Howard Blum Livres

Set against the backdrop of summer 1914, the story follows New York City Police captain Tom Tunney, who is consumed by local gang rivalries. Unbeknownst to him, a significant threat is emerging internationally as Germany prepares for war. The German ambassador to the U.S. embarks on a covert mission to recruit and fund saboteurs aimed at destabilizing America before it can join the Allies, intertwining Tunney's world with a larger geopolitical conflict.

In bringing to life a cast of stranger-than-fiction characters and circumstances, Dark Invasion tells a riveting story of how American naivete and German ruthlessness placed the US and the West in mortal peril.

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Howard Blum tells the story of the discovery of Mount Sinai and how 20th-century politics conspired to keep this momentous find secret. The text contains revelations about the most holy place in the Bible.

On October 6, 1973—Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar—the Arab world launched a bold and ingeniously conceived surprise attack against Israel. After three days of intense, bloody combat, an unprepared Israel was fighting for survival, while the Arabs, with massive forces closing in on the Jewish heartland, were poised to redeem the honor lost in three previous wars. Based on declassified Israeli government documents and revealing interviews with soldiers, generals, and intelligence operatives on both sides of the conflict, The Eve of Destruction weaves a suspenseful, eye-opening story of war, politics, and deception. It also tells the moving human tale of the men and women who fought to maintain love and honor as their lives and destinies were swept up in the Yom Kippur War.

New paperback edition - From a New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer- nominated journalist, the recently de-classified story of the Cold War spies who changed the world.

The New York Times bestselling author returns with a tale as riveting and suspenseful as any thriller: the true story of the Nazi plot to kill the leaders of the United States, Great Britain, and the U.S.S.R. during World War II

In the bestselling tradition of Wiseguy and Boss of Bosses -- the inside story of the fall of the "Teflon Don" The team: A handpicked squad of FBI agents -- led by a war hero determined to get the job done. The target: John Gotti, the seemingly invincible head of the richest and most powerful crime of modern-day Untouchables, the FBI's C-16 Organized Crime squad, who finally ended the cocky crime lord's reign of terror. Drawing on unprecedented access to FBI records and agents, bestselling author and prize-winning journalist Howard Blum tells the riveting and suspenseful story behind the headlines. Here is the deadly game of cat and mouse that pitted Gotti, his ruthless henchmen and his elusive law-enforcement mole against the Bureau. It is a tale of courage, murder and betrayal. From Mafia backrooms to FBI squad rooms, from the high-tech electronic invasion of Gotti's headquarters to the desperate effort to expose the mole, Gangland is more shocking than fiction -- an instant Mafia classic.

Fascinating. . . . Reading more like a suspense novel than history, Blum's account brings an unsung heroine to vivid life. . . . Well documented. Kirkus Reviews