CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
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…
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…
Impersonation
Impersonation is a collection of poetry written over the course of 10 years as Joy (formerly Jay) Ladin *00 transitioned…
Windward Calm
George Harris’ latest novel, Windward Calm, follows police chief Richard Widemarch as he searches for a missing girl. The only…
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…
The Constitution: An Introduction
In a political climate where the Affordable Care Act, the right of marriage, and NSA surveillance are hot-button issues, constitutional…
Submission and Subjection in Leviathan: Good Subjects in the Hobbesian Commonwealth
Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan imagined a commonwealth dominated by a notoriously powerful sovereign and populated by good citizens desperate to escape…
The Whale that Fell in Love with a Submarine
The Whale that Fell in Love with a Submarine is a collection of children’s stories set on August 15, 1945…
How Lions Hunt
When DJ Ricky De Wolfe, who has a hearing condition that often gets him into trouble, returns to London after…
The Birth of Theory
The contention that Hegel was the first to give us theory is supported in this new account of Hegel’s dialectic…
Equal Recognition: The Moral Foundations of Minority Rights
Asserting that traditional, nonmulticultural versions of liberalism are unsatisfactory, Equal Recognition: The Moral Foundations of Minority Rights explores several important…
Small Talk: Learning From My Children About What Matters Most
In Small Talk: Learning From My Children About What Matters Most, Amy Julia Becker ’98 mines day-to-day conversations with her…
Stone in the Crick
Young Amish quilt-maker Rebecca Zook is resisting the Amish way of life, despite her love for her family and her…
Pornotopia: An Essay on Playboy’s Architecture and Biopolitics
Playboy was not just a magazine, but also came to embody a new lifestyle that took place in spaces such…
Talk of Many Things
In this memoir, Gowen recounts his childhood in Italy and his diverse career and travel experiences. A New York City…
Sanctuaries in Washington Irving’s The Sketch Book
Walter’s book is a collection of essays exploring the theme of sanctuaries in The Sketch Book. This volume, part of…
Rocket Crockett and The Shanghai She-Devil
In this homage to 1950s pulp fiction, Lt. Rufus “Rocket” Crockett battles gangsters on the streets of Harlem, assassins in…
The Brand IDEA: Managing Nonprofit Brands with Integrity, Democracy, and Affinity
Drawing on interviews with more than 70 organizations, The Brand IDEA: Managing Nonprofit Brands with Integrity, Democracy, and Affinity explores…