Edward Jay Epstein: 9 books

Book cover of Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond? And Other Investigations of the Diamond Trade
by Edward Jay Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2011

Five essays by Edward Jay Epstein on the international diamond cartel including the investigation that appeared in the Atlantic "Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond?" Edward Jay Epstein is the author of 15 books, and which have been excerpted in the New Yorker, Atlantic, and Sunday...
Book cover of James Jesus Angleton: was He Right
by Edward Jay Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2012

A new biography of James Jesus Angleton by Edward Jay Epstein that asks the question: was he right after all? Angleton was the legendary head of CIA counterintelligence during most of the Cold War.his rise, fall, and the astounding revelations that emerged in the CIA after his death. Epstein .spent hundreds of hours interviewing him to understand the mind of this unique mind warrior.
Book cover of The Rise and Fall of Diamonds
by Edward Jay Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2011

An investigation by Edward Jay Epstein into the De Beers cartel and the fantastic machine that created the illusion that diamonds are forever. The story of the men and manipulations that maintained the value of diamonds for over a century. Based on interviews with Harry Oppenheimer and the key executives...
Book cover of Three Days in May

Three Days in May

Sex, Surveillance, and DSK

by Edward Jay Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012

A veteran journalist continues his “exhaustively researched” (The Guardian) investigation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn Here investigative reporter Edward Jay Epstein casts fresh doubt on the events surrounding a now-infamous sexual encounter between Dominique Strauss-Kahn—better know by...
Book cover of The Big Picture

The Big Picture

The New Logic of Money and Power in Hollywood

by Edward Jay Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2005

During the heyday of the studio system spanning the 1930s, ‘40s, and ‘50s, virtually all the American motion picture industry’s money, power, and prestige came from a single activity: selling tickets at the box office. Today, the movie business is just a small, highly visible outpost in a media...
Book cover of The Annals of Unsolved Crime
by Edward Jay Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013

One of America’s most acclaimed investigative journalists re-investigates some of the most notorious and mysterious crimes of the last 200 years The beloved head of the UN dies in a tragic plane crash . . . witnesses unearthed years later suggest it wasn’t an accident. Theories behind the...
Book cover of How America Lost Its Secrets

How America Lost Its Secrets

Edward Snowden, the Man and the Theft

by Edward Jay Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017

A groundbreaking exposé that convincingly challenges the popular image of Edward Snowden as hacker turned avenging angel, while revealing how vulnerable our national security systems have become--as exciting as any political thriller, and far more important. After details of American government...
Book cover of Armand Hammer, The Darker Side: An EJE Single
by Edward Jay Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011

A look into the darker side of tycoon Armand Hammer. Dr. Hammer was a man skilled in bribing world leaders and collecting old masters and young mistresses.
Book cover of The Hollywood Economist 2.0

The Hollywood Economist 2.0

The Hidden Financial Reality Behind the Movies

by Edward Jay Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012

A fully revised edition of the popular guide to Hollywood finances, updated to reflect even newer films and trends In a Freakonomics-meets-Hollywood saga, veteran investigative reporter Edward Jay Epstein goes undercover to explore Hollywood’s “invisible money machine,” probing the dazzlingly...
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