Monte Reel: 3 books
A Brotherhood of Spies
The U-2 and the CIA's Secret War
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
A thrilling dramatic narrative of the top-secret Cold War-era spy plane operation that transformed the CIA and brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union to the brink of disaster
On May 1, 1960, an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union just weeks before a peace summit between...
The Last of the Tribe
The Epic Quest to Save a Lone Man in the Amazon
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Throughout the centuries, the Amazon has yielded many of its secrets, but it still holds a few great mysteries. In 1996 experts got their first glimpse of one: a lone Indian, a tribe of one, hidden in the forests of southwestern Brazil. Previously uncontacted tribes are extremely rare, but a one-man...
Between Man and Beast
An Unlikely Explorer and the African Adventure the Victorian World by Storm
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
In 1856, Paul Du Chaillu ventured into the African jungle in search of a mythic beast, the gorilla. After wild encounters with vicious cannibals, deadly snakes, and tribal kings, Du Chaillu emerged with 20 preserved gorilla skins—two of which were stuffed and brought on tour—and walked smack dab...