Joseph A. Esposito recounts the famed White House dinner hosted by President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy in April 1962. Learn More

A deep look into the raging social media battles between red and blue Americans and the growing threat to U.S. democracy from right-wing extremism. Learn More

When it comes to food safety and germs, there are as many common questions as there are misconceptions. And yet there has never been a book that clearly examines the science behind these important issues—until now. Learn More

From internationally bestselling author and journalist Andrew Smith, an immersive, alarming, sharp-eyed journey into the bizarre world of computer code, told through his sometimes painful, often amusing attempt to become a coder himself. Learn More

An intimate investigation of assisted dying in America and what it means to determine the end of our lives. Learn More

Vital reading for anyone who owns a mobile phone, internet connection, or even a debit card, Data for the People puts the power of data back into our hands. Learn More

In Darwin's Backyard, James T. Costa tells how Darwin found universal evolutionary truths in simple yet ingenious home-spun experiments. Learn More

A dramatic work of historical detection illuminating one of the most significantand long-forgottenSupreme Court cases in American history. Learn More

Drawing on path-breaking work in which she and her colleagues isolated significant communication effects in the 2000 and 2008 presidential campaigns, the eminent political communication scholar Kathleen Hall Jamieson marshals the troll posts, unique polling data, analyses of how the press used the hacked content, and a synthesis of half a century of media effects research to argue that, although not certain, it is probable that the Russians helped elect the 45th president of the United States. Learn More

A nuts-and-bolts explanation of cryptography from a leading expert in information security. Learn More

An eye-opening account of the global ecological transformations wrought by roads, from the award-winning author of Eager. Learn More

Crossing Open Ground is a collection of essays by nature writer Barry Lopez. It's food for the spirit from perhaps the finest nature writer of our time. Learn More

From the host and cocreator of PBS's Journey of the Universe, a fresh look at how the rich collision between science and spirituality has influenced contemporary consciousness. Learn More

In Corporatizing American Health Care, Robert W. Derlet, MD, traces the progression of health care policy in the United States. Breaking down the complex ABCs of health care to reveal the unscrupulous practices of the health care industry, this book is perfect for both students and general audiences who want to understand the changes in our system from the perspective of an actual doctor. Learn More

Following on the themes of his award-winning publication Well, Sandro Galea's The Contagion Next Time articulates the foundational forces shaping health in our society and how we can strengthen them to prevent the next outbreak from becoming a pandemic. Learn More

With a foreword by #1 New York Times bestselling author, Daniel Amen, Concussion Rescue gives listeners the natural and effective protocols for healing from traumatic brain injury. Learn More

Coding Democracy is not just another optimistic declaration of technological utopianism; instead, it provides the tools for an urgently needed upgrade of democracy in the digital era. Learn More

In Close Encounters with Humankind, paleoanthropologist Sang-Hee Lee explores some of our biggest evolutionary questions from unexpected new angles. Learn More

One of the world's leading scholars of religious trends shows how climate change has driven dramatic religious upheavals. Learn More