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The Battery - Henry Schlesinger
In the tradition of Mark Kurlansky's Cod and David Bodanis's E=MC2, The Battery is the first popular history of the technology that harnessed electricity and powered the greatest s... -
The Ayatollah Begs to Differ - Hooman Majd
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. In this critical but affectionate portrait of Iranian politics and culture, Majd, the Western-educated grandson of an ayatollah, delves into t... -
The Authentic Life of Billy the - Pat F. Garrett; Fredrick Nolan
More than twelve decades after Billy the Kid's death in 1881, books, movies, and essays about this western outlaw are still popular. And they all go back to one source: The Auth... -
The Assassin's Song - M. G. Vassanji
From Publishers WeeklyThe tension between India's centuries-old spiritual traditions and contemporary religious militancy drives this memorable, melancholy family saga by two-time ... -
The Art of Choosing - Sheena Iyengar
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Choice, perhaps the highest good in the American socioeconomic lexicon, is a very mixed blessing, according to this fascinating study of decis... -
The Anatomy of Deception - Lawrence Goldstone
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Goldstone, an acclaimed popular historian (Out of the Flames; The Friar and the Cipher), marks out new terrain with his compelling f... -
The Amulet of Power - Mike Resnick; Ballantine Books
Here at last–the first exciting book in a bold new series of Lara Croft novels tying directly into the popular video games. The Amulet of Power reveals the never-before shown event... -
The American Plague - Molly Caldwell Crosby
From Publishers WeeklyIn a summer of panic and death in 1878, more than half the population of Memphis, Tenn., fled the raging yellow fever epidemic, which finally waned when coole... -
The American Crisis - Thomas Paine
The American Crisis was a series of pamphlets published from 1776 to 1783 during the American Revolution by eighteenth century Enlightenment philosopher and author Thomas Paine. Th... -
The Amber Room - Steve Berry
From Publishers WeeklyFirst-time novelist Berry weighs in with a hefty thriller that's long on interesting research but short on thrills. Atlanta judge Rachel Cutler and ex-husband...