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Based on extensive research and hundreds of interviews, including two with active directors of Central Intelligence, William H. Webster and Robert M. Gates, and with three former D.C.I.s, Inside the C.I.A. is the first in-depth, unbiased account of the Agency's core operations, its abject failures, and its resounding successes.

They locked him up to send a message. This book sends one right back. When senior Trump White House advisor Peter Navarro refused to kneel before the Democrats’ rigged J6 witch hunt, they came for him with guns and handcuffs. Ambushed by five armed FBI agents at Reagan airport, shackled in leg irons, and strip-searched, Navarro became the first ever top presidential aide in US history to be put in federal prison for defending the Constitution.

The most frank and intimate portrait of the Trump White House yet Stephanie Grisham rose from being a junior press wrangler on the Trump campaign in 2016 to assuming top positions in the administration as White House press secretary and communications director, while at the same time acting as...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the 2026 Democratic candidate for governor of California, a “high-octane, no-bullshit” (The New Republic) memoir about re-energizing our politics and standing up to corporate America—while carting three kids around in a minivan. “Just like her...

In this new audiobook, Libertarian journalist Kristin Tate provides a look into the wild world of frivolous taxation, aimed at educating members of her own generation in the evils of big government. In How Do I Tax Thee?, libertarian commentator and rising media star Kristin Tate takes us on a...

The New York Times bestseller?and the candid voice of an American president In 1974, Newsweek correspondent Thomas M. DeFrank was interviewing Gerald Ford when the Vice President blurted out something astonishingly indiscreet. He then extracted a promise not to publish it. ?Write it when I?m...

Reagan, Thatcher, Mitterrand, Kohl, Clinton, Blair, Schröder, Berlusconi, Obama, Cameron, Sarkozy, Merkel, Renzi: nelle parabole di questi leader, accomunati dalla pretesa di rappresentare il nuovo e il cambiamento, si può cogliere il ruolo cruciale che gioca la narrazione nei sistemi politici. Attingendo alle scienze sociali, alla psicologia e alle neuroscienze, il libro illustra i meccanismi che rendono efficace lo storytelling per creare emozioni, identificazione e coinvolgimento con il leader narratore.

Når aftenen saenker sig over Nordkorea, bliver der mørkt. Helt mørkt. Det blev lykken for 12-årige Mi-ran og 15-årige Jun-sang, der aften efter aften sneg sig til staevnemøder i ly af mørket. Efter tre år tog de hinanden i hånden. Efter ni år kyssede de hinanden. Så flygtede Mi-ran med sin familie til Kina - uden et ord til Jun-sang. For hvem kan man stole på?

In recent years, the world of politics has taken a series of disastrous wrong turns. We have witnessed leaders who can't - or shouldn't be allowed to - lead, policies that are either self-serving or don't work, and world views that are corrosive or short term. Alastair Campbell's aim in But What Can I Do? is twofold: to explain why things have gone so wrong, and to show what we can to help put them right. A mix of polemic, analysis and practical advice, this is a political masterclass from a master political commentator and strategist.

Mindst 130 danskere er ifølge Politiets Efterretningstjeneste draget i hellig krig i Syrien. Hvem er de, og hvorfor gør de det? Hvad er det, der driver unge mennesker, født og opvokset i velfaerdsstatens trygge vugge, ud på ekstremismens overdrev og ind i borgerkrigen, hvor mange mister livet i kamp eller ofrer det som selvmordsbombere?

Lacinskie "de profundis" oznacza "z glebokosci". Doglebnie, trafnie, z historycznym i odautorskim komentarzem opisuje tu Wankowicz dzieje exodusu Polaków do Kanady na przelomie wieków XIX i XX. Ale "Polacy i Ameryka" to nie tylko dzieje exodusu. Mistrz reportazu przedstawia tez proces zapuszczania korzeni czy codzienne zmagania z cudzoziemska rzeczywistoscia. Poznajemy tez ówczesna spoleczna i polityczna sytuacje rodaków, która staje sie powodem ruchów emigracyjnych na inny kontynent.

Klokken 11.52 den 11. september 1973 brager to britiske Hawker Hunter- jagerfly i lav højde over praesidentpaladset i Santiago og lader de første af i alt atten bomber falde. Indenfor i paladset La Moneda ligger Chiles demokratisk valgte, socialistiske praesident Salvador Allende blandt glasskår og murbrokker og skyder ud gennem vinduerne med en maskinpistol, han har fået af Fidel Castro.

"Skuddene i København" er en reportage fra ytringsfrihedens skandinaviske frontlinje. Gennem interviews med fremtrædende danske og svenske kulturpersonligheder og politikere fortæller den svenske journalist og forfatter Niklas Orrenius en historie om to velfærdssamfund, der har bevæget sig i hver sin retning under truslen fra islamiske ekstremister.

L'Europa, la nostra casa comune, risorta dalle ceneri di due Guerre mondiali disastrose, si trova oggi ad affrontare uno dei momenti più cruciali per la sua sopravvivenza. In gioco c'è anche il nostro futuro e che tipo di Unione vogliamo. Siamo veramente destinati a ritornare indietro, agli egoismi nazionali, alle divisioni sociali e alle rivalità politiche? Passato e futuro oggi si fronteggiano: il primo ci seduce con la sicurezza di qualcosa di già visto, provato e vissuto, il secondo ci spaventa perché non si svela completamente.

Nonostante l'Europa sia da tempo "unita" sotto l'egida di una comunità e di una moneta condivisa tra molti dei suoi membri, diverse realtà interne non sono contente della loro condizione, geograficamente incastrate in qualche Stato a cui non sentono di appartenere o così distanti per cultura, tradizioni e lingua da quelle del governo centrale da non volerne la sudditanza.

"I Paid $2,500 for a ‘Hamilton’ Ticket. I’m Happy About It" is from the October 21, 2016 Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by N. Gregory Mankiw and narrated by Paul Ryden.

If American government is to work, it must do so in the center - where open discussion, hard negotiation, and effective compromise take place. No living politician knows this better than former Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, who served for 40 years in state and national government, including 24 in the United States Senate and a campaign for the vice presidency. In this vivid account of his political life, Senator Lieberman shows how legislative progress and all-inclusive government occurs when politicians reject extremism and embrace productive compromise. 

 Following his election, President Obama's supporters and detractors anticipated radical reform. As the first African American to serve as president, he reached the White House on a campaign promise of change. 

"‘I Wish I Had a Pair of Scissors, So I Could Cut Out Your Tongue’" is from the December 16, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Alina Simone and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"‘I Was Terrified’: Inmates Say They Paid a Brutal Price for a Guard’s Injury" is from the November 14, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Tom Robbins and narrated by Caroline Miller.