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John F. Kennedy’s assassination launched a frantic search to find his killers. It also launched a flurry of covert actions by Lyndon Johnson, Robert F. Kennedy, and other top officials to hide the fact that in November 1963 the United States was on the brink of invading Cuba, as part of a JFK-authorized coup. The plan’s exposure could have led to a nuclear confrontation with Russia, but the cover-up prevented a full investigation into Kennedy’s assassination, a legacy of secrecy that would impact American politics and foreign policy for the next 45 years.

“There have been glimpses inside the NSA before, but until now no one has published a comprehensive and detailed report on the agency . . . Mr. Bamford has emerged with everything except the combination to the director’s safe.” –New York Times Book Review Today’s National Security...

CNN’s Chief National Security Correspondent reveals the invisible fronts of twenty-first century warfare and identifies the ongoing battles being waged—often without the public’s full knowledge—from disinformation campaigns to advanced satellite weaponry. The United States is currently...

Veteran CIA agent Kevin Shipp, who worked with all four Directorates of the agency, including protecting the head of the CIA, provides his perspective on how the agency has strayed so far from its original mission to provide accurate intelligence to the American president.

In this well-rounded, deeply investigated biography, the first full look at the vice president, two award-winning journalists unmask the real Mike Pence. In this landmark biography, Pulitzer Prize winner Michael D’Antonio and Emmy-nominated journalist Peter Eisner follow the path Pence followed from Catholic Democrat to conservative evangelical Republican. As The Shadow President reveals, Mike Pence is the most important and powerful Christian right politician America has ever seen.

Today’s National Security Agency is the largest, most costly, and most technologically advanced spy organization the world has ever known. It is also the most intrusive, secretly filtering millions of phone calls and e-mails an hour in the United States and around the world. Half a million...

Based on extensive reporting, a Game of Thrones-like telling of what comes next for the factions and families within the Republican Party as they plot for supremacy in the post-Trump era. With Trump’s four years in the White House now in the rearview, an unprecedented period in American...

"For Warriors' 2-Point Scorers, the Long Ball Casts a Long Shadow" is from the April 11, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Scott Cacciola and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Deep Conviction features four ordinary Americans who put their reputations and livelihoods at risk as they fought to protect their first amendment right to live their personal beliefs. Though these individuals couldn’t be more different, they share a similar conviction and determination, and the principles of religious freedom apply equally to all of them.

"Treating Wounded Horses in the Shadow of Egypt’s Pyramids" is from the November 2, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Diaa Hadid and Nour Youssef and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Republicans Enter a Shadow Campaign to Sew up Delegates" is from March 16, 2016, U.S. Politics section of The New York Times. It was written by Trip Gabriel and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Two Sons Raised in Shadows Find Their Niche There" is from the Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Benjamin Hoffman and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Global Crises Shadow, and Overshadow, Obama's Foreign Trips" is from the March 23, 2016, World section of The New York Times. It was written by Mark Landler and narrated by Keith-Sellon Wright.

"'Brexit' Revolt Casts a Shadow over Clinton's Caution" is from the June 25, 2016 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Patrick Healy and narrated by Paul Ryden.

"Caught in the Shadow of a Bridge That Hasn't Been Built Yet" is from the June 12, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Ian Austen and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Sports Column: Saban Builds a Legacy under a Long Shadow" is from the Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by William C. Rhoden and narrated by Fleet Cooper.