Books by Terry McDermott and Complete Book Reviews

PERFECT SOLDIERS: The Hijackers—Who They Were
PERFECT SOLDIERS: The Hijackers—Who They Were, Why They Did It
Terry McDermott, Author . HarperCollins $25.95 (330p) ISBN 978-0-06-058469-6
It's taken three-plus years for a serious study of the hijackers, but the wait was worth it. L.A. Times reporter McDermott has dug deep, interviewing scores of friends, relatives and officials worldwide and trawling through troves of documents.
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101 Theory Drive: A Neuroscientist’s Quest for Memory
101 Theory Drive: A Neuroscientist’s Quest for Memory
Terry McDermott, Author . Pantheon $24.95 (271p) ISBN 978-0-375-42538-7
Memory takes on a physical presence in this raucous scientific saga. Former L.A. Times reporter McDermott (Perfect Soldiers: The 9/11 Hijackers ) profiles UC-Irvine “psychobiologist” Gary Lynch and his decades-long effort to understand...
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Off Speed: Baseball
Off Speed: Baseball, Pitching, and the Art of Deception
Terry McDermott. Pantheon, $24.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-307-37942-9
Blending memoir with a baseball fan’s musings, McDermott (Perfect Soldiers) offers entertaining and wistful notes on the craft of pitching. Focusing on one pitcher, Seattle Mariners hurler Felix Hernandez, and one game between the Mariners and the...
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The Hunt for KSM: Inside the Pursuit and Takedown of the Real 9/11 Mastermind
The Hunt for KSM: Inside the Pursuit and Takedown of the Real 9/11 Mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Terry McDermott and Josh Meyer. Little, Brown, $27.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-316-18659-9
The cat-and-mouse game between American investigators and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, architect of the 9/11 attacks and other terrorist spectaculars, unfolds with suspenseful immediacy in this engrossing saga. Journalists McDermott (Perfect Soldiers)...
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