Encounter Books
Encounter Books is a publisher of conservative books. It describes itself as "an activity of Encounter for Culture and Education, a tax exempt, non profit corporation" - which describes itself as "an editor, publisher and distributor for books related to democratic society which have no traditional means of publication."[1]
Contents
Books Published by Encounter
Encounter has published books by:
- Kate Coleman's The Secret Wars of Judi Bari: A Car Bomb, the Fight for the Redwoods, and the End of Earth First!, January 2005. ISBN 1893554740
- Michael Fumento, Bio-Evolution: How Biotechnology Is Changing Our World, Encounter Books, October 2003.
- Jessica Gavora[2], Tilting the playing field... her book was funded by the John M. Olin Foundation[3]
- David Horowitz and Peter Collier, The Anti-Chomsky Reader;
- Frederick W. Kagan, Finding the Target: The Transformation of American Military Policy (2006)
- Robert Kagan and William Kristol, Present Dangers: Crisis and Opportunity in American Foreign and Defense Policy (2000)
- Myron Magnet, Manhattan Institute - The Dream and the Nightmare: The Sixties' Legacy to the Underclass (1999)
- Melanie Phillips, British columnist - The World Turned Upside Down: The Global Battle over God, Truth and Power (2010), Londonistan (2007)
- Ronald Radosh Commies: A Journey Through the Old Left, the New Left and the Leftover Left; and
- Debra Saunders The Hillary Trap and The World According to Gore;
- Wesley J. Smith, A Rat is a Pig is a Dog is a Boy: The Human Costs of the Animal Rights Movement (2010), Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America (2001).
- Roy W. Spencer, climate contrarian - Climate Confusion (2008), The Great Global Warming Blunder (2010), The Bad Science and Bad Policy of Obama's Global Warming Agenda (2010)
- Peter W. Wood, climate contrarian president of the National Association of Scholars - Diversity: The Invention of a Concept (2002), A Bee in the Mouth: Anger in America Now (2006)
Funding
According to Media Transparency Encounter for Culture Foundation has received over $4.6 million from a total of 70 grants from foundations between 1991 and 2002. [4]
Foundations that have supported Encounter include conservative foundations such as:
- John M. Olin Foundation
- Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation
- Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
- JM Foundation
- Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation [5]
- Philip M. McKenna Foundation
In 2003 the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation alone contributed $1,150,000 to Encounter Books from its "Intellectual Infrastructure" program.[6]
Personnel
- Roger Kimball Publisher (replaced Peter Collier in 2005)
- Nola Tully Director of Operations
- Cristina Guido Production and Acquisitions
- Lauren Powers Senior staff
Source: Encounter Books About Us page [7]
Contact details
Encounter Books
900 Broadway, Suite 400
New York, NY 10003
Phone: 212-871-6310
Toll free: 800-786-3839
Fax: 212-871-6311
Email: read AT encounterbooks.com
Web: http://www.encounterbooks.com
Contact Page: http://www.encounterbooks.com/contact/
Formerly in San Francisco
Former address, when Peter Collier was editor through ~2005 was:
- c/o Richard S. Gallagher
- 665 Third St Ste 330, San Francisco
Articles and resources
References
Related SourceWatch articles
External resources
- Media Transparency, "Encounter for Culture and Education, Inc", undated, accessed December 2004.
- The Bradley Foundation, "2003 Grants Awarded: Intellectual Infrastructure", 2003.
External articles
- Mike Sweeney, "The Right Wing Attacks Judi Bari", undated, accessed December 2004.
- The Nation, "The 'Right' Books and Big Ideas, by Eric Alterman, published November 22, 1999, accessed December 2004.
- Bill Berkowitz, "Kate Coleman and Encounter Books take on Bari, Earth First!, and the 'dead-enders' of the environmental movement", DissidentVoice, March 10, 2005.