Faces of America: How 12 Extraordinary People Discovered Their Pasts

New York: New York University Press, 2010. Y6 - A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping and crease on the edges, some peeling of the clear plastic film on the edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book cocked, some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Contributors: Elizabeth Alexander, Mario Batali, Stephen Colbert, Louise Erdrich, Malcolm Gladwell, Eva Longoria, Yo-Yo Ma, Mike Nichols, Queen Noor, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Meryl Streep, Kristi Yamaguchi. Based on the PBS television Series Faces of America hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 9.25"x6.5", 278 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Elie Cohn was hanged from a hook in Martyr's Square, Damascus. The execution was carried live, from beginning to end, by the Syrian television network, while, in Israel, a pale woman watched every scene... She was Nadia Cohn, the wife of Israel's greatest spy - a man who had penetrated the highest echelons of the Syrian government so successfully that its President, El-Hafez, considered him an intimate friend. Now the hard-hitting story of Elie Cohn's amazing feats can be told. Though it reads like a Le Carre or Fleming novel, it is as tragic and true and shocking as today's headlines from the explosive Middle East.... First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.