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The Demon in the Freezer
A True Story
Written by Richard Preston
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: August 26, 2003
Price: $7.99
“The bard of biological weapons captures
the drama of the front lines.”
-Richard Danzig, former secretary of the navy
The first major bioterror event in the United States-the anthrax attacks in October 2001-was a clarion call for scientists who work with “hot” agents to find ways of protecting civilian populations against biological weapons. In... Read more >
A True Story
Written by Richard Preston
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: August 26, 2003
Price: $7.99
“The bard of biological weapons captures
the drama of the front lines.”
-Richard Danzig, former secretary of the navy
The first major bioterror event in the United States-the anthrax attacks in October 2001-was a clarion call for scientists who work with “hot” agents to find ways of protecting civilian populations against biological weapons. In... Read more >
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1493
Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
Written by Charles C. Mann
Format: Trade Paperback, 720 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $16.95
Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
Written by Charles C. Mann
Format: Trade Paperback, 720 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $16.95
A deeply engaging new history of how European settlements in the post-Colombian Americas shaped the world, from the bestselling author of 1491. Presenting the latest research by biologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians, Mann shows how the post-Columbian network of ecological and economic exchange fostered the rise of Europe, devastated imperial China...
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A Raisin in the Sun
Written by Lorraine Hansberry
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: November 2, 2011
Price: $6.99
"Never before, the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of black people's lives been seen on the stage," observed James Baldwin shortly before A Raisin in the Sun opened on Broadway in 1959.
Indeed Lorraine Hansberry's award-winning drama about the hopes and aspirations of a struggling... Read more >
Written by Lorraine Hansberry
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: November 2, 2011
Price: $6.99
"Never before, the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of black people's lives been seen on the stage," observed James Baldwin shortly before A Raisin in the Sun opened on Broadway in 1959.
Indeed Lorraine Hansberry's award-winning drama about the hopes and aspirations of a struggling... Read more >
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Fist Stick Knife Gun
A Personal History of Violence
Written by Geoffrey Canada
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: September 28, 2010
Price: $14.00
A new edition, including the story of the founding of the Harlem Children’s Zone
Long before the avalanche of praise for his work—from Oprah Winfrey, from President Bill Clinton, from President Barack Obama—long before he became known for his talk show appearances, Members Project spots, and documentaries like Waiting for... Read more >
A Personal History of Violence
Written by Geoffrey Canada
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: September 28, 2010
Price: $14.00
A new edition, including the story of the founding of the Harlem Children’s Zone
Long before the avalanche of praise for his work—from Oprah Winfrey, from President Bill Clinton, from President Barack Obama—long before he became known for his talk show appearances, Members Project spots, and documentaries like Waiting for... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced
Written by Nujood Ali and Delphine Minoui
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: March 2, 2010
Price: $12.00
“I’m a simple village girl who has always obeyed the orders of my father and brothers. Since forever, I have learned to say yes to everything. Today I have decided to say no.”
Forced by her father to marry a man three times her age, young Nujood Ali was sent away from... Read more >
Written by Nujood Ali and Delphine Minoui
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: March 2, 2010
Price: $12.00
“I’m a simple village girl who has always obeyed the orders of my father and brothers. Since forever, I have learned to say yes to everything. Today I have decided to say no.”
Forced by her father to marry a man three times her age, young Nujood Ali was sent away from... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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The Innocent Man
Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
Written by John Grisham
Format: Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2012
Price: $9.99
Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
Written by John Grisham
Format: Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2012
Price: $9.99
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
In the town of Ada, Oklahoma, Ron Williamson was going to be the next Mickey Mantle. But on his way to the Big Leagues, Ron stumbled, his dreams broken by drinking, drugs, and women. Then, on a winter night in 1982, not far from Ron’s home, a...
Also available as an
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abridged audiobook download,
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The Revenge of Geography
What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
Written by Robert D. Kaplan
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $11.99
In this provocative, startling book, Robert D. Kaplan, the bestselling author of Monsoon and Balkan Ghosts, offers a revelatory new prism through which to view global upheavals and to understand what lies ahead for continents and countries around the world.
In The Revenge of Geography, Kaplan builds on the insights... Read more >
What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
Written by Robert D. Kaplan
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $11.99
In this provocative, startling book, Robert D. Kaplan, the bestselling author of Monsoon and Balkan Ghosts, offers a revelatory new prism through which to view global upheavals and to understand what lies ahead for continents and countries around the world.
In The Revenge of Geography, Kaplan builds on the insights... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
Close Encounters with Addiction
Written by Gabor Mate, M.D.
Foreword by Peter A. Levine, Ph.D.
Format: Trade Paperback, 520 pages
On Sale: January 5, 2010
Price: $17.95
Based on Gabor Maté’s two decades of experience as a medical doctor and his groundbreaking work with the severely addicted on Vancouver’s skid row, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts radically reenvisions this much misunderstood field by taking a holistic approach. Dr. Maté presents addiction not as a discrete phenomenon confined... Read more >
Close Encounters with Addiction
Written by Gabor Mate, M.D.
Foreword by Peter A. Levine, Ph.D.
Format: Trade Paperback, 520 pages
On Sale: January 5, 2010
Price: $17.95
Based on Gabor Maté’s two decades of experience as a medical doctor and his groundbreaking work with the severely addicted on Vancouver’s skid row, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts radically reenvisions this much misunderstood field by taking a holistic approach. Dr. Maté presents addiction not as a discrete phenomenon confined... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Savage Inequalities
Children in America's Schools
Written by Jonathan Kozol
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $15.00
For two years, beginning in 1988, Jonathan Kozol visited schools in neighborhoods across the country, from Illinois to Washington D.C., and from New York to San Antonio. He spoke with teachers, principals, superintendents, and, most important, children. What he found was devastating. Not only were schools for rich and poor blatantly... Read more >
Children in America's Schools
Written by Jonathan Kozol
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $15.00
For two years, beginning in 1988, Jonathan Kozol visited schools in neighborhoods across the country, from Illinois to Washington D.C., and from New York to San Antonio. He spoke with teachers, principals, superintendents, and, most important, children. What he found was devastating. Not only were schools for rich and poor blatantly... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Devil's Night
And Other True Tales of Detroit
Written by Ze'ev Chafets
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: September 3, 2013
Price: $9.99
A New York Times Notable Book
On Devil’s Night, the night before Halloween, some citizens of Detroit try to burn down their neighborhoods for an international audience of fire buffs. This gripping and often heartbreaking tour of the “Murder Capital of America” often seems lit by those same fires. But as a... Read more >
And Other True Tales of Detroit
Written by Ze'ev Chafets
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: September 3, 2013
Price: $9.99
A New York Times Notable Book
On Devil’s Night, the night before Halloween, some citizens of Detroit try to burn down their neighborhoods for an international audience of fire buffs. This gripping and often heartbreaking tour of the “Murder Capital of America” often seems lit by those same fires. But as a... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
