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2011
A Visit From The Goon Squad
by Egan, JenniferBennie is an aging former punk rocker and record executive. Sasha is the passionate, troubled young woman he employs. Here Jennifer Egan brilliantly reveals their pasts, along with the inner lives of a host of other characters whose paths intersect with theirs. With music pulsing on every page, A Visit from the Goon Squad is a startling, exhilarating novel of self-destruction and redemption.
The Emperor Of All Maladies: A Biography Of Cancer
by Mukherjee, SiddharthaThe Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane "biography" of cancer--from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new
Washington: A Life
by Chernow, RonIn "Washington: A Life" biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation.
The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln And American Slavery
by Foner, EricThe author of many books on U. S. history, Foner (History, Columbia University) traces the evolution of Abraham Lincoln's ideas and policies on slavery from his early career to his presidency, placing Lincoln within the broad spectrum on antislavery thought.
The Best Of It: New And Selected Poems
by Ryan, KayThe Best of It: New and Selected Poems has garnered lavish praise. The two hundred poems in The Best of It offer a stunning retrospective of her work, as well as a swath of never-before-published poems all of which are sure to appeal equally to longtime fans and general readers.
2010
Tinkers
by Harding, PaulAn old man lies dying. As time collapses into memory, he travels deep into his past where he is reunited with his father and relives the wonder and pain of his impoverished New England youth. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, Tinkers is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature. 2010 Pulitzer Prize winner for Fiction.
The Dead Hand: The Untold Story Of The Cold War Arms Race And Its Dangerous Legacy
by Hoffman, DavidThis riveting narrative history of the end of the arms race sheds new light on the frightening last chapters of the Cold War and the legacy of the nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that remain a threat today.
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life Of Cornelius Vanderbilt
by Stiles, T. J.A biography of the combative man whose genius and force of will created modern capitalism. Founder of a dynasty, builder of the original Grand Central, creator of an impossibly vast fortune, Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt is an American icon.
Lords Of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke The World
by Ahamed, LiaquatThis vital history of the world economic collapse of the late 1920s offers unforgettable portraits of the four men whose personal and professional actions as heads of their respective central banks changed the course of the twentieth century.
Versed
by Armantrout, RaeRae Armantrout has always organized her collections of poetry as though they were works in themselves. Versed brings two of these sequences together, offering readers an expanded view of the arc of her writing.
2009
Olive Kitteridge
by Strout, ElizabethA collection of 13 interwoven stories of life in a small Maine town. Olive Kitteridge is a schoolteacher, whose life is perceived and intertwined with the characters in each story. 2009 Pulitzer Prize winner for Fiction.
Slavery By Another Name: The Re-enslavement Of Black Americans From The Civil War To World War II
by Blackmon, Douglas A.In this groundbreaking historical expose, Douglas A. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history--an "Age of Neoslavery" that thrived from the aftermath of the Civil War through the dawn of World War II.
American Lion: Andrew Jackson In The White House
by Meacham, JonBiography of President Andrew Jackson. Beloved and hated, venerated and reviled, Jackson was an orphan who fought his way to the pinnacle of power, bending the nation to his will in the cause of democracy.
The Hemingses Of Monticello: An American Family
by Gordon-Reed, AnnetteNot only a biography of Sally Hemings, who bore 7 children by Thomas Jefferson, this book details the extraordinary lives of her ancestors and descendants also. Winner of the National Book award, and the Pulitzer Prize for History.
The Shadow Of Sirius
by Merwin, W. S.The nuanced mysteries of light, darkness, temporality, and eternity interweave throughout Merwin's newest collection of poems.
2008
The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao
by Díaz, JunotThis is the long-awaited first novel from one of the most original and memorable writers working today. Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd.
The Years Of Extermination: Nazi Germany And The Jews, 1939-1945
by Friedlander, SaulSaul Friedlander, the author, discusses and describes the Holocaust and World War II focusing his attention on the Jews.
Eden's Outcasts: The Story Of Louisa May Alcott And Her Father
by Matteson, JohnLouisa May Alcott's name is known universally. Yet during her youth the famous Alcott was her father, Bronson -- an eminent teacher, lecturer and admired friend of Emerson and Thoreau.
What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation Of America, 1815-1848
by Howe, Daniel WalkerHowe illuminates the period from the battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War, an era when the United States expanded to the Pacific and won control over the richest part of the North American continent.
Time And Materials: Poems 1997-2005
by Hass, RobertThe poems in Hass's new collection--his first to appear in a decade--are grounded in the beauty and energy of the physical world, and in the bafflement of the present moment in American culture.
2007
The Road
by Mccarthy, CormacWinner of The Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2007, this is the story of a father and son walking alone through burned America, heading through the ravaged landscape to the coast.
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda And The Road To 9/11
by Wright, LawrenceA sweeping history of the events leading to 9/11, by interweaving the stories of 4 men, which broadens and deepens our understanding of the tragedy.
The Most Famous Man In America: The Biography Of Henry Ward Beecher
by Applegate, DebbyNo one predicted success for Henry Ward Beecher at his birth in 1813. The blithe, boisterous son of the last great Puritan minister, he seemed destined to be overshadowed by his brilliant siblings--especially his sister, Harriet Beecher.
The Race Beat: The Press, The Civil Rights Struggle, And The Awakening Of A Nation
by Roberts, Gene and Klibanoff, HankThis is the story of how the nation's press corps, after decades of ignoring the problem, came to recognize the importance of the civil rights struggle and turn it into the most significant domestic news event of the twentieth century.
Native Guard
by Trethewey, NatashaNatasha Trethewey's muscular, luminous poems explore the complex memory of the American South--history that belongs to all Americans.
