CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
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…
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 Constitution: An Introduction
In a political climate where the Affordable Care Act, the right of marriage, and NSA surveillance are hot-button issues, constitutional…
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…
Where the West Ends
In 1841, mountain man Jesse Tipps has a near-fatal encounter with hostile Indians on his way to California. While recuperating…
Read the Room for Real: How a Simple Technology Creates Better Meetings
Targeted toward trainers, facilitators, and meeting planners, Read the Room: How a Simple Technology Creates Better Meetings shows how audience-response…
Roller Derby Rivals
Roller Derby Rivals is a children’s nonfiction picture book about the legendary roller derby rivalry between Midge “Toughie” Brashun and…
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…
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…
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…
Chapel on the Moor
Frank Dole meets an otherworldly young woman on his usual morning fishing trip. What follows is a virtual treasure hunt…
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…
Tradition and the Formation of the Talmud
Focusing on the Babylonian Talmud produced in late ancient Mesopotamia, Moulie Vidas analyzes key passages to show how the Talmud’s…
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…