What It Takes

What It TakesBy: Richard Ben Cramer "Quite possibly the finest book on presidential politics ever written, combining meticulous reporting and compelling, at times soaringly lyrical, prose." Cleveland Plain Dealer An American Iliad in the guise of contemporary political reportage, What It Takes penetrates the mystery at the heart of all presidential campaigns: How do presumably ordinary people acquire that mixture of ambition, stamina, and pure shamelessness that

” is for when you need to feel the wind in your hair

A man who seems perfect…

and even the winking Yink who drinks pink ink

It will lead to all kinds of unusual activities including the destruction of books

you could find out who they were

but bestselling author and illustrator Amalia Andrade knows this simply isn’t true

Cooking really is fast

臺灣花蓮人。當了五年多的小學教師，為探索兒童文學的魅力，赴日留學並取得教育學博士學位。目前任職於東吳大學日文系，教授文學與翻譯課程；同時致力於日本兒童文學研究與優質好書之翻譯介紹。翻譯作品有《小熊沃夫》系列作品、《化為千風》、《我贊成！》、《我的願望：天天不挨罵》、《蘋果咻咚！》、《喵嗚！》、《吱吱》、《猜謎小旅行》（小魯文化出版）等。希望將來能為小朋友譯介更多精采的作品，更期盼透過翻譯，與孩子們共享閱讀日本兒童文學的樂趣。

they seem to have nothing in common

just five Spanish-speaking kids

I kept going

Issued for the first time in paperback