CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
Mary’s Mosaic
(Skyhorse Publishing) This controversial book explores the life and death of Mary Pinchot Meyer, who had been romantically involved with…
Krav Maga Weapon Defenses
(Ymaa Publication Center) Krav maga is the Israel Defense Force’s official system of defense, and this book presents its most…
Felony Murder
(Stanford University Press) This book shows that the controversial felony murder doctrine rests powerfully on the concept that the guilt…
Government of Paper: The Materiality of Bureaucracy in Urban Pakistan
(University of California Press) Millions of paper artifacts are circulated throughout the planned city of Islamabad. This book asks what…
Quarter Notes and Bank Notes: The Economics of Music Composition in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
(Princeton University Press) This book examines the political, intellectual, and economic roots of the shift from patronage to a freelance…
Mortals with Tremendous Responsibilities: A History of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
(Saint Joseph’s University Press) This book recounts the story of the oldest court in the United States, which traces its…
Growing Up: Limiting Adolescence in a World Desperate for Adults
(Friesen Press) This book attempts to replace the standard functional definition of adulthood — earning an independent income, getting married…
The Little Yellow Trolley Car — a True Story
(G. Boreas Publishing) This picture book tells the true story of a little trolley that brought passengers and freight from…
The Ararat Illusion
(David Minier) Santa Barbara cop Michael Page becomes involved in a series of international incidents involving Armenian terrorist Antranik. Working…
The Future According to Me
(Amazon Digital Services) This compilation of 35 one-page scenarios features futures that are ironic, absurd, and bizarre. The “what if”…
Philadelphia’s Golden Age of Retail (Images of America)
(Arcadia Publishing) Arrigale and Keels present Philadelphia as the birthplace of America’s consumer culture. Philadelphia’s thriving middle class made the…
Out on Assignment: Newspaper Women and the Making of Modern Public Space
(University of North Carolina Press) This book examines some of the hundreds of little-known women who worked for major metropolitan…
The Universe in Zero Words: The Story of Mathematics as Told Through Equations
(Princeton University Press) Requiring little prior mathematical knowledge, this book tells the histories of the 24 most surprising, consequential, and…
How to Write Parodies and Become Immortal
(CreateSpace) This instruction book on parody is itself full of irony, satire, and bizarre wit. Chambers guides the reader through…
Angry Birds Space: A Furious Flight Into the Final Frontier
(National Geographic Society) This children’s book companion to the Angry Birds game can also be read independently. It takes readers…
Idolatry and Its Enemies: Colonial Andean Religion and Extirpation, 1640-1750 Kenneth Mills
(Princeton University Press) Looking at the Archdiocese of Lima from1640 to 1750, Mills depicts the native Andeans and Spanish Christians…
A Trip to China: An Intermediate Reader of Modern Chinese, Revised Edition
(Princeton University Press) This textbook is designed for students who have studied one year of college Chinese. This thoroughly revised…
Cooler Smarter: Practical Steps for Low-Carbon Living
(Island Press) Rogers and his colleagues from the Union of Concerned Scientists provide actions individuals can take to reduce their…