Ben Rhodes was een buitenbeentje in Washington toen hij zich in 2007 meldde bij de campagne van Barack Obama. Rhodes ontwikkelde zich in de jaren daarna van campagnemedewerker tot speechschrijver, om uiteindelijk Obama's belangrijkste adviseur te worden. Samen met de president maakte hij de meest cruciale en controversiële wereldpolitieke gebeurtenissen mee. De zoektocht naar Osama bin Laden, de Arabische Lente, de oorlog in Syrië, de opkomst van Donald Trump - Rhodes was erbij. Tien jaar ...

**** THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **All We Say is the story of the United States through fifteen speeches – some iconic, others long forgotten, all pivotal – from its founding to the intense divisions of our times, from one of President Obama's former speechwriters.'A learned and excellently sane book' - Sam Leith, Daily Telegraph (5 Stars)'Wonderful – fascinating, thought-provoking and full of insights. Essential reading' - Justi...

**What does it mean to be American? Who gets to decide? This sweeping history of the United States told through fifteen speeches relives the battle over American identity, from a New York Times bestselling author and one of President Barack Obama’s former speechwriters.“At a time of moral and political drift, Ben Rhodes reminds us what American greatness actually sounds like, and what it means.”—Ayad Akhtar, author of Homeland Elegies**For 250 yea...

¿Qué deseas saber sobre el ala oeste de la Casa blanca?Todas las crisis internacionales de la presidencia de Obama contadas desde dentro.Durante más de ocho años Ben Rhodes fue testigo de todo lo que sucedió en el Gobierno de Barack Obama, primero como redactor de discursos, después como asesor adjunto de Seguridad Nacional y finalmente como ayudante polifacético y estrecho colaborador.Sin embargo, Rhodes no fue el típico testigo pr...

Brought to you by Penguin.All We Say is the story of the United States through fifteen speeches – some iconic, others long forgotten, all pivotal – from its founding to the intense divisions of our times, from one of President Obama's former speechwriters.For 250 years, America has debated what it means to be American. The question shaped the compromises in the Constitution and the arguments they’ve had ever since, spawning abolitio...

Random House presents the audiobook of T***he*** World As It Is by Ben Rhodes, read by Mark Deakins with and introduction read by the author.This is a book about two people making the most important decisions in the world. One is Barack Obama. The other is Ben Rhodes.The World As It Is tells the full story of what it means to work alongside a radical leader; of how idealism can confront reality an...

Waarom keert de wereld zich af van de democratie? En wat kunnen we hieraan doen? Voormalig adviseur van Barack Obama en bestsellerauteur Ben Rhodes neemt ons mee in zijn persoonlijke en prachtig geschreven zoektocht naar antwoorden. Rhodes signaleert dat de democratie wereldwijd onder vuur ligt. Op zoek naar verklaringen voor deze ontwikkeling spreekt hij politici, activisten en dissidenten in landen als Rusland, China en Hongarije over het opkomende nationalisme en autoritarisme. Deze ene...

From one of Barack Obama’s closest aides comes a revelatory behind-the-scenes account of his presidency—and how idealism can confront harsh reality and still survive—in the tradition of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.’s A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House.For nearly ten years, Ben Rhodes saw almost everything that happened at the center of the Obama administration—first as a speechwriter, then as deputy national security advisor, and finally as a m...

During Cornwall's Dark Sky Festival, children begin to disappear, with mermaid charms left behind. Grieving DI Ben Kitto desperately races to stop a killer before his own young son is next. The bestselling, critically acclaimed Isle of Scilly series continues…'A classy, edge-of-the-seat thriller which will keep you guessing throughout!' B.A. PARIS'An absolute master of pace, plotting and character' ELLY GRIFFITHS'Rh...

Kriminalkommissarie Ben Kitto behöver en andra chans i livet. Efter många år som polis i London har en särskild händelse kommit honom in på skinnet. Han vill helst säga upp sig, men chefen beordrar honom att ta en tre månader lång semester.Tillsammans med sin älskade hund Shadow beger han sig till Bryher, en del av ögruppen Scilly Islands, utanför Cornwalls dramatiska kust. Ben växte upp här, och känner de flesta i befolkningen.Men snart hittas sextonåriga Laura Trescothick...

Kriminalkommissarie Ben Kitto har nu blivit polischef på Scillyöarna utanför Cornwall. Men medan öns stränder flockas av sommarturister känner Ben att han börjar sakna spänningen och stressen på polisstationen i London där han tidigare jobbade.När en kropp hittas i en av öns grottor inser han dock att mord inte är något som bara sker i storstäder. Och ön Tresco visar sig snart bära på hemligheter lika mörka och ogenomträngliga som vattnet som omger den …I grottans mörke...

When DI Ben Kitto sees a baby thrown into Penzance harbour, he prays it's a trick of the light. But the threat is real. The child survives – barely – and soon a chilling pattern emerges. As the Burning Sky Festival brings dancers, dreamers and stargazers to Cornwall's coast, children begin to vanish. A small mermaid figurine is found beside each scene, echoing the legend of the Mermaid of Zennor, who lured a man to his death beneath the waves. Still reeling from a devastating bereavement a...