Weekly E-Ranking: Woodward puts Fear into digital field

Bob Woodward’s Fear: Trump in the White House has stormed into the Weekly E-Book Ranking number one spot—the second US journalist to top the ebook chart with a damning appraisal of the president this year, albeit with fewer references to Trump eating Big Macs in the Lincoln Bedroom than Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Actual cancel culture: White House threatens John Bolton about impending book.

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S&S Squeezes Out a Q3 Profit Despite Sales Decline

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Can an uncompromising activist keep her integrity while working in the White House?

Samantha Power’s new memoir, “The Education of an Idealist,” describes a bracing moral test. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Democracy is under attack. But how to protect it while Trump is in the White House?

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Banned from social media? Feeling persecuted and censored? Report it to Donald Trump!

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Michael Wolff returns with 'explosive' Fire and Fury sequel

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Michael Wolff announces followup to his hit Trump book ‘Fire and Fury’

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Michael Wolff’s ‘Siege’ Releases June 4, Sequel to Trump Exposé ‘Fire and Fury’

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Michael Wolff’s ‘Siege’ To Release June 4, an ‘Explosive’ Sequel to Trump Exposé ‘Fire and Fury’

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S&S president hails 'magnificent year' in staff briefing

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