Edward Jay Epstein

the hidden financial reality behind the movies

The Hollywood economist

Challenges the popular image of Edward Snowden as hacker turned avenging angel, while revealing how vulnerable the United States' national security systems have become.

Edward Snowden, the Man and the Theft

How America Lost Its Secrets

An insider's guide to the art of reporting draws on more than four decades of investigative work to provide revisionary insights into some of the most controversial and mysterious crimes from the past two centuries. By the author of the best-selling Inquest: The Warren Commission and the Establishment of Truth.

The Annals of Unsolved Crime

Armand Hammer

A portrait of the legendary entrepreneur and philanthropist, the first since his death, draws on recently released Soviet and American sources to provide a close-up look at Hammer's dealings with the Soviet Union, his role in the BCCI scandal, and his secret personal life. 75,000 first printing. $75,000 ad/promo.

The Secret History of Armand Hammer

Dossier

The Hollywood economist 2.0

A detailed, probing analysis of the economic, political and journalistic structure of network news organizations.

Television and the News

News from Nowhere

Examines the late entrepreneur's dealings with the Soviet Union and his role in the BCCI scandal

James Jesus Angleton, the legendary counterintelligence chief of the CIA, pointed out to me that an apparent suicide could be a disguised murder especially of the victims held secrets of interest to intelligence services. In this light, I investigate four apparent suicides of men who held secrets. *** The jailhouse death of financier Jeffrey Epstein in New York*** The strangling of oligarch Boris Berezovsky in England*** The hanging of "God's banker: Roberto Calvi in London*** The shooting of CIA executive William Paisley in Chesapeake Bay*** The death of George de Mohrenschildt in Florida

Edward Jay Epstein Investigates the Suspicious Deaths of Jeffrey Epstein, Boris Berezovsky, Roberto Calvi and Other Possessors of Dangerous Secrets

Suicides and Disguised Murders

The Invisible War Between the KGB and the CIA

Deception

"Investigative reporter Edward Jay Epstein defines the seldom seen universe of intelligence and counterintelligence. Set in the era of the Cold War, it explores the ultimate art of nations: Winning without fighting, or, in a single word, deception. With a new preface (2014), Epstein delves deep into the wheels-within-wheels of superpower intelligence and counterintelligence, showing ways in which the CIA and the KGB have been provoked, seduced, lured into false trails, blinded, and turned into unwitting agents. Readers will find new information on a multitude of subjects: programs involving CIA-written books published under defectors' names; the story of Yuri Nosenko, a KGB officer who defected in 1963 and was at the heart of everything that happened at the CIA for a decade; and the theories of James Angleton, the former CIA chief of counterintelligence, on the hidden motives of KGB super-mole Kim Philby. The book concludes with an ominously plausible argument that Gorbachev's glasnost is merely the sixth phase in a grand strategy of Soviet deception conceived soon after the Bolshevik Revolution"--Provided by publisher.

The Invisible War Between the KGB and CIA

From one of America's leading investigative reporters, Deception is the first book ever to penetrate the looking-glass world of deception and disinformation inhabited by notorious moles such as Kim Philby and renowned counterspies such as James Angleton.

In 2008, the world's economy was nearly destroyed. Was this the work of a giant conspiracy of the new political-financial complex? Who rules the world of money? Edward Jay Epstein investigates the strange, perverse universe of money, greed, and power in six original essays. In exploring the demons and demonology of high finance, Epstein paid a visit to the inner sanctum of the secretive Bank of International Settlements, visited the gold vault at the Federal Reserve Bank in New York, attended Mike Milken's junk bond conference and Bungalow Eight party, and gained access to the trading floor at Lehman and Goldman. In this extraordinary book, we learn about: + Goldman Sach's role in the great credit bubble of 2008 ...+ How Mike Milken forever changed the financial landscape ...+ How the Swiss Gnomes in Basel run a money club for Central bankers...+ How the Pied Piper of Yale revolutionized endowment funds...+ Why The United States may become the next Japan.+ Why Hollywood sees Wall Street as evil.+ The Sham Prosecution of Steven A. Cohen..

True Fables of Wall Street

The Money Demons

A veteran journalist continues his “exhaustively researched” (The Guardian) investigation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn Here investigative reporter Edward Jay Epstein casts fresh doubt on the events surrounding a now-infamous sexual encounter between Dominique Strauss-Kahn—better know by his initials, “DSK”—and a Guinean-born maid at New York’s Sofitel hotel. Epstein shows that DSK, then managing director at the IMF and a leading contender to unseat Nicolas Sarkozy as president of France, was under close surveillance both before and after the incident. Just two days before, French authorities intercepted a sensitive phone conversation with DSK in Washington, DC. It looks as if he was carrying his own bug: a smart phone. The surveillance also continued to New York: as Epstein shows, the staff of the Sofitel can be seen watching DSK throughout his stay. Also examined is DSK’s BlackBerry cell phone, which was likely compromised by French intelligence. Just before DSK left the Sofitel, the phone went missing, and it has never been found. Included in this ebook edition is a collection of documents related to the case, including key-card records (tracking who entered DSK’s suite) and never-before-released CCTV surveillance footage. DSK also goes on the record about the case for the first time with an American journalist. Epstein shows that if there was a conspiracy against DSK, as many now believe, it was an after-the-fact one in which DSK's political opponents learned of the sexual incident at the Sofitel through surveillance and shaped it into a major scandal that changed the course of French politics.

Sex, Surveillance, and DSK

Three Days in May

A veteran journalist continues his “exhaustively researched” (The Guardian) investigation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn Here investigative reporter Edward Jay Epstein casts fresh doubt on the events surrounding a now-infamous sexual encounter between Dominique Strauss-Kahn—better know by his initials, “DSK”—and a Guinean-born maid at New York’s Sofitel hotel. Epstein shows that DSK, then managing director at the IMF and a leading contender to unseat Nicolas Sarkozy as president of France, was under close surveillance both before and after the incident. Just two days before, French authorities intercepted a sensitive phone conversation with DSK in Washington, DC. It looks as if he was carrying his own bug: a smart phone. The surveillance also continued to New York: as Epstein shows, the staff of the Sofitel can be seen watching DSK throughout his stay. Also examined is DSK’s BlackBerry cell phone, which was likely compromised by French intelligence. Just before DSK left the Sofitel, the phone went missing, and it has never been found. Included in this ebook edition is a collection of documents related to the case, including key-card records (tracking who entered DSK’s suite) and never-before-released CCTV surveillance footage. DSK also goes on the record about the case for the first time with an American journalist. Epstein shows that if there was a conspiracy against DSK, as many now believe, it was an after-the-fact one in which DSK's political opponents learned of the sexual incident at the Sofitel through surveillance and shaped it into a major scandal that changed the course of French politics. + This edition contains 6 embedded video files and 1 audio clip. Audio and video may not play on all readers. Check your user manual for details.

Three Days in May (Enhanced Edition)

One of America’s most acclaimed investigative journalists re-investigates some of the most notorious and mysterious crimes of the last 200 years The beloved head of the UN dies in a tragic plane crash . . . witnesses unearthed years later suggest it wasn’t an accident. Theories behind the mysterious death of Marilyn Monroe change yearly, and some believe Jack the Ripper was a member of the royal family. History books say Hitler burned down the Reichstag—but did he? And who really organized the conspiracy to kill Abraham Lincoln? Acclaimed investigative journalist Edward Jay Epstein cut his teeth on one of the most notorious murder mysteries of the 20th century in his first book, Inquest: The Warren Commission and the Establishment of Truth, one of the first books on the assassination and an instant bestseller. His conclusion? The Commission left open too many questions. He examines those questions here, as well as some of the most famous “unsolved” or mysterious crimes of all time, coming to some startling conclusions. His method in each investigation is simple: outline what is known and unknown, and show the plausible theories of a case. Where more than one theory exists, he shows the evidence for and against each. And when something remains to be proved, he says as much. In The Annals of Unsolved Crime, Epstein re-visits his most famous investigations and adds dozens of new cases. From the Lindbergh kidnapping to the JonBenet Ramsey murder case, from the Black Dahlia murder to anthrax attacks on America, from the vanishing of Jimmy Hoffa to the case of Amanda Knox—Epstein considers three dozen high-profile crimes and their tangled histories and again proves himself one of our most penetrating journalists.

Argues that President Bush is using the war on drugs to blame foreigners for the crisis in American cities

Opiates and Political Power in America

Agency of Fear

A fully revised edition of the popular guide to Hollywood finances, updated to reflect even newer films and trends In a Freakonomics-meets-Hollywood saga, veteran investigative reporter Edward Jay Epstein goes undercover to explore Hollywood’s “invisible money machine,” probing the dazzlingly complicated finances behind the hits and flops, while he answers a surprisingly difficult question: How do the studiosmake their money? We also learn: + How and why the studios harvest silver from old film prints ... + Why stars do—or don’t do—their own stunts ... + The future of Netflix: Why the “next big thing” now seems in such deep trouble... + What it costs to insure Nicole Kidman’s right knee… + How Hollywood manipulates Wall Street: including the story of the acquisition of MGM… wherein a consortium of banks and hedge funds lost some $5 billion… while Hollywood made millions. + Why Arnold Schwarzenegger is considered a contract genius… + The fate of serious fare: How HBO, AMC, and Showtime have found ways to make money offer adult drama, while the Hollywood studios prefer to cater to teen audiences. + Why Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is considered a “masterpiece” of financing ...

The Hidden Financial Reality Behind the Movies

The Hollywood Economist 2.0

A probe of the diamond industry reveals the sources and levels of the diamond supply and the mechanism for controlling the price and availability of diamonds and discloses that this century-old system is near collapse

Edward Jay Epstein

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