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April 24, 2024
J. N. Darby and the Roots of Dispensationalism
J.N. Darby and the Roots of Dispensationalism (Oxford University Press, 2024) describes the work of one of the most important and under-studied theolo…
April 21, 2024
The Claims of Life
The engaging memoir of a legendary president of Wellesley College known for authentic and open-hearted leadership, who drove innovation with power and…
April 14, 2024
Our Genes
Situated at the intersection of natural science and philosophy, Our Genes: A Philosophical Perspective on Human Evolutionary Genomics (Cambridge Unive…
March 31, 2024
Montesquieu's 'The Spirit of the Laws'
The Spirit of the Laws not only systematizes the foundational ideas of “separation of powers” and “balances and checks,” it provides the decisive resp…
March 30, 2024
The Gilded Cage
Since the mid-2000s, the Chinese state has increasingly shifted away from labor-intensive, export-oriented manufacturing to a process of socioeconomic…
March 29, 2024
The Chinese Computer
The fascinating, untold story of how the Chinese language overcame unparalleled challenges and revolutionized the world of computing. A standard QWERT…
March 29, 2024
Richard Nixon
Born in Yorba Linda and raised in Whittier, California, Nixon succeeded early in life, excelling in academics while enjoying athletics through high sc…
March 18, 2024
Selective Security in the War on Drugs
Paramilitaries, crime, and tens of thousands of disappeared persons—the so-called war on drugs has perpetuated violence in Latin America, at times pre…
March 14, 2024
Untold Histories of Nigerian Women
Untold Histories of Nigerian Women: Emerging from the Margins (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023) is a curation of insightful and engaging narration…
February 24, 2024
A History of Boston
Boston is today one of the world's greatest cities, first in higher education, hospitals, life science companies, and sports teams. It was the home of…
February 19, 2024
Open
With the avalanche of information we get every day, closing down our minds and hearts seems to be the only way to survive. We close down to our inner …
February 12, 2024
The Meat Paradox
Our future diet will be shaped by diverse forces. It will be shaped by novel technologies, by geopolitical tensions, and the evolution of cultural pre…
February 11, 2024
The Gift
The Gift: How Objects of Prestige Shaped the Atlantic Slave Trade and Colonialism (Cambridge University Press, 2023) explores how objects of prestige …
February 6, 2024
Moral Economic Transitions in the Mongolian Borderlands
In the early 1990s, Mongolia began a transition from socialism to a market democracy. In the process, the country became more than ever dependent on i…
February 5, 2024
Life in the G
Welcome to the G League--the official minor league of the National Basketball Association. Life in the G: Minor League Basketball and the Relentless P…
February 2, 2024
The Suburban Crisis
Most accounts of post-1950s political history tell the story of of the war on drugs as part of a racial system of social control of urban minority pop…
January 17, 2024
Beyond Norma Rae
In the late 1970s, Hollywood producers took the published biography of Crystal Lee Sutton, a white southern textile worker, and transformed it into a …
January 16, 2024
Medieval Islamic Maps
The history of Islamic mapping is one of the new frontiers in the history of cartography. Medieval Islamic Maps: An Exploration (University of Chicago…
January 13, 2024
Why the Bible Began
Why did no other ancient society produce something like the Bible? That a tiny, out of the way community could have created a literary corpus so deter…
January 2, 2024
Justice for Animals
A revolutionary new theory and call to action on animal rights, ethics, and law from the renowned philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum. Animals are in tro…
December 20, 2023
Apocalypse Television
On November 20, 1983, a three-hour made-for-TV movie The Day After premiered on ABC. Set in the heartland of Lawrence, Kansas, the film depicted the e…
December 11, 2023
Investigating Babyn Yar
Investigating Babyn Yar: Shadows from the Valley of Death (Lexington Books, 2023) pieces together the story of the destruction of Kyiv's Jews using hi…
November 24, 2023
The Rural Voter
The widening gulf between rural and urban America is becoming the most serious political divide of our day. Support for Democrats, up and down the bal…
November 22, 2023
Sustainable Prosperity in the Arab Gulf
Tracing the development journey of the Arabian Gulf region with a forward-looking perspective, Sustainable Prosperity in the Arab Gulf: From Miracle t…