CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao’s Revolution
Last Boat Out of Shanghai (Ballantine Books) traces the dramatic story of four young people who fled the city in…
How the Rats Re-Formed Congress
How the Rats Re-Formed Congress (Center for Study of Responsive Law) is a fable featuring rats who trigger a citizens’…
To the Ramparts
Ralph Nader ’55, longtime activist and former presidential candidate, illustrates in his new book To the Ramparts: How Bush and…
Hollywood’s Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A.
In her second book, Hollywood’s Eve (Simon & Schuster), Lili Anolik ’00 introduces a new generation to the story of…
The Burning Shores: Inside the Battle for the New Libya
In The Burning Shores (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), Frederic Wehrey *02 delivers a fast-paced narrative tracing Libya post Qadhafi. Blending…
The Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest for a New Form of Matter
Paul Steinhardt, professor of physics, spent 35 years on a quest to challenge conventional wisdom and find new forms of…
Murrieta’s Leap
In his sixth novel, John Selby ’68 writes a modern coming-of-age story that delves into the Ojai’s Chumash Indian heritage…
Batch Cocktails: Make-Ahead Pitcher Drinks for Every
Following the success of her first book The One Bottle Cocktail, Maggie Hoffman ’04 is back with 65 new recipes…
Stay the Course: The Story of Vanguard and the Index Revolution
In Stay the Course (Wiley), legendary investor and index-fund pioneer John Bogle ’51 tells the story of his life and…
The Useful Knowledge of William Hutton
The success of 18th-century British merchant and writer William Hutton was intimately connected to the growth of his chosen home…
Bob Dylan’s Poetics: How the Songs Work
Taking a cue from Bob Dylan’s reception of the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature, Bob Dylan’s Poetics (Zone Press) analyzes…
Countersexual Manifesto
Countersexual Manifesto radically challenges theoretical discussions around gender and sexuality. Preciado, a philosopher and transgender activist, asserts that “artifices precedes…
The 50 State Fossils: A Guidebook for Aspiring
The 50 State Fossils (Schiffer Books) brings the ancient organisms that produced each of the 50 states’ fossils back to…
Understanding Security Issues
Understanding Security Issues (De|G Press) introduces readers to the world of personal cybersecurity and cyber-defense. The authors explain how to…
Fortress of Gold: Book Two of the Magicians Gold Series
Sixteen-year-old Pran travels with three companions to the mythical world called Earth to replenish their gold, which powers magic in…
Monstrous Kinds: Body, Space and narrative in Renaissance Representations of Disability
Monstrous Kinds: Body, Space and Narrative in Renaissance Representations of Disability examines representations of disability in the global Renaissance. Central…
Lineament: Material, Representation, and The Physical Figure in Architectural Production
Lineament (Routledge) is a comprehensive catalog of contemporary design that examines the relationship between representation, materiality, and architecture. Edited by…
X-Ray Architecture
Princeton Professor Beatriz Colomina challenges normal understandings of modern architecture in X-Ray Architecture (Lars Müller Publishers). Looking at technologies on…
