The Eagle’s Shadow
By Mark Hertsgaard (Picador $14)
The author shares opinions about America garnered during a trip around the world.
The Case Against Lawyers
By Catherine Crier (Broadway $14)
The author, a TV journalist and former judge, criticizes the American legal system as unfair and inefficient.
Masters of Death
By Richard Rhodes (Vintage $14.95)
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s account of the Einsatzgruppen, the Nazi murder squads deployed in Poland and Russia early in World War II.
Break Any Woman Down
By Dana Johnson (Anchor $11)
This Flannery O’Connor Award-winning collection of stories features themes of race, class and gender.
Stranger on a Train
By Jenny Diski (Picador $14)
The author uses two Amtrak trips across America to learn about her life and past.
They Fought Like Demons
By DeAnne Blanton and Lauren M. Cook (Vintage $14)
Profiles women who fought in the Civil War.
