Peace Is the Way

Written by Deepak Chopra

Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2005
Price: $13.95

Deepak Chopra’s passionate new book, Peace Is the Way, was inspired by a saying from Mahatma Gandhi: “There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.” In a world where every path to peace has proved futile, the one strategy that hasn’t been tried is the way of peace itself. “We... Read more >

Without Precedent

Written by Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton

Format: eBook
On Sale: August 15, 2006
Price: $14.95

The untold story of how the 9/11 Commission overcame partisanship and bureaucracy to produce its acclaimed report.

From the beginning, the 9/11 Commission found itself facing obstacles — the Bush administration blocked its existence for months, the first co-chairs resigned right away, the budget was limited, and a polarized Washington was suspicious... Read more >

Americans at Risk
Why We Are Not Prepared for Megadisasters and What We Can Do
Written by Irwin Redlener

Format: eBook
On Sale: August 22, 2006
Price: $24.00

This important book by one of our leading experts on disaster preparedness offers a compelling narrative about our nation’s inability to properly plan for large-scale disasters and proposes changes that can still be made to assure the safety of its citizens.

Five years after 9/11 and one year after Hurricane Katrina... Read more >

Elvis is Titanic

Written by Ian Klaus

Format: eBook
On Sale: August 28, 2007
Price: $14.95

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Supercapitalism

Written by Robert B. Reich

Format: eBook
On Sale: September 4, 2007
Price: $15.95

From the greatly admired author of The Work of Nations and The Future of Success, one of America's greatest economic and political thinkers as well as a distinguished public servant in three national administrations, a breakthrough book on the clash between capitalism and democracy.

Mid-twentieth-century capitalism has turned into global capitalism, and... Read more >

Terror and Consent

Written by Philip Bobbitt

Format: eBook, 624 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2008
Price: $18.00

Philip Bobbitt follows his magisterial Shield of Achilles with an equally provocative analysis of the West's struggle against terror. Boldly stating that the primary driver of terrorism is not Islam but the emergence of market states (like the U.S. and the E.U.), Bobbitt warns of an era where weapons of mass... Read more >

The Return of History and the End of Dreams

Written by Robert Kagan

Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: April 29, 2008
Price: $13.00

Hopes for a new peaceful international order after the end of the Cold War have been dashed by sobering realities: Great powers are once again competing for honor and influence. The world remains “unipolar,” but international competition among the United States, Russia, China, Europe, Japan, India, and Iran raise new threats... Read more >

So Damn Much Money

Written by Robert G. Kaiser

Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: January 20, 2009
Price: $27.95

The startling story of the monumental growth of lobbying in Washington, D.C., and how it undermines effective government and pollutes our politics.

A true insider, Robert G. Kaiser has monitored American politics for The Washington Post for nearly half a century. In this sometimes shocking and always riveting book, he explains how... Read more >

Defend the Realm
The Authorized History of MI5
Written by Christopher Andrew

Format: eBook, 1056 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $40.00

An unprecedented publishing event: to mark the centenary of its foundation, the British Security Service, MI5, has for the first time opened its archives to an independent historian. The book reveals the precise role of the Security Service in twentieth-century British history, from its foundation by Captain Kell of the British... Read more >

Half the Sky

Written by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $27.95

From two of our most fiercely moral voices, a passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in the developing world.

With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey through Africa and Asia... Read more >