David Finkel

In January 2007, the young and optimistic soldiers of the 2-16, the American infantry battalion known as the Rangers, were sent to Iraq as part of the surge. Their job would be to patrol one of the most dangerous areas of Baghdad. For fifteen months, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Finkel was with them, following them almost every grueling step of the way. The resulting account of that time, The Good Soldiers, is a searing, shattering portrait of the face of modern war. In telling the story of these soldiers, both the heroes and the ruined, David Finkel has also written a classic work of war reporting.

Building a successful company and career doesnt mean sacrificing your family, health, or life.You check email the moment you lift your head off the pillow in the morning. You bring work with you on vacation, sneak glances at your smart phone during family dinners, and take business calls and texts at your kids sports games. Its as if youve been forced to make a choice between your company or your life, sacrificing time for yourself and family for the sake of career success.But it doesnt have to be that way. The most successful business leaders have learned to bust through the direct one-to-one relationship between hours worked and value created by refocusing their company, department, or teams best talent and attention on their highest value activitiesgenerating hundreds, even thousands, of hours of value in the process.In The Freedom Formula, Wall Street Journal bestselling author and successful entrepreneur David Finkel will help you operationalize working smarter. No fluff, no theory, Finkel shares the detailed blueprint to create maximum value for your company without working nights, weekends, or while on "vacation."Youll learn: Why working longer and harder doesnt pay off (and what actually does) Why the 80-20 principle doesnt go far enough (and how to take it to its most productive extreme) How to escape the Time and Effort Economy How to structure your day and week so that you reclaim five or more hours each week in usable blocks of your best time How to leverage the five Freedom Accelerators to get your life back fasterAnd much more!Whether youre a business owner, top executive, key manageror aspire to be oneThe Freedom Formula offers a radical new approach to structuring your time and priorities (and your teams) in order to reclaim hours of your dayand the freedom to live your life, not just your job.

A man navigates the deep divisions in America today and discovers that sometimes change can start by finding common ground with your neighbors in this immersive account by the Pulitzer Prizewinning author of Thank You for Your Service and The Good Soldiers.A timely and compelling argument for tolerance and moral character in times of extreme antagonism.The New York TimesAs this powerful book begins, Brent Cummings finds himself coping with the feeling that the country he loves is fracturing in front of his eyes. An Iraq war veteran, raised to believe in a vision of America that values fairness, honesty, and respect for others, Cummings is increasingly surprised by the behavior and beliefs of others, and engulfed by the fear, anger, and confusion that is sweeping through his beloved country as he tries to hold on to his values and his hope for Americas future.David Finkel, known for his unique, in-depth reporting, spent fourteen years deep inside Brent Cummingss world to create this intimate and vivid portrait of a mans life, his work, family, community, his thoughts, and his quest for connection, as America becomes ever more divided. Cummings was one of the unforgettable figures in Finkels The Good Soldiers, a book about which The New York Times stated, Finkel has made art out of a defining moment in history. You will be able to take this book down from the shelf years from now, and say: This is what happened. This is what it felt like.An American Dreamer illuminates, with the deepest empathy, the feelings and lives of many people in America today, and it is a brilliant chronicle of one persons everyday experiences of frustration, confusion, and hope.

Every politician must read this book before sending their country's soldiers into battle. Dear soldier, before going to war, read this book. To understand the damage done by war, read this. --Barry Heard 'I'm urging everyone I know to give Thank You for Your Service just a few pages, a few minutes out of their busy lives. The families honoured in this urgent, important book will take it from there.' --Katherine Boo, National Book Award - winning author of "Behind the Beautiful Forevers" 'Thank You for Your Service is one of the best and truest books I have ever read. David Finkel cuts through all the spin, the excuses, the blowhard politics and mind-deadening metrics to discover the cost of war for the soldiers who fight it and the families they come home to. This extraordinary book will piss you off and break your heart. It will shame you and lift you up. It will bend your mind to the reality of an American war that is now well into its second decade.' --Ben Fountain, author of "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk", winner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award and finalist for the National Book Award 'In this incredibly moving sequel, Finkel reconnects with some of the men of the 2-16 - now home on American soil - and brings their struggles powerfully to life ... Told in crisp, unsentimental prose and supplemented with excerpts from soldiers' diaries, medical reports, e-mails, and text messages, their stories give new meaning to the costs of service - and to giving thanks.' --Publishers Weekly (starred review) 'In a series of interconnected stories, Finkel follows a handful of soldiers and their spouses through the painful, sometimes-fatal process of reintegration into American society. The author gives a clear-eyed, frightening portrayal of precisely what it is like to suffer with post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury and what it is like to have the specter of suicide whispering into your ear every day.' --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) '[A] heartbreaking book ... The stories of the soldiers and their families portrayed in Thank You for Your Service possess a visceral and deeply affecting power ... that will haunt readers long after they have finished this book.' --Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

David Finkel, Premio Pulitzer y autor de Los buenos soldados, galardonado como uno de los mejores libros del año 2009, sigue ahondando en la historia de unos hombres a quienes conoció en 2007, en plena guerra de Irak. Unos hombres que han regresado a su pais destrozados por las experiencias vividas y son incapaces de reemprender una existencia normal. Forman parte de ese gran drama de los veteranos de Irak y Afganistan: cada 80 minutos se suicida en los Estados Unidos uno de estos veteranos, de modo que el numero de los suicidas supera ya el de los caidos en combate en ambas guerras. Finkel se aproxima a ellos en un relato directo y descarnado, exento de valoraciones, que tiene la virtud de sacudirnos y conmovernos. Si Los buenos soldados fue elogiado por la veracidad con que nos descubria la experiencia cotidiana del combate y condenado por su aparente indiferencia hacia la violencia, Gracias por los servicios va a resultar todavia mas polemico, porque denuncia algo que se nos oculta sistematicamente: que usamos a los soldados para la guerra, permitimos que se destruyan en ella, y los abandonamos despues.

Seleccionado por The New York Times y Publishers Weekly como uno de los cinco mejores títulos de no ficción de 2009. Este es un gran libro sobre la guerra y sobre los soldados. Sobre un grupo de sold