CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
An Appetite for Murder
(Obsidian) Hayley Snow, a freelance journalist and foodie, moved to Key West, Fla., to be with her boyfriend. Before long…
Dreamtime: A Happy Book
(University of South Carolina Press) In this collection of personal essays, Pickering reflects on life — retirement, aging, gardening, and…
My Date with Neanderthal Woman
(Dzanc Books) This collection of short stories won Dzanc Books’ first short-story collection prize. The title piece is about a…
How Many Jelly Beans? A Giant Book of Giant Numbers!
(Chronicle Books) This large picture book for children 3 to 8 years old features Emma and her Brother Aiden, who…
Nathaniel Purple
(Voyage/Brigantine Media) This novella is named for its narrator — Nathaniel Purple, the librarian of a small Vermont town. This…
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…
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…
So Big Yet So Small
(Mascot Books) This picture book explores the world of aircraft carriers, showing young readers how a ship that seems so…
One Town, Many Voices: A History of Davidson, North Carolina
(Davidson Historical Society) This book explores the history of Davidson, a quintessential college town in the greater Charlotte region of…
How Not to Kill Your Baby: A Slightly Useless Guide
(Andrews McMeel Publishing) In this tongue-in-cheek parenting manual, Weinstein offers humorous advice on everything from when to get pregnant (“exactly…
Diplomatic Gardens of Washington
(Schiffer Publishing Ltd.) Stevens and Kelly explore the private gardens behind embassy walls in Washington, D.C. This book includes 168…
Sephardism: Spanish Jewish History & the Modern Literary Imagination
(Stanford University Press) In this book, Sephardism is defined as a political literary metaphor. The contributors ask why Gentile and…
Seven at the Sevens: A Collection of Seven-Word Stories, Memoirs, and Poems
(WritersAnonymous.org) This book is a compilation of seven-word stories, memoirs, and poems that also includes essays on art and craft…
The Rise and Fall of Meter: Poetry and the English National Culture
(Princeton University Press) This book tells the unknown story of English meter from the late 18th century until just after…
The Wagner Complex
(Free Scholar Press) Artin sets forth a psychoanalytic interpretation of Wagner’s Ring, focusing on the genesis and meaning of The…
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…