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The devil's chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the rise of America's secret government
Par David Talbot. 2015
Portrait of Allen Welsh Dulles and his reign as the longest-serving director of the CIA. Utilizes government documents, intelligence sources,…
personal correspondence, journals, and exclusive interviews to characterize Dulles, his work, and his questionable behavior and tactics. Bestseller. 2015Pitch by pitch: my view of one unforgettable game
Par Bob Gibson, Lonnie Wheeler. 2015
A St. Louis Cardinals pitcher describes his experiences during game one of the 1968 World Series, when he struck out…
seventeen hitters from the Detroit Tigers. Inning by inning, Gibson analyzes his own performance and shares his recollections of the game. 2015Surprise attack: from Pearl Harbor to 9/11 to Benghazi
Par Larry Hancock, Larry J Hancock. 2015
An examination of over sixty years of military and terror threats against America, as well as of the intelligence tools…
and practices that provided warnings of those attacks. Traces the evolution and application of these intelligence practices and discusses why these warnings have often failed to interdict or intercept actual attacks. 2015A life of lies and spies: tales of a CIA covert ops polygraph interrogator
Par Alan B. Trabue. 2015
Memoirs from a former CIA officer, describing his work polygraphing foreign spies and his many other adventures, beginning with his…
induction to the CIA in 1971. He details many of his high-adrenaline experiences as well as humorous stories. He also discusses the CIA's use of polygraph and interrogation in validating information. 2015The victory season: the end of World War II and the birth of baseball's golden age
Par Robert Weintraub. 2014
The Second World War had a big impact on Major League Baseball, with most of its famous players serving in…
the armed forces. A sportswriter looks at the 1946 season and baseball's resurgence after the war. 2013How to catch a Russian spy: the true story of an American civilian turned double agent
Par Ellis Henican, Naveed Jamali. 2015
In 2008 the author, an average American, aided an initially reluctant FBI duo in taking down a top Russian spy…
based at the United Nations, using only what he'd learned about spying from books, films, games, and TV. In the process, he spent four years as a civilian double agent. Some strong language. 2015Short biography of Pedro Martínez, the baseball pitcher who helped get the Boston Red Sox to a World Series championship.…
Named to the All-Star team eight times, Pedro grew up in Manoguayabo in the Dominican Republic and played with his talented older brother, Ramón. For grades 2-4. 2015The new spymasters: inside the modern world of espionage from the Cold War to global terror
Par Stephen Grey. 2015
In the ever-changing world of espionage, the world's spymasters have begun to shun human intelligence gathering, replacing it with technical…
methods such as satellite photography and global communications interception. Journalist Stephen Grey examines how this has failed at times, however, and provides a history of favored techniques and technologies. 2015Off the radar: a father's secret, a mother's heroism, and a son's quest
Par Cyrus Copeland. 2015
An American civilian, Max Copeland, was seized by the Revolutionary Guards in Iran in 1979 and charged with espionage. The…
author, Max's son, relates how his mother, Shahin, attempted to free Max, and he searches to uncover just who his father really was. Strong language. 2015The grind: inside baseball's endless season
Par Barry Svrluga. 2015
Assembled and expanded from a series of articles written for the Washington Post about the Nationals baseball team. Examines the…
challenges players face due to the lengthy baseball season, which, at 162 regular games, is longer than any other American professional sport. 2015A sportswriter looks at the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, focusing on the 2013 season. The author covers the purchase…
of the franchise in 2012 by an investment group and how things turned around for the Dodgers once money was being spent on the team. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2015A very dangerous woman: the lives, loves and lies of Russia's most seductive spy
Par Jeremy Dronfield, Deborah McDonald. 2015
Russian aristocrat Baroness Moura Budberg began a passionate affair with British diplomat and secret agent Robert Bruce Lockhart in the…
early twentieth century, even while spying on him for the Bolsheviks. The authors recount Moura's attempts to save Lockhart and her continued espionage after later fleeing to England. Some descriptions of sex. 2015Our man in Charleston: Britain's secret agent in the Civil War South
Par Christopher Dickey. 2015
Journalist Christopher Dickey recounts the work of Robert Bunch, who served as British consul in Charleston in 1853. His work…
also encompassed sending intelligence to the British government and working against his neighbors' plans for a new Confederacy, even on the brink of the American Civil War. Some strong language. 2015Editor-in-chief of Truthdig Robert Scheer discusses the widespread surveillance of the general public conducted by corporations and government agencies and…
condemns the erosion of privacy rights. He argues that the information revolution, despite its positive elements, contains the seeds of freedom's destruction in the form of a surveillance state. 2015El cerrador: Mi vida
Par Wayne Coffey, Mariano Rivera. 2014
La memoria del jugador de béisbol panameño Mariano Rivera (nacido en 1969), quien comenzó a jugar para los Yankees de…
Nueva York en 1995 y se desempeñó como uno de los lanzadores cerradores de más éxito del equipo hasta su retirada en 2013. Habla sobre sus años con el equipo, la rivalidad con los Red Sox de Boston, y su fe cristiana. BFPinstripe pride: the inside story of the New York Yankees
Par Marty Appel, Martin Appel. 2015
The Zhivago affair: the Kremlin, the CIA, and the battle over a forbidden book
Par Peter Finn, Petra Couvée. 2014
Journalist Finn and translator Couvée examine the life and major work of Boris Pasternak (1890-1960), author of Doctor Zhivago (DB…
75275). Details influences on the novel, writing culture in the Soviet state, how the novel was published, and its use by Western intelligence agencies as Cold War propaganda. Some strong language. 2014Jeter unfiltered
Par Derek Jeter, Christopher Anderson. 2014
Collection of reminiscences from former New York Yankee. Discusses teammates, professional relationships, memorable games, turning forty while still an active…
player, what it meant to him to be repeatedly selected as an all-star, and hopes for the future. Bestseller. 2014Pay any price: greed, power, and endless war
Par James Risen. 2014
Author of State of War (DB 61826) examines the financial cost of war and governmental waste. Discusses duplication of efforts…
by federal agencies, loss of aid dollars sent to war-torn countries, and the persecution of whistleblowers within the United States. 2014You can't make this up: miracles, memories, and the perfect marriage of sports and television
Par L. Jon Wertheim, Al Michaels. 2014
Memoirs of legendary sports broadcaster Michaels (born 1944). Discusses growing up in Brooklyn and moving to Los Angeles as a…
teen, working to become a sports broadcaster in the 1960s, and calling historic games such as the 1980 "Miracle on Ice." Recalls significant personal and professional relationships. Bestseller. 2014