Books published by Basic Books

Written to help the business person gain a grammatical advantage on his or her competition, "Working with Words in Business and Legal Writing" is a quick and complete guide to writing clear and concise e-mails, letters, and reports.

An original and timely analysis of one of the country's most contentious issues: the hard right turn taken by the federal courts, and why balance must be restored to the judiciary branch

"Boys will be boys," the saying goes -- but what does that actually mean? A leading anthropologist investigates

A thoroughly revised edition of the classic on creativity, essential for individuals and teams who want to think outside the box.

Reports of the death of reading are greatly exaggerated

A modern classic, revised and expanded: How the age-old art of storytelling can transform the way we communicate-and the way we do business

An updated edition of the classic history of schizophrenia in America, which gives voice to generations of patients who suffered through "cures" that only deepened their suffering and impaired their hope of recovery

A powerful new interpretation of Catholicism's dramatic encounter with modernity, by one of America's leading intellectuals

An award-winning poet offers a brilliant introduction to the joys--and challenges--of the genre

A prize-winning historian offers a major new history of the United States, placing faith and oil at the center of America's rise to global power

A natural history of the wilderness in our homes, from the microbes in our showers to the crickets in our basements

Why America needed--and needs--President Donald J. Trump

A revelatory account of the misdemeanor machine that unjustly brands millions of Americans as criminals

How anyone can become a data ninja

A veteran journalist describes how the cultural upheavals of the sixties rocked the balances of political power in America - and continue to do so

Prominent scholars and journalists ponder the question of why, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the world is more divided than ever between the rich and the poor, between those living in freedom and those under oppression.

A classic work of European history

An award-winning journalist investigates how scientists and citizens around the world are re-tooling our senses-and what their discoveries are teaching us about the nature and future of human perception