A revelatory memoir from one of the great political minds of our time.“Baker's book will interest political junkies on both sides of the aisle and remind them that party politics do not require disrespect between opponents.”−*Library JournalThe real inside story of why Gerald Ford did not ask Ronald Reagan to be his running mate in 1976−and why Reagan did not pick Ford in 1980; the battle over Florida 2000; the aborted Whit...

George H.W. Bush and James A. Baker, III:A Personal and Political Friendship for the AgesThe friendship between George H.W. Bush and James A. Baker, III began over fifty years ago on the tennis courts of the Houston Country Club when they found themselves paired as a doubles team, winning back-to-back championships in 1966 and 1967. While both men were admittedly weak servers, Bush was the net-and-volley guy, with Baker holding down the bas...

Captain James A. Baker, Houston lawyer, banker, and businessman, received an alarming telegram on September 23, 1900: his elderly millionaire client William Marsh Rice had died unexpectedly in New York City. Baker rushed to New York, where he unraveled a plot to murder Rice and plunder his estate. Working tirelessly with local authorities, Baker saved Rice’s fortune from more than one hundred claimants; he championed the wishes of his deceased client and founded Rice Institute for the Adva...

Few men have played such a critical role in the most pivotal events of the second half of the twentieth century. In this audio presentation - in his own words and his own voice - James A. Baker, III uses his unique perspective to take us inside those events and the personalities involved in them: the collapse of Communism, the Berlin Wall, and the Soviet Union itself; the reunification of Germany; the remarkable negotiations behind the coalition-building of the Gulf War; and the even more ...

**BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times • The Washington Post • Fortune • BloombergFrom two of America's most revered political journalists comes the definitive biography of legendary White House chief of staff and secretary of state James A. Baker III: the man who ran Washington when Washington ran the world.**For a quarter-century, from the end of Watergate to the aftermath of the Cold War, no Republican won the presidency without his help or ran the...

An indispensable bread-making book, The Essential Bread Cookbook brings together a baker’s dozen of the very best recipes for baking bread at home. Included are breads made with yeast and without, from white to whole wheat, and from flat to sweet. Think French-style bread, sourdough, rye bread, raisin bread, brioche, and even lemon bread, as well as many other bread recipes. Taken from the best-selling classic Beard on Bread by James Beard, the “Dean of American Gastronom...

From his emergence in the 1950s as an uncannily beautiful young Oklahoman who became the prince of "cool" jazz seemingly overnight to his violent, drug-related death in Amsterdam in 1988, Chet Baker lived a life that has become an American myth. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and previously untapped sources, this first major biography of one of the most romanticized icons in jazz gives a thrilling account of the trumpeter's dark journey. Author James Gavin delves deeply into Baker's tor...

The psalms are the inspired prayers and praises of God's people. When we study and pray the psalms, they change us--we are shaped by Scripture so that we think about God the way the psalmists did, and their words become the overflow of our hearts. This fresh translation of Psalms will help you encounter the richness inherent in their language and structure in ways you've probably never noticed before.Unlike many modern translations, which translate according to the conventions of E...

In "Slavery," James L. Baker embarks on an incisive exploration of the historical, social, and psychological dimensions of human bondage. This scholarly work employs a nuanced literary style that deftly weaves narrative and analysis, positioning the institution of slavery within both its specific historical contexts and wider sociocultural frameworks. Baker's meticulous attention to detail and eloquent prose invite readers to grapple with the moral complexities and enduring legacies of sla...

From two of America's most revered political journalists comes the definitive biography of legendary White House chief of staff and secretary of state James A. Baker III: the man who ran Washington when Washington ran the world.For a quarter-century, from the end of Watergate to the aftermath of the Cold War, no Republican won the presidency without his help or ran the White House without his advice. James Addison Baker III was the indispensable man for four presid...

While investigating a double homicide in an isolated northern Wisconsin town, FBI Special Agent Patrick Bowers uncovers a high-tech conspiracy that twists through long-buried Cold War secrets and targets present-day tensions in the Middle East.In his most explosive thriller yet, bestselling author Steven James delivers a multi-layered storytelling tour de force that not only delivers pulse-pounding suspense but also deftly explores the rippling effects of the choices we make.

How does worship work? How exactly does liturgical formation shape us? What are the dynamics of such transformation? In the second of James K. A. Smith's three-volume theology of culture, the author expands and deepens the analysis of cultural liturgies and Christian worship he developed in his well-received Desiring the Kingdom. He helps us understand and appreciate the bodily basis of habit formation and how liturgical formation--both "secular" and Christian--affects our fundame...