CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
Boondoggles: Travels of a Restless Professor
As a student and professor, Gerald Bentley ’52 found ways to research all over the world, from England to Europe…
The Cash Ceiling: Why Only the Rich Ones Run for Office— And What we Can Do about It
The Cash Ceiling (Princeton University Press), as Nicholas Carnes *11 calls it, keeps working-class Americans from running for political office…
Identity Crisis
Identity Crisis (Princeton University Press) explains what many think of as unexplainable: Donald Trump’s election as president. John Sides *66…
The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity
The Lies That Bind (Liveright) attacks modern notions of national, racial, religious, and other identities, exposing the underwhelming roots of…
To Float in the Space Between
Combining prose, poetry, and drawings, To Float in the Space Between (Wave) weaves together the lives of the poet Terrance…
The Oath and the Office: A Guide to the Constitution for Future Presidents
The Oath and the Office (Norton) assesses the legal limits on presidential authority given by the Constitution and Bill of…
Red, White, Blue
After Anna’s successful businessman father dies unexpectedly in Switzerland, she learns he was a spy for the CIA — and…
Bad Girls
An action-filled graphic novel, Bad Girls (Gallery 13) follows Carole and Taffy, two colorful women who find themselves fleeing Cuba…
Walls: A History of Civilization in Blood and Brick
David Frye *89 takes on static structures energetically in Walls (Scribner), explaining how walls including Hadrian’s, the Berlin, the Great…
The Known Citizen: A History of Privacy in Modern America
The Known Citizen (Harvard University Press) traces a detailed history of public discussion, legal battles, and changing opinions in the…
Saudi, Inc.: The Arabian Kingdom’s Pursuit of Profit and Power
Saudi, Inc. (Pegasus Books) covers the remarkable rise of Saudi Arabia and the al Saud ruling family from regional kingdom…
Remembrance Acres
Stuart Hopen ’75 draws upon his nearly 40 years of experience as in-house council for a hospital to build Remembrance…
Twilight Patrol: Books 1-7
The Twilight Patrol series (Bold Venture Press) consists of seven books following the mythical, mystical, and mad Twilight Patrol, fighting…
Permission to Bloom
Permission to Bloom (Amazon) is the story of Michaela Rose, an ambitious college student with mental-health issues. Unable to maintain…
Bible Culture and Authority in the Early United States
The Bible was considered an authoritative document in early America, but as religion professor Seth Perry notes, “books do not…
Lake Pontchartrain: A Novel of Love and Betrayal
Set in the Carolinas in the time between the Civil War and World War II, Lake Pontchartrain (Pegasus Publishers) follows…
Perceptions of the Body and Sacred Space in Late Antiquity and Byzantium
Perceptions of the Body and Sacred Space in Late Antiquity and Byzantium (Routledge) collects a number of essays from scholars…
Behold, America: The Entangled History of ‘America First’ and ‘the American Dream’
“America First” and “the American Dream” became widely-discussed, charged phrases during the 2018 presidential election, as then-candidate Donald Trump declared…
