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  • - A Grandfather's Search for a Boy Lost to Addiction
    av Dave Kindred
    319

    Dave Kindred's extraordinary investigation of the death of his grandson yields a powerful memoir of addiction, grief, and the stories we choose to tell our families and ourselves.

  • - The Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the Victims of 9/11
    av Kenneth Feinberg
    199

    Soon to be a major motion picture: the true story of the man put in charge of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund and a testament to the enduring power of family, grief, love, fear, frustration and courage.

  • - The Chinese History of the World
    av Michael Schuman
    615,-

    This history of China as the Chinese would write it gives brilliant and unconventional insights for understanding China's role in the world, especially the drive to 'Make China Great Again.'

  • Spara 27%
    - Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War
    av Jonathan D. Wells
    295

    From a prize-winning historian, the story of the powerful men who kept the illegal slave trade alive and well in antebellum New York City -- showing how slavery and corruption built modern New York

  • Spara 21%
    - Our Future in Smarter, Simpler, Happier Housing
    av Diana Lind
    299,-

    A smart, provocative look at why single-family homes, white picket fences, and two car garages should be piled into the dustbin of history, and how new trends in housing can help us live better.

  • av Tammy Tibbetts & Christen Brandt
    235 - 339,-

    When you feel that pull to be part of social change, where do you start? How can you ensure that your good intentions create a positive impact? How do you focus your scattered efforts? And how do you sustain yourself throughout?Impact brings you the answers. Drawing on their network and experience as founders of She's the First, Christen Brandt and Tammy Tibbetts show you how to create your own impact strategy, one that fits into your life and allows you to match what you have with what the world needs.Their guidance, paired with interactive activities, will lead you to identify your North Star, find the right partners, and plug into movements for long-term, systemic change. Equally important, you'll learn how to address biases, practice allyship, and shift power to become more inclusive and effective in your journey.

  • - Race, Integration, and the Future of America
    av Calvin Baker
    355

    This provocative case for integration shows how it is the single most radical, discomfiting idea in America, and why solving this fundamental problem is the only way forward.

  • - Miami's Future on the Shores of Climate Catastrophe
    av Mario Alejandro Ariza
    355

    A deeply-reported personal investigation by a Miami journalist into the present and future effects of climate change in the Magic City-a watery harbinger for coastal cities worldwide.

  • - Life After the American Dream
    av Mychal Denzel Smith
    309,-

    Brave, clear-eyed, and passionate, Stakes Is High is the book we need to guide us past crisis mode and through an uncertain future.

  • Spara 15%
    av Henry Robert Robert
    799

    The only current authorized edition of the classic work on parliamentary procedure--now in a new updated edition

  • - The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears)
    av Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
    245 - 339,-

    How the tiny town of Grafton, NH, became a radical experiment in small government--until the bear attacks started.

  • - Public Education and the Assault on American Democracy
    av Derek W. Black
    327

    A stirring and passionate defense of the central importance of public education to American democracy, vividly illustrating how the forces of reaction are chipping away at a constitutional right.

  • - News, Power, Politics, and the Washington Post
    av Leonard Downie
    345,-

    At a time when the role of journalism is especially critical, the former executive editor of the Washington Post writes about his nearly 50 years at the newspaper and the importance of getting at the truth.

  • av Thomas Balch, III Robert, Henry Robert, m.fl.
    259 - 479,-

    The only current authorized edition of the classic work on parliamentary procedure--now in a new updated edition

  • - The Revolutionary New Way to Create Shared Value for Businesses, Customers, and Society
    av Erich Joachimsthaler
    324

    Branding expert Erich Joachimsthaler introduces readers to the Interaction Field as a new model for the world's most successful business organizations, showing companies of all types how to create one, and demonstrating how to use it to achieve radical growth.

  • - American Diplomacy in a Dishonest Age
    av Elizabeth Shackelford
    349

    A promising young diplomat's account of her assignment in South Sudan, the world's youngest nation on the brink of civil war, and an explanation of the ways US foreign policy has utterly failed in its diplomacy and accountability around the world.

  • - And Other Vows I've Made About Race, Resistance, and Romance
    av Matt Ortile
    199

    A debut collection of tender, biting essays on sex, dating, and identity from a gay Filipino immigrant learning to navigate race and resistance in America.

  • - The Hidden Beliefs and Coded Politics of William Shakespeare
    av Clare Asquith
    405,-

    An utterly compelling combination of literary detection and political revelation, Shadowplay is the definitive expose of how Shakespeare lived through and understood the agonies of his time, and what he had to say about them.

  • - Why We Learn the Wrong Lessons, and Ways to Correct Them
    av Emre Soyer
    339,-

    A transformative look at experience and the many ways it misleads, deceives and curtails us.

  • - Noted Historians Rank America's Best--and Worst--Chief Executives
    av Brian Lamb & Susan Swain
    259,-

    Offers a complete ranking of United States presidents from best to worst based on their leadership skills, moral authority, and ability to persuade the public.

  • - How a Mysterious Hacker Collective Transformed the World
    av David Kushner
    195,-

    The illustrated, inside story of the legendary hacktivist group's origins and most daring exploits.

  • - Electricity and the Wealth of Nations
    av Robert Bryce
    185

    Current has become currency. This is the story of electricity--the commodity that determines which nations rise and which fall or remain mired in poverty, and powers us physically and politically.

  • - Finding the Trading Zone and Winning at Win-Win Negotiation
    av Lawrence Susskind
    245

    A giant in the field and professor of negotiation at MIT and Harvard Law School offers a conceptual breakthrough and practical tool for Uwinning /U negotiations-not just dividing the pie-while maintaining trust and keeping relationships intact: the "Trading Zone"

  • - Today's New Environmentalists and Their Vision for the Future
    av John Kerry
    355,-

    The environment, and the movement that grew up to protect it, is under attack -- concerted and purposeful. Yet the need for solutions to pressing environmental problems grows more urgent each day. Teresa Heinz Kerry and Senator John Kerry describe how these issues unite people across party and ideological lines. From the San Juan Basin to the Gulf of Mexico to the South Bronx, from mothers on Cape Cod to Colorado ranchers, they found a vibrant coalition of people and communities deploying ingenuity, technology, and sheer will power to save the world they know and love. Now, in this passionate and personal book, Senator John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry shine the spotlight on an inspiring cross-section of these new environmental pioneers. The book combines intensive research with keenly observed personal experiences to present a portrait of Americans devoted to the natural diversity and spectacular uniqueness of our country. It also includes an extensive guide on where and how readers can get involved.

  • - History's Guide to Removing Unpopular, Unable, or Unfit Chief Executives
    av David Priess
    315,-

    A vivid political history of the manifold schemes, plots and conspiracies to remove unwanted presidents, from the founding fathers to the age of Trump.

  • av Irina Borogan & Andrei Soldatov
    244,99 - 349

  • - How Birth of a Nation Ignited the Battle for Civil Rights
    av Dick Lehr
    369,-

    A gripping social history of America in 1915, roiled by one of the most controversial films of all time

  • - Being Strong in a World Where Things Go Wrong
    av Judith Rodin
    335

  • - The Dark Side of Internet Freedom
    av Evgeny Morozov
    299

    "Evgeny Morozov offers a rare note of wisdom and common sense, on an issue overwhelmed by digital utopians."--Malcolm Gladwell

  • - America's Battle Against Russia, China, and the Rising Global Cyber Threat
    av John P. Carlin & Garrett M. Graff
    249

    This firsthand account of the fight to protect America from foreign hackers warns of the unprecedented danger that awaits us in the era of the internet of things, unless we can change our internet and technology culture.

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