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REPUTATION: Portraits in Power Marjorie Williams, a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and a columnist for The Washington Post, was known for her wry, incisive portraits of powerful political figures. She passed away in 2005 at the age of forty-seven, and months later, her first book, The Woman at the Washington Zoo, became a New York Times bestseller. Her new book, Reputation, collects the best of these profiles, limning the personalities that dominated politics and the media during the final years of the twentieth century. |
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THE TYRANNY OF OIL Antonia Juhasz William Morrow Now Available in Hardcover The Tyranny of Oil offers both a new take on problems and a new set of solutions as Juhasz puts forward an immediate call to action a formula for reining in the industry, its governmental lobbying power, environmental destruction, and violence while reducing global dependence on oil. Her thought-provoking answers to the most pressing energy questions speak directly to readers concerned about oil and gas prices, global warming, wars for oil, and America's place in the world. With the major players in the world's most powerful industry charged with collusion, price-gouging, anticompetitive behavior, and unabashed greed, Juhasz calls boldly for the breakup of Big Oil. |
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FORESKIN'S LAMENT: A Memoir Shalom Auslander was raised with a terrified respect for God. Even as he grew up and became estranged from his community, his religion and its traditions, he could not find a path to a life where he didn't struggle daily against God. Foreskin s Lament reveals Auslander's painfully, cripplingly, incurably, miserably religious youth in a strict, socially isolated Orthodox community, and recounts his rebellion and efforts to make a new life apart from it. His combination of unrelenting humor and anger renders a rich and fascinating portrait of a man grappling with his faith and family. |
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THE CENTRAL LIBERAL TRUTH Which cultural values, beliefs, and attitudes best promote democracy, social justice, and prosperity? How can we use the forces that shape cultural change, such as religion, child-rearing practices, education, and political leadership, to promote these values in the Third World—and for underachieving minorities in the First World? In this book, Lawrence E. Harrison offers intriguing answers to these questions, in a valuable follow-up to his acclaimed Culture Matters. |
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TAKING ON THE SYSTEM Markos Moulitsas Zúniga is the founder of the Daily Kos political blog, which has more than one million readers per day. He is a regular columnist for Newsweek and a weekly columnist for The Hill. He is also the co-author of Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People-Powered Politics. He lives with his wife and children in Berkeley. |
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WE BOUGHT a ZOO: a MEMOIR Benjamin Mee, a former newspaper columnist, is known for his humorous “Do It Yourself” column in U.K.’s Guardian Weekend. In 2005, he published a collection of these articles in a volume entitled The Call of DIY: A Toolkit of Practical Wisdom. He holds a degree in psychology and has spent the last 10 years studying animal behavior. |
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