Wright, Lawrence

Honoring the medical professionals around the country who've risked their lives to fight the virus, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author provides essential information--and fascinating historical parallels--examining the medical, economic, political, and social ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"... an electrifying thriller about a mysterious killer virus bringing the world to its knees"--Publisher.

Recalls where and how Al Qaeda and its core beliefs have morphed and spread and looks at the organization as it forms a master plan for the future while also experiencing rebellion from within. The American response to terrorism in the Middle East is covered through profiles of FBI agents and the head of the CIA and discussions of the capture and beheadings of American journalists by ISIS.

Examines the history of the thirteen days President Jimmy Carter, Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin, and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat spent in 1978 at Camp David, culminating in the signing of the first peace treaty in the modern Middle East, between Israel and Egypt.

"Based on more than two hundred personal interviews with both current and former Scientologists--both famous and less well known--and years of archival research, Lawrence Wright uses his investigative skills to uncover for us the inner workings of the Church of Scientology"--From publisher description.

Chronicles the events leading up to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, offering an in-depth look at the Al Qaeda terrorist group's planning of the attacks and the events that prompted them.

Chronicles the events leading up to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, offering an in-depth look at the Al Qaeda terrorist group's planning of the attacks and the events that prompted them.

Examines studies of identical twins who have lived entirely separate lives, and discusses what that research reveals about the relative contributions of heredity and environment to the makeup of individual human natures.