Rising Bestsellers offer a varied selection this week, from the notion of a powerful not-so-invisible hand in the Democratic Party waiting for the moment to ascend into power to another offering of what dire consequences of such a development would manifest from it. There is a warning that terrorists are already walking amongst us at the invitation of the progressive ideals promoted by the current administration, and also a group of firsthand accounts describing D-Day — the day that turned the tide of World War II in Europe. There is also a bonus selection, a book published eight years ago but has found a sudden interest as a result of November election. For fiction enthusiasts, there is the latest saga of a character introduced 40 years ago.
“Tom Clancy Act of Defiance,” by Brian Andrews & Jeffrey Wilson (G.P. Putnam's Sons)
Espionage and military-science storyteller Tom Clancy is no longer with us, but Jack Ryan, his most memorable character, lives on, thanks to Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson. Four decades earlier, when Ryan was a CIA analyst, he led the “Hunt for Red October,” an apparent rogue Soviet submarine. Today, Ryan has become president and it’s deja vu all over again as a massive Russian sub has gone rogue and is now heading to the coast of the United States. The dangerous work now falls on a younger generation of Ryans — his children Katie and Jack Jr. The book “reads like a classic Clancy novel. It has the heft and gravitas as if written by Clancy you’d be hard-pressed to differentiate between them,” wrote Jeremy Peers for GoodReads. Jack Ryan’s “daughter, Katie, has been in the background living her life. Until Andrews and Wilson get their hands on the series. Using Katie as the lead was a complete surprise and desperately needed. The emergence of Katie was one of the many risks A&W pulled off and it is these risks which make ‘Act of Defiance’ special.” [Fiction]
“Michelle Obama 2024: Her Real Life Story and Plan for Power,”
by Joel Gilbert (Bombardier Books)
The former first lady has repeatedly claimed she has no interest in cashing in her popularity to seek elective office, but is that the truth? The Democratic Party has been in disarray for years, with a weak president who announced he won’t run for reelection, and no one much better waiting in the wings. Joel Gilbert makes the case that Michelle Obama’s reticence is all a sham, a subterfuge, as he peels back the layers of her life to reveal her true character and ambitions — to be the DNC’s savior and take over the reins of power. Gilbert warns that, if she’s successful, America will come under the power of global elites. “I read a book a week and have got many years,” wrote kug for Amazon. “This is one of the best written, researched and told books I’ve read. The breadth and depth of the research lends significantly to its credibility. The author gives credit where credit is due and calls a spade a spade on everything else. I highly recommend reading this to understand your next president.” [[Nonfiction]
“Silent Suffering: Poems of Pain and Purpose,” by Leslie Corbly (Resource Publications-CA)
Described as a “poetic critique of progressive values,” this book uses verse to challenge the approach progressivism takes to justice and morality, and demonstrates that rather than leading to goodness, that approach ultimately results in pain and misery. “Each poem in its own unique creation, brings insightful thoughts, that help to expand the mind and give clarity and a new understanding of the rational as well as irrational world around us,” wrote Samuel Z. Newton in his Amazon review. “Opening your eyes in hopes of planting a seed of knowledge that will be shared with generations to come. Best wishes to the author and thank you for your words and sharing your knowledge and your understanding of the world as you see it!!!” [Nonfiction]
“Terrorists on the Border and in Our Country,” by Charles A. Marino (Humanix Books)
A noted security expert reveals that when President Joe Biden reversed all the border protections his predecessor put in place and stopped construction on a border wall, the flood of illegal immigration that followed included hundreds of terrorists who are now already in the country. Combine that with the “no-cash bail” and “defund the police” movements promoted in many of America’s cities with the spike in drug and human trafficking and we’re headed for disaster. “Picked this book up yesterday and ‘wow’! It is written in a chronological order, and easy to follow,” wrote Marcus in his Amazon review. “I knew a lot of what was in the book but was unaware of what past presidents officially did concerning immigration, official policies put in place, rescinded, and behind the scenes agenda of those who are appearing to care about the borders, but, in reality, are encouraging illegal immigration.” [Nonfiction]
“When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day,” by Garrett M. Graff (Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster)
Last month, the world commemorated the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the day when the allied powers began to retake the European continent from Nazi Germany with the landing on the beaches of Normandy, France. The New York Times bestselling author of “The Only Plane in the Sky” tells the story of a plan broadly envisioned by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill at a Casablanca meeting, hammered out by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, and carried out by thousands of men — a plan where failure was not an option. The book itself is the product of hundreds of eyewitness accounts — from the people who were there — recorded before their voices grow silent to the ravages of time. “Garrett Graff is a treasure: a historian rather like Erik Larson with a vast curiosity,” wrote Chris’s review for GoodReads. “As the nephew of a member of the 101st Airborne, Easy Company, it was deeply moving to learn more specifically what my uncle experienced. But, the fact is, you don't need a personal connection to someone who was there to have ‘all the feels.’ This is the sort of book that is smart, inspiring, and powerful -- and adds so much to our knowledge of what that day was like and its historic importance forever.” [Nonfiction]
Bonus selection: Revisiting a book originally published in 2016.
“Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis,” by J. D. Vance (Harper)
This is Sen. and now Republican Vice Presidential Nominee J.D. Vance’s memoir of growing up in Ohio’s rustbelt, being raised by his grandmother after his mother sank into addiction, his enlistment in the Marines and service in Iraq, followed by his education at Ohio State and Yale Law School, and finally his success in the business world. Called “riveting” by The Wall Street Journal, it’s a story of the upward mobility made possible in this country that results in the realization of the American Dream. A New York Times bestseller when it was published eight years ago, it shot up to
No. 1 on Amazon after Vance was named and confirmed as the Donald Trump’s running mate in Milwaukee earlier this month. “Wow! I went to check out the book from my free library app as soon as I learned J.D. Vance was nominated to run for the Vice Presidency. My app noted ‘We have 50 copies of this book and 393 waiting to read it,’”
wrote Sandy Powers for Amazon. “It is well written as far as keeping you interested (mesmerized actually)! Hilarious one minute, wanting to cry the next. And so eye opening to a side of life we all need to be aware of and have a heart to want to be part of the solution - as complex as it surely is!”
[Nonfiction]
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