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The Scientist as Rebel By Freeman Dyson New in paperback. Dyson profiles scientists—Newton Einstein, Teller, Feynman—whose independent thought allowed them to make great conceptual leaps. Dyson also puts forth some heterodox ideas of his own on topics like space colonization and the paranormal, living up to his reputation as "one of the world's most original minds."—Times (London) Price: $14.36 (20% off)

The Military Error By Thomas Powers Why did George W. Bush invade Iraq? Thomas Powers uses a broad perspective to examine the American tendency to respond to political crises with military force. An expert on CIA intelligence, Powers explains how the Bush administration made its case for war, using faulty intelligence to argue that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction and posed a mounting threat to the Middle East. Special Offer: $11.21 (25% off)

Justice at War By David Cole David Cole takes a critical look at John Ashcroft, Alberto Gonzales, John Yoo, and David Addington, the men who made the decisions that shaped America's war on terror. Cole argues that America can prevail against the threat of terror not by dismantling the checks and balances that guarantee the fairness of our justice system, but by restoring them. Special Offer: $10.47 (30% off)

The Consequences to Come Edited by Robert B. Silvers This collection of essays from The New York Review of Books looks back at the legacy of Bush, Cheney, and Rove, and ahead to the challenges and opportunities that will face America during the next administration. Contributors include Mark Danner, Joan Didion, Jonathan Freedland, Peter Galbraith, Joseph Lelyveld, Jonathan Raban, Frank Rich, Arthur Schlesinger Jr, and Michael Tomasky. Special Offer: $11.21 (25% off)

The Supreme Court Phalanx By Ronald Dworkin Ronald Dworkin analyzes the partisan decisions of the current Supreme Court and argues that Justices John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia, and Clarence Thomas have created a conservative alliance bent on rewriting constitutional law, leaving past decisions on issues such as abortion, affirmative action, and campaign financing vulnerable to reversal in the next several years. Special Offer: $9.71 (25% off)

Opera and the Morbidity of Music By Joseph Kerman Joseph Kerman examines the ongoing vitality of the classical music tradition, and argues that the recent upsurge of interest in opera is proof of an extremely invigorating and healthy art form. Price: $22.36 (20% off)

Makers of Modern Architecture By Martin Filler Through the remarkable stories of their lives and his incisive judgments about their works, Martin Filler describes how these modern architects have transformed our sense of buildings, interiors, and the urban environment. Price: $22.36 (20% off)

The Struggle for Iran By Christopher de Bellaigue Who rules Iran, and how secure is their grip on a young and restless society? How should the world respond to allegations that the Islamic Republic is building nuclear weapons and supporting terrorists? Bellaigue addresses these and other questions in this essential guide to a nation that is certain to be in the headlines for some time to come. Price: $18.36 (20% off)

The Scientist as Rebel By Freeman Dyson An illuminating collection of essays by an award-winning scientist whom the London Times calls "one of the world's most original minds." Price: $22.36 (20% off)

Welcome to Doomsday By Bill Moyers Preface by Bill McKibben Welcome to Doomsday is an investigation into the coupling of ideology and theology, in particular the intrusion of religion into political life, in America today. Price: $6.36 (20% off)

Bush's Fringe Government By Garry Wills Preface by James Carroll One of America's foremost historians looks at the state of American democracy and the influence of the Catholic Church. Price: $6.36 (20% off)

The Company They Kept Edited by Barbara Epstein Robert B. Silvers Our most remarkable writers share what has influenced them the most: each other. Price: $19.96 (20% off)

The Age of Conversation (paperback) By Benedetta Craveri Translated by Teresa Waugh An award-winning look at French salons and the women who presided over them. Price: $15.16 (20% off)

Trust is Not Enough By David J. Rothman Sheila M. Rothman Two healthcare experts investigate the intersections of human rights and medicine, looking at case studies of such issues as AIDS, organ trafficking, healthcare rationing, medical research in the third world, and South Africa's constitutionally guaranteed right of access to healthcare. Price: $19.96 (20% off)

The Secret Way To War By Mark Danner Preface by Frank Rich An award-winning investigative journalist evaluates the controversial American and British stratagem for the Iraq war. Price: $9.56 (20% off)

My Holy War By Jonathan Raban Ranging from Seattle to Cairo, from the high seas to the US presidential campaign, Raban brings a distinctive and often unexpected perspective to the issues facing post–September 11 America. Price: $17.56 (20% off)

Alone! Alone! By Rosemary Dinnage In the course of over thirty years of writing about psychology, child development, biography, and fiction, Rosemary Dinnage has encountered a variety of outstanding women, all of whom, in one way or another, felt powerfully alone. Price: $11.96 (20% off)

From Heaven to Arcadia By Ingrid D. Rowland In these essays, most of them originally published in The New York Review of Books, Ingrid Rowland explores topics in the art and culture of Renaissance Italy. Price: $19.96 (20% off)

There You Are By Thomas Flanagan Preface by Seamus Heaney Edited and with an introduction by Christopher Cahill In these essays and reviews, Flanagan reflects on past and present Irish history, on writers such as Yeats, O'Neill, Brian Moore, and O'Hara, as well as on Fitzgerald, Joyce, Mary McCarthy, Eugene O'Neill, Darcy O'Brien, Hemingway, and the films of John Ford. Price: $22.36 (20% off)

America Goes Backward By Stanley Hoffmann "Wrong assumptions, immoderate and confused ends, served by a mixture of counterproductive, inadequate, mismanaged, and, at times, scandalous means": Stanley Hoffmann's verdict on the US invasion of Iraq carries an uneasy echo of his view of the US failure in Vietnam. Price: $7.16 (20% off)

Torture and Truth By Mark Danner Read together, these memos and reports should make us confront, as a democratic society, the urgent questions that Mark Danner poses in this book, and that remain unanswered: Does fighting a "new kind of war" on terror justify torture? Who will we hold responsible for deciding to pursue such a policy, and what will be the moral and political costs to the country? Price: $15.96 (20% off)

Five Performing Arts Edited by Robert B. Silvers In these essays, five of our most accomplished artists and critics explore questions of technique and interpretation in the performing arts. Price: $11.20 (20% off)

Now They Tell Us By Michael Massing Preface by Orville Schell Michael Massing describes the American press coverage of the war in Iraq as "the unseen war," an ironic reference given the number of reporters in Iraq and in Doha, Qatar, the location of the Coalition Media Center with its $250,000 stage set. Price: $7.96 (20% off)

Fear and Loathing in George W. Bush's Washington By Elizabeth Drew Preface by Russell Baker Russell Baker in his preface writes: "In Washington an age of moral and philosophical sterility is deeply entrenched, and as Elizabeth Drew's reporting attests, the result is not pretty .... Price: $6.36 (20% off)

Glory and Terror By Steven Weinberg Preface by Anthony Lewis Steven Weinberg, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist, writes that America today "has an unprecedented opportunity to begin to escape from the risk of nuclear annihilation." But, he warns, President Bush is not only letting this opportunity slip away, he is, in some respects, moving in the wrong direction. Price: $6.36 (20% off)

Intelligence Wars (Revised and Expanded Edition) By Thomas Powers No one outside the intelligence services knows more about their culture than Thomas Powers. In this book he tells stories of shadowy successes, ghastly failures, and, more often, gripping uncertainties. Price: $13.56 (20% off)

Alone! Alone! By Rosemary Dinnage In the course of over thirty years of writing about psychology, child development, biography, and fiction, Rosemary Dinnage has encountered a variety of outstanding women, all of whom, in one way or another, felt powerfully alone. Price: $19.96 (20% off)

Sacagawea's Nickname (paperback) By Larry McMurtry In this acclaimed collection, Larry McMurtry profiles explorers and martyrs, hucksters and scholars—figures in the West's enduring yet ever-shifting mixture of myth and reality. Price: $11.96 (20% off)

Looking Back: Heroes, Rascals, and Other Icons of the American Imagination (paperback) By Russell Baker In these eleven essays, all originally published in The New York Review of Books, Russell Baker looks back on a group of iconic public figures from his own past. Price: $10.36 (20% off)

The Reckless Mind (paperback) By Mark Lilla How can intellectuals, who should be alert to the evils of tyranny, betray the ideals of freedom and independent inquiry? How can they take positions that, implicitly or not, endorse oppression and human suffering on a vast scale? Price: $11.96 (20% off)

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