East German teacher Rebecca Hoffmann discovers she's been spied on by the Stasi for years and commits an impulsive act that will affect her family for the rest of their lives. George Jakes, the child of a mixed-race couple, bypasses a corporate law career to join Robert F. Kennedy's Justice Department, and finds himself in the middle not only of the seminal events of the civil rights battle, but a much more personal battle of his own. Cameron Dewar,...

Seven years ago Mia Briscoe was at a frat party with her friend Serena when a fire broke out. Serena was never heard from or seen again. Now an investigative journalist, Mia covers the political scene in New York City, but she hasn't given up trying to find out what happened to her friend. When an old photo taken at the frat party gives her clues, Mia enlists Sherlock's help to uncover a sinister string of events going all the way back to that disastrous...

As World War I raged across the globe, hundreds of young women toiled away at the radium-dial factories, where they painted clock faces with a mysterious new substance called radium. Assured by their bosses that the luminous material was safe, the women themselves shone brightly in the dark, covered from head to toe with the glowing dust. With such a coveted job, these "shining girls" were considered the luckiest alive--until they began to fall mysteriously...

"A character-driven look at a pivotal period in American history, 1917-1920: the tumultuous home front during WWI and its aftermath, when violence broke out across the country thanks to the first Red Scare, labor strife, and immigration battles"--

"As beautiful as it may be, their friends' country home is not where Lady Vespasia wishes to spend Christmas with her new husband, Victor Narraway. She'd rather pass a relaxing holiday at home with him--especially because Victor, former head of the London Special Branch, seems to be hiding some undercover dealings with the other guests who have gathered in the spacious home. As tensions grow among the couples, the young and beautiful Iris Watson-Watt...

Washington D.C. is turned upside down when the director of the CIA is found dead and a controversial successor is named, and the Middle East is sent to the brink of war when Israel learns Saddam Hussein is about to enter the nuclear arms race.

As a child, W* sees his loving father kill himself. On the carpet, he finds a note with the cryptic words "I am not who you think I am." He hides the note, telling no one. Since then, his mom has worked two jobs to provide for W* and his younger sister. It hasn't been easy. Eight years later, shy, awkward teenage boy meets girl. J* seems genuinely interested in him, but she also catches the eye of W*'s only friend, a handsome jock named C*. W* has...

"In this new collection of [ten] essays, Berry confronts head-on the necessity of clear thinking and direct action. Never one to ignore the present challenge, he understands that only clearly stated questions support the understanding their answers require. For more than fifty years we've had no better spokesman and no more eloquent advocate for the planet, for our families, and for the future of our children and ourselves"--

Drawing on extensive interviews with George Kennan and exclusive access to his archives, an eminent scholar of the Cold War delivers a revelatory biography of its troubled mastermind.

In the late 1940s, George Kennan wrote two documents, the "Long Telegram" and the "X Article," which set forward the strategy of containment that would define US policy toward the Soviet Union for the next four decades. This achievement alone would qualify him as

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Explores why the Cold War ended, including such reasons as the changing relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union, economic problems, and the increase in nuclear weaponry worldwide.