A collection of case studies detailing how some of America's most powerful local party organizing units have come to be. Hersh's book lays out a crystal clear roadmap for those who want to change politics.

Water access is the single most critical prerequisite to a stable civilization, but chronic overuse has threatened that access in every corner of the globe. But there's still a way to fix it.

How to understand where conservatives are coming from, and how to pitch progressive policies in their terms. A must-read for any frequent political canvasser.

How the United States Federal Government implemented a nationwide, de juro redlining policy and fought a decades-long legal battle to keep that policy alive.

Urban walkability is a quality at the intersection of sustainability, public safety, public health, and economic viability. Speck's pedestrian manifesto lays out how and why U.S. cities must follow the European model.

The history and reality of the growing economic burden that all working Americans must bear. Hacker explains a wide range of policy changes that have begun to bankrupt households and ruin lives.

Sapolsky's epic journey through the biological underpinnings of behavior, from the scale of a single neuron to millennia of cultural and biological evolution. Brilliant, hilarious, and obsessively researched.

How international shipping, recreational boating, and sport fishing have inadvertently caused multiple ecological collapses in the Great Lakes watershed, and how that collapse is spreading across the continent.

Our country's criminal justice system has perpetuated many realities of the Jim Crow area, but this time, the public isn't paying attention. How mass incarceration really works in the United States.

Reid's fascinating and thorough exploration of the economic history of Latin America takes readers on a journey from the early 19th century through the end of Obama's presidency.

Why the best semiconductors now win wars, how the U.S. and China are locked in a new cold war over them, and the importance of Taiwan in the ongoing reshuffling of global order.

Why are some children fiercely rebellious, while others are more reserved? Harris argues that, despite popular opinion, parents have little to no effect on the way their children turn out.

A biography of Hubert Humphrey's early career, and a history of Minneapolis during the first half of the 20th century. The book's timeline ends at the 1948 Democratic National Convention.

An accessible introduction to the extensive history of America’s foreign interference abroad, and how it continues to impact our presence on the world stage today.

One of the most important texts in American politics, The Federalist remains a highly-referenced work everywhere from high school classrooms to the Supreme Court.