The Scientific is Political and Personal: NASA Scientist James Hansen Reaches Out in Storms of My Grandchildren In June 1988, NASA scientist James Hansen testified to the U.S. Senate that global warming was underway and humans were a factor. As Hansen recounts in Storms of my Grandchildren, he thought U.S. politicians would do the logical [...]
Publisher’s description: “In Someplace Like America: Tales from the New Great Depression, writer Dale Maharidge and photographer Michael S. Williamson take us to the working-class heart of America, bringing to life–through shoe leather reporting, memoir, vivid stories, stunning photographs, and thoughtful analysis–the deepening crises of poverty and homelessness. The story begins in 1980, when the [...]
Publisher’s info: “Greg Mortenson has built a global reputation as a selfless humanitarian and children’s crusader, and he’s been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. He is also not what he appears to be. As acclaimed author Jon Krakauer discovered, Mortenson has not only fabricated substantial parts of his bestselling books Three Cups of Tea [...]
Publisher’s description: “Unraveling the complicated details surrounding the world’s present economic and political climate, this collection of interviews addresses the faulty underpinnings of capitalism and discusses why the future must be economically founded otherwise. Probing into the roots of the global economic crisis, the role that debt and privatization play in dampening social revolt, and [...]
Publisher’s description: “Stephane Hessel, Resistance fighter and concentration camp survivor, tells the young of today that their lives and liberties are worth fighting for. Remembering the ideals for which he risked his life, while never forgetting the evils against which he struggled, the now 94-year-old writer and diplomat calls on all of us to take [...]
Author Ross Perlin has an op-ed in today’s New York Times. Here’s what his book is about (publisher’s comments): “Every year, at least half a million Americans work as interns. They famously shuttle coffee in a thousand newsrooms, congressional offices, and Hollywood studios, but they also deliver aid in Afghanistan, build the human genome, and [...]
Generally, we wait until a book is officially released to ‘pick’ it. But today we honor Manning Marable, who just passed away at the age of 60. Here’s back cover info on his exciting new book: “Of the great figure in twentieth-century American history perhaps none is more complex and controversial than Malcolm X. Constantly [...]
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