Author: James Fallows Why do Americans mistrust the news media? It may be because show like "The McLaughlin Group" reduce participating journalists to so many shouting heads. Or because, increasingly,...

Cassell Books The finest Britain has to offer, brilliantly commented on by its best writers and personalities. From the heroic (Winston Churchill's 1940 Speeches by Andrew Roberts) and the literary (The...

Ehud Sprinzak A prominent Israeli political scientist traces the history of extremist violence in Israeli politics, from the time of David Ben-Gurion to the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin,...

Karen ArmstrongBuddhism is a faith that commands over 100 million followers throughout the world. Buddha revolutionized the religious ideas of his time to advocate a new way of living. All...

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Claire Hoy and Victor Ostrovsky The first time the Mossad came calling, they wanted Victor Ostrovsky for their assassination unit, the Kidon. He turned them down. The next time, he...

WG SebaldCampo Santo is a collection of essays by W. G. SebaldWhen W.G. Sebald died tragically in 2001 a unique voice was silenced. Campo Santo is a collection of the...

Edited by Melanie King from an original text by William Buchan What common condition was once treated with cow dung? How might oyster shells relieve heartburn? Can eels really cure...

Tuvia TenenbomCatch the Jew! recounts the adventures of gonzo journalist Tuvia Tenenbom, who wanders around Israel and the Palestinian Authority for seven months in search of the untold truths in...

Garrett Mattingly January 1, 1948 by Little Brown & Co

Stanley Gardiner A history of Chalford to Sapperton January 1, 1995 by Chalford TRANSLATE with x English Arabic Hebrew Polish Bulgarian Hindi Portuguese Catalan Hmong Daw Romanian Chinese Simplified Hungarian...

Claire TomalinThe tumultuous life of England's greatest novelist, splendidly rendered by literary biographer Claire Tomalin. When Charles Dickens died in 1870, The Times of London successfully campaigned for his burial...