Little America
The War Within the War for Afghanistan
Written by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: June 26, 2012
Price: $11.99
From the award-winning author of
Imperial Life in the Emerald City, a riveting, intimate account of America’s troubled war in Afghanistan.
When President Barack Obama ordered the surge of troops and aid to Afghanistan,
Washington Post correspondent Rajiv Chandrasekaran followed. He found the effort sabotaged not only by Afghan and Pakistani...
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The Victory Lab
The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns
Written by Sasha Issenberg
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $26.00
The book Politico calls “Moneyball for politics” shows how cutting-edge social science and analytics are reshaping the modern political campaign.Renegade thinkers are crashing the gates of a venerable American institution, shoving aside its so-called wise men and replacing them with a radical new data-driven order. We’ve seen it in sports, and...
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China in Ten Words
Written by Yu Hua
Translated by Allan H. Barr
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: November 8, 2011
Price: $11.99
From one of China’s most acclaimed writers, his first work of nonfiction to appear in English: a unique, intimate look at the Chinese experience over the last several decades, told through personal stories and astute analysis that sharply illuminate the country’s meteoric economic and social transformation.
Framed by ten phrases common in...
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The Oath
The Obama White House and The Supreme Court
Written by Jeffrey Toobin
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $28.95
From the prizewinning author of The Nine, a gripping insider's account of the momentous ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration.From the moment John Roberts, the chief justice of the United States, blundered through the Oath of Office at Barack Obama's inauguration, the relationship between the...
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See No Evil
The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism
Written by Robert Baer
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: January 7, 2003
Price: $16.00
In his explosive New York Times bestseller, top CIA operative Robert Baer paints a chilling picture of how terrorism works on the inside and provides startling evidence of how Washington politics sabotaged the CIA’s efforts to root out the world’s deadliest terrorists, allowing for the rise of Osama bin Laden and...
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Aftershock
The Next Economy and America's Future
Written by Robert B. Reich
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: April 5, 2011
Price: $14.95
Updated for paperback publication, Aftershock is a brilliant reading of the causes of our current economic crisis, with a plan for dealing with its challenging aftermath.
When the nation’s economy foundered in 2008, blame was directed almost universally at Wall Street bankers. But Robert B. Reich, one of our most experienced...
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The Righteous Mind
Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
Written by Jonathan Haidt
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2012
Price: $28.95
Why can’t our political leaders work together as threats loom and problems mount? Why do people so readily assume the worst about the motives of their fellow citizens? In The Righteous Mind, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual understanding.
His...
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Manhunt
The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden--from 9/11 to Abbottabad
Written by Peter L. Bergen
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2012
Price: $26.00
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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