Written at the late iconic Hollywood star's request and with the cooperation of his closest friends and associates, an intimate portrait draws on interviews, letters, family scrapbooks, and other pers
The dawning of peace in Northern Ireland has not brought with it much truth about what happened during ?the long war’. Very few of the paramilitary leaders on either side have ever spoken candidly abo
A Village Voice Best Book of the Year, this collection of essays covers a range of topics, from “Education and Democracy” and “Politics and Election” to “Cultural Participation” and “AIDS and Democrac
Reid Hollister was a rambunctious, handsome, and sometimes rebellious teenager. While he delighted many friends with humor and antics, he struggled as a student, regularly tested his parents’ patience
Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching is an account of how, politically and culturally, the existing script for black manhood has been rewritten for the millennial generation. Young men of this
The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is one of the darkest chapters is American history. A toxic combination of government neglect and socioeconomic inequality turned a crisis into a tragedy. The storm
Based on compelling new scientific and social science research on early childhood malnutrition, a new generation of activists have been inspired to rethink old approaches to feeding the world.’ The ne
Feminism has sold out, or so argues Andi Zeisler, the founding editor and creative director ofBitch magazine: Today’s feminism is a choose-your-own adventure story. Women can choose which aspects of f
"In What Stays in Vegas, journalist Adam Tanner exposes the greatest threat to privacy today. It's not the NSA, but good-old American companies. Internet giants, leading retailers and other firms are
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Milan and the Italian lakes district.In this compact guide, Rick Steves covers the essentials of Milan and the I
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in the hill towns of central Italy.In this compact guide, Rick Steves covers the essentials of the hill towns, incl
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Naples and the Amalfi Coast.In this compact guide, Rick Steves covers the essentials of Naples and the Amalfi Co
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Italy’s Cinque Terre.In this compact guide, Rick Steves covers the essentials of the Cinque Terre, including Cor
In the first week of June 2013, the American people discovered that for a decade, they had abjectly traded their individual privacy for the chimera of national security. The revelation that the federa
Over the course of five years, investigative reporters Sherry Sontag and Chris Drew interviewed hundreds of men who had never spoken about their underwater livesnot even to their wives and children. T
Advances in technology are creating the next economy and enabling us to make things/do things/connect with others in smarter, cheaper, faster, more effective ways. But the price of this progress has b
To the Edge of the World is an adventure in travelfull of extraordinary personalities, more than a century of explosive political, economic, and cultural events, and almost inconceivable feats of engi
"When you enlist in the United States Military, you don't just sign yourself up for years of duty, you also commit your loved ones to a life of service all their own. No one knows this better than Ela
"In the past few decades, personality psychology has made considerable progress in raising new questions about human nature-and providing some provocative answers. New scientific research has transfor
Bloodsport is the story of the creation of America’s deal culture and the battle for control of America’s corporations. Told through the fascinating, complex, and often-flawed characters who created a
