Of mystery and wonder
Alumnus Mike Bezemek has turned a lifelong love of the outdoors into an enterprising writing career. His latest nonfiction book, Mysteries of the National Parks, is a thrilling read and a reminder to look beyond the obvious for answers and adventure.


Slavery at Sea
Terror, Sex, and Sickness in the Middle Passage

Regulating Style
Intellectual Property Law and the Business of Fashion in Guatemala

Schumann’s Virtuosity
Criticism, Composition, and Performance in Nineteenth-Century Germany

A Cabinet of Philosophical Curiosities
A Collection of Puzzles, Oddities, Riddles and Dilemmas

Habitual Offenders
A True Tale of Nuns, Prostitutes, and Murderers in 17th-Century Italy

The History of the Future
American Essays

When Movies Were Theater
Architecture, Exhibition, and the Evolution of American Film

Confident Pluralism
Surviving and Thriving Through Deep Difference

The Myth of Race
The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea