CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
An Appetite for Murder
(Obsidian) Hayley Snow, a freelance journalist and foodie, moved to Key West, Fla., to be with her boyfriend. Before long…
All the Money in the World: What the Happiest People Know About Getting and Spending
(Portfolio/Penguin) In this book, Vanderkam argues that we have more money than we think we do and enough to lead…
Red Nails, Black Skates: Gender, Cash, and Pleasure On and Off the Ice
(Duke University Press) Taking up figure skating in her 40s, Rand became immersed in the sport. In these essays, she…
What Matters? Ethnographies of Value in a Not So Secular Age
(Columbia University Press) This collection considers religious and secular categories and what they mean to those who seek valuable, ethical…
Mary’s Mosaic
(Skyhorse Publishing) This controversial book explores the life and death of Mary Pinchot Meyer, who had been romantically involved with…
Growing Up: Limiting Adolescence in a World Desperate for Adults
(Friesen Press) This book attempts to replace the standard functional definition of adulthood — earning an independent income, getting married…
Cooler Smarter: Practical Steps for Low-Carbon Living
(Island Press) Rogers and his colleagues from the Union of Concerned Scientists provide actions individuals can take to reduce their…
A Trip to China: An Intermediate Reader of Modern Chinese, Revised Edition
(Princeton University Press) This textbook is designed for students who have studied one year of college Chinese. This thoroughly revised…
The Heart of Ma Yuan: The Search for a Southern Song Aesthetic
(Hong Kong University Press) This book discusses the paintings of Ma Yuan, one of China’s best-known artists, and a major…
The Little Yellow Trolley Car — a True Story
(G. Boreas Publishing) This picture book tells the true story of a little trolley that brought passengers and freight from…
The Ararat Illusion
(David Minier) Santa Barbara cop Michael Page becomes involved in a series of international incidents involving Armenian terrorist Antranik. Working…
The Future According to Me
(Amazon Digital Services) This compilation of 35 one-page scenarios features futures that are ironic, absurd, and bizarre. The “what if”…
Philadelphia’s Golden Age of Retail (Images of America)
(Arcadia Publishing) Arrigale and Keels present Philadelphia as the birthplace of America’s consumer culture. Philadelphia’s thriving middle class made the…
Out on Assignment: Newspaper Women and the Making of Modern Public Space
(University of North Carolina Press) This book examines some of the hundreds of little-known women who worked for major metropolitan…
The Universe in Zero Words: The Story of Mathematics as Told Through Equations
(Princeton University Press) Requiring little prior mathematical knowledge, this book tells the histories of the 24 most surprising, consequential, and…
How to Write Parodies and Become Immortal
(CreateSpace) This instruction book on parody is itself full of irony, satire, and bizarre wit. Chambers guides the reader through…
Angry Birds Space: A Furious Flight Into the Final Frontier
(National Geographic Society) This children’s book companion to the Angry Birds game can also be read independently. It takes readers…
Idolatry and Its Enemies: Colonial Andean Religion and Extirpation, 1640-1750 Kenneth Mills
(Princeton University Press) Looking at the Archdiocese of Lima from1640 to 1750, Mills depicts the native Andeans and Spanish Christians…