Well-known CNN commentator Lou Dobbs has quite a strong opinion about the state of the U.S.; he believes that political parties, large corporations, and special interest groups are waging an all-out war on middle-class America. While Dobbs argues that this class warfare has adversely affected the quality of health care, educational resources, and employment opportunities, he's not one to just complain--he also offers suggestions for change and reform. You may or may not agree with his ideas, but you won't know until you read them. Check this one out soon!

Though it is now known that cholera is transmitted by disease-laden water, in the early 19th century the prevailing belief was that the deadly illness was spread through contact with foul air--a mistaken notion that facilitated a devastating cholera outbreak in Victorian London just as the city was beginning to modernize. In this gripping chronicle of the epidemic, writer Steven Johnson takes readers back to 1854 to follow Dr. John Snow as he discovers and proves that contaminated drinking water was the cause and source of the outbreak. Part medical mystery and part social history, this page-turner is also a timely look at current and future threats from contagious diseases.