Off the Page: Writers Talk About Beginnings, Endings and Everything In Between by Carole Burns (December 2007)

Censoring Science: Inside the Political Attack on Dr. James Hansen and the Truth of Global Warming by Mark Bowen - Preeminent climatologist and leading NASA scientist Dr. James Hansen has been studying climate for over three decades. It was his testimony to a Senate committee in 1988 that first brought the threat of global warming to the world’s attention. In January 2006, news broke that the Bush administration had been attempting to censor Dr. Hansen—obscuring his message and suppressing the vast body of his scientific work, which unequivocally demonstrates the reality and immense danger of global warming. (December 2007)

Boom! Voices of the Sixties Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today by Tom Brokaw - (November 2007)

The Long Embrace: Raymond Chandler and the Woman He Loved by Judith Freeman - Chandler was one of the most original and enduring crime novelists of the twentieth century. Yet much of his pre-writing life, including his unconventional marriage, has remained shrouded in mystery. In this compelling, wholly original book, Judith Freeman sets out to solve the puzzle of who Chandler was and how he became the writer who would create in Philip Marlowe an icon of American culture. (November 2007)

Bamboo: Essays and Criticism by William Boyd - Boyd's nonfiction work of the last 25 years is a cornucopia of critical opinion, memoir and social commentary. In addition to their insights on contemporary culture, many of these pieces illuminate aspects of Boyd's novels and short stories. (November 2007)

Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution by Woody Holton - Woody Holton upends what we think we know of the Constitution’s origins by telling the history of the average Americans who challenged the framers of the Constitution and forced on them the revisions that produced the document we now venerate. (October 2007)

Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayl by the White House by Valerie Plame Wilson - Plame spent a courageous and honorable career on the front lines of terrorism only to come home and meet the ultimate betrayal, her own country -- unethical politicians and unscrupulous journalists. (October 2007)

You Can Lead a Politician to Water, But You Can't Make Him Think by Kinky Friedman - With equal parts insight and hilarity, Kinky chronicles his 2006 grassroots run for Texas governor. (October 2007)

Heil Hitler: The History of a Gesture by Tilman Allert - A strikingly original investigation of the origins adn dessemnation o fthe world's most famour greeting. (October 2007)

Like You'd Understand, Anyway: Stories by Jim Shepherd - (September 2007)

What We Say Goes: Conversations on U.S. Power in a Changing World by Noam Chomsky (September 2007)

Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat - Edwidge tells of making a new life in a new country while fearing for the safety of those still in Haiti as the political situation deteriorates.  (September 2007)

The Unheard: A Memoir of Deafness and Africa by Josh Swiller - A young man's quest to reconcile his deafness in an unforgiving world leads to a remarkable sojourn in a remote African village that pulsates with beauty and violence. (September 2007)

No Place Safe by Kim Reid - (September 2007)

The Most Dangerous Animal: Human Nature and the Origins of War by David Livingstone Smith - A book every politician should read before voting to fund a war. (August 2007)

American Extremes: Portraits of Wealth, Poverty and the Endangered Middle Class by David Dent - Explores an America where children can no longer expect to be better off than their parents (August 2007)

The Death of the Grown-Up: How America's Arrested Development is Bringing Down Civilization by Diana West - West sees the U.S. filled with middle-age Boomers playing air guitar and thinks, "No wonder we can't stop Islamic terrorism. We haven't put down our toys yet." She wonders if there is a single adult left anywhere? (August 2007)

Once Upon a Quinceanera: Coming of Age in the USA by Julia Alvarez - explores the phenomenon of the Latina "sweet fifteen" celebration (August 2007)

How to Make Friends and Oppress People: Classic Travel Advice for the Gentlemen Adventurer by Vic Darkwood - A hilarious anthology of misbegotten, ill-conceived, and often baffling (but true) advice culled from the pages of classic travel guides. (July 2007)

The World Without Us by Alan Weisman - A pentrating, page-turning take on how our planet would respond without the relentless pressure of the human prescence. (July 2007)

Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner - 2007 National Book Award winner (June 2007)

A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency by Glenn Greenwald - “This is the best book about the worst president." (June 2007)

Conquering the Impossible by Mike Horn - In August 2002 Horn set out on a mission that bordered on impossible: to travel 12,000 miles around the globe at the Arctic Circle -- alone, against all prevailing winds and currents, and without motorized transportation. (June 2007)

Betraying Our Troops: The Destructive Results of Privatizing War by Dina Rasor and Robert H. Bauman - In this shocking expose, two government fraud experts reveal how private contractors have put the lives of countless American soldiers on the line while damaging our strategic interests and our image abroad. (June 2007)

China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power by Rob Gifford - In this utterly surprising and deeply personal book, acclaimed National Public Radio reporter Rob Gifford, a fluent Mandarin speaker, takes the dramatic journey along Route 312 from its start in the boomtown of Shanghai to its end on the border with Kazakhstan. Gifford reveals the rich mosaic of modern Chinese life in all its contradictions, as he poses the crucial questions that all of us are asking about China: Will it really be the next global superpower? (June 2007)

God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens (May 2007)

The Island of the Seven Cities: Where the Chinese Settled When They Discovered America by Paul Chiasson - (May 2007)

Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson - (April 2007)

The River Queen by Mary Morris - This story of a middle-aged woman’s odyssey down the Mississippi River is a funny, beautifully written, and poignant tale of a journey that transforms a life. (April 2007)

The Making of a Story: A Norton Guide to Writing Fiction and Nonfiction by Alice Laplante - a fresh and inspiring guide to the basics of creative writing—both fiction and creative nonfiction. Its hands-on, completely accessible approach walks writers through each stage of the creative process, from the initial triggering idea to the revision of the final manuscript. (August 2007)

House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest by Craig Childs - A feat of historical detection, which leads to a new understanding of disappearance of the Anasazis' from the American Southwest. (February 2007)

At the Center of the Storm by George Tenet - (February 2007)

Paper Trails : True Stories of Confusion, Mindless Violence, and Forbidden Desires, a Surprising Number of Which are Not About Marriage by Peter Dexter (February 2007)

Oil on the Brain : Adventures from the Pump to the Pipeline by Lisa Margonelli - (February 2007)

Digital Destiny : New Media and the Future of Democracy by Jeff Chester - (January 2007)