|
|
1
|
Miami Babylon: Crime, Wealth, and Power--A Dispatch from the Beach [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Gerald Posner
|
|
Here, in all its neon-colored, cocaine-fueled glory, is the never-before-told story of the making of Miami Beach. Gerald Posner, author of the groundbreaking investigations Case Closed and Why America Slept, has uncovered the hair-raising political-financial-criminal history of the Beach and reveals a tale that, in the words of one character, "makes Scarface look like a documentary." From its beginnings in the 1890s, the Beach has been a place made by visionaries and hustlers. During Prohibition... more info>>
Category: True Crime
|
|
| |
Regular |
|
 |
|
Club |
| You Pay: |
$27.00 |
|
|
|
$22.95 |
|
|
|
2
|
Motown [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Gerald Posner
|
|
In 1959, twenty-nine-year-old Berry Gordy, who had already given up on his dream to be a champion boxer, borrowed eight hundred dollars from his family and started a record company. A run-down bungalow sandwiched between a funeral home and a beauty shop in a poor Detroit neighborhood served as his headquarters. The buildings entrance was adorned with a large sign that improbably boasted Hitsville U.S.A. The kitchen served as the control room, the garage became the two-track studio, the living ro... more info>>
Category: Sports/Entertainment
|
|
| |
Regular |
|
|
|
Club |
| You Pay: |
$15.95 |
|
|
|
$13.56 |
|
|
|
3
|
Motown: Music, Money, Sex, and Power [Secure Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe PDF]
by Gerald Posner
|
|
In 1959, twenty-nine-year-old Berry Gordy, who had already given up on his dream to be a champion boxer, borrowed eight hundred dollars from his family and started a record company. A run-down bungalow sandwiched between a funeral home and a beauty shop in a poor Detroit neighborhood served as his headquarters. The building's entrance was adorned with a large sign that improbably boasted "Hitsville U.S.A." The kitchen served as the control room, the garage became the two-track studio, the living... more info>> (Published: 2002)
Category: Sports/Entertainment
|
2 Reader Ratings:
|
|
|
|
|
| Great |
Good |
OK |
Poor |
|
| |
Regular |
|
|
|
Club |
| You Pay: |
$24.95 |
|
|
|
$21.21 |
|
|
|
4
|
Secrets of the Kingdom [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe PDF]
by Gerald Posner
|
|
In its final report, the 9/11 Commission famously called the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia "a problematic ally in combating Islamic extremism." To Gerald Posner, the bestselling author of Why America Slept: The Failure to Prevent 9/11, this is a gross understatement. In his new book, Secrets of the Kingdom, Posner exposes the undeniable truth about U.S.-Saudi relations--and how the Saudis' influence on American business and politics poses a grave threat to our security. The result of an intensive two-... more info>>
Category: Politics/Government
|
2 Reader Ratings:
|
|
|
|
| Great |
Good |
OK |
Poor |
|
| |
Regular |
|
|
|
Club |
| You Pay: |
$14.95 |
|
|
|
$12.71 |
|
|
|
5
|
Why America Slept: The Failure to Prevent 9/11 [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe PDF/Adobe EPUB]
by Gerald Posner
|
|
The story of the years leading up to 9/11 is the story of what might have been, and also serves as a call to the defense of America's future. Since 9/11, one important question has persisted: What was really going on behind the scenes with intelligence services and government leaders during the time preceding the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks? After an eighteen-month investigation that uncovered explosive new evidence through interviews and in classified documents, Gerald Posner reveal... more info>> (Published: 2003)
Category: Politics/Government
|
3 Reader Ratings:
|
| |
Regular |
|
|
|
Club |
| You Pay: |
$7.99 |
|
|
|
$6.79 |
|
