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GEOGRAPHY 2012 • PENGUIN GROUP (USA) f denotes new or forthcoming title

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Politics & the Economy ................................................... 3Humanity & Culture ......................................................... 5 Food & Society .............................................................. 7Health & Medicine ............................................................ 9History ................................................................................10 Penguin Historical Atlases ......................................11Science, Technology, & Industry ...............................12Rural ....................................................................................13Urban ..................................................................................14Conservation & Environment .....................................15Sustainability ...................................................................17World...................................................................................19Britain & Ireland ..............................................................20Western Europe ...............................................................20Russia & Eastern Europe ...............................................21Latin America ...................................................................22The United States ...........................................................23 Penguin Library of American Indian History ....26Asia ......................................................................................27Africa ...................................................................................28The Middle East ...............................................................29Other Titles of Interest ..................................................30Penguin Speakers Bureau ...........................................31Index ...................................................................................32College Faculty Information Service .......................34School & Personal Copy Order Form .......................36Examination Copy Order Form ..................................37

Penguin Group USA presents a new selection of Geography titles. Click on the 13-digit ISBN to get more information on each title.

Examination and personal copy forms are available at the back of the catalog.

For personal service, adoption assistance, and complimentary exam copies, sign up for our College Faculty Info Service at http://www.penguin.com/facinfo

Cynthia Enloe and Joni Seagerf THE REAL STATE OF

AMERICA ATLASMapping the Myths and Truths of the United StatesIllustrated throughout with clear, easy-to-read, four-color graphics, The Real State of America Atlas draws back the curtain on our com-plex nation to reveal the myriad realities of the American experi-ence—from our changing demo-graphics to patterns of home own-ership to the kinds of food we eat.See The United States, page 23

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POLITICS & THE ECONOMY • 3

POLITICS & THE ECONOMY

Thomas P. M. Barnett GREAT POWERS

America and the World After BushA tour-de-force analysis of the grand realignments that are both already here and coming up fast in the spheres of economics, diplomacy, defense, technology, security, and the environment. Berkley • 496 pp. • 978-0-425-23225-5 • $16.00

BLUEPRINT FOR ACTIONA Future Worth CreatingPutnam • 464 pp. • 978-0-425-21174-8 $16.00

THE PENTAGON’S NEW MAPWar and Peace in the Twenty-First Century“Barnett offers one of the most provocative and comprehensive approaches to understanding national security in the 21st century.”—Sherri Goodman, former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense. Berkley • 448 pp. • 978-0-425-20239-5 • $16.00

Alan Beattie FALSE ECONOMY

A Surprising Economic History of the WorldA leading economic writer weaves together ele-ments of economics, history, politics, and human stories, revealing how governments and countries make concrete choices that can determine whether they remain a rich or poor nation. “[A] thorough examination of economies from the age of empire to the age of the IMF....Beattie’s analysis dazzles with particulars.”—The Washington Post.Riverhead • 368 pp. • 978-1-59448-444-5 • $16.00

Ian Bremmerf THE END OF THE FREE MARKET

Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations?“One of the clearest and most comprehensive treatments [of state capitalism].”—David Brooks, The New York Times. “A wide-ranging account of the rise of state capitalism...apposite examples and acute insights.”—The Economist.Portfolio • 240 pp. • 978-1-59184-440-2 • $16.00

Jason Burkef THE 9/11 WARS

At once investigation, reportage and contempo-rary history, The 9/11 Wars is an essential book for understanding the dangerous and unstable twenty-first century.Penguin • 500 pp. • 978-0-14-104459-0 • $20.00

John S. Burnett DANGEROUS WATERS

Modern Piracy and Terror on the High SeasPlume • 368 pp. • 978-0-452-28413-5 • $16.00

James Canton, Ph.D. THE EXTREME FUTURE

The Top Trends That Will Reshape the World in the Next 5, 10, and 20 YearsPlume • 384 pp. • 978-0-452-28866-9 • $16.00

William Easterly THE WHITE MAN’S BURDEN

Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good“Brilliant at diagnosing the failings of Western intervention in the Third World.”—BusinessWeek. “Easterly’s call for a more modest, results-ori-ented approach to aid is dead-on.”—Los Angeles Times. Penguin • 448 pp. • 978-0-14-303882-5 • $17.00

Graham Evans and Jeffrey Newnham, editors

THE PENGUIN DICTIONARY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS“[A] selective compendium of essential ideas, concepts, and theories of international relations, specialized terminology, and neologisms (e.g., ‘ethnic cleansing’).”—Choice.Penguin • 640 pp. • 978-0-14-051397-4 • $18.00

Niall Ferguson THE ASCENT OF MONEY

A Financial History of the WorldFerguson tells the story behind the evolution of our financial system, from its genesis in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls Planet Finance. “An excellent, just in time guide to the history of finance and financial crisis.” —The Washington Post. “Shrewdly anticipates many aspects of the current financial crisis, which has toppled banks, precipitated gigantic government bailouts and upended global mar-kets.”—The New York Times.Penguin • 448 pp. • 978-0-14-311617-2 • $16.00

COLOSSUSThe Price of America’s EmpirePenguin • 416 pp. • 978-0-14-303479-7 • $17.00Also available: The War of the World 978-0-14-311239-6; Civilization 978-1-59420-305-3

Doug Finef TOO HIGH TO FAIL

Cannabis and the New Green Economic RevolutionThe first in-depth look at the burgeoning legal cannabis industry. “Fine is a...storyteller in the mold of...Douglas Adams.”—The Washington Post.Gotham • 320 pp. • 978-1-592-40709-5 • $26.00Available August 2012

Charles Fishman THE WAL-MART EFFECT

How the World’s Most Powerful Company Really Works—and How It’s Transforming the American Economy“Saunters through the influential economic ‘eco-system’ that the discount chain represents with clarity, compelling nuance, and refreshing objec-tivity.”—Christian Science Monitor.Penguin • 352 pp. • 978-0-14-303878-8 • $16.00A Choice Outstanding Academic TitleTeacher’s Guide available at us.penguingroup.com/tguides

Joshua Goldsteinf WINNING THE WAR ON WAR

The Decline of Armed Conflict Worldwide“Does what no other book has attempted, pro-viding a synoptic view, and narrative, of the slow but successful evolution of UN peacekeeping.”—Paul Kennedy, Yale University.Dutton • 416 pp. • 978-0-525-95253-4 • $26.95Plume • 400 pp. • 978-0-452-29859-0 • $17.00Paperback available August 2012

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Alexandra Harney THE CHINA PRICE

The True Cost of Chinese Competitive AdvantageFormer Financial Times correspondent Harney exposes how China’s factory economy gains a competitive edge by selling out its workers, envi-ronment, and future.Penguin • 352 pp. • 978-0-14-311486-4 • $16.00

Thom Hartmann THRESHOLD

The Crisis of Western CultureThe progressive radio host outlines five critical personal and policy solutions for building a bet-ter, more sustainable world. “Defines the prob-lems of our current robber baron economy and presents solutions that integrate natural laws with the way we live, work, and shop.”—John Perkins, author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.Plume • 288 pp. • 978-0-452-29630-5 • $16.00

Martin Jacques WHEN CHINA RULES THE WORLD

The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global OrderHow China’s ascendance as an economic super-power will alter the cultural, political, social, and ethnic balance of global power in the twenty-first century, unseating the West and in the process creating a whole new world. “Compelling and thought-provoking....Jacques is a superb explainer of history and economics, tracing broad trends with insight and skill.”—The Washington Post.Penguin Press • 576 pp. • 978-1-59420-185-1 • $29.95

Dean Karlan and Jacob Appelf MORE THAN GOOD INTENTIONS

Improving the Ways the World’s Poor Borrow, Save, Farm, Learn, and Stay Healthy“Offers many eye-opening, real-world examples of how international development aid can actu-ally work....Seethes with the scientific rigor and fact-based optimism that ought to exemplify American foreign aid.”—Miller-McCune.Dutton • 320 pp. • 978-0-525-95189-6 • $26.95Plume • 320 pp. • 978-0-452-29756-2 • $16.00Paperback available April 2012

John Kayf OBLIQUITY

Why Our Goals Are Best Achieved IndirectlyA leading economist charts the indirect road to happiness and wealth. “A fast-paced detective story....Brilliant.”—Tim Harford, author of The Logic of Life.Penguin Press • 240 pp. • 978-1-59420-278-0 • $25.95Penguin • 240 pp. • 978-0-14-312055-1 • $16.00Paperback available April 2012

Amin Maalouf IN THE NAME OF IDENTITY

Violence and the Need to BelongTranslated from the French by Barbara Bray“An eloquent introductory exploration of why, in this age of globalization, we need to abandon our historical idea of identity as a single religious or national alliance.”—The New Yorker.Penguin • 176 pp. • 978-0-14-200257-5 • $14.00

Mark Malloch-Brownf THE UNFINISHED GLOBAL REVOLUTION

The Road to International CooperationNew Afterword on the Arab Spring“Authentic, compelling, and immensely enjoy-able.”—Kofi A. Annan, former United Nations Secretary-General. “Fascinating and impor-tant.”—Fareed Zakaria, author of The Post-American World.Penguin • 272 pp. • 978-0-14-312083-4 • $16.00

Greg Millsf WHY AFRICA IS POOR

And What Africans Can Do About ItLooking at the fragile economic and political sit-uation in Africa, this book makes the controver-sial argument that the main reason why Africa’s people are poor is due to the choices made by their leaders.Penguin Global • 432 pp. • 978-0-14-352809-8 • $30.00

Trevor Paglen BLANK SPOTS ON THE MAP

The Dark Geography of the Pentagon’s Secret WorldGeographer Trevor Paglen’s research into areas that officially “don’t exist” leads him on a globe-trotting adventure into a vast, undemocratic, and uncontrolled black empire—the unmarked spots on a map, where our government conducts its most clandestine operations.NAL • 352 pp. • 978-0-451-22916-8 • $16.00

Carne Rossf THE LEADERLESS REVOLUTION

How Ordinary People Will Take Power and Change Politics in the 21st Century“An impassioned, idealistic critique of the state of global politics and the deepening rift between those with power and those without.”—The Guardian (London).Blue Rider Press • 272 pp. • 978-0-399-15872-8 • $22.95

Joni Seager THE PENGUIN ATLAS OF

WOMEN IN THE WORLDFourth Edition“Scholarly, funny, provocative and an essential source in any library. You can’t teach global issues without it.”—Diane Bell, George Wash-ington University. Full-color maps.Penguin • 128 pp. • 978-0-14-311451-2 • $22.00American Association of Geographers’ Media Achievement Award

Dan Smith THE PENGUIN STATE

OF THE WORLD ATLASEighth Edition“The modern world, given color and shape and submitted to a grid that can be grasped instanta-neously.”—The New York Times.Penguin • 144 pp. • 978-0-14-311452-9 • $20.00Forthcoming in December 2012: Ninth Revised Edition, 978-0-14-312265-4

John Perkins THE SECRET HISTORY

OF THE AMERICAN EMPIREEconomic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global Corruption“A sweeping, bold assault on the tyranny of cor-porate globalization...with devastating stories of greed run wild.”—Howard Zinn.Plume • 384 pp. • 978-0-452-28957-4 • $16.00

CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN“This riveting look at a world of intrigue reads like a spy novel....Highly recommended.”—Library Journal.Plume • 320 pp. • 978-0-452-28708-2 • $16.00

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POLITICS & THE ECONOMY / HUMANITY & CULTURE • 5

Kevin Phillips AMERICAN THEOCRACY

The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st CenturyPenguin • 480 pp. • 978-0-14-303828-3 • $16.00

BAD MONEYReckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American CapitalismPenguin • 352 pp. • 978-0-14-311480-2 • $16.00

Melissa Rossi WHAT EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD

KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF THE WORLD“Recommended for every literate and thinking American citizen.”—Kliatt. An entertaining, handy guide to political science, current events, foreign affairs, and history. Contains: straight-forward explanations, cross-referenced entries, pronunciation guides, illustrations, and maps.Plume • 400 pp. • 978-0-452-28405-0 • $16.00Also Available: What Every American Should Know About the Middle East, see page 30

Nouriel Roubini and Stephen Mihm CRISIS ECONOMICS

A Crash Course in the Future of FinanceBringing lessons of earlier episodes to bear on our present predicament, Roubini and Mihm show how we can recognize and grapple with the inherent instability of the global financial system.Penguin • 368 pp. • 978-0-14-311963-0 • $17.00

Jeffrey D. Sachs COMMON WEALTH

Economics for a Crowded PlanetA clear and vivid map of the road to sustainable and equitable global prosperity and an augury of the global economic collapse that lies ahead if we don’t follow it. “With powerful illustrations and moving words, he describes what humanity must do if we are to share a common future on this planet.”—Kofi Annan.Penguin • 400 pp. • 978-0-14-311487-1 • $17.00

THE END OF POVERTYEconomic Possibilities for Our TimeForeword by Bono“A compelling blueprint for eliminating extreme poverty from the world by 2025.”—George Soros. Penguin • 416 pp. • 978-0-14-303658-6 • $17.00

Juliet B. Schor TRUE WEALTH

How and Why Millions of Americans Are Creating a Time-Rich, Ecologically Light, Small-Scale, High-Satisfaction EconomyEconomist Schor offers a groundbreaking intel-lectual statement about the economics and soci-ology of ecological decline, suggesting a radical change in how we think about consumer goods, value, and ways to live. Previously published in hardcover as Plenitude.Penguin • 272 pp. • 978-0-14-311942-5 • $16.00

Ellen Ruppel Shell CHEAP

The High Cost of Discount CultureA myth-shattering investigation of the true cost of America’s passion for finding a better bargain. “An engaging exploration of the ways cheapness is making our lives worse.”—USA Today.Penguin • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-311763-6 • $16.00

Paul Starobin FIVE ROADS TO THE FUTURE

Power in the Next Global AgeInternational correspondent Starobin combines fresh reportage with rigorous historical analysis to envision a world in which the United States is no longer the dominant superpower. Penguin • 384 pp. • 978-0-14-311736-0 • $16.00

Mark Twain THE INNOCENTS ABROAD

Introduction by Tom Quirk“Illuminates some of today’s most pressing issues: American attitudes toward foreign coun-tries, the global clash of Western and Eastern cultures, and the way international perspectives are shaped by race, class, and gender.”—Leland Krauth, University of Colorado. Penguin Classics • 560 pp. • 978-0-14-243708-7 • $16.00

HUMANITY & CULTURE

Daniel Akstf TEMPTATION

Finding Self-Control in an Age of Excess“This elegantly written and useful book...describes how, for millennia, human beings have struggled to rein in desire.”—USA Today. “A clever blend of scientifically informed polemic and morally minded jeremiad.”—The Boston Globe. Published in hardcover as We Have Met the Enemy.Penguin • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-312080-3 • $16.00

Bruce Chatwin THE SONGLINES

Chatwin’s beautiful, elegaic, comic account of following the invisible pathways traced by the Australian aborigines.Penguin • 304 pp. • 978-0-14-009429-9 • $16.00

f Black-Spine EditionNew Introduction by Rory StewartPengun Classics • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-242257-1 • $16.00Available July 2012Also available: In Patagonia, see page 22

Pamela Druckerman LUST IN TRANSLATION

Infidelity from Tokyo to Tennessee“[This] thoughtful and myth-busting study of infidelity deserves to be widely translated and read.”—The Economist. Penguin • 304 pp. • 978-0-14-311329-4 • $15.00

Michelle Goldberg THE MEANS OF REPRODUCTION

“We’re lucky that we have Michelle Goldberg, a brilliant and clear-eyed journalist, to bring us news of how the struggle over reproductive rights has gone global, as the American Right teams up with reactionary forces abroad.”—Jeff Sharlet, author of The Family.Penguin • 272 pp. • 978-0-14-311688-2 • $16.00Now you can E-MAIL your desk copy

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David Goldblatt THE BALL IS ROUND

A Global History of Soccer“Since it became a worldwide phenomenon, nobody has attempted to write an overall history of the game. Now David Goldblatt’s stunning book will be the measure against which all other such volumes are judged.”—The Guardian.Riverhead • 992 pp. • 978-1-59448-296-0 • $25.00

Peter Matthiessenf THE TREE WHERE MAN WAS BORN

New Introduction by Jane Goodall“A vivid picture of a huge continent where the fossil past of mankind has walked like a living scarecrow into the present....A book not to be missed.”—Loren Eiseley.Penguin Classics • 304 pp. • 978-0-14-310624-1 • $17.00National Book Award FinalistAlso available: The Snow Leopard, see page 27For more Matthiessen titles, visit penguin.com

Robert McCrum, William Cran, and Robert MacNeil

THE STORY OF ENGLISHThird Revised Edition“Rarely has the English language been scanned so brightly and broadly in a single volume.”—San Francisco Chronicle. 29 b/w maps.Penguin • 496 pp. • 978-0-14-200231-5 • $17.00

Steven Pinkerf THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE

Why Violence Has Declined“A supremely important book. To have com-mand of so much research, spread across so many different fields, is a masterly achieve-ment.”—The New York Times Book Review. “Monumental.”—Slate.com.Viking • 832 pp. • 978-0-670-02295-3 • $40.00A New York Times Notable Book of the Year

Michael Pollan A PLACE OF MY OWN

The Architecture of DaydreamsA Place of My Own not only works to convey the history and meaning of all human building, it also marks the connections between our bodies, our minds, and the natural world. “An utterly terrific book...an inspired meditation on the complex relationship between space, the human body, and the human spirit.”—Francine du Plessix Gray.Penguin • 352 pp. • 978-0-14-311474-1 • $16.00Also Available: The Omnivore’s Dilemma; In Defense of Food; Food Rules, see Food and Society, page 8

Lydia V. Pyne and Stephen J. Pynef THE LAST LOST WORLD

Ice Ages, Human Origins, and the Invention of the PleistoceneAn enlightening investigation of the Pleisto-cene’s dual character as a geologic time—and as a cultural idea.Viking • 320 pp. • 978-0-670-02363-9 • $26.95Available June 2012

Jeremy Rifkin THE EMPATHIC CIVILIZATION

The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in CrisisSee Sustainability, page 18

THE HYDROGEN ECONOMYThe Creation of the Worldwide Energy Web and the Redistribution of Power on EarthSee Sustainability, page 18

Witold Rybczynski HOME

A Short History of an IdeaWalk through five centuries of homes both great and small on a house tour like no other, one that delightfully explicates the very idea of “home.” “Home is serious, historically minded, and exquisitely readable. It is a triumph of intelli-gence.”—The New Yorker.Penguin • 272 pp. • 978-0-14-010231-4 • $16.00Also available: Looking Around 978-0-14-016889-1; The Most Beautiful House in the World 978-0-14-010566-7

Rebecca Solnit A PARADISE BUILT IN HELL

The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in DisasterSolnit looks at major calamities from the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco through the 1917 explosion that tore up Halifax, Nova Scotia, the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, 9/11, and Hurri-cane Katrina in New Orleans, examining how disaster throws people into a temporary utopia of changed states of mind and social possibilities.Penguin • 368 pp. • 978-0-14-311807-7 • $16.00A New York Times Notable Book

A FIELD GUIDE TO GETTING LOST“A meditation on the pleasures of getting lost.” —The New Yorker.Penguin • 224 pp. • 978-0-14-303724-8 • $15.00Also in Penguin: River of Shadows 978-0-14-200410-4; Wanderlust 978-0-14-028601-4

Peter Turchin WAR AND PEACE AND WAR

The Rise and Fall of EmpiresA bold new theory about the course of world history, examining a society’s capacity for collec-tive action as the key to the formation of empires. “Turchin’s view of [history] from the perspective of an evolutionary biologist...promises a great deal.”—The Times Literary Supplement.Plume • 416 pp. • 978-0-452-28819-5 • $16.00

Nicholas Wade BEFORE THE DAWN

Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors“By far the best book I have ever read on human-ity’s deep history. With courage and balance, Wade has pulled together the explosion of dis-coveries now ongoing in diverse fields of biology and the social sciences on the origin of our spe-cies, and he explains a large part of what is nec-essary to comprehend the human condition.”—E. O. Wilson.Penguin • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-303832-0 • $16.00

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FOOD & SOCIETY

f OPUS VINOOrganized by country, and then broken down into regions, districts, and wineries, the book looks at more than 4,500 individual wineries, and identifies each region’s top producers and its rising stars.Dorling Kindersley • 800 pp. • 978-0-756-66751-1 • $75.00

Will Allen with Charles Wilsonf THE GOOD FOOD REVOLUTION

Growing Healthy Food, People, and CommunitiesForeword by Eric SchlosserA pioneering urban farmer and MacArthur “Genius Award” winner points the way to build-ing a new food system that can feed—and heal—broken communities. “Allen is the go-to expert on urban farming.”—The New York Times Magazine.Gotham • 288 pp. • 978-1-592-40710-1 • $26.00Available May 2012

Andrew Beahrs TWAIN’S FEAST

Searching for America’s Lost Foods in the Footsteps of Samuel Clemens“Beahrs, a wonderfully lucid, knowledgeable, and enthusiastic writer, uses Twain’s gustatory passions as a map with which to explore the nation.”—Chicago Tribune. “Part offbeat literary study, part Blue Highways travelogue, part slow-food manifesto...lots of fun.”—The New York Times Book Review.Penguin • 336 pp. • 978-0-14-311934-0 • $16.00A Booklist Top Ten Food Title; an Amazon.com Editors’ Pick for 2010

Michael Blandingf THE COKE MACHINE

The Dirty Truth Behind the World’s Favorite Soft Drink“A terrific introduction to the inner workings of corporate capitalism as it plays out on a global scale.”—Marion Nestle, author of Food Politics and What to Eat.Avery • 384 pp. • 978-1-58333-435-5 • $16.00

Jenny Brown with Gretchen Primackf THE LUCKY ONES

My Passionate Fight on Behalf of Farmed AnimalsThe poignant, provocative memoir of the cofounder and director of the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary.Avery • 304 pp. • 978-1-58333-441-6 • $26.00Available August 2012

Novella Carpenter FARM CITY

The Education of an Urban FarmerSee Urban, page 14

Novella Carpenter and Willow Rosenthalf THE ESSENTIAL URBAN FARMER

See Urban, page 14

Lizzie Collinghamf THE TASTE OF WAR

World War II and the Battle for Food“A comprehensive evaluation of the crucial role of the global food economy in the waging of war....A definitive work of World War II scholar-ship.”—Kirkus Reviews.Penguin Press • 656 pp. • 978-1-59420-329-9 • $35.00Available April 2012

Tyler Cowenf AN ECONOMIST GETS LUNCH

New Rules for Everyday FoodiesOne of the most influential economists of the decade argues that just about everything you’ve heard about food is wrong.Dutton • 304 pp. • 978-0-525-95266-4 • $26.95Available April 2012Also available: The Great Stagnation, see page 23

Steve Ettlinger TWINKIE, DECONSTRUCTED

My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, Mined (Yes, Mined), and Manipulated Into What America EatsPlume • 304 pp. • 978-0-452-28928-4 • $16.00

Bernard Jensen EMPTY HARVEST

Understanding the Link Between Our Food, Our Immunity, and Our PlanetAvery • 208 pp. • 978-0-895-29558-3 • $13.95

Paul Greenberg FOUR FISH

The Future of the Last Wild FoodGreenberg deftly uses four fish—bass, cod, salmon, and tuna—as a lens to provide a state of the ocean; traveling the world from Alaska’s wild salmon runs to the massive fish farms of Vietnam.Penguin • 304 pp. • 978-0-14-311946-3 • $16.00

Evan Jones AMERICAN FOOD

A Culinary History“A great addition to American gastronomic lore....This culinary history does a lot to re-create the past and celebrate the present.”—James Beard.Overlook • 516 pp. • 978-1-58567-904-1 • $24.95

Dan Koeppel BANANA

The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World“A multifaceted story about how the fruit’s unique nature has allowed it to become a world-wide food staple and a geopolitical force....Com-pelling.”—The Boston Globe.Plume • 304 pp. • 978-0-452-29008-2 • $16.00

Mark Kurlansky THE FOOD OF A YOUNGER LAND

A Portrait of American Food— Before the National Highway System, Before Chain Restaurants, and Before Frozen Food, When the Nation’s Food was Seasonal, Regional, and Traditional—From the Lost WPA FilesA remarkable portrait of American food before World War II. “A review can only hint at the marvelous variety and vivacity of the material assembled here.”—Chicago Tribune.Riverhead • 480 pp. • 978-1-59448-457-5 • $16.00

SALTA World HistoryPenguin • 498 pp. • 978-0-14-200161-5 • $17.00

CODA Biography of the Fish That Changed the WorldPenguin • 304 pp. • 978-0-14-027501-8 • $15.00Also Available: The Basque History of the World, see page 21; The Last Fish Tale, see page 18

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Frances Moore Lappé and Anna Lappé HOPE’S EDGE

The Next Diet for a Small Planet“Describing their journeys through Brazil, Paki-stan, Holland and the U.S., the Lappés question the economic status quo as well as discuss the way different countries handle food production in times of scarcity and plenty. What we eat directly, they argue, connects us to the earth and people around the globe.”—Publishers Weekly. “Absolutely one of the most important books as we move further into the twenty-first century.”—Jane Goodall.Tarcher • 464 pp. • 978-1-58542-237-1 • $15.95

Thomas McNamee ALICE WATERS AND CHEZ PANISSE

The Romantic, Impractical, Often Eccentric, Ultimately Brilliant Making of a Food RevolutionExplores the San Francisco counterculture food revolution that invented “American cuisine.” “Beautifully capture[s] the spirit of the restau-rant and its spiritual growth, as well as its place in American culture.”—Los Angeles Times.Penguin • 400 pp. • 978-0-14-311308-9 • $16.00

Sidney W. Mintz SWEETNESS AND POWER

The Place of Sugar in Modern History“Shows how the intelligent analysis of the history of a single commodity can be used to pry open the history of an entire world of social relation-ships and human behavior.”—The New York Review of Books.Penguin • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-009233-2 • $16.00

Ruth Ozeki ALL OVER CREATION

“Isolating what must be one of the strangest lit-erary niches ever, Ozeki has written another novel about the foul nature of what we put in our bodies, this time taking on the genetic engineer-ing of crops.”—The New York Times. Penguin • 432 pp. • 978-0-14-200389-3 • $15.00

MY YEAR OF MEATS“A very funny, very ambitious first novel about a Japanese American documentary filmmaker who gleefully takes on the meat industry, the media, wife-battering, sexism and racism with-out ever losing sight of plot or character.”—San Francisco Chronicle. Penguin • 400 pp. • 978-0-14-028046-3 • $15.00

Joe Pappalardo SUNFLOWERS

A Seedy HistoryOverlook • 256 pp. • 978-1-58567-991-1 • $22.95

Christina Pirellof I’M MAD AS HELL, AND I’M NOT

GOING TO EAT IT ANYMORE!Taking Control of Your Health and Your Life—One Recipe at a TimeForeword by Alicia SilverstonePerigee • 320 pp. • 978-0-399-53724-0 • $20.00

Michael Pollanf FOOD RULES

An Eater’s ManualRevised with Illustrations by Maira Kalman“In the more than four decades that I have been reading and writing about the findings of nutri-tional science, I have come across nothing more intelligent, sensible, and simple to follow.”—Jane E. Brody, The New York Times.Penguin Press • 192 pp. • 978-1-59420-308-4 • $22.95

FOOD RULESAn Eater’s ManualAn indispensable guide for anyone concerned about health and food. Simple, sensible, and easy to use, Food Rules is a set of memorable rules for eating wisely, many drawn from a variety of eth-nic or cultural traditions.Penguin • 112 pp. • 978-0-14-311638-7 • $11.00

IN DEFENSE OF FOODThe Myth of Nutrition and the Pleasures of EatingPollan proposes a new way to think about the question of what to eat that is informed by ecol-ogy and tradition, and is better for our health and the health of the land. “Essential reading for anyone who takes food seriously.”—The Boston Globe.Penguin • 256 pp. • 978-0-14-311496-3 • $16.00

THE OMNIVORE’S DILEMMAA Natural History of Four Meals“Thoughtful, engrossing....You’re not likely to get a better explanation of exactly where your food comes from.”—The New York Times Book Review.Penguin • 464 pp. • 978-0-14-303858-0 • $17.00A New York Times Top Ten Book of the Year, a Los Angeles Times Best Nonfiction Book of the Year

Mark Schatzker STEAK

One Man’s Search for the World’s Tastiest Piece of BeefA journalist sets out to track down the perfect specimen, travelling to all the legendary sites of steak excellence—Texas, France, Scotland, Italy, Japan, Argentina, and Idaho’s Pahsimeroi Valley.Penguin • 304 pp. • 978-0-14-311938-8 • $16.00

Laura Shapiro JULIA CHILD

A Life“Shows enormous grace and food savvy…Read-ing Shapiro reminds us how Julia Child taught us not just how to cook but how to think about food.”—The New York Times Book Review.Penguin • 208 pp. • 978-0-14-311644-8 • $14.00

Carol N. Simontacchi THE CRAZY MAKERS

How the Food Industry is Destroying Our Brains and Harming Our ChildrenUpdated EditionUsing extensive research, epidemiological evi-dence, and a formal study of schoolchildren’s eating habits, Simontacchi identifies how food products may be literally driving us crazy.Tarcher • 352 pp. • 978-1-58542-626-3 • $14.95

Jane S. Smith THE GARDEN OF INVENTION

Luther Burbank and the Business of Breeding PlantsSee Rural, page 13

Morgan Spurlock DON’T EAT THIS BOOK

Fast Food and the Supersizing of AmericaBerkley • 320 pp. • 978-0-425-21023-9 • $16.00

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HEALTH & MEDICINE

John M. Barry THE GREAT INFLUENZA: The Epic Story

of the Deadliest Plague in History“[A] lively, artful, and very well informed account of the flu epidemic in 1918–1919.”— The New York Review of Books. “A fascinating look at how the pandemic spread and how phy-sicians and researchers rallied to mobilize against a global health crisis.”—The Washington Post. 16-pages b/w photos.Penguin • 560 pp. • 978-0-14-303649-4 • $17.00

Molly Caldwell Crosby ASLEEP

The Forgotten Epidemic that Remains One of Medicine’s Greatest MysteriesA fascinating look at a bizarre, forgotten epi-demic known as encephalities lethargica—or sleeping sickness—which in 1918 spread world-wide, leaving millions dead or locked in institutions.Berkley • 304 pp. • 978-0-425-23873-8 • $15.00

THE AMERICAN PLAGUEThe Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic that Shaped Our History“Engrossing....A first-rate medical detective drama.”—The New York Times Book Review. Berkley • 384 pp. • 978-0-425-21775-7 • $15.00

Daniel Defoe A JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR

Introduction and Notes by Cynthia WallThe shocking immediacy of Defoe’s description of plague-racked London makes this one of the most convincing accounts of the Great Plague ever written.Penguin Classics • 336 pp. • 978-0-14-043785-0 • $11.00

Madeline Drexler EMERGING EPIDEMICS

The Menace of New InfectionsA gripping and authoritative investigation of today’s most lethal menaces—with up-to-the-min-ute analysis of the H1N1 flu. “An especially read-able account of the dangerous common ground where man and microbes meet.”—USA Today.Penguin • 336 pp. • 978-0-14-311717-9 • $16.00

Randall Fitzgerald THE HUNDRED-YEAR LIE

How to Protect Yourself from the Chemicals That Are Destroying Your HealthPlume • 304 pp. • 978-0-452-28839-3 • $16.00

Laurie Garrett THE COMING PLAGUE: Newly Emerging

Diseases in a World Out of Balance Penguin • 768 pp. • 978-0-14-025091-6 • $20.00

Steven Johnson THE GHOST MAP

The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern WorldAn account of the worst cholera outbreak in Vic-torian London, and its lasting effects on modern society. “By turns a medical thriller, detective story, and paean to city life, Johnson’s account of the outbreak and its modern implications is a true page-turner.”—The Washington Post. B/w photos.Riverhead • 320 pp. • 978-1-59448-269-4 • $15.00A New York Times Notable BookAlso Available: Future Perfect; Where Good Ideas Come From; The Innovator’s Cookbook, see page 12; The Invention of Air, see page 24; Everything Bad is Good for You 978-1-59448-194-9

Barry Popkin THE WORLD IS FAT

The Fads, Trends, Policies, and Products That Are Fattening the Human RaceAn eye-opening look at the obesity epidemic, from the Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition at the University of North Car-olina. “[Popkin’s] call to action and practical sug-gestions to individuals, communities, and politi-cal leaders, will be read with enormous interest and benefit around the world.”—Jeffrey D. Sachs.Avery • 240 pp. • 978-1-58333-381-5 • $16.00

T. R. Reidf THE HEALING OF AMERICA

A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health CareReid explains how other democracies provide health care for their citizens at a reasonable cost, while undergoing a global quest to find a pre-scription for American health care. “Important and powerful...a rich tour of health care around the world.”—The New York Times.Penguin • 304 pp. • 978-0-14-311821-3 • $16.00Los Angeles Times Book Award Finalist

William Rosen JUSTINIAN’S FLEA

Plague, Empire, and the Birth of EuropeWeaves together evolutionary microbiology, economics, military strategy, ecology, and medi-cine to explore the outbreak and effects of bubonic plague in Constantinople in AD 542. “[An] impressive study of the Bubonic plague and its impact on history....A massively ambi-tious work.”—The Guardian (UK). 6 maps.Penguin • 384 pp. • 978-0-14-311381-2 • $16.00

Alan Sipress THE FATAL STRAIN

On the Trail of Avian Flu and the Coming PandemicA vivid portrayal of the struggle between man and microbe, The Fatal Strain is a fast-moving account that weaves cultural, political, and sci-entific strands into a tale of inevitable pandemic. “Gripping first-hand accounts...offering lessons for the management of future global influenza pandemics.”—Nature.Penguin • 400 pp. • 978-0-14-311830-5 • $17.00

Craig Timberg and Daniel Halperinf TINDERBOX

How the West Sparked the AIDS Epidemic and How the World Can Finally Overcome It“[An] absorbing interdisciplinary study.”—Pub-lishers Weekly (starred review). “Present[s] a forceful case with which future students of HIV and AIDS will have to reckon.”—Kirkus Reviews.Penguin Press • 352 pp. • 978-1-59420-327-5 • $27.95

Bill Wasik and Monica Murphyf RABID

A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical VirusViking • 240 pp. • 978-0-670-02373-8 • $25.95Available July 2012Also available: And Then There’s This, see page 13

Michael Willrichf POX

An American History“Meticulously traces the story of how the small-pox vaccine was pressed into service during a major outbreak.”—The Wall Street Journal.Penguin Press • 400 pp. • 978-1-59420-286-5 • $27.95Penguin • 432 pp. • 978-0-14-312078-0 • $17.00Paperback available April 2012

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HISTORY

Robert Bickersf THE SCRAMBLE FOR CHINA

Foreign Devils in the Qing Empire, 1832-1914This extraordinary new book tells the epic story of colonial China both from the European point of view and the Chinese.Penguin Global • 512 pp. • 978-0713-99749-1 • $45.00

Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca CHRONICLE OF THE

NARVÁEZ EXPEDITIONIntroduction by Ilan StavansRevised and Annotated Translation by Harold AugenbraumThe first major narrative detailing the explora-tion of North America by Spanish conquistadors (1528–1536). Cabeza de Vaca’s gripping account offers a trove of ethnographic information, including descriptions and interpretations of native cultures, making it a powerful precursor to modern anthropology. Maps throughout. Penguin Classics • 160 pp. • 978-0-14-243707-0 • $14.00

Christopher Columbus THE FOUR VOYAGES

Translated by J. M. CohenPenguin • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-044217-5 • $15.00

Ibn Fadlānf IBN FADLĀN AND

THE LAND OF DARKNESSArab Travellers in the Far NorthNewly Translated with an Introduction by Caroline Stone and Paul LundeBased on an expedition to the upper Volga River in 922 AD, Ibn Fadlān and the Land of Darkness provides rare and valuable insight into the world of Arab geographers and the medieval lands of northern Europe.Penguin Classics • 288 pp. • 978-0-14-045507-6 • $16.00

Julie Greene THE CANAL BUILDERS

Making America’s Empire at the Panama CanalSee Latin America, page 22

Robert M. Hazenf THE STORY OF EARTH

The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to the Living PlanetA radical new approach to geologic history advancing two controversial claims: just as humans evolved, so did Earth, and second, life on Earth evolved from minerals.Viking • 320 pp. • 978-0-670-02355-4 • $27.95Available May 2012

Frederick Hoxief THIS INDIAN COUNTRY

Eight American Indian Activists and the World They Made, 1776-2000A history of native American political activism over the course of this country’s history, told through the inspiring stories of eight important activists who played a key role in their time in the definition and defense of American Indian political identity.Penguin Press • 496 pp. • 978-1-59420-365-7 • $29.95Available October 2012

Steven Johnson THE GHOST MAP

The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern WorldSee Health & Medicine, page 9

Bartolomé de Las Casas A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE

DESTRUCTION OF THE INDIESTranslated by Nigel Griffin Introduction by Anthony Pagden Penguin Classics • 192 pp. • 978-0-14-044562-6 • $13.00

Tony Judt POSTWAR

A History of Europe Since 1945“Judt’s massive, learned, brilliantly detailed account of Europe’s recovery from the wreckage of World War II presents a whole continent in panorama even as it sets off detonations of insight on almost every page.”—The New York Times.Penguin • 960 pp. • 978-0-14-303775-0 • $22.00Also available: Reappraisals 978-0-14-311505-2

ILL FARES THE LANDPenguin • 256 pp. • 978-0-14-311876-3 • $15.00

Tony Judt with Timothy Snyderf THINKING THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

The brilliant result of a collaboration with Yale historian Timothy Snyder, this is the final book of the renowned historian and indomitable pub-lic critic Tony Judt. Where Judt’s masterpiece Postwar redefined the history of modern Europe by uniting the stories of its eastern and western halves, Thinking the Twentieth Century unites the century’s conflicted intellectual history into a single soaring narrative.Penguin Press • 432 pp. • 978-1-59420-323-7 • $35.00

Hermann Kinder and Werner Hilgemann THE PENGUIN ATLAS

OF WORLD HISTORYVolume 1: From Prehistory to the Eve of the French RevolutionA wide-ranging, chronological summary of major events from the beginning of history to the eve of the French Revolution, illustrated by detailed color maps.Penguin • 304 pp. • 978-0-14-101263-6 • $15.00

Volume 2: From the French Revolution to the PresentPenguin • 368 pp. • 978-0-14-101262-9 • $15.00

Sir John Mandeville THE TRAVELS OF SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE

Translated with a New Introduction by C. W. R. D. MoseleyA unique portrait of 14th-century Europe emerges from this classic travelogue.Penguin Classics • 224 pp. • 978-0-14-144143-6 • $15.00

Giles Milton NATHANIEL’S NUTMEG

Or, the True and Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History“A rousing historical romp...a tale of courage, treachery, endurance, cowardice, greed and der-ring-do.”—The New York Times Book Review. Penguin • 400 pp. • 978-0-14-029260-2 • $16.00

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Justin Pollard and Howard Reid THE RISE AND FALL OF ALEXANDRIA

Birthplace of the Modern MindAn engrossing exploration of the city that was the intellectual center of the ancient world. “A mar-velous work, a sweeping narrative, as grand as it is unusual. Pollard and Reid breathe life into the dust of philosophers and kings.”—Barry Strauss, author of The Trojan War, A New History.Penguin • 352 pp. • 978-0-14-311251-8 • $17.00

Diana and Michael Preston A PIRATE OF EXQUISITE MIND

Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer: The Life of William Dampier“Extraordinary.”—The New York Times Book Review. “Wonderfully brings to life one of the most important explorers of the seventeenth century—a swashbuckling naturalist whose influence on navigation, science, and literature was incredibly far-reaching and profound.”—Nathaniel Philbrick.Berkley • 384 pp. • 978-0-425-20037-7 • $15.00

Marcus Rediker THE SLAVE SHIP

A Human HistorySee Africa, page 29

J. M. Roberts THE NEW PENGUIN

HISTORY OF THE WORLDUpdated and Revised Fifth EditionRevised by Odd Arne Westad“A work of outstanding breadth of scholarship and penetrating judgements. There is nothing better of its kind.”—The Sunday Telegraph.Penguin • 1,264 pp. • 978-0-14-103042-5 • $22.00Also Available: The Penguin History of Europe 978-0-14-026561-3, and The Penguin History of the Twentieth Century 978-0-14-027631-2

Hobson Woodward A BRAVE VESSEL

The True Tale of the Castaways Who Rescued Jamestown and Inspired Shakespeare’s The TempestThe fascinating account of a near-miss in the set-tling of Virginia. “At once a penetrating work of literary analysis and a riveting historical narra-tive.”—Nathaniel Philbrick.Penguin • 288 pp. • 978-0-14-311752-0 • $16.00

PENGUIN HISTORICAL ATLASES

Nigel Dalziel THE PENGUIN HISTORICAL ATLAS

OF THE BRITISH EMPIREIntroduction by John MackenzieSee Britain & Ireland, page 20

John Haywood THE PENGUIN HISTORICAL ATLAS

OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSEdited by Simon Hall and John HaywoodRichly illustrated with photographs, artwork re-creations, and full-color maps, this is an illumi-nating one-volume introduction to early peoples and the world they created.Penguin • 144 pp. • 978-0-14-101448-7 • $20.00

THE PENGUIN HISTORICAL ATLAS OF THE VIKINGSIllustrates the Viking influence extending from the Holy Land to Newfoundland, as explorers, traders, settlers, craftsmen, and hired mercenar-ies. Maps, illustrations.Penguin • 144 pp. • 978-0-14-051328-8 • $20.00

Andrew Jotischky and Caroline Hullf THE PENGUIN HISTORICAL

ATLAS OF THE BIBLE LANDSIncludes detailed maps on topics from the wan-derings of Abraham to modern Jerusalem; a comprehensive timeline comparing develop-ments in Mesopotamia, Syria, Egypt, Asia Minor, Greece, and Rome; features on the alpha-bet, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Zionist Move-ment; coverage beyond the biblical period that examines the Islamic conquests, the Crusades, and the current struggles between the Israelis and Palestinians.Penguin • 144 pp. • 978-0-14-102687-9 • $20.00

THE PENGUIN HISTORICAL ATLAS OF THE MEDIEVAL WORLDEdited by Simon Hall and John HaywoodTraces the development of peoples, cultures, and faiths between the barbarian invasions of the fourth century and the first voyages to the New World in the sixteenth.Penguin • 144 pp. • 978-0-14-101449-4 • $20.00

Colin McEvedy THE NEW PENGUIN ATLAS

OF ANCIENT HISTORYA thoroughly revised chronological series of fifty maps and text portraying the ancient worlds of Europe, the Mediterranean area, and the Near East.Penguin • 128 pp. • 978-0-14-051348-6 • $16.00

THE NEW PENGUIN ATLAS OF MEDIEVAL HISTORYRevised and Expanded EditionPenguin • 112 pp. • 978-0-14-051249-6 • $15.00

THE PENGUIN ATLAS OF MODERN HISTORY (TO 1815)Penguin • 96 pp. • 978-0-14-051153-6 • $14.00

THE NEW PENGUIN ATLAS OF RECENT HISTORYPenguin • 112 pp. • 978-0-14-051504-6 • $15.00

THE PENGUIN ATLAS OF AFRICAN HISTORYPenguin • 144 pp. • 978-0-14-051321-9 • $17.00

Robert Morkot THE PENGUIN HISTORICAL

ATLAS OF ANCIENT GREECECharting topics as diverse as Minoan civiliza-tion, the Persian Wars, the Golden Age of Ath-ens, and the conquests of Alexander the Great, this atlas traces the development of this creative and restless people and assesses their impact not only on the ancient world but also on our own attitudes and environment today.Penguin • 144 pp. • 978-0-14-051335-6 • $18.00

Chris Scarre THE PENGUIN HISTORICAL

ATLAS OF ANCIENT ROMETraces the Roman Empire’s rise and fall, looking at its provinces and cities, trade and economy, armies and frontier defenses; following its for-eign wars and internecine struggles; charting its transformation into a Christian theocracy; and assessing its lasting impact on the modern world. Full-color maps and illustrations throughout.Penguin • 144 pp. • 978-0-14-051329-5 • $18.00

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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, & INDUSTRY

Kate Ascherf MOTION

Anatomy of TransportationWith stunning visuals and encyclopedic insight, the author of The Heights and The Works reveals how humans move across the globe by land, sea, and air.Penguin Press • 208 pp. • 978-0-59420-468-5 • $35.00Available November 2012Also available: The Heights, and The Works, see page 14

Albert-Laszlo Barabasi LINKED

How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science and Everyday Life“A sweeping look at a new and exciting science.” —Donald Kennedy, Science Magazine. “Could alter the way we think about all of the networks that affect our lives.”—The New York Times.Plume • 304 pp. • 978-0-452-28439-5 • $16.00

BURSTSThe Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We DoWritten with the same elegant, lively, easy-to-understand style that made Linked such a critical hit, Bursts will change the way we think about “random” behavior.Plume • 320 pp. • 978-0-452-29718-0 • $16.00

Wayne Biddlef A FIELD GUIDE TO RADIATION

A comprehensive and accessible guide to under-standing how radiation affects our everyday lives.Penguin • 224 pp. • 978-0-14-312127-5 • $15.00Available May 2012

Warren Bergerf CAD MONKEYS, DINOSAUR BABIES,

AND T-SHAPED PEOPLEInside the World of Design Thinking and How It Can Spark Creativity and Innovation“This fascinating book looks at how design, the mental process of solving a specific problem, can be applied to all aspects of our life—and how the potential to be governed by good design is inside all of us.”—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Pub-lished in hardcover as Glimmer.Penguin • 352 pp. • 978-0-14-311802-2 • $17.00

Max Boot WAR MADE NEW: Weapons, Warriors,

and the Making of the Modern WorldGotham • 640 pp. • 978-1-59240-315-8 • $18.00

Steve Collf PRIVATE EMPIRE

ExxonMobil and American PowerThe first hard-hitting examination of ExxonMo-bil—draws on more than 400 interviews; field reporting from the halls of Congress to the oil-laden swamps of the Niger Delta; more than 1,000 pages of previously classified U.S. docu-ments; heretofore unexamined court records; and many other sources.Penguin Press • 688 pp. • 978-1-59420-335-0 • $36.00Available May 2012Also available: The Bin Ladens, 978-0-14-311481-9

Devra Davisf DISCONNECT

The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Is Doing to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family“A critically important book that is a must-read for parents and policy makers. A surprising, well-documented, and compelling call for action.”—Phil Lee, M.D., former U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health.Plume • 304 pp. • 978-0-452-29744-9 • $16.00

Barbara Freese COAL: A Human History

“Engrossing...stunning...[Freese] wants to prompt us to think broadly—and specifically—about our relationship to the physical material of the world, the startling history that has brought us to this point and the chain of human and eco-nomic events that is set in motion when we flip on a light switch.”—The New York Times.Penguin • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-200098-4 • $15.00A New York Times Notable Book

Harvey Green WOOD

Craft, Culture, History“In this carefully constructed, engrossing cul-tural history, Harvey Green tells us something new about wood on almost every page.”—How-ard Mansfield, author of The Same Axe, Twice. Penguin • 496 pp. • 978-0-14-311269-3 • $20.00

Joe Jackson THE THIEF AT THE END OF THE WORLD

Rubber, Power, and the Seeds of EmpireSee Latin America, page 22

Steven Johnsonf FUTURE PERFECT

The Case for Progress in a Networked AgeAcclaimed contrarian thinker Johnson makes the case that a new model of political change is on the rise, transforming everything from local governments to drug research to arts funding and education.Riverhead • 208 pp. • 978-1-59448-820-7 • $26.95Available October 2012

f WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROMThe Natural History of InnovationJohnson identifies the seven key principles to the genesis of great ideas, and traces them across time and place—from Charles Darwin’s first encounter with a coral reef in a conspicuously clear blue sea to the founding of Google on a hunch and a formula.Riverhead • 336 pp. • 978-1-59448-538-1 • $16.00Also available: The Ghost Map, see page 9; The Invention of Air, see page 24; Everything Bad is Good for You, 978-1-59448-194-9

Steven Johnson, editorf THE INNOVATOR’S COOKBOOK

Essentials for Inventing What Is NextThe key texts on the topic from a wide range of fields as well as interviews with successful inno-vators, prefaced with an original essay from Johnson that draws upon his own experiences as an entrepreneur and author.Riverhead • 272 pp. • 978-1-59448-558-9 • $18.00

Julia Keller MR. GATLING’S TERRIBLE MARVEL

“Keller has not only given us the fascinating story of the Gatling gun and its colorful inventor, but has also placed it into a valid and original context.”—Charles Bracelen Flood, author of Grant and Sherman.Penguin • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-311564-9 • $16.00

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Peter Nichols OIL AND ICE

A Story of Arctic Disaster and the Rise and Fall of America’s Last Whaling DynastyIn the summer of 1871, thirty-two whaling ships, carrying 1,218 men, women, and children, were destroyed in an Arctic ice storm. In a rescue oper-ation of unparalleled daring and heroism, not a single life was lost, but the impact on America’s first oil industry was fateful and catastrophic. Pre-viously published in hardcover as Final Voyage.Penguin • 304 pp. • 978-0-14-311836-7 • $16.00

Greg Palastf VULTURES’ PICNIC

In Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates, and High-Finance CarnivoresA globe trotting Bond-like investigation, Vultures’ Picnic blows the lid off the oil industry, linking the world of finance to the world of energy and showing how both are guilty of criminal and environmental wrong doing.Plume • 416 pp. • 978-0-452-29864-4 • $16.00Available September 2012

Clay Shirky HERE COMES EVERYBODY

The Power of Organizing Without Organizations“An absorbing guide to the future of society itself. Anyone interested in the vitality and influ-ence of groups of human beings...needs to read this book.”—Steven Johnson.Penguin • 352 pp. • 978-0-14-311494-9 • $16.00

COGNITIVE SURPLUSCreativity and Generosity in a Connected AgeShirky reveals how new technology is changing us from consumers to collaborators, unleashing a torrent of creative production that will trans-form our world. Penguin • 256 pp. • 978-0-14-311958-6 • $16.00

Upton Sinclair OIL!

This 1927 novel about the early days of the Cali-fornia oil industry is the inspiration for the film There Will Be Blood. “A classic tale of greed and corruption.”—Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation.Penguin • 560 pp. • 978-0-14-311226-6 • $15.00

P. W. Singer WIRED FOR WAR

The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st CenturySinger explores the greatest revolution in mili-tary affairs since the atom bomb: the dawn of robotic warfare.Penguin • 512 pp. • 978-0-14-311684-4 • $18.00

Mark Stevensonf AN OPTIMIST’S TOUR OF THE FUTURE

One Curious Man Sets Out to Answer ‘What’s Next?’“A series of sharp and fascinating interviews with technological innovators and scientific visionaries.”—The Wall Street Journal.Avery • 384 pp. • 978-1-58333-456-0 • $16.00

Roger Straus III with Ed Breslin and Hugh Van Dusen

f AMERICA’S GREAT RAILROAD STATIONSFilled with both new and archival photographs and drawings, this volume is a glorious salute to the institution that transformed our nation.Viking Studio • 256 pp. • 978-0-670-02311-0 • $40.00

Sam Howe Verhovekf JET AGE

The Comet, the 707, and the Race to Shrink the World“A page-turning detective story...infused with an infectious sense of wonder that drove ordinary men and women to reach for extraordinary heights.”—The New York Times.Avery • 272 pp. • 978-1-58333-436-2 • $16.00

Bill Wasikf AND THEN THERE’S THIS

How Stories Live and Die in Viral Culture“An odd but happy marriage of sociological observation and Gonzo-style adventure.”—Wired. “I know of no more reliably informed source....An epistemological wonder to behold.” —Lewis H. Lapham.Penguin • 208 pp. • 978-0-14-311761-2 • $15.00Also available: Rabid, see page 9

Tom Zoellner URANIUM

War, Energy, and the Rock That Shaped the WorldPenguin • 368 pp. • 978-0-14-311672-1 • $16.00Also available: A Safeway in Arizona, page 26

RURAL

Richard Manning GRASSLAND

The History, Biology, Politics and Promise of the American PrairiePenguin • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-023388-9 • $16.00

Brian J. Sommers THE GEOGRAPHY OF WINE

How Landscapes, Cultures, Terroir, and the Weather Make a Good DropExplores the principles geographers use to understand the critical factors that make up the “wine character” of a region.Plume • 304 pp. • 978-0-452-28890-4 • $16.00

Jane S. Smith THE GARDEN OF INVENTION

Luther Burbank and the Business of Breeding PlantsA wide-ranging history of the celebrated plant breeder and the business of farm and garden in early twentieth-century America. “Jane Smith has written a marvelous biography of Luther Burbank, an American folk hero, a botanical wizard and impresario of the garden, who spent his life wrestling nature into compliance with human will and desire.”—Ruth Ozeki, author of All Over Creation.Penguin • 368 pp. • 978-0-14-311689-9 • $16.00

Colin Woodard THE LOBSTER COAST

Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier“[A] well-researched and well-written cultural and ecological history of stubborn persever-ance.”—USA Today. This remarkable story of one of the last hunter-gatherer societies in the developed world traces the history of the rugged fishing communities that dot the coast of Maine.Penguin • 384 pp. • 978-0-14-303534-3 • $16.00Also available: American Nations, see page 26

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Kate Ascherf THE HEIGHTS

Anatomy of a Skyscraper“In this lushly illustrated book, Ms. Ascher meticulously and lucidly deconstructs the design of manmade towers from the foundation on up to the imperatives of physical and psychological security in a terror-conscious society.”—The New York Times.Penguin Press • 208 pp. • 978-1-59420-303-9 • $35.00

THE WORKSAnatomy of a CityUsing innovative graphic images combined with succinct text explanations, this book describes the technologies that keep cities functioning, as well as the people who support them. “Both a reference guide and a geeky pleasure—a suitably obsessive love letter to New York City.”—Time Out New York. Penguin • 240 pp. • 978-0-14-311270-9 • $22.00Also available: Motion, see page 12

Edmond N. Bacon DESIGN OF CITIES

Penguin • 336 pp. • 978-0-14-004236-8 • $48.00

Marshall Berman ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR

The Experience of ModernityPenguin • 400 pp. • 978-0-14-010962-7 • $16.00

Stewart Brand HOW BUILDINGS LEARN

What Happens After They’re Built“A stunning exploration of the design of design...will irrevocably alter your sense of place, space, and the artifacts that shape them.”—Wired.Penguin • 256 pp. • 978-0-14-013996-9 • $30.00

David Byrne BICYCLE DIARIES

A renowned musician and visual artist presents an idiosyncratic behind-the-handlebars view of the world’s cities, from Berlin to Buenos Aires, Istan-bul to San Francisco, and Manila to New York.Penguin • 272 pp. • 978-0-14-311796-4 • $16.00

Novella Carpenter FARM CITY

The Education of an Urban FarmerUrban and rural collide in this wry, inspiring memoir of a woman who turned a vacant lot in downtown Oakland into a thriving farm. “By turns edgy, moving and hilarious, Farm City marks the debut of a striking new voice in Amer-ican writing.”—Michael Pollan.Penguin • 288 pp. • 978-0-14-311728-5 • $16.00

Novella Carpenter and Willow Rosenthalf THE ESSENTIAL URBAN FARMER

The author of Farm City and a leading urban gar-den educator share their experience and provide practical blueprints—complete with rich visual material—for novice and experienced growers.Penguin • 608 pp. • 978-0-14-311871-8 • $25.00

Joe Floodf THE FIRES

How a Computer Formula, Big Ideas, and the Best of Intentions Burned Down New York City—and Determined the Future of Cities“In a story that reads like an epic novel, Joe Flood illustrates for us just how our greatest city declined and completely fell apart forty years ago, at the hands of a managing elite who believed they could plan, organize, and control a city by studying computer trends and imple-menting lofty plans.”—Dennis Smith, author of Report from Ground Zero.Riverhead • 368 pp. • 978-1-59448-506-0 • $16.00

Edward Glaeserf TRIUMPH OF THE CITY

How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and HappierA leading urban economist travels through his-tory and around the globe to reveal the hidden workings of cities and how they bring out the best in humankind. “Bursting with insights.”—The New York Times Book Review.Penguin • 352 pp. • 978-0-14-312054-4 • $16.00

Colin Jones PARIS

The Biography of a CitySee Western Europe, page 21

Jill Jonnes EIFFEL’S TOWER

The Thrilling Story Behind Paris’s Beloved Monument and the Extraordinary World’s Fair That Introduced ItIn this first general history of the Eiffel Tower in English, Jonnes offers an eye-opening look not only at the construction of one of the modern world’s most iconic structures, but also the epochal event that surrounded its arrival as a wonder of the world.Penguin • 368 pp. • 978-0-14-311729-2 • $16.00

David Lida FIRST STOP IN THE NEW WORLD

Mexico City, the Capital of the 21st CenturySee Latin America, page 22

Phillip Lopate, editor WRITING NEW YORK

A Literary Anthology“Includes essays, stories, and poetry by 108 authors, from Washington Irving to Vivian Gor-nick, and each bit of pigment contributes to a portrait that none of them could have written alone.”—The New York Times.Library of America • 1,050 pp. • 978-1-59853-021-6 • $24.95

David Owen GREEN METROPOLIS

Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the Keys to SustainabilitySee Sustainability, page 18

Mark Ovendenf RAILWAY MAPS OF THE WORLD

Collects hundreds of images, covering two cen-turies of railway advertising, surveyors’ plans, travel posters, satellite photos, and station wall maps. Full-color throughout.Viking • 144 pp. • 978-0-670-02265-6 • $35.00

TRANSIT MAPS OF THE WORLDEdited by Mike AshworthThe first and only comprehensive collection of historic and current maps of every rapid-transit system on earth. “A beautifully illustrated study of the plans that help passengers navigate the world’s metropolitan railway systems.”—The Times (London). “An object lesson in informa-tion design.”—Wallpaper.Penguin • 144 pp. • 978-0-14-311265-5 • $25.00

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Mark Ovenden PARIS UNDERGROUND

The Maps, Stations, and Design of the MétroEdited by Julian Pepinster and Peter B. LloydMore than one thousand maps, diagrams, and photographs along with fascinating factual tid-bits and enthusiastic, informed commentary embellish this gorgeous cultural history of the Métro’s design and construction.Penguin • 176 pp. • 978-0-14-311639-4 • $25.00

Robert Roberts THE CLASSIC SLUM

Salford Life in the First Quarter of the CenturyPenguin • 288 pp. • 978-0-14-013624-1 • $16.00

Martha A. Sandweiss PASSING STRANGE

A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color LineSee The United States page 25

R. A. Scotti BASILICA

The Splendor and the Scandal— Building St. Peter’sPlume • 336 pp. • 978-0-452-28860-7 • $16.00

John Fleming, Hugh Honour, and Nikolaus Pevsner

THE PENGUIN DICTIONARY OF ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTUREFifth Edition“Immensely useful, succinct and judicious...this is a book rich in accurate fact and accumulated wisdom.”—The Times Literary Supplement. Penguin • 656 pp. • 978-0-14-051323-3 • $18.00

CONSERVATION & ENVIRONMENT

Diana Beresford-Kroegerf THE GLOBAL FOREST

Canadian scientist Diana Beresford-Kroeger skillfully weaves together ecology, ethnobotany, horticulture, spirituality, science, and alternative medicine to capture the magic spell that trees cast over us, from their untapped ecological and pharmaceutical potential to the roles they have played in our cultural heritage.Penguin • 192 pp. • 978-0-14-312016-2 • $15.00

Lori Bongiorno GREEN, GREENER, GREENEST

A Practical Guide to Making Eco-Smart Choices a Part of Your LifeForeword by Frances BeineckePerigee • 336 pp. • 978-0-399-53403-4 • $14.95

Stewart Brand WHOLE EARTH DISCIPLINE

An Ecopragmatist Manifesto“As the title connotes, the writing is about disci-plined thinking. Shibboleths, ideological cant, and green fetishes are put to the side with the clarity and expertise gained by years of research and forethought, a mindbending exploration of what humankind can and must do to retain the mantle of civilization.”—Paul Hawken, author of Blessed Unrest.Penguin • 352 pp. • 978-0-14-311828-2 • $16.00

E. Lucas Bridges UTTERMOST PART OF THE EARTH

The First History of Tierra del Fuego and the Fuegian IndiansOverlook • 560 pp. • 978-1-58567-956-0 • $40.00

Pamela K. Brodowsky ECOTOURISTS SAVE THE WORLD

The Environmental Volunteer’s Guide to More Than 300 International AdventuresPerigee • 352 pp. • 978-0-399-53576-5 • $18.95

Rachel Carson UNDER THE SEA-WIND

New Introduction by Linda Lear Original Line Drawings by Howard FrechThe early masterwork of one of America’s great nature writers.Penguin Classics • 336 pp. • 978-0-14-310496-4 • $16.00

Apsley Cherry-Garrard THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD

Introduction by Caroline Alexander A recounting of Robert Falcon Scott’s ill-fated expedition to the South Pole by one of the few team members to survive. Penguin Classics • 688 pp. • 978-0-14-303938-9 • $18.00

Barbara Freese COAL

A Human HistorySee Science, Technology & Industry, page 12

Al Gore AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH

The Crisis of Global WarmingGore’s stirring call to action, now for the most important generation of all: today’s youth, who will have to confront the climate crisis head-on.Viking Juvenile • 192 pp. • 978-0-670-06272-0 • $16.00Also of Interest: The Assault on Reason 978-0-14-311362-1

James Hamilton-Paterson SEVEN TENTHS

The Sea and its ThresholdsEuropa • 418 pp. • 978-1-933372-69-3 • $16.00

David Haskellf THE FOREST UNSEEN

A Year’s Watch in NatureA biologist uses a one-square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest as a window onto the entire natural world.Viking • 288 pp. • 978-0-670-02337-0 • $25.95

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Paul Hawken BLESSED UNREST

How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the WorldOne of the world’s most influential environmen-talists reveals a grassroots movement composed of organizations across the globe that collec-tively make up the largest movement on earth. “Exciting, compelling, and very important.”—Jane Goodall. “Nothing you read for years to come will fill you with more hope and more determination.”—Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature.Penguin • 352 pp. • 978-0-14-311365-2 • $17.00

Nick Hayesf THE RIME OF THE MODERN MARINER

Extraordinary in form as well as function, this graphic novel updates the Coleridge poem with a harrowing, beautiful and resonant environ-mental theme.Viking • 336 pp. • 978-0-670-02580-0 • $32.00Available November 2012

Robert Hensonf THE ROUGH GUIDE TO CLIMATE CHANGE

3rd EditionThis updated edition lays out the facts and assesses the options—global and personal—for dealing with the threat of a warming world.Rough Guides • 320 pp. • 978-1-84836-579-7 • $19.99

Donovan Hohnf 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 Them“A far-ranging, delightfully narrated masterwork of adventure, science, exploration, and much more.”—Nathaniel Philbrick.Penguin • 416 pp. • 978-0-14-312050-6 • $16.00

Alexander von Humboldt PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A

JOURNEY TO THE EQUINOCTAL REGIONS OF THE NEW CONTINENTTranslated by Jason Wilson Introduction by Malcolm NicolsonPenguin Classics • 400 pp. • 978-0-14-044553-4 • $17.00

Edward Humesf GARBOLOGY

Our Dirty Love Affair with TrashA Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist reveals what the American world of trash looks like, how we got here, and what some families, communities, and other countries are doing to find a way back from a world of waste.Avery • 288 pp. • 978-1-58333-434-8 • $27.00Available April 2012

Frances Moore Lappé and Anna Lappé HOPE’S EDGE

The Next Diet for a Small PlanetSee Food & Society, page 8

Nigel Lawson AN APPEAL TO REASON

A Cool Look at Global WarmingOverlook • 144 pp. • 978-1-59020-252-4 • $9.95

Robert Macfarlane THE WILD PLACES

The author’s search to find the truly wild places left in Britain and Ireland takes him on a series of breathtaking journeys through some of the archipelago’s most remarkable landscapes. “An eloquent—and compulsively readable—reminder that, though we’re laying waste the world, nature still holds sway over much of the earth’s sur-face.”—Bill McKibben.Penguin • 352 pp. • 978-0-14-311393-5 • $15.00

Diane McEachern BIG GREEN PURSE

Use Your Spending Power to Create a Cleaner, Greener WorldAvery • 432 pp. • 978-1-58333-303-7 • $17.95

Bill McKibben, editorf THE GLOBAL WARMING READER

A Century of Writing About Climate ChangeOur most widely respected environmental writer brings together the essential voices on global warming, from its 19th-century discovery to the present. Contributors include Al Gore, Elizabeth Kolbert, Arundhati Roy, Michael Crichton, George Monbiot, Paul Crutzen, Rev. Sally Bing-ham, Naomi Klein, Van Jones, and many others. B/w charts, graphs, and photos throughout.Penguin • 448 pp. • 978-0-14-312189-3 • $18.00Available April 2012

Bill McKibben, editor AMERICAN EARTH

Environmental Writing Since ThoreauForeword by Al GoreIncludes: Walt Whitman, John Muir, Mary Aus-tin, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, Edward Abbey, Wendell Berry, Barbara Kingsolver, Michael Pollan, and many more. Chronology of the environmental movement and American environmental history, photos, illustrations.Library of America • 900 pp. • 978-1-59853-020-9 • $40.00

John Muir THE MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA

Edited with an Introduction by Edward HoaglandThe pioneering conservationist’s first book.Penguin Classics • 304 pp. • 978-0-14-310525-1 • $13.00

Francis Parkman, Jr. THE OREGON TRAIL

Edited with an Introduction by David LevinPenguin Classics • 464 pp. • 978-0-14-039042-1 • $15.00

Nathaniel Philbrick SEA OF GLORY

America’s Voyage of Discovery: The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838–1842Penguin • 480 pp. • 978-0-14-200483-8 • $16.00Winner of the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval History Prize and a New York Times Notable Book Also Available: Mayflower; The Last Stand, see page 24

Henry Pollack, Ph.D. A WORLD WITHOUT ICE

“In a world where everything frozen is now melting, we should barely need a book to get our attention. But clearly we do, and this is the book—a thorough reminder of what it means to live in a planet with poles and glaciers, and what it will be like without them.”—Bill McKibbenAvery • 304 pp. • 978-1-58333-407-2 • $16.00

Clive Ponting A NEW GREEN HISTORY OF THE WORLD

The Environment and the Collapse of Great CivilizationsCompletely Revised and Updated Edition“If there is a single book on the subject to engage the enthusiast, silence the critic, and enlighten the ignoramus, this is it.”—The Observer (London). Penguin • 448 pp. • 978-0-14-303898-6 • $17.00

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John Wesley Powell THE EXPLORATION OF THE COLORADO

RIVER AND ITS CANYONSIntroduction by Wallace Stegner Penguin Classics • 352 pp. • 978-0-14-243752-0 • $16.00

Erik Reece LOST MOUNTAIN

A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness: Radical Strip Mining and the Devastation of AppalachiaExposes how a new form of radical strip min-ing—mountaintop removal—is destroying one of America’s most diverse ecosystems and the communities that depend on it.Riverhead • 288 pp. • 978-1-59448-236-6 • $14.00

Marc Reisner CADILLAC DESERT

The American West and Its Desappearing WaterRevised and Updated Edition“Timely and of national importance. Hurry up and read this book.”—The Washington Post.Penguin • 608 pp. • 978-0-14-017824-1 • $18.00Also available: A Dangerous Place 978-0-14-200383-1

Callum Robertsf THE OCEAN OF LIFE

The Story of Man and the SeaA Silent Spring for oceans, written by “the Rachel Carson of the fish world” (The New York Times).Viking • 416 pp. • 978-0-670-02354-7 • $30.00Available May 2012

Jeffrey Rothfeder EVERY DROP FOR SALE

Our Desperate Battle Over Water in a World About to Run OutNew Preface by the author“Rothfeder argues that water, not oil, is the fluid whose scarcity will dominate the twenty-first century.”—Booklist.Tarcher • 224 pp. • 978-1-58542-367-5 • $14.95

Aaron Sachs THE HUMBOLDT CURRENT

Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Sources of American EnvironmentalismExamines the lasting legacy of naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humbolt on American culture and science.Penguin • 512 pp. • 978-0-14-311192-4 • $16.00

Ernest Shackleton SOUTH

The Endurance ExpeditionIntroduction by Fergus FlemingIncludes a selection of Frank Hurley’s famous photographs. Penguin Classics • 416 pp. • 978-0-14-243779-7 • $14.00

Wallace Stegner and Page Stegner AMERICAN PLACES

See The United States, page 25

Wallace Stegner BEYOND THE HUNDREDTH MERIDIAN

John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the WestSee The United States, page 25

Reed Timmerf INTO THE STORM

Violent Tornadoes, Killer Hurricanes, and Death-defying Adventures in Extreme WeatherNAL • 288 pp. • 978-0-451-23459-9 • $15.00

Kelly Tyler-Lewis THE LOST MEN

The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton’s Ross Sea ExpeditionPenguin • 384 pp. • 978-0-14-303851-1 • $15.00

Terrie M. Williamsf THE ODYSSEY OF KP2

An Orphan Seal, A Marine Biologist, and the Fight to Save a SpeciesAn inside look at the life of a renowned scientist and the role her research plays in the develop-ment of conservation efforts.Penguin Press • 304 pp. • 978-1-59420-339-8 • $27.95Available July 2012

The Editors of E Magazine GREEN LIVING

The E Magazine Handbook for Living Lightly on the Earth“This book continues E—The Environmental Magazine’s great tradition of providing readers with practical tips for living healthier, more eco-friendly lives.”—Alisa Gravitz, executive direc-tor, Co-op America.Plume • 336 pp. • 978-0-452-28574-3 • $17.00

SUSTAINABILITY

Stewart Brand WHOLE EARTH DISCIPLINE

An Ecopragmatist ManifestoSee Conservation & Environment, page 15

Novella Carpenter FARM CITY

The Education of an Urban FarmerSee Urban, page 14

Yvon Chouinard LET MY PEOPLE GO SURFING

The Education of a Reluctant BusinessmanPenguin • 272 pp. • 978-0-14-303783-5 • $18.00

Jared Diamondf COLLAPSE

How Societies Choose to Fail or SucceedRevised and UpdatedUpdated with a new afterword and an additional chapter featuring Diamond’s latest research. “Extraordinary in erudition and originality, compelling in its ability to relate the digitized pandemonium of the present to the hushed agrarian sunrises of the past.”—The New York Times Book Review.Penguin • 592 pp. • 978-0-14-311700-1 • $18.00A Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, and Economist Best Book of the Year; a New York Times and American Library Association Notable Book

Doc Hendleyf WINE TO WATER

A Bartender’s Quest to Bring Clean Water to the WorldAn authoritative account of a global crisis and an inspirational tale that proves how ordinary peo-ple can improve the world.Avery • 288 pp. • 978-1-58333-462-1 • $26.00

Steven Johnson THE GHOST MAP

The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern WorldSee Health & Medicine, page 9

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Mark Kurlansky THE LAST FISH TALE

The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America’s Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original TownGloucester, Massachusetts is defined by the cul-ture of commercial fishing. But the threat of over-fishing, combined with climate change and pollution, is endangering a way of life in coastal cities all over the world.Riverhead • 304 pp. • 978-1-59448-374-5 • $16.00Also Available: The Food of a Younger Land; Salt; Cod, see page 7; The Basque History of the World, see page 21

Capt. Charles Moore with Cassandra Phillipsf PLASTIC OCEAN: How a Sea Captain’s

Chance Discovery Launched a Determined Quest to Save the OceansA prominent seafaring environmentalist and researcher shares his shocking discovery of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the Pacific Ocean, and inspires a fundamental rethinking of the Plastic Age and a growing global health crisis.Avery • 368 pp. • 978-1-58333-424-9 • $26.00

David Owenf THE CONUNDRUM

How Scientific Innovation, Increased Efficiency, and Good Intentions Can Make Our Energy and Climate Problems WorseA mind-changing manifesto about the environ-ment, efficiency, and the real path to sustainability.Riverhead • 272 pp. • 978-1-59448-561-9 • $14.00

GREEN METROPOLISWhy Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the Keys to Sustainability“David Owen advances the provocative argu-ment that the asphalt jungle is greener than the places where most Americans live. A hard-hit-ting book that punctures many eco-balloons.”—Witold Rybczynki, author of City Life.Riverhead • 368 pp. • 978-1-59448-484-1 • $16.00

Michael Pollan THE OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA

A Natural History of Four MealsSee Food and Society, page 8

Clive Ponting A NEW GREEN HISTORY OF THE WORLD

The Environment and the Collapse of Great CivilizationsSee Conservation & Environment, page 16

Marc Reisner CADILLAC DESERT

See Conservation & Environment, page 17

Jeremy Rifkin THE EMPATHIC CIVILIZATION

The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in CrisisSocial critic Jeremy Rifkin shows that the discon-nect between our vision for the world and our ability to realize that vision lies in the current state of human consciousness, and argues the very way our brains are structured disposes us to a way of feeling, thinking, and acting in the world that is no longer entirely relevant to the new envi-ronments we have created for ourselves.Tarcher • 688 pp. • 978-1-58542-765-9 • $27.95

THE HYDROGEN ECONOMYThe Creation of the Worldwide Energy Web and the Redistribution of Power on Earth“[Rifkin] offers hope that we might end up in a better, more democratic world where energy is cheap and clean.”—Utne Reader. Tarcher • 304 pp. • 978-1-58542-254-8 • $15.95

Matt Rigneyf IN PURSUIT OF GIANTS

One Man’s Global Search for the Last of the Great FishAn account of the high adventure of offshore sportfishing and a clarion call to preserve the last of the world’s great fish, exploring the crisis in fisheries management and considering what the loss of healthy, vibrant oceans means.Viking • 320 pp. • 978-0-670-02335-6 • $26.95Available June 2012

Jeffrey Rothfeder EVERY DROP FOR SALE

Our Desperate Battle Over Water in a World About to Run OutSee Conservation & Environment, page 17

Jeffrey D. Sachs COMMON WEALTH

Economics for a Crowded PlanetSee Politics & The Economy, page 5

THE END OF POVERTYEconomic Possibilities for Our TimeSee Politics & The Economy, page 5

Juliet B. Schor TRUE WEALTH

How and Why Millions of Americans Are Creating a Time-Rich, Ecologically Light, Small-Scale, High-Satisfaction EconomySee Politics & The Economy, page 5

Daniel Yerginf THE QUEST

Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World“Searching, impartial and alarmingly up to date....Will be necessary reading for C.E.O.’s, conservationists, lawmakers, generals, spies, tech geeks, thriller writers, ambitious terrorists and many others.”—The New York Times. “Another triumph….It is impossible to think of a better introduction to the essentials of energy in the 21st century.”—Financial Times.Penguin Press • 816 pp. • 978-1-59420-283-4 • $37.95

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GEOGRAPHY OF THE WORLDGlobal diversity comes alive in DK’s essential guide to our ever-changing world, full of fact-packed spreads and full-color photographs. Details each country’s physical geography, peo-ple, climate, culture, and landscape.Dorling Kindersley • 304 pp. • 978-0-756-61952-7 • $23.95

Fernand Braudel A HISTORY OF CIVILIZATIONS

Translated by Richard MayneThis fascinating work is a survey of the civilizations of the modern world in terms of the broad sweep and continuities of history, rather than the “event-based” technique of most other texts. Maps. Penguin • 640 pp. • 978-0-14-012489-7 • $18.00

David Byrne BICYCLE DIARIES

See Urban, page 14

Jared Diamond COLLAPSE

How Societies Choose to Fail or SucceedSee Sustainability, page 17

Frank Jacobs STRANGE MAPS

An Atlas of Cartographic CuriositiesSpanning many centuries, all continents, and the realms of the imagination, this collection of 138 unique graphics combines beautiful full-color illustrations with quirky statistics and smart social commentary. The result is a distinctive illustrated guide to the world.Studio • 256 pp. • 978-0-14-200525-5 • $30.00

Linda Greenlawf SEAWORTHY

A Swordboat Captain Returns to the SeaRecounts America’s only female swordfish boat captain’s return to the beautiful and deadly Grand Banks. “Greenlaw’s writing sweeps the reader along not only for the incidents at sea but also for her candid reflections about them.”—The Huffington Post.Penguin • 256 pp. • 978-0-14-311956-2 • $15.00

Eugene Lindenf THE RAGGED EDGE OF THE WORLD

Encounters at the Frontier Where Modernity, Wildlands and Indigenous Peoples Meet“Thoughtful and compelling.”—National Geo-graphic. “Linden is a well-versed guide to com-plex ecosystems and remote cultures....His recol-lections are vivid.”—The New Yorker.Viking • 272 pp. • 978-0-670-02251-9 • $26.95Plume • 272 pp. • 978-0-452-29774-6 • $16.00Paperback available April 2012

Mark Mazowerf GOVERNING THE WORLD

The Rise and Fall of an IdeaA history of the project of world government, from the first post-Napoleonic visions of the brotherhood of man to the current crisis of global finance.Penguin Press • 340 pp. • 978-0-159420-349-7 • $25.95Available September 2012

Michael Middleditch THE PENGUIN MAP OF THE WORLD

Second EditionCartography by Michael Graham Publications Ltd.This newly revised map reflects the political state of the world in a colorful, informative way. Penguin • 64 pp. • 978-0-14-051528-2 • $10.00

John Oldalef A WORLD OF CURIOSITIES

Surprising, Interesting, and Downright Unbelievable Facts from Every Nation on the PlanetPlume • 320 pp. • 978-0-452-29783-8 • $16.00Available May 2012

Judith Schalanskyf ATLAS OF REMOTE ISLANDS

Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot on and Never WillUses historic events and scientific reports as a springboard for capturing each of fifty islands, providing information on its distance from the mainland, whether it is inhabited, its features, and the stories that have shaped its lore.Penguin • 144 pp. • 978-0-14-311820-6 • $28.00

Joni Seager THE PENGUIN ATLAS OF

WOMEN IN THE WORLDFourth EditionSee Politics & The Economy, page 4

Thomas E. Sherer, Jr., Thom Werthman, and Joseph Gonzalez

THE COMPLETE IDIOT’S GUIDE TO GEOGRAPHYAlpha • 368 pp. • 978-1-59257-663-0 • $18.95

Dan Smith THE PENGUIN STATE

OF THE WORLD ATLASEighth EditionSee Politics & The Economy, page 4

Laurence C. Smithf THE WORLD IN 2050

Four Forces Shaping Civilization’s Northern FutureA vivid forecast of our planet in forty years by a rising star in geoscience, distilling cutting-edge research into four global forces: demographic trends, natural resource demand, climate change, and globalization.Plume • 336 pp. • 978-0-452-297470-0 • $16.00

Seth Stevenson GROUNDED

A Down to Earth Journey Around the WorldTravel columnist Stevenson winds his way around the world by biking, hiking, riding in rickshaws, ancient ferries, buses, and the Trans-Siberian Railway—but never gets on an airplane. He finds that from the ground, one sees the world anew—with a deeper understanding of time, distance, and the vastness of the earth.Riverhead • 288 pp. • 978-1-59448-442-1 • $15.00

John W. Wright, editorf THE NEW YORK TIMES ALMANAC 2011

With Editors and Reporters of The New York TimesThe world’s most comprehensive and authorita-tive almanac includes comprehensive coverage of every nation in the world, as well as environ-mental and economic issues; the most complete sports section; and more information about global terrorism, the Internet, epidemics, and world population. 16-page color map section.Penguin • 1,024 pp. • 978-0-14-311894-7 • $12.95

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BRITAIN & IRELAND

Nigel Dalziel THE PENGUIN HISTORICAL ATLAS

OF THE BRITISH EMPIREIntroduction by John MackenzieTraces the emergence of one of the world’s great-est empires, from its earliest beginnings in the British Isles through its ascendancy in the Victo-rian era to its ultimate collapse in the twentieth century. Over 150 full-color maps, timeline, table of imperial territories.Penguin • 144 pp. • 978-0-14-101844-7 • $20.00

Gerald of Wales THE JOURNEY THROUGH WALES

AND THE DESCRIPTION OF WALESTranslated with an Introduction by Lewis ThorpePenguin Classics • 336 pp. • 978-0-14-044339-4 • $17.00

Robin Flemingf BRITAIN AFTER ROME

The Fall and Rise, 400-1070The result of a lifetime of work, Fleming’s major new addition to the Penguin History of Britain allows its readers to see Britain’s history in quite a new light.Penguin Global • 480 pp. • 978-0-14-014823-7 • $18.00

Joe Jackson THE THIEF AT THE END OF THE WORLD

Rubber, Power, and the Seeds of EmpireSee Latin America, page 22

Boris Johnsonf JOHNSON’S LIFE OF LONDON

The People Who Made the City That Made the WorldWith characteristic wit, Johnson narrates the story of his city as a kind of relay race of outsized characters, beginning with the days when “a bunch of pushy Italians” created Londinium.Riverhead • 336 pp. • 978-1-59448-747-7 • $27.95Available June 2012

Samuel Johnson and James Boswell A JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS

OF SCOTLAND AND THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDESEdited with an Introduction by Peter LeviPenguin Classics • 272 pp. • 978-0-14-043221-3 • $18.00

Steven Johnson THE GHOST MAP

The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern WorldSee Health & Medicine, page 9

Marina Lewycka STRAWBERRY FIELDS

A biting satirical novel of economic exploitation centered on a ragtag international crew of migrant workers wandering across England in search of employment.Penguin • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-311355-3 • $14.00

Robert Macfarlanef THE OLD WAYS

A Journey of FootFrom an acclaimed young British author, an exquisitely written account of a series of walks along England’s oldest pathways.Viking • 320 pp. • 978-0-670-02511-4 • $26.95Available October 2012

THE WILD PLACESSee Conservation & Environment, page 16

James MacKillop MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE CELTS

Penguin UK • 352 pp. • 978-0-14-101794-5 • $17.00

Adam Nicolson SISSINGHURST,

AN UNFINISHED HISTORYThe Quest to Restore a Working Farm at Vita Sackville-West’s Legendary Garden“Nicolson creates a flawless narrative of enchant-ment.”—Paul Hawken, author of Blessed Unrest.Viking • 352 pp. • 978-0-670-02173-4 • $27.95

Marcus Rediker THE SLAVE SHIP: A Human History

See Africa, page 29

Christopher Somervillef BRITAIN AND IRELAND’S

BEST WILD PLACES500 Essential Journeys“Brilliant and heartfelt...magnificent. An extraor-dinary work which looks set to reconfigure our relationship with the great outdoors.”—Sunday Telegraph (London). Color pictures throughout.Penguin • 544 pp. • 978-0-14-102922-1 • $22.00

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THE ROUGH GUIDE LONDON MAP 3Rough Guides • 978-1-84836-549-0 • $8.99

WESTERN EUROPE

John Berendt THE CITY OF FALLING ANGELS

“The story of the [1996 Venice opera house] fire and its aftermath is exceptionally interesting... precise, evocative and witty....[A] most enter-taining, intelligent and engaging book...about the American passion for meddling in other people’s affairs, for trying to set the world aright.”—The Washington Post. Penguin • 432 pp. • 978-0-14-303693-7 • $16.00

William J. Broad THE ORACLE

Ancient Delphi and the Science Behind Its Lost SecretsPenguin • 336 pp. • 978-0-14-303859-7 • $16.00

Norman Daviesf VANISHED KINGDOMS

The Rise and Fall of States and Nations“An expedition along the byways of European history. It is in part a traveller’s tale, as Davies tours his half-forgotten realms, describing peo-ple and landscape, searching for memories and physical remains of these vanished kingdoms.”—Financial Times.Viking • 720 pp. • 978-0-670-02273-1 • $40.00

John Hooper THE NEW SPANIARDS

Second Edition“Hooper...not only knows where Spain has been in recent decades and centuries, but he also has an impressively authoritative view of where exactly it is today and where it is headed.”—The Washington Post.Penguin • 480 pp. • 978-0-14-101609-2 • $16.00

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Mark Kurlansky THE BASQUE HISTORY OF THE WORLD

“A delectable portrait of an uncanny, indomita-ble nation.”—Newsday. Maps, photographs, and drawings.Penguin • 400 pp. • 978-0-14-029851-2 • $16.00Also Available: The Food of a Younger Land; Salt; Cod, see page 7; The Last Fish Tale, see page 18; The Eastern Stars, see page 22

Colin Jones PARIS: The Biography of a City

“A highly readable and illuminating canter through the history of a much-loved city.”—The Economist. 60 b/w images.Penguin • 592 pp. • 978-0-14-303671-5 • $18.00

Thomas F. Maddenf VENICE: Islands of Honor and Profit

A major history of one of the world’s greatest cit-ies by a renowned American historian.Viking • 464 pp. • 978-0-670-02542-8 • $35.00Available October 2012

Michael Middleditch THE PENGUIN LONDON MAPGUIDE

Penguin • 64 pp. • 978-0-14-027948-1 • $12.00

THE PARIS MAPGUIDEPenguin • 64 pp. • 978-0-14-146904-1 • $10.00

Mark Ovenden PARIS UNDERGROUND

The Maps, Stations, and Design of the MétroSee Urban, page 15

T. R. Reid THE UNITED STATES OF EUROPE

The New Superpower and the End of American SupremacyReid traces the development of the EU into an economic, political, and cultural powerhouse. Penguin • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-303608-1 • $16.00

Jeremy Rifkin THE EUROPEAN DREAM

How Europe’s Vision of the Future is Quietly Eclipsing the American DreamTarcher • 288 pp. • 978-1-58542-435-1 • $15.95

Tiziano Scarpa VENICE IS A FISH

A Sensual GuideScarpa encourages readers to forget the guide-books and experience Venice as Venetians do.Gotham • 176 pp. • 978-1-59240-502-2 • $12.00

Nicholas Shrady THE LAST DAY

Wrath, Ruin, and Reason in the GreatLisbon Earthquake of 1755A riveting history of how the Lisbon earthquake shook the religious and intellectual foundations of Enlightenment Europe.Penguin • 256 pp. • 978-0-14-311460-4 • $16.00

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f POCKET ROUGH GUIDE ATHENSJohn FisherRough Guides • 176 pp. • 978-1-84836-272-7 • $12.99

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f POCKET ROUGH GUIDE BERLINRough Guides • 176 pp. • 978-1-40538-535-0 • $12.99

f POCKET ROUGH GUIDE LISBONRough Guides • 160 pp. • 978-1-84836-256-7 • $12.99

f POCKET ROUGH GUIDE LONDONRough Guides • 208 pp. • 978-1-84836-274-1 • $12.99

f POCKET ROUGH GUIDE MADRIDRough Guides • 160 pp. • 978-1-40538-533-6 • $12.99

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f POCKET ROUGH GUIDE VENICERough Guides • 176 pp. • 978-1-84836-239-0 • $12.99

THE ROUGH GUIDE ANDALUCÍA & COSTA DEL SOL MAP 2Rough Guides • 978-1-84836-499-8 • $9.99

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RUSSIA & EASTERN EUROPE

Norman Daviesf VANISHED KINGDOMS

The Rise and Fall of States and NationsSee Western Europe, page 20

Slavenka Drakulić CAFÉ EUROPA

Life After Communism“Insightful....The book not only helps to illumi-nate the political and social problems facing much of Eastern Europe, but also sheds new light on the daily life of its residents, their emo-tional habits, fears, and dreams.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times.Penguin • 224 pp. • 978-0-14-027772-2 • $15.00

Misha Glennyf THE BALKANS

Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804–1999Revised EditionNow updated to include the fall of Slobodan Milosevic, the capture of all indicted war crimi-nals from the Yugoslav wars and each state’s quest for legitimacy in the European Union.Penguin • 752 pp. • 978-0-14-023377-3 • $22.00Available October 2012

Alan Palmer THE BALTIC

A New History of the Region and Its PeopleOverlook • 464 pp. • 978-1-58567-863-1 • $19.95

Rebecca West BLACK LAMB AND GREY FALCON

A Journey Through YugoslaviaNew Introduction by Christopher Hitchens“A masterpiece...as astonishing in its range, in the subtlety and power of its judgment, as it is brilliant in expression.”—The Times (London).Penguin Classics • 1,232 pp. • 978-0-14-310490-2 • $25.00

f POCKET ROUGH GUIDE PRAGUERough Guides • 160 pp. • 978-1-84836-599-5 • $12.99

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Mark Adamsf TURN RIGHT AT MACHU PICCHU

Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time“Quite funny and unpretentiously well informed.” —Christian Science Monitor (Editor’s Choice).Dutton • 352 pp. • 978-0-525-95224-4 • $26.95Plume • 352 pp. • 978-0-452-29798-2 • $16.00Paperback available May 2012

Mariano Azuela THE UNDERDOGS

A Novel of the Mexican RevolutionTranslated with Notes by Sergio Waisman Introduction by Carlos FuentesThe greatest novel of the Mexican Revolution, in a brilliant new translation by an award-winning translator.Penguin Classics • 176 pp. • 978-0-14-310527-5 • $9.00

Translated by E. Mungia, Jr. Introduction by Ana CastilloSignet Classics • 192 pp. • 978-0-451-53108-7 • $6.95

Jorge Luis Borges ON ARGENTINA

Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Alfred Mac AdamA literary travel guide to Borges’ native—and beloved—Argentina and Buenos Aires.Penguin Classics • 128 pp. • 978-0-14-310573-2 • $15.00

Bruce Chatwin IN PATAGONIA

“A little masterpiece of travel, history, and adven-ture.”—The New York Times. Penguin Classics • 240 pp. • 978-0-14-243719-3 • $15.00Also available: The Songlines, see page 5

Junot Díaz THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE

OF OSCAR WAO“An extraordinarily vibrant book that’s...confi-dently steered through several decades of history by a madcap, magpie voice.”—The New York Times.Riverhead • 352 pp. • 978-1-59448-329-5 • $16.00A Publisher’s Weekly and Library Journal Book of the Year; a New York Times Notable BookAlso available: Drown 978-1-57322-606-6

Tom Gjelten BACARDI AND THE

LONG FIGHT FOR CUBAThe Biography of a CauseNPR correspondent Tom Gjelten fuses the story of the Bacardi family and their famous rum busi-ness with Cuba’s tumultuous experience over the last 150 years. “A gripping saga that tells us just as much about human nature and the struggle between power and freedom as it does about Bacardi’s transformation from a fledgling busi-ness into the world’s top family-owned dis-tiller.”—The Wall Street Journal.Penguin • 432 pp. • 978-0-14-311632-5 • $17.00

Juan Gonzalezf HARVEST OF EMPIRE

The History of Latinos in AmericaA sweeping history of the Latino experience in the United States—thoroughly revised and updated. “Gonzalez correctly notes the diversifi-cation of the Latino population and nicely builds the different histories of Latino national-origin groups.”—Louis DeSipio, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Penguin • 416 pp. • 978-0-14-311928-9 • $18.00

Julie Greene THE CANAL BUILDERS

Making America’s Empire at the Panama Canal“[Greene] offers more real insight into the char-acter and costs of American imperialism than any previous writer.”—Fred Anderson, Univer-sity of Colorado, Boulder. “A fascinating look at those who actually built the canal....A telling portrait of exploitation, privilege, and insularity, backed by a mountain of fresh research.”—The New York Times Book Review.Penguin • 496 pp. • 978-0-14-311678-3 •$18.00

Joe Jackson THE THIEF AT THE END OF THE WORLD

Rubber, Power, and the Seeds of EmpireThe story of how Henry Wickham smuggled seventy thousand rubber seeds from the rainfor-ests of Brazil in 1876, making possible a great rubber boom and an explosion of entrepreneur-ial and scientific industry. “Deeply researched and thoroughly readable.”—The Wall Street Journal.Penguin • 432 pp. • 978-0-14-311461-1 • $16.00

Mark Kurlanskyf THE EASTERN STARS

How Baseball Changed the Dominican Town of San Pedro de MacorísThe intriguing history of one small, impover-ished area in the Dominican Republic that has produced a staggering number of Major League Baseball players. “A fascinating social history....[Kurlansky] has a good feel for the complexities of Dominican culture and its tortured political history.”—USA Today.Riverhead • 352 pp. • 978-1-59448-505-3 • $16.00Also Available: The Food of a Younger Land; Salt; Cod, see page 7; The Basque History of the World, see page 21; The Last Fish Tale, see page 18

Claude Lévi-Straussf TRISTES TROPIQUES

Translated by John Weightman and Doreen WeightmanIntroduction by Patrick WilckenThis watershed work records Claude Lévi-Strauss’s search for “a human society reduced to its most basic expression.” From the Amazon basin through the dense upland jungles of Bra-zil, Lévi-Strauss found the societies he was seek-ing among the Caduveo, Bororo, Nambikwara, and Tupi-Kawahib.Penguin • 448 pp. • 978-0-14-310625-8 • $20.00Also available: Claude Lévi-Strauss 978-0-14-312062-9

David Lida FIRST STOP IN THE NEW WORLD

Mexico City, the Capital of the 21st CenturyA literary portrait of Mexico City—a vibrant, seductive, paradoxical city now commanding the world’s attention. “One of the world’s greatest and most misunderstood cities has found its great translator and chronicler.”—Francisco Goldman, author of The Art of Political Murder.Riverhead • 384 pp. • 978-1-59448-378-3 • $16.00

Mirta Ojito FINDING MAÑANA

A Memoir of a Cuban ExodusPenguin • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-303660-9 • $16.00

Mark J. Plotkin, Ph.D. TALES OF A SHAMAN’S APPRENTICE

An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Amazon Rain ForestPenguin • 352 pp. • 978-0-14-012991-5 • $16.00

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John Paul Rathbonef THE SUGAR KING OF HAVANA

The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba’s Last Tycoon“Fascinating...richly detailed.”—The New York Times. “An entertaining biography that is also a portrait of Cuba between the island’s indepen-dence in the late nineteenth century and Fidel Castro’s march into Havana in January 1959.”—The Wall Street Journal.Penguin • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-311933-3 • $16.00

Richard Rodriguez BROWN

The Last Discovery of America“Beautiful...a meditation on America’s family secrets.”—Los Angeles Times. “Elegant, nuanced.” —San Francisco Chronicle.Penguin • 256 pp. • 978-0-14-200079-3 • $15.00

Jan Rogozinski A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN

From the Arawak and Carib to the PresentRevised EditionPlume • 432 pp. • 978-0-452-28193-6 • $18.00

Ed Staffordf WALKING THE AMAZON

A riveting account of the author’s incredible 860 day journey to become the first person to walk the entire length of the Amazon.Plume • 320 pp. • 978-0-452-29826-2 • $16.00Available September 2012

Héctor Tobar TRANSLATION NATION

Defining a New American Identity in the Spanish-Speaking United StatesSee United States, page 25

Edwin Williamson THE PENGUIN HISTORY

OF LATIN AMERICANew EditionPenguin • 704 pp. • 978-0-14-103475-1 • $20.00

THE ROUGH GUIDE YUCATÁN PENINSULA MAP 2Rough Guide • 978-1-84836-173-7 • $9.99

THE UNITED STATES

THE NEW YORK MAPGUIDEThe Essential Guide to ManhattanSecond EditionFull-color, easy-to-read maps, plus newly-added information on the Bronx and Brooklyn. Penguin • 64 pp. • 978-0-14-029459-0 • $10.00

David Haward Bain EMPIRE EXPRESS

Building the First Transcontinental RailroadPenguin • 816 pp. • 978-0-14-008499-3 • $30.00A New York Times Notable Book

Andrew Beahrs TWAIN’S FEAST

Searching for America’s Lost Foods in the Footsteps of Samuel ClemensSee Food & Society, page 7

Deborah Blum THE POISONER’S HANDBOOK

Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New YorkPulitzer Prize-winning science writer Deborah Blum follows New York City’s first forensic sci-entists to discover a fascinating Jazz Age story of chemistry and detection, poison and murder. Penguin • 336 pp. • 978-0-14-311882-4 • $16.00

Bryan Burrough THE BIG RICH

The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil FortunesWeaving together the multigenerational sagas of the oil industry’s four wealthiest families, Bur-rough charts the rise and fall of the men known in their day as the Big Four: Roy Cullen, H. L. Hunt, Clint Murchison, and Sid Richardson. “Burrough brings each of his outsized subjects brilliantly to life, pitching their individual epics against a grand narrative of rise and decline.”—The New Yorker.Penguin • 480 pp. • 978-0-14-311682-0 • $17.00

Dante Chinni OUR PATCHWORK NATION

The Surprising Truth About the “Real” AmericaA revolutionary new way to understand Ameri-ca’s complex cultural and political landscape, with proof that local communities have a major impact on the nation’s behavior—in the voting booth and beyond.Gotham • 336 pp. • 978-1-59240-670-8 • $17.00

Tyler Cowenf THE GREAT STAGNATION

How America Ate All the Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better“Cowen’s book...will have a profound impact on the way people think about the last thirty years.”—Ryan Avent, Economist.com.Dutton • 128 pp. • 978-0-525-95271-8 • $12.95Also available: An Economist Gets Lunch, see page 7

Molly Caldwell Crosby THE AMERICAN PLAGUE

The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic that Shaped Our HistorySee Health & Medicine, page 9

John Dicker THE UNITED STATES OF WAL-MART

“A nuanced and bracing portrait of the largest retailer in the world.”—The New York Times Book Review. “[Dicker] offers snappy social crit-icism with the soul of stand-up comedy.”—The Boston Globe.Tarcher • 272 pp. • 978-1-58542-422-1 • $12.95

Cynthia Enloe and Joni Seagerf THE REAL STATE OF AMERICA ATLAS

Mapping the Myths and Truths of the United StatesReveals the myriad realities of the American experience—from our changing demographics to patterns of home ownership to the kinds of food we eat. Four-color illustrations throughout.Penguin • 128 pp. • 978-0-14-311935-7 • $22.00

Charles Fishman THE WAL-MART EFFECT

How the World’s Most Powerful Company Really Works—and How It’s Transforming the American EconomySee Politics & the Economy, page 3

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Elizabeth Gilbert THE LAST AMERICAN MAN

“Braids keen and provocative observations about the American frontier, the myth of the mountain man, and the peculiar state of con-temporary America.”—Booklist (starred review).Penguin • 288 pp. • 978-0-14-200283-4 • $16.00

Karl Jacoby SHADOWS AT DAWN: An Apache Massacre

and the Violence of HistoryForeword by Patricia Nelson Limerick“[Jacoby’s] is one of the best studies ever of the long conflict between tribes and races, soldiers, citizens, killers and victims, in the wild unregu-lated Southwest.”—Larry McMurtry.Penguin • 384 pp. • 978-0-14-311621-9 • $17.00

Steven Johnson THE INVENTION OF AIR: A Story of Science,

Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of AmericaThe story of Joseph Priestly, the brilliant man who embodied the relationship between science, religion, and politics for America’s Founding Fathers.Riverhead • 304 pp. • 978-1-59448-401-8 • $16.00Also Available: Future Perfect; Where Good Ideas Come From; The Innovator’s Cookbook, see page 12; The Ghost Map, see page 9; Everything Bad is Good for You 978-1-59448-194-9

Garrison Keillor, editorf GOOD POEMS, AMERICAN PLACES

Verses rooted in the American landscape from favorite poets to unknowns, organized by region. Includes poetry by Billy Collins, Nikki Giovanni, William Carlos Williams, Naomi Shihab Nye, Gary Snyder, Mary Oliver, and many more.Viking • 512 pp. • 978-0-670-02254-0 • $28.95Penguin • 512 pp. • 978-0-14-312076-6 • $18.00Paperback available April 2012

Joel Kotkin THE NEXT HUNDRED MILLION

America in 2050Visionary social thinker Joel Kotkin looks ahead to America in 2050, revealing how the addition of one hundred million Americans by mid-century will transform how we all live, work, and prosper.Penguin • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-311881-7 • 16.00

Mark Kurlansky THE LAST FISH TALE

The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America’s Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original TownSee Sustainability, page 18

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark THE JOURNALS OF LEWIS AND CLARK

Edited with an Introduction by Frank BergonPenguin Classics • 560 pp. • 978-0-14-243736-0 • $16.00

Edited with an Introduction by John BakelessAfterword by Landon Y. JonesSignet Classics • 432 pp. • 978-0-451-53188-9 • $8.95

Andro Linklater MEASURING AMERICA

How the United States Was Shaped by the Greatest Land Sale in History“Remarkable...Linklater traces with unusual ele-gance and a keen wit the epic story of measuring our nation, charting the process by which, with each length of the surveyor’s chain, new states were literally brought into being.”—Los Angeles Times.Plume • 320 pp. • 978-0-452-28459-3 • $16.00

Joseph M. Marshall III THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED

AT LITTLE BIGHORNA Lakota HistoryThe award-winning Lakota historian reveals the nuanced complexities that led up to and fol-lowed the 1876 battle—including an account of the battle previously available only within the Lakota oral tradition.Penguin • 288 pp. • 978-0-14-311369-0 • $15.00

Lee Miller ROANOKE

Solving the Mystery of the Lost ColonyAnthropologist and ethnohistorian Lee Miller casts new light on a 400-year-old mystery, the disappearance of the colony on Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina. “Enlivening insight and astounding detail.”—Chicago Tri-bune. 8-pp. b/w photos.Penguin • 384 pp. • 978-0-14-200228-5 • $16.00

John Muir THE MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA

Edited with an Introduction by Edward HoaglandPenguin Classics • 304 pp. • 978-0-14-310525-1 • $13.00

Peter Nabokov WHERE THE LIGHTNING STRIKES

The Lives of American Indian Sacred PlacesExplores the rich diversity of Native American cultures and religious systems through sixteen “biographies of place.”Penguin • 368 pp. • 978-0-14-303881-8 • $16.00

Nathaniel Philbrick THE LAST STAND

Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little BighornPhilbrick beautifully evokes the history and geography of the Great Plains with his character-istic grace and sense of drama. The Last Stand is a mesmerizing account of the archetypal story of the American West, one that continues to haunt our collective imagination.Penguin • 496 pp. • 978-0-14-311960-9 • $18.00

MAYFLOWERA Story of Courage, Community, and War“[Philbrick] gives what a 21st-century reader needs to find in the material: perspectives of both the English Americans and the Native Americans.”—Russell Shorto, The New York Times Book Review.Penguin • 496 pp. • 978-0-14-311197-9 • $16.00A New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book of the Year; a Publishers Weekly Best BookAlso available: Sea of Glory, page 16

William Bradford, Mary Rowlandson, Benjamin Church, and Others

THE MAYFLOWER PAPERSSelected Writings of Colonial New EnglandEdited with and Introduction and Notes by Nathaniel Philbrick and Thomas PhilbrickFirst-hand accounts of the Plymouth Colony that vividly recreate the world of 17th-century New England.Penguin Classics • 336 pp. • 978-0-14-310498-8 • $15.00

Stephen J. Pyne HOW THE CANYON BECAME GRAND

A Short History“With impressive erudition and a broad sweep of reference, Pyne shows how the Canyon has been discovered and reinterpreted, from the age of Spanish scholasticism to the age of ecology.”—Donald Worster.Penguin • 240 pp. • 978-0-14-028056-2 • $15.00

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Marcus Rediker THE SLAVE SHIP

A Human HistorySee Africa, page 29

Jason L. Riley LET THEM IN

The Case for Open Borders“[A] calm, reasoned, highly compelling presen-tation of the case for immigration....[Riley] shows why immigrants are a net plus, and why illegal immigration isn’t the crisis it has been made out to be.”—Max Boot, senior fellow, Council on Foreign Relations.Gotham • 256 pp. • 978-1-59240-431-5 • $14.00

Nick Rosen OFF THE GRID

Inside the Movement for More Space, Less Government, and True Independence in Modern AmericaRosen travels from one end of the United States to the other, spending time with all kinds of individuals and families striving to live their lives the way they want to—free from depen-dence on municipal power and amenities.Penguin • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-311738-4 • $15.00

Mary Rowlandson, Sarah Kemble Knight, William Byrd II, Dr. Alexander Hamilton

COLONIAL AMERICAN TRAVEL NARRATIVESEdited by Wendy MartinThe challenges of colonial life are presented here from four perspectives: Rowlandson’s 1677 story of her capture by Native Americans; Knight’s 1704 journal kept as she traveled from Boston to New York; Byrd’s Secret History of the 1728 expedition to survey a disputed boundary line between Virginia and North Carolina; and Ham-ilton’s vivid 1744 descriptions of the colonist’s transformation from outsider to resident.Penguin Classics • 336 pp. • 978-0-14-039088-9 • $17.00

Martha A. Sandweiss PASSING STRANGE

A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color LineThe secret double life of Clarence King, the man who mapped the American West. “This biogra-phy of a secret interracial marriage also tells more about the social experience of big city life...than a shelf full of urban histories.”—Thomas Bender, New York University.Penguin • 384 pp. • 978-0-14-311686-8 • $17.00

John Phillip Santos THE FARTHEST HOME IS IN

AN EMPIRE OF FIREA Tejano ElegySantos describes a lifelong quest to find the miss-ing chronicle of his mother’s family, one that takes him to various locations in South Texas and Mexico, to New York City, to Spain, and ulti-mately to the Middle East.Penguin • 304 pp. • 978-0-14-311873-2 • $17.00

PLACES LEFT UNFINISHED AT THE TIME OF CREATION“An incredibly rich portrait....In this journey of remembrance, Santos connects the story of his family to the birth of Mexico, the New World, and the larger phenomenon of migration.”—Vil-lage Voice. Penguin • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-029202-2 • $16.00A National Book Award finalist

Julia Flynn Siler THE HOUSE OF MONDAVI

The Rise and Fall of an American Wine DynastyGotham • 464 pp. • 978-1-59240-367-7 • $16.00A BusinessWeek Best Business Book

Wallace Stegner and Page Stegner AMERICAN PLACES

“The text by the Stegners is precise, to the point, packed with useful information and infused with that love for our land and its honest work-ers which is the highest form...of patriotism.”—Edward Abbey.Penguin Classics • 304 pp. • 978-0-14-303974-7 • $16.00

Wallace Stegner BEYOND THE HUNDREDTH MERIDIAN

John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the WestPenguin • 496 pp. • 978-0-14-015994-3 • $17.00

WOLF WILLOWA History, A Story, and a Memory of the Last Plains FrontierIntroduction by Page StegnerPenguin Classics • 336 pp. • 978-0-14-118501-9 • $16.00

John Steinbeck THE GRAPES OF WRATH

Introduction and Notes by Robert DeMottSteinbeck’s fictional chronicle of the Dust Bowl migration. Original 1939 text.Penguin Classics • 496 pp. • 978-0-14-303943-3 • $16.00

Alan Taylor AMERICAN COLONIES

The Settling of North America“At long last, we have an overview of colonial North America that addresses its full geographic, international, and multicultural sweep.”—Neal Salisbury, Smith College. Maps throughout. 25 b/w illustrations.Penguin • 544 pp. • 978-0-14-200210-0 • $18.00Winner of the Gold Medal at the Commonwealth Club California Book Awards

Héctor Tobar TRANSLATION NATION

Defining a New American Identity in the Spanish-Speaking United States“[Makes] the tremendous diversity, dynamism and geographical breadth of our blossoming Hispanic population come alive.”—The Wash-ington Post.Riverhead • 368 pp. • 978-1-59448-176-5 • $17.00

David L. Ulin THE MYTH OF SOLID GROUND

Earthquakes, Prediction, and the Fault Line Between Reason and Faith“A subtle, personal, and adventurous exploration of what an immense natural phenomenon means in our culture at large.”—Los Angeles Times.Penguin • 304 pp. • 978-0-14-303525-1 • $15.00

William Vollmann IMPERIAL

Award-winning writer William T. Vollmann takes us deep into the heart of an emblematic American region, and by extension into the dark soul of American imperialism.Penguin • 1,200 pp. • 978-0-14-311840-4 • $35.00National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee

Sarah Vowellf UNFAMILIAR FISHES

Examines the odd, emblematic and exceptional history of Hawaii. “Vowell deftly summarizes complex events and significant upheavals, reducing them to their essence.”—The New York Times Book Review.Riverhead • 256 pp. • 978-1-59448-564-0 • $16.00

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Colin Woodardf AMERICAN NATIONS

A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North AmericaWoodard leads us on a journey through the his-tory of our fractured continent, and the rivalries and alliances between its component nations, which conform to neither state nor international boundaries.Viking • 384 pp. • 978-0-670-02296-0 • $30.00Penguin • 384 pp. • 978-0-14-312202-9 • $16.00Paperback available October 2012Also available: The Lobster Coast, page 13

Tom Zoellnerf A SAFEWAY IN ARIZONA

What the Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Tells Us About the Grand Canyon State and Life in America“Brilliantly evokes the past and present of Ari-zona, the outsized personalities that have shaped the state and the paranoia lurking at the edge of society.”—Kirkus Reviews. “A masterly work of reporting, historical analysis, and sly cultural criticism.”—Boston Globe.Viking • 256 pp. • 978-0-670-02320-2 • $26.95Also available: Uranium, page 13

f THE ROUGH GUIDE TO THE USATenth EditionRough Guides • 768 pp. • 978-1-84836-862-0 • $23.99

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THE ROUGH GUIDE WASHINGTON DC MAPRough Guides • 978-1-84353-151-7 • $8.99

PENGUIN LIBRARY OF AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORYColin G. Calloway, Series Editor

“Wondrous histories [that] enable us to change how we think about American Indians.”

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Brenda J. Childf HOLDING OUR WORLD TOGETHER

Ojibwe Women and the Survival of CommunityIn this well-researched and deeply felt account of the Ojibwe of Lake Superior and the Mississippi River, Brenda J. Child details the ways in which women have shaped Native American life from the days of early trade with Europeans through the reservation era and beyond.Viking • 240 pp. • 978-0-670-02324-0 • $22.95

Colin G. Calloway THE SHAWNEES AND

THE WAR FOR AMERICA“Written in crisp, clear prose, [this] excellent sur-vey of Shawnee history in the late 18th and early 19th centuries vividly illustrates the important role played by the Shawnee people in the history of both the Ohio Valley and the new American nation during these years.”—R. David Edmunds, Watson Professor of American History, Univer-sity of Texas at Dallas. “Fascinating, comprehen-sive and passionate.”—Leslie Marmon Silko.Penguin • 256 pp. • 978-0-14-311391-1 • $14.00

N. Bruce Duthu AMERICAN INDIANS AND THE LAW

A noted legal scholar reveals the history and pol-itics behind American Indians’ unique constitu-tional status, exploring the major events, differ-ing values, and clashing perspectives that have governed relations among the tribes, the federal government, and the states since the founding of the country. “A concise history of the law and a stout defense of tribal rights.”—Kirkus Reviews. “Gives a strong voice to our sovereign neigh-bors.”—Bill Richardson.Penguin • 304 pp. • 978-0-14-311478-9 • $16.00

Jeffrey Ostler THE LAKOTAS AND THE BLACK HILLS

The Struggle for Sacred GroundThe story of the Lakota Sioux’s loss of their terri-tory in the Dakota Black Hills and their remark-able legal battle to regain it. Ostler moves with ease from battlefields to reservations to the Supreme Court, capturing the enduring spiritual strength that bore the Lakotas through the worst times and kept alive the dream of reclaiming their cherished homeland.Penguin • 256 pp. • 978-0-14-311920-3 • $14.00

Timothy R. Pauketat CAHOKIA: Ancient America’s Great City

on the MississippiAn anthropologist reveals the story of a thriving metropolis that existed almost 1,000 years ago, giving rise to a new culture that spread across the plains. “Pauketat compiles the fascinating details of a complex archeological puzzle; explaining the study of cross-cultural goddess worship, cave art, hand tools and games, this vol-ume doubles as a crash-course in the archeolog-ical method.”—Publisher’s Weekly.Penguin • 208 pp. • 978-0-14-311747-6 • $14.00

Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green THE CHEROKEE NATION

AND THE TRAIL OF TEARS“An outstanding treatment of the forced removal of the Cherokees that tells not only of the indi-vidual tragedies of that people but also of the near catastrophic effects upon the Cherokee Nation and its government.”—Jack D. Baker, President, Trail of Tears Association.Penguin • 208 pp. • 978-0-14-311367-6 • $14.00

Timothy J. Shannon IROQUOIS DIPLOMACY ON

THE EARLY AMERICAN FRONTIERIntroduction by Colin G. CallowayA must-read for anyone fascinated by Native American history or interested in a unique per-spective on the dawn of American government. Despite being known as fierce warriors, the Iro-quois were just as reliant on political prowess and sophisticated diplomacy to maintain their strate-gic position between New France and New York.Penguin • 272 pp. • 978-0-14-311529-8 • $15.00

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Ian Baker THE HEART OF THE WORLD

A Journey to the Last Secret PlaceIntroduction by His Holiness the Dalai Lama“A remarkable adventure story and a work of real scholarship, Ian Baker’s account of his expedi-tions in search of the truth behind the myths of a magical waterfall resounds with the echoes of the early Western explorers and Tibetan pilgrims who have preceded him.”—Michael Harner, Ph.D.Penguin • 544 pp. • 978-0-14-303602-9 • $17.00

Robert Bickersf THE SCRAMBLE FOR CHINA

Foreign Devils in the Qing Empire, 1832-1914See History, page 10

William Dalrymple CITY OF DJINNS

A Year in Delhi“Delightful...surely one of the funniest books about India.”—The Times Literary Supplement. Peels back the layers of Delhi’s centuries-old his-tory, revealing an extraordinary array of charac-ters along the way—from eunuchs to descendants of great Moguls. B/w illustrations throughout.Penguin • 352 pp. • 978-0-14-200100-4 • $16.00

Khaled Hosseini A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS

“[A] heartfelt, well-realized character study of two women and a lament for the tortured history of the author’s native Afghanistan.”—The Boston Globe.Riverhead • 432 pp. • 978-1-59448-385-1 • $16.00Amazon’s #1 Editor’s Pick

THE KITE RUNNER“Given the ravages visited on Afghanistan since the young Khaled Hosseini and his family sought political asylum in the United States in 1980, the foremost of many triumphs in this startling first novel must be that its consider-ation of cultural, religious and deeply personal upheavals remains cool and considered through-out.”—The Times Literary Supplement.Riverhead • 400 pp. • 978-1-59448-000-3 • $16.00An Amazon Best Book; a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year; an American Library Association Notable Book; Alex Award Winner

Steve Inskeepf INSTANT CITY

Life and Death in Karachi“One of the best books ever written about Paki-stan.”—Anis Shivani, The Huffington Post. “Ins-keep has captured the vibrant, violent, pulsating rhythms of Karachi with a near native sensibil-ity.”—Shuja Nawaz, author of Crossed Swords: Pakistan, Its Army, and the Wars Within.Penguin Press • 304 pp. • 978-1-59420-315-2 • $27.95

Martin Jacques WHEN CHINA RULES THE WORLD

The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global OrderSee Politics & The Economy, page 4

Akash Kapurf INDIA BECOMING

A Portrait of Life in Modern India“Kapur lives in and writes out of an India that few writers venture into. Curious, suspicious of received wisdom, and intellectually resourceful, [Kapur is] one of the most reliable observers of the New India.”—Pankaj Mishra, author of Temptations of the West.Riverhead • 304 pp. • 978-1-59448-819-1 • $26.95Available March 2012

Emma Larkinf NO BAD NEWS FOR THE KING

The True Story of Cyclone Nargis and Its Aftermath in Burma“A formidable piece of reporting.”—The Wall Street Journal. Published in hardcover as Every-thing Is Broken.Penguin • 288 pp. • 978-0-14-311961-6 • $16.00

FINDING GEORGE ORWELL IN BURMAA revelatory reconnaissance of modern Burma, one of the world’s grimmest police states, using as its compass the life and work of Orwell, whom many in Burma call “the prophet.”Penguin • 304 pp. • 978-0-14-303711-8 • $16.00

Peter Matthiessen THE SNOW LEOPARD

Introduction by Pico IyerAn unforgettable spiritual journey through the Himalayas. “Stunning . . . Fiercely felt and mag-nificently written.”—The Washington Post Book World.Penguin Classics • 368 pp. • 978-0-14-310551-0 • $16.00Also available: The Tree Where Man Was Born, see page 6

Giles Milton SAMURAI WILLIAM

The Englishman Who Opened Japan“Splendid history as well as a riveting adventure yarn....It is a history of West meeting East and of how some of the early seeds of what we call glo-balism were planted more than four hundred years ago.”—The Baltimore Sun.Penguin • 368 pp. • 978-0-14-200378-7 • $16.00

N. R. Narayana Murthy A BETTER INDIA

A Better WorldPenguin Global • 320 pp. • 978-0-670-08283-4 • $24.95

Matthew Polly AMERICAN SHAOLIN

Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China“Polly’s book tells more about what’s going on in China and has more insights into the real China than anything in recent years.”—Dan Rather.Gotham • 384 pp. • 978-1-59240-337-0 • $16.00

Marco Polo THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO

Edited with an Introduction by Milton Rugoff Foreword by Howard Mittelmark“A timeless addition to any travel collection.”—Library Journal. Signet Classics • 336 pp. • 978-0-451-52951-0 • $6.95

THE TRAVELSTranslated with an Introduction by Ronald E. LathamPenguin Classics • 384 pp. • 978-0-14-044057-7 • $15.00

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Ahmed Rashid DESCENT INTO CHAOS

The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central AsiaA shocking analysis of the crisis in Pakistan and the renewed radicalism threatening Afghanistan and the West.Penguin • 560 pp. • 978-0-14-311557-1 • $18.00

JIHADThe Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia“In an age when people are groping for quick explanations and easy solutions, Jihad presents something more valuable: tools for understand-ing a problem with real complexity and incredi-ble urgency.”—The Christian Science Monitor. Penguin • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-200260-5 • $16.00

Jiang Rong WOLF TOTEM

An epic Chinese tale that depicts the dying cul-ture of the Mongols—the descendants of the Mongol hordes who at one time terrorized the world—and the parallel extinction of the animal they believe to be sacred: the fierce and other-worldly Mongolian wolf.Penguin • 544 pp. • 978-0-14-311514-4 • $15.00Winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize

Sarah Rosef FOR ALL THE TEA IN CHINA

How England Stole the World’s Favorite Drink and Changed HistoryA dramatic historical narrative that combines history, geography, botany, natural science, and old-fashioned adventure. “Rose paints a fresh and vivid account of life in rural 19th century China and Fortune’s fateful journey into it.”—The Washington Post.Penguin • 272 pp. • 978-0-14-311874-9 • $15.00

Arundhati Royf WALKING WITH THE COMRADES

“[A] brilliant piece of reportage.”—The Guard-ian (London). In this frontline exposé of brutal repression in India, the internationally renowned author chronicles her months spent living with rebel guerillas.Penguin • 240 pp. • 978-0-14-312059-9 • $15.00

Tom Scoccaf BEIJING WELCOMES YOU

Unveiling the Capital City of the Future“A spirited portrayal of an old metropolis being turned inside out.”—Time magazine. “A reveal-ing and well-written report on what we should know and understand about 21st-century China.”—Gay Talese.Riverhead • 384 pp. • 978-1-59448-784-2 • $26.95Riverhead • 432 pp. • 978-1-59448-580-0 • $16.00Paperback available July 2012

Martha Sherrill DOG MAN

An Uncommon Life on a Faraway MountainHow one man’s passion for dogs saved the Akita breed from extinction and led him to a difficult, more soulful way of life in the wilds of Japan’s remote snow country.Riverhead • 256 pp. • 978-1-59448-390-5 • $16.00

Robert Templer SHADOWS AND WIND

A View of Modern Vietnam“A meticulous and fascinating investigation....For anyone interested in the real legacy of the Vietnam War, this book should be compulsory reading.”—The Guardian.Penguin • 400 pp. • 978-0-14-028597-0 • $16.00

Jamie Zeppa BEYOND THE EARTH AND THE SKY

A Journey Into Bhutan“Zeppa’s book suggests what other contempo-rary travel books do not: that there are still a few places left in the world so strange and wondrous that a journey there has the power to transform the traveler, even against her will.”—The New York Times Book Review.Riverhead • 320 pp. • 978-1-57322-815-2 • $16.00

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AFRICA

Pius Adesanmi YOU’RE NOT A COUNTRY, AFRICA!

A Personal History of the African PresentIn this groundbreaking collection of essays Pius Adesanmi tries to unravel what it is that Africa means to him as an African, and by extension to all those who inhabit this continent of extremes.Penguin Global • 256 pp. • 978-0-14-352754-1 • $18.95

Stephen Belcher, editor and translator AFRICAN MYTHS OF ORIGIN

A rich anthology of retold fables from across the continent and spanning centuries. Includes pref-aces to each section, maps, suggestions for fur-ther reading, index of people, places, and themes.Penguin Classics • 544 pp. • 978-0-14-044945-7 • $17.00

James T. Campbell MIDDLE PASSAGES

African-American Journeys to Africa 1787–2005Penguin History of American Life Series“Campbell provides an artful reconstruction of the often bittersweet experience of return and reunion...that deepen[s] our understanding of national identity and the burdens of race.”—Raymond Arsenault, The New York Times.Penguin • 544 pp. • 978-0-14-311198-6 • $17.00A Choice Outstanding Academic Title; winner of the Mark Lynton History Prize; a Pulitzer Prize finalist

Rosamund Halsey Carr with Ann Howard Halsey

LAND OF A THOUSAND HILLSMy Life in Rwanda“Carr’s book is a testament to the courage, perse-verance, and resilience of the land to which she has given her heart.”—San Francisco Examiner.Plume • 256 pp. • 978-0-452-28202-5 • $17.00

J.M. Coetzee DISGRACE

“A brilliant commentary on the nature and bal-ance of power in his homeland...by a writer at the top of his form.”—Time. Penguin • 224 pp. • 978-0-14-029640-2 • $15.00Winner of the Booker Prize

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Graham Greene JOURNEY WITHOUT MAPS

Introduction by Paul TherouxThe richly evocative account of Greene’s 1935 journey of discovery to Liberia. “One of the best travel books [of the twentieth] century.”—Nor-man Sherry. Penguin Classics • 272 pp. • 978-0-14-303972-3 • $16.00

Fergal Keane SEASON OF BLOOD

A Rwandan Journey“Captivating...lucid...and very disturbing. There are passages rich and ironic enough to recall the African travel writing of Graham Greene.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review. Penguin • 224 pp. • 978-0-14-024760-2 • $15.00Winner of the Orwell Prize

Colin McEvedy THE PENGUIN ATLAS

OF AFRICAN HISTORYPenguin • 144 pp. • 978-0-14-051321-9 • $17.00

Greg Millsf WHY AFRICA IS POOR

And What Africans Can Do About ItSee Politics & the Economy, page 4

Dan Morrisonf THE BLACK NILE

One Man’s Amazing Journey Through Peace and War on the World’s Longest RiverA gripping blend of travel narrative and report-age that reveals this vast region’s riches, troubles, and paradoxes. “[With] Mr. Morrison’s peppery anecdotes, his refreshing honesty and his ability to show how Africans view their difficulties...the book gives us a compelling portrait of life along the Nile—from lonely fishing communities on Lake Victoria to the cacophonous collisions of Cairo.”—The Wall Street Journal.Penguin • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-311937-1 • $16.00

Marcus Rediker THE SLAVE SHIP

A Human History“[An] unforgettable portrait of the captives, cap-tains, and crewmen who came together in that particular kind of hell known as the slave ship.”—Robert Harms, Yale University. 16 pp. b/w photos, 8 maps.Penguin • 448 pp. • 978-0-14-311425-3 • $17.00Winner of the OAH Merle Curti Award

Paul Rusesabagina, with Tom Zoellner AN ORDINARY MAN

An AutobiographyThe remarkable life story of the man whose her-oism and humanity inspired the film Hotel Rwanda. 8 pp. b/w photos. Penguin • 224 pp. • 978-0-14-303860-3 • $15.00

Stephen Watson A CITY IMAGINED

Penguin Global • 224 pp. • 978-0-14-302473-6 • $15.00

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THE MIDDLE EAST

Christopher de Bellaiguef REBEL LAND

Unraveling the Riddle of History in a Turkish TownAn esteemed journalist travels to Turkey to investigate the legacy of the Armenian genocide and the quest for Kurdish statehood. “A fascinat-ing book—the secret, and shocking, history of both a Turkish town and Turkey itself.”—Paul Theroux.Penguin • 288 pp. • 978-0-14-311884-8 • $16.00

Ronald Florence LAWRENCE AND AARONSOHN

T. E. Lawrence, Aaron Aaronsohn, and the Seeds of the Arab-Israeli Conflict“A highly readable and thoroughly enjoyable aperçu into two extraordinary personalities who played a dramatic role in the emergence of mod-ern Israel.”—Howard M. Sachar, George Wash-ington University.Penguin • 544 pp. • 978-0-14-311382-9 • $18.00

John Freely ISTANBUL

The Imperial City125 b/w illustrations, 3 maps. Penguin • 432 pp. • 978-0-14-024461-8 • $17.00

Robert Laceyf INSIDE THE KINGDOM

Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists, and the Struggle for Saudi ArabiaMoving from the bloody seizure of Mecca’s Grand Mosque in 1979, through the Persian Gulf War, to the delicate U.S.-Saudi relations in a post 9/11 world, Inside the Kingdom brings recent history to vivid life and offers a powerful story of a country learning how not to be at war with itself.Penguin • 432 pp. • 978-0-14-311827-5 • $17.00

Gwendolyn Leick MESOPOTAMIA

The Invention of the CityPenguin • 384 pp. • 978-0-14-026574-3 • $17.00

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Andrew Mango THE TURKS TODAY

A lively, comprehensive, and essential study of the republic, the Turkish people, and their vibrant society. 32 b/w illustrations, 5 maps.Overlook • 288 pp. • 978-1-58567-756-6 • $17.95

Peter Mansfield A HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST

Revised and Updated by Nicolas Pelham“The best overall survey of the politics, regional rivalries, and economics of the contemporary Arab world.”—The Washington Post Book World. B/w maps.Penguin • 448 pp. • 978-0-14-303433-9 • $17.00

Amy Dockser Marcus JERUSALEM 1913

The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict“A richly insightful, highly readable, and acutely felt offering, one that is also critical and even handed.”—San Francisco Journal. B/w photos, maps.Penguin • 240 pp. • 978-0-14-311328-7 • $15.00

Georges Roux ANCIENT IRAQ

Third EditionContaining information from recent excavations and discovered artifacts, Ancient Iraq covers the political, cultural, and socio-economic history from Mesopotamian days of prehistory to the Christian era. Photographs, maps, chronological tables, and notes. Penguin • 576 pp. • 978-0-14-012523-8 • $17.00

Dennis Ross and David Makovsky MYTHS, ILLUSIONS, AND PEACE

Finding a New Direction for America in the Middle East“A trenchant and often pugnacious demolition of numerous misconceptions about strategic thinking on the Middle East.”—The New York Times.Penguin • 400 pp. • 978-0-14-311769-8 • $17.00

Melissa Rossi WHAT EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD

KNOW ABOUT THE MIDDLE EASTA crash course on one of the most complex and important regions of the world.Plume • 400 pp. • 978-0-452-28959-8 • $16.00Also Available: What Every American Should Know About the Rest of the World, see page 5

Wilfred Thesiger ARABIAN SANDS

Introduction by Rory StewartThesiger’s record of his extraordinary journey through the parched “Empty Quarter” of Arabia. “The narrative is vividly written, with a thou-sand little anecdotes and touches which bring back to any who have seen these countries every scene with the colour of real life.”—The Sunday Times (London).Penguin Classics • 400 pp. • 978-0-14-144207-5 • $16.00Also available: The Marsh Arabs 978-0-14-144208-2

Geoffrey Wawrof QUICKSAND

America’s Pursuit of Power in the Middle EastNoted historian Geoffrey Wawro approaches America’s role in the Middle East in a funda-mentally new way—by encompassing the last century of the entire region rather than focusing narrowly on a particular country or era..Penguin • 720 pp. • 978-0-14-311883-1 • $20.00

OTHER TITLES OF INTEREST

Amir Aczel THE JESUIT AND THE SKULL

Teilhard de Chardin, Evolution, and the Search for Peking ManRiverhead • 320 pp. • 978-1-59448-335-6 • $16.00

Graham Bannock, R. E. Baxter, and Evan Davisf THE PENGUIN DICTIONARY

OF ECONOMICSEighth EditionPenguin • 432 pp. • 978-0-14-104523-8 • $18.00

Tobias Dantzig NUMBER

The Language of ScienceEdited by Joseph Mazur Foreword by Barry Mazur“Beyond doubt the most interesting book on the evolution of mathematics which has ever fallen into my hands.”—Albert Einstein. Plume • 416 pp. • 978-0-452-28811-9 • $16.00

Patricia T. O’Conner WOE IS I

The Grammarphobe’s Guide to Better English in Plain English Updated EditionRiverhead • 288 pp. • 978-1-57322-331-7 • $15.00

Georges Perec SPECIES OF SPACES and Other Pieces

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AAczel, Amir ................................ 30Adams, Mark ............................. 22Adesanmi, Pius ........................ 28AFRICAN MYTHS

OF ORIGIN ............................ 28Akst, Daniel ..................................5ALICE WATERS AND CHEZ

PANISSE ...................................8Allen, Will ......................................7ALL OVER CREATION .................8ALL THAT IS SOLID

MELTS INTO AIR ................. 14AMERICAN COLONIES ........... 25AMERICAN EARTH .................. 16AMERICAN FOOD ......................7AMERICAN INDIANS

AND THE LAW ..................... 26AMERICAN NATIONS ............. 26AMERICAN PLACES ................ 25AMERICAN PLAGUE, THE.........9AMERICAN SHAOLIN ............. 27AMERICAN THEOCRACY ..........5AMERICA’S GREAT

RAILROAD STATIONS ....... 13ANCIENT IRAQ.......................... 30AND THEN THERE’S THIS ...... 13APOLLO’S FIRE ......................... 30APPEAL TO REASON, AN ...... 16Appel, Jacob ................................4ARABIAN SANDS ..................... 30ASCENT OF MONEY, THE .........3Ascher, Kate ....................... 12, 14Ashworth, Mike ....................... 14ASLEEP ...........................................9ATLAS OF REMOTE ISLANDS ..19Augenbraum, Harold ............ 10Azuela, Mariano ...................... 22

BBACARDI AND THE LONG

FIGHT FOR CUBA ............... 22Bacon, Edmond N. .................. 14BAD MONEY ................................5Bain, David Haward................ 23Baker, Ian ................................... 27BALKANS, THE .......................... 21BALL IS ROUND, THE .................6BALTIC, THE ............................... 21BANANA ........................................7Bannock, Graham ................... 30Barabási, Albert-László ......... 12Barnett, Thomas P. M. ...............3Barry, John M...............................9BASILICA .................................... 15BASQUE HISTORY OF THE

WORLD, THE ........................ 21Baxter, R. E. ................................ 30Beahrs, Andrew ..........................7Beattie, Alan ................................3BEFORE THE DAWN ...................6BEIJING WELCOMES YOU ..... 28Belcher, Stephen ..................... 28Bellaigue, Christopher de .... 29Berendt, John ........................... 20Beresford-Kroeger, Diana .... 15Berger, Warren ......................... 12Berman, Marshall .................... 14BETTER ANGELS OF OUR

NATURE, THE ..........................6BETTER INDIA, A ...................... 27BEYOND THE EARTH

AND THE SKY ...................... 28BEYOND THE HUNDREDTH

MERIDIAN ..................... 17, 25Bickers, Robert ......................... 10BICYCLE DIARIES ..................... 14Biddle, Wayne .......................... 12BIG GREEN PURSE ................... 16BIG RICH, THE ........................... 23BLACK LAMB

AND GREY FALCON .......... 21BLACK NILE, THE ...................... 29Blanding, Michael ......................7BLANK SPOTS ON THE MAP ...4BLESSED UNREST .................... 16

BLUEPRINT FOR ACTION .........3Blum, Deborah ........................ 23Bongiorno, Lori ........................ 15Boot, Max................................... 12Borges, Jorge Luis ................... 22Boswell, James ......................... 20Bradford, William .................... 24Brand, Stewart .................. 14, 15Braudel, Fernand..................... 19BRAVE VESSEL, A ..................... 11Bremmer, Ian ...............................3Breslin, Ed .................................. 13Bridges, E. Lucas ...................... 15BRIEF HISTORY OF

THE CARIBBEAN, A ............ 23BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF

OSCAR WAO, THE .............. 22BRITAIN AFTER ROME ............ 20BRITAIN AND IRELAND’S

BEST WILD PLACES ........... 20Broad, William J. ...................... 20Brodowsky, Pamela K. ........... 15BROWN ....................................... 23Brown, Jenny ...............................7Burke, Jason .................................3Burnett, John S. ..........................3Burrough, Bryan ...................... 23BURSTS ....................................... 12Byrd II, William ......................... 25Byrne, David ............................. 14

CCADILLAC DESERT .................. 17CAD MONKEYS,

DINOSAUR BABIES, AND T-SHAPED PEOPLE .. 12

CAFÉ EUROPA .......................... 21CAHOKIA .................................... 26Calloway, Colin G. ................... 26Campbell, James T. ................. 28CANAL BUILDERS, THE .......... 22Canton, James, Ph.D. ................3Carpenter, Novella .................. 14Carr, Rosamund Halsey ......... 28Carson, Rachel ......................... 15Chatwin, Bruce ....................5, 22CHEAP ............................................5CHEROKEE NATION AND THE

TRAIL OF TEARS, THE ....... 26Cherry-Garrard, Apsley ......... 15Child, Brenda J. ........................ 26CHINA PRICE, THE ......................4Chinni, Dante ........................... 23Chouinard, Yvon...................... 17CHRONICLE OF THE

NARVÁEZ EXPEDITION .... 10Church, Benjamin ................... 24CITY IMAGINED, A ................... 29CITY OF DJINNS ....................... 27CITY OF FALLING

ANGELS, THE ....................... 20Clark, William ............................ 24CLASSIC SLUM, THE................ 15COAL ........................................... 12COD ................................................7Coetzee, J.M. ............................. 28COGNITIVE SURPLUS ............. 13COKE MACHINE, THE ................7COLLAPSE .................................. 17Collingham, Lizzie .....................7Coll, Steve .................................. 12COLONIAL AMERICAN

TRAVEL NARRATIVES ........ 25COLOSSUS ....................................3Columbus, Christopher ........ 10COMING PLAGUE, THE .............9COMMON WEALTH ....................5COMPLETE IDIOTS GUIDE

TO GEOCACHING, THE..... 30COMPLETE IDIOTS GUIDE

TO GEOGRAPHY, THE ....... 19CONFESSIONS OF AN

ECONOMIC HIT MAN ..........4CONUNDRUM, THE ................ 18Cowen, Tyler .........................7, 23Cran, William ...............................6CRAZY MAKERS, THE ................8

CRISIS ECONOMICS ...................5Crosby, Molly Caldwell.............9

DDalrymple, William ................. 27Dalziel, Nigel............................. 20DANGEROUS WATERS ..............3Dantzig, Tobias ........................ 30Davies, Norman ....................... 20Davis, Devra .............................. 12Davis, Evan ................................ 30DAY THE WORLD ENDED AT

LITTLE BIGHORN, THE ...... 24Defoe, Daniel ...............................9de Las Casas, Bartolomé....... 10DeMott, Robert ....................... 25DESCENT INTO CHAOS ......... 28DESIGN OF CITIES ................... 14de Vaca, Alvar Núñez Cabeza.. 10Diamond, Jared ....................... 17Díaz, Junot ................................ 22Dicker, John .............................. 23DISCONNECT ............................ 12DISGRACE .................................. 28DOG MAN .................................. 28DONT EAT THIS BOOK ..............8Drakulic, Slavenka .................. 21Drexler, Madeline.......................9Druckerman, Pamela ................5Duthu, N. Bruce ....................... 26

EEasterly, William .........................3EASTERN STARS, THE ............. 22EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES ...... 30ECONOMIST GETS

LUNCH, AN .............................7ECOTOURISTS SAVE

THE WORLD......................... 15Editors of E Magazine, The .. 17EIFFEL’S TOWER ....................... 14EMERGING EPIDEMICS .............9EMPATHIC

CIVILIZATION, THE............. 18EMPIRE EXPRESS ..................... 23EMPTY HARVEST ........................7END OF POVERTY, THE .............5END OF THE FREE

MARKET, THE..........................3Enloe, Cynthia .......................... 23ESSENTIAL URBAN

FARMER, THE ....................... 14Ettlinger, Steve............................7EUROPEAN DREAM, THE ...... 21Evans, Graham ............................3EVERY DROP FOR SALE ......... 17EXPLORATION OF THE

COLORADO RIVER AND ITS CANYONS, THE ............ 17

EXTREME FUTURE, THE ............3

FFadlān, Ibn ................................. 10FALSE ECONOMY .......................3FARM CITY ................................. 14FARTHEST HOME IS IN AN

EMPIRE OF FIRE, THE ........ 25FATAL STRAIN, THE ....................9Ferguson, Niall ............................3FIELD GUIDE TO GETTING

LOST, A .....................................6FIELD GUIDE TO

RADIATION, A ..................... 12FINDING GEORGE ORWELL

IN BURMA ............................ 27FINDING MAÑANA ................. 22Fine, Doug ....................................3FIRES, THE .................................. 14FIRST STOP IN

THE NEW WORLD .............. 22Fishman, Charles ........................3Fitzgerald, Randall .....................9FIVE ROADS TO THE FUTURE.. 5Fleming, John .......................... 15

Fleming, Robin ........................ 20Flood, Joe .................................. 14Florence, Ronald ..................... 29FOOD OF A YOUNGER

LAND, THE ...............................7FOOD RULES................................8FOR ALL THE TEA IN CHINA.. 28FOREST UNSEEN, THE ............ 15FOUR FISH ....................................7FOUR VOYAGES, THE .............. 10Freely, John ............................... 29Freese, Barbara ........................ 12FUTURE PERFECT .................... 12

GGARBOLOGY ............................. 16GARDEN OF

INVENTION, THE ................ 13Garrett, Laurie .............................9GEOGRAPHY OF

THE WORLD......................... 19GEOGRAPHY OF WINE, THE.. 13Gerald of Wales ........................ 20GHOST MAP, THE ........................9Gilbert, Elizabeth .................... 24Gjelten, Tom ............................. 22Glaeser, Edward ....................... 14Glenny, Misha .......................... 21GLOBAL FOREST, THE ............ 15GLOBAL WARMING

READER, THE ....................... 16Goldberg, Michelle....................5Goldblatt, David .........................6Goldstein, Joshua ......................3Gonzalez, Joseph .................... 19Gonzalez, Juan ......................... 22GOOD FOOD

REVOLUTION, THE ................7GOOD POEMS,

AMERICAN PLACES ........... 24Gore, Al ....................................... 15GOVERNING THE WORLD ..... 19GRAPES OF WRATH, THE ...... 25GRASSLAND ............................. 13GREAT INFLUENZA, THE ...........9GREAT POWERS ..........................3GREAT STAGNATION, THE .... 23Greenberg, Paul .........................7Greene, Graham ...................... 29Greene, Julie ............................. 22GREEN, GREENER,

GREENEST ............................ 15Green, Harvey .......................... 12Greenlaw, Linda ...................... 19GREEN LIVING .......................... 17GREEN METROPOLIS ............. 18Green, Michael D. ................... 26GROUNDED .............................. 19

HHalperin, Daniel .........................9Halsey, Ann Howard .............. 28Hamilton, Alexander ............. 25Hamilton-Paterson, James .. 15Harney, Alexandra .....................4Hartmann, Thom........................4HARVEST OF EMPIRE ............. 22Haskell, David........................... 15Hawken, Paul ............................ 16Hayes, Nick ................................ 16Haywood, John ....................... 11Hazen, Robert M. .................... 10HEALING OF AMERICA, THE ...9HEART OF THE

WORLD, THE ........................ 27HEIGHTS, THE ........................... 14Hendley, Doc ............................ 17Henson, Bob ............................. 16HERE COMES EVERYBODY ... 13Hilgemann, Werner ................ 10HISTORY OF

CIVILIZATIONS, A ............... 19HISTORY OF THE

MIDDLE EAST, A ................. 30Hoagland, Edward .................. 24Hohn, Donovan ....................... 16

HOLDING OUR WORLD TOGETHER ........... 26

HOME .............................................6Honour, Hugh .......................... 15Hooper, John ............................ 20HOPE’S EDGE ...............................8Hosseini, Khaled ...................... 27HOUSE OF MONDAVI, THE ... 25HOW BUILDINGS LEARN ...... 14HOW THE CANYON

BECAME GRAND ................ 24Hoxie, Frederick ....................... 10Hull, Caroline ............................ 11Humboldt, Alexander von ... 16HUMBOLDT CURRENT, THE.. 17Humes, Edward ....................... 16HUNDRED-YEAR LIE, THE ........9HYDROGEN

ECONOMY, THE .................. 18

IIan Bremmer ................................3IBN FADLĀN AND THE LAND

OF DARKNESS .................... 10ILL FARES THE LAND .............. 10I’M MAD AS HELL, AND

I’M NOT GOING TO EAT IT ANYMORE! .................8

IMPERIAL .................................... 25INCONVENIENT TRUTH, AN.. 15IN DEFENSE OF FOOD ..............8INDIA BECOMING.................... 27INNOCENTS ABROAD, THE .....5INNOVATOR’S COOKBOOK .. 12IN PATAGONIA .......................... 22IN PURSUIT OF GIANTS ......... 18INSIDE THE KINGDOM ........... 29Inskeep, Steve .......................... 27INSTANT CITY ........................... 27IN THE NAME OF IDENTITY .....4INTO THE STORM .................... 17INVENTION OF AIR, THE ........ 24IROQUOIS DIPLOMACY

ON THE EARLY AMERICAN FRONTIER ...... 26

ISTANBUL ................................... 29

JJackson, Joe .............................. 22Jacobs, Frank ............................ 19Jacoby, Karl ............................... 24Jacques, Martin ..........................4Jensen, Bernard ..........................7JERUSALEM 1913 .................... 30JESUIT AND

THE SKULL, THE .................. 30JET AGE....................................... 13JIHAD .......................................... 28Johnson, Boris.......................... 20Johnson, Samuel..................... 20JOHNSON’S LIFE

OF LONDON ........................ 20Johnson, Steven ...........9, 12, 24Jones, Colin ............................... 21Jones, Evan ..................................7Jonnes, Jill ................................. 14Jotischky, Andrew .................. 11JOURNAL OF THE

PLAGUE YEAR, A ...................9JOURNALS OF LEWIS

AND CLARK, THE ............... 24JOURNEY THROUGH WALES

and THE DESCRIPTION OF WALES, THE ......................... 20

JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND and THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES, A ......... 20

JOURNEY WITHOUT MAPS .. 29Judt, Tony .................................. 10JULIA CHILD .................................8JUSTINIANS FLEA .......................9

KKapur, Akash............................. 27Karlan, Dean ................................4Kay, John .......................................4Keane, Fergal ............................ 29Keillor, Garrison ....................... 24Keller, Julia ................................ 12Kinder, Hermann ..................... 10KITE RUNNER, THE .................. 27Knight, Sarah Kemble ........... 25Koeppel, Dan ...............................7Kotkin, Joel................................ 24Kurlansky, Mark ..7, 18, 21, 22, 24

LLacey, Robert............................ 29LAKOTAS AND THE BLACK

HILLS, THE ............................ 26LAND OF A

THOUSAND HILLS ............. 28Lappé, Anna ................................8Lappé, Frances Moore ..............8Larkin, Emma ........................... 27LAST AMERICAN MAN, THE.. 24LAST DAY, THE .......................... 21LAST FISH TALE, THE ....... 18, 24LAST LOST WORLD, THE ..........6LAST STAND, THE .................... 24LAWRENCE AND

AARONSOHN ...................... 29Lawson, Nigel ........................... 16LEADERLESS

REVOLUTION, THE ................4Leick, Gwendolyn ................... 29LET MY PEOPLE

GO SURFING ....................... 17LET THEM IN ............................. 25Levi-Strauss, Claude ............... 22Lewis, Meriwether .................. 24Lewycka, Marina ..................... 20Lida, David ................................ 22Linden, Eugene ....................... 19LINKED ........................................ 12Linklater, Andro ....................... 24LOBSTER COAST, THE ............. 13Lopate, Phillip .......................... 14LOST MEN, THE ........................ 17LOST MOUNTAIN .................... 17LUCKY ONES, THE ......................7LUST IN TRANSLATION .............5

MMaalouf, Amin ............................4Mac Adam, Alfred ................... 22Macfarlane, Robert.......... 16, 20MacKillop, James .................... 20MacNeil, Robert ..........................6Madden, Thomas F. ................ 21Makovsky, David ..................... 30Malloch-Brown, Mark ...............4Mandeville, Sir John .............. 10Mango, Andrew....................... 30Manning, Richard ................... 13Mansfield, Peter....................... 30Marcus, Amy Dockser ............ 30Marshall, Joseph M., III .......... 24Matthiessen, Peter..............6, 27MAYFLOWER ............................. 24MAYFLOWER PAPERS, THE ... 24Mazower, Mark ........................ 19McCrum, Robert .........................6McEachern, Diane .................. 16McEvedy, Colin ................. 11, 29McKibben, Bill .......................... 16McNamee, Thomas ...................8MEANS OF

REPRODUCTION, THE .........5MEASURING AMERICA .......... 24MESOPOTAMIA ........................ 29Middleditch, Michael ..... 19, 21MIDDLE PASSAGES ................. 28Mihm, Stephen ...........................5Miller, Lee .................................. 24Mills, Greg.....................................4

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INDEX • 33Milton, Giles ....................... 10, 27Mintz, Sidney W. .........................8MOBY-DUCK ............................. 16Moore, Charles......................... 18MORE THAN GOOD

INTENTIONS ...........................4Morkot, Robert ........................ 11Morrison, Dan .......................... 29MOTION ..................................... 12MOUNTAINS OF

CALIFORNIA, THE ....... 16, 24MR. GATLING’S

TERRIBLE MARVEL ............. 12Muir, John ........................... 16, 24Mungia, E., Jr. ............................ 22Murphy, Monica .........................9Murthy, N. R. Narayana ......... 27MYTH OF SOLID

GROUND, THE ..................... 25MYTHS AND LEGENDS

OF THE CELTS ...................... 20MYTHS, ILLUSIONS,

AND PEACE ......................... 30MY YEAR OF MEATS ..................8

NNabokov, Peter ........................ 24NATHANIELS NUTMEG .......... 10NEW GREEN HISTORY OF

THE WORLD, A .................... 16Newnham, Jeffrey .....................3NEW PENGUIN ATLAS OF

ANCIENT HISTORY, THE ... 11NEW PENGUIN ATLAS OF

MEDIEVAL HISTORY, THE.. 11NEW PENGUIN ATLAS OF

RECENT HISTORY, THE ..... 11NEW PENGUIN HISTORY OF

THE WORLD, THE ............... 11NEW SPANIARDS, THE ........... 20NEW YORK

MAPGUIDE, THE ................. 23NEW YORK TIMES

ALMANAC 2011 ................. 19NEXT HUNDRED

MILLION, THE ...................... 24Nichols, Peter ........................... 13Nicolson, Adam ....................... 209/11 WARS, THE ..........................3NO BAD NEWS FOR

THE KING .............................. 27NUMBER ..................................... 30

OOBLIQUITY ...................................4OCEAN OF LIFE, THE .............. 17OConner, Patricia T. ................ 30ODYSSEY OF KP2, THE ........... 17OFF THE GRID ........................... 25OIL! ............................................... 13OIL AND ICE .............................. 13Ojito, Mirta ................................ 22Oldale, John .............................. 19OLD WAYS, THE ........................ 20OMNIVORES DILEMMA, THE ..8ON ARGENTINA ....................... 22OPTIMIST’S TOUR OF

THE FUTURE, AN ................ 13OPUS VINO ...................................7ORACLE, THE............................. 20ORDINARY MAN, AN .............. 29OREGON TRAIL, THE ............... 16Ostler, Jeffrey............................ 26OUR PATCHWORK NATION .. 23Ovenden, Mark ........................ 14Owen, David ............................. 18Ozeki, Ruth ...................................8

PPaglen, Trevor .............................4Palast, Greg ............................... 13Palmer, Alan .............................. 21Pappalardo, Joe ..........................8PARADISE BUILT IN HELL, A ....6

PARIS ........................................... 21PARIS MAPGUIDE, THE .......... 21PARIS UNDERGROUND ......... 15Parkman, Jr., Francis ............... 16PASSING STRANGE ................. 25Pauketat, Timothy R. .............. 26PENGUIN ATLAS OF AFRICAN

HISTORY, THE ............... 11, 29PENGUIN ATLAS OF MODERN

HISTORY (TO 1815), THE.. 11PENGUIN ATLAS OF WOMEN

IN THE WORLD, THE .............4PENGUIN ATLAS OF WORLD

HISTORY, THE ...................... 10PENGUIN DICTIONARY

OF ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, THE ........ 15

PENGUIN DICTIONARY OF ECONOMICS, THE ....... 30

PENGUIN DICTIONARY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, THE ....................3

PENGUIN HISTORICAL ATLAS OF: ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS.. 11 ANCIENT GREECE .............. 11 ANCIENT ROME.. ................ 11 THE BIBLE LANDS ............... 11 THE BRITISH EMPIRE ........ 20 THE MEDIEVAL WORLD ... 11 THE VIKINGS ........................ 11

PENGUIN HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA, THE.. 23

PENGUIN LONDON MAPGUIDE, THE ................. 21

PENGUIN MAP OF THE WORLD, THE ........ 19

PENGUIN STATE OF THE WORLD ATLAS, THE .............4

PENTAGONS NEW MAP, THE ..3Perdue, Theda .......................... 26Perec, Georges ......................... 30Perkins, John ...............................4PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF

A JOURNEY TO THE EQUINOCTAL REGIONS OF THE NEW CONTINENT ..... 16

Peters, Jack W. .......................... 30Pevsner, Nikolaus .................... 15Philbrick, Nathaniel ......... 16, 24Philbrick, Thomas ................... 24Phillips, Cassandra .................. 18Phillips, Kevin ..............................5Pinchbeck, Daniel ................... 30Pinker, Steven .............................6PIRATE OF EXQUISITE

MIND, A ................................. 11Pirello, Christina .........................8PLACE OF MY OWN, A ..............6PLACES LEFT UNFINISHED AT

THE TIME OF CREATION .. 25PLASTIC OCEAN ...................... 18PLENITUDE ...................................5Plotkin, Mark J., Ph.D. ............ 22POCKET ROUGH GUIDE:

AMSTERDAM ...................... 21 ATHENS ................................. 21 BARCELONA ........................ 21 BERLIN ................................... 21 HONG KONG ....................... 28 LISBON .................................. 21 LONDON............................... 21 MADRID ................................ 21 MARRAKESH ....................... 29 NEW YORK CITY ................. 26 PARIS ...................................... 21 PRAGUE ................................ 21 ROME ..................................... 21 VENICE .................................. 21

POISONER’S HANDBOOK, THE.. ............. 23

Pollack, Henry, Ph.D. .............. 16Pollan, Michael ...................... 6, 8Pollard, Justin ........................... 11Polly, Matthew ......................... 27Polo, Marco ............................... 27Ponting, Clive ........................... 16Popkin, Barry ...............................9POSTWAR .................................. 10

Powell, John Wesley............... 17POX .................................................9Preston, Diana .......................... 11Preston, Michael ..................... 11Primack, Gretchen .....................7PRIVATE EMPIRE ...................... 12Pyne, Lydia V. ...............................6Pyne, Stephen J. ..................6, 24

QQUEST, THE ............................... 18QUICKSAND .............................. 30

RRABID .............................................9RAGGED EDGE OF

THE WORLD, THE ............... 19RAILWAY MAPS OF

THE WORLD......................... 14Rashid, Ahmed ........................ 28Rathbone, John Paul ............. 23REAL STATE OF AMERICA

ATLAS, THE .......................... 23REBEL LAND .............................. 29Rediker, Marcus ....................... 29Reece, Erik ................................. 17Reid, Howard ............................ 11Reid, T. R. ................................9, 21Reisner, Marc ............................ 17Rifkin, Jeremy .................... 18, 21Rigney, Matt ............................. 18Riley, Jason L. ........................... 25RIME OF THE MODERN

MARINER, THE .................... 16RISE AND FALL OF

ALEXANDRIA, THE ............. 11ROANOKE .................................. 24Roberts, Callum ....................... 17Roberts, J. M. ............................ 11Roberts, Robert ....................... 15Rodriguez, Richard ................. 23Rogozinski, Jan ........................ 23Rong, Jiang ............................... 28Rosen, Nick ............................... 25Rosenthal, Willow ................... 14Rosen, William.............................9Rose, Sarah ................................ 28Ross, Carne ...................................4Ross, Dennis ............................. 30Rossi, Melissa........................5, 30Rothfeder, Jeffrey.................... 17Roubini, Nouriel .........................5ROUGH GUIDE

ANDALUCÕA & COSTA DEL SOL MAP 2, THE ........ 21

ROUGH GUIDE BRUSSELS MAP 2, THE ..... 21

ROUGH GUIDE CRETE MAP 2, THE............. 21

ROUGH GUIDE CROATIA MAP 2, THE ....... 21

ROUGH GUIDE DUBLIN MAP 3, THE .......... 20

ROUGH GUIDE FLORENCE AND SIENA MAP 2, THE ... 21

ROUGH GUIDE IRELAND MAP 2, THE ....... 20

ROUGH GUIDE LONDON MAP 3, THE ....... 20

ROUGH GUIDE LOS ANGELES MAP 2, THE.. 26

ROUGH GUIDE NEW YORK CITY MAP 3, THE .... 26

ROUGH GUIDE SICILY MAP 2, THE ............. 21

ROUGH GUIDE SOUTH AFRICA MAP 2, THE .......... 29

ROUGH GUIDE TO CLIMATE CHANGE 2, THE .................. 16

ROUGH GUIDE TO THE USA, THE ...................... 26

ROUGH GUIDE WASHINGTON DC MAP, THE ....................... 26

ROUGH GUIDE YUCATÁN PENINSULA MAP 2, THE .. 23

Roux, Georges .......................... 30

Rowlandson, Mary .......... 24, 25Roy, Arundhati ......................... 28Rugoff, Milton .......................... 27Rusesabagina, Paul ................ 29Rybczynski, Witold ....................6

SSachs, Aaron ............................. 17Sachs, Jeffrey D. ..........................5SAFEWAY IN ARIZONA .......... 26SALT ................................................7SAMURAI WILLIAM ................. 27Sandweiss, Martha A. ............ 25Santos, John Phillip ................ 25Scarpa, Tiziano ......................... 21Scarre, Chris .............................. 11Schalansky, Judith .................. 19Schatzker, Mark ..........................8Schor, Juliet B. .............................5Scocca, Tom .............................. 28Scotti, R. A. ................................ 15SCRAMBLE FOR

CHINA, THE .......................... 10Seager, Joni ...........................4, 23SEA OF GLORY ......................... 16SEASON OF BLOOD ................ 29SEAWORTHY ............................. 19SECRET HISTORY OF THE

AMERICAN EMPIRE, THE ....4SEVEN TENTHS ......................... 15Shackleton, Ernest .................. 17SHADOWS AND WIND .......... 28SHADOWS AT DAWN ............. 24Shannon, Timothy J. .............. 26Shapiro, Laura .............................8SHAWNEES AND THE WAR

FOR AMERICA, THE ........... 26Shell, Ellen Ruppel .....................5Sherer, Thomas E., Jr. ............. 19Sherrill, Martha ........................ 28Shirky, Clay ................................ 13SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE

DESTRUCTION OF THE INDIES, A .............................. 10

Shrady, Nicholas...................... 21Siler, Julia Flynn ....................... 25Simontacchi, Carol N. ...............8Sims, Michael ........................... 30Sinclair, Upton ......................... 13Singer, P. W. ............................... 13Sipress, Alan ................................9SISSINGHURST, AN

UNFINISHED HISTORY ..... 20SLAVE SHIP, THE ....................... 29Smith, Dan ...................................4Smith, Jane S. ........................... 13Smith, Laurence C. ................. 19SNOW LEOPARD, THE ............ 27Snyder, Timothy ...................... 10Solnit, Rebecca ...........................6Somerville, Christopher ....... 20Sommers, Brian J. ................... 13SONGLINES, THE ........................5SOUTH ........................................ 17SPECIES OF SPACES AND

OTHER PIECES .................... 30Spurlock, Morgan ......................8Stafford, Ed................................ 23Starobin, Paul ..............................5STEAK .............................................8Stegner, Page ........................... 25Stegner, Wallace ............... 17, 25Steinbeck, John ....................... 25Stevenson, Mark ..................... 13Stevenson, Seth ...................... 19STORY OF EARTH, THE .......... 10STORY OF ENGLISH, THE .........6STRANGE MAPS ....................... 19Straus III, Roger ........................ 13STRAWBERRY FIELDS ............. 20SUGAR KING OF

HAVANA, THE ...................... 23SUNFLOWERS ..............................8SWEETNESS AND POWER .......8

TTALES OF A SHAMAN’S

APPRENTICE ........................ 22TASTE OF WAR, THE ...................7Taylor, Alan ................................ 25Templer, Robert ....................... 28TEMPTATION ................................5Thesiger, Wilfred ..................... 30THIEF AT THE END OF THE

WORLD, THE ................. 12, 22THINKING THE TWENTIETH

CENTURY .............................. 10THIS INDIAN COUNTRY ......... 10THOUSAND SPLENDID

SUNS, A ................................. 27THRESHOLD .................................4Timberg, Craig ............................9Timmer, Reed ........................... 17TINDERBOX ..................................9Tobar, Héctor ............................ 25TOO HIGH TO FAIL .....................3TRANSIT MAPS OF

THE WORLD......................... 14TRANSLATION NATION ......... 25TRAVELS OF MARCO

POLO, THE ............................ 27TRAVELS OF SIR JOHN

MANDEVILLE, THE ............. 10TRAVELS, THE (Marco Polo).. 27TREE WHERE MAN WAS

BORN, THE ..............................6TRISTES TROPIQUES ............... 22TRIUMPH OF THE CITY .......... 14Truss, Lynne .............................. 30Turchin, Peter ..............................6TURKS TODAY, THE ................. 30TURN RIGHT AT MACHU

PICCHU ................................. 22Twain, Mark..................................5TWAIN’S FEAST ...........................72012........... .................................. 30TWINKIE, DECONSTRUCTED ..7Tyler-Lewis, Kelly ..................... 17

UUlin, David L. ............................ 25UNDERDOGS, THE .................. 22UNDER THE SEA-WIND.......... 15UNFAMILIAR FISHES............... 25UNFINISHED GLOBAL

REVOLUTION, THE ................4UNITED STATES OF

EUROPE, THE ....................... 21UNITED STATES OF

WAL-MART, THE ................. 23URANIUM................................... 13UTTERMOST PART

OF THE EARTH .................... 15

VVan Dusen, Hugh .................... 13VANISHED KINGDOMS .......... 20VENICE ........................................ 21VENICE IS A FISH ..................... 21Verhovek, Sam Howe ............ 13Vollmann, William ................... 25Vowell, Sarah ............................ 25VULTURES’ PICNIC ................... 13

WWade, Nicholas ...........................6Waisman, Sergio ..................... 22WALKING THE AMAZON ....... 23WALKING WITH THE

COMRADES ......................... 28WAL-MART EFFECT, THE ..........3WAR AND PEACE AND WAR ...6WAR MADE NEW ..................... 12Wasik, Bill ...............................9, 13Watson, Stephen ..................... 29Wawro, Geoffrey ..................... 30Werthman, Thom .................... 19West, Rebecca .......................... 21

WHAT EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST ............. 30

WHAT EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF THE WORLD.. 5

WHEN CHINA RULES THE WORLD............................4

WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM ....................... 12

WHERE THE LIGHTNING STRIKES ................................. 24

WHITE MANS BURDEN, THE ...3WHOLE EARTH DISCIPLINE.. 15WHY AFRICA IS POOR ..............4WILD PLACES, THE .................. 16Williamson, Edwin .................. 23Williams, Terrie M. ................... 17Willrich, Michael .........................9Wilson, Charles ...........................7WINE TO WATER ....................... 17WINNING THE WAR ON WAR ..3WIRED FOR WAR ...................... 13WOE IS I ...................................... 30WOLF TOTEM............................ 28WOLF WILLOW ......................... 25WOOD ......................................... 12Woodard, Colin ................. 13, 26Woodward, Hobson ............... 11WORKS, THE .............................. 14WORLD IN 2050, THE ............. 19WORLD IS FAT, THE ....................9WORLD OF CURIOSITIES, A.. 19WORLD WITHOUT ICE, A ...... 16WORST JOURNEY IN THE

WORLD, THE ........................ 15Wright, John W. ....................... 19WRITING NEW YORK .............. 14

YYergin, Daniel ........................... 18YOU’RE NOT A

COUNTRY, AFRICA! ........... 28

ZZeppa, Jamie ............................ 28Zoellner, Tom .............. 13, 26, 29

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