Environment and Science

• Carson, Rachel, SILENT SPRING
• Diamond, Jared, COLLAPSE
• Flannery, Tim, THE WEATHER MAKERS : HOW MAN IS CHANGING THE CLIMATE AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR LIFE ON EARTH
• Freese, Barbara, COAL: A HUMAN HISTORY
• Goodell, Jeff, BIG COAL: THE DIRTY SECRET BEHIND AMERICA'S ENERGY FUTURE
• Gore, Al, EARTH IN THE BALANCE
• Heinberg, Richard, THE PARTY'S OVER: OIL, WAR AND THE FATE OF INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES
• Hertsgaard, Mark, EARTH ODYSSEY: AROUND THE WORLD IN SEARCH OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL FUTURE
• Kennedy, Robert F. Jr., CRIMES AGAINST NATURE, THE RIVERKEEPERS, JUDGE FRANK M. JOHNSON, JR: A BIOGRAPHY
• Kolbert, Elizabeth, FIELD NOTES FROM A CATASTROPHE
• Leopold, Aldo, 1966, A SAND COUNTY ALMANAC WITH OTHER ESSAYS ON CONSERVATION
• Lomborg, Bjorn, THE SKEPTICAL ENVIRONMENTALIST: MEASURING THE REAL STATE OF THE WORLD
• Maathai, Wangari, THE GREEN BELT MOVEMENT: SHARING THE APPROACH AND THE EXPERIENCE
• Suzuki, David, THE SACRED BALANCE
• Williams, Terry Tempest, REFUGE: AN UNNATURAL HISTORY OF FAMILY AND PLACE
• Wilson, Diane, AN UNREASONABLE WOMAN
• Wilson, Edward, THE FUTURE OF LIFE

  Christian Environmentalism

• Beisner, E. Calvin, WHERE GARDEN MEETS WILDERNESS: EVANGELICAL ENTRY INTO THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEBATE
• Cronon, William, 1996, UNCOMMON GROUND: RETHINKING THE HUMAN PLACE IN NATURE
• Dawkins, Richard, THE ANCESTOR'S TALE, THE SELFISH GENE, THE EXTENDED PHENOTYPE, THE BLIND WATCHMAKER, RIVER OUT OF EDEN, CLIMBING MOUNT IMPROBABLE, UNWEAVING THE RAINBOW, A DEVIL'S CHAPLAIN
• Dreher, Rod, CRUNCY CONS: HOW BIRKENSTOCKED BURKEANS, GUN-LOVING ORGANIC GARDENERS, EVANGELICAL FREE-RANGE FARMERS, HIP HOMESCHOOLING MAMAS, RIGHT-WING NATURE LOVERS, ... AMERICA (OR AT LEAST THE REPUBLICAN PARTY)
• Gottlieb, Roger, A GREENER FAITH: RELIGIOUS ENVIRONMENTALISM AND OUR PLANT'S FUTURE (PUB. BY OXFORD UNIV PRESS)
• Robinson, Tri, SAVING GOD'S GREEN EARTH
• Shellenberger, Michael and Ted Nordhaus, THE DEATH OF ENVIRONMENTALISM
• Sleeth, Matthew, SAVE THE PLANET, SERVE GOD, Chelsea Green Publishing Company

  News, Media, and Technology

• Alterman, Eric, WHAT LIBERAL MEDIA? THE TRUTH ABOUT BIAS AND THE NEWS
• Auletta, Ken, BACKSTORY: INSIDE THE BUSINESS OF NEWS
• Bagdikian, Ben THE NEW MEDIA MONOPOLY
• Baker, Edwin C MEDIA, MARKETS, AND DEMOCRACY (COMMUNICATION, SOCIETY AND POLITICS)
• Cohen, Elliot D NEWS INCORPORATED: CORPORATE MEDIA OWNERSHIP AND ITS THREAT TO DEMOCRACY
• Doyle, Gillian MEDIA OWNERSHIP: CONCENTRATION, CONVERGENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY
• Drew, Elizabeth, CORRUPTION OF AMERICAN POLITICS: WHAT WENT WRONG AND WHY
• Dutton, William and William H. Dutton, DIGITAL ACADEME: NEW MEDIA IN EDUCATION AND LEARNING
• Fallows, James BREAKING THE NEWS: HOW THE MEDIA UNDERMINE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY (VINTAGE)
• Gillmor, Dan WE THE MEDIA: GRASSROOTS JOURNALISM BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE
• Hamilton, James T. ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO SELL: HOW THE MARKET TRANSFORMS INFORMATION INTO NEWS
• amieson, Kathleen Hall, and Paul Waldman, THE PRESS EFFECT: POLITICIANS, JOURNALISTS, AND THE STORIES THAT SHARE THE POLITICAL WORLD
• Magdikian, Ben H., THE NEW MEDIA MONOPLOY
• McChesney, Robert, THE PROBLEM OF THE MEDIA: U.S. COMMUNICATIONS POLITICS IN THE 21ST CENTURY and THE FUTURE OF MEDIA: RESISTANCE AND REFORM IN THE 21ST CENTURY
• Meyer, Phillip THE VANISHING NEWSPAPER: SAVING JOURNALISM IN THE INFORMATION AGE
• Mindich, David T. TUNED OUT: WHY AMERICANS UNDER 40 DON'T FOLLOW THE NEWs
• Nichols, John and Robert McChesney, OUR MEDIA, NOT THEIRS: THE DEMOCRATIC STRUGGLE AGAINST CORPORATE MEDIA
• Sifry, Micah and Nancy Watzman, IS THAT A POLITICIAN IN YOUR POCKET: WASHINGTON ON $2 MILLION A DAY
• Sirota, David, HOSTILE TAKEOVER: HOW BIG MONEY AND CORRUPTION CONQUERED OUT GOVERNMENT-AND HOW WE TAKE IT BACK
• Trippi, Joe, THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED: DEMOCRACY, THE INTERNET AND THE OVERTHROW OF EVERYTHING
• Viguerie, Richard and David Franke, AMERICA'S RIGHT TURN: HOW THE CONSERVATIVES USED NEW AND ALTERNATIVE MEDIA TO TAKE POWER
• Zolli, Andrew, TECHTV'S CATALOG OF TOMORROW

  Politics/Campaign Reform

• Birnbaum, Jeffrey, THE LOBBYISTS: HOW INFLUENCE PEDDLERS WORK THEIR WAY IN WASHINGTON
• Birnbaum, Jeffrey, THE MONEY MEN: THE REAL STORY OF FUND-RAISING'S INFLUENCE ON POLITICAL POWER
• Blaker, Kimberly, THE FUNDAMENTALS OF EXTREMISM: THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT IN AMERICA
• Boston, Rob, THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA?: PAT ROBERTSON AND THE RISE OF THE CHRISTIAN COALITION (is this too one-sided?)
• Continett, Matthew, The K Street Gang: The Rise and Fall of the Republican Machine.
• Friedman, Milton, WHY GOVERNMENT IS THE PROBLEM (Essays in Public Policy)
• Goldstein, Kenneth M., INTEREST GROUPS, LOBBYING & PARTICIPATION IN AMERICA
• Magleby, David B., THE OTHER CAMPAIGN: SOFT MONEY AND ISSUE ADVOCACY IN THE 2000 CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS
• Malbin, Michael (editor), THE ELECTION AFTER REFORM: MONEY, POLITICS, AND THE BI-PARTISAN CAMPAIGN REFORM ACT
• Ornstein, Norman and Thomas Marr, THE BROKEN BRANCH: HOW CONGRESS IS FAILING AMERICA AND HOW TO GET IT BACK ON TRACK
• Phillips, Kevin, AMERICAN THEOCRACY: THE PERIL AND POLITICS OF RADICAL RELIGION, OIL, AND BORROWED MONEY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
• " Safire, William, Before the Fall: An Inside View of the Pre-Watergate White House
• Schneider, J., CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM AND THE FAILURE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
• Smith, Bradley, UNFREE SPEECH: THE FALLACY OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
• Smith, Rodney, MONEY, POWER & ELECTIONS: HOW CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM SUBVERTS AMERICAN DEMOCRACY