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Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law
Preet Bharara · Knopf
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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By the one-time federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, an important overview of the way our justice system works, and why the rule of law is essential to our society. Using case histories, personal experiences and his own inviting writing and teaching style, Preet Bharara... |
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The Exile: The Stunning Inside Story of Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda in Flight
Adrian Levy · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover
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Startling and scandalous, this is an intimate insider's story of Osama bin Laden's retinue in the ten years after 9/11, a family in flight and at war. From September 11, 2001 to May 2, 2011, Osama Bin Laden evaded intelligence services and special forces units, drones and hunter... |
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Ike's Mystery Man: The Secret Lives of Robert Cutler
Peter Shinkle · Steerforth
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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The Cold War, The Lavender Scare and the Untold Story of Eisenhower's First National Security Advisor.
This page-turning narrative takes readers from top-secret Cabinet Room meetings to exclusive social clubs, and into the pages of a powerful man's intimate diary. Ike's Mystery... |
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What Happened
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 494
Format: Hardcover
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"In the past, for reasons I try to explain, I've often felt I had to be careful in public, like I was up on a wire without a net. Now I'm letting my guard down." - Hillary Rodham Clinton, from the introduction of What Happened
For the first time, Hillary Rodham... |
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Lincoln's Spies: Their Secret War to Save a Nation
Douglas Waller · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 624
Format: Hardcover
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A major addition to the history of the Civil War, Lincoln's Spies is a riveting account of the secret battles waged by Union agents to save a nation. Filled with espionage, sabotage, and intrigue, it is also a striking portrait of a shrewd president who valued what his operatives... |
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Run for Something: A Real-Talk Guide to Fixing the System Yourself
AMANDA LITMAN · Atria Books
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
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From the email marketing director of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and the co-founder of Run for Something comes an essential and inspiring guide that encourages and educates young progressives to run for local office, complete with contributions from elected officials and political... |
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The Locust Effect: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence
Gary A. Haugen · Oxford University Press
Pages: 346
Format: Hardcover
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A Washington Post bestsellerWhile the world has made encouraging strides in the fight against global poverty, the hidden plague of everyday violence silently undermines our best efforts to help the poor. Common violence like rape, forced labor, illegal detention, land theft, and police... |
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The Despot's Accomplice: How the West is Aiding and Abetting the Decline of Democracy
BRIAN KLAAS · Oxford University Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the world is steadily becoming less democratic. The true culprits are dictators and counterfeit democrats. But, argues Klaas, the West is also an accomplice, inadvertently assaulting pro-democracy forces abroad as governments in Washington,... |
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The Death of Truth
MICHIKO KAKUTANI · Tim Duggan Books
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
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A stirring and incisive manifesto on America's slide away from truth and reason.
Over the last three decades, Michiko Kakutani has been thinking and writing about the demise of objective truth in popular culture, academia, and contemporary politics. In The Death of Truth,... |
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Partner to Power: The Secret World of Presidents and Their Most Trusted Advisers
K WARD CUMMINGS · Prometheus Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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A former congressional staffer and Capitol Hill veteran recounts the colorful history of presidential advisers, showing how influential these unelected appointees have been.
This revealing book examines the relationships between U.S. presidents and their closest advisers from a psychological,... |
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Bureau of Spies: The Secret Connections between Espionage and Journalism in Washington
Steven T. Usdin · Prometheus Books
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover
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Brings to light the long history of spies posing as journalists in Washington.Covert intelligence gathering, propaganda, fake news stories, dirty tricks--these tools of spy craft have been used for seven decades by agents hiding in plain sight in Washington's National Press Building.... |
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Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era
Ashley D Farmer · The University of North Carolina Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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In this comprehensive history, Ashley D. Farmer examines black women's political, social, and cultural engagement with Black Power ideals and organizations. Complicating the assumption that sexism relegated black women to the margins of the movement, Farmer demonstrates how female activists... |
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Wish Lanterns: Young Lives in New China
Alec Ash · Arcade Publishing
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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"One of the best [books] I've read about the individuals who make up a country that is all too often regarded as a monolith." - Jonathan Fenby, Financial Times
If China will rule the world one day, who will rule China? There are more than 320 million Chinese between... |
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We Were Eight Years in Power: A Journey Through the Obama Era
TA-NEHISI COATES · One World
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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In these "urgently relevant essays,"* the National Book Award-winning author of Between the World and Me "reflects on race, Barack Obama's presidency and its jarring aftermath"* - including the election of Donald Trump.
"We were eight years in power"... |
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