Spring 2013 Catalog

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After bin Laden

Al Qaeda, the Next Generation

Abdel Bari Atwan

A fearless examination of the terrorist network after the death of its longtime leader by one of the world’s foremost Al Qaeda experts.

Any Way You Slice It

The Past, Present, and Future of Rationing

Stan Cox

A compelling explanation of a much-maligned concept in an era of ecological crises and growing inequality, from the author of the highly acclaimed Losing Our Cool

Betting on Famine

Why the World Still Goes Hungry

Jean Ziegler

From a leading global expert, how the world’s shift from growing food to growing fuel has led to a new epidemic of starvation—and worldwide food insecurity

Blocked on Weibo

What Gets Suppressed on China’s Version of Twitter (and Why)

Jason Q. Ng

PAPERBACK ORIGINAL: A clever, thought-provoking compilation of online content that gets hidden by China's Internet censors, drawn from the popular blog

Chasing Gideon

The Elusive Quest for Poor People's Justice

Karen Houppert

On the fiftieth anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright, veteran journalist Karen Houppert investigates the way justice is delivered to the poor—and discovers a crisis in our nation’s courts

Constitutional Myths

What We Get Wrong and How to Get It Right

Ray Raphael

From one of the country’s best-loved myth-busting historians, a revealing challenge to the misleading stories and tall tales that have assailed our founding document

The Cushion in the Road

Meditation and Wandering as the Whole World Awakens to Being in Harm's Way

Alice Walker

From the pulitzer prize–winning author of The Color Purple, a stunning new meditation on the intersections of spirituality and politics

Digital Disconnect

How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet Against Democracy

Robert W. McChesney

A paradigm-shifting analysis of the relationship between the internet and the economy from the celebrated scholar and award-winning author

Extremely Loud

Sound as a Weapon

Juliette Volcler

A bold and original look at the insidious and growing use of acoustics by armies and police departments around the globe

The Last Gun

How Changes in the Gun Industry Are Killing Americans and What It Will Take to Stop It

Tom Diaz

From the influential gun control advocate and author, a startling new analysis of guns and gun violence—in a book that shows the path to a safer future

The Machine

A Field Guide to the Resurgent Right

Lee Fang

Paperback Original: An exposé and compendium of the right-wing forces deployed to bring down the Obama presidency, from the lauded young researcher who revealed the role of the Koch brothers in American politics

The Martin Duberman Reader

The Essential Historical, Biographical, and Autobiographical Writings

Martin Duberman

Paperback original: In a single volume, an incisive collection of the key writings of
the award-winning author and activist

Only One Thing Can Save Us

Why Our Country Needs to Snap Out of It and Have a New Kind of Labor Movement

Thomas Geoghegan

From the author of Were You Born on the Wrong Continent? and NBCC finalist Which Side Are You On?, a galvanizing new argument for the revitalization of American unions

Race to Incarcerate

A Graphic Retelling

Sabrina Jones, Marc Mauer

Paperback Original: Marc Mauer’s landmark book on race, class, and the criminal justice system adapted as a work of inspired graphic storytelling by Sabrina Jones

The Race Track

Understanding and Challenging Structural Racism

Kimberlé Crenshaw, Luke Charles Harris, George Lipsitz

A user’s guide to race and racism in a society that proclaims inclusion but practices exclusion—from three of the country’s most distinguished scholars

Republic of Outsiders

The Power of Amateurs, Dreamers, and Rebels

Alissa Quart

From the acclaimed author of Branded and Hothouse Kids, a critical exploration of the new ways outsiders are reshaping the mainstream

The Self Beyond Itself

An Alternative History of Ethics, the New Brain Sciences, and the Myth of Free Will

Heidi M. Ravven

A groundbreaking book on how new developments in neuroscience challenge our basic assumptions about morality

The World Will Follow Joy

Turning Madness into Flowers (New Poems)

Alice Walker

A dazzling collection of new poems from the Pulitzer Prize winner

Wrong Turn

America's Deadly Embrace of Counterinsurgency

Gian Gentile

From a prominent critic—and distinguished military man—a searing indictment of U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, in the tradition of Andrew Bacevich