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How do computers and robots change the meaning of being human? How do we deal with the epidemic of fake news? Are nations and r...

In his book, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situation...

A one-voume reference to the history of ideas that is a compendium of everything that humankind has thought, invented, created,...

Who was Kim Philby? Those closest to him—like his fellow MI6 officer and best friend since childhood, Nicholas Elliot, and the ...

Named a Best Book of 2018 by the Financial Times and Fortune, this "thrilling" (Bill Gates) New York Times bestseller exposes h...

The definitive biography of one of baseball’s most celebrated, mercurial, and misunderstood figures

Billy Martin is a st...

From the bestselling author of On Tyranny comes the definitive history of Hitler's and Stalin's wars against the civilians of...

Updated to include a new chapter about the influence of social media and the Internet—the 20th anniversary edition of _Bowling ...

The former FDIC Chairwoman, and one of the first people to acknowledge the full risk of subprime loans, offers a unique perspec...

Number 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST • “An instant American classic and...

An expose on the delusion, greed, and arrogance that led to America's credit crisis

The collapse of America's credit markets...

Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) came to America in 1831 to see what a great republic was like. What struck him most was the cou...

CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES ARE HEADING TOWARD A WAR NEITHER WANTS. The reason is Thucydides’s Trap, a deadly pattern of struct...

Author and historian Tom Holland returns to his roots in Roman history and the audience he cultivated with Rubicon—his master...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks...

The culmination of Will Durant’s sixty-plus years spent researching the philosophies, religions, arts, sciences, and civilizati...

In Fingerprints of the Gods, Hancock embarks on a worldwide quest to put together all the pieces of the vast and fascinating ...

Hailed by national leaders as politically diverse as former Vice President Al Gore and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Gene...

Scientology presents itself as a scientific approach to spiritual enlightenment, but its practices have long been shrouded in m...

A Time 100 Must-Read Book of 2020 • A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • California Book Award Silver Medal in Nonfic...