The Dark Side: The Inside Story of Ho...
Jane MayerIn the days following September 11, the most powerful people in the country were panic-stricken. The decisions about how to combat terrorists and strengthen national security were made in a state of utter chaos and fear, but the key p...
The bestselling author of Bringing Down the House pens the incredible true story of the accidental creation of Facebook, and the even more amazing tale of what followed.Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg were Harvard undergraduates a...
Iraq: The Forever War (PM Audio)
Noam ChomskyPresenting an arresting analysis of U.S. foreign policy and the war on terror, this original recording delivers a provocative lecture on the nation's past. Demonstrating how imperial powers have historically invented fantastic reasons...
Ground Truth: The Untold Story of Ame...
John FarmerDrawing on records that have only recently been released, John Farmer, the senior counsel to the 9/11 Commission, presents a definitive account that captures the full suspense and ultimate tragedy of 9/11 and enlarges---and breathtaki...
The Crucial #1 New York Times BestsellerThe only book with exclusive analysis by the Pulitzer Prize winning staff of The Washington Post, and the most complete and authoritative available. Includes a PDF of documents and other referen...
Black Rednecks And White Liberals
Thomas SowellPresents an examination of common beliefs about blacks, Jews, Germans, slavery, and the teaching of history, and maintains that misconceptions and errors have led to narrow and mistaken political and educational policies.
Dreamers and Deceivers: True and Unto...
Glenn BeckFrom #1 bestselling author and popular radio and television host Glenn Beck, the powerful follow-up to his national bestseller Miracles and Massacres—which was praised as "moving, provocative, and masterful" (Michelle Malk...
Detroit Resurrected: To Bankruptcy an...
Nathan BomeyFrom thriving Motor City to the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history, Detroit has become the nation's cautionary tale. But what led to the fateful day of the filing, and how did the city survive this crisis?Journalist Nath...
Spiral: Trapped in the Forever War
Mark DannerThe War on Terror has led to fourteen years of armed conflict, the longest war in America's history. Al Qaeda, the organization that attacked us on 9/11, has been replaced by multiple jihadist and terror organizations, including the m...
The Autobiography of Benjamin Frankli...
Benjamin FranklinFrom printer's apprentice to internationally famous scientist, inventor, statesman, legislator, and diplomat, Benjamin Franklin led a most remarkable life. Seldom has history been so well-articulated by someone who was there as it is ...
A profound and provocative examination of America in crisis, where unemployment, deindustrialization, and a bitter hopelessness and malaise have resulted in an epidemic of diseases of despair--drug abuse, gambling, suicide, magical th...
Touching History: The Untold Story of...
Lynn SpencerTouching History is told through the eyes of commercial airline pilots, FAA and military controllers, jet fighters and key military personnel at the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and its subunit Northeast Air Defens...
Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power...
Rebecca TraisterFrom Rebecca Traister, the New York Times bestselling author of All the Single Ladies -- whom Anne Lamott called ''the most brilliant voice on feminism in this country'' -- comes a vital, incisive exploration into the transformative p...
The Last Republicans: Inside the Extr...
Mark UpdegroveAn historian's revealing and intimate portrait of George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush that explores their relationship as presidents and as father and son -- the first major biographical treatment of these two consequential president...