The Common Good
From the best selling author of Saving Capitalism and The Work of Nations, a passionate, clear eyed manifesto on why we must restore the idea of the common good to the center of our economics and politics With the warmth and lucidity that have made him one of our most important public voices,
Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny
A new history of the Roman Republic and its collapse In Mortal Republic, prizewinning historian Edward J Watts offers a new history of the fall of the Roman Republic that explains why Rome exchanged freedom for autocracy For centuries, even as Rome grew into the Mediterranean s premier military
The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song From Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed
The Rap Year Book takes readers on a journey that begins in 1979, widely regarded as the moment rap became recognized as part of the cultural and musical landscape, and comes right up to the present Shea Serrano deftly pays homage to the most important song of each year Serrano also examines the
The Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall
On the night of November 9, 1989, massive crowds surged toward the Berlin Wall, drawn by an announcement that caught the world by surprise East Germans could now move freely to the West The Wall infamous symbol of divided Cold War Europe seemed to be falling But the opening of the gates that
The Assassination Complex: Inside the Government's Secret Drone Warfare Program
A searing, facts driven indictment of America s drone wars and their implications for US democracy and foreign policy A must read for concerned citizens Library Journal, starred review from bestselling author Jeremy Scahill and his colleagues at the investigative website The Intercept.Drones
The War on Alcohol: Prohibition and the Rise of the American State
Prohibition has long been portrayed as a noble experiment that failed, a newsreel story of glamorous gangsters, flappers, and speakeasies Now at last Lisa McGirr dismantles this cherished myth to reveal a much significant history Prohibition was the seedbed for a pivotal expansion of the
The Cultural Revolution: A People's History, 1962-1976
After the economic disaster of the Great Leap Forward that claimed tens of millions of lives from 1958 1962, an aging Mao Zedong launched an ambitious scheme to shore up his reputation and eliminate those he viewed as a threat to his legacy The stated goal of the Cultural Revolution was to purge
Our Lost Constitution: The Willful Subversion of America's Founding Document
The dramatic stories behind the most neglected parts of the Constitution, from Alexander Hamilton to Barack Obama Nearly everyone in Washington is a self proclaimed defender of the Constitution, yet many either don t understand or have consciously disregarded the document they ve sworn to defend.
The Fractured Republic: Renewing America's Social Contract in the Age of Individualism
Americans today are frustrated and anxious Our economy is sluggish, and leaves workers insecure Income inequality, cultural divisions, and political polarization increasingly pull us apart Our governing institutions often seem paralyzed And our politics has failed to rise to these challenges No