Books published by Basic Books

An acclaimed historian presents a dual biography of Theodore Roosevelt and New York City, showing how Roosevelt's identity and politics were forged in the booming city of his birth.

Beautifully designed and carefully curated, a fascinating collection of the things that shaped the way we live and play in America

"American power and a pervasive globalization are the central realities of today's world, and the source of its thorniest dilemmas. Yet while America's unprecedented might should be the source of globa"

An insider account of the conflict between America's civilian and military leadership, from the First Gulf War to the present global conflicts

An expanded edition of a classic intellectual history of Zionism, now covering the rise of religious Zionism since the 1970s

From an eminent scholar of the American South, the first full-scale biography of Thomas Jefferson since 1970

Yuval Levin is one of the most important conservative intellectuals of his generation, so his books are worth reading almost regardless of the topic. But The Fractured Republic stands on its own as an indispensable piece of work' - Jonah Goldberg

An acclaimed military historian charts the rocky history of the America's Special Operations Forces, highlighting both the heroism of America's finest soldiers and the strategic limits of special operations.

From a leading authority on race and public policy, a deeply researched account of how families rise and fall today

A fully updated edition of the classic business reference book on product development from a world renowned innovation management scholar

"A fascinating account of human experience at its best."-Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, author of Flow?

"This is not only one of the most important works on medical ethics yet written. It also breaks through the frontiers of historiography to provide a convincing psychological interpretation of the Third Reich and the crimes of National Socialism."-New York Review of Books

An acclaimed novelist and critic argues that video games are the most vital art form of our time

In the heart of Europe's current crisis, one of the continent's foremost statesmen issues a clarion call to radically remake the European Union in the mould of the United States' own federal government.

A leading educational thinker argues that the American university is stuck in the past--and shows how we can revolutionize it to prepare students for our age of constant change

"A priceless manual for anyone seriously interested on the restaurant world. Concise, pointed, informative, and candid, it explains simply to the neophyte chef the difficult but wonderful and rewarding world of the kitchen."-Jacques Pepin

From singer-songwriter and activist Dar Williams, an examination of the fall and rise of the small American towns she has been visiting on tour over the last two decades

From distinguished Catholic scholar George Weigel, a memoir of his relationship with Pope John Paul II

A natural history of the coyote-whose success story and adaptability mirror humanity's own

An acclaimed music scholar presents an accessible introduction to the art of listening to jazz

A rising star in philosophy examines the cultural, social, and scientific interpretations of love to answer one of our most enduring questions

An award-winning science writer attempts to provide an entirely serious answer to a seemingly ludicrous question: could aliens have invented the universe? And could we create our own?

A long-time chief data scientist at Amazon shows how open data can make everyone, not just corporations, richer

"The best single treatment of psychoanalytic theories, classical and current."-Choice

"Born Digital offers an excellent primer on what it means to live digitally. It should be required reading for adults trying to understand the next generation."-Nicholas Negroponte, author of Being Digital

"A must-read for any parent of boys."-Dr. Mehmet Oz