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Adams vs. Jefferson: the tumultuous election of 1800.
A history of the presidential campaign of 1800 follows the contest between the two candidates, Adams and Jefferson.
The New Dealers' war : Franklin D. Roosevelt and the war within World War II
Solidly challenging the idea that World War II was a good war," The New Dealers' War offers a drastically new look at the conflict that has dominated the history of the twentieth century. For many Americans, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's role in…
An even better place : America in the 21st century
An Even Better Place is more than just a collection of good, common-sense ideas about what's right and what's wrong. It's a powerful, provocative statement, Gephardt's first ever, about what our priorities must be if we are to be able to get our…
Betrayal : how the Clinton administration undermined American security
No reporter has done more than Bill Gertz to expose the threat the Clinton administration poses to American national security. Now, using his unrivaled access to confidential documents and sources at the Pentagon, the State Department, and the White…
The mortal presidency : illness and anguish in the White House
Robert Gilbert's account of death and illness in the White House.
The exception to the rulers : exposing oily politicians, war profiteers, and the media that love them
A journalist takes a look at the corporate and political hypocrisy that is rampant in the United States, commenting on the corruption of media monopolies, the deceptions of the Bush administration, and corporate influence on government.
Looking for history: dispatches from Latin America.
Since Alma Guillermoprieto became The New Yorker's Latin American correspondent a decade ago, she has emerged as the most informed and admired writer on her part of the world. In these superb pieces of reportage and analysis she anatomizes a region…
The tyranny of the majority : fundamental fairness in representative democracy
Jurist Lani Guanier's commentary on the state on American Democracy.
Mexifornia : a state of becoming
Discusses the historical, political, and personal aspects regarding immigration policies for Mexico and how these policies are effecting Mexican immigrants, illegal aliens, and Californians.
Speaker: lessons from forty years in coaching and politics.
Denny Hastert is one of the most powerful men in America - and yet chances are you know little or nothing about him. And Denny Hastert likes it that way. Not because he has anything to hide, but because he doesn't care about who gets the credit. He…
To end a war
Richard Holbrooke's account of the negotiations to end the Balkan War.
The death of common sense : how law is suffocating America
Distressing, disturbing, devastatingly detailed--this examination of how modern laws are diminishing America exposes the drawbacks of rule-bound government, tells why nothing gets done, reveals the phony pretensions of law, and shows why…
