CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
Death on Tuckernuck
In Death on Tuckernuck (Soho Crime) an extravagant yacht has found run aground on the island of Tuckernuck in the…
The Ruins Lesson: Meaning and Material in Western Culture
Ruins bear witness to past civilizations and societies, often informing our understanding of history. But why has Western society been…
Charisma and Disenchantment: The Vocation Lectures
Damion Searls’ translation, Charisma and Disenchantment: The Vocation Lectures (NYRB), brings new breath to two of distinguished German sociologist Max…
China’s Western Horizon: Beijing and the New Geopolitics of Eurasia
China’s Western Horizon (Oxford University Press) discusses China from the perspective of surrounding states in Eurasia, with particular focus on…
Blindsight: The (Mostly) Hidden Ways Marketing Reshapes Our Brains
How does branding effect the way consumers make decisions? Blindsight (BenBella Books) by neuroscientist Matt Johnson and marketer Prince Ghuman…
The Ralph Nader and Family Cookbook: Classic Recipes from Lebanon and Beyond
In The Ralph Nader and Family Cookbook (Akashic) famed activist Ralph Nader presents recipes influenced by his mother’s traditional Lebanese…
Race the Sands: A Novel
In the fanciful Becar, the most depraved individuals are reborn as monsters called kehok. Only through winning The Races, in…
If Men, Then
If Men, Then (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) , a poetry collection, explores the disasters in the external world around us…
From Mount Hooly to Princeton: A Scottish-American Medley
In From Mount Hooly to Princeton: A Scottish-American Medley (Kennedy & Boyd), Andrew Hook *60 considers the factors that culminated…
Why We Act: Turning Bystanders into Moral Rebels
Was there ever a time when you should have stepped in to help someone, but didn’t? In Why We Act…
Saint X
Years after her older sister Alison was murdered on the island of Saint X during a family vacation, Claire still…
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Volume 16: 1 June 1820 to 28 February 1821
A compilation of 571 documents, this volume reflects Jefferson’s political, philosophical, and religious beliefs toward the end of his life…
Thin Places: Essays From in Between
Jordan Kisner ’09 explores the many facets of American life and culture in Thin Places (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux). In…
Both Stop and Go: Photos of China Reform 1985 – 2019
In the past 30 years, China has industrialized extremely quickly, but not without hiccups along the way. Both Stop and…
The In Between
This sci-fi novel tells the story of Lillian and Jackson after their 6-year-old son Cole disappears during a standard teleport…
Gender and Survival in Soviet Russia: A Life in the Shadow of Stalin’s Terror
A memoir from a woman with intimate knowledge of Stalin’s cruelty, Gender and Survival in Soviet Russia (Bloomsbury Academic) is…
A New Conception
A New Conception (Bachovich Music Publications) instructs drummers in techniques to improve their drum solos through changing meter, in jazz…
Unfixed: Photography and Decolonial Imagination in West Africa
Unfixed: Photography and Decolonial Imagination in West Africa (Duke University Press) tells the fascinating photographic story of West Africa in…
