A fascinating and illuminating account of how George Washington became the single most dominant force in the creation of the United States of America, from award-winning author David O. StewartWashington's rise constitutes one of the greatest self-re...

"Hypnotic, shocking, and unputdownable." --John le CarréFrom the author of the internationally acclaimed, award-winning East West Street: A tale of Nazi lives, mass murder, love, cold war espionage, a mysterious death in the Vatican--and "the ...

A leading economic historian traces the evolution of American capitalism from the colonial era through the 2008 crash--and argues that we've come to yet another turning point.Inspired by the market crash and great recession of 2008, Jonathan Levy beg...

An incisive, and often humorous, takedown of the Worst Generation by one the sharpest young thinkers on the right.For the first time in American history, a generation is worse off than their parents. With their overthrow of tradition and authority, t...

From the president of Emily's List, a playbook for women changing the world in politics, business, or any arenaFor the past thirty-five years Emily's List has helped the campaigns of thousands of pro-choice Democratic women, but the hardest part has ...

From one of the world's foremost experts on the effects of recreational drugs on the mind and body, a powerful argument that the greatest dangers from drugs flow from their being illegal, and a testament to how they can be part of a responsible and h...

An evocative and timely collection of essays that paints a portrait of Eastern Europe thirty years after the end of communism.An immigrant with a parrot in Stockholm, a photo of a girl in Lviv, a sculpture of Alexander the Great in Skopje, a memorial...

From the bestselling author of The Art of Mingling, an irreverent and essential how-to for navigating conversational minefields—without getting blown up.We are living in a new social era: The Powder Keg Era. These days almost every subject...

A magisterial portrait of Lady Bird Johnson, and a major reevaluation of the profound yet underappreciated impact the First Lady's political instincts had on LBJ's presidency.In the spring of 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson had a decision to make. ...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Castle and The Girls of Atomic City comes a new way to look at American history through the story of giving thanks.From Ancient Rome through 21st-century Americ...

From a brilliant young historian, a colorful journey through 7,000 years and twenty-six world cities that shows how urban living has been the spur and incubator to humankind's greatest innovations.In the two hundred millennia of our existence, nothin...

The epic, definitive biography of Ted Kennedy—an immersive journey through the life of a complicated man and a sweeping history of the fall of liberalism and the collapse of political morality. In the tradition of the works of Robert Caro ...