The origins of the next radical economy is rooted in a tradition that has empowered people for centuries and is now making a comeback.A new feudalism is on the rise. From the internet to service and c
A deeply reported investigation of the undeclared war the US is waging at its border with Mexico, detailing how and why it began, and the mounting costs, from lives lost to money wasted. The war on th
A delightful history of American's obsession with advice and--from Poor Richard to Dr. Spock to Miss MannersAmericans, for all our talk of pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps, obsessively seek advi
Bigoted and dangerous views on immigration were once confined to the margins of political discourse. Now, with politicians like Donald Trump in the United States, Marine Le Pen in France, Geert Wild
Impact investment, the support of social and environmental projects with a financial return, has become a hot topic in the world's philanthropy and development circles, and is growing exponentially: i
Why does a disease that killed only a handful of Americans like ebola provoke panic, but the flu-which kills tens of thousands each year-is dismissed with a yawn? Why is an unarmed young black woman
Argues that the decline of New York City reached its lowest point after decades of destructive projects brought about by Robert Moses and began its resurgance with citizen-led efforts that reflect the
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
Offers a look at the powerful players, such as Karl Rove and Howard Ahmanson, and the political and personal problems they have dealt with that will impact the future of the Republican Party in a post
For the past five years, journalist Sarah Garland has followed the lives of current and former gang members living in Hempstead on the border of Garden City, Long Island. Affiliated with Mara Salvatr
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
China has now taken Great Britain’s place as Africa’s third largest business partner. Where others only see chaos, the Chinese see opportunities. With no colonial past and no political preconditions,
Examines the important role Halliburton has played in the Iraq War as well as in other conflicts around the globe, such as Somalia and Yugoslavia, through its questionable dealings with high-ranking g
A warm, wise, and urgent guide to parenting in uncertain times.A longtime reporter on race, reproductive health, and politics, Dani McClain is also the mother of a little girl. Like all first-time mot
The story of how the American Dream has failed young black Americans, offering a deeply reported, compassionate portrait of a generation searching for a better future. In the last few decades, any ho
A spirited, deeply researched exploration of why capitalism is bad for women and how, when done right, socialism leads to economic independence, better labor conditions, better work-life balance and,
A first-hand account of corruption and cover-up at Goldman Sachs from the Federal Reserve examiner who refused to be silenced. In 2011, Carmen Segarra took a job as a regulator at Goldman Sachs on beh
A provocative new interpretation of the origins of Islam that focuses on Muhammad's vision of peace, by the preeminent Middle East expert and blogger of Informed Comment Master storyteller and histor
Karl Marx remains the most influential and controversial political thinker in history. If after the collapse of the Soviet Union his reputation seemed utterly eclipsed, a new generation is reading and
For any woman who has experienced illness, chronic pain, or endometriosis comes an inspiring memoir advocating for recognition of women's health issuesIn the fall of 2010, Abby Norman's strong dancer'
There Are No Dead Here is the untold story of three brave Colombians who stood up to the paramilitary groups that, starting in the mid-1990s, decimated the country in the name of counterinsurgency a
The dark story of the shocking resurgence of white supremacist and nationalist groups, and their path to political powerSix years ago, when Vegas Tenold began reporting from the inner circle of three
While the news out of the Muslim world has been focused on the threat of extremism from ISIS and Al Qaeda, a quiet but powerful shift has been taking place among women. In the last 10 years alone, nea
Born in 1955, Avraham Burg witnessed firsthand many of the most dramatic and critical junctions in Israeli history. Here he chronicles the highs and lows of his country during the last five decades,
Paris, 1911. Picasso, Debussy, and Proust were revolutionizing art, music, and literature. Electricity had transformed the City of Lights. And the Parisian elites were mad about their fancy new cars
Lebanon, a country no bigger than Connecticut, has become a battleground for the political, strategic and ideological conflicts of its neighbors and the great powers. It has come to reflect the broad
What is it like to do the back-breaking work of immigrants? To find out, Gabriel Thompson spent a year working alongside Latino immigrants, who initially thought he was either crazy or an undercover
"Award-winning journalist and cultural historian Jeff Biggers takes us on a journey into the secret history of coal mining in the American heartland. Set in the ruins of his family's strip-mined homes
Argues that the current economic model for the support of news gathering and dissemination is no longer viable, but that professional journalism is so important for a democracy that government subsidi
The American Book Award-winning author of Rebellion from the Roots traces the history of Mexico City through the personal stories of everyday survivors who witnessed its most influential crimes and ur
A veteran and award-winning author of Lost Armies describes the life-changing wartime confrontation during which he killed a North Vietnamese soldier and retrieved from the man's body a diary of beaut
A culture that cannot distinguish between reality and illusion dies. And we are dying now. We will either wake from our state of induced childishness, one where trivia and gossip pass for news and in
Eduardo Galeano is one of our greatest storytellers. Throughout his career he has transcended genre and turned our understanding of history and reality on its head. Mirrors is his latest book of wond
On April 11, 2002, nearly a million Venezuelans marched on the presidential palace to demand the resignation of President Hugo Chavez. Led by Pedro Carmona and Carlos Ortega, the opposition represent
Argues that current economic difficulties trace their roots to an elite group of free-market advocates who began meeting in 1947, and whose speculative policies, when put into practice, have led to fi
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.
A renowned foreign correspondent offers a selection of his Saturday columns for Britain's "The Independent," covering topics ranging from books and movies to the two World Wars and the various conflic
This is the true story of Ahmad Chalabi, fraudster, statesman, banker, math whiz and aesthete, whose legendary charisma and charm - and almost hypnotic powers of persuasion - helped propel the United
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
