Metropolitan Books imprint: 234 books
The Unfolding of Language
An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2006
Blending the spirit of Eats, Shoots & Leaves with the science of The Language Instinct, an original inquiry into the development of that most essential-and mysterious-of human creations: Language
Language is mankind's greatest invention-except, of course, that it was never invented."...
Being Mortal
Medicine and What Matters in the End
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
In Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending
Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable....
Listen, Liberal
Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
From the bestselling author of What's the Matter With Kansas, a scathing look at the standard-bearers of liberal politics -- a book that asks: what's the matter with Democrats?
It is a widespread belief among liberals that if only Democrats can continue to dominate national elections, if only...
by Noam Chomsky
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
A New York Times Bestseller
The world’s leading intellectual offers a probing examination of the waning American Century, the nature of U.S. policies post-9/11, and the perils of valuing power above democracy and human rights
In an incisive, thorough analysis of the current international...
Washington Rules
America's Path to Permanent War
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2010
The bestselling author of The Limits of Power critically examines the Washington consensus on national security and why it must change
For the last half century, as administrations have come and gone, the fundamental assumptions about America's military policy have remained unchanged: American...
Pity the Billionaire
The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
From the bestselling author of What's the Matter with Kansas?, a wonderfully insightful and sardonic look at why the worst economy since the 1930s has brought about the revival of conservatism
Economic catastrophe usually brings social protest and demands for change—or at least it's supposed...
Fear City
New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST
An epic, riveting history of New York City on the edge of disaster—and an anatomy of the austerity politics that continue to shape the world today
When the news broke in 1975 that New York City was on the brink of fiscal collapse, few believed it was possible....
Sixteen Acres
Architecture and the Outrageous Struggle for the Future of Ground Zero
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2005
A no-holds-barred look at the collision of interests behind the ambitious attempt to raise a new national icon at Ground Zero
When we stand in downtown Manhattan in the future and look up and ask, "Why?"--Why is it so strange, so rude, so striving, so right, so wrong?--we will have...
The Pity of It All
A Portrait of the German-Jewish Epoch, 1743-1933
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
From an acclaimed historian and social critic, a passionate and poignant history of German Jews from the mid-eighteenth century to the eve of the Third Reich
As it's usually told, the story of the German Jews starts at the end, with their tragic demise in Hitler's Third Reich. Now, in this...
Why the Germans? Why the Jews?
Envy, Race Hatred, and the Prehistory of the Holocaust
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
A provocative and insightful analysis that sheds new light on one of the most puzzling and historically unsettling conundrums
Why the Germans? Why the Jews? Countless historians have grappled with these questions, but few have come up with answers as original and insightful as those of maverick...
Rendezvous with Oblivion
Reports from a Sinking Society
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
From the acclaimed author of Listen, Liberal and What’s the Matter with Kansas, a scathing collection of his incisive commentary on our cruel times—perfect for this political moment.
What does a middle-class democracy look like when it comes apart? When, after forty years of economic triumph,...
Lives Other Than My Own
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
From the acclaimed award-winning author Emmanuel Carrère, Lives Other Than My Own: A Memoir is an act of generous imagination that unflinchingly records devastating loss and, equally vividly, the wealth of human solace that follows in its wake.
Selected by the New York Times as one of the...
Bright-sided
How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
A sharp-witted knockdown of America's love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realism
Americans are a "positive" people—cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat: this is our reputation as well as our self-image. But more than a temperament, being positive,...
Family Properties
Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010
Part family story and part urban history, a landmark investigation of segregation and urban decay in Chicago -- and cities across the nation
The "promised land" for thousands of Southern blacks, postwar Chicago quickly became the most segregated city in the North, the site of the...