This national bestseller and award-winning book is now available in paperback. A gripping narrative that spans five decades, "The Looming Tower" explains in unprecedented detail the rise of al-Qaeda and the intelligence failures that culminated in the attacks on 9/11.
Once again, the Baxter family is touched by love and loss, including the tragic events surrounding September 11. Ashley Baxter has locked up her heart, convinced that no one--including God--could love her because of the past behavior she is trying to forget. A few highly unlikely people help her open up to love and redemption.
This touching novel reunites readers with the Baxter family and focuses on its only son, Luke, who is determined to leave his faith and his past behind and embrace a new, free-thinking future. But what Luke doesn't realize is that his past holds a secret even he doesn't know.
"The Dark Side" is a dramatic, riveting, and definitive narrative account of how the U.S. has made self-destructive decisions in the pursuit of terrorists around the world--decisions that have not only violated the Constitution and American values, but have also hampered the pursuit of Al Qaeda.
So much was lost on September 11, 2001. On that morning, the World Trade Center was a veritable mini-city, bustling with activity, with over 14,000 people beginning their workday in offices, or otherwise on the job, as they had so many days before. The human loss is made clear in this stunning feat of reportage that reconstructs the events of that ...
Perfect for an election year, and bound to provoke controversy, this scathingly funny, audaciously reported, and genuinely illuminating narrative of what America has become at the end of the Bush Era is written by a major new voice in political journalism.
Falling Man begins in the smoke and ash of the burning towers and follows the aftermath in the intimate lives of a few individuals. This is the inner seam of history, a novel that traces the way the events of September 11th reconfigured our emotional landscape, our memory, and our perception of the world. It is beautiful, heartbreaking, and ...
The essays in this collection, by the Foreign Affairs columnist for the New York Times, provide analysis and perspective on issues and events relating to September 11. Most were written during Friedman's extensive travels throughout the Middle East and the world. Included is the never-before-published "Diary: Travels in a World Without Walls." A ...
With "The Rage and the Pride "Oriana Fallaci breaks a ten year silence. The silence she kept until September 11's apocalypse in her Manhattan house. She breaks it with a deafening noise. In Europe this book has caused and causes a turmoil never registered in decades. Polemics, discussion, debates, hearty consents and praises, wild attacks. And a ...
This highly personal memoir of exile and homeland is filled with the wit, melancholy, and distinctive voice that have charmed readers of Allende's fiction, from "The House of Spirits" to "Portrait in Sepia."
This graphic adaptation of the 9/11 Commission's official report on the terrorist attacks puts at every American's fingertips the most defining event of the century. Sid Jacobson's text faithfully captures the report's investigative thoroughness, while Ernie Col, n's stunning artwork powerfully conveys the facts, insights, and urgency of the ...
This post-September 11 report on New York City firefighters is based on interviews with family members, friends, and brother firemen. Halberstam commemorates the lives of 12 firefighters from a firehouse on New York City's Upper West Side--Engine 40, Ladder 35--who responded to the tragedy. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002.
Rejecting what the author sees as the false dichotomy of the title, this political and historical analysis traces the roots of political Islam to the Reagan years, when the US supported some insurgency movements in its proxy wars against the Soviet Union. This had the combined effect of strengthening our soon-to-be enemies, and causing greater ...
These photographs document the events of September 11, 2001, and their aftermath, as well as the anthrax scare and the war in Afghanistan. They are drawn from a special daily section of the New York Times, called A Nation Challenged, that was established to present the various related 9/11 stories.
As the nation approaches the fifth anniversary of September 11, the stories of the heroes and casualties among our dedicated air travel workers remain largely untold. Until now. "Reclaiming the Sky" honors not only those workers who died doing their jobs, but also the ones that soldiered through on that day and in the aftermath, tirelessly piecing ...
Ever since 9/11, investigative reporter Peter Lance has been leading the fight to expose the intelligence gaps that led to 9/11. Now, in the follow-up to his bestselling 1000 Years for Revenge, he returns with devastating new evidence that the government has been covering up its own counterterror failures since the mid-1990s -- and continues today ...
The former Mayor of New York City offers his own basic principles of leadership and illustrates them with stories drawn on his own experiences. While not an autobiography, this book includes references to his youth, his career as federal prosecutor, and to his two-terms as Mayor of New York City. He includes revelations about the events of ...
Award-winning author and journalist Bob Woodward turns his attention to the presidency of George W. Bush. Before the acts of terrorism on 11 September, George W. Bush's presidency had been beset by numerous problems. Not only was it in many peoples eyes invalid, very few people took him seriously as a world statesman. Then following one violent ...
Since the horrendous day of September 11th 2001, the people of the world have been told the Big Lie. The official story of what happened on 9/11 is a fantasy of untruth, manipulation, contridiction and anomaly. David Icke has spent well over a decade uncovering the force that was really behind those attacks and has travelled to 40 countries in ...
To coincide with the first anniversary of the atrocities of September 11 comes a one of a kind record of the events as they unfolded on that fateful day. In words, pictures and video, WHAT WE SAW is a unique historical record of the events of September 11th. This unique and moving book records how we learned about this international tragedy and ...
The thesis of this book has been enthusiastically received with its working model of the 9/11 plot: a covert network of moles, patsies, and a commando cell in the privatised intelligence services, backed by corrupt political and corporate media elites. Buttressed by historical examples like the Baader-Meinhof Gang and the Gunpowder Plot, this ...
In this apocalyptic reading of current events, Michael Evans says that America's role in the Middle East is ordained in biblical prophecy, and America's allegiances in that region will determine its position "in the last days." According to Evans, the events of September 11 were the result of the Clinton's "unholy covenant" with the Arabs, who are ...
A master not only of fiction but also of fiercely controversial political engagement, Amis gathers 14 pieces that constitute an evolving, provocative, and insightful examination of the most momentous event of our time.
The essays in this collection, by the foreign affairs columnist for the New York Times, provide analysis and perspective on issues and events relating to September 11. Most were written during Friedman's extensive travels throughout the Middle East and the world. Included is the never-before-published "Diary: Travels in a World Without Walls." A ...
Washington insider Richard A. Clarke shares his perspective on the George W. Bush administration's preparedness for, and response to, the events of September 11, 2001. Clarke, now retired after 30 years of public service, worked for several presidents, both Democrat and Republican. Often referred to as the terrorism czar before the Homeland ...
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