In 2010, the Army created Cultural Support Teams, a secret pilot program to insert women
alongside Special Operations soldiers battling in Afghanistan. The Army reasoned that women could play a unique role on Special Ops teams: accompanying their male colleagues ...
A new collection of thirteen mesmerizing stories by American master Joyce Carol Oates, including the
2017 Pushcart Prize–winning “Undocumented Alien”The diverse stories of Beautiful Days, Joyce Carol Oates explore the most secret, intimate, and unacknowledged interior lives of characters not ...
For thirty-one years, a monster terrorized the residents of Wichita, Kansas. A bloodthirsty serial killer,
self-named BTK—for bind them, torture them, kill them—he slaughtered men, women, and children alike, eluding the police for decades while bragging of his grisly exploits ...
In this eye-opening companion volume to her acclaimed history Founding Mothers, number-one New York Times
bestselling author and renowned political commentator Cokie Roberts brings to life the extraordinary accomplishments of women who laid the groundwork for a better society. Recounted ...
The heartbreaking story of the love affair between Boris Pasternak, the author of Doctor Zhivago, and
Olga Ivinskaya—the true tragedy behind the timeless classic, and a harrowing look at how the Russian government has treated dissidentsWhen Stalin came into power in 1924, ...
Karen Abbott, the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and
“pioneer of sizzle history” (USA Today), tells the spellbinding true story of four women who risked everything to become spies during the Civil War.Karen Abbott ...
Plain, down-to-earth Amy Maitland can't help but notice the sad and handsome stranger who spends
every Tuesday at the local café -- an artist who puts his heart and turbulent emotions on canvas in vivid, powerful paintings. No stranger herself ...
“Sara Paretsky is a genius.” —LEE CHILDFrom New York Times bestselling author Sara Paretsky, a
collection of thrilling crime and detective short stories, many featuring legendary detective V.I. Warshawski—including a brand-new V.I. story.New York Times bestselling author Sara Paretsky ...
