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In this meticulously researched classic of the JFK conspiracy genre that Library Journal calls "sensational", Mark North argues convincingly that President John F. Kennedy died as the result of a plot masterminded by Louisiana Mafia chieftain Carlos Marcello - and, more importantly, that FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover learned early on about the plan but did nothing to stop it. Hoover warned no one - not the Dallas police, not the Secret Service. His motives, North suggests, stemmed from a fervent hatred of Kennedy and fear that the President would eventually fire him.

Here's what we now know: John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas by Mafia contract killers hired by Louisiana mob boss Carlos Marcello. Kennedy was killed in that city because it was the only place in the country where a crime of that magnitude could be committed without fear of punishment. Long-time local district attorney Henry Wade, an LBJ crony who would have sole jurisdiction over the prosecution of those responsible, had been corrupted by the local Civello crime family. Lyndon B. Johnson, while a U.S. senator during the 1950s, had accepted bribes from the same mobsters so that they could avoid deportation.

Andrei Lankov has gone where few outsiders have ever been. A native of the former Soviet Union, he lived as an exchange student in North Korea in the 1980s. He has studied it for his entire career, using his fluency in Korean and personal contacts to build a rich, nuanced understanding. In The Real North Korea, Lankov substitutes cold, clear analysis for the overheated rhetoric surrounding this opaque police state.

North Carolina represents a perfect distillation of the promise and peril of modern American democracy: hyperpartisanship, gerrymandering, dissatisfaction with the two-party system, the urban-rural divide—these issues are all brought into sharp relief in the Tar Heel State. For that reason, North Carolina politics and government are increasingly of interest not just to North Carolina citizens but to journalists, political observers, and people across the country.

"North Korea Crazy? Worse. It's Calculating" is from the September 10, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Max Fisher and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"North Korea Calls Defector 'Human Scum'" is from the August 20, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Choe Sang Hun and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

Based on interviews of military veterans by the authors, this book explains why so many of our American military heroes - those willing to put their lives on the line to protect the United States - now question if our nation is still the country they fought for.

James L. Leloudis and Robert R. Korstad tell the story of race and voting rights, from the end of the Civil War until the present day. They show that battles over the franchise have played out through cycles of emancipatory politics and conservative retrenchment. When race has been used as an instrument of exclusion from political life, the result has been a society in which vast numbers of Americans are denied the elements of meaningful freedom: a good job, a good education, good health, and a good home.

"My North Carolina State of Mind" is from the April 08, 2016 Arts section of The New York Times. It was written by Allan Gurganus and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Nuclear Arsenal a 'Deterrent,' North Korea Says" is from the May 08, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Choe Sang Hun and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Treasury Imposes Sanctions on North Korea" is from the June 01, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by David E. Sanger and Michael Corkery and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Countersuits over North Carolina's Bias Law" is from the May 09, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Alan Blinder, Eric Lichtblau and Richard Pérez Peña and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Police Investigating Deadly Explosions North of Tokyo" is from the October 23, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Motoko Rich and Makiko Inoue and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"North Korea, Defying Warnings, Prepares Long-Range Rocket Launch
" is from the World section of The New York Times. It was written by Choe Sang Hun and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"North Korean Defector Surfaces in Pyongyang, Saying He Tried to Abduct Orphans" is from the July 15, 2016, World section of The New York Times. It was written by Choe Sang Hun and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

"North Korea Sentences Otto Warmbier, U.S. Student, to 15 Years' Labor" is from the March 16, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Choe Sang Hun and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"North Korea Threatens Nuclear Attack as U.S. and South Korea Begin Drills" is from the World section of The New York Times. It was written by Choe Sang Hun and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Less than a week after Donald Trump taunted North Korea over its ballistic missile capabilities, North Korea has said that it could conduct its first test of an intercontinental missile “anytime and anywhere” in a rebuke to the incoming president.

"North Carolina Lawmakers Met with Protests over Bias Law" is from the April 25, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Alan Blinder and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

A senior North Korean official who defected to the South told reporters on Tuesday that the North viewed 2017 as the best time to advance its nuclear program because it could take advantage of leadership changes in the United States and South Korea.

"North Korea’s Nuclear Hopes Have Surged, Defector Says" is from the December 27, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Choe Sang Hun and narrated by Kristi Burns.