NONFICTION
Released: March 21, 2013
"Sure to be loved by readers who enjoy telling kids to get off their damn lawn, but unlikely to gain traction with a wider audience."
Media theorist Rushkoff (
Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age, 2011, etc.) returns with a dire prognosis of society's ills.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 20, 2013
"A tough but eye-opening read."
What has been lost is not a political boundary line between the United States and Mexico, but a 60-mile-wide cultural area above and below that line; the issues raised by the voices here reflect how and why that border has become a zone of fear, violence and bloody murder.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 19, 2013
"A gripping environmental thriller."
An award-winning science journalist exposes how corporate interests and corrupt politicians almost turned a quiet, suburban New Jersey beach community into a toxic wasteland.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 19, 2013
"A well-researched and -written investigation that shows the inadequacies in stark human terms rather than as an abstraction."
A journalist explores the quality of indigent defense 50 years after
Gideon v. Wainwright mandated adequate counsel for any person charged with a felony.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 19, 2013
"International-policy wonks will find much of interest, and Francis Fukuyama might want to consider updating his good book in light of it."
Think democracy's the up-and-coming thing in the developing world? This book may shatter more than few illusions of free markets and polities.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 18, 2013
"A book worthy of a wide audience and wide discussion."
NONFICTION
Released: March 15, 2013
"A searing account of rights and laws, crime and punishment."
An advocate for the rights of families of murder victims finds common ground with lawyers working to reverse death sentences.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 12, 2013
"A surprisingly open, extremely timely examination of the sexual coming-of-age for Egyptian youth."
A daring new study finds the newly liberated Egyptians poised to demand more sexual freedom in the face of religious fundamentalism.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 12, 2013
"A step-by-step grasping of the enormity of an impending biodiversity crisis."
NONFICTION
Released: March 12, 2013
"A stinging indictment of one-sided policymaking destined, if undisturbed, to result in even greater violence."
Extracting three episodes from a complex 35-year history, a distinguished Middle East scholar exposes America's unfitness to mediate between Israel and Palestine.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 12, 2013
"A refreshingly unpretentious statement of personal history and political accomplishment that avoids the pitfall of excessive self-congratulation."
The candid account of how the son of a casino owner who consorted with Chicago gangsters found his way into Nevada state politics and into the governor's mansion.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 12, 2013
"A concise and controversial statement of what needs to be overcome if the world economy is to return to the path of growth and stability."
Henry, dean of the NYU Stern School of Business, argues that the United States and other first-world countries should heed lessons from the developing sector.
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