Yitzhak NakashThe Shi'is of Iraq provides a comprehensive history of Iraq's majority group and its turbulent relations with the ruling Sunni minority. Yitzhak Nakash challenges the widely held belief that...

Mark Lilla A sense of nostalgia, of not feeling at home in the present, and an attempt to recover a lost philosophical or religious tradition characterize the twentieth-century intellectuals whose...

The Sisters of Auschwitz: The True Story of Two Jewish Sisters' Resistance in the Heart of Nazi TerritoryRoxane Van IperenThe unforgettable story of two unsung heroes of World War II:...

The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme InequalityBhaskar SunkaraFrom one of the most prominent voices on the American left, a galvanizing argument for why...

Tracy KidderComputers have changed since 1981, when Tracy Kidder indelibly recorded the drama, comedy, and excitement of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market. What has changed...

The Splendid and the Vile: Churchill, Family and Defiance During the Bombing of LondonOn Winston Churchill's first day as prime minister, Adolf Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia...

Robert McCrum, William Cran, and Robert MacNeil The marvelous saga of the English language--from its origins as a dialect of a small European tribe to its present status as the...

Stan Mack"Funny and original, and it won't take 4,000 years to read."--Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons"Looking for a gift for a person of any age? Look no more."--New Jersey...

Abram Goldberg One of the most uplifting stories you will ever read. Abram Goldberg is a beacon of joy and optimism, and a master of keeping perspective.The day Abram and...

The Inside Story of the People's Temple Sect and the Massacre in GuyanaMarshall Kilduff and Ron JaversStaff Correspondents of the San Francisco Chronicle

Terrence Des PresAn eloquent revelation that touches the foundations of what man is. Neither despairing nor conventionally hopeful, The Survivor describes the most terrible events in human memory. But what...

Christopher Andrew and Vasili Mitrokhin In 1992 the British Secret Intelligence Service exfiltrated from Russia a defector whose presence in the West has remained secret until the publication of his...