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Renowned publisher of serious nonfiction by leading intellectuals, scholars, and journalists. A division of Hachette.
Happy publication day to "DIOGENES: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic," a new intellectual biography of the ancient Greek thinker who inspired Stoicism, by Inger N. I. Kuin! 

Available now: bit.ly/4n2Wtyq
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"THE TRILLION DOLLAR WAR MACHINE: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home," an extraordinary investigation by William D. Hartung and Ben Freeman, is available now!

Learn more: bit.ly/4oo73kD
 
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We are so excited to announce that "THE PRICE OF DEMOCRACY: The Revolutionary Power of Taxation in American History," by @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social, is now available! 

Learn why battles over taxation have always been battles over democracy itself: bit.ly/4nK7J3N 
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Happy publication day to "CRICK: A Mind in Motion," a major new biography of the 20th-century genius who co-discovered DNA, by Matthew Cobb!

Learn more: bit.ly/48PLdCg 
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM