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The Third Bullet: A Bob Lee Swagger Novel by Stephen Hunter

On January 16, 2013, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Historical Novel, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Editor

Former Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger is interested in the events of November 22, 1963, and the third bullet that so decisively ended the life of John F. Kennedy and set the stage for one of the most enduring controversies of our time.

Capturing Camelot: Stanley Tretick’s Iconic Images of the Kennedys by Kitty Kelley

On December 2, 2012, in Art & Photography, Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, by Editor

A consummate photojournalist, Stanley Tretick was sent by United Press International to follow the Kennedy campaign of 1960. The photographer soon befriended the candidate and took many of JFK’s best pictures during this time. When Kennedy took office, Tretick was given extensive access to the White House, and the picture magazine Look hired him to cover the president and his family.

The Fourteenth Day: JFK and the Aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis: The Secret White House Tapes by David G. Coleman

On October 1, 2012, in Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, Political, by Editor

A fly-on-the-wall narrative of the Oval Office in the wake of the Cuban Missile Crisis, using JFK’s secret White House tapes. Using new material from the tapes, historian David G. Coleman puts readers in the Oval Office during one of the most highly charged, and in the end most highly regarded, moments in American history.

Jack 1939, A Historical Novel Featuring JFK on the Eve of World War II by Francine Mathews

On July 19, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Historical Novel, by Editor

In a deft mosaic of fact and fiction, Francine Mathews has written a gripping espionage tale that explores what might have happened when a young Jack Kennedy is let loose in Europe as the world careens toward war. A potent combination of history and storytelling, Jack 1939 is a sexy, entertaining read.

A Good Man: Rediscovering My Father, Sargent Shriver by Mark Shriver

On July 15, 2012, in Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, Political, by Editor

When Sargent “Sarge” Shriver—founder of the Peace Corps and architect of President Johnson’s War on Poverty—died in 2011 after a valiant fight with Alzheimer’s, thousands of tributes poured in from friends and strangers worldwide. These tributes, which extolled the daily kindness and humanity of “a good man,” moved his son Mark far more than those who lauded Sarge for his big-stage, headline-making accomplishments.

The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation by Stephen Prothero

On July 14, 2012, in Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, Religious Studies, by Editor

In The American Bible Christopher Hitchens weighs in on Huck Finn, and Sarah Palin on Martin Luther King Jr. From the speeches of Presidents Lincoln, Kennedy, and Reagan to the novels of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Ayn Rand—Prothero takes the reader into the heart of America’s culture wars. These “scriptures” provide the words that continue to unite, divide, and define Americans today.

After Camelot: A Personal History of the Kennedy Family – 1968 to the Present by J. Randy Taraborrelli

On April 26, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, by Editor

Based on extensive research, including hundreds of exclusive interviews, After Camelot captures the wealth, glamour, and fortitude for which the Kennedys are so well known. With this book, J. Randy Taraborrelli takes readers on an epic journey as he unfolds the ongoing saga of the nation’s most famous-and controversial-family.

Castro’s Secrets: The CIA and Cuba’s Intelligence Machine by Brian Latell

On March 21, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, by Editor

In CASTRO’S SECRETS, highly acclaimed author and intelligence expert Brian Latell offers a strikingly original view of Fidel Castro in his role as Cuba’s supreme spymaster. Based on interviews with high level defectors from Cuba’s powerful intelligence and security services, long-buried secrets of Fidel’s nearly 50-year reign are exposed for the first time.

American Tabloid: A Novel Of Blistering Americana by James Ellroy

On March 2, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Historical Novel, by Editor

James Ellroy’s trademark nothing-spared rendering of reality, blistering language, and relentless narrative pace are here in electrifying abundance, put to work in a novel as shocking and daring as anything he’s written: a secret history that zeroes in on a time still shrouded in secrets and blows it wide open.

Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath by Mimi Alford

On February 9, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, by Editor

No longer defined by silence or shame, Mimi Alford has finally unburdened herself with this searingly honest account of her life and her extremely private moments with a very public man. Once Upon a Secret offers a new and personal depiction of one of our most iconic leaders and a powerful, moving story of a woman coming to terms with her past and moving out of the shadows to reclaim the truth.