September 1, 2023
New month, new releases! First up is Democracy and Nigeria’s Fourth Republic examining Nigeria’s challenges with consolidating democracy and the crisis of governance; The Last Laugh looks into Murnau’s classic… READ MORE
August 30, 2023
Marsilio Ficino had a lot on his mind in the summer of 1489. Imagine him pacing the hallways and gardens of the Villa Careggi, his residential estate near Florence. Marsilio… READ MORE
August 21, 2023
At first, The Life and Music of Gérard Grisey: Delirium and Form was a book I wanted to read, not a book I hoped to write. I’ve been fascinated by… READ MORE
August 9, 2023
One of the possible titles Arthur Conan Doyle considered for the first of his tales about Sherlock Holmes was “A Tangled Skein,” a phrase capturing the convoluted strands of evidence,… READ MORE
August 4, 2023
New for August we have the first in Nat Rubner’s two volume set exploring a pivotal moment in the history of the African continent; the first biography of Gérard Grisey… READ MORE
July 5, 2023
Continuity, or change? This simple question is at the heart of much modern research. Researchers are constantly asking themselves: To what extent is the phenomenon I am studying a continuation… READ MORE
July 3, 2023
Highlights this July include interdisciplinary and trans-historical investigation of the representation of ethics in Arthurian Literature; new insights into the changing human attitudes towards wild nature through the depiction of… READ MORE
June 20, 2023
Kurt Weill is well established as one of the 20th century’s most significant workmen in music theater. And yet his far-reaching legacy – the result of a career that stretched… READ MORE
June 13, 2023
The theme of this book was suddenly focused for me when I recently read an anthology of memoirs by citizens of Sarajevo who lived through the siege of that city… READ MORE
June 6, 2023
Representations of women’s education in the eighteenth century always depict it as “superficial”. I had long imagined writing a book based on my research into this topic that would tell… READ MORE
Q&A with Seth Peabody: Exploring German Film History