"In this assiduously researched and tightly argued volume, Baptist gives us what is by far the finest account of the deep interplay of the slave trade (especially within the nation's borders) and the development of the U.S. economy."-Bloomberg View, Top Ten Nonfiction Books of 2014

Hitler's rescue of Mussolini was one of the most famous commando operations of the twentieth century. It was also the culmination of the bizarre relationship between Hitler and Mussolini. This book tells the story of Germany's secret six-week operation to find and rescue the prisoner Mussolini and restore him to power.

Lenny Bruce's classic autobiography, with a new preface by Lewis Black and a new foreword by jazz critic Howard Reich

Everyone talks to their pets; Chad Orzel tells his about relativity.

Looks at the Internet, classroom culture, school violence, movies, television and a growing societal incivility to show parents and teachers where hurrying occurs and why. This book offers parents and teachers alike insight, advice and hope for encouraging healthy development while protecting the joy and freedom of childhood.

Douglas R. Hofstadter's long-awaited return to the themes of Godel, Escher, Bach - an original and controversial view of the nature of consciousness and identity.

"An in-depth account of Hitler's V-Weapons, the devastation they caused, and the massive Allied countermeasures taken to destroy them"

The book that Andrea Dworkin's best known for-in which she provoked the argument that ultimately split apart the feminist movement-is being reissued for the young women and men of the twenty-first century