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Based on extensive research and hundreds of interviews, including two with active directors of Central Intelligence, William H. Webster and Robert M. Gates, and with three former D.C.I.s, Inside the C.I.A. is the first in-depth, unbiased account of the Agency's core operations, its abject failures, and its resounding successes.

In recent years, the world of politics has taken a series of disastrous wrong turns. We have witnessed leaders who can't - or shouldn't be allowed to - lead, policies that are either self-serving or don't work, and world views that are corrosive or short term. Alastair Campbell's aim in But What Can I Do? is twofold: to explain why things have gone so wrong, and to show what we can to help put them right. A mix of polemic, analysis and practical advice, this is a political masterclass from a master political commentator and strategist.

Complete with a road map of the trends and players shaping the world today, Never Give an Inch is more than a historical review of the Trump Administration's greatest victories. It is essential listening for anyone who wants to understand the challenges of the future. And it is an inspirational story of leadership through dangerous times that will leave you with a greater appreciation for America.

Never having run for office before, Katie Porter charted a new path in 2018 when she was elected to Congress as a Democrat in historically conservative Orange County, California. Underestimated as a single mom and chided for her progressive values, Katie defied expectations. Then, using her signature whiteboard, she began to take CEOs and corrupt government officials to task in Congressional hearings. The videos went viral, introducing Americans to her no-bullshit style, and making her a coveted guest on cable news and late-night television.

In an extraordinary series of private interviews, conducted over 16 years with the stipulation that they not be released until after Gerald Ford's death, the 38th president of the United States reveals a profoundly different side of himself: funny, reflective, gossipy, strikingly candid, and the stuff of headlines.

Why don’t people want to stay free? Well, I believe that most people do, and it is a republic if we can keep it. But I did not know this as a child, or even as a grown man, until the last few years. Each chapter of this book is a revealing report on politics in the United States of America, through the study of someone who was never literate in the world of politics. I Used to Be a Democrat shows that knowledge is power.

A menacing force surrounds us. We see it, we feel it, we know it. The country we love is in grave peril. While politicians and "experts" prattle on about the debt crisis at home, and terrorism abroad, a more insidious homegrown threat is emerging. It endangers our future and undermines our present. The uncomfortable truth: We have become our own worst enemy.

Når aftenen saenker sig over Nordkorea, bliver der mørkt. Helt mørkt. Det blev lykken for 12-årige Mi-ran og 15-årige Jun-sang, der aften efter aften sneg sig til staevnemøder i ly af mørket. Efter tre år tog de hinanden i hånden. Efter ni år kyssede de hinanden. Så flygtede Mi-ran med sin familie til Kina - uden et ord til Jun-sang. For hvem kan man stole på?

James Webb, author of Fields of Fire, the classic novel of the Vietnam War - and a former U.S. Senator; Secretary of the Navy; recipient of the Navy Cross, Silver Star and Purple Heart as a combat Marine; and a self-described "military brat" - has written an extraordinary memoir of his early years, "a love story - love of family, love of country, love of service" in his words.

In How Do I Tax Thee?, libertarian commentator and rising media star Kristin Tate takes us on a tour of the ways the government bleeds us dry in innumerable daily transactions and at various stages of life. We all know the government taxes our pay: Federal, state, and local taxes are withheld by employers, as are Social Security payments. But what about the many other ways the government drains money from our wallets?

Klokken 11.52 den 11. september 1973 brager to britiske Hawker Hunter- jagerfly i lav højde over praesidentpaladset i Santiago og lader de første af i alt atten bomber falde. Indenfor i paladset La Moneda ligger Chiles demokratisk valgte, socialistiske praesident Salvador Allende blandt glasskår og murbrokker og skyder ud gennem vinduerne med en maskinpistol, han har fået af Fidel Castro.

"Skuddene i København" er en reportage fra ytringsfrihedens skandinaviske frontlinje. Gennem interviews med fremtrædende danske og svenske kulturpersonligheder og politikere fortæller den svenske journalist og forfatter Niklas Orrenius en historie om to velfærdssamfund, der har bevæget sig i hver sin retning under truslen fra islamiske ekstremister.

In Silent No More: How I Became a Political Prisoner of Mueller’s "Witch Hunt", New York Times best-selling author of Killing the Deep State Jerome R. Corsi, PhD meticulously details the psychological torment he was subjected to in what the media has simply called "The Mueller Investigation". In late 2018, in an FBI closed conference room with no windows, Dr. Corsi was confronted for hours upon hours at a time by detailed questioning about events that occurred in 2016.

Nonostante l'Europa sia da tempo "unita" sotto l'egida di una comunità e di una moneta condivisa tra molti dei suoi membri, diverse realtà interne non sono contente della loro condizione, geograficamente incastrate in qualche Stato a cui non sentono di appartenere o così distanti per cultura, tradizioni e lingua da quelle del governo centrale da non volerne la sudditanza.

La crescita economica forte che ha caratterizzato alcune regioni del mondo negli ultimi decenni ha portato con sé nuovi protagonisti del mondo degli affari e fortune favolose. I nuovi ricchi sono sempre più spesso protagonisti delle prime pagine dei giornali, delle riviste patinate e di quelle scandalistiche grazie alle loro eccentricità e alla loro voglia di farsi riconoscere dal resto del mondo come i nuovi magnati.

Alan I. Abramowitz has emerged as a leading spokesman for the view that our current political divide is not confined to a small group of elites and activists but a key feature of the American social and cultural landscape. The polarization of the political and media elites, he argues, arose and persists because it accurately reflects the state of American society. Here, he goes further: The polarization is unique in modern US history. Today's party divide reflects an unprecedented alignment of many different divides: racial and ethnic, religious, ideological, and geographic.

Tusindvis af børn blev født som resultat af forhold mellem tyske kvinder og amerikanske soldater under Anden Verdenskrig. Omkring 3000 af disse uøsnkede børn blev mere eller mindre illegalt sendt til Danmark til adoption. Men de manglende regler for adoption resulterede i, at mange børn blev anbragt hos ikke-egnede familier og resultatet deraf var både misbrug og anden omsogssvigt. For første gang fortaelles historien nu - med de nu voksne adoptivbørn selv som medvirkende. Det er samtidig historien om starten på dansk adoption, der stadig i dag vaekker debat.

A century ago, Europe's diplomats mismanaged the crisis triggered by the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and the continent plunged into World War I, which killed millions, toppled dynasties, and destroyed empires. Today, as the 100th anniversary of the Great War prompts renewed debate about the war's causes, scholars and policy experts are also considering the parallels between the present international system and the world of 1914. Are China and the United States fated to follow in the footsteps of previous great power rivals?

"Jeg sad over for den attenårige Kenneth på et lille kontor på Nakskov politigård. Han ville ikke have kaffe eller wienerbrød. Noget skulle han have, så jeg havde stillet et glas vand foran ham. Kenneth sad foroverbøjet med hænderne i skødet. En spinkel og almindelig dreng at se på og uden iøjnefaldende fællestræk med en klassisk kriminel. Det var en fremtoning, der stod i skærende kontrast til det, jeg havde set på gerningsstedet. Det passede bare ikke sammen.

Charlie Crist, the former Republican governor of Florida, spent years in the party's inner circle. In this no-holds-barred memoir, he shows why he switched sides and became a Democrat. After serving as a Republican governor - one who was on the short list for the vice presidency in 2008 - Charlie Crist made headlines when he decided to run for the U.S. Senate as an Independent. He was on the front page again when he endorsed President Obama in 2012 and spoke at the Democratic National Convention - and yet again when he officially joined the Democratic Party later that year.