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Bin Laden
Behind the Mask of the Terrorist
Adam Robinson
2002 Edition
This authoritative new biography of Osama bin Laden lifts his mask of righteousness as it recounts his transformation from dissolute rich kid into terrorist mastermind.
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Books@Bat
This is the best book on “the Evil One” to date, and there are quite a few on the shelves right now. Robinson does a superb job of illuminating the contradictions inherent in his subject--a man who believes (believed?) he is fighting a moral battle in the name of religion, while cashing in on the destructive forces of the opium trade. A fascinating and chilling biography.
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Bookless in Baghdad
Reflections on Writing and Writers
Shashi Tharoor
2005 Edition
Supremely personal, yet always probing and analytical, this brilliant collection of essays is part memoir, part literary criticism.
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Hindustan Times
Tharoor celebrates the other side of Baghdad, not the bombed out Iraqi capital of newspapers, but the city of storytellers and passionate readers not many know about. . . . Refreshing. . . . The book marks the maturation of Tharoor as a gifted essayist.
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Capital Punishment
An Indictment by a Death-Row Survivor
Billy Wayne Sinclair, Jodie Sinclair
2009 Edition
An impassioned, well-researched report on one of the most burning issues facing us today: the death penalty.
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The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone
India: The Emerging 21st-Century Power
Shashi Tharoor
2007 Edition
Over the past 25 years, India has moved from a largely impoverished, underdeveloped country to an innovative, fast-changing society. This entertaining and informative book shows how and why.
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Publishers Weekly
An engaging collection . . . Tharoor’s ready wit and sympathetic insight combine in a fascinating portrait of Indian society.
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Getting Away with Murder
The Real Story Behind American Taliban John Walker Lindh and What the U.S. Government Had to Hide
Richard D. Mahoney
2004 Edition
An explosive investigation into the death of an American hero and the strange case of the “American Taliban,” and why we never got the truth about either—until now.
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Publishers Weekly
The book raises important questions about the precarious nature of the US's alliances with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
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Happy Accidents
Serendipity in Major Medical Breakthroughs in the Twentieth Century
Morton Meyers, M.D.
2008 Edition
A fascinating, entertaining, and highly accessible look at the surprising role serendipity played in some of the most important medical discoveries in the 20th century.
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Dr. Robert Root-Bernstein, M.D. - Journal of the American Medical Association
Meyers’s book stuns the reader. . . . Meyers writes so beautifully and compellingly. . . . You will learn so much and have so much fun reading this book that you will be telling your students, colleagues, and friends stories from it, and drawing on its lessons, for years to come. . . . This is a great book! Meyers has spent years collecting stories of how modern medical marvels were actually discovered, which he tells with flair and finesse. . . . What emerges is a detailed and nuanced... cont'd
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The Hitler Virus
The Insidious Legacy of Adolf Hitler
Peter Wyden
2001 Edition
More than a half-century after Adolf Hitler committed suicide in a Berlin bunker, the dictator’s legacy—and influence—lives on, precisely as he predicted to his closest colleagues before putting the gun to his head.
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Dan Rather - CBS news
Riveting. The late Peter Wyden has produced a scathing, page-turning historic indictment that is sure to stir controversy.
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I Was Saddam's Son
Karl Wendl, Latif Yahia
1997 Edition
As featured on 60 Minutes,a shocking eyewitness account from the inner circle of power in Saddam Hussein's Iraq.
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In the Name of Identity
Violence and the Need to Belong
Amin Maalouf
2001 Edition
A thoughtful inquiry into our concept of identity and its impact on society. The author considers how we define ourselves, how identity is understood in the world’s different cultures, and how recognizing identity is key to survival in the new millennium.
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Publishers Weekly
[A] compelling, provocative and persuasive study of the dangers of personal, religious, ethnic and national identities. With intelligence, wit and moral fortitude, Maalouf accessibly and eloquently addresses such complicated issues as how we judge religious traditions that have embraced violence and brutality; modern manifestations of "otherness" . . . Maalouf does not naively demand that personal identities be dismissed, but suggests a number of ways in which identities can remain intact and... cont'd
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Jackal
The Complete Story of the Legendary Terrorist, Carlos the Jackal
John Follain
1998 Edition
The biography of the 20th century’s most potent and ruthless terrorist, Carlos the Jackal, with exclusive revelations about his life, his missions, and his ultimate capture.
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Roland Green - Booklist
[The Jackal’s victims] are the only truly sympathetic characters in this truly unpleasant and unpleasantly true story that is, nevertheless, a more than usually useful addition to factual literature on intelligence and terrorism.
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