November 25, 2013

Loosen Those Belts! The Science of Overeating (Just in Time for Thanksgiving)

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, we thought we would look at one of the darker traditions of the holiday: overating. Sure, the food is delicious and plentiful but we should know better. But are there other, scientific factors that...

November 22, 2013

University Press Roundup

Welcome to our weekly roundup of the best posts from the blogs of academic publishers! As always, if you particularly enjoy something or think that we missed an important post, please let us know in the comments. Following Typhoon Haiyan’s...

November 21, 2013

Interview with Peter Maguire, author of Thai Stick: Surfers, Scammers, and the Untold Story of the Marijuana Trade

The following is an edited transcript of a podcast interview with Peter Maguire, coauthor of Thai Stick: Surfers, Scammers, and the Untold Story of the Marijuana Trade. The excerpt starts with midway with Maguire talking about the marijuana smugglers. For...

November 20, 2013

Images of Surfing, Drugs, and Drug Smuggling via "Thai Stick"

From California surfers to the hinterlands of Thailand, Thai Stick: Surfers, Scammers, and the Untold Story of the Marijuana Trade, by Peter Maguire and Mike Ritter, documents the growth, professionalization, and dangers of the international marijuana trade. That story is,...

November 19, 2013

Book Giveaway! Thai Stick: Surfers, Scammers, and the Untold Story of the Marijuana Trade

This week we will be featuring Thai Stick: Surfers, Scammers, and the Untold Story of the Marijuana Trade the extraordinary tale of marijuana smuggling in the 1970s by Peter Maguire and Mike Ritter. Throughout the week we will be featuring...

November 15, 2013

University Press Roundup: Special UPWeek Edition

Welcome to our University Press Roundup! As many of you know, this week was University Press Week, and many of the blogs we normally cover here participated in the #UPWeek Blog Tour, so we are making this the Special UPWeek...

November 15, 2013

#UPWeek Blog Tour: Columbia University Press and Global Publishing

It’s the final day ofUniversity Press Week! All week long university presses have been participating in the UP Week Blog Tour. We are thrilled to participate, and excited about today’s blog post theme: The Global Reach of University Presses. Make...

November 14, 2013

Joseph Cirincione talks Iran with Fareed Zakaria

November 14, 2013

Mike Chasar on Remembrance Day and the Case of the $400,000,000 Poem

The following post written for Veteran’s Day or Remembrance Day is by Mike Chasar, author of Everyday Reading: Poetry and Popular Culture in Modern America. The post was originally published on Arcade. I like to think of John McCrae’s “In...

November 13, 2013

The Nuclear Nightmares Still Lurking in Our World

November 12, 2013

Joseph Cirincione on Nuclear Policy in the Obama Administration

November 12, 2013

New Book Tuesday: Light and Dark, The Call of Character, and More New Titles!

Our weekly list of new titles: Light and Dark: A Novel Natsume Sōseki; translated by John Nathan The Call of Character: Living a Life Worth Living Mari Ruti The Plebeian Experience: A Discontinuous History of Political Freedom Martin Breaugh An...