The story of firefighting in New York City is one of danger, tradition, pride, excitement, and tragedy. It is also the story of man's triumph over destructive forces. From the gaslight days of horse-drawn steam engines to the World Trade Center tragedy of 2001, the heroic men and women who make up the city's most dynamic public service have risked and often lost their lives in order to protect and serve the people of New York City.New York City Firefighting: 1901-2001 chronicles the proude...

BASED ON THE EXPERIENCES OF THE AUTHOR AND HIS FRIENDS, THIS IS THE SHORT STORY OF ALAN KAHN. ALAN KAHN JOINED THE SECRET SERVICE, BUT THEY DONT KNOW IT. ONE DAY IT ALL FALLS APART.

After conducting exclusive interviews with more than one hundred current and former Secret Service agents, bestselling author and award-winning reporter Ronald Kessler reveals their secrets for the first time.Never before has a journalist penetrated the wall of secrecy that surrounds the U.S. Secret Service, that elite corps of agents who pledge to take a bullet to protect the president and his family. Kessler portrays the dangers that agents face and how they carr...

The award-winning spy and author of the New York Times bestseller Argo recounts his service with the CIA during the Cold War.On the fiftieth anniversary of the CIA, Antonio J. Mendez was named one of the fifty all-time stars of the spy trade, and he was granted exclusive permission to tell his fascinating story—all of it.For the first time, the CIA has authorized a top-level operative to tell all in an unforgettable behind-the-scenes look at...

The secret weapon developed by the man Cavanaugh is assigned to protect is like Kryptonite to the former Delta Force officer turned security guard--it multiplies the effects of adrenaline, a hormone associated with fear, so it incapacitates instead of energizing him.A lot of people want Daniel Prescott's secret, but Cavanaugh, who's felt the drug's effects, wants his antidote. When Prescott disappears, Cavanaugh and his wife Jamie go after him in a high-speed chase that traps them ...

New York Times bestselling author reveals the FBI’s most closely guarded secrets, with an insider look at the bureau’s inner workings and intelligence investigations.Based on inside access and hundreds of interviews with federal agents, the book presents an unprecedented, authoritative window on the FBI's unique role in American history. From White House scandals to celebrity deaths, from cult catastrophes to the investigations of terrorists, stalkers, Mafia figure...

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, a former secret service officer reveals what he saw of Bill and Hillary Clinton's behavior while on protection duty."Byrne's What-the-Butler-Saw style account is particularly damning [. . .] so much of his testimony rings true based on what the world knows about goings-on at the Clinton White House. It is little wonder the Clinton camp has not only denounced the book, but has...

When carjacking an FBI agent, the risks go beyond life and limb—they can go straight to the heart.The head of the US Secret Service Presidential Protection Detail, Frank Adams, started out on the wrong side of town. The day he tried to carjack a rookie Secret Service agent altered his life’s path beyond recognition.Agent Beatrice “Beat” Belfour gets trapped by a routine diplomatic assignment gone terribly wrong. Now an ambassador’s life is slipping through her fingers....

Based on fifteen years of research, Glock is the riveting story of the weapon that has become known as American’s gun. Today the Glock pistol has been embraced by two-thirds of all U.S. police departments, glamorized in countless Hollywood movies, and featured as a ubiquitous presence on prime-time TV. It has been rhapsodized by hip-hop artists, and coveted by cops and crooks alike.Created in 1982 by Gaston Glock, an obscure Austrian curtain-rod manufactur...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Ron Kessler appears to get everything first.”—SlateAs in a play, presidents, vice presidents, and presidential candidates perform onstage for the public and the media. What the nation’s leaders are really like and what goes on behind the scenes remain hidden. Secret Service agents have a front-row seat on their private lives and those of their wives and children. Crammed with new headl...

From the author of the wickedly funny action-thriller, CHOP SUEY, comes a psychological thriller that shows you how bad your day can get, when your perfect plan is perfectly wrong for you and perfectly right for someone else.For Blade and Angel, everyday is about their next high. Tired of the daily jobs needed to support their habit, Blade hatches a scheme for a bank heist. It's the perfect plan.Suddenly things go terribly wrong. Their plan crumbles and now they're forced t...

Books on 9/11 tend to get dismissed as conspiracy theories” but that won’t work with this one, because it contains no theories at all about who did what. It simply focuses on flaws in the official story that have led more than 1500 architects and engineers, with 25,000 years of professional experience (and tens of thousands of others) to demand a new, independent investigation.The book lists fourteen clearly observable facts about 9/11 that the official story can’t explain, then p...