CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces
(Basic Books) The author, the winner of the Nobel Prize in physics in 2004, explains the search for what scientists…
The Darker Mask: Heroes From the Shadows
(Tor) In this collection of illustrated original stories, the writers offer new interpretations of what it means to be a…
The End of Empires: African Americans and India
(Temple University Press) In this history of the relationship between African-Americans and Indians leading up to Indian independence in 1947…
Why Spy? Espionage in an Age of Uncertainty
(Thomas Dunne Books) In this primer on espionage, the author traces the careers and pitfalls of infamous spies such as…
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things
The main character in this chapter book for young readers, Alvin Ho, a Chinese-American second-grader, is afraid of everything —…
Castle in the Mist, Planet of the Dogs Volume 2
(Barking Planet Productions) This is the second installment of the Planet of the Dogs children’s series, which chronicles how the…
Tailwind Both Ways: A Cowman’s Chronicle
In this memoir of a rancher, the author describes his life as a cowman, from moving to Mexico early on…
Straddling Worlds: The Jewish-American Journey of Professor Richard W. Leopold [’33]
(Northwestern University Press) In this biography of his former beloved teacher and mentor at Northwestern University, the author explores Leopold’s…