July 14, 2010

A Chronology of George Steinbrenner

With yesterday’s news of George Steinbrenner’s death, we thought we would highlight some of the highlights (and lowlights) from his remarkable run as owner of the New York Yankees. The dates and events are taken from The Greater New York...

July 13, 2010

John Major on translating the Chinese classic Huainanzi

In a recent guest post on Frog In A Well John Major, one of the translators of the recently published Huainanzi, a classic Han dynasty work on statecraft and philosophy, talks about the process and difficulties of translation. One of...

July 12, 2010

William M. Klepper on tough love between Corporate Boards and CEOs

William Klepper, author of The CEO’S Boss: Tough Love in the Boardroom, recently posted an article on Boardmember.com on how corporate boards can better improve their relationships with their business’s CEO through tough love. In the article Klepper explains that...

July 9, 2010

"New York is the most Latin American city in the world."

The above quote from a Daily News article is from Claudio Remeseira, editor of Hispanic New York: A Sourcebook. The article which calls the book “an imposing testimony to the sheer vibrancy of the city’s Hispanic community,” describes the book...

July 8, 2010

Avner Cohen on Israel's "Secret" Nuclear Arsenal

Earlier this week, NPR’s All Things Considered interviewed Avner Cohen author of the forthcoming The Worst-Kept Secret: Israel’s Bargain with the Bomb. In the interview Cohen discusses Israel’s policy to never publicly acknowledge that it has possession of nuclear weapons....

July 7, 2010

Zizek on Hegel

“The time of Hegel still lies ahead – Hegel’s century will be the XXIst.”—Slavoj Zizek The Web site Objet Petit A offers a sneak preview of the forthcoming 2011 book Hegel and the Infinite by publishing Slavoj Zizek’s preface, “Hegel’s...

July 6, 2010

Psyched Out — A Review of Gilles Deleuze & Felix Guattari: Intersecting Lives

Scott McLemee’s recent review of Francois Dosse’s Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari: Intersecting Lives in Bookforum (registration req’d but it’s free!) praises the joint biography for making the academicized Deleuze “mysterious again.” The review also looks at the biography in...

July 2, 2010

Michael Mauboussin on the Big Think

Michael Mauboussin, author of More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places (Updated and Expanded), was recently featured on Big Think. In the interview, Mauboussin, who is also the Chief Investment Strategist at Legg Mason Capital Management, argues...

July 1, 2010

Sam Roberts on John V. Lindsay as "America's Mayor"

When we were deciding on the title for our book on John Lindsay, co-published with the Museum of the City of New York, we were concerned that the title America’s Mayor, might cause some confusion. After all, many now think...

June 30, 2010

Stephen Cohen on the Russian Spy Scandal

In an interview with CBS News, Stephen Cohen, most recently the author of Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives: From Stalinism to the New Cold War, questions the timing of the arrests in the Russian spy scandal. More precisely, Cohen, who...

June 29, 2010

James Rodger Fleming on Fixing the Sky

In today’s New York Times, Cornelia Dean has a round-up of books on “geoengineering,” an idea gaining traction in the scientific community. With the effects of global warming becoming more pronounced each day, scientists argue that geonengineering (the application of...

June 28, 2010

Siddharth Kara's "Sex Trafficking" now available in paperback

Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery, by Siddharth Kara is now available in paperback. The book has been one of our most critically acclaimed and bestselling titles over the last couple of years. More important, the book and...