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  • The Outlier

    The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter

    by Kai Bird ...
    **“Important . . . [a] landmark presidential biography . . . Bird is able to build a persuasive case that the Carter presidency deserves this new look.”—The New York Times Book ReviewAn essential re-evaluation of the complex triumphs and tragedies of Jimmy Carter’s presidential legacy—from the expert biographer and Pulitzer Prize–winning co-author of American Prometheus**Four decades after Ronald ... Read more

    Was $8.99 USD Now $6.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • The Good Spy

    The Life and Death of Robert Ames

    by Kai Bird ...
    The Good Spy is Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Kai Bird’s compelling portrait of the remarkable life and death of one of the most important operatives in CIA history – a man who, had he lived, might have helped heal the rift between Arabs and the West.On April 18, 1983, a bomb exploded outside the American Embassy in Beirut, killing 63 people. The attack was a geopolitical turning point. It ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Color of Truth

    McGeorge Bundy and William Bundy: Brothers in Arms

    by Kai Bird ...
    Series series Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author
    From the Pulitzer Prize–winning coauthor of American Prometheus—this biography of the Bundy Brothers inspired the Academy Award–winning film Oppenheimer.In this definitive biography of McGeorge Bundy and William Bundy, two of "the best and the brightest" who advised presidents about peace and war during the most dangerous years of the Cold War, Kai Bird pens a portrait of the fiercely patriotic, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Chairman: John J McCloy & The Making of the American Establishment

    by Kai Bird ...
    “Exhaustively researched and remarkably evenhanded.” —The New York Times“Absorbing…the definitive life story.” —Kirkus Reviews“A fascinating study.” —Los Angeles TimesIn The Chairman, the authoritative biography of John J. McCloy, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Kai Bird chronicles the life of the man labeled “the most influential private citizen in America.”<p... ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Outlier

    The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter

    by Kai Bird ...
    Narrated by Arthur Morey ...

    Unabridged

    27 hours 35 min

    **“Important . . . [a] landmark presidential biography . . . Bird is able to build a persuasive case that the Carter presidency deserves this new look.”—The New York Times Book ReviewAn essential re-evaluation of the complex triumphs and tragedies of Jimmy Carter’s presidential legacy—from the expert biographer and Pulitzer Prize–winning co-author of American Prometheus**Four decades after Ronald ... Read more

    $32.50 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    The Good Spy

    The Life and Death of Robert Ames

    by Kai Bird ...
    Narrated by René Ruiz ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 47 min

    The Good Spy is Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Kai Bird’s compelling portrait of the remarkable life and death of one of the most important operatives in CIA history – a man who, had he lived, might have helped heal the rift between Arabs and the West.On April 18, 1983, a bomb exploded outside the American Embassy in Beirut, killing 63 people. The attack was a geopolitical turning point. It ... Read more

    $22.50 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    Crossing Mandelbaum Gate

    Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956-1978

    by Kai Bird ...
    Narrated by Joe Caron ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 58 min

    Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Kai Bird’s vivid memoir of a childhood spent in the midst of the Arab-Israeli conflict in Jerusalem and Saudia Arabia, and his personal account of three major wars and three decades of political upheavals in the Middle East. ... Read more

    $27.97 USD

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    Also available as: eBooks

  • American Prometheus (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

    The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture OPPENHEIMER

    by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin ...
    THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OPPENHEIMER • "A riveting account of one of history’s most essential and paradoxical figures.”—Christopher Nolan#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic ... Read more

    Was $13.99 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    American Prometheus

    The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

    by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin ...
    Narrated by Jeff Cummings ...

    Unabridged

    26 hours 30 min

    The inspiration for the major motion picture Oppenheimer, this is the definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress.American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, “father of the ... Read more

    $34.95 USD

  • Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb

    Young Readers Edition of AMERICAN PROMETHEUS: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

    by Martin J. Sherwin, Kai Bird, Eric S. Singer ...
    **A young readers edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus was the inspiration for the blockbuster film, Oppenheimer.This brand-new edition introduces the next generation to one of the twentieth century's most iconic and complex global figures.**J. Robert Oppenheimer was a brilliant physicist who led the American effort to build the atomic bomb ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Audiobook

    Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb

    Young Readers Edition of AMERICAN PROMETHEUS: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

    by Martin J. Sherwin, Kai Bird, Eric S. Singer ...
    Narrated by Nikola Hamilton ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 11 min

    **A young readers edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus was the inspiration for the blockbuster film, Oppenheimer.This brand-new edition introduces the next generation to one of the twentieth century's most iconic and complex global figures.**J. Robert Oppenheimer was a brilliant physicist who led the American effort to build the atomic bomb ... Read more

    $23.00 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • American Scoundrel

    Roy Cohn's Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump

    by Kai Bird, Susan Goldmark ...
    **“A narrative masterwork. Bird vividly creates the sinister web of charm and deceit that Cohn was able to spin through his decades at the very center of power.” —Marie Brenner, award-winning writer-at-large for Vanity Fair and coproducer of the documentary Where’s My Roy Cohn?From the Pulitzer Prize–winning coauthor of American Prometheus, inspiration for the box-office sensation Oppenheimer, a ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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