CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
Sofonisba’s Lesson: A Renaissance Artist and Her Work
While the concept of the “Renaissance man” did not openly embrace female artists and scholars, some women of the era…
The Index of Self-Destructive Acts
In this novel, Christopher Beha ’02 takes data journalist Sam Waxworth, a man who correctly predicted the twists and turns…
Jittery White Guy Music: True Rock & Roll Confessions From a Guy Who Bought the Album
We’ve all seen the rock star memoirs lining bookstore shelves, but what about memoirs of their fans? In Jittery White…
Easing Pain on the Western Front: American Nurses of the Great War and the Birth of Modern Nursing Practice
World War I fundamentally reformed nursing practices, preempting the modern era of nursing. In Easing Pain on the Western Front…
Union: A Democrat, a Republican, and a Search for Common Ground
Jordan Blashek ’09 and Christopher Haugh, two unlikely friends, set off on a cross-country journey to understand some of the…
I Can’t Get You Out of My Mind
When an affair with a married man turns sour, a woman joins a research study to live with an AI…
Literary Translation and the Making of Originals
The quality of literary translations is often assessed in comparison to the “original” text — but accepting a text as…
Hooked: How Politics Captures People’s Interest
One of the strongest predictors of good citizenship is simply having an interest in politics, but little is known about…
1968 Mexico: Constellations of Freedom and Democracy
The year 1968 brought rising political protest around the world. In 1968 Mexico (Duke University Press), comparative literature professor Susana…
Discerning Experts: The Practices of Scientific Assessment for Environmental Policy
Environmental assessments underly government policymaking and regulatory action. Discerning Experts (University of Chicago Press) examines how environmental scientists conduct these…
Cervantes’ Persiles and the Travails of Romance
Cervantes’ Persiles and the Travails of Romance (University of Toronto Press) collects essays on the final novel of Miguel de…
The Prosthetic Tongue: Printing Technology and the Rise of the French Language
The invention of the printing press in the 16th century sent shockwaves through the European continent. In The Prosthetic Tongue…
Stages of European Romanticism: Cultural Synchronicity Across the Arts, 1798-1848
Romanticism was not a monolithic phenomenon — it progressed in stages throughout the first half of the 19th century. Stages…
The Maggie Barnes Trilogy: Broken Glass
This is the first in the Maggie Barnes Trilogy, which features a family saga of conflict and redemption. Widow Maggie…
Negotiating at the United Nations: A Practitioner's Guide
Negotiating at the United Nations is a comprehensive guide to negotiating at the United Nations. Although much of the advice…
Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965–1975
Artists Respond explores how the Vietnam War galvanized American artists and challenged them to transform their art into political statements…
White Supremacy Confronted: U.S. Imperialism and Anti-Communism vs. the Liberation of Southern Africa from Rhodes to Mandela
Based upon exhaustive research, White Supremacy Confronted a comprehensive account of the entangled histories of apartheid and Jim Crow culminating…
So You Want To Be A Diplomat?
George Lambrakis ’52 writes this memoir with the aim to help students or other prospective diplomats learn what they might…
