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'The Sisterhood' brings to life the true story of the network of
brilliant female intelligence analysts who began pursuing Al-Qaeda
leader Osama bin Laden in the 1990s, long before he became
notorious. In the years leading up to 9/11, they repeatedly and
fruitlessly warned government officials of an impending major
assault on US soil, but were ignored because they were women
working in an unglamorous part of the CIA. After 9/11 shook the
country, and the world, these women had no choice but to push
forward, putting their families, social lives, and health on the
backburner as they worked around the clock to dismantle Al-Qaeda
and bring the world’s most infamous terrorist to justice. Liza
Mundy skilfully animates the lives of these unsung heroes,
delivering a thrilling narrative that heralds the essential
contributions women have made to global security, intelligence, and
espionage work, as well as the trials and sacrifices they’ve
faced to earn trust and respect in a traditionally male-dominated
field.
IN "THE RICHER SEX," bestselling author and "Washington Post
"writer Liza Mundy takes us to the exciting frontier of a new
economic order, showing why more households will be supported by
women than by men within a generation and how both men and women
will feel surprisingly liberated in the end. She goes deep inside
the lives of cutting-edge couples to paint a picture of how dating,
sex, marriage, and home life are changing. She also investigates
all the new, sometimes highly personal debates born in a society
that can no longer assume the male is the primary breadwinner. This
wild ride into the future, grounded in Mundy's peerless journalism,
will cause women and men of all generations to rethink the meaning
of this social upheaval.
In the tradition of Hidden Figures and The Girls of Atomic City,
Code Girls is the amazing true story of the young American women
who cracked German and Japanese military codes during World War II.
More than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during World
War II, recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy. While their brothers
and boyfriends took up arms, these women moved to the nation's
capital to learn the top secret art of code breaking. Through their
work, the code girls helped save countless lives and were vital in
ending the war. But due to the top secret nature of their
accomplishments, these women have never been able to talk about
their story--until now. Through dazzling research and countless
interviews with the surviving code girls, Liza Mundy brings their
story to life with zeal, grace, and passion. Abridged and adapted
for a middle grade audience, Code Girls brings this important story
to young readers for the first time, showcasing this vital story of
American courage, service, and scientific accomplishment.
Award-winning journalist Liza Mundy captures the human narratives,
as well as the science, behind the controversial,
multibillion-dollar fertility industry, and examines how this huge
social experiment is transforming our most basic relationships and
even our destiny as a species.
Skyrocketing infertility rates and dizzying technological advances
are revolutionizing American families and changing the way we think
about parenthood, childbirth, and life itself. Using in-depth
reporting and riveting anecdotal material from doctors, families,
surrogates, sperm and egg donors, infertile men and women, single
and gay and lesbian parents, and children conceived through
technology, Mundy explores the impact of assisted reproduction on
individuals as well as the ethical issues raised and the
potentially vast social consequences. The unforgettable personal
stories in "Everything Conceivable "run the gamut from joyous to
tragic; all of them raise questions we dare not ignore.
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