CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
The Little Book of String Theory
(Princeton University Press) In this guide to string theory, Gubser begins by explaining Einstein’s equation E = mc 2…
The BSAT Official Study Guide: 350 Questions You’ll Never See on the SAT!
(Running Press) A parody of SAT test prep books, The BSAT Official Study Guide teaches the important information for students’…
Red Families v. Blue Families: Legal Polarization and the Creation of Culture
(Oxford) The authors, family-law scholars, examine differences in family structure and sexual values in Republican and Democratic strongholds that influence…
Surviving Death
(Princeton University Press) The author sets out to construct a new understanding of personal identity and the self, ultimately providing…
Socialist Insecurity: Pensions and the Politics of Uneven Development in China
(Cornell University Press) Frazier explores pension policy in the People’s Republic of China, where increasingly well-funded public pension programs still…
Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent
(Encounter Books) In Three Felonies a Day , Silverglate argues that because federal criminal law in America is so comprehensive…
Prostate Cancer Survivors Speak Their Minds: Advice on Options, Treatments, and Aftereffects
(Wiley) Offering a medical discussion of prostate cancer options, treatments, and aftereffects, this book is a guide for men diagnosed…
Understanding Torture: Law, Violence, and Political Identity
(University of Michigan Press) In Understanding Torture, the author argues that prohibiting torture will not end it. He claims that…
How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets Are the Best Answer in Today’s Economy
(Crown Business) Forbes argues that a crisis of confidence in capitalism (spurred on by the worst recession in decades) is…
168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think
(Portfolio) This book examines how people allot the 168 hours of each week and suggests that with a little reorganization…
Edwin O. Reischauer and the American Discovery of Japan
(Columbia University Press) Named U.S. Ambassador to Japan by President Kennedy in 1961, Edwin O. Reischauer urged his fellow citizens…
Apocalypses
(Finishing Line Press) In this poetry chapbook, the author uses verse to explore existential anxieties that often turn out to…
In the Absence of God: Dwelling in the Presence of the Sacred
(Harmony Books) In this book, the author addresses provocative questions regarding religion today, with an aim to recover the experience…
Spartak Moscow: The People’s Team in the Workers’ State
(Cornell University Press) Spartak Moscow chronicles the history of Spartak, a soccer team that emerged in Moscow and gained a…
An Anthology of Modern Irish Poetry
(Belknap Press of Harvard University Press) This single-volume anthology includes nearly 800 poems by more than 50 modern and contemporary…
Mau Mau in Harlem?: The U.S. and the Liberation of Kenya
(Palgrave Macmillan) In this book, the author provides an account of the relationship between the United States and the East…
God is in the Pancakes
(Dial) The protagonist of this young adult novel, 15-year-old Grace Manning, works as a candy striper in a nursing home…