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Spring 2001 Book List Edited by Laurele Riippa. Compiled by Lynn Andriani, Dena Croog, Robert Dahlin, Charles Hix, Julia Moberg, Karole Riippa and Bella Stander. -- 1/22/01 History | Contemporary Affairs History ABBEVILLE PRESS Arabic Script (Mar., $35) by Gabriele Mandel Khan. This guide to the Arabic alphabet and writing styles also offers an overview of a culture and a civilization. APERTURE Carrie Mae Weems: The Hampton Project (Mar., $35), photos by Carrie Mae Weems; essays by Deborah Willis, curator, Center of African-American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution; Jeanne Zeidler; and Constance Glenn.This collection brings together photos from Frances B. Johnston's Hampton Album of 1900 with a related series of images by contemporary artist Weems. The Triumph of Evil (May, $40), photos by Alexandra Boulat, documents the wars that raged throughout Yugoslavia during the 20th century. APPLAUSE BOOKS The Plaza: From the Vanderbilts to Eloise to The Donald, and Beyond (June, $26.95) by Ward Morehouse III is a biography of the New York City landmark hotel. ARCADE PUBLISHING Hitler's Gift: The True Story of the Scientists Expelled by the Nazi Regime (May, $25.95) by Jean Medawar and David Pyke tells the story of the gifted scientists who, forced to flee Nazism, sought refuge in Great Britain and the U.S. The Emperor's Codes: The Breaking of Japan's Secret Ciphers (June, $26.95) by Michael Smith records how America and England worked to break the Japanese codes to turn the tide in the Pacific war. Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colony (June, $25.95) by Lee Miller. After 400 years, the mystery--a tale of intrigue, sabotage and murder--is solved. BALLANTINE Trial by Ice: A True Story of Murder and Survival on the 1871 Polaris Expedition (Mar., $23.95) by Richard Parry recounts the tragic American expedition to the Arctic. Ad/promo. 5-city author tour. Henry VIII: The King and His Court (May, $28) by Alison Weir offers controversial new theories on Henry's life based on sources previously overlooked. Ad/promo. 6-city author tour. BLOOMSBURY Typhoid Mary (Apr., $19.95) by Anthony Bourdain. The author of Kitchen Confidential takes readers through New York City's kitchens at the turn of the century. Long Shadows (June, $24.95) by Erna Paris examines the shifting terrain of war and memory, seeking to understand how nations come to terms with painful history. BRASSEY'S Record Breakers of the North Atlantic: The Blue Riband Liners, 1838-1952 (Apr., $39.95) by Arnold Kludas describes the rivalry among and engineering feats of the great shipping lines as well as the political ambitions of their governments. Stealing Secrets, Telling Lies: How Spies and Codebreakers Helped Shape the Twentieth Century (Aug., $26.95) by James Gannon explores how espionage shaped many of the major geopolitical events. BROADWAY BOOKS Wine &War: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure (Apr., $24) by Don and Petie Kladstrup reveals the story of France's vintners who protected and rescued the country's treasured commodity from German plunder. Ad/promo. CAMBRIDGE UNIV. PRESS The Monied Metropolis (Apr., $34.95) by Sven Beckert looks at struggles between the upper and lower classes in New York City during the age of the robber barons. Legacies of Dachau (June, $34.95) by Harold Marcuse examines how the notorious death camp has been mythologized. CAPITAL BOOKS The Middleburg Mystique: A Peek Inside the Gates of Middleburg, Virginia (Aug., $26.95) by Vicky Moon takes an inside look at the Palm Springs of the Mid-Atlantic. CARLTON BOOKS Servants of Evil: New First-Hand Accounts of the Second World War from Surviving Members of Hitler's Wehrmacht (Aug., $22.95) by Simon Trew. German soldiers reveal their memories. Advertising. CARROLL &GRAF The Great Hedge of India (Mar., $22) by Roy Moxham follows one man's search for a lost monument of the British Raj. The Last Battle: The Mayaguez, the Lost Fire Team, and the End of the Vietnam War (June, $27) by Ralph Wetterhahn is an account of the tragic military misadventure that left soldiers stranded in the Cambodian jungle. 35,000 first printing. $30,000 ad/promo. COLLINS &BROWN (dist. by Trafalgar Square) Who's Who in British History (Mar., $50), edited by Juliet Gardiner, surveys the people who shaped British history with more than 4,000 biographical entries and 200 essays. A History Book Club selection. COLUMBIA UNIV. PRESS The Devil's Cloth: A History of Stripes and Striped Fabric (Aug., $20) by Michel Pastoureau, trans. by Jody Gladding, explains why prostitutes, referees and Renaissance clowns wore stripes. Salt: The Grain of Life (Aug., $24.95) by Pierre Laszlo looks at the substance that is a necessity for the body and a commodity that shaped history. COMBINED PUBLISHING The Medieval Fortress (May, $45) by J.E. and H.W. Kaufmann and Robert M. Jurga presents a history of the castles of Europe and the Middle East. COMBINED PUBLISHING/SARPEDON Xenophon's March: Into the Lair of the Persian Lion (May, $25) by John Prevas sheds light on the classic tale of Greek soldiers trapped behind enemy lines. COOPER SQUARE PRESS The Jehovah's Witnesses and the Nazis: Persecution, Deportation, and Murder, 1933-1945 (June, $27.95) by Michel Reynaud and Sylvie Graffard, trans. by Michael Berenbaum, tells of German and European Jehovah's Witnesses who refused to renounce their faith despite persecution. CROWN Home to War: A History of the Vietnam Veterans' Movement (Apr., $32.50) by Gerald Nicosia features Vietnam veterans who returned home to fight a different kind of war. Advertising. Author publicity. IVAN R. DEE American Towns: An Interpretive History (June, $28.95) by David J. Russo offers a history of one of the centerpieces of American life. Author tour. DK PUBLISHING Ronald Reagan: An American Hero (July, $39.95) is an illustrated volume celebrating the former president's life, authorized by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, with reflections by Nancy Reagan. Days of Destiny (Aug., $35). Contemporary historians including David Brinkley, Eric Foner and David Levering Lewis examine pivotal but overlooked moments in our nation's history. DOUBLEDAY Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission (May, $24.95) by Hampton Sides is the untold story of the liberation of 513 American prisoners of war from the Philippine death camp Cabanatuan. 100,000 first printing. WM. B. EERDMANS What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It?: What Archaeology and the Bible Can Tell Us About Ancient Israel (Mar., $25) by William G. Dever illuminates ancient Israel in the Iron Age. David's Secret Demons: Messiah, Murderer, Traitor, King (Apr., $30) by Baruch Halpern introduces the real King David, the politician and bandit. FARRAR, STRAUS &GIROUX Jay's Journal of Anomalies (Apr., $40) by Ricky Jay is a guided tour through the world of singular entertainers, con men and unusual phenomena by a sleight-of-hand artist and scholar of the unusual. The Metaphysical Club (May, $25) by Louis Menand deals with the creation of modern American thought as originated by this informal club that met to talk about ideas and whose members included Oliver Wendell Holmes. FSG/HILL &WANG Houdini, Tarzan and the Perfect Man: The White Male Body and the Challenge of Modernity in America (May, $26) by John F. Kasson examines the signs of crisis in American life a century ago as new forces affected men's sense of identity. Devices and Desires: Women, Men and the Commercialization of Contraception in the United States (June, $30) by Andrea Tone offers a history of contraception in America from a thriving black market to big business. FOUR WALLS EIGHT WINDOWS How Wall Street Created a Nation: J.P. Morgan, Teddy Roosevelt, and the Panama Canal (May, $27.95) by Ovidio Diaz Espino is an exposé of the financial speculation, fraud and international conspiracy that led to the building of the Panama Canal. THE FREE PRESS No Peace, No Honor: Nixon, Kissinger, and Betrayal in Vietnam (Aug., $27.50) by Larry Berman. A historian of the Vietnam War tells the hidden story of the peace process. Ad/promo. Author publicity. 20-city radio satellite tour. FROMM INTERNATIONAL Frederick the Great: King of Prussia (May, $40) by Sir David Fraser features the soldier-king who changed the face of Europe. History Book Club selection. GLOBE PEQUOT/TWO DOT Sacagawea Speaks: Beyond the Shining Mountains with Lewis and Clark (May, $29.95) by Joyce Badgley Hunsaker is based on the author's stage performance, with the "bird woman" speaking freely about her life with the Corps of Discovery. HARCOURT Presidential Inaugurations (May, $25) by Paul F. Boller Jr. describes the celebrations, ceremonies, fashions and foreshadowings that have marked inaugurals. 35,000 first printing. An Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confederate Government (June, $30) by William C. Davis tells of the fall, flight and capture of the Confederate leadership. 50,000 first printing. Advertising. Author tour. HARPERCOLLINS The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology (Aug., $24) by Simon Winchester. The author of The Professor and the Madman tells the story of a 19th-century engineer who became the father of modern geology. 100,000 first printing. Ad/promo. 7-city author tour. HARVARD UNIV. PRESS Forces of Habit: Drugs and the Making of the Modern World (Mar., $24.95) by David T. Courtwright looks at the discovery and exploitation of psychoactive resources from tea and kola to opiates and amphetamines. Russia and the Russians: A History (Apr., $23.95) by Geoffrey Hosking identifies the links among political, economic, social and cultural phenomena that have made Russia a world both familiar and mysterious to Western observers. HIPPOCRENE BOOKS Tikal: An Illustrated History of the Ancient Maya Capital (May, $14.95) by John Montgomery recounts Tikal's rise from prehistoric obscurity to the center of Mayan civilization and its collapse and abandonment. HOLMES &MEIER The War Crimes of the Deutsche Bank and the Dresdner Bank: The OMGUS Report (Mar., $45), edited by Christopher Simpson, analyzes the controversial report in light of the debates over the culpability of German corporations during the Holocaust. HENRY HOLT In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors (May, $25) by Doug Stanton offers an account of America's worst naval disaster and of the heroism of the men who survived. HOLT/METROPOLITAN The Assassin: A Story of Race and Rage in the Land of Apartheid (June, $22) by Henk Van W rden tells of Dimitri Tsafendas, the man who killed South Africa's architect of apartheid, Prime Minister Kendrik Verw rd. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Sheba: The Quest for the Legendary Queen (Apr., $26) by Nicholas Clapp. The author used satellite images to track Sheba on ancient caravan routes and at archeological sites. INDIANA UNIV. PRESS Governments, Citizens, and Genocide: A Comparative and Interdisciplinary Approach (Apr., $29.95) by Alex Alvarez dissects the history of modern genocide. THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY Portraits of Our Past: Jews of the German Countryside (Mar., $24.95) by Emily C. Rose looks at everyday Jewish life in the small towns of 18th- and 19th-century Germany. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV. PRESS Comic Book Nation: The Transformation of Youth Culture in America (Apr., $34.95) by Bradford W. Wright explores how Superman, Iron Man, the X-Men and other icons of the art form have reflected political values, social concerns and cultural changes in 20th-century America. In Therapy We Trust: America's Obsession with Self-Fulfillment (Apr., $34.95) by Eva Moskowitz investigates the role of self-esteem, happiness and psychological well-being in 20th-century America through the nation's obsession with therapy. KNOPF Memory and the Mediterranean (Apr., $35) by Fernand Braudel, edited by Roselyne de Ayala and Paule Braudel. The late historian chronicles the history of the Mediterranean Sea from its ancient geological beginnings to the great civilizations that populated its shores. THE LIBRARY OF AMERICA The American Revolution: Writings from the War of Independence (Apr., $40), edited by John Rhodehamel, brings together more than 120 texts by both famous and lesser-known participants. LOST COAST PRESS Jew vs. Arab: Sibling Rivalry of the Ages (Mar., $24.95) by Ivan Scott provides an overview of this seemingly insolvable conflict and clarifies the issues and the roles played by the principal historical figures. THE LYONS PRESS Twelve Days of Terror (June, $27.95) by Richard G. Fernicola, M.D., investigates the 1916 New Jersey shark attacks, the true-life inspiration for Benchley's book and Spielberg's movie, Jaws. MCGRAW-HILL The Last Partnerships: Inside the Great Wall Street Money Dynasties (Apr., $29.95) by Charles Geisst describes the rise and fall of Wall Street's financial empires. Advertising. MERCER UNIV. PRESS These Few Also Paid a Price (June, $25) by G. McLeod Bryan gathers the testimonies of 30 Southern whites who participated in the Civil Rights movement. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESS Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia (May, $39.95) by Warren Upham has been revised and updated from the 1920 original. Advertising. MODERN LIBRARY CHRONICLES The Catholic Church: A Short History (Apr., $19.95) by Hans Küng was written by a Christian theologian and historian, the primary writer of the Vatican II documents. Advertising. The Holocaust: A Short History (July, $19.95) by Robert S. Wistrich discusses the origins, history and legacy. Advertising. MORROW Disaster!: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906 (May, $25) by Dan Kurzman provides a frightening glimpse of the events that occurred in SF during the disaster. 50,000 first printing. Author publicity. MOUNTAIN PRESS The Arikara War: The First Plains Indian War, 1823 (Apr.; $30, paper $16) by William R. Nestor gives an account of the first U.S.-Indian clash west of the Mississippi. THE NEW PRESS A People's History of the American Revolution: How Common People Shaped the Fight for Independence (Apr., $25.95) by Ray Raphael re-creates the Revolution as told by the people who lived through it. NEW YORK UNIV. PRESS One Nation, Underground: A History of the Fallout Shelter (Aug., $28.95) by Kenneth D. Rose investigates the controversies surrounding fallout shelters and how they have become an American icon. Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow: The Tragic Courtship and Marriage of Paul Lawrence Dunbar and Alice Ruth Moore (Aug., $26.95) by Eleanor Alexander traces the tempestuous romance of America's noted African-American literary couple. NEWMARKET PRESS Exploring the Past--All the Writings from 1798-1896 Relating to the History of East Hampton (Apr., $39.95), edited by Tom Twomey, includes historical documents and essays by Walt Whitman, William Cullen Bryant and others. NORTHEASTERN UNIV. PRESS The Hub: Boston Past and Present (May, $24.95) by Thomas H. O'Connor takes readers on a journey through Boston's history from the Revolutionary War to the Big Dig. W.W. NORTON Forgotten Soldier: The Saga of Jim Thompson, America's Longest-Held Prisoner of War (May, $26.95) by Tom Philpott portrays the story of Thompson, who was the first American taken prisoner in Vietnam. Love on Trial: An American Scandal in Black and White (May, $26.95) by Earl Lewis and Heidi Ardizzone. Alice Jones, a former nanny, married wealthy Leonard Rhinelander and became the first black woman listed in New York's social register before a bitter annulment battle raised questions of race and identity. THE O'BRIEN PRESS (dist. by IPG) Exploring the Spanish Armada (June, $15.95) by Winifred Glover presents previously unpublished archeological findings from the Spanish Armada's attack on England in the 16th century. OVERLOOK PRESS 1918: War and Peace (May, $40) by Gregor Dallas. A historian traces the transition to peace and its consequences 20 years later. OXFORD UNIV. PRESS Flares of Memory: Stories of Childhood During the Holocaust (Apr., $27.50), edited by Anita Brostoff and Sheila Chamovitz, collects 92 accounts of childhood from survivors of the Holocaust and their liberators. Facing the Ocean: The Communities of Atlantic Europe 8000 B.C. to A.D. 1500 (May, $35) by Barry Cunliffe explores the identity and achievements of generations of people living along Europe's Atlantic coast. PANTHEON Looking for History: Dispatches from Latin America (Apr., $25) by Alma Guillermoprieto considers three crucial countries (Cuba, Colombia, Mexico) and three central personalities (Eva Perón, Che Guevara, Mario Vargas Llosa) of Latin America. Advertising. Author publicity. PEN &SWORD (dist. by Combined Publishing) The Search for Gestapo Müller (Mar., $29.95) by Charles Whiting traces the career of Gestapo chief Heinrich Müller and exposes the Cold War coverup of his later whereabouts and activities. PENN STATE UNIV. PRESS America's Strategic Blunders: Intelligence Analysis and National Security Policy, 1935-1991 (June, $35) by Willard C. Matthias presents a survey and critique of Cold War policy by a U.S. intelligence insider. PINEAPPLE PRESS The Florida Keys: Volume 3: The Wreckers (Mar., $16.95) by John Viele chronicles the adventures of the shipwreck salvagers of the late 19th century. POCKET BOOKS Farther Than Any Man (June, $25.95) by Martin Dugard details Captain James Cook's travels in the Pacific and his discoveries that changed the globe. PRAEGER PUBLISHERS A President in the Family: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, and Thomas Woodson (Apr., $25) by Byron W. Woodson Sr. recounts the life and legacy of Thomas Woodson, Jefferson's first child by Sally Hemings. PRIMA PUBLISHING The Secret History of the CIA (Aug., $35) by Joseph J. Trento. An investigative reporter uncovers an organization that from the beginning was compromised by internal rivalries, mismanagement and Soviet moles. PRINCETON UNIV. PRESS Neighbors: Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne (Apr., $19.95) by Jan T. Gross pieces together eyewitness accounts and other evidence of the day when virtually all of the Jewish inhabitants of a Polish town were killed. PUBLIC AFFAIRS Wilson's Ghost: Reducing the Risk of Conflict, Killing, and Catastrophe in the 21st Century (June, $24) by Robert S. McNamara and James G. Blight offers a manifesto for preventing war in the 21st century. Advertising. Author publicity. PURDUE UNIV. PRESS From Boston to Berlin: A Journey Through World War II in Images and Words (June, $39.95) by Christopher E. Mauriello and Roland J. Regan Jr. Two war veterans portray the major military events in Europe through collected photographs and letters. PUTNAM No End Save Victory: Perspectives on World War II (Mar., $32.50), edited by Robert Cowley. Historians and writers including Stephen E. Ambrose, Caleb Carr and William Manchester describe the horror and heroism that defined WWII. Advertising. BOMC main and History Book Club alternate.. With My Face to the Enemy: Perspectives on the Civil War (May, $30), edited by Robert Cowley, gathers essays by James M. McPherson, David Herbert Donald and others. Advertising. RANDOM HOUSE Dark Horse: The Legend of Seabiscuit (Mar., $24.95) by Laura Hillenbrand is the story of one of the 20th century's great sports legends and how he went from bottom-level runner to champion racehorse. Ad/promo. BOMC and History Book Club selections. An Album of Memories: Personal Histories from World War II (May, $29.95) by Tom Brokaw captures remarkable experiences of ordinary people during historic events. Ad/promo. ROUTLEDGE Glory and Terror: Seven Deaths Under the French Revolution (June, $35) by Antoine de Baecque provides an unsparing new look into the forces propelling the uprising. Advertising. ST. MARTIN'S/L.A. WEEKLY BOOKS Lost Hollywood (Mar., $23.95) by David Wallace. From Ocean House to Pickfair, vanished places and lives tell the story of this most glamorous industry. ST. MARTIN'S/PALGRAVE Masturbation: The History of a Great Terror (Apr., $24.95) by Jean Stengers and Anne Van Neck offers a history at once frightening and funny. SCRIBNER War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from America's Wars (June, $28) by Andrew Carroll is an anthology of previously unpublished war letters. SILVER LINING (dist. by Sterling) The Big Dig (Mar., $40) by Dan McNichol, photos by Andy Ryan, chronicles Boston's $15-billion Central Artery/Tunnel project, the most complex highway construction ever undertaken in the U.S. SIMON &SCHUSTER Wide As the Waters Be: The Story of the English Bible (Apr., $26) by Benson Bobrick tells of the translation of the Bible by experts assembled under King James and how the work changed the course of history. 50,000 first printing. Ad/promo. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION PRESS Hunting and the American Imagination (May, $29.95) by Daniel Justin Herman examines America's hunting culture. Ad/promo. Author publicity. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIV. PRESS Ben's Story: Holocaust Letters with Selections from the Dutch Underground Press (May, $24.95), edited by Kees W. Bolle, includes the letters of Ben Wessels, who died in Bergen-Belsen at about the same time as Anne Frank. SUTTON PUBLISHING The Great Irish Potato Famine (May, $27.95) by James S. Donnelly Jr. explores the circumstances of the famine and investigates England's role. Roman Murder Mystery: The True Story of Pompilia (July, $24.95) by Derek Parker revisits the mysterious events surrounding a 14th-century murder in Italy. SYRACUSE UNIV. PRESS The Forgotten: Soviet Catholics from Tsar Nicholas II to Joseph Stalin (Mar., $39.95) by Rev. Christopher Lawrence Zugger traces the history of Russian Catholicism, telling of faithful men and women shackled by dictatorship. TAYLOR The Alamo: A Cultural History (Mar., $27.95) by Frank Thompson looks at the transformation of the Franciscan mission to its status today as a tourist attraction and historical monument. The Young Eagle: The Rise of Abraham Lincoln (Mar., $28.95) by Kenneth J. Winkle reexamines the young adult life of the 16th president. TEXAS A&M UNIV. PRESS A Testament of Revolution (May, $29.95) by Béla Lipták explains the conflict between university students, factory workers and Hungarian nationalists on one side and the hated Hungarian secret police and Russian army troops on the other. TEXERE LLC Blood, Sweat and Tears (Apr., $27.95) by Richard Donkin is a history of work and the theories, individuals and events that have shaped its evolution. 30,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo. THAMES &HUDSON Mary Queen of Scots (Apr., $40) by Susan Watkins, photos by Mark Fiennes, re-creates the world in which the queen lived. BOMC and History Book Club selections. Akhenaten: Egypt's False Prophet (May, $29.95) by Nicholas Reeves reinterprets the life of the pharaoh. History and Natural Science Book Club selections. THUNDER BAY PRESS Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes (May, $15.95), edited by Paul Hancock, discusses many of the most disastrous shipwrecks since the Great Lakes were discovered. Portraits of Riverboats (May, $17.95) by William C. Davis describes a post-Civil War world where steamboats played a role in the economic and social advance of the frontier. TILBURY HOUSE Snow Squall: The Last American Clipper (July, $40) by Nicholas Dean is the biography of a ship, its people and its trade. TIME-LIFE Pearl Harbor: America's Darkest Day (May, $34.95) by Susan Wels commemorates the 60th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, following the her s, victims and perpetrators of the attack during and after the war. TV BOOKS The Brits: The Secret War Against the IRA (Mar., $27.50) by Peter Taylor reveals the hidden world of espionage in Northern Ireland. Advertising. Hitler's Children: The Indoctrination of Germany's Youth (Apr., $27.50) by Guido Knopp offers a history of the Hitler Youth movement. Advertising. UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Conquistadors (May, $27.50) by Michael Wood is an illustrated history of the Spanish conquest of the Americas. History Book Club selection. Tie-in with a PBS-TV series. UNIV. OF CHICAGO PRESS Saint-Simon and the Court of Louis XIV (June, $30) by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie studies the court life at Versailles. UNIV. OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS Inside Greenwich Village: A New York City Neighborhood, 1898-1918 (July, $29.95) by Gerald W. McFarland is a portrait of the urban enclave at the turn of the century. UNIV. OF MISSOURI PRESS Gettysburg to Vicksburg: The Five Original Civil War Battlefield Parks (Apr., $29.95) by Herman Hattaway, photos by A.J. Meek, is a pictorial history of Gettysburg, Shiloh, Antietam, Vicksburg and Chickamauga. UNIV. OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS The Commonplace Book of William Byrd II of Westover (Mar., $39.95), edited by Kevin Berland, Jan Kirsten Gilliam and Kenneth A. Lockridge, gathers a collection of epigrams, notations and reflections by Byrd (1674-1744), a colonial Virginia gentleman. UNIV. OF NORTH TEXAS PRESS If White Kids Die: Memories of a Civil Rights Movement Volunteer (May, $22.95) by Dick J. Reavis. A young white man who joined a 1965 summer voter-registration program in Alabama offers an insightful look at that time. UNIV. PRESS OF FLORIDA Bay of Pigs: An Oral History of Brigade 2506 (Apr., $24.95) by Victor Andres Triay presents the human dimension of a pivotal moment in the Cold War. UNIV. PRESS OF KENTUCKY It Seems to Me: Selected Letters of Eleanor Roosevelt (Apr., $30), edited by Leonard C. Schlup and Donald W. Whisenhunt. The first lady's letters display her views on civil rights and shed light on Cold War politics. UNIV. PRESS OF NEW ENGLAND Generation Exodus: The Fate of Young Jewish Refugees from Nazi Germany (Apr., $29.95) by Walter Laqueur offers a generational history of young people whose lives were irrevocably shaped by the rise of the Nazis. My Brave Boys: To War with Colonel Cross and the Fighting Fifth (Apr., $29.95) by Mike Pride and Mark Travis. A lost New Hampshire story comes to life in this military history. UNIV. PRESS OF VIRGINIA Apostles of Disunion: Southern Secession Commissioners and the Causes of the Civil War (Mar., $22.95) by Charles B. Dew finds the true roots of the war and its legacy of racism in America in the inflammatory rhetoric of those preaching the secessionist cause. VIKING The Last Days of Haute Cuisine: America's Culinary Revolution (Mar., $24.95) by Patric Kuh presents an insider's social and cultural history of the American restaurant. Author tour. Treason by the Book (Mar., $24.95) by Jonathan Spence. A historian unravels a plot against an 18th-century Chinese emperor while illuminating a vanished culture. 6-city author tour. The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer (Aug., $24.95) by Doron Swade is the story of Babbage's drive to build the first computer more than 100 years before today's current models were invented. Author tour. VIRGIN (dist. by Sterling) Norris McWhirter's Book of Historical Records (Apr., $24.95) by Norris McWhirter is a history of the world as seen through records, milestones and other firsts that have shaped our lives. WALKER The Business of America (May, $24) by John Steele Gordon provides the story of the political and historical climates shaping the nation's economic sphere through essays written for American Heritage magazine . WAYNE STATE UNIV. PRESS Detroit in Its World Setting: A Three-Hundred Year Chronology, 1701-2001 (Apr., $24.95), edited by David Lee Poremba, places Detroit in the context of world history. This Is Detroit, 1701-2001 (June, $49.95) by Arthur M. Woodford is an illustrated history. WILEY The Rescue: A True Story of Courage and Survival in World War II (May, $24.95) by Steven Trent Smith recounts American refugees' 1944 escape from the Japanese and the rescue that drew them into a mission of strategic importance. YALE UNIV. PRESS The Holocaust Encyclopedia (Mar., $60), edited by Walter Laqueur, presents photos, maps and other information on the major aspects of the Holocaust. Libraries in the Ancient World (Apr., $22.95) by Lionel Casson follows the history of the written word, from clay tablets and papyrus rolls to hand-penned parchment carefully cloistered in Christian monastic libraries. Spain Betrayed: The Soviet Union in the Spanish Civil War (July, $35), edited by Ronald Radosh, Mary R. Habeck and Grigory Sevostianov, provides documentation of the Soviet Union's duplicitous and self-serving activities. Contemporary Affairs ARCADE The Queen and Di: The Untold Story (Apr., $25.95) by Ingrid Seward examines the relationships between Elizabeth II and Princess Diana, as well as those within the Windsor family. BERRET-K HLER Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic (May, $24.95) by John de Graaf, David Wann and Thomas H. Naylor looks at the personal, social, economic and environmental costs of overconsumption. BRANDEIS UNIV. PRESS (dist. by Univ. Press of New England) Irreconcilable Differences?: The Waning of the American Jewish Love Affair with Israel (May, $29.95) by Stephen T. Rosenthal analyzes the creation and destruction of the American Jewish consensus on Israel. CAMINO BOOKS Night of the Devil (Aug., $24.95) by David Stout investigates the case of convicted New Jersey cop-killer Thomas Trantino, as featured on 60 Minutes. CARROLL &GRAF The Well: The Epic Story of the First (and Most Influential) Online Community (May, $21) by Katie Hafner tells the story of the pioneering virtual community. 30,000 first printing. $30,000 ad/promo. CATO INSTITUTE Fool's Errands: America's Recent Encounters with Nation Building (June, $19.95) by Gary Dempsey and Roger Fontaine examines why interventions failed in such nations as Kosovo, Bosnia and Haiti. CROWN Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect (Mar., $20) by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel identifies the principles that define the profession. Ad/promo. 5-city authors tour. High Horses on a Low Road: The Race for the White House in 2000 (May, $25) by Roger Simon. The chief political correspondent for U.S. News &World Report casts his eyes on one of the closest presidential races in history. Author publicity. Justice: Crimes, Trials, and Punishments (July, $24) by Dominick Dunne brings together Dunne's courtroom writing on the crimes of the wealthy and connected. 75,000 first printing. Advertising. Author publicity. DOUBLEDAY Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency (Apr., $26.95) by James Bamford exposes new details about the world's most powerful intelligence agency. DUCKWORTH PUBLISHING (dist. by IPM) Separate Ways: The Heart of Britain (Apr., $26.95) by Peter Shore questions Britain's interest in European integration as the European Union gains in influence. FARRAR, STRAUS &GIROUX A Cold Case (July, $22) by Philip Gourevitch tells of a Manhattan investigator who hunted down a double murderer who'd been on the lam for decades. FSG/HILL &WANG Not in Front of the Children: "Indecency," Censorship, and the Innocence of Youth (May, $27) by Marjorie Heins probes the history of laws and restrictions aimed at protecting youth. THE FREE PRESS Casino Moscow: A Tale of Greed and Adventure on Capitalism's Wildest Frontier (July, $25) by Matthew Brzezinski takes an odyssey through newly capitalist Russia. Ad/promo. Author publicity. 20-city radio satellite tour. HARPERCOLLINS Big Red: Three Months on Board a Trident Nuclear Submarine (Mar., $27.50) by Douglas C. Waller. A Time correspondent takes readers inside this small, silent, secretive world. 75,000 first printing. Author publicity. 50-city radio satellite tour. HARPERCOLLINS/CLIFF STREET Murder in Spokane: Catching a Serial Killer (June, $25) by Mark Fuhrman. Fuhrman turns his detective skills to the apprehension and arrest of a killer responsible for the deaths of at least 23 women. 100,000 first printing. Author tour. 15-city TV and 25-city radio satellite tours. HOLT/METROPOLITAN Nickel-and-Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in Boom-Time America (May, $23) by Barbara Ehrenreich. The social critic g s undercover as an unskilled worker to reveal the dark side of American prosperity. Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict (May, $26) by Michael T. Klare looks at the growing impact of resource scarcity on the military policies of nations. HOLT/TIMES BOOKS How Race Is Lived in America (May, $27.50) by the New York Times. More than a dozen stories represent voices of Americans speaking out on the impact of race on their daily lives. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Word Freak: A Journey into the Eccentric World of the Most Obsessive Board Game Ever Invented (July, $25) by Stefan Fatsis. A journalist recounts his rise through the ranks of elite Scrabble players. 25,000 first printing. 6-city author tour. MORROW Twentynine Palms: A True Story of Murder, the Marines, and the Mojave (Apr., $24) by Deanne Stillman uses the story of a marine's murder of two girls to explore a rootless society of fatherless families and the violence-tinged military culture. 35,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author publicity. Son of a Grifter (May, $25) by Kent Walker with Mark Schone. Walker tells the story of his family, the con artist mother-and-son team, Sante and Kenny Kimes, both convicted of murder. 100,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author publicity. The American Dream (June, $25) by Dan Rather. Through interviews with ordinary people in pursuit of the extraordinary, Rather explores our belief in the American Dream. 200,000 first printing. Author publicity. Ad/promo. 15-city TV and 25-city radio satellite tours. NEW HORIZON Canine Capers: The True Story of a Female Pet Vigilante (May, $24.95) by Sharon Curry and Delilah Ahrendt. A chance encounter with an abused puppy leads a woman into the covert world of animal rescue. Advertising. 20-city radio satellite tour. THE NEW PRESS The Invisible Heart: Economics and Family Values (Apr., $24.95) by Nancy Folbre takes a candid look at the economics of caregiving. The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability (June, $25.95), edited by Peter Kornbluh. Newly declassified documents reveal the facts behind U.S. collusion with the Chilean dictator. Legal Lynching: The Death Penalty and America's Future (Aug., $24.95) by Jesse L. Jackson Sr., Jesse L. Jackson Jr. and Bruce Shapiro calls for the abolition of capital punishment. New york university PRESS Words of Fire: Independent Journalists Who Challenge Dictators, Drug Lords, and Other Enemies of a Free Press (July, $28.95) by Anthony Collings explores the world of independent "guerrilla" journalists and the dangers they face. PHANES PRESS Mona Lisa's Moustache: Making Sense of a Dissolving World (Mar., $27) by Mary Settegast studies the disintegration of Western cultural forms through the lens of art, ecology, spirituality and more. POCKET BOOKS Public Enemy (Aug., $24.95) by John Walsh. The host of America's Most Wanted reveals inside details of investigations that he worked on. 10-city author tour. 20-city radio satellite tour. PRAEGER PUBLISHERS Pharmacracy: Medicine and Politics in America (Apr., $25) by Thomas Szasz argues that the growing use of pseudomedical arguments to justify "public health" policies is eroding personal liberties and distorting our approach to health care. PRENTICE HALL PRESS A Cry for Character (Aug., $24) by Dary Matera chronicles a student-inspired movement aimed at returning morals and character to the public school system. PRIMA Hollow Kids (Aug., $24.95) by Laura L. Smith and Chuck H. Elliott looks at the results of kids needing to feel better about themselves and their bodies in a culture of skyrocketing cosmetic surgery and rampant materialism. PRINCETON UNIV. PRESS Republic.com (Apr., $19.95) by Cass Sunstein states that the question is not whether to regulate the Internet, but how. PROMETHEUS BOOKS I Watched a Wild Hog Eat My Baby!: A Colorful History of Tabloids and Their Cultural Impact (Mar., $25) by Bill Sloan offers a behind-the-scenes look at the evolution of tabloid journalism. Vulgarians at the Gate: Trash TV and Raunch Radio--Raising the Standards of Popular Culture (Apr., $26) by Steve Allen. The late TV pioneer calls for a reversal of the coarsening of American entertainment. PUBLIC AFFAIRS The Odds: Three Gamblers, One Season and the Death of Las Vegas (Mar., $25) by Chad Millman follows professional gamblers through a college basketball season. Author tour. Waging Modern War: Bosnia, Kosovo, and the Future of Combat (May, $27) by Gen. Wesley K. Clark. The supreme allied commander who directed the NATO action in Kosovo explains the conflict's implications for how wars will be fought in the decades to come. Ad/promo. Author tour. RANDOM HOUSE Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper (Apr., $23.95) by Nicholson Baker is an exposé of 20th-century library policies and the destruction of large quantities of the printed past. Advertising. 5-city author tour. The Lost Art of Drawing the Line: How the Common Good Collapses When No One Is in Charge (Apr., $22.95) by Philip K. Howard examines, with telling examples, the decline of individual freedom in contemporary society. Advertising. 10-city author tour. REGANBOOKS American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing (May, $26) by Lou Michel and Dan Herbeck tells the story of the most lethal act of terrorism in American history. 150,000 first printing. Author publicity. 50-city radio satellite tour. Digital Hustlers: Living Large and Falling Hard in Silicon Alley (May, $24) by Casey Kait and Stephen Weiss chronicles the roller-coaster story of the geek-chic generation that launched the Internet revolution. 75,000 first printing. ROWMAN &LITTLEFIELD (dist. by NBN) Going Live: News and Ethics in a Real-Time World (Mar., $24.95) by Philip Seib. A veteran journalist warns of the dangers of trivialized news and sloppy ethics in this "new news" age. It Ain't Necessarily So: How Media Make and Unmake the Scientific Picture of Reality (Apr., $24.95) by David Murray, J l Schwartz and S. Robert Lichter separates fact from fiction when it comes to science and statistics in the news. RUTGERS UNIV. PRESS The Connection Gap: Why Americans Feel So Alone (June, $26) by Laura Pappano argues that our frenzied, technology-laden lives are creating a society of overcommitted and underconnected people. ST. MARTIN'S/PALGRAVE Beyond the Bottom Line: Connecting Work, Family, and Community (Mar., $26.95) by Paula M. Rayman. A Harvard think-tank director foresees a new world of work. Before the Deluge: The Vanishing World of the Upper Yangtze River (Apr., $24.95) by Deirdre Chetham looks at a world quickly vanishing under the river's rising waters. SCARECROW PRESS A White Teacher Talks About Race (Apr., $22.95) by Julie Landsman shares the writer's experiences as a teacher in a racially diverse inner-city high school. TEMPLE UNIV. PRESS Elie Wiesel and the Politics of Solidarity (Apr., $34.50) by Mark Chmiel examines Wiesel's conflicting practice of solidarity with suffering people yet his silence about Israel's treatment of Palestinians. TEXAS A&M UNIV. PRESS Testimony of a Bosnian (June, $32.95) by Naza Tanovic-Miller identifies the actual perpetrators of the Bosnian crisis and calls to task those who didn't use their power to prevent atrocities. TYNDALE HOUSE Justice That Restores (May, $17.99) by Charles W. Colson shares the author's views on reforming the justice system. $75,000 ad/promo. UNIV. OF CHICAGO PRESS For the Love of Mike: More of the Best of Mike Royko (Apr., $22) collects more than 100 vintage pieces by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Chicago columnist. UNIV. OF MINNESOTA PRESS The Wrong Man: A True Story of Innocence on Death Row (Mar., $29.95) by Michael Mello chronicles an attorney's fight to save his client from execution. UNIV. OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS Human Rights in Iran (June, $49.95) by Reza Afshari reveals Iran's attempt to hide human rights abuses by labeling oppression as an authentic cultural practice. VERSO Irish on the Inside (June, $23) by Tom Hayden explores the consequences of generations of immigrants erasing their rebellious Irish heritage in order to become "respectable" Americans. History | Contemporary Affairs Launch the Spring 2001 Book List Index |
Spring 2001 Book List
Jan 22, 2001
A version of this article appeared in the 01/22/2001 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline:
