“I'm the guy fighting the Commies Tony here is fighting the drug war. I'm Frank and this is Tony,” said the larger and meatier-faced of the two. Two large Americans had visited him at his apartment one evening with an interesting proposition. He had first been recruited in the late 1950's, following a successful career as a smuggler. His real mission was much more interesting. In truth, he had no intention whatsoever of doing any of this. His travel papers were valid for the next three months and in that time, he was expected to travel across the region, visiting businessmen, government ministers and local political leaders. His cover was that of a French businessman from Marseilles, who was looking to import agricultural machinery from Europe in order to assist the Congolese economy. The CIA agent QJ/WIN had arrived in Leopoldville operating under the name of Lucien LeClerc. Leopoldville, Republic of the Congo – November 1960 Tears of laughter, tears of sadness, they both flow freely in listening about his early wayward life.A Game For Assassins (The Redaction Chronicles Book 1) by James Quinn Book excerpt His life story underscores his humility, kindness and profound love of art. With some 1m Instagram followers, he formed what may be the biggest book club in the world. Throughout, Flea recounts the importance of books in his life in keeping him grounded and balanced.

Their high-jinx, death-defying shenanigans read like The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, on acid, at a time when punk was giving way to new wave and new hybrid music genres like RHCP’s mix of rock, funk, punk and psychedelia. In this heartfelt, blazingly honest memoir, he describes his incendiary creative relationship with RHCP lead singer Anthony Kiedis. Flea is widely regarded as the most talented rock bassist alive, and has pioneered a string-thumping technique that was entirely original, providing the punk-reggae backbone for the RHCP signature sound. Flea may have flamed out tragically like so many of his Los Angeles rock world contemporaries if not for the redemptive qualities of reading. Here is hard-earned wisdom from a sweet soul. The nominations for the 2021 Grammy Awards were announced in November and five audiobooks are in the running in the Spoken Word category, including Acid for the Children, written and read by Flea, the bassist for the band Red Hot Chili Peppers. The Best Audiobooks: the 2021 Audie Awards Length: 9 hours and 55 minutes” Read more. I appreciated that on that journey she was taking us through what she had learned, and encouraging the listener to speak out, to take ownership of who you are and your needs at any moment. Here she is, becoming a celebrity, and ending up in these positions where it’s hard to speak up for yourself. Again, she wasn’t coming from a position of privilege, but she had been taught really well to stand up for herself.

But with Alicia Keys, first of all, I thought it was super-interesting. They haven’t really had that many struggles. You want to know about their lives, but half the time, it’s not really that exciting. I have to say, I’m always a little bit nervous with celebrity biography. It’s Alicia Keys talking about her life and she gets all sorts of celebrities, like Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama, to do these little interstitial moments. The Best Nonfiction Books: The 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize Shortlist They’re doing something extraordinary and it’s admirable at the start.” Read more.

Against all the odds the three boys, the first generation, all become doctors. It’s an immigrant family, Russian Jewish. What he does is go back and look at the origins of the company, Purdue Pharma. It’s about the Sackler scandal, this family that’s made a fortune out of Oxycontin, this very, very addictive opioid that’s killed more Americans than have died in all the wars the country has fought since the Second World War. And because he has a very transparent style-he’s a New Yorker staff writer-and it’s not fancy, it’s very easy to say, ‘Well, he just had to research it and write it down.’ But no, it’s incredibly beautifully done.

There’s incredible artistry in putting this story together. He’s writing of extraordinary things, but that alone won’t make it a good book.

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