Complicit: How Greed and Collusion Made the Credit Crisis Unstoppable
by Mark Gilbert
published by Bloomberg Press

The credit crunch is affecting every investor and every consumer, every industry and every government program, yet few people truly understand how it happened. Subprime mortgages have been center stage, but behind the scenes a conspiracy of greed among bankers, investors, rating agencies and regulators has imperiled everyone’s financial future.

Framing the Sixties: The Use and Abuse of a Decade from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush
by Bernard von Bothmer
published by University of Massachusetts Press

This book tells how presidents and other prominent figures have shaped public memory of the turbulent 1960s. Over the past quarter century, American liberals and conservatives alike have invoked memories of the 1960s to define their respective ideological positions and to influence voters.

Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America
by Richard Benjamin
published by Hyperion

Between 2007 and 2009, Rich Benjamin, a journalist-adventurer, packed his bags and embarked on a 26,909-mile journey throughout the heart of white America, to some of the fastest-growing and whitest locales in our nation.

The Audacity of Help: Obama's Economic Plan and the Remaking of America
by John Wasik
published by Bloomberg Press

The Audacity of Help unrolls the blueprints and looks at how the packages passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama will affect healthcare, education, the environment, energy, taxes, and more.

You Don't Know Me: A Citizen's Guide to Republican Family Values
by Win McCormack
published by Tin House Press

You Don't Know Me details over one hundred cases of sexual misconduct by Republican officials, office holders, and ideological supporters. In addition to augmenting the public's knowledge of infamous scandals of recent times, the book unearths a multitude of other instances of Republican sexual waywardness, most criminal in nature.

Pennsylvania Avenue: Profiles in Backroom Power
by John Harwood and Gerald Seib
published by Random House

Pennsylvania Avenue, the 1.2-mile stretch between the White House and the Capitol, is where the influential and ambitious congregate. Through stories of party strategists, moneymen, policy-makers, fixers, socialites, lobbyists, spinners, dealmakers, and more, Harwood and Seib explore the great political transformations that have altered the relationship between Americans and their government.

Declaring Independence: The Beginning of the End of the Two-Party System
by Douglas Schoen
published by Random House

America is at a political crossroads. We are growing alienated from the two major parties, which are dominated by idealogues and offer simplistic solutions, with candidates who think only in terms of how to frame issues -- often irrelevant "hot-button" issues.

A More Perfect Constitution: 23 Proposals to Revitalize our Constitution and Make America a Fairer Country
by Dr. Larry J. Sabato
published by Walker and Co.

In A More Perfect Constitution, Larry Sabato persuasively argues that, while much of the Constitution should remain sacred, some crucial revisions are essential to restore equity for ordinary citizens, for until some of its outmoded provisions are reformed, we will continue to have more of the same political stagnation.

Wolves in Sheep's Clothing: The New Liberal Menace in America
by Stephen Marshall
published by The Disinformation Company

Forget the neoconservatives. As the Democrats retake Washington and progressives think they can pull the U.S. back from the brink, Stephen Marshall's up close and personal investigation finds that the biggest threat to Western democracy is the U.S. liberal elite.

Air America: The Playbook: What a Bunch of Left-Wing Media Types Have to Say about a World Gone Right
by David Bender, Chuck D, Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, Thom Hartmann, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Rachel Maddow, Mike Malloy, Mike Papantonio, Randi Rhodes, Mark Riley, San Seder, Introduction by Al Franken
published by Rodale

Have you ever secretly felt that you would do a better job of running the country than the people in charge now? Well, the truth is, you're right.

The Republican Playbook
by Andy Borowitz
published by Hyperion

Scandals. Lies. A breathtaking disregard for federal laws. How on earth do the Republicans keep winning? Easy: They've got a Playbook.

Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back
by Amy Goodman and David Goodman
published by Hyperion

In Static, the brother-sister team of Amy Goodman, host of the popular international TV and radio news hour Democracy Now!, and investigative journalist David Goodman takes on government liars, corporate profiteers, and the media that have acted as their cheerleaders.

Central Liberal Truth: How Politics Can Change a Culture and Save It from Itself
by Lawrence E. Harrison
published by Oxford University Press

Which cultural values, beliefs, and attitudes best promote democracy, social justice, and prosperity? How can we use the forces that shape cultural change, such as religion, child-rearing practices, education, and political leadership?