BEACON PRESS
(dist. by HMH)
The Overloaded Liberal: Shopping, Investing, Parenting, and Other Daily Dilemmas in an Age of Political Activism (Apr., $25.95) by Fran Hawthorne. A mom and veteran journalist confronts the ethics of everyday life.
BERRETT-KOEHLER
(dist. by IPS)
The Abundant Community (June, $26.95) by John McKnight and Peter Block outlines ways to recapture the sense of community that has been lost in our neighborhoods.
BLOOMSBURY PRESS
Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming (June, $25) by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway claims that policy makers have stifled the facts on politically sensitive topics.
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION PRESS
Journey into America: The Challenge of Islam (May, $29.95) by Akbar Ahmed describes what everyday life is like for Muslims in post-9/11 America.
CATO INSTITUTE
(dist. by NBN)
The Struggle to Limit Government: A Modern Political History (Apr., $24.95) by John Samples examines the high and low points of the 30-year struggle from Reagan to Obama.
CORNELL UNIV. PRESS
Why Intelligence Fails: Lessons from the Iranian Revolution and the Iraq War (Mar., $27.95) by Robert Jervis studies major intelligence mistakes regarding the Shah's regime in 1978 and the existence of WMDs in 2002.
CROWN
Anatomy of an Epidemic (Apr., $26) by Robert Whitaker exposes the lie behind the rise in disabled mentally ill Americans. 40,000 first printing.
DA CAPO PRESS
The Last Farmer: How One Man Took on Monsanto to Save the Future of Food (July, $25) by John Park. The story of an independent farmer who battled the world's biggest seed cartel.
FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX
The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam (Apr., $27) by Eliza Griswold examines the relationship between faith and violence in today's times. Author tour.
HARPERONE
Made for Goodness: And Why This Makes All the Difference (Mar., $25.99) by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu explains the Nobel Peace Prize winner's optimism despite apartheid, unrest, and natural disasters. 75,000 first printing.
HARVARD UNIV. PRESS
Opium: Uncovering the Politics of the Poppy (Mar., $27.95) by Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy traces the long history of the addictive drug and its modern-day illicit trade in Asia.
LYONS PRESS
Willful Neglect: The Dangerous Illusion of Homeland Security (Mar., $24.95) by Charles Faddis. A veteran CIA operative reveals that America is still a land of opportunity—for its enemies.
MIT PRESS
Rule of Law, Misrule of Men (Apr., $14.95) by Elaine Scarry calls for citizen action to uphold the rule of law when government does not.
NATION BOOKS
(dist. by Perseus)
Dangerous Ground: America's Failed Arms Control Policy, from FDR to Obama (Apr., $29.95) by Scott Ritter probes the subject's history.
ONEWORLD PUBLICATIONS
(dist. by NBN)
Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats (June, $24.95) by Gwynne Dyer forecasts the potential calamities of runaway climate change. Author tour.
OXFORD UNIV. PRESS
The Plundered Planet: Why We Must—and How We Can—Manage Nature for Global Prosperity (May, $27.95) by Paul Collier suggests sustainable solutions that are neither unchecked greed nor environmental romanticism.
Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology (Aug., $19.95) by Jonathan Keats investigates the interplay between words and ideas in a techno-driven society.
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
The Presumption of Guilt: Race, Class, and Justice in America (July, $25) by Charles Ogletree explores the Sgt. James Crowley—Henry Lewis Gates incident and suggests steps toward racial and legal equality.
PORTFOLIO
Rough Justice: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (Apr., $26.95) by Peter Elkind. The investigative reporter reveals the tragedy of one man's noble intentions and fatal flaws and the forces that destroyed him.
PRINCETON UNIV. PRESS
The Politics of Happiness: What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-Being (Mar., $24.95) by Derek Bok. The former Harvard president examines possible uses of happiness research in a variety of policy areas.
Not Even Past: Barack Obama and the Burden of Race (May, $24.95) by Thomas J. Sugrue assesses the culture and politics of race, and prospects for a postracial America.
PROMETHEUS BOOKS
My Brother, My Enemy: America and the Battle of Ideas Across the Islamic World (July, $26) by Philip Smucker exposes barriers to winning peace in the Muslim world through interviews with regional experts.
PUBLICAFFAIRS
Eclipse of the Sunnis: Power, Exile, and the Rebalancing of the Middle East (Mar., $26.95) by Deborah Amos. The NPR correspondent illuminates the flipside of the Shia revival and its impact on the Middle East.
RIZZOLI
Writing on the Edge: Great Contemporary Writers on the Front Line of Crisis (Apr., $29.95), edited by Dan Crowe, photos by Tom Craig. Fourteen essays present perspectives on nations whose suffering is all too easily ignored.
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
Rich, Free, and Miserable: The Failure of Success in America (Apr., $36.95) by John Brueggemann posits that a breakdown in morality might be causing the deterioration of the American dream.
SEAL PRESS
(dist. by Perseus)
A Thousand Sisters (Apr., $24.95) by Lisa Shannon describes how one woman began a national organization to sponsor Congolese women, and the lessons they taught her.
STACKPOLE BOOKS
Endless War (Mar., $27.95) by Ralph Peters examines the influence of religion, changing American attitudes, and methods of war on current global conflicts.
TAYLOR TRADE PUBLISHING
(dist. by NBN)
Deadly Indifference: Hurricane Katrina, 9/11, Disease Pandemics, and the Failed Politics of Disasters (June, $24.95) by former FEMA director Michael D. Brown and Ted Schwarz considers the impact of natural and manmade disasters on the public.
TEMPLETON PRESS
(dist. by Chicago Distribution Center)
The New Threats to Freedom (May, $25.95), edited by Adam Bellow. Essays by high-profile writers and social critics tackle the cultural phenomena that are taking a toll on our freedoms.
UNIV. OF CHICAGO PRESS
What Is Happening to News: The Information Explosion and the Crisis in Journalism (May, $25) by Jack Fuller. The Pulitzer Prize winner analyzes the causes of journalism's diminishing audience.
UNIV. OF VIRGINIA PRESS
On the Trail of the D.C. Sniper: Fear and the Media (Apr., $29.95) by Jack R. Censer creates a more complex picture of the range of news media than accounts emphasizing political bias or commercial gain.
