Brokers of Deceit
How the U.S. Has Undermined Peace in the Middle East
Written by Rashid Khalidi
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $25.95
An examination of the failure of the United States as a broker in the Palestinian-Israeli peace process, through three key historical moments For more than seven decades the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people has raged on with no end in sight, and for much of that time, the United States...
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Stalin's Curse
Battling for Communism in War and Cold War
Written by Robert Gellately
Format: Hardcover, 496 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $32.50
A chilling, riveting account based on newly released Russian documentation that reveals Joseph Stalin’s true motives—and the extent of his enduring commitment to expanding the Soviet empire—during the years in which he seemingly collaborated with Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and the capitalist West.
At the Big Three conferences of World...
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Out of Order
Stories from the History of the Supreme Court
Written by Sandra Day O'Connor
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $12.99
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“I called this book Out of Order because it reflects my goal, which is to share a different side of the Supreme Court. Most people know the Court only as it exists between bangs of the gavel, when the Court comes to order to hear arguments or give...
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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
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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God Believes in Love
Straight Talk About Gay Marriage
Written by Gene Robinson
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $12.99
From the Bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church, the first openly gay person elected (in 2003) to the historic episcopate and the world's leading religious spokesperson for gay rights and gay marriage—a groundbreaking book that lovingly and persuasively makes the case for same-sex marriage using a...
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Manhunt
The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad
Written by Peter L. Bergen
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2012
Price: $11.99
The gripping account of the decade-long hunt for the world's most wanted man.It was only a week before 9/11 that Peter Bergen turned in the manuscript of
Holy War, Inc., the story of Osama bin Laden--whom Bergen had once interviewed in a mud hut in Afghanistan--and his declaration of war on America...
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The Next 100 Years
A Forecast for the 21st Century
Written by George Friedman
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: January 26, 2010
Price: $15.95
A fascinating, eye-opening and often shocking look at what lies ahead for the U.S. and the world from one of our most incisive futurists.
In his thought-provoking new book, George Friedman, founder of STRATFOR—the preeminent private intelligence and forecasting firm—focuses on what he knows best, the future. Positing that civilization is at...
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Enemies
A History of the FBI
Written by Tim Weiner
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $20.00
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • New York Daily News • Slate“Fast-paced, fair-minded, and fascinating, Tim Weiner’s
Enemies turns the long history of the FBI into a story that is as compelling, and important, as today’s headlines.”—Jeffrey Toobin, author of
The Oath ...
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