CURRENT PUBLICATIONS

Sermons with Insight
A longtime minister and professor of religion at Blackburn College, Zimany brings his faith to a collection of sermons and…
The Hungry Eye: Eating, Drinking, and European Culture from Rome to the Renaissance
Readers travel from antiquity to the Renaissance in Barkan’s new book, an exploration of the central role of food and…
Endless Pressure Endlessly Applied
This immersive autobiography spans author Evans’ 50-year career in the environmental movement. Featuring tales of his efforts to protect the…
The Fail-Safe Solopreneur: 6 Essential Practices to Manage Your Well-Being Working for Yourself
In his new book, entrepreneur Joe shares six field-tested strategies to handle the inevitable anxieties, instabilities, and challenges of running…
The Future of Weapons of Mass Destruction: An Update
In an update to their 2014 paper of the same name, Caves and Carus examine recent developments in the technological…
The Prostate Cancer Owner's Manual
In this comprehensive manual, cancer survivors Haynes and Miles explain the terminology, tests, and treatments that come with a prostate…
Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court
Burton and Derfner study the three-century history of the United States Supreme Court and its complicity in the nation’s history…
Decolonizing Memory: Algeria and the Politics of Testimony
Decolonizing Memory examines the role of writers and artists in cultivating historical memory and nurturing political resistance in Algeria. Ultimately…
Empire's Eagles: The Fate of the Napoleonic Elite in America
Facing death sentences after the Battle of Waterloo, many of Napoleon Bonaparte’s top advisers and military officers fled in secret…
Magical Habits
Huerta draws upon her experiences in her family’s Mexican restaurants and as a scholar of literature and culture to unravel…
Breathe
In her new novel, Oates tells the story of a married couple from Cambridge, Mass., who travel to the starkly…
How Literatures Begin: A Global History
Among the many thousands of human languages, only a few develop into full-fledged literary cultures. In How Literatures Begin, Feeney…
Empire and Religion in the Roman World
Edited by Flower, this collection explores cutting-edge interpretations of various topics within the history and culture of the Roman Empire…
Best Practices: A Catalog and Photo Essay About the City of Los Angeles
A visual catalog of the built environment of Los Angeles, California, Best Practices draws on the history of architecture, media…
Democracy Rules
In this concise volume, Müller explains how democracy is founded on liberty, equality, and uncertainty, which differentiates it from the…
Black Identity Viewed from a Barber's Chair: Nigrescence and Eudaimonia
In Black Identity Viewed from a Barber's Chair, Cross contrasts the self-hatred in societal representations of Black identity with the…
My Eccentric Family: Memories of a Communist, Mafioso, Zionist Past
Cantor recounts the complexities of his childhood living with his father, a longtime Communist leader, and his mother, a pioneering…
The Penguin Book of Dragons
Dragons are among the most popular mythological creatures to dwell in the human imagination, inspiring images of fire-breathing predators, enormous…


















