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Abraham Lincoln declared, 165 years ago today, "A house divided against itself, cannot stand." Here are some of his early notes that led to this crucial address: https://t.co/ZBjtpXHe0T

Gather: A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand

Congrats to Dan Silva, whose “Portrait of an Unknown Woman” will be published Tuesday

Mystery & Detective - International Crime & Mystery

Portrait of an Unknown Woman

Robert Frost Farm, New Hampshire:             #O’Connell https://t.co/MvywhkxcXm

New Hampshire

Congratulations to our great friend Jon Meacham on tomorrow's official publication of "And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle."  Couldn't be more timely. https://t.co/SldcA7lZW4

And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

Congratulations to Andrew Meier on today's publication of "Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty": https://t.co/EIPW4Weamr

United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD,

Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty

I hope that the great David McCullough is right now chatting and laughing with T.R., Truman and John Adams.

United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)

John Adams

In Sinclair Lewis's 1935 "It Can't Happen Here" (performed on stage) a demagogic President, feigning populism, arrests political opponents (as shown here) and conspires with domestic terrorists, cracks down on business and finance, crushes liberties for women and others.  Beware. https://t.co/V0BLTVbloS

It Can't Happen Here

@mitchellreports tonight interviewed Jean Becker, the shrewd and beloved longtime chief of staff for ex-President George H.W. Bush, at Decatur House book party in DC for Jean's excellent new book “The Man I Knew” (Twelve), now a New York Times bestseller: https://t.co/FvKBX7QBUk

The Man I Knew: The Amazing Story of George H. W. Bush's Post-Presidency

Had wonderful time with @AriMelber and @fatjoe and @Carole_King two years ago, soon after 2020 election was decided.
Congratulations tonight to @fatjoe on his just-published "The Book of Jose" and, this fall, to incomparable Ari on five years of @TheBeatWithAri on @MSNBC. https://t.co/0sA20vp4Yh

Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Hispanic & Latino

The Book of Jose: A Memoir

Congrats to Katty Kay and Claire Shipman on publication of “The Power Code”: https://t.co/xs5rOHYfhp

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