A riveting investigation of the Getty’s acquisition practices sheds light on illegal activities in the world of high culture.

• Non-Fiction,
• Art & Architecture,

This look at a fascinating subject takes a wrong path.

• Non-Fiction,
• Science,

Culture envy among early transatlantic travelers from the provincial New World.

• Non-Fiction,
• History,

An epic look at frontier Alaska, through the lives of three of its colorful characters.

• Non-Fiction,
• History,

The online world is creating an ever more personalized version of each of us ― and we should be worried, this book argues.

• Non-Fiction,
• Computers & Technology,

A gripping account of the everyday uncertainty experienced by an alarm-sounding diplomat and his family in 1930s Germany.

• Non-Fiction,
• History,

A scholarly work investigating not just the judiciary’s role but also society’s responsibility in the diminution of Fourth Amendment protections.

• Non-Fiction,
• Law,

A sweeping, cross-disciplinary analysis of what makes a state succeed — or fail.

• Non-Fiction,
• Political Science,