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Dispatches from the War Room
In the Trenches with Five Extraordinary Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2009
The fascinating "war room" memoir of a political pollster and how he helped forge the agendas of five high-profile heads of state
As a hired gun strategist, Greenberg—a seasoned pollster and political consultant—has seen it all. In his memoir, he recounts his work with President...
Flag
An American Biography
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
The thirteen-stripe, fifty-star flag is as familiar an American icon as any that has existed in the nation's history. Yet the history of the flag, especially its origins, is cloaked in myth and misinformation. Flag: An American Biography rectifies that situation by presenting a lively, comprehensive,...
American Statecraft
The Story of the U.S. Foreign Service
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
This magisterial work on American diplomacy by a veteran journalist and historian is the first complete history of the U.S. Foreign Service
American Statecraft is a fascinating and comprehensive look at the unsung men and women of the U.S. Foreign Service whose dedication and sacrifices have...
America's War Machine
Vested Interests, Endless Conflicts
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
When President Dwight D. Eisenhower prepared to leave the White House in 1961, he did so with an ominous message for the American people about the "disastrous rise" of the military-industrial complex. Fifty years later, the complex has morphed into a virtually unstoppable war machine, one...
Uprising
A New Age Is Dawning for Every Mother's Daughter
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
From Africa to Asia to the Americas, women are the key to progress on ending poverty, violence, and conflict. Award-winning humanitarian and journalist Sally Armstrong shows us why empowering women and girls is the way forward, and she introduces us to the leading females who are making change happen,...
Where the Right Went Wrong
How Neoconservatives Subverted the Reagan Revolution and Hijacked the Bush Presidency
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
American Empire is at its apex. We are the sole superpower with no potential challenger for a generation. We can reach any point on the globe with our cruise missiles and smart bombs and our culture penetrates every nook and cranny of the global village. Yet we are now the most hated country on earth,...
Churchill's First War
Young Winston at War with the Afghans
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
Churchill's First War by Con Coughlin is a fascinating account of Winston Churchill's early military career fighting in the 1890 Afghan campaign, offering fresh and revealing parallels into today's war in Afghanistan
Just over a century ago British troops were fighting a vicious frontier war...
by Charles Hynes
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2007
The debut novel from longtime Brooklyn district attorney Charles "Joe" Hynes, Triple Homicide is the gritty saga of two generations of New York City police officers fighting to stay on the right side of the law.
In the early 1990s in New York, easy money stands to be made at every turn,...
Castles Made of Sand
A Century of Anglo-American Espionage and Intervention in the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2010
"Extensively researched—with detailed source notes and an expansive bibliography—and cogently argued, Gerolymatos's study of diplomacy by espionage is timely and instructive." - Publishers Weekly
With roots in imperialism and the nineteenth-century mindset of the "Great Game,"...
Against the Tide
How a Compliant Congress Empowered a Reckless President
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
In this smart, candid, and surprising political memoir, Lincoln Chafee offers a behind-the-scenes look at the first six years of the Bush Administration from the vantage point of one of the few Republican moderates in the Senate.
When Senator Chafee (R-RI) went to Washington, he encountered a Republican...
Putinism
Russia and Its Future with the West
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
There is no question that tensions between Russia and American are on the rise. The forced annexation of Crimea, the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17, and the Russian government's treatment of homosexuals have created diplomatic standoffs and led to a volley of economic sanctions. Much of the...
The Greater Generation
In Defense of the Baby Boom Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
The Greatest Generation gets credit for winning World War II and braving the Depression. But the Baby Boomers? All they get credit for is knowing how to order a tall skim double latte. What really is the true legacy of the Boomers?
Summoning the amazing sea changes they've made in American...
When Doctors Don't Listen
How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
In this examination of the doctor-patient relationship, Drs. Wen and Kosowsky argue that diagnosis, once the cornerstone of medicine, is fast becoming a lost art, with grave consequences. Using real-life stories of cookbook-diagnoses-gone-bad, the doctors illustrate how active patient participation...
Encounter in Rendlesham Forest
The Inside Story of the World's Best-Documented UFO Incident
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Roswell was only the beginning! An in-depth look at the Rendlesham Forest UFO Incident, the world's most sensational and compelling series of UFO encounters.
In 1980, a UFO was tracked on military radar in Rendlesham Forest, England. It landed near two of the most strategically important military...