Foreign Age

In The Four Ages of American Foreign Policy, Michael Mandelbaum offers a new framework for understanding the evolution of the foreign policy of the United States. He divides that evolution into four distinct periods, with each defined by the consistent increase in American power relative to other countries. His history of the four periods features engaging accounts of the major events and important personalities in the foreign policy of each era.

One dreadful night, in the shrouded mists of a London peasouper, an unknown assailant knifes Ross Davis of the Foreign Office. His mentor, Neil Griffith, not only discovers the body but is arrested for the murder. Though they haven’t known Neil long, Oxford Tutors/Sleuths, Catherine and Harry Bascombe, investigate at her mother’s request. Catherine is convinced that her mother’s beau would never murder his Foreign Office protégé and future son-in-law. As he is banned from returning to work until his name is cleared, Griffith convinces Catherine to take a temporary job liaising ...

It used to be that ravaging another country’s economy required blockading its ports and laying siege to its cities. Now all it takes is a statement posted online by the U.S. government. In Chokepoints, Edward Fishman, a former top State Department sanctions official, takes us deep into the back rooms of power to reveal the untold history of the last two decades of U.S. foreign policy, in which America renounced the gospel of globalization and waged a new kind of economic war.

When one grumpy quarterback has to room with a sunshiny housemate...sparks fly with their forbidden love. Opposites attract as these two high school seniors, who are stuck under the same roof, fight their explosive chemistry on their way to their fated love. Mia is fun. Friendly. Sassy. Outgoing. Not supposed to date Alexi. Alexi has boundaries enough for the both of them. Alexi is picky. Wealthy. Quarterback. Private. Enthralled with Mia. He plans to return to Europe, but everything in him is drawn to his lovely housemate. Will their love be enough for him to stay?

The Next World War takes listeners behind the scenes of the most dangerous era of international tensions since the end of the Cold War, as countries and military forces prepare for potential large-scale combat on a scale unseen since 1945. From the corridors of power in Washington, Whitehall...

This is a story that starts off close and goes very big. The initial part of the story might sound familiar at first: it is about a platoon of mostly 19-year-old boys sent to Afghanistan, and an experience that ends abruptly in catastrophe. Their part of the story folds into the next: inexorably linked to those soldiers and never comprehensively reported before is the US Department of Defense’s quest to build the world’s most powerful biometrics database, with the ability to identify, monitor, catalog, and police people all over the world.

A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB YA PICK Recipient of the 2021 Pura Belpré Young Adult Author Medal One of BuzzFeed's Must-Read YA Books of 2020 A Best Book of the Year: Cosmopolitan * Kirkus Reviews * SheReads * New York Public Library “An engrossing #OwnVoices novel.”...

Today the very ideas that made America great imperil its future. Our plans go awry and policies fail. History's grandest war against terrorism creates more terrorists. Global capitalism, intended to improve lives, increases the gap between rich and poor. Decisions made to stem a financial crisis...

An award-winning, "unforgettable" novel for fans of Ibi Zoboi and Erika L. Sánchez (SLJ, starred review) about two sisters when the line between family and foe is blurred. Sisters Cheta and Zam couldn’t be more different. Cheta, sharp-tongued and stubborn, never shies away from...

A thought-provoking and penetrating account of the post-Cold war follies and delusions that culminated in the age of Donald Trump from the bestselling author of The Limits of Power. When the Cold War ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Washington establishment felt it had prevailed in a...

A young diplomat's account of her assignment in South Sudan, a firsthand example of US foreign policy that has failed in its diplomacy and accountability around the world. In 2017, Elizabeth Shackelford wrote a pointed resignation letter to her then boss, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. She...

As renowned national security law scholar Laura K. Donohue explains in The Future of Foreign Intelligence, global communications systems and digital technologies have changed our lives in countless ways. But they have also contributed to a worrying transformation. New and emerging technologies have radically expanded the amount and type of information that the government collects about US citizens.

Ryan Hass charts a path forward in America's relationship and rivalry with China rooted in the relative advantages America already possesses. Hass argues that while competition will remain the defining trait of the relationship, both countries will continue to be impacted - for good or ill - by their capacity to coordinate on common challenges that neither can solve on its own, such as pandemic disease, global economic recession, climate change, and nuclear nonproliferation.

Based on a true story, Found at Sea is the account of how 19-year-old Pete O’Brien, while attempting to circumnavigate the globe, is interrupted on his journey by his arrest on drug charges in Bangkok, Thailand and incarcerated in a prison in the heart of that city, along as what follows when he is eventually deported to the custody of a U.S. Consul in Singapore. Once arrived there, he is offered employment aboard an American merchant vessel as an alternative to a flight back to the United States in disgrace and the day that he boards a consulate launch for a trip out into Singapore ...

Zoe never imagined her life would be entwined with a dragon’s, but from the moment she met Emerald, a mysterious green-scaled creature with eyes full of ancient wisdom, she felt their bond was destiny. Though intimidating in form, Emerald proved himself kind and protective, willing to stand beside her when danger loomed. Yet Zoe knows their connection is more than companionship, it is a calling. Together, they embark on a journey of trust and training, testing the limits of their strength as partners. While Emerald learns to master the fire and magic within him, Zoe discovers her own ...

Newly armed with a political mandate after a stunning electoral landslide, Donald Trump has been given a mandate by the American people to begin a new age of manifest destiny, to end the political conflicts, bring an end to the cultural insanity, and to orient the United States to celebrate our next 250 years in prosperity, if matches boldness with wisdom. In this profile, author Tom Kawczynski explains how the contradictions of the American Republic can find resolution in an American Empire which in exchange for dropping a corrupt system based on foreign entanglements and debt, choose ...

Desta never imagined such a heart-wrenching loss and journey into a strange land and an obscure future. An old compass and wooden rod had turned Desta's life upside down and propelled him into the unknown. Desta is an Ethiopian student prophesied to earn a modern education and find a missing ancient Coin of Magic and Fortune. After high school, he was set to study medicine in Bulgaria and search for the shekel. But at the last minute, his devices directed him to follow the sun west to pursue his goals. A friend hastily finds him a college and a benefactor for a year, and Desta travels ...

LOYALTIES ARE TESTED — SACRIFICES ARE MADE — VENGEANCE IS SOUGHT This third installment of the international bestselling THEODORE BOBNOGGIN and THE BACKYARD CHRONICLES is both heartwarming and heartbreaking. It is a frenetic adventure with espionage, spies, and killers, along with a wholly engaging group of heroes and a lovable pair of birds. THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES, BUT THE STAKES ARE HIGHER A former assassin from Afghanistan is tasked by his CIA handler with conducting surveillance on a man who claims to have information on two Americans who can talk to animals. The Chinese government...

This 10-session course is designed to support English-speaking 6th graders, typically aged 11 to 12, in their journey to learn French. The course is designed to make language learning both engaging and approachable for young learners, focusing on building a strong foundation in the basics of key French vocabulary, verb conjugation, and essential grammar rules.

This British billionaire likes my hands on his "package." I’m an assistant tailor at a men’s clothing store. It’s my job to hem shirtsleeves, put on buttons, and cut lapels for custom suits. One day, Sean Jones walks into the store. He’s a gorgeous British billionaire with jet black hair, piercing blue eyes, and a hardened body like a warrior. As the tailor, it’s my job to ask him if he “hangs” left or right in his pants. But Mr. Jones doesn’t want to tell me. He wants to SHOW me! OMG. The alpha male can’t be serious. But he is … because his package is HUGE and he needs ...