A medieval mystery starring Canterbury city physician Kathryn Swinbrooke and King Edward IV's soldier Colum Murtagh. Together they investigate the murder of the king's tax collector whose sacks of silver are missing. By the author of The Eye of God.

Tenet's memoir of his life at the CIA--a revelatory look at the inner workings of America's top intelligence agency and its dealings with national leaders at home and abroad. Tenet illuminates how the country was prepared--and not prepared--to deal with a world full of new and deadly threats. Beginning with his installation as Director in 1997, he unfolds the events that led up to 9/11: his declaration of war on Al Qaeda in 1998, CIA operations inside...

Known as the 'Merchant of Death,' the world's foremost arms dealer, Viktor Bout, was both Public Enemy number one to the global intelligence agencies and a ruthless criminal worth around six billion dollars. For years Bout had eluded capture; Bout appeared utterly untouchable. This is the incredible true story of Operation Relentless, the top-secret mission to entrap Viktor Bout - a story that ranges from the steamy jungles of Colombia to the ice-bound...

"A rollicking narrative history of Jazz Age Monte Carlo, chronicling the city's rise from WWI's ashes to become one of the world's most storied, infamous playgrounds of the rich, only to be crushed under it's own weight ten years later"--Provided by publisher.

Mathews County, Virginia, is a remote outpost on the Chesapeake Bay with little to offer except unspoiled scenery -- but it sent one of the largest concentrations of sea captains and U.S. merchant mariners of any community in America to fight in World War II. The Mathews Men tells that heroic story through the experiences of one family whose seven sons (and their neighbors), U.S. merchant mariners all, suddenly found themselves squarely in the cross-hairs...

"Military power needs to be financed and economic development is often shaped by military conflict, thus the interaction of military and economy, power and money is central to the modern world. This book provides an accessible introduction to the economics of the use of organised force, with a wide range of historical and current examples"--Provided by publisher.

"A storm-struck island. A blood-soaked bed. A missing man. Senior Investigator Shana Merchant believes it all adds up to a killer in their midst--and that murder is a family affair. Thirteen months ago, former NYPD detective Shana Merchant barely survived being abducted by a serial killer. Now hoping to leave grisly murder cases behind, she's taken a job in her fianc©♭'s sleepy hometown in the Thousand Islands region of Upstate New York. But as...