BEACON PRESS
Resurrecting Empire: America and the Western Adventure in the Middle East (Apr., $14) by Rashid Khalidi cites the necessity for U.S. policy reform.
BERRETT-KOEHLER
Stick Your Neck Out: A Street-Smart Guide to Creating Change in Your Community and Beyond (June, $14.95) by John Graham advocates compassionate service and effective action.
DALKEY ARCHIVE PRESS
Voices from Chernobyl (Apr.; $13.95, cloth $34.95) by Svetlana Alexievich collects hundreds of interviews with those who survived the worst nuclear accident in history.
DUKE UNIV. PRESS
Capitalism, God and a Good Cigar: Cuba Enters the Twenty-first Century (June, $21.95), edited by Lydia Chávez, depicts Cuban life since the early 1990s.
FEMINIST PRESS
Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Iraq (Apr., $14.95) by Riverbend. An unnamed Iraqi woman gives eyewitness accounts from the battered city.
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV. PRESS
Mortal Secrets: Truth and Lies in the Age of AIDS (Mar., $18.95) by Robert Klitzman, M.D., and Ronald Bayer debates whether to conceal or disclose one's HIV status.
NATION BOOKS
Herzl's Nightmare (Apr., $13.95) by Peter Rodgers. The former Australian ambassador to Israel assesses the Israel-Palestine conflict.
The Iranian Labyrinth (Aug., $14.95) by Dilip Hiro is a contemporary history of the enigmatic nation.
NEW PRESS
Speaking of Empire and Resistance: Conversations with Tariq Ali (Apr., $16.95) by Tariq Ali and David Barsamian confronts the war on terror and the resurgent militarism of America.
OLIVE BRANCH PRESS (dist. by Interlink)
The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions (Mar., $18) by David Ray Griffin dissects the panel's findings.
Challenging Empire: How People, Governments and the UN Are Challenging U.S. Power (June, $18) by Phyllis Bennis discusses the doctrine of pre-emptive war.
ONEWORLD
Global Outrage: The Origins and Impact of World Opinion from the 1780s to the 21st Century (May, $24.95) by Peter N. Stearns notes the link between world opinion and American domestic and international policies.
PERENNIAL CURRENTS
Busted! (Aug., $13.95) by Max Fabricant covers pat-downs, interstate drug trafficking laws and more. 35,000 first printing.
PLUTO PRESS
Suicide Bombers: Allah's New Martyrs (Apr.; $24.95, cloth $80) by Farhad Khosrokhavar, trans. by David Macey, examines different attitudes toward the "sacred death" in various Islamic countries.
RAINCOAST BOOKS (dist. by PGW)
The Devil and the Disappearing Sea: Or, How I Tried to Stop the World's Worst Ecological Catastrophe (May; $15.95, cloth $24.95) by Rob Ferguson touches on post-Soviet dysfunction, international intrigue and an unsolved murder.
REGNERY
War Stories: Operation Iraqi Freedom (May, $16.95) by Oliver North is first-hand reportage.
LYNNE RIENNER
Guns and Butter: The Political Economy of International Security (Aug., $23.50), edited by Peter Dombrowski, discusses the link between security affairs and economics in the 21st century.
SEAL PRESS
The Truth Behind the Mommy Wars: Who Decides What Makes a Good Mother? (Apr., $15.95) by Miriam Peskowitz probes the conflict between working and stay-at-home mothers.
Autobiography of a Blue-Eyed Devil: My Life and Times in a Racist, Imperialist Society (June, $14.95) by Inga Muscio tackles race issues in America.
SEVEN STORIES PRESS
The Future of Media: Resistance and Reform in the 21st Century (Apr., $18.95), edited by Robert W. McChesney et al., recommends media reform.
Terror Incorporated: Tracing the Dollars Behind the Terror Networks (May, $16.95) by Loretta Napoleoni identifies how international terrorism is financed. Author publicity.
SEVEN STORIES/OPEN MEDIA
Public Power in the Age of Empire (Nov., $7.95) by Arundhati Roy reaffirms the role of popular activism. Advertising. Author publicity.
SMITH & KRAUS
Intifada 2: The Euro-Islamic War Against the Jews (Apr., $19.95) by Fiamma Nirenstein, trans. by Anne Milano Appel, defends Israel's rationale and warns against the dangers of denying its legitimacy. $20,000 ad/promo.
SOFT SKULL PRESS
America's Mayor: The Hidden History of Rudy Giuliani's New York (Mar., $15.95), edited by Robert Polner, asserts that the former mayor wants to ride his post-9/11 image across past abuses and into the White House.
Going Postal: Rage, Murder and Rebellion: From Reagan's Workplaces to Clinton's Columbine and Beyond (July, $15.95) by Mark Ames looks into the cultural and political significance of rage murder in America.
UNIV. OF WISCONSIN PRESS/STANDARD
Stakeknife (Mar., $19.95) by Greg Harkin and Martin Ingram is an exposé of the two most notorious agents used by the British in Northern Ireland.
UNIV. PRESS OF KANSAS
Military Tribunals and Presidential Power: American Revolution to the War on Terrorism (Apr., $16.95) by Louis Fisher addresses the dangers posed by the antidemocratic expansion of presidential power and the failure of Congress and the Supreme Court to curb that expansion.
VERSO
Afflicted Powers: Capital and Spectacle in the New Age of War (June, $16) by Retort, a San Francisco group of radical intellectuals, analyze the struggle for power in the post-9/11 world.
YALE UNIV. PRESS
Why Globalization Works (July, $17) by Martin Wolf defends the global market.