The Man Who Was Thursday: Green Popular Penguins

G.K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton's surreal masterpiece is a psychological thriller that centers on seven anarchists in turn-of-the-century London who call themselves by the names of the days of the week. Chesterton explores the meanings of their disguised identities in what is a fascinating mystery and, ultimately, a s...

Voices of History: Speeches that Changed the World

Simon Sebag Montefiore

VOICES OF HISTORY celebrates the great speeches of world history and cultural life. In this exuberant collection, acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore takes us on a journey from ancient times to the twenty-first century: some speeches are heroic and inspiring; some diabolical and atrocious; some a...

Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal

George Packer

A short, sharp nonfiction modern classic on the political and societal state of America - how America got into this mess, and how it might get out of it - by one of the world's greatest nonfiction writersAcclaimed National Book Award-winning author George Packer diagnoses America's descent into a failed...