https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/allendale/rss/search?query=Tapper%2C%20Jake&searchType=author&origin=core-catalog-explore&view=groupedRSS for NodeSun, 15 Mar 2026 04:59:57 GMTTHE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, The Financial Times, Kirkus Reviews, and The Associated Press
"Superbly reported . . . Reads like a Shakespearean drama on steroids." — Los Angeles Times
"Explosive." —The New York Times
"[The] most significant book to date about Biden’s cognitive decline." — The Atlantic
"Destined to stand alongside classics like Theodore White’s The Making of the President 1960 and even Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward’s All the President’s Men as one of the great books about American electoral politics.” — Richard Aldous, Persuasion
From two of America’s most respected journalists comes an unflinching and explosive reckoning with one of the most fateful decisions in American political history: Joe Biden’s run for reelection despite evidence of his serious decline—amid desperate efforts to hide the extent of that deterioration.

In Greek tragedy, the protagonist’s effort to avoid his fate is what seals his fate. In 2024, American politics became a Greek tragedy.
Joe Biden launched his successful 2020 bid for the White House with the stated goal of saving the nation from a second Trump presidential term. He, his family, and his senior aides were so convinced that only he could beat Trump again, they lied to themselves, allies, and the public about his condition and limitations. At his debate with Trump on June 27, 2024, the consequences of that deception were exposed to the world. It was shocking and upsetting.
Now the full, unsettling truth is being told for the first time. Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson take us behind closed doors and into private conversations between the heaviest of hitters, revealing how big the problem was and how many people knew about it. From White House staffers at the highest to lowest levels, to leaders of Congress and the Cabinet, from governors to donors and Hollywood players, the truth is finally being told. What you will learn makes President Biden’s decision to run for reelection seem shockingly narcissistic, self-delusional, and reckless—a desperate bet that went bust—and part of a larger act of extended public deception that has few precedents. The story the authors tell raises fundamental issues of accountability and responsibility that will continue for decades.
The irony is biting: In the name of defeating what they called an existential threat to democracy, Biden and his inner circle ensured it, tossing aside his implicit promise to serve for only one term, denying the existence of health issues the nation had been watching for years, dooming the Democrats to defeat. The decision to run again, the Original Sin of this president, led to a campaign of denial and gaslighting, leading directly to Donald Trump's return to power and all that has happened as a consequence. Rarely does hubris meet nemesis more explosively. Wherever you stand on the political spectrum, Original Sin is essential reading.]]>https://allendale.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C11643982https://allendale.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C11643982Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://allendale.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/11643982980EBOOKPresident Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Againenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798217060689/MC.GIF&client=lakep&type=xw12&oclc=https://allendale.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C18450773https://allendale.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C18450773Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://allendale.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/18450773981EAUDIOBOOKgerhttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9783987151590/MC.GIF&client=lakep&type=xw12&oclc=THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, The Financial Times, Kirkus Reviews, and The Associated Press
"Superbly reported . . . Reads like a Shakespearean drama on steroids." — Los Angeles Times
"Explosive." —The New York Times
"[The] most significant book to date about Biden’s cognitive decline." — The Atlantic
"Destined to stand alongside classics like Theodore White’s The Making of the President 1960 and even Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward’s All the President’s Men as one of the great books about American electoral politics.” — Richard Aldous, Persuasion
From two of America’s most respected journalists comes an unflinching and explosive reckoning with one of the most fateful decisions in American political history: Joe Biden’s run for reelection despite evidence of his serious decline—amid desperate efforts to hide the extent of that deterioration.

In Greek tragedy, the protagonist’s effort to avoid his fate is what seals his fate. In 2024, American politics became a Greek tragedy.
Joe Biden launched his successful 2020 bid for the White House with the stated goal of saving the nation from a second Trump presidential term. He, his family, and his senior aides were so convinced that only he could beat Trump again, they lied to themselves, allies, and the public about his condition and limitations. At his debate with Trump on June 27, 2024, the consequences of that deception were exposed to the world. It was shocking and upsetting.
Now the full, unsettling truth is being told for the first time. Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson take us behind closed doors and into private conversations between the heaviest of hitters, revealing how big the problem was and how many people knew about it. From White House staffers at the highest to lowest levels, to leaders of Congress and the Cabinet, from governors to donors and Hollywood players, the truth is finally being told. What you will learn makes President Biden’s decision to run for reelection seem shockingly narcissistic, self-delusional, and reckless—a desperate bet that went bust—and part of a larger act of extended public deception that has few precedents. The story the authors tell raises fundamental issues of accountability and responsibility that will continue for decades.
The irony is biting: In the name of defeating what they called an existential threat to democracy, Biden and his inner circle ensured it, tossing aside his implicit promise to serve for only one term, denying the existence of health issues the nation had been watching for years, dooming the Democrats to defeat. The decision to run again, the Original Sin of this president, led to a campaign of denial and gaslighting, leading directly to Donald Trump's return to power and all that has happened as a consequence. Rarely does hubris meet nemesis more explosively. Wherever you stand on the political spectrum, Original Sin is essential reading.]]>https://allendale.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C11597880https://allendale.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C11597880Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://allendale.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/11597880980EAUDIOBOOKPresident Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Againenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798217169467/MC.GIF&client=lakep&type=xw12&oclc=https://allendale.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C18480795https://allendale.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C18480795Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://allendale.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/18480795981GRAPHIC_NOVEL_DOWNLOADenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781683969167/MC.GIF&client=lakep&type=xw12&oclc=https://allendale.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C15132465https://allendale.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C15132465Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://allendale.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/15132465981EAUDIOBOOKenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781478989288/MC.GIF&client=lakep&type=xw12&oclc=https://allendale.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C17289169https://allendale.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C17289169Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://allendale.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/17289169981EAUDIOBOOKUn Relato de Valor Norteamericano Nunca Reveladospahttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781549115592/MC.GIF&client=lakep&type=xw12&oclc=A young Congressman stumbles on the powerful political underworld of 1950's D.C. in this "potent thriller" (David Baldacci) and New York Times bestseller from CNN correspondent Jake Tapper.
Charlie Marder is an unlikely Congressman. Thrust into office by his family ties after his predecessor died mysteriously, Charlie is struggling to navigate the dangerous waters of 1950s Washington, DC, alongside his young wife Margaret, a zoologist with ambitions of her own. Amid the swirl of glamorous and powerful political leaders and deal makers, a mysterious fatal car accident thrusts Charlie and Margaret into an underworld of backroom deals, secret societies, and a plot that could change the course of history. When Charlie discovers a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of governance, he has to fight not only for his principles and his newfound political career...but for his life.]]>https://allendale.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C3758529https://allendale.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C3758529Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://allendale.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3758529980EAUDIOBOOKenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781478989288/MC.GIF&client=lakep&type=xw12&oclc=https://allendale.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C17076836https://allendale.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C17076836Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://allendale.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/17076836981EBOOKThe Jesse Ventura Storyenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781466876323/MC.GIF&client=lakep&type=xw12&oclc=https://allendale.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C12518458https://allendale.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C12518458Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://allendale.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/12518458981EBOOKAn Untold Story of American Valorenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316215855/MC.GIF&client=lakep&type=xw12&oclc=https://allendale.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C12518969https://allendale.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C12518969Wed, 31 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMThttps://allendale.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/12518969981EBOOKThe Plot to Steal the Presidencyenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780759523180/MC.GIF&client=lakep&type=xw12&oclc=https://allendale.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S147C5124663https://allendale.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S147C5124663Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://allendale.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/5124663147BKA Novelenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316424387/MC.GIF&client=lakep&type=xw12&oclc=https://allendale.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S147C4183446https://allendale.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S147C4183446Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://allendale.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4183446147BKA Novelenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316530231/MC.GIF&client=lakep&type=xw12&oclc=A young Congressman stumbles on the powerful political underworld of 1950's D.C. in this "potent thriller" (David Baldacci) and New York Times bestseller from CNN correspondent Jake Tapper.
Charlie Marder is an unlikely Congressman. Thrust into office by his family ties after his predecessor died mysteriously, Charlie is struggling to navigate the dangerous waters of 1950s Washington, DC, alongside his young wife Margaret, a zoologist with ambitions of her own. Amid the swirl of glamorous and powerful political leaders and deal makers, a mysterious fatal car accident thrusts Charlie and Margaret into an underworld of backroom deals, secret societies, and a plot that could change the course of history. When Charlie discovers a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of governance, he has to fight not only for his principles and his newfound political career...but for his life.]]>https://allendale.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C3469811https://allendale.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C3469811Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://allendale.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3469811980EBOOKenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316472333/MC.GIF&client=lakep&type=xw12&oclc=