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A young physician-reporter chronicles the experiences of doctors and nurses in a besieged city, illuminating the passions, challenges, tragedies, and agonizing moral qunadaries of practicing medicine in a war zone

In the tradition of Didion, Stegner, and McPhee, an intimate portrait of the American West by the best-selling author of The King of California that blends stellar writing with hard-hitting reporting.

“Going green is easy and profitable.” That’s the common refrain from sustainability gurus. In reality, though, many green-leaning businesses, families, and governments are fiddling with the small stuff while the planet burns. Why? Because implementing sustainability is brutally difficult. If we’re going to cut CO2 emissions 80 percent by midcentury, it will take more than a recycling program and some hemp shopping bags. We’ll only solve our problems if we’re realistic about the challenge of climate change. In this witty book, a sustainable business foot soldier with over a decade’s worth of experience illuminates the path.

The first comprehensive investigation into how the religious right came to dominate the child adoption'market', creating a system that legitimizes their social agenda globally and garners them hundreds of millions in revenues and government support, while marginalizing parents

A stark work of graphic journalism that combines first-hand reporting with in-depth research and artistry to depict the murderous rise of Joseph Kony

A century-old manufacturing company is taking a radically innovative approach to management--no layoffs--with provocative implications for every business

From vaudeville to the movies to television, the complete--and often hilarious--history of how Jewish comedians transformed American entertainment

"A great autobiography by one of the most intriguing Cold Warriors...[containing] extraordinary revelations about the inner world of espionage." --Miami Herald

Finally: the truth behind McVeigh's self-serving account of the Oklahoma City bombing

"Les Standiford takes us under the big top and behind the curtain in this richly researched and thoroughly engaging narrative that captures all of the entrepreneurial intrigue and spirit of the American circus." -Gilbert King, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Devil in the Grove

Full of revealing portraits of many of the best-known comedic talents of the 1970s, "I'm Dying Up Here" is also a poignant tale of the price of success and the terrible cost of failure--professional and moral.

The Internet in Russia is either the most efficient totalitarian tool or the device by which totalitarianism will be overthrown. Perhaps both

A Wall Street Journal national security reporter takes readers into the lives of U.S. Special Forces who were on the front lines against the Taliban and Islamic State at the end of the war in Afghanistan.

Dave Kindred's extraordinary investigation of the death of his grandson yields a powerful memoir of addiction, grief, and the stories we choose to tell our families and ourselves.

The only current authorized edition of the classic work on parliamentary procedure--now in a new updated edition

Soon to be a major motion picture: the true story of the man put in charge of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund and a testament to the enduring power of family, grief, love, fear, frustration and courage.

This history of China as the Chinese would write it gives brilliant and unconventional insights for understanding China's role in the world, especially the drive to 'Make China Great Again.'

From a prize-winning historian, the story of the powerful men who kept the illegal slave trade alive and well in antebellum New York City -- showing how slavery and corruption built modern New York

A smart, provocative look at why single-family homes, white picket fences, and two car garages should be piled into the dustbin of history, and how new trends in housing can help us live better.

When you feel that pull to be part of social change, where do you start? How can you ensure that your good intentions create a positive impact? How do you focus your scattered efforts? And how do you sustain yourself throughout?Impact brings you the answers. Drawing on their network and experience as founders of She's the First, Christen Brandt and Tammy Tibbetts show you how to create your own impact strategy, one that fits into your life and allows you to match what you have with what the world needs.Their guidance, paired with interactive activities, will lead you to identify your North Star, find the right partners, and plug into movements for long-term, systemic change. Equally important, you'll learn how to address biases, practice allyship, and shift power to become more inclusive and effective in your journey.

This provocative case for integration shows how it is the single most radical, discomfiting idea in America, and why solving this fundamental problem is the only way forward.

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.

Brave, clear-eyed, and passionate, Stakes Is High is the book we need to guide us past crisis mode and through an uncertain future.

The only current authorized edition of the classic work on parliamentary procedure--now in a new updated edition

How the tiny town of Grafton, NH, became a radical experiment in small government--until the bear attacks started.

A stirring and passionate defense of the central importance of public education to American democracy, vividly illustrating how the forces of reaction are chipping away at a constitutional right.

An impassioned and irreverent argument for dismantling our cultural narratives around pregnancy.

The 2016 Election, which altered American political history, was not decided by the Russians or in Ukraine or by Steve Bannon. The event that broke Hillary's blue wall in the Midwest and swung Florida and North Carolina was an October Surprise, and it was wholly a product of the leadership of the FBI.

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.