The in-depth coverage of the Iraq War that earned Anthony Shadid of the Washington Post the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. On the eve of the war in Iraq, all news correspondents were ordered to leave Baghdad for the sake of their safety. Many streamed out. One man, instead, went deeper. At his own peril, Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter Anthony Shadid chose to stay, armed only with his convictions that the coming events would shake the...

This is the sixth volume of Dr. Justin Glenn's comprehensive history that traces the "Presidential line" of the Washingtons. Volume One began with the immigrant John Washington, who settled in Westmoreland Co., Va., in 1657, married Anne Pope, and became the great-grandfather of President George Washington. It continued the record of their descendants for a total of seven generations. Volume Two highlighted notable family members in the next eight...

Riding the wave is fun, until it crashes down around you and you find you can't swim. Kara's getting on with her life after her fiancé dumped her for another girl. Luckily, she has come across a good guy-attractive, nice, settled…the kind of guy that most girls want. So she goes with the flow and let's herself fall for him-as much as she can with that pesky love for her fiancé stuck in the bottom of her heart. She's happy…before the wave crashes. Drenched...

A cozy paranormal romance by USA Today bestselling author Mindy Klasky. Sometimes a thunderstorm is just a thunderstorm. But not this time. Jane Madison's school for witches is in session, and the first order of business is an intricate Samhain ritual. Alas, in the midst of a sudden, unseasonable deluge, a classic Greek monster is released into the magic circle. Jane succeeds in vanquishing the beast, but only with the assistance of her sworn enemy,...

Jane Madison's life is perfect. She's left her unsatisfying librarian job, moved to the country with her boyfriend David Montrose (who is also her sworn astral protector), and opened a school for witches. Alas, Jane never thought a couple of students could possibly be so challenging. And she didn't plan on her feline familiar growing distracted and disenchanted with all things magical. She certainly didn't think Hecate's Court would mandate a Major...

An ancient fundamentalist organization executes several attacks simultaneously across the globe. A deadly viral compound is unleashed in the Pentagon and the airborne virus turns the building's population into zombies. A Secret Service agent, coerced by the terrorists to assassinate several heads of state, sends the world into chaos. Meanwhile, a former Army officer stranded in the Midwest is forced to fight for his life, while his fiancé is trapped...

Six-years ago, the president made the difficult decision to abandon Washington to the undead - and The Wall was built to keep them trapped inside. Now, a new presidential election revives the hopes of the nation as one candidate promises to retrieve the Declaration of Independence and Constitution from behind The Wall. Retired CIA operative Asher Hawke, AKA the Kestrel, agrees to lead a team to recover the national treasures. But, when they insert...

Silly little Ava...she just can't seem to get it right. Preston's the perfect boyfriend, until he's not. Miko's a nice replacement and is, surely, the one for Ava. He's hot-like Nordic god hot-a student at MIT, and her childhood sweetheart. So why is she so inexplicably attracted to King...the bad boy? His stare burns through her, his presence captivates her. He brings out a passion she never knew she had...and emotions she can't understand. She fights...

Foreign Service veteran Richard Michaelson knows that it is often better to talk to secretaries than big wigs in the political jungles of Washington, DC. But when one such ambitious young secretary turns up dead in a locked hotel room, Michaelson suddenly realizes just how much she knew...and that the killer might now be after him. Now everyone is clamoring to get their hands on the mysterious document in the dead woman's possession. Soon investigators,...

If the witches don't get him, the werewolves will. Fired from his job protecting the witches of Washington DC, David is now treading water at Hecate's Court, trying to redeem his reputation and put his life back together. His father says David has disgraced the family name. His new boss is a tyrant. And his best friend-a wolf shifter-is dragging him onto the front lines of an all-out supernatural war. Just when David thinks he'll never catch a break,...