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Instant New York Times Bestseller An Amazon Best Book of the Month A riveting new work and fresh take on the lead-up to the presidential election of 1960, drawing timely parallels to the choice Americans face in 2024 It’s January 2, 1960: the day that Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy declared his candidacy; and with this opening scene, Chris Wallace offers readers a front-row seat to history. From the challenge of primary battles in a nation that had never elected a Catholic president, to the intense machinations of the national conventions—where JFK chose Lyndon Johnson as his running mate over the impassioned objections of his brother Bobby—this is a nonfiction political thriller filled with intrigue, cinematic action, and fresh reporting. Like with many popular histories, readers may be familiar with the story, but few will know the behind-the-scenes details, told here with gripping effect. Featuring some of history’s most remarkable characters, page-turning action, and vivid details, Countdown 1960 follows a group of extraordinary politicians, civil rights leaders, Hollywood stars, labor bosses, and mobsters during a pivotal year in American history. The election of 1960 ushered in the modern era of presidential politics, with televised debates, private planes, and slick advertising. In fact, television played a massive role. More than 70 million Americans watched one or all four debates. The public turned to television to watch campaign rallies. And on the night of the election, the contest between Kennedy and Nixon was so close that Americans were glued to their televisions long after dawn to see who won. The election of 1960 holds stunning parallels to our current political climate. There were—potentially valid—claims of voter fraud and a stolen election. There was also a presidential candidate faced with the decision of whether to contest the result or honor the peaceful transfer of power.

1945. április 12. Az európai és a csendes-óceáni térségben éveken át elhúzódó véres, háborús konfliktusok idején Amerikát mélyen megdöbbenti Franklin D. Roosevelt elnök halálhíre. Harry Truman alelnöknek, akit eddig távol tartottak a háborús tervek folyamataitól, és semmit sem tudott a világ első atombombáját kidolgozó, szigorúan titkos Manhattan-tervről, egy pillanat alatt kellett átvennie a több kontinensen háborúzó nemzet irányítását, és fel kellett vállalnia a világtörténelem egyik legnagyobb horderejű döntését. A Visszaszámlálás 1945 az ezt követő viharos napok, hetek és hónapok lebilincselő, igaz történetét meséli el, egészen 1945. augusztus 6-ig, amikor ledobják az atombombát Hirosimára. A szerző hírneves és kevésbé ismert alakok gondolatait tárja elénk. Közéjük tartozik például a legendás Albert Einstein, aki végül az atombomba melletti kiállását élete „legnagyobb hibájaként” értékelte, a kutatások igazgatója, J. Robert Oppenheimer, a szovjet kém, aki titokban beépült a kutatócsapatba, vagy a bomba ledobására kiválasztott gép pilótái. Felejthetetlen betekintést nyújt az akkor élő, hétköznapi amerikai és japán civilek életébe is. És látjuk a csendes-óceáni hadszíntéren harcoló amerikai katonákat is, akik aggódva várják a parancsot egy esetleges japán elleni invázió megindítására. Ám legfontosabb alakja a még kipróbálatlan, gyakorlatlan, új elnök, Harry Truman. Az ő története ez, azé az emberé, aki egy olyan döntéssel szembesül, amelyről tudja, hogy örökre megváltoztatja a világot.

Political Lives is an intimate history of image-making and image-breaking in national politics. In 2011, Chris Wallace was writing a biography of Julia Gillard. After seeing the unparalleled onslaught from the Abbott opposition, she cancelled her contract and repaid her advance with the awareness of how hard the biography could hit. Political Lives is a result of that fraught experience. In it Wallace reflects on the roles and motives of biographers and their biographies in the 20th century. To discover who wrote biographies, and why, Wallace interviewed every living 20th century prime minister and their biographer, from Menzies to Hawke, Whitlam to Keating. The result is an intimate history of Australian national politics.

1945. Millones de personas han muerto durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Hitler se suicidó y Mussolini ha sido fusilado. Los soldados estadounidenses esperan regresar a casa, pero Japón, el enemigo de Oriente, sigue en pie. Para terminar con la guerra, Estados Unidos planea arrojar una bomba sobre Hiroshima. Los turbulentos días que precedieron a las órdenes del presidente Truman de destruir dos ciudades enteras son narrados en Cuenta regresiva: 1945. Chris Wallace y Mitch Weiss detallan la dramática decisión de usar la primera arma de destrucción masiva del mundo, cuyas consecuencias fueron devastadoras. Contado con vigor, inteligencia y sensibilidad, este es el intrigante recuento del momento exacto en que se dividió la historia del siglo XX.

Around the world, people have witnessed a decline in thinking and language. ''Social media'' has maimed language and manners; it has brought us the violent madness of conspiracy. Twisted media are infected. In Australia, our schools have not kept up. People ignorant of both logic and grammar are unleashed on us. Judges are weighed down by paper and anxiety. We sacked the civil service and trashed the Westminster system. Politicians are mired in jingles, spreadsheets and photo ops; the two main parties are spent and adrift. Nations, including ours, have lost their vision, and people their faith. In 2016, the decline became the fall, when two spoiled brats exploited those lesions on our public life and lured the gullible into fiction. This book is the joint response of a poet and a lawyer- a guide on how to think and how to write. With analyses of ''truth'' and ''bullshit'', there are chapters on grammar, style and professional writing. This is a book for people who want to think straight and write clearly, regardless of their academic record. You don''t need a ticket to use this book, but if you do have one, you will be better off than many people who make it through tertiary. And we face bigger problems in this country than snobbery.

Το συγκλονιστικό χρονικό των 116 ημερών από την ορκωμοσία του Τρούμαν μέχρι τη ρίψη της πρώτης ατομικής βόμβας στη Χιροσίμα.

Simplified Chinese edition of Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Following Chris Wallace’s “riveting” (The New York Times) and “propulsive” (Time) first book Countdown 1945 comes a deeply reported, revelatory, and thrillingly told account of the final months of the hunt for Osama bin Laden. On August 27, 2010, three CIA officers ask for a private meeting with CIA Director Leon Panetta. During that secret session, they tell Panetta that agents have tracked a courier with deep Al Qaeda ties to a three-story house at the end of a dead-end street in Abbottabad, Pakistan. But they say it’s more than a house—it’s a heavily protected fortress. No one in the meeting says the name bin Laden. They don’t have to. Everyone understands that finally, after nearly a decade, maybe, just maybe, they’ve found the world’s most wanted man. In Countdown bin Laden, celebrated journalist and CNN anchor and Max host Chris Wallace delivers a vivid account of the final eight months of intelligence gathering, national security strategizing, and meticulous military planning that leads to the climactic mission when SEAL Team Six closes in on its target. The book delivers new information collected from Wallace’s in-depth interviews with more than a dozen central figures, including Admiral William H. McRaven—leader of the operation in Pakistan—as well as CIA Director Panetta, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, and the SEAL Team Six special operator who kills Osama bin Laden. Wallace also brings to life the human elements of this story, talking to families who lost loved ones on 9/11, sharing what relatives of SEAL Team Six went through, and bringing us inside the tense Situation Room during the raid. Countdown bin Laden is a historical thriller filled with intrigue, cinematic action, and fresh reporting about the race to apprehend and bring to justice the mastermind of the most consequential terrorist attack in American history.

The #1 national bestselling “riveting” (The New York Times), “propulsive” (Time) behind-the-scenes account “that reads like a tense thriller” (The Washington Post) of the 116 days leading up to the American attack on Hiroshima, by Chris Wallace, veteran journalist and CNN anchor and Max host. April 12, 1945: After years of bloody conflict in Europe and the Pacific, America is stunned by news of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s death. In an instant, Vice President Harry Truman, who has been kept out of war planning and knows nothing of the top-secret Manhattan Project to develop the world’s first atomic bomb, must assume command of a nation at war on multiple continents—and confront one of the most consequential decisions in history. Countdown 1945 tells the gripping true story of the turbulent days, weeks, and months to follow, leading up to August 6, 1945, when Truman gives the order to drop the bomb on Hiroshima. In Countdown 1945, Chris Wallace, the veteran journalist and CNN anchor and Max host, takes readers inside the minds of the iconic and elusive figures who join the quest for the bomb, each for different reasons: the legendary Albert Einstein, who eventually calls his vocal support for the atomic bomb “the one great mistake in my life”; lead researcher J. Robert “Oppie” Oppenheimer and the Soviet spies who secretly infiltrate his team; the fiercely competitive pilots of the plane selected to drop the bomb; and many more. Perhaps most of all, Countdown 1945 is the story of an untested new president confronting a decision that he knows will change the world forever. But more than a book about the atomic bomb, Countdown 1945 is also an unforgettable account of the lives of ordinary American and Japanese civilians in wartime—from “Calutron Girls” like Ruth Sisson in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to ten-year-old Hiroshima resident Hideko Tamura, who survives the blast at ground zero but loses her mother and later immigrates to the United States, where she lives to this day—as well as American soldiers fighting in the Pacific, waiting in fear for the order to launch a possible invasion of Japan. Told with vigor, intelligence, and humanity, Countdown 1945 is the definitive account of one of the most significant moments in history.

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Colombia has finally shed its former reputation and is now fulfilling its potential as one of the world''s most interesting and unique travel destinations. Safer than ever, Colombia is home to whitewashed colonial towns, a staggeringly large amount of bio-diversity, parts of the Amazon Rainforest and Andes Mountains, idyllic beaches on both its Caribbean and Pacific coasts, and lively, modern cities. Be inspired to visit this wonderful country by this brand new title, a comprehensive full-colour guide to this fascinating and dramatically beautiful country.

Shortlisted for the 2019 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry in the NSW Premier''s Literature Awards Chris Wallace-Crabbe''s Rondo harvests a decade''s worth of new writing by one of Australia''s foremost poets. It paints a vivid portrait of eucalypt Australia''s current position in an rapidly changing world. The poet asks for fresh meanings from Gallipoli and Scotland, from physics and from ''Art''s porous auditorium'', where poetry can still be heard. ''The words are only the words,'' he writes, ''which is more or less everything.'' Critic Eric Ormsby dubbed Wallace-Crabbe a ''genial smuggler of surprises'': ''his uncommon affability, even when treating the gravest subjects, leaves the reader unprepared for his sudden luxuriance of phrase.'' ( TLS)

Immense, intense and dramatic, Argentina is a land of contrasts. From sophisticated Buenos Aires, home to grand baroque buildings and the mysteries of the tango, to the lush, jungled Iguazu Falls, down to the incredible frozen landscapes of Patagonia, Footprint''s Argentina Handbook will ensure you discover the best of this incredible country.

Take a fresh approach to Buenos Aires with this brand new Explore guide. Lavishly illustrated in full colour, this book features 14 fantastic self-guided routes, written by a local expert and packed with great insider tips. Whether you are new to the city or a repeat visitor, whatever your interests, and however long your stay, this book is the perfect companion, showing you the smartest way to link the sights and taking you beyond the beaten tourist track. All the routes come with clear, easy-to-follow full-colour maps. A ''Key Facts'' box at the start of each tour highlights the recommended time needed to enjoy it to the full, plus the distance covered and a start and end point; all this makes it simple to find the perfect tour for the time you have to spare. Try some of the hand-picked places to eat and drink and sleep, or refer to the clearly organised A-Z of practical information to get to grips with the city.

Hit the trail and get the best bits from Patagonia. From the peaks of the highest mountains in the Andes, through the beautiful lake district to the glaciated wilderness of Torres de Paine National Park and from the pampas to Buenos Aires and the beaches

"No matter where we are in life or death, there are always words on the page." California in the ''90s. On the Central Coast, middle schoolers Sam Ackerman and Tara Remedios meet for the first time. What follows is a decade-long relationship bound in the pages of journal entries. The connection survives into adulthood only to end in tragedy-yet both will tell their side of the story. By the end of their testimonies all that remains are the words, and they''ll prove whether two people lost on opposite sides of the divide can meet once again.

In a spectacular setting between granite peaks and the South Atlantic Ocean, Rio de Janeiro is one of South America''s most iconic cities. Explore Rio de Janeiro is the latest title in this popular series from Insight and is the ideal pocket companion when discovering this exciting city: a full-colour guide containing 14 easy-to-follow routes through the city''s many fascinating neighbourhoods, from the Centro Hist?rico and the charming Santa Teresa district to the fabled beaches of Copacabana to Ipanema and beyond to the Costa Verde. Insight''s trademark cultural coverage perfectly sets the routes in context, with introductions to Brazilian cuisine, and Rio''s shops and nightlife. The best places to eat and drink are highlighted in each route and in the directory section, which also contains a wealth of useful practical information, including a range of carefully selected hotels to suit all budgets. All routes are plotted on the useful pull-out map, and evocative photography reveals Rio''s unique character.

From vibrant cities to snow-capped volcanoes and white-sand beaches, Colombia offers enormous variety. Footprint''s 5th edition Handbook will guide you from salsa clubs & gold museums to the Amazon jungle.

An up-to-date and informative guide to making the most of any trip, of whatever length, to Argentina. Useful Spanish words and phrases are included as well as suggestions of places to stay

FlavorGod has released his debut cookbook called Paleo and Gluten-Free Recipe eBook, a perfect blend of healthy and savory. Complete with pictures as delicious as the food, this eBook takes Paleo and Gluten-Free recipes to the pinnacle of flavor, with directions so easy anyone can feel like a FlavorGod! Didn’t think Paleo and Gluten-free could satisfy all of your wild cravings? Think again! This cookbook will bring out the primal chef in everyone. FlavorGod adds the perfect amount of zest to prepare dishes that are both tasty and creative.

Patagonia is a pioneering land of vast horizons and limitless possibilities. Footprint''s ''Patagonia'' will guide you from emerald lakes and snow-capped volcanoes, through estancias on the Argentine steppe, down to granite turrets sculpted by roaring, powerful glaciers. Great coverage of the top activities and sights in the region, including glacier trekking, white-water rafting, whale spotting, boat trips and birdwatching. Loaded with information and suggestions on how to get off the beaten track, from ancient cave art to thermal pools. Includes comprehensive information on everything from transport and practicalities to history, culture & landscape, plus all the usual accommodation, eating and drinking listings for every budget. Full-colour planning section to inspire travellers and help them find the best experiences. From Volcan Villarrica to the Tierra del Fuego, Footprint''s fully updated 4th edition will help you navigate this frontier destination.

This book distils an adult lifetime into the intense magic of poetry. Wallace-Crabbe is a nature poet in the broadest possible sense: his poems, ranging widely in tone and subject-matter, seek above all to convey the richness and variety of our world, his sense that we are inserted headlong into life'' and must make the best of what comes to us. Throughout his work - at times wryly philosophical, at times gently elegiac - Wallace-Crabbe remains passionately committed to his quest, troubling the stubborn world for meaning''.

This book reveals a continuity of great skill; and beauty in design and execution. As time separates us from many of their immediate messages, we can enjoy them and appreciate them as works of art.

Thirty timely projects will have crafters assembling clocks in no time at all! From whimsical to sophisticated, there''s a clock project for every decor: lodge/rustic; English cottage; shabby chic; sporty; classic; kids; contemporary; retro; masculine; folk art; funky; artsy; French country; country; and ethnic. Sixteen well known designers contributed projects, including Cheryl Ball, Barbara McGuire, Vivian Perrits, Lisa Sheppard, and Carolyn Stearns. Crafters of all skill levels will feel comfortable making these clocks when following these clear and detailed instructions on the basic techniques of clock making, preparing and finishing wood products, and painting. Projects use a variety of techniques: stitching, beading, painting, decoupage, stamping, stenciling, wood burning, leather crafting, and faux finishing, and a variety of materials: polymer clay, fabric, felt, beads, and wire.