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The Unwinding
An Inner History of the New America
A New Yorker staff writer paints a picture of the past 30 years of life in America by following several citizens, including the son of Southern tobacco farmers, a Washington insider who denies his idealism for riches, and a Silicon Valley billionaire.NPR Bestseller
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The Oath
The Obama White House and the Supreme Court
President Obama and Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts both went to Harvard Law School and worked on the Harvard Law Review, but their similar legal backgrounds have led to dramatically different conclusions. Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, author of The Nine, presents an insider's account of an ideological war between the Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration. Toobin argues that the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision and the Affordable Care Act ruling show how the Constitution is being reinterpreted — and how Supreme Court precedent is being quickly overturned.NPR Bestseller
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A Death in the Lucky Holiday Hotel
Murder, Money, and an Epic Power Struggle in China
Pin Ho and Wenguang Huang document the scandalous corruption of the Bo Xilai family while offering insight into its implications at the height of a transformational power shift in China. The writers draw on high-level sources and insider information to cover such topics as the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood, Bo's celebrity lovers and his wife's trial.
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The Wolf And The Watchman
A Father, a Son, and the CIA
A former Newsweek foreign correspondent describes how the ongoing deception he lived with as a teenager after learning his father was a spy for the CIA led him to a career in uncovering truths around the world.
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Algerian Chronicles
Author Albert Camus' agonized reflections on Algeria and the dead end of terrorism are gathered here in English for the first time. Translated by Arthur Goldhammer.
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Fighting for Common Ground
How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress
The first woman to serve in both houses of a state legislature and both houses of Congress describes how to dissolve the polarization afflicting the current American government and unite both parties to work for the common good.
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Sketches of Iran
A Glimpse from the Front Lines of Human Rights
Editor Omid Memarian pairs political cartoons with essays for an unvarnished view of life inside Iran.
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The Summer of Beer and Whiskey
How Brewers, Barkeeps, Rowdies, Immigrants, and a Wild Pennant Fight Made Baseball America's Game
German-born biergarten owner Chris Von der Ahe bought the St. Louis Browns baseball team in order to sell more beer, but the purchase became a turning point in American baseball history.
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The New Digital Age
Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business
Two global thinkers in technology and global affairs outline a transformational vision of a connected world. They drawon their experience as Google leaders, travelers and advisers to Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton to address questions regarding power balances, the relationship between privacy and security and the role of technology in combating or enabling terrorism.
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The Way Of The Knife
The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth
The CIA used to be an intelligence agency, but as the nation's approach to warfare has shifted, so has the CIA's sphere of action. As New York Times reporter Mark Mazzetti details, now the agency and America's special forces are competing covert paramilitary agencies, responsible for the defeat of Osama bin Laden and other strategic war efforts.NPR Bestseller
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The Dispensable Nation
American Foreign Policy in Retreat
The former State Department adviser for Afghanistan and Pakistan offers a reassessment of American foreign policy that directs our country away from its failing relations in the Middle East and towards more productive partnerships with other foreign allies.
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The Child Catchers
Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption
The author of Quiverfull reveals how adoption has become entangled in the conservative Christian agenda as a reflection of pro-life initiatives, explaining how child and family well-being has become a lesser priority in a market increasingly driven by profit and religious ideology.
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The Favored Daughter
One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan Into the Future
After she was born, Fawzia Koofi, the 19th daughter of a local village leader in rural Afghanistan, was left to die in the sun by her mother. Against all odds, Koofi survived and went on to become Afghanistan's first female deputy speaker of Parliament. She shares her story in a memoir that's punctuated by a series of letters she wrote to her own two daughters in which she describes the future and freedoms she hopes they and all of Afghanistan's women might one day enjoy.
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Comandante
Hugo Chavez's Venezuela
As president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez was a tremendous political force who tried to transform his nation. A journalist paints a picture of Chavez's life and his political career based on interviews with ministers, aides, courtiers and everyday citizens.
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Those Angry Days
Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight over World War II, 1939-1941
Lynne Olson traces the crisis period leading up to America entering World War II, describing the nation's polarized interventionist and isolationist factions as represented by the government, in the press and on the streets.NPR Bestseller
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Out of Order
Stories From the History of the Supreme Court
The former Supreme Court justice shares stories about the history and evolution of the Supreme Court that traces the roles of key contributors while sharing the events behind important transformations. NPR Bestseller
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Drift
The Unmooring of American Military Power
In past wars, the U.S. practically dismantled its military after the troops came home. But today, says MSNBC News anchor and writer Rachel Maddow, the nation finds itself in a state of almost permanent war. Her book argues that the U.S. military has grown bloated partially because the nation is insulated from the wars its soldiers fight.NPR Bestseller
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