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Documents the voices of men who have been tortured and held in a black hole of indefinite detention in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba without legal recourse for years. This book shows who they are and also allows readers to see that these men are more similar to us than they are different.

A New York Times bestseller on the financial crisis--now updated to address the current economic landscape

A whole new kind of movie tie-in--the first in a series--goes behind the scenes and deeper into the issues and ideas raised by a provocative documentary on the contemporary way of eating

In this newly updated national bestseller, Nobel Peace Prize--winner Muhammad Yunus outlines his vision of a new business model that combines the power of free markets with the quest for a more humane world.

A new edition--now with a new Afterword--of the honest and hilarious recovery memoir by the famously neurotic comedian and regular guest star of the hit show Curb Your Enthusiasm

This intense, vivid report and call to action from the heart of violent Darfur, by a former Marine working as an unarmed military observer for the African Union, is a powerful memoir of a young man's awakening to conscience and the first extensive on-theground account of the genocide in Sudan.

This lively, fascinating account of the surprisingly raucous journalism of the Revolutionary era--and how it helped to build a nation that has endured--offers new perspective on today's media wars

One of the nation's leading foreign policy thinkers provides an eye-opening look at America's new role in the world, the responsibilities it has undertaken, and the challenges it faces.

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.