New Releases

American Maelstrom captures the full drama of the watershed election, establishing 1968 as the hinge between the decline of political liberalism, the ascendancy of conservative populism, and the rise of anti-government attitudes that continue to dominate the nation’s political discourse.

In 1950, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were arrested for allegedly passing information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union, an affair FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover labeled the “crime of the century. Based on newly discovered documents from the State Department, Clune narrates the widespread dissent against the Rosenberg decision in 80 cities and 48 countries.

Don’t Let Your Anxiety Run Your Life provides a groundbreaking, step-by-step guide for managing the thoughts and feelings that cause anxiety, worry, fear, and panic.

Little changes can make a big, big difference! In The Little Book of Big Change, psychologist Amy Johnson shows you how to rewire your brain and overcome your bad habits—once and for all.

What did Abraham Lincoln envision when he talked about “reconstruction?” His final speech gives a clear indication of what his postwar policy might have looked like—one that differed starkly from what would emerge in the tumultuous decade that followed.

Jeffrey A. Engel joins together with five other leading scholars to explore how each of Roosevelt’s freedoms evolved over time, for Americans and for the wider world.

In his sequel to Ignorance, Stuart Firestein shows us that the scientific enterprise is riddled with mistakes and errors—and that this is a good thing!