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...

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...

Martin Meredith Providing a sweeping history of post-colonial Africa, Martin Meredith explores why the continent is in such a mess and what, if anything, can be done about it. January...

"[W]onderful tidbits of Chaucerian scholarship enliven the novel. And whatever you think of Peter Diamond, he proves himself a 'verray, parfit, gentil knyght.'" --The New York Times Book Review At...

Lee Smith In this provocative and timely book, Middle East expert Lee Smith overturns long-held Western myths and assumptions about the Arab world, offering advice for America’s future success in...

John J Patrick The Supreme Court of the United States is an illustrated A-to-Z guide that covers virtually all aspects of the U.S. Supreme Court, including biographical articles on all...

Joseph Finder   Michael Tanner is heading home when he accidentally picks up the wrong laptop from security. The owner is US senator Susan Robbins, and her laptop contains top...

Melissa Fay GreeneOn October 12, 1958, the Reform Jewish synagogue in Atlanta exploded when 50 sticks of dynamite detonated: a key moment in Civil Rights history. This volume looks back...

Brad MeltzerLanding a prestigious position as a Supreme Court clerk fresh out of Yale Law, Ben Addison is on the ultra-fast track to success—until he inadvertently shares a classified secret...

Peter Mandelson The revelatory memoir of one of New Labor’s three founding architects is devoted to the "soap opera" years of Labour government and the breakdown of relationships between Mandelson, Tony Blair,...

Anthony Giddens The idea of finding a 'third way' in politics has been widely discussed over recent months - not only in the UK, but in the US, Continental Europe...

Noah FeldmanA sweeping reexamination of the Founding Father who transformed the United States in each of his political “lives”—as a revolutionary thinker, as a partisan political strategist, and as a...