Browsing: Politics and Current Events

This New York Times bestseller traces the cycles of America’s relationship to race and civil rights through the career of celebrated author James Baldwin. “Powerful and elegant… Glaude weaves together a biography, a meditation, a literary analysis, and a moral essay on America” (Walter Isaacson).

This “illuminating history” (Publishers Weekly) examines the politics and personalities behind the 1846 US invasion of Mexico. “If one can read only a single book about the Mexican-American War, this is the one” (Pulitzer Prize–winning author James M. McPherson).

This international bestseller uncovers the details of a tyrant’s dreadful rule — from his shocking rise to power to his political maneuvering. “The best single volume available on the torturous life and savage reign of Adolf Hitler” (Time).

In her own words, Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers an intimate look at her life and career, through an extraordinary series…

This New York Times bestseller offers a “vast and penetrating analysis” (Booklist) of how, at a time when lifespans are longer than ever, growing old is viewed with disdain by society. “An examination of aging and the human condition” that is “empathetic, probing, and often emotionally moving” (Kirkus Reviews).

“One of the best clean mysteries I’ve read in a long time. This author is just as good as John…

The instant New York Times bestseller.“An instant classic of investigative journalism…‘All the President’s Men’ for the Me Too era.” —…

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Big Oil and Gas Versus Democracy—Winner Take All“A rollickingly well-written book, filled with fascinating,…

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER! Justice Anthony Kennedy slipped out of the Supreme Court building on June 27, 2018, and traveled incognito…

“Essential…in showcasing people who are persistent, clever, flawed, loving, struggling and full of contradictions, Broke affirms why it’s worth solving…