A tenth-anniversary edition of the iconic bestseller--"one of the most influential books of the past decade," according to the Chronicle of Higher Education--with a new preface by the authorSeldom doe
FINALIST FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDNamed a notable book of 2019 by the New York Times Book Review, Chicago Tribune, Time, and The GuardianAs featured by The Daily Show, NPR, PBS, CBC, Time, VIBE
One of AFAR magazine’s ?8 New Books You Need to Read Before Flying to France”?It’s the authors’ friendly accessibility that makes these stories so memorable.”?Christine Muhlke, The New York Times Book
Now adapted for young readers ages 12 through 18, the national bestseller that makes real American history come alive in all of its conflict, drama, and complexityLies My Teacher Told Me is one of the
“Valuable . . . [like Michelle] Alexander’s The New Jim Crow.” —Los Angeles Review of Books “Susan Burton is a national treasure . . . her life story is testimony to the human
When Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential elections, a bewildered nation turned to Strangers in Their Own Land to understand what had happened and what Trump voters were thinking when they cast thei
A no-holds-barred, red-hot discussion of race in America today from some of the leading names in the field, including the bestselling author of Just MercyThis blisteringly candid discussion of the Ame
In a work that has rapidly become "imperative reading" (Lisa Delpit) on education, gender, and juvenile justice, Monique W. Morris (Black Stats, Too Beautiful for Words) chronicles the experiences of
One morning in the dead of winter, during the darkest years of World War II, three German soldiers head out into the frozen Polish countryside. They have been charged by their commanders with tracking
In the style of the beloved and hugely popular Mad Libs, Mad Cons is a hilarious spoof that invites readers to play a game of fill-in-the-blanks, creating fanciful sentences from the greatest hits an
Called a ?fascinating exploration of economic civil disobedience” by Publishers Weekly, Lisa Dodson’s stunning book The Moral Underground features stories of middle-class managers and professionals wh
Over eight bloody months in the mid-1970s, a serial rapist and murderer terrorized Columbus, Georgia, killing seven affluent, elderly white women by strangling them in their beds. In 1986, eight year
Sacred Matters makes the powerful case that we must take the broad view of religious life in America today. Laderman argues that genuinely religious practices and experiences can be found in the unlik
Bombing Civilians examines a crucial question: why did military planning in the early twentieth century shift its focus from bombing military targets to bombing civilians? From the British bombing of
For three decades, the nationally-syndicated cartoonist Nicole Hollander has channeled her ascerbic wit and razor-sharp sensibilities through the incomparable and irascible Sylvia, a Chicago original
This authoritative entry in the acclaimed Great Expectations series makes it easy for parents to give their babies and toddlers the best, most wholesome and natural food possible.The way a baby is nur
Bitterly Divided lays bare the myth of a united confederacy, revealing that the South was in fact fighting two civil wars—an external one that we know so much about and an internal one about wh
“Submersion journalism” happens when a reporter dares to see a story from the inside: to participate in the events at hand, sometimes undercover, and then to tell the tale from a distinct point of vie
Four out of ten Americans say they dislike Muslims, according to a Gallup poll. “Muslims,” a blogger wrote on the Web site Free Republic, “don’t belong in America.” In a lively, funny, and revealing r
Following his brilliant portrait of Maurice Ravel, Jean Echenoz turns to the life of one of the greatest runners of the twentieth century, and once again demonstrates his astonishing abilities as a p
A myth-challenging history of sports in America offers insight into the role of politics, pop culture, and other influences on the nation's athletics, in a narrative account by the creator of "The Edg
In the tradition of Jonathan Kozol, this little (4.5x7.25") book is driven by big questions. What does it mean to be educated? How should we think about intelligence, education, and opportunity in an
The legal affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine, Cole (law, Georgetown U.) presents all of the main memoranda drafted by the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel concerning the interro
In a book hailed by Publishers Weekly as a ?passionate plea for access to water activism,” Blue Covenant addresses an environmental crisis that?together with global warming?poses one of the gravest th
In what has been described as "the crime wave no one talks about," billions of dollars worth of wages are stolen from millions of workers in the United States every year. The scope of these abuses is
Beyond Suspicion is a Hitchcockian tale of marriage, murder, and betrayal. The novel opens at a lavish wedding reception in the south of France. Two pairs of siblings have become one big happy family
From the political to the aesthetic, Nobel Lectures collects the words of a quarter century of literature laureates, offering a glimpse into the inspirations, motivations, and passionately held belief
The United States spends twice as much as other industrialized nations on health care, yet our system performs poorly in comparison and still leaves 46 million without health coverage and millions mor
Draws parallels between the Vietnam War and the Iraq War while examining significant changes in the country and military since the Vietnam War, arguing that the first conflict's lessons have been igno
A political, cultural, and psychological history of America's gun culture addresses key issues in the modern debate on gun ownership and control, profiling today's conservative ideology that places gu
An expose of what the author believes to be the pharmaceutical industry's exploitative drug trials in the global south charges that big pharmaceutical companies covertly engage in unethical drug testi
A Nobel Peace Prize nominee presents a compelling argument citing the costs and consequences of nuclear energy, challenging popular opinions that nuclear energy is inexpensive and does not contribute
An investigation into the lives of children of imprisoned parents cites unsettling statistics about the percentage of American children who have a parent in jail, drawing on real-life accounts to reve
Maxine Greene, one of the leading educational philosophers of the past fifty years, remains “an idol to thousands of educators,” according to the New York Times. In The Public School and the Private V
The classic account of the mexican revolution from the acclaimed author.First published in Spanish in 1971, The Mexican Revolution has been praised by Mexico's Nobel Prize-winning author Octavio Paz
A groundbreaking inquiry into the relationship between societies' inequality and their citizens' happiness and well- being.Comparing the United States with other market democracies and one state with
Two of the twentieth century's most influential thinkers debate a perennial question.In 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War and at a time of great political and social instability, two of the wor
