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(0)George Benda
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The Farm, set in the second global energy crisis, juxtaposes Jack's high-flying energy career with his pursuit of an idyllic life with his new bride, Anna. Together with Jack's old philosophical friend, Ben, and Ben's wife, Rebecca, the couples explore a path to practical wisdom in the nuclear age. Jack and Ben, learning from their jobs and their marriages, distill out from the noise and tumult seven essential criteria in achieving happiness and a...
2) The River
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Truth... how can you find it in a world filled with deception?
Jack Slack is back, feet on the ground, trying to drain the political swamp while preserving a real one-the Grand Kankakee Marsh. But the battle between Illinois and Indiana over water policy in the Kankakee River Basin thrusts Jack into the heart of a scandal that reaches the pinnacle of national politics: the financing of a presidential campaign. Will Jack be able to save the Grand...
3) The City
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Chicago, a city with a history of mob violence and Machine politics, provides a turbulent setting for serious political thought. The genre of philosophical dialogue, long thought to be moribund, comes alive as Chicago's patronage system, the guts of its politics, are laid open to careful, thoughtful analysis. The story of The City, set in 1976 Chicago, boils and twists through those turbulent times. It was an era when basic ideas of democracy, essential...
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This is a book about Love — the most enduring plot engine of literary history, from ancient times to modern. Some things have changed, others have not. Many other things appear to have changed, but really remain the same. What wisdom can be found that will enlighten our modern understanding of love? "Dialogues of the Loon" is the fifth book in the Jack Slack Shoebox Dialogues series that explores contemporary issues of finding, losing, and recovering...