- I must say, Edwin Newman on English, the news and other matters, Edwin Newman
- Suddenly, the American idea abroad and at home 1986-1990, George F. Will
- A sense of place, listening to Americans, David Lamb
- American decades, edited by Tandy McConnell
- America 51, a probe into the realities that are hiding inside "the greatest country in the world", Corey Taylor
- Dixie rising, how the South is shaping American values, politics and culture, Peter Applebome
- Back to our future, how the 1980s explains the world we live in now--our culture, our politics, our everything, David Sirota
- The indignant years, art and articles from the Op-Ed page of the New York times, edited by Harrison E. Salisbury with David Schneiderman. Art editor and designer, Jean-Claude Suarès. --
- America alone, the end of the world as we know it, Mark Steyn
- Morning in America, how Ronald Reagan invented the 1980s, Gil Troy
- An inconvenient book, real solutions to the world's biggest problems, written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe ; writers Steve "Stu" Burguiere ... [and others] ; contributors Carol Lynne...[et al.] ; illustrations Paul Nunn
- A world of ideas, conversations with thoughtful men and women about American life today and the ideas shaping our future, Bill Moyers
- 1973 nervous breakdown, Watergate, Warhol, and the birth of post-sixties America, Andreas Killen
- Echoes of combat, the Vietnam war in American memory, Fred Turner
- Your money or your life, Neil Cavuto
- Visions from San Francisco Bay, Czeslaw Milosz ; translated by Riczard Lourie. --
- A world of ideas II, public opinions from private citizens, Bill Moyers ; Andie Tucher, editor
- Final draft, the collected work of David Carr, edited by Jill Carr
- The arrogance of the French, why they can't stand us and why the feeling is mutual, Richard Z. Chesnoff
- Off camera, private thoughts made public, by Ted Koppel
- Building a bridge to the eighteenth century, how the past can improve our future, by Neil Postman
- Promises to keep, a call for a new American revolution, Richard N. Goodwin
- Bill Moyers journal, the conversation continues, Bill Moyers ; edited by Michael Winship ; photographs by Robin Holland
- Crackers, this whole many-angled thing of Jimmy, more Carters, ominous little animals, sad singing women, my daddy, and me, Roy Blount, Jr
- United we stand, how we can take back our country, Ross Perot
- Whatever happened to pudding pops?, the lost toys, tastes & trends of the '70s & '80s, Gael Fashingbauer Cooper and Brian Bellmont
- The flag, the cross, and the station wagon, a graying American looks back at his suburban boyhood and wonders what the hell happened, Bill McKibben
- James A. Michener's USA, foreword by James A. Michener ; edited by Peter Chaitin. --
- The quality of life, by James A. Michener. Paintings by James B. Wyeth
- The Americans. --
- Steal this dream, Abbie Hoffman and the counterculture revolution in America, Larry Sloman
- The unfinished war, Vietnam and the American conscience, Walter H. Capps. --
- Left at the post, Foreword by Benjamin C. Bradlee. --
- This noble land, my vision for America, James Michener
- Imperial masquerade., Lewis H. Lapham
- Everyone is entitled to my opinion, David Brinkley
- The triumph of meanness, America's war against its better self, Nicolaus Mills
- It seemed like nothing happened, the tragedy and promise of America in the 1970s, Peter N. Carroll. --
- The Good society, Robert N. Bellah ... [and others]
- Who are we?, the challenges to America's national identity, Samuel P. Huntington
- The seventies, the great shift in American culture, society, and politics, Bruce J. Schulman
- Lead time, a journalist's education, Garry Wills. --
- Eating the dinosaur, Chuck Klosterman
- Abbie Hoffman, American rebel, Marty Jezer