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On February 28, 2013, after pleading guilty to violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, John Kiriakou began serving a 30 month prison sentence. His crime: blowing the whistle on the CIA's use of torture on al Qaeda prisoners. Doing Time Like a Spy is Kiriakou's memoir of his 23 months in prison. Using 20 life skills he learned in CIA operational training, he was able to keep himself safe and at the top of the prison social heap. It is at once a searing journal of daily prison life and an alternately funny and heartbreaking commentary on the federal prison system.

Many Americans reference the Bill of Rights, a document that represents many of the freedoms that define the United States. Who doesn’t know about the First Amendment’s freedom of religion or Second Amendment’s right to bear arms? In this succinct volume, Akhil Reed Amar and Les Adams offer a wealth of knowledge about the Bill of Rights that goes beyond a basic understanding.The Bill of Rights Primer is an authoritative guide to all American freedoms. Uncluttered and well-organized, this audiobook is perfect for those who want to study up on the Bill of Rights without needing a law degree to do so.

From CNN’s veteran Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta, an explosive, first-hand account of the dangers he faces reporting on the current White House while fighting on the front lines in President Trump’s war on truth. In Mr. Trump’s campaign against what he calls “Fake News,”...

For the Palestinians who live in the narrow coastal strip of Gaza, the Israeli invasion of December 2008 was a nightmare of unimaginable proportions: In the 22-day-long action, 1,400 Gazans were killed, several hundred on the first day alone. And yet, while nothing should diminish Palestinian suffering through those frightful days, it is possible something redemptive is emerging from the tragedy of Gaza

Meet Tim Smith, your not-so-average small town private eye from upstate New York. Author Donald Westlake, the mastermind behind the gripping Parker novels, introduces this unique character who shares a friendly bond with the citys high flyers, including the City Council and the Mayor. But Smiths relations arent just about camaraderie - hes sitting on a treasure trove of their darkest secrets, not that he has any intention of exposing them. However, when an assassination attempt shakes him up, Smith grows suspicious that his friends are threatened by the forthcoming political clean-up crew, ...

New York Times journalist Jesse Wegman tells the story of James Wilson, a Founding Father whose bold vision shaped American democracy but whose legacy was lost to scandal. As a young lawyer, James Wilson made a celebrated case for American independence in an essay that inspired the famous words...

Created and compiled by Charles Krauthammer before his death, The Point of It All is a powerful collection of the influential columnist's most important works. Spanning the personal, the political and the philosophical, it includes never-before-published speeches and a major new essay about the...

Welcome to the Manchester University Press podcast, ‘One Book at a Time’. The idea of the podcast is to encourage people to slow down and consider important social issues and histories, which we think reflects one of the major benefits of reading a university press book; packed full of carefully considered arguments, frontline thinking, and original voices. We hope the podcast offers an experience equivalent to exercising your brain in the open air, rather than the 100-metre mad dash of internet skimming. The podcast’s aim, and name, also speaks to our wider mission of changing the world...

Liberals love to hate Ted Cruz. The outspoken Texas Senator has a knack for getting under their skin. His quotable remarks - and even more, his principled stands on numerous national issues -- have made him a political lightning rod and the most googled man in Washington. There is a simple...

"magic is simply reality made real with our own power never grow so old an cynical you don't believe in your own power for you destroy your magic"we began predicting the war but wrong side and yeah theres a stint where i trick you. but ukraine have always been right even if i haven't. i can only hope future actions and words make up for this'our memories are more important than our income'yours faithfully a man of letters

"magic is simply reality made real with our own power never grow so old an cynical you don't believe in your own power for you destroy your magic"we began predicting the war but wrong side and yeah theres a stint where i trick you. but ukraine have always been right even if i haven't. i can only hope future actions and words make up for this'our memories are more important than our income'yours faithfully a man of letters

"magic is simply reality made real with our own power never grow so old an cynical you don't believe in your own power for you destroy your magic"we began predicting the war but wrong side and yeah theres a stint where i trick you. but ukraine have always been right even if i haven't. i can only hope future actions and words make up for this'our memories are more important than our income'yours faithfully a man of letters

"magic is simply reality made real with our own power never grow so old an cynical you don't believe in your own power for you destroy your magic"we began predicting the war but wrong side and yeah theres a stint where i trick you. but ukraine have always been right even if i haven't. i can only hope future actions and words make up for this'our memories are more important than our income'yours faithfully a man of letters

"magic is simply reality made real with our own power never grow so old an cynical you don't believe in your own power for you destroy your magic"we began predicting the war but wrong side and yeah theres a stint where i trick you. but ukraine have always been right even if i haven't. i can only hope future actions and words make up for this'our memories are more important than our income'yours faithfully a man of letters

"magic is simply reality made real with our own power never grow so old an cynical you don't believe in your own power for you destroy your magic"we began predicting the war but wrong side and yeah theres a stint where i trick you. but ukraine have always been right even if i haven't. i can only hope future actions and words make up for this'our memories are more important than our income'yours faithfully a man of letters

"magic is simply reality made real with our own power never grow so old an cynical you don't believe in your own power for you destroy your magic"we began predicting the war but wrong side and yeah theres a stint where i trick you. but ukraine have always been right even if i haven't. i can only hope future actions and words make up for this'our memories are more important than our income'yours faithfully a man of letters

This final volume of the captivating series on Victorian Britain begins with the harsh suppression of an 1865 rebellion by former slaves in Jamaica. It then explores the daring leap in the dark by Conservative Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, in 1867, leading to an unprecedented expansion of male suffrage in the UK. Follow the unsuccessful Fenian movement for Irish independence, the victory of British trade unions, and William Ewart Gladstone’s impactful reform ministry. This era ends with Disraelis imperialist agenda and the glorious Congress of Berlin, where he and Bismarck negotiate...