The contrarian historian and analyst upends the conventional reading of the American RevolutionIn 1775, iconoclastic
historian and bestselling author Kevin Phillips punctures the myth that 1776 was the watershed year of the American Revolution. He suggests that the great events ...
The groundbreaking multigenerational biography, a richly textured account of President Obama and the forces that
shaped him and sustain him, from Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter, political commentator, and acclaimed biographer David Maraniss. In Barack Obama: The Story, David Maraniss has written ...
Every American fighting man and woman share one thing in common: they have all survived
basic military training. Basic tells the story of that training. Medal of Honor recipient Col. Jack Jacobs and David Fisher recount the funny, sad, dramatic, ...
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Christian Science Monitor •
St. Louis ... New York Times In this extraordinary volume, Jean Edward Smith presents a portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower that is as full, ...
The acclaimed New York Times–bestselling biography and “emotionally detailed portrait of the artist as a
young man” (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times)In the first biography of the iconic David Foster Wallace, D.T. Max paints the portrait of a man, ...
“Illuminate[s] the complexities of the human brain and the mysteries of the human mind.” —The
New York TimesTo many people, hallucinations imply madness, but in fact they are a common part of the human experience. These sensory distortions range from ...
A dazzling new collection of essays—on reading, writing, form, and thought—from one of America’s master
writers. It begins with the personal, both past and present. It emphasizes Gass’s lifelong attachment to books and moves on to the more analytical, ...
A New York Times Notable BookThe author of the acclaimed bestseller and National Book Award
finalist, Imperial Life in the Emerald City, tells the startling, behind-the-scenes story of the US’s political and military misadventure in Afghanistan. In this meticulously reported ...