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From the former heavyweight champion and New York Times&ndash;bestselling memoirist comes an intimate look at the life and leadership lessons of Cus D&rsquo;Amato, the legendary boxing trainer and Mike Tyson&rsquo;s surrogate father. &#160; When Cus D&rsquo;Amato first saw thirteen-year-old Mike Tyson spar in the ring, he proclaimed, &ldquo;That&rsquo;s the heavyweight champion of the world.&rdquo; D&rsquo;Amato, who had previously managed the careers of world champions Floyd Patterson and Jos&eacute; Torres, would go on to train the young Tyson and raise him as a son. D'Amato died a year before Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion in history. &#160; &#160; &#160;In Tyson&rsquo;s bestselling memoir Undisputed Truth, he recounted the role D&rsquo;Amato played in his formative years, adopting him at age sixteen after his mother died and shaping him both physically and mentally after Tyson had spent years living in fear and poverty. In Iron Ambition, Tyson elaborates on the life lessons that D&rsquo;Amato passed down to him, and reflects on how the trainer&rsquo;s words of wisdom continue to resonate with him outside the ring. The book also chronicles Cus&rsquo;s courageous&#160;fight against the mobsters who controlled boxing, revealing more than we&rsquo;ve ever known about this singular cultural figure. Available for purchase at: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1524750670?tag=randohouseinc7911-20">Amazon - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/2665379/type/dlg/sid/PRHD39095A662--9781524750671/http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/?ean=9781524750671 ">Barnes & Noble - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2665379-10876509?SID=PRHD39095A662--9781524750671&url=http://www.booksamillion.com/p/9781524750671">Books A Million - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://www.hudsonbooksellers.com/book/9780399177033?utm_source=prh&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_term=301&utm_content=PRHD39095A662--9780399177033&utm_campaign=9780399177033">Hudson Booksellers</a><a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781524750671?aff=PenguinGroupUS">IndieBound - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://www.powells.com/book/-9781524750671?utm_source=randomhouse&utm_campaign=randomhouse&utm_content=PRHD39095A662--9781524750671">Powell's - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://goto.target.com/c/128773/81938/2092?subId1=PRHD39095A662--9780399177033&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.target.com%2Fs%3FsearchTerm%3D9780399177033">Target</a><a href="http://linksynergy.walmart.com/fs-bin/click?id=VD9*lkiWNd8&subid=&offerid=183959.1&type=10&tmpid=273&u1=PRHD39095A662--9781524750671&RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-ng.do%3F&RD_PARM2=search_query%3D9781524750671%2526ic%3D16_0%2526Find%3DFind%2526search_constraint%3D3920">Walmart - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="https://google.prf.hn/click/camref:1011ld4r/pubref:PRHD39095A662--9780698413092/destination:https://play.google.com/store/search?q=9780698413092&c=books">Google Play Store</a><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1144326318?at=11l3IH&ct=PRHD39095A662--9780698413092">iBooks</a><a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/link?id=VD9*lkiWNd8&offerid=258185.12829781935712206&type=2&u1=PRHD39095A662--9780698413092}&murl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kobo.com%2Fsearch%3FQuery%3D9780698413092">Kobo</a><a href="http://www.qksrv.net/click-2665379-10273919?url=http://www.audible.com/search?advsearchKeywords=Iron+Ambition+Mike+Tyson+and+Larry+Sloman&source_code=COMA0213WS031709&SID=PRHD39095A662--9781524750688">Audible - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2665379-11117375?SID=PRHD39095A662--9781524750688&url=http://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/9781524750688">audiobooks.com - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.downpour.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=9781524750688">downpour - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.qksrv.net/click-2665379-10273919?SID=PRHD39095A662--9781524750688&url=http://www.emusic.com/listen/#/search/book/Iron+Ambition">eMusic - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a>

Iron Ambition by Mike Tyson, Larry Sloman, read by Adam Lazarre-White, Mike Tyson

"MacArthur's Spies reads like Casablanca set in the Pacific, filled with brave and daring characters caught up in the intrigue of war—and the best part is that it's all true!" —Tom Maier, author of Masters of Sex

A thrilling story of espionage, daring and deception set in the exotic landscape of occupied Manila during World War II. 

On January 2, 1942, Japanese troops marched into Manila unopposed by U.S. forces. Manila was a strategic port, a romantic American outpost and a jewel of a city. Tokyo saw its conquest of the Philippines as the key in its plan to control all of Asia, including Australia. Thousands of soldiers surrendered and were sent on the notorious eighty-mile Bataan Death March. But thousands of other Filipinos and Americans refused to surrender and hid in the Luzon hills above Bataan and Manila. MacArthur's Spies is the story of three of them, and how they successfully foiled the Japanese for more than two years, sabotaging Japanese efforts and preparing the way for MacArthur’s return.

From a jungle hideout, Colonel John Boone, an enlisted American soldier, led an insurgent force of Filipino fighters who infiltrated Manila as workers and servants to stage demolitions and attacks.

“Chick” Parsons, an American businessman, polo player, and expatriate in Manila, was also a U.S. Navy intelligence officer. He escaped in the guise of a Panamanian diplomat, and returned as MacArthur’s spymaster, coordinating the guerrilla efforts with the planned Allied invasion.

And, finally, there was Claire Phillips, an itinerant American torch singer with many names and almost as many husbands. Her nightclub in Manila served as a cover for supplying food to Americans in the hills and to thousands of prisoners of war. She and the men and women who worked with her gathered information from the collaborating Filipino businessmen; the homesick, English-speaking  Japanese officers; and the spies who mingled in the crowd.

Readers of Alan Furst and Ben Macintyre—and anyone who loves Casablanca—will relish this true tale of heroism when it counted the most. - See more at: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/318807/macarthurs-spies/#sthash.2UQCP4Hk.dpuf

MacArthur's Spies by Peter Eisner, read by the author

*Exclusive bonus content - Leo Valdez and the Quest for Buford*

The god Apollo, cast down to earth and trapped in the form of a gawky teenage boy as punishment, must set off on the second of his harrowing (and hilarious) trials.

He and his companions seek the ancient oracles - restoring them is the only way for Apollo to reclaim his place on Mount Olympus - but this is easier said than done.

Somewhere in the American Midwest is a haunted cave that may hold answers for Apollo in his quest to become a god again . . . if it doesn't kill him or drive him insane first. Standing in Apollo's way is the second member of the evil Triumvirate - a Roman emperor whose love of bloodshed and spectacle makes even Nero look tame.

To survive the encounter, Apollo will need the help of a now-mortal goddess, a bronze dragon, and some familiar demigod faces from Camp Half-Blood. With them by his side, can Apollo face down the greatest challenge of his four thousand years of existence?


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The Trials of Apollo: The Dark Prophecy by Rick Riordan (Audiobook Extract)

Get your cape on with the DC Super Hero Girls&trade;&mdash;the unprecedented new Super Hero universe especially for girls! Readers of all ages can fly high with the all-new adventures of Wonder Woman&trade;, Supergirl&trade;, Batgirl&trade;, and some of the world&rsquo;s most iconic female super heroes as high schoolers! &#160; Sword-wielding Katana isn&rsquo;t like most high school students&mdash;but with classmates like Wonder Woman, Batgirl, and Supergirl, Super Hero High isn&rsquo;t like most high schools! &#160; In addition to training to be a super hero, Katana also follows the noble warrior traditions of the Samurai. Now a&#160;mysterious presence&#160;has given her the responsibility of guarding a hundred ancient Samurai swords&mdash;but why her, and for what purpose? With the help of Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Ms. Martian, and some of her other super friends, she intends to find out. But she just made captain of the fencing team, she has a huge school project due, and a villain with ties to her family&rsquo;s past seems to be amassing an army. Maintaining her inner peace isn&rsquo;t going to be easy . . . &#160; . . . but Katana has the steel to save the day! &#160; Award-winning author Lisa Yee brings this edge-of-your-seat adventure to life with mystery, thrills, and laughs. Move over Batman&trade; and Superman&trade;&mdash;the DC Super Hero Girls are ready to save the day and have fun doing it! Praise for DC Super Hero Girls: &ldquo;Sure to have wide appeal, this book is a solid option to balance collections saturated with male superheroes.&rdquo; &mdash;School Library Journal "If you have a middle grader in your life looking for super-sized action, or a superhero enthusiast who isn&rsquo;t sure where to turn to get more of the superheroes they might see on TV or in movies&hellip; Or if you just want to dive into a good book that shows young readers&mdash;especially young female readers&mdash;that girls can be the super heroes of their own stories, look no further:Super Hero High is for you."&#160;- Kirkus&#160;

Katana at Super Hero High (DC Super Hero Girls) by Lisa Yee, read by Stephanie Sheh

"My book, READING WITH PATRICK, is about a student of mine named Patrick, and this remarkable literary and intellectual awakening we experienced together in a county jail in Arkansas. He was a student in my class who was incredibly bright, really quiet, and just had trouble coming to school. I really encouraged him to come to school to write and to read and we had this incredible year together where he improved incredibly. Three years after this, I’ve left Arkansas—it’s a place where a lot of people leave—I agonize about it, I decide to go to law school. My parents are like, “what the heck are you doing in Arkansas?” Three years later, I’m in law school and I find out from a friend that Patrick had gotten into a fight and killed someone. I was totally devastated. I was shocked. I went back to Arkansas to visit him in county jail and I discovered that his reading skills had regressed. They were worse when I first met him in the eighth grade, and it’s because he had dropped out of school the year after I left the Delta. The heart of the book is really about us reading together in jail for seven months while we’re waiting for his trial, and about the incredible agility and the power of reading together and writing together. And it’s also about me grappling with my own failures and trying to think about the legacy of racism and poverty in the Mississippi Delta."

S2 E62: Michelle Kuo, Author of Reading with Patrick

"What inspired me to write MEDITATE WITH ME: A Step-by-Step Mindfulness Journey was I wanted kids to have a way to slow down. I wanted to give kids a beloved book that they could connect to, that they could interact with, practices that were easy for them, a way to feel their breath in their body, a way to slow down when they need it, and a way to really calm themselves…a way to sort of start practicing self-soothing techniques that they’ll really need throughout their entire lives."

S2 E63: Mariam Gates, Author of Meditate With Me

"I was inspired to write this book, UNLEASHING THE INNOVATORS, because I love big companies, I worked in one for 25 years, and in my consulting practice, company after company I meet is struggling with culture change, and revitalization, and growth, and energy, and risk and dealing with fear of failure. And many of them were using startups to try to kind of put new energy into the company. And yet, I didn’t think there was a playbook for that."

S2 E65: Jim Stengel, Author of Unleashing the Innovators

"My book THE FOUR TENDENCIES is about a personality framework that I’ve identified called the Four Tendencies that divides all of humanity into four types: Upholder, Questioner, Obliger, and Rebel. I got my first insight into this framework when I had lunch with a friend and she said something that got me obsessed with this question of personality types. She said, 'I know I would be happier if I would go running, and when I was in high school I was on the track team and I never missed track practice, so why can’t I go running now?' And I thought, 'Well, why? It’s the same person, the same behavior, at that time it was effortless but now she can’t do it. What’s going on?' My determination to figure out the answer to that question, in the end, led me to write a whole book, called THE FOUR TENDENCIES."

S2 E66: Gretchen Rubin, Author of The Four Tendencies

"I think that I realized there were a lot of stories and ideas that didn’t really make sense to talk about on stage in a stand-up context because they were just too embarrassing, or not funny enough, or just too personal, and I couldn’t figure out a way to perform them live. And so I started writing them down and they just sat in this document, and I just hoped one day I’d get brave enough to do it or smart enough to figure out how to do them on stage, and I just couldn’t. People kept suggesting I write a book and I always just felt like, 'Oh God, that’s something you do when you have a long life.' I just didn’t feel like I had enough to offer, and then I thought, “Oh, maybe I should do all those stories that I've never figured out how to tell on stage. Maybe they’re a book.' And I started looking at them and I was like, “Wow this stuff’s embarrassing, I’m never gonna be able to say this in front of people.' So I just gave up on that ever happening and I started turning it into a book.  And then to get through it I had to get an intention together, I had to get a mantra together and I was like, 'Okay, I’m gonna write the book that I wish had been available to me when I was 18. I wanna write a bible for people who want to grow and feel better about their awful choices.'"

S2 E70: Whitney Cummings, Author of I'm Fine...and Other Lies

"My book, SO MUCH I WANT TO TELL YOU: Letters to My Little Sister, is a collection of essays and lessons that I’ve learned over the past decade since her suicide in 2007."

S2 E72: Anna Akana, Author of So Much I Want to Tell You

"I had been working in the single-mom space through my blog and podcast, and speaking and media engagements, for more than five years. I was raised by a single mom, I became a single mom, and I had a lot of initial shame around being a single mom. And, you know what? It happens to suit me really well. And I found myself relaxing into this time that I’m in and finding all these women—there’s ten million single moms in our country, millions worldwide, and these women have nothing to be ashamed about. I’m meeting incredible women every day that are doing incredible things—in business, in their communities, with their families—and I wanted to reach out to them. And I wanted to inspire the women that aren’t quite there yet."

S2 E75: Emma Johnson, Author of The Kickass Single Mom

"I wrote this book, AN AMERICAN FAMILY, to tell the story of my family’s immigration to the United States. But behind all this, the American values that inspired me to decide to come to the United States and then make it a home."

S2 E76: Khizr Khan, Author of American Family

"PLAYING WITH FIRE is set in the 1968 presidential campaign, but the book is about nothing less than life and death, because that's what was at stake in the 1968 presidential campaign."

S2 E78: Lawrence O'Donnell, Author of Playing With Fire

"In this New Year, you might want to try meditation. Some of you may have wondered about the benefits, stress reduction, lowering of anxiety, helping you cope more efficiently, be less frustrated, less addicted in your behavior. The most important thing from the beginning is not to turn it into another self-improvement project. Meditation can be useful if you don’t expect too much from it. So let me guide you a little bit into the way I think about it."

S3 E01: Mark Epstein, Author of Advice Not Given

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