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Mania
Ronald K.L. Collins and David M. Skover
In their chronicle of the Beat masters, the authors stamp their narrative with a compelling you-were-there novelistic style.
The New Digital Age
Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen
In this “guide” to the future of technology the authors forecast a human existence of constant connectedness and deepening dependence on the cloud.
The Federalist Society: How Conservatives Took the Law Back From Liberals
Michael Avery and Danielle McLaughlin
This illuminating book looks at how a network established by students a generation ago has changed the direction of law and public policy.
Some new revelations add spice to this full-bodied account of one of the greatest Americans of his time.
A decade before Jackie Robinson wore a Dodgers’ uniform, a coach in Bismarck, N.D., fielded an integrated “semi-pro” team that included Satchel Paige.
The failures of U.S. policy in the Middle East, and a way forward following the events of the Arab Spring.
First Son: The Biography of Richard M. Daley
Keith Koeneman
The dynamic of fathers and sons is a major theme in this portrait of a political heir who managed to grow into his own as mayor of Chicago.
Little Green
Walter Mosley
This fast-paced crime novel brings Easy Rawlins back from the brink of death into the black man’s world of the 1960’s, to the hate and hope of a transformative era in L.A.’s Sunset Strip.
