CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
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…
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…
Defying Convention: U.S. Resistance to the UN Treaty on Women’s Rights
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) has been ratified by 187 countries, but…
Queen Anne: Patroness of Arts
The life and reign of Queen Anne, the last Stuart monarch and daughter of James II, are examined in detail…
Backroads Pragmatists: Mexico’s Melting Pot and Civil Rights in the United States
In Backroads Pragmatists: Mexico’s Melting Pot and Civil Rights in the United States, Ruben Flores ’94 highlights how efforts to…
Race to Revolution: The U.S. and Cuba during Slavery and Jim Crow
Historian Gerald Horne ’70’s Race to Revolution: The U.S. and Cuba during Slavery and Jim Crow ties together the stories…
In the Shadow of Velazquez: A Life in Art History
Originating from a series of six lectures delivered in 2012, In the Shadow of Velazquez is a witty examination of…
The Washingtons: A Family History
Beginning in 1657 with the arrival of John Washington — great-grandfather of George — in Westmoreland County, Va., this multi-volume…
Philanthropist
Wealthy San Franciscan Fred Klein accidentally kills a young woman the same day he learns he has high cholesterol. The…
The Adventures of Hermes, God of Thieves
The world of Greek mythology comes alive through 100 journeys taken by the precocious young god, Hermes, in his passage…
Voyages: Stories of Ten Sunsail Owner Cruises
A combination travel manual and personal memoir, Voyages sails readers through exotic locations in the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, and the…
The Big Pivot: Radically Practical Strategies for a Hotter, Scarcer, and More Open World
When it comes to the environment, argues Andrew S. Winston ’91, we have passed the economic tipping point: The weakening…
Northanger Abbey: An Annotated Edition
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
The Drama of DNA : Narrative Genomics uses narratives to bring to life the complexities of applying genomic technologies to…
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…
Susan Sontag: A Biography
In the first biography to be published since her 2004 death, Susan Sontag, one of America’s first celebrity intellectuals, is…