWER
(B.A. in Music, M.A. in Education) is a speaker, author, teacher, singer/songwriter, and radio host who shares Bible-inspired messages.
Carole's greatest joy has been to help women feel loved, experience freedom from past hurts, and understand what it truly means to have their identity in Christ.
Take your relationship from dull and bland to passionate, inspired, and connected, as your grow your insights into your significant other's inner world!
These 131 creative conversation starters are for couples who desire to level-up their relationship by diving into fun, creative, share your inner-world conversations! Some questions are funny, and designed to liven up the mood. Others are meant to inspire, and help you and your partner scheme and dream about the future. Then, there are the spiritual questions, written to help you team-up as you grow you faith together.
Grow Your Income. Position Yourself as an Expert. Dominate Your Industry. Attract High Value Clients. In 8 Weeks (or Less)
What if you could build authority, dominate your industry, and attract high-value clients - on autopilot?
What if you could apply a simple, time-tested strategy that's proven to turn your expertise into profitable consulting deals and lucrative speaking gigs - in a matter of weeks?
What if you could edge out your competition, attract media attention, and become highly sought after in your market - without being a "celebrity"?
For the past few years I've worked with doctors, psychologists, sports coaches, tech executives, software CEO's, and corporate consultants that all had the same problem; they needed to differentiate themselves and position themselves as experts - FAST.
They had high-value skills and provided life-changing results, but struggled to get their message out and felt like they weren't living up to their potential.
The solution?
Launch a hard-hitting book that positions them as THE expert in their industry.... and then use that book to open doors for themselves.
In "AuthorPreneur Elite", I reveal the battle-tested method to grow your business, get recognized in your industry, and position yourself as THE expert, and grow your income - all by launching a well-written book.
Sound too good to be true?
It's not.
From software CEO's, tech entrepreneurs, to healthcare executives, to sports performance coaches, to executive coaches, to psychologists, these simple principles are responsible for creating and molding highly profitable businesses.
Here's what you'll discover:
**My Story: How I used my decades of corporate consulting and marketing experience to show you how to refine your messaging an position yourself as an expert - with a well written book.
**The Consultant's "Curse": The "curse" that most corporate consultants and entrepreneurs face... and how to fix it.
**How to Profitably Showcase Your Expertise: A simple way to turn your high-level expertise into books that lead to profitable consulting, lucrative speaking, and industry recognition.
**How to Drive Highly-Qualified Leads to Your Business: The simple system to drive highly-qualified leads to your business - even if you have no experience.
**The 6-Step Formula to Skyrocket Your Authority: I reveal the simple, six-step formula to rapidly skyrocket your authority, impact, and income - in a matter of weeks.
**The Simple Outreach Plan to Dominate Your Industry: I show you how to become a force to be reckoned with in your industry and get featured on relevant blogs, podcasts, conferences, and events.
And much more...
Relying on years of experience and successful customer case studies, you'll not only learn the simple system to position yourself as an expert and attract your ideal clients with your book, you'll learn how to do it - FAST.
Chock full of examples, case studies, practical insights, and actionable advice, you can read this book in less than an hour and start applying the system immediately.
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Dying to Die: The Janet Adkins Story is the biography of a loving wife and mother who took control of her life, her death and her destiny. It is a gripping love story between two people and their mutual respect for one another's journey.
Janet Adkins, an unknown woman from Portland, Oregon, was diagnosed with early Alzheimer's disease. She and her husband became internationally known when she elected to be the first, and only person to end her life with the help of Dr. Jack Kevorkian using his controversial "suicide machine."
Nearly thirty years after Janet's death, intimate details of her life and choice to die are revealed, with reactions of her family, friends, and community. At the conclusion of the book, the reader is left with compelling food for thought that encourages them to consider the evidence and ponder the questions: Do people have the right to decide when and how to die? Should their doctor be allow to assist them? Should they be allowed the freedom to make a deliberate choice?
The path that Janet chose is not the path for everyone. We as individuals with the diverse backgrounds of social and religious beliefs will encounter many paths during our lifetimes. Everyone has the freedom to choose the path that rings true for them.
Our lives should be satisfying. Yet too often we feel empty inside, as though we are just a spectator watching our own lives pass us by. In Giving God Your Whole Heart, Bridget A. Thomas shows us how to discover the contentment we all long for. She shares stories from her own journey, as well as Biblical insight, to help us live a life of peace and joy. Once you decide to stop going through the motions and to start living, your life will be transformed. This book will help you see positive changes in every area of your life and finally find true fulfillment. Are you ready?
Al Hirshen has led an unusual life. He learned street smarts in the Bronx, helped out at his father's candy store, worked as a waiter in the Catskills to pay for his schooling, and became a lawyer. A participant in many of the pivotal changes of our times, Al was a Civil Rights and pioneering anti-poverty lawyer and created the first public/private partnerships in the Carter Administration. He was among the first USAID consultants to work in Russia, Ukraine, Slovakia and Albania.
Ready for new challenges and adventure, Al travelled the world, was a successful international development consultant, and tried his luck at movie production in Hollywood. For nine years he worked as a consultant to the leadership of Indonesia during that nation's turbulent transition to democracy.
Al writes with a sense of humor and a profound love of life, the world, and people. As a recovering alcoholic, father, grandfather and husband in a happy twenty-five-year third marriage, he sees himself as an "ordinary man" blessed to live life fully in an imperfect, yet stunning world.
"This book is a vibrantly alive, candid, and compelling memoir of a son of Jewish Immigrants from the Bronx, an intensely restless soul, ever in search of the next adventure, driven to making the world a better place along the way."
Thelton Henderson, Judge (Ret.) United States District Court
"A beautifully written, gripping, and amusing memoir, full of psychological insights, humor and world-wisdom. Al Hirshen has the determination, chutzpah, self-irony, and heartfelt generosity of a true lover of life."
Kim Chernin, author of In My Mother's House
"The title of this memoir may at first glance resemble a kited check; but there is more than enough in the bank of Hirshen's life story to cover two books. Not since Sybille Bedford's The Faces of Justice have I encountered such sharply observed stories of public life in the trenches."
Richard Buxbaum, Ralston Professor Emeritus of International Law, UC Berkeley Law School
"Al Hirshen weaves a remarkable tale of people, places, and events. His reflections on his illness and his recovery into the life of sobriety are rich and helpful. These are good words, written by a good fellow."
Fr. Tom Weston SJ., 12-Step Retreats, Renewal Ministries
From the Foreword by Richard Bangs:
Al's incisive writings stitch together the cloth that binds us as Americans and as world citizens. He explores different ideologies without judging. For him, ideology is a personal choice. With riveting tales of his various adventures and misadventures, he provides a road map to empathy, and the antidote to bigotry: traveling and living with an open mind.
This remarkable book encourages all of us to embrace a more deeply nuanced exploration of the world and its cultures, and to make it all part of the conversation. Al's peregrinations and interpretations encourage us to relinquish ingrained hyper-attachment to individualism, and to celebrate diversity and inclusion.
And yet, is the exploration and betterment of oneself not the greatest, most harrowing journey of all? In a raw account of his path to sobriety, Al gives his audience a look at what it means to reflect upon and confront our innermost demons and ultimately come out on the other side. Much like the stories of his travels, Al is able to recognize the parts of himself that need change, while also approaching that change with compassion, hope, and an open mind.
The thought of living out one’s life with dementia conjures up a helpless and foreboding feeling. What if it happens to me? Can I do anything to prevent it?
One in ten people age 65 and older has Alzheimer’s, and the prevalence of the disease jumps to three in ten after the age of 85. One in three seniors will die from Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia according to the Alzheimer’s Association. The financial burden for top level care can be staggering, and the difficult challenges imposed by attending to care and finances can be extremely stressful and exhausting for family as well as caretakers.
Is there an answer for you and the Alzheimer’s pandemic that is projected to almost triple by the year 2050? To date, drug trials are struggling to provide any meaningful interventions, and it is unlikely that a pharmaceutical-centered approach will provide anything resembling a cure or a reversal of the disease process anytime soon.
There is hope! The solution is based on early detection and intervention. Scientific research as well as many enlightened physicians and clinics are now demonstrating that prevention is possible, and the key lies in a comprehensive evaluation of your risk for Alzheimer's long before the onset of dementia. This is vital as we now know that the Alzheimer's disease process starts decades before you might notice you are in trouble.
Don't wait to be diagnosed! The Diabetic Brain in Alzheimer’s Disease reveals the most critical and common risk factors for Alzheimer's disease as you age, and how you can take control of your risk. The in-depth science-based information in this book will illuminate your path to protecting your brain and drastically reducing your odds of developing Alzheimer’s as you age. Read this book and discover the actionable steps that you can begin taking now to save your brain from dementia.
No more public speaking anxiety - only bullet-proof confidence.
No more blunders - only suave, compelling, persuasive speech. No more scattered clapping - only thundering applause. No more sleeping audiences - only attentive, engaged, and captivated ones. With this new book, you are now guaranteed to instantly (& easily) master speaking. Read more…
You have a problem:
Weak (or even average) public speaking skills hurt you. They stagnate your career. They limit your potential. They fill you with anxiety before every presentation. They make you feel ignored, sidelined, and disrespected. They make you feel like you aren’t heard.
Here’s the truth about what you deserve:
You deserve to communicate your brilliant ideas with ease. You deserve to lead, to advance, and to transform people with your words. You deserve to present your ideas with eloquence. You don’t deserve to be held back by weak communication skills your entire life.
I was there. I understand you:
I remember when fear paralyzed me every time I stood up in front of a crowd. I understand what it's like to wonder "is my speech good enough?" Nobody should have to second-guess their ideas. And I care that your ideas are heard.
Here’s why you can trust me:
I coached hundreds of competitive public speakers. I won national speech competitions. I received a seal of special distinction from the National Speech and Debate League. I was the State Champion. I won 27 awards as a competitive public speaker.
With this new book, you will:
You also get $150 of exclusive bonuses FREE:
Here’s what you should do:
Go hit that buy-now button. It can save you from a life-time of public speaking anxiety and weak communication skills. And that will cost you much more than this book.
If you’re not ready to buy:
Go hit that “look inside” button. Check out the table of contents to see the exact methods and public speaking secrets I will teach you.
This public speaking book / communication book is like Ted Talks, by Chris Anderson, How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, and Rhetoric.
Are you sick of restrictive eating programs?
Are you fed up of wading through an enormous program only to be told you can NEVER eat flour, sugar or anything else that makes food one of life's greatest delights?
Do you want to feel JOY and PLEASURE when eating?
Have you been wondering how to even get started eating healthy when your life is so busy?
Why overwhelm yourself with an overload of recipes when you can get started immediately with...three! Get focused and get ready to feel fantastic.
You'll lose pounds and feel better immediately with this unique take on a healthy juice and smoothie cleanse book, packed into a quick and efficient 12,800 words.
Staying on a healthy diet is far more challenging than starting one. With this cleanse, you can incorporate Keto, Paleo or any other diet regime for dinners and weekends.
By following the process and making your own adjustments, you'll be able to easily incorporate the magical benefits of juicing and smoothies into your life and experience the anti-aging benefits from the very first week!
You'll learn:
• How to get prepared in 3 easy steps
• Why you need LESS, not more, recipes
• How this cleanse will make you feel better in mind, body and spirit
• How to take charge of the plan, so you're always in the driver's seat
• 1 divine light and fragrant rice and lentils recipe that can last a week
• 2 mouth-watering comfort food cheat dishes that will make you drool
• 3 delicious and addictive juice and smoothie cleanse recipes
• How to make this cleanse work for you AND take weekends off!
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
In this intimate memoir of survival, a former captive of the Islamic State tells her harrowing and ultimately inspiring story.
Nadia Murad was born and raised in Kocho, a small village of farmers and shepherds in northern Iraq. A member of the Yazidi community, she and her brothers and sisters lived a quiet life. Nadia had dreams of becoming a history teacher or opening her own beauty salon.
On August 15th, 2014, when Nadia was just twenty-one years old, this life ended. Islamic State militants massacred the people of her village, executing men who refused to convert to Islam and women too old to become sex slaves. Six of Nadia’s brothers were killed, and her mother soon after, their bodies swept into mass graves. Nadia was taken to Mosul and forced, along with thousands of other Yazidi girls, into the ISIS slave trade.
Nadia would be held captive by several militants and repeatedly raped and beaten. Finally, she managed a narrow escape through the streets of Mosul, finding shelter in the home of a Sunni Muslim family whose eldest son risked his life to smuggle her to safety.
Today, Nadia's story—as a witness to the Islamic State's brutality, a survivor of rape, a refugee, a Yazidi—has forced the world to pay attention to an ongoing genocide. It is a call to action, a testament to the human will to survive, and a love letter to a lost country, a fragile community, and a family torn apart by war.
There is little more terrifying than those who hunt, stalk and snatch their prey under the cloak of darkness. These hunters search not for animals, but for the touch, taste, and empowerment of human flesh. They are cannibals, vampires and monsters, and they walk among us.
These serial killers are not mythical beasts with horns and shaggy hair. They are people living among society, going about their day to day activities until nightfall. They are the Dennis Rader’s, the fathers, husbands, church going members of the community.
This A-Z encyclopedia of 150 serial killers is the ideal reference book. Included are the most famous true crime serial killers, like Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, and Richard Ramirez, and not to mention the women who kill, such as Aileen Wuornos and Martha Rendell. There are also lesser known serial killers, covering many countries around the world, so the range is broad.
Each of the serial killer files includes information on when and how they killed the victims, the background of each killer, or the suspects in some cases such as the Zodiac killer, their trials and punishments. For some there are chilling quotes by the killers themselves. The Big Book of Serial Killers is an easy to follow collection of information on the world’s most heinous murderers.
The “riveting” #1 New York Times bestseller: A true story of three wealthy families and the unbreakable ties of blood (Kirkus Reviews).
The first bodies found were those of a feisty millionaire widow and her daughter in their posh Louisville, Kentucky, home. Months later, another wealthy widow and her prominent son and daughter-in-law were found savagely slain in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Mystified police first suspected a professional in the bizarre gangland-style killings that shattered the quiet tranquility of two well-to-do southern communities. But soon a suspicion grew that turned their focus to family.
The Sharps. The Newsoms. The Lynches. The only link between the three families was a beautiful, aristocratic young mother named Susie Sharp Newsom Lynch. Could this former child “princess” and fraternity sweetheart have committed such barbarous crimes? And what about her gun-loving first cousin and lover, Fritz Klenner, son of a nationally renowned doctor?
In this tale of three families connected by marriage and murder, of obsessive love and bitter custody battles, Jerry Bledsoe recounts the shocking events that ultimately took nine lives, building to a truly horrifying climax that will leave you stunned.
“Recreates . . . one of the most shocking crimes of recent years.” —Publishers Weekly
“Absorbing suspense.” —Chicago Tribune
“Astonishing . . . Brilliantly chronicled.” —Detroit Free Press
“An engrossing southern gothic sure to delight fans of the true-crime genre. Bledsoe maintains the suspense with a sure hand.” —The Charlotte Observer
A book 100% loaded with techniques for professional success and essential tips for negotiating and selling, written from experience.
The second book in the "Salesman’s Thoughts" series, a series of sales books - independent but complementary - about fundamental and timeless concepts that will help you sell more and understand the keys to success in selling.
Who this book is for: for new salespeople, entrepreneurs, start-ups, business owners, sales professionals needing a refresher, sales training, sales managers, sales teams, business students and anyone looking to increase their sales knowledge.
If you are looking for simple tricks for closing sales, this is not your book. Not for the master sellers. Not for you if you think you have zombie like clients.
Among many other advice, it includes:
Readers opinion (from the original edition):
"Fantastic and Essential. An essential reading to understand the complicated world of sales. Recommended whether you are a salesperson or not. A reading that captivates you from the first page to the last, told in a simple and enjoyable format."
"A practical book to reflect on and deepen the sale, very well structured in commercial pills. People-based selling: relationship, trust and value."
“A highly recommended book. The book summarizes in a practical and easy-to-read way how to apply sales techniques to your real world.”
Each advice is a sales pill that will help you to sell more and better.
“These are the tips I would have liked to have received when I started selling 20 years ago”. Now you don't have to wait so long, if you are interested in sales don't waste any more time.
Click the buy button and start selling more today!
Design Smarts by Mitzi Beach is a powerful and practical guide for people who are joining that elite club known as 50—over 50. You will be challenged as you realize that these years that you formerly dreaded just might be the best years of your life. Mitzi presents a vibrant blueprint that encompasses your home life, your mindset, your health, your family and your faith.
A Quick guide to personal style, positive attitude and inner strength. With combination of outer appearance and inner strength find the best in you. Simple and effective ways to have a positive attitude and winning personality
Award Winning Book Series
A fun read, a tool for life, a hidden object game and a coloring book - All in one book!
"You're fat! You're a small baby! You sound weird!"
I bet i can find something about you that's different!
Don't let your child deal with this alone!
Whether it's your size, weight, color, voice, the way you walk or even how youGiggle and snort.We're all somehow different, but kids can be mean and know how to triggerthose pain points!
Although this book talks about a short girl which gets bullied by her classmates as an example , this story and the tool she is taught may be applied to any other day to day scenario in life.
Through an inspiring tale about the sun and the moon and how everyone no matter how different they are has unique traits and skills, this real life story shows parents and kids alike what is really important in life - like having a good heart and turning bullying into new friendships.
Here's what readers are already saying about this amazing picture book:
(5*)- "I've read several indie children's books already and come across some really bad or mediocre illustrations. However, not this one! The illustrations in this are really beautiful, they capture what is being said perfectly. These illustrations give life to the story!" - Nikki
(5*)- "Asaf has a very clever way of writing these stories without the child realizing that there is a meaning behind them and is teaching them to be kind" - sallyann
(5*)- "I love the interactivity of the book and the image search game at the end. This would be a great book to have in a classroom or summer reading program" - Lindsey
(5*)- "For every parent to a kid who is a little bit different or actually any parent at all...Short or Tall is a must read book. My girl (3yo) loves it and the colourful illustrations, and she even enjoys explaining now why you shouldn't mock other kids" - AR
>>> Grab your copy now and read it with your kids tonight
#1 New York Times Bestseller • A historian of fascism offers a guide for surviving and resisting America's turn towards authoritarianism.
The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience.
On Tyranny is a call to arms and a guide to resistance, with invaluable ideas for how we can preserve our freedoms in the uncertain years to come.
"Mr. Snyder is a rising public intellectual unafraid to make bold connections between past and present." —The New York Times
