Mark Twain's Other Woman
The Hidden Story of His Final Years
Written by Laura Skandera Trombley

Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-47494-0 (0-307-47494-1)

Laura Skandera Trombley, the preeminent Twain scholar at work today, reveals the never-before-read letters and daily journals of Isabel Lyon, Mark Twain’s last personal secretary.

For six years, Isabel Lyon was responsible for running the aging Man in White’s chaotic household, nursing him through several illnesses and serving as his adoring... Read more >

Satchel
The Life and Times of an American Legend
Written by Larry Tye

Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-7797-4 (0-8129-7797-1)

A 2009 New York Times Notable Book
A 2009 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title

He is that rare American icon who has never been captured in a biography worthy of him. Now, at last, here is the superbly researched, spellbindingly told story of athlete, showman, philosopher, and boundary breaker Leroy “Satchel” Paige.

Few reliable records... Read more >

Superman
The High-Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero
Written by Larry Tye

Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: June 12, 2012
Price: $27.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-6866-1 (1-4000-6866-5)

Seventy-five years after he came to life, Superman remains one of America’s most adored and enduring heroes. Now Larry Tye, the prize-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of Satchel, has written the first full-fledged history not just of the Man of Steel but of the creators, designers, owners, and... Read more >

Blood Done Sign My Name
A True Story
Written by Timothy B. Tyson

Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Broadway Books
On Sale: May 3, 2005
Price: $14.99
ISBN: 978-1-4000-8311-4 (1-4000-8311-7)

A 2004 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist

Winner, Grawemeyer Award for Religion 2007
On December 1, 2006, Timothy B. Tyson received the Grawemeyer Award for Religion 2007 from officials at the University of Louisville and the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Tyson is the author of Blood Done Sign My Name, his... Read more >

Hands of My Father
A Hearing Boy, His Deaf Parents, and the Language of Love
Written by Myron Uhlberg

Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
Publisher: Bantam
On Sale: February 3, 2009
Price: $24.00
ISBN: 978-0-553-80688-5 (0-553-80688-2)

By turns heart-tugging and hilarious, Myron Uhlberg’s memoir tells the story of growing up as the hearing son of deaf parents—and his life in a world that he found unaccountably beautiful, even as he longed to escape it.

“Does sound have rhythm?” my father asked. “Does it rise and fall like the... Read more >

A Man Without a Country

Written by Kurt Vonnegut
Edited by Daniel Simon

Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
On Sale: September 6, 2005
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 978-1-58322-713-8 (1-58322-713-X)

A Man Without a Country is Kurt Vonnegut’s hilariously funny and razor-sharp look at life (“If I die–God forbid–I would like to go to heaven to ask somebody in charge up there, ‘Hey, what was the good news and what was the bad news?’”), art (“To practice any art, no matter... Read more >

Shout, Sister, Shout!
The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Written by Gayle Wald

Format: Trade Paperback, 264 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: January 15, 2008
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-0985-7 (0-8070-0985-7)

A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Pick

Long before “women in rock” became a media catchphrase, African American guitar virtuoso Rosetta Tharpe proved in spectacular fashion that women could rock. Born in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, in 1915, Tharpe was gospel’s first superstar and the preeminent crossover figure of its golden age... Read more >

Medical Apartheid
The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
Written by Harriet A. Washington

Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-7679-1547-2 (0-7679-1547-X)

Winner, 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award
Pen Oakland-Josephine Miles 17th Annual National Literary Award
Honor Book, Black Caucus of The American Library Association
2007 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award

Medical Apartheid is the first and only comprehensive history of medical experimentation on African Americans. Starting with the earliest encounters between black Americans and Western... Read more >

Enemies
A History of the FBI
Written by Tim Weiner

Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-7923-7 (0-8129-7923-0)

Enemies is the first definitive history of the FBI’s secret intelligence operations, from an author whose work on the Pentagon and the CIA won him the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.

Praise for Enemies:
“Pulitzer-Prize–winning author Tim Weiner has written a riveting inside account of the FBI’s secret machinations that goes... Read more >

The Surprising Power of Family Meals
How Eating Together Makes Us Smarter, Stronger, Healthier and Happier
Written by Miriam Weinstein

Format: Trade Paperback, 280 pages
Publisher: Steerforth
On Sale: September 5, 2006
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-1-58642-113-7 (1-58642-113-1)

The Surprising Power of Family Meals is the first book to take a complete look at a ritual that was virtually universal a generation ago but has undergone a striking transformation. No longer honored by society as a time of day that must be set aside, some families see family supper... Read more >

Why We Fought
Forging American Obligations in World War II
Written by Robert B. Westbrook

Format: Trade Paperback, 166 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: July 6, 2010
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-1-58834-295-9 (1-58834-295-6)

Why We Fought is a timely and provocative analysis that examines why Americans really chose to sacrifice and commit themselves to World War II. Unlike other depictions of the patriotic “greatest generation,” Westbrook argues that, strictly speaking, Americans in World War II were not instructed to fight, work, or die for... Read more >

The Odd Clauses
Understanding the Constitution Through Ten of Its Most Curious Provisions
Written by Jay Wexler

Format: Hardcover, 248 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 978-0-8070-0090-8 (0-8070-0090-6)

An innovative, insightful, and often humorous look at the Constitution’s lesser-known clauses, offering a fresh approach to understanding our democracy.

In this captivating and witty book, Jay Wexler draws on his extensive background in constitutional law to shine a much-deserved light on some of the Constitution’s lesser-known parts. For a variety of... Read more >

A. Lincoln
A Biography
Written by Ronald C. White, Jr.

Format: Trade Paperback, 816 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-7570-3 (0-8129-7570-7)

Everyone wants to define the man who signed his name “A. Lincoln.” In his lifetime and ever since, friend and foe have taken it upon themselves to characterize Lincoln according to their own label or libel. In this magnificent book, Ronald C. White, Jr., offers a fresh and compelling definition of... Read more >

The Colossus of New York

Written by Colson Whitehead

Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: October 12, 2004
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-3124-5 (1-4000-3124-9)

In a dazzlingly original work of nonfiction, the award-winning novelist Colson Whitehead re-creates the exuberance, the chaos, the promise, and the heartbreak of New York. Here is a literary love song that will entrance anyone who has lived in—or spent time—in the greatest of American cities.

A masterful evocation of the city... Read more >

One Man's America
The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation
Written by George Will

Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
Publisher: Crown Forum
On Sale: June 3, 2008
Price: $28.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-40786-3 (0-307-40786-1)

In his provocative and compelling new book, America’s most widely read and most influential commentator casts his gimlet eye on our singular nation. Moving far beyond the strict confines of politics, George F. Will offers a fascinating look at the people, stories, and events–often unheralded–that make the American drama so endlessly... Read more >

Mrs. Somebody Somebody
Fiction
Written by Tracy Winn

Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: June 8, 2010
Price: $14.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-8145-2 (0-8129-8145-6)

In this astonishing debut, Tracy Winn poignantly chronicles the souls who inhabit the troubled mill town of Lowell, Massachusetts, playing out their struggles and hopes over the course of the twentieth century. Through a stunning variety of voices, Winn paints a deep and permeating portrait of the town and its people... Read more >

Surveillance Means Security
Remixed War Propaganda
Written by Micah Ian Wright
Foreword by J.R. Norton

Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
On Sale: November 7, 2006
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 978-1-58322-741-1 (1-58322-741-5)

Subversive and incendiary, this full-color poster book reworks classic war propaganda to comment on corporate corruption, domestic spying, election fraud, gay marriage, blind patriotism, the “War on Terror,” and surveillance in America today.

With laughs and jeers, Wright’s distinctive artwork and astute political commentary offers timely and clever insight into the state... Read more >

Covering
The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights
Written by Kenji Yoshino

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: February 20, 2007
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-76021-1 (0-375-76021-0)

Winner, 2006 American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Award
Winner, 2006 Myers Outstanding Book Award
2009 First Year Reading Selection for Pomona College


In this remarkable and elegant work, acclaimed Yale Law School professor Kenji Yoshino fuses legal manifesto and poetic memoir to call for a redefinition of civil rights in our law... Read more >

Artists in Times of War

Written by Howard Zinn

Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
On Sale: September 2, 2003
Price: $9.95
ISBN: 978-1-58322-602-5 (1-58322-602-8)

“Political power,” says Howard Zinn, “is controlled by the corporate elite, and the arts are the locale for a kind of guerilla warfare in the sense that guerillas look for apertures and opportunities where they can have an effect.” In Artists in Times of War, Zinn looks at the possibilities to... Read more >