Data entry clerk by day, war nerd by night, Gary Brecher provides a completely unvarnished perspective on warfare in this collection of opinionated, enraging, enlightening, and entertaining gonzo essays.

“He . . . makes the better–known war commentator–humorists P. J. O’Rourke and Fred Reed sound like editorials in the Christian Science Monitor.” —Steve Sailer

SOFT SKULL PRESS | 978-0-97966-368-0 | Trade Paper | $15.95

“Vanishing America is Jim Conaway at his journalistic and insightful best. He makes his points about what is happening to our country in ways that touch, involve, move. He gets the connection between what is happening to places physically and to people sensually . . . Nobody tells the stories and cries out the concerns better than Jim Conaway.”
—Jim Lehrer

COUNTERPOINT | 978-59376-128-8 | Cloth | $24.95

Reproduce and Revolt collects the work of dozens of important political artists. Both a striking collection of images and a graphic toolbox for political activists, this book contains over four hundred illustrations and graphics covering issues such as war, the environment, immigration, the media, feminism, queer liberalism, anti-authoritarianism, and police brutality.

SOFT SKULL PRESS | 978-0-97966-361-1 | Trade Paper | $19.95

How do young black fathers relate to their children, as well as to their own fathers? Be a Father to Your Child fleshes out historical, sociological, and cultural contexts, examining the impact of welfare, child support, criminal justice, and employment policies on young men of color. In addition to this analytical material, the book includes poems and lyrics, short stories, and interviews.

SOFT SKULL PRESS | 978-1-59376-192-9 | Trade Paper | $17.95

Guardian senior foreign correspondent Jonathan Steele provides a stark explanation for the Coalition’s political defeat in Iraq, describing the failures of political intelligence that allowed the experiences of the Iraqi people to be ignored by Western policymakers. Blending vivid reportage, informed analysis, and sweeping historical narrative, Defeat is the definitive anatomy of this horrendous catastrophe.

COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-403-2 | Cloth | $26.00

Not only a “how to” but also a “why to,” Dam Nation is timely and pressing because “[t]he politics of water—as this brilliant anthology makes clear—are the politics of human survival. Read this, and believe me, you’ll never flush with the same equanimity again.” —Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz

SOFT SKULL PRESS | 978-1-932360-80-6 | Trade Paper Original | $19.95