NONFICTION
Released: June 26, 2012
"A fascinating addition to the study of decision-making. File alongside Malcolm Gladwell, Dan Ariely and other similar writers."
A leading expert on financial market regulation studies the virtues of delay and even inaction.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 19, 2012
"Maraniss stresses that Obama's Muslim ancestors encompass only one facet to his complex, fascinating makeup. Another in the author's line of authoritative biographies."
An exhaustive, respectful study of the president's "shattered genealogy," from Kansas to Kenya, Hawaii to Indonesia.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 18, 2012
"A call for a new American revolution, passionately proclaimed."
An unabashedly polemic, angry manifesto that is certain to open eyes, intensify outrage and incite argument about corporate greed.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 12, 2012
"A provocative discussion of the deeper causes of our current discontent, written with verve and meriting wide interest."
In this forcefully written debut,
Nation editor at large and MSNBC host Hayes examines some of the consequences of accumulating institutional failures.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 12, 2012
"Stott masterfully shows how Darwin, by discovering the mechanism of natural selection, made a unique contribution, but he did not stand alone—nor did he claim to."
Stott (English Literature and Creative Writing/Univ. of East Anglia; The Coral Thief, 2009, etc.) conjures up the spirits of Darwin's scientific predecessors in this excellent follow-up to Darwin and the Barnacle (2003).
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NONFICTION
Released: June 12, 2012
"An entertaining and informative look at the troubled gestation of a film of both artistic and social significance."