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Getting Away with Murder: The Real Story Behind American Taliban John Walker Lindh and What the U.S. Government Had to Hide (Apr., $25) by Richard D. Mahoney investigates the death of American Mike Spann and the case of the "American Taliban."
ARTE PÚBLICO PRESS
La Causa: Civil Rights, Social Justice and the Struggle for Equality in the Midwest (Apr., $28.95), edited by Gilberto Cardenas, looks at the efforts for social justice by Midwest Latinos.
ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS
Wonderland: The Story of a Prom (May, $24) by Michael Bamberger is the story of a smalltown high school's larger than life prom. 35,000 first printing.
BAKER ACADEMIC
On the Road to Armageddon: How Evangelicals Became Israel's Best Friend (Aug., $24.99) by Timothy P. Weber examines the relationship that Jews and the state of Israel have enjoyed with evangelicals. Advertising.
BASIC BOOKS
The Choice: Global Leadership or National Insecurity (Mar., $25) by Zbigniew Brzezinski. The national security adviser for President Carter offers an assessment of America's imperial behavior. Advertising. Author tour. Radio satellite tour.
Why Arnold Matters (Apr., $18.95) by Michael Blitz and Louise Krasniewicz analyzes Arnold Schwarzenegger's rise to power. 60,000 first printing. Advertising.
BEACON PRESS
Resurrecting Empire: America and the Western Adventure in the Middle East (May, $23) by Rashid Khalidi presents an argument for U.S. policy reform in the Middle East. Advertising. 8-city author tour.
The Raw Deal: How Myths and Misinformation About the Deficit, Inflation, and Wealth Impoverish America (June, $24) by Ellen Frank explains how our economic policy has been hijacked to serve the interests of the wealthy. Advertising.
BRASSEY'S
Al Qaeda's Great Escape: The Military and the Media on Terror's Trail (Apr., $26.95) by Philip Smucker details how Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda fighters managed to slip unnoticed out of Afghanistan.
Imperial Hubris: Why the West Is Losing the War on Terror (May, $27.50) by Anonymous. A member of the U.S. intelligence community claims that we are losing the war on terror.
BROADWAY BOOKS
Raid on the Sun: Inside Israel's Secret Campaign That Denied Saddam the Bomb (Apr., $24.95) by Rodger W. Claire is an account of Israel's covert 1981 mission to destroy Saddam Hussein's Osirak nuclear plant in Iraq.
Blood from Stones: The Secret Financial Network of Terror (May, $24.95) by Douglas Farah. A Washington Post investigative reporter exposes how diamonds and gold are used to fund international terrorism.
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION PRESS
Engaging India: Diplomacy, Democracy, and the Bomb (Apr., $29.95) by Strobe Talbott tells of the negotiations between the U.S. and India from 1998 to 2000 following the May 11, 1998, explosion of three nuclear devices in India's Thar Desert. Advertising.
The Idea of Pakistan (May, $29.95) by Stephen Philip Cohen investigates the nation criticized as a rogue state. Advertising.
CAPITAL BOOKS
Serving Our Children: Charter Schools and the Reform of American Public Education (May, $22.95) by Kevin Chavous looks into charter schools as a model for educational reform; tie-ins with Charter School Week. 8-city author tour.
CARROLL & GRAF
The Politics of Truth (Apr., $25) by Ambassador Joseph Wilson. Wilson revealed the Bush administration's falsification of intelligence before the 2003 Iraqi invasion; later, his wife's classified status was leaked to the media by the Bush administration.
Faith of Our Sons: A Homefront Father's Wartime Journey of Love, Loss and Community (May, $25) by Frank Schaeffer looks at family in time of war.
CROWN FORUM
Betrayal: How Union Bosses Shake Down Their Members and Corrupt American Politics (June, $25.95) by Linda Chavez and Daniel Gray explores the insidious effect that today's big labor has on government and the political process. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
Weapons of Mass Distortion: The Coming Meltdown of the Liberal Media (July, $25.95) by L. Brent Bozell III claims that America's left-leaning news organizations' days of dominance are numbered. Author publicity.
IVAN R. DEE
Doomed to Fail: The Built-In Defects of American Education (Aug., $26.95) by Paul A. Zoch states that students have been neglected in favor of focusing on teachers.
DOUBLEDAY
The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Politics, Business, Economies and Culture (May, $24.95) by James Surowiecki. The New Yorker's financial page columnist looks at the way the world works.
A Pretext for War: 9/11, Iraq and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies (May, $26.95) by James Bamford documents how the Bush administration failed before 9/11, then used the tragedy to further its own hidden agenda.
FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX
Life on the Outside: The Prison Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett (Mar., $24) by Jennifer Gonnerman. After serving 16 years in prison for selling cocaine, Bartlett is ill-prepared for independent life with no money, no job and no real home.
The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace (Aug., $30) by Dennis Ross offers a candid account of the Middle East peace process.
FSG/NORTH POINT PRESS
The Outlaw Sea: A World of Freedom, Chaos, and Crime (May, $23) by William Langewiesche explores our ocean world and the enterprises that flourish on it in the privacy of its horizons.
The Dark Heart of Italy (June, $24) by Tobias Jones is the author's account of a four-year journey and his love for the country that produced Fellini and the Mafia, Armani and Berlusconi. Author tour.
FREE PRESS
Against All Enemies: Inside the White House's War on Terror (Apr., $27) by Richard Clarke. The former White House counterterrorism czar talks. 200,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
The Invisible People: How the U.S. Has Slept Through the Global AIDS Pandemic, the Greatest Humanitarian Catastrophe of Our Time (June, $25) by Greg Behrman is the story of politics, bureaucracy, disease, internecine warfare and shocking negligence. Ad/promo. Author tour.
HARPERCOLLINS
Blinded by the Sunlight (Mar., $25.95) by Matthew McAllester. A Pulitzer Prize—winning journalist who survived an Iraqi prison gives insights into what freedom will mean for Iraqis. 40,000 first printing.
America the Vulnerable (Apr., $25.95) by Stephen Glynn assesses America's security against new terrorist attacks. 50,000 first printing.
HENRY HOLT
In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat in Iraq (Mar., $25) by Rick Atkinson is an eyewitness account of the war in Iraq and the soldiers who are fighting it. Ad/promo. Author tour.
The Last Men Out: Life on the Edge at Rescue 2 Firehouse (Apr., $25) by Tom Downey is the inside story on the New York City's elite firehouse and the brotherhood of men who face danger every day. Advertising.
HOLT/METROPOLITAN
What's the Matter with Kansas? Middle America's Thirty-Year War with Liberalism (Apr., $24) by Thomas Frank tries to explain how a group of frat boys, lawyers and CEOs convinced a nation that they speak on behalf of the people.
Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Petroleum Dependency (Aug., $24) by Michael T. Klare assesses the critical role that petroleum plays in America's actions abroad. Advertising.
Sixteen Acres: The Outrageous Struggle for the Future of Ground Zero (Aug., $24) by Philip Nobel observes the collision of interests behind the ambitious attempt to raise a new national icon at Ground Zero.
HOLT/TIMES
Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America (May, $22) by Jonathan Rauch. A Washington journalist makes a passionate and provocative case in favor of same-sex marriage. Advertising. First serial to the Atlantic Monthly. Author tour.
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
Count Down: Six Kids Vie for Glory at the World's Toughest Math Competition (Apr., $24) by Steve Olson follows six American high school math whizzes as they take on the best teen mathematicians in the world. 25,000 first printing . 5-city author tour.
The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World (May, $26) by Paul Roberts ponders what happens when oil runs out. 35,000 first printing.Ad/promo. 7-city author tour.
HYPERION
Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them (Apr., $19.95) by Amy Goodman with David Goodman. A journalist and a talk-show host expose the lies and hypocrisy of officialdom everywhere. 75,000 first printing.
ISLAND PRESS
The Last Refuge: Patriotism, Politics, and the Environment in an Age of Terror (Apr., $20) by David W. Orr describes the current state of American politics against the backdrop of mounting ecological and social problems. Ad/promo. Author tour.
One with Nineveh: Politics, Consumption, and the Human Future (May, $26) by Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich claims that overpopulation, overconsumption and political and economic inequity determine the politics that will shape our future. Ad/promo.
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV. PRESS
Russia in Search of Itself (Mar., $24.95) by James H. Billington. The Librarian of Congress examines the efforts by the Russian people to establish a post-Soviet identity.
JOSSEY-BASS
News Flash: Journalism, Infotainment and the Bottom-Line Business of Broadcast News (June, $26.95) by Bonnie Anderson argues that broadcast news has been reduced to infotainment and speculates on what it means for the health of our democracy.
KENSINGTON
State of the Union: Sex, Lies, and Politics (July, $24) by Larry Flynt. The controversial publisher weighs in on topics from how the rich are robbing the poor to why liberalism is taking a beating.
KNOPF
Power, Terror, Peace, and War: America's Grand Strategy in a World at Risk (May, $19) by Walter Russell Mead examines the explosive foreign policy of the Bush administration. Ad/promo. 7-city author tour.
LITTLE, BROWN
The Interrogators: Inside the Secret War Against Al Qaeda (May, $25.95) by Chris Hogan and Greg Miller is the story of five American interrogators, thousands of prisoners and the race for the truth. Ad/promo. Author tour. TV satellite tour.
MCGRAW-HILL
Allies at War: America, Europe and the Split over Iraq (Apr., $19.95) by Philip Gordon and Jeremy Shapiro analyzes why U.S.-European relations have gone wrong and how to set them right.
NEW PRESS
Consuming Kids: The Hostile Takeover of Childhood (Apr., $24.95) by Susan Linn examines the $15 billion spent to market to our children.
Moyers on America: A Journalist and His Times (May, $24.95) by Bill Moyers is the broadcast journalist's personal and political vision for the U.S.
W.W. NORTON
Cruel and Unusual: Bush/Cheney's New World Order (Apr., $21.95) by Mark Crispin Miller is an exposé of the right-wing threat to American democracy and freedom. Ad/promo. 12-city author tour. 20-city radio satellite tour.
Losing America: Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant Presidency (July, $19.95) by Sen. Robert C. Byrd views what the senator calls "a slow unraveling of the people's liberties" and calls for a return to the original processes of American government.
OXFORD UNIV. PRESS
Rogue State (June, $26) by Jasper Becker assesses North Korea, the latest hot spot.
In Defense of Globalization (Apr., $28) by Jagdish Bhagwati. The economist argues for globalization, the most powerful force for social good in the world today.
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
The Korean Conundrum: America's Troubled Relations with North and South Korea (July, $26.95) by Ted Galen Carpenter and Doug Bandow. The Cato Institute offers a solution for "the Korean problem."
PANTHEON
Disarming Iraq (Mar., $25) by Hans Blix. The former leader of the U.N.'s weapons inspection team gives an account of the events leading up to the 2003 war in Iraq. Ad/promo. 5-city author tour.
Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: America, the Cold War, and the Roots of Terror (Apr., $24) by Mahmood Mamdani. A political scientist versed in the rise of contemporary political Islam, discusses the events that led to the attacks of September 11. Advertising. Author publicity.
PENGUIN
Colossus: The Price of America's Empire (Apr., $25.95) by Niall Ferguson looks at America's recent imperial behavior and speculates on the consequences.
Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire (Aug., $27.95) by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri argues that today's discontents contain the seeds for radical, global grassroots change. Advertising. Author tour.
PRINCETON UNIV. PRESS
My Life Is a Weapon: A Modern History of Suicide Bombing (May, $24.95) by Christoph Reuter looks at the modern globalization of suicide bombing, unintentionally enabled by wrong-headed policies of Western governments.
PROMETHEUS
Bush League Diplomacy: How the Neoconservatives Are Putting the World at Risk (Mar., $26) by Craig R. Eisendrath and Melvin A. Goodman is a critique of the Bush administration's foreign policy.
Operation Hollywood: How the Pentagon Shapes and Censors the Movies (Apr., $28) by David L. Robb exposes Hollywood's agreement to Pentagon censorship in exchange for military assistance in its moviemaking.
PUBLICAFFAIRS
The Failures of Integration: How Race and Class Are Undermining the American Dream (May, $26) by Sheryll Cashin claims that de facto segregation in America is thriving and getting worse; coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
PUTNAM
The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century (May, $24.95) by Thomas P.M. Barnett presents a new model for global security. Advertising. Author publicity. Radio satellite tour.
RANDOM HOUSE
The Bone Woman: A Forensic Anthropologist's Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo (May, $24.95) by Clea Koff follows seven forensic fact-finding missions for the U.N. war crimes tribunal. Author tour.
REED PRESS
Jerusalem Beyond Zionism: Recollections and Reflections 1938—2003 (Mar., $26.95) by Walter Laqueur. A leading historian assesses the state of Jerusalem today. Advertising.
REGNERY
Exit Stage Left: How Democrats Abandon the American People (June, $27.95) by Barbara Comstock explains how the Democratic Party has sold out. 60,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo.
Reckless Disregard: How Liberal Democrats Undercut Our Military, Endanger Our Soldiers, and Jeopardize Our Security (July, $27.95) by Lt. Col. Robert "Buzz" Patterson reports on how liberalism and national security don't mix. 60,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo.
REUTERS PRENTICE HALL
Gates of Injustice? The Crisis in America's Prisons (Mar., $24.95) by Alan Elsner exposes the brutality and abuse in the U.S. prison system.
LYNNE RIENNER
Gods, Guns, and Globalization: Religious Radicalism and International Political Economy (Aug., $55), edited by Mary Ann Tétreault and Robert A. Denemark, explores the religious resurgence of the Christian right in the U.S. and the ethno-nationalist movements across North Africa and Asia.
RODALE
Looking for a Few Good Moms (May, $23.95) by Donna Dees-Thomases with Alison Hendrie. The leader of the Million Mom March for Sensible Gun Laws offers information that will empower every mother to better the world for her children.
ROUTLEDGE
America's "Failing" Schools: How Parents and Teachers Can Cope with No Child Left Behind (May, $23) by W. James Popham elucidates the No Child Left Behind legislation and offers ways to respond. Advertising.
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
Putting Humans First: Why We Are Nature's Favorite (Apr., $19.95) by Tibor R. Machan challenges the idea that humans aren't any more important than other living creatures.
RUTGERS UNIV. PRESS
Bagpipe Brothers: The FDNY Band's True Story of Tragedy, Mourning, and Recovery (Apr., $26.95) by Kerry Sheridan. The New York City Emerald Society Bagpipe Band's tradition of funeral bagpiping helped many to cope after September 11, 2001.
ST. MARTIN'S
Hunting Down Saddam: Special Forces Search for a Dictator on the Run (May, $24.95) by Robin Moore follows the hunt for Saddam Hussein by the U.S. Special Forces. Advertising.
Saddam's Confidant: My Life with Saddam Hussein's Inner Circle (May, $23.95) by Dr. Ala Bashir with Lars Sigurd Sunnana. Hussein's personal physician reveals an intimate and horrific view of a brutal regime.
ST. MARTIN'S/THOMAS DUNNE
The Two Americas (Mar., $25.95) by Stanley B. Greenberg. The former Clinton pollster identifies the key voters who will determine the outcome of the 2004 presidential election. 25,000 first printing.
Mullahs, Merchants, and Militants (June, $25.95) by Stephen Glain. The Middle East correspondent for the Wall Street Journal predicts a coming economic meltdown of the Arab world.
SCRIBNER
House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties (Apr., $26) by Craig Unger explains the relationship between the Bush family and the House of Saud and how it affects American foreign policy, domestic and international business and global politics.
SEVEN STORIES PRESS
Homeland (May, $24.95) by Dale Maharidge, photos by Michael Williamson, discusses the climate of fear and anger in the U.S. on an individual level since 9/11. 25,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo. 5-city author tour.
I.B. TAURIS (dist. by Palgrave Macmillan)
Hezbollah: The Changing Face of Terrorism (May, $24.95) by Judith Palmer Harik traces the origins, politics and transformation of the Islamic fundamentalist group.
TORCHLIGHT PUBLISHING
Integrity Matters (Apr., $23.95) by James F. Bracher and Daniel E. Halloran outlines eight important attributes necessary to restore trust in the free market system, leaders and individuals.
UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
The $800 Million Pill: The Truth Behind the Cost of New Drugs (Apr., $24.95) by Merrill Goozner looks at the politically charged topic of drug pricing in the U.S.
UNIV. OF CHICAGO PRESS
The Power of Productivity: Wealth, Poverty, and the Threat to Global Stability (Apr., $28) by William W. Lewis comes to new conclusions about how to help impoverished nations develop and solve serious problems.
UNIV. OF MICHIGAN PRESS
Defending Diversity: Affirmative Action at the University of Michigan (Apr., $24.95), edited by Patricia Gurin et al., continues the discussion about affirmative action in higher education.
Private Guns, Public Health (Apr., $27.95) by David Hemenway details the public health approach to gun violence.
UNIV. OF NOTRE DAME PRESS
The Song Sparrow and the Child (Mar., $25) by Joseph Vining traces the complex roots of brutal 20th-century human experimentation and extermination.
UNIV. OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS
Understanding Terror Networks (May, $29.95) by Marc Sageman examines the psychological profiles of 172 known terrorists to understand the circumstances that led them to join terror networks.
WILEY
The Halliburton Agenda: Oil, Politics & Money (May, $24.95) by Dan Briody untangles a web of questionable decisions and political back-scratching that includes dealing with terrorist countries.
YALE UNIV. PRESS
America's Inadvertent Empire (Mar., $40) by William E. Odom and Robert Dujarric looks at America's unprecedented power and argues that this country's biggest threat is ineffective U.S. leadership.
