"In her bestselling books Blue Gold and Blue Covenant, world-renowned water activist Maude Barlow exposed the battle for ownership of our dwindling water supply and the emergence of an international,
The past decade of breakthroughs in clinical research and unprecedented technological advancements has affected few medical conditions more than prostate cancer. Each new year brings with it updated p
Revised and updated for the fortieth anniversary of Augusto Pinochet’s September 11, 1973, military coup in Chile, The Pinochet File reveals a formerly secret record of complicity with atrocity on the
A tribute to grassroots Americans who are expanding the capacities of their respective fields explores how groups of professional and amateur businesspeople, civil rights activists and alternative thi
In Tide Players, acclaimed author Jianying Zha depicts a new generation of movers and shakers who are transforming today’s China. In a half-dozen sharply etched and nuanced profiles, Tide Players capt
No one is immune to the temptation of forbidden love.Many of us merely dip our baby toe into this realm -- perhapsby Googling the names of old lovers to see what they look likenow, years later, while
SWING YOUR SWORD is the first ever book by one of the most fascinating and successful coaches in sports today. A maverick who took an unlikely path to coaching through law school, Mike Leach talks abo
The departure of the last U.S. troops from Iraq at the end of 2011 left a broken country and a host of unanswered questions. What was the war really about? Why and how did the occupation drag on for n
Election year is upon us and what better way to teach children about campaigning, voting, and the election process than through Cheryl and Peter Barnes’ critically-acclaimed book Woodrow for President
Interest in China has never been greater, but the voices of the Chinese themselves often escape notice. Here, finally, is a book that reverses the trend by giving us a rare and important portrait of c
In 2000, deeply shaken by her husband's recent death, author and world traveler Lin Arison took a trip through France with her granddaughter Sarah. Though Arison was in mourning, and Sarah was initial
The unknown story of the man who led America's most effective campaign to rescue victims of the Holocaust. A Race Against Death tells the story of Peter Bergson, the man who made it impossible for Ame
Twenty essays from Third World activist and scholar Bello (director, Focus on the Global South, Bangkok) critique the activities of international financial institutions such as the World Trade Organiz
Claims that American law has undergone major changes that correspond to four periods of American history: precapitalist, capitalist, state capitalist, and global capitalist
The first book in The New Press Back-to-Basics Series restates the importance of equality in an age of growing inequality. What is the role of equality in today's America? What are the arguments to be
In her first novel to appear in English, the late French writer offers a fictionalized account of her search for the truth behind the disappearance of her mother, a writer who was sent to Auschwitz wh
Over three million people visit Ellis Island, the "Golden Door to America," every year. Ellis Island has become an invaluable resource center on immigration and genealogy as well as a national tourist
Challenges the wall of separation that exists between religion and our public institutions in a insightful look at religious freedom in America, the religious clauses in the First Amendment of the Bil
Witness Against the Beast is a groundbreaking interdisciplinary study in which the renowned social historian E. P. Thompson contends that most of the assumptions scholars have made about William Blake
Moshe Lewin's major new book is an original and important work that clarifies the sweeping changes that transformed Russia in the twentieth century from a muzhik country to the urban power we read abo
Perhaps the greatest migration in America's history is the early twentieth-century movement of African Americans from the southern states to the urban Northeast and Midwest. Up South captures the tota
Describes the life of the mysterious doctor Max Jacobson, who was code-named “Dr. Feelgood” after treating John F. Kennedy and many other historical figures and celebrities with a special serum that t
You knew that slow cookers make delicious soups and stews, but did you know that they also make soft and chewy cookies, gooey bars, fluffy cakes, and moist breads? The beloved Fix-It and Forget-It ser
Over the past decade a new and controversial energy extraction method known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has rocketed to the forefront of U.S. energy production. With fracking, millions of ga
Biocentrism shocked the world with a radical rethinking of the nature of reality.But that was just the beginning. In Beyond Biocentrism, acclaimed biologist Robert Lanza, one of TIME Magazine’s &q
Considered by Ty Cobb as the finest natural hitter in the history of the game,” Shoeless Joe” Jackson is ranked with the greatest players to ever step onto a baseball diamond. With a career .356 batti
The Art World Demystified unfolds the confusing and often treacherous terrain of the art world, revealing the inner workings of a system that has few rules but many opportunities. In this volume, arti
Jason Burke is one of the world’s leading experts on militant Islam. He embedded with the Kurdish peshmerga (currently at war with ISIS) while still in college. He was hanging out with the Taliban in
Nearly four decades ago, Dilip Hiro’s Inside India Today, banned by Indira Gandhi’s government, was acclaimed byThe Guardian as simply the best book on India.” Now Hiro returns to his native country t
The must-have guide for the collector of mechanical wristwatches.Complete informationincluding priceson over 1,400 models made by more than 130 international brands.The eighteenth edition of what has
For the first time, Phyllis Good’s classic slow cooker cookbooks are available in a beautiful, deluxe gift set! Featuring more than 1,800 recipes, each set includes three of her bestselling titles:Fix
The stories of six reallife heroes are told in this bookunforgettable men and women whose contributions to American life continue to inspire others. Profiled are: George Washington, Daniel Boone, Loui
For decades, the U.S. invested ever-growing fortunes into its antiquated K-12 education system in exchange for steadily worse outcomes. At the same time, Americans spent more than they could afford on
The D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe, launched on June 6, 1944, is widely referred to as the longest day of World War Two. Historian Victor Brooks argues that 1944 was, in effect, the longest ye
Not long ago, ?bedside manner” was a physician’s most potent medicine. Now that skill has dwindled to bland, generic amiability, and has been all but lost behind today’s compelling healthcare technolo
The Art of Whittling has provided readers with a wonderful introduction to the enjoyable hobby of whittling for decades. First published in 1930, Walter L. Faurot’s guide was one of the first manuals
