CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
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…
Traveling Back: Toward a Global Political Theory
In Traveling Back: Toward a Global Political Theory, Susan McWilliams *06 explores the tradition of political theorizing that speaks to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Talk of Many Things
In this memoir, Gowen recounts his childhood in Italy and his diverse career and travel experiences. A New York City…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Roller Derby Rivals
Roller Derby Rivals is a children’s nonfiction picture book about the legendary roller derby rivalry between Midge “Toughie” Brashun and…
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…
Chapel on the Moor
Frank Dole meets an otherworldly young woman on his usual morning fishing trip. What follows is a virtual treasure hunt…
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…