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The Great Betrayal The Great Betrayal: The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in the Middle East Fawaz A. Gerges

How the Middle East can achieve political change and social progress

Iran's Grand Strategy Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History Vali Nasr

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Shia Revival
A gripping account that overturns simplistic portrayals of Iran as a theocratic pariah state, revealing how its strategic moves on the world stage are driven by two pervasive threats—external aggression and...

The Jewish South The Jewish South: An American History Shari Rabin

A panoramic history of the Jewish American South, from European colonization to today

Hayek's Bastards Hayek's Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right Quinn Slobodian

How neoliberals turned to nature to defend inequality after the end of the Cold War

The West The West: The History of an Idea Georgios Varouxakis

A comprehensive intellectual history of the idea of the West

The Age of Choice The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life Sophia Rosenfeld

Shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice

Crisis Cycle Crisis Cycle: Challenges, Evolution, and Future of the Euro John H. Cochrane, Luis Garicano, and Klaus Masuch

How the euro survived a series of crises, and how to make it more resilient

Furious Minds Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right Laura K. Field

The story of the radical conservative intellectual movement shaping Donald Trump’s agenda—and how it threatens American freedoms, values, and democracy

Police Against the Movement Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back Joshua Clark Davis

A bold retelling of the 1960s civil rights struggle through its work against police violence—and a prehistory of both the Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter movements that emerged half a century later

The Broken China Dream The Broken China Dream: How Reform Revived Totalitarianism Minxin Pei

A provocative book that demystifies China’s great democratic leap backward under Xi Jinping, revealing why the country’s embrace of capitalism has given rise to hard authoritarianism, mass surveillance, and one-man rule instead of democracy as many in the West had hoped

Budget Justice Budget Justice: On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities Celina Su

A bold vision that empowers communities to solve our cities’ most pressing problems

One Man’s Freedom One Man’s Freedom: Goldwater, King, and the Struggle over an American Ideal Nicholas Buccola

From the acclaimed author of The Fire Is upon Us, the dramatic untold story of Barry Goldwater and Martin Luther King Jr.’s decade-long clash over the meaning of freedom—and how their conflicting visions still divide American politics

Man Up Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism Cynthia Miller-Idriss

The revelatory and urgent story of how an explosion of misogyny is driving a surge of mass and far-right violence throughout the West—from an internationally recognized extremism expert and media commentator

The Essential Einstein: Public Writings The Essential Einstein: Public Writings Albert Einstein

The ultimate collection of Einstein’s public writings on everything from religion and art to pacifism and the atomic bomb

How Progress Ends How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations Carl Benedikt Frey

Longlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award

How 1,000 years of global history show why technological and economic progress is often followed by stagnation and even collapse

Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Climate Dani Rodrik

New, practical approaches to confronting today’s most daunting global issues

On Bullshit On Bullshit: Anniversary Edition Harry G. Frankfurt

Over one million copies sold worldwide
The international and #1 New York Times bestseller
The anniversary edition of the acclaimed book that reveals why bullshit is more dangerous than lying

Goethe Goethe: A Life in Ideas Matthew Bell

A new intellectual biography of Goethe, examining the paradox of his thought