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Tom Brokaw, author of The Fall of Richard Nixon: A Reporter Remembers Watergate

In August 1974, after his involvement in the Watergate scandal could no longer be denied, Richard Nixon became the first and only president to resign from office in anticipation of certain impeachment. The year preceding that moment was filled with shocking revelations and bizarre events, full of power politics, legal jujitsu and high-stakes showdowns, and with head-shaking surprises every day. As the country’s top reporters worked to discover the truth, the public was overwhelmed by the confusing and almost unbelievable stories about activities in the Oval Office. Tom Brokaw, the young NBC News White House correspondent at the time, gives us a nuanced and thoughtful chronicle, recalling the players, the strategies, and the highs and lows of the scandal that brought down a president.

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Week of November 9, 2020

Paperback releases for the week of November 9th include NANAVILLE, a bighearted book of wisdom, wit and insight, celebrating the love and joy of being a grandmother, from beloved author Anna Quindlen; THE FALL OF RICHARD NIXON, Tom Brokaw’s up-close and personal account of the fall of an American president; TELL ME A STORY, in which Cassandra King Conroy considers her life and the man she shared it with, paying tribute to her husband, Pat Conroy, the legendary figure of modern Southern literature; A GOOD AMERICAN FAMILY, a riveting work by Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Maraniss, who captures the pervasive fear and paranoia that gripped America during the Red Scare of the 1950s through the chilling yet affirming story of his family’s ordeal, from blacklisting to vindication; and FOLLOWERS by Megan Angelo, an electrifying story of two ambitious friends and the dark choices they make to become internet famous.

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