Unafraid is a different kind of novel. While its story captivated me, its exploration of the possible was lifting my hopes for America and the world. This is a fine and important book. -Mark Gerzon, author, Leading Through Conflict and President of the Mediators Foundation A bullet strays three inches. A world is transformed. Two dates burn fiercely in the memory of millions of Americans: November 22, 1963 and September 11, 2001. These two tragedies bracket Unafraid, a story grounded in a simple question: what if the fatal bullet fired on that sunny Dallas afternoon had veered three inches off target? Unafraid lays out a compelling answer, rich with the public adventures and private dramas of 20th Century icons-J. Edgar Hoover, Martin Luther King, Fidel Castro, Golda Meir, the Beatles-played out on a transformed world stage. At the center of this parallel history is a leader who blows the sides out of conventional politics with a simple belief: a primary reason that idealistic goals are "impossible" to achieve is that we needlessly decide that they're impossible to achieve. With a tiny imaginary spin of history's wheel, Unafraid opens the gates to an America of realistic hope and possibility. "What an exciting, clever, imaginative book! And more, what an insightful, important one. This is the Great Read you've been looking for." -Neale Donald Walsch, author of the Conversations with God series.

UNAFRAID: A Novel of the Possible

Literature & Fiction

Golden, Jeff

Genre Fiction

iUniverse, Inc.

This is the rugged story of Jack Gilliam, a third-generation logger who, in the wake of a junk-bond Wall Street takeover of Oregon forests, becomes the timber war's first world famous casualty. Gilliam then becomes its most coveted pawn, as timber bosses, environmental protesters, cut-throat news reporters and politicians from county commissioners to the President, crawl over each other to profit from his tragedy.

Forest Blood

Action & Adventure

Wellstone Press

Two dates burn fiercely in the memory of millions of Americans: November 22, 1963, and September 11, 2001. These two tragedies bracket Unafraid, a story grounded in a simple question: What if the fatal bullet fired on that sunny Dallas afternoon had veered three inches off target? Unafraid lays out a compelling answer, rich with the public adventures and private dramas of twentieth-century icons--from J. Edgar Hoover to the Beatles--played out on a transformed world stage. At the center of this parallel history is a leader who blows the sides out of conventional politics with the simple belief that the primary reason idealistic goals are "impossible" to achieve is that we have needlessly decided that they are. With a tiny imaginary spin of history's wheel, Unafraid opens the gates to an America of realistic hope and possibility.

Unafraid: A Novel of the Possible

United States

Blackstone Audiobooks

Thousands of people serving their communities have discovered surprising things about leadership: it’s much more about listening than directing, more about learning than knowing, more about willingness to deeply challenge themselves than any special inborn qualities—and that grasping all this is a rewarding practice that never ends. This is their story.

Everything We Know About Leadership: Is Less Than We Still Have To Learn

Business & Money

Babcock, Sharon

Block, Chris

Snyder, Kent

Teater, Robin

Udall, Anne

Management & Leadership

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Two dates burn fiercely in the memory of millions of Americans: November 22, 1963 and September 11, 2001. These two tragedies bracket Unafraid, a story grounded in a simple question: what if the fatal bullet fired on that sunny Dallas afternoon had veered three inches off target? Unafraid lays out a compelling answer, rich with the public adventures and private dramas of 20th Century icons—J. Edgar Hoover, Martin Luther King, Fidel Castro, Golda Meir, the Beatles—played out on a transformed world stage. At the center of this parallel history is a leader who blows the sides out of conventional politics with a simple belief: a primary reason that idealistic goals are impossible to achieve is that we needlessly decide that they're impossible to achieve.With a tiny imaginary spin of history's wheel, Unafraid opens the gates to an America of realistic hope and possibility.

Hellgate Press

What if our political leaders started talking to us as if we were grownups? That depends on who you ask. America's top political consultants tell their candidates that honest, realistic talk — talk that sidesteps the good old smiley-faced clichés, that reflects some of the complexities of today's issues, that holds voters accountable for their own actions and decisions instead of automatically praising them — will buy them nothing but heartburn on the campaign trail and a one-way ticket back to private life. In this collection of provocative speeches that high-priced consultants would call politically suicidal, Jeff Golden challenges that "realistic" cynicism head on. We are more than ready for leadership that treats us like responsible adults, he says. We are hindering for it.

As If We Were Grownups: A Collection of "Suicidal" Political Speeches That Aren't

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Riverwood Books

Reclaiming the Sacred: Healing Our Relationships with Ourselves and the World

Economics

Jeff Golden

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