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1401) Called to rise
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
The Dallas police chief who inspired a nation with his compassionate, community-focused response to the killing of five of his officers shares his uplifting personal story and a blueprint for the future of policing.
1403) Furnishing eternity
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
From the acclaimed author of The Hard Way on Purpose, a vibrant, heartfelt memoir about confronting mortality, surviving loss, finding resilience in one's Midwest roots and seeking a father's wisdom through an unusual woodworking project, constructing his own coffin.
1404) The operator
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
A stirringly evocative, thought-provoking, and often jaw-dropping account of SEAL Team Operator Robert O'Neill's awe-inspiring 400-mission career. O'Neill describes his idyllic childhood in Butte, Montana; his impulsive decision to join the SEALs; the arduous evaluation and training process; and the even tougher gauntlet he had to run to join the SEALs' most elite unit. After officially becoming a SEAL, O'Neill would spend more than a decade in the...
1405) The man I knew
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
As chief of staff, Jean Becker had a ringside seat to the never-boring story of George Herbert Walker Bush's life post-presidency, including being at his side when he died and subsequently facing the challenge, and great honor, of being in charge of his state funeral. This book presents behind-the-scenes look into the ups and downs of heading up the office of a former president by one of the people who knew him best.
1406) My name is Selma
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Selma van de Perre was seventeen when World War II began. She lived with her parents, two older brothers, and a younger sister. Until then, being Jewish in the Netherlands had been of no consequence. But by 1941 it had become a matter of life or death. On several occasions, Selma avoided being rounded up by the Nazis. Then, in an act of defiance, she joined the Resistance movement, using the pseudonym Margareta van der Kuit. For two years 'Marga'...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
"Reflecting on twenty years of investigating more than 5,500 death scenes, an NYC death investigator, the second woman ever hired for this role, shares how, in dealing with death every day, she learned surprising lessons about life--and how some of those lessons saved her from becoming a statistic herself"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Senator Tim Scott invites listeners on a compelling journey to reclaim the American dream today. Weaving together deeply personal memoirs, stories of his family's struggle with poverty and injustice, and stirring accounts of fellow Americans past and present, Scott says we can see the truth of America's identity in the stories of individuals, people whose lives embody the hope and resilience that have carried the nation through its greatest failures...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
The twenty-fifth Secretary of Defense takes readers behind the scenes to reveal the inner workings of the Pentagon and what it takes to lead it. The Pentagon serves as headquarters to the single largest institution in America: The Department of Defense. The D.O.D. employs millions of Americans. It owns and operates more real estate, and spends more money, than any other entity. It manages the world's largest and most complex information network and...
1410) Educated: a memoir
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Traces the author's experiences as a child born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, describing her participation in her family's paranoid stockpiling activities and her resolve to educate herself well enough to earn acceptance into a prestigious university and the unfamiliar world beyond.
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