Hoffman, David

While getting into his car on the evening of February 16, 1978, the chief of the CIA's Moscow station was handed an envelope by an unknown Russian. Its contents stunned the Americans: details of top-secret Soviet research and development in military technology that was totally unknown to the United States. From 1979 to 1985, Adolf Tolkachev, an engineer at a military research center, cracked open the secret Soviet military research establishment, using his access to hand over tens of thousands of pages of material about the latest advances in aviation technology, alerting the Americans to possible developments years in the future.

A holistic approach to the use of herbs, well illustrated.

Surveys events surrounding the bombing of the Oklahoma City Federal Building and scrutinizes the investigation by federal authorities.

Presents nostalgic histories and color photos of more than forty classic toys and games spanning the twentieth century, including Slinky, Magic 8 ball, Barbie, Easy-Bake Oven, Etch-A-Sketch, Mr. Potato Head, G.I. Joe, Nerf balls, Play-Doh, Lego, and several others.