CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
The One-Cent Magenta: Inside the Quest to Own the Most Valuable Stamp in the World
When issued in 1856, it only cost a penny. In 2014, the only 1-cent magenta stamp that exists today was…
The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Adventure of Les Misérables
Professor David Bellos brings a fresh biographical approach to one of the world’s most enduringly popular novels. The Novel of…
A Book of American Martyrs
In her new novel, A Book of American Martyrs (Ecco) creative writing professor Joyce Carol Oates tells the story of…
A Fine Mess: A Global Quest for a Simpler, Fairer, and More Efficient Tax System
The tax code works for no one, and so we rip it up and rewrite it every 32 years. The…
Understanding the Digital World: What You Need to Know About Computers, the Internet, Privacy, and Security
Most computers are highly visible, but many, like the ones in appliances, transportation systems, and weapons are invisible. We never…
Exit West
Exit West (Riverhead) by Mohsin Hamid ’93 is a timely allegory about the refugee crisis told through a migrant couple…
The Spirits of Crossbones Graveyard: Time, Ritual, and Sexual Commerce in London
Every month, local playwright John Constable leads a gathering at London’s Crossbones Graveyard to celebrate the souls of the “Winchester…
Adman Cowboy
Billy Finn, a young rising star at an advertising agency, loves his job. But then he loses it. Bob Fitzgerald…
Defining Death: The Case for Choice
What defines death: Loss of circulatory function? Loss of all brain functions? Or loss of higher brain functions, like consciousness…
Goodnight, Manger
Goodnight, Manger (Zonderkidz), by Laura Sassi ’91, is a rhyming children’s picture book that weaves the classic Christmas tale together…
Evie’s Been Eavesdropping
Evie, the star of George Wickham’s first middle-grade novel Evie’s Been Eavesdropping (Finisterre Press), is a sixth-grader at a small…
Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships in Colorado
Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships in Colorado (CBA-CLE) is a guide to choice of entity, formation, and dissolution of the…
Law’s Political Foundations: Rivers, Rifles, Rice and Religion
In Law’s Political Foundations (Edward Elgar Publishing), John Haley ’64 looks at the development of two basic systems of public…
Liberal Opinions: My Life in the Stream of History
In Liberal Opinions (Quid Pro Books), Bill Norris ’51 tells of a storied life that began far removed from the…
Modified Raptures
Modified Raptures (Sentia Publishing), Jamie Spencer ’66 St. Louis-set novel, explores the romantic lives of today’s youth and the effects…
Animal Envy: A Fable
In the world of Animal Envy (Seven Stories Press), by Ralph Nader ’55, a digital translation app has enabled different…
The Irishman’s Christmas Gamble: A Wager of Hearts Novella
In The Irishman’s Christmas Gamble (Red Car Press), a Christmastime addition to her A Wager of Hearts series, Nancy Herkness…
Once We Were Sisters
Sheila Kohler’s memoir Once We Were Sisters (Penguin) recounts the lives of Kohler and her sister, who died at 39…
