Books

THE FOURTH PART OF THE WORLD
Toby Lester
Free Press

Finalist, B&N's "Discover Great New Writers" Award

 

THE HAWK AND THE DOVE
Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War
Nicholas Thompson
Henry Holt

THE LOST HISTORY OF 1914
Reconsidering the Year the Great War Began
Jack Beatty
Bloomsbury

EVERY NATION FOR ITSELF
Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World
Ian Bremmer
Portfolio

THE CLOCKWORK UNIVERSE
Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World
Edward Dolnick
HarperCollins

THE BIG THIRST
The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water
Charles Fishman
The Free Press

SAFETY NET
The Strategy for De-Risking Your Investments in a Time of Turbulence
James Glassman
Crown Business

ESCAPE FROM CAMP 14
One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
Blaine Harden
Viking

GENESIS

The Middle East on Fire
John J. Judis
Farrar Straus & Giroux (2010)
The senior editor of The New Republic recounts the historical moment of Israeli statehood

THE ZEROES
My Misadventures in the Decade Wall Street Went Insane
Randall Lane
Portfolio (July 2010)

DA VINCI'S GHOST
Genius, Obsession, and How Leonardo Created the World in His Own Image
Toby Lester
Free Press

SCOUNDRELS IN LAW
The Trials of Howe and Hummel, Lawyers to the Gangsters, Cops, Starlets, and Rakes Who Made the Gilded Age
Cait Murphy
Smithsonian (June 2010)

PINCHED
How the Great Recession Has Narrowed Our Futures and What We Can Do About It
Don Peck
Crown

THE INDIA WAY
How India's Top Business Leaders Are Revolutionizing Management
Michael Useem
Harvard Business School Press
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