CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
Paul: The Pagans’ Apostle
Though Paul is seen as the writer of timeless Christian theology, he maintained that he lived and worked in the…
Subjects and Sovereign: Bonds of Belonging in the Eighteenth-Century British Empire
In the aftermath of the Seven Years’ War, a variety of conquered territory became part of the British empire, from…
Morals and Markets: The Development of Life Insurance in the United States
First published in 1979, Morals and Markets (Columbia University Press) pointed out the bizarre ins and outs of life insurance…
Senses of Style: Poetry before Interpretation
Style is everywhere, but it evades criticism, especially now that interpretation asks us to look right through it, and yet…
Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A.
To tell the story of a beloved cousin’s death, Danielle Allen ’93 shifts between her private anguish and a scholar’s…
Mariposas Nocturnas: Moths of Central and South America, A Study in Beauty and Diversity
Emmet Gowin, professor emeritus of the visual arts, has photographed more than 1,000 species of nocturnal moths in Bolivia, Brazil…
Seismic City: An Environmental History of San Francisco’s 1906 Earthquake
The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 ignited fires that razed half the city, creating a need for massive reconstruction. Joanna…
Dialogues with Jay: On Life and the Afterlife
In Dialogues with Jay (Wipf and Stock Publishers), five people from three generations meet to share their thoughts on life…
Pinball Wizards: Jackpots, Drains, and the Cult of the Silver Ball
Humor writer Adam Ruben ’01 traces the history of pinball, from the gambling and war-themed machines to the arcade revolution…
Hyacinth & The Secrets Beneath
When 12-year-old Hyacinth moves to London, she accidentally unleashes an ancient magical force resulting in the kidnapping of her mother…
European Archaeology as Anthropology: Essays in Memory of Bernard Wailes
While most archaeologists drew their models for the emergence of social complexity from the ancient Middle East or Latin America…
The Barbarians
Ancient Greece and Rome, to our modern minds, are discrete places that influenced Western culture, but Peter Bogucki remind us…
The Arabic Freud: Psychoanalysis and Islam in Modern Egypt
In The Arabic Freud (Princeton University Press), Omnia El Shakry *02 challenges the notion that there is a strict divide…
Powerful Partnerships: A Teacher’s Guide to Engaging Families for Student Success
The education community has known for more than 10 years that true family engagement is necessary for student, teacher, and…
Liberal Opinions: My Life in the Stream of History
William A. Norris ’51 was a judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals who wrote the judicial opinion striking…
Second to None
Billionaire chemist Max Varela is selling his company and leaving New York when Emily Wade bursts into his office, desperate…
Funville Adventures: Math Personified
In Funville Adventures (self-published), 9-year-old Emmy and her 5-year-old brother, Leo, go down an abandoned slide and are magically transported…
Subprime Health: Debt and Race in U.S. Medicine
Subprime Health (University of Minnesota Press) examines race-based medicine as it intersects with debt, covering race-based prescriptions and marketing, to…
