Not all the folks who roamed the Old West were cowhands, rustlers, or cardsharps. And they certainly weren't all heroes.Give-a-Damn Jones, a free-spirited...

The fundamental outlines of the physical world, from its tiniest particles to massive galaxy clusters, have been apparent for decades. Does this mean...

Over the last four decades, debt, bankruptcy, and home foreclosures have risen to epidemic levels, and the personal savings rate has sunk dangerously low....

In Solid State, Kenneth Womack offers the most definitive account of the conception, recording, mixing, and reception of Abbey Road.In February 1969, the...

A practical, bipartisan call to action from the world's leading thinkers on the environment and sustainabilitySustainability has emerged as a global priority...

Hyperpartisanship has gridlocked the American government. Congress' approval ratings are at record lows, and both Democrats and Republicans are disgusted by...

Now available for the first time with two additional stories!Have you ever wondered what it's like to be bitten by a zombie or live through a bioweapon...

This pioneering work demystifies the drivers behind political, economic, and social change.Shaped by his twenty-five years traveling the world and enlivened...

The introduction of new medicines has dramatically improved the quantity and quality of individual and public health while contributing trillions of dollars...

Giving voice to the voiceless, the Chicago Defender condemned Jim Crow, catalyzed the Great Migration, and focused the electoral power of black America....

In August 1776, a little over a month after the Continental Congress had formally declared independence from Britain, the revolution was on the verge of a...

The vivid, fast-paced account of the siege of Khe Sanh told through the eyes of the men who lived it.For seventy-seven days in 1968, amid fears that America...

A fascinating insider's account of a major cancer cover-upRalph W. Moss was assistant director of public affairs at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in...

Americans have come to expect that the nation's presidential campaigns will be characterized by a carnival atmosphere emphasizing style over substance. But...

A fascinating new angle on presidential history, assessing the performances of all forty-four presidents in their freshman year of the toughest job in the...

In this fascinating history of Cold War cartography, Timothy Barney considers maps as central to the articulation of ideological tensions between American...

An eccentric boarding-house denizen winds up dead; his presumed killer, a fellow boarder, has vanished. The baffling case unfolds through the testimony of...

In the aftermath of World War II, the United States stood at a precipice. The forces of modernity unleashed by the war had led to astonishing advances in...

A powerful history of the making and unmaking of American democracy and global power, told in sweeping scope and intimate detailIn the winter of 1936,...