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The Liar: How a Double Agent in the CIA Became the Cold War's Last Honest Man
BENJAMIN CUNNINGHAM - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover
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The Cold War meets Mad Men in the form of Karel Koecher, a double agent whose shifting loyalties and over-the-top hedonism reverberated from New York to Moscow. In the mid-1970s, the CIA and KGB were both watching Karel Koecher closely - and they were both convinced he was working for the enemy.... |
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Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution
Tania Branigan - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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An indelible exploration of the invisible scar that runs through the heart of Chinese society and the souls of its citizens."It is impossible to understand China today without understanding the Cultural Revolution," Tania Branigan writes. During this decade of Maoist fanaticism... |
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Richard Nixon: California's Native Son
Paul Carter - Potomac Books
Format: Hardcover
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Modern biographies of Richard Nixon have been consumed with Watergate. All have missed arguably the most important perspective on Nixon as California's native son, the only U.S. president born and raised in California. In addition, Nixon was also a son, brother, friend, husband, father,... |
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Romney: A Reckoning
McKay Coppins - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Paperback
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! In this illuminating and "scoop-rich biography ... the tell-all tales rush forth" (Los Angeles Times) offering a "penetrating analysis of the ongoing Republican civil war through the eyes of one of its last embattled centrists" (Publishers... |
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The Presidency of Donald J. Trump: A First Historical Assessment
Julian E. Zelizer - Princeton University Press
Format: Paperback
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Leading historians provide perspective on Trump's four turbulent years in the White HouseThe Presidency of Donald J. Trump presents a first draft of history by offering needed perspective on one of the nation's most divisive presidencies. Acclaimed political historian Julian Zelizer... |
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Solitary
Albert Woodfox - Grove Press
Format: Hardcover
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Solitary is the unforgettable life story of a man who served more than four decades in solitary confinement -- in a 6-foot by 9-foot cell, 23 hours a day, in notorious Angola prison in Louisiana -- all for a crime he did not commit. That Albert Woodfox survived was, in itself, a feat... |
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The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA
Jorge L. Contreras - Algonquin Books
Format: Hardcover
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When Chris Hansen, an ACLU lawyer, learned that the US government was issuing patents for human genes to biotech companies, his first thought was: How can a corporation own what makes us who we are? Then he discovered that women were being charged exorbitant fees to test for hereditary... |
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