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The Back ChannelA Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its RenewalWilliam J. Burns

Drawing on extensive research sourced from con-temporaneous diplomatic cables, memos, and other documents central to American foreign policy, William J. Burns, the former Ambassador to Russia and Jordan for the U.S. Foreign Service, writes ac-cessibly on a wide range of topics, including issues central to international relations theory as well as the shaping of public policy across the 20th cen-tury, all while laying out a comprehensive and ac-cessibly-written history of American diplomacy.

“Bill Burns, one of the most respected diplomats of the post–Cold War years, has now written what I re-gard as the best diplomatic memoir of that period—must reading for anyone looking back on an era that’s now ending, and for any young person look-ing forward to diplomacy as a profession in what-ever era is likely to come.”—John Lewis Gaddis, Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History, Yale University

RANDOM HOUSE | Hardcover 512 pages | 978-0-525-50886-1 | $32.00

The WorldA Brief IntroductionRichard Haass

This invaluable primer from Richard Haass, presi-dent of the Council on Foreign Relations, is de-signed to empower more informed, discerning citizens, better able to arrive at sound, independent judgments and to hold elected representatives to account. Global literacy is deeply necessary, and this is a critical time for college students and others to understand what is taking place around the world, why it is taking place, and how it will affect our lives. Toward these ends, The World focuses on essential history, what makes each region of the world tick, the many challenges globalization pres-ents, and the most infl uential countries, events, and ideas. Explaining complex ideas with wisdom and clarity, The World is an evergreen book that will remain relevant and useful even as history contin-ues to unfold.

“This is the book that explains how the world really works, how it is changing, and why it matters. Just what every citizen and student needs to read.”

—Madeleine Albright

PENGUIN PRESS | Hardcover 400 pages | 978-0-399-56239-6 | $28.00

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The Presidents vs. the PressThe Endless Battle between the White House and the Media—from the Founding Fathers to Fake NewsHarold Holzer

“The FAKE NEWS media,” Donald Trump has tweeted, “is not my enemy. It is the enemy of the American people.” In this remarkable new account, acclaimed scholar Harold Holzer guides readers through the clashes between chief executives and journalists, a confl i ct a s o ld a s t he r epublic i tself. From George Washington to Trump, presidents have quarreled with, attacked, denigrated, and ma-nipulated the fourth estate.

Washington groused about his treatment in the newspapers, but his successor, John Adams, actu-ally wielded his executive power to overturn press freedoms and prosecute critical reporters. Thomas Jefferson tapped a reporter to fi nd dirt on his rival, Alexander Hamilton. Andrew Jackson rewarded loyal newspapers with government contracts; Abra-ham Lincoln shuttered critical papers and impris-oned their editors without trial. FDR and JFK charmed journalists in order to protect their per-sonal secrets, while Nixon cast the press as a public enemy for daring to investigate his own.

DUTTON | Hardcover | 576 pages | 978-1-5247-4526-4 | $29.00Available August 2020

The Impeachment ReportThe House Intelligence Committee’s Report on Its Investigation into Donald Trump and UkraineThe House Intelligence CommitteeIntroduction by Jon Meacham

For only the fourth time in American history, the House of Representatives has conducted an im-peachment inquiry into a sitting United States president. This landmark document details the fi ndings of the House Intelligence Committee’s his-toric investigation of whether President Donald J. Trump committed impeachable offenses when he sought to have Ukraine announce investigations of former vice president Joe Biden and his son Hunter.

Penetrating a dense web of connected activity by the president and his associates, these pages offer a damning, blow-by-blow account of the presi-dent’s attempts to “use the powers of his offi ce to solicit foreign interference on his behalf in the 2020 election” and his subsequent attempts to obstruct the House investigation into his actions. Published here with an introduction offering critical context from bestselling presidential historian Jon Meacham, The Impeachment Report is necessary reading for every student of American democracy.

BROADWAY BOOKS | Paperback 320 pages | 978-0-593-23754-0 | $12.99



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The Narrow CorridorStates, Societies, and the Fate of LibertyDaron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson

In this crucial, big-picture framework, the authors of Why Nations Fail argue that the corridor to liberty is narrow and stays open only via an incessant struggle between state and society. They reject the Western myth that political liberty is a steady state arrived at by a process of “enlightenment.” Instead, they argue it’s built on a fragile balance be-tween state and society, between economic, political, and social elites and citizens, between institutions and norms.

PENGUIN PRESS | Hardcover | 576 pages | 978-0-7352-2438-4 | $32.00

War of NumbersAn Intelligence Memoir of the Vietnam War’s Uncounted EnemySam AdamsForeword by Col. David H. HackworthIntroduction by John Prados

In 1965, CIA analyst Sam Adams was transferred to Southeast Asia, where he was charged with assessing enemy morale and counting their ranks. The estimate he came up with varied wildly, however, from the offi cial estimates being released by the White House for consumption by Congress, the media, troops in the fi eld and the American electorate. In vibrant prose, this memoir from inside the belly of US intelligence operations reveals why the Vietnam War was never “winnable.”

TRUTH TO POWER | Paperback | 304 pages | 978-1-58642-251-6 | $19.95

The Penguin Book of Migration LiteratureDepartures, Arrivals, Generations, ReturnsEdited with an Introduction by Dohra AhmadForeword by Edwidge Danticat

Bringing together 30 carefully selected poems, short stories, and ex-cerpts spanning three hundred years and 25 countries, The Penguin Book of Migration Literature conveys both the diversity and common-alities of immigrant experiences. It features works by Mohsin Hamid, Zadie Smith, Marjane Satrapi, and Edwidge Danticat, among others.

“The diversity of viewpoints and genres makes for an invaluable intro-duction to the personal dimensions of global immigration.”—Booklist

PENGUIN CLASSICS | Paperback | 320 pages | 978-0-14-313338-4 | $17.00

The Ones We’ve Been Waiting ForHow a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform AmericaCharlotte Alter

There are now 26 millennials in Congress. They are governing Mid-western cities and college towns, running for city councils, and serv-ing in state legislatures. They are acting urgently on climate change (because they are going to live it); they care deeply about student debt (because they have it); they are utilizing big tech but still want to regu-late it (because they understand how it works). In The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For, Charlotte Alter defi nes this class of young leaders remaking the nation.

VIKING | Hardcover | 368 pages | 978-0-525-56150-7 | $27.00





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American ConseratismReclaiming an Intellectual TraditionEdited by Andrew J. Bacevich

The ideas of American conservatism have long been misunderstood or belittled. Here, in a collection of 45 essential conservative writers, editor Andrew Bacevich surveys the core currents of conservativism in the United States since 1900: the importance of tradition, the mount-ing of resistance to an ever-expanding state, the opposition to col-lectivist utopias and other forms of tyranny abroad, and the necessity of free markets and economic growth to sustain individual liberties and prosperity.

LIBRARY OF AMERICA | Hardcover | 500 pages | 978-1-59853-656-0 | $29.95

A Knock at MidnightA Story of Hope, Justice, and FreedomBrittany K. Barnett

Brittany K. Barnett was only a law student when she came across the case of Sharanda Jones, who had been torn away from her young daughter and was serving a life sentence without parole for a fi rst-time drug offense. As Brittany studied this case, a system came into focus: one where widespread racial injustice forms the core of Ameri-ca’s addiction to incarceration. Moved by Sharanda’s plight, Brittany set to work to gain her freedom—and to take on the American criminal justice system itself.

CROWN | Hardcover | 336 pages | 978-1-9848-2578-0 | $28.00

Trump and His GeneralsThe Cost of ChaosPeter Bergen

Peter Bergen gives a riveting account of how President Trump’s “America First” agenda was met by America’s national security estab-lishment—the CIA, the State Department, and, above all, the Penta-gon. Trump wanted generals for his key national security positions, and he got them: Jim Mattis, John Kelly, and H. R. McMaster. Three years later, they would be gone, and the guardrails were off.

“The best single account of Trump’s foreign policy to date.”—The Wash-ington Post


MachiavelliThe Art of Teaching People What to FearPatrick Boucheron

In a series of poignant vignettes, a preeminent historian makes a compelling case for Machiavelli as an unjustly maligned fi gure with valuable political insights that resonate as strongly today as they did in his time. With verve and a delightful erudition, Patrick Boucheron sheds light on the life and works of this unclassifi able visionary, illus-trating how we can continue to use him as a guide in times of crisis.

OTHER PRESS | Paperback | 176 pages | 978-1-59051-952-3 | $14.99





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An Army Like No OtherHow the Israel Defense Forces Made a NationHaim Bresheeth

In this fascinating history, Bresheeth charts the evolution of the Israel Defense Forces. He argues that the army is embedded in all aspects of daily life and identity. And that we should not merely see it as a fi ght-ing force enjoying an international reputation, but as the central ideo-logical, political and fi nancial institution of Israeli society. As a consequence, we have to reconsider our assumptions on what any kind of peace might look like.

VERSO | Hardcover | 448 pages | 978-1-78873-784-5 | $29.95

The Fall of Richard NixonA Reporter Remembers WatergateTom Brokaw

In August 1974, after his involvement in the Watergate scandal could no longer be denied, Richard Nixon became the fi rst and only presi-dent to resign from offi ce in anticipation of certain impeachment. The year preceding that moment was fi lled with shocking revelations, bi-zarre events, and high-stakes showdowns. Tom Brokaw, who was then the young NBC News White House correspondent, gives us a nu-anced and thoughtful chronicle, recalling the scandal that brought down a president.

RANDOM HOUSE | Hardcover | 240 pages | 978-1-4000-6970-5 | $27.00

Writing PoliticsAn AnthologyEdited and with an introduction by David Bromwich

Bromwich’s new gathering of political essays dates back to the begin-ning of the modern political world the better to illuminate some of the central political debates that continue to shape our world but also to bring out some of the fi nest writing that political passion has given rise to. This original anthology explores the tradition of the political essay and includes works by Hannah Ardent, Martin Luther King Jr., Normal Mailer, George Orwell, and Jean-Paul Sartre.

NYRB CLASSICS | Paperback | 496 pages | 978-1-68137-462-8 | $24.95

Snowden’s BoxTrust in the Age of SurveillanceJessica Bruder and Dale Maharidge

One day in the spring of 2013, a box appeared outside a fourth-fl oor apartment door in Brooklyn, New York. The recipient, who didn’t know the sender, only knew she was supposed to bring this box to a friend, who would ferry it to another friend. This was Edward Snowden’s box. This is just one of the odd details that emerges from the story of how Jessica Bruder and Dale Maharidge, two experienced journalists but security novices got drawn into the Snowden story as behind-the-scenes players.






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Full DissidenceNotes from an Uneven Playing FieldHoward Bryant

Whether the issues are protest, labor, patriotism, or class division, it is clear that professional sports are no longer simply fun and games.The nine provocative and deeply personal essays in Full Dissidence con-front the dangerous narratives that are shaping the current dialogue in sports. Howard Bryant takes on the player-owner relationship, the myth of integration, the erasure of black identity as a condition of suc-cess, and the kleptocracy that has forced America to ask itself if its beliefs of freedom are more than just words.

BEACON PRESS | Hardcover | 200 pages | 978-0-8070-1955-9 | $24.95

The Force of NonviolenceThe Ethical in the PoliticalJudith Butler

Judith Butler’s new book shows how an ethic of nonviolence must be connected to a broader political struggle for social equality. Consider-ing nonviolence as an ethical problem within a political philosophy requires a critique of individualism as well as an understanding of the psychosocial dimensions of violence. Butler draws upon Foucault, Fanon, Freud, and Benjamin to consider how the interdiction against violence fails to include lives regarded as ungrievable.


Political TribesGroup Instinct and the Fate of NationsAmy Chua

Yale Law School Professor Amy Chua argues that America must redis-cover a national identity that transcends our political tribes. It is time for unity that acknowledges the reality of group differences and fi ghts the deep inequities that divide us.

“Concisely explains the forces that made our experiences in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq so maddeningly diffi cult to comprehend, and brings that same thoughtful analysis to America today.”—General Stan McChrystal, U.S. Army (Ret.)

PENGUIN | Paperback | 304 pages | 978-0-399-56287-7 | $17.00

The Fifth DomainDefending Our Country, Our Companies, and Ourselves in the Age of Cyber ThreatsRichard A. Clarke and Robert K. Knake

Two of America’s top cybersecurity experts offer a tour of the often unfamiliar terrain of the fi fth domain—the Pentagon’s term for cyber-space. With a focus on solutions, and backed by decades of high-level experience in the White House and the private sector, The Fifth Do-main introduces readers to the scientists, executives, and public ser-vants who have learned through hard experience how government agencies and private fi rms can fend off cyber threats.






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Supreme InequalityThe Supreme Court’s Fifty-Year Battle for a More Unjust AmericaAdam Cohen

In Supreme Inequality, Adam Cohen surveys the most signifi cant Su-preme Court rulings since the Nixon era and exposes the modern Court as one of the leading forces behind the nation’s soaring level of economic inequality. Contrary to what Americans like to believe, the Court does little to protect the rights of the poor and disadvantaged. This institution—revered as a source of fairness—has been systemati-cally making America less fair for the past fi fty years.


The War Before the WarFugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America’s Soul from the Revolution to the Civil WarAndrew Delbanco

Andrew Delbanco shows how fugitive slaves forced America to con-front the truth about itself. By awakening northern whites to the truth about human bondage and enraging southern whites who demanded the return of their human “property,” the confl ict over fugitive slaves drove the nation to civil war.


WINNER OF THE MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE, THE ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARD, AND THE LIONEL TRILLING BOOK AWARD

A Good Provider Is One Who LeavesOne Family and Migration in the 21st CenturyJason DeParle

New York Times reporter Jason DeParle paints a portrait of an unfor-gettable family across three generations as they endure years of sac-rifi ce and separation, willing themselves out of shantytown poverty into a new global middle class. At the heart of the story is Rosalie, who escapes poverty in the Philippines by becoming a nurse, and lands jobs in Jeddah, Abu Dhabi, and, fi nally, Texas—joining the record forty-four million immigrants in the United States


Paperback Available August 2020

Il WindsSaving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American ComplacencyLarry Diamond

Ill Winds’ core argument is stark: the defense and spread of demo-cratic ideals relies on U.S. global leadership. If the U.S. does not re-claim its traditional place as the keystone of democracy, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and their admirers could turn the twenty-fi rst cen-tury into a dark time of surging authoritarianism.

“From a scholar who has dedicated his life to studying liberal democ-racy comes a plan for its long-term preservation.”—Madeleine K. Albright, former Secretary of State






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The Hardest Job in the WorldThe American PresidencyJohn Dickerson

The American presidency is in trouble. It has become overburdened, misunderstood, almost impossible to do. In this eye-opening book, John Dickerson writes about presidents in history such as Washing-ton, Lincoln, FDR, and Eisenhower, and in contemporary times, from LBJ and Reagan to Bush, Obama, and Trump, to show how a complex job has been done, and why we need to reevaluate how we view the presidency, how we choose our presidents, and what we expect from them once they are in offi ce.


Tales of Two PanetsStories of Climate Change and Inequality in a Divided WorldEdited by John reeman

Building from his acclaimed anthology Tales of Two Americas, editor John Freeman draws together some of our greatest writers to help us see how the environmental crisis is affecting the world. Margaret At-wood conjures a dystopian future. Lauren Groff whisks us to Florida; Edwidge Danticat to Haiti; Tahmima Anam to Bangladesh; Yasmine El Rashidi to Egypt. Eka Kurniawan brings us to Indonesia, Chinelo Ok-paranta to Nigeria, and Anuradha Roy to the Himalayas.


The Power of Nonviolent ResistanceSelected WritingsM. K. GandhiEdited with an Introduction by Tridip Suhrud

To mark the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth, Penguin Classics presents this comprehensive selection of excerpts drawn from his books, letters, and essays—including from Hind Swaraj, Saty-agraha in South Africa, Yeravda Mandir, Ashram Observances in Action, his readings of Thoreau and Tolstoy, and his essays on the life of Socrates. Renowned Gandhi scholar Tridip Suhrud contributes both a new introduction and suggestions for further exploration.

PENGUIN CLASSICS | Paperback | 352 pages | 978-0-14-313415-2 | $17.00

Stony the RoadReconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim CrowHenry Louis Gates, Jr.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uncovers the roots of structural racism through a close reading of visual culture between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement. While racist images reinforced a stark color line be-tween white and black Americans, African Americans combatted it with a vision of a “New Negro”. This battle took place during one of the most violent periods in our history, with thousands of black people murdered or lynched and many more affl icted by Jim Crow segregation.






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Dark MirrorEdward Snowden and the American Surveillance StateBarton Gellman

Edward Snowden touched off a global debate in 2013 when he gave Barton Gellman, Laura Poitras, and Glenn Greenwald each an archive of highly classifi ed fi les revealing the extent of the American govern-ment’s access to our every communication. For Gellman, that was only the beginning. In Dark Mirror, he provides the defi nitive master narrative of Edward Snowden and the modern surveillance state, based on unique access to Snowden and groundbreaking reportage around the world.


Suriving AutocracyMasha Gessen

As the 2020 race takes shape, this incisive book provides an indispens-able overview of the American trajectory of the past few years. Masha Gessen not only highlights the corrosion of the media, the judiciary, and the cultural norms we hoped would save us but also tells us the story of how a short few years have changed us from a people who saw ourselves as a nation of immigrants to a populace haggling over a bor-der wall, heirs to a degraded sense of truth, meaning, and possibility.

RIVERHEAD | Hardcover | 240 pages | 978-0-593-18893-4 | $26.00

Available June 2020

The Romance of American CommunismVivian Gornick

“Before I knew that I was Jewish or a girl I knew that I was a member of the working class.” So begins Vivian Gornick’s exploration of the world of socialists, communists, and progressives in the 1940s and 1950s.

Now back in print after its initial publication in 1977, The Romance of American Communism profi les American Communist Party members and fellow travelers as they join the Party, live within its orbit, and leave in disillusionment and disappointment as Stalin’s crimes become public.

VERSO | Paperback | 288 pages | 978-1-78873-550-6 | $19.95

A Republic, If You Can Keep ItNeil Gorsuch with Jane Nitze and David Feder

Justice Neil Gorsuch refl ects on his journey to the Supreme Court, the role of the judge under our Constitution, and the vital responsibility of each American to keep our republic strong.

“[A Republic, If You Can Keep It] should be required reading for anyone interested in our Constitution and our Republic in the twenty-fi rst century.”—Tim Meyer, Professor and Director, International Legal Studies Program, Vanderbilt University Law School

CROWN FORUM | Hardcover | 352 pages | 978-0-525-57678-5 | $30.00





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After the Last BorderTwo Families and the Story of Refuge in AmericaJessica Goudeau

Jessica Goudeau tracks the human impacts of America’s ever-shifting refugee policy as two women narrowly escape from their home coun-tries and begin the arduous but lifesaving process of resettling in Aus-tin, Texas. Mu Naw, a Christian from Myanmar, was accepted after decades in a refugee camp; and Hasna, a Muslim from Syria, agrees to relocate as a last resort for the safety of her family—only to be separated from her children by a sudden ban on refugees from Muslim countries.


Capitalism in AmericaAn Economic History of the United StatesAlan Greenspan and Adrian Wooldridge

From the legendary former Fed Chairman and the acclaimed Econo-mist writer and historian, the story of America’s evolution from a small patchwork of threadbare colonies to the most powerful engine of wealth and innovation the world has ever seen. There’s no better mo-ment to apply the lessons of history to the most pressing question we face, that of whether the United States will preserve its preeminence or see its leadership pass to less democratic powers.


SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 FINANCIAL TIMES AND MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD

Our Women on the GroundEssays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab WorldEdited by Zahra Hankir; Foreword by Christiane Amanpour

In Our Women on the Ground, 19 intrepid Arab and Middle Eastern sa-hafi yat—female journalists—tell us in their own words about what it’s like to report on confl icts that quite literally hit close to home. Their daring and heartfelt stories, told here for the fi rst time, shatter stereo-types about the region’s women and provide an urgently needed per-spective on a part of the world that is frequently misunderstood.

“Out of the gloom of the Middle East, this book brims with new voices—Arab women reporting on their world as no one else has seen it.”

—David E. Hoffman, author of The Billion Dollar Spy


The Hidden History of the War on VotingWho Stole Your Vote and How to Get It BackThom Hartmann

In today’s America, only a slim majority of people register to vote, and a large percentage of registered voters don’t bother to show up. Thom Hartmann unveils the strategies and tactics that conservative elites in this country have used to make it more convenient for the wealthy and white. He also lays out a wide variety of simple, commonsense ways that we the people can fi ght back and reclaim our right to rule through the ballot box.

BERRETT-KOEHLER PUBLISHERS | Paperback 192 pages | 978-1-5230-8778-5 | $15.00





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Richard HofstadterAnti-Intellectualism in American Life, The Paranoid Style in American Politics, Uncollected Essays 1956-1965Richard Hofstadter

Richard Hofstadter’s Anti-Intellectualism in American Life and The Paranoid Style in American Politics are two works that lay bare the wor-rying trends of irrationalism, demagoguery, destructive populism, and conspiratorial thinking that have infl uenced American politics and culture. These two works are joined by Sean Wilentz’s selection of Hof-stadter’s uncollected writings which include discussions of the Con-stitution’s framers, the personality and legacy of FDR, and the advent of the modern conservative movement.


Nuking the MoonAnd Other Intelligence Schemes and Military Plots Left on the Drawing BoardVince Houghton

Intelligence historian Vince Houghton vividly captures the fascinating stories of 21 plans from WWII and the Cold War that went from con-ception, planning, and testing to cancellation. For every plan as good as D-Day, there’s a scheme to strap bombs to bats or dig a spy tunnel underneath the Soviet embassy. Along the way, he reveals what each one tells us about 20th-century history, the art of spycraft, military strategy, and famous fi gures like JFK, Castro, and Churchill.


MBSThe Rise to Power of Mohammed bin SalmanBen Hubbard

MBS is the untold story of the Saudi prince whose reputation as a re-former has become tarnished, leaving many struggling to understand his destabilizing effect on the world’s most volatile region. Based on years of reporting and hundreds of interviews, MBS reveals the machi-nations behind the bizarre detention of princes and businessmen in the Riyadh Ritz-Carlton and sheds new light on the greatest scandal of the young autocrat’s rise: the brutal killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

TIM DUGGAN BOOKS | Hardcover | 384 pages | 978-1-9848-2382-3 | $28.00

World Report 2020Events of 2019Human Rights Watch

The human rights records of more than ninety countries and territo-ries are put into perspective in Human Rights Watch’s signature yearly report. Refl ecting extensive investigative work undertaken by Human Rights Watch staff, in close partnership with domestic human rights activists, the annual World Report is an invaluable resource for jour-nalists, diplomats, and citizens, and is a must-read for anyone inter-ested in the fi ght to protect human rights in every corner of the globe.

SEVEN STORIES PRESS | Paperback | 672 pages | 978-1-64421-005-5 | $34.00





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The Problem of DemocracyThe Presidents Adams Confront the Cult of PersonalityNancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein

Nancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein investigate how both John and John Quincy Adams’ skepticism foresaw the ways democracy’s inher-ent weaknesses could be abused: citizens want heroes to worship, and covetous elites step in to mislead.

“By exploring the failed presidencies and probing ideas of John and John Quincy Adams, Isenberg and Burstein expose the deep roots of contemporary demagogues and their polarizing deceptions.”—Alan Taylor, author of American Colonies


American RadicalsHow Nineteenth-Century Protest Shaped the NationHolly Jackson

By 1826, a network of dissent vowed to fi nish the political revolution they claimed the Founding Fathers had only begun. Though largely forgotten today, these fi gures were enormously infl uential in the piv-otal period fl anking the war, their lives and work entwined with reform-ers like Frederick Douglass and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Jackson writes them back into the story of the nation’s most formative and per-ilous era in all their heroism, outlandishness, and tragic shortcomings.


On DiversityThe Eclipse of the Individual in a Global EraRussell Jacoby

It could be argued that the less diversity there is, the more we talk about it. But what does the term actually mean? What are its intellec-tual precedents? Jacoby puts our volatile present into historical con-text. Examining diversity (or lack thereof) in language, fashion, childhood experience, political structure, and the history of ideas, Ja-coby offers a surprising analysis of our cultural moment, and invites his readers to participate in the most dangerous and liberating act: to stop and think.

SEVEN STORIES PRESS | Hardcover | 240 pages | 978-1-60980-979-9 | $25.95

Hood FeminismNotes from the Women That a Movement ForgotMikki Kendall

Today’s feminist movement has a glaring blind spot. Mainstream femi-nists rarely talk about meeting basic needs as a feminist issue, argues Mikki Kendall, but food insecurity, access to quality education, safe neighborhoods, a living wage, and medical care are all feminist issues. How can we stand in solidarity as a movement, Kendall asks, when there is the distinct likelihood that some women are oppressing others?






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How to Be an AntiracistIram X. Kendi

Kendi weaves an electrifying combination of ethics, history, law, and science with his own personal story of awakening to antiracism. How to Be an Antiracist is an essential work for anyone who wants to go beyond the awareness of racism to the next step: contributing to the formation of a just and equitable society.

“Ibram Kendi is today’s visionary in the enduring struggle for racial justice.”—Robin DiAngelo, New York Times bestselling author of White Fragility

ONE WORLD | Hardcover | 320 pages | 978-0-525-50928-8 | $27.00

This LandHow Cowboys, Capitalism, and Corruption are Ruining the American WestChristopher Ketcham

The public lands of the western United States, comprised of some 450 million acres of grassland, steppe land, canyons, forests, and moun-tains, are under assault as never before. Journalist Christopher Ket-cham has been documenting the confl uence of commercial exploitation and governmental misconduct in this region for over a decade, and in this revelatory book, he takes the reader on a journey across these last wild places to see how capitalism is killing our great commons.


Paperback Available July 2020

PrejudentialBlack America and the PresidentsMargaret Kimberley

Throughout the history of the United States, numerous presidents have left their legacies as slaveholders, bigots, and inciters of racial violence, but were the ones generally regarded as more sympathetic to the plight and interests of black Americans—such as Lincoln, FDR, and Clinton—really much better? Over the course of 45 chapters—one for each president—Margaret Kimberley enlightens and informs read-ers about the attitudes and actions of the highest elected offi cial in the country.


The Washington WarFDR’s Inner Circle and the Politics of Power That Won World War IIJames Lacey

Based on years of research and extensive, previously untapped archi-val resources, The Washington War is the story of how the Second World War was fought and won in the capital’s halls of power—and how the United States, which in December 1941 had a nominal army and a decimated naval fl eet, was able in only 30 months to fl ing huge forces onto the European continent and shortly thereafter shatter Im-perial Japan’s Pacifi c strongholds.

BANTAM | Paperback | 592 pages | 978-0-345-54760-6 | $20.00





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To ObamaWith Love, Joy, Anger, and HopeJeanne Marie Laskas

Every evening, at his request, President Obama was given 10 handpicked letters written by ordinary American citizens. He was the fi rst president to interact daily with constituent mail and to archive it in its entirety. In To Obama, Laskas interviews the president, the letter writers themselves, and the staff who sifted through the powerful narrative of America.

“A moving and inevitably nostalgic or even elegiac read, redolent of the human grace and statesmanship of the Obama presidency.”

—The Guardian

RANDOM HOUSE TRADE PAPERBACKS Paperback | 416 pages | 978-0-525-50939-4 | $18.00

American Democracy: 21 Historic Answers to 5 Urgent QuestionsEdited by Nicholas Lemann

Amid the frenzied overload of cable news and incessant social media, it is becoming harder and harder to think clearly about US politics. This book presents key writings from the American past that speak to fi ve contemporary fl ashpoints in our political landscape: race, gender, immigration, and citizenship; opportunity and inequality; the purpose and powers of the federal government; money, special privilege, and corruption; and protest and civil disobedience.


The New Class WarSaving Democracy from the Managerial EliteMichael Lind

In both Europe and North America, populist movements have shat-tered existing party systems and thrown governments into turmoil. The embattled establishment claims that these populist insurgencies seek to overthrow liberal democracy. According to Michael Lind, the truth is no less alarming but is more complex: Western democracies are being torn apart by a new class war.

PORTFOLIO | Hardcover | 224 pages | 978-0-593-08369-7 | $25.00

Politics and ConscienceDag Hammarskjold on the Art of Ethical LeadershipRoger Lipsey

Dag Hammarskjöld served as secretary-general of the United Nations from 1953 until his tragic death in a suspicious plane crash in 1961. During those years he saw the fl edgling international organization through numerous crises with skill that made him a star on the inter-national stage. In this handbook, acclaimed biographer Roger Lipsey details the political and personal code by which Hammarskjöld lived and made critical decisions.

SHAMBHALA | Hardcover | 152 pages | 978-1-61180-736-3 | $18.95





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Reconsidering ReaganRacism, Republicans, and the Road to TrumpDaniel S. Lucks

A long-overdue examination of President Ronald Reagan’s racist poli-tics that continue to harm communities today and helped shape the modern conservative movement. Using research from previously un-tapped resources including the black press which critically covered Reagan’s entire political career, Daniel S. Lucks traces Reagan’s grad-ual embrace of conservatism, his opposition to landmark civil rights legislation, his coziness with segregationists, and his skill in tapping into white anxiety about race.


BlowoutCorrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on EarthRachel Maddow

Maddow reveals how Big Oil and Gas have weakened democracies in developed and developing countries, fouled oceans and rivers, and propped up authoritarian thieves and killers around the world. Tracing the surprising history of these industries, Blowout is ultimately a vital investigation into Russia’s stunted growth, its pursuit of power, and its true motivations for hacking the 2016 U.S. election.


AntisocialOnline Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American ConversationAndrew Marantz

In Antisocial, Andrew Marantz shows how fringe ideas spread from anonymous corners of social media to cable TV. Marantz also sits with the creators of social media as they start to reckon with the forces they’ve unleashed.

“With force and elegance, Marantz clearly documents social media’s empowerment of bigotry, propaganda, and right-wing extremism.”

—The National Book Review


Sinking in the SwampHow Trump’s Minions and Misfi ts Poisoned WashingtonLachlan Markay and Asawin Suebsaeng

For the past three years, Lachlan Markay and Asawin Suebsaeng have revealed the sordid shenanigans of a rogue’s gallery of Trumpworld incompetents and improbable A-listers. Sinking in the Swamp is their uncompromising account of the fi nancial and moral degradation of our capital, told with righteous indignation and through the lens of key power players and foot soldiers whose own antics have often es-caped the notice of the overworked press corps.






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The Meritocracy TrapHow America’s Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the EliteDaniel Markovits

Yale Law School professor Daniel Markovits presents a revolutionary new argument attacking the false promise of our so-called meritoc-racy. Americans still hold tight to the meritocratic ideal: that social and economic rewards should follow achievement; that social mobility should be possible, if hard-earned. But today, meritocracy has be-come exactly what it was conceived to resist: a mechanism for the concentration and dynastic transmission of wealth and privilege across generations.


See Jane WinThe Inspiring Story of the Women Changing American PoliticsCaitlin Moscatello

More women campaigned for local or national offi ce in the 2018 elec-tion cycle than at any other time in US history, challenging accepted notions about who seeks power and who gets it. Journalist Caitlin Moscatello closely follows four candidates throughout the entire pro-cess, from the decision to run through Election Day, taking readers inside the sometimes thrilling, sometimes brutal realities of running for offi ce while female.

DUTTON | Hardcover | 336 pages | 978-1-5247-4292-8 | $28.00

Crisis of ConscienceWhistleblowing in an Age of FraudTom Mueller

Drawing on interviews with more than 200 whistleblowers and their trailblazing lawyers—plus politicians, intelligence analysts, govern-ment watchdogs, cognitive scientists, and other experts—Tom Muel-ler anatomizes what inspires some to speak out. Whistleblowers, he proves, are the freethinking, outspoken citizens for whom our republic was conceived. And they are the models we must emulate if our de-mocracy is to survive.

RIVERHEAD | Hardcover | 608 pages | 978-1-59463-443-7 | $30.00

The Violence Inside UsA Brief History of an Ongoing American TragedyChris Murphy

Is America destined to always be a violent nation? This sweeping history by Chris Murphy, U.S. senator from Connecticut, explores the origins of our violent impulses, the roots of our obsession with fi rearms, and the mythologies that prevent us from confronting our national crisis.

“Senator Murphy adeptly uses science, history, and his own experi-ences to present an honest, thoughtful picture of violence in Amer-ica.”—John King, Jr., former U.S. secretary of education






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We Keep Us SafeBuilding Secure, Just, and Inclusive CommunitiesZach Norris

A groundbreaking new vision for public safety that overturns more than 200 years of fear-based discrimination, othering, and punishment.

“Bright, talented, compassionate, strategic, and committed . . . Norris’s insights and story will be an enormously important contribution in the effort to advance human rights in this country.”—Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy


Becoming Kim Jong UnA Former CIA Offi cer’s Insights into North Korea’s Enigmatic Young DictatorJung H. Pak

This groundbreaking account by a former CIA analyst traces the rise of North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong Un—from his nuclear ambitions to his summits with President Donald J. Trump.

“Jung H. Pak’s sober but absorbing portrait of North Korea’s leader should be the starting point for any scholar, journalist, or policymaker trying to make sense of the most dangerous regime on earth.”—Michael J. Green, Director of Asian Studies at Georgetown University

BALLANTINE BOOKS | Hardcover | 336 pages | 978-1-9848-1972-7 | $28.00

The Case for the Green New DealAnn Pettifor

The Case for the Green New Deal argues that economic change is wholly possible, based on the understanding that fi nance, the econ-omy and the ecosystem are all tightly bound together. The GND de-mands total decarbonization and a commitment to an economy based on fairness and social justice. It proposes a radical new under-standing of the international monetary system. Pettifor offers a road-map for fi nancial reform both nationally and globally, taking the economy back from the 1%.


UnholyWhy White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald TrumpSarah Posner

In this taut and meticulously reported inquiry, Posner digs deep into the radical history of the religious right to reveal how issues of race and xenophobia have always been at the movement’s core, and how religion often cloaked anxieties about perceived threats to a white, Christian America. Revelatory and engrossing, Unholy offers a deeper understanding of the ideological underpinnings and forces infl uenc-ing the course of Republican politics.






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The Third PillarHow Markets and the State Leave the Community BehindRaghuram Rajan

Raghuram Rajan, University of Chicago professor, former IMF chief economist, and head of India’s central bank, argues that all economics is actually socioeconomics; all markets are embedded in a web of hu-man relations, values, and norms. Rajan offers up a magnifi cent big-picture framework for understanding the three economic forces: the state, markets, and the often over looked “third pillar,” our communities.


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Toward FreedomThe Case Against Race ReductionismTouré Reed

The fate of poor and working-class African Americans, who are un-questionably represented among neoliberalism’s victims, is inextrica-bly linked to that of other poor and working-class Americans. Reed contends that the road to a more just society for African Americans and everyone else is obstructed, in part, by a discourse that equates entrepreneurialism with freedom and independence.

VERSO | Paperback | 224 pages | 978-1-78663-438-2 | $19.95

Jonathan SchellThe Fate of the Earth, The Abolition, The Unconquerable WorldJonathan Schell

Jonathan Schell was one of the leading antiwar witnesses of the era. The Fate of the Earth, fi rst published in The New Yorker where he was a longtime staff writer, became an international bestseller and galva-nized the nuclear freeze movement. Brave, eloquent, and controver-sial, these classic works illuminate the nuclear threats our civilization continues to face, and envision a way forward to peace.


No Human is IlegalAn Attorney on the Front Lines of the Immigration WarJ. J. Mulligan Sepulveda

In this powerful and personal narrative, a distinguished immigration lawyer guides us through the trials and terrors of modern immigration law. Sepulveda recounts growing up the son of a Latin American im-migrant, his time in Spain as a Fulbright fellow to study Europe’s on-going migrant crisis and, in a new Afterword, his testimony before a Senate committee to advocate on behalf of undocumented youth.

MELVILLE HOUSE | Paperback | 256 pages | 978-1-61219-830-9 | $17.99





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The Twittering MachineRichard Seymour

The Twittering Machine is an unfl inching view into the calamities of digital life: the circus of online trolling, fl ourishing alt-right subcul-tures, pervasive corporate surveillance, and the virtual data mines of Facebook and Google where we spend considerable portions of our free time. Through journalism, psychoanalytic refl ection and insights from users, developers, security experts and others, Seymour probes the human side of the machine, asking what we’re getting out of it, and what we’re getting into.


When the Bulbul Stopped SingingLife in Palestine During an Israeli SiegeRaja Shehadeh

The Israeli army invaded Ramallah in March 2002. This book is the ac-count of what it is like to be under siege: the terror, the frustrations, the humiliations, and the rage of civilians becoming trapped in their own homes and at the mercy of soldiers who have been ordered to set aside their sense of human decency in order to bully, harass and in some cases brutalize an unarmed population. A new introduction by Colum McCann shows how little things have changed since this re-cord of life under siege was fi rst compiled.


Ten Years to MidnightFour Urgent Global Crises and Their Strategic SolutionsBlair Sheppard with Ceri-Ann Droog, Alexis Jenkins, Thomas Minet, Daria Zarubina, and Susannah Anfi eld

As global leader for strategy for PricewaterhouseCoopers, Blair Shep-pard sees humanity as facing four major crises in the next ten years: a crisis of prosperity, a crisis of technology, a crisis of institutions, and a crisis of leadership. In this book, he and his team uncover fi ve factors that underlie these crises, which he calls the ADAPT framework. This book shows how the ADAPT framework helps us identify the most critical elements of each of these four crises and fi nd solutions.

BERRETT-KOEHLER PUBLISHERS | Hardcover 244 pages | 978-1-5230-8874-4 | $26.95

Tools and WeaponsThe Promise and the Peril of the Digital AgeBrad Smith and Carol Ann Browne

In Tools and Weapons, Microsoft President Brad Smith brings us a captivating narrative from the cockpit of one of the world’s largest and most powerful tech companies as it fi nds itself in the middle of some of the thorniest emerging issues of our time, including privacy, cyber-crime and cyberwar, social media, the moral conundrums of artifi cial intelligence, big tech’s relationship to inequality, and the challenges for democracy, far and near.






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Economic DignityGene Sperling

Economic Dignity is former director of the National Economic Council Gene Sperling’s effort to reframe our thinking in a time of wrenching economic change. He argues that economic dignity should be the singular end goal by which we chart America’s economic future. Too often, Sperling says, we measure economic success by metrics like GDP instead of whether the economy is succeeding in lifting up the sense of meaning, purpose, fulfi llment, and security of people.


Proud Boys and the White EthnostateHow the Alt-Right Is Warping the American ImaginationAlexandra Minna Stern

What is the alt-right? To help guide us through the contemporary mo-ment, historian Alexandra Minna Stern excavates the alt-right memes and tropes that have erupted online and explores the alt-right’s cen-tral texts, narratives, constructs, and insider language. Through care-ful analysis, Stern brings awareness to the underlying concepts that guide the alt-right and animate its overlapping forms of racism, xeno-phobia, transphobia, and anti-egalitarianism.


Deep StateTrump, the FBI, and the Rule of LawJames B. Stewart

Drawing on scores of interviews with key FBI, Justice Department, and White House offi cials, transcripts, notes, and internal reports, James Stewart tells the dramatic saga of the FBI and its simultaneous inves-tigations of both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump—the fi rst time in American history the FBI has been thrust into the middle of both par-ties’ campaigns for the presidency.

“A fi rst draft of history that reminds us just how bizarre these times re-ally are.”—The Washington Post


ImpeachmentA Citizen’s GuideCass R. Sunstein

Taking us deeper than mere partisan politics, Harvard Law professor Cass R. Sunstein illuminates the constitutional design behind im-peachment and emphasizes the people’s role in holding presidents accountable. With an appendix on the Mueller report, it puts the cur-rent national debate in its proper historical context. In direct and ap-proachable terms, it dispels the fog surrounding impeachment so that Americans of all political convictions may use their ultimate civic authority wisely.






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How to Feed a DictatorSaddam Hussein, Idi Amin, Enver Hoxha, Fidel Castro, and Pol Pot Through the Eyes of Their CooksWitold Szablowski; Translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones

Traveling across four continents, Witold Szabłowski tracked down the personal chefs of fi ve dictators known for the oppression and massa-cre of their own citizens: Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, Uganda’s Idi Amin, Albania’s Enver Hoxha, Cuba’s Fidel Castro, and Cambodia’s Pol Pot—and listened to their stories over sweet-and-sour soup, goat-meat pi-laf, and bottles of rum. Dishy yet dead serious, How to Feed a Dictator provides a knife’s-edge view of life under tyranny.


The Heartbeat of Wounded KneeNative America from 1890 to the PresentDavid Treuer

“Treuer provides a sweeping account of how the trope of the vanishing Indian has distorted our current understanding of Native peoples. In-stead of seeing Wounded Knee as the fi nal chapter, he recovers the importance of World War II, urban migration, casinos, and the com-puter age in reshaping the modern Native American experience.”—Nancy Isenberg, author of White Trash

RIVERHEAD | Paperback | 528 pages | 978-0-399-57319-4 | $17.00

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The Uninhabitable EarthLife After WarmingDavid Wallace-Wells

The climate columnist for New York magazine puts plainly the far-reaching, world-changing repercussions of climate change—from the scientifi c to the political to the sociological.

“This gripping, terrifying, furiously readable book is possibly the most wide-ranging account yet written of the ways in which climate change will transform every aspect of our lives, ranging from where we live to what we eat and the stories we tell.”—Amitav Ghosh, author of Flood of Fire

TIM DUGGAN BOOKS | Paperback | 384 pages | 978-0-525-57671-6 | $18.00

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The Mueller Report: Graphic NovelShannon Wheeler; Steve Duin

Shannon Wheeler, Eisner Award-winning New Yorker cartoonist and veteran journalist Steve Duin bring to life scenes detailed in the report: from the infamous Trump Tower Meeting of 2016 to Trump exclaiming “I’m f*cked” upon fi nding out he was the subject of investigation. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You may Tweet in anger. But most importantly, you will be reading the report for yourself!

IDW PUBLISHING | Hardcover | 208 pages | 978-1-68405-668-2 | $15.99





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The Inner LevelHow More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone’s Well-BeingRichard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett

Data shows that social status infl uences everything from stress hor-mone levels to rates of anxiety, depression, and addictions. Mean-while, societies based on fundamental equalities, sharing, and reciprocity generate much higher levels of well-being.

“As societies become more unequal, they become less healthy, happy, safe, and kind. . . . For years, Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett have been the scientists most responsible for these fi ndings.”—Robert Sapolsky, author of Behave


The ImpeachersThe Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just NationBrenda Wineapple

When Abraham Lincoln was assassinated and Vice-President Andrew Johnson became “the Accidental President,” Johnson ignored Congress, pardoned rebel leaders, promoted white supremacy, opposed civil rights, and called Reconstruction unnecessary. It fell to Congress to stop the American president who acted like a king. With profound insights and making use of extensive research, Brenda Wineapple dramatically evokes this pivotal period in American history, when the country was rocked by the fi rst-ever impeachment of a sitting American president.

RANDOM HOUSE TRADE PAPERBACKS | Paperback 592 pages | 978-0-8129-8791-1 | $20.00

Unfree SpeechThe Threat to Global Democracy and Why We Must Act, NowJoshua Wong with Jason Y. Ng

When he was 14, Joshua Wong staged the fi rst-ever student protest in Hong Kong. Since then, Joshua has led the Umbrella Movement, founded a political party, and rallied the international community around anti-extradition bill protests that have seen 2 million people take to Hong Kong’s streets. Unfree Speech chronicles Joshua’s path to activism, collects the letters he wrote as a political prisoner, and closes with an urgent call to defend our democratic values globally.


UnionThe Struggle to Forge the Story of United States NationhoodColin Woodard

Union tells the story of the struggle to create a myth of national unity for the United States. A small group of historians, political leaders, and novelists promoted a history that attempted to transcend and erase the differences and tensions between the nation’s regional cultures. This emerging nationalist story was immediately and powerfully con-tested by those who argued that the United States was an ethno-state, the homeland of the allegedly superior “Anglo-Saxon” race.


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Between Two FiresTruth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin’s RussiaJoshua Yaff a

The New Yorker Moscow correspondent Joshua Yaffa introduces read-ers to some of contemporary Russia’s most remarkable fi gures who have built their careers and constructed their identities in the shadow of the Putin system. By showing how citizens shape their lives around the demands of a capricious and frequently repressive state—as often by choice as under threat of force—Yaffa offers urgent lessons about the true nature of modern authoritarianism.

TIM DUGGAN BOOKS | Hardcover | 368 pages | 978-1-5247-6059-5 | $28.00

Burning Down the HouseNewt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican PartyJulian E. Zelizer

In 1989, Newt Gingrich brought down Democratic Speaker of the House Jim Wright and catapulted himself into the national spotlight, where he introduced the rhetoric and tactics that have shaped the Republican Party for the last three decades. Julian Zelizer details the era of partisan and ruthless politics ignited by Gingrich and his allies, and their role in some of the most divisive episodes in contemporary American politics, from the Contract with America to the Tea Party and the Trump presidential campaign.


Tiananmen 1989: Our Shattered HopesLun Zhang; Adrien Gombeaud; Ameziane

Follow the story of the Tiananmen Square Massacre from the fi rst-hand account of a young sociology teacher who witnessed it all. Pro-viding comprehensive coverage of the 1989 protests that ended in bloodshed and drew global scrutiny, Lun Zhang includes context for these explosive events, sympathetically depicting a world of discon-tented, idealistic, activist Chinese youth rarely portrayed in Western media. Many voices and viewpoints are on display, from Western jour-nalists to Chinese administrators.

IDW PUBLISHING | Hardcover | 112 pages | 978-1-68405-699-6 | $19.99

The Great RevoltInside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American PoliticsSalena Zito and Brad Todd

Zito and Todd traveled 27,000 miles of country roads to interview more than 300 Trump voters in 10 swing counties. What emerges is a portrait of a group of citizens who span job descriptions and education levels, united by their desire to be part of a movement larger than themselves.

“Unlike most retellings of the 2016 election, The Great Revolt provides a cohesive, non-wild-eyed argument about where the Republican Party could be headed.”—The Atlantic

CROWN FORUM | Paperback | 336 pages | 978-1-5247-6370-1 | $17.00





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American PrisonA Reporter’s Undercover Journey into the Business of PunishmentShane BauerPenguin | PB | 368 pp. 978-0-7352-2360-8 | $18.00

Presidents of WarThe Epic Story, from 1807 to Modern TimesMichael BeschlossBroadway Books | PB | 752 pp. 978-0-307-40961-4 | $20.00

You Never Forget Your FirstA Biography of George WashingtonAlexis CoeViking | HC | 304 pp. 978-0-7352-2410-0 | $27.00

White FragilityWhy It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About RacismRobin DiAngeloBeacon Press | PB | 192 pp. 978-0-8070-4741-5 | $16.00

Suicide of the WestHow the Rebirth of Tribalism, Nationalism, and Socialism Is Destroying American DemocracyJonah GoldbergCrown Forum | PB | 480 pp. 978-1-101-90495-4 | $18.00

The Most Dangerous BranchInside the Supreme Court in the Age of TrumpDavid A. KaplanBroadway Books | PB | 480 pp. 978-1-5247-5991-9 | $18.00

The Global AgeEurope 1950-2017Ian KershawPenguin | PB | 704 pp. 978-0-7352-2400-1 | $25.00

How Democracies DieSteven Levitsky and Daniel ZiblattBroadway Books | PB | 320 pp. 978-1-5247-6294-0 | $16.00

Become AmericaCivic Sermons on Love, Responsibility, and DemocracyEric LiuSasquatch Books | HC | 320 pp. 978-1-63217-257-0 | $24.95

The Penguin Book of Modern SpeechesEdited by Brian MacArthurPenguin | PB | 672 pp. 978-0-241-98230-3 | $20.00

On the Other Side of FreedomThe Case for HopeDeRay MckessonPenguin | PB | 240 pp. 978-0-525-56057-9 | $17.00

ImpeachmentAn American HistoryJon Meacham, Timothy Naftali, Peter Baker, and Jeffrey A. EngelModern Library | HC | 304 pp. 978-1-9848-5378-3 | $26.00













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The Soul of AmericaThe Battle for Our Better AngelsJon MeachamRandom House Trade Paperbacks | PB | 416 pp. 978-0-399-58982-9 | $20.00

How The Other Half LearnsEquality, Excellence, and the Battle Over School ChoiceRobert PondiscioAvery | HC | 384 pp. 978-0-525-53373-3 | $27.00

A Very Stable GeniusDonald J. Trump’s Testing of AmericaPhilip Rucker and Carol LeonnigPenguin Press | HC | 480 pp. 978-1-9848-7749-9 | $30.00

The Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture (Academic Edition)Executive Summary of the Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Detention and Interrogation ProgramMelville House | PB | 672 pp. 978-1-61219-846-0 | $27.99

The Hill to Die OnThe Battle for Congress and the Future of Trump’s AmericaJake Sherman and Anna PalmerBroadway Books | PB | 448 pp. 978-0-525-57475-0 | $18.00

The Road to UnfreedomRussia, Europe, AmericaTimothy SnyderTim Duggan Books PB | 368 pp. 978-0-525-57447-7 | $17.00

This Could Be Our FutureA Manifesto for a More Generous WorldYancey StricklerViking | HC | 304 pp. 978-0-525-56082-1 | $25.00

They Called Us EnemyGeorge TakeiTop Shelf Productions PB | 208 pp. 978-1-60309-450-4 | $19.99

CrashedHow a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the WorldAdam ToozePenguin | PB | 720 pp. 978-0-14-311035-4 | $20.00

The Climate ReportNational Climate Assessment-Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United StatesU.S Global Change Research ProgramMelville House | PB | 272 pp. 978-1-61219-802-6 | $21.99

House of Trump, House of PutinThe Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian MafiaCraig UngerDutton | PB | 384 pp. 978-1-5247-4351-2 | $18.00

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