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In Defense of Israel by Moshe Arens

February 6, 2018 /0 Comments/in /by

In Defense of Israel | A Memoir of a Political Life by Moshe Arens is his memoir recounting his political battles in the Israel. It is a revealing memoir of one of Israeli’s most respected statesmen, as Moshe Arens was one of the last surviving members of the founding generation of Israelis. He was a political insider who has worked with every Israeli prime minister from Menachem Begin to Benjamin Netanyahu, serving in a variety of important positions, including foreign minister and defense minister.

Tong Wars by Scott D. Seligman

July 12, 2016 /0 Comments/in /by

Tong Wars | The Untold Story of Vice, Money, and Murder in New York’s Chinatown by Scott D. Seligman provides a definitive look at more than 30 years of violence in this fascinating and nuanced examination of Manhattan’s Chinatown. Seligman’s account roars through three decades of turmoil, with characters ranging from gangsters and drug lords to reformers and do-gooders to judges, prosecutors, cops, and pols of every stripe and color.

Harry and Arthur by Lawrence J. Haas

April 1, 2016 /0 Comments/in /by

Harry and Arthur | Truman, Vandenberg, and the Partnership That Created the Free World by Lawrence J. Haas explains how Vice President Harry Truman and Senator Arthur Vandenberg, the Republican leader on foreign policy, inherited a world in turmoil after Franklin Roosevelt’s death in April of 1945. With Europe flattened and the Soviets emerging as America’s new adversary, President Truman and Senator Vandenberg built a tight, bipartisan partnership at a bitterly partisan time to craft a dramatic new foreign policy through which the United States stepped boldly onto the world stage to protect its friends, confront its enemies, and promote freedom.

For the Love of Wine by Alice Feiring

March 1, 2016 /0 Comments/in /by

For the Love of Wine | My Odyssey through the World’s Most Ancient Wine Culture by Alice Feiring is a journey of exploration and delight in the country of Georgia. From Tbilisi to Batumi, Feiring meets winemakers, bishops, farmers, artists, and silk spinners. She feasts, toasts, and collects recipes. She encounters the thriving qvevri craftspeople of the countryside, wild grape hunters, and even Stalin’s last winemaker while plumbing the depths of this tiny country’s love for its wines.

The Angel by Uri Bar-Joseph

September 5, 2015 /0 Comments/in /by

The Angel | The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel by Uri Bar-Joseph is an Netflix original movie and was named the best intelligence book for 2017 by the American Association of Former Intelligence Officers. A gripping feat of reportage that exposes—for the first time in English—the sensational life and mysterious death of Ashraf Marwan, an Egyptian senior official who spied for Israel, offering new insight into the turbulent modern history of the Middle East.

Salad Love by David Bez

February 24, 2015 /0 Comments/in /by

David Bez is the author of Salad Love, a book and Salad Pride, a blog followed by salad fans all over the world. David is not a chef, he is an art director and a food lover with a limited lunch break; an Italian who cares about what’s on his plate; a designer who knows that you eat with your eyes first. His blog chronicles his personal challenge to make one new salad a day for an entire year. He has been featured in Stylist, Emerald Street,The Huffington Post, The Times, and others.

My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor

January 7, 2014 /0 Comments/in /by

Sonia Maria Sotomayor is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on May 26, 2009, and has served since August 8, 2009. She is the third woman to hold the position. Sotomayor is the First Woman of Color, First Hispanic, and First Latina member of the Court. We have been her agent for 3 books. My Beloved World is the story of a precarious childhood, with an alcoholic father (who would die when she was nine) and a devoted but overburdened mother, and of the refuge, a little girl took from the turmoil at home with her passionately spirited paternal grandmother.

Mao: The Real Story by Alexander V. Pantsov and Steven I. Levine

October 29, 2013 /0 Comments/in /by

Mao | The Real Story by Alexander V. Pantsov and Steven I. Levine provides a comprehensive account of Mao Zedong’s rise to power as the leader of China and his ruthless regime. The book traces how he created a totalitarian government even more destructive and extreme than Stalin’s, while transforming China from an impoverished nation to a leading world power. The authors draw upon extensive Russian documents previously unavailable to reveal surprising details about Mao’s rise to power and his leadership in China.

For a Song and a Hundred Songs by Liao Yiwu

June 4, 2013 /0 Comments/in /by

For a Song and a Hundred Songs | A Poet’s Journey through a Chinese Prison by Liao Yiwu captures the four brutal years Liao spent in jail for writing the incendiary poem “Massacre.” Through the power and beauty of his prose, he reveals the bleak reality of crowded Chinese prisons — the harassment from guards and fellow prisoners, the torture, the conflicts among human beings in close confinement, and the boredom of everyday life. In this important book, Liao presents a stark and devastating portrait of a nation in flux, exposing a side of China that outsiders rarely get to see.

God Is Red by Liao Yiwu

September 4, 2012 /0 Comments/in /by

In God is Red by Liao Yiwu, a Chinese dissident journalist and poet — once lauded, later imprisoned, and now celebrated author of For a Song and a Hundred Songs and The Corpse Walker — profiles the extraordinary lives of dozens of Chinese Christians, providing a rare glimpse into the underground world of belief that is taking hold within the officially atheistic state of Communist China.