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March 28, 2026
Colloquies on European Civil Procedure
This volume brings law to life through a free and lively dialogue on the new Model European Rules of Civil Procedure. In it, some of Europe's leading …
March 27, 2026
Troubled Lands
Why Did Langston Hughes's "Troubled Lands" Go Unpublished for Nearly a Century?: A Conversation with Ricardo Wilson A landmark book—the first complet…
March 23, 2026
Gist Books
Today I’m speaking with Ramona Liberoff and Liz Fried, cofounders of the new publisher, Gist Books. Gist allows readers to pick the topics they want, …
March 16, 2026
The Whole Earth Is a Garden of Monsters / Toda la Tierra Es Un Jardín de Monstruos
This award-winning bilingual collection intertwines the lives of a Renaissance painter and a modern migrant worker, offering a fresh perspective on ar…
March 15, 2026
The Infinite Alphabet
We all understand that knowledge shapes the fate of business and the growth of nations, but few of us are aware of the principles that govern its moti…
March 12, 2026
Mexico in Space
From Aztec sun stones to satellite launches, from muralist visions to dark sky parks, Mexico's engagement with outer space is fundamental to its ident…
March 6, 2026
The Case Against Education
Today I’m speaking with economist Bryan Caplan about education and bullshit, with a particular focus on his book, The Case Against Education: Why the …
February 23, 2026
Brooklyn Odyssey
Growing up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn as a member of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic Orthodox Jewish community, Zalman Newfield was raised in an atmosphe…
February 21, 2026
Walter Lippmann
Walter Lippmann was arguably the most recognized and respected political journalist of the twentieth century. His "Today and Tomorrow" columns attract…
February 19, 2026
Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic
In the midst of academic debates about the utility of the term “magic” and the cultural meaning of ancient words like mageia or khesheph, this Guide t…
February 19, 2026
No Option But Sabotage
An authoritative history of the radical environmental movement in the United States, No Option But Sabotage explores how far activists are willing to …
February 18, 2026
Out of the Ballpark
All over the world, masses of people watch, follow, document, and obsess over baseball. Everything remarkable about the impact of baseball derives fro…
February 9, 2026
Davos Man
Drawing on decades of experience covering the global economy, New York Times' journalist Peter S. Goodman profiles five representative Davos Men-membe…
February 5, 2026
Human Geography
Human geography offers answers to some of the most important challenges of our time. To understand contemporary struggles over global economic inequal…
February 5, 2026
Overinvested
Parents are exhausted. When did raising children become such all-consuming, never-ending, incredibly expensive, and emotionally absorbing effort? In t…
February 2, 2026
The Rise of Americanism in Italy, 1888-1919
The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries marked a pivotal time for the United States as the nation emerged as a political and industrial powe…
February 2, 2026
On Pedantry
A lively and entertaining cultural history of a supremely annoying intellectual vice Intellectuals have long provoked scorn and irritation, even downr…
February 2, 2026
Restless Ecologies
In the high Andean grasslands 4,500 meters above sea level, Quechua alpaca herders live on the edges of glaciers that have retreated more rapidly in t…
January 28, 2026
A Slumless America
Betty Boyd Caroli's biography of Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch is the first full-length work on a seminal figure in the settlement house movement, which …
January 19, 2026
How to Change a Memory
As a graduate student at MIT, Steve Ramirez successfully created false memories in the lab. Now, as a neuroscientist working at the frontiers of brain…
January 12, 2026
Scholarly Podcasting
Exploring what academic podcasting is and what it could be, Ian Cook's Scholarly Podcasting (Routledge, 2023) is the first to consider the why, what, …
January 10, 2026
The Moscow Playbook
An eye-opening account of how Russia's leaders have used sports as a political tool to solidify their global power "Victories in sport do more to cem…
January 3, 2026
Lucky by Design
What's the secret to scoring a reservation at a hot new restaurant? When should you enter a lottery to increase your odds of winning? Why did your nei…
January 2, 2026
Biography of a Dangerous Idea
An engaging investigation of how 13 key Enlightenment figures shaped the concept of race, from the acclaimed author of Diderot and the Art of Thinking…