Citizens Rising: Independent Journalism and the Spread of Democracy

By David Hoffman
CUNY Journalism Press

"The most optimistic and well argued book on the new media in decades."
-- Ahmed Rashid, author of Taliban

Fair Food: Growing a Healthy, Sustainable Food System for All

By Oran Hesterman
PublicAffairs

"An important, accessible book on a crucial subject. Food for thought and action."
-- New York Times

Toward a More Perfect University

By Jonathan R. Cole, Provost and Dean of the Faculties, Emeritus, Columbia University
PublicAffairs

"I can think of no one better than Jonathan Cole to lead the crucial discussion on the role of the American university as the preeminent seat of intellectual and technological innovation." -- Brian Greene, Ph.D., bestselling author of The Elegant Universe

The Great American University: Its Rise to Preeminence, Its Indispensable National Role and Why it Must be Protected

By Jonathan R. Cole, Provost and Dean of the Faculties, Emeritus, Columbia University
PublicAffairs

"Capacious, candid, and compelling . . . Cole explains the emergence of the research university; provides an eye-popping account of the discoveries made by professors in the last half century; and assesses the threats that place higher education in the United States at risk."
-- Boston Globe

In Our Prime: The Fascinating History and Promising Future of Middle Age

By Patricia Cohen
Scribner; New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

"A brilliant, wide-ranging book . . . Cohen's lively prose and thoughtful insights make this a joy to read."
-- Boston Globe

The Locavore's Dilemma: In Praise of the 10,000-Mile Diet

By Pierre Desrochers and Hiroko Shimizu
PublicAffairs

"The book's strength lies in the cheerful ruthlessness with which the authors challenge sloppy thinking, special pleading and the lazy logic that assumes that 'local' must be 'best'."
-- Nature

Feminism’s Forgotten Fight: The Unfinished Struggle for Work and Family

By Kirsten Swinth
Harvard University Press

"[A] smart, nimble corrective history of a rousing fight for societal equality"
-- Publisher’s Weekly

"Chronicles in careful detail the efforts by feminist activists both male and female to remold the structures of family and work life that had historically contributed to a thankless and even punishing existence for most women."
-- Ashley Fetters, The Atlantic