It Shouldn't be this Hard to Serve Your Country

It Shouldn't be this Hard to Serve Your Country
Author: David J. Shulkin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2019
Genre: POLITICAL SCIENCE
ISBN: 9781541762633

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The former VA secretary describes his fight to save health care from politics and money-and how it was ultimately derailed by a small group of unelected officials with influence in the Trump White House. Known in health care circles for his ability to fix ailing hospitals, Dr. David Shulkin was originally brought into government by President Obama, in an attempt to save the broken Department of Veterans Affairs. When President Trump made him VA secretary, Dr. Shulkin was as shocked as anyone. Yet this surprise was trivial compared to what Shulkin encountered as the VA secretary: a team of political appointees devoted to stopping anyone-including the secretary himself-who stood in the way of privatizing the organization and implementing their agenda. In this uninhibited memoir, Shulkin opens up about why the government has long struggled to get good medical care to military veterans and the plan he had for how to address these problems. This is a book about the commitment we make to the people who risk their lives for our country, how and why we've failed to honor it, and why the new administration may be taking us in the wrong direction.

Don't Get Above Your Raisin'

Don't Get Above Your Raisin'
Author: Bill C. Malone
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2002
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780252026782

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Don't Get above Your Raisin' examines the close relationship between "America's truest music" and the working-class culture that has constituted its principal source, nurtured its development, and provided its most dedicated supporters.

A Scatter of Light

A Scatter of Light
Author: Malinda Lo
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2022-10-04
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0525555293

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“Full of yearning, ponderances about art and what it means to be an artist, and self-revelation, A Scatter of Light has a simmering intensity that makes it hard to put down."—NPR An Instant New York Times Bestseller Last Night at the Telegraph Club author Malinda Lo returns to the Bay Area with another masterful queer coming-of-age story, this time set against the backdrop of the first major Supreme Court decisions legalizing gay marriage. Aria Tang West was looking forward to a summer on Martha’s Vineyard with her best friends—one last round of sand and sun before college. But after a graduation party goes wrong, Aria’s parents exile her to California to stay with her grandmother, artist Joan West. Aria expects boredom, but what she finds is Steph Nichols, her grandmother’s gardener. Soon, Aria is second-guessing who she is and what she wants to be, and a summer that once seemed lost becomes unforgettable—for Aria, her family, and the working-class queer community Steph introduces her to. It’s the kind of summer that changes a life forever. And almost sixty years after the end of Last Night at the Telegraph Club, A Scatter of Light also offers a glimpse into Lily and Kath’s lives since 1955.

You May Get Sold but Don’T Sell My Country

You May Get Sold but Don’T Sell My Country
Author: Mohammed D. Hussain
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2011-06-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1462888852

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This book contains details of how tyranny has risen in Bangladesh, the country that was founded in 1971 with the principle of democracy. It hopes to answer why and how the hopes and aspirations of our people have been ruined due to corrupt politicians, intellectuals, and bureaucrats. It hopes to answer why and how the evil totalitarian took place and how the current tyranny has been strengthened in such a horrific stage that the peace-loving people cant express their opinion under the ferocity of Sheikh Hasina. In my writings, I have described the historical background of our country up to the modern tyrannical era, which shouldnt exist anywhere on the face of the planet in the twenty-first century. In my writings, I have described how such an atrocious regime has been strengthened and why shouldnt they be forgiven. Freedom and liberty are the utmost universal values that no human being can sacrifice. In this book, I have passionately written my views based on the real scenarios of Bangladesh and mixed with some essays and poems. Knowing all about the risks, I believe that to live as human beings, we cant surrender to any dictator or oppressive regime. Surrendering to them will strengthen the evils, and we must restrain them by any means. No evil regime should represent any country or a nation or deny the very fundamental rights of their people. And Bangladesh is not an exception. My main objective in writing this book is to protect the people of our country, Bangladesh, and its sovereignty. God bless Bangladesh and the entirety of mankind. Mohammed D. Hussain

My Country Has Fallen and It Can't Get Up

My Country Has Fallen and It Can't Get Up
Author: Judy Forster
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2006-04-14
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1467823376

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Why did Hurricane Katrina tell us so much about what is really happening in America today? Why are we not getting the leadership from those we have sent to the helms of our federal and state governments to represent us? Why are there so many more people finding it easier and more worth while to not work and let the rest of us take care of them? What do we need to do to help America back up!

People That Don't Exist Are Citizens of a Made-Up Country

People That Don't Exist Are Citizens of a Made-Up Country
Author: Joe Horgan
Publisher: eBook Partnership
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2021-09-09
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1839783699

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People That Don't Exist Are Citizens Of A Made Up Country is an exploration of family emigration in the context of global migration. It seeks to display the increasingly universal reality of displacement as a lived experience. In a sequence of interlinked chapter essays migrant reality is married to one family's history.

It Shouldn't Be This Hard to Serve Your Country

It Shouldn't Be This Hard to Serve Your Country
Author: David Shulkin
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2019-10-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1541762649

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The former VA secretary describes his fight to save veteran health care from partisan politics and how his efforts were ultimately derailed by a small group of unelected officials appointed by the Trump White House. Known in health care circles for his ability to turn around ailing hospitals, Dr. David Shulkin was originally brought into government by President Obama to save the beleaguered Department of Veterans Affairs. When President Trump appointed him as secretary of the VA, Shulkin was as shocked as anyone. Yet this surprise was trivial compared to what Shulkin encountered as secretary: a team of political appointees devoted to stopping anyone -- including the secretary himself -- who stood in the way of privatizing the agency and implementing their political agenda. In this uninhibited memoir, Shulkin opens up about why the government has long struggled to provide good medical care to military veterans and the plan he had to solve these problems. This is a book about the commitment we make to the men and women who risk their lives fighting for our country, how the VA was finally beginning to live up to it, and why the new administration may now be taking us in the wrong direction.