Remains of the Day
A Guide to Historic Cemeteries of Washington, DC
$54.59
- Hardcover
192 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2026
Summary
Every grave sells a story and in Washington, DC, the stories are monumental.
From Civil War generals to queer activists, infamous socialites to pioneering inventors, the historic cemeteries of Washington, DC are home to the colorful lives—and complicated legacies—of the people who shaped the nation’s capital. In Remains of the Day, former CIA officer turned historian John C. Kiriakou takes readers on a compelling and unconventional tour through the burial gro…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781644285473 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1644285479 |
| Author: | John Kiriakou |
| Publisher: | Rare Bird Books |
| Imprint: | Rare Bird Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 143g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm |
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About The Author
John Kiriakou
John Kiriakou is a former CIA officer, former senior investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and former counterterrorism consultant. He was responsible for the capture in Pakistan in 2002 of Abu Zubaydah, then believed to be the third-ranking official in al Qaeda.
In 2007, Kiriakou blew the whistle on the CIA’s torture program, revealing that torture was official U.S. government policy, approved by then-President George W. Bush. He became the sixth whistleblower indicted by the Obama administration under the Espionage Act and served twenty-three months in prison as a result.
In 2012, Kiriakou was honored with the Joe A. Callaway Award for Civic Courage and was included in artist Robert Shetterly’s series “Americans Who Tell the Truth.” He won the PEN Center USA’s First Amendment Award in 2015, the Blueprint International Whistleblowing Prize for Bravery and Integrity in the Public Interest in 2016, and the Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence, also in 2016.
Kiriakou is the author of The Reluctant Spy: My Secret Life in the CIA’s War on Terror and The Convenient Terrorist: Abu Zubaydah and the Weird Wonderland of America’s Secret Wars.
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