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The Real State of America Atlas: Mapping the Myths and Realities of the United StatesCynthia Enloe and Joni Seager • 978-0-14-311935-7 • $22.00 • Aug 2011 • Reveals the myriad realities of the American experience—from our changing demographics to patterns of home ownership to the kind of food we eat.

The Most Dangerous Place: Pakistan’s Lawless FrontierImtiaz Gul • 978-0-14-311921-0 • $16.00 • June 2011 • “An unparalleled inside view of the region where Al Qaeda lives and still thrives.”—Ahmed Rashid, bestselling author of Taliban and Descent Into Chaos • “Gul brings his deep knowledge and reporting to bear on one of the world’s most opaque and under-reported places.”—Peter Bergan, CNN analyst and author of Holy War, Inc.

No Bad News for the King: The True Story of Cyclone Nargis and Its Aftermath in BurmaEmma Larkin • 978-0-14-311961-6 • $16.00 • July 2011 • “A formidable piece of reporting.” —The Wall Street Journal • “Larkin has no equal with her intimate knowledge and depth of experience about Burma. This is a book worth reading.”—José Ramos-Horta, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and president of East Timor.

The Ragged Edge of the World: Encounters at the Frontier When Modernity, Wildlands, and Indigenous People MeetEugene Linden • 978-0-670-02251-9 • $26.95 • Mar 2011 • 256 pp • A noted environmentalist places a human face on globalism by examining how various cultures around the world are succumbing to—or resisting—modernity.

The Case of the Pope: Vatican Accountability for Human Rights AbuseGeoffrey Robertson QC • 978-024-195384-6 • $9.99 • Currently available • Delivers an indictment of the way the Vatican has run a secret legal system that shields pedophile priests from criminal trials around the world.

You Can’t Afford to Get Sick: Your Guide to Optimum Health and Health CareAndrew Weil, M.D. • 978-0-452-29660-2 •16.00 • Jan 2011 • 288 pp • “A timely and extremely relevant exploration of the healthcare crisis and how it can change.”—All Headline News.

POlItICAl SCIENCE

Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy Since 1938, Ninth Revised EditionStephen E. Ambrose and Douglas G. Brinkley • 978-0-14-200494-4 • $18.00 • Jan 2011 • 480 pp • “One of the most lively and provocative interpretive studies of the major events in recent American diplomatic history.”—American Historical Review.

The Unfinished Global Revolution: The Limits of Nations and the Pursuit of a New PoliticsMark Malloch-Brown • 978-1-59420-177-6 • $27.95 • Feb 2011 • 288 pp • “Malloch-Brown deploys his…shrewd understanding of the forces that are shaping our world to argue for stronger, more inclusive global institutions…His message should resonate in national and international discourse for years to come.” —Kofi Annan • “Malloch-Brown has put the phenomenon of globalization and the challenges it poses for national and international gover-nance into an historical, ethical, and prescriptive context that makes this a handbook for understanding and shaping our world.” —Strobe Talbott, author of The Great Experi-ment: The Story of Ancient Empires, Modern States, and the Quest for a Global Nation.

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Then Everything Changed: JFK, RFK, Carter, Ford, Reagan: Stunning Histories of American PoliticsJeff Greenfield • 978-0-399-15706-6 • $26.95 • Mar 2011 • 320 pp • “A powerful what-if book that seems painfully, tantalizingly real.”—Evan Thomas, author of The War Lovers, Sea of Thunder, and Robert Kennedy: His Life • “Filled with fresh revelations and brilliant speculation, Greenfield’s alternative history is so detailed and persuasive—and the behavior of its protagonists so utterly believable—that it feels like reality itself. This is a remarkable feat of insight, imagination, and storytelling.”—Richard North Patterson.

When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global OrderMartin Jacques • 978-0-14-311800-8 • $17.00 • July 2011 • 576 pp • “A work of considerable erudition, with provocative and often counterin-tuitive speculations about one of the most important questions facing the world today.” —The New York Times Book Review.

The Secret Knowledge: On the Dismantling of America’s CultureDavid Mamet • 978-1-59523-076-8 • $27.95 • June 2011 • 384 pp • Mamet turns his attention to politics and reveals why he is a conservative, in stark contrast to 99% of his fellow playwrights and screenwriters.

Mastermind: The Many Faces of the 9/11 Architect, Khalid Shaikh MohammedRichard Miniter • 978-1-59523-072-0 • $25.95 • Mar 2011 • 256 pp • The bestselling author of Shadow War and Losing Bin Laden exposes the Al Quada mastermind behind 9/11.

Quicksand: America’s Pursuit of Power in the Middle EastGeoffrey Wawro • 978-0-14-311883-1 • $20.00 • Apr 2011 • 704 pp • “Wawro does a terrific job of explaining why America’s Middle East policy has been so wrongheaded for so long, and how it has gotten the United States into so much trouble in recent years. Quicksand should be required reading for everyone in Washington who has a hand in formulating policy toward the Arab and Islamic world.”—John J. Mearsheimer, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago.

Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security StateGarry Wills • 978-0-14-311868-8 • $16.00 • Feb 2011 • 288 pp • “A masterful reckoning…Bomb Power draws a direct line from the Manhattan Project to the usurpation of George W. Bush. Both provocative and illuminating, Bomb Power casts the history of the postwar period in a new light and sounds an alarm about the continued threat to our Constitution.”—New York Times Book Review.

AmERICAN HIStORy

Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern HistoryDavid Aaronovitch • 978-1-59448-498-8 • $16.00 • Jan 2011 • “Tackles the intriguing question of why people accept as factual things that are patently (and probably) untrue…The book is an even-handed, lively, and fascinating look not just at the people who believe these theories but also at the people who promote them: the evidence manipulators, the liars, the con artists, and the almost pathetically gullible and uninformed.” —Booklist (starred review) • “Deconstructs a dizzying array of conspiracy theories…with unsparing logic, common sense, and at times exasperated wit.”—The New York Times.

The Making of African America: The Four Great MigrationsIra Berlin • 978-0-14-311879-4 • $17.00 • Jan 2011 • 320 pp • “Offers a fresh reading of American history through the prism of the great migrations that made and remade African and African American life...In particular, he follows the church as it moves, the music as it takes on new themes, and kinship as it broadens.” —Publishers Weekly.

American Dreams: The United States Since 1945H.W. Brands • 978-0-14-311955-5 • $16.00 • June 2011 • “From the end of the Second World War to the election of Barack Obama …a crisp, balanced account of America.” —The Economist • “Brands knows how to write narrative and how to make the complex comprehensible.”—Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World.

Fire Monks: Zen Mind Meets Wildfire at the Gates of TassajaraColleen Morton Busch • 978-1-59420-291-9 • $25.95 • Julyy 2011 • 256 pp • The true story of how five monks saved the oldest Zen Buddhist monastery in the U.S. from wildfire.

Sacred Ties: From West Point Brothers to Battlefield Rivals: A True Story of the Civil WarTom Carhart • 978-0-425-23910-0 • $16.00 • Apr 2011 • “Carhart tells the moving story of six cadets of the West Point class of 1861 and the bonds among them, which grew out of the shared experience of being cadets as well as attending illegal dinner parties at the tavern run by Benny Haven, former food supplier to the college.” —Booklist.

Ask Not: The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the Speech That Changed America Thurston Clarke• 978-0-14-311897-8 • $16.00 • Jan 2011 • “Ask Not is a product of much dilligence...Clarke has made a valuable start by evoking the vivid spirit of that time and documenting a major moment in American history.”—The Boston Globe.

Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic that Remains One of Medicine’s Greatest MysteriesMolly Caldwell Crosby • 978-0-425-23873-8 • Feb 2011 • $15.00 • From the national bestselling author of The American Plague • “Crosby has provided an…account of the fearful years between 1915 and 1927, when this mysterious, worldwide pandemic struck, giving us vivid, intensely human portraits of seven individuals caught up in this epidemic, and the physicians who did their best to understand and help them. In the end, Asleep reminds us that this strange, often terrible disease is not extinct, only quiescent.”—Oliver Sacks, author of Awakenings.

The Fires: How a Computer Formula, Big Ideas, and the Best of Intentions Burned Down New York City— and Determined the Future of CitiesJoe Flood • 978-1-59448-506-0 • $16.00 • Apr 2011 • “A gripping story of human tragedy and intellectual hubris that casts important new light in one of the most extraordinary episodes in the history of urban living. A cross between The Power Breaker and The Wire, The Fires gives us crucial answers to a big question: how do cities fail?”—Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad is Good for You and The Ghost Map.

Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in AmericaJuan Gonzalez • Revised and Updated • 978-0-14-311928-9 • $18.00 • June 2011 • “A serious, significant contribution to understanding who the Hispanics of the United States are and where they came from.” —The New York Times Book Review • “A profound book with…historical lessons not found in many American textbooks.”—San Antonio Express.

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What Would the Founders Say?: A Patriot’s Answers to America’s Most Pressing ProblemsLarry Schweikart • 978-1-59523-074-4 • $26.95 • Mar 2011 • 256 pp • Schweikart tackles key issues confronting our nation today: education, government bailouts, gun control, health care, the environment, and more.

The Invisible Line: Three American Families and the Secret Journey from Black to WhiteDaniel Sharfstein • 978-1-59420-282-7 • $27.95 • Feb 2011 • 352 pp • “In uncovering the stories of three American families who move across the color line from black to white, [Sharfstein] shows how difficult it has been to define race, but also why it has so often mattered. With a tale that spans two centuries,…he weaves the vexing problem of race into the very fabric of national life and shows just how unsteady and complicated racial identity can be.”—Martha A. Sandweiss, author of Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line.

The Civil War: The First Year of the Conflict Told by Those Who Lived ItEdited by Brooks D. Simpson, Stephen Sears and Aaron Sheehan-Dean • 978-1-59853-088-9 • $37.50 • Jan 2011 • 720 pp • The first volume in a four-volume series • Our country’s greatest conflict comes to life in the 150th anniversary collection of firsthand accounts. Tangled Webs: Perjury and its Consequences James B. Stewart • 978-1-59420-269-8 • $27.95 • Apr 2011 • 352 pp • Looking to a set of marquee name trials, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author reveals the terrible cost of perjury to our justice system and our national conscience.

Moneymakers: The Wicked Lives and Surprising Adventures of Three Notorious CounterfeitersBen Tarnoff • 978-1-59420-287-7 • $27.95 • Feb 2011 • 368 pp • “Lively and insightful, makes the most out of the entertaining tale of three master counterfeiters, using their careers to open an unexpected window on the making of the American economic imagination.”—T.J. Stiles, author of The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt and Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War • “Moneymakers is history as it should be written, brimming with the sort of vivid details that makes the past come alive.”—Liaquat Ahamed, author of Lords of Finance.

The Lakotas and the Black Hills: The Struggle for Sacred GroundJeffery Ostler • 978-0-14-311920-3 • $14.00 • July 2011 • “Ostler has given us an admirably clear, engaging, and fair-minded account of the long battle for the Black Hills. His book performs an important service, not only in elucidating the often complex cultural and legal issues, but also—crucially—in demonstrating the continuity of the Lakota experience from the earliest historic times to the present.” —James Wilson, author of The Earth Shall Weep: a History of Native America.

The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired ChicagoDouglas Perry • 978-0-14-311922-7 • $16.00 • Aug 2011 • “It turns out that behind Chicago there was a sexy, swaggering, historical tale in no need of a soundtrack.”—The Wall Street Journal • “[Perry’s] savvy, flamboyant social history illuminates a dawning age of celebrity cul-ture.”—Publishers Weekly.

Away Off Shore: Nantucket Island and Its People, 1602–1890Nathaniel Philbrick • 978-0-14-312012-4 • $16.00 • May 2011 • $16.00 • From the National Book Award–winning author of Mayflower and In the Heart of the Sea comes this huge history of the tiny island of Nantucket which reveals the great and obscure, famous and infamous, people and stories that made this island, at one time, the whaling capital of the world.• Will publish simultaneously with the paperback edition of The Last Stand—Philbrick’s most recent New York Times bestseller. • “A gem of a book….meticulously detailed, filled with fine anecdotes, and a fascinating look at a fascinating place.” —H. G. Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights.

The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little BighornNathaniel Philbrick • 978-0-14-3119609 • $17.00 • May 2011 • From the National Book Award winner (In the Heart of the Sea) and Pulitzer Prize finalist (The Mayflower) • “An engrossing, thoughtfully researched, and tautly written account of a critical chapter in American History.”—Los Angeles Times • “The Last Stand makes it clear that Mr. Philbrick has done a prodigious amount of research…and he’s woven it all into an evocative and cinematic narra-tive.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times.

Conscience: Two Soldiers, Two Pacifists, One Family—a Test of Will and Faith in World War ILouisa Thomas • 978-1-59420-294-0 • $25.95 • June 2011 • 256 pp • Norman Thomas and his brothers’ upbringing prepared them for a life of service—but their calls to conscience threatened to tear them apart.

The Watchers: The Rise of America’s Surveillance StateShane Harris • 978-0-14-311890-9 • $17.00 • Feb 2011 • 432 pp • “An insightful glimpse into how Washington works and how ideas are marketed and sold in the back rooms of power.”—The New York Times • “In this timely and admirably balanced account… Harris carefully examines how the nexus between terrorism and technology has complicated the age-old ‘conflict between security and liberty.”’—Publishers Weekly.

Ill Fares the LandTony Judt • 978-0-14-311876-3 • $15.00 • Apr 2011 • 256 pp • “Poignant and arresting, both for who wrote it and for what it says…As an idealist, Mr. Judt hopes for a revived social democracy that will again speak its name. As a realist, he recognizes that it may be grievously, even terminally vulnerable.”—The Economist • “A remarkably compelling book.”—The Los Angeles Times.

Lincoln on the Civil War: Selected SpeechesAbraham Lincoln • 978-0-14-311970-8 • $12.00 • Apr 2011 • Commemorates the 150th anniver-sary of the beginning of the Civil War.

The Great Oom: The Mysterious Origins of America’s First YogiRobert Love • 978-0-14-311917-3 • $17.00 • May 2011 • “Eastern spirituality and Western commercialism fuse in this flamboyant tale of an iconic American guru… Love credits Bernard with changing public perception of yoga from dissolute exoticism to healthful normalcy, but this colorful, frenetic tale reminds us that money is America’s true religion.”—Publishers Weekly • “Rollicking and well-researched.”—The Wall Street Journal.

Grant and Sherman: Civil War MemoirsEdited by Mary Drake McFeely, William S. McFeely and Charles W. Royster • 978-0-940450-69-1 • $70.00 • Jan 2011 • 2,335 pp • The two greatest firsthand accounts of the Civil War, together in a boxed collector’s edition • “Anyone who wishes to know how and why the North won the Civil War can do no better than to read these volumes.”—James M. McPherson.

Grunts: Inside the American Infantry Combat Experience, World War II Through IraqJohn C. McManus • 978-0-451-23341-7 • $16.00 • Aug 2011 • McManus is Associate Professor of U.S. military history at Missouri University of Science and Technology as well as the official historian for the United States Army’s Seventh Infantry Regiment • “A superb book—an American equivalent to John Keegan’s The Face of Battle.”—Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman, U.S. Army (Ret.), author of On Killing.

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Brothers, Rivals, Victors: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley and the Partnership that Drove the Allied Conquest in EuropeJonathan W. Jordan • 978-0-451-23212-0 • $28.95 • Jan 2011 • “A landmark publication in teh history of the Second World War. Anchored by a breathtaking amount of research, Jordan explains the strange alchemy that existed between Eisenhower, Patton, adn Bradly as they struggled to defeat nazism. Jordan has written a real historical tour de force. Highly recommended!”—Douglas Brinkley, history professor at Rice University and co-author of Rise to Globalism.

Berlin 1961Frederick Kempe • Foreword by General Brent Scowcroft • 978-0-399-15729-5 • $29.95 • May 2011 • 608 pp • “Gripping, well researched, and thought-provoking, with many lessons today.”—Henry Kissinger • “Captures the drama [with] the ‘you are there’ storytelling skills of a journalist and the analytical skills of the political scientist.”—General Brent Scowcroft.

On ChinaHenry Kissinger • 978-1-59420-271-1 • $35.00 • May 2011 • 512 pp • Drawing on forty years of intimate acquaintance with the country and its leaders, Kissinger reflects on how China’s past relations with the outside world illuminate its twenty-first century trajectory.

Life in Year One: What the World Was Like in First-Century PalestineScott Korb • 978-1-59448-503-9 • $15.00 • Mar 2011 • “A society both familiar and strange emerges from this absorbing historical study. Korb’s vivid, breezy prose makes accessible a mountain of scholarship that illuminates the past.”—Publishers Weekly • “Expertly researched, beautifully distilled, and filled with wit.”—Jeff Sharlet, author of The Family.

Russia Against Napoleon: The True Story of the Campaigns of War and PeaceDominic Lieven • 978-0-14-311886-2 • $22.00 • Apr 2011 • 656 pp • “Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1812 has almost always been written about from the French point of view. It is hard to think of anybody better qualified than Lieven to tackle the other side of the story through the Russian archives, and this he has done quite brilliantly in this impressive book.”—Antony Beever • “[Lieven’s] character sketches of the main Russian players in this epic drama are sure, his depiction of Russian social, economic and military realities revelatory.”—The New York Times.

EUROPEAN & WORld HIStORy

Our Last Best Chance: The Pursuit of Peace in a Time of PerilKing Abdullah II of Jordan • 978-0-670-02171-0 • $27.95 • Mar 2011 • 320 pp • “An important meditation on why, in spite of all the obstacles, we have a real opportunity to achieve peace today, and why we cannot afford to miss ‘our last best chance.’”—President Bill Clinton.

Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a TimeMark Adams • 978-0-525-95224-4 • $26.95 • July 2011 • A National Geographic writer tries to recreate the original expedition to Machu Picchu.

The House of WisdomJim Al-Khalili • 978-1-59420-279-7 • $29.95 • Apr 2011 • 352 pp • A British-Iraqi physicist offers a myth-shattering view of the Arab world’s myriad scientific innovations, which preceded—and enabled—the European Renaissance.

Rebel Land: Unraveling the Riddle of History in a Turkish TownChristopher de Bellaigue • 978-0-14-311884-8 • $16.00 • Apr 2011 • 288 pp • “A revealing and stunning examination of Turkey’s past and present that also poses interesting questions about ethnic and national identity.”—Booklist.

Marathon: The Battle That Changed Western CivilizationRichard A. Billows • 978-1-59020-568-6 • $16.00 • July 2011 • Published to coincide with the 2500th anniversary of the legendary Battle of Marathon • “Acutely sensitive…Billows, taking the long view, sees Marathon as preserving Athe-nian democracy and thus all that we think of as our classical heritage.”—Wall Street Journal.

Britain After Rome: The Fall and Rise, 400–1070 Robin Fleming • 978-0-71399064-5 • $35.00 • Currently available • Describes Britain’s history in a new light.

Americans in Paris: Life and Death Under Nazi OccupationCharles Glass • 978-0-14-311866-8 • $18.00 • Mar 2011 • 544 pp • “Glass makes us think again about the nature of life in occupied Paris .…Glass writes with great fluency and verve and evident scholarship and has unearthed facts and figures that both illuminate and perturb.”—Wil-liam Boyd, Sunday Times.

Unfamiliar FishesSarah Vowell • 978-159448-787-3 • $25.95 • Mar 2011 • 272 pp • The bestselling author of The Wordy Shipmates and Assassination Vacation takes readers on another historical journey—this time to the lush tropical paradise of Hawaii, a place where American ideals went to die.

Freedom Summer: The Savage Season of 1964 That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a DemocracyBruce Watson • 978-0-14-311943-2 • $17.00 • June 2011 • 384 pp • “Taut and involving.” —The New York Times • “Here is a past of fear and hate, but also of courage and bravery, all given a narrator’s, a scholar’s, knowing and wise documentary attention.”—Robert Coles, Harvard University.

Pox: An American HistoryMichael Willrich • 978-1-59420-286-5 • $27.95 • Apr 2011 • 400 pp • The untold story of how America’s war on the last widespread smallpox epidemic sparked one of the great civil liberties battles of the 20th century.

The Idea of America: Reflections on the Birth of the United StatesGordon Wood • 978-1-59420-290-2 • $29.95 • May 2011 • 352 pp • The Pulitzer-Prize winning historian reflects on the birth of American nationhood and explains why the revolution remains so essential.

John AdamsRevolutionary Writings 1755-1775978-1-59853-089-6Revolutionary Writings 1775-1783978-1-59853-090-2Edited by Gordon Wood • $35.00 (each) • Feb 2011 • From Library of America, two-volume edition of Adams’s writings charting his education, early career, and experience of the American Revolution from the Library of America • Includes letters, excerpts from his diary, the full text of the Dissertation on Canon and Feudal Law, the Novanglus essays, and more.

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African Magic: Traditional Ideas that Heal A Continent Heidi Holland • 978-0-14-352735-0 • $22.00 • May 2011 • A collection of true stories that illustrate the traditional belief system of sub-Saharan Africa, placing them in their contemporary and historical contexts.

In the Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a TimePeter Lovenheim • 978-0-399-53647-2 • $13.95 • Apr 2011 • “Lovenheim’s writing is genteel and elegantly detailed, revealing much about his subjects—issues of class, relationships, likes and gripes, obsessions and everyday struggles—that would be easy to miss in broad cultural assessments.”—Publishers Weekly.

Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the WorldJane McGonigal • 978-1-59420-285-8 • $26.95 • Jan 2011 • 400 pp • “McGonigal’s penetrating, entertaining look into gaming culture is a vibrant mix of technology, psychology, and sociology.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) • “McGonigal’s groundbreaking research offers a surprising solution to how we can build stronger communities and collaborate at extreme scales.”—Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia.

Being Afrikan Mandivamba Rukuni • 978-0-14-302680-8 • $20.00 • Currently available • Explores the age-old richness and values of ubuntu (a quality that includes the essential human virtues, compassion and humanity) as a modern basis for the Afrikan Renaissance.

It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth LivingEdited by Dan Savage and Terry Miller • 978-0-525-95233-6 • $21.95 • Apr 2011 • Inspired by the “It Gets Better Project” on You Tube • Includes inspirational stories from celebrities and non-celebrities in the LGBT community about surviving bullying and moving on to build successful and happy lives.

Cognitive Surplus: How Technology Makes Consumers into CollaboratorsClay Shirky • 978-0-14-311958-6 • $16.00 • June 2011 • 256 pp • “Shirky writes convincingly about the intersection of technological innovation and social change.”—The New York Observer • “Shirky may be the finest thinker we have on the Internet revolution.”—Stephen Johnson, author of Everything Bad is Good for You.

The Steal: A Cultural History of ShopliftingRachel Shteir • 978-1-59420-297-1 • $25.95 • July 2011 • 256 pp • A history of shoplifting, revealing the roots of our modern dilemma.

For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World’s Favorite Drink and Changed HistorySarah Rose • 978-0-14-311874-9 • $15.00 • Mar 2011 • 272 pp • “In this lively account of the adventures (and misadventures) that lay behind Robert Fortune’s bold acquisition of Chinese tea seedlings for transplanting in British India, Rose demonstrates in engaging detail how botany and empire building went hand in hand.”—Jonathan Spence, author of The Search for Modern China.

Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt Joyce Tyldesley • 978-184-614369-4 • $35.00 • Currently available • Gathered from pyramid friezes, archaeological finds, and contemporary documents, these strange stories explain everything from why the Nile flooded every year to beliefs about what exactly happened after death, and sheds light on what life was like for both rich and poor.

SOCIAl & CUltURAl StUdIES

Nerds: How Dorks, Dweebs, Techies, and Trekkies Can Save America and Why They Might Be Our Last HopeDavid Anderegg, Ph. D • 978-1-58542-852-6 • $14.95 • Mar 2011 • 288 pp • “A spirited and thoughtful introduction to this culture war …alternating between interviews with children and historical, medical, and sociological evidence, Anderegg debunks the stereotypes and uncovers society’s hypocrisy.”—The Boston Globe.

Reach for the Skies: Ballooning, Birdmen, and Blasting into SpaceRichard Branson • 978-1-61723-003-5 • $26.95 • May 2011 • The founder of the Virgin Group explores how a handful of pioneers risked it all for the dream of flight.

Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and HappierEdward Glaeser • 978-1-59420-277-3 • $29.95 • Feb 2011 • 400 pp • A pioneering urban economist offers proof that the city is our species’ greatest invention and our best hope for the future.

The Real State of America Atlas: Mapping the Myths and Truths of the United StatesCynthia Enloe, & Joni Seager • 978-0-14-311935-7• $22.00 • Aug 2011 • The Real State of America Atlas reveals the myriad realities of American lives and experiences including everything from our changing demographics to home ownership to the kind of food we eat.

Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient CivilizationRichard Miles • 978-0-670-02266-3 • $35.00 • Aug 2011 • “Miles has skillfully fused the works of ancient historians such as Polybius and Livy, a wide range of modern studies and recent archaeological research to create a convincing and enthralling narrative.”—The Economist.

The Black Nile: One Man’s Amazing Journey Through Peace and War on the World’s Longest RiverDan Morrison • 978-0-14-311937-1 • $16.00 • Aug 2011 • “Captures the sun-baked, hallucinatory aura that slow boat travel can induce…[and] excels in bringing the place, the politics and history of this fragile region alive.”—The Boston Globe.

Twelve Who Don’t AgreeValery Panyushkin • Translated by Marian Schwartz • 978-1-60945-010-6 • $15.00 • July 2011 • Illuminates the lives and convictions of twelve men and women who, despite varied backgrounds, all took part in the March of the Dissidents in 2007.

Yalta: The Price of PeaceS.M. Plokhy • 978-0-14-311862-3 • $18.00 • Feb 2011 • 480 pp • “A masterful work…He brings to his subject qualities of intellect, scholarship and judgment that would be remarkable in any book but are especially so in one covering ground that has inspired many controversies.” —The New Leader • “Harvard historian Plokhy (Unmaking Imperial Russia) enhances his stature as a scholar of modern Russia in this convincing revisionist analysis.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review).

The Birth of Classical Europe: A History from Troy to AugustineSimon Price and Peter Thonemann • 978-0-670-02247-2 • $35.00 • Feb 2011 • 416 pp • A look at the foundations of Western civilization from two leading historians.

The Last Crusaders: The Hundred-Year Battle for the Center of the WorldBarnaby Rogerson • 978-1-59020-440-5 • $17.95 • Apr 2011 • “The author imbues his text with an excellent sense of person and place, presenting not only the exploits of both Christians and Muslims on the battlefield but also their shifting alliances and internal strug-gles.”—Library Journal.

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A Billion Wicked Thoughts: What the World’s Largest Experiment Reveals About Human DesireSai Gaddam, Ph. D. and Ogi Ogas, Ph. D. • 978-0-525-95209-1 • $26.95 • Mar 2011 • Using a mixture of search data, website traffic, and online content analysis, two neuroscientists reveal the hidden brain software driving the most intimate urges of women and men.

Future Babble: Why Expert Predictions Are Next to Worthless, And You Can Do BetterDaniel Gardner • 978-0-525-95205-3 • $26.95 • Mar 2011 • 320 pp • The award-winning journalist uses landmark research to debunk the expert prediction industry, and explores the psychology of our obsession with future history • “Genuinely arresting... required reading for journalists, politicians, academics and anyone who listens to them.”—Steven Pinker.

How to Save Your Own Life: 15 Inspiring Lessons Including: Finding Blessings in Disguise, Coping With Life’s Greatest Challenges, and Discovering Happiness at Any AgeMichael Gates Gill • 978-1-592-40603-6 • $14.00 • Jan 2011 • A follow-up to How Starbucks Saved My Life • “[A] beautifully written book filled with wisdom, passion, humor and love.” —Jeffrey Zaslow, author of The Girls From Ames, coauthor of The Last Lecture.

A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental IllnessNassir Ghaemi • 978-1-59420-295-7 • $27.95 • Aug 2011 • 320 pp • An investigation into the surprisingly deep correlation between mental illness and successful leadership, as seen through some of history’s greatest politicians, generals, and businesspeople.

The Lab Rat Chronicles: A Neuroscientist Reveals Life Lessons from the Planet’s Most Successful MammalsKelly Lambert, PhD • 978-0-399-53663-2 • $15.00 • June 2011 • Sheds new light on what we can learn about the world—and ourselves—from lab rats.

The Psychopath TestJon Ronson • 978-1-59448-801-6 • $25.95 • May 2011 • Bestselling journalist Ronson (The Men Who Stare at Goats) looks at the world of psychopaths and the industry of doctors, scientists, and journalists who study them.

The Kitchen Shrink: A Psychiatrist’s Reflections on Healing in a Changing WorldDora Calott Wang, M.D. • 978-1-59448-517-6 • $15.00 • May 2011 • “A beautifully written memoir…[with] a thoroughly compelling message.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review).

I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness to The Blind Side and BeyondMicheal Oher with Don Yaeger • 978-1-592-40612-8 • $26.00 • Feb 2011 • The football star made famous in the hit film The Blind Side reflects on how far he has come in the circumstances of his youth.

A Game of Character: A Family Journey from Chicago’s Southside to the Ivy League and BeyondCraig Robinson • 978-1-59240-591-6 • $16.00 • May 2011 • “Robinson’s book covers life and business advice transmitted through stories of sports and family life. Robinson recounts the genuinely charming story of a truly strong family.”—The Boston Globe.

Bigger Than the Game: Bo, Boz, the Punky QB, and the ‘80s Created the Modern AthleteMichael Weinreb • 978-1-592-40637-1 • $16.00 • Aug 2011 • Recounts how excess, media, and the lust for fame changed American sports forever • “There was a time when sports were mostly legend; today, they’re mostly marketing opportunities. Deeply researched and kinetically narrative, Bigger Than the Game is technically about the year 1986, but it’s actually about the jarring recognition of a new reality we can’t escape.”—Chuck Klosterman.

PSyCHOlOGy

Beyond Blame: Freeing Yourself from the Most Toxic Form of Emotional Bullsh*tCarl Alasko, Ph. D. • 978-1-58542-876-2 • $15.95 • Aug 2011 • Presents readers with a step-by-step program for learning how to replace blame with accountability.

Resilience: How Your Inner Strength Can Set You Free From the PastBoris Cyrulnik • 978-1-58542-850-2 • $14.95 • Feb 2011 • 320 pp • “This fascinating and revolutionary book argues that suffering can be the making of somebody rather than their destruction...even children who appear to be beyond help can be saved.”—The Guardian (UK).

The Longevity Project: Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade StudyHoward S. Friedman, Ph.D. and Leslie R. Martin, Ph.D. • 978-1-59463-075-0 • $25.95 • Mar 2011 • “A compelling and objective assessment of character traits associated with longevity. Only a handful of studies in this field last long enough to give meaningful results, and even fewer remain significant after their primary investigators have passed away.”—Andrew Weil, M.D.

SPORtS

Pacific Rims: Beermen Ballin’ in Flip-Flops and the Phillipines’ Unlikely Love Affair with BasketballRafe Bartholomew • 978-0-451-23322-6 • $15.00 • June 211 • 400 pp • “The kind of book that makes you proud to be a sportswriter…Pacific Rims is nothing but a joy.”—Rick Telander, author of Heaven Is a Playground.

Branch Rickey: A Penguin LifeJimmy Breslin • 978-0-670-02249-6 • $19.95 • Mar 2011 • A biography of the man who integrated baseball in 1947, when as the owner and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers he brought Jackie Robinson into the major leagues and forever changed the face of the game.

American VictoryHenry Cejudo • 978-0-451-32203-8 • $15.00 • Jan 2011 • “[Cejudo’s] is a story about change—for himself, for his family…The gold medal, and his path to it, changed so many lives along the way.”—The New York Times.

The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the RingRay Leonard with Michael Arkush • 978-0-670-02272-4 • $26.95 • June 2011 • In this inspiring autobiography, one of the greatest boxing legends in America finally faces his single greatest competitor: himself.

The Eastern Stars: How Baseball Changed the Dominican Town of San Pedro de MacorísMark Kurlansky • 978-1-59448-505-3 • $16.00 • Apr 2011 • “Kurlansky homes in on a singular subject and magnifies its every facet under the brilliant light of his investigative reporting, his historical sensibility, and his lively storytelling.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) • “Charming and finely observed.” —The New York Times.

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Bursts: The Hidden Patterns Behind Everything We Do, From Your Email to Bloody CrusadesAlbert-László Barabási • With a New Afterword • Interactive website: www.brsts.com • 978-0-452-29718-0 • $16.00 • June 2011 • 320 pp • From the founding director of the Center for Network Science at Northeastern University • “A rich, rewarding read that illuminates a cutting-edge topic: the patterns of human mobility in an era of total surveillance.” —Ogi Ogas, Ph.D., and Sai Gaddam, Ph.D., Boston University.

The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New YorkDeborah Blum • 978-0-14-311882-4 • $16.00 • Feb 2011 • 336 pp • “Pulitzer Prize–winning science journalist Blum (Ghost Hunters) makes chemistry come alive in her enthralling account of two forensic pioneers in early 20th-century New York…With the pacing and rich character-ization of a first-rate suspense novelist, Blum makes science accessible and fascinating.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review).

Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Change Our Schools, Workplaces, and Everything ElseCathy Davidson • 978-0-670-02282-3 • $27.95 • Aug 2011 • Using cutting-edge research on the brain, Davidson shoes how the phenomenon of “attention blindness” shapes our lives, and how it has led to one of the greatest problems of our historical moment: while we have embraced the technology of our times, we have largely left our institutions unchanged.

The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the WorldDavid Deutsch • 978-0-670-02275-5 • $30.00 • June 2011 • 512 pp • Includes a wide range of issues and unsolved problems, including free will, creativity and the laws of nature, the future of the human species and its origin, reality and experience, explanation and infinity.

Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering EverythingJoshua Foer • 978-1-59420-229-2 • $26.95 • Mar 2011 • 352 pp • “[A] splendid overview of an essential aspect of our humanity—our memory; it is also a witty and engaging account of how Foer went from being a guy with an average memory to winning the U.S. Memory Championship.” —Dan Ariely, author of The Upside of Irrationality and Predictably Irrational.

Christianity: The First Three Thousand YearsDiarmaid MacCulloch • 978-0-14-311869-5 • $25.00 • Mar 2011 • 1,184 pp • Winner of the 2010 Cundill Prize in History • “MacCulloch demonstrates rare talent for probing the human dynamics of Christianity’s long and complex evolution…this capricious narrative opens unexpected perspectives…MacCulloch exposes unfamiliar but unmistakably human personali-ties who have shaped the worship of the divine.”—Booklist • “Sprawling, sensible, and illuminating…It is difficult to imagine a more comprehensive and surprisingly accessible volume on the subject than MacCulloch’s.” —New York Times Book Review.

What Is God?Jacob Needleman • 978-1-58542-847-2 • $14.95 • Jan 2011 • 302 pp • “A powerful and deeply personal book about [Needleman’s] lifelong effort to connect with God using both his head and his heart…a rare book that manages to be both skeptical and inspiring.”—San Francisco Chronicle.

JK The Lost Gospel: Jesus’ Marriage to Mary Magdalene, Bride of GodBarrie Wilson and Simcha Jacobovici • 978-1-59020-341-5 • $26.95 • Feb 2011 • “Jacobovici is a maverick, a self-made Indiana Jones.”—Newsweek. • “Wilson writes with an engaging style accessible to the non-specialist while thoroughly academic in quality.” —James D. Tandor, author of The Jesus Dynasty.

The Best Spiritual Writing 2011Edited by Philip Zaleski • 978-0-14-311867-1 • $16.00 • Jan 2011 • 272 pp • Gathers the finest pieces of spiritual writing to appear in American publications during the past year, ranging from poetry to short fiction to essay, by writers such as Rick Bass, Philip Yancey, Terry Teachout, and Robert D. Kaplan • “Zaleski’s compilation of spiritual writings restores ‘best’ to its rightful exceptional place.”—Publishers Weekly.

PHIlOSOPHy / RElIGION

Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide Roshen Dalal • 978-0-14-341421-6 • $25.00 • May 2011 • Citing extensively from the regional languages, Dalal describes Hinduism’s innumerable myths and legends and looks at the many versions of texts including the Ramayana and Mahabharata, placing each entry in its historical context and tracing it to the present.

The Religions of India: A Concise Guide to Nine Major Faiths Roshen Dalal • 978-0-14-400058-6 • $20.00 • May 2011 • A comprehensive account of every major faith practiced in India today—Hindu-ism, Islam, Sikhism, Christianity, Buddhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, and the Bahai faith. Places each religion in its historical context, tracing its evolution from its inception to the present.

The Penguin Handbook of the World’s Living ReligionsEdited by John R. Hinnells • 978-0-14-103546-8 • $25.00 • Jan 2011 • 1,008 pp • Includes a brand new section on religions in twenty-first century America, Britain, Canada and Australia. Examines such issues as the interaction between recent immigrants of different faiths and reactions to 9/11.

Jesus: A Biography from a BelieverPaul Johnson • 978-0-14-311877-0 • $15.00 • Mar 2011 • 256 pp • “A short, penetrating, sometimes controversial, and often moving account of Jesus’ life.…[A] superbly written and deeply knowledgeable of Jesus’ life and times. It is consistently thought-provoking—not in the sense of offering a new image of Jesus, but in its ability to draw the reader inside the world of Jesus’ words and deeds.”—The Denver Post.

Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian FaithTimothy Keller • 978-1-59448-402-5 • $14.00 • Mar 2011 • The New York Times-bestselling author of The Reason for God uses the parable of the Prodigal Son to reveal an unexpected message of hope and salvation.

Case of the Pope: Recovering the Heart of the Christian FaithTimothy Keller • 978-024-195384-6 • $9.99 • Oct 2010 • An indictment of the way the Vatican has run a secret legal system that shields paedophile priests from criminal trial around the world. from a distinguished human rights lawyer and judge.

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Dog, Inc.: The Uncanny Story of Cloning Man’s Best FriendJohn Woestendiek • 978-1-58333-391-4 • $26.00 • Jan 2011 • 320 pp • “A valuable contribution illuminating the hubris and futility of trying to replicate dead pets (or people).”—Library Journal • “Woestendiek deliciously skewers the unholy combination of consumer culture, emotional indulgence, and scientific chicanery that lie at the heart of the cloning movement.” —Jim Gorant, author of The Lost Dogs.

Biopunk: DIY Scientists Hack the Software of LifeMarcus Wohlsen • 978-1-61723-002-8 • $25.95 • Apr 2011 • 256 pp • A chronicle of DIY biotech scientists and their idealistic quest to democratize DNA like the Internet did information.

mUSIC / dRAmA / PHOtOGRAPHy

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Edward Albee’s At Home at the Zoo: Act One: Home Life, Act Two: The Zoo StoryEdward Albee • 978-1-59020-524-2 • $14.00 • July 2011 • “This marriage of new and old Albee contains many nuggets of revelation and pays off richly in the end.”—San Francisco Chronicle • “An essential and heartening experience.”—The New York Times.

CAD Monkeys, Dinosaur Babies, and T-Shaped People: Inside the World of Design Thinking and How it Can Spark Creativity and InnovationWarren Berger and Bruce Mau • 978-0-14-311802-2 • $17.00 • Jan 2011 • “Berger’s innovative treatise is a welcome addition to design and social-issues collections.”—Booklist • “Berger utilizes anecdotal storytelling, one of the best teaching methods, and combines it with actual examples of creative solutions—among the most powerful tools any educator can use to elicit creative and innovative thinking from learners.”—Dr. John E. Martin-Rutherford, PhD, Chair, Interior Design Programs, Harrington College of Design.

Mahler: A BiographyJonathan Carr • 978-1-59020-514-3 • $20.00 • May 2011 • “What Carr offers here is an intelligent, solidly based, up-to-date account of Mahler’s life interleaved with non-technical but still perceptive musical insights.” —The New York Times Book Review.

The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding From YouEli Pariser • 978-1-59420-300-8 • $25.95 • May 2011 • 320 pp • From the board president of MoveOn.org comes this account of how the hidden rise of personalization on the Internet is controlling—and limiting—the information we consume.

Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals: How One Doctor’s Checklist Can Help Us Change Health Care From the Inside Out Peter Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D., and Eric Vohr • 978-0-452-29686-2 • $16.00 • Feb 2011 • 304 pp • “The tough-minded and revealing story of a leading doctor’s crusade against medical harm.”—Atul Gawande, author of The Checklist Manifesto, Better, and Complications • “Offer[s] a constructive and compelling case for patient safety and improving heath care quality in the United States.”—Tom Daschle.

Voyager: Exploration, Space and the Third Great Age of DiscoveryStephen J. Pyne • 978-0-14-311959-3 • $17.00 • July 2011 • “Blooms with such glorious rushes of exalted prose that I was dog-earing almost every page.”—The New York Times Book Review • “A mind-boggling synthesis of science, history, and poetry.”—Laurence Bergreen, author of Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu.

Ordinary Geniuses: Max Delbruck, George Gamow, and the Origins of Genomics and Big Bang CosmologyGino Segrè • 978-0-670-02276-2 • $27.95 • Aug 2011 • A biography of two maverick scientists whose intellectual wanderlust kick-started modern genomics and cosmology.

An Optimist’s Tour of the Future: One Curious Man Sets Out to Answer “What’s Next?”Mark Stevenson • 978-1-58333-414-0 • $26.00 • Feb 2011 • 304 pp • “A passionate advocate for science, an innovative approach, a great sense of humor, and the ability to make the mundane seem much more interesting.”—Royal College of Surgeons.

The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle-Aged BrainBarbara Strauch • 978-0-14-311887-9 • $16.00 • Mar 2011 • “Strauch gives a breezy rundown of developments in neuroscience that shatter the received picture of inevitable mental stagnation and decline. Her mix of intriguing pop-science and reassuring pep talk should win her hopeful message an avid readership.” —Publishers Weekly.

Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild FoodPaul Greenberg • 978-0-14-311946-3 • $16.00 • June 2011 • “The best kind of environmental journalism: sophisticated but not dry, serious yet marinated in wit, and so well crafted it can be inhaled in one sitting from which you rise amazed to discover how much you’ve learned.”—Seattle Times • “A necessary book for anyone truly interested in what we take from the sea to eat, and how, and why.”—The New York Times Book Review.

Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of ThemDonovan Hohn • 978-0-670-02219-9 • $27.95 • Mar 2011 • 384 pp • “[A] thoroughly engaging environmental/travel title that crosses partisan divides with its solid research and apolitical nature.”—Booklist (starred review) • “A finely spun chronicle….[with] prose that varies in tone from reflective to unaffectedly cool to delightfully wide-eyed….Hohn makes it a gladdening, artful journey of discovery.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review).

The Compass of Pleasure: How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So GoodDavid Linden • 978-0-670-02258-8 • $26.95 • Apr 2011 • 256 pp • A leading brain scientist examines the neurobiology of pleasure and how the research contributes to addiction treatment.

Hot X: Algebra ExposedDanica McKellar • 978-0-452-29719-7 • $16.00 • July 2011 • 432 pp • “In my 20+ years as a math teacher, rarely have I seen a book that makes mathematics so clear and fun! I highly recommend Danica McKellar’s new book...for perplexed students and puzzled algebra teachers looking for a way to engage today’s students with fresh, entertaining lesson plans.”—Dennis Van Roekel, President, National Education Association.

Plastic Ocean: How a Sea Captain’s Chance Discovery Launched an Obsessive Quest to Save the OceansCharles Moore with Cassandra Phillips • 978-1-58333-424-9 • $26.00 • May 2011 • 304 pp • The environmentalist and researcher details his life-changing discovery of the “Great North Pacific Garbage Patch” and his steps to bring public awareness to this growing global heath crisis.

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How Did That Happen?: Holding People Accountable for Results the Positive, Principled WayRoger Connors and Tom Smith • 978-1-59184-414-3 • $17.00 • Aug 2011 • New York Times bestseller that provides a proven approach to improve accountability and the bottom line • “Definitely the ‘go-to’ book for teaching organizational accountability that works—without the backlash.”—Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

Never Make the First Offer: (Except When You Should) Wisdom from a Master DealmakerDonald Dell with John Boswell • 978-1-59184-346-7 • $16.00 • Aug 2011 • Dell reveals the advanced strategies and tactics that he has developed over a lifetime of high-stakes deals • “An educational and entertaining book about how to make a deal. [Dell] is truly a master of his game.”—Frederick W. Smith, President and CEO of FedEx Corporation.

Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In Roger Fisher and William Ury and for the Revised Editions, Bruce Patton of the Harvard Negotiation Project • Newly updated and revised • 978-0-14-311875-6 • $15.00 • May 2011 • 224 pp • “This is by far the best thing I’ve ever read about negotiation.”—John Kenneth Galbraith • “The authors have packed a lot of commonsen-sical observation and advice into a concise, clearly written little book.”—BusinessWeek.

Why Businessmen Need Philosophy: The Capitalist’s Guide to the Ideas Behind Ayn Rand’s Atlas ShruggedEdited by Debi Ghate and Richard E. Ralston • Intro by John Allison • 978-0-451-23269-4 • $15.00 • Apr 2011 • Intellectual tools needed in the boardroom. Includes rare essays by Ayn Rand.

Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?Seth Godin • 978-1-59184-409-9 • $16.00 • May 2011 • “This is what the future of work (and the world) looks like. Actually, it’s already happening around you.”—Tony Hsieh, CEO, Zappos.com.

Empire State of Mind: How Jay-Z Went from Street Corner to Corner OfficeZack O’Malley Greenburg • 978-1-59184-381-8 • $25.95 • Mar 2011 • An in-depth look at the business behind Jay-Z’s hip-hop empire.

Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and ActionsGuy Kawasaki • 978-1-59184-379-5 • $26.95 • Mar 2011 • The author of the international bestseller The Art of the Start offers a new perspective on the art of influence.

BUSINESS / BUSINESS mANAGEmENt

Zero to Breakthrough: The 7-Step, Battle-Tested Method for Accomplishing Objectives that MatterVernice Armour • 978-1-592-40624-1 • $25.00 • Mar 2011 • The first African-American female pilot in the Marine Corps shares her unique philoso-phy for achieving success in business and life.

The Professional: A Simple Path to ExcellenceSubroto Bagchi • 978-1-59184-402-0 • $25.95 • July 2011 • A manifesto on what makes a great business leader in the modern era, by one of India’s most prominent and respected businessmen.

Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: How I Went from Gang Member to Multimillionaire EntrepreneurRyan Blair with Don Yaeger • 978-1-59184-403-7 • $25.95 • Aug 2011 • Thrust from middle class security into poverty, Blair joined a gang before a new mentor showed him how having nothing to lose could be the foundation of entrepreneurial success.

The Google Guys: Inside the Brilliant Minds of Google Founders Larry Page and Sergey BrinRichard L. Brandt • 978-1-59184-412-9 • $14.00 • July 2011 • Through interviews with current and former employees, competitors, partners, and senior Google management, plus conversations with the founders themselves, Brandt demystifies the company and clarifies a number of misconceptions.

Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global EntrepreneurRichard Branson • 978-1-59184-406-8 • $16.00 • May 2011 • The chairman of the Virgin Group shares the inside track on his life in business and reveals the truth about his most risky deals • “A timely book on business.”—Daily Mail.

One Click: Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.comRichard L. Brandt • 978-1-59184-375-7 • $25.95 • July 2011 • A look at how Amazon really works and how Bezos, the company’s founder and CEO, makes it happen.

The Success Gurus: Lessons from the Best Career Advice Books of All TimeAndrew Clancy and the Editors at Soundview Executive Book Summaries • 978-1-59184-404-4 • $27.95 • Aug 2011 • The fourth book in the Soundview series • Easy-to-read summaries of 15 personal success books from some of the best minds in business, including two never-before-published summaries.

How to Listen to Great Music: A Guide to Its History, Culture, and HeartRobert Greenberg • 978-0-452-29708-1 • $16.00 • May 2011 • 304 pp • First book in the series tied to The Teaching Company, a group that sells DVD versions of college professor lectures.

I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video RevolutionCraig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum • 978-0-525-95230-5 • $26.95 • Aug 2011 • The first oral history of the network, which coincides with its 30th anniversary. Full of behind-the-scenes stories from major artists, directors, producers, executives and others.

Believing Is Seeing: Observations on the Mysteries of PhotographyErrol Morris • 978-1-59420-301-5 • $32.95 • Sep 2011 • 416 pp • Academy Award-winning filmmaker Morris (The Fog of War) investigates the hidden truths behind a series of documentary photographs.

The Art Detective: Adventures of an Antiques Roadshow AppraiserPhilip Mould • 978-0-14-311916-6 • $16.00 • May 2011 • “Mould recounts, with considerable wit and charm, his adventures in the trade, and the stories behind his most noteworthy finds.”—Booklist • “An engaging and informative romp from start to finish…Mould is an Indiana Jones-style adventurer, as well as a super sleuth.”—California Literary Review.

Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man’s Quest for True Love and a Cooler HaircutRob Sheffield • 978-0-452-29723-4 • $15.00 • May 2011 • 288 pp • “A brilliant coming-of-age-in the-1980s memoir.” —The Huffington Post • “ [P]erfect for music lovers and all who feel nostalgic for the music and moments that shaped their lives.” —Library Journal.

Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood and Invented Modern HorrorJason Zinoman • 978-1-59420-302-2 • $27.95 • July 2011 • An account of the gifted and eccentric directors who gave us the golden age of horror in the 1970s and brought a new brand of politics and gritty realism to the genre, including Wes Craven, Roman Polanski, John Carpenter, and Brian De Palma.

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More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New EliteSebastian Mallaby • 978-0-14-311941-8 • $17.00 • June 2011 • “[Mallaby] brings a keen sense of financial theory to his subject, and a vivid narrative style.”—The Wall Street Journal • “Splendid…the definitive history of the hedge fund history, a compelling narrative full of larger-than-life characters and dramatics.” —The Washington Post.

Why Africa is Poor: And What Africans Can Do About ItDr. Greg Mills • 978-0-14-302661-7 • $30.00 • Currently available • Mills draws from his experiences running various presidential-level advisory teams across Africa and examines the policy choices that have stunted African development.

Crisis Economics: A Crash Course in the Future of FinanceNouriel Roubini and Stephen Mihm • With a new Afterword • 978-0-14-311963-0 • $16.00 • May 2011 • 368 pp • “A tightly argued, convincing assault on the free-market ideology that allowed the finance sector to hijack the global economy…This is a wake-up call.” —The Observer (U.K.) • “[A] rigorous yet highly readable look at why booms and busts occur and how to keep them from wreaking havoc on the real economy.”— Bloomberg. Plentitude: The New Economics of Wealth Juliet B. Schor • 978-0-14-311942-5 • $16.00 • Aug 2011 • “Schor has been the most perceptive and prescient writer on economics this country has had for the last two decades. Here she looks forward once again, clearing a path through the wreckage of our economic collapse towards something more durable and maybe even more fun.”—Bill McKibben, author of Earth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet.

Practical WisdomBarry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe • 978-1-59448-783-5 • $26.95 • Jan 2011 • An urgent call to embrace and protect the essential, practical human quality that has been drummed out of our lives: wisdom.

The Method Method: Seven Obsessions That Helped Our Scrappy Start-up Turn an Industry Upside DownEric Ryan and Adam Lowry with Lucas Conley • 978-1-59184-399-3 • $26.95 • June 2011 • An inspiring case study for the next generation of start-ups by the unconventional founders of Method.

Denial: Why Business Leaders Fail to Look Facts in the Face— And What to Do About ItRichard S. Tedlow • 978-1-59184-391-7 • $16.00 • Mar 2011 • 272 pp • “Tedlow blends historical rigor with practical insights useful to today’s leaders—a rare and wonderful combination. His huge lesson—that the seeds of tragic demise are almost always visible, if only leaders would face them square-on—should terrify any successful person.”—Jim Collins, author Good to Great and How the Mighty Fall.

Better By MistakeAlina Tugend • 978-1-59448-785-9 • $25.95 • Mar 2011 • “Fascinating, vivid, and spectacu-larly useful. Tugend is a whip-smart guide to the secret landscape where our (so-called) errors are transformed into powerful opportunities.”—Daniel Coyle, author of The Talent Code.

ECONOmICS / ECONOmIC HIStORy

More Than Good Intentions: How a New Economics Is Helping to Solve Global PovertyDean Karlan and Jacob Appel • 978-0-525-95189-6 • $26.95 • Apr 2011 • “The most urgent challenge in the world is economic development, and Dean Karlan is right at its cutting edge.”—Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist and The Logic of Life.

The End of Wall Street Roger Lowenstein • 978-0-14-311872-5 • $17.00 • Apr 2011 • 288 pp • “Lowenstein, a highly accomplished financial journalist, lays out what may be the best explanation yet of the recent crash—and as good a prediction as any on what happens next.”—Barron’s.

The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050Joel Kotkin • 978-0-14-311881-7 • $16.00 • Feb 2011 • 320 pp • “Given the viral finger-pointing and hand-wringing over what’s seen as America’s decline these days, Mr. Kotkin’s book provides a timely and welcome…antidote…. The Next Hundred Million is presented in easily digestible mini-chapters and provides valuable historical perspective on the nation’s evolu-tion.”—Sam Roberts, The New York Times.

Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your CompetitionGuy Kawasaki • 978-1-59184-394-8 • $18.00 • Mar 2011 • 496 pp • “A very practical, yet highly entertaining book. If you’re starting a business and looking to understand the world you’re walking into, you won’t find a better, more honest and enjoyable guide than Guy Kawasaki.”—Jack Covert, Founder and President of 800-CEO-READ.

The Ten Commandments for Business FailureDonald R. Keough • With a Foreword by Warren Buffet • 978-1-59184-413-6 • $15.00 • July 2011 • The New York Times bestseller that “will teach you more about business success than a whole shelf full of books.”—Bill Gates • “A must-read for every leader.”—Jack Welch.

The Curse of the Mogul: What’s Wrong with the World’s Leading Media CompaniesJonathan A. Knee, Bruce C. Greenwald, and Ava Seave • 978-1-59184-390-0 • $17.00 • Mar 2011 • 320 pp • “This book is the clearest, most valuable explanation of the evolving economic imperatives of the media industry—an industry whose impact is pervasive in our society today. It is essential reading for anyone with a serious interest in media.”—Joseph E. Stiglitz, recipient of the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.

Car Guys Vs. Bean Counters: The Fall and Rise of GM (and American Business)Bob Lutz • 978-1-59184-400-6 • $25.95 • June 2011 • One of the giants of the car business tells the inside story of how GM lost its way, hit rock bottom in bankruptcy, and is now finally starting to come back.

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates UsDaniel H. Pink • 978-1-59448-480-3 • $16.00 • Apr 2011 • Drawing on four decades of scientific research on human motivation, Pink asserts that the secret to high performance and satisfaction is the need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world • “Pink’s ideas deserve a wide hearing. Corporate boards…could do well by kicking out their pay consultants for an hour and reading Pink’s conclusions instead.”—Forbes.

The Price of Everything: Solving the Mystery of Why We Pay What We Do Eduardo Porter • 978-1-59184-362-7 • $27.95 • Jan 2011 • “An enthralling look at the prices we put, consciously and unconsciously, on everything from a gallon of gas to a spare kidney.”—Tim Harford, Financial Times columnist.

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