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Michael Casey argues that the vast global financial system is responsible for our economic malaise. In The Unfair Trade: How Our Broken Global Financial System Destroys the Middle Class, Casey traces the flow of money and goods across the world, and shows that our economic problems are largely caused by political agendas that prevent the free market from encouraging fair competition.

Arthur Herman tells how American businessmen—automobile magnate William Knudsen and shipbuilder Henry J. Kaiser—helped mobilize the “arsenal of democracy” that propelled the Allies to victory in World War II. Freedom’s Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II tells how Knudsen and Kaiser helped transformed America into an economic and military superpower.

Scott Jurek tell us about his rise in the sport of ultrarunning and about his vegan diet. In Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness he gives an account of competing in 100-plus-mile endurance races and surviving on a plant-based diet and he shares running and eating advice.

Phil Stutz and Barry Michels discuss their groundbreaking approach to therapy. In The Tools: Transform Your Problems into Courage, Confidence, and Creativity they present five tools that can bring about dynamic change. In their approach, obstacles become opportunities—to find courage, embrace discipline, develop self-expression, deepen creativity.

Chad Harbach’s novel The Art of Fielding is the next pick for the Leonard Lopate Show Book Club! It which was named one of 2011’s best books by the New York Times and The New Yorker.  Set at a midwestern college where a star shortstop has transformed the school’s baseball team, it follows five characters grappling with the consequences of one wild throw.

Pick up a copy of and then tune in on Thursday, June 28th, when Chad Harbach answers your questions about the novel.
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