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Recommended Reading

n his prairie-populist voice peppered with incisive wit, Dorgan argues that we must rescue the economy from the influence of financial conglomerates and power brokers, and to hold our public officials accountable for regulating the economy.

Within the pages of this transformational book, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer reveals how to change the self-defeating thinking patterns that have prevented you from living at the highest levels of success, happiness, and health.

The bestselling author of Saving Graces shares her inspirational message on the challenges and blessings of coping with adversity.

The author of the bestselling Never Eat Alone offers the real secret to our career and personal success: the importance of developing a circle of trusted friends and advisors to help us achieve our fullest potential—the kind of support that is behind virtually every successful president, executive, and leader.

The bestsellers Escape and Stolen Innocence told us what it’s like for a woman to escape a polygamist cult. Now, in this powerful and heartbreaking account, Brent Jeffs reveals that leaving the FLDS can be even more harrowing for a man.

A look inside the fairness doctrine and its impact on politics and free speech in American talk radio.

An unsparing observation about the disparity between social expectation and the actual experiences of new fathers shares stories from the author’s life after the births of his three children.

Daniel Sekulich takes readers on an eye-opening voyage into the world of high seas piracy, a multinational, multibillion-dollar enterprise controlled by organized crime syndicates and local warlords.

Documents the post-September 11 mission during which a small band of Special Forces soldiers captured the strategic Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif as part of an effort to defeat the Taliban, in a dramatic account that includes testimonies by Afghanistan citizens whose lives were changed by the war.

A treasury of top-selected submissions to the popular personal finance blog WiseBread.com shares insights on how to enjoy life while living responsibly, in a resource that organizes entries under such headers as shopping in bulk, saving money while going green, and reducing one’s mortgage and rent costs.