National Book Awards 2011: Non-Fiction Finalists
The Convert: A Tale Of Exile And Extremism
$34.95 – Hardcover book / Graywolf Press
What drives a young woman raised in a postwar New York City suburb to convert to Islam, abandon her country and Jewish faith, and embrace a life of exile in Pakistan? The Convert tells the story of how Margaret Marcus of... Buy or find out more →
Malcolm X: A Life Of Reinvention
$49.95 – Hardcover book / Allen Lane
Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for History
Of the figures who tower over twentieth-century American history, few are as complex, multifaceted, and controversial as Malcolm X. Constantly rewriting his own story, he bec... Buy or find out more →
Love And Capital: Karl Marx And Jenny Marx And The Birth Of A Revolution
$39.99 – Hardcover book / Hachette
Gabriel (Notorious Victoria) offers a magisterial account of the lives of Karl Marx and his wife, Jenny von Westphalen, remarkable for the ease with which it moves between the domestic and the political spheres, offering... Buy or find out more →
Radioactive Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale Of Love & Fallout
$49.99 – Hardcover book / Harper Collins
In 1891, 24 year old Marie, nEe Marya Sklodowska, moved from Warsaw to Paris, where she found work in the laboratory of Pierre Curie, a scientist engaged in research on heat and magnetism. They fell in love. They took th... Buy or find out more →