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A legal analyst for NPR, NBC, and CNN, delves into the facts surrounding what has been called the &ldquo;worst intelligence disaster in U.S. history&rdquo;: the case of Robert Hanssen&mdash;a Russian spy who&nbsp;was embedded in the FBI for two decades.&nbsp;&nbsp; As a federal prosecutor and the daughter of an FBI agent, Wiehl has an inside perspective. She brings her experience and the ingrained lessons of her upraising to bear on her remarkable exploration of the case, interviewing numerous FBI and CIA agents both past and present as well as the individuals closest to Hanssen. She speaks with his brother-in-law, his oldest and best friend, and even his psychiatrist.&nbsp;&nbsp; In all her conversations, Wiehl is trying to figure out how he did it&mdash;and at what cost. But she also pursues questions urgently relevant to our national security today. Could there be another spy in the system? Could the presence of a spy be an even greater threat now than ever before, with the greater prominence cyber security has taken in recent years? Wiehl explores the mechanisms and politics of our national security apparatus and how they make us vulnerable to precisely this kind of threat.

A Spy in Plain Sight: The Inside Story of the FBI and Robert Hanssen-America's Most Damaging Russian Spy

My day was far from over. Every other Thursday that summer of 2004, I would finish shooting Jerry Bruckheimer's acclaimed TV series Skin and then tack on a four-hour nightcap at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. As tough as my days were, I knew they'd get a lot worse if I skipped my date with four bags of poison at the all-night chemo ward. I would pass the hours of those late-night infusions watching classic 50s reruns, thinking about work, and thinking about life. Where I had been, where I was going, what I'd leave behind. That's where the seeds of this book were planted: in the 24 hour chemo room of Cedar-Sinai, while I waited for my fortnightly poison cocktail to empty into my arm and get to work. Not Just Sunglasses and Autographs follows me from bar bouncing in Boston to working on award winning television and movies as I made my way up the entertainment industry ladder. It is an endearing story of overcoming the odds through dark humor, tenacity, authenticity, and a smile. I had originally envisioned this as the memoir of a man who'd beaten Hodgkin's Lymphoma and lived to tell the tale, but that was before I was pitched a curveball called Parkinson's Disease. Equal parts pep-talk and gut-punch, this unvarnished and vulnerable memoir-meets-handbook shares lessons I've learned in life and work and encourages readers to keep moving forward, embrace resilience, step out of their comfort zones, and take life head on.

Not Just Sunglasses and Autographs: 30 Years of Film & Television Production with Life (& Near Death) Lessons

Come on in to meet Victoria Lilithenal and pick up a copy of The T Room!When her charismatic mentor, Ernesto, publicly chooses her as his professional partner, all indications are that Vera's bodywork career is about to ignite. There is just one glitch&mdash;no, make that two. Vera&mdash;single mother of savvy, smart teenage India and her scruffy mutt, Francisco&mdash;is having an affair with&nbsp;Ernesto. As for her new promotion . . . Ernesto took it from his wife, Jean, in order to give it to her. As Vera becomes increasingly embroiled in Ernesto and Jean's dark shenanigans, she quickly realizes that what seemed like an exciting opportunity is more like a deal with the Devil. Confronted with the consequences of her own yearning for male validation, it takes India, a glamorous and aristocratic client named Grace, and the mysterious goddess White Tara, Tibetan Goddess of compassion, to teach Vera the virtues of a sustainable path to self-authority. A luscious, propulsive, humorous romp,&nbsp;The T Room&nbsp;is sure to prove irresistible to every yogi and yoga mom familiar with that Saturday-morning-bookstore trajectory that starts with Self-Help, diverts into Romance, and lands heartfirst in Spirituality.

Victoria Lilithenal Book Signing

At eighteen, Yvonne Martinez flees brutal domestic violence and is taken in by her dying grandmother . . . who used to be a sex worker. Before she dies, her grandmother reveals family secrets and shares her uncommon wisdom. &ldquo;Someday, Mija,&rdquo; she tells Yvonne, &ldquo;you&rsquo;ll learn the difference between a whore and a working woman.&rdquo; She also shares disturbing facts about their family&rsquo;s history&mdash;eventually leading Yvonne to discover that her grandmother was trafficked as a child in Depression-era Utah by her own mother, Yvonne&rsquo;s great-grandmother, and that she was blamed for her own rape. In the years that follow her grandmother&rsquo;s passing, Yvonne gets an education and starts a family. As she heals from her own abuse by her mother and stepfather, she becomes an advocate/labor activist. Grounded in her grandmother&rsquo;s dictum not to whore herself out, she learns to fight for herself and teaches others to do the same&mdash;exposing sexual harassment in the labor unions where she works and fighting corruption. Intense but ultimately uplifting,&nbsp;Someday&nbsp;Mija, You&rsquo;ll Learn the Difference Between a Whore and a Working Woman&nbsp;is a compelling memoir in essays of transforming transgenerational trauma into resilience and post-traumatic growth.For fans of Educated by Tara Westover, Born a Crime by Trevor Noah, and My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante.This book contains mature themes of abuse, sex trafficking, sexual assault and addiction.&nbsp;

Someday Mija, You'll Learn the Difference Between a Whore and a Working Woman: A Memoir

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