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This week's reviews include fiction and non-fiction titles.
Fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale the stories of three women unfolds in “The Testaments” (F ATW M) by Margaret Atwood. The Theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs that it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different woman converge, with potentially explosive results. Two have grown up on opposite sides of the border, one in Gilead as the privileged daughter of an important commander, and one in Canada, where she marches in antigilead protests and watches news of its horrors on TV. The testimonies of these two young woman, part of the first generation to come of age in the new order, are braided with the third voice, that of one of the regime's enforcers, a woman who wields power through the ruthless accumulation and deployment of secrets. Long buried secrets are what finally bring these three together, forcing each of them to come to terms with who she is and how far she will go for what she believes.
A man known as the Oracle uncovers the mysteries of the age, past, present, and future in “The Oracle” (F CAH J) by Jonathan Cahn.
The Oracle unearths the mystery birthed in the Middle Eastern desert over three thousand years ago that is now determining the events of the day. He discovers an ancient revelation that pinpoints the happenings of modern times down to the years, the months, and even the dates. Follow the journey of the Oracle as he uncovers and encounters a stranger, a man in a black robe, the lost city, angelic guides and the awakening of the dragon.
In 2017, a routine network television investigation led Ronan Farrow to a story only whispered about, one of Hollywood's most powerful producers was a predator, protected by fear, wealth, and a conspiracy of silence.
In “Catch And Kill” (331.4 FAR R) by Ronan Farrow, Farrow's investigative journalism sheds farreaching light on investigations that shook the culture and breaks down the stories about the rampant abuse of power. As Farrow drew closer to the truth, shadowy operatives, from high-priced lawyers to elite war-hardened spies, mounted a secret campaign of intimidation, threatening his career, following his every move, and weaponizing an account of abuse in his own family. All the while, Farrow and his producer faced a degree of resistance that could not be explained, until now. A trail of clues revealed corruption and cover-ups from Hollywood, to Washington, and beyond. This is the untold story of the exotic tactics of surveillance and intimidation deployed by wealthy and connected men to threaten journalists, evade accountability, and silence victims of abuse, and it's the story of the women who risked everything to expose the truth and spark a global movement.
When Julie Zhuo became a rookie manager at the age of 25, she felt like she didn't really know what she was doing. In “The Making Of A Manager” (658.4 ZHU J) by Julie Zhuo, Julie shares the lessons she has learned along her journey.
When she started her journey as a new manager she stared at a long list of logistics from hiring to firing, from meeting to messaging, from planning to pitching, and faced a thousand questions and uncertainties. How was she supposed to spin teamwork into value? What was the secret to leading with confidence in new and unexpected situations? Now, having managed dozens of teams spanning tens to hundreds of people, Julie knows the most important lesson of all, great managers are made, not born. In this modern field guide packed with everyday examples, Julie shares transformative insights to help you figure out how to tell a great manager from an average manager, when you should look past an awkward interview and hire someone anyway, how to build trust with your reports and where to look when you lose faith and lack the answers.
“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.” – Mortimer J. Adler
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