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Soonish by Kelly Weinersmith

Political tribes by Amy Chua

Discusses the failure of America's political elites to recognize how group identities drive politics both at home and abroad, and …

Promise Me, Dad by Joseph R. Biden

In November 2014, thirteen members of the Biden family gathered on Nantucket for Thanksgiving, a tradition they had been celebrating …

No Place to Hide by Robert O'Harrow

"In No Place to Hide, Washington Post reporter Robert O'Harrow, Jr., lays out in detail the post-9/11 marriage of private …

Everything All at Once : How to Unleash Your Inner Nerd, Tap into Radical Curiosity and Solve Any Problem by Bill Nye

Blowback by Chalmers A. Johnson

Dying to Win by Robert Pape

Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism is Robert Pape's analysis of suicide terrorism from a strategic, social, …

Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker by Kevin D. Mitnick

If they were a hall of fame or shame for computer hackers, a Kevin Mitnick plaque would be mounted the …

The Art of Intrusion by Kevin D. Mitnick, William L. Simon

The Art of Deception by Kevin D. Mitnick, William L. Simon

The world's most infamous hacker offers an insider's view of the low-tech threats to high-tech security Kevin Mitnick's exploits as …

The Death of Expertise by Thomas M. Nichols

A cult of anti-expertise sentiment has coincided with anti-intellectualism, resulting in massively viral yet poorly informed debates ranging from the …

The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama

Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics--a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the …

The Dictator's Handbook by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith

The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics is a 2011 non-fiction book by Bruce Bueno de …

The Last Lecture by Jeffrey Zaslow, Randy Pausch

God, No! by Penn Jilette