CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
The Wagner Complex
(Free Scholar Press) Artin sets forth a psychoanalytic interpretation of Wagner’s Ring, focusing on the genesis and meaning of The…
Seven at the Sevens: A Collection of Seven-Word Stories, Memoirs, and Poems
(WritersAnonymous.org) This book is a compilation of seven-word stories, memoirs, and poems that also includes essays on art and craft…
My Date with Neanderthal Woman
(Dzanc Books) This collection of short stories won Dzanc Books’ first short-story collection prize. The title piece is about a…
How Many Jelly Beans? A Giant Book of Giant Numbers!
(Chronicle Books) This large picture book for children 3 to 8 years old features Emma and her Brother Aiden, who…
Nathaniel Purple
(Voyage/Brigantine Media) This novella is named for its narrator — Nathaniel Purple, the librarian of a small Vermont town. This…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Mortals with Tremendous Responsibilities: A History of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
(Saint Joseph’s University Press) This book recounts the story of the oldest court in the United States, which traces its…
Quarter Notes and Bank Notes: The Economics of Music Composition in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
(Princeton University Press) This book examines the political, intellectual, and economic roots of the shift from patronage to a freelance…