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Invisible Storm

A Soldier's Memoir of Politics and PTSD

By: Jason Kander

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Invisible Storm

A Soldier's Memoir of Politics and PTSD

By: Jason Kander

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A truly special book. This combination of honesty, thoughtfulness, urgency, and vulnerability is not common in leaders, and Jason demonstrates boundless occupancy of all of these traits.” – Wes Moore, New York Times bestselling author of The Other Wes Moore From political wunderkind and former army intelligence officer Jason Kander comes a haunting, powerful memoir about impossible choices—and how sometimes walking away from the chance of a lifetime can be the greatest decision of all. In 2017, President Obama, in his final Oval Office interview, was asked who gave him hope for the future of the country, and Jason Kander was the first name he mentioned. Suddenly, Jason was a national figure. As observers assumed he was preparing a run for the presidency, Jason announced a bid for mayor of Kansas City instead and was headed for a landslide victory. But after eleven years battling PTSD from his service in Afghanistan, Jason was seized by depression and suicidal thoughts. He dropped out of the mayor’s race and out of public life. And finally, he sought help. In this brutally honest second memoir, following his New York Times best-selling debut Outside the Wire, Jason Kander has written the book he himself needed in the most painful moments of his PTSD. In candid, in-the-moment detail, we see him struggle with undiagnosed illness during a presidential bid; witness his family buoy him through challenging treatment; and, giving hope to so many of us, see him heal.

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HarperCollins

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0358658675

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9780358658672

Outside the Wire

Ten Lessons I've Learned in Everyday Courage

By: Jason Kander

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Outside the Wire

Ten Lessons I've Learned in Everyday Courage

By: Jason Kander

A smart and revealing political memoir from a rising star of the Democratic Party. "In life and in politics, the most important work is often that which happens outside the wire." Going "outside the wire" -- military lingo for leaving the safety of a base -- has taught Jason Kander to take risks and make change rather than settling for the easy option. After you've volunteered to put your life on the line with and for your fellow Americans in Afghanistan, cynical politics and empty posturing back home just feel like an insult. Kander understands that showing political courage really just means doing the right thing no matter what. He won a seat in the Missouri Legislature at age twenty-seven and then, at thirty-one, became the first millennial in the country elected to statewide office. An unapologetic progressive from the heartland, he rejected conventional political wisdom and stood up to the NRA in 2016 with a now-famous Senate campaign ad in which he argued for gun reform while assembling a rifle blindfolded. That fearless commitment to service has placed him at the forefront of a new generation of American political leaders. In his final interview as President, Barack Obama pointed to Kander as the future of the Democratic Party. "...do something rather than be something..." In Outside the Wire, Jason Kander describes his journey from Midwestern suburban kid to soldier to politician and details what he's learned along the way: lessons imparted by his dad on the baseball diamond, wisdom gained outside the wire in Kabul, and cautionary tales witnessed under the Missouri Capitol dome. Kander faced down petty tyrants in Jefferson City -- no big deal after encountering real ones in Afghanistan. He put in 90,000 miles campaigning for statewide office in 2012 -- no sweat compared to the thirty-seven miles between Bagram Air Base and Camp Eggers. When confronted with a choice between what's easy and what's right, he's never hesitated. Outside the Wire is a candid, practical guide for anyone thinking about public service and everyone wishing to make a difference. It's a call to action, an entertaining meditation on the demands and rewards of civic engagement, and, ultimately, a hopeful vision for America's future -- all seen through the eyes of one of its most dedicated servants.

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Twelve

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1538747618

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9781538747612

Outside the Wire

Ten Lessons I've Learned in Everyday Courage

By: Jason Kander

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Ten Lessons I've Learned in Everyday Courage

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1538747618

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Fun City Cinema

New York City and the Movies that Made It

By: Jason Bailey

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Fun City Cinema

New York City and the Movies that Made It

By: Jason Bailey

A visual history of 100 years of filmmaking in New York City, featuring exclusive interviews with NYC filmmakers Fun City Cinema gives readers an in-depth look at how the rise, fall, and resurrection of New York City was captured and chronicled in ten iconic Gotham films across ten decades: The Jazz Singer (1927), King Kong (1933), The Naked City (1948), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), Midnight Cowboy (1969), Taxi Driver (1976), Wall Street (1987), Kids (1995), 25th Hour (2002), and Frances Ha (2012). A visual history of a great American city in flux, Fun City Cinema reveals how these classic films and legendary filmmakers took their inspiration from New York City’s grittiness and splendor, creating what we can now view as “accidental documentaries” of the city’s modes and moods. In addition to the extensively researched and reported text, the book includes both historical photographs and production materials, as well as still-frames, behind-the-scenes photos, posters, and original interviews with Noah Baumbach, Larry Clark, Greta Gerwig, Walter Hill, Jerry Schatzberg, Martin Scorsese, Susan Seidelman, Oliver Stone, and Jennifer Westfeldt. Extensive "Now Playing" sidebars spotlight a handful of each decade’s additional films of note.

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Abrams

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1647004691

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9781647004699

A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things

A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet

By: Raj Patel,Jason W. Moore

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A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things

A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet

By: Raj Patel,Jason W. Moore

Nature, money, work, care, food, energy, and lives: these are the seven things that have made our world and will shape its future. In making these things cheap, modern commerce has transformed, governed, and devastated Earth. In A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, Raj Patel and Jason W. Moore present a new approach to analyzing today's planetary emergencies. Bringing the latest ecological research together with histories of colonialism, indigenous struggles, slave revolts, and other rebellions and uprisings, Patel and Moore demonstrate that throughout history, crises have always prompted fresh strategies to make the world cheap and safe for capitalism. At a time of crisis in all seven cheap things, innovative and systemic thinking is urgently required. This book proposes a radical new way of understanding-and reclaiming-the planet in the turbulent twenty-first century.

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293

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Verso Books

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1788732154

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Introduction to Environmental Economics

By: Nick Hanley,Jason F. Shogren,Ben White,Benedict White

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Introduction to Environmental Economics

By: Nick Hanley,Jason F. Shogren,Ben White,Benedict White

The only easy-to-read and practical non-specialist introduction to key concepts in environmental economics written by an international author team.

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407

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0198737238

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9780198737230

Reparations in Domestic and International Mass Claims Processes

Justice and Money

By: Jason S. Palmer

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Reparations in Domestic and International Mass Claims Processes

Justice and Money

By: Jason S. Palmer

Mass claims have historically allowed victims of wrongdoing on an extensive scale to be compensated for losses suffered. This insightful book surveys and evaluates both domestic and international mass claims processes, delineating their successes and failures in providing this compensation.

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201

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1785369199

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9781785369193

Eating

A Memoir

By: Jason Epstein

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Eating

A Memoir

By: Jason Epstein

This delicious memoir celebrates a lifetime of pleasure in cooking and eating well, taking us on a culinary tour of the life of the legendary editor of such great chefs and bakers as Alice Waters and Wolfgang Puck and publisher of Norman Mailer and Vladimir Nabokov “A cornucopia of memories—some personal, some literary, all tied to food—and as many interesting recipes as ruminations.” —The Wall Street Journal From the great restaurants of postwar Paris to the narrow streets of New York’s Chinatown today; from a New Year’s dinner aboard the old Ile de France with Buster Keaton to an evening at New York’s glamorous “21” restaurant with the dreaded Roy Cohn; from Chinese omelettes with the great Jane Jacobs at the edge of the Arctic Ocean to a lobster dinner with the Mailers on Cape Cod, this delicious book celebrates a lifetime of pleasure in cooking and eating well.

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194

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Anchor

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1400078253

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9781400078257

Gay Cinematherapy

The Queer Guy's Guide to Finding Your Rainbow One Movie at a Time

By: Jason Bergund,Beverly West

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Gay Cinematherapy

The Queer Guy's Guide to Finding Your Rainbow One Movie at a Time

By: Jason Bergund,Beverly West

Think "Will and Grace Go to the Movies and you've got "Gay Cinematherapy, a film guide that understands what gay men and their best friends have known for years: that the Oscars isn't just an awards show but the Gay Super Bowl, and that movies are more than entertainment, that they're a form of therapy that can help you cope with everything from a coming-out crisis to the home-alone-homo blues. Beverly West, coauthor of the "Cinematherapy series, a cultural phenomenon with over 240,000 copies in print and coverage everywhere from CNN to the "Today Show to "Entertainment Weekly to "Vogue, has teamed up with her best friend and roommate, Jason Bergund, to help gay men find the comfort, inspiration, humor, and inner beauty tips they need-all without looking any further than the neighborhood video store. Drawing on gaythemed and mainstream movies from the past and present, and with an extra helping of anything starring Judy, Bette, Bette, Joan, and Madonna, "Gay Cinematherapy is the perfect addition to every gay guy's shelf.

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228

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Universe Publishing(NY)

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0789310546

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9780789310545

Book's by Jason Kander

Invisible Storm

Invisible Storm

Outside the Wire

Outside the Wire

Outside the Wire

Outside the Wire

Fun City Cinema

Fun City Cinema

A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things

A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things

Introduction to Environmental Economics

Introduction to Environmental Economics

Reparations in Domestic and International Mass Claims Processes

Reparations in Domestic and International Mass Claims Processes

Eating

Eating

Gay Cinematherapy

Gay Cinematherapy

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