History - United States - 21st Century

With a new foreword by the author--Chris Rose's New York Times bestselling collection: "A gripping book about life's challenges in post-Katrina New Orleans...packed with heart, honesty, and wit" (New Republic). Celebrated as a local classic and heaped with national praise, 1 Dead in Attic...

The New York Times Bestseller2005 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction "102 Minutes does for the September 11 catastrophe what Walter Lord did for the Titanic in his masterpiece, A Night to Remember . . . Searing, poignant, and utterly compelling."--Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prize-winning...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In 2024, award-winning reporters Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager, and Isaac Arnsdorf bring us the definitive, inside story of the most tumultuous and consequential presidential campaign in our history. "A well-paced, thorough and often (darkly) humorous account of the...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In 2024, award-winning reporters Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager, and Isaac Arnsdorf bring us the definitive, inside story of the most tumultuous and consequential presidential campaign in our history. "A well-paced, thorough and often (darkly) humorous account of the...

The 24 Hours in Charlottesville author offers a minute-by-minute account of the January 6 riots through never-before-heard stories of those who were there Neus goes beyond mainstream reporting to reveal important truths about the US white nationalist movement This bracing account reconstructs what it...

After Maj. Robert J. Darling organizes President Bush's trip to Florida on Sept. 10, 2001, he believes the next couple of days will be quiet. He has no idea that a war is about to begin. The next day, after terrorists crash airliners into...

Longlisted for the 2024 National Book Award in NonfictionA Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year"Sweeping...A new way to make sense not only of the past, but of the contemporary culture wars." --New York Times Book Review "A provocative culmination of Slotkin's field-defining arguments...

"Excellent." -- Wall Street Journal"My hands-down financial book of the year. . . . An incredibly rich mine of market history. . . . Enlightening. . . . Meticulous. . . . Definitive. . . . Absolutely first class." -- Financial Advisor MagazineClearly and...

Hope is not in short supply; it is everywhere. Venture-philanthropy leader Jim Bildner shows what it takes to move beyond despair and into action. In a world full of seemingly endless challenges, one human characteristic separates those who only see the world's flaws from...

A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making--from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE - NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY...

On the approaching 250th birthday of the United States, a double-edged moment in the history of America unlike anything they could remember, Southern journalists Frye Gaillard and Cythia Tucker, one white, one black, who came of age during the civil rights years, paused to...

"In 2008, Americans face war, terrorism, recession and the rising economies of China and India. Yet the author avers there is still reason to hope for good leadership. Astute assessments of an evolving nation and ideal reading for November voters." -- Kirkus ReviewsA much-needed,...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "Vital reading for Americans and people anywhere who seek to understand what is happening 'after the fall' of the global system created by the United States" (New York Journal of Books), from the former White House aide, close confidant...

2026 is the twenty-fifth anniversary of 9/11, the most devastating attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor. Within days, the United States began to declare its war on terror: "Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists," President George W. Bush...

We're living in an age of deep political anger and frustration. Where did it come from? All the Wrong Moves offers a new, eye-opening answer, rooted in history, business, and the author's firsthand experience, that reveals the true origins of America's current political crisis....

Is America's historic polarization ultimately a spiritual crisis? Is the solution America's Next Great Awakening?If America is to realize its sacred purpose-unity in diversity-an inner awakening that spans belief systems and religions (including atheism), transcends ideologies, and honors scientific realities must emerge. America's Next...

The New York Times bestselling author of Begin Again confronts America's unfinished story in this blistering reassessment of race, freedom, and the myths that bind us. "A thoughtful, insightful, beautifully written book that is timely and welcomed in these perilous times."--Bryan Stevenson, #1 New...

A single-volume edition of William J. Bennett's bestselling series, thoroughly revised and updated."The role of history is to inform, inspire, and sometimes provoke us, which is why Bill Bennett's wonderfully readable book is so important." --Walter IsaacsonA decade ago, William J. Bennett published a...

Chris Hedges's profound and unsettling examination of America in crisis is "an exceedingly...provocative book, certain to arouse controversy, but offering a point of view that needs to be heard" (Booklist), about how bitter hopelessness and malaise have resulted in a culture of sadism and...

Respected scholar William Bennett reacquaints America with its heritage in the third volume of America: The Last Best Hope (Volume III). This engaging narrative slices through the cobwebs of time, memory, and prevailing cynicism to reinvigorate America with an informed patriotism.America began to breathe...