CURRENT PUBLICATIONS

Truth or Truthiness: Distinguishing Fact from Fiction by Learning to Think Like a Data Scientist
Conflicting claims about data appear in the media every day, so how can people figure out what is right? Using…
Breaking the Male Code: Unlocking the Power of Friendship
For much of the past century, says Rob Garfield ’67, men have operated under the rules of the Male Code…
Meeting China Halfway: How to Diffuse the Emerging U.S.-China Rivalry
In Meeting China Halfway: How to Defuse the Emerging U.S.-China Rivalry, Lyle J. Goldstein *02 tackles the ever-rising tensions in…
The Tycoon’s Ambassadors: Captain Du Pont and the Japanese Embassy of 1860
In 1860, a delegation of 76 Japanese men traveled to the United States on an ambassadorial mission. They were the…
Windward Calm
George Harris’ latest novel, Windward Calm, follows police chief Richard Widemarch as he searches for a missing girl. The only…
Impersonation
Impersonation is a collection of poetry written over the course of 10 years as Joy (formerly Jay) Ladin *00 transitioned…
Walking Distance: Pilgrimage, Parenthood, Grief, and Home Repairs
To strengthen their marriage and prepare them for parenthood, David Hlavsa ’84 and his wife, Lisa, walk the Camino de…
The Literary Churchill: Author, Reader, Actor
In The Literary Churchill: Author, Reader, Actor, Jonathan Rose ’74 examines British prime minister Winston Churchill from a fresh perspective…
Byzantine Art and Italian Panel Painting: The Virgin and Child Hodegetria and the Art of Chrysography
In this study of medieval painting in the 13th century, Jaroslav Folda ’62 discusses the transformation of the Virgin as…
Daguerreotypes: Fugitive Subjects, Contemporary Objects
By examining photography as articulated in literature, film, and graphic novels, Daguerreotypes: Fugitive Subjects, Contemporary Objects demonstrates how in many…
Contested Treasure: Jews and Authority in the Crown of Aragon
In Contested Treasure: Jews and Authority in the Crown of Aragon, Thomas Barton ’98 examines how the Jews in Spain…
“Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death”: The Impact of America’s First Climate Crisis
As the result of a volcanic eruption halfway around the world, New England suffered a series of calamitous cold spells…
Reforming Sodom: Protestants and the Rise of Gay Rights
In Reforming Sodom: Protestants and the Rise of Gay Rights, Heather R. White *07 challenges the usual picture of perennial…
The New Parkinson’s Disease Treatment Book: Partnering with Your Doctor to Get the Most from Your Medications
J. Eric Ahlskog *73 has published the second edition of The New Parkinson’s Disease Treatment Book: Partnering with Your Doctor…
Federal Justice in the Mid-Atlantic South: United States Courts from Maryland to the Carolinas, 1836-1861
Federal Justice in the Mid-Atlantic South by Peter Fish ’60 traces the antebellum development and performance of the federal judiciary…
Martial Bliss: The Story of The Military Bookman
In the seedy New York City of 1976, Wall Street refugee Harris Colt ’57 founded and ran a specialty antiquarian…
Midnight’s Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition
The liberation of India and the birth of Pakistan were supposed to be the answer to the dreams of Muslims…
Defining Duty in the Civil War: Personal Choice, Popular Culture, and the Union Home Front
As Northern civilians struggled to understand their role in the Civil War that was being fought hundreds of miles away…
