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November 28, 2011

B. Alan Wallace: Meditations of a Buddhist Skeptic

This week’s featured book is Meditations of a Buddhist Skeptic: A Manifesto for the Mind Sciences and Contemplative Practice, by Alan Wallace. The following is the conclusion to the book’s opening chapter, Toward a Revolution in the Mind Sciences: Galileo,...

November 28, 2011

Holiday Sale! Save 40% on Gift Ideas from Columbia University Press

From the science of flavor and building a meal to journalistic and cult classics, here are some holiday gift suggestions. We are offering a 40% discount on these titles. IMPORTANT: Be sure to enter the special promotion code HOLIDAY in...

November 22, 2011

Andrew Smith Reveals the Truth About Thanksgiving

In the chapter “Giving Thanks” from his book Eating History: Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine, Andrew Smith reveals that “the whole idea that the Pilgrims were the first to celebrate Thanksgiving in America was, in fact...

November 22, 2011

Fred Ikle (1924-2011)

We were sad to learn that Fred Ikle, author of Annihilation from Within: The Ultimate Threat to Nations and Every War Must End, passed away earlier this month. Fred Ikle was undersecretary of Defense during Reagan’s second term and before...

November 22, 2011

New Book Tuesday: The Severed Head and Acts of God

The Severed Head: Capital Visions Julia Kristeva The Evil Dead Kate Egan Blade Runner Matt Hills Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia Ian Cooper Acts of God and Man: Ruminations on Risk and Insurance Michael Powers Species Matters: Humane...

November 20, 2011

Crime and Criminology Titles on Sale

Save 30% on selected titles in Criminology and Crime. To receive the discount use the code CRIM in the “Enter Coupon Code” field at checkout and then click apply. Sale ends February 15, 2012. Titles on sale include: Addressing Rape...

November 20, 2011

Charles Egan Wins Translation Prize for Clouds Thick, Whereabouts Unknown

Congratulations to Charles Egan, who recently was awarded the 2011 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize from the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) for Clouds Thick, Whereabouts Unknown: Poems by Zen Monks of China . The jury for the Lucien Stryk...

November 18, 2011

Brian Boyd on The Original of Laura

We conclude our feature on Stalking by Nabokov, by Brian Boyd with a video of Boyd discussing Nabokov’s unfinished final work The Original of Laura. As he discusses in his talk, Boyd initially thought the book should not be published...

November 18, 2011

Interview with Genny Beemyn and Susan R. Rankin, Authors of The Lives of Transgender People

The following is an interview with Genny Beemyn and Susan R. Rankin, authors of The Lives of Transgender People. Sunday, November 20th is the Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day to memorialize those who have been killed because of their...

November 17, 2011

Brian Boyd's Daily Reads

Brian Boyd, author of Stalking Nabokov, was recently featured on the Chronicle of Higher Ed’s popular feature My Daily Read. In the piece, Boyd discusses the newspapers, magazines, and books he has been reading lately. In discussing what books he’s...

November 17, 2011

Todd Gitlin on the Occupy Wall Street Movement

“Now what? What’s the relation between the turf and the movement? Both known and unknown unknowns abound, but it cannot be taken for granted that the expulsion is bad for the movement. To the contrary: Odds are that the expulsion...

November 17, 2011

Kenneth Goldsmith's Uncreative Take on Shakespeare

In Uncreative Writing: Managing Language in the Digital Age, Kenneth Goldsmith argues that language expressed either semantically or as code is behind everything we read, see, and hear online. The ability of writers and artists to manipulate this “language” opens...