CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
The Beowulf Trilogy
In The Beowulf Trilogy (CreateSpace), Christopher L. Webber ’53 offers two epic sequels to the classic Old English tome and…
Forbidden Vegetables
In Bion Smalley ’64’s graphic novel Forbidden Vegetables, Hugo—half-human, half-carrot — is determined to figure out the origin of his…
Forgers and Critics: Creativity and Duplicity in Western Scholarship, New Edition
In Forgers and Critics: Creativity and Duplicity in Western Scholarship, New Edition (Princeton University Press), Anthony Grafton argues that forgeries…
Stepping Forward: A Positive, Practical Path to Transform Our Communities and Our Lives
In Stepping Forward: A Positive, Practical Path to Transform Our Communities and Our Lives (Greenleaf Book Group Press), Rich Harwood…
Another Mother
To a young Ross Kenneth Urken ’08, Jamaican immigrant nanny Dezna Sanderson was the positive force in his life that…
A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death
In this guide, BJ Miller ’93 and Shoshana Berger detail practical steps for those dying and their loved ones as…
Crazy Man, Crazy: The Bill Haley Story
Crazy Man, Crazy: The Bill Haley Story (Backbeat) tells the story of legendary rock musician Bill Haley who, despite his…
Higher Forces
In this thriller, ancient and contemporary threats combine, from California to Guatemala. Silicon Valley-backed mind-manipulation plot meets ancient Mayan priestly…
The Enigma of Clarence Thomas
In The Enigma of Clarence Thomas (Metropolitan Books), analyst Corey Robin ’89 sets Thomas’ biography in juxtaposition with his jurisprudence…
Earned Citizenship
In Earned Citizenship (Oxford University Press), Michael J. Sullivan *11 addresses the polarizing issue of unauthorized immigration and citizenship in…
Your Hidden Superpowers: How the Whole Truth of Failure Can Change Our Lives
Your Hidden Superpowers: How the Whole Truth of Failure Can Change Our Lives (Severn River Publishing) offers a fresh perspective…
Chicago Night Show: Poetry
In this poetry collection, Charles M. Brock ’63 reflects on the past 50 years from commendable human achievement to reprehensible…
This Time Will Be Different
In this contemporary coming-of-age novel, teenager CJ finds herself enamored by the creative outlet she gets while working at her…
The Torture Letters: Reckoning with Police Violence
In The Torture Letters: Reckoning with Police Violence (University of Chicago Press), Laurence Ralph details the shockingly dense history of…
End Times: A Brief Guide to the End of the World
End Times: A Brief Guide to the End of the World (Hachette) broaches an uncomfortable topic: human extinction. Scientist and…
The Shanghai Free Taxi: Journeys with the Hustlers and Rebels of the New China
In The Shanghai Free Taxi: Journeys with the Hustlers and Rebels of the New China (PublicAffairs), NPR correspondent Frank Langfitt…
The Day After: Why America Wins the War but Loses the Peace
Drawing on interviews with civilians and military officials, Army Lt. Col. Brendan R. Gallagher *17 argues that America’s seeming inability…
Social Vision: The Lubavitcher Rebbe's Transformative Paradigm for the World
In this volume, Michael Wexler ’92 and Philip Wexler *72 explore the social ideas and activism espoused by Rabbi Menachem…
