July 11, 2014

Bangladesh, New York, and Florida after the Great Collapse of 2093

We conclude our week-long feature on The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway with three maps from 2393 that illustrate the ravages of climate change on Bangladesh, New York, and...

July 10, 2014

Thursday Fiction Corner: A Conversation with Danilo Kiš

Read a conversation between novelist Danilo Kiš and Brendan Lemon.

July 10, 2014

Naomi Oreskes on Why We Should Trust Scientists

In the following TED Talk, Naomi Oreskes, coauthor (with Erik M. Conway) of The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future, discusses why we should trust scientists. From the TED description: Many of the world’s biggest problems require...

July 9, 2014

Erik M. Conway on The Role of Neoliberalism in Climate Change

“Market fundamentalism allows us to continue believing that we’re not responsible for climate change or its impacts.”—Erik M. Conway The following post is by Erik M. Conway, the coauthor (with Naomi Oreskes) of The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View...

July 8, 2014

Interview with Naomi Oreskes, author of The Collapse of Western Civilization

The following is an interview with Naomi Oreskes, coauthor of, with Erik M. Conway, The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future: Question: In The Collapse of Western Civilization you approach climate change as a fictionalized future historian...

July 8, 2014

New Book Tuesday: Roberto Bolano and A Daughter's Memoir of Burma

Our weekly list of new titles now available: Roberto Bolaño’s Fiction: An Expanding Universe Chris Andrews A Daughter’s Memoir of Burma Wendy Law-Yone

July 7, 2014

The Nature of Value Allocation

Read an excerpt from Nick Gogerty’s THE NATURE OF VALUE, as well as the six things he hopes you’ll get out of his book.

July 3, 2014

The Value of Moats

Read Nick Gogerty’s explanation of the nature and value of “moats” in business, excerpted from THE NATURE OF VALUE.

July 2, 2014

The Nature of Value, as Illustrated Through Pins

Repin memorable images from THE NATURE OF VALUE, by Nick Gogerty.

July 1, 2014

A Glimpse into The Nature of Value, by Nick Gogerty

Read an excerpt from THE NATURE OF VALUE, in which Nick Gogerty illustrates the difference between price and value in a unique way.

July 1, 2014

New Book Tuesday: A New Book from Amartya Sen, New Fiction from Dalkey Archive, and More!

Our weekly list of new titles: The Arrow Impossibility Theorem Eric Maskin and Amartya Sen The Sarashina Diary: A Woman’s Life in Eleventh-Century Japan Sugawara no Takasue no Musume Law of Desire: Stories Andrej Blatnik Writers Antoine Volodine Another View:...

June 27, 2014

University Press Roundup

Our weekly roundup of the best posts from the blogs of academic publishers.