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“A lively encounter with identity and American military history in Okinawa. Night in the American Village is by turns intellectual, hip, and sexy. I admire it for its ferocity, style, and vigor.

A masterful narrative—with echoes of Evicted and The Color of Law—that brings to life the structures, policies, and beliefs that divide usDeeply reported and deftly told, The Lines Between

A new edition of the national bestseller and American Book Award winner, with a new preface by the author

In the epic tradition of Eyes on the Prize and with the cultural significance of John Lewis’s March trilogy, an ambitious and harrowing account of the devoted black educators who battled Souther

An unforgettable chronicle of the year the brilliant novelist and memoirist, long favored for the Nobel Prize, was thrown in a Kenyan jail without chargeWrestling with the Devil, Ngũg&#

With the world’s attention focused on climate change and terrorism, we are in danger of taking our eyes off the nuclear threat. But rising tensions between Russia and NATO, proxy wars erupting in Syri

Cobalt Blue is a tale of rapturous love and fierce heartbreak told with tenderness and unsparing clarity. Brother and sister Tanay and Anuja both fall in love with the same man, an artist lodging in t

The World is Changing: Conversations with Alice Walker includes compelling conversations between acclaimed writer Walker and other significant literary and cultural figures, including Gloria Steinem,

With a combination of technological savvy, irreverent humor, and acerbic critique, a handful of media personalities, blogs, outlets, and politically based organizations - from The Dnion to Jon Stewar

During the two months Eric Hazan travels in the West Bank cities of Nablus, Qalqilya, and Hebron - a period of calm when "only" a half-dozen or so young men are killed - Hazan meets and talks with, a

Eight essays by top thinkers, published in conjunction with the Opportunity Agenda social change organization, evaluate recent patterns in stagnating class mobility, the increasing wage gap, and segre

A blueprint for ending poverty in America, based on the philosophies of leading scholars, businesspeople, and activists and published in conjunction with the country's top anti-poverty centers, addres

A season with the infamous fans of the football team everyone loves to hate."[B]eyond doubt the sleaziest and rudest and most sinister mob of thugs and whackos ever assembled in such numbers under a s

In the years before the Battle of Lexington and Concord, local people took control over their own destinies, overturning British authority and declaring themselves free from colonial oppression, with

A demystifying guide to the complex debates surrounding the constitutional right to bear arms. With help from the National Rifle Association and the pro-gun lobby, the idea that the Second Amendment

Lois Keith was thirty-five, with a successful career, two daughters, and a partner of many years, when she was hit by a car and paralyzed from the waist down. Over the next few years, she discovered b

Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPRA timely and groundbreaking argument that all Americans must grapple with Latinos' dynamic racial identity—because it impacts everything we think we know

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 author Seldom do

A groundbreaking expos about the alarming use of rap lyrics as criminal evidence to convict and incarcerate young men of color Should Johnny Cash have been charged with murder after he sang, "I shot

A major new book that shows the world already has the tools to feed itself, without the help of GMOs, from the Small Planet Institute expert Few challenges are more daunting than feeding a global population projected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050—at a time when climate change is making it increasingly difficult to successfully grow crops. In response, corporate and philanthropic leaders have called for major investments in industrial agriculture, including genetically modified seed technologies. Reporting from Africa, Mexico, India, and the United States, Timothy A. Wise’s Eating Tomorrow discovers how in country after country, agribusiness and its well-heeled philanthropic promoters have actually exacerbated food crises.Most of the world, Wise reveals, is fed by hundreds of millions of small-scale farmers, people with few resources and simple tools but a keen understanding of what and how to grow. These same farmers—who already grow more than 70 percent of the food eaten in developing

Timely hot topic: With Trump’s appointment of Betsy DeVos, this topic will be front and center for media, parent, educators, and policymakers. Also, the book draws important connections for those seek

"Show me your teeth," the great naturalist George Cuvier is credited with saying, "and I will tell you who you are." In this shattering new work, veteran health journalist Mary Otto looks inside Ameri

In 2009, musician Franz Nicolay left his job in the Hold Steady, aka the world’s greatest bar band.” Over the next five years, he crossed the world with a guitar in one hand, a banjo in the other, and

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

Be Honest is the newest innovative publishing project from 826 National, the tutoring center founded by bestselling author Dave Eggers, now with branches in eight cities nationwide. Eggers’s co-founde

Thank You for Having Me includes the very best of Bill Moyers’s conversations from the celebrated weekly PBS broadcast Bill Moyers Journal, with luminaries ranging from The Wire creator David S

On a farm north of San Francisco, the celebrated writer Alice Walker diligently cares for a flock of chickens. The Chicken Chronicles captures her blossoming relationship with her chickens over the m

Henning Mankell is a worldwide phenomenon: his books have been translated into forty languages with more than 35 million copies in print, and both his critical acclaim and fan base only continue to g

Butler, an African-American Harvard Law grad, was an ambitious federal prosecutor in Washington, DC, when he was arrested on the street and charged with a crime he didn't commit. Here, he gives an ins

Edited by and with textual discussion by Buhle (Brown U.), this volume describes the contribution of Jews to the American comic art form. From a 1911 depiction of Jewish textile workers "between Phara

"Beginning with the owners of private prison companies, and extending through a whole range of esoteric industries--from the makers of taser stun guns, to riot security training companies, to prison h

When archaeologist Louise Cantor returns to Sweden from a dig in Greece, her world collapses with the discovery of her only child dead in his bed. Henrik turns out to have led multiple lives and held

Located on 2000 acres of land overlooking the Egyptian pyramids of Giza, the Dreamland luxury development bills itself as "an integrated city where a relaxed lifestyle mixe[s] with a high-tech infrast

Picking up where Cod left off, an "invaluable" (Financial Times) look at the global crisis of overfishing.Gourmands and health-conscious consumers alike have fallen for fish; last year per capita consumption in the United States hit an all-time high. Packed with nutrients and naturally low in fat, fish is the last animal we can still eat in good conscience.Or can we?In this vivid, eye-opening bookfirst published in the UK to wide acclaim and now extensively revised for an American audienceenvironmental journalist Charles Clover argues that our passion for fish is unsustainable. Seventy-five percent of the world's fish stocks are now fully exploited or overfished; the most popular varieties risk extinction within the next few decades.Clover trawls the globe for answers, from Tokyo's sumptuous fish market to the heart of New England's fishing industry. He joins hardy sailors on high-tech boats, interviews top chefs whose menu selections can influence the fate of entire species, and exami

A beautifully packaged book of spiritual ruminations with a progressive political edge, from the incomparable Pulitzer Prize-winnera woman who has devoted her life to befriending the earth.From the I

Dalgliesh.The Man Who Smiled begins with Wallander deep in a personal and professional crisis after killing a man in the line of duty; eventually, he vows to quit the Ystad police force for good. Jus

A timely exploration of one of the big geopolitical questions of our time."'Empire' for a time became a quaintly antiquated word, banished from the political spectrum with the collapse of European co

Never-before-heard recordings of secretly taped oval office conversations with eight US presidents. The President doesn't know the position of the administration so you can't know it.President Lyndon

Robert L. Carter's history with the NAACP during its pivotal years (the 1940s through the 1960s) is at the center of this memoir, which offers a rare personal account of how the legal campaign in Bro

Linda Wallander is bored. Just graduated from the police academy, she is waiting to start work at the Ystad police station and move into her own apartment. In the meantime, she is staying with her fa