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Bestselling author and producer of the hit cable series Masters of Sex Thomas Maier tells the untold WWII story of a former NFL player turned White House insider who worked with Churchill’s undercover agents in New York City to conduct the biggest foreign spy operation ever within the US, and inspired Ian Fleming's James Bond.

Every year has its share of notable events, but some years seem to capture the essence of a decade in a handful of months. The year 1954 is one such year. It began in January with a celebrity marriage heard round the world and then progressed through a series of major political, social, and cultural milestones that would echo through the next several decades. The years following World War II were a time of increased wealth and confidence, years that saw the rise of a solid, increasingly powerful middle class in America.

If you can count on one thing from "Madea" Mabel Simmons, star of Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Madea's Family Reunion, it's that she's got something to say. She's the beloved, hilarious, sharp-witted, pistol-packing grandmother who's watching out and speaking her mind. Now Madea is telling her own story, dishing her memoirs and hard-won, hilarious wisdom in her own inimitable voice (with a little help from her friend Tyler Perry).

From the cohost of Fox & Friends, the true story of the anonymous spies who helped win the Revolutionary War. Among the pantheon of heroes of the American Revolution, six names are missing. First and foremost, Robert Townsend, an unassuming and respected businessman from Long Island, who spearheaded the spy ring that covertly brought down the British

Explore the captivating history of the Culper Ring! Spying and warfare have always gone hand-in-hand. From Julius Caesar to modern generals, we have accounts of commanders covertly gathering information about their opponents, ensuring they have the intelligence they need to conduct a war. George Washington was not late to realize he needed a spy ring to defeat the British in the American Revolution. So, the Culper Ring was created, and their work during the American Revolutionary War was carried out in the shadows, often informally, and with a great deal of care for secrecy.

A valuable discovery under the world's second-largest temperate wetland and in the traditional lands of the Cree and Ojibway casts light on the growing conflict among resource development, environmental stewardship, and Indigenous rights. In this colorful tale, Virginia Heffernan draws on her bush and newsroom experiences to illustrate the complexities of resource development at a time when Indigenous rights are becoming enshrined globally.

No one had ever tried a caper like this before. The goods were kept in a secure room under constant scrutiny, deep inside a crowded building with guards at the exits. The team picked for the job included two old hands known only as Paul and Swede, but all depended on a fresh face, a kid from North Carolina. In the Depression, some fellows were willing to try anything - even a heist in the rare book room of the New York Public Library. In Thieves of Book Row, Travis McDade tells the gripping tale of the worst book-theft ring in American history, and the intrepid detective who brought it down.

After the siege of Boston forced the British to evacuate that city in March 1776, Continental Army commander George Washington suspected that the British would move by sea to New York City, the next logical target in an attempt to end a colonial insurrection. He thus rushed his army south to defend the city. Washington guessed correctly, but it would be to no avail.

Messages written in secret codes or invisible ink, agents operating behind enemy lines and known only by code names, the provision of vital secret intelligence used to direct military operations—these are staple elements of modern spy fiction. Still, all were used more than 200 years ago by one of the first professional spy networks ever created: the Culper Spy Ring. This is the story of a network of courageous patriot spies operating for several years in British-occupied New York during the American Revolutionary War.

A young officer in the Continental Army from Connecticut, young Nathan Hale was asked by Washington to go behind British lines on Long Island and bring back information on what the British were up to there. Unfortunately, Hale was quickly identified by Loyalists, found with incriminating papers on his body, and executed. Nathan Hale and the Culper Ring: The History of the Continental Army’s Most Famous Spy and Spy Ring during the American Revolution profiles the life of the young spy and the spy ring Washington organized after his execution.

Questo saggio storico ripercorre la vita di Franklin Delano Roosevelt, il presidente del governo federale che ha cambiato per sempre la sorte degli Stati Uniti. Per il ruolo che ha ricoperto nella storia dell’America, è spesso considerato alla stregua di Abraham Lincoln e George Washington. Proprio come loro, Roosevelt ha dato un'enorme svolta alla storia del suo Paese, portando all’indipendenza le colonie del New England, sconfiggendo i Confederati, risolvendo una grave crisi economica e, infine, conducendo il suo esercito verso la vittoria nella Seconda guerra mondiale.

Questo saggio storico ripercorre le avventure del grande navigatore Cristoforo Colombo, l'uomo che per primo ha esplorato il Nuovo Mondo. L'ammiraglio Colombo, nato a Genova, è una delle personalità storiche più note in assoluto. In effetti, come potrebbe essere altrimenti? Una vita dedicata all'esplorazione che ha raggiunto il suo apice con un evento che ha cambiato per sempre il destino dell’umanità: la scoperta dell'America. Tuttavia, Cristoforo Colombo aveva anche il suo lato oscuro.

Un'infanzia movimentata, resa più lieve da una straordinaria passione per i libri trasmessa dalla madre; l'esperimento dei "ratas pelosas", in cui dei giovanissimi brasiliani fecero della narrativa un'arma di resistenza alla dittatura; i migranti scrittori e gli scrittori migranti: un autentico patrimonio di cui il nostro paese non si è nemmeno accorto. Julio Monteiro Martins, brasiliano, è scrittore, e poeta, nonché docente di scrittura creativa al Goddard College (Vermont), alla Oficina Literariá Afrânio Coutinho.