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The Foundation: A Great American Secret: How Private Wealth is Changing the World Joel L. Fleishman Perseus Publishing Hardcover, 384pp $27.95 Foundations are a peculiarly American institution. They have been the dynamo of social change since their invention at the beginning of the last century. Yet they are cloaked in secrecy- their decision-making and operations are inscrutable to the point of obscurity-leaving them substantially unaccountable to anyone. The baby boomer generation is going to participate in the largest transfer of wealth in history when it passes on its assets to its successor generation. The third sector is about to become more powerful than ever. This book shows how foundations can provide a vital spur to the engine of the American, and the world's, economy-if they are properly established and run.	The Buzzword Dictionary: 1,000 Phrases Translated from Pompous to English John Walston Marion Street Press Softcover, 230p $12.95 Pompous jargon pervades English these days, from corporate speak to silly legalisms. This lighthearted look at how English is being mangled reveals the underlying meaning, as well as the attitudes behind the meaning, of over 1,000 buzzwords. Readers will discover that "learning opportunity" is a nice way of saying "mistake;" a "lawn mullet" is a yard that's neatly trimmed out front but growing long in the back; and a "meanderthal" is someone who has a hard time getting to the point when telling a story. Accompanied by 15 illustrated cartoons, this comical look at language shows how combining words can give way to new meanings.
Fighting for Air: The Battle to Control America's Media Eric Klinenberg Henry Holt Hardcover, 339pp $26.00 Fighting For Air is a groundbreaking investigative work by a critically acclaimed sociologist on the corporate takeover of local news and what it means for all Americans. Such "big media" may not be here to stay, however. Fighting for Air delivers a call to action, revealing a rising generation of new media activists and citizen journalists--a coalition of liberals and conservatives--who are demanding and even creating the local coverage they need and deserve.	The Covenant with Black America Tavis Smiley Third World Press Softcover, 254p $12.00 Six years’ worth of symposiums come together in this rich collection of essays that plot a course for African Americans, explaining how individuals and households can make changes that will immediately improve their circumstances in areas ranging from health and education to crime reduction and financial well-being. Addressing these pressing concerns are contributors Dr. David Satcher, former U.S. surgeon general; Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights; Angela Glover Blackwell, founder of the research think tank PolicyLink; and Cornell West, professor of religion at Princeton University.
The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq Rory Stewart Harcourt Hardcover, 416pp $25.00 Stewart chronicles his 11 months of negotiating hostage releases, holding elections, and splicing together some semblance of an infrastructure in an impoverished region of southern Iraq.	Take This Job and Ship It: How Corporate Greed and Brain Dead Politics Are Selling Out America Sen. Byron Dorgan St. Martin's Press Hardcover, 288p $24.95 As big companies move their jobs to China, sell their products through the Cayman Islands to avoid taxes, they undermine American workers and threaten our future. For some commentators, they world may seem "flat," but Senator Byron L. Dorgan knows better. With both barrels blazing, the senator from North Dakota contends in this forceful and provocative book that while exporting jobs may be good for the giant corporations, it is a disaster for America as a whole.
American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century Kevin Phillips Penguin Group Hardcover, 480p $26.95 From Ancient Rome to the British Empire, Phillips demonstrates that every world-dominating power has been brought down by a related set of causes: a lethal combination of global over- reach, militant religion, resource problems, and ballooning debt. If left unchecked, the same forces will bring a debt- bloated, preachy, energy-starved America to its knees.	Offshore: The Dark Side of the Global Economy William Brittain-Catlin Picador USA Softcover, 288pp $15.00 A revealing-and chilling-exposé on the hidden side of global wealth and power Offshore is an unprecedented exploration of perhaps the most mysterious aspect of global society today-and one of the most provocative books about money and business to appear in the decade since the age of globalization began.
The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad Fareed Zakaria W W Norton Hardcover, 256p $24.95 At a time when democracy is transcendent, the one political system whose legitimacy is unquestioned, this deeply important book points out the tensions between democracy and freedom. It ranges widely through the past and present to remind us that we can have too much of a good thing.	Longitudes and Attitudes: The World in the Age of Terrorism Thomas L. Friedman Farrar, Straus and Giroux Hardcover, 400pp $26.00 Longitudes and Attitudes is made up of the columns Friedman has published about September 11, the most momentous news story of our time, as well as a diary of his private experiences and reflections during his reporting on the post-September 11 world, as the author travels from Afghanistan to Israel to Europe to Indonesia to Saudi Arabia.
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America Barbara Ehrenreich Henry Holt Softcover, 240pp $13.00 Nickel and Dimed reveals low-wage America in all its tenacity, anxiety, and surprising generosity -- a land of Big Boxes, fast food, and a thousand desperate stratagems for survival. Read it for the smoldering clarity of Ehrenreich's perspective and for a rare view of how "prosperity" looks from the bottom.	Strength for the Journey: Biblical Wisdom for Daily Living Peter J. Gomes Harper Collins Hardcover, 303pp $24.95 Strength for the Journey features twenty-two of Peter Gomes' stirring addresses dealing with themes of daily life such as commitment, death, happiness, innocence, patriotism, and struggle; and eighteen sermons focusing on the seasons of the liturgical year.