The Director's Cut (three times longer than the RS article) is an incisive, funny, thoughtful piece about life on "Bullshit One" -- the nickname for the press bus that followed McCain's Straight Talk Express. This piece becomes ever more relevant, as we discuss what we know, don't know, and don't want to know about the way our political campaigns work.

Is John McCain "For Real?" That's the question David Foster Wallace set out to explore when he first climbed aboard Senator McCain's campaign caravan in February 2000. It was a moment when Mccain was increasingly perceived as a harbinger of change, the anticandidate whose goal was "to inspire young Americans to devote themselves to causes greater than their own self-interest." And many young Americans were beginning to take notice. To get at "something riveting and unspinnable and true" about John Mccain, Wallace finds he must pierce the smoke screen of spin doctors and media manipulators. And he succeeds-in a characteristically potent blast of journalistic brio that not only captures the lunatic rough-and-tumble of a presidential campaign but also delivers a compelling inquiry into John McCain himself: the senator, the POW, the campaign finance reformer, the candidate, the man.

A new Little Golden Book all about Simba, the star of Disney's The Lion King--just in time for the live-action movie, which will be in theaters July 2019! This new Little Golden Book celebrates everything that is special about Simba, the brave lion cub from the beloved Disney movie The Lion King. Nala, Timon, Pumbaa, and other animals from the Pride Lands are featured in gorgeous retro-style illustrations. This book is a must-have for children ages 2 to 5, as well as Disney The Lion King fans--and collectors--of all ages! And the new live-action version of the film, starring the voices of Beyonce, Donald Glover, James Earl Jones, and John Oliver, hits theaters July 2019. Disney The Lion King was released in 1994 and became one the most popular animated films. This Little Golden Book is part of the charming "I Am . . ." series, which provides a unique introduction to favorite Disney characters.

A young man who was born in feudal Japan, Koga-Ryu Province begins learning Ninjutsu and the art of the dragon. When a village raid by the Black Dragon who are Iga-Ryu Province, secretly disguised as Americans, happens, the young man's life becomes changed forever. As both his parents are taken from him. On that dreadful night, he moves to America after his training is finished to find the group who murdered his family. Only to discover an old enemy whose name had long been forgotten. Also thrown in the mix, he learns his Sensi and grandmaster is still alive but plotting to destroy the world by unleashing an ancient evil. Should he continue his personal vendetta to destroy every member of the Black Dragon? Or try and stop the very one that trained him from ending all life as we know it?

Best known for his masterpiece Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace re-invented fiction and non-fiction for a generation with his groundbreaking and original work. Wallace's desire to blend formal innovation and self-reflexivity with the communicative and restorative function of literature resulted in works that appeal as much to a reader's intellect as they do emotion. As such, few writers in recent memory have quite matched his work's intense critical and popular impact. The essays in this Companion, written by top Wallace scholars, offer a historical and cultural context for grasping Wallace's significance, provide rigorous individual readings of each of his major works, whether story collections, non-fiction, or novels, and address the key themes and concerns of these works, including aesthetics, politics, religion and spirituality, race, and post-humanism. This wide-ranging volume is a necessary resource for understanding an author now widely regarded as one of the most influential and important of his time.