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The Looming Tower Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright "The Looming Tower is not just a detailed, heart-stopping account of the events leading up to 9/11, written with style and verve . . . [it is] a thoughtful examination of the world that produced the men who brought us 9/11, and of their progeny who bedevil us today." —The New York Times Book Review

Beyond Fundamentalism Confronting Religious Extremism in the Age of Globalization by Reza Aslan "Reza Aslan's is an indispensable voice with an urgently needed message. His book reaches across a world chasm that too many regard as unbridgeable—with balance, eloquence, and rare wisdom." —James Carroll, author of Constantine's Sword and Practicing Catholic Also by Reza Aslan, No god but God

The Dark Side The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals by Jane Mayer FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD "[The Dark Side] documents some of the ugliest allegations of wrongdoing charged against the Bush administration. . . . Mayer substantiates [these facts] in persuasive detail, citing the testimony . . . of military officers, intelligence professionals, 'hard-line law-and-order stalwarts in the criminal justice system' and impeccably conservative Bush appointees who resisted the conspiracy from within the administration." —The Washington Post Book World

The Age of Sacred Terror Radical Islam's War Against America by Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon "These authors know firsthand how decisions are made within the White House's National Security Council, irrespective of the political party in power. . . . [A] meticulously researched, well-written book." —The New York Times

The Rights of the People How Our Search for Safety Invades Our Liberties by David K. Shipler An impassioned, incisive look at the violations of civil liberties in the United States—and their direct impact on our lives. "I decided to do this book on the morning of September 11, 2001. Sometime around 11 a.m. I finally loosened myself from the grip of the awful images on television, stepped outside into the dappled sunshine of a brilliant day, and in a moment of extreme clarity had an extreme thought: There go our civil liberties." —from The Rights of the People

The Al Qaeda Reader Edited and Translated by Raymond Ibrahim Introduction by Victor Davis Hanson In addition to laying bare al-Qaeda's ultimate motives, The Al Qaeda Reader includes the organization's propagandist speeches, which are directed primarily at Americans, Europeans, and Iraqis. Here, al-Qaeda's many "official" accusations against the West are meticulously delineated, from standard complaints such as the Palestinian issue and Iraq to wholly unexpected ones concerning the U.S.'s exploitation of women and the environment.

Imperial Life in the Emerald City Inside Iraq's Green Zone by Rajiv Chandrasekaran FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD An unprecedented account of life in Baghdad's Green Zone, a walled-off enclave of towering plants, posh villas, and sparkling swimming pools that was the headquarters for the American occupation of Iraq.

bin Laden The Man Who Declared War on America by Yossef Bodansky AVAILABLE AS AN eBOOK Here is a comprehensive account of the rise of bin Laden. In meticulous detail, world-renowned terrorism expert Yossef Bodansky uncovers the events in bin Laden's life that turned the once-promising engineering student into a cold-blooded leader of radical Islam.

Bush's Law The Remaking of American Justice by Eric Lichtblau Eric Lichtblau's alarming account of the White House's efforts to prevent the publication of his exposé on warrantless wiretapping and an authoritative examination the Bush administration's use of its "war on terror" to mask the most radical remaking of American justice in generations.

Beyond bin Laden America and the Future of Terror by James A. Baker III, Karen Hughes, Richard N. Haass, and Bing West Edited and with an introduction by Jon Meacham AN eBOOK ONLY ORIGINAL EDITION In this provocative collection of essays edited and introduced by Pulitzer Prize-winner Jon Meacham, a group of penetrating analysts and leaders look ahead to the world after bin Laden—to the future of Al Qaeda, of Afghanistan, of Pakistan.

The Shadow Factory The NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping of America by James Bamford James Bamford describes the transformation of the NSA since 9/11, as the agency increasingly turns its high-tech gaze within America's borders. "There have been glimpses inside the NSA before, but until now no one has published a comprehensive and detailed report on the agency." —The New York Times Book Review

9-11 10th Anniversary Edition by Noam Chomsky Internationally renowned thinker Noam Chomsky bridges the information gap around the World Trade Center attacks, cutting through the tangle of political opportunism, expedient patriotism, and general conformity that choked off American discourse in the months immediately following.

The Second Plane September 11: Terror and Boredom by Martin Amis Martin Amis here gathers fourteen pieces that constitute a provocative and insightful examination of the most momentous event of our time. "A walking tour of the motley post-September 11th mind—its fears, madnesses, misapprehension and insights." —The New York Observer

The Eleventh Day The Full Story of 9/11 and Osama bin Laden by Anthony Summers and Robyn Swan Writing with access to thousands of recently released official documents, fresh interviews, and the perspective that can come only from a decade of research and reflection, award-winning biographer and journalist Anthony Summers and his wife Robbyn Swan deliver a panoramic, authoritative look back at 9/11.

American Widow by Alissa Torres Illustrated by Sungyoon Choi Alissa Torres lost her husband in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Told in a graphic novel format, American Widow is the affecting account of one woman's journey through shock, pain, birth, and rebirth in the aftermath of a great tragedy.

Terrorism and the Economy How the War on Terror is Bankrupting the World by Loretta Napoleoni Economist and best-selling author Loretta Napoleoni traces the link between the finances of the war on terror and the global economic crisis, finding connections from Dubai to London to Las Vegas that politicians and the media have at best ignored.

10 Years That Shook the World A Timeline of Events from 2001 by Loretta Napoleoni 9/11 is considered the main event, but the changes of the decade go far beyond the menace of terrorism and the war on terror. In this fascinating new ebook original, Napoleoni synthesizes a decade's worth of profound changes to reveal the innovations that will truly influence the coming decades.

Terrorism and War by Howard Zinn Taken from new interviews conducted since September 11th and the bombing campaign in Afghanistan, Terrorism and War provides Howard Zinn's thinking on war, terrorism, and the new global order.

Decision Points by George W. Bush In this candid account, President George W. Bush describes the critical decisions that shaped his presidency and personal life, and opens up about the attacks of September 11th, 2001, the war in Iraq, and many other historic presidential decisions.

Firefight Inside the Battle to Save the Pentagon on 9/11 by Patrick Creed and Rick Newman Firefight is the gripping account of ordinary men and women who braved the inferno at the Pentagon on 9/11 to rescue friends and co-workers, save the nation's military headquarters, and defend their country.

The 5 Unanswered Questions About 9/11 What the 9/11 Commission Report Failed to Tell Us by James Ridgeway With the passage of time, an ever-growing number of indisputable facts are pointing to very serious breaches of integrity and an unsettling lack of transparency surrounding key individuals and agencies in events leading up to and following September 11th. Investigative reporter James Ridgeway pinpoints five glaring black holes of information.

The Hidden History of 9/11 by Paul Zarembka This path-breaking work examines the many theories that surfaced in the aftermath of 9/11, neither endorsing nor deriding, but rather showing how much remains unknown and where further investigation and debate is needed.

Up from Zero Politics, Architecture, and the Rebuilding of New York by Paul Goldberger "Paul Goldberger is America's foremost interpreter of public architecture, and it is hard to imagine an architectural project more important to Americans than the one his latest book describes. It is a fraught and fascinating tale, and very nicely told." —Tracy Kidder, author of Mountains Beyond Mountains

A Place of Remembrance Offical Book of the National September 11 Memorial by Allison Blais and Lynn Rasic Foreword by Michael R. Bloomberg On September 11th, 2011, the world will be watching as the National September 11 Memorial opens on the site of the World Trade Center. With photographs and architectural plans never before published, paired with comments in the very voices of those who witnessed the event, this book will stand apart from all the rest on the tenth anniversary of that world-changing event.

Remembering 9/11 by Martha Cooper Foreword by Jan Seidler Ramirez, Chief Curator & Director of Collections National September 11 Memorial Museum Martha Cooper's photographs of street memorials erected in the days following the September 11th attacks comprise a touching and poignant look at how a city of many millions responded in so many ways, ranging from angry accusations to loving remembrances and prayers for peace.

New York September 11 Photograhed by Magnum Photographers Introduction by David Halberstam "The date, September 11, 2001, now has a certain permanence, graven on our collective memory, like a very few others December 7, 1941, and November 22, 1963, dates which seem to separate yesterday from today, and then from now. They become the rarest of moments; ordinary people will forever be able to tell you where they were and what they were doing when they first heard the news, as if the terrible deed had happened to them, which in some ways it did." —from the introduction

Memory Remains 9/11 Artifacts at Hangar 17 by Francesc Torres This large landscape-format book features the photography of Francesc Torres, who was granted special access to visit JFK International Airport's Hangar 17 after it became the repository for all significant non-human materials salvaged from the site of the World Trade Center after the terrorist attack of September 11th, 2001.

Terrorist by John Updike "The startlingly contemporary story of a high school student . . . whose zealous Islamic faith and disaffection with modern life make him a pawn in the larger conflict between Muslim and Christian, East and West. They also make him a powerful voice for Updike's ongoing critique of American civilization." —Time

Netherland by Joseph O'Neill "[T]he wittiest, angriest, most exacting and most desolate work of fiction we've yet had about life in New York and London after the World Trade Center fell." —Dwight Garner, The New York Times Book Review "[Joseph O'Neill] captures the city's myriad moods, its anomalous neighborhoods jostling up against one another, its cacophony and stillness, its strivers, seekers, scam artists and scoundrels." —The New York Times

Poetry after 9/11 Edited by Dennis Loy Johnson and Valerie Merians A sweeping collection of poems, written in the year after the 9/11 attacks, by all New York poets, crosses styles and genres, to provide a unique and affirming snapshot of life in the aftermath of disaster, in it's 10th anniversary edition.

Saturday by Ian McEwan "Mr. McEwan has not only produced one of the most powerful pieces of post-9/11 fiction yet published, but also fulfilled that very primal mission of the novel: to show how we—a privileged few of us, anyway—live today." —The New York Times

The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud This richly drawn, brilliantly observed novel about the intersections in the lives of three friends, on the cusp of their thirties, trying to make their way brings to life a City, a generation, and the way we live in this moment. "Ultimately, most impressive is the way Messud relates 9/11 to her characters' lives: The public tragedy doesn't eclipse but rather seeps into and amplifies their private sorrows." —The Nation

The Good Life by Jay McInerney The events of September 11th put on hold the lives of several New Yorkers who though they were worlds apart before the tragedy find themselves working side by side at the devastated site, battered by memory and regret, by fresh disappointment and unimaginable shock. The Good Life is rich with characters and events, both comic and harrowing, revelatory about not only New York after the attacks but also the toll taken on those lucky enough to have survived them.

In the Shadow of No Towers by Art Spiegelman Art Spiegelman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Maus, recounts his experiences during the 9/11 tragedy in drawings and text that convey—with his singular artistry and his characteristic provocation, outrage, and wit—the unfathomable enormity of the event itself, the obvious and insidious effects it had on his life as a Manhattanite, and the extraordinary, often hidden changes that have been enacted in the name of post-9/11 national security and that have begun to undermine the very foundation of American democracy.

Harbor by Lorraine Adams "Brilliant. . . . Compelling and haunting. . . . Adams creates an exquisite tension in a character who is at once unseen and yet hunted, both estranged from society and deeply enmeshed in a complicated social order. . . . A work of art that lifts the veils of many of our assumptions that have formed since 9/11." —The Boston Globe

Look at Me by Jennifer Egan "[Look at Me] reveals, with unshowy brilliance, how the obsessions with terror, image, novelty and celebrity work out in ordinary American life, creating its particular structures of feeling." —The Guardian (London) "Arresting. . . . Look at Me is the real thing—brave, honest, unflinching. [It] is itself a mirror in which we can clearly see the true face of the times in which we live." —The New York Observer

Maps for Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam This deeply felt and moving novel about the disapearence of two young lovers—both Pakistani immigrants living in a small English town—explores the heart of a family at the crossroads of culture, nationality, religion, and the most personal crises of faith. "Maps for Lost Lovers is a novel of extraordinary quality. Islamists would be foolish to try and make political mischief out of it, while western readers would be foolish to ignore such a carefully crafted work." —The Economist

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