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The Audacity of Hope
Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Written by Barack Obama
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2007
Price: $14.95
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
ISBN: 978-0-307-23770-5 (0-307-23770-2)
Echoing themes he sounded in his extraordinary keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Senator Barack Obama speaks in this book to Americans of all stripes who are weary of U.S. politics today, and who long for something rooted in the faith and decency of the American Dream.
In The...Read more >
Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Written by Barack Obama
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2007
Price: $14.95
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
ISBN: 978-0-307-23770-5 (0-307-23770-2)
Echoing themes he sounded in his extraordinary keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Senator Barack Obama speaks in this book to Americans of all stripes who are weary of U.S. politics today, and who long for something rooted in the faith and decency of the American Dream.
In The...
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A Continent for the Taking
The Tragedy and Hope of Africa
Written by Howard W. French
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: April 12, 2005
Price: $15.95
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 978-1-4000-3027-9 (1-4000-3027-7)
In A Continent for the Taking Howard W. French, a veteran correspondent for The New York Times, gives a compelling firsthand account of some of Africa’s most devastating recent history–from the fall of Mobutu Sese Seko, to Charles Taylor’s arrival in Monrovia, to the genocide in Rwanda and the Congo that...Read more >
The Tragedy and Hope of Africa
Written by Howard W. French
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: April 12, 2005
Price: $15.95
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 978-1-4000-3027-9 (1-4000-3027-7)
In A Continent for the Taking Howard W. French, a veteran correspondent for The New York Times, gives a compelling firsthand account of some of Africa’s most devastating recent history–from the fall of Mobutu Sese Seko, to Charles Taylor’s arrival in Monrovia, to the genocide in Rwanda and the Congo that...
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The Disposable American
Layoffs and Their Consequences
Written by Louis Uchitelle
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2007
Price: $14.95
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 978-1-4000-3433-8 (1-4000-3433-7)
Layoffs have become a fact of life in today’s economy; initiated in the mid 1970s, they are now widely expected, and even accepted. It doesn’t have to be that way.
In The Disposable American, award-winning reporter Louis Uchitelle offers an eye-opening account of layoffs in America–how they started, their questionable necessity, and...Read more >
Layoffs and Their Consequences
Written by Louis Uchitelle
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2007
Price: $14.95
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 978-1-4000-3433-8 (1-4000-3433-7)
Layoffs have become a fact of life in today’s economy; initiated in the mid 1970s, they are now widely expected, and even accepted. It doesn’t have to be that way.
In The Disposable American, award-winning reporter Louis Uchitelle offers an eye-opening account of layoffs in America–how they started, their questionable necessity, and...
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Dreams from My Father
A Story of Race and Inheritance
Written by Barack Obama
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: August 10, 2004
Price: $14.95
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
ISBN: 978-1-4000-8277-3 (1-4000-8277-3)
In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father—a figure he knows more as a myth than...Read more >
A Story of Race and Inheritance
Written by Barack Obama
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: August 10, 2004
Price: $14.95
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
ISBN: 978-1-4000-8277-3 (1-4000-8277-3)
In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father—a figure he knows more as a myth than...
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Enrique's Journey
Written by Sonia Nazario
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: January 2, 2007
Price: $16.00
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 978-0-8129-7178-1 (0-8129-7178-7)
Common Reading Programs that have selected Enrique’s Journey:
Colleges and Universities:
Bluffton University (Bluffton, OH)
University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)
Central College (Pella, IA)
Edgewood College (Madison,WI)
Florida Southern College (Lakeland, FL)
Fort Lewis College (Durango, CO)
Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, MN)
Henderson State University (Arkadelphia, AR)
Idaho State University (Pocatello, ID)
Indiana University...Read more >
Written by Sonia Nazario
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: January 2, 2007
Price: $16.00
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 978-0-8129-7178-1 (0-8129-7178-7)
Common Reading Programs that have selected Enrique’s Journey:
Colleges and Universities:
Bluffton University (Bluffton, OH)
University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)
Central College (Pella, IA)
Edgewood College (Madison,WI)
Florida Southern College (Lakeland, FL)
Fort Lewis College (Durango, CO)
Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, MN)
Henderson State University (Arkadelphia, AR)
Idaho State University (Pocatello, ID)
Indiana University...
Forty Million Dollar Slaves
The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete
Written by William C. Rhoden
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2007
Price: $13.95
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
ISBN: 978-0-307-35314-6 (0-307-35314-1)
From Jackie Robinson to Muhammad Ali and Arthur Ashe, African American athletes have been at the center of modern culture, their on-the-field heroics admired and stratospheric earnings envied. But for all their money, fame, and achievement, says New York Times columnist William C. Rhoden, black athletes still find themselves on the...Read more >
The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete
Written by William C. Rhoden
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2007
Price: $13.95
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
ISBN: 978-0-307-35314-6 (0-307-35314-1)
From Jackie Robinson to Muhammad Ali and Arthur Ashe, African American athletes have been at the center of modern culture, their on-the-field heroics admired and stratospheric earnings envied. But for all their money, fame, and achievement, says New York Times columnist William C. Rhoden, black athletes still find themselves on the...
Ghettonation
A Journey Into the Land of Bling and Home of the Shameless
Written by Cora Daniels
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: March 20, 2007
Price: $23.95
Publisher: Doubleday
ISBN: 978-0-385-51643-3 (0-385-51643-6)
From an award-winning journalist and cultural commentator comes a provocative examination of the impact of “ghetto” mores, attitudes, and lifestyles on urban communities and American culture in general.
Cora Daniels takes on one of the most explosive issues in our country today in this thoughtful critique of America’s embrace of a ghetto...Read more >
A Journey Into the Land of Bling and Home of the Shameless
Written by Cora Daniels
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: March 20, 2007
Price: $23.95
Publisher: Doubleday
ISBN: 978-0-385-51643-3 (0-385-51643-6)
From an award-winning journalist and cultural commentator comes a provocative examination of the impact of “ghetto” mores, attitudes, and lifestyles on urban communities and American culture in general.
Cora Daniels takes on one of the most explosive issues in our country today in this thoughtful critique of America’s embrace of a ghetto...
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Going Public
An Organizer's Guide to Citizen Action
Written by Michael Gecan
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: May 18, 2004
Price: $12.95
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7649-9 (1-4000-7649-8)
A Brooklyn neighborhood once called “the beginning of the end of civilization” is where organizer Michael Gecan got his start. Hired by local congregations to help revive their community, he and his colleagues spend two decades wrestling with New York politicians in an impassioned effort against all odds to build three...Read more >
An Organizer's Guide to Citizen Action
Written by Michael Gecan
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: May 18, 2004
Price: $12.95
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7649-9 (1-4000-7649-8)
A Brooklyn neighborhood once called “the beginning of the end of civilization” is where organizer Michael Gecan got his start. Hired by local congregations to help revive their community, he and his colleagues spend two decades wrestling with New York politicians in an impassioned effort against all odds to build three...
Imperial Life in the Emerald City
Inside Iraq's Green Zone
Written by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2007
Price: $14.95
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 978-0-307-27883-8 (0-307-27883-2)
The Green Zone, Baghdad, 2003: in this walled-off compound of swimming pools and luxurious amenities, Paul Bremer and his Coalition Provisional Authority set out to fashion a new, democratic Iraq. Staffed by idealistic aides chosen primarily for their views on issues such as abortion and capital punishment, the CPA spent the...Read more >
Inside Iraq's Green Zone
Written by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2007
Price: $14.95
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 978-0-307-27883-8 (0-307-27883-2)
The Green Zone, Baghdad, 2003: in this walled-off compound of swimming pools and luxurious amenities, Paul Bremer and his Coalition Provisional Authority set out to fashion a new, democratic Iraq. Staffed by idealistic aides chosen primarily for their views on issues such as abortion and capital punishment, the CPA spent the...
'Isms & 'Ologies
All the movements, ideologies and doctrines that have shaped our world
Written by Arthur Goldwag
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2007
Price: $14.95
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 978-0-307-27907-1 (0-307-27907-3)
From Platonism to New Historicism, humankind is constantly coming up with fresh schools of thought to help explain (or at least describe) the mysterious world around us. Here is the ultimate guide to over 450 of the most significant intellectual terms, movements, and religions that help shape the society we live...Read more >
All the movements, ideologies and doctrines that have shaped our world
Written by Arthur Goldwag
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2007
Price: $14.95
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 978-0-307-27907-1 (0-307-27907-3)
From Platonism to New Historicism, humankind is constantly coming up with fresh schools of thought to help explain (or at least describe) the mysterious world around us. Here is the ultimate guide to over 450 of the most significant intellectual terms, movements, and religions that help shape the society we live...
The Lexus and the Olive Tree
Understanding Globalization
Written by Thomas L. Friedman
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: May 2, 2000
Price: $15.95
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 978-0-385-49934-7 (0-385-49934-5)
From one of our most perceptive commentators and winner of the National Book Award, a comprehensive look at the new world of globalization, the international system that, more than anything else, is shaping world affairs today.
As the Foreign Affairs columnist for The New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman has traveled the...Read more >
Understanding Globalization
Written by Thomas L. Friedman
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: May 2, 2000
Price: $15.95
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 978-0-385-49934-7 (0-385-49934-5)
From one of our most perceptive commentators and winner of the National Book Award, a comprehensive look at the new world of globalization, the international system that, more than anything else, is shaping world affairs today.
As the Foreign Affairs columnist for The New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman has traveled the...
The Looming Tower
Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
Written by Lawrence Wright
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $17.00
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 978-1-4000-3084-2 (1-4000-3084-6)
A gripping narrative that spans five decades, The Looming Tower explains in unprecedented detail the growth of Islamic fundamentalism, the rise of al-Qaeda, and the intelligence failures that culminated in the attacks on the World Trade Center. Lawrence Wright re-creates firsthand the transformation of Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri from...Read more >
Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
Written by Lawrence Wright
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $17.00
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 978-1-4000-3084-2 (1-4000-3084-6)
A gripping narrative that spans five decades, The Looming Tower explains in unprecedented detail the growth of Islamic fundamentalism, the rise of al-Qaeda, and the intelligence failures that culminated in the attacks on the World Trade Center. Lawrence Wright re-creates firsthand the transformation of Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri from...
Made to Stick
Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Written by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: January 2, 2007
Price: $26.00
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 978-1-4000-6428-1 (1-4000-6428-7)
Updated, with a New Chapter
Mark Twain once observed, “A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on.” His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas–business people, teachers, politicians, journalists, and others–struggle to...Read more >
Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Written by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: January 2, 2007
Price: $26.00
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 978-1-4000-6428-1 (1-4000-6428-7)
Updated, with a New Chapter
Mark Twain once observed, “A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on.” His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas–business people, teachers, politicians, journalists, and others–struggle to...
Prisoners
A Story of Friendship and Terror
Written by Jeffrey Goldberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: January 15, 2008
Price: $14.95
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 978-0-375-72670-5 (0-375-72670-5)
During the first Palestinian uprising in 1990, Jeffrey Goldberg – an American Jew – served as a guard at the largest prison camp in Israel. One of his prisoners was Rafiq, a rising leader in the PLO. Overcoming their fears and prejudices, the two men began a dialogue that, over more...Read more >
A Story of Friendship and Terror
Written by Jeffrey Goldberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: January 15, 2008
Price: $14.95
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 978-0-375-72670-5 (0-375-72670-5)
During the first Palestinian uprising in 1990, Jeffrey Goldberg – an American Jew – served as a guard at the largest prison camp in Israel. One of his prisoners was Rafiq, a rising leader in the PLO. Overcoming their fears and prejudices, the two men began a dialogue that, over more...
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The Shame of the Nation
The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America
Written by Jonathan Kozol
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2006
Price: $14.95
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
ISBN: 978-1-4000-5245-5 (1-4000-5245-9)
"The Shame of the Nation is a national wake-up call... It should be required reading."--Marian Wright Edelman, CEO and Founder, Children's Defense Fund
Over the last 15 years, the state of inner-city public schools has been in a steep and continuing decline. Since the federal courts began dismantling the landmark ruling in...Read more >
The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America
Written by Jonathan Kozol
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2006
Price: $14.95
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
ISBN: 978-1-4000-5245-5 (1-4000-5245-9)
"The Shame of the Nation is a national wake-up call... It should be required reading."--Marian Wright Edelman, CEO and Founder, Children's Defense Fund
Over the last 15 years, the state of inner-city public schools has been in a steep and continuing decline. Since the federal courts began dismantling the landmark ruling in...
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There Are No Children Here
The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in The Other America
Written by Alex Kotlowitz
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: January 5, 1992
Price: $14.95
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 978-0-385-26556-0 (0-385-26556-5)
A New York Public Library “Book of the Century.” An essential introductory sociology source, There Are No Children Here traces two years in the lives of ten-year-old Lafeyette and seven-year-old Pharoah Rivers as they struggle to beat the odds and grow up in one of Chicago's worst housing projects. Kotlowitz avoids...Read more >
The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in The Other America
Written by Alex Kotlowitz
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: January 5, 1992
Price: $14.95
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 978-0-385-26556-0 (0-385-26556-5)
A New York Public Library “Book of the Century.” An essential introductory sociology source, There Are No Children Here traces two years in the lives of ten-year-old Lafeyette and seven-year-old Pharoah Rivers as they struggle to beat the odds and grow up in one of Chicago's worst housing projects. Kotlowitz avoids...
The Working Poor
Invisible in America
Written by David K. Shipler
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: January 4, 2005
Price: $16.00
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 978-0-375-70821-3 (0-375-70821-9)
Most of the people I write about in this book do not have the luxury of rage. They are caught in exhausting struggles. Their wages do not lift them far enough from poverty to improve their lives, and their lives, in turn, hold them back. The term by which they are...Read more >
Invisible in America
Written by David K. Shipler
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: January 4, 2005
Price: $16.00
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 978-0-375-70821-3 (0-375-70821-9)
Most of the people I write about in this book do not have the luxury of rage. They are caught in exhausting struggles. Their wages do not lift them far enough from poverty to improve their lives, and their lives, in turn, hold them back. The term by which they are...
