Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Like a triptych, "Dreams of My Father" presents three views of a single subject — Barack's Obama's search for identity
Natural Cures “They” Don’t Want You to Know About
Kevin Trudeau offers "facts": sunscreens cause cancer and AIDS is a big medical scam.
Gomorrah: A Personal Journey into the Violent International Empire of Naples’ Organized Crime System
Roberto Saviano's out-of-control port of Naples is a snakepit of Camorra gangsters. A passionate, necessary read.
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
In this bestselling, revisionist biography, Genghis Khan shines not only as “the greatest military genius in history” who “subjugated more [...]
The Death of Innocents: An Eye-Witness Account of Wrongful Executions
Sister Helen Prejean's firsthand account of death sentences she considered biased and unlawful.
La Bella Figura: A Field Guide to the Italian Mind
Beppe Severnigni is convinced he knows what makes Italians tick, cliche be damned.
A Church in Search of Itself: Benedict XVI and the Battle for the Future
According to Robert Blair Kaiser, Pope Benedict is more likely to be Roman than Catholic.
State of Denial: Bush at War Part III
The fight in Iraq was dictated by Washington political infighting, according to Bob Woodward.
Blink
All decision-making, claims Malcolm Gladwell, begins with the blink of an eye — literally.
The End of Poverty
According to Jeffrey Sachs, poverty is beatable if affluent societies are willing to systematically share the wealth.
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Two economists tackle the hows and whys of an abundance of financial data.
Diane Epstein
"Some arrive in Italy with unrealistic expectations. They bring their anxieties, self-sabotaging habits, or old wounds..."