CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
Our Universe: An Astronomer’s Guide
In Our Universe (Belknap Press) , professor Jo Dunkley’s goal is to make astrophysics accessible. Beginning with an overview of…
Robert A. Lovett and the Development of American Air Power
Robert A. Lovett and the Development of American Air Power (McFarland Books) is a biography of the nation’s fourth Secretary…
Lights All Night Long
The debut novel of Lydia Fitzpatrick ’04, Lights All Night Long (Penguin Press) follows Ilya, a foreign-exchange student from Russia…
Authoritarianism: Three Inquiries in Critical Theory
The three authors of Authoritarianism (University of Chicago Press) address the titular subject from different angles, combing their applications of…
Twilight of the American Century
Political analyst and historian Andrew Bacevich *82 has collected many of his essays written since 9/11 in Twilight of the…
Historical Atlas of Central Europe
Functioning as a reference text, Historical Atlas of Central Europe (University of Toronto Press) contains geographical and statistical data on…
The Story of Silver
As a precious metal, silver has been on the minds of people for millennia. The Story of Silver (Princeton University…
The Beautiful Chaos of Growing Up
Ari Satok ’14’s second collection of poems, The Beautiful Chaos of Growing Up (Amazon), aims to capture the humor and…
Walking Backwards: Poems 1966-2016
Walking Backwards (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux) is a collection of poems from John Koethe ’67’s previous 10 compilations. It also…
Vexy Thing
As a way to better direct feminist thought, Vexy Thing (Duke University Press) seeks to nail down the origins and…
The Chinese Pleasure Book
The Chinese Pleasure Book (Zone Books) addresses views towards pleasure in early Chinese writings, including how Chinese thinkers viewed long-term…
A Manifesto for Social Progress
Drawing from a lengthy report prepared by the International Panel on Social Progress, A Manifesto for Social Progress (Cambridge University…
Global Edge: Miami in the Twenty-First Century
A sociological profile of Miami, Global Edge (University of California Press) examines the city’s distinct Cuban and Latin culture, the…
Bonk! Mommy Was Hit by a Giant, Frozen
Ellie Allen ’16 explains traumatic brain injuries in terms children can understand in her book Bonk! Mommy Was Hit by…
Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao’s Revolution
Last Boat Out of Shanghai (Ballantine Books) traces the dramatic story of four young people who fled the city in…
How the Rats Re-Formed Congress
How the Rats Re-Formed Congress (Center for Study of Responsive Law) is a fable featuring rats who trigger a citizens’…
To the Ramparts
Ralph Nader ’55, longtime activist and former presidential candidate, illustrates in his new book To the Ramparts: How Bush and…
Hollywood’s Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A.
In her second book, Hollywood’s Eve (Simon & Schuster), Lili Anolik ’00 introduces a new generation to the story of…
