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The House of a Million Pets
Ann Hodgman’s basement is home to three guinea pigs, a cage full of birds, a big gray rabbit, a prairie dog, a bulbul (look it up), two little rabbits, a…
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The Koch Papers
For more than three decades, Ed Koch has been one of America’s most interesting and outspoken political figures. In this provocative new book, Koch with Rafael Medoff guides readers through…
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The Merchant of Power
The dramatic tale of the man who created the modern city–and ended up at the center of America’s first corporate scandal A timely rags-to-riches story, The Merchant of…
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The Monster Hunter’s Handbook
A fascinating, eye-popping, and one-of-a-kind handbook of the monsters that have beset mankind for millennia, and the fabulous weapons with which to battle them.In this incomparable and fully illustrated compendium,…
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The Muslim Brothers in Pursuit of Legitimacy
Hesham Al-Awadi argues that the growing impact of the Muslim Brotherhood on Egyptian politics and society is part of the movement’s struggle to gain official legitimacy since its ban in…
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The Neglected Voter
In the 1960s, the Republican Party began to win over a crucial demographic: white male voters. Presidential politics was transformed for a generation.David Paul Kuhn explains this fundamental fact behind…
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The Nuremberg Legacy
A front-row look at the Nuremberg trials and how they changed the course of history Sixty years have passed since the Nuremberg trials of the major Nazi war…
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The One O’Clock Chop
It’s the summer of 1973 and fourteen year old Matt spends his days working on a boat as a clam digger to earn extra money. His nights are another story—he…
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The Queer Cinema of Derek Jarman
Derek Jarman has been called the ‘godfather’ of the early 1990s cinematic movement now known as ‘Queer Cinema’. ‘Queer’ rejects labels, challenges fixed ideas of gender and sexual identity and…
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The Salamander Spell
Grassina has always lived in the shadow of her perfect older sister, Chartreuse, whether it’s being one step behind in lessons or getting the leftover suitors when Chartreuse deems them…