Our Political Nature
The Evolutionary Origins of What Divides Us
Written by Avi Tuschman
Format: Hardcover, 500 pages
On Sale: September 3, 2013
Price: $24.95
The first book to tell the natural history of political orientations.
Our Political Nature is the first book to reveal the hidden roots of our most deeply held moral values. It shows how political orientations across space and time arise from three clusters of measurable personality traits. These clusters entail opposing attitudes...
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Through the Perilous Fight
Six Weeks That Saved the Nation
Written by Steve Vogel
Format: Hardcover, 560 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $30.00
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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Twilight of the Elites
America After Meritocracy
Written by Christopher Hayes
Read by Christopher Hayes
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: June 12, 2012
Price: $22.50
A powerful and original argument that traces the roots of our present crisis of authority to an unlikely source: the meritocracy. Over the past decade, Americans watched in bafflement and rage as one institution after another – from Wall Street to Congress, the Catholic Church to corporate America, even Major League Baseball...
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For Common Things
Irony, Trust, and Commitment in America Today
Written by Jedediah Purdy
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: November 24, 2010
Price: $9.99
Jedediah Purdy calls
For Common Things his "letter of love for the world's possibilities." Indeed, these pages--which have already garnered a flurry of attention among readers and in the media--constitute a passionate and persuasive testament to the value of political, social, and community reengagement. Drawing on a wide range of literary...
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Joseph Anton
A Memoir
Written by Salman Rushdie
Format: eBook, 656 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $13.99
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY San Francisco Chronicle • Newsweek/The Daily Beast • The Seattle Times • The Economist • Kansas City Star • BookPageOn February 14, 1989, Valentine’s Day, Salman Rushdie was telephoned by a BBC journalist and told that he had been “sentenced to death&rdquo...
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The Dispensable Nation
American Foreign Policy in Retreat
Written by Vali Nasr
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $28.95
In a brilliant and revealing book destined to drive debate about the future of American power, Vali Nasr questions America’s dangerous choice to engage less and matter less in the world. Vali Nasr, author of the groundbreaking
The Shia Revival, worked closely with Hillary Clinton at the State Department on Afghan...
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Rules for Radicals
Written by Saul Alinsky
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: June 30, 2010
Price: $11.99
First published in 1971, Rules for Radicals is Saul Alinsky's impassioned counsel to young radicals on how to effect constructive social change and know “the difference between being a realistic radical and being a rhetorical one.” Written in the midst of radical political developments whose direction Alinsky was one of the...
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The Next 100 Years
A Forecast for the 21st Century
Written by George Friedman
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $11.99
“Conventional analysis suffers from a profound failure of imagination. It imagines passing clouds to be permanent and is blind to powerful, long-term shifts taking place in full view of the world.” —George Friedman
In his long-awaited and provocative new book, George Friedman turns his eye on the future—offering a lucid, highly...
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Stuffed and Starved
The Hidden Battle for the World Food System
Written by Raj Patel
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: June 5, 2012
Price: $19.95
Revised and Expanded Edition"For anyone attempting to make sense of the world food crisis, or understand the links between U.S. farm policy and the ability of the world's poor to feed themselves,
Stuffed and Starved is indispensable."
—Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's DilemmaIt’s a perverse fact of modern life: There are more starving...
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The Nine
Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
Written by Jeffrey Toobin
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $16.00
In
The Nine, acclaimed journalist Jeffrey Toobin takes us into the chambers of the most important—and secret—legal body in our country, the Supreme Court, revealing the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land. An institution at a moment of transition, the Court now stands at...
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