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Republican Like Me
How I Left the Liberal Bubble and Learned to Love the Right
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
In this controversial National Bestseller, the former CEO of NPR sets out for conservative America wondering why these people are so wrong about everything. It turns out, they aren’t.
Ken Stern watched the increasing polarization of our country with growing concern. As a longtime partisan...
by Yossi Klein Halevi
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2019
New York Times bestseller
Now with a new Epilogue, containing letters of response from Palestinian readers.
"A profound and original book, the work of a gifted thinker."--Daphne Merkin, The Wall Street Journal
Attempting to break the agonizing impasse between Israelis...
Woman with a Gun
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
New York Times bestselling master of mystery Phillip Margolin transcends his traditional territory in this new and different book, a haunting thriller inspired by an unforgettable photograph.
Visiting an art museum displaying a retrospective of acclaimed photographer Kathy Moran's work, aspiring...
Labyrinths
Emma Jung, Her Marriage to Carl, and the Early Years of Psychoanalysis
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
A sensational, eye-opening account of Emma Jung’s complex marriage to Carl Gustav Jung and the hitherto unknown role she played in the early years of the psychoanalytic movement.
Clever and ambitious, Emma Jung yearned to study the natural sciences at the University of Zurich. But the strict...
End of The Good Life
How the Financial Crisis Threatens a New Lost Generation--and What We Can Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
Financial journalist Riva Froymovich has good reason to be anxious about the financial turmoil facing Generation Y. This is her generation.
Indeed, Generation Y has suffered the brunt of the financial crisis and great recession. For those in the U.S. born after 1976, the American dream is a...
Opium Nation
Child Brides, Drug Lords, and One Woman’s Journey Through Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Afghan-American journalist Fariba Nawa delivers a revealing and deeply personal explorationof Afghanistan and the drug trade which rules the country, from corruptofficials to warlords and child brides and beyond. KhaledHosseini, author of The Kite Runner and AThousand Splendid Suns calls Opium Nation...
Mary Ball Washington
The Untold Story of George Washington's Mother
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2019
The Mother of the Father of our Country.
Mary Ball Washington was an unlikely candidate to be the mother of history’s most famous revolutionary. In fact, George Washington’s first fight for independence was from his controlling, singular mother.
Stubborn, aristocratic Mary Ball Washington...
Margaret Thatcher
The Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Margaret Thatcher is the towering political figure of late-twentieth-century Great Britain. No other prime minister in modern times sought to change the British nation and its place in the world as radically as she did.
Published in a single volume for the first time, Margaret Thatcher is...
Chase Your Shadow
The Trials of Oscar Pistorius
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
The definitive account of the rise and fall of South African Olympic and Gold Medal-winning Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, from his personal and athletic success to the murder charge that rocked the world and put both the man, and post-Apartheid South Africa, on trial.
Oscar Pistorius...
A Teacher's Guide to Their Eyes Were Watching God
Common-Core Aligned Teacher Materials and a Sample Chapter
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
For teachers
We know that the Common Core State Standards are encouraging you to reevaluate the books that you assign to your students. To help you decide which books are right for your classroom, each free ebook in this series contains a Common Core–aligned teaching guide and a sample chapter.
This...
Our Kind of People
A Continent's Challenge, A Country's Hope
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
In 2005, Uzodinma Iweala stunned readers and critics alike with Beasts of No Nation, his debut novel about child soldiers in West Africa. Now his return to his native continent has produced Our Kind of People, a nonfiction account of the AIDS crisis that is every bit as startling and original.
Iweala...
The Partnership
Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to Ban the Bomb
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
Offering a clear analysis of the danger of nuclear terrorism and how it can be prevented, The Partnership sheds light on one of the most divisive security issues facing Washington today. Award-winning New York Times journalist Philip Taubman illuminates our vulnerability in the face of this pressing...
Vita Nostra
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
“Vita Nostra” — a cross between Lev Grossman’s “The Magicians” and Elizabeth Kostova’s “The Historian” [...] is the anti-Harry Potter you didn’t know you wanted.” -- The Washington Post
“Vita Nostra has become a powerful influence on my own writing. It’s a book that...
Rightful Heritage
The Renewal of America
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
The acclaimed, award-winning historian—“America’s new past master” (Chicago Tribune)—examines the environmental legacy of FDR and the New Deal.
Douglas Brinkley’s The Wilderness Warrior celebrated Theodore Roosevelt’s spirit of outdoor exploration and bold vision to protect...