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Cover art for THE SECRET KNOWLEDGE
NONFICTION
Released: June 2, 2011

"A Manichean analysis from a strident new voice from the Right—for liberals, something intended to ignite antagonism; for the like-minded, a buttress against the opposition."
A Pulitzer Prize–winning showman and "reformed Liberal" rants about the precarious state of the nation. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE CONSERVATIVE ASSAULT ON THE CONSTITUTION
NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 5, 2010

"A hard-hitting polemic from the left, timed to coincide with the opening of the Court's next term."
A constitutional lawyer argues that since the Republican platform of 1964, the conservative movement has succeeded in altering basic precepts of constitutional law, not just through the policies of Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan and the two Bushes, but through Supreme Court decisions. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE REBELLION OF RONALD REAGAN
NONFICTION
Released: March 9, 2009

"An incisive illustration of the often underrated role a leader's personality plays in shaping world events."
How Ronald Reagan confounded critics and baffled even his supporters to help end the Cold War. Read full book review >
Cover art for REAGAN’S DISCIPLE
NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 4, 2008

"Impossible for admirers of the current president to dismiss, the Cannons' detailed reporting, fluid style and mature judgment will particularly delight Bush's many critics."
Leading Reagan biographer Cannon (Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power, 2003, etc.) teams with son Carl (The Pursuit of Happiness in Times of War, 2003, etc.) to measure George W. Bush against the Gipper's formidable shadow. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS
NONFICTION
Released: July 1, 2007

"Sure to be popular reading inside the Beltway, and worthy of an audience far beyond it as well."
The controversial conservative columnist bares all--or some, at any rate--to stake a claim for fame beyond naming Valerie Plame. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE REPUBLICAN WAR ON SCIENCE
NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2005

"Mooney has put the right-wing handwriting on the wall, and the prospect is scary."
A litany of indictments of misuse and abuse by the current administration, painstakingly documented by a journalist who has made science and politics his beat. Read full book review >