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In The Field of Blood, Joanne B. Freeman recovers the long-lost story of physical violence on the floor of the US Congress. Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources, she shows that the Capitol was rife with conflict in the decades before the Civil War. Legislative sessions were often punctuated by mortal threats, canings, flipped desks, and all-out slugfests. When debate broke down, congressmen drew pistols and waved Bowie knives. One representative even killed another in a duel. Many were beaten and bullied in an attempt to intimidate them into compliance, particularly on the issue of slavery.

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller CRISIS OF CHARACTER comes an explosive new exposé of the Secret Service. The United States Secret Service is tasked with protecting our Presidents, their families, and the complex in which they live and work. Given this important mission...

This is the remarkable story of the final public and private years of the 37th president, based on full reconstructions of the conversations he had with Monica Crowley, his foreign-policy assistant and personal confidante.

"Woman Joins Top Ranks in a Mostly Male Field" is from the July 28, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael J. De La Merced and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Many in Presidential Field Got Started on Athletic Field" is from the Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Victor Mather and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Doctor Said to Be Focus of Inquiry into Doping in Track and Field" is from the June 28, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Jeré Longman and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Russia's Track and Field Team Barred from Rio Olympics" is from the June 17, 2016, Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Rebecca R. Ruiz and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

"Sally Field on the ‘Newest Stage’ of Her Life" is from the March 27, 2016 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Ruth La Ferla and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"A Carnival of Life Flourishes in Kabul's Field of the Dead" is from the June 05, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Mujib Mashal and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"'The Revenant' Leads Field with 12 Oscar Nominations" is from the Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Brooks Barnes and Michael Cieply and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"In Life and on Field, Cardinals Rookie Can Handle Traffic" is from the Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Karen Crouse and narrated by Paul Ryden.

"US Women Stay Perfect in Field Hockey, Routing Japan" is from the August 10, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Jay Schreiber and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Writer Looks to Soccer Field for Peaks and Valleys of Argentine Life" is from the June 24, 2016, Arts & Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan Gilbert and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

"Startup Lessons From the Once-Again Hot Field of AI" is from the Tech section of The New York Times. It was written by Steve Lohr and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"How Some Would Level the Playing Field: Free Harvard Degrees" is from the Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Stephanie Saul and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

The dazzling, inimitable Molly Ivins is back, with her own personal Hall of Fame of America’s most amazing and outlandish politicians–the wicked, the wise, the witty, and the witless–drawn from more than twenty years of reporting on the folks who attempt to run our government (in some...

A simultaneously rollicking and sobering indictment of the policies of President George W. Bush, Bushwhacked chronicles the destructive impact of the Bush administration on the very people who put him in the White House in the first place. Here are the ties that connected Bush to Enron, yes, but...

"What Black Republicans Care About" is from the May 08, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Corey D. Fields and narrated by Fleet Cooper.