Adam Hochschild

1. Adam Hochschild

King Leopold's Ghost

1. Adam Hochschild

Rebel Cinderella

1. Mark Twain

Collected Nonfiction of Mark Twain, Volume 1

1. Mark Twain

Collected Nonfiction Volume 1

Politics, religion, culture, travel, science and technology, family life: nothing escaped the eye and pen of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, nineteenth-century America's most famous writer and a legend in his own lifetime. In this book, he tells his story.

1. Adam Hochschild

Lessons from a Dark Time and Other Essays

"This is advocacy journalism of the most persuasive kind — impassioned but never shrill or argumentative, solidly grounded in facts patiently marshaled to make the case. . . . Hochschild builds his evidence with the skill and rigor of a master bricklayer. . . . Repeatedly, in his hands, the past becomes vividly rendered prologue to the present.”

1. Sven Lindqvist

The Dead Do Not Die

Praise for Sven Lindqvist:"One of the best storytellers in the historical profession today."—Joanne Bourke "A brilliant and original writer."—Geoff Dyer "Once you've stepped into Lindqvist's world, things will never look the same again."—Gavin Shields "One of Sweden's greatest contemporary writers."—Richard Gott Praise for "Exterminate All the Brutes" :"A book of stunning range and near genius."—David Levering Lewis "Lindqvist's disturbing, brilliant work of historical sleuthing deserves to be taken up in a thousand classrooms."—Rob Nixon, Voice Literary Supplement "Lindqvist's book is virtually unprecedented. It is also a perfect illustration of reading and criticism as lived—as opposed to desk-bound—activities."—Geoff Dyer "Extraordinary."—The Guardian Praise for Terra Nullius :"The most original work on Australia and its treatment of Aboriginals I have ever read . . . a marvelous book."—Phillip Knightley, author of Australia: A Biography of a Nation "Fascinating."—Hugh Brody, The Guardian "Lindqvist is a provocative guide through the intractable shame of the past."—Victoria Segal, The Guardian