An award-winning journalist tells the personal stories of five convicted murderers, offering a new perspective on guilt, forgiveness, and second chances in America
A globally renowned economist and expert on rationality presents a spirited and entertaining defence of our emotions, how we got them, and why it's better to be irrational.
A popular writer, blogger, and Middle East scholar analyzes the disastrous collapse of the Middle East and America's future role there, and shows why the best case for Syria is that it becomes a country with the same standards of safety and prospects as Somalia.
The former deputy mayor of New York City tells the story of the city's comeback after 9/11, offering lessons in resiliency under the most trying of circumstances, and a model for the rejuvenation of any city.
Shakespeare's largely misunderstood narrative poems contain within them an explosive commentary on the political storms convulsing his country.
The dramatic insider account of why we made the decision to invade Iraq, the motivations of the key people who drove it, and the frustrations of those who tried and failed to stop it, leading to the most costly misadventure in US history.
The tragedy of US involvement in Puerto Rico, tracing the decades of economic and political exploitation that led to the debt crisis, hobbled the hurricane recovery efforts, and forced the island into a state of despair.
The riveting story of Hitler's obsession with art, how it fueled his vision of a purified Nazi state, and the fate of the artwork that was hidden, stolen, or destroyed to "cleanse" German culture
A promising young diplomat's account of her assignment in South Sudan, the world's youngest nation on the brink of civil war, and an explanation of the ways US foreign policy has utterly failed in its diplomacy and accountability around the world.
At a time when the role of journalism is especially critical, the former executive editor of the Washington Post writes about his nearly 50 years at the newspaper and the importance of getting at the truth.
How the tiny town of Grafton, NH, became a radical experiment in small government--until the bear attacks started.
A deeply-reported personal investigation by a Miami journalist into the present and future effects of climate change in the Magic City-a watery harbinger for coastal cities worldwide.