AMACOM
Knightfall: Knight Ridder and How the Erosion of Newspaper Journalism Is Putting Democracy at Risk (Apr., $24.95) by Davis Merritt. A 40-year veteran of Knight and Knight-Ridder publishers examines the causes, effects and ultimate cost of losing true news reporting.
Microbe: Are We Ready for the Next Plague? (June, $23) by Alan P. Zelicoff, M.D., and Michael Bellomo examines today's ineffective medical practices.
ATRIA
Living Justice: Freedom, Love, and the Making of "The Exonerated" (Mar., $25) by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen, creators of the play The Exonerated, describes how they crossed the country to talk to formerly condemned inmates. 6-city author tour. Radio satellite tour.
BANTAM
Where Soldiers Fear to Tread: A Relief Worker's Tale of Survival (June, $24) by John S. Burnett. A former U.N. relief worker in Somalia reveals the terrifying reality and politics of global aid. 40,000 first printing.
BASIC BOOKS
Three Billion New Capitalists: The Great Shift of Wealth and Power to the East (May, $25) by Clyde Prestowitz. An economic trend spotter predicts a shift of wealth from West to East. 70,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author tour. 20-city satellite tour.
BASIC CIVITAS BOOKS
Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind (May, $23) by Michael Eric Dyson. A "hip-hop intellectual" exposes a nerve of class and generational warfare in black America. 75,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author tour. 40-city radio satellite tour.
BEACON PRESS
Executed on a Technicality: Lethal Injustice on America's Death Row (May, $24.95) by David R. Dow argues for the elimination of the death penalty.
BERRETT-KOEHLER
The Great American Jobs Scam: Corporate Tax Dodging and the Myth of Job Creation (Aug. $24.95) by Greg LeRoy posits that corporate America has perverted economic development through job blackmail, dubious business-climate studies and secretive site-location consultants.
BROADWAY BOOKS
Body Brokers: Inside the Underground Trade in Human Remains (Aug., $23.95) by Annie Cheney reveals the underground body market and its long history.
CAMBRIDGE UNIV. PRESS
The Torture Papers: The Legal Road to Abu Ghraib (Mar., $95) by Karen Greenberg and Joshua L. Dratel. This two-volume set consists of the "torture memos" and reports U.S. government officials wrote to legitimize "coercive interrogation" in Afghanistan, Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib.
CARROLL & GRAF
Ahmad's War, Ahmad's Peace: Surviving Under Saddam, Dying in the New Iraq (Aug., $26) by Michael Goldfarb. A journalist recalls his translator Ahmad, who survived imprisonment and torture under Saddam Hussein, but was murdered after the American invasion for speaking out against the violent factions of Islam.
COLUMBIA UNIV. PRESS
Dying to Kill: The Global Phenomenon of Suicide Terror (June, $24.95) by Mia Bloom. A counterterrorism expert examines the dynamics of suicide bombing. Author tour.
CORNELL UNIV. PRESS
Nursing Against the Odds: How Health Care Cost-Cutting, Media Stereotypes, and Medical Hubris Undermine Nurses and Patient Care (May, $29.95) by Suzanne Gordon explains the complexity of the current nursing shortage and offers possible solutions.
CUMBERLAND HOUSE
Atomic Islam: How Terrorist Iran Bought the Bomb and American Politicians (Apr., $26.95) by Jerome R. Corsi supports the claim that the Iranian regime uses oil profits to support international terrorism. 150,000 first printing
The Death of Free Speech (June, $24.95) by John Ziegler. A radio talking head, fired for using language deemed inappropriate, expresses what this means in a "free speech" society.
FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century (Mar., $26) by Tom Friedman. The New York Times foreign affairs columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner examines the confluence of terror and economic globalization.
Offshore: The Dark Side of the Global Economy (July, $25) by William Brittain-Catlin exposes offshore dummy companies, shadow bank accounts, post office boxes and foreign registries that allow giant corporations to keep huge profits out of sight of investors, regulators and the public.
FREE PRESS
Justice on the Grass: A Story of Genocide and Redemption (Mar., $25) by Dina Temple-Raston documents how Rwanda picked up the pieces after the extermination of nearly one million of its people in 1994.
GOTHAM BOOKS
Death Sentences: How Clichés, Weasel Words and Management-Speak Are Strangling Our Public Language (May, $20) by Don Watson bemoans the sorry state of our public language and advises on what can be done about it. Author tour.
GROVE PRESS
Contact Wounds (Aug., $25) by Jonathan Kaplan chronicles the travels of a doctor in war-torn countries.
HARCOURT
Dangerous Doses: How Counterfeiters Are Contaminating America's Drug Supply (May, $25) by Katherine Eban exposes the dark side of the U.S. pharmaceutical trade. 50,000 first printing. Radio satellite tour.
HARPERCOLLINS
Harvard Rules (Mar., $25.95) by Richard Bradley investigates the powerful institution through the prism of Lawrence Summers's embattled tenure as president. 50,000 first printing.
HENRY HOLT
Human Cargo: A Journey Among Refugees (Mar., $25) by Caroline Moorehead looks at the 20 million refugees out of the world's 6.3 billion people.
Faith at War: A Journey on the Frontlines of Islam, from Baghdad to Timbuktu (May, $25) by Yaroslav Trofimov. A roving foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal shows how the West is changing the Muslim world.
HOLT/METROPOLITAN
Dilemmas of Domination: The Unmaking of the American Empire (Mar., $24) by Walden Bello. A globalization critic evaluates the dilemmas confronting America as a consequence of its quest for global domination.
HOLT/TIMES
Promises Betrayed: The American Dream, Deferred (May, $25) by Bob Herbert. The New York Times op-ed columnist probes the widening gap between American ideals and American realities.
Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Troubled Attempt to Bring Democracy to Iraq (June, $25) by Larry Diamond. A Stanford professor and adviser to American occupation authorities in Iraq explains how the effort to establish democracy there is hampered not only by insurgents and terrorists but also by miscalculations and acts of ideological blindness.
HYPERION
Objection!: How High-Priced Defense Attorneys, Celebrity Defendants, and a 24/7 Media Have Hijacked Our Criminal Justice System (June, $24.95) by Nancy Grace with Diane Clehane. A Court TV host presents a behind-the-scenes look at high-profile cases. 50,000 first printing.
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV. PRESS
Twenty-First Century Plague: The Story of SARS (Mar., $24.95) by Thomas Abraham traces the emergence of SARS and, in the process, the global politics and economics of disease.
LITTLE, BROWN
The Sky's the Limit: Passion and Property in Manhattan (June, $26.95) by Steven Gaines. The author of Philistines at the Hedgerow turns his sights on the Manhattan real estate scene complete with outlandish egos, outrageous behavior and conspicuous consumption. Ad/promo.
Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash (July, $24.95) by Elizabeth Royte lifts the lid off the world of garbage to reveal its complicated, surprising underbelly. Ad/promo.
MCGRAW-HILL
A Call to Action: What Must Be Done to Protect the Global Economy from the Pandemic of Infectious Disease (May, $27.95) by Henry A. McKinnel. The CEO of Pfizer reports on the worldwide battle against epidemics.
NATION BOOKS
Breaking Rank (June, $25) by Norm Stamper exposes the dark side of police work.
NEW PRESS
"Teachers Have It Easy": The Big Sacrifices and the Small Salaries of Our Children's Teachers (Apr., $25.95) by Dave Eggers, Nínive Clements Calegari and Daniel Mouthrop is a call to action to improve the working lives of public school teachers. Ad/promo.
The Schwarzenegger Syndrome: Celebrity and Cruelty in American Politics (June, $19.95) by Gary Indiana irreverently examines the rise of California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
NEW YORK UNIV. PRESS
What Roe v. Wade Should Have Said: The Nation's Top Legal Experts Rewrite America's Most Controversial Decision (June, $29.95), edited by Jack M. Balkin. Ten legal experts rewrite one of the Supreme Court's most controversial decisions.
OVERLOOK PRESS
The Collapse of Globalism and the Rebirth of Nationalism (May, $29.95) by John Ralston Saul looks at globalization's promising beginnings in the 1970s to present-day regional economic collapses, concern for the environment and the rights of workers.
OXFORD UNIV. PRESS
The New American Militarism (Apr., $28) by Andrew Bacevitch critiques contemporary America's fascination with the military.
Rogue Regime (May, $26) by Jasper Becker casts a wary eye at the looming threat of Kim Jong Il's North Korea.
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
Greenspan's Fraud: How Two Decades of His Policies Have Undermined the Global Economy (May, $24.95) by Ravi Batra critiques Alan Greenspan's economic policies.
Saudi Arabia Exposed: Inside a Kingdom in Crisis (June, $22.95) by John R. Bradley peers inside the mysterious Saudi kingdom.
PENGUIN PRESS
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time (Mar., $25.95) by Jeffrey Sachs discusses the roots of economic prosperity and the emergence of the world's poorest nations from extreme poverty. Ad/promo.
Who's Afraid of a Large Black Man? (Apr., $24.95) by Charles Barkley talks straight about the reality of race and racism in America. Ad/promo.
PERMANENT PRESS
On the Record (June, $25 with CD) by Martin Shepard. The copublisher of Permanent Press talks about music, morality, values and vice and includes a CD of original songs that reflect the ponderings.
PLUTO PRESS
An Alliance Against Babylon: The U.S., Israel, and Iraq (Mar., $24.95) by John Cooley claims that America's Iraq invasion marks a turning point in the West's relationship with the Arab world.
POTOMAC BOOKS
War and Destiny: How the Bush Revolution in Foreign and Military Affairs Redefined American Power (June, $27.50) by James Kitfield analyzes the genesis and the flaws in how the Bush administration has decided to wield America's predominant power in the world.
PRINCETON UNIV. PRESS
Return to Greatness: How America Lost Its Sense of Purpose and What It Needs to Do to Recover It (Mar., $22.95) by Alan Wolfe asserts that most Americans care more about saving the country's soul than making the nation great.
PROMETHEUS BOOKS
Silenced: International Journalists Expose Media Censorship (Aug., $26), edited by David Dadge, gathers episodes about brave and persistent journalists who have risked their lives and careers to inform the public and maintain the principles of a free press.
PUBLICAFFAIRS
Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of America's Power (May, $26) by David Rothkopf provides a history of the National Security Council.
RAYO
Dying to Cross (Apr., $21.95) by Jorge Ramos recounts the tragic deaths of 19 immigrants in Texas as they tried to make their way across the Mexican-American border. 75,000 first printing.
RANDOM HOUSE
Secrets of the Kingdom: The Inside Story of the Secret Saudi-U.S. Connection (Apr., $24.95) by Gerald Posner unmasks a complex duplicity between Washington and Saudi Arabia.
Catastrophic Success: How the Bush Administration Remade Our Military to Win New Wars but Not the Peace (June, $24.95) by Peter Boyer charts a revolution being imposed upon the U.S. military by a determined team of civilian policy makers.
REGNERY
Flat Tax, Fair Tax: Why the Flat Tax Is Better for the Economy, Will Lower Your Taxes, and Will Finally Get Rid of the IRS (Apr., $27.95) by Steve Forbes explains a tax system that the author predicts will change the American way of life.
Porn Generation: How Social Liberalism Is Corrupting Our Future (June, $27.95) by Ben Shapiro looks at the corruption threatening to swallow present and future generations.
LYNNE RIENNER
Abortion Politics in North America (July, $49.95) by Melissa Haussman voices the disparity between legal abortion rights and women's daily realities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
RIVERHEAD
Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today's Pop Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter (May, $23.95) by Steven Johnson is a counterintuitive assessment of popular culture. Author tour.
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
Off the Record: An Investigative Journalist's Inside View of Dirty Politics, High Finance, and Corporate Scandal (Mar., $24.95) by Jason Leopold. One of the first reporters to break the story of the California energy crisis and Enron's phony trading floor recounts his double life, seeking out scoops during the day and drowning himself in alcohol and cocaine at night. Author tour.
Globaloney: Unraveling the Myths About Globalization (Apr., $24.95) by Michael Veseth considers how Americans really view the current state of globalization.
Prince of Darkness: The Saudi Assault on the West (Aug., $26.95) by Laurent Murawiec, translated by George Holoch, focuses on the royal family of Saudi Arabia.
SANCTUARY (dist. by PGW)
Moore and Us: One Man's Quest for a New World Order (June, $19.95) by Jesse Larner charts Michael Moore's career from his early days in journalism to the furor around Fahrenheit 9/11 and the 2004 elections. 50,000 first printing. Author tour.
SENTINEL
Smut: A Sex Industry Insider (and Concerned Father) Says Enough Is Enough (Apr., $23.95) by Gil Reavill. A Penthouse and Maxim writer rethinks free speech.
Religion Lite: Why Americans Are Fleeing Liberal Churches for Conservative Christianity (May, $23.95) by David Shiflett attempts to shatter myths about the religious right.
SEVEN STORIES PRESS
Love and War in Afghanistan (May, $24) by Alex Klatis and Gulchin Gulmamadova-Klaits. Afghan men and women tell of living amid foreign invasions, warlord fighting and a fundamentalist regime. Ad/promo. 5-city author tour.
THOMSON
Terrorism & Personal Security: Reduce Your Chances of Becoming a Target (Mar., $29.95) by William M. Epps teaches executives and government officials how to lower their risk on foreign soil.
TRANSACTION
Fractured Generations: Crafting a Family Policy for Twenty-first Century America (Mar., $29.95) by Allan Carlson appeals for a return to the family.
UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History (June, $22.50) by Norman Finkelstein provides details and analysis of issues concerning the history of Israel, the Palestinians and the U.S.
UNIV. OF GEORGIA PRESS
The Lost Boys of Sudan: An American Story of the Refugee Experience (Mar., $24.95) by Mark Bixler tells the story of four Sudanese refugees as they make their way in the U.S.
UNIV. OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS
The Future of Kurdistan in Iraq (May, $45), edited by Brendan O'Leary, John McGarry and Khaled Salih. Experts who served on Kurdistan's regional advisory team analyze the consequences of the U.S.-led intervention in Iraq and the constitutional options for Kurdistan.
UNIV. OF TEXAS PRESS
The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One: How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry (Apr., $24.95) by William K. Black describes how accounting fraud by financial superpredators brought down an industry.
UNIV. OF VIRGINIA PRESS
Equity and Excellence in American Higher Education (Apr., $27.95) by William G. Bowen, Martin A. Kurzweil and Eugene M. Tobin studies the intersection between excellence and equity objectives.
VERSO
Portents of the Real: A Primer for Post 9/11 America (Apr., $23) by Susan Willis analyzes America's response to 9/11 and interprets the current climate of fear.
Planet of Slums (June, $24) by Mike Davis focuses a spotlight on disenfranchised slum-dwellers.
WESTVIEW PRESS
Who Lost Iraq?: The True Story Behind the Postwar Reconstruction Fiasco (May, $25) by David L. Phillips describes how the planning for postwar Iraq was willfully ignored by the Bush administration. Author tour. 20-city radio satellite tour.
WILEY
False Alarm: Profiting from the Epidemic of Fear (June, $24.95) by Marc Siegel discusses a world beset by hype and hysteria.
Res Life: How College Students Are Really Living Today (July, $27.95) by Barrett Seaman looks at life on today's college campuses. Satellite radio tour.
YALE UNIV. PRESS
Democracy and Populism: Fear and Hatred (Mar., $25) by John Lukacs. A historian addresses how our democracy has changed and why we are vulnerable to shallow demagoguery.
