Public Policy

"May prove to be the most important book of our time.”—Tim Urban, Wait But Why The scramble to create superhuman AI has put us on the path to extinction—but it’s not too late to change course, as two of the field’s earliest researchers explain in this clarion call for humanity. In 2023...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2025 NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2025 KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOKS OF 2025 NPR BOOKS WE LOVE 2025 “A must-read for progressives who want a blueprint for reforming government so it can deliver for...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A New Yorker Best Book of 2025 A Forbes Best True Crime Book of 2025 “Probably the most gripping, memorable, eye-opening book I’ve read in months.” —David Wallace-Wells, The New York Times “Propulsive.” —The Washington Post “Engrossing...

From the CTO of Palantir comes a bold call to arms for resurrecting America’s industrial base, and winning the defense technology race that will define the twenty-first century.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “This book delivers completely new and refreshing ideas on how to create value in the world.”—Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta “Peter Thiel has built multiple breakthrough companies, and Zero to One shows how.”—Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla The...

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the author of When the Body Says No and The Myth of Normal—The definitive book for understanding the roots and behaviours of addiction. Dr. Gabor Maté is one of the world’s most revered thinkers on the psychology of addiction. His radical findings—based on...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MICHAEL B. JORDAN AND JAMIE FOXX A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice—from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Advance copies of Ray Dalio’s new book about how countries go broke have become a hot read in Washington.” —The New York Times “This book is a gift to humanity….Ray provides a solution to what is the biggest and most certain threat to our prosperity.”...

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...

In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein explodes the myth that America's cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation....

The previous edition of this now-classic book revealed the existence and subversive manipulations of "economic hit men"....

A blueprint for boosting your activism and building support for the causes you care about, featuring fan-building tactics from the music industry and the voices of today’s most passionate change-makers “This book shines a light on a wealth of new strategies to help reach people in ways that...

The father of three sons, a journalist, and a Brookings Institution scholar, Richard V. Reeves has spent twenty-five years worrying about boys both at home and work. His new book, Of Boys and Men, tackles the complex and urgent crisis of boyhood and manhood....

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time Described by the Chicago Tribune as "a classic," The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt stands as one of the greatest biographies of our time. The publication of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt on September 14th, 2001...

“Perhaps never before has there been a book better timed or more urgent.” —Washington Post One of President Obama's 2025 Summer Reads As seen on CBS Mornings, CNN Anderson Cooper, ABC News Live, MSNBC Morning Joe, and many more Who works for the government and why does their work matter?...

It’s December 1997, and a man-eating tiger is on the prowl outside a remote village in Russia’s Far East. The tiger isn’t just killing people, it’s annihilating them, and a team of men and their dogs must hunt it on foot through the forest in the brutal cold. As the trackers sift through...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Evicted reimagines the debate on poverty, making a “provocative and compelling” (NPR) argument about why it persists in America: because the rest of us benefit from it. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, The New...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE CENTURY AN OPRAH DAILY BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE PAST...

A National Bestseller A New York Times Top 10 Book of 2024 Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, Newsweek, PBS NewsHour, LitHub, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Lunch, Christian Science Monitor, and Counterpunch One of Barack Obama's Summer Reading List Picks...

An exuberant, hilarious, and profound memoir by a mailman in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, who found that working for the post office saved his life, taught him who he was, gave him purpose, and educated him deeply about a country he loves but had lost touch with. Steve Grant was laid...

They were called a generation without heroes. Then they were called upon to be heroes....

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Young Forever, uncover the powerful web of corporate interests that are hijacking our food, our health—and our future. “A roadmap to reclaiming our vitality.” —from the foreword by Dr. Casey Means, author of Good Energy This is not a diet...

Why do well-intentioned plans for improving the human condition go tragically awry? Author James C. Scott analyzes failed cases of large-scale authoritarian plans in a variety of fields....

*The basis for the documentary Join or Die—now streaming on Netflix!* Updated to include a new chapter about the influence of social media and the Internet—the 20th anniversary edition of Bowling Alone remains a seminal work of social analysis, and its examination of what happened to our...

AN NPR BEST BOOK OF 2024 An award-winning journalist's exploration of how race, identity and political trauma have influenced the rise in far-right sentiment among Latinos, and how this group can shape American politics “A deeply reported, surprisingly personal exploration of a phenomenon...

America is in an undeclared state of emergency. Not since the Cold War has the US faced such powerful enemies—and our military isn’t ready. Shyam Sankar, Chief Technology Officer of Palantir, issues an urgent call to action: Mobilize. The American industrial base once underwrote American victory. Builders and workers rallied to win World War II. For most of the twentieth century, great American companies from General Mills to Chrysler had defense businesses that sent mankind into space and won the Cold War. But the forges fell silent and the furnaces went dark.

In The Coming Food Crisis, John Klar rips back the curtain on the hidden power grab reshaping how and what we eat. Every year, more farm families vanish, replaced by corporate giants and imported products. As food prices soar and supply chains wobble, Klar exposes the powerful forces—political, activist, and corporate—turning America’s and the world's food supply into a tool of control.

In 2026, Iran stands at the most dangerous crossroads in its modern history. After regional war, the collapse of nuclear diplomacy, and a domestic uprising that shook the Islamic Republic to its core, the regime faces converging pressures unlike any since 1979. Sanctions have tightened. Proxy networks are strained. Water shortages threaten internal stability. And the nuclear program has moved closer than ever to weapons capability. How did Iran reach this moment? Iran 2026: What’s Next is a sweeping and deeply researched examination of Iran’s long arc—from the Persian Empire and the ...

Why Not U.S.? Steal the Good Stuff—Better Pay, Saner Schedules, Safer Worksites, Calmer Schools—Real Fixes for Workers and Families is for anyone who’s felt the daily math doesn’t work: a nurse expected to clock in before childcare opens, a parent trapped between school hours and shift work, or a family one surprise bill away from chaos. Avery Hartwell translates policy into plain English—no partisan shouting, no academic fog—so you can actually see how real solutions could land in your town, your workplace, and your kid’s classroom.

The food industry is a major driver of climate change, pollution, obesity, animal suffering, and workplace exploitation. Many food writers blame the industrial food system and tell individual eaters to fix these problems by buying local, artisanal food from small farmers—a solution most Americans can't afford.

A hard-hitting exposé of how methadone clinics fail people in recovery—and an urgent, unapologetic case for their abolition Methadone is a life-saving medication. But the current system for obtaining it—the opioid treatment program, commonly known as the methadone clinic—is punitive...

本気の議論が日本を守る情報(インテリジェンス)で闘え日本　今もっとも注目されている元外交官、前駐オーストラリア特命全権大使、山上信吾氏。

In Hands Off My Food!, Dr. Sina McCullough exposes the hidden forces manipulating what ends up on your plate—from unelected bureaucrats making top-down decisions about your food, to multinational biotech corporations pushing untested technologies into the food supply, to regulatory frameworks that prioritize industry profits over public health. With clarity, urgency, and meticulously sourced research, this book reveals how the basic right to choose what we eat is being undermined—often without our knowledge or consent.

El autor elige un puñado de ciudades donde se refleja la variedad de paisajes y la huella de la historia como en pocos sitios. Córdoba, Santiago, Toledo, Cáceres, Salamanca, Ibiza o Mérida, entre otras.

En 2026, Irán se encuentra en el momento más delicado de su historia moderna. Tras una guerra regional, el colapso de la diplomacia nuclear y un levantamiento interno que sacudió los cimientos de la República Islámica, el régimen enfrenta presiones simultáneas que no se veían desde 1979. Las sanciones se intensifican. Las redes de influencia regional se debilitan. La crisis del agua amenaza la estabilidad interna. Y el programa nuclear se acerca al umbral armamentístico. ¿Cómo llegó Irán a este punto? Iran 2026: ¿Qué viene? ofrece un análisis amplio y documentado que recorre...

Navigate your health care future with confidence and learn the ins and outs of the Medicare system with Medicare 101, an essential guide that transforms complex health care jargon into easily digestible knowledge. Medicare 101 simplifies the complex Medicare regulations and policies, guiding you...

Much of the history of United States defense over the course of 250 years has been a story of success. Insulated by two oceans and mostly friendly neighbors, but constantly ambitious abroad, America has dared mighty things and often achieved them, argues defense analyst Michael O'Hanlon. After growing into a continental power, largely through force of arms, during the first half of its history, it then led the way to coalition victories in two world wars, pursued peace in the Cold War, and has contributed to the most democratic period in human history.

Klare Haltung in der internationalen Krise: Deutschlands neue Rolle in der Weltpolitik Die USA sorgen für unsere Sicherheit, China für unsere Exporteinnahmen und Russland für unsere Energie – so lautete lange Jahre die unausgesprochene Annahme aller deutschen Außenpolitik. Diese Gleichung geht im Zeitalter der Unsicherheit nicht mehr auf: Deutschland muss im Konzert der internationalen Mächte endlich seiner Verantwortung gerecht werden und selbstbewusst als Vertretung der westlichen Werte in der neuen Weltordnung auftreten.

Modern cities are the most complex and fragile structures ever built. A single power failure can cascade into chaos. A single pandemic can turn density into a death sentence. A single metre of sea-level rise can displace hundreds of millions. But for the first time in ten thousand years, there is an alternative. THE LAST CITY describes a civilisation in which every home generates its own energy, harvests its own water, grows a portion of its own food, recycles its own waste, monitors its own health, and connects to the world by satellite.

In a groundbreaking reassessment of the long Cold War era, historian Gregory A. Daddis argues that ever since the Second World War's fateful conclusion, faith in and fear of war became central to Americans' thinking about the world around them. With war pervading nearly all aspects of American society, an interplay between blind faith and existential fear framed US policymaking and grand strategy, often with tragic results.

Nicholas Potter dokumentiert und analysiert ein erschreckendes Phänomen: die neue autoritäre Linke. Sie gibt sich progressiv, tritt aber seit dem Angriff der Hamas auf Israel zunehmend demokratiefeindlich auf. Der Nahostkonflikt wird dabei zum Vietnam der Gen Z – ein Moment politischen Erwachens. Mit dogmatischem Eifer deutet sie radikalislamistische terroristische Gewalt zum dekolonialen Widerstand um.

In ihrem neuen Hörbuch konfrontiert Claudia Kemfert uns mit den heute neu gestellten klimapolitischen Fragen und deckt auf, wo Mythen gefährliche Realitäten verschleiern. Sie zeigt, welche Technologien noch funktionieren könnten und wie der Gasausstieg Deutschland zum Technologie-Weltmarktführer macht – wenn uns die Zeit bleibt. Ein Hörbuch für alle, die sich der Illusion verweigern, dass es noch einfache Antworten gibt. Klima und Wirtschaft lassen sich nicht gegeneinander ausspielen.

Every time you flip a light switch, you connect to a machine spanning thousands of miles, synchronizing the rotation of generators from Florida to Manitoba within fractions of a second. The North American power grid is the largest machine ever built, yet most people have no idea how it came to exist or how close it comes to catastrophic failure more often than anyone wants to admit. This is the story of how a continent was wired, from Benjamin Franklin's kite to the Russian hackers who spent years hiding inside American utility control systems undetected. The grid was built by visionaries ...

México es uno de los países más importantes del mundo. Es la nación de habla hispana más grande, una potencia manufacturera estrechamente integrada con Estados Unidos y una economía entre las más grandes del planeta. Sin embargo, también es un país donde organizaciones criminales poderosas controlan territorios, influyen en la política y operan con recursos que a veces rivalizan con los del propio Estado. ¿Cómo llegó México a esta situación? En México: El Estado del Narco, Donald Elton examina las fuerzas históricas que dieron forma a la cultura política del país y que ...

In an era when the “rules‑based international order” has been overtaken by events, democracies are operating in what Robbin Laird calls the Age of Chaos—a contested transition between global systems whose end state is still genuinely open. This concise, field‑grounded primer maps how a multipolar authoritarian architecture, kill web warfare, and political fracture are reshaping power, deterrence, and war for the twenty‑first century. Drawing on four decades of research and front‑line engagement with commanders, planners, and policymakers from Cold War Europe to the ...

Links - Deutsch / Deutsch - Links entlarvt auf kluge und zugleich amüsante Art, wie das linke Establishment Sprache instrumentalisiert, um Debatten zu prägen und Diskurse zu beherrschen. In vielen unkorrekten und bitterbösen Einträgen werden die Schlüsselbegriffe linker Deutungshoheit dekonstruiert – von „unsere Demokratie" über „Hass und Hetze" bis „Energiewende", von „Fachkraft" über „Intersektionalität" und „Desinformation" bis „Femizid".

When a product receives official approval, most people assume the debate is over. The label “approved,” “regulated,” or “tested” suggests that experts have carefully examined the evidence and determined that the product is safe for public use. Governments rely on regulatory agencies to evaluate medicines, chemicals, consumer products, and industrial materials before they enter everyday life. Yet history repeatedly shows that approval does not always mean safety. Approved for Use: Products Cleared by Authorities That Later Caused Harm examines the complex and often uncomfortable ...

Offener Judenhass durch Migranten auf unseren Straßen. Schülerinnen werden von islamistischen Jugendlichen drangsaliert. Zwangsverheiratungen gehören längst zum Alltag. Jetzt fällt in Berlin auch das Kopftuchverbot für Lehrerinnen. Hamas und Hizbullah nutzen Deutschland als Rückzugsraum zur Terrorfinanzierung. Gleichzeitig verfolgen die Führer des politischen Islams – aus dem Ausland finanzierte Moscheeverbände – eine erfolgreiche Strategie, unsere Politik, unsere Medien und unsere Kultur zu unterwandern.

There is a second reason why 2026 deserves special attention. After years of gradual evolution, DARPA's internal program management culture appears to be undergoing a more fundamental rethinking. The traditional model of the program manager as lone visionary — a brilliant maverick who arrives with a bold idea, receives extraordinary latitude to pursue it, and departs when the work is done — is being supplemented by more deliberate efforts to build programmatic coherence across offices and investment areas. Whether this represents a maturation or a dilution of what makes DARPA ...

Scroll through social media long enough and you will inevitably encounter the same story. A furious neighbor screaming about grass height. An HOA threatening fines over a mailbox. A self-appointed “Karen” policing the neighborhood like a dictator. These stories travel the internet at lightning speed. Entire YouTube channels, Reddit threads, and TikTok compilations are devoted to them. Millions of viewers watch, laugh, and shake their heads at the supposed tyranny of suburban rule enforcement. But a question rarely gets asked. How many of these stories are actually real? Karens, HOAs, ...