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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER George Stephanopoulos, the legendary political news host and former advisor to President Clinton, recounts the history-making crises from the place where twelve presidents made their highest-pressure decisions. No room better defines American power and its role in...

A revelatory account of the cloak-and-dagger Israeli campaign to target the finances fueling terror organizations--an effort that became the blueprint for U.S. efforts to combat threats like ISIS and drug cartels. ISIS boasted $2.4 billion of revenue in 2015, yet for too long the global war on...

Still Notorious, Radical, and Revolutionary 50 Years Later. A survival guide from one of the greatest creative organizers of the 20th century—now with a new foreword by co-conspirator, Lisa Fithian. Throughout the 1960's and 70's, Abbie Hoffman criss-crossed the country, ferreting out...

Like the Rockefellers and the Kennedys, the Kochs are one of the most influential dynasties of the modern age, but they have never been the subject of a major biography -- until now. Not long after the death of his father, Charles Koch, then in his early 30s, discovered a letter the family...

Eighteen years after the genocide that made Rwanda international news, yet left it all but abandoned by the West, the country has achieved a miraculous turnaround. Rising out of the complete devastation of a failed state, Rwanda has emerged on the world stage yet again - this time with a unique model for governance and economic development under the leadership of its strong and decisive president, Paul Kagame. Here, Patricia Crisafulli and Andrea Redmond look at Kagame’s leadership.

From Politico’s National Political Reporter Alex Isenstadt, a fly-on-the-wall account of Donald Trump’s history-defying reelection campaign, illustrating how he overcame seemingly insurmountable challenges to return to the White House. Over the course of the last four years, the American...

Weak, corrupt, and politically unstable, the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are dismissed as isolated and irrelevant to the outside world. But are they? This hard-hitting book argues that Central Asia is in reality a globalization leader with more extensive involvement in economics, politics, and security dynamics beyond its borders than any other world region. Yet Central Asia's international activities are mostly hidden from view, with disturbing implications for world security.

Meticulously formatted, this is a highly listenable edition of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s investigation of Central Intelligence Agency interrogation and detention programs launched in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.

A "close-up look at the cloistered country" (USA Today), See You Again in Pyongyang is American writer Travis Jeppesen's "probing" and "artful" (New York Times Book Review) chronicle of his travels in North Korea--an eye-opening portrait that goes behind the headlines about Trump and Kim...

An engrossing look at the Trump cabinet: the scandals, the incompetence, the assault on the federal government, the bungled attempts to impose order on an administration lost in a chaos of its own making. Donald Trump promised a return to national greatness, but each day of his presidency seems...

"North Carolina Restroom Law Becomes a Central Election Issue" is from the April 25, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Richard Fausset and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Artist behind Trump Gravestone in Central Park Steps Forward" is from the May 10, 2016 Arts section of The New York Times. It was written by Melena Ryzik and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Comedy Central Cancels Wilmore's Late-Night Show" is from the August 15, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by John Koblin and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"4,223 Central Park Benches with Stories to Tell" is from the June 18, 2016, Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by N.R. Kleinfield and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Large Earthquake Strikes Central Italy, Killing Several People" is from the August 24, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Elisabetta Povoledo and Christopher Mele and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"As Cubans and Central Americans Enter U.S., the Welcomes Vary" is from the Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Julia Preston and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Peacekeepers Accused of Sexual Abuse in Central African Republic" is from the U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Nick Cumming Bruce and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"Explosion at Coal-Fired Plant in Central China Kills at Least 21" is from the August 11, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Edward Wong and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"16 People Are Killed in Fiery Hot-Air Balloon Accident in Central Texas" is from the July 30, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by David Montgomery, Maggie Astor and Christine Hauser and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

They are a mass migration of thousands, yet each one travels alone. Solito, Solita (Alone, Alone) is an urgent collection of oral histories that tells - in their own words - the story of young refugees fleeing countries in Central America and traveling for hundreds of miles to seek safety and protection in the United States. Fifteen narrators describe why they fled their homes, what happened on their dangerous journeys through Mexico, how they crossed the borders, and for some, their ongoing struggles to survive in the United States.