Hillhouse's gripping debut,a cold war thriller,has so many unexpected pleasures that its flaws barely register.It's 1989,and American professor Faith Whitney is staying in Germany with the faint(and dimming)hope of learning about her missing father;to make a living,she smuggles minor items(Stalin china,Nazi crystal,etc.)from East Berlin to West.After being captured by the East German Stasi,Faith is forced to smuggle for them or face imprisonment.KGB agent Zara Bogdanov is another antagonist,but a sympathetic one;ambitious and beautiful,she's also openly gay,a strike against her advancement.Capturing Faith and getting her to spy for the KGB would be a feather in Zara's cap,but her motives are unclear,even to herself.Their extended cat-and-mouse game,fueled by a flirty mutual attraction(though Faith is straight),gives an enticing pulse to the sometimes implausible plot.An extended section in which Faith transports hazardous material feels like a climax,but the story continues for another 50-odd pages.The book m

Moscow,1988.It is the twilight of the Cold War.and the KGB is at its most ruthless.In the Last three years,ten CIA operatives have been executed or neutralized.Langley has no idea how the KGB seems to be able to predict the CLA's every move,but some believe they are using an invisible electromagnetic powder that allows them to keep tabs on anyone who touches it:spy dust. 作者简介：ANTONIO MENDEZ is the former chief of disguise for the Cla recipient of the CLA's Intelligence Star of Valor and the Trailblaz Award,he is the author of a previous nonfiction work,The Mast of Disguise.JONNA MENDEZ is a twenty-seven-year veteran the CLA who served as a technical operations officer and chief The Agency,and helped design the international Spy Museum downtown Washington,D.C.,where they are founding boamembers.They live in Maryland withe their son,Jesse.Visit tlauthors at their Web site:www.themasterofdisguise,com.

The renowned biographer and New York Times bestselling author of The Kennedy Women returns with this first volume in a multigenerational history that will forever change the way America views its most famous family ... 作者简介: Harper's,playboy,The New Republic,New York,Washingtonian,and The New York Times Magazine.Helives in Washington,D.C.,and Palm Beach,Florida.

Democracy in America is a classic of political philosophy. Hailed by John Stuart Mill and Horace Greely as the finest book ever written on the nature of democracy, it continues to be an influential text on both sides of the Atlantic, above all in the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe. De Tocqueville examines the structures, institutions and operation of democracy, and shows how Europe can learn from American success and failures. His central theme is the advancement of the rule of the people, but he also predicts that slavery will bring about the 'most horrible of civil wars', foresees that the USA and Russia will be the Superpowers of the twentieth century, and is 150 years ahead of his time in his views on the position and importance of women.

75个社会趋势的揭示，加上作者独到的深入分析，每篇都充满了可以造就新行业的商机！ From "Soccer Moms," the legendary swing voters of the mid-1990s, to "Late-Breaking Gays" such as former Gov. Games McGreevey (out at age 47), Burson-Marsteller CEO (and campaign adviser to Sen. Hillary Clinton) Penn delves into the ever-splintering societal subsets with which Americans are increasingly identifying, and what they mean. For instance, because of "Extreme Commuters," people who travel more than 90 minutes each way to work, carmakers must come up with ever more luxury seat features, and "fast food restaurants are coming out with whole meals that fit in cup holders." In a chapter titled "Archery Moms?", Penn reports on the "Niching of Sports": much to the consternation of Major League Baseball, "we don't like sports less, we just like little sports more." The net result of all this "niching" is "greater individual satisfaction"; as Penn notes, "not one of the fastest-growing sports

King,a former courier of top-secret information,delivers a tightly wound debut thriller centered around a complex and sometimes cloudy conspiracy theory.While working as the deputy legal attache for the U.S.Embassy in Warsaw,down-to-earth FBI agent Stan Penskie witnesses the assassination of his sister's fiance,a CIA agent who'd posited a shocking conspiracy theory.The event throws Stan's life into a tailspin and leads him on a frenzied chase after a group called the Fifth Internationale,"an elusive organization of unthinkable resources and proportions" that may be bent on destabilizing world power structures and financial markets.Through his quest,Stan meets people from various government agencies,but he has no idea who to trust or even where his investigation is leading.Readers will empathize with Stan's bewilderment as they try to untangle the story's many threads"a task that will challenge even the most diligent reader.Intelligent dialogue,relentless pacing and well-rounded characters(including a haunting

No public figure in contemporary life has elicited more polarized reactions than Hillary Rodhan Clinton.The first presidential spouse who pursued a major policy-making role,the belea-guered first lady has been a heroine and role model to her feminist allies—and,to her conservative foes,a malevolent ,power-mad shrew.Is she Bill Clinton's greatest asset,or his greatest liability? Now David Brock ,America's most controver-sial journalist,has taken on the most controversial first lady in history,producing a boldly incisive yet surprisingly sensitive portrait.The Hillary Rodham who emerges from these pages is not just a fasci-nating and unofficial leader of an activist lib-eral cohortthat was born in the social and civil unrest of the1960s and has risen tothe highest lev-els of Americna goernment .A political biography of the highet order,the Seducion of Hillary Rodham is the story of one strong-willed wonan's struggle tomaintain her personal and political intergrity in the face ofpowerfuly seductive forces

GOVERNOR HOWARD DEAN'S GRASSROOTS BID FOR THE PRESIDENCY IS GENERATING EXCITEMENT IN EVERY CORNER OF AMERICA. In Winning Back America, Governor Dean writes for the first time about his life and the people and events that have shaped him, beginning with his upbringing in New York and taking us through his medical career, eleven and a half years as governor of Vermont, and finally into his presidential campaign. Howard Dean writes about: The years at college that changed the way he looks at America His decision to attend medical school and the origins of his commitment to children and to universal health care Meeting his wife, Judith Steinberg, and bringing up a family in Vermont One dramatic day that he began as an internist and ended as governor The successes of his governorship His decision to run for president of the United States His vision for the country Winning Back America is Howard Dean in his own words. Dean tells h

Perhaps the best-known American diplomatist og the twentidth century .Henry Kissinger is a major figure in world history. winner of the Nobel Peace Prize,and arguably one of the most brilliant minds ver placed at the service og American foreign policy .as well as ine of the shrewdest ,best -informed,and most articulate men ever to occupy a position of power in Washington. The eagerly awaited third and final volume of his memoirs completes a mljor work of comtemporary history .It is at ince an important historical document and a brilliantly gold narrative of almost Shadespearean intensity,full of startling insights,umusual (and often unsparing)candor,and a sweeping sense of history.Years of Renewal is the triumphant comclusion of a major achievenent and a book that will stand the test of time as a histori-cal document of the first rank. 作者简介: HENRY A.KISSNGER was the fifty-sixth Secretary of State. Born in Ger-many,Dr.Kissinger camme to the United States in 1983 and was naturalizde Unitded atate

Perhaps the best-known American diplomatist of the twentieth century, Henry Kissinger is a major figure in world history, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and arguably one of the most brilliant minds ever placed at the service of American foreign policy, as well as one of the shrewdest, best-informed, and most articulate men ever to occupy a position of power in Washington. The eagerly awaited third and final volume of his memoirs completes a major work of contemporary history. It is at once an important historical document and a brilliantly told narrative of almost Shakespearean intensity, full of startling insights, unusual (and often unsparing) candor, and a sweeping sense of history. Years of Renewal is the triumphant conclusion of a major achievement and a book that will stand the test of time as a historical document of the first rank.

From the woman who has reported on every president from Kennedy to Clinton comes a privileged glimpse into the White House -- and a telling record of the ever-changing relationship between the presidency and the press. Helen Thomas wanted to be a reporter from her earliest years. She turned a copy-aide job at the Washington Daily News into a powerful and successful career spanning thirty-seven years and eight U.S. presidents. Assigned to the White House press corps in 1961. Thomas was the first woman to close a press conference with "Thank you. Mr. President." She was also the first female president of the White House Correspondents Association and the first woman member, later president, of the Gridiron Club. In this revealing memoir, which includes hundreds of anecdotes, observations, and personal details. Thomas looks back on a career spent with presidents at home and abroad, on the ground and in the air. Providing a unique view of the past four decades of presidential history. Front Row at the W

Moscow,1988.It is the twilight of the Cold War.and the KGB is at its most ruthless.In the Last three years,ten CIA operatives have been executed or neutralized.Langley has no idea how the KGB seems to be able to predict the CLA's every move,but some believe they are using an invisible electromagnetic powder that allows them to keep tabs on anyone who touches it:spy dust. 作者简介：ANTONIO MENDEZ is the former chief of disguise for the Cla recipient of the CLA's Intelligence Star of Valor and the Trailblaz Award,he is the author of a previous nonfiction work,The Mast of Disguise.JONNA MENDEZ is a twenty-seven-year veteran the CLA who served as a technical operations officer and chief The Agency,and helped design the international Spy Museum downtown Washington,D.C.,where they are founding boamembers.They live in Maryland withe their son,Jesse.Visit tlauthors at their Web site:www.themasterofdisguise,com.

In Statecraft, Margaret Thatcher, a unique world figure, discusses global military, political, and economic challenges of the twenty0first century. The former British Prime Minister brings her unrivaled political experience to comment on the threats that democracy faces at the dawn of the new millennium and the role Western powers should play in the world's hotspots, especially in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. Reflecting on the lessons of the Cold War, she outlines the foundation of U.S. dominance and its mission as the only global superpower. Thatcher offers wise observations about the dangers posed by Balkan instability, rogue states, Islamic extremism, and international terrorism -- and suggests strategies to counter them. She also examines current trends in Russia, China, India, the Far East, Europe and Great Britain, and offers guidance for the future. Noting how every contemporary problem evokes demands for a global solution, Thatcher also warns of over-reliance on international institutions