Times Books imprint: 208 books
Ronald Reagan
The American Presidents Series: The 40th President, 1981-1989
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
The conservative icon who reshaped American politics and laid the groundwork for the end of the Cold War
In the second half of the twentieth century, no American president defined his political era as did Ronald Reagan. He ushered in an age that extolled smaller government, tax cuts, and strong...
The Accidental Empire
Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2007
The untold story, based on groundbreaking original research, of the actions and inactions that created the Israeli settlements in the occupied territories
After Israeli troops defeated the armies of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan in June 1967, the Jewish state seemed to have reached the pinnacle of success....
James A. Garfield
The American Presidents Series: The 20th President, 1881
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2006
The ambitious self-made man who reached the pinnacle of American politics—only to be felled by an assassin's bullet and to die at the hands of his doctors
James A. Garfield was one of the Republican Party's leading lights in the years following the Civil War. Born in a log cabin, he rose...
James K. Polk
The American Presidents Series: The 11th President, 1845-1849
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
The story of a pivotal president who watched over our westward expansion and solidified the dream of Jacksonian democracy
James K. Polk was a shrewd and decisive commander in chief, the youngest president elected to guide the still-young nation, who served as Speaker of the House and governor...
by Peter Beinart
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
Israel's next great crisis may come not with the Palestinians or Iran but with young American Jews
A dramatic shift is taking place in Israel and America. In Israel, the deepening occupation of the West Bank is putting Israeli democracy at risk. In the United States, the refusal of major Jewish...
James Madison
The American Presidents Series: The 4th President, 1809-1817
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
A bestselling historian examines the life of a Founding Father.
Renowned historian and social commentator Garry Wills takes a fresh look at the life of James Madison, from his rise to prominence in the colonies through his role in the creation of the Articles of Confederation and the first...
William Howard Taft
The American Presidents Series: The 27th President, 1909-1913
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
The only man to serve as president and chief justice, who approached every decision in constitutional terms, defending the Founders’ vision against new populist threats to American democracy
William Howard Taft never wanted to be president and yearned instead to serve as chief justice of...
Boiling Mad
Inside Tea Party America
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
A surprising and revealing look inside the Tea Party movement—where it came from, what it stands for, and what it means for the future of American politics
They burst on the scene at the height of the Great Recession—angry voters gathering by the thousands to rail against bailouts and big...
Bill Clinton
The American Presidents Series: The 42nd President, 1993-2001
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
The president of larger-than-life ambitions and appetites whose term defined America at the close of the twentieth century
Bill Clinton: a president of contradictions. He was a Rhodes Scholar and a Yale Law School graduate, but he was also a fatherless child from rural Arkansas. He was one...
Warren G. Harding
The American Presidents Series: The 29th President, 1921-1923
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2004
President Nixon's former counsel illuminates another presidency marked by scandal
Warren G. Harding may be best known as America's worst president. Scandals plagued him: the Teapot Dome affair, corruption in the Veterans Bureau and the Justice Department, and the posthumous revelation of an...
The Supreme Court
The Personalities and Rivalries That Defined America
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2007
A leading Supreme Court expert recounts the personal and philosophical rivalries that forged our nation's highest court and continue to shape our daily lives
The Supreme Court is the most mysterious branch of government, and yet the Court is at root a human institution, made up of very bright...
Nuclear Terrorism
The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2004
A leading strategist opens our eyes to the greatest terrorist threat of all-and how to prevent it before it's too late
Americans in the twenty-first century are keenly aware of the many forms of terrorism: hijackings, biological attacks, chemical weapons. But rarely do we allow ourselves to...
Almost Chimpanzee
Redrawing the Lines That Separate Us from Them
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
The captivating story of how a band of scientists has redrawn the genetic and behavioral lines that separate humans from our nearest cousins
In the fall of 2005, a band of researchers cracked the code of the chimpanzee genome and provided a startling new window into the differences between...
Why Darwin Matters
The Case Against Intelligent Design
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
A creationist-turned-scientist demonstrates the facts of evolution and exposes Intelligent Design's real agenda
Science is on the defensive. Half of Americans reject the theory of evolution and "Intelligent Design" campaigns are gaining ground. Classroom by classroom, creationism...