The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
Two Pulitzer-finalist Wall Street Journal reporters document the true story of how a young social climber orchestrated one of history's biggest financial heists, exposing the secret nexus of elite wealth, banking, Hollywood and politics. 75,000 first printing
Blood and Oil the explosive untold story of how Mohammed bin Salman and his entourage grabbed power in the Middle East and acquired a network of Western allies - including well-known US bankers, Hollywood figures, and politicians - all eager to help the charming and crafty crown prince. Through astonishing interviews with powerful insiders, Blood and Oil tells how MBS's cabal played the Saudi economy and capitalised on the omnipotence of feudal power while effectively stamping out dissent, before allegations of his extreme brutality and excess began to slip out. A story of breathtaking dealings that range from Riyadh to London, Paris to America, this is a thrilling and brutal investigation into extreme wealth, one of the world's most decisive and dangerous new leaders, and the bid for Saudi transformation that is reverberating around the world
The True Story of the Secret Mission to Overthrow the North Korean Regime
A self-taught operative embarks on a high-stakes mission to undermine the North Korean regime, transforming from an Ivy League activist into a global fugitive. The narrative, penned by a New York Times bestselling author, combines thrilling elements of espionage with real-world implications, offering a gripping account of courage and defiance against oppressive systems.
How did an Ivy League activist become a global fugitive? The tale of a self-taught operative and his high-stakes attempt subvert the North Korean regime.In the early 2000s, Adrian Hong was a soft-spoken Yale undergraduate looking for his place in the world. After reading a harrowing account of life inside North Korea, he realized he had found a cause so pressing that he was ready to devote his life to it.What began as a trip down the safe and well-worn path of organizing soon morphed into something more dangerous. Hong journeyed to China, outwitting Chinese security services as he helped asylum-seeking North Koreans escape across the border. Meanwhile, Hong's secret organization, Cheollima Civil Defense (later renamed Free Joseon), began tracking the North Korean government's activities, and its volatile third-generation ruler, Kim Jong-un. Free Joseon targeted North Korean diplomats who might be persuaded to defect, while drawing up plans for a government-in-exile. After the shocking broad-daylight assassination in 2017 of Kim Jong-nam, the dictator's older brother, Hong, along with U.S. Marine veteran Christopher Ahn, helped ferry Kim Jong-nam's family to safety. Then Hong took the group a step further. He initiated a series of high-stakes direct actions, culminating in an armed raid at the North Korean embassy in Madrid--an act that would put Ahn behind bars and turn Hong into one of the world's most unlikely fugitives.
Čo sa stane, ak sa neobmedzená moc spojí s neobmedzeným kapitálom? Renomovaní investigatívni reportéri denníka The Wall Street Journal prinášajú nevšedný pohľad na najmocnejšiu kráľovskú rodinu na svete a opisujú, ako z boja o nástupníctvo vzišiel charizmatický, no nemilosrdný saudskoarabský korunný princ Muhammad bin Salmán, ktorý ohromil celý svet. Bradley Hope a Justin Scheck využili svoje spravodajské kontakty a získali množstvo cenných informácií z utajených vládnych dokumentov a finančných spisov o prevažne neúspešných obchodných aktivitách princa. Prinášajú pohľad do zákulisia jeho života, ktorý sa chopil moci na Blízkom východe a vytvoril sieť spojencov na Západe vrátane známych amerických bankárov, hollywoodskych osobností a politikov. Keď sa objavili správy o koncentrácii moci v jeho rukách, ako aj obvinenia z násilia a chamtivosti, vzťah Saudskej Arábie a Spojených štátov, založený na výmene ropy za vojenskú ochranu, sa začal trieštiť. Kniha ponúka pútavú reportáž z Blízkeho východu, ktorý patrí k nestabilným regiónom. Ambiciózny princ s túžbou po peniazoch a blízkym vzťahom s Bielym domom môže urobiť Saudskú Arábiu ľahkým terčom islamistických extrémistov.