Legerdemain is the true story of a young undercover operative for the U.S. Air Force during the Truman-Eisenhower Administrations who was sent on a mission to wrest French Morocco from the French colonial system and bring it into the American sphere of influence. The purpose was to insure Moroccan air bases for the Strategic Air Command which was vital for a retaliatory strike against the Soviet Union. The story underlines President Truman's disregard for French friendship and is willing to risk it for the sake of U.S. security. The disregard is further illustrated by the secret storage of atom bombs in French Morocco which was completely unknown to Charles DeGaulle, President of France. The story unveils the working of undercover operatives of Britains MI6, Israel's Mossad, America's CIA, France's Security Services, the Soviet Union's KGB as well as the French Foreign Legion set against the exotic backdrop of the alleyways, coffee houses and bathhouses of Casablanca, the exotic fairs of Marrakech, the settings of privilege in Cairo and the mountainside villages of Cypress. The author's experience also takes him through Berber villages in the Atlas Mountains and Foreign Legion outposts on the apron of the Sahara. Through it all, the author unfolds Islamic thinking of that period and sets it as a prelude to the affairs of the Twenty First Century.

Legerdemain: The President's Secret Plan, The Bomb and What The French Never Knew

History

James J. Heaphey

Americas

History Publishing Co LLC

Legerdemain is the true story of a young undercover operative for the U.S. Air Force during the Truman-Eisenhower Administrations who was sent on a mission to wrest French Morocco from the French colonial system and bring it into the American sphere of influence. The purpose was toinsure Moroccan air bases for the Strategic Air Command which was vital for a retaliatory strikeagainst the Soviet Union. The story underlinesPresident Truman's disregard for French friendship and is willing to risk it for the sake of U.S.security. The disregard is further illustrated by the secret storage of atom bombs in French Morocco which was completely unknown to Charles DeGaulle, President of France. The story unveils the working of undercover operatives of Britains MI6, Israel's Mossad, America's CIA, France's Security Services, the Soviet Union's KGB as well as the FrenchForeign Legion set against the exotic backdrop of the alleyways, coffee houses and bathhouses of Casablanca, the exotic fairs of Marrakech, the settings of privilege in Cairo and the mountainside villages of Cypress. The author's experience also takes him through Berber villages in the Atlas Mountains and Foreign Legion outposts on the apronof the Sahara. Through it all, the author unfolds Islamic thinking of that period and sets it as a prelude to the affairs of the Twenty First Century.

Legerdemain: The President's Secret Plan, The Bomb, And What The French Never Knew

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

The story of the way the FBI was forced to change its methods of operation, from the traditional, media-shy Bureau of J.Edgar Hoover, to the technologically savvy and media friendly organization, necessary to capture Theodore Kaczynski, the notorious Unabomber.This book provides a fascinating look into the Bureau itself and the three individuals charged with leading the investigation and capture of the notorious terrorist after the Bureau s 18 years of frustration

UNABOMBER: How the FBI Broke Its Own Rules to Capture the Terrorist Ted Kaczynski

Jim Freeman

Terry Turchie

Max Noel

Criminal Law

The author starts with the seismic breakup of the continent in the ice age, illustrates how happenings in Europe and even Asia, shaped the nation's development into the United States. He pauses in Book One at the Texans defeat at the Alamo and how that defeat had the long term effect in the U.S. development.

Moments That Made America: From The Ice Age To The Alamo

Arts & Photography

Armstrong, Geoff

History & Criticism

There is something about "Take me out to the ball game" that has lured people to baseball games as a way to create history and memories. It is no surprise, then, that family and cultural ties have been part of baseball at the professional level for eons. That has led to some interesting combinations on and off the diamond.
Fathers and sons, brothers, in-laws, cousins, uncles and nephews...these are some of the "brother" combinations that have played major league baseball or been involved in some capacity since the first league was formed. Some have played together, others generations apart. Some enjoyed long Hall of Fame careers, others made one appearance.
Regardless of what teams they played for or when they played they have created interesting moments, set numerous records, and left unique memories. Their stories, some heartwarming, some bizarre, all intriguing, are the essence of this book.
Brothers in Baseball is a classic collection of anecdotes that bring to life forgotten side notes of the game that has united so many people across the world. It is as interesting as the history of baseball itself.

Brothers In Baseball

Sports & Outdoors

Arthur G. Sharp

Baseball

. In 1967, an eager 30-year-old psychotherapist named Gibbs Williams was offered a job treating heroin addicts at an innovative therapeutic community in lower Manhattan called Odyssey House. What followed over the next seventeen months represents one of the most harrowing and illuminating journeys a young professional can experience at the beginning of his career, due - in large part- to Odyssey's brilliant, pioneering, inscrutable, and mercurial founder and Director, (both a lawyer and psychiatrist). Williams documents his personal and professional Odyssey at Odyssey House in a new book that is both a fascinating look back and an important mirror on some of the most vexing problems our society faces today.

Smack In The Middle: My Turbulent Time Treating Heroin Addicts at Odyssey House

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Gibbs A. Williams

Addiction & Recovery

The author conveys two major messages here. "First, this is a fast look at the chaos that confronted our country during the late '60's and early '70's. Whether you witnessed one of these many events yourself, or whether you read about it, my expectation is that you will discover numerous new and meaningful details within every chapter. I hope you find it entertaining.But there is a second and more ominous takeaway from this review. America may be on the precipice of another season of cultural upheaval. Elements are in place that could cause a more cataclysmic shift than ever before. A cultural "Chinook" could take on new meaning for everyone.
If we learned anything from the '60's and '70's, it was that anger and protests do not in and of themselves bring about worthwhile change. Civilized dialog must replace the heated rhetoric of debate. One of the greatest legacies of our country is that whenever we have faced a crisis, we have applied mental and natural resources to uncover a solution."

Revolution and Renaissance

Daniel Forbes Hauser

In a common struggle for freedom, one for blacks and one for Ireland, Tony Small and Lord Fitzgerald are more inseparable friends than master and servant for seventeen years before Lord Fitzgerald is captured and murdered by the British. Tony and his Irish wife Julie continue their devotion to Lord Edward's widow Pamela after she flees to Belgium. The Smalls move to London where Tony dies around 1804.By bringing to light the story of remarkable figures in eighteenth-century American, Irish, Canadian, English, and French history, the book is unequaled as a record of mutual respect and devotion between two men that begins on the level battle ground at Eutaw Springs. It also creates an account of African Americans not as mere slaves or free black men and women who do manual labor, but as soldiers and patriots of the highest order to help establish the new republic.

Fortune's Bond

Robert Ray Black

This book is a polemical historical narrative based on past American Indian depredations, especially the Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapahoe. It primarily concentrates on the period from 1850 until 1866

Warrior Culture: The Indian Wars and Depredations

Edward Osborne

Sully's journey commences at age 16 when he finds unexpected passage from his home in Ireland to America. He arrives in New York on what turns out to be the eve of the infamous New York Draft Riots. He witnesses them from start to finish and records in great detail all that he saw - from what led up to them, to the incredible and often horrible acts themselves, and the aftermath of those terrible days. After the dust settles, Sully finds himself fully integrated into the New York culture with a lot of friends - most particularly, pub owners John and Mary McSorley who become instrumental in Sully's future adventures.Sully works at the New York docks during the day, and as a cook, bartender, and entertainer at McSorley's in the evening. During this time, Sully also befriends a fellow worker, Catherine McCarty and her young son Henry - who he was destined to meet up with again, years later in the West. By that time though, Henry McCarty had become known as Billy the Kid. John McSorley, besides being a great friend to Sully, is also an exceptional businessman. He recognizes Sully's restless nature, and also a good business opportunity when he sees one. Together they invent the first portable kitchen, or "chuck wagon" as it was later to become known. John decides to fund Sully, helps him get set up, and sends him off on his Western adventures to meet and deal with Wyatt Earp, Jesse James and a host of others while finding himself in the middle of such events and places as Tombstone, Dodge City, the OK Corral, the Lincoln County War, Northfield Minnesota, Wounded Knee, the Oklahoma Land Runs, Coffeyille, and much, much more.

Sully's American West

Edward A. Graves

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