The New Press: 370 books
Wrong Turn
America's Deadly Embrace of Counter-Insurgency
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
A searing indictment of US strategy in Afghanistan from a distinguished military leader and West Point military historian—“A remarkable book” (National Review).
In 2008, Col. Gian Gentile exposed a growing rift among military intellectuals with an article titled “Misreading the Surge...
Where the Line Is Drawn
A Tale of Crossings, Friendships, and Fifty Years of Occupation in Israel-Palestine
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Acclaimed, prize-winning author: Palestinian Walks was awarded an Orwell Prize in the U.K. and received significant media attention in the United States.
Standing: Shehadeh is one of the most celebrated Palestinian writers working today. The New York Times says that “few Palestinians have...
Kill Khalid
The Failed Mossad Assassination of Khalid Mishal and the Rise of Hamas
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
“Meticulously researched . . . This is the definitive chronicle of the Middle East crisis during the Clinton years and in the post-9/11 era” (Publishers Weekly).
“Providing a fly-on-the-wall vantage of the rising diplomatic panic that sent shudders through world capitals,” Kill Khalid...
Fractured Times
Culture and Society in the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Eric Hobsbawm, who passed away in 2012, was one of the most brilliant and original historians of our age. Through his work, he observed the great twentieth-century confrontation between bourgeois fin de siècle culture and myriad new movements and ideologies, from communism and extreme nationalism...
The Studs Terkel Reader
My American Century
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
With a foreword by Robert Coles and a preface by Calvin Trillin.
The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century collects the best interviews from eight of Terkel's classic oral histories together with his wonderful original introductions to each book. Featuring selections from American Dreams,...
by Henning Mankell
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2004
From the New York Times–bestselling author of the Kurt Wallander novels: An “absorbing” and “chilling” historical mystery “dripping with evil atmosphere” (The Times, London).
December 12, 1945. The Third Reich lies in ruins as a British warplane lands in Bückeburg, Germany. A...
We Too Sing America
South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh Immigrants Shape Our Multiracial Future
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Critical reception for the hardcover: The hardcover received reviews in the Washington Post, the Houston Chronicle, and Hyphen Magazine.
Speaking tour: Iyer will continue to travel extensively to promote the paperback.
Platform: Iyer is the former executive director of South Asian Americans...
Historians in Trouble
Plagiarism, Fraud, and Politics in the Ivory Tower
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
Historians in Trouble is investigative journalist and historian Jon Wiener’s "incisive and entertaining" (New Statesman, UK) account of several of the most notorious history scandals of the last few years.
Focusing on a dozen key controversies ranging across the political spectrum...
Go Tell the Crocodiles
Chasing Prosperity in Mozambique
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Timeliness: Once considered Africa’s success story, Mozambique is suddenly making international headlines over its unsustainable debt levels. The author is the only international journalist poised to comment on human impact of the global debt crisis as it plays out in this pivotal country.
Platform:...
by Alain Badiou
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
The renowned French philosopher’s “ode to love’s power to unite in the face of eternity, and its optimism in the face of pain” (Publishers Weekly).
In a world rife with consumerism, where online dating promises risk-free romance and love is all too often seen as a mere variant of desire...
Divided
The Perils of Our Growing Inequality
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Essays on the dangers of the wealth and income gap, collected by the New York Times–bestselling author of It’s Even Worse Than You Think.
This collection includes writings by a wide range of voices—including Adam Smith, Elizabeth Warren, Barbara Ehrenreich, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Studs Terkel,...
The World Has Changed
Conversations with Alice Walker
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2010
The National Book Award– and Pulitzer Prize–winning author’s fascinating and far-reaching conversations with acclaimed writers and thought leaders.
Spanning more than three decades, this collection of fascinating discussions between Alice Walker and renowned writers, leaders, and teachers,...
China Pop
How Soap Operas, Tabloids and Bestsellers Are Transforming a Culture
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
China Pop is a highly original and lively look at the ways that contemporary China is changing by Jianying Zha, a critic hailed in The Nation as "incisive, witty and eloquent all at once--a sort of female, Chinese Jonathan Spence." From her constant contact (and, in many cases, friendships)...
Customs in Common
Studies in Traditional Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
The “meticulously researched, elegantly argued and deeply humane” sequel to the landmark volume of social history, The Making of the English Working Class (The New York Times Book Review).
This remarkable study investigates the gradual disappearance of a range of cultural customs against the...