Intelligence Community

This classic of spycraft is based on Allen Dulles's incomparable experience as a diplomat, international lawyer, and America's premier intelligence officer. Dulles was a high-ranking officer of the CIA's predecessor - the Office of Strategic Services - and was present at the inception of the CIA, where he served eight of his 10 years there as director. Here he sums up what he learned about intelligence from nearly a half-century of experience in foreign affairs.

Equal parts Sapiens, Behave, and Superintelligence, but wholly original in scope, A Brief History of Intelligence offers a paradigm shift for how we understand neuroscience and AI. Artificial intelligence entrepreneur Max Bennett chronicles the five “breakthroughs” in the evolution of human...

Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. This bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other infamous strategists. The 48 Laws of Power will fascinate any listener interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control.

This annual report of worldwide threats to the national security of the United States responds to Section 617 of the FY21 Intelligence Authorization Act (P.L. 116-260). This report reflects the collective insights of the Intelligence Community (IC), which is committed every day to providing the nuanced, independent, and unvarnished intelligence that policymakers, warfighters, and domestic law enforcement personnel need to protect American lives and America’s interests anywhere in the world.

In Special Duty, Richard J. Samuels dissects the fascinating history of the intelligence community in Japan. Looking at the impact of shifts in the strategic environment, technological change, and past failures, he probes the reasons why Japan has endured such a roller-coaster ride when it comes to intelligence gathering and analysis, and concludes that the ups and downs of the past century - combined with growing uncertainties in the regional security environment - have convinced Japanese leaders of the critical importance of striking balance between power and insight.

Ten Years Undercover in America Tower of Secrets II. The CIA awarded Victor Sheymov the highest intelligence medal for the services he rendered to the US. Yet for the ten years that he and his family remained under deep cover, unbeknownst to the KGB, working at the highest levels of the NSA and British Intelligence, the CIA itself turned out to be Sheymov’s most insidiously persistent, and dangerous enemy. Why? Tiebreaker is the fascinating memoir of how Victor Sheymov figured out the reason behind the campaign to destroy him and his family, and the cause of the CIA’s catastrophic ...

A top negotiator in countless high-stakes missions to free Americans captured abroad and held in the world's scariest prisons takes readers inside the dramatic and shadowy world of international hostage rescue. Who else are their desperate loved ones supposed to call? Mickey and his tight team...

The #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Designing Your Life return with a groundbreaking guide to transforming your daily routine into one brimming with joy, purpose, and meaning. In a world grappling with major societal shifts and increasing isolation, it’s easy to feel like nothing you...

In this “riveting read, meshing memoir with scientific explication” (Nature), a world-renowned neuroscientist reveals how he learned to communicate with patients in vegetative or “gray zone” states and, more importantly, he explains what those interactions tell us about the working of...

From Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen, the untold USA Today bestselling story of the CIA's secret paramilitary units. Surprise . . . your target. Kill . . . your enemy. Vanish . . . without a trace. When diplomacy fails, and war is unwise, the president calls on the CIA's Special...

Transformational Leadership For Aspiring Leaders Inspire With Authenticity and Vision to Make a Positive Impact on Your Organizations and Communities by Michael J. L. Gillette, M.A., B.A., A.A.S. Are you ready to lead with purpose—not just power? Transformational Leadership for Aspiring Leaders is your practical, motivational guide to becoming the kind of leader people choose to follow. Whether you're a new supervisor, a seasoned public servant, or a team member with a vision for positive change, this book will equip you with the mindset, tools, and strategies to lead with authenticity, ...

Over the last decades many thousands of people around the world have come to recognize in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) a vehicle for approaching land, food, labor, environment and community in a healthier way. Now – in an era with increasing shadows of environmental catastrophe – it’s time to expand exponentially the CSA vision and reality. This book lays out the vision and sounds a practical and meaningful call to action. Author Steven McFadden is a journalist who has been writing about CSA since its inception in the USA in the late 1980s. This compact book--a Soul*Spark--is...

The President’s Mars advisor, quantum physicist Dr. Kendo Tanaka, is found dead in a Northern California motel room. The administration knows it is the work of The Community, a clandestine organization determined to end Mars exploration. Reporter Rudy Ventana, with the help of Linda Rainwater, a White House aide, is asked to investigate Tanaka’s death. Within hours of meeting, they find themselves in mortal danger, pursued by Community assassins. What dark secret is The Community hiding on Mars?

In this urgent and eye-opening audiobook, clinical psychologist Dr. CE Davidson Cibelli explores how authoritarian movements use emotional tactics like dehumanization, gaslighting, identity distortion, and moral disengagement. Drawing from trauma theory, neuroscience, child development, and cultural history, she shows how fascism thrives not only through power, but through psychological control.

The Queen System is a groundbreaking exploration of how nature’s oldest societies reveal a new framework for human love, purpose, and community. From bee colonies to elephant herds to matrilineal human cultures across the world, the same pattern appears again and again. The feminine is the center of emotional stability. The masculine rises in response to that clarity. Children become strong within communal support. Elders anchor the lineage. The hive thrives when each person understands their place and purpose. This book translates the hidden intelligence of nature into a powerful guide ...

A Timely & Urgent Call to Reclaim Our Collective Future. Are you part of the "uninvited class"—the forsaken majority increasingly pushed to the margins by systems you don't control? Do you feel the relentless pull of a world where trust erodes, truth becomes elusive, and technology seems to deepen divides rather than bridge them? In an age where exclusion is not just a local injustice but a global operating system, and where AI promises convenience yet often codifies bias, silence is no longer an option. Intellectual Enlightenment for the Uninvited Class by Alexious Fiero is not just a ...

Everyday Leadership: How to Influence, Inspire, and Make a Difference Without a Title Leadership isn’t a job title—it’s a way of being. Everyday Leadership is your guide to discovering the leader within, empowering you to influence, inspire, and create lasting impact—whether or not you hold a formal position of authority. In today’s connected world, influence travels through conversations, relationships, and everyday actions—not org charts. This insightful and practical book challenges outdated notions of what it means to lead and offers a new vision: leadership as an accessible...

The common denominator for all people is that none of our parents are perfect. Whether we experienced a healthy and stable family dynamic or a tumultuous upbringing, we all enter adulthood with an incompleteness or deficit. Some of us had it better than others, but no one is exempt. Bridge the Gaps is a personal development guide and resource that serves the purpose of compensating for those deficits. This guide will provide the tools that individuals can use to grow in three areas: -Self-awareness: To get clear on how you are wired and what you are called to do in this world. -Self-...

What if every war for the last 60 years was manufactured for profit? What if you could prove it mathematically? Harvard cryptologist Dr. Sarah Brennan discovers an impossible pattern: the mysterious deaths of JFK assassination witnesses form a perfect geometric code—one that predicts the next manufactured crisis with terrifying accuracy. When her mentor is murdered hours after sending her the evidence, Sarah has 48 hours to expose a shadow government that's been orchestrating wars, assassinations, and political chaos since 1963. The pattern is undeniable. The conspiracy is real. And ...

2020 Audie Awards Winner – Business/Personal Development A comprehensive step-by-step guide to creating a hit show, So You Want to Start a Podcast covers everything from hosting and guest booking to editing and marketing - while offering plenty of encouragement and insider stories along the...