The City Is Up for Grabs
How Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Led and Lost a City in Crisis
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Chicago is a world-class city, but it is also a city in crisis.
Crime is up, schools have repeatedly shut down due to conflict between City Hall and the powerful teachers' union, and COVID-19 only deepened the entrenched poverty, institutional racism, and endless tug of war between the city's haves and have nots.
For four years, the person at the center of this storm was Lori Lightfoot. A groundbreaking figure—the first Black, gay woman to be elected mayor of a major city and only the second female mayor of Chicago—she knew the city was at a critical turning point when she took office in 2019. But the once-in-a-lifetime challenges she ended up facing were beyond anything she or anyone else saw coming.
Chicago Tribune reporter Gregory Royal Pratt offers the first comprehensive behind-the-scenes look at the tumultuous single term of Mayor Lightfoot and the chaos that roiled the city and City Hall as she fought to live up to her promises to change the city's culture of corruption and villainy, reform its long-troubled police department, and make Chicago the safest big city in America.
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In the turbulent world of Chicago politics, Boss dives deep into the captivating life and legacy of Richard J. Daley, the influential politician and mastermind behind the city's Democratic Party machine. Mike Royko's scathing and meticulously researched account follows Richard J. Daley's rise to power, from his inauspicious youth on Chicago's South Side through his rapid climb to the seat of power as the city's mayor. This engrossing biography brings to life the most powerful political figure of his time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Chicago History
- De J. Kinkley en 12-31-24
De: Mike Royko
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Impossible Monsters
- Dinosaurs, Darwin, and the Battle Between Science and Religion
- De: Michael Taylor
- Narrado por: Michael Langan
- Duración: 15 h
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 13
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 12
Impossible Monsters reveals the central role of dinosaurs and their discovery in toppling traditional religious authority, and in changing perceptions about the Bible, history, and mankind's place in the world.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Repetitive and not that interesting
- De Michael en 09-09-24
De: Michael Taylor
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The Life Cycle of a CEO
- The Myths and Truths of How Leaders Succeed
- De: Claudius A Hildebrand, Robert J Stark
- Narrado por: Alan Peterson
- Duración: 9 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2
Being appointed CEO is seen by many as the pinnacle of success in business, but it is actually the first step in a journey of evolving stages requiring ongoing personal reinvention. In an unprecedented study of the individual performance of every twenty-first-century CEO of the S&P 500, combined with over 100 in-depth interviews of CEOs and board directors, Claudius A. Hildebrand and Robert J. Stark discovered the CEO Life Cycle, a series of five stages: launch, calibration, reinvention, complacency trap, and legacy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Book on what it takes to prosper as CEO
- De Jonnie Lipps en 01-18-25
De: Claudius A Hildebrand, y otros
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The Achilles Trap
- Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq
- De: Steve Coll
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 17 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 158
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 140
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 140
When the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, its message was clear: Iraq, under the control of strongman Saddam Hussein, possessed weapons of mass destruction that, if left unchecked, posed grave danger to the world. But when no WMDs were found, the United States and its allies were forced to examine the political and intelligence failures that had led to the invasion and the occupation, and the civil war that followed. One integral question has remained unsolved.
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5 out of 5 stars
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From the Saddam’s Point of View.
- De philip en 03-08-24
De: Steve Coll
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Age of Revolutions
- Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
- De: Fareed Zakaria
- Narrado por: Fareed Zakaria
- Duración: 13 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 374
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 319
Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, geopolitical dangers, and an international system studded with catastrophic risk—the early decades of the 21st century may be one of the most revolutionary periods in modern history. But they are not the first. Humans have lived, and thrived, through more than one great realignment. What makes an age a revolutionary one? And how do they end?
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3 out of 5 stars
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A “Historical”, Neo-Liberal Defense of Biden
- De Timothy en 04-18-24
De: Fareed Zakaria
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Same as Ever
- A Guide to What Never Changes
- De: Morgan Housel
- Narrado por: Chris Hill
- Duración: 5 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,279
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,182
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,182
Every investment plan under the sun is, at best, an informed speculation of what may happen in the future, based on a systematic extrapolation from the known past. Same as Ever reverses the process, inviting us to identify the many things that never, ever change. With his usual elan, Morgan Housel presents a master class on optimizing risk, seizing opportunity, and living your best life. Through a sequence of engaging stories and pithy examples, he shows how we can use our newfound grasp of the unchanging to see around corners.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Beautifully Succinct Summary of Others Original Ideas
- De Mitch en 11-09-23
De: Morgan Housel
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The City Is Up for Grabs
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- AmazonCustomer6996
- 06-27-24
Lightfoot Sux
Lightfoot sux but didn’t need to listen to a book about it to figure that out. I was hoping for more. Instead, it was a gossipy account by a writer looking to supplement his income. PS. Fuck Paul Vallas & Brandon Johnson as well.
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- Kerry McGowan
- 05-23-24
Windy City Politics
Great look into city during beetle juice’s tenure. I’m not a fan of the lady but found the book extremely interesting
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Total5 out of 5 stars
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- Adam Gunther
- 04-04-24
One of the best books on Chi politics
This is the best accounting of Chicago politics 2016-2023 that we’ll likely ever get. Pratt deserves all the credit in the world for keeping the pace of the book moving without skipping over major events.
The one quibble I have is the lack of detail on Lori’s upbringing and early life which Pratt skips over, yet spends considerable time on her term in the obscure OPS. It is one of the instances where Pratt’s bias is revealed - but mostly he does a great job.
With that small complaint out of the way I’ll reiterate that this book is living proof why local journalism is so crucial to cities well-being. Only an experienced, talented, and plugged in reporter like Pratt could deliver something like this and if the city had 5 more Gregory Pratt’s in our media landscape we’d be better served for it. Easy 5 stars and anyone tangentially related in city politics (or how government works) needs to listen to this.
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