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(0)Mark Salter
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Language
English
Description
"More so than almost anyone outside John McCain's immediate family, Mark Salter had unparalleled access to Senator McCain. Salter served to influence the senator's thoughts and actions, cowriting several books with him and acting as a valued confidant. Now, Salter draws on the storied facets of McCain's early biography as well as the later-in-life political philosophy for which the nation knew and loved him, delivering an intimate and comprehensive...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Casualties of war: Based on the true story of a squad of soldiers caught in the moral quagmire of wartime Vietnam. Witness to a vile crime, Private Eriksson is forced to stand alone against his fellow soldiers and commanding officer Sergeant Meserve, a powerful and charismatic man pushed over the edge of barbarism by the terror and brutality of combat.
Faith of my fathers: People know John McCain as a maverick presidential candidate, but before a...
Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Formats
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Senator John McCain’s deeply moving memoir is the story of three generations of warriors and the ways that sons are shaped and enriched by their fathers.
John McCain’s grandfather, a four-star admiral and one of the navy’s greatest commanders, led the strongest aircraft carrier force of the Third Fleet during World War II. McCain’s father, also a four-star admiral,...
John McCain’s grandfather, a four-star admiral and one of the navy’s greatest commanders, led the strongest aircraft carrier force of the Third Fleet during World War II. McCain’s father, also a four-star admiral,...
Author
Language
English
Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"History matters to McCain, and for him America is and was about its promise. The book is his farewell address, a mixture of the personal and the political. 'I have loved my life,' he writes. 'All of it.' The Restless Wave is a fitting valedictory for a man who seldom backed down." —The Guardian (US)
"A book-length meditation on what it means to face the...
"History matters to McCain, and for him America is and was about its promise. The book is his farewell address, a mixture of the personal and the political. 'I have loved my life,' he writes. 'All of it.' The Restless Wave is a fitting valedictory for a man who seldom backed down." —The Guardian (US)
"A book-length meditation on what it means to face the...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
John McCain and Mark Salter have written three acclaimed bestsellers, but CHARACTER IS DESTINY may be their most influential and enduring book yet–a work for parents to share with their children, and for Americans of all ages to listen to for inspiration and guidance.
McCain has been called “one of the most inspiring public figures of his generation” by The Washington Post. In CHARACTER IS DESTINY, he shows us why, by telling...
McCain has been called “one of the most inspiring public figures of his generation” by The Washington Post. In CHARACTER IS DESTINY, he shows us why, by telling...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this inspiring meditation on courage, Senator John McCain shares his most cherished stories of ordinary individuals who have risked everything to defend the people and principles they hold most dear.
“We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear but the capacity for action despite our fears,” McCain reminds us, as a way of introducing...
“We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear but the capacity for action despite our fears,” McCain reminds us, as a way of introducing...
Author
Language
English
Description
At some point in our lives, we all face a tough decision and have to make a hard call. For inspiration and direction, we can look to the remarkable individuals in John McCain and Mark Salter's book, which dramatically describes the anatomy of a great decision: Branch Rickey's decision to offer Jackie Robinson a contract to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the face of public opposition. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's decision to return to Liberia after receiving...