. >> very quickly, peter thompson. >> peter thompson, the wars of afghanistan, is an epic book, and thatbecause peter thompson's knowledge of afghanistan goes very far back. he was very involved both through the soviet period, in between the american involvement. he has had roles in afghanistan, on the diplomatic level. he speaks russian and pashtun. a gift for languages. so he was able to read sometimes documents in their only language that not many people are able to master, including some archived from the soviet period that no one had used before in their research or in their work, and he brings a passion and a level of both detail and scope to this story that we think is unique, and it was -- it's quite an effort getting a book like this together, but absolutely worthwhile and we're thrilled that it's going to the reading public in july. >> two becomes out or coming out, deal from hell and inside "the new york times." >> the deal from hell is a story about the chicago tribune and what has happened to media businesses from an insider. jim o'shay was a long-time reporter at the chicag