Cicero
The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
Written by Anthony Everitt
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2003
Price: $17.00
“All ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman and philosopher combined.”
—John Adams
He squared off against Caesar and was friends with young Brutus. He advised the legendary Pompey on his somewhat botched transition from military hero to politician. He lambasted Mark Antony and was master of the smear campaign...
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A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity
Written by Bill O'Reilly
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $15.99
The year was 1957, the month September, and I had just turned eight years old. Dwight Eisenhower was President, but in my life it was the diminutive, intense Sister Mary Lurana who ruled, at least in the third-grade class where I was held captive. For reasons you will soon understand, my...
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Tension City
Inside the Presidential Debates
Written by Jim Lehrer
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2012
Price: $16.00
With an update by the author for the 2012 election
A veteran newsman who has presided over eleven presidential and vice-presidential debates, Jim Lehrer gives readers a ringside seat for some of the epic political battles of our time, shedding light on all of the critical turning points and rhetorical...
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Legacy of Ashes
The History of the CIA
Written by Tim Weiner
Format: eBook, 848 pages
On Sale: May 20, 2008
Price: $13.99
With shocking revelations that made headlines in papers across the country, Pulitzer-Prize-winner Tim Weiner gets at the truth behind the CIA and uncovers here why nearly every CIA Director has left the agency in worse shape than when he found it; and how these profound failures jeopardize our national security.
From the...
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An Autobiography
The Story of My Experiments with Truth
Written by Mohandas K. Gandhi
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: November 1, 1993
Price: $16.00
Mohandas K. Gandhi is one of the most inspiring figures of our time. In his classic autobiography he recounts the story of his life and how he developed his concept of active nonviolent resistance, which propelled the Indian struggle for independence and countless other nonviolent struggles of the twentieth century.
In a...
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Hubris
The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War
Written by Michael Isikoff and David Corn
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2007
Price: $14.95
THE REAL STORY BEHIND THE INVASION OF IRAQ
Now an MSNBC Documentary, hosted by Rachel Maddow
Filled with news-making revelations that made it a
New York Times bestseller,
Hubris takes us behind the scenes at the White House, CIA, Pentagon, State Department, and Congress to show how George W. Bush came to invade...
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Through the Perilous Fight
Six Weeks That Saved the Nation
Written by Steve Vogel
Format: eBook, 560 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $14.99
In a rousing account of one of the critical turning points in American history,
Through the Perilous Fight tells the gripping story of the burning of Washington and the improbable last stand at Baltimore that helped save the nation and inspired its National Anthem.
In the summer of 1814, the...
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The New York Review Abroad
Fifty Years of International Reportage
Edited by Robert B. Silvers
Introduction by Ian Buruma
Format: Hardcover, 544 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $30.00
For the past fifty years,
The New York Review of Books has covered virtually every international revolution and movement of consequence by dispatching the world’s most brilliant writers to write eyewitness accounts.
The New York Review Abroad not only brings together twenty-eight of the most riveting of these pieces but includes...
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The Audacity of Hope
Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Written by Barack Obama
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: October 17, 2006
Price: $7.99
In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. One phrase in particular anchored itself in listeners’ minds, a reminder that for all the discord and struggle to be found in our history as a nation, we have always...
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