The Broadneck Library will be closed Monday, April 1 - Tuesday, April 16 for branch improvements. Please plan to pickup your holds at another location

The Riviera Beach Library is currently closed. For more information on the new location, please visit the Riviera Beach Library

The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man
(Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read)

Book Cover
Average Rating
Published:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2014
Format:
Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read
Status:
Available from OverDrive
Description
In a tour de force of investigative journalism that reads like a spy novel, award-winning Guardian reporter Luke Harding tells Edward Snowden’s astonishing story
Edward Snowden was a 29-year-old computer genius working for the National Security Agency when he shocked the world by exposing the near-universal mass surveillance programs of the United States government. His whistleblowing has shaken the leaders of nations worldwide, and generated a passionate public debate on the dangers of global monitoring and the threat to individual privacy.
 
For the first time, Harding brings together the many sources and strands of the story, from the day Snowden left his glamorous girlfriend in Honolulu carrying a hard drive full of secrets, to the weeks of his secret-spilling in Hong Kong, to his battle for asylum and his exile in Moscow. Harding touches on everything from concerns about domestic spying to the complicity of the tech sector—while also placing us in the room with Edward Snowden himself.
The result is a gripping insider narrative—and a necessary and timely account of what is at stake for all of us in the new digital age.
Also in This Series
Formats
Adobe EPUB eBook
Works on all eReaders (except Kindles), desktop computers and mobile devices with reading apps installed.
Kindle Book
Works on Kindles and devices with a Kindle app installed.
OverDrive Read
Need Help?
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.
More Like This
Other Editions and Formats
More Details
Street Date:
02/07/2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780804173537
ASIN:
B00I1ZKA56
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)

Luke Harding. (2014). The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Luke Harding. 2014. The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Luke Harding, The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2014.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Luke Harding. The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2014.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Copy Details
LibraryOwnedAvailable
Anne Arundel County Public Library22
Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
719aa026-9ebd-bb5d-795c-ff94d57a3de1
Go To Grouped Work
Needs Update?:
No
Date Added:
Jun 03, 2017 05:49:43
Date Updated:
Dec 06, 2020 04:24:10
Last Metadata Check:
Mar 24, 2024 05:20:21
Last Metadata Change:
Dec 02, 2023 14:10:25
Last Availability Check:
Mar 24, 2024 05:20:24
Last Availability Change:
Feb 01, 2024 00:21:35
Last Grouped Work Modification Time:
Mar 29, 2024 04:05:49

OverDrive Product Record

images
    • cover:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0111-1/{CF23A535-AB93-4BBD-B1C0-250B2234C2C6}Img100.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • thumbnail:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0111-1/{CF23A535-AB93-4BBD-B1C0-250B2234C2C6}Img200.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover150Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0111-1/CF2/3A5/35/{CF23A535-AB93-4BBD-B1C0-250B2234C2C6}Img150.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover300Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0111-1/CF2/3A5/35/{CF23A535-AB93-4BBD-B1C0-250B2234C2C6}Img400.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
formats
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9780804173537
            • type: PublisherCatalogNumber
            • value: 241762
      • name: Adobe EPUB eBook
      • id: ebook-epub-adobe
      • identifiers:
            • type: ASIN
            • value: B00I1ZKA56
            • type: PublisherCatalogNumber
            • value: 241762
      • name: Kindle Book
      • id: ebook-kindle
      • identifiers:
            • type: PublisherCatalogNumber
            • value: 241762
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9780804173537
      • name: OverDrive Read
      • id: ebook-overdrive
mediaType
eBook
primaryCreator
    • role: Author
    • name: Luke Harding
title
The Snowden Files
dateAdded
2016-08-24T08:36:00-04:00
contentDetails
      • href: https://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=51&titleID=1542260
      • type: text/html
      • account:
          • name: Maryland's Digital Library (MD)
          • id: 831
sortTitle
Snowden Files The Inside Story of the Worlds Most Wanted Man
crossRefId
1542260
subtitle
The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man
id
cf23a535-ab93-4bbd-b1c0-250b2234c2c6
starRating
3.9

OverDrive MetaData

isPublicDomain
False
formats
      • fileName: TheSnowdenFiles_9780804173537_1542260
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 2503834
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9780804173537
            • type: PublisherCatalogNumber
            • value: 241762
      • rights:
            • type: Copying
            • value: 0
            • type: Printing
            • value: 0
            • type: Lending
            • value: 0
            • type: ReadAloud
            • value: 0
            • type: ExpirationRights
            • value: 0
      • name: Adobe EPUB eBook
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-epub-adobe
      • onSaleDate: 2/7/2014
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/snowden-files?.epub-sample.overdrive.com
      • fileName: TheSnowdenFiles_1542260
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 0
      • identifiers:
            • type: PublisherCatalogNumber
            • value: 241762
            • type: ASIN
            • value: B00I1ZKA56
      • name: Kindle Book
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-kindle
      • onSaleDate: 2/7/2014
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/snowden-files?.epub-sample.overdrive.com
      • fileName: TheSnowdenFiles_9780804173537_1542260
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 0
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9780804173537
            • type: PublisherCatalogNumber
            • value: 241762
      • name: OverDrive Read
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-overdrive
      • onSaleDate: 2/7/2014
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/snowden-files?.epub-sample.overdrive.com
keywords
      • value: True Crime
      • value: politics
      • value: Security
      • value: NSA
      • value: National security
      • value: non-fiction
      • value: autobiographies
      • value: Journalism
      • value: privacy
      • value: bestsellers
      • value: surveillance
      • value: gifts
      • value: biographies
      • value: awards
      • value: CIA
      • value: International Security
      • value: Wikileaks
      • value: nonfiction books
      • value: edward snowden
      • value: Whistleblower
      • value: political books
      • value: books for women
      • value: dad gift
      • value: true crime books
      • value: books for men
      • value: fathers day gifts
      • value: gifts for men
      • value: gifts for women
      • value: political biographies
      • value: political science books
      • value: political autobiographies
      • value: gifts for dad from daughter
      • value: award winning books for adults
      • value: true crime gifts
creators
      • role: Author
      • fileAs: Harding, Luke
      • bioText: Luke Harding is an award-winning foreign correspondent with the Guardian. He has reported from Delhi, Berlin and Moscow and has also covered wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He is the author of Mafia State and co-author of WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy (2011) and The Liar: The Fall of Jonathan Aitken (1997), nominated for the Orwell Prize. The film rights to WikiLeaks were sold to Dreamworks and the film, "The Fifth Estate," came out in 2013. His books have been translated into 13 languages. Luke lives in England with his wife and their two children.
      • name: Luke Harding
imprint
Vintage
publishDate
2014-02-07T00:00:00-05:00
isOwnedByCollections
True
title
The Snowden Files
fullDescription
In a tour de force of investigative journalism that reads like a spy novel, award-winning Guardian reporter Luke Harding tells Edward Snowden’s astonishing story
Edward Snowden was a 29-year-old computer genius working for the National Security Agency when he shocked the world by exposing the near-universal mass surveillance programs of the United States government. His whistleblowing has shaken the leaders of nations worldwide, and generated a passionate public debate on the dangers of global monitoring and the threat to individual privacy.
 
For the first time, Harding brings together the many sources and strands of the story, from the day Snowden left his glamorous girlfriend in Honolulu carrying a hard drive full of secrets, to the weeks of his secret-spilling in Hong Kong, to his battle for asylum and his exile in Moscow. Harding touches on everything from concerns about domestic spying to the complicity of the tech sector—while also placing us in the room with Edward Snowden himself.
The result is a gripping insider narrative—and a necessary and timely account of what is at stake for all of us in the new digital age.
reviews
      • premium: False
      • source: Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
      • content: "Reads like a le Carré novel crossed with something by Kafka. . . . A fast-paced, almost novelistic narrative. . . . [The book] gives readers . . . a succinct overview of the momentous events of the past year. . . . Leave[s] readers with an acute understanding of the serious issues involved."
      • premium: False
      • source: The Washington Post
      • content: "[Snowden's] story is one of the most compelling in the history of American espionage. . . . The Snowden Files, by Luke Harding, a correspondent for the Guardian newspaper, which broke the initial Snowden story, is the first to assemble the sequence of events in a single volume. The book captures the drama of Snowden's operation in often-cinematic detail. . . . Harding has delivered a clearly written and captivating account of the Snowden leaks and their aftermath."
      • premium: False
      • source: San Francisco Chronicle
      • content: "Engaging and lucid. . . . A gripping read. . . . Harding is a gifted writer. . . . The strength of Harding's book is its ability to bring Snowden's story to life while elucidating the contours of a much larger set of issues. . . . In rendering the complicated comprehensible in an entertaining way, Harding's book provides an important public service."
      • premium: False
      • source: Newsday
      • content: "The Snowden Files, the first book on what British journalist Luke Harding calls 'the biggest intelligence leak in history,' is a readable and thorough account. The narrative is rich in newsroom details, reflecting Harding's inside access as a correspondent for the London-based Guardian newspaper, which broke the story. . . . The writer deserves unqualified praise for fueling the debate on privacy that Snowden so hoped to ignite."
      • premium: False
      • source: San Francisco Book Review
      • content: "The Snowden Files is a one-stop shop, covering his formative years, the government jobs that would eventually give him access, and even the development of the data-gathering programs he exposed to the world. It's as impressive in its execution as it is infuriating to revisit how much government manipulation and duplicity was involved. (Harding does an equally thorough job explaining the role played by the UK's version of the NSA--the GCHQ--and their appallingly thuggish actions as the news stories broke.) . . . Harding is unflinchingly honest. . . . [He] ask[s] hard questions about the consequences of Snowden's actions. While Harding is a Snowden supporter, he's hardly a blind one."
      • premium: False
      • source: Kirkus Reviews (starred)
      • content: "A newsworthy, must-read book about what prompted Edward Snowden to blow the whistle on his former employer, the National Security Agency, and what likely awaits him for having done so. . . . Whether you view Snowden's act as patriotic or treasonous, this fast-paced, densely detailed book is the narrative of first resort."
      • premium: False
      • source: Library Journal
      • content: "Engaging. . . . Harding's well-researched and compelling book is highly recommended."
      • premium: False
      • source: Financial Times
      • content: "Recounts the incredible story of how Snowden becomes angry about the abuses he says he witnessed inside the system, resolves to pull off a stunning electronic heist by downloading the NSA's and its partners' most sensitive files, and gives them to journalists he has persuaded to meet him in Hong Kong. Harding captures nicely the moment when The Guardian pushes the button on its first Snowden story, an intense, adrenaline-filled cocktail of high-minded journalistic zeal and the sheer thrill of publishing sensitive information."
      • premium: True
      • source: Publisher's Weekly
      • content:

        March 10, 2014
        In this first book published on the controversial whistleblower, Guardian foreign correspondent Harding (Mafia State) chronicles Snowden's emergence, the complicated logistics of his revelations and their publication, and the global political ramifications. The telling is sympathetic towards Snowden, offering at the outset significant background on his upbringing and his personal life, before reporting the rest: Snowden's contact with Poitras and Greenwald, his hiding in Hong Kong, the process and difficulties of publication in the Guardian and then the New York Times, the global repercussions, and his current Russian asylum. The book reads sometimes as a political thriller and the prose itself aims to thrill, too, by building suspense and reminding the reader constantly of the stakes. Altogether it mainly retells what has already been told, drawing on previously published interviews, articles, and press releases. Often, too, the exact sources are unclear. And while the story sometimes lacks in insight from those directly involved and in the analysis that will be possible as we get more temporal distance from the events, Harding provides crucial context and history for the story. His compilation and synthesis of the records is useful for a reader in need of a primer.

      • premium: True
      • source: Kirkus
      • content:

        Starred review from March 1, 2014
        A newsworthy, must-read book about what prompted Edward Snowden to blow the whistle on his former employer, the National Security Agency, and what likely awaits him for having done so. In June 2013, the Guardian published the first of the revelations of the "Snowden file"--a huge trove of data, "thousands of documents and millions of words"--put in its lap by way of columnist Glenn Greenwald. Guardian foreign correspondent Harding (co-author: WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy, 2011, etc.) re-creates the curious trail that led Snowden to Greenwald and that led him to leak those documents in the first place. The author casts the prime motivation as a kind of revulsion born of Snowden's experience as an analyst knee-deep in material that--it is very clear--was none of the NSA's business, reinforced by Snowden's time stationed in the relative freedom of Switzerland. It is also clear that Snowden's act was premeditated, though not out of anti-Americanism (he's a Ron Paul-type libertarian, it seems) and not for monetary impulse, though he could have sold the documents to any one of a number of foreign powers. Harding's narrative covers numerous serial stories that developed from Snowden's decision: first, the cloak-and-dagger work that got the files to Greenwald, then the NSA's efforts and those of the larger American government to curb the post-publication damage (sometimes via British proxies), then Snowden's flight into Russian exile in order to avoid the fate of fellow whistle-blower Bradley Manning. Harding closes with the thought that Snowden may have no other home for some time to come--but that even wider implications remain to be explored, including the possibility that British activists might be able to introduce something like the First Amendment to protect its press in the future. Whether you view Snowden's act as patriotic or treasonous, this fast-paced, densely detailed book is the narrative of first resort.

        COPYRIGHT(2014) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

popularity
417
links
    • self:
        • href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L2BaQAAAOQCAAA1L/products/cf23a535-ab93-4bbd-b1c0-250b2234c2c6/metadata
        • type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json
id
cf23a535-ab93-4bbd-b1c0-250b2234c2c6
starRating
3.9
images
    • cover:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0111-1/{CF23A535-AB93-4BBD-B1C0-250B2234C2C6}Img100.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • thumbnail:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0111-1/{CF23A535-AB93-4BBD-B1C0-250B2234C2C6}Img200.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover150Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0111-1/CF2/3A5/35/{CF23A535-AB93-4BBD-B1C0-250B2234C2C6}Img150.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover300Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0111-1/CF2/3A5/35/{CF23A535-AB93-4BBD-B1C0-250B2234C2C6}Img400.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
isPublicPerformanceAllowed
False
languages
      • code: en
      • name: English
subjects
      • value: Biography & Autobiography
      • value: Politics
      • value: True Crime
      • value: Nonfiction
publishDateText
02/07/2014
otherFormatIdentifiers
      • type: ISBN
      • value: 9780804173520
mediaType
eBook
shortDescription
In a tour de force of investigative journalism that reads like a spy novel, award-winning Guardian reporter Luke Harding tells Edward Snowden’s astonishing story
Edward Snowden was a 29-year-old computer genius working for the National Security Agency when he shocked the world by exposing the near-universal mass surveillance programs of the United States government. His whistleblowing has shaken the leaders of nations worldwide, and generated a passionate public debate on the dangers of global monitoring and the threat to individual privacy.
 
For the first time, Harding brings together the many sources and strands of the story, from the day Snowden left his glamorous girlfriend in Honolulu carrying a hard drive full of secrets, to the weeks of his secret-spilling in Hong Kong, to his battle for asylum and his exile in Moscow. Harding touches on everything from concerns about domestic spying to the complicity of the tech...
sortTitle
Snowden Files The Inside Story of the Worlds Most Wanted Man
crossRefId
1542260
subtitle
The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man
publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
bisacCodes
      • code: BIO010000
      • description: Biography & Autobiography / Political
      • code: POL012000
      • description: Political Science / Security (National & International)
      • code: TRU001000
      • description: True Crime / Espionage