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Sam Borne is a man of East and West…a man of great refinement and raw power, with the great skill and death-craft training of the ninja. Now the Committee is sending Borne back to Vietnam, where a rogue army general calling himself Doctor Sun Sun is the overlord of a horrific armed heroin factory - using the forced labor of American POWs. Borne must get close enough to terminate the grotesque Dr. Sun Sun - and smash his plot to flood the U.S. with heroin.

Will defied history and saved the Alamo. However, before the celebration even gets started, proof of a Comanche uprising the likes of which have never been seen before force Will to scramble for a solution to keep the frontier from going up in flames. This time, he doesn't know what the future holds. But he might be able to find an invention to give his troops a fighting chance, assuming there's enough time and his enemies don't kill him or remove him from command. 

The men she recruited to run her Amazon empire of drugs and death called her the White Angel. The ultra-secret US agency known as the Committee called her the most dangerous woman in the world. The blonde had skin of peaches and cream, cornflower-blue eyes, and legs that went all the way to heaven. She looked like an angel, but no man or woman ever killed more ruthlessly - or enjoyed it more. Killing her was Sam Borne’s next assignment.

President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview Friday that financing a border wall with taxpayer money would allow the work to begin more quickly. But he insisted that Mexico will ultimately reimburse the United States for its construction.

"Trump Insists Mexico Will Reimburse U.S. for a Border Wall" is from the January 06, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael D. Shear and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

The New York Police Department’s highest-ranking counterterrorism official said in court Thursday that records associated with the city’s municipal ID card program could be destroyed without increasing the risk of terrorism.

"Police Official Defends Plan to Discard IDNYC Records" is from the January 05, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Liz Robbins and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

After nearly 20 years of hostile relations, the U.S. government plans to reverse its position on Sudan and lift trade sanctions, Obama administration officials said late Thursday.

"United States to Lift Sudan Sanctions" is from the January 13, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jeffrey Gettleman and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

The United States charged three Takata executives in a criminal investigation into the air bag maker and its exploding air bags, according to court records unsealed Friday.

"3 Takata Executives Face Criminal Charges Over Exploding Air Bags" is from the January 13, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Hiroko Tabuchi and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

When Texas officials unveiled a bill Thursday that would require people to use some bathrooms corresponding with their genders at birth, it drew unavoidable comparisons to the similar law passed last year in North Carolina.

"Texas Could Face Fallout Over Bathroom Bill" is from the January 05, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Marc Tracy and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

The Chinese state news media lashed out at Rex W. Tillerson, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, on Friday, warning that his call to deny China access to islands it has constructed in the South China Sea could provoke a conflict.

"Chinese State Media Denounce Tillerson’s Call to Block Island Access" is from the January 13, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Javier C. Hernández and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

Everyone has theories for why well-educated, higher-income professionals are moving back into parts of cities shunned by their parents’ generation.

"How to Predict Gentrification: Look for Falling Crime" is from the January 05, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Emily Badger and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

The bank said Friday that new credit card applications were down 43 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016 from a year ago, and that new checking account openings fell 40 percent.

"Wells Fargo Struggling in Aftermath of Fraud Scandal" is from the January 13, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael Corkery and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

Hers is a fate shared by hundreds of others from her country and across West Africa who have died crossing the Mediterranean Sea or somewhere along the thousands of miles of treacherous desert to get there.

"A Soccer Star Caught in Poverty, a Risky Trip, and a Sorrowful End" is from the January 13, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jaime Yaya Barry and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

In the decade following the first Gulf War, most observers regarded it as an exemplary effort by the international community to lawfully and forcefully hold a regional aggressor in check. Interpretations have changed with the times. The Gulf War led to the stationing of US troops in Saudi Arabia, an important contributing cause of the 9/11 attacks. The war also led to a long obsession with Saddam Hussein that culminated in a second, far longer, American-led war with Iraq.

In the tradition of his best-selling Shoeless Joe, W.P. Kinsella has created another literary baseball classic. A warm tale of magic, humor and the power of a second chance, its hero is Joe McCoy, an unemployed newspaper writer who by some bizarre circumstances is now a fugitive from the FBI. There's only one thing left for Joe to do - go home to Iowa and tell his story to the only two men who just might believe it - Shoeless Joe's Ray Kinsella and The Iowa Baseball Confederacy's Gideon Clarke.

The Kochs, whose use of their fortune to promote climate-change denial research has angered environmentalists, are quietly courting new allies in their quest for a fossil fuel resurgence: minorities.

"Kochs’ Efforts On Fossil Fuels Woo Minorities" is from the January 05, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Hiroko Tabuchi and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

Federal regulators Friday affirmed long-term fuel-economy goals central to the Obama administration’s efforts to reduce harmful emissions from cars and trucks sold in the United States.

"EPA Affirms Fuel-Economy Goals, Frustrating Automakers" is from the January 13, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Bill Vlasic and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

Since the eleventh century, the Spinoza family has passed down, from father to son, a secret manuscript containing the recipe for immortality. Now, after thirty-six generations, the last descendant of this long and illustrious chain, Ari Spinoza, doesn’t have a son to whom to entrust the manuscript. From his deathbed, he begins his narrative, hoping to save his lineage from oblivion.

Every war continues to dwell in the lives it touched, in the lives of those living through that time, and in those absorbed by its historical significance. The Vietnam War lives on - famously or infamously, depending on political points of view - but those who have “been there, done that” have a highly personalized window on their time of that history. Valor in Vietnam focuses on nineteen stories of Vietnam, stories of celebrated figures in the veteran community, compelling war narratives, vignettes of battles, and the emotional impact on the combatants.

Forced into the brutal Battle of the Bulge of 1944, two soldiers on opposing sides find the courage to desert a war gone sour. For both American GI Wendell Lett and German seaman Holger Frings, the relentless bloodbath of World War II has become a treacherous prison and a curse. Just as Wendell Lett meets Heloise, a wise Belgian woman who offers him a chance of deliverance from the physical and emotional carnage of war, he is pushed into a reckless false flag mission.

Underneath the nostalgia and hope in President Barack Obama’s farewell address Tuesday night was a darker theme: the struggle to help the people on the losing end of technological change.

"In Obama’s Farewell, a Warning on Automation’s Perils" is from the January 12, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Claire Cain Miller and narrated by Corey M. Snow.