The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet UnionSerhii Plokhy★★★★★4.5(628)Pittsburg Tribune-Review “Especially provocative given current affairs, this book doesn't dismiss U.S. Cold War...
How to Be an Inclusive Leader: Your Role in Creating Cultures of Belonging Where Everyone Can ThriveJennifer Brown★★★★★4.5(617)“Despite good intentions and an understanding that employee diversity strengthens teams and contributes to the bottom...
Hidden History: An Exposé of Modern Crimes, Conspiracies, and Cover-Ups in American PoliticsDonald Jeffries★★★★★4.5(604)It's paradigm shifting. Everything you think you know about the U.S. is mostly propaganda, lies, and deceit. From who...
LBJ: The Mastermind of the JFK AssassinationPhillip F Nelson★★★★★4.5(591)Researcher / Author of "Bloody Treason," Noel Twman on LBJ: The Mastermind of JFK's Assassination: "This book is very...
An Inconvenient Book: Real Solutions to the World's Biggest ProblemsGlenn Beck★★★★★4.5(570)Glenn Beck shouldn't be on [the air]." -- Al Franken Glenn Beck, the nationally syndicated radio host and founder of...
Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American ConsensusRick Perlstein★★★★★4.5(562)Combining prodigious research with journalistic flair, Rick Perlstein. . .has produced a detailed and dramatic...
Ethel Rosenberg: An American TragedyAnne Sebba★★★★★4.5(526)“[A] riveting biography...thanks to Sebba’s marvelously gripping narration, we encounter a raft of pivotal...
Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political WarfareThomas Rid★★★★★4.5(507)50 Notable Books of Nonfiction, The Washington Post Best Books of the Year, New Statesman Best National Security Books,...
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008Paul Krugman★★★★★4.5(504)The most celebrated economist of his generation. From AudioFile Are you afraid we're headed back to the past and the...
Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the PlanetCarl Pope★★★★★4.5(502)In their new book, Climate of Hope , Michael Bloomberg and Carl Pope provide readers with a wonderful, in-depth...
Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter PlanetMark Lynas★★★★★4.5(500)`Scientists predict that global temperatures will rise by between one and six degrees over the course of this century...
The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the FutureChris Whipple★★★★★4.5(499)New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice “ The best book about the CIA I’ve ever read. Its revelations are...
No Mission Is Impossible: The Death-Defying Missions of the Israeli Special ForcesMichael Bar-Zohar★★★★★4.5(481)A riveting follow-up to Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal's account of the most memorable missions of the Mossad, No...
The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern PhilosophyAnthony Gottlieb★★★★★4.5(466)Wondrously perceptive and exceptionally well written, The Dream of Enlightenment not only provides a key account of the...
While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from WithinBruce Bawer★★★★★4.5(465)“Bruce Bawer reveals how self-acclaimed European morality proves abjectly amoral in its appeasement of radical...
River-Horse: Across America by BoatWilliam Least Heat-Moon★★★★★4.5(455)...takes us on a lifetime voyage full of imagery, insight and appreciation. (Cleveland Plain Dealer -- Clevland Plain...
Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a DifferenceWarren St. John★★★★★4.5(447)Not merely about soccer, St. John's book teaches readers about the social and economic difficulties of adapting to a...
A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy LeagueRon Suskind★★★★★4.5(431)A beautiful book of a heroic American struggle."--David Halberstam in USA Today "[An] extraordinary, formula-shattering...
Xi Jinping: The Backlash (Penguin Specials)Richard McGregor★★★★★4.5(422)Richard McGregor is the author of The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers . He has reported from Asia...
The Terror Years: From al-Qaeda to the Islamic StateLawrence Wright★★★★★4.5(405)“Superb and gracefully written. . . . Wright is one of the most lucid writers on the subject of Islamic extremism.”...
Alibi in High HeelsGemma Halliday★★★★★4.5(399)A saucy combination of romance and suspense that is simply irresistible." -- The Chicago Tribune "In the same vein as...
Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's FutureJean M. Twenge★★★★★4.5(396)An Amazon Best Book of May 2023: Think boomers are to blame for all of society’s ills, and millennials can’t afford...
The Emotionally Unavailable Man: A Blueprint for HealingPatti Henry★★★★★4.5(393)Patti Henry, M.Ed., L.P.C., has been a psychotherapist in private practice since 1988. She began her career developing...
The Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin WallM. E. Sarotte★★★★★4.5(392)Kirkus “A rigorous sifting of evidence surrounding the final toppling of the sclerotic East German state. With...