CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
Lady at the O.K. Corral: The True Story of Josephine Marcus Earp
(HarperCollins) A Jewish girl from New York City, Josephine Marcus Earp was the common-law wife of famous lawman Wyatt Earp…
Zayd: The Little Known Story of Muhammad’s Adopted Son
(University of Pennsylvania Press) Shortly before his first revelation, Muhammad adopted a man called Zayd who acted as his heir…
American Innovations: Stories
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux) In Galchen’s American Innovations, female narrators tell stories inspired by canonical male-narrated tales like James Thurber’s…
Mother, One More Thing
(Turning Point) This wide-ranging poetry collection lingers in the natural world and then switches gear to deliver poems filled with…
Magic Teacher’s Son
After 16-year-old Pran is caught experimenting with sorcery, his father, the schoolmaster of the town’s magic school, expels one student…
Kings and Pawns
It is 2083, and at the San Francisco headquarters Cronus Enterprises, Alex Klein decides to leave behind his position of…
Families of the Domesday Book
This multi-volume work presents 2,000 families whose histories offer a look into the political and social life of England and…
America’s Culture of Professionalism: Past, Present, and Prospects
In this critical examination of what constitutes professionalism in America, David Warfield Brown '59 — a self-described “recovering professional” —…
The Morning Side of the Hill
Inspired by William Faulkner’s The Wild Palms, Ezra Fitz ’00’s debut novel features parallel stories of love and companionship. The…
Ninigret, Sachem of the Niantics and Narragansetts
This biography, delving into the life and career of Ninigret, traces his life as a Native American sachem, politician, leader…
Making Space: How the Brain Knows Where Things Are
Whether it is finding our keys or navigating a city, taking a short cut or driving to a new place…
Dear Friends: Letters of St Paul to Christians in America
When Paul wrote his letters to the Romans, Corinthians, and other Christians, he addressed questions about marriage, responsibility to the…
A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity
Kristof and WuDunn examine the ways we can make a difference as global citizens. They introduce the readers to people…
Conus of the Southeastern United States and Caribbean
The shells of Conus, the largest genus of animals in the sea, are known for their beauty and amazing variety…
All My Days Are Saturdays
In the essays that make up All My Days Are Saturdays, Pickering ponders a changing world that continues to delight…
Murdered Sleep
When, in the spring of 1906, a fiery populist Congressman is found beaten to death, Dade Wyatt reluctantly agrees to…
Taming the Unknown: A History of Algebra from Antiquity to the Early Twentieth Century
Taming the Unknown follows algebra’s growth around the world in different historical periods. Katz and Parshall trace the development of…