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Zelda Rising

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George Hook said: " This is the new novel. A tragic-comedy, about a woman who tries to start a bookstore in Chicago but is undermined by a perverse stranger who gaslights her. Enjoy! "

Jul 02, 2024 08:02AM · see review

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President Nixon: Alone in the White House

by Richard Reeves

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George Hook said: " Like some zombie that's overstayed its welcome, old ski-nose (or was that Bob Hope, I get the two confused) just keeps coming back for more. Dirty tricks, brain-dead ideologies, and banal hypocrisy are all part of the Republican Party's arsenal these Like some zombie that's overstayed its welcome, old ski-nose (or was that Bob Hope, I get the two confused) just keeps coming back for more. Dirty tricks, brain-dead ideologies, and banal hypocrisy are all part of the Republican Party's arsenal these days. Nixon's vision of a Republican-controlled New South still bleeds Red. And his prediction that the superior "Yellow Race" would eventually come out on top over the black-and-white versions? Hey, did you happen to check out where that American flag you flew on Labor Day was made?

Even if the reader thinks they know enough about Dick Nixon to thoroughly hate him, they'll find even more fun grist for the mill in these pages. How many of you out there knew that Nixon himself was scripting and orchestrating the Nixon the Man campaign that aimed to soften his public image? (his memo of a script to Pat: "He is so thoughtful of all of us. He is always planning little surprises and little gifts for us. When he gets some good editorials or comments, he [will] have them Xeroxed and sent over to the house to us so that we can have a bright spot in the day too.) The classic Nixon "salty" language and off the cuff anti-Semitism is very well represented ("That little Jew [sausage] sucker is the same guy who screwed us in the Eisenhower administration ... Washington is full of Jews ... Most Jews are disloyal ..."). And how Nixon wanted to deal away Taiwan to what used to be "Red China" to him is a study in under poker handed diplomacy (he tells them "we are trying to find language which will not give [the opposition] the opportunity to gang up and say in effect that the American president went to Peking and sold Taiwan down the river ... [we have] to be clever enough to find language which will meet your need yet does not stir up the animals.")

So dig in, Nixon buffs, and get ready to wallow in the contempt you so deserve. Extra bonus: a paranoid Henry Kissinger nearly has a seizure worrying about some Secretary of State named Rogers. ...more "

Sep 03, 2008 11:16AM · see review

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The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

by Amity Shlaes (Goodreads Author)

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George Hook said: " Funny political joke book! At first, I thought Stephen Colbert wrote it. Haven't finished, because I couldn't stop laughing after the first chapter! The whole gist of this book is that FDR worsened the Great Depression because he secretly admired Joe ...more "

Apr 13, 2008 07:35PM · see review

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