Kill a man and you’re a murderer. Kill a million and you’re a statesman. Dirk should have killed more people. Dirriken Friedel used his aristocratic connections to rescue his troops. He didn’t plan on starting a war or killing them himself. Now he spends his days in jail, waiting for an assassin sent by his […]

Isaiah Cole asked for justice. The town gave him silence. Cattle money and freight routes keep the frontier town alive, but true power rests with Caleb Horne. A wealthy rancher with armed riders at his command, Horne controls land, law, and guns. No one challenges him. Those who do don’t last. Isaiah Cole keeps his […]

With almost 5 million copies sold in the 60 years since it was published, generations of readers have journeyed with Milo to the Lands Beyond in this beloved classic. Enriched by Jules Feiffer’s splendid illustrations, the wit, wisdom, and wordplay of Norton Juster’s offbeat fantasy are as beguiling as ever. For Milo, everything’s a bore. […]

For years, the CIA has managed to maintain a formidable reputation in spite of its terrible record, burying its blunders in top-secret archives. Its mission was to know the world. When it did not succeed, it set out to change the world. Its failures have handed us, in the words of President Eisenhower, “a legacy […]