The Sovereign Trickster In this release from Duke University Press, University of Washington history professor Vicente Rafael, PhD ’84, examines the factors that brought Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte to power.
Recipe for Survival In this volume subtitled “What You Can Do to Live a Healthier and More Environmentally Friendly Life,” dietician and HumEc alum Dana Ellis Hunnes ’03 advocates for a diet that benefits not only the individual but the planet.
Tales of Zygorra In this young-adult fantasy novel by Aditya Shukla ’19, 10 New York City teens find themselves teleported from their summer camp to an alternate dimension, where they develop superpowers.
The Economic Weapon The first book by Nicholas Mulder, a Cornell assistant professor of modern European history, explores the costs of economic sanctions as an alternative to war.
The Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫɁ People in the Cayuga Lake Region This 80-page chronicle of the indigenous people of the Ithaca area, written by Cornell anthropology professor Kurt Jordan ’88, is available through the History Center in Tompkins County.
The Book of Mother Leslie Camhi ’81 translated this semi-autobiographical novel by Violaine Huisman, originally published in French, which has garnered a host of critical accolades.
The All-Consuming Nation In this analysis of America’s “postwar consumer democracy,” Mark Lytle ’66, a professor emeritus of history at Bard College, examines its costs and weighs the ongoing critiques to it.
All the Queens Houses Rafael Herrin-Ferri ’96, BArch ’99, offers (in the words of the subtitle), “an architectural portrait of New York’s largest and most diverse borough,” also his own home turf.
Thanks for Everything (Now Get Out) In this volume from Yale University Press, Joseph Margulies ’82—a professor of practice in Arts and Sciences and the Law School—ponders the societal costs of gentrification, particularly on the residents who get squeezed out in the process.
Recitatif The late novelist and essayist Toni Morrison, MA ’55, wrote just one short story, in 1983. It has only recently been published in stand-alone book form.