Why We Did It - A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Heal - A Comprehensive Summary A tiny group of Republican elites has controlled a significant portion of the political coverage throughout the Trump era. These Republican leaders are torn between their professional desire to appease the brutal champion chosen by their party's people and their personal disgust for Trump. It is quite justified to pay the Republican elites this kind of obsessive attention. The main factor determining whether a democracy can fend off an authoritarian challenge, according to Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky How Democracies Die, is whether the aspiring dictator's coalitional allies stay with him and reap the benefits of power or overthrow him and form a pro-democracy coalition with their ideological rivals. They have massively backed Trump and the movement he has created, which rejects the validity of Democratic political victory in any way, as we now know. These Republicans' thought processes have rarely been concealed. They have consistently leaked to the media, which explains both their disdain for the golfer-warlord of their party and their determination that they must continue to forward his agenda, at least in public. Trump's hesitant friends have released a barrage of information that implicates both him and them, including the now-famous Republican employee who defended Trump's unwillingness to accept defeat from Joe Biden by... To be continued... Here is a Preview of What You Will Get: ⁃ A Detailed Introduction ⁃ A Comprehensive Chapter by Chapter Summary ⁃ Etc Get a copy of this summary and learn about the book.

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I was the Iowa spokesperson for John McCain’s presidential campaign in 2007. The comprehensive immigration reform bill known colloquially by the political class as McCain-Kennedy and by Republican voters as amnesty for illegals was about to be reintroduced in the U. S. Senate. #2 I was extremely nervous and excited to be at the rally. I was hoping McCain would shine and give me some crowd-pleasing answers, but he didn't. He was hit with asperity after asperity after asperity. #3 Eight weeks into his presidential campaign, McCain had to downsize. The front-runner had faltered so dramatically out of the gate, anticipating the populist future. #4 McCain’s pivot on immigration was a minor sacrifice that foreshadowed the much more dangerous panders to come, from other politicians who didn’t share his prudence.

Barbecue: A History examines barbecue's history and place in American society using both historical and contemporary sources. The book examines all aspects of barbecue: Outdoor grilling and traditional slow cooking Restaurant and home cooking International forms of barbecue The specific foods involved in a barbecue The concept of the barbecue as a gathering Historical and contemporary recipes for main and side dishes Readers are treated here to a delightful and thorough history of barbecue, including its appearance in music, television, and film, and a consideration of how we think of and enjoy barbecue today.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Former Republican political operative Tim Miller answers the question no one else has fully grappled with: Why did normal people go along with the worst of Trumpism? As one of the strategists behind the famous 2012 RNC “autopsy,” Miller conducts his own forensic study on the pungent carcass of the party he used to love, cutting into all the hubris, ambition, idiocy, desperation, and self-deception for everyone to see. In a bracingly honest reflection on both his own past work for the Republican Party and the contortions of his former peers in the GOP establishment, Miller draws a straight line between the actions of the 2000s GOP to the Republican political class's Trumpian takeover, including the horrors of January 6th. From ruminations on the mental jujitsu that allowed him as a gay man to justify becoming a hitman for homophobes, to astonishingly raw interviews with former colleagues who jumped on the Trump Train, Miller diagrams the flattering and delusional stories GOP operatives tell themselves so they can sleep at night. With a humorous touch he reveals Reince Priebus' neediness, Sean Spicer's desperation, Elise Stefanik and Chris Christie’s raw ambition, and his close friends’ submission to a MAGA psychosis. Why We Did It is a vital, darkly satirical warning that all the narcissistic justifications that got us to this place still thrive within the Republican party, which means they will continue to make the same mistakes and political calculations that got us here, with disastrous consequences for the nation.

Convincing readers that wanting what they have is the secret of happiness, the author offers a simple, practical, and credible method to achieving this end by applying principles of Compassion, Attention, and Gratitude to everyday living. 20,000 first printing. $15,000 ad/promo.

One of the famed NEA four, performance artist Tim Miller unleashes his childhood demons and adult trials by fire in this fascinating account of an artistic, sometimes bizarre life. His style is fresh, energetic, confident, and sexy - an eclectic mixture of poetry, performance piece, and autobiography. Through humour, memory and fantasy, gratuitious sex, and unabashed honesty, SHIRTS AND SKIN charts one gay man's take on the challenges of the last two decades of the millenium.

Snappsy the alligator is having a normal day when a pesky narrator steps in to spice up the story. Is Snappsy reading a book ... or is he making CRAFTY plans? Is Snappsy on his way to the grocery store ... or is he PROWLING the forest for defenseless birds and fuzzy bunnies? Is Snappsy innocently shopping for a party ... or is he OBSESSED with snack foods that start with the letter P? What's the truth? Snappsy the Alligator (Did Not Ask to Be in This Book) is an irreverent look at storytelling, friendship, and creative differences, perfect for fans of Mo Willems.