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Amaryllis Fox was recruited by the CIA at the age of 21 in the aftermath of 9/11. After an intense training period - where she learns how to master a Glock, get out of flexicuffs while in the trunk of a car, withstand torture, and commit suicide in case of captivity - she is sent undercover to keep nuclear, biological and chemical weapons out of the hands of terror groups. Posing as an art dealer, she is sent on countless dangerous missions around the globe. Each time, the stakes become even higher and the risks more terrifying. 

New York Times Bestseller Washington Post Bestseller Los Angeles Times Bestseller Stress Test is the story of Tim Geithner’s education in financial crises. As president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and then as President Barack Obama’s secretary of the Treasury, Timothy F. Geithner...

In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age eight to attend a boarding school. A Very Private School offers a clear-eyed firsthand account of a culture of cruelty at the school Spencer attended in his youth and provides important insights into an antiquated boarding system. Drawing on the memories of many of his schoolboy contemporaries, as well as his own letters and diaries from the time, he reflects on the hopelessness and abandonment he felt aged eight, describing the pain of homesickness and the appalling inescapability of it all.

Random House presents the audiobook of The World As It Is by Ben Rhodes, read by Mark Deakins with and introduction read by the author. This is a book about two people making the most important decisions in the world. One is Barack Obama. The other is Ben Rhodes. The World As It Is tells the...

Learn about the life of Mahatma Gandhi with iMinds insightful audio knowledge series.

On January 30, 1948, a small, peaceful man, aged 78, was shot dead while holding a prayer meeting in Delhi, India. What made this man's death global news was the extraordinary life that had preceded it. The world gasped in shock that the man who had brought India her independence had been killed; that a man who had proven to be one of the most iconic figures of the 20th century was dead.

Brought to you by Penguin. How do we raise children in a climate emergency? What should we teach them - and what kind of future are we preparing them for? Ben Rawlence began writing to his eldest daughter before she was born, trying to understand what it means to bring a child into a world...

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.

As a diarist I have chronicled the time through which I have lived in meticulous detail: but all that is history. What matters now is the future for those who will live through it. The past is the past but there may be lessons to be learned which could help the next generation to avoid mistakes...

The official audiobook to the Golden Globe and BAFTA award-winning Netflix drama, The Crown, with extensive research, additional material and beautifully reproduced photographs. 'The things which I have here before promised, I will perform and keep. So help me God.' Elizabeth Mountbatten never...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Finalist for the NAACP Image Award for "Outstanding Literary Work" "Valerie has been one of Barack and my closest confidantes for decades... the world would feel a lot better if there were more people like Valerie blazing the trail for the rest of us."--Michelle Obama...

He helped shape OPEC. He helped guide a young Qatar into the modern age. He built a fortune across continents. Then he watched much of it disappear. The Economist is a novel inspired by the extraordinary, never before told true story of Dr. Mostafa Hassan, a young Fulbright scholar who came to...

The Civil War was ending. The killing was supposed to stop.But on the night of April 14, 1865, inside Ford’s Theatre, Abraham Lincoln was shot—and America was thrown into one of the most dramatic manhunts in its history.Lincoln’s Final War tells the gripping story of the final days of the...

This memoir of a "red-diaper baby" starts with the unlikely union of my Mom--privileged daughter of Wall Street banker Walter Sachs (of Goldman Sachs fame) and Dad--son of working class second generation Jewish immigrants. Mom and Dad fall in love at Harvard amidst Communist activism in the...

History remembers the people who changed the world. This book reveals the habits, decisions, and principles that made them extraordinary.What can Abraham Lincoln teach us about resilience after repeated failure? Why did Winston Churchill's honesty inspire a nation during its darkest hour? How...

En este audiolibro, Andreas Englisch narra la apasionante historia del cónclave tras la muerte del papa Francisco y sigue las huellas de León XIV, el primer estadounidense en ocupar el cargo pontificio. A través de encuentros con colaboradores cercanos, familiares y personas de los lugares donde el nuevo papa desarrolló su labor —en Estados Unidos, Perú y Roma—, ofrece valiosas perspectivas sobre su vida, su fe y su camino hasta el Vaticano.

Gloria Steinem était une enfant curieuse : elle accompagnait son père nomade sur les routes, prenait soin de sa mère et dévorait tous les livres qui lui tombaient sous la main. Dans Une vie inattendue, elle revient sur les expériences improbables et les moments charnières de son parcours qui ont façonné la femme visionnaire qu'elle allait devenir. Elle partage son expérience des années passées en Inde, où elle s'est inspirée du mouvement non-violent, et ses voyages pour défendre les droits des femmes.

Liderança, resiliência e a força da mudança no cenário global. Sanna Marin apresenta a jornada extraordinária de sua carreira pioneira. Como a chefe de governo mais jovem do mundo aos 34 anos, ela conquistou a atenção internacional com ideias progressistas e ações decisivas em meio a crises históricas. Sua trajetória é pautada pela resiliência: a primeira da família na universidade, Marin quebrou barreiras para se tornar um ícone da liderança moderna.

Depuis le 7 octobre, je ne dors plus vraiment. Je ferme les yeux, mais la nuit ne me repose pas. Elle me replonge dedans. Le tunnel. Les explosions. Les cris qui déchirent l'air. Je me réveille en sursaut, le cœur affolé, avec une question qui cogne plus fort que tout : comment continuer ? Même la nuit ne veut pas de moi est le récit d'un homme qui a vacillé dans une époque qui tremble, mais qui a découvert une vérité essentielle : on ne tient pas seul.

In this firsthand exposé, a former Columbia Business School professor mounts a blistering indictment of how radical politics, ideological indoctrination, and institutional indifference have transformed campuses into incubators of anti-Jewish, anti-Israeli, and anti-American hatred. American...

A thrilling history of Florence's most famous family, the Medicis, from thrilling heights to the end of an astonishing era. At its height Renaissance Florence was a centre of enormous wealth, power and influence. This enthralling book charts the family's huge influence on the political, economic and cultural history of Florence.