Political Science

Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. This bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and...

From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans. America’s backstory is a whitewashed mythology implanted in our...

An explosive, headline-making portrait of Allen Dulles, the man who transformed the CIA into the most powerful—and secretive—colossus in Washington, from the founder of Salon.com and author of the New York Times bestseller Brothers. America’s greatest untold story: the United States’...

From the best-selling author of These Truths comes We the People, a stunning new history of the U.S. Constitution, for a troubling new era.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK PALESTINE BOOK AWARD WINNER FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR CRITICISM From award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad comes a powerful reckoning with what it...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A “bracing” (Vox) guide for surviving and resisting America’s turn towards authoritarianism, from “a rising public intellectual unafraid to make bold connections between past and present” (The New York Times) “Timothy Snyder reasons with unparalleled...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The acclaimed author of How to Be an Antiracist and the National Book Award winner Stamped from the Beginning charts how “great replacement theory” has become a dominant political idea of our time and ushered in an antidemocratic age. “Kendi argues brilliantly...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * MORE THAN ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD “A provocative read...There are few tomes that coherently map such broad economic histories as well as Mr. Dalio’s. Perhaps more unusually, Mr. Dalio has managed to identify metrics from that history that can be applied to...

*As featured in the streaming documentary #UNTRUTH—now with a new foreword by George Conway and an afterword by the author* A masterful and eye-opening examination of Trump and the coercive control tactics he uses to build a fanatical devotion in his supporters written by “an authority on...

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER A modern American classic, this huge and galvanizing biography of Robert Moses reveals not only the saga of one man’s incredible accumulation of power but the story of his shaping (and mis-shaping) of twentieth-century New York. One of the Modern Library’s hundred...

Rebecca Solnit offers a thrilling account of the sheer breadth and scale of social, political, scientific, and cultural change over the past three quarters of a century.

Andrew Ross Sorkin's website Andrew Ross Sorkin's interview on Charlie Rose Watch a Video Andrew Ross Sorkin delivers the first true behind-the-scenes, moment-by-moment account of how the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression developed into a global tsunami. From inside the corner...

In The Righteous Mind, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual understanding....

Amoral, inmisericorde, despiadada y, sobre todo, muy instructiva, esta incisiva obra concentra tres mil años de historia del poder en cuarenta y ocho leyes claras y concisas. Robert Greene detalla las leyes del poder en su esencia más cruda, sintetizando el pensamiento de Maquiavelo, Sun Tzu...

The movement that brought Donald Trump to the White House has better ideas than the old right or the new left. It’s time that the rest of America started listening. The Tea Party began as a protest for patriots who feared Big Government. President Trump has become a hero for patriots who are...

NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER From two winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, “who have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity” “A wildly ambitious work that hopscotches through history and around the world...

Half a century ago, the United States overthrew the democratically elected prime minister of Iran, Mohammad Mossadegh, whose "crime" was nationalizing the country's oil industry....

Powerfully introduced by Angela Davis, this is the classic work of political, economic, and historical analysis by Walter Rodney, Guyanese intellectual and leading thinker and activist of the anticolonial revolution....

On February 28, 2013, after pleading guilty to violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, John Kiriakou began serving a 30 month prison sentence. His crime: blowing the whistle on the CIA's use of torture on al Qaeda prisoners....

The visionary behind the bestselling phenomenon The Fourth Turning looks once again to America’s past to predict our future in this “riveting and revelatory” (Tony Robbins) prophecy for how our present era of unrest will resolve over the next ten years—and what our lives will look like...

The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling biography of America’s founding father and second president that was the basis for the acclaimed HBO series, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough. In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life journey...

"The Israel Lobby" by John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt, was one of the most controversial articles in recent memory. Originally published in the London Review of Books in March 2006, it provoked both howls of outrage and cheers of gratitude for challenging what had been a taboo issue in...

Aimé Césaire eloquently describes the brutal impact of capitalism and colonialism on both the colonizer and colonized, exposing the contradictions and hypocrisy implicit in western notions of progress and civilization upon encountering the savage, uncultured, or primitive.

This audiobook narrated by Fajer Al-Kaisi overturns simplistic portrayals of Iran as a theocratic pariah state, revealing how its strategic moves on the world stage are driven by two pervasive threats—external aggression and internal dissolution.

From the bestselling author of How Fascism Works, a global call to action that tells us “why the past is a frontline in the struggle for a future free of fascism” (Jeff Sharlet, New York Times bestselling author) as it reveals the far right’s efforts to rewrite history and undo a century...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The acclaimed author of How to Be an Antiracist and the National Book Award winner Stamped from the Beginning charts how “great replacement theory” has become a dominant political idea of our time and ushered in an antidemocratic age. “Kendi argues brilliantly...

Rebecca Solnit offers a thrilling account of the sheer breadth and scale of social, political, scientific, and cultural change over the past three quarters of a century. In this sequel to her enduring bestseller Hope in the Dark, Solnit surveys a world that has changed dramatically since the year 1960. Despite the forces seeking to turn back the clock on history, change is not a possibility; it is an inevitability.

The American War on Election Corruption is an investigative exposé revealing the battle to uncover and dismantle systemic fraud threatening the integrity of US elections.

The Prince is a timeless political treatise that explores how power is gained, maintained, and lost. Written in the early 16th century, Machiavelli offers sharp, practical guidance for rulers navigating unstable political landscapes. Drawing from historical examples and real-world observation, he examines leadership, strategy, diplomacy, and human nature—arguing that effectiveness often outweighs morality in matters of state. Provocative and influential, The Prince remains one of the most important works ever written on politics and power.

¿Por qué las advertencias de hace décadas describen nuestro mundo actual con tanta exactitud? 1984 y Rebelión en la granja no son solo novelas; son profecías que definen nuestra comprensión de la política moderna. Esta colección presenta dos visiones complementarias sobre cómo se pierde la libertad: una a través del miedo y la vigilancia, y la otra a través de la mentira y la manipulación.

Jürgen Habermas Explained: Communicative Action, Public Sphere, Discourse Ethics, Modernity, Democracy, and the Struggle for Rational Society is a clear, engaging, and in-depth guide to one of the most important philosophers of the modern era. Designed for beginners and curious readers alike, this book breaks down Habermas’s complex ideas into accessible language while preserving the depth and power of his thinking. Whether you are a student of philosophy, political theory, sociology, or simply someone interested in how communication shapes our world, this book provides a comprehensive ...

History is not shaped by the well-intentioned, but by those who understand the true nature of power. This collection unites Niccolò Machiavelli's two legendary works—The Prince and The Art of War—into the ultimate playbook for statecraft and survival.

Why did the discipline of the ancients triumph where modern armies failed? In The Art of War, Niccolò Machiavelli challenges the reliance on mercenaries and advocates for a return to the civic virtues of Rome. Written as a spirited dialogue between a renowned commander and Florentine nobles, this masterpiece is a philosophical treatise on the bond between a society and its defenders.

From its use as a rallying cry by the labour movement to its central place in struggles for racial justice, the idea of solidarity is often invoked as the answer to inequality and conflict. And yet, as both a term and a practice, solidarity is tantalizingly slippery. We are encouraged to ‘show solidarity’, but how can we truly realize it?

Why do virtuous leaders often fail while the cunning rise to the top? For over five centuries, The Prince has stood as the most controversial manual on power ever written. Niccolò Machiavelli dared to ask a question few others would: What does it actually take to rule effectively?

When does the erosion of a democracy actually begin? Not when the system collapses. Not when historians write about it. But when the first warning signs appear and citizens must decide whether to confront them or ignore them. When Did the End Begin? is a powerful civic reflection that asks one of the most important questions facing any nation: At what moment does a democracy begin to fade? Written as part of the Letters to America series, this thought-provoking short read examines how democratic systems slowly erode and why citizens play a critical role in protecting the institutions that ...

When did being awake become a problem? In recent years, the word “woke” has transformed from a term describing awareness into one of the most controversial words in modern American politics. Some see it as a call for social awareness. Others see it as a threat to tradition and national identity. But beneath the political arguments lies a deeper question: Why would awareness itself become something we fear? In Letter to America: Woke, a U.S. Navy veteran explores the historical, cultural, and philosophical questions surrounding awareness, education, and the role of citizens in a ...

A unique guide to help diaspora Jews respond to global assault against the Jewish world. Since the Hamas-led atrocities in Israel on October 7, 2023, the Jewish world has been subjected to an unprecedented international onslaught. Israel has been portrayed as the most evil nation in the world through defamatory lies, and as a result Jews across the West have been targeted by murderous attacks, vilification, and social ostracism. Such Jews have been profoundly destabilized by this tsunami of hatred and baffling irrationality, which calls into question their very future. Many, if not most, ...

A bold new English translation of Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince — the treatise that changed forever how we think about power, politics, and the brutal mechanics of leadership. Written in exile in 1513, The Prince is not merely a manual for rulers. It is a surgical dissection of how power actually operates — stripped of moralism, religious illusion, and the comforting lies that political philosophy had told itself for centuries. Machiavelli did not write to celebrate tyranny; he wrote to expose the anatomy of a world where virtue without force is impotent, and force without ...

For more than half a century, presidents of both parties have steadily expanded their power while Congress has quietly surrendered its own. Each new president inherits—and enlarges—the authority of the last, eroding the separation of powers that protects liberty and leaving the people increasingly unrepresented by the one branch they directly elect. In Congress: An Irrelevant Institution or Guardian of the Republic, William L. Kovacs delivers a sobering warning: the decline of Congress is not an abstract constitutional concern—it is the breakdown of the separation of powers and the ...

Drawing on decades spanning a diversity of roles in business, ecumenical service and elected political office, Patrick Payton delivers a bold vision for reclaiming trust, resisting outrage, and building a future rooted in humility, courage, and common ground. In today's America, the loudest voices often come from the political extremes—yet most citizens find themselves somewhere else entirely: in the Middle.

Lo Scià fu espulso dall'Iran dalla maggioranza sciita persiana in una violenta rivolta nel 1979, basata su ideologie fondamentaliste estreme, antisemite, antiamericane, antiarabe, antieuropee e antiislamiche, in cui lo Stato fu sopraffatto da centinaia di migliaia di leader religiosi, mullah, e l'ayatollah Khomeini divenne la guida suprema della nazione, considerata un profeta vivente dai seguaci dello sciismo. La guida suprema emette fatwa, ovvero interpretazioni del Corano, che i seguaci dello sciismo considerano la parola di Dio o di Allah. Lo sciismo ha le sue origini nel VII secolo ...

Discover a thought-provoking exploration of Samuel P. Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations thesis through a unique biblical perspective. This book examines the historical, cultural, and religious foundations of civilizations, analyzing their interactions and conflicts in a multipolar world. From the rise of ancient civilizations like China, India, and Russia to the decline of Western dominance, it offers a compelling critique of modernity and its impact on global politics. Dive into the intersections of faith, history, and civilization, uncovering truths about Christian postmodernism, ...

Like no other work before it, Making a Career in Dictatorship dives deep into the authoritarian security apparatus to identify which officers participate in repression or coups—and above all, why. The book's compelling theory uncovers career pressure as the secret driver behind the two most...

Marking the 250th anniversary of American independence, The Making & Breaking of the American Constitution reveals how this widening disconnect threatens the very existence of our democracy. It calls for a constitution that sustains the ideals developed over the past thousand years while meeting the challenges of the future.

What happens to a society when “we” quietly dissolves into “me”? We vs Me is a sharp, thought‑provoking exploration of the cultural shift from community‑centered living to hyper‑individualism—and what that shift costs us. Across history, families, neighborhoods, and nations were built on shared purpose. Today, those bonds are fraying. In their place rises a culture that prizes personal preference over collective responsibility, self‑expression over shared meaning, and isolated autonomy over interdependence. This book examines how that transformation happened, why it ...

Durante años, Nicolás Raveau vivió como una mujer trans. Se sometió a procesos hormonales y quirúrgicos, y militó en el entramado político, cultural e institucional del activismo LGBT en Chile. Su involucramiento no fue periférico ni simbólico: actuó desde las bases, organizando a familias de las llamadas «infancias trans» y desarrollando acción social entre travestis en situación de calle, en un grado de exposición y radicalidad que excedió largamente el activismo de salón y las asociaciones consolidadas. Este es un libro crudo, exento de eufemismos, que recorre una ...

"Letter from Birmingham Jail" is perhaps the most beloved and widely read work by Martin Luther King, Jr. Despite the countless publications on its conception and meaning, its broader philosophical significance is often missed. The Emotions of Nonviolence offers a novel interpretation of the Letter, which Meena Krishnamurthy argues is not merely a discussion of civil disobedience, but also an essay on political motivation.

She’s the daughter of the most powerful man in the world. Now she’s a bargaining chip. Love wasn’t supposed to be part of the story. Now it’s the only thing keeping her alive. Charlie Hollister may have survived the kidnapping that nearly destroyed her, but the scars run deeper than anyone can see. Back inside the White House, she’s trying to rebuild her life — and her heart — with Jordan Pike, the former Secret Service agent who once protected her body and now guards something far more fragile: her trust. But danger hasn’t let her go. A break‑in leaves a photo from the ...

What is the true purpose of law? In The Law, 19th-century French economist and statesman Frédéric Bastiat delivers a timeless and powerful defense of individual liberty, private property, and limited government.