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Asia's Reckoning: China, Japan, and the Fate of U.S. Power in the Pacific Century
RICHARD MCGREGOR · Viking
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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A history of the combative military, diplomatic, and economic relations among China, Japan, and the United States since the 1970s - and the potential crisis that awaits themRichard McGregor's Asia's Reckoning is a compelling account of the widening geopolitical cracks in a region that has flourished... |
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The Field of Fight: How We Can Win the Global War Against Radical Islam and Its Allies
Michael T Flynn · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 208
Format: Print book
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Ten years ago we found evidence that al-Qaeda was far more organized and adept than we had previously given them credit for. It took us nearly that long to locate and execute their leader, Osama bin Laden, and we are far from finished. Al-Qaeda has morphed into a much more dangerous, menacing... |
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Victoria & Abdul
Shrabani Basu · Vintage
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
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Soon to be a Major Motion Picture starring Dame Judi Dench from director Stephen Frears, releasing September 22, 2017. Tall and handsome Abdul was just twenty-four years old when he arrived in England from Agra to wait at tables for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. Within a year, Abdul... |
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Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz · City Lights Publishers
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
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America loves guns. From Daniel Boone and Jesse James to the NRA and Seal Team 6, gun culture has colored the lore, shaped the law, and protected the market that arms the nation. In Loaded, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz peels away the myths of gun culture to expose the true historical origins of the Second... |
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Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History
KATY TUR · Dey Street Books
Pages: 291
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Compelling ... this book couldn't be more timely." - Jill Abramson, New York Times Book Review From the Recipient of the 2017 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in JournalismCalled "disgraceful," "third-rate," and "not nice"... |
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Speaker Jim Wright: Power, Scandal, and the Birth of Modern Politics
J Brooks Flippen · University of Texas Press
Pages: 552
Format: Hardcover
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Jim Wright made his mark on virtually every major public policy issue in the later twentieth century - energy, education, taxes, transportation, environmental protection, civil rights, criminal justice, and foreign relations, among them. He played a significant role in peace initiatives... |
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The Poisoned City: Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy
Anna Clark · Metropolitan Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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The first full account of the Flint, Michigan, water scandal, an American tragedy, with new details, from Anna Clark, the award-winning Michigan journalist who has covered the story from its beginningsWhen the people of Flint, Michigan, turned on their faucets in April 2014, the water pouring... |
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The Honky Tonk on the Left: Progressive Thought in Country Music
Mark Allan Jackson · University of Massachusetts Press
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
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Massively popular for the past century, country music has often been associated with political and social conservatism. While such figures as George Wallace, Richard Nixon, and Ted Cruz have embraced and even laid claim to this musical genre over the years, country performers have long... |
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Reagan: An American Journey
Bob Spitz · Penguin Press
Pages: 880
Format: Hardcover
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From New York Times bestselling biographer Bob Spitz, a full and rich biography of an epic American life, capturing what made Ronald Reagan both so beloved and so transformational.More than five years in the making, based on hundreds of interviews and access to previously unavailable documents,... |
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So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo · Seal Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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In this New York Times bestseller, Ijeoma Oluo explores the complex reality of today's racial landscape--from white privilege and police brutality to systemic discrimination and the Black Lives Matter movement--offering straightforward clarity that readers need to contribute to the dismantling... |
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Young China: How the Restless Generation Will Change Their Country and the World
ZAK DYCHTWALD · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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The author, in his twenties, who is fluent in Chinese, examines the future of China through the lens of the Jiu Ling Hou -- the generation born after 1990.A close up look at the Chinese generation born after 1990 exploring through personal encounters how young Chinese feel about everything... |
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Melting Pot or Civil War?: A Son of Immigrants Makes the Case Against Open Borders
Reihan Salam · Sentinel
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Will the America of the future be peaceful and united, or it will be wracked by intense ethnic and class conflicts that will undermine our most cherished ideals? Reihan Salam, one of today's brightest young conservatives, argues that the answer hinges on how we as a society choose to manage... |
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The Future of Terrorism: ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and the Alt-Right
Walter Laqueur · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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An expert on terrorism and an expert on counterterrorism answer the two questions everyone is asking about the rise of terrorism today: why is this happening, and when will it end?Since the death of bin Laden in 2011, ISIS has risen, al-Qaeda has expanded its reach, and right-wing extremists... |
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