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…
Programming for Musicians and Digital Artists: Creating Music with ChucK
The open-source music language ChucK is designed for digital musicians. Programming for Musicians and Digital Artists: Creating Music with ChucK…
Lens of War: Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil War
Lens of War: Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil War is an eclectic collection of essays that each meditate upon…
Doctored Images
After Dr. Bo Richards saves the life of a drug mule dying from a leaking cocaine packet, he quickly becomes…
Moore’s Law: The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley’s Quiet Revolutionary
Our world today has been profoundly shaped by the technology of silicon transistors. Gordon Moore, a young chemist turned entrepreneur…
Host of Memories: Tales of Inevitable Happenstance
Peter Rupert Lighte *81, the founding chairman of J.P. Morgan Chase Bank China, chronicles his sheltered Jewish upbringing in New…
Ask the Author: Jodi Picoult '87
Bestselling author Jodi Picoult ’87 answers questions from alumni this month. Her young-adult novel Off the Page, written with her…
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…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…