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A Big Fat Crisis: The Hidden Forces Behind the Obesity Epidemic — and How We Can End It
M.D. Deborah Cohen · Basic Books
Pages: 272
Format: Book
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Obesity is the public health crisis of the twenty-first century. Over 150 million Americans are overweight or obese, and across the globe an estimated 1.5 billion are affected. In A Big Fat Crisis, Dr. Deborah A. Cohen has created a major new work that will transform the conversation surrounding... |
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Leadership in Turbulent Times
DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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In this culmination of five decades of acclaimed studies in presidential history, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin offers an illuminating exploration of the early development, growth, and exercise of leadership.Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does... |
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The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism
STEVE KORNACKI · Ecco
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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From MSNBC correspondent Steve Kornacki, a lively and sweeping history of the 1990s - one that brings critical new understanding to our current political landscapeIn The Red and the Blue, cable news star and acclaimed journalist Steve Kornacki follows the twin paths of Bill Clinton and Newt... |
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Look for Me in the Whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to 21st-Century Revolutions
Sekou Odinga · PM Press
Pages: 628
Format: Paperback
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In 1969, 21 members of the militant New York branch of the Black Panther Party were rounded up and indicted on multiple charges of violent acts and conspiracies. The membership of the NY 21, which includes the mother of Tupac Shakur, is largely forgotten and unknown. Their legacy, however... |
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Legal Guide for Lesbian & Gay Couples, A
Frederick Hertz · Nolo
Pages: 456
Format: Print book
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Laws affecting LGBT couples are changing rapidly, and while it's an exciting time for all gay and lesbian partners, keeping up with the myriad ways the shifting legal landscape touches your family life can be daunting. Now more than ever, it's important that you take the proper... |
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In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of US Global Power
ALFRED MCCOY · Haymarket Books
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
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In a completely original analysis, prize-winning historian Alfred W. McCoy explores America's rise as a world power - from the 1890s through the Cold War - and its bid to extend its hegemony deep into the twenty-first century through a fusion of cyberwar, space warfare, trade pacts, and military... |
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What Unites Us
Dan Rather · Algonquin Books
Pages: 274
Format: Hardcover
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"I find myself thinking deeply about what it means to love America, as I surely do." - Dan Rather At a moment of crisis over our national identity, venerated journalist Dan Rather has emerged as a voice of reason and integrity, reflecting on - and writing passionately about - what... |
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All the Presidents' Bankers: The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power
Nomi Prins · Perseus Books Group
Pages: 521
Format: Print book
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Who rules America?All the Presidents' Bankers is a groundbreaking narrative of how an elite group of men transformed the American economy and government, dictated foreign and domestic policy, and shaped world history.Culled from original presidential archival documents, All the Presidents'... |
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A Country Called Childhood: Children and the Exuberant World
Jay Griffiths · Counterpoint
Format: Hardcover
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While traveling the world in order to write her award winning book Wild, Jay Griffiths became increasingly aware of the huge differences in how childhood is experienced in various cultures. One central riddle, in particular captured her imagination why are so many children in Euro-American... |
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The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America
Timothy Snyder · Tim Duggan Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of On Tyranny comes a stunning new chronicle of the rise of authoritarianism from Russia to Europe and America.With the end of the Cold War, the victory of liberal democracy was thought to be final. Observers declared the end of history, confident in a peaceful, globalized... |
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The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border
FRANCISCO CANT · Riverhead Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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"A beautiful, fiercely honest, and nevertheless deeply empathetic look at those who police the border and the migrants who risk - and lose - their lives crossing it. In a time of often ill-informed or downright deceitful political rhetoric, this book is an invaluable corrective."--Phil... |
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There Are No Dead Here: A Story of Murder and Denial in Colombia
Maria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno · Nation Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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Colombia's drug-fueled cycle of terror, corruption, and tragedy did not end with Pablo Escobar's death in 1993. Just when Colombians were ready to move past the murderous legacy of the country's cartels, a new, bloody chapter unfolded. In the late 1990s, right-wing paramilitary... |
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How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood
Peter Moskowitz · Nation Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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