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Barry Werth
A "riveting" (The Economist), "gripping" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) true story of the longest-held prisoner of war in American history, John Downey, Jr., a CIA officer captured in China during…
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The author takes readers inside the White House during the tumultuous days following Nixon’s resignation and the swearing-in of Gerald Ford, revealing the ruthless maneuvering and day-to-day politicking behind everything…
During his thirty-seven years at Smith College, Newton Arvin published groundbreaking studies of Hawthorne, Whitman, Melville, and Longfellow that stand today as models of scholarship and psychological acuity. He cultivated…
A book that A Civil Action fans have been waiting for, Damages tells of a lawsuit brought by the distraught parents of twins–one stillborn and the other barely clinging to…
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Draws readers inside the circle of intellectuals, scientists, politicians, businessmen, and clergymen who brought Charles Darwin’s controversial ideas to post - Civil War America. This title situates Darwinism in the…
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In The Antidote, journalist Barry Werth draws upon unprecedented inside reporting spanning more than two decades to provide a groundbreaking closeup of the upstart pharmaceutical company Vertex and the ferocious…
