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Tells what may be on the agenda as Western domination ends and the Asian renaissance impacts world politics, markets and history.

The president of the Council on Foreign Relations asserts that, despite the visible dangers of our time, we are living in a moment of unique opportunity for the U.S. to shape the future.

A gripping, intimately-observed history of Afghanistan from 1986 to the present--by the longest-serving Western journalist in the region--overturns our conventional and simplistic understandings.

By the author of The Fate of Africa: an updated and fully revised edition of "the best argued and best written indictment [of Mugabe] yet."--The Economist

The awesome, untold adventure of one couple's harrowing, heroic effort to save several hundred ice-bound whalers-- and the future of the Eskimo people

This riveting chronicle of an unimaginably difficult spiritual journey offers an unprecedented look inside a secretive world unchanged since medieval times

A revealing portrait of black men in America explores their lives and experiences with unusual depth and clarity

A prize-winning investigative expose of the poverty and injustice experienced by China's 900 million peasants, told through a series of dramatic personal narratives.

How one provocative, trail-blazing--and long-forgotten-- dealer, Edith Halpert, transformed the business of art dealing and shaped the legacy of modern American art

A passionate, thought-provoking, sometimes incendiary look at the role of propaganda in American today-- by leading political pundits, intellectuals, and writers

As America emerges from a decade of expensive overseas wars, the renowned military leader, global affairs expert, and politically connected political commentator identifies a new unifying national strategy for a country overused to defining itself by its enemies abroad.

Was there an Arab "Schindler?" The neverbefore- told story of the Holocaust in the Arab lands of North Africa, and one man's quest to find the truth

One of Washington's finest writers on people, politics, and life -- collected for the first time.

When a reporter disappears in Huichol Indian territory in Mexico's forbidding Sierra Madre, newspaper editor Robert Rivard goes on his own long journey to discover what happened to him -- and why.

A true-life thriller completely exposes the network behind the illegal trade in ancient artifacts - and features a rich cast of rogues and some of the world's most prestigious art institutions.

What is it like to govern one of the world's most notoriously ungovernable, most vibrant countries? Brazil's former president offers a candid, wry, illuminating view.

A prize-winning journalist and Asia expert issues a provocative critique of the West's eroticized illusions about Asia and how profoundly they color our social, cultural, business, personal, and political interactions.

What do you believe in? James Yee believed in God and America and one of those got him thrown in jail.

The posthumous memoirs of one of America's greatest lawyers offers a provocative look inside his high-profile, high-stakes practice and at the progress of law and politics over the last half-century

Andy Rooney's Sunday evening observations on 60 Minutes are an American institution, shaping the way people see everything from coffee percolators to the state of the nation.

The "riveting and endlessly fascinating story" (The Boston Globe) of the complex and often tormented relationship between the U.S. and China--a finalist for the Helen now in paperback

Presents excerpts from the official reports of investigations into the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, examining the failures in leadership that led to the abuse, the extent of the crimes, and the consequences for the U.S. military.

On the ground in Iraq, with General Petraeus and his commanders, the author of the New York Times bestseller Masters of Chaos reports on the endgame of a controversial war.

The only contemporary history of Colombia and the drug war and "a vividly written and often mesmerizing first-hand account of the violence" --The Wall Street Journal

A young Iranian-American journalist returns to Tehran and discovers not only the oppressive and decadent life of her Iranian counterparts who have grown up since the revolution, but the pain of searching for a homeland that may not exist

The legendary television star tells the backstage stories of the classic comedy of Your Show of Shows, Caesar's Hour, and other landmark programs

The Starr Report: The Findings of Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr on President Clinton and the Lewinsky Affair

A rich, thought-provoking exploration of America's quintessential values, institutions, and challenges, by the nation's top scholars

The riveting and revelatory inside story of the most spectacular business failure in decades. With a new afterword by the author.

An evocative, vividly detailed memoir of the madness and miracles of the Vietnam War by an award-winning reporter whose experiences in combat--and whose relationship with a Vietnamese cat named Meo--have haunted and inspired him for more than twenty-five years