Top 10 Nonfiction Books

Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
By Tim Weiner
Publisher: Doubleday
448 pages
$27.95
By Tim Weiner
Publisher: Doubleday
448 pages
$27.95
#4. Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
by Tim Weiner
Publisher: Doubleday Publishing
448 pages
$27.95
The infinitely fascinating, endlessly depressing history of the Central
Intelligence Agency, much of which amounts, in Weiner's assessment, to
one mistake and misfire and missed opportunity after another, in China,
Iran, the Soviet Union, India, the Middle East and just about everywhere
else the U.S. desperately needed inside information and didn't get it.

December's Movie Onslaught: TIME's Picks
Going Green: Weatherproof Your Home
Postcard from Lima: Death in the Afternoon
A Cyber Monday Shopping Guide
Photos: Africa's AIDS Crisis
The Sound of Change: Can Music Save Cuba?
TIME's 2008 Holiday Buying Guide
Venice Floods
The Sushi Wars: Can the Bluefin Tuna Be Saved?
Photos: Animated Films for Adults