<div>A New York Times Notable Book: &ldquo;An extraordinarily moving portrait of the complexities and confusions of familial love&rdquo; (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times). From the author of King Leopold&rsquo;s Ghost, Half the Way Home is a compelling memoir about a complicated father-son relationship. Adam Hochschild never used the words &ldquo;Dad&rdquo; or &ldquo;Daddy,&rdquo; just &ldquo;Father.&rdquo; The only son of Harold Hochschild&mdash;the head of a multinational mining corporation&mdash;Adam always felt as though his father remained purposefully at a distance&mdash;a demanding, immovable pillar to be respected and sometimes feared. Here, in lyrical prose, Hochschild recounts his privileged upbringing at his family&rsquo;s estate in the Adirondacks, his coming-of-age in the tumultuous 1960s, and his enduringly conflicted relationship with his father. But as a boy grows into a man, times change and perspectives shift, and a chance for reconciliation emerges from the space between. Hailed by Studs Terkel as &ldquo;an exquisite memoir of a boy growing up,&rdquo; Half the Way Home is ultimately the story of a father and his son, and the unexpected peace finally made between them. &ldquo;It is a primer on the upper class and on class itself, a series of meditations on the burden of wealth to the liberal consciousness and even a commentary on what it means to be a Jew in America. . . . This is a fine and moving book&rdquo; (People).</div>

Half the Way Home

<div>A &ldquo;stunning blend of reportage, travelogue, history and meditation&rdquo; by the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of King Leopold&rsquo;s Ghost (Publishers Weekly). National Book Award finalist Adam Hochschild brings a lifetime&rsquo;s familiarity with South Africa to bear in this eye-opening examination of a critical turning point in that nation&rsquo;s history: the Great Trek of 1836&ndash;39, during which Dutch-speaking white settlers, known as Boers, journeyed deep into the country&rsquo;s interior to escape the British colonial administration. The mass migration culminated with the massacre of indigenous Zulus in the 1838 Battle of Blood River. Looking at the tensions of modern South Africa through the dramatic prism of the nineteenth century, Hochschild vividly recreates the battle&mdash;and its contentious commemoration by rival groups 150 years later. In his epilogue, Hochschild extends his view to the astonishing political changes that have occurred in the country in recent decades&mdash;and the changes yet to be made. Hochschild&rsquo;s incisive take on these events, noted Nadine Gordimer, &ldquo;is far more than an outsider&rsquo;s perception of the drama of our country. Read him, in particular, to understand the rise of white extremism which is threatening the democratic vision of the African National Congress and its allied progressive constituency among people of all colors.&rdquo; &ldquo;A good book for anyone who wants a succinct and precise account of how this fascinating country has got where it is. . . . This is a book I recommend warmly.&rdquo; &mdash;Archbishop Desmond Tutu &ldquo;One of the most illuminating books ever written on contemporary South Africa.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly &ldquo;Thoroughly researched, immensely readable . . . A work of vivid reportage and astute political analysis.&rdquo; &mdash;San Francisco Chronicle</div>

The Mirror at Midnight

<div>An in-depth exploration of the legacy of Joseph Stalin on the former Soviet Union, by the author of King Leopold&rsquo;s Ghost.Although some twenty million people died during Stalin&rsquo;s reign of terror, only with the advent of glasnost did Russians begin to confront their memories of that time. In 1991, Adam Hochschild spent nearly six months in Russia talking to gulag survivors, retired concentration camp guards, and countless others. The result is a riveting evocation of a country still haunted by the ghost of Stalin.A New York Times Notable Book&ldquo;An important contribution to our awareness of the former Soviet Union&rsquo;s harrowing past and unsettling present.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times &ldquo;A perceptive, intelligent book demonstrating that the significance of the gulag transcends the confines of one country and one generation.&rdquo; &mdash;The New York Times Book Review&ldquo;This probing and sensitive book&hellip;casts striking new light upon the Russian past and present.&rdquo; &mdash;The Washington Post Book World &ldquo;The voices [Hochschild] has recorded, the relics he has seen, are haunting&mdash;and the raw material of a terrific book.&rdquo; &mdash;David Remnick, Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning author of Lenin&rsquo;s Tomb&ldquo;No other work has brought home the full horror of this monstrous dictator&rsquo;s rule than this close-up account.&rdquo; &mdash;Daniel Schorr, former senior news analyst, National Public Radio</div>

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The Unquiet Ghost

<div>From the author of King Leopold&rsquo;s Ghost, a narrative history of the social justice campaign formed in the fight to free the slaves of the British Empire.In early 1787, twelve men&mdash;a printer, a lawyer, a clergyman, and others united by their hatred of slavery&mdash;came together in a London printing shop and began the world&#39;s first grass-roots movement, battling for the rights of people on another continent. Masterfully stoking public opinion, the movement&#39;s leaders pioneered a variety of techniques that have been adopted by citizens&#39; movements ever since, from consumer boycotts to wall posters and lapel buttons to celebrity endorsements. A deft chronicle of this groundbreaking antislavery crusade and its powerful enemies, Bury the Chains gives a little-celebrated human rights watershed its due.A San Francisco Chronicle BestsellerA Book Sense Selection&ldquo;By far the most readable and rounded account we have of British antislavery, a campaign that, as the author rightly claims, helped to change the world and can be seen as a prototype of the modern social justice movement.&rdquo; &mdash;Robin Blackburn, Los Angeles Times Book Review &ldquo;A thrilling, substantive, and oftentimes raw work of narrative history. In its own fashion, it furthers the abolitionists&rsquo; crucial work of lifting our moral blindness.&rdquo; &mdash;Maureen Corrigan, National Public Radio&rsquo;s Fresh Air</div>

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