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Written by Stefan Rudnicki - Audio book narrated by Stefan Rudnicki - Unabridged Nonfiction - 17 RETAIL EDITION COMPACT DISCS

Publisher, Blackstone Audiobooks (July 2007)

NOTE: Blackstone Audio VALUE / RETAIL EDITIONS are packaged in attractive, compact cardboard boxes, shrink-wrapped, with full-color art. Cassettes or compact discs are stored snuggly inside the re-closable package.

Winner of the 2007 National Book Foundation Award for Nonfiction and Named a Best Book of 2007 by Publishers Weekly

“Rudnicki is one of the best narrators in the business, and he's in top form here—Legacy of Ashes is one of the best audiobooks of the year.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Absorbing...a credible and damning indictment of American intelligence policy.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Impressively reported....Terrifically entertaining." —New York Times

"The best...ever written on a case of espionage." —Wall Street Journal

"The epigrammatic style, hard edge and caustic bite of a first-rate detective novel." —Chicago Tribune

"Tough, fair-minded...exceptional in the annals of spy literature for not citing a single anonymous source." —Playboy

This is the book the CIA does not want you to read. For the last sixty years, the CIA has maintained a formidable reputation in spite of its terrible record, never disclosing its blunders to the American public. It spun its own truth to the nation while reality lay buried in classified archives. Now, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Tim Weiner offers a stunning indictment of the CIA, a deeply flawed organization that has never deserved America’s confidence.

Legacy of Ashes is based on more than 50,000 documents, primarily from the archives of the CIA. Everything is on the record. There are no anonymous sources, no blind quotations. With shocking revelations that will make headlines, Tim Weiner gets at the truth and tells how the CIA’s failures have profoundly jeopardized our national security.

About the Author: TIM WEINER has covered American intelligence for the Philadelphia Inquirer and the New York Times and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 1988. He has traveled extensively to report first-hand on CIA covert operations and has lectured at the CIA and the Defense Intelligence Agency to audiences of senior officials. This is his third book.