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Birth of a Dream Weaver charts the very beginnings of a writer’s creative output. In this wonderful memoir, Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o recounts the four years he spent at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda - threshold years during which he found his voice as a journalist, short story writer, playwright, and novelist just as colonial empires were crumbling and new nations were being born - under the shadow of the rivalries, intrigues, and assassinations of the Cold War.

The inside story of the campaign that rocked the United Kingdom to its foundations, and the implications of the Scottish independence movement for the future of British politics. Alex Salmond has been a passionate supporter of Scottish independence his whole life. In September 2014, he came...

“A sweeping chronicle of the immigrant rights movement. . . . Wides-Muñoz reminds us that thanks to the ability of young people to dream, what seems impossible today may yet prove achievable tomorrow.” —New York Times Book Review A journalist chronicles the next chapter in civil...

What would you do if Jesus appeared to you in a dream and told you to follow Him? What if these visions continued for over thirty days? And what if you were Muslim? Pastor Tom Doyle has spent eleven years as a full-time missionary in the Middle East and Central Asia, spreading the word of Jesus...

With a new afterword covering the two decades since its first publication, two of Washington, D.C.'s most respected journalists expose one of America's most tragic ironies: How the nation's capital, often a gleaming symbol of peace and hope, is the setting for vicious contradictions and devastating conflicts over race, class, and power. Jaffe and Sherwood have chillingly chronicled the descent of the District of Columbia.

In Rebuild the Dream, green economy pioneer Van Jones reflects on his journey from grassroots outsider to White House insider. For the first time, he shares intimate details of his time in government – and reveals why he chose to resign his post as a special advisor to the Obama White House. Jones puts his hard-won lessons to good use, proposing a powerful game plan to restore hope, fix our democracy and renew the American Dream.

As Reeves shows, the growing separation between the upper middle class and everyone else can be seen in family structure, neighborhoods, attitudes, and lifestyle. Those at the top of the income ladder are becoming more effective at passing on their status to their children, reducing overall social mobility. The result is not just an economic divide but a fracturing of American society along class lines. Upper-middle-class children become upper-middle-class adults.

When Reagan and Gorbachev sat down in Reykjavik in 1986, George Shultz said that it was “the poker game with the highest stakes ever played”. It was the last time the world had a chance to do away entirely with nuclear weapons. This is the behind-the-scenes story of this remarkable summit conference. An Impossible Dream is the first exploration of recently available archives of both sides - top-secret archives of the Kremlin, the personal papers of Gorbachev, as well as Reagan's archives.

"A New Vision for Dreams of the Dying" is from the Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Jan Hoffman and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Rural Reality Meets Bangalore Dreams: Young Women Fill Factories and Find Independence, Too" is from the September 25, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Ellen Barry and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Hidden Side of the College Dream: Mediocre Graduation Rates" is from the June 01, 2016 The Upshot section of The New York Times. It was written by Quoctrung Bui and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Noah Living a Dream in Playing for the Knicks" is from the October 16, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Scott Cacciola and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"A Salzburg Festival Rich with Dreams and Power" is from the August 02, 2016 Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Anthony Tommasini and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Where Republican Dreams Die?" is from the May 17, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Frank Bruni and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Oprah Dreams of a Broadway Debut" is from the May 11, 2016 Arts section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael Paulson and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Youth Wave Sees Possible British Exit from EU as a Threat to Dreams" is from the May 15, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Kimiko De Freytas Tamura and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Rare Visitor to Taiwan Is a Bird-Watcher's Dream" is from the June 02, 2016, World section of The New York Times. It was written by Austin Ramzy and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

"How a Trip to Cuba Emerged From an MLB Dream" is from the Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by David Waldstein and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

In his controversial New York Times best seller, The Roots of Obama’s Rage, Dinesh D’Souza answered the question on everyone’s mind: why is President Obama hell-bent on seeing America fail? The reason, D’Souza explained, is Obama’s fervent anticolonial ideology. Here, in his blockbuster follow-up, Obama’s America, D’Souza shows how President Obama is applying his anticolonial ideology to unmake America and turn it into a country our founders would hardly recognize.

Derided by the Right as dangerous and by the Left as spineless, Barack Obama puzzles observers. In Reading Obama, James T. Kloppenberg reveals the sources of Obama's ideas and explains why his principled aversion to absolutes does not fit contemporary partisan categories. Obama's commitments to deliberation and experimentation derive from sustained engagement with American democratic thought.