04017cam a2200337 4500 530815112 TxAuBib 20210910120000.0 ||||||s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781101922880 1101922885 74661351-58a5-46b1-a65f-234847d6ad53 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2156032 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Thomas, Evan. Being Nixon [Libby] : A Man Divided. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2015. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 563MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 563MB. Biography & Autobiography. History. Politics. Nonfiction. HTML:The landmark New York Times bestselling biography of Richard M. Nixon, a political savant whose gaping character flaws would drive him from the presidency and forever taint his legacy.  “A biography of eloquence and breadth . . . No single volume about Nixon’s long and interesting life could be so comprehensive.”—Chicago Tribune One of Time’s Top 10 Nonfiction Books of the Year In this revelatory biography, Evan Thomas delivers a radical, unique portrait of America’s thirty-seventh president, Richard Nixon, a contradictory figure who was both determinedly optimistic and tragically flawed. One of the principal architects of the modern Republican Party and its “silent majority” of disaffected whites and conservative ex-Dixiecrats, Nixon was also deemed a liberal in some quarters for his efforts to desegregate Southern schools, create the Environmental Protection Agency, and end the draft. The son of devout Quakers, Richard Nixon (not unlike his rival John F. Kennedy) grew up in the shadow of an older, favored brother and thrived on conflict and opposition. Through high school and college, in the navy and in politics, Nixon was constantly leading crusades and fighting off enemies real and imagined. He possessed the plainspoken eloquence to reduce American television audiences to tears with his career-saving “Checkers” speech; meanwhile, Nixon’s darker half hatched schemes designed to take down his political foes, earning him the notorious nickname “Tricky Dick.” Drawing on a wide range of historical accounts, Thomas’s biography reveals the contradictions of a leader whose vision and foresight led him to achieve détente with the Soviet Union and reestablish relations with communist China, but whose underhanded political tactics tainted his reputation long before the Watergate scandal. A deeply insightful character study as well as a brilliant political biography, Being Nixon offers a surprising look at a man capable of great bravery and extraordinary deviousness—a balanced portrait of a president too often reduced to caricature. Praise for Being Nixon “Terrifically engaging . . . a fair, insightful and highly entertaining portrait.”—The Wall Street Journal “Thomas has a fine eye for the telling quote and the funny vignette, and his style is eminently readable.”—The New York Times Book Review. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. Walter, Bob. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/2156032-BeingNixon.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=74661351-58a5-46b1-a65f-234847d6ad53&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/2156032-BeingNixon.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=74661351-58a5-46b1-a65f-234847d6ad53&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)