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Double Down
By John Heilemann and Mark Halperin (November 8, 2013) - "John Heilemann and Mark Halperin set the national conversation on fire with their bestselling account of the 2008 presidential election, Game Change.
For the Next Generation: A Wake-Up Call to Solving Our Nation's Problems
By Debbie Wasserman Schultz (November 1, 2013) - "America has witnessed the dangers that come with shortsightedness, writes Debbie Wasserman Schultz in For the Next Generation. If we want to ensure prosperity for ourselves and an improved way of life for young Americans, we have to change, starting now.
Radical: My Journey out of Islamist Extremism
By Maajid Nawaz (October 25, 2013) - "Maajid Nawaz spent his teenage years listening to American hip-hop and learning about the radical Islamist movement spreading throughout Europe and Asia in the 1980s and 90s. At 16, he was already a ranking member in Hizb ut-Tahrir, a London-based Islamist group.
Tip and the Gipper
By Chris Matthews (October 11, 2013) "Tip and the Gipper is a magnificent personal history of a time when two great political opponents served together for the benefit of the country. Chris Matthews was an eyewitness to this story as a top aide to Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill, who waged a principled war of political ideals with President Reagan from 1980 to 1986.
Brothers Emanuel: A Memoir of an American Family
By Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel (October 4, 2013) - "For years, people have been asking Ezekiel "Zeke" Emanuel, the brash, outspoken, and fiercely loyal eldest brother in the Emanuel clan, the same question: What did your mom put in the cereal?
High Price
By Dr. Carl Hart (September 27, 2013) - "High Price is the harrowing and inspiring memoir of neuroscientist Carl Hart, a man who grew up in one of Miami's toughest neighborhoods and, determined to make a difference as an adult, tirelessly applies his scientific training to help save real lives. Young Carl didn't see the value of school, studying just enough to keep him on the basketball team
Still Foolin' 'Em
By Billy Crystal (September 20, 2013) - "Billy Crystal is turning 65, and he's not happy about it. With his trademark wit and heart, he outlines the absurdities and challenges that come with growing old, from insomnia to memory loss to leaving dinners with half your meal on your shirt.
Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster
By Edwin Lyman, David Lochbaum, and Susan Q. Stanahan (September 13, 2013) - "On March 11, 2011, an earthquake large enough to knock the earth from its axis sent a massive tsunami speeding toward the Japanese coast and the aging and vulnerable Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power reactors.
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
By Reza Aslan (July 26, 2013) - "Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history's most influential and enigmatic characters by examining Jesus through the lens of the tumultuous era in which he lived: first-century Palestine, an age awash in apocalyptic fervor. Scores of Jewish prophets, preachers, and would-be messiahs wandered through the Holy Land, bearing messages from God.
American Savage: Insights, Slights, and Fights on Faith, Sex, Love, and Politics
By Steve Moore (July 19, 2013) "On the heels of his Emmy-winning It Gets Better campaign, columnist and provocateur Dan Savage weighs in on such diverse issues as healthcare, gun control, and marriage equality with characteristic straight talk and humor.
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
By Michael Pollan (June 21, 2013) - "In Cooked, Michael Pollan explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen. Here, he discovers the enduring power of the four classical elements--fire, water, air, and earth-to transform the stuff of nature into delicious things to eat and drink.
The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies
By Jonathan Alter (June 14, 2013) - "In The Center Holds, Jonathan Alter produces the first full account of America at the crossroads. With exclusive reporting and rare historical insight, he pierces the bubble of the White House and the presidential campaigns in a landmark election that marked the return of big money and the rise of big data. He tells the epic story of an embattled president fighting back with the first campaign of the Digital Age.
The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America
By George Packer (June 7, 2013) - "The Unwinding Journeys through the lives of several Americans, including Dean Price, the son of tobacco farmers, who becomes an evangelist for a new economy in the rural South; Tammy Thomas, a factory worker in the Rust Belt trying to survive the collapse of her city; Jeff Connaughton, a Washington insider oscillating between political idealism and the lure of organized money; and Peter Thiel, a Silicon Valley billionaire who questions the Internet's significance and arrives at a radical vision of the future.
Gorgeous
By Paul Rudnick (May 31, 2013) - "A book that will make you see yourself clearly for the first time. When Becky Randle's mother dies, she's whisked from her trailer park home to New York. There she meets Tom Kelly, the world's top designer, who presents Becky with an impossible offer: He'll design three dresses to transform the very average Becky into the most beautiful woman who ever lived.
Foreign Policy Begins at Home
By Richard Haass (May 17 2013) - "The biggest threat to the United States comes not from abroad but from within. This is the provocative, timely, and unexpected message of Council on Foreign Relations President Richard N. Haass's Foreign Policy Begins at Home.
VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00pm to Lose Weight and Restore Your Health...for Good
By Mark Bittman (May 10, 2013) - "Six years ago, an overweight, pre-diabetic Mark Bittman faced a medical directive: adopt a vegan diet or go on medication. He was no fan of a lifelong regimen of pills, but as a food writer he lived-and worked-to eat. So neither choice was appealing.
Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield
By Jeremy Scahill (May 3, 2013) - "In Dirty Wars, Jeremy Scahill, author of the New York Times best-seller Blackwater, takes us inside America's new covert wars. The foot soldiers in these battles operate globally and inside the United States with orders from the White House to do whatever is necessary to hunt down, capture or kill individuals designated by the president as enemies.
Half the Sky
By Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn (April 19, 2013) - "From two of our most fiercely moral voices, a passionate call to arms against our era's most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in the developing world. With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey through Africa and Asia to meet the extraordinary women struggling there, among them a Cambodian teenager sold into sex slavery and an Ethiopian woman who suffered devastating injuries in childbirth.
Who's the Fairest of Them All?
By Steve Moore (April 5, 2013) - "President Obama has declared that the standard by which all policies and policy outcomes are judged is fairness. He remarked at the Associated Press Luncheon in 2012, "We've sought to ensure that every citizen can count on some basic measure of security.
The Soundtrack of My Life
By Clive Davis (March 22, 2013) - "In this star-studded autobiography, Clive Davis shares a personal, candid look into his remarkable life and the last fifty years of popular music as only a true insider can. In the history of popular music, no one looms as large as Clive Davis.
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