A Reader's Advisory, readalike and new book blog. From Long Island with a Brentwood slant.
Grab these two books before they become incredibly popular. Pick them up from our library, click here for Ben Fountain’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk or here for Robert Caro’s The Years of Lyndon Johnson, The Passage of Power.
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Vince Flynn’s Kill Shot is slated for publication in a few weeks. Have you requested your copy yet? If you haven’t, the popularity of America’s most deadly Asset may delay your ability to get a hold of a copy. Why not start with the first book in the Mitch Rapp series, Transfer of Power? The political-action thriller introduces deadly CIA commando Mitch Rapp as he finds a way to diffuse a 100-hostage situation in the White House. Arab terrorists, posing as wealthy campaign donors, are welcomed to the White House without a single gun drawn. While the President escapes the security in time the terrorist assault turns deadly as the terrorists hold 100 hostages and take over the White House. Faced with political and military egos it is up to Mitch Rapp to crawl through ducts and secret passages in order to save the hostages and stop an international disaster.
Kill Shot - Vince Flynn (Link to Catalog)
Transfer of Power - Vince Flynn (Link to Catalog)
Robert Caro has had an immense influence on New York and Long Island with his Pulitzer-prize winning biography of one-time most influential man in New York, Robert Moses. As responsible for the development of Long Island as William Levitt, Robert Moses constructed the Parkway (Southern, Northern, Sagtikos, Robert Moses Causeway/Beach, Jones Beach) and Expressway system (Long Island Expressway) that has created and sustained our suburban society.
His newest book, The Passage of Power, is the NY Times nonfiction bestseller. Part Four of the Years of Lyndon Johnson, Caro constructs a nuanced portrait of a man forced into the Presidency, quickly shaking his Vice-Presidential title that he felt restricted him, and leading a Nation with the poise and power of the man that was the Master of the Senate. (Overdrive Ebook) (Link to Catalog/ Request)* (Goodreads)
Robert Caro ha tenido una inmensa influencia en Nueva York y Long Island con su biografía que gano el premio Pulitzer, del hombre que por cuatro décadas fue el más influyente en Nueva York, Robert Moses. Igualmente responsable por el desarrollo de Long Island como William Levitt, Robert Moses construyó los sistemas Parkway (Southern State, Northern, Sagtikos, Robert Moses Causeway / Beach, Jones Beach) y Expressway (Long Island Expressway) que ha creado y sostenido nuestra sociedad suburbana.
Su libro más reciente, el paso del poder, es el best-seller de no ficción del New York Times. La cuarta parte de los años de Lyndon Johnson, Caro construye un retrato matizado de un hombre obligado a la Presidencia, rápidamente agitando su título de la Vicepresidencia que lo restringida a él, y lidero la Nación con el equilibrio y el poder del hombre que fue el Maestro del Senado. (Overdrive Ebook) (Link to Catalog/ Request)* (Goodreads)
Pick up the rest of Robert Caro’s books here at Brentwood by clicking here.
Books by Robert Caro:
Robert Moses: The Rise and Fall of New York
The Years of Lyndon Johnson : The Path to Power
The Years of Lyndon Johnson : Means of Ascent
The Years of Lyndon Johnson : Master of the Senate
The Years of Lyndon Johnson : Passage of Power
