Why the New World Disorder Constantly Surprises Us And What We Can Do About It
Joshua Ramo
For decades, American foreign policy has been based on the seductive belief that there exists a logical relationship between power of states and the physics of change. And yet today policies...
Vanity Fair's famously acerbic cultural critic takes on the so-called news establishment—and dismembers the "news eunuchs" limb by limb. A hilarious work of fiendish wit and scathing...
Everything You Need to Know About the Greatest Stories in Human History but Never Learned
Kenneth C. Davis
Employing the popular Don't Know Much About style, with its familiar question-and-answer format, Don’t Know Much About Mythology will explore the myths of the world, their impact on history,...
Billy Sothern's Down in New Orleans illustrates, in very human and heartbreaking ways, how the horrors that emerged during and following Hurricane Katrina existed long before the storm. These...
Laurence Gonzales turns his talent for gripping narrative, knowledge of the way our minds and bodies work, and bottomless curiosity about the world to the topic of how we can best use the lessons of...
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Steven D. Levitt
Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? What...
Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)
Tom Vanderbilt
"Fresh and timely . . . Vanderbilt investigates how human nature has shaped traffic, and vice versa, finally answering drivers' most familiar and frustrating questions." --Publishers...
