Senator Obama's vision of how we can move beyond our divisions to tackle concrete problems.

An utterly absorbing narrative of people, politics, and ideas, Louis Menand's The Metaphysical Club is "something very like a history of the American mind at work" (Alan Ryan, The New York Review of Books).

Recounts how Jews assimilated into, and became accepted by, mainstream white society in the later twentieth century, as they lost their working-class orientation.

"This is a work of nonfiction, based primarily on the accounts of Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun"--Note about the book. "This is a beautiful book. Zeitoun is a poignant, haunting, ethereal story about New Orleans in peril.

"Former vice president Dick Cheney and his daughter Liz Cheney explain the unique and indispensable nature of American power, reveal the damage done by President Obama's abandonment of this principle, and show how America can and must lead ...

J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck. The Vance family story begins hopefully in postwar America.

Journalist and cultural critic De Stefano takes a look at the origins and prevalence of the Mafia mythos in America.

Animated by a deep and reflexive intelligence, the book engages the large and important issues of social theory today and, along the way, offers piercing insights into how race actually works in America.

Focuses on the 19th-century transformation in San Francisco--from Gold Rush to earthquake--to show how the city's diverse residents created a modern American city through everyday "cultural frontiers," such as restaurants, hotels, and ...

In this original examination of America's post-9/11 culture, journalist Faludi shines a light on the country's psychological response to the attacks of that terrible day.