Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove
Made George W. Bush Presidential
by James Moore and Wayne Slater
John Wiley & Sons, 2003
Behind
every successful politician lies a group of fiercely loyal individuals
who help make the dream of holding public office become a reality.
In President George W. Bush's case, one person has always stood
above the rest. His name is Karl Rove.
Dubbed "the man with the plan" by the President himself, White House Senior Advisor Karl Rove helped develop the political career of George W. Bush and continues to be a guiding force within the current Bush White House. He understands the American political process, quite possibly, better than anyone our culture has ever produced.
Rove knew from the day he was born that he wanted to be a presidential advisor; and devoted all of his energy and intellectual development to this goal. This book involves equal parts biography and history of late twentieth-century politics, and pieces together the puzzle of Rove's extraordinary political life through personal interviews with Rove himself as well as revealing stories from friends and foes alike.
Right Risk: 10 Powerful
Principles for Taking Giant Leaps with Your Life
by Bill Treasurer
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2002
Risks
are an inherent part of life. In this book, the author offers
ten principles for taking intelligent risks, and urges us to
take risks if we are to grow personally and professionally. In
the commotion of today's fast-paced, technology-driven world,
people have become disconnected from the wise counsel of their
inner resources, hampering their ability to make meaningful choices.
Consequently, risks are increasingly being taken in an impulsive,
haphazard way.
In Right Risk, Bill Treasurer draws on the experiences and insights of successful risk takers (including his own experiences as a daredevil high diver) to detail principles that readers can use to take risks with greater intelligence and confidence. His goal is to provide the reader with a safety net that will allow you to take risks more confidently.
Advice is given about how to take the right risk ranging from how to be prepared for your big risk, how do deal with and enjoy this moment, and how to increase your chance of success once you decide to pursue your risk. It ends by looking at what you'll ultimately gain from being a risk taker.
Pinnick Kinnick Hill: An American
Story
by G.W. González
West Virginia University Press, 2003
A mixture
of memoir, novel, and history, Pinnick Kinnick Hill takes
a look at the Clarksburg, West Virginia, area in the early to
mid-twentieth century. González, the son of immigrants
from the Asturias region of Spain, recounts his youth in a past
that seems almost forgotten.
A century ago, dozens of families made the journey from Spain to the United States in search of a better life. They found the life they were looking for in the rising zinc-industry towns in Harrison County. Hundreds of Spaniards settled in the area, and by 1920 the government of Spain had established a Spanish vice consulate in Clarksburg to aid Spaniards living in the area.
The county was saturated in Spanish culture, with children like González being raised with a unique mixture of customs and heritage. As the Spanish community made West Virginia their home, Coca-Cola ads were printed in Spanish along with other top-selling products, but an equilibrium was always maintained between the Spanish origins of the people and their quest for the American Dream.
Decades later a decline in the zinc industry led to the slow dilution of the Spanish community. Pinnick Kinnick Hill recounts the struggle and disappointment of the immigrants, while highlighting the remarkable triumph that the settlers made. The book is written in English, with a facing-page Spanish translation.