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When Women Win
Emily's List and the Rise of Women in American Politics
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
A behind-the-scenes look at the organization that transformed Congress—and became a force for female empowerment.
In 1985, aware of the near-total absence of women in Congress, Ellen Malcolm launched EMILY’s List, a powerhouse political organization that seeks to ignite change by getting...
The Universe and the Teacup
The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 1998
From the acclaimed Los Angeles Times science writer, a wise, witty, and elegant study of how math provides practical solutions to everyday problems.
Are the secrets of the universe written in words—or is it all about the digits? K.C. Cole follows up her paean to the power of physics, Sympathetic...
Kill or Capture
The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
“Divulge[s] the details of top-level deliberations—details that were almost certainly known only to the administration’s inner circle” (The Wall Street Journal).
When he was elected in 2008, Barack Obama had vowed to close Guantánamo, put an end to coercive interrogation and military...
Reefer Madness
Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2004
New York Times Bestseller: The shadowy world of “off the books” businesses—from marijuana to migrant workers—brought to life by the author of Fast Food Nation.
America’s black market is much larger than we realize, and it affects us all deeply, whether or not we smoke pot, rent a...
The Big Con
Crackpot Economics and the Fleecing of America
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2008
The scam of supply-side economics is clearly and convincingly explained in “a classic of political journalism” (Michael Lewis).
Jonathan Chait has written for a range of publications, from the Wall Street Journal to the Washington Post, and considers himself a moderate. But he’s convinced...
by Alfred Kazin
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 1969
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 1969
A literary icon’s “singular and beautiful” memoir of growing up as a first-generation Jewish American in Brownsville, Brooklyn (The New Yorker).
A classic portrait of immigrant life in the early decades of the twentieth century, A Walker in the City is a tour of tenements, subways, and...
Inventing Al Gore
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
A “balanced, insightful” biography of the politician that “shows how the pressure to succeed has shaped virtually every aspect of Gore’s career” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
Why did Al Gore, after angry opposition to the Vietnam War, submit to the draft? What happened in Vietnam...
God's Jury
The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
“From Torquemada to Guantánamo and beyond, Cullen Murphy finds the ‘inquisitorial impulse’ alive, and only too well, in our world” (Jane Mayer, author of Dark Money).
Established by the Catholic Church in 1231, the Inquisition continued in one form or another for almost seven hundred...
Words Fail Me
What Everyone Who Writes Should Know about Writing
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2000
From the bestselling author of Woe Is I: A guide to grammar fundamentals that’s sympathetic to the struggling writer and often just plain funny” (The Seattle Times).
Whether you need to improve your skills for work or school, or aspire to the Great American Novel, a grounding in grammar,...
Prisoner of the Vatican
The Popes, the Kings, and Garibaldi's Rebels in the Struggle to Rule Modern Italy
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2006
A Pulitzer Prize winner’s “fascinating” account of the political battles that led to the end of the Papal States (Entertainment Weekly).
From a National Book Award–nominated author, this absorbing history chronicles the birth of modern Italy and the clandestine politics behind the Vatican’s...
How to Be Secular
A Call to Arms for Religious Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Why secularism isn’t the same thing as atheism—and why it’s crucial for preserving liberty and democracy for all Americans, regardless of their beliefs.
Founding father Thomas Jefferson believed that “religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God,” but these days...
Soulcatcher
And Other Stories
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2001
Short stories inspired by the history of slavery in America, by the National Book Award–winning author of Middle Passage.
Nothing has had as profound an effect on American life as slavery. For blacks and whites alike, the experience has left us with a conflicted and contradictory history....
by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 1999
A Pulitzer Prize–winning historian discusses “the Cold War, political parties, the presidency, and many broader philosophical issues [with] incisive wit” (Library Journal).
A celebrated historian, speechwriter, and adviser to President Kennedy, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. draws on decades...
Making Conflict Work
Harnessing the Power of Disagreement
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
“An excellent workbook-like guide” to the nuts and bolts of professional conflict and the strategies you need to make conflict work for you (Booklist, starred review).
Every workplace is a minefield of conflict, and all office tension is shaped by power. Making Conflict Work teaches you to...