In this memoir about overcoming adversity in America, the U. S. Senator responsible for creating "opportunity zones" explains how hard work and community growth can drive businesses and end poverty.Senator Tim Scott knows adversity. As the son of a single mother from North Charleston, South Carolina, he struggled to get through school and had his dreams of a college football career shattered by a car wreck. But thanks to his mother and a few mentors along the way, ...

Read by the author.NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe American Dream isn’t a thing of the past, but a miracle of the present.Now more than ever, it’s easy to focus on the divisions that plague our nation. It may seem as if our best days are behind us, but bestselling author and senator Tim Scott believes we have yet to realize the fullness of our identity. We are in the midst of a story that’s still unfolding. An...

Opportunity Zones offer one of the most powerful tax-advantaged investment strategies in the US tax code. And with the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the program has been made permanent.OZ 2.0 brings big changes: permanent status, tighter eligibility rules, expanded incentives for rural investments, and a simpler deferral timeline.But the real advantage is what you can do with Opportunity Zones. As an investor, you can turn capital gains into lo...

In this New York Times bestseller, updated for 2016, an award-winning journalist uses ten maps of crucial regions to explain the geo-political strategies of the world powers—“fans of geography, history, and politics (and maps) will be enthralled” (Fort Worth Star-Telegram). Maps have a mysterious hold over us. Whether ancient, crumbling parchments or generated by Google, maps tell us things we want to know, not only about our current location or where we are going but about the world in ge...

Alex loves to play hockey, but he has a difficult time controlling his temper, on and off the ice.Nothing seems to work until his grandfather's "magic" radio transports him back in time, where he meets Stan Mikita of the Chicago Blackhawks. Together, Alex and Stan find a way to help each other out.

A Rolling Stone Best Music Book of 2021“Thompson is a master showman . . . [Beeswing is] everything you’d hope a Richard Thompson autobiography would be . . . It’s both major and minor, dirge and ditty, light on its feet but packing a punch.”—The Wall Street JournalNow Featuring an Interview with Elvis CostelloIn this moving, immersive, and long-awaited memoir, beloved international music legend Ric...

Today, so many are fearful of the unknown – a crumbling economy, job loss, loneliness, terrorism, tragic news around every corner. We are overwhelmed. Does the security and peace that should come from knowing we are in the hands of a loving God now seem to be an empty promise? Perhaps that’s because we have built our foundation on someone else’s faith – parents’, friend’s, or pastor’s, so we merely inherit a relationship with Jesus, but never find our own. A true storyteller and a teacher ...

Lance Corporal George Hackney of the 36th Ulster Division was an ordinary Belfast soldier who, contrary to military law at the time, took his camera away to war in 1915. The images he took have become an exceptional and rare collection that documents The Great War first hand.George's images of soldiers training, travelling to France, and relaxing with friends and comrades contrast with his later images from the first day of the Battle of the Somme, life in the trenches and poignant...

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.Set in the time of Richard the Lion Heart, Ivanhoe bursts with unforgettable characters and nail-biting adventures, as the heroic Ivanhoe battles to defend his king....

Have you ever wondered why chasing pleasure so often ends in despair?F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Beautiful and Damned is a literary mirror held up to the soul of 1920s America-a dazzling yet damning story of love, ambition, and the seductive lure of wealth. At the heart of this novel are Anthony Patch, an heir to a massive fortune, and his glamorous wife Gloria. Together, they plunge headlong into the glittering chaos of New York's high society, determined to live a life o...

Have you ever wondered why fitting in sometimes means losing yourself?In Bernice Bobs Her Hair, F. Scott Fitzgerald delivers a sharp, elegant, and fiercely entertaining look at the rules of popularity and the price of transformation. Originally published in 1920, this iconic Jazz Age short story follows Bernice, a polite and proper young woman visiting her wealthy cousin Marjorie for the summer.Marjorie is everything Bernice is not-confident, moder...

Have you ever wondered why self-discovery often begins with heartbreak?This Side of Paradise is more than a coming-of-age story-it's a portrait of a generation teetering on the edge of transformation. In his debut novel, F. Scott Fitzgerald introduces us to Amory Blaine, a charming, intelligent, and often arrogant young man raised to believe he is destined for greatness. As Amory moves from prep school to Princeton, and into the arms of several romances, he faces one dis...