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...door. Meanwhile, her mind and memory play hideous tricks, as the ghosts of her sexually abused childhood rise up to terrorize her. This is the old Helpless Woman in the Haunted House number, but refreshed by a combination King has rarely used before: subtle plotting and acute psychological insight...
This wasn't just the case of an overachieverhumbled by a tough college professor. I wasn'tconcerned in the slightest about grades. Reachingdeep inside myself for creative insight, I wasfinding only unexplored pain...
...mystery of poet Emily Dickinson's reclusive life has long intrigued readers. A newly discovered letter to her sister-in-law provides insight: "Forgive me if I never visit. I am from the fields, you know, and while quite at home with the dandelion, make a sorry figure in a drawing room...
...point lead over George Bush disappeared in a twinkle. This year the public's extraordinarily sour mood makes horse-race numbers still more suspect. "In this atmosphere," says Everett Carll Ladd, director of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, "polls often become a source of misinformation rather than insight into what's happening...
Like Truman, McCullough has little use for academic theorizing; instead his marvelous feel for history is based on an appreciation of colorful tales and an insight into personalities. In this compelling saga of America's greatest common-man President, McCullough adds luster to an old-fashioned historical approach that is regaining respect: the sweeping narrative, filled with telling details and an appreciation of the role individuals play in shaping the world...