Books like The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal by Gore Vidal

James Baldwin’s 1963 essay collection, written as two letters for the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, confronts America’s racial injustices and urges both black and white citizens to confront the legacy of racism.

A collection of David Foster Wallace stories that examine everyday moments with sharp wit and inventive prose.

Thomas Hobbes' influential work on social contract and political governance from 1651, addressing the structure of government and society as the way to prevent civil war and chaos.

Shoshana Zuboff explains how digital data is turned into a new market form—surveillance capitalism—where corporations predict and shape behavior for profit, reshaping power, privacy, and democracy in the digital age.

James Baldwin’s first nonfiction collection, “Notes of a Native Son,” offers powerful essays on Harlem life, civil rights, and race relations that remain relevant today.

Forecasting the Rise of the Rest: A Vision of the Post-American World

Hannah Arendt’s seminal study charts the rise of totalitarianism from 19th‑century anti‑Semitism and European colonialism to the emergence of Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia, examining propaganda, terror, and mass mobilization.

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A true crime investigation into the political machinations of a transnational power bloc known as The Octopus.

A first collection of Gore Vidal’s nonfiction essays and interviews that explores sex and gender politics from the postwar era through the postmodern period.

With the Bush administration now in its final years, all eyes are turning to the 2008 political season -- especially those of Democratic voters, who are casting about for a galvanizing leader to help them win back the White House.And in that role, argues longtime political strategist Susan Estrich, no candidate even approaches the power and promise of Hillary Rodham Clinton, the senator from New York. She is, by far, not only the most popular Democratic leader in the country, but also one of its most popular and admired politicians, period. Both a passionate spokesperson for progressive values and a strong advocate for our troops overseas, she has used her time in the Senate to establish herself successfully as a genuine political powerhouse. There is no candidate whose election would bring such vitality and lasting change into the White House. And she offers Americans a once-in-a-lifetime chance to break the world's most prominent glass ceiling and elect a female president of the United States.In an atmosphere where conservative Hillary-bashing is still as virulent as ever, Estrich demonstrates all the reasons that this principled leader still blows away any other potential contender in the early polls for 2008. And, with arguments both stirring and sensible, she reminds us that if Hillary should succeed, America and the world would be changed forever and for the better.

A collection of essays by Gore Vidal, featuring profiles of notable figures and insightful analyses of historical events and figures like John Updike and Mark Twain.

The 2022 book details the presidency of Donald Trump from 2017 to 2021, focusing on divisions within the White House and international partnerships.

A powerful call to action from one of our nation's most visionary leaders, Elizabeth Warren, as she recounts her six perspectives on the fight for social justice and change.