There is nothing worse than being in a relationship where you feel estranged, distant, unloved, uncared for, or experience never ending tension and conflict. It eats away at your self-esteem, your physical and psychological well-being, as well as your overall satisfaction with life.

Unfortunately, we have been taught many myths about obtaining happiness in relationships including:

• Find the “right” person, job, place to live, spiritual practice, business endeavor, lifestyle, or way of thinking, and you’ll be happy.

• Discovering your passion and purpose are the keys to happiness—once known your relationships will improve.

• Any good relationship requires compromise, and this will lead to your well-being.

• Loving yourself is the key to having a loving relationship.

• Good communication is the key to good relationships.

• Trust and respect are the core components to all good relationships.

While there are some kernels of truth in these myths, the reality is that in order to become happier in relationships you need to first develop characteristics within yourself that create the kinds of relationships you desire. This is the big secret to having satisfying relationships and "Independent Enough" will show you exactly how to accomplish this.

The most meaningful and lasting changes do not come from pleasing others. They don't come about by what others do for us. They come from looking inside yourself and within the context of your relationships and determining what you really need to develop.

With over thirty-five years as a therapist working with couples and as a sought-after public speaker, Larry Shushansky shares the secrets for creating the kinds of relationships you desire and deserve— regardless of what someone else is doing. Larry offers you a template for ending the craziness and pain that sometimes comes with relationships and will show you how to develop the internal resources needed for engaging in healthier, happier relationships.

Order a copy of "Independent Enough" today and begin to experience more joy and love within your relationships and within yourself.

What happened that changed the priest—the revered healer of antiquity—into a person of science? How was the modern doctor made?

Physician is Rajeev Kurapati’s earnest attempt to answer this question and others central to the practice of medicine. For instance, how have the advances of medical technology influenced society’s perception of death? How do physicians balance thinking with feeling when dealing with critically ill patients? How do we meet the needs of patients seeking a personal connection to their doctor in what may seem to be an emotionally deficient medical landscape? Is it possible to overcome some of the compromises we’ve had to make along the way? What is the promise of modern medicine and its limitations? And notably—as medical care becomes more and more digitized and automated, will the medical degree—a universal badge of respectability—continue to hold value?

Dr. Kurapati, a practicing hospital physician, succeeds in gracefully exploring the depths of what it really means to be a doctor—and a patient—at this time in our human history, and his blueprint for building a stronger future of healthcare is an important and valuable one.

This book is for everyone who longs to help their kids pause their electronics, grow their social skills, and develop lifelong relationships through highly engaging conversations!

In this book, you will discover:

• Why conversations matter and connecting with others is important.
• Three strategies to engage kids and keep the conversation going.
• Five tools to help children develop their social skills.
• How to use conversations to guide children toward positive change.

Then, dive into 131 creative, engaging, and fun conversations that will get your kids talking. This book is for children who desire to build face-to-face connections that develop into life-long friendships. It is also for parents, foster parents, teachers, coaches, youth pastors, mentors, and everyone who wants to help their kids to connect in an increasingly disconnected world!

Conversation Starters Include:

• If the zoo offered to let you keep one exotic animal as a pet, which animal would you take home with you?
• If you were principal of your school for a day, what is one school rule that you would change?
• No two snowflakes are exactly alike. No two people are the same either. What is something that makes you unique?

This book will make you smarter, more capable and more creative, super-fast - whatever your IQ.

Have you ever had a problem at home, work or in a relationship that you just couldn't figure out how to solve? Have you felt stuck and frustrated because you can't come up with a good solution? Maybe it's a problem that's been niggling at you for ages, draining your energy and making you unhappy. Or maybe it's an ambition or project which you can't seem to complete or achieve, no matter how hard you try – but it would make such a difference to your life if only you could.

Have you wasted precious time or money on ineffective solutions? Has the issue caused you stress or hung a cloud over your life? Has your potential suffered because you can't see how to achieve your goals?

How much better would your life be if you were able to overcome your obstacles super-fast? If you could have instant epiphanies rather than wasting your time spinning your wheels? Wouldn't you feel lighter and freer knowing that you can solve issues in a snap? Wouldn't life be easier and more enjoyable when you can simply eradicate problems and get on with your goals?

Blending science, psychology and philosophy, INSTANT WISDOM: 10 Easy Ways to Get Smart Fast will teach you tools, tweaks and techniques that will make you smarter in mere minutes or seconds, boosting your creativity and expanding your mental horizons. The strategies include methods that geniuses and peak performers use to get amazing results.

You will learn:

+ Einstein's top tool to be ultra-inventive (you can do this in your sleep)
+ The “Alice in Wonderland” technique that helps you learn anything (it's fast and fun)
+ A way to boost your creativity that is so simple that kids can do it (it's literally child's play)
+ How to fool your brain into being super-focused (an actor used this trick to land millionaire-making roles)
+ An ancient technique that will make you much wiser (a famous philosopher's secret weapon)
+ How to become cleverer doing things you love (this surprising method leads to happiness and success)
+ The tactic top athletes use for ultimate performance (but you don't even have to leave your chair for this)
+ A delicious way to boost your logic (granny knows this trick, but I bet you don't)
+ The “Smart Stranger” method for achieving instant insight (this is a genius way of solving any problem)
+ How to get great minds to improve your intelligence (no bribes required)
... and much more.

When you can boost your brainpower instantly, you will be able to solve personal problems much faster, become a better worker, save precious time on projects, and achieve your goals at lightning speed.

Instant Wisdom contains personal stories, surprising studies and real examples. It contains a variety of exercises, so you can use the tools immediately.

So, what are you waiting for? Do you really want to spend more time and energy stressing out over problems? Or do you want a whole set of easy tools that you can use to instantly be sharper in all areas of your life?

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A definitive account of World War II by America's preeminent military historian

World War II was the most lethal conflict in human history. Never before had a war been fought on so many diverse landscapes and in so many different ways, from rocket attacks in London to jungle fighting in Burma to armor strikes in Libya.

The Second World Wars examines how combat unfolded in the air, at sea, and on land to show how distinct conflicts among disparate combatants coalesced into one interconnected global war. Drawing on 3,000 years of military history, Victor Davis Hanson argues that despite its novel industrial barbarity, neither the war's origins nor its geography were unusual. Nor was its ultimate outcome surprising. The Axis powers were well prepared to win limited border conflicts, but once they blundered into global war, they had no hope of victory.

An authoritative new history of astonishing breadth, The Second World Wars offers a stunning reinterpretation of history's deadliest conflict.

This comprehensive guide will introduce you to the world of book marketing and promotion. The main focus is on affordable and cost-efficient options for writers who self-publish on a low budget. It’s written as an easy to follow 101 manual and can be used as a blueprint for recommended activities. You will get tips and real-life examples, step-by-step instructions, evaluation of costs and revenue, the list of best apps and tools, and more. There are no affiliate links since the book is based on objective and sincere satisfaction with recommended tools, apps, and services.

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time

The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise Barbara W. Tuchman’s classic histories of the First World War era

In this landmark, Pulitzer Prize–winning account, renowned historian Barbara W. Tuchman re-creates the first month of World War I: thirty days in the summer of 1914 that determined the course of the conflict, the century, and ultimately our present world. Beginning with the funeral of Edward VII, Tuchman traces each step that led to the inevitable clash. And inevitable it was, with all sides plotting their war for a generation. Dizzyingly comprehensive and spectacularly portrayed with her famous talent for evoking the characters of the war’s key players, Tuchman’s magnum opus is a classic for the ages.
 
Praise for The Guns of August
 
“A brilliant piece of military history which proves up to the hilt the force of Winston Churchill’s statement that the first month of World War I was ‘a drama never surpassed.’”—Newsweek
 
“More dramatic than fiction . . . a magnificent narrative—beautifully organized, elegantly phrased, skillfully paced and sustained.”—Chicago Tribune
 
“A fine demonstration that with sufficient art rather specialized history can be raised to the level of literature.”—The New York Times
 
“[The Guns of August] has a vitality that transcends its narrative virtues, which are considerable, and its feel for characterizations, which is excellent.”—The Wall Street Journal


From the Trade Paperback edition.

Do you want to build meaningful relationship bridges in both your work and personal life?

It is definitely easier when you have some help along the way, and by the way:

How does communicating effectively with people to avoid conflicts and get what you want from life sound to you?

Many times we might have been in situations where a work promotion or a favorable outcome might have hinged on the words and phrases that are used.

Or times when you just intuitively felt something was amiss and wished that you had the tools to figure out the situation

Well look no further, because this book Emotional Intelligence will provide that blueprint and solution to improving your social awareness as well as increasing your EQ to better the relationships in both your personal and work life!

In this book, you will learn how to:

• Do that one thing which will instantly help out in improving EQ


• The two different crucial ideas which helps to avoid socially awkward situations


• Do these 5 practices and instantly become the favorite Star in your workplace


• Improve or even rescue any relationship you wish with these 5 working tips


• Learn how to manage toxic and stressful work environments through our 8 step process


• Improve and Enhance Empathy. See yourself growing in confidence and emotional intelligence

 

Instantly boost your social awareness and master your relationships with the actionable strategies available in the book. Connect naturally with others in a more productive way, and easily navigate through interpersonal relationships to be able to get the most out of life!

Get used to creating positive outcomes in both work and personal situations when you have a better grasp of the ins and outs of emotional intelligence. Master your emotions and really unleash the empath in you!

Scroll to the top of the page and click the orange buy button to instantly download this book to your PC, Kindle, Mac or smartphone!

New York Times Bestseller

A Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg

From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution—a #1 international bestseller—that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be “human.”

One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one—homo sapiens. What happened to the others? And what may happen to us?

Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book that begins about 70,000 years ago with the appearance of modern cognition. From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens integrates history and science to reconsider accepted narratives, connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and examine specific events within the context of larger ideas.

Dr. Harari also compels us to look ahead, because over the last few decades humans have begun to bend laws of natural selection that have governed life for the past four billion years. We are acquiring the ability to design not only the world around us, but also ourselves. Where is this leading us, and what do we want to become?

Featuring 27 photographs, 6 maps, and 25 illustrations/diagrams, this provocative and insightful work is sure to spark debate and is essential reading for aficionados of Jared Diamond, James Gleick, Matt Ridley, Robert Wright, and Sharon Moalem.

Piggy-cide: The deliberate and unlawful killing of a ceramic piggybank; onset by financial hardship and multi-hour commutes to an unfulfilling and underpaying job.

Think, Trade, & Grow Rich! A Powerful Beginner’s Guide to Building Passive Income Through Momentum Swing Trading and Stock Market Investing is your (and your piggy bank’s) ticket to financial freedom. Within these pages, you will find a true beginner’s guide to the author’s time-tested and results-driven trading and investing method. As you progress through the trading system, you will generate income capable of covering your living expenses and have passive income to live the life you always imagined. This is your opportunity to break away from the shackles of a nine to five, to no longer be subject to your boss’s moods and whims. Think, Trade, and Grow Rich! is your invitation to embark upon a path of limitless financial opportunities.

No prior experience or knowledge about the stock market, investing, or trading is needed. Kahriman guides you through the trading process, step-by-step, in simple, understandable language. Years of research, data analysis, and trading experience are distilled to an easy-to-follow trading method that dramatically increases profits and minimizes risk. Kahriman teaches the fundamentals of Japanese candlesticks, technical analysis, momentum swing trading and investing.

Think, Trade, & Grow Rich! will:

Teach You to Make Money Trading and Investing in Stocks for Maximum Profit and With Minimum Risk

• Use a Free Stock Scanner to Find Stocks Positioned to Soar
• Use Kahriman’s step-by-step checklist to find and evaluate stocks
• Use candlesticks, technical analysis, and complementary tools to plan your trades
• Use charts and visuals listed in the book to replicate successful trades and avoid pitfalls

Teach You the Building Blocks to a Proven Trading System in Simple Language

• Combine a variety of powerful factors to generate a single data point that will help you rank stocks and guide you to profitable trades
• Read, analyze, and utilize performance data and factors that significantly increase your odds of outperforming the stock market
• Case-studies and performance data for powerful candlestick trading patterns

Teach You to Trade Cryptocurrency (e.g., Bitcoin) and Stocks Affiliated with Bitcoin

• Apply Kahriman’s momentum trading method to profit off cryptocurrency

Custom Tailor the Trading System to Your Financial Needs and Goals

• If you need quick cash or wish to grow your net worth gradually, you will be able to identify and execute trades designed to fulfill your financial goals

After years of research, mentorship, data collection, analysis, and countless hours practicing trading and investing with stock market simulators, Kahriman created a trading system designed to minimize risk and maximize profit. Kahriman opened his first brokerage account with just $500. After one quarter, that account grew well over 1,500%. With the goal of helping us all realize our own “American Dream,” Kahriman embarked upon telling his story and teaching others to invest and trade in the stock market.

In Think, Trade, and Grow Rich! Kahriman outlines and shares his powerful trading and investing formula forged from years of research and trading experience. Kahriman explains how you too can realize your dreams and reap the bountiful financial opportunities present in the stock market. Best of all, Kahriman demystifies the technical, hard to understand, and complicated aspects of trading and investing. Think, Trade, and Grow Rich! is concise, practical, and written for everyone, in effect, a true and complete beginners guide to not only trading but a better life.

Scroll up, hit the buy now button, and embark upon a path to financial freedom. A path to the life you always imagined.

Through Fauman's own deeply personal stories, mindfulness meditation techniques, and thought-provoking exercises, she guides you along the path to healing. She will lay out the tools to heal yourself and teach you how to nurture your own inner strength. Most of all, she reminds you, you are not alone: You are both on this journey together, and she is there to help you on the way.

Not only will Tony have you laughing out loud while he reveals the secrets behind weight loss and how the human body functions, you will also learn how to look at your own body chemistry to understand the underlying cause of YOUR weight issues. Since the reasons for weight gain vary from person to person, once you understand what is going on with your chemistry, this book will help you understand what foods, supplements, or lifestyle changes could eliminate your need to continue buying bigger pants.


Here’s the scoop:

If you’ve ever gained twenty pounds using the same diet that helped your friend lose weight, this book will not only help you understand why, you’ll also learn what steps could work best for you.

•You don’t need to count your calories with the accuracy of a NASA mission.
•You don’t need to starve, feel light-headed, or become a version of yourself that your spouse can’t live with.
•You don’t need to eat food that resembles Styrofoam.
•You don’t need to lift weights nonstop, like you might see on reality shows.
•You don’t need to do cardio until the cows come home. They’re not coming home.


What the Celebrities say…

“Working with Tony is like jumping into the arms of your favorite aunt. Except it's not. At all. I mean, his methods work. But it's not like that at all.” - Jane Lynch (Glee)

“I confess to being a full-blown ‘gymophobe.’ (I still have flashbacks of my mean fourth-grade gym teacher!) Tony actually makes the gym panic-attack free.” - Tom Kenny (Voice of Spongebob)

“You can argue with Tony, or you can do what he says and buy smaller jeans.” - Kari Wahlgren (Voice of Tigress, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness)

“So you know that moment when you are just finishing a hard workout with Tony and he says, ‘Alright, you warmed up? We can start now?’ and then he laughs... I hate that moment.” - Kayla Radomski (So You Think You Can Dance)


This book will help you understand…

•There is no diet that is right for every person. It’s never going to happen!
•Your unique “Bio-Individuality” can provide insights into the nutritional changes that could allow you to work WITH your body instead of against it.
•How to run simple tests on your physiology at home, using inexpensive tools you can pick up at just about any pharmacy or health food store.
•Once you discover the variety of reasons the body stores fat, you’ll begin to understand why so many people find it almost impossible to lose weight.
•How digestive symptoms can indicate an improperly functioning digestive system, and how digestive problems can restrict any type of weight loss effort.
•How to maximize digestion so you can actually pull the nutrients out of the food you’re eating.

Imagine gaining control over cravings, eating foods that you enjoy, and actually feeling great after each meal. You can do all of these things once you maximize digestion and adjust your diet in a manner that works with your specific body chemistry.

Once you read this book, the light will go on and all of your previous diet failures will make total sense. Don’t be surprised if you improve a whole lot more than just your waistline.

SPECIAL BONUS FOR READERS!

In this book, you’ll find the link to a free and private support group where you can ask questions if you get stuck. The body can be complicated, but help is only a click away.

Note: This is the more comical version of Tony’s book, Done With Being Fat.

“Absorbing . . . Though it's non-fiction, The Feather Thief contains many of the elements of a classic thriller.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air

“One of the most peculiar and memorable true-crime books ever.” —Christian Science Monitor

A rollicking true-crime adventure and a captivating journey into an underground world of fanatical fly-tiers and plume peddlers, for readers of The Stranger in the Woods, The Lost City of Z, and The Orchid Thief.

On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twenty-year-old American flautist Edwin Rist boarded a train for a suburban outpost of the British Museum of Natural History. Home to one of the largest ornithological collections in the world, the Tring museum was full of rare bird specimens whose gorgeous feathers were worth staggering amounts of money to the men who shared Edwin's obsession: the Victorian art of salmon fly-tying. Once inside the museum, the champion fly-tier grabbed hundreds of bird skins—some collected 150 years earlier by a contemporary of Darwin's, Alfred Russel Wallace, who'd risked everything to gather them—and escaped into the darkness.

Two years later, Kirk Wallace Johnson was waist high in a river in northern New Mexico when his fly-fishing guide told him about the heist. He was soon consumed by the strange case of the feather thief. What would possess a person to steal dead birds? Had Edwin paid the price for his crime? What became of the missing skins? In his search for answers, Johnson was catapulted into a years-long, worldwide investigation. The gripping story of a bizarre and shocking crime, and one man's relentless pursuit of justice, The Feather Thief is also a fascinating exploration of obsession, and man's destructive instinct to harvest the beauty of nature.

The only book to fully chart the devastating opioid crisis in America: "a harrowing, deeply compassionate dispatch from the heart of a national emergency" (New York Times) from a bestselling author and journalist who has lived through it

How can you improve your retirement planning?

This book doesn’t pretend to have all the answers. However, it will help you improve your retirement planning. Both those who are planning for retirement and those who are already retired will benefit from the teachings found inside.

Hours of live classroom instruction were distilled down to create a single text that’s short enough to be easily digestible, yet deep enough to hit the key points from in-person retirement planning courses taught by the book’s author.

The book is organized into seven chapters. Each chapter is dedicated to addressing important questions and concerns within one specific area of comprehensive retirement planning.

The end of each chapter includes a link to a short online self-assessment. Each self-assessment will ask you a series of multiple choice questions related to the topics covered during the chapter. After completing each assessment, a Confidence Score is automatically calculated and displayed.

What’s the purpose of the self-assessments?

The self-assessments serve two main roles. First, they’ll help you quickly identify strengths and areas for improvement in your retirement planning. Second, they’ll help you measure your progress. As you learn new things from the book, your Confidence Scores will improve. As your Confidence Scores improve, your retirement planning improves. Better planning ultimately means having a better chance to live an enjoyable retirement. That’s what this is all about.

Below is a list of the topics covered and questions addressed in each chapter:

Chapter 1 – Lifestyle Planning:
• How will you spend your time during retirement?
• How will you avoid boredom and a sense of loss?

Chapter 2 – Expense Planning:
• How much will you need to spend per year to live the life you want in retirement?
• How will inflation impact your expenses over time?

Chapter 3 – Income Planning:
• How much total annual income will you have coming in each year during retirement?
• How can you make the most of your Social Security benefits?
• If you have a pension, which option should you select?
• How much dividend and interest income will your investments generate each year?
• Will your income meet your expenses?

Chapter 4 – Investment Planning:
• Do you have a collection of investments or do you have an investment plan?
• How can you control market risk during retirement?
• How can you control inflation risk during retirement?
• How will you use your investment portfolio to generate income?
• How can you prevent emotions from derailing your investment plan?

Chapter 5 – Tax Planning:
• How will you be taxed when you take withdrawals from retirement accounts?
• How will you be taxed on Social Security and pension income?
• How can you build tax-free assets into your retirement plan?
• How can you plan for Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs)?

Chapter 6 – Health Care Planning:
• How much should you plan to spend on health care costs in retirement?
• How can you plan for rising health care costs?
• What does Original Medicare cover?
• How can you fill the gaps in Original Medicare coverage?
• How can you plan for long-term care expenses?

Chapter 7 – Estate Planning:
• Who will make decisions on your behalf if you become incapacitated?
• What are the downsides of the probate process?
• Which of your assets would go through the probate process as of today?
• How can you strengthen your estate plan?
• How can you leave a legacy that makes a positive impact on the lives of others?

Those who diligently read each chapter and complete each self-assessment will benefit the most from this experience.

Do you want to join the digital nomad community and live a location independent life by working remotely?

Do you want to travel the world indefinitely, setting up your office in cafes with views of crystal clear seas in Greece, guesthouses with mountain views in the Rockies, next to a mouthwatering bowl of fresh Gnocchi in Italy, or anywhere you can get the bloody wifi connection to work? 

You might have seen expensive courses or trendy Instagram accounts giving advice how to work remotely and travel forever. These might have been filled with images of computers on beaches, touting how easy it is to work less and roll around in your hoards of sweet, sweet cash. But, when you read this book, you’ll realize keeping sand out of your keyboard when you go to the beach is really hard.

In this book, you’ll learn how Kayla has travelled around the world for over five years from the Ashrams of India to the ruins of Greece, teaching herself the skills she needed to start a successful online career. 

You’ll also learn:

• How Kayla saved enough to take a one-year backpacking trip when she was making less than 40k a year.
• How the author grows, rather than depletes, her savings account while she travels the world. 
• How you can volunteer or work abroad.
• How the author went from being broke in London to starting two successful businesses and how you can apply your skills and experience to a digital nomad career.
• The options for going remote including freelancing, starting your own business, teaching online, and more. 
• How the author, a self-described terrible decision maker, chooses where to live & what to pack.
• How to answer questions like, ‘when are you going to get a real job?’
• How to make lifelong friends on the road.

This book isn't filled with empty promises of how easy it’s going to be to work 5 hours a week and become a millionaire while you yacht around the world. It’s a realistic account of a girl who works like 20-ish hours a week... more or less... depending on how many weird festivals are on. 

If you're serious about starting a sustainable digital nomad lifestyle, this is the book for you. 

Despite today's technology obsessed world, you most likely feel more stressed, less focused, and way more forgetful.

Your productivity is shot, and you find it hard to think quickly and retain information.

You struggle to make up by using MORE technology... more apps... more devices in a desperate attempt to gain more control of your life.

But it's NOT working.

Not only are we more stressed, we find it harder and harder to focus, think quickly, and retain information.

And it's taking a toll on us. 

The good news is that the solution is much less complicated than you think.

How much easier would your life be if you could think quicker and learn faster? How much faster could you achieve your goals if you could easily retain the information that you read? How much more productive would you be if you could harness your mind to process ideas more quickly and make better decisions.

In this concise, practical guide, I show you exactly how you can with 15 simple exercises that take no more than 15 minutes per day to complete.

Here's a taste of what you'll discover in this book:

• A simple to think faster and learn quicker -- today
• Why you should be making MORE mistakes (yes, more)
• The hidden connection between empathy and learning from OTHER's mistakes
• How the ancient the ancient practice of controlled breathing makes you think faster
• Why lifting weights and sprinting sharpen your brain
• How to use visualization to make better decisions
• The little-known skill to quick thinking that nearly all top salesmen have
• The secret computer programmers use to think so fast
• How to activate more parts of your brain
• The secret Einstein and Salvadore Dali knew about naps (need I say more?)
• Why being overstuffed makes you stupid
• The importance of talking to yourself 
• Taking aggressive, persistent action (it’s the only thing that matters)

It's time to take your power back and harness the power within you.

If you're ready to make a change in your life, you've come to the right place!

Scroll up and get a copy of this book now.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politics and life by looking back at critical times in our history when hope overcame division and fear.

Our current climate of partisan fury is not new, and in The Soul of America Meacham shows us how what Abraham Lincoln called the “better angels of our nature” have repeatedly won the day. Painting surprising portraits of Lincoln and other presidents, including Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, and Lyndon B. Johnson, and illuminating the courage of such influential citizen activists as Martin Luther King, Jr., early suffragettes Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt, civil rights pioneers Rosa Parks and John Lewis, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and Army-McCarthy hearings lawyer Joseph N. Welch, Meacham brings vividly to life turning points in American history. He writes about the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the birth of the Lost Cause; the backlash against immigrants in the First World War and the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s; the fight for women’s rights; the demagoguery of Huey Long and Father Coughlin and the isolationist work of America First in the years before World War II; the anti-Communist witch-hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy; and Lyndon Johnson’s crusade against Jim Crow. Each of these dramatic hours in our national life have been shaped by the contest to lead the country to look forward rather than back, to assert hope over fear—a struggle that continues even now.

While the American story has not always—or even often—been heroic, we have been sustained by a belief in progress even in the gloomiest of times. In this inspiring book, Meacham reassures us, “The good news is that we have come through such darkness before”—as, time and again, Lincoln’s better angels have found a way to prevail.

Praise for The Soul of America

“Appalled by the ascendancy of Donald J. Trump, and shaken by the deadly white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville in 2017, Meacham returns to other moments in our history when fear and division seemed rampant. He wants to remind us that the current political turmoil is not unprecedented, that as a nation we have survived times worse than this. . . . Meacham tries to summon the better angels by looking back at when America truly has been great. He is effective as ever at writing history for a broad readership.”—The New York Times Book Review

“This is a brilliant, fascinating, timely, and above all profoundly important book.”—Walter Isaacson

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"An elegantly written account of leadership at the most pivotal moment in American history" (Philadelphia Inquirer): Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edward J. Larson reveals how George Washington saved the United States by coming out of retirement to lead the Constitutional Convention and serve as our first president.

After leading the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War, George Washington shocked the world: he retired. In December 1783, General Washington, the most powerful man in the country, stepped down as Commander in Chief and returned to private life at Mount Vernon. Yet as Washington contentedly grew his estate, the fledgling American experiment floundered. Under the Articles of Confederation, the weak central government was unable to raise revenue to pay its debts or reach a consensus on national policy. The states bickered and grew apart. When a Constitutional Convention was established to address these problems, its chances of success were slim. Jefferson, Madison, and the other Founding Fathers realized that only one man could unite the fractious states: George Washington. Reluctant, but duty-bound, Washington rode to Philadelphia in the summer of 1787 to preside over the Convention.

Although Washington is often overlooked in most accounts of the period, this masterful new history from Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward J. Larson brilliantly uncovers Washington’s vital role in shaping the Convention—and shows how it was only with Washington’s support and his willingness to serve as President that the states were brought together and ratified the Constitution, thereby saving the country.

A guide to listening to songbirds—the key to observing nature in a whole new way. Includes audio of bird vocalizations!
 
A lifelong birder, tracker, and naturalist, Jon Young is guided in his work and teaching by three basic premises: the robin, junco, and other songbirds know everything important about their environment, be it backyard or forest; by tuning in to their vocalizations and behavior, we can acquire much of this wisdom for our own pleasure and benefit; and the birds’ companion calls and warning alarms are just as important as their songs.
 
Birds are the sentries of—and our key to understanding the world beyond our front door. By learning to remain quiet and avoid disturbing the environment, we can heed the birds and acquire an amazing new level of awareness. We are welcome in their habitat. The birds don’t fly away. The larger animals don’t race off. No longer hapless intruders, we now find, see, and engage the deer, the fox, the red-shouldered hawk—even the elusive, whispering wren.
 
Deep bird language is an ancient discipline, perfected by Native peoples the world over. Finally, science is catching up. This groundbreaking book unites the indigenous knowledge, the latest research, and the author’s own experience of four decades in the field to lead us toward a deeper connection to the animals and, in the end, ourselves.
 
“He can sit still in his yard, watching and listening for the moment when robins and other birds no longer perceive him as a threat. Then he can begin to hear what the birds say to each other, warning about nearby hawks, cats, or competitors. Young’s book will teach you how you, too, can understand birds and their fascinating behaviors.” —BirdWatching
 
“Here is the ancestral wisdom passed down from Apache elder Stalking Wolf to renowned tracker Tom Brown to Jon Young himself, who in turn passes on to the reader the art of truly listening to the avian soundscape. With all senses more finely tuned, you’ll find yourself more aware of your surroundings, slowing down, and reconnecting with a native intelligence and love of the natural world that lies deep within each of us.” —Donald Kroodsma, author ofThe Singing Life of Birds and Birdsong by the Seasons