August 6, 2019

The Meaning of Lone Wolf Terrorism

“The study of lone wolf terrorism takes a significant leap forward in this important book. Hamm and Spaaij provide a thoughtful analysis and critical insights about the nature of lone wolf terrorism and terrorists. The book is a must-read for...

August 6, 2019

Joshua A. Fogel on Yosano Akiko’s Travels

Our celebration of women poets in translation continues today with a guest post by Joshua A. Fogel, who translated Yosano Akiko’s Travels in Manchuria and Mongolia: A Feminist Poet from Japan Encounters Prewar China. In 1928 at a highpoint of Sino-Japanese tensions,...

August 6, 2019

New Book Tuesday! Shadow Archives, The Unworthy Scholar, Female Fighters and More!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Shadow Archives The Lifecycles of African American Literature Jean-Christophe Cloutier Female Fighters Why Rebel Groups Recruit Women for War Reed M. Wood The New Censorship Inside the Global Battle for Media...

August 5, 2019

Six Facts About Gun Violence in the U.S. That Everyone Should Know

“Based on years of study, Dexter Voisin has written an unusually thoughtful, sensitive, and astute meditation on violence—what it means, how it comes about, how it affects people, and how the media choose to write about it. The book’s critical...

August 2, 2019

Book Excerpt Hatred and Forgiveness, by Julia Kristeva

“In Hatred and Forgiveness the philosopher and psychoanalyst Julia Kristeva focuses on the heterogeneity of forgiveness and hatred, which is elaborated in terms of its subversion and sublimation in and through psychoanalysis and text. This book reflects the wide spectrum, and already...

August 1, 2019

Women in Translation Month 2019: A Celebration of Poetry and Fiction from Russia and East Asia

Welcome to Women in Translation Month 2019! WITMonth began five years ago when Meytal Tadzinkski noticed that women writers made up less than half of published translations. Since then, WITMonth has grown into a global movement giving voice to women...

July 30, 2019

New From Our Distribution Partners!

This week’s list of new releases is comprised of titles from our distribution partners. We are proud to be the distributor of international and domestic presses who publish in a variety of subject areas. From film to political science and...

July 29, 2019

Summer Reading List: Art and Architecture

The summer heatwaves spanning the country might be hindering outdoor activities, but they shouldn’t impede on your summer reading. From Robert Rauschenberg to the Moscow’s Conceptualist to architecture for space settlements to building preservation policy, this week’s list of suggested...

July 26, 2019

Are You An Apollo 11 Mission Expert?

This week we’ve celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Mission with a guest post by Kelly Oliver, an excerpt from her her book Earth and World: Philosophy After the Apollo Missions, and a summer reading list of books with topics...

July 25, 2019

Summer Reading for Space Enthusiasts

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module on the moon. The historical event ended the Space Race and incited future possibilities to colonize, explore, and weaponize space. From Space Settlements to Space as a...

July 24, 2019

Book Excerpt! Earth and World: Philosophy After the Apollo Missions

“In her brilliant new book, Oliver demonstrates precisely why philosophy could never be the same ‘after the Apollo Missions.’ She explores in an absolutely lucid and compelling way the ethical challenges and opportunities that emerged at the moment our planet—our...

July 23, 2019

New Book Tuesday! Klotsvog, Beauty in the Age of Empire, and A New German Idealism

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Beauty in the Age of Empire Japan, Egypt, and the Global History of Aesthetic Education Raja Adal Klotsvog Margarita Khemlin. Translated by Lisa C. Hayden. Foreword by Lara Vapnyar New in...