CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
A New World Imagined: Art of the Americas
(MFA Publications) By viewing the art of the Americas through its intersections with the world at large, A New World…
Six to Five Against
(CreateSpace) Centered around the philosophy of Damon Runyon, who said, “I long ago came to the conclusion that all life…
In the Language of Silence: The Art of Toshiko Takaezu (h96)
(University of North Carolina Press) Renowned potter Toshiko Takaezu, who was heavily influenced by midcentury modernism, worked actively in clay…
What’s Gotten Into Us? Staying Healthy in a Toxic World
(Random House) After discovering a suspicious (but benign) mass in his abdomen, Jenkins began to investigate everyday exposure to toxic…
Buzkashi: Game and Power in Afghanistan
(Waveland Press) Buzkashi, a game that involves horsemen struggling over a mutilated calf carcass, is a vivid part of life…
Religion and Language in Post-Soviet Russia
(Routledge) Church Slavonic is one of the world’s historic sacred languages, and has experienced a revival in the contemporary period…
From the Box Marked "Some Are Missing"
(Hobblebush Books) This volume of poetry includes selected poems from three of Pratt’s earlier books, along with many poems that…
Laughing Out Laud: Tripping Over Party Lines
(Independent Books) Paul Laud pokes fun at politicians and business and media pundits in this book of limericks and satirical…
Reconceptualizing the Industrial Revolution
(MIT Press) In this collection, the authors offer new perspectives on the Industrial Revolution as a global phenomenon. Each contributor…
Whitethorn
(LSU Press) Osherow’s collection of poetry focuses on the idea that although human suffering may be irremediable, nature and language…
The Color of Night
(Vintage Books) The narrator of this novel about the persistence of violence in America is Mae, a blackjack dealer in…
Mandela’s Way: Fifteen Lessons on Life, Love, and Courage
(Crown) Stengel recounts stories from Nelson Mandela’s childhood, his days as a revolutionary, his imprisonment, and even his personal relationships…
DeepFreeze! A Photographer’s Antarctic Odyssey in the Year 1959
(International Photography Publishers) During the summer of 1959, McCabe visited the Antarctic as part of an assignment for the New…
Jewish Studies at the Crossroads of Anthropology and History: Authority, Diaspora, Tradition
(University of Pennsylvania Press) Jewish experience is re-explored in this collection of essays, which give consideration to non-written expressions of…
From Mission to Modernity: Evangelicals, Reformers, and Education in Nineteenth Century Egypt
(I.B. Tauris) During the 19th century, the Egyptian state under Muhammad Ali Pasha sought to create a new relationship with…
Buglette: The Messy Sleeper
(Tricycle Press) Buglette is a tidy bug by day, but messy by night — her dreams are so big that…
A Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin and Faith, with “On My Religion”
(Harvard University Press) In this publication of Rawls’ senior thesis at Princeton, the late philosopher explores the link between moral…
And the Best is Yet to Come
(Lulu.com) In this autobiography, Whallon chronicles his early years, time at Princeton, his years as a chaplain in the Navy…