CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
Dream Things True
Evan, the privileged nephew of a conservative Southern senator, and Alma, the daughter of illegal Mexican immigrants, fall in love…
The Einstein Prophecy
Wounded Army veteran Lucas Athan returns to his job as an art history professor at Princeton in 1944 and struggles…
Landfalls
The 1785 La Pérouse expedition, which attempted to circumnavigate the globe for the glory of France, is reimagined in Landfalls…
Formal Verification
Formal Verification: An Essential Toolkit for Modern VLSI Design demystifies formal verification (FV) and presents the practical applications that are…
Competing Modernisms: Toronto’s New City Hall and Square
Competing Modernisms: Toronto’s New City Hall and Square explores the impact of the 1958 international competition for Toronto’s city hall…
In the Cause of Humanity
In the Cause of Humanity: Creating Juried Democracies to New-Model the American Revolution, Howard DeLong *60 offers a new understanding…
The Murder of William of Norwich
When the mutilated body of William, a young Christian boy, is found near Norwich, England, in 1144, rumors spread that…
Economics and Capitalism in the Ottoman Empire
Economics and Capitalism in the Ottoman Empire examines how the interplay between Western European economic theories and the traditional Muslim…
Forging the Past
Spain’s infamous “false chronicles” — the documents about Spanish sacred history fabricated by a little-known Jesuit priest — shaped scholarly…
Fateful Ties
It’s only in recent decades that China has become a global superpower, but as Gordon Chang ’70 writes in Fateful…
Circle of Three
In her third novel, Circle of Three, Liesl Wilke ’89 tells the story of Paul, a widower and detective, and…
Surprise Encounters
Scott McVay ’55, author of Surprise Encounters, was Princeton University’s first recording secretary, a position he held for 11 years…
Eternity’s Sunrise
In his latest biography, Leo Damrosch *68 charts the life of the enigmatic, 18th-century poet William Blake. Drawing on Blake’s…
Display of Art in the Roman Palace, 1550–1750
The convention of the paintings galleries found in many modern-day art museums has its origins in prototypes found in the…
The Spirituality of Age
The Spirituality of Age: A Seeker’s Guide to Growing Older begins with 25 questions that invite readers to engage with…
Unjust Deeds
In Unjust Deeds: The Restrictive Covenant Cases and the Making of the Civil Rights Movement, Jeffrey Gonda ’05 tells the…
The Renaissance Gene
Thirty years ago, Daniel Lahey, now chief of obstetrics and gynecology at Homeland Hospital in Baltimore, made a high-tech bargain…
Ugliness: A Cultural History
We have all used the word “ugly” to describe someone we have seen or known, but what do we really…
