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005    20151116174904.0 
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010      2015028608 
019    926744707 
020    9780316347754|q(hardcover) 
020    0316347752|q(hardcover) 
020    |z9780316347761|q(ebook) 
035    (OCoLC)907169312|z(OCoLC)926744707 
037    |bHachette Books, 53 State st 9th Fl, Boston, MA, USA, 
       02109, (617)2270730|nSAN 200-2205 
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050 00 E840.8.B43|bA3 2015 
082 00 320.092|aB|223 
084    BIO026000|aBIO010000|2bisacsh 
100 1  Beckel, Bob,|eauthor. 
245 10 I should be dead :|bmy life surviving politics, TV, and 
       addiction /|cBob Beckel with John David Mann. 
250    First edition. 
263    1511 
264  1 New York :|bHachette Books,|c2015. 
300    x, 294 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
505 0  Prologue -- January 20, 2001 -- Surviving Childhood -- 
       Fighting for the Cause -- Capitol Cops and Whores -- 
       Campaign Years -- In the White House -- Where's the Beef? 
       -- TV Lights -- Crash and Burn -- Hitting Bottom -- Grace 
       -- The Five -- Beyond Surviving -- Epilogue. 
520 2  "From popular TV personality Bob Beckel, a deeply moving, 
       redemptive memoir about his life as a political operative 
       and diplomat, his long struggle with alcohol and drugs, 
       and his unlikely journey to finding faith. Growing up poor
       in an abusive home, Bob Beckel learned to be a survivor: 
       to avoid conflict, mask his feelings, and to lie--all 
       skills that served him well in Washington, where he would 
       become the youngest-ever Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
       State and manage Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential 
       campaign. But Beckel was living a double life. On January 
       20, 2001--George W. Bush's first Inauguration Day--he hit 
       rock bottom, waking up in the psych ward. Written with 
       captivating honesty, Beckel chronicles how his addictions 
       nearly killed him until he found help in an unexpected 
       ally, conservative Cal Thomas, who helped him find faith, 
       get sober, and get his life back on track"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
600 10 Beckel, Bob. 
650  0 Political consultants|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Political culture|zUnited States. 
650  0 Political culture|zWashington (D.C.) 
650  0 Television personalities|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Recovering addicts|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.|2bisacsh 
650  7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.|2bisacsh 
651  0 United States|xPolitics and government|y1981-1989. 
651  0 United States|xPolitics and government|y1989- 
700 1  Mann, John David. 
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