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American Poison
How Racial Hostility Destroyed Our Promise
by Eduardo Porter
New in Hardcover
Both a sweeping examination of how American racism has broken the country’s social compact, and a heartfelt look at how these deep wounds might begin to heal
“A bracing sociological study.” —Publishers Weekly
Invisible America
The Tragic Cost of Child Poverty
by Jeff Madrick
New in Hardcover
An essential examination of one of the most pressing problems facing our country: the widespread poverty among American children
“Urgent . . . his outrage is clear.” —Alissa Quart, The NewYork Times Book Review
Slaying Goliath
The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Fight to Save America’s Public Schools
by Diane Ravitch
New in Hardcover
From Diane Ravitch, one of the country’s foremost authorities on education and bestselling author of Reign of Error, an impassioned, inspiring look at the fight to save America’s public schools
Bad Blood
Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
by John Carreyrou
Now in Paperback
A Best Book of the Year The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, Time, Financial Times, and more
“A great and at times almost unbelievable story of scandalous fraud, surveillance, and legal intimidation at the highest levels of American corporate power.” —New York
The New World Economy: A Beginner’s Guide
by Randy Charles Epping
Now in Paperback
How is big data changing business, politics, and our daily lives? How can climate change be tackled in an economically sustainable way? What is blockchain? Do trade wars actually help the domestic economy? How has the behavior of millennials and Generation Z affected the global economy? Find out all this and more in this de nitive guide to the world economy.
The New Silk Roads
The New Asia and the Remaking of the World Order
by Peter Frankopan
Now in Paperback
“A pacy, bang-up-to-date exploration of highest levels of how China’s commercial and political heft is changing the way the world works.” —Financial Times
The Velvet Rope Economy
How Inequality Became Big Business
by Nelson D. Schwartz
New in Hardcover
“You’ll never look at boarding a plane—or privilege and polarization—the same way.” —Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of The Power of Habit
Doing Justice
A Prosecutor’s Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law
by Preet Bharara
Now in Paperback
“A reflection on the role of the justice system inAmerica . . . fromtheperspectiveoflaw enforcement, and to suggest how people might apply ideals and habits honed in the courtroom to the patterns of everyday life.” —The Washington Post
