Young Amish quilt-maker Rebecca Zook is resisting the Amish way of life, despite her love for her family and her…

Playboy was not just a magazine, but also came to embody a new lifestyle that took place in spaces such…

Focusing on the Babylonian Talmud produced in late ancient Mesopotamia, Moulie Vidas analyzes key passages to show how the Talmud’s…

In this memoir, Gowen recounts his childhood in Italy and his diverse career and travel experiences. A New York City…

Walter’s book is a collection of essays exploring the theme of sanctuaries in The Sketch Book. This volume, part of…

In this homage to 1950s pulp fiction, Lt. Rufus “Rocket” Crockett battles gangsters on the streets of Harlem, assassins in…

Roller Derby Rivals is a children’s nonfiction picture book about the legendary roller derby rivalry between Midge “Toughie” Brashun and…

Targeted toward trainers, facilitators, and meeting planners, Read the Room: How a Simple Technology Creates Better Meetings shows how audience-response…

Frank Dole meets an otherworldly young woman on his usual morning fishing trip. What follows is a virtual treasure hunt…

A combination travel manual and personal memoir, Voyages sails readers through exotic locations in the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, and the…

When it comes to the environment, argues Andrew S. Winston ’91, we have passed the economic tipping point: The weakening…

Jane Austen’s first novel, Northanger Abbey, with its intrepid 17-year-old heroine and gothic adventures, was relatively underappreciated until the 20th…

The Drama of DNA : Narrative Genomics uses narratives to bring to life the complexities of applying genomic technologies to…

In Traveling Back: Toward a Global Political Theory, Susan McWilliams *06 explores the tradition of political theorizing that speaks to…

In the first biography to be published since her 2004 death, Susan Sontag, one of America’s first celebrity intellectuals, is…

The life and reign of Queen Anne, the last Stuart monarch and daughter of James II, are examined in detail…

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) has been ratified by 187 countries, but…

In 1841, mountain man Jesse Tipps has a near-fatal encounter with hostile Indians on his way to California. While recuperating…