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The author behind the “eye-popping” (CNN) #1 New York Times bestseller A Warning presents an urgent look at how our deeply divided nation is setting the stage for “The Next Trump.” After a chaotic and violent first Trump presidency, Miles Taylor knew one thing for sure: Trump would be...

It is 2008, and Stefania Maurizi, an investigative journalist with a growing interest in cryptography, starts looking into the little-known organization WikiLeaks. Through hushed meetings, encrypted files, and explosive documents, what she discovers sets her on a life-long journey that takes her deep into the realm of secret power.

This audiobook is a behind-the scenes look at this extraordinary time, the federal government’s unprecedented response, and the exemplary work of the inspectors general and their federal law enforcement partners as they followed the money, flagged fraud risks, disrupted fraud schemes, and chased bad guys through a stunning true crime wave.

Bloomsbury presents Dictatorland by Paul Kenyon, read by Hamilton McLeod. A Financial Times Book of the Year 'Jaw-dropping' Daily Express 'Grimly fascinating' Financial Times 'Humane, timely, accessible and well-researched' Irish Times The dictator who grew so rich on his country's cocoa crop...

Martin T. Manton was a corrupt federal appeals court judge in New York who was convicted in 1939 and sent to prison. At the time, this was a hugely important story: Manton was considered the highest-ranking judge in the United States after the nine Justices of the Supreme Court, and was nearly appointed to that august body in 1922. Yet his story has never been told in book-length form before, and never with the benefit of such exhaustive research.

A nivel nacional e internacional, persiste la noción de que las instituciones policiacas de México son corruptas. Nada menos, en el léxico del trasiego de drogas la Policía Federal era sinónimo de operadores y peones de narcotraficantes. Las acciones de muchos agentes la desacreditaron,al grado de que muy pocos mexicanos confiaban en esta institución creada presuntamente para garantizar la seguridad nacional. Sin embargo, en su historial también existen misiones exitosas que concluyeron con la detención de importantes capos o la resolución de casos que llevaban tiempo sin ser atendidos.

Nunca se explicaron los verdaderos motivos, y este hecho tampoco tuvo la resonancia que merecía, pese a que quien se iba era, quizá, el segundo hombre más poderoso del país en ese momento.

The true, eye-opening account of how the NHS has been failed and what we can do to save it. ‘The NHS is an institution. But it’s also a political football, kicked back and forth between politicians for the past 75 years. It’s a burden to some and a potent vote-winner for others. It’s a...

‘Explosive . . . a ground-breaking and revealing new book’ – Daily Mail ‘In explaining the rise to power of Kim Yo Jong, Lee displays his deep knowledge and understanding of North Korea’s extreme, ruthless and self-obsessed dynastic autocracy, the creators and rulers of a de-facto...

In the heated days shortly before the 2020 presidential election, a news story appeared in the New York Post detailing how Hunter Biden used the position and influence of his father, now President Joe Biden, for personal gain, with President Biden’s awareness.

Stephen Friend had his dream job as an FBI special agent. After nearly a decade of combating violent crime, human trafficking, and child predators, he was reassigned to the FBI’s unprecedented investigation of the political unrest at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Volume two of One Nation Under Blackmail examines the rise of Jeffrey Epstein and his closest associates, such as Leslie Wexner and Ghislaine Maxwell, and contextualizes them within the organized crime-intelligence networks detailed in-depth in volume one. It subsequently details their ties, with a focus on Epstein, to intelligence networks, espionage activity, and the subversion of American institutions, as well as the role of Epstein and the Maxwell family in the evolution of blackmail in the digital era.

Representative democracies in the US and around the world are in trouble. Due to the political divide and political party extremism, people are upset, and looking for a government that better serves them. Books and articles are rife with blame, but no realistic, actionable solution has been put forth. Minor changes have been proposed such as term limits and multi-voting. However, no one has examined the root cause of the problem, much less developed a practical solution to toxic, destructive politics that incite hate and violence. Until now....

Bloomsbury presents Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes & Erik M. Conway, read by Liza Seneca. Featuring a new Foreword by former Vice President Al Gore Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize "Important and timely. We ignore this message at our peril."—Elizabeth Kolbert Merchants of...

Bloomsbury presents Operation Car Wash by Jorge Pontes and Márcio Anselmo, read by Ed Hughes. A Financial Times Book to Read in 2022 Operation Car Wash is the inside story of two Brazilian Federal Police officers who found themselves at the centre of the biggest corruption scandal in history...

Unschuldig hinter Gittern. Jens Söring wurde in den USA wegen angeblichen Doppelmordes trotz fragwürdiger Beweislage verurteilt – 33 Jahre verbrachte er zu Unrecht im Gefängnis. Ein solches Fehlurteil ist in Deutschland undenkbar? Mitnichten! Zwei der renommiertesten Strafverteidiger Deutschlands packen aus und nehmen das deutsche (Un-)Rechtswesen auseinander. "Im Zweifel gegen den Angeklagten" ist bedauerlicher Alltag in deutschen Strafprozessen. Justizirrtümer sind an der Tagesordnung.

From fake news to conspiracy theories, from inflammatory memes to misleading headlines, misinformation has swiftly become the defining problem of our era. The crisis threatens the integrity of our democracies, our ability to cultivate trusting relationships, even our physical and psychological well-being—yet most attempts to combat it have proven insufficient. With remarkable clarity, Sander van der Linden explains why our brains are so vulnerable to misinformation.

An instant New York Times bestseller: An acclaimed legal scholar’s “important” (New York Times) and “fascinating” (Economist) exposé of how the Supreme Court uses unsigned and unexplained orders to change the law behind closed doors. The Supreme Court has always had the authority to...

Er steht mit einem Kopfgeld von fünf Millionen Dollar auf der Most-Wanted-Liste des FBI. Er steckt hinter vielen Konflikten dieser Welt. Er wird seit fast zwei Jahrzehnten von Geheimdiensten wie CIA, NSA, MI6, Mossad, BND gejagt: Der Chinese Karl Lee gilt ihnen als gefährlichster Mann der Welt. Es beginnt in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Ein ehemaliger FBI-Analyst meldet sich aus dem Nichts bei den Autoren, international bekannten Investivativreportern. Er berichtet von der langjährigen Suche nach einem Chinesen, der gefährlichste Waffentechnik verkauft. Der alle Embargos unterläuft.

Approximately 200,000 women and girls were forced into sexual slavery during World War 2. They were also known as comfort women, a translation of Ianfu(慰安婦), the Japanese term for "comforting, consoling woman." Although most of the women came from Korea, women from other occupied regions such as Burma, China, Philippines, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaya, Manchukuo, Taiwan, New Guinea, Portuguese Timor, and the Dutch East Indies were also taken into the military sexual slavery.