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The definitive biography of Henry Kissinger, based on unprecedented access to his private papers No American statesman has been as revered or as reviled as Henry Kissinger. Once hailed as ?Super K??the ?indispensable man? whose advice has been sought by every president from Kennedy to Obama?he has also been hounded by conspiracy theorists, scouring his every ?telcon? for evidence of Machiavellian malfeasance. Yet as Niall Ferguson shows in this magisterial two-volume biography, drawing not only on Kissinger?s hitherto closed private papers but also on documents from more than a hundred archives around the world, the idea of Kissinger as the ruthless arch-realist is based on a profound misunderstanding. The first half of Kissinger?s life is usually skimmed over as a quintessential tale of American ascent: the Jewish refugee from Hitler?s Germany who made it to the White House. But in this first of two volumes, Ferguson shows that what Kissinger achieved before his appointment as Richard Nixon?s national security adviser was astonishing in its own right. Toiling as a teenager in a New York factory, he studied indefatigably at night. He was drafted into the U.S. infantry and saw action at the Battle of the Bulge?as well as the liberation of a concentration camp?but ended his army career interrogating Nazis. It was at Harvard that Kissinger found his vocation. Having immersed himself in the philosophy of Kant and the diplomacy of Metternich, he shot to celebrity by arguing for ?limited nuclear war.? Nelson Rockefeller hired him. Kennedy called him to Camelot. Yet Kissinger?s rise was anything but irresistible. Dogged by press gaffes and disappointed by ?Rocky,? Kissinger seemed stuck?until a trip to Vietnam changed everything.   The Idealist is the story of one of the most important strategic thinkers America has ever produced. It is also a political Bildungsroman, explaining how ?Dr. Strangelove? ended up as consigliere to a politician he had always abhorred. Like Ferguson?s classic two-volume history of the House of Rothschild, Kissinger sheds dazzling new light on an entire era. The essential account of an extraordinary life, it recasts the Cold War world.

From New York Times bestselling author Paul Christopher comes an international thriller delving into a Templar threat right at America?s doorstep. Retired Army Ranger John Holliday and his friend Eddie travel to Cuba in search of Eddie?s mysteriously vanished brother?and find themselves desperately trying to stop a shocking plot of a secret Templar cabal that has been growing for five hundred years. As the conspiracy tightens the corrupt and dying Castro regime in an iron grip, Holliday must find Eddie?s brother before it is too late?and the secret horror of what lies in the Valley of Death is revealed.

Passions ignite in these all-new stories from four bestselling masters of contemporary romance?   In Jaci Burton?s ?Hope Smolders,? struggling divorcee Jane has put her personal life on hold to raise her kids?until she runs into Will, her ex?s former best friend, who convinces her it?s time to start having fun again.   Carly Phillips takes you back to the town of Serendipity, where overworked Alexa has an instant connection with a sinfully sexy football star on the dance floor. A one-night stand evolves into multiple nights when Luke decides to teach the good doctor about his own brand of fun. But when it?s time for him to leave town, will these ?Perfect Strangers? be able to say goodbye for good?   In Jessica Clare?s ?Legend of Jane,? an intrepid Bloggess catches the eye of local law enforcement when she gets caught trespassing. Luckily, Luanne wouldn?t mind getting handcuffed by Officer Hotness?   Single girl Chelsea is tired of feeling like the fifth wheel on her weekend jaunt to Lake Placid, until she gets stuck out in the cold and finds a muscular knight in shining armor to warm her up?in Erin McCarthy?s ?Ice Princess.?

Prepare to learn everything we still don?t know about our strange and mysterious universe. Humanity's understanding of the physical world is full of gaps. Not tiny little gaps you can safely ignore ?there are huge yawning voids in our basic notions of how the world works. PHD Comics creator Jorge Cham and particle physicist Daniel Whiteson have teamed up to explore everything we don't know about the universe: the enormous holes in our knowledge of the cosmos. Armed with their popular infographics, cartoons, and unusually entertaining and lucid explanations of science, they give us the best answers currently available for a lot of questions that are still perplexing scientists, including: * Why does the universe have a speed limit? * Why aren't we all made of antimatter? * What (or who) is attacking Earth with tiny, superfast particles? * What is dark matter, and why does it keep ignoring us? It turns out the universe is full of weird things that don't make any sense. But Cham and Whiteson make a compelling case that the questions we can't answer are as interesting as the ones we can. This fully illustrated introduction to the biggest mysteries in physics also helpfully demystifies many complicated things we do know about, from quarks and neutrinos to gravitational waves and exploding black holes. With equal doses of humor and delight, Cham and Whiteson invite us to see the universe as a possibly boundless expanse of uncharted territory that's still ours to explore.

The U.S. Army's Special Forces are known for their highly specialized training and courage behind enemy lines. But there?s a group that?s even more stealthy and deadly. It?s composed of the most feared operators on the face of the earth?the soldiers of Ghost Recon. When the American ambassador to Colombia is kidnapped, the Ghost Recon team battles its way through rebels to rescue the man. But during the operation, they discover evidence of a new Islamic fundamentalist group that is being backed by South American drug cartels and rebel groups. The Ghosts follow a trail that leads them to uncover the group?s true purpose: to control the choke points in the Indian Ocean and stop the flow of oil. This would mean billions to the South Americans, and cause economic chaos all over the world. But as the team chases down their quarry, they soon realize that their true foes have yet to reveal themselves?

A serial killer is hunting the Pacific Northwest, murdering victims in a gruesome and spectacular way. The local police suspect ?monsters? are involved, and have called in Anita Blake and Edward, U.S. Marshals who really know their monsters, to catch the killer. But some monsters are very real?and even to speak their name can earn you a death sentence. The bogeymen of the vampire world, The Harlequin, are here in America hunting weretigers and human police. But Edward thinks the serial killings are just a trap?to lure Anita ever closer to the most dangerous vampire they?ve ever hunted?