Some Americans cling desperately to the myth that we are living in a post-racial society, that the election of the first black president spelled the doom of racism. In fact, racist thought is alive an
The 2000 presidential election meltdown and the more recent controversy about computer voting machines did not come out of the blue. Steal This Vote tells the fraught but very colorful history of ele
The town of Bethlehem carries so many layers of meaning--some ancient, some mythical, some religious--that it feels like an unreal city, even to the people who call it home. Today, the city is hemme
The internationally acclaimed last work by the legendary Latin American writerMaster storyteller Eduardo Galeano was unique among his contemporaries (Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Mario Vargas Llosa amon
In The Home that Was My Country, Syrian-American journalist Alia Malek chronicles her return to her family home in Damascus and the history of the Jabban apartment building. Here, generations of Chris
From a leading journalist and activist comes a brave, beautifully wrought memoir.When Darnell Moore was fourteen years old, three boys from his neighborhood tried to set him on fire. They cornered him
From a former Wall Street insider and author of All the Presidents' Bankers, a searing exposé of the collusion between public and private banks as they seek to control global markets and dictate eco
Documents the collaborative efforts of Johnny Cash and pioneering folk artist Peter La Farge throughout the making of their Bitter Tears album, drawing on interviews with dozens of insiders to provide
A human rights lawyer who has had independent access to the prisoners at Guantanamo documents the realities of their experiences while citing the near-absurdities that mark their incarceration, from a
A Pulitzer Prize-winning writer teams up with a journalist on Middle-East affairs in a sobering volume of U.S. soldier testimonies about the crimes being committed against Iraqi civilians under occupa
From best-selling author Barbara Coloroso comes a timely and essential book about genocide.Through an examination of three clearly defined genocides — the Armenian and Rwandan genocides, and th
W. E. B. Du Bois and Paul Robeson were both leading figures of the African American movement; their writing and teachings continue to inspire people around the world today.The Professor and the Pupil
Who Moved My Secret? satirizes every aspect of The Secret, including the historical manuscripts in which it was supposedly found and the famous people who used it throughout history (as well as hypoth
Ahmad Nazami is an Iranian-born Muslim, accused of murdering his professor.Left behind at the crime scene are a few pages of the professor's manuscript that purports to disprove the existence of God.
Since Ronald Reagan left office—and particularly after his death—his shadow has loomed large over American politics: Republicans and many Democrats have waxed nostalgic, extolling the Rep
Every time human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith lands in Cuba, he takes the eight o’clock ferry to the windward side; his journey ends at Guantánamo Bay. One of the few people in the w
This is the story of Ahmad Chalabi—fraudster, statesman, banker, math whiz, gourmand, and esthete. Emmy award winner Aram Roston’s extraordinary investigative biography exposes massive wh
The 1967 Arab-Israeli War was a devastating triumph for Israel, which immediately began to establish settlements in the newly conquered territories. Those settlements, and the movement that made them
For the past two decades, Mark Danner has reported from Latin America, Haiti, the Balkans, and the Middle East. His perceptive, award-winning dispatches have not only explored the real consequences o