Deng Xiaoping | A Revolutionary Life by Alexander V. Pantsov and Steven I. Levine provides a look into the entire life of influential Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping. Based on newly discovered documents, the book covers his entire life, from his childhood and student years to the post-Tiananmen era.
49 Myths about China by Marte Kjær Galtung and Stig Stenslie address several misconceptions regarding China and Chinese culture and politics. Galtung and Stenslie highlight forty-nine prevalent myths about China’s past, present, and future and weigh their truth or fiction.
We Are Better Than This | How Government Should Spend Our Money by Edward Kleinbard discusses new ways for government money to be spent in order to best further American society. The author unmasks the tax mythologies and false arguments that too often dominate contemporary discourse about budget policies.
Collaboration Strategy | How to Get What You Want from Employees, Suppliers and Business Partners by Felix Barber and Michael Goold outlines methods for companies to follow to build new relationships and motivate those within their network in order to find joint success. They explain new ways of working with partners that break down traditional company boundaries and establish new roles and relationships that have enabled businesses to grow rapidly and achieve superior profits.
Horace and Me | Life Lessons from an Ancient Poet by Harry Eyres reflects the author’s journey into the works of the ancient poet Horace. The book charts Harry Eyres’ evolving relationship with the Latin poet to show how, in an era of affluence and excess which seems to be hurtling out of control, Horace can help us navigate our way in uncertain times.
Six Amendments | How and Why We Should Change the Constitution by John Paul Stevens outlines this retired Supreme Court Justice’s visions for amending the Constitution. This book is an absolutely unprecedented call to arms, detailing six specific ways in which the Constitution should be amended in order to protect our democracy and the safety and wellbeing of American citizens.
Tombstone | The Great Chinese Famine 1958-1962 by Yang Jisheng looks deeper into the devistating famine during China’s Great Leap Forward. The author pieced together the events that led to mass starvation, and attributes responsibility for the deaths to the totalitarian system and refusal of officials to value human life over ideology and self-interest.
Fortress Israel | The Inside Story of the Military Elite Who Run the Country–and Why They Can’t Make Peace by Patrick Tyler examines the intertwined relationship between Israel and its military. The book is a remarkable story of character, rivalry, conflict, and the competing impulses for war and for peace in the Middle East.
Walden on Wheels | On The Open Road from Debt to Freedom by Ken Ilgunas recounts the author’s adventure to get out his student debt and to avoid it in his future. The book offers a spirited and pointed perspective on the dilemma faced by those who seek an education but who also want to, as Thoreau wrote, “live deep and suck out all the marrow of life.”
The Little Red Guard | A Family Memoir by Wenguang Huang tells story of devotion to traditional Chinese practices during a time of political change. After his grandmother became obsessed with having a proper burial, Huang’s father built her a coffin. Huang was appointed as coffin keeper, a distinction that included sleeping next to the coffin at night.
