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
The Supreme Court grew out of a unique opportunity to interview all nine sitting Supreme Court Justices plus retired Justice O'Connor for a documentary on the Supreme Court. Through Brian Lamb and Sus
In May 2014, the mountaineer and geologist John All fell into a crevasse near Everest and took a series of videos as he struggled to climb out 70 feet of ice and snow with broken bones, internal bleed
American policing is in crisis. The last decade witnessed a vast increase in police aggression, misconduct, and militarization, along with a corresponding reduction in transparency and accountability.
During the 2014 Ebola crisis, the public watched with rapt attention as a handful of Americans contracted the deadly fever and were transported to treatment facilities in the United States. We charted
One of the most interesting, exhilarating, and informative aspects of the presidency was my time with the CIA analysts and my PDB briefers.” George W. Bush, correspondence with the author, November 20
In his new book, investment expert Jim Jubak explores the new normal” of market volatility. With remarkable insights into the zeitgeist of financial markets and the economy, Jubak combines the big mac
With wit and sharp insight, former Traffic Commissioner of New York City, Sam Schwartz a.k.a. Gridlock Sam,” one of the most respected transportation engineers in the world and consummate insider in N
In this lyrical and intimate tapestry of five stories dealing with life, loss, and survival in modern-day India, Meera Subramanian travels in search of the ordinary people and micro-enterprises redeem
The partitioning of British India into independent Pakistan and India in August 1947 occurred in the midst of communal holocaust, with Hindus and Sikhs on one side and Muslims on the other. More than
Health care is the largest employer in America, one of the largest perceived drains on the budget of the Federal government, a system with the capacity to bankrupt entire state economies, and one of t
Using research and interviews with industry experts at “talented” companies including Ford, Goldman Sachs and Cisco, describes how to find the most talented workers and keep them happy, challenged and
An Ambassador and Special Envoy to Afghanistan draws on his relationships with Afghan, senior Taliban and religious leaders to offer insight into America's involvement in the long Afghan war and the r
A landmark release, the first of a two-volume biography of Metallica, the biggest metal band of all time, told via exclusive interviews with the band and their world
This memoir of the lead of the American industrial band formed in the early 1980s describes his participation in cliched rock and roll depravity and excess as well as his battles with addiction and hi
Charles R. Morris’s The Trillion Dollar Meltdown (2008) was the first book to warn of the impending financial crash in all its horrific scale and speed. Now, with Comeback, Morris reveals that the Uni
The Great Deformation is a searing look at Washington’s craven response to the recent myriad of financial crises and fiscal cliffs. It counters conventional wisdom with an eighty-year revisionist hist
It began with a frantic 911 call from a woman in a dusty Arizona border town. A gang claiming to be affiliated with the Border Patrol had shot her husband and daughter. It was initially assumed that t
A true-crime author and a former mafia underboss describe organized crime's reign in the 1980s after gambling in Atlantic City was legalized through the organization's decline with the arrests of John
It was the 1960s––a time of economic boom and social strife. Young women poured into the workplace, but the “Help Wanted” ads were segregated by gender and the “Mad Men” office culture was rife with s
He fought for Washington, served with Lincoln, witnessed Bunker Hill, and sounded the clarion against slavery on the eve of the Civil War. He negotiated an end to the War of 1812, engineered the annex
Born in Italy, University of Chicago economist Luigi Zingales witnessed firsthand the consequences of high inflation and unemployment?paired with rampant nepotism and cronyism?on a country’s economy.
Fenway Park. The name evokes a team and a sport that have become more synonymous with a city’s identity than any stadium or arena in the country. Since opening in the same week of 1912 that the Titani
In the past decade Pakistan has become a country of immense importance to its region, the United States, and the world. With almost 200 million people, a 500,000-man army, nuclear weapons, and a large
Examines the life of the rock star known for his work with Nirvana, Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures, and the band he founded, Foo Fighters.
Cleveland-based manufacturer Lincoln Electric has thrived for more than a century. It survived two World Wars, the Great Depression, the decline of industrial America, and the recent credit crash with
A former special envoy to Afghanistan draws on his relationships with Afghan, senior Taliban, and religious leaders to offer insight into America's involvement in the long Afghan war and the role of f
The two-hundred-year-long relationship between the Arab world and United States has been fraught with tension and resentment. What began in the nineteenth century as a favorable exchange of cultural u
Translated as "the science of living wisely and well," the holistic medical system of Ayurveda teaches us how to obtain harmony within ourselves while maintaining harmony with nature. In this beautifu
A team of journalists with unparalleled inside access provides the first full, in-depth account of WikiLeaks, its founder Julian Assange, and the ethical, legal, and political controversies it has bot
On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall collapsed, taking the Cold War down with it. The next twelve years passed in a haze of self-congratulation, Republican confusion, and angst, and economic prosperi
America’s economy is in meltdown. Banks have failed, foreclosures are sweeping the housing market, and stocks have suffered their worst losses since the Great Depression. Faced with a complex and spir
Patrick Henry Hughes was born with a rare genetic disorder that left him without eyes and physically disabled. But he was also blessed with exceptional musical talent?able to play the piano as a toddl
Explores the private security company Blackwater USA, including the background of its founder, its relationship with the United States government, and its role in the Iraq War, the cleanup of Hurrican
With The Gashouse Gang, John Heidenry delivers the definitive account of one the greatest and most colorful baseball teams of all times, the 1934 St. Louis Cardinals, filled with larger-than-life
At the age of 44, renowned comedian Richard Lewis found himself on a gurney in the ER, toxic with alcohol, and hallucinating from excess cocaine use. The same neuroses and dysfunctions that had be
Encompassing four decades of work from the "National Review," a compilation of essays, articles, letters, and columns by the noted conservative thinker includes his exchanges with Ronald Reagan, Richa
The story begins, as stories do in all good thrillers, with a botched robbery and a police chase. Eight Apuleian vases of the fourth century B.C. are discovered in the swimming pool of a German
In the summer of 1999, in the tiny west Texas town of Tulia, thirty-nine people, almost all of them black, were arrested and charged with dealing powdered cocaine. The operation, a federally-funded i
