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Hunting Nukes uniquely describes how intelligence should work to inform and direct diplomacy to the advantage of both the United States and the world. Lawless's focus is on intelligence and diplomatic personnel and the need for these indispensable professionals to have the will and expertise to carry out their responsibilities. He describes the apex of it all as the knowledgeable policymaker who recognizes the facts to succeed or the unknowledgeable policymaker who ignores the facts and fails.>For fifteen years, Richard Phillip Lawless served as a clandestine-services officer for the Central Intelligence Agency. His primary duty involved seeking out and exposing undeclared nuclear weapons activities within countries of the highest concern to the U.S. government. Hunting Nukes is his detailed chronicle of those experiences. Among them, Lawless reveals the successful takedown of the South Korean strategic weapons program in the mid-1970s. He describes, in detail, the Agency's operation that detected, penetrated, defined and eventually blocked that country's covert effort. Reentering U.S. Government service in the wake of 9/11, he joined the senior levels of policy-making at the Department of Defense. Lawless recounts his duties as Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, particularly in the 2002-2008 talks with the rogue North Korean regime-the so-called "Six Party Talks." In those cases and others, Lawless details his role in the political and bureaucratic struggles necessary to keep the world's most terrifying weapons out of the hands of the world's least responsible and most dangerous regimes.

"Following author Jessie Thorpe's acclaimed debut novel 'Bolton Roper, ' her new title, 'Mr. Bridges, ' is deftly set in the 1980s and once again showcases her natural flair as a novelist for both originality and the kind of narrative drive storytelling style that is replete with the types of details and descriptions that provide a feeling of authenticity, believability, and reader engagement that raise a novel to the level of fine literature ... 'Mr. Bridges' is unreservedly recommended.">Jack Bridges is the popular principal at Great Forest elementary school in suburban Washington, D.C. His easy manner and likeability contribute to his success and job satisfaction. Each day, he attends to his work and returns home to his wife Greta and their three young sons, Chris, Bud, and Sam. Nina Talbott is a housewife living near the school. She is raising two daughters, Polly and Elaine, while her husband Tom travels frequently for his job. Eventually, and inevitably, Jack and Nina connect and consummate a passionate affair, thereby setting into motion a relationship full of private excitement and hope for future happiness. Jack also experiences a personal epiphany when he returns to the small Michigan lakeside town where he spent an idyllic youth. But a personal tragedy forces him to make a fateful and likely irrevocable life choice. Set in the 1980s, Jessie Thorpe's enthralling second novel contains the signature intelligence and piercing insights into the human condition she displayed in Bolton Roper, her highly praised debut work. She infuses Mr. Bridges with irresistible details and lush descriptions, proving again why she has rapidly established herself as one of literary fiction's premier writers.

Mountain Lake Press and its two divisions, D Street Books and Safehaven Books, constitute one of the smallest publishers in the United States. Its current catalog comprises only 28 titles. Yet among that group reside some of the best and most praised books published in recent years. They include, for example, arguably the best book on driving instruction, the best on international business travel, the best book in the West about radical Islam, and the best memoirs, respectively, about a career in the Central Intelligence Agency and the life of an international opera star. The list also includes several excellent literary novels, among the best in contemporary fiction, along with two compelling short story collections. All of this was accomplished in a short time by a tiny but dedicated and determined staff. Who knows what new treasures Mountain Lake Press will produce in the years to come.

"Descriptively informative, Phil's 3rd Favorite 500 is thoroughly film fan friendly ... making it an essential and welcome addition.">In 2012, Phil Berardelli published his first compilation of 500 favorite movies, divided into 50 categories and borne of a lifelong love of the medium, and a desire to share some of his most enjoyable experiences with other cinephiles. He followed up in 2018 with a print edition of that compilation. Then, two years later, Phil completed his second 500 favorites, likewise encompassing 50 categories. Now, in Phil's 3rd Favorite 500, he adds yet another 500 titles, presented in yet another 50 categories. With this trilogy, Phil offers a vast array of attractions to engage a wide variety of interests, from the most avid film students to the most casual viewers, and ranging from acknowledged classics to little-known treasures. All represent some of the finest work of moviemakers in America and overseas alike, with some titles going back nearly a hundred years. Witty and eminently browsable, Phil's three compilations will no doubt in the coming years be regarded as classic references for movie lovers everywhere.