There are 27 books in the Forbidden Bookshelf series. The newest book is Hidden Terrors which came out in 2018.

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The Lords of Creation

By Frederick Lewis Allen , Mark Crispin Miller (editor) ,

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A "stimulating" account of the capitalists who changed America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, setting the stage for the 1929 crash and Great Depression (Kirkus Reviews).

In the decades following the Civil War, America entered an era of unprecedented corporate expansion, with ultimate financial power in the…
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2
The Search for an Abortionist

By Nancy Howell Lee, Mark Crispin Miller (editor) ,

The Search for an Abortionist
Examines the motivations, methods, and effects of illegal abortion as a sociological phenomenon in the United States, with all conclusions based on the results of interviews and empirical research

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The Phoenix Program

By Douglas Valentine, Mark Crispin Miller (editor) ,

The Phoenix Program
"An important work." -John Prados, author of President's Secret Wars

"This definitive account of the Phoenix program, the US attempt to destroy the Viet Cong through torture and summary execution, remains sobering reading for all those trying to understand the Vietnam War and the moral ambiguities of America's Cold War…

6
Du Pont Dynasty

By Gerard Colby, Mark Crispin Miller (editor) ,

Du Pont Dynasty
Most Americans know the name Du Pont. But not as many are aware of the powerful family behind the world's largest chemical company. The Du Ponts are easily the richest family in America and one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in the world. From their fortress-like complex of…

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The Assassination of New York

By Robert Fitch, Mark Crispin Miller (editor) ,

The Assassination of New York
Robert Fitch argues that, within a generation, New York City has been transformed from the richest city in the world to one of the poorest in North America. The pillars of its economy-Macy's, the Daily News, Citibank, Olympia and York, the Trump organization-have cracked or collapsed. Today, the officially poor…

9
The Polk Conspiracy

By Kati Marton , Mark Crispin Miller (editor) ,

The Polk Conspiracy

On May 16, 1948, the body of CBS correspondent George Polk was found floating in Greece's Salonika Bay, where he had been stationed to report on a bloody civil war. The murder was allegedly solved, but Kati Marton has conctructed a vivid, convincing account of who really ordered the assasination…

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Deadly Deceits

By Ralph McGehee, Mark Crispin Miller (editor) ,

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A new, updated edition of this classic account of the CIA's deeds and deceptions by one of its formerly most prized recruits.

"One of the outstanding books written by former CIA agents."-Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair

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The Hoffa Wars

By Dan E. Moldea, Mark Crispin Miller (editor) ,

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The definitive portrait of the powerful, corruption-ridden Teamsters union and its legendary president, Jimmy Hoffa-organizer, gangster, convict, and conspirator-with a new afterword by the author

James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa was one of the most fascinating and controversial figures in twentieth-century America. His remarkable journey from young union organizer to all-powerful…

13
Science of Coercion

By Christopher Simpson, Mark Crispin Miller (editor) ,

Science of Coercion
The Science of Coercion provides the first thorough examination of the role of the CIA, the Pentagon, and other U.S. security agencies in the evolution of modern communication research, a field in the social sciences which crystallized into a distinct discipline in the early 1950s. Government-funded psychological warfare programs underwrote…

14
Underground to Palestine

By I. F. Stone, Mark Crispin Miller (editor) ,

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and…

16
Inside Job

By Paul Muolo, Mary Fricker, Stephen Pizzo , Mark Crispin Miller (editor)

Inside Job
In the tradition of All the president's men , this is a journalistic thriller about the systematic looting of the nations' savings and loans. Far from being precipitated by economic problems, the S&L crisis was a consequence of white-collar criminals, politicians, regulators, the courts, the Justice Department, accountants and lobbyists.…

17
Dallas '63

By Peter Dale Scott , Mark Crispin Miller (editor) ,

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"Our most provocative scholar of American power" reveals the forces behind the assassination of JFK-and their continuing influence over our world (David Talbot, Salon).

On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was gunned down in Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald. Shortly after, Oswald himself was killed. These events led…

18
Friendly Fascism

By Bertram Gross, Mark Crispin Miller (editor) ,

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The 8th November 2016 marked a startling new era in American political life. After the creeping ascent of Right wing authoritarian parties in the UK and Europe Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election brought an alarming form of "alt-right" neo-conservativism into the American political mainstream. Many aspects of this…

19
The Culture of Cities

By Lewis Mumford , Mark Crispin Miller (editor) ,

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A classic work advocating ecological urban planning—from a civic visionary and former architecture critic for the New Yorker.

Considered among the greatest works of Lewis Mumford—a prolific historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology, and longtime architecture critic for the New Yorker—The Culture of Cities is a call for communal action to…

22
"Not by Might, Nor by Power"

By Douglas Petersen, Mark Crispin Miller (editor) , Adi Ophir (introduction)

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The author describes the move of the Holy Spirit and the effect on the church in Latin America.

La teologa del cristiano debe ir ms all de la fuerza y el poder humanos. La verdadera historia viene por la obra del Espritu de Dios.

23
Dark Victory

By Dan E. Moldea, Mark Crispin Miller (editor) ,

Dark Victory
Chronicles the story of MCA and how it became the giant conglomerate that today owns America's largest movie and television production companies, and profiles the men whose power and influence stretch from the entertainment world to the White House

24
The Splendid Blond Beast

By Christopher Simpson, Mark Crispin Miller (editor) ,

The Splendid Blond Beast
From a National Jewish Book Award–winning author: The “revelatory and shocking” investigation into the CIA’s liberation of Nazi war criminals (Kirkus Reviews).

How did Gen, Karl Wolff, one of the highest-ranking members of the Nazi Party’s Waffen-SS, who personally oversaw the deportation of three hundred thousand Jews to the Treblinka…

25
Thy Will Be Done

By Gerard Colby, Mark Crispin Miller (editor) , Charlotte Dennett

Thy Will Be Done
Examining the motives, deeds, and tragic repercussions of their intervention in the Amazon and Central America, a study reveals the legacies of Nelson Rockefeller, who secured natural resources for American corporations, and Cameron Townsend, who saved souls at any cost.

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Ropes of Sand

By Wilbur Crane Eveland, Mark Crispin Miller (editor) ,

Ropes of Sand
Eveland concludes that the U.S. has failed to sufficiently understand the problems of the oil embargo, the Palestinians, and the survival of Israel and warns of the possibilities for future armed conflict

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Hidden Terrors

By A. J. Langguth, Mark Crispin Miller (editor) ,

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A "devastating" expose of the United States' Latin American policy and the infamous career and assassination of agent Dan Mitrione (Kirkus Reviews).

In 1960, former Richmond, Indiana, police chief Dan Mitrione moved to Brazil to begin a new career with the United States Agency for International Development. During his ten…