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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 20, 2011
THE QUEST: ENERGY, SECURITY, AND THE REMAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD
by Daniel Yergin
"Capably ranging from science to history to politics, Yergin serves up a highly readable, sometimes sobering view of what the near future will look like—and it may not be pretty."
CNBC global energy expert and Pulitzer winner Yergin (The Commanding Heights: The Battle Between Government and the Marketplace That Is Remaking the Modern World, 1998, etc.) returns with an appropriately massive tome on an endlessly important subject: the world's energy future. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 15, 2011
A CONTEST FOR SUPREMACY: CHINA, AMERICA, AND THE STRUGGLE FOR MASTERY IN ASIA
by Aaron L. Friedberg

A stern, carefully worded warning about why the United States should be more wary of China's meteoric rise. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 1, 2011
THE FUTURE OF POWER
by Joseph S. Nye Jr.
"A great reminder that fear and hate are not the only tools used to sell books these days--a substantial work that should be read by anyone with an interest in how politics works."
Illuminating analysis of the mechanisms of power shaping global politics. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 2, 2010
Kirkus Star A JOURNEY: MY POLITICAL LIFE
by Tony Blair
"A vividly rendered account of life in office, with plenty of beneficial pointers to aspiring politicos on either side of the Atlantic."
Long-awaited, uncommonly candid memoir by the former British prime minister. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 3, 2010
WASHINGTON RULES: AMERICA’S PATH TO PERMANENT WAR
by Andrew J. Bacevich
"Welcome rethinking by a former military man who has seen the light."
Retired Army colonel Council of Foreign Relations member Bacevich (History and International Relations/Boston Univ.; The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism, 2008, etc.) discards long-held "habits of conformity," rethinking America's mission abroad. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: April 6, 2010
Kirkus Star THE BRIDGE: THE LIFE AND RISE OF BARACK OBAMA
by David Remnick
"Remnick's fluent writing makes this expansive, significant book move along swiftly. Readers will look forward to the sequel, eight years from now."
From New Yorker editor Remnick (Reporting: Writings from The New Yorker, 2006, etc.), a world-ranging, eye-opening, comprehensive life to date of the 44th President of the United States Read full book review >