Richard Condon: 11 books

Book cover of The Manchurian Candidate
by Richard Condon
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013

The classic thriller about a hostile foreign power infiltrating American politics: “Brilliant . . . wild and exhilarating.” —The New Yorker A war hero and the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, Sergeant Raymond Shaw is keeping a deadly secret—even from himself. During his...
Book cover of Prizzi's Glory
by Richard Condon
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016

A crime family goes legit—sort of—and enters politics, in this “razor-sharp satire on the American dream” (Publishers Weekly). If Charley Partanna is lucky, he can go a few months without falling in love. During these stretches, he’s able to focus on his job as chief executioner for...
Book cover of An Infinity of Mirrors
by Richard Condon
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016

In love with a Prussian officer, a Jewish woman moves to Hitler’s Berlin Every afternoon, Paule tends to her father’s newspaper clippings and listens to his stories. An actor, Paul-Alain Bernheim has a sexual appetite and a lust for life that have made him a legend of the Paris stage. He...
Book cover of Mile High
by Richard Condon
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016

A Prohibition-era bootlegger builds a savage empire in this “whiplash entertainment” by the author of Prizzi’s Honor and The Manchurian Candidate (Kirkus Reviews). Millions of acres of forest separate Edward Courance West from the outside world. In his remote Adirondack retreat, he is...
Book cover of Prizzi's Honor
by Richard Condon
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2013

A darkly funny novel of mobsters, murder, and marriage: “The surprise ending will knock your reading glasses off.” —The New York Times Charley Partanna works as a hitman for the Prizzis, New York’s most dangerous crime family. When he meets Irene Walker, an LA-based tax consultant,...
Book cover of Winter Kills
by Richard Condon
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013

A whistleblower looks too deeply into a president’s assassination in this darkly satiric conspiracy thriller from the author of The Manchurian Candidate.   It has been more than a decade since the assassination of US President Timothy Kegan, who was gunned down while riding in a motorcade through...
Book cover of The Whisper of the Axe
by Richard Condon
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016

For the sake of vengeance, a woman plots to destroy the US government It’s June 1976, and a bullet has shattered Agatha Teel’s shoulder. The gunman has fled, gushing blood from a bullet wound of his own, and Teel has just a few minutes to save her own life. She marches herself to the bathroom—the...
Book cover of The Oldest Confession
by Richard Condon
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016

An international art thief meets his match in this clever thriller that’s “witty in style, dramatic in plot” from the author of The Manchurian Candidate (Kirkus Reviews). There are only two people on earth who know that James Bourne is a criminal: his wife and his partner. Although he...
Book cover of Prizzi's Family
by Richard Condon
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016

In this prequel to Prizzi’s Honor, the mafia hitman finds himself in more trouble than even he can handle—“earthy, quirky, fast-moving entertainment” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Charley Partanna sits in his office, quietly rigging an election. As the chief executioner for the...
Book cover of Equity and Full Participation for Individuals with Severe Disabilities
by Christine Bigby "B.A. (Hons), M.", Linda M. Bambara
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014

What key issues and challenges affect the lives of people with severe disabilities today's and what should tomorrow's professionals do to address them? Aligned with the core values and agenda of TASH, this visionary text prepares professionals to strengthen supports and services for people with disabilities...
Book cover of Faculty Development and Student Learning

Faculty Development and Student Learning

Assessing the Connections

by Cathryn A. Manduca, Carol Rutz, Gudrun Willett
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016

Colleges and universities across the US have created special initiatives to promote faculty development, but to date there has been little research to determine whether such programs have an impact on students' learning. Faculty Development and Student Learning reports the results of a multi-year...
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