New & Forthcoming

No Family History: The Environmental Links to Breast Cancer
By Sabrina McCormick
"No Family History shows us ordinary people discovering the extraordinary truth of how to prevent most cancer. It forces us to ask the crucial questions: Who profits from causing, detecting, and treating cancer? Why do we hear so much about the search for a cure, and so little about preventing cancer in the first place?"—Gloria Steinem

China in 2008: A Year of Great Significance
Edited by Kate Merkel-Hess, Kenneth L. Pomeranz, and Jeffrey N. WasserstromForeword by Jonathan D. Spence
"[A] compelling first draft of history. Grouped by event or theme, the essays cover most of the major news stories of 2008, but with insight and perspective that never made the broadsheets. . . . It places contemporary China in a historical context that mainstream media seldom has the space to do, and offers a diverse and often very personal snapshot of China in one of its most turbulent years."—Far Eastern Economic Review

Winning the Long War: Retaking the Offensive against Radical Islam
By Ilan BermanForeword by Newt Gingrich
"The struggle against radical Islam is not limited to al-Qaeda or confined to Afghanistan and Iraq. The enemy is global. The challenge is multi-generational. The outcome remains uncertain. Ilan Berman argues persuasively that our strategic approach must be revisited and the rules of engagement changed. He offers a provocative, insightful and scholarly blueprint for defeating the enemy in the intellectual, economic, diplomatic, and political theaters of this confrontation."—Thomas J. Ridge, Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security

The Chickenhawk Syndrome: War, Sacrifice, and Personal Responsibility
By Cheyney C. Ryan
"Cheyney Ryan has written an eloquent and passionate argument about the basic responsibilities of citizens when their country goes to war: if you aren't prepared to fight it yourself, or commend fighting to your loved ones, you should not support the war. . . . A crucial philosophical examination of democratic citizenship and just war theory."—David J. Luban, Georgetown University Law Center

Onward Christian Athletes: Turning Ballparks into Pulpits and Players into Preachers
By Tom Krattenmaker
In Onward Christian Athletes, religion expert and commentator Tom Krattenmaker provides a first-of-its-kind exploration of what is really happening where sports and faith converge, and the larger story it tells about popular Christianity in American life in the new century.

Reflections/Refractions: Self-Portraits in the Twentieth Century
Edited by Wendy Wick Reaves
Reflections/Refractions is a catalog of twentieth-century self-portraits in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, and an exploration of how modern artists view themselves and the world. Eighty color illustrations are accompanied by lively and informative captions, making this volume an endlessly fascinating book for the coffee table and library.

Debating the American Conservative Movement: 1945 to the Present
By Donald T. Critchlow and Nancy MacLean
"Debating the American Conservative Movement presents a lively, passionate argument about the rise of the New Right and its far-reaching consequences for American politics since World War II. . . . Their competing perspectives on modern conservatism will help [readers] understand the high stakes of historical debates over the legacy of the New Deal, the fate of the civil rights movement, the emergence of the Religious Right, and the meaning of the 'Reagan Revolution.'"—Matthew D. Lassiter, University of Michigan and author of The Silent Majority: Suburban Politics in the Sunbelt South