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Beyond Duty
by Shannon Meehan with Roger Thompson
"Beyond Duty is an exceptional book. It takes the reader to Iraq, to feel all sides of a deployed soldiers life, from the boredom, the bullshit to the battles and the searing heat inside the tank. This is a book that every American should read in order to get a full accounting of what it means to send men and women off to war. You may finish, but you won’t forget Beyond Duty. I can’t recommend this one highly enough."
Pundit Review.
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Michelangelo
by Antonio Forcellino
This major new biography recounts the extraordinary life of one of the most creative figures in Western culture, weaving together the multiple threads of Michelangelo's life and times with a brilliant analysis of his greatest works. The author retraces Michelangelo's journey from Rome to Florence, explores his changing religious views and examines the complicated politics ofpatronage in Renaissance Italy. Read more
Gripes
by Jean-Claude Kaufmann
We all know what it’s like to be annoyed by little things that our husband, wife or partner does – leaving the cap off the toothpaste tube, leaving the toilet lid up, leaving dirty clothes on the floor – and we know how easily these little grievances of everyday life can spin out of control. In this brilliant new book the sociologist Jean-Claude Kaufmann shows us how and why sparks can suddenly fly even in the most well-adjusted couples. Read more
Stuff
by Daniel Miller
Based on more than thirty years of research in the Caribbean, India, London and elsewhere, Stuff is nothing less than a manifesto for the study of material culture and a new way of looking at the objects that surround us and make up so much of our social and personal life. Read more
Martin Scorsese’s America
by Ellis Cashmore
Cashmore’s book discloses how, collectively, Scorsese’s films present an image of America. It’s an image assembled from the perspectives of obsessive people, whether burned-out paramedics, compulsive entrepreneurs, tortured lovers, or celebrity-fixated comedians. It’s collected from pool halls, taxicabs, boxing rings and jazz clubs. It’s an image that’s specific, yet ubiquitous. It is Martin Scorsese’s America. Read more
Apocalypseby John R. Hall
"This is a necessary book. Conflicts between the religious and the secular have given way to confrontations between sacred and profane. Theoretically sophisticated, historically erudite, Hall explains the contemporary crisis in a new way."
Jeffrey C. Alexander, Yale University
"Brilliantly conceived…this mind-bending study will affect our ways of thinking about the global future."
Mark Juergensmeyer, University of California, Santa Barbara
The Politics of Climate Change
by Anthony Giddens
"As well as providing a useful summary of a number of current debates in climate change policy - from the robustness of carbon markets and green taxes through to the role of government in fostering new technological solutions - Giddens makes a powerful contribution to the emerging debate."
Progress
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The Hidden Wealth of Nations
by David Halpern
A forward-thinking account of how to balance prosperity and well-being, from one of Tony Blair’s key policy advisers. Read more
