CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
The Captured Economy: How the Powerful Enrich Themselves, Slow Down Growth, and Increase Inequality
Envy in Politics (Princeton University Press) argues that envy and spite play a large role in politics — especially when…
Envy in Politics
Envy in Politics (Princeton University Press) argues that envy and spite play a large role in politics — especially when…
The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect
For decades, scientists lived by “correlation does not imply causation,” but not anymore. The Book of Why (Basic Books) puts…
Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
Robert Wright ’79 explained in The Moral Animal that evolution shaped the human brain to self-delude and to make happiness…
Wade in the Water
Poet laureate and director of the creative writing program Tracy K. Smith delves into the history of black Americans before…
The Book of Essie
The novel The Book of Essie (Knopf) follows Esther Hicks, who has grown up being filmed for a reality TV…
Conversations with John A. Williams
John A. Williams (1925-2015) wrote 12 novels and was a three-time winner of the American Book Award. Conversations with John…
We’re Doomed. Now What?: Essays on War and Climate Change
Roy Scranton *16 addresses the crises of our time: climate change, war, literature, and loss, in a series of essays…
Corinth in Late Antiquity: A Greek, Roman, and Christian City
Corinth was an influential merchant city from the second through sixth centuries A.D., and it later became important for Christianity…
Cybercrime and Security
Laws still severely lag behind developments in technology and technology-based crimes, but Cybercrime and Security (Thomson Reuters) offers legal discussion…
The Third Degree: The Triple Murder That Shook Washington and Changed American Criminal Justice
In 1919, three Chinese diplomats were assassinated in Washington, D.C., leaving little evidence and no leads. Police beat a confession…
Cowboy Howie. The Adventure of the Central Park Coyote & Thanksgiving Day Parade
Cowboy Howie (CreateSpace) is a children’s book about Howie Kaplinsky, who imagines that the dogs walking down the streets of…
Richard Potter: America’s First Black Celebrity
Though he is not well known today, 200 years ago Richard Potter was the first entertainer to win national fame…
The Stone Girl’s Story
Mayka and her family are made of stone but were brought to life by the stories that were etched into…
The Last Utopians: Four Late Nineteenth-Century Visionaries and Their Legacy
Four figures — Edward Bellamy, William Morris, Edward Carpenter, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman — were writers who argued for things…
Denmark Vesey’s Garden: Slavery and Memory in the Cradle of Confederacy
Denmark Vesey’s Garden (The New Press) speaks to current controversies over Confederate monuments and how we are to remember slavery…
Humanitarian Hypocrisy: Civilian Protection and the Design of Peace Operations
There are often huge disparities between governments’ stated commitment to protect civilians undertake peace operations and their willingness to allocate…
