Taylor Branch's Books
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The Clinton TapesA sitting president thinks out loud about his legacy to his close friend, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, over seven sometimes turbulent yearsRead More
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At Canaan's EdgeThe final volume of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch's magisterial history of the Civil Rights Movement, a powerful rendering of Martin LutRead More
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Los Angeles Times, July 14, 2010
...sorrowful when admitting he had only made it through the first two (roughly 800 pages each) volumes of Taylor Branch's extraordinary history of the civil rights era and had not yet attempted the third.Of course, not all of the conversation resembles the...
Los Angeles Times, July 10, 2010
...positively sorrowful when admitting he had only made it through the first two (roughly 800-page each) volumes of Taylor Branch's extraordinary history of the Civil Rights era and had not yet attempted the third. Of course, not all of the conversation...
MinnPost, June 17, 2010
...been disappointed. She is a great storyteller."The last two books I read were 'The Clinton Tapes' by Taylor Branch. Definitely a much easier read than Clinton's autobiography. I also read 'Black Widow' by Randy Wayne White. I am a big groupie of his...
Worcester Telegram & Gazette, June 4, 2010
...have been published by Simon & Schuster, from Joseph Heller and Doris Kearns Goodwin to Bob Woodward and Taylor Branch. I wanted to advance the national conversation through this legendary publishing company...
Red Deer Express, June 3, 2010
...have been published by Simon and Schuster, from Joseph Heller and Doris Kearns Goodwin to Bob Woodward and Taylor Branch. I wanted to advance the national conversation through this legendary publishing company.' Simon & Schuster is owned by CBS Corp...
Huffington Post, June 3, 2010
...have been published by Simon and Schuster, from Joseph Heller and Doris Kearns Goodwin to Bob Woodward and Taylor Branch. I wanted to advance the national conversation through this legendary publishing company." More on Book Publishing...
Macleans Online, June 3, 2010
...have been published by Simon and Schuster, from Joseph Heller and Doris Kearns Goodwin to Bob Woodward and Taylor Branch. I wanted to advance the national conversation through this legendary publishing company."...
MyMotherLode.com, June 3, 2010
...have been published by Simon and Schuster, from Joseph Heller and Doris Kearns Goodwin to Bob Woodward and Taylor Branch. I wanted to advance the national conversation through this legendary publishing company...
FOXSports.com, May 30, 2010
...Montgomery, think of the Montgomery bus boycott, remember that he's been meaning to buckle down and read Taylor Branch's MLK biographies, head off for the biography section. Etc. Etc. Etc. Most of us don't do that in libraries. But we could. If ...
Tulsa World, May 8, 2010
...Sens. Eugene McCarthy and George McGovern. The young activists included future President Bill Clinton and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Taylor Branch, according to journalist David Maraniss' biography of Clinton. Journalist who audiotaped black man's...
North Jersey.com, April 26, 2010
...poems by W.S. Merwin, or a staggeringly well-written piece of nonfiction, perhaps a civil rights history from Taylor Branch. My driver's license may help me navigate the realities of daily life, but the library card provides escape. I imagine I am not...
Chillicothe Gazette, April 18, 2010
...and 'Ford County: Stories' both by John Grisham; 'Her Fearful Symmetry' by Audrey Niffenegger; 'The Clinton Tapes' by Taylor Branch; 'Half Broke Horses' by Jeannette Walls; 'Beyond the SpiderWick Chronicles: The Wyrm King' (Book 3) by Tony DiTerlizzi and...
Hudson Institute, April 16, 2010
..." � Bill Clinton read widely and often -- his favorite authors included Maya Angelou, Ralph Ellison and Taylor Branch -- and was well aware that presidential reading merited attention in the media and in intellectual circles. As a result, he took steps...
Hudson Institute, April 16, 2010
...quoted.' Â Bill Clinton read widely and often -- his favorite authors included Maya Angelou, Ralph Ellison and Taylor Branch -- and was well aware that presidential reading merited attention in the media and in intellectual circles. As a result, he took...
Philly.com, March 4, 2010
...the five worst senators. His most recent approval rating was 28 percent. Bill Clinton gave Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch this quote, as reported by David Corn in Mother Jones magazine: "He said Bunning, a former baseball player, was so...
PR Newswire, February 24, 2010
...the King Institute at Stanford University, Marian Wright Edelman, Organizer for the Poor People's Campaign with King, Taylor Branch, Pulitzer Prize-winning King historian. Regarding contemporary comparisons between Nobel Peace Prize recipients Martin...
Sys-Con Media, February 24, 2010
...the King Institute at Stanford University, Marian Wright Edelman, Organizer for the Poor People's Campaign with King, Taylor Branch, Pulitzer Prize-winning King historian. Regarding contemporary comparisons between Nobel Peace Prize recipients Martin...
TVO.org, February 19, 2010
...Author and Pulitzer Prize winner ....
Rockbridge Weekly, February 2, 2010
...writing about the 'Experiences of the Stonewall Brigade: letters of Rockbridge Civil War soldiers;' James Hepner explores 'The Taylor Branch Drainage and the Community of Fredericksburg, Virginia;' Horace D. Douty reminds readers about the history of...
Suite101.com, February 1, 2010
...writes: "[Martin Luther King] was probably the one indisputably great American of the century's second half. Fittingly, Taylor Branch's Pillar of Fire is the one indisputably monumental book discussed in this collection, and I wanted to write about it...
International Falls Daily Journal, January 8, 2010
...to the environmentally conscious beginnings of the ‘70s. National politics are always interesting and The Clinton Tapes by Taylor Branch is no exception. The book is subtitled ‘wrestling history with the president.’ The book reveals what President...
Wicked Local Waltham, December 20, 2009
...Birmingham, Ala., and voting rights marches. Lewis is covering territory that has been well-traveled by others, such as Taylor Branch with his three-part history of the King years and David Halberstam with 'The Children,' and it is light on fresh...
Indianapolis Star, December 6, 2009
...By Taylor Branch (Simon & Schuster, $35) Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch's latest offering may not be a perfect book, but "The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President" is most...
Daily Titan, November 13, 2009
...Branch gave a lecture of his experiences with and the basis for his book at the on Tuesday evening. authored 'The : Wrestling History with the President.' Photo courtesy of ...
Winona Daily News, November 3, 2009
...likely be featured in another major release: former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe's 'The Audacity to Win.' Taylor Branch's 'The Clinton Tapes' draws upon conversations between Branch and then-President Bill Clinton, although Nissley wonders...
St. Petersburg Times, October 23, 2009
...Updike than Balloon Boy and Jon Gosselin. Others authors giving free lectures include former Sen. Bob Graham, historian Taylor Branch, funnyman Andy Borowitz, historian Ray Arsenault, the team from our Pulitzer Prize-winning Web site PolitiFact and Times...
Seattle Post Intelligencer, October 21, 2009
...the two candidates? I took a trip back to those days of delusion Monday night when Pulitzer-winning author Taylor Branch came to town to promote his thick new book, "The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History With the President." At a private reception...
New York Post, October 13, 2009
...'Au bruit de la guerre' Backstage with Riedel: Michael Lang Museum Dedicated to the Hippie Era Backstage with Riedel: Jeff Daniels Backstage with Riedel: Geoffrey Rush Exclusive: Backstage With Kevin Spacey Sneak Peek With Kevin Spacey Backstage with...
DCExaminer.com, October 6, 2009
...David Sedaris: The humorist offers his sardonic social critiques. [8 p.m. Lisner Auditorium, 730 21st St. NW] Taylor Branch: The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian talks about the Clinton tapes and his interviews with Bill Clinton. [7 p.m. National...
Boston Globe, October 4, 2009
...m., Harvard Book Store. THURSDAY: Tracy Kidder discusses Strength in What Remains, 7 p.m., Porter Square Books . . . Taylor Branch discusses The Clinton Tapes, 7 p.m., First Parish Church; tickets ($5) available at harvard.com or by calling 617-661-1515...
New York Times, October 2, 2009
...Masterpiece." This week: Lorrie Moore on her new novel, "A Gate at the Stairs"; Joe Klein on Taylor Branch's "Clinton Tapes"; Motoko Rich with notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler with best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus, the editor of the book...
Individual.com, September 29, 2009
...two copies of each extensive interview between President Clinton and his old pal from the George McGovern Campaign, Taylor Branch. Taylor made two copies of each interview conducted over a period between 1993 and 2001. In order to insure that the...
Deccan Herald, September 29, 2009
...Pulitzer Prize-Winning author and historian Taylor Branch claimed in his book that at the peak of Kargil warfare, Clinton told him that Pakistan sneaked its soldiers across the Line of Control as part of its strategy...
KSBY - TV, September 29, 2009
...bookstores Tuesday. Soon after he was elected president, Clinton says he began taping conversations with his old friend, Taylor Branch, the Pulitzer prize winning author. 'The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President' is 707 pages long and...
Individual.com, September 29, 2009
...military base, according to a new book, "The Clinton Tapes." The book, by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Taylor Branch, is a collection of private conversations he taped with Clinton during the White House years and agreed not to publish until years...
Christian Science Monitor, September 23, 2009
...the story surrounding a book is as interesting as the book itself. That is almost the case with Taylor Branch's "The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President," scheduled for release next week. Note that I said almost...
InMyCommunity, September 22, 2009
...700-page expose, parsed from hours of secret recordings made by the former US president and Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Taylor Branch, excerpts of which were published today in USA Today. Mr Clinton 'relayed how Boris Yeltsin's late-night drinking...
Metro.co.uk, September 22, 2009
...memoirs. The 707-page book is the result of 70 taped interviews with Mr Clinton by Pulitzer prize-winning author Taylor Branch. Clinton, who is no stranger to scandal, does not expand on his 'improper sexual relationship' with former White House intern...
Brisbane Courier-Mail, September 22, 2009
...new oral history of Bill Clintons presidency, based on 79 taped interviews between Mr Clinton and the historian Taylor Branch during late-night visits to the White House. The taped conversations took place between 1993 and 2001 the year Mr Clinton left...
Brisbane Courier-Mail, September 21, 2009
...new oral history of Bill Clintons presidency, based on 79 taped interviews between Mr Clinton and the historian Taylor Branch during late-night visits to the White House. The taped conversations took place between 1993 and 2001 the year Mr Clinton left...
Times Online, September 21, 2009
...Taylor Branch's magnificent series of books on Martin Luther King is among my favorite works of modern biography. I have read the first two and have the third and final...
Christian Science Monitor, September 21, 2009
...Sometimes the story surrounding a book is as interesting as the book itself. That is almost the case with Taylor Branch?s ?The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President,? scheduled for release next week. Note that I said almost. According to...
Belleville News Democrat, September 19, 2009
...life - and marriage - have bottomed out. Does anyone get a second chance? THE CLINTON TAPES, by Taylor Branch (Simon & Schuster, Sept. 29). Branch, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of the civil rights movement ('Parting the Waters'), tape-recorded 79...
Yakima Herald Republic, September 13, 2009
...likely be featured in another major release: former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe's 'The Audacity to Win.' Taylor Branch's 'The Clinton Tapes' draws upon conversations between Branch and then-President Bill Clinton, although Nissley wonders...
Patriot Ledger, September 11, 2009
...likely be featured in another major release: former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe?s ?The Audacity to Win.? Taylor Branch?s ?The Clinton Tapes? draws upon conversations between Branch and then-President Bill Clinton, although Nissley...
Burlington Press, September 6, 2009
...likely be featured in another major release: former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe's 'The Audacity to Win.' Taylor Branch's 'The Clinton Tapes' draws upon conversations between Branch and then-President Bill Clinton, although Nissley wonders...
KVUE News Online, September 4, 2009
...list unveiled Thursday: Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who will be discussing his memoir, Magnificent Desolation, and Pulitzer winner Taylor Branch, who will be releasing The Clinton Tapes . The festival takes place Oct. 31 through Nov. 1 at the State...
Individual.com, September 3, 2009
...Headlining authors include Buzz Aldrin, Margaret Atwood, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Bryan Burrough, Jeanette Walls, Jonathan Safran Foer, and Taylor Branch...
Poughkeepsie Journal, August 31, 2009
...likely be featured in another major release: former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe's 'The Audacity to Win.' Taylor Branch's 'The Clinton Tapes' draws upon conversations between Branch and then-President Bill Clinton, although Nissley wonders...
Wichita Eagle, August 30, 2009
...will likely be featured another major release: former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe's 'The Audacity to W.' Taylor Branch's 'The Clton Tapes' draws upon conversations between Branch and then-President Bill Clton, although Nissley wonders whether,...
Daily Gleaner, August 29, 2009
...likely be featured in another major release: former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe's The Audacity to Win. Taylor Branch's The Clinton Tapes draws upon conversations between Branch and then-President Bill Clinton. Capt. Chesley Sullenberger reflects...
Columbus Dispatch, August 29, 2009
...15: Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman, Jon Krakauer ⢠Sept. 29: The Clinton Tapes, Taylor Branch ⢠Oct. 13: Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters, Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger with Jeffrey Zaslow ⢠Nov. 3: The...
Daily News Journal, August 28, 2009
...likely be featured in another major release: former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe's 'The Audacity to Win.' Taylor Branch's 'The Clinton Tapes' draws upon conversations between Branch and then-President Bill Clinton, although Nissley wonders...
Edmonton Sun, August 26, 2009
...likely be featured in another major release: former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe?s ?The Audacity to Win.? Taylor Branch?s ?The Clinton Tapes? draws upon conversations between Branch and then-President Bill Clinton, although Nissley...
570News, August 26, 2009
...likely be featured in another major release: former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe's 'The Audacity to Win.' Taylor Branch's 'The Clinton Tapes' draws upon conversations between Branch and then-President Bill Clinton, although Nissley wonders...
Am1220.ca, August 26, 2009
...likely be featured in another major release: former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe's 'The Audacity to Win.' Taylor Branch's 'The Clinton Tapes' draws upon conversations between Branch and then-President Bill Clinton, although Nissley wonders...
Boston Globe, August 24, 2009
...likely be featured in another major release: former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe's 'The Audacity to Win.' Taylor Branch's 'The Clinton Tapes' draws upon conversations between Branch and then-President Bill Clinton, although Nissley wonders...
Award Tragic, July 31, 2010
...Vann in Vietnam , Neil Sheehan (Vintage) BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-1963 , Taylor Branch (Simon & Schuster) FICTION: When I'm Calling From: New & Selected Stories , Raymond Carver (Atlantic...
Green Integer Blog, July 30, 2010
...Taylor Branch The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009) The Clin ton Tapes is a recounting of author Taylor Branch’s involvement with Bill...
dabroots, July 21, 2010
...Rebecca Goldstein. Goldstein, Rebecca, 1950- 12-19-2009 Copy 1 Parting the waters : America in the King years, 1954-63 / Taylor Branch. Branch, Taylor. 12-19-2009 Copy 1 The Clinton tapes : wrestling history with the president / Taylor Branch. ...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com, June 3, 2010
...have been published by Simon and Schuster, from Joseph Heller and Doris Kearns Goodwin to Bob Woodward and Taylor Branch. I wanted to advance the national conversation through this legendary publishing company." Get HuffPost Books On Twitter , Facebook ,...
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan, May 30, 2010
...Montgomery, think of the Montgomery bus boycott, remember that he's been meaning to buckle down and read Taylor Branch's MLK biographies, head off for the biography section. Etc. Etc. Etc. Most of us don't do that in libraries. But we could. If Carr's...
Deadline.com, May 4, 2010
...to mount America: In the King Years , a 7-hour miniseries about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr based on Taylor Branch's celebrated book trilogy. Robert Schenkkan, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of The Kentucky Cycle who most recently wrote four...
Deadline.com, May 4, 2010
...to mount America: In the King Years , a 7-hour miniseries about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr based on Taylor Branch's celebrated book trilogy. Robert Schenkkan, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of The Kentucky Cycle who most recently wrote four...
verbumlogos, April 21, 2010
...quoted." Bill Clinton read widely and often -- his favorite authors included Maya Angelou, Ralph Ellison and Taylor Branch -- and was well aware that presidential reading merited attention in the media and in intellectual circles. As a result, he took...
Born Again Redneck, April 19, 2010
...quoted." Bill Clinton read widely and often -- his favorite authors included Maya Angelou, Ralph Ellison and Taylor Branch -- and was well aware that presidential reading merited attention in the media and in intellectual circles. As a result, he took...
TLC Book Tours, March 23, 2010
...currently at work on an HBO miniseries about the civil rights movement, based on the writings of historian Taylor Branch. A native of Houston, Texas, Attica lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter. Visit Attica Locke at her website,...
Bitch. Ph.D., February 4, 2010
...start for a seat-of-my-pants curriculum this year. But in preparation for next year, I'm finally reading the Taylor Branch series, starting with Parting the Waters (omg, have you guys read this? Vernon Jones is my new fucking hero.***). I picked up Ira...
PostBourgie, February 3, 2010
...negation of quality as he seems to suggest . Listening to the audiobook version of Parting the Waters by Taylor Branch , the first in a three-part series about America during the Martin Luther King years, is like sitting through a private lecture....
Smithsonian Libraries, January 18, 2010
...by Benjamin E. Mays, Chicago, Johnson Pub. Co., 1964. Parting the waters: America in the King years, 1954-1963 , Taylor Branch, New York : Simon and Schuster, c1988. The Martin Luther King, Jr., encyclopedia , Clayborne Carson ... [et al.] ; with the...
Ex Libris Fides, January 15, 2010
...Shipmates (NF) by Sarah Vowell At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years 1963-65 (NF, history) by Taylor Branch I Survived Cancer But Never Won the Tour de France (NF) by Jim Chastain The Double Bind (F) by Chris Bohjalian The Magician's Nephew (F) by...
GaraLog, January 13, 2010
...I left my Kindle home for the nearly day-long flight to Viet Nam, since my iPhone app of it has all the books I've downloaded, and I don't care to read magazines and newspapers on it. Maybe when graphics and color improve, on the Kindle or some other...
Meat and Three Cafe, December 30, 2009
...People’s History of Christianity Diana Butler Bass 3. An Unlikely Disciple Kevin Root 4. The Clinton Tapes Taylor Branch 5. True Compass Ted Kennedy 6. The Audacity To Win David Plough 7. The Politics of Discipleship Graham Ward 8. American Lion:...
The Diary Underneath A Tree, December 10, 2009
...Patchett (2001) Case Histories , Kate Atkinson (2004) The Things They Carried , Tim O'Brien (1990) Parting the Waters , Taylor Branch (1988) The Year of Magical Thinking , Joan Didion (2005) The Line of Beauty , Alan Hollinghurst (2004) Angela's Ashes ,...
Jacket Copy, December 3, 2009
...wild ride) and contributions to American letters. " The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History With the President " by Taylor Branch An unusual arrangement between the 42nd U.S. president and a famed historian has resulted in a splendid political chronicle...
RELIGION IN AMERICAN HISTORY, November 23, 2009
...lack thereof may merit more attention, I was pleased -- nearly elated -- to read the forum on Taylor Branch's civil rights trilogy in the October 2009 American Historical Review . Clayborne Carson uses materials from the sixth volume of King's Papers to...
BeltwayBlips - Top Political News, Videos, and Blo, November 18, 2009
...noted yesterday , the new book on Bill Clinton, based on taped conversations he had throughout his presidency with Taylor Branch, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and FOB, is loaded with intriguing and juicy passages about the Clinton years (like ... ...
All the Pieces Matter, November 3, 2009
...Rocker . Every writer needs a little fun in the midst of history and literature. Pulitzer Prize winning historian Taylor Branch discusses his new book, The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President , at the Central Branch of the Enoch Pratt...
Read Street, November 3, 2009
...Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Taylor Branch, who lives right here in Baltimore of course, will be at the Central Library Thursday night to discuss his behemoth of a book, "The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with...
Kim Karalekas • 1 + 1 = 11, November 3, 2009
...– amazing how large of a production this was. I love it. Anyway, I was really intrigued by Taylor Branch, author of The Clinton Tapes. The more I read, attend lectures, observe, think…the more I realize that is so much out there I don’t know. Mind...
Suburban Guerrilla, October 24, 2009
...Joan Walsh has a thoughtful response to Taylor Branch’s Clinton biography. (I’m still reading it, and it’s fascinating.) Like me, she sees the press as the actual villains of the piece. It was more than...
David Horsey's Drawing Power, October 21, 2009
...between the two candidates?I took a trip back to those days of delusion Monday night when Pulitzer-winning author Taylor Branch came to town to promote his thick new book, "The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History With the President." At a private reception...
a ridiculous raw youth, October 21, 2009
...Guy Delisle Zeitoun by Dave Eggers Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel The Clinton Years by Taylor Branch The Humbling by Philip Roth Provenance by Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo 7:05 PM / ...
The Cranky Professor, September 29, 2009
...« Yaz - Only You | Main September 29, 2009 How long do people who specialize in RIGHT NOW need to read a book? I find it odd that the only two mentions on Cliopatria , the History News Network blog, of the Taylor Branch/Bill Clinton interview book are...
Legal History Blog, September 28, 2009
...appeared in the Washington Post. Also reviewed this weekend, THE CLINTON TAPES: Wrestling History With the President by Taylor Branch in the NY Times, and Theodore Roosevelt and theCrusade for America by Douglas Brinkley in the LA Times...
Paper Cuts, September 25, 2009
...This week: Lorrie Moore on her new novel, “A Gate at the Stairs”; Joe Klein on Taylor Branch’s “Clinton Tapes”; Motoko Rich with notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler with best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus, the editor of the book review,...
respublica, September 22, 2009
...President - A book on Bill Clinton's White House years written from audio tapes made between historian/author Taylor Branch and Clinton during his presidency. Secret tapes, not known by Clinton's staff. Again, the Kindle price is no bargain...
Weasel Zippers, September 22, 2009
...That's one of the stories that's come out from Pulitzer-Prize winning author and civil rights historian Taylor Branch, whose 707-page book based on his taped late-night interviews with Clinton, The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History With the President...
SportsJustice, September 21, 2009
...happen when Texans don't roll over like dogs | Main September 21, 2009 Once upon a time, Taylor Branch and I went to a ball game Taylor Branch and Bill Clinton have known each other for almost 40 years, since they worked on the McGovern campaign in Austin...
Comment Central - Times Online - WBLG, September 21, 2009
...Taylor Branch's magnificent series of books on Martin Luther King is among my favorite works of modern biography. I have read the first two and have the third and final...
Steve Goddard's History Wire, September 8, 2009
...The Civil Rights Reader -- American Literature from Jim Crow to Reconciliation , Edited by Julie Buckner Armstrong, Associate Editor, Amy Schmidt. UGeorgia Press '09, $24.95, 363 pages, ISBN #0820332259. Index of authors and titles, credits, selected...
