"Ten years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall in southeast Louisiana...on August 29, 2005...journalist Gary Rivlin traces the storm's immediate damage, the city of New Orleans's efforts to rebuild itself, and the storm's lasting affects not just on the city's geography and in…
"A provocative, intimate look at the evolution of America's political soul through the lives of six political figures...from Whittaker Chambers to Christopher Hitchens...who abandoned the left and joined the right. In Exit Right, Daniel Oppenheimer tells the stories of six major…
The raging question in the world today is who is the real Vladimir Putin and what are his intentions. Karen Dawisha's brilliant work provides an answer, describing how Putin got to power, the cabal he brought with him, the billions they have looted, and his plan to restore the G…
"From the world's premier management consultancy McKinsey et Company, a comprehensive collection of essays by the brightest experts on what the new global elite needs to know about modern India."
Delving into the history of the planet and based on reports and interviews with scientists, a science writer--traveling to rain forests, canyons, craters, and caves all over the world to explore the potential winners and losers of the next era of evolution--describes what life o…
"The story of America's great metropolis, told through 101 distinctive objects that span the history of New York, all reproduced in full color. Modeled on the best-selling A history of the world in 100 objects, this is the story of America's great metropolis, told through 101 si…
In this memoir, iconic singer Linda Ronstadt weaves together a captivating story of her origins in Tucson, Arizona, and her rise to stardom in the Southern California music scene of the 1960s and '70s.
