Hollowed Out: Why the Economy Doesn’t Work without a Strong Middle Class

How we lost our middle class and why we need it back.

By Bryan Burrough

Days of Rage: America’s Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence

A fact-filled look at the United States' so-called first "Age of Terror."

Man in Profile: Joseph Mitchell of The New Yorker

The consummate storyteller is brought alive in this new biography.

By Guy Lawson

Arms and the Dudes: How Three Stoners from Miami Beach Became the Most Unlikely Gunrunners in Histor

A gripping account of the U.S. government's unfortunate use of contractors during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.

The Porcelain Thief: Searching the Middle Kingdom for Buried China

While digging for the antiques hidden by his great-great-grandfather, the author explores the history, food, and culture of his ancestral home.

A War for the Soul of America: A History of the Culture Wars

How religion, rights, and race shaped the nation.

My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family’s Nazi Past

The author struggles to reconcile fond memories of her grandma with that woman's love of a mass murderer.

By Dean Jobb

Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation

The rise and fall of a Chicagoland conman.