The true story of the '60s radical at the center of the right wing's 2008 Obama smear campaign

"For anyone who wants to think hard about the social conflagration the Vietnam War produced in the U.S., and more generally about a citizen's obligations in troubled times, Ayers's powerful, morally charged account of a life and a society in the political balance is provocative reading." —David Farber, Chicago Tribune

"A challenging, moving, and troubling account . . . Ayers writes well, lyrically, passionately." —Andrea Behr, San Francisco Chronicle

"A wild and painful ride in the savage years of the late sixties. A very good book about a terrifying time in America." —Hunter S. Thompson, author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Hell's Angels

"A memoir that is, in effect, a deeply moving elegy to all those young dreamers who tried to live decently in an indecent world. Ayers provides a tribute to those better angels of ourselves." —Studs Terkel, author of Working and The Good War

Bill Ayers was interviewed on ABC's "Good Morning America," Friday, November 14th. Watch the interview: first segment, second segment.

An October 2008 Indie Next Pick

“A flower child who found her calling after coaching a friend through a home birth, nurse-midwife Harman works with her ob-gyn husband at a West Virginia clinic. In her sweetly perceptive memoir, she reveals how her exam room becomes a confessional. Coaxing women in thin blue gowns to share secrets—about abusive boyfriends, OxyContin habits, unplanned pregnancies—she reminds them that they’re not alone.” —People

"Truly a gift, one that will echo in my own preaching and teaching, and in my own life as well. Like Moses gazing at the Promised Land he would not enter, Forrest Church blesses us with his eloquence, his faith, and, mostly, his love." —Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People

An audio version of Love & Death is also available.

"Illegal People documents how undocumented workers have become the world's most exploited workforce … In this richly reported book, David Bacon makes a powerful case for the centrality of 'illegals' … in the global struggle for economic justice." —Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America