An earthquake didn’t hit San Francisco in 1978, but by all other accounts it was an earth-shaking year. The city was wracked by political assassination, the arrival of punk... Read More

Peggy Gavan’s atmospheric Cat Men of Gotham retells forty-two true stories of Old New York felines and the men who cared for them. Culled from newspaper and magazine archives... Read More

Michael A. Messner’s "Guys Like Me" profiles a veteran from each of the five most recent American wars, documenting the experiences that led them to activism and advocacy for... Read More

Father Krikor Balakian’s memoir of his 1909 visit to the medieval Armenian city of Ani is newly available in English as "The Ruins of Ani". Translator Peter Balakian... Read More

In a concise but meaningful way, "Superstorm Sandy" summarizes the state of New Jersey’s response to 2012’s devastating Hurricane Sandy. To do this, the book examines the... Read More

Utilizing the concept of “pre-trauma” to describe various forms of media that anticipate disaster, this book discusses apocalyptic film and literature as manifestations of... Read More

Consider the violin virtuoso: in her late teens, Eastern European, humble beginnings, she performs in prestigious concert halls the world over, alone on stage, imperturbable,... Read More

Merrill skillfully balances explanations of these highly complex systems with anecdotes about his own health experiences and those of other people. Gary F. Merrill, a professor... Read More

Environmentalism and feminism are two passions igniting this rich biographical study of American women in science. In "Rachel Carson and Her Sisters", Robert K. Musil uses the... Read More

Knowing what we now know about our imitative impulses, we can venture forward to the realm of culture, comfortable with the idea that to live in a place is unavoidably to live... Read More

The mention of Emily Dickinson’s name does not generally conjure up images of a hot-blooded hussy sneaking off for steamy encounters with a married man who was old enough to... Read More

Early in his story, Jim Weaver explains how discovering the Slow Food movement was his “aha moment,” the point he found his professional purpose as well as the reason for... Read More