“Never separate the lives you live from the words you speak,” Paul Wellstone told his students at Carleton College, where he was professor of political science. Wellstone has lived up to his ... more »

The American prison system has grown tenfold in thirty years, while crime rates have been relatively flat: 2 million people are behind bars on any given day, more prisoners than in any other country... more »

"The most persuasive forecast of the 21st century I have seen." —E.O. Wilson, author of Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge and twice winner of a Pulitzer prize. “Human beings have ... more »

The King of the Ferret Leggers and Other True Stories collects journalist Donald Katz's most fascinating profiles of people whose lives tell us something about business, adventure, sports, po... more »

For fifteen years, Lewis Lapham has written a monthly column in Harper's Magazine , for which he won a 1995 National Magazine Award for his "exhilarating point of view in an age of conformity.... more »

Joe Klein, best-selling author of Primary Colors and one of our most brilliant political analysts, now tackles the subject he knows best: Bill Clinton. Astute, even-handed, and keenly intell... more »

In keeping with its tradition of sending writers out into America to take the pulse of our citizens and civilization, The New Yorker over the past decade has reported on the unprecedented economy an... more »

“A deeply moving account of the extraordinary strengths that ordinary people can display when tragedy confronts them. As emotionally powerful a book as you are likely ever to read.” –David J. Gar... more »

On the heels of his runaway New York Times bestseller, The O’Reilly Factor , Bill O’Reilly delivers another strong dose of no-holds-barred advice and the unvarnished truth for America.<... more »

Ted Koppel, anchor of Nightline , is one of America's most intelligent and respected journalists. With this fascinating book, he finally lets us know the man behind the face we've trusted late... more »

In 1998, Ron Rosenbaum published Explaining Hitler , a national bestseller and one of the most acclaimed books of the year, hailed by Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times as "lucid an... more »

“Robert Baer was considered perhaps the best on-the-ground field officer in the Middle East.” --Seymour M. Hersh, The New Yorker “Robert Baer [was] one of the most talented Middle East... more »

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and authors of China Wakes comes this insightful and comprehensive look at Asia on the rise. The recent economic crisis in Asia heape... more »

A quarter of a century after All the President's Men stunned the nation, Newsweek reporter Michael Isikoff gives us an equally explosive behind-the-scenes account of the scandals that ... more »

In Untruth , Newsweek and Washington Post columnist Robert J. Samuelson explains why our political, economic and cultural debates so routinely traffic in misinformation--popular ... more »

The events of September 11, 2001, were an unforgettable tragedy, but they also revealed that the spirit of America is strong and undiminished. Not since the shocking attack on Pearl Harbor has the n... more »

A peculiar feature of our country today, says Michael Barone, is that we seem to produce incompetent eighteen-year-olds but remarkably competent thirty-year-olds. Indeed, American students lag behin... more »

In the aftermath of 9/11, President Bush froze all terrorist assets in traditional financial institutions and money channels. But Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups have long followed a diversifica... more »

In The Republican Noise Machine , David Brock skillfully documents perhaps the most important but least understood political development of the last thirty years: how the Republican Right has ... more »

“George W. Bush is a liar. He has lied large and small, directly and by omission. He has mugged the truth—not merely in honest error, but deliberately, consistently, and repeatedly.” —from the Intro... more »

“Simply put, the leftist labor unions have the Democrats in their pockets. And we’re all paying the price.” Linda Chavez, President George W. Bush’s original choice for Secretary of Labor and... more »

From the bestselling author of American Tragedy and Perfect Murder, Perfect Town comes an even more stunning portrayal of America's dark side. Into the Mirror is the shocking story of FBI Special Ag... more »

Allan Gerson, the attorney representing the families of 600 people killed on 9/11 in a suit against Saudi Arabian interests and the Sudan, here recounts the landmark case, and his role in it, that m... more »

Ronald Reagan is hailed today for a presidency that restored optimism to America, engendered years of economic prosperity, and helped bring about the fall of the Soviet Union. Yet until now... more »