A chronicle of the US and its leaders during the period when modern America was created. It narrates the interrelationships between the inner workings of the Roosevelt White House and the destiny of the US, painting a portrait that fills in a historical gap in the story of America under Roosevelt.
Spiritual discovery, emotional healing, and the nature of consciousness surface through Laura’s past-life regression into Hildegard of Bingen’s complex twelfth century world. Through the contemporaneous therapeutic sessions of the protagonist Laura as she is hypnotized into the person of Clothilde, the mystical, visionary world of Hildegard of Bingen is cleverly revealed by the author. (Dr Eileen Guenther, Professor Emerita of Church Music at Wesley Theological Seminary).A past life regression lands Laura in her twelfth-century self, Clothilde, where she uncovers a complicated woman within a rigid society. After leaving home to live with her future fiancé’s family, Clothilde accompanies her mother-inlaw…
“It is one of the best narrative histories I've read.” —The Wall Street Journal
A New York Times Notable Book of 2025 • One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2025 • Named a BEST BOOK OF 2025 by TIME, The Economist, Air Mail, Bloomberg, and History
From the bestselling author of Too Big to Fail, “the definitive history of the 2008 banking crisis,” (The Atlantic) comes a riveting narrative of the most infamous stock market crash in history—one with ripple effects that still shape our society today.
This book examines Social Security from multiple perspectives, developing a number of different proposals for reform. It not only considers issues relating to sustainability, it also makes proposals relating to equity and to making the system simpler to understand.
