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From the bestselling author of Public Enemies and The Big Rich, an explosive account of the decade-long battle between the FBI and the homegrown revolutionary terrorists of the 1970sThe Weathermen. The Symbionese Liberation Army. The FALN. The Black Liberation Army. The names seem quaint now, when not forgotten altogether. But there was a stretch of time in America, roughly between 1968 and 1975, when there was on average more than one significant terrorist act in this country every week, and the FBI combated these groups and others as nodes in a single revolutionary underground, dedicated to the violent overthrow of the American government.The FBIâs response to the leftist revolutionary counterculture has not been treated kindly by history, and it is true that in hindsight many of its efforts seem almost comically ineffectual, if not criminal in themselves. But part of the extraordinary accomplishment of Bryan Burroughâs groundbreaking book is to temper those easy judgments with an understanding of just how deranged these times were, how charged with menace. Burrough re-creates an atmosphere that seems almost unbelievable just forty years later, conjuring a time of native-born radicals, most of them ânice middle-class kids,â smuggling bombs into skyscrapers and detonating them inside the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol, at a courthouse in Boston, at a Wall Street restaurant packed with lunchtime diners. Radicals who robbed dozens of banks and assassinated policemen, in New York, San Francisco, Atlanta. The FBIâs fevered response included the formation of a secret task force called Squad 47, dedicated to hunting the groups down and rolling them up. But Squad 47 itself was not overly squeamish about legal niceties, and its efforts ultimately ended in fiasco.Benefiting from the extraordinary number of people from the underground and the FBI who speak about their experiences for the first time, Days of Rage is filled with important revelations and fresh details about the major revolutionaries and their connections and about the FBI and its desperate efforts to make the bombings stop. The result is mesmerizing and completely newâa book that takes us into the hearts and minds of homegrown terrorists and federal agents alike and weaves their stories into a spellbinding secret history of the 1970s.
Hardcover:
9781594204296 | Penguin Pr, April 7, 2015, cover price $29.95
Paperback:
9780143107972 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, April 5, 2016), cover price $18.00
9780373353033, titled "Siempre Enamorada" | Harlequin Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $3.50 | also contains Siempre Enamorada
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9781611763614 | Unabridged edition (Penguin/Highbridge, April 7, 2015), cover price $50.00 | About this edition: From the bestselling author of Public Enemies and The Big Rich, an explosive account of the decade-long battle between the FBI and the homegrown revolutionary terrorists of the 1970sThe Weathermen.
In The Big Rich, bestselling author and Vanity Fair special correspondent Bryan Burrough chronicles the rise and fall of one of the great economic and political powerhouses of the twentieth centuryâTexas oil. By weaving together the epic sagas of the industryâs four greatest fortunes, Burrough has produced an enthralling tale of money, family, and power in the American century. Known in their day as the Big Four, Roy Cullen, H. L. Hunt, Clint Murchison, and Sid Richardson were all from modest backgrounds, and all became patriarchs of the wealthiest oil families in Texas. As a class they came to be known as the Big Rich, and together they created a new legend in Americaâthe swaggering Texas oilman who owns private islands, sprawling ranches and perhaps a football team or two, and mingles with presidents and Hollywood stars. The truth more than lives up to the myth. Along with their peers, the Big Four shifted wealth and power in America away from the East Coast, sending three of their stateâs native sons to the White House and largely bankrolling the rise of modern conservatism in America. H. L. Hunt became Americaâs richest man by grabbing Texasâs largest oilfield out from under the nose of the man who found it; he was also a lifelong bigamist. Clint Murchison entertained British royalty on his Mexican hacienda and bet on racehorsesâand conducted dirty dealsâwith J. Edgar Hoover. Roy Cullen, an elementary school dropout, used his millions to revive the hapless Texas GOP. And Sid Richardson, the Big Fourâs fun-loving bachelor, was a friend of several presidents, including, most fatefully, Lyndon Johnson. The Big Four produced offspring who frequently made more headlines, and in some cases more millions, than they did. With few exceptions, however, their fortunes came to an end in a swirl of bitter family feuds, scandals, and bankruptcies, and by the late 1980s, the era of the Big Rich was over. But as Texas native Bryan Burrough reveals in this hugely entertaining account, the profound economic, political, and cultural influence of Texas oil is still keenly felt today.
Hardcover:
9781594201998 | Penguin Pr, January 27, 2009, cover price $29.95
9781410413604 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, January 27, 2009), cover price $32.95 | About this edition: In The Big Rich, bestselling author and Vanity Fair special correspondent Bryan Burrough chronicles the rise and fall of one of the great economic and political powerhouses of the twentieth centuryâTexas oil.
Paperback:
9780143116820 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, March 30, 2010), cover price $18.00
Hardcover:
9780060161729 | Harpercollins, January 1, 1990, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Recounts the twenty-five-billion-dollar battle for control of RJR Nabisco--reputedly the largest takeover in Wall Street history--providing unvarnished portraits of the players involved
Paperback:
9780060536350 | Reprint edition (Harperbusiness, June 1, 2003), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A former journalist for the Wall Street Journal recounts the twenty-five-billion-dollar battle for control of RJR Nabisco, reputedly the largest takeover in Wall Street history, in a new edition of the classic look at American dealmaking and corporate mergers.
9780060920388 | Harpercollins, January 1, 1991, cover price $16.00 | also contains PC Card / Pcmcia Software Developer's Handbook | About this edition: Recounts the twenty-five billion dollar battle for control of RJR Nabisco, reputedly the largest takeover in Wall Street history
CD/Spoken Word:
9780061232084 | Abridged edition (Harperaudio, April 1, 2007), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A former journalist for the Wall Street Journal recounts the twenty-five-billion-dollar battle for control of RJR Nabisco, reputedly the largest takeover in Wall Street history.
Hardcover:
9781594200212 | Penguin Pr, July 1, 2004, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: An analysis of Depression-era bank robbery and its most notorious figures discusses the factors that influenced the period's crime rates, the formation and early work of the FBI, and the contributions of J.
Paperback:
9780143115861 | Mti rep edition (Penguin USA, April 29, 2009), cover price $16.00
9780143035374 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, June 28, 2005), cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Analyzes Depression-era bank robbery and its most notorious figures, discussing the factors that influenced the period's crime rates, the formation and early work of the FBI, and the contributions of J.
CD/Spoken Word:
9780743536714, titled "Public Enemies: Americas Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the Fbi, 1933-34" | Abridged edition (Simon & Schuster Audioworks, July 1, 2004), cover price $30.00
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9780743538077 | Abridged edition (Simon & Schuster Audioworks, June 30, 2005), cover price $26.00 | About this edition: In Public Enemies, bestselling author Bryan Burrough strips away the thick layer of myths put out by J.
9780743527408, titled "PUBLIC ENEMIES: Americas Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34" | Abridged edition (Simon & Schuster Sound Ideas, July 1, 2004), cover price $26.00 | About this edition: Examines the future of the American economy, providing a comprehensive forecast that encompasses the next twenty years and featuring financial advice ranging from investment strategies to principles of entrepreneurial success.
Prebinding:
9781435293168 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, May 29, 2008), cover price $25.00
Hardcover:
9780061655548 | Reprint edition (Harperbusiness, November 1, 2008), cover price $29.99
Paperback:
9780061655555 | Reprint edition (Harperbusiness, December 1, 2009), cover price $17.99
Prebinding:
9780613921060 | Turtleback Books, June 1, 2003, cover price $29.35
Paperback:
9780060932695 | Reprint edition (Perennial, March 1, 2000), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Presents a behind-the-scenes account of NASA's ambitious and sometimes tumultuous involvement with Russia's problem-plagued Mir space station over three years.
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9780694521159 | Abridged edition (Harperaudio, March 1, 2000), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Presents a behind-the-scenes account of NASA's ambitious and sometimes tumultuous involvement with Russia's problem-plagued MIR space station over three years.
The co-author of the best-seller, Barbarians at the Gate, offers a behind-the-scenes account of NASA's ambitious, sometimes tumultuous involvement with Russia's problem-plagued Mir space station over three years. 175,000 first printing.
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Hardcover:
9780887307836 | Harpercollins, December 1, 1998, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Presents a behind-the-scenes account of NASA's ambitious and sometimes tumultuous involvement with Russia's problem-plagued MIR space station over three years
Hardcover:
9780788199851 | Diane Pub Co, December 1, 1992, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: The author of Barbarians at the Gate uncovers the secret operation involving spies, private eyes, double agents, and dragon ladies that American Express put into motion in order to harm one reclusive billionaire.
9780060167592 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1992, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Uncovers the secret operation involving spies, private eyes, double agents, and dragon ladies that American Express put into motion in order to harm one reclusive billionaire
Paperback:
9780061090226 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, July 1, 1993), cover price $5.99 | also contains Thousand Arms
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9781559946469 | Harperaudio, June 1, 1992, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: Uncovers the secret operation involving spies, private eyes, double agents, and dragon ladies that American Express put into motion in order to harm one reclusive billionaire.
Product Description: âOne of the finest, most compelling accounts of what happened to corporate America and Wall Street in the 1980âs.ââNew York Times Book ReviewA #1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at the Gate is the classic account of the fall of RJR Nabisco...read more
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9781559942669 | Harperaudio, August 1, 1990, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: âOne of the finest, most compelling accounts of what happened to corporate America and Wall Street in the 1980âs.
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