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  • In the Graveyard of Empires: America's War in Afghanistan

    Seth G. Jones

    Paperback

    A definitive account of the American experience in Afghanistan from the rise of the Taliban to the depths of the insurgency.

  • Uncommon Common Ground: Race and America's Future

    Angela Glover Blackwell, Stewart Kwoh, Manuel Pastor

    Revised and Updated

    Paperback

    With a mixed-race president, a Latino population that is now the largest minority, and steadily growing Asian and Pacific Islander populations, race is both the most dynamic facet of American identity and the defining point of American disunity.

  • Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation

    Saree Makdisi, Alice Walker

    Paperback

    “A compelling account . . . and a reminder that a true peace can be built only on justice.”—Desmond M. Tutu

  • The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

    Michael Lewis

    Hardback

    The #1 New York Times bestseller: a brilliant account—character-rich and darkly humorous—of how the U.S. economy was driven over the cliff.

  • Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization

    Lester R. Brown

    Substantially Revised

    Paperback

    “[Brown’s] ability to make a complicated subject accessible to the general reader is remarkable.”—Katherine Salant, Washington Post