Trickle Up Poverty: Stopping Obama's Attack on Our Borders, Economy, and Security

by Michael Savage

Conservative talk show host and #1 bestselling author Savage takes on President Obama's alleged socialist agenda, Chicago-style strong-arm tactics, and Lenin-like complex, arguing that conservatives can save America from Obama's perceived assault on the middle class.

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Seasons of Connecticut: A Year-Round Celebration of the Nutmeg State

by Diane Smith
A beautiful, four-color celebration of the Nutmeg State by Emmy Award–winning native Diane Smith. The sixty stories included in this book will make people feel good about living in Connecticut, and make others want to visit, revealing the beauty and the personalilty of the state throughout the year.

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Life

by Keith Richards with James Fox
This riveting autobiography by celebrated (and famously hard-living) guitar legend Keith Richards reads with the unforgettable hook and crisp ferocity of the best Rolling Stones songs — most of which you'll rush to replay after learning about their creation.

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50 Modern Artists You Should Know

by Christiane Weidemann and Christine Nippe

A century and a half of masterpieces is covered in this chronologically arranged volume that beautifully captures the development of art in a new age.

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When London Was Capital of America

by Julie Flavell

Before the Revolutionary War, England had a complex relationship with its colonial properties, but one truth always held: London was the center of the British Empire and therefore, the world, politically, culturally, and intellectually. The stories of the colonials vividly re-create a time when Americans saw London as their own and remind us of the complex nature of America's colonial British heritage.

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Comebacks at Work: Using Conversation to Master Confrontation

by Kathleen Kelley Reardon and Christopher Noblet
Ever wish that you could have a "do over" after a conversation at work? Do you often find yourself regretting what you've said to a co-worker — or kicking yourself for not saying something better, stronger, or more precise? Management professor and consultant Kathleen Kelley Reardon provides the tips and tools you need to know what to say — and how to say it better — next time.

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Jamie's America: Easy Twists on Great American Classics, and More

by Jamie Oliver
International food icon Oliver puts his own spin on the best of American home cooking — 120 new recipes gathered from New York, Louisiana, Arizona, California, Georgia, and Wyoming. Each reflects his ability to extract enormous flavor from humble ingredients.

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Must You Go? My Life with Harold Pinter

by Antonia Fraser

A moving testament to modern literature's most celebrated marriage: that of the greatest playwright of our age, Harold Pinter, and the beautiful and famous prize-winning biographer Antonia Fraser. Based on the diaries she kept during her 33-year relationship with the dramatist, it is simultaneously a love story, an intimate portrait of a great writer, and an exercise in self-revelation.

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Digital Art Revolution: Creating Fine Art with Photoshop

by Scott Ligon

Whether you’re a beginner who’s never picked up a pen or paintbrush, or a traditional artist who wants to explore everything a digital canvas might inspire, digital artist and educator Ligon guides and inspires you with clear instructions and exercises that explore all the visual and technical possibilities.

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The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values

by Sam Harris
Bestselling author Sam Harris dismantles the most common justification for religious faith — that a moral system cannot be based on science.

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Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters

edited by Bill Morgan and David Stanford

The first collection of letters between the two leading figures of the Beat movement. Editors Bill Morgan and David Stanford shed new light on this intimate and influential friendship in this fascinating exchange of letters between Kerouac and Ginsberg, two thirds of which have never been published before.

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Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages

by Guy Deutscher
Acclaimed linguist Deutscher asks if culture influences language — and vice versa? Can different languages lead their speakers to different thoughts? Challenging the consensus that the fundaments of language are universal, Deutscher argues that the answer to all these questions is — yes.

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Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary

by David Sedaris

Sedaris diverges from his usual essays to give us a book of fables. Like all good fables and fairy tales, they're pretty gruesome and horrifying, and there's most always a moral to be found. These include a healthy dose of charm and wit, though. Ian Falconer provides the fabulous illustrations.

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Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters

by Marilyn Monroe
Fragments is an unprecedented collection of written artifacts — notes to herself, letters, even poems — in Marilyn Monroe's own handwriting, never before published, along with rarely seen intimate photos. These bits of text reveal a woman who loved deeply and strove to perfect her craft.

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Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power

by Robert D. Kaplan

With Kaplan's incisive mix of policy analysis, travel reportage, sharp historical perspective, and fluid writing, Monsoon offers a thought-provoking exploration of the Indian Ocean as a strategic and demographic hub and an in-depth look at the issues that are most pressing for American interests both at home and abroad.

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Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954-1981) with Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines, and Anecdotes

by Stephen Sondheim

The winner of 7 Tonys, 7 Grammys, an Oscar, and a Pulitzer Prize, Stephen Sondheim has become synonymous with the best in musical theater. In Finishing the Hat he has not only collected his lyrics for the first time, he's given readers a rare, personal look into his extraordinary shows and life.

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Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation

by Steven Johnson

Johnson addresses an urgent and universal question: What sparks the flash of brilliance? How does groundbreaking innovation happen? He provides the complete, exciting, and encouraging story of how the ideas are born that push careers, lives, society, and culture forward.

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Bob Dylan in America

by Sean Wilentz

One of America's finest historians shows us how Bob Dylan, one of the country's greatest and most enduring artists, still surprises and moves us after all these years.

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A Journey: My Political Life

by Tony Blair

Alternately beloved and reviled, British Prime Minister Tony Blair is an international figure to a degree matched by few British leaders. Now, for the first time, he details the fascinating journey and difficult choices through his own point of view.

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Obama's Wars

by Bob Woodward

Like all Woodward books, Obama's War plows relentlessly forward like a shark. It is all about narrative and scenes and relationships among its principal subjects, not policy assessments or evaluations of conditions on the ground.

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