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"How much of a threat is al-Qaeda today? Ten years after September 11th, it remains shrouded in myth, lurking everywhere, ceaselessly plotting to kill innocent people en masse. While there is currently extensive and on going analysis of bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad and what it contained, there has been little debate over his organization's Viability. The Rise and Fall of Al-Qaeda will launch that debate."...... more

"Fifty years after its original publication, Catch-22 remains a cornerstone of American lit-erature and one of the funniest--and most celebrated--novels of all time. In recent years it has been named to "best novels" lists by Time, Newsweek, the Modern Library, and the London Observer . Set in Italy during World War II, this is the story of the incomparable, malingering bombardier, Yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him." ...... more