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**From the New York Times best-selling author, an eye-opening history of the United States’ war on terror across four presidential administrations."Damning and meticulously researched… Bergen is distinctly suited to tell this sprawling story." —Scott Anderson, New York Times (cover review)A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA Council on Foreign Relations Essential Read to Understand Foreign Policy Better**2026 is the twenty-...

Days of Feasting and Rejoicing is a haunting literary crime novel by award-winning author David Bergen.When her friend Christine drowns under suspicious circumstances, Esther Maile—who has always longed to be someone else—slips almost effortlessly into Christine’s life. With a new name, easy access to money, and the attention of Christine’s former lover, the transformation feels natural.Until it isn’t.When it becomes unclear whether Christi...

In "Death at the Drippity," Samantha White runs a busy coffee shop in the small town of Ryant River, along with her business partner, Larry Lumkey. One day, she and her Chihuahua, Abby, find the body of William Whipple.It appears that Whipple had recently changed his stance on an upcoming casino project, a decision that sparked considerable tension in the town.Community discussions revolve around Whipple's death, its impact on the town's future with the casino, and various ...

Messy, creative Bess is perfectly happy creating her paintings in her out-of- the-way studio, never worrying about what the other fairies think. But after she unveils a new portrait of Tinker Bell, she finds herself in a whirlwind of attention. Every sparrow man and fairy in Pixie Hollow wants her to paint his or her picture! With hundreds of fairies to please, suddenly Bess's talent seems more like a chore than a joy!

Days of Feasting and Rejoicing is a haunting literary crime novel by award-winning author David Bergen.When her friend Christine drowns under suspicious circumstances, Esther Maile—who has always longed to be someone else—slips almost effortlessly into Christine’s life. With a new name, easy access to money, and the attention of Christine’s former lover, the transformation feels natural.Until it isn’t.When it becomes unclear whether Christi...

Candice Bergen’s bestselling 1984 memoir: an “engaging, intelligent, and wittily self-deprecating autobiography” (The New York Times).

I walked into the Carnal Suite and asked for ‘The Veil.’I wanted to be completely helpless. They delivered, binding me spread-eagled to a platform and sealing me in total darkness. I was a blindfolded sacrifice, waiting for a single, anonymous man to claim me.He owned my pleasure, pushing me past every limit until I was a sobbing, begging wreck. But my surrender wasn't the end. It was the trigger. My pleas for more were answered, and the door opened again.N...

A riveting, panoramic look at “homegrown” Islamist terrorism from 9/11 to the presentSince 9/11, more than three hundred Americans—born and raised in Minnesota, Alabama, New Jersey, and elsewhere—have been indicted or convicted of terrorism charges. Some have taken the fight abroad: an American was among those who planned the attacks in Mumbai, and more than eighty U.S. citizens have been charged with ISIS-related crimes. Others have acted on American soil, as with...

This highly original book is the first to explore the political and philosophical consequences of Hannah Arendt's concept of 'the banality of evil,' a term she used to describe Adolph Eichmann, architect of the Nazi 'final solution.' According to Bernard J. Bergen, the questions that preoccupied Arendt were the meaning and significance of the Nazi genocide to our modern times. As Bergen describes Arendt's struggle to understand 'the banality of evil,' he shows how Arendt redefined the mean...

When a new art-talent fairy name Scarlett arrives, Bess thinks she needs to teach her a thing or two. But in the end it might be Bess who has something to learn!

Under The Halo is an examination of whether William Branham, a twentieth-century faith-healer and evangelist, was a prophet of God as believed by an estimated 1 to 1.5 million followers who call his teachings the “Message.“ Written by a former Message member who shares his journey into and out of this cult, it’s a well-researched review of the prophecies, visions, stories, and doctrines of William Branham—things that can’t be questioned by those in the Message.Though most people to...

This story begins in September 1988, when house music was being introduced on the dancefloors in Amsterdam by US and UK DJ/producers who for the first time found a receptive audience for their (acid) house music style. The Netherlands, a hedonistic and freethinking nation, helped to accelerate the new subculture in an unrestrained cocktail of artists, music, parties, festivals and not in the last place the love drug xtc. After thirty years, The Netherlands are still at the vanguard of this...