Jay Briscoe was born on July 21, 1984, in Sandy Springs, Maryland, and is the older brother of fellow professional wrestler Mark Briscoe. Both brothers began training to become professional wrestlers at the age of 18, under the tutelage of their father, a former professional wrestler himself.In this book, readers will get an intimate look into the life of this iconic and professional wrestler. This book delves deep into his life, from his childhood, to his adulthood, and his career...

Lisa Marie Presley is the only daughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, and the only biological child of the King of Rock and Roll. She was born on February 1, 1968 and has been in the public eye since her parents’ divorce when she was just nine years old.In this book, readers will get an intimate look into the life of this iconic daughter of the King of Rock and Roll. This book delves deep into her life, from her childhood, to her adulthood, and her relationships with the other mu...

The true story of a horrifying natural disaster—and the corruption that made it worse—by the New York Times–bestselling authors of Voyage of the Damned.In late April 1902, Mount Pelée, a volcano on the Caribbean island Martinique, began to wake up. It emitted clouds of ash and smoke for two weeks until violently erupting on May 8. Over 30,000 residents of St. Pierre were killed; they burned to death under rivers of hot lava and suffocated under pou...

In the secret world of spies and covert operations, no other intelligence service continues to be as surrounded by myth and mystery as the Mossad. Gordon Thomas reveals that all too often the truth exceeds all the fantasies about the Mossad. Revised and updated for 2015, this new edition includes:- Mossad's secret meeting in 2013 with Saudi Arabia's intelligence chief to plan for Israel to use Saudi to attack Iran should the Geneva discussion fail to be honored by Iran.- The ...

'Pontifex' is het ware verhaal van de historische 78 dagen, in het jaar 1978, toen er achtereenvolgens drie pausen aan het hoofd van de Katholieke Kerk stonden.In dit verslag van onderzoeksjournalist Gordon Thomas volgen we de laatste drie leiders in het Vaticaanstad van de jaren '80: Paulus VI, Johannes Paulus I en Johannes Paulus II. Het boek gaat ook in op de moordaanslag op paus Johannes Paulus II die in 1981 volgde. Een meer bewogen jaar in de recente geschiedenis van de Katho...

The "extraordinary" true story of the St. Louis, a German ship that, in 1939, carried Jews away from Hamburg—and into an unimaginable ordeal ( The New York Times).On May 13, 1939, the luxury liner St. Louis sailed from Hamburg, one of the last ships to leave Nazi Germany before World War II erupted. Aboard were 937 Jews—some had already been in concentration camps—who believed they had bought visas to enter Cuba. The voyage of the damned h...

The New York Times bestseller that tells the story of an overheated stock market and the financial disaster that led to the Great Depression of the 1930s.A riveting living history about Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929. Captures the era, the intoxicating expectancy, the hope that ruled men's heart and minds before the bubble burst and the black despair of the decade that followed.

A "gripping, can't-put-it-down" chronicle, drawing on eyewitness reports and historical documents, by the New York Times–bestselling authors of Enola Gay ( Los Angeles Herald Examiner).It happened at 5:13 a.m. on April 18, 1906, in San Francisco. To this day, it remains one of the worst natural disasters in American history—and this definitive book brings the full story to vivid life.Using previously unpublished documents from insu...

In 1939 vertrokken bijna duizend Joodse vluchtelingen uit Hamburg met het idee dat ze naar Cuba konden gaan. Daar werden ze echter niet toegelaten, zelfs niet als toerist. Zouden de Verenigde Staten of Canada uitkomst bieden?In dit ooggetuigenverslag, zorgvuldig samengesteld uit dagboekfragmenten, interviews en andere documenten, laten de schrijvers zien hoe de hele wereld de passagiers van deze boot de rug toekeerde. Een groot deel van hen zou uiteindelijk in concentratiekampen om...

**This Edgar Award Finalist by two New York Times–bestselling authors provides an "exciting" account of the devastating and mysterious cruise ship fire ( The Washington Post).In the early morning hours of September 8, 1934, the luxury cruise liner Morro Castle, carrying 316 passengers and 230 officers and crew, caught fire a few hours out of the New York harbor on a return voyage from Havana. The fire spread with terrifying swiftness, transforming...

" Rollicking, readable new history of Britain's famous spy organization." — Los Angeles TimesA complete and up-to-date account of the two oldest and still the most powerful, secretive intelligence services in the world: MI5, the security service, and MI6, the secret intelligence service, which have been in existence for over a century. This is a story of spectacular triumphs, treachery, their frigid relationship, their untold work with the CIA, Mossad and t...

29 oktober 1929 is een dag die bekend staat als Zwarte Dinsdag. Het was de dag dat beurzen op Wall Street volledig instortten en een land in diepe financiële crisis werd gestort.In deze New York Times-besteller verplaatsen Gordon Thomas en Max Morgan-Witts zich naar de jaren twintig van de vorige eeuw en presenteren de menselijke gezichten achter de krach van Wall Street: van president Hoover en grote financiële spelers zoals John D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan en Henry Ford, tot de p...