Books

Reverend Joseph Ingle. He directs the Southern Coalition on Jails and Prisons and ministers to death row inmates. "Last Rights," published by Abingdon.

Journalist Elisabeth Bumiller (pronounced BUE-mill-er). Her new book, "May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons," examines the repressive life of many women in India today. It's published by Random House.

Author Art Davidson. A former planning director for the state of Alaska, Davidson has been a long-time opponent of the Alaska pipeline. He's just written an expose of the events that led to last summer's oil spill. The book's called "In The Wake of the Exxon Valdez: The Devastating Impact of the Alaska Oil Spill." It's published by Sierra Club books.

Veteran journalist Dusko Doder. Doder and co-author Louise Branson have just written a comprehensive biography of Mikhail Gorbachev, titled, "Gorbachev: Heretic In the Kremlin." It's published by Viking. Dusko Doder is the former Moscow Bureau chief for the Washington Post. Branson covered the Soviet Union for the Sunday Times of London.

Freelance journalist Robert Draper. He's just written a profile of America's leading rock magazine, titled "Rolling Stone Magazine: The Uncensored History." It's published by Doubleday.

Political journalist Christopher Hitchens. His latest book, "Blood, Class, and Nostalgia," looks at the ironic relationship between America and Great Britain.

Comedian David Brenner. He's written a new book about the pitfalls of traveling.

Teacher Jessica Siegel and reporter Samuel Freedman. Freedman wrote an account of a year in Siegel's classroom.

Art critic and philosopher Arthur Danto. His latest collection of essays is called "Encounters and Reflections." It's published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.

Journalist James Adams. He's the Defense Correspondent and Associate Editor of The Sunday Times of London. His new book on the arms race is "Engines of War: Merchants of Death and the New Arms Race."