Current Affairs

1. Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy

   Joseph E. Stiglitz

   The New York Times bestseller: "A lucid account" (New York Times) of the recent financial crisis and the way forward by the Nobel Prize-winning economist, with a new afterword.More

2. From Bible Belt to Sunbelt: Plain-Folk Religion, Grassroots Politics, and the Rise of Evangelical Conservatism

   Darren Dochuk

   A prize-winning, five-decade history of the evangelical movement in Southern California that explains a sweeping realignment of American politics.More

3. Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity

   Lester R. Brown

   With food supplies tightening, countries are competing for the land and water resources needed to feed their people.More

4. The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad

   Fareed Zakaria

   “A work of tremendous originality and insight. ... Makes you see the world differently.”—Washington PostMore

5. The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad

   Fareed Zakaria

   Revised Edition

   “A work of tremendous originality and insight. ... Makes you see the world differently.”—Washington PostMore

6. Gray Land: Soldiers on War

   Barry Goldstein

   Photographs of, and candid interviews with, soldiers of the Iraq War, documenting the extraordinary challenges they face.More

7. How to Make the World a Better Place: 116 Ways You Can Make a Difference

   Linda Catling, Jeffrey Hollender

   Think of all the problems in the world, in the city or town where you live, on your own block: pollution, violence, children who can't read, housebound elderly people, litter in the street, the homeless. If only somebody would do something about these things. . . . Why not you? Why not now?More

8. Hunting in the Shadows: The Pursuit of al Qa'ida since 9/11

   Seth G. Jones

   From one of our most trusted counterterrorism experts, a sweeping, insider's account of the decade-long chase for America's deadliest enemy.More

9. Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny

   Amartya Sen

   “One of the few world intellectuals on whom we may rely to make sense out of our existential confusion.”—Nadine GordimerMore

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

    Seth G. Jones

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

11. The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media

    Brooke Gladstone, Josh Neufeld

    "Mind-opening, thought-provoking and incredibly timely… An absolutely spectacular read."—Cory Doctorow, BoingBoingMore

12. The Insanity Offense: How America's Failure to Treat the Seriously Mentally Ill Endangers Its Citizens

    E. Fuller Torrey

    "Vital for all working in the mental health field . . . . Fascinating reading for anyone." —ChoiceMore

13. Islam without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty

    Mustafa Akyol

    A provocative manifesto for an interpretation of Islam that synthesizes liberal ideas and respect for the Islamic tradition.More

14. Just Business: Multinational Corporations and Human Rights

    John Gerard Ruggie

    "A true master class in the art of making the impossible possible." —Paul PolmanMore

15. The Justice Cascade: How Human Rights Prosecutions Are Changing World Politics

    Kathryn Sikkink

    Acclaimed scholar Kathryn Sikkink examines the important and controversial new trend of holding political leaders criminally accountable for human rights violations.More