CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
Jazz Religion, the Second Line, and Black New Orleans
(Indiana University Press) The author explores the history and significance of the religious traditions, identities, and performance forms celebrated in…
Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think
(Oxford University Press) The author examines the religious views of elite scientists from top U.S. research universities and argues that…
France and its Empire Since 1870: The Republican Tradition
(Oxford University Press) Covering the history of the French nation and its overseas empire since 1870, this book sets out…
What Darwin Got Wrong
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux) The authors argue that Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection cannot explain evolution. While not denying…
Living Through the End of Nature: The Future of American Environmentalism
(MIT Press) In this book, the author addresses the meaning of environmentalism in a “postnature” age when wildness is coming…
Day for Night
(Little, Brown, and Company) This intricate novel opens in Florida with Beverly Rabinowitz, a middle-aged doctor who escaped from Poland…
One Minute Stretch: Arise & Become the Movement; Better Health/Less Pain 4 Your Soul & Body
(oneminutestretch.com) This book and companion DVD provide instructions for a one-minute stretching routine used to treat and prevent ligament, muscle…
The Letters of Sylvia Beach
(Columbia University Press) Founder of the Left Bank bookstore Shakespeare & Company in 1919 and first publisher of James Joyce’s…
Wicked Philadelphia: Sin in the City of Brotherly Love
(The History Press) The author recounts 11 infamous or long-forgotten scandals in Philadelphia. These stories, filled with unbelievable events and…
Getting It
(iUniverse.com) In this novel, Shaviro satirizes the world of large law firms, detailing the professional and personal exploits of Bill…
A Comfortable Boy: A Memoir
(Mercer University Press) In this memoir Sam Pickering, who became a celebrity after being portrayed as teacher John Keating in…
The Culture of Diagram
(Stanford University Press) This book explores the terrain where words meet pictures and formulas meet figures, and foregrounds diagrams as…
Surviving Your Stupid, Stupid Decision to Go to Grad School
(Broadway Books) If you have committed yourself to post-graduate work, this humorous guide serves to sooth the trauma of that…
Signs of the Times: The Visual Politics of Jim Crow
(University of California Press) This book explores the history and cultural significance of Jim Crow signs. Abel explores the meaning…
Numbers Rule Your World: The Hidden Influence of Probability and Statistics on Everything You Do
(McGraw Hill) The author takes the reader inside the world of numbers, revealing the practical applications of statistics in our…
The American Slave Narrative and the Victorian Novel
(Oxford University Press) In this book, the author argues that the genre of the American slave narrative had a shaping…
Numbers Rule Your World: The Hidden Influence of Probability and Statistics on Everything You Do
(McGraw Hill) The author looks at how data-driven decisions affect us all and tries to help readers understand what the…
The Liberty Bell
(Yale University Press) Nash explores the history behind the most famous bell in the country, a symbol of liberty and…