Bernard Wasserstein Traces the life of Trebitsch Lincoln, a con man, revolutionary, spy, missionary, and British member of Parliament and attempts to portray his complex personality. January 1, 1988 by...

Sue MillerMeri is newly married, pregnant, and standing on the cusp of her life as a wife and mother, recognizing with some terror the gap between reality and expectation. Delia—wife...

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...

Naomi KleinImpassioned, hugely informative, wonderfully controversial, and scary as hell' John le Carre Around the world in Britain, the United States, Asia and the Middle East, there are people with...

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...

Michael Walzer A testament to what it means to be liberal by one of the most prominent political philosophers of our era “Walzer is perhaps our foremost pilot on these rocky...

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...