By Jim Dwyer
Recommended By Amy B., Children's Librarian

Recounts the survival efforts of thousands of people who were inside the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, in an account that also raises questions about building safety and New York’s emergency preparedness.

By Robert G. Kaiser

Documents the journey of a financial reform bill in the wake of the 2008 economic collapse by focusing on two of the major players behind the legislation - Congressman Barney Frank and Senator Christopher Dodd.

By Susan Jacoby
Recommended By Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian

“Dismayed by the average U.S. citizen's political and social apathy and the overall "crisis of memory and knowledge involving everything about the way we learn and think," Jacoby passionately argues that the nation's current cult of unreason has deadly and destructive consequences (the war in Iraq, for one) and traces the seeds of current anti-intellectualism (and its partner in crime, antirationalism) back to post-WWII society (Publishers Weekly).”

By Jon Stewart

The host of the award-winning humorous news program offers tongue-in-cheek insight into American democracy with coverage of such topics as the republican qualities of ancient Rome, the antics of our nation's founders, and the ludicrous nature of today's media.

By Andrea Bernstein

Examines the multigenerational saga of two families who rose from immigrant roots to the pinnacle of U.S. power that tracks the unraveling of American democracy.

By Ward S. Just

Harry Sanders is a young foreign service officer in 1960s Indochina when a dangerous and clandestine meeting with insurgents—ending in quiet disaster—and a brief but passionate encounter with Sieglinde, a young German woman, alter the course of his life.

By Joshua Hammer
Recommended By Brenda Cherry, Reference Librarian

Describes how a group of Timbuktu librarians enacted a daring plan to smuggle the city’s great collection of rare Islamic manuscripts away from the threat of destruction at the hands of Al Quaeda militants to the safety of southern Mali.

By Rosemary Gibson

Drawing on decades of experience in health care policy reform and economics, the authors provide a non-partisan analysis of President Obama's health care reform.

By Qian Julie Wang
Recommended By Lisa H., Readers' Services Librarian, Audrey Honigman, Library Clerk

This memoir from a Chinese woman who arrived in New York City at age 7 examines how her family lived in poverty out of fear of being discovered as undocumented immigrants and how she was able to find success.

By Katherine Boo
Recommended By Neela Vass, Head of Acquisitions
With Lisa Jones, Readers' Services Librarian

Tuesday, April 9, 2013.  7:30 PM.

Winner of the 2012 National Book Award for Non-Fiction
“Profiles everyday life in the settlement of Annawadi as experienced by a Muslim teen, an ambitious rural mother, and a young scrap metal thief, illuminating how their efforts to build better lives are challenged by religious, caste, and economic tensions (From the Publisher).”

By Michael M. Lewis
Recommended By Alisa Fogel, Librarian-Programming

Shares insights into the recent economic crisis, citing such factors as expanded home ownership and risky derivative elections in the face of increasing shareholder demands, and profiles responsible parties in government, financial, and private sectors.

By Joby Warrick
Recommended By Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Triple Agent traces how the strain of militant Islam behind ISIS first arose in a remote Jordanian prison and spread with the unwitting aid of two American presidents.

By Greg Campbell

An expose of international diamond smuggling operations considers the rebel campaigns linked to the Sierra Leone diamond mines and how the area and its people have been destroyed by the industry's policies.

By Ronan Farrow

Both a spy thriller and a meticulous work of investigative journalism, Catch and Kill breaks devastating new stories about the rampant abuse of power and sheds far-reaching light on investigations that shook our culture.

By Donald E. deKieffer

Discusses the history and legal aspects of lobbying, and includes information on action plans, publicity, letter writing, demonstrations, Congressional hearings, and contacting staff members.

By Peter Schweizer

Investigates how Bill and Hillary Clinton habitually blur the lines between politics, philanthropy, and business to explain how the power couple went from "dead broke" on leaving the White House to being millionaires.

By Jim DeFede
Recommended By Amy B., Children's Librarian, Jean Buchholtz, Library Clerk

Shares the experiences of the citizens of Gander, Newfoundland, who were hosts to the more than six thousand passengers of thirty-eight U.S.-bound jetliners forced to land there in the wake of the September 11 attacks.

By Jose Antonio Vargas
Recommended By Neela Vass, Head of Acquisitions

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, filmmaker and immigration-rights activist presents a debut memoir about how he unknowingly entered the United States with false documents as a child.

By Stephanie Madoff Mack

The widow of Mark Madoff and daughter-in-law of Bernard Madoff presents an insider's account as an unsuspecting member of the family associated with the audacious Ponzi scheme, describing her idyllic marriage, her belief in her husband's innocence, their ordeals at the height of the media frenzy and her husband's tragic suicide.

By Blaine Harden
Recommended By Jackie, Head of Readers' Services

Presents a dramatic account by one of the few survivors born in North Korea's infamous political prison camps, describing the brutal conditions he was forced to endure as a child, his witnessing of his family's executions, and his final, harrowing escape.

By Dennis F. Thompson

The reputation of Congress is not high, and anyone who writes about its ethics runs the risk of either encouraging the bashers or joining the apologists. This book was written in a spirit of respect for Congress and with an attitude of admiration for most of those who serve as members.

By Michael Wolff

Reveals the chaos of Donald Trump's first nine months in office, detailing why Comey was really fired, how to communicate with the president, and who is directing the administration following Bannon's dismissal.

By Robert Wexler

A five-term Florida congressman offers insight into some of the most significant political events of the past decade, from Bill Clinton's impeachment and the Elian Gonzales case to the disputed 2000 and 2004 presidential elections.

By Tanya Agathocleous

Examines the life of George Orwell, the English author of Animal Farm and 1984, and discusses the political and social criticism disclosed in his work.

By Hyeonseo Lee
Recommended By Audrey Honigman, Library Clerk

An extraordinary insight into the life under one of the world's most ruthless and secretive dictatorships–and the story of one woman's terrifying struggle to escape.

By David Finkel

Relates the author's experiences as an embedded reporter with Battalion 2-16. telling the story of the surge from the perspective of the someone who worked the soldiers every day.

By Nicholas Kristof
Recommended By Pam Martin, Assistant Library Director

“A Pulitzer Prize-winning husband-and-wife team speaks out against the oppression of women in the developing world, sharing example stories about victims and survivors who are working to raise awareness, counter abuse, and campaign for women’s rights (From the Publisher).”

Became the movie: Half the Sky

By Hilary Rodham Clinton
Recommended By Jean Buchholtz, Library Clerk

The former secretary of state, senator and first lady shades candid reflections about the key moments of her services in the Obama Administration as well as her thoughts about how to navigate the challenges of the 21st century

By Joseph J. Ellis
Recommended By Barry Ernst, Reference Librarian

“Ellis does an excellent job of infusing a sometimes remote national icon with breath and life, so that readers are able to see the human Washington operating in his tumultuous period of history while towering above it-no mean authorial feat (From School Library Journal).”

By Thomas L. Friedman

“Spanning the globe, he (Friedman) presents case study after case study that shows that Green-oriented practices and technologies are the key to revitalizing our country and stabilizing an increasingly energy-starved world (Barnes and Noble Reviews).”

By Sarah Glidden
Recommended By Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian

“A graphic memoir chronicles the author's Israeli government sponsored trip through Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, and Masada and a non-chaperoned trip into the West Bank (From the Publisher).”

By Bill Hayes
Recommended By Amy B., Children's Librarian

Author and photographer Bill Hayes offers an ode to our shared humanity—capturing in real time this strange new world we're now in (for who knows how long?) with his signature insight and grace. As he wanders the increasingly empty streets of Manhattan, Hayes meets fellow New Yorkers and discovers stories to tell, but he also shares the unexpected moments of gratitude he finds from within his apartment.

By Josh Lieb

12-year-old Oliver Watson has everyone convinced that he is extremely stupid and lazy, but he is actually an evil genius.

By Stephen Colbert
Recommended By Sharon Long, Assistant Library Director

“From Stephen Colbert, the host of television's highest-rated punditry show The Colbert Report, comes the book to fill the other 23½ hours of your day. I Am America (and So Can You!) contains all of the opinions that Stephen doesn't have time to shoehorn into his nightly broadcast (From the Publisher).”

By Victor Cha

Looks at the nation of North Korea, its history, social conditions, and place in world politics as it stands today and where it is likely to end up in the future.

By Kim Barnes

Traces the experiences of an impoverished 1960s Oklahoma native who follows her husband to glamorous Saudi Arabia, where the death of a young Bedouin woman causes her to question the decadence and corruption of her new home.

By Akash Kapur

Provides an insider look at developments in rural and urban India that evaluates the impact of rapid economic growth and modernization on human lives.

By Anand Giridharadas
Recommended By Neela Vass, Head of Acquisitions

“Reversing his parents' immigrant path, a young American-born writer returns to India and discovers an old country making itself new… (Giridharadas) paints an intimate portrait of a country becoming modern while striving to remain itself (From the Publisher).”

By Ayaan Hirsi Ali

A profoundly affecting memoir; Ali tells her astonishing life story, from her traditional Muslim childhood in Somalia, Saudi Arabia, and Kenya, to her intellectual awakening and activism in the Netherlands, and her current life under armed guard in the West.

By Marie Jo Buhle

Shares eyewitness reports and essays explaining Wisconsin's progressive legacy and reveals the national corporate campaign responsible for crafting anti-union legislation in Wisconsin and across the nation.

By Gary Berntsen

Gary Berntsen, the CIA’s key commander coordinating the fight against the Taliban forces around Kabul, comes out from under cover for the first time to describe his no-holds-barred pursuit—and cornering—of Osama bin Laden, and the reason the terrorist leader escaped American retribution.

By David G. McCullough
Recommended By Barry Ernst, Reference Librarian

Superb biography of the man some thinkis truly the father of our country.

Became the TV mini-series: John Adams.

By Elizabeth Neuffer

Drawn from interviews with war criminals and their victims, an award-winning journalist covering the reality and aftermath of genocide in Bosnia and Rwanda presents a riveting story of justice, revenge, and the erosion of a nation’s social and political environment.

By Alison Behnke

Describes Kim Jong Il’s rise to power in North Korea and how his strict policies have contributed to devastating famine, the slaughter of many North Koreans, and the isolation of North Korea from the world.

By Peggielene Bartels
Recommended By Megan Kass, Systems Manager

“King Peggy is the charming real-life fairy tale of an American secretary who discovers she has been chosen king of an impoverished fishing village on the west coast of Africa (From the Publisher).”

By Cokie Roberts
Recommended By Brenda Cherry, Reference Librarian

“Shares the stories of remarkable women who shaped American history between 1796 and 1828, including Dolley Madison, Theodosia Burr, and Sacajawea (From the Publisher).”

By Peter S. Canellos

Dismissed as a spent force in politics by the time he reached middle age, Ted Kennedy became the most powerful senator of the last half century and the nation's keeper of traditional liberalism. Perceptive and carefully reported, drawing heavily from candid interviews with the Kennedy family and inner circle, "Last Lion" captures magnificently his life and historic achievements, as well as the personal redemption that he found.

By Jeffrey E. Stern

Examines the power of education in shaping modern Afghanistan through the story of western Kabul's Marefat School in the final year of America's military occupation, detailing how the school raced to establish a secular curriculum for boys and girls while preparing for the departure of foreign troops.

By Immaculée Ilibagiza
Recommended By Sonia Grgas, Reference Librarian

Presents the true story of a woman who endures the murder of her family as a result of genocide in Rwanda and turns to prayer for strength, love, and forgiveness.

By Steve Hallett

The authors make abundantly clear that we must plan for a future without reliance on oil, and make a compelling case that the key determinant of our global economy is not so much the invisible hand of the marketplace but the inexorable laws of ecology…