In this memoir, the former CIA director and veteran intelligence agent recalls the people and events that shaped his career, while detailing the inner workings of the CIA.
'A tour de force of an extraordinary half-century of campaigning for justice' - Helen Clark, former New Zealand Prime Minister and United Nations Development ChiefPeter Hain famous for his commitment to the anti-apartheid struggle has had a dramatic 50-year political career, both in Britain and in his childhood home of South Africa, in an extraordinary journey from Pretoria to the House of Lords.
Skollie, saint, scholar, hippest of hippies, imperfect musician with a perfect imagination, Syd Kitchen was, like all great artists, born to enrich his art and not himself.
Environmentalist, independent researcher and author, Gareth Patterson has spent his entire adult life working tirelessly for the greater protection of African wildlife and, more particularly, for that of the lion.
Environmentalist, independent researcher and author, Gareth Patterson has spent his entire adult life working tirelessly for the greater protection of African wildlife and, more particularly, for that of the lion.
Skollie, saint, scholar, hippest of hippies, imperfect musician with a perfect imagination, Syd Kitchen was, like all great artists, born to enrich his art and not himself.
Brillanter Trompeter, Boxer und JazzlegendeEr ist eine der gro ten Musikerpersonlichkeiten, seine Silhouette eine Ikone: Miles Davis war eine Naturgewalt, ein Virtuose der Wandlungen, der den Jazz mehrfach neu erfand.
Laurence Oliphant, a successful Victorian writer, diplomat and Member of Parliament gave up his glittering career to join an American cult for a life of hard physical labor and sexual mysticism.
Laurence Oliphant, a successful Victorian writer, diplomat and Member of Parliament gave up his glittering career to join an American cult for a life of hard physical labor and sexual mysticism.
This memoir of the author's tour of duty in Vietnam in 1968 is a true account of a 19-year-old's journey from a quiet civilian life in Connecticut to an Army infantryman in Vietnam, first as a private and a point man, later as platoon sergeant.
