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AK PRESS
Serpents in the Garden: Liaisons with Culture and Sex (May, $12.95), edited by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair, takes on modern American culture, from marijuana to John Ashcroft. Advertising. Author tour.
ALLEN & UNWIN(dist. by IPG)
Cities of the Hot Zone: A Southeast Asian Adventure (Apr., $17.95) by Greg Sheridan offers insights into the growing Islamic fundamentalism in this region.
ANCHOR
Americana (Apr., $13) by Hampton Sides. Essays conjure up an assortment of American subcultures. 50,000 first printing.Advertising. 6-city author tour.
Bush Versus the Environment (June, $12) by Robert S. Devine indicts the present administration's policies. 50,000 first printing.Advertising. Author tour.
AVALON/NATION BOOKS
A Hole in the World: Letters from Ground Zero (June, $13.95) by Jonathan Schell reflects on the shifting cultural and political landscapes since 9/11.
Killed: True Stories You Were Never Meant to Read (June, $16.95), edited by David Wallis, identifies "spiked" journalism.
BANTAM
The War on Choice: The Right Wing Attack on Women's Rights and How to Fight Back (Apr., $12) by Gloria Feldt. The president of Planned Parenthood discloses antichoice actions at government's highest levels. 50,000 first printing. Advertising.
BASIC BOOKS
Reprints: What Liberal Media? The Truth About Bias and the News (Mar., $15) by Eric Alterman, 50,000 first printing; Rogue Nation: American Unilateralism and the Failure of Good Intentions (May, $15) by Clyde Prestowitz.
BRAZOS PRESS
God Is Not ...Religious, Nice, "One of Us," an American, a Capitalist (July, $14.99), edited by Brent Laytham, critiques those who distort the Christian understanding of God. Advertising.
BROADMAN & HOLMAN
Two Nations Under God: Why Should America Care About Israel and the Middle East? (July, $14.99) by Tom Doyle aims to inspire Western Christian support of Israel.
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION PRESS
Budgeting for National Priorities (Mar., $15.95), edited by Isabel V. Sawhill and Alice M. Rivlin, proposes fiscal solutions to the deficits in store for Americans. Advertising.
CHELSEA GREEN
High Noon for Natural Gas: The New Energy Crisis (June, $15) by Julian Darley exposes the potential for the next big fuel problem; a Politics of the Living book.
COFFEE HOUSE PRESS
Civil Disobediences: Poetics and Politics in Action (June, $18), edited by Anne Waldman and Lisa Birman. Such figures as Amiri Baraka and Michael Ondaatje explore the intersection between poetry and politics. Advertising.
COLUMBIA UNIV. PRESS
Loyal Soldiers in the Cocaine Kingdom (Apr., $24.50) by Alfredo Molano, trans. by James Graham, examines the inner workings of the Colombian drug trade.
CONTINUUM
Televising War: The Collective Memory of Conflict (June, $27.95) by Andrew Hoskins posits that the relationship among self, society and media shape our understanding of the past and the present.
FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX
Reprint: After Jihad: America and the Struggle for Islamic Democracy (May, $14) by Noah Feldman.
HARVARD UNIV. PRESS
American Empire: The Realities and Consequences of U.S. Diplomacy (Mar., $15.95) by Andrew J. Bacevich reconsiders assumptions regarding American global power after the Cold War.
HOLT/OWL
Reprint: The Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence and the Will of the People (May, $16) by Jonathan Schell.
HOUGHTON/MARINER
Reprint: Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market (Apr., $13) by Eric Schlosser, 200,000 first printing.
INTERLINK
The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9/11 (Mar., $17.95) by David R. Griffin leaves little doubt that 9/11 requires further investigation.
LYONS PRESS
Why I Hate the Democrats and ...Republicans (both Apr., $7.95 each) by Randy Howe. Quotes prove that politicians are not to be trusted.
Saddam Insane: Some Detours in Baghdad (Aug., $13.95) by Paul William Roberts details Saddam Hussein's terrifying dictatorship.
MCGILL-QUEEN'S UNIV. PRESS
After the Terror (Mar., $17.95) by Ted Honderich asks why the events of 9/11 were wrong and what terrorism tells us about ourselves and our moral obligations.
NEW PRESS
Citizen You! Helping Your Government Help Itself (June, $16.95) by Joe Garden, Mike Loew and Randy Ostrow lampoons the Bush administration and offers a guide to "proper" patriotism.
W.W. NORTON
Reprints: The Mission: Waging War and Keeping Peace with America's Military (Mar., $15.95) by Dana Priest; Terror and Liberalism (May, $13.95) by Paul Berman.
OCEAN PRESS (dist. by Consortium)
Wars of the 21st Century: New Threats, New Fears (Apr., $16.95) by Ignacio Ramonet reviews world changes since 9/11. 15,000 first printing. Author tour.
PARAGON HOUSE
Genocide in Rwanda: Complicity of the Churches (Mar., $19), edited by Carol Rittner et al. Essays provide a variety of perspectives on the 1994 horrors.
PELICAN
Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 2004 (Mar., $14.95), edited by Charles Brooks, draws on the work of 160 cartoonists from the U.S. and Canada. Advertising.
PLUME
Reprints: The Savage Nation (Mar., $14) by Michael Savage; The Clinton Wars (May, $18) by Sidney Blumenthal; Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them (Aug., $14) by Al Franken.
POCKET BOOKS
Blown Away (Apr., $13) by Caitlin Kelly examines why 17 million American women own guns.
RDR BOOKS
Saving Our Schools: A Citizen's Guide to the Attack on Public Education in America (Apr., $16.95) by Ken and Yetta Goodman explains why the administration's No Child Left Behind law threatens to destroy public schools. Author tour.
LYNNE RIENNER
Young Soldiers: Why They Choose to Fight (July, $17.95) by Rachel Brett and Irma Specht cites the roles that war, poverty, politics and family play in inducing adolescents to join up.
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
Middle East Illusions: IncludingPeace in the Middle East?, Reflections on Justice and Nationhood (May, $14.95) by Noam Chomsky discusses viable solutions for peace.
ST. MARTIN'S/GRIFFIN
Marching Powder: A True Story of Friendship, Cocaine and South America's Strangest Jail (May, $14.95) by Rusty Young and Thomas McFadden tours one of the most notorious prisons in the world.
SAQI BOOKS (dist. by Palgrave Macmillan)
Future Iraq: U.S. Policy in Reshaping the Middle East (May, $22.95) by Geoff Simons analyzes the implications of American involvement in Iraq.
SEVEN STORIES PRESS
In Pursuit of Justice: Collected Writings 2000—2003 (Mar.; $19.95, cloth $35.95) by Ralph Nader also includes early writings about unsafe cars and corporate abuse. 15,000 first printing. Advertising. Author tour.
If You're Not a Terrorist... Then Stop Asking Questions! (May, $16.95) by Micah Ian Wright pairs Wright's posters with testimonies by newly released 9/11 detainees. 20,000 first printing. Advertising.
SOFT SKULL PRESS
The Passion of Joschka Fischer: The Origins of Liberal Interventionism (Apr., $10.95) by Paul Berman dissects radical left politics. 15,000 first printing. Advertising.
Wake Up! You're Liberal! How We Can Take America Back from the Right (Apr., $13.95) by Ted Rall informs Democrats that Americans are much more liberal than assumed. 15,000 first printing.
THREE RIVERS PRESS
Reprints: Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude (May, $13.95) by Robert Baer; Hillary's Scheme: Inside the Next Clinton's Ruthless Agenda to Take the White House (June, $14.95) by Carl Limbacher.
THUNDER'S MOUTH PRESS
Inside Al Qaeda: How I Infiltrated the World's Deadliest Terrorist Organization (Apr., $13.95) by Mohamed Sifaoui is the diary of an undercover journalist.
The I Hate George W. Bush Reader: Why Dubya Is Wrong About Absolutely Everything (May, $13.95), edited by Clint Willis, features selections from political writers.
UNIV. OF MINNESOTA PRESS
Drug Wars: The Political Economy of Narcotics (Apr., $19.95) by Curtis Marez reviews how drugs have been viewed in our culture through writing, art and film.
UNIV. PRESS OF KANSAS
Sexual Harassment and the Law: The Mechelle Vinson Case (Apr.; $14.95, cloth $29.95) by Augustus B. Cochran III revisits a landmark decision that delivers far-reaching implications for the empowerment of women.
VINTAGE
Reprints: Language Police (May, $13) by Diane Ravitch, 50,000 first printing; Absolutely American (June, $14.95) by David Lipsky, 125,000 first printing.
VISION (dist. by IPG)
Human Traffic: Sex, Slaves & Immigration (Apr., $15.95) by Craig McGill unveils disturbing truths behind the international trade in human beings.
