From surf music to the ice cream cone—a lively and eye-opening look at the little-known influence of Arab and Islamic culture on America, by the San Francisco Chronicle journalist

PAPERBACK ORIGINAL: A concise, paradigm-shifting strategy guide to achieving political impact via the progressive media

In the tradition of Adam Hochschild’s King Leopold’s Ghost, a major new historical exposé with haunting resonance for the present, by a journalist whose previous book was called “a book for the ages” by the Boston Globe

Now in paperback: A lavishly praised "lively history"  (Los Angeles Times) of Ramparts—the magazine that brought the New Left into American living rooms in the '60s and made an indelible imprint on American journalism

A new way of looking at our legal system-focused on the nexus of social science, race and the law – that takes the field of critical legal studies into the twenty-first century

Now in paperback: The captivating World War II–era political cartoons of Dr. Seuss alongside the work of legendary cartoonists Saul Steinberg, Al Hirschfeld, and others

In a masterful and wonderfully accessible book—think Freakonomics and The Tipping Point —economist Moshe Adler does for economics what Howard Zinn has done for American history

Mixing sharp political analysis and compelling lore, an eye-opening look at baseball’s relationship to American empire, from the revolutionary era to the present

The highly anticipated sequel to the bestselling Fires in the Bathroom - Filled with practical, honest advice from middle school students to their teachers

The long-awaited final volume in The New Press Postwar French Thought Series, with excerpts from key works of the leading postwar French philosophers, from Sartre to Lacan

Entertaining and illuminating literary selections that explore the ethical quandaries of the workplace, collected by the Pulitzer prize-winning author of the Moral Lives of Children

The untold story of a silent movement for economic justice—led by ordinary middle-class Americans who bend the rules to help the working poor

A bold and innovative argument that mass incarceration amounts to a devastating system of racial control, by a rising legal star

From the author Robert Lipsyte calls “The best young sportswriter in America”, a rollicking, rebellious, myth-busting history of sports in America that puts politics in the ring with pop culture

PAPERBACK ORIGINAL: Stories of insight and inspiration from twenty leaders and thinkers who have changed the world—including Howard Zinn, Amira Hass, and
Ron Dellums

A beautifully crafted portrait of the legendary Czech runner Emil Zátopek, by “the master magician of the contemporary french novel” (The Washington Post )

How to rescue public higher education in the United States, by the nationally known economist

The tortuous path from Nixon to Reagan—think Archie Bunker, Dog Day Afternoon, and Merle Haggard—in a major new work on the cultural and political history of the 1970s, from a prizewinning historian

Fifteen sparkling works of inside-out reportage—Harper's own house brand of "submersion journalism"—an unapologetically aggressive approach to reporting in an age of lies

A magisterial history of America’s ascent in the Middle East during and after World War II—the essential, untold backstory to America’s current predicament in the Middle East and in the world—by the eminent historian

A brilliant, pioneering book by acclaimed novelist and playwright Sarah Schulman about how homophobia within families affects and diminishes all of us

The key Office of Legal Counsel documents used to justify torture in the “War on Terror,” with an introduction from the country’s leading constitutional scholar and award-winning author David Cole 9/11

Why most of the wealth that is earned comes in the form of a "free lunch”—and why, logically, we must give most of it back to society as a result

A passionate call to justice from the figure Newsweek calls “one of the twelve most effective preachers in the English-speaking world”

A leading Muslim scholar and activist reclaims islam as a faith committed to progressive values and the movement for justice—the newest addition to the new press’s groundbreaking Whose Religion? Series

A powerful and timely exploration of this country’s public education goals, and how they are put into practice, by the award-winning author and educator

Winner of the Rachel Carson prize, an explosive exposé of the disturbing practices of the world’s most influential multinational agricultural corporation