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In “Confident Pluralism,” John D. Inazu analyzes the current state of the country, orients the contemporary United States within its broader history, and explores the ways that Americans can—and must—strive to live together peaceably despite our deeply engrained differences. Inazu not only argues that it is possible to cohabitate peacefully in this country, but also […]

Biological races do not exist―and never have. This view is shared by all scientists who study variation in human populations. Yet racial prejudice and intolerance based on the myth of race remain deeply ingrained in Western society. In his powerful examination of a persistent, false and poisonous idea, Robert Sussman explores how race emerged as a social construct from early biblical justifications to the pseudoscientific studies of today.

The purpose of this guide is to help the user find birds on Andros Island and find the habitats that are ideal for certain species of birds. This book describes in detail the best places to find approximately 150 of the most common and/or most interesting birds found on the island. It is a ‘must […]

Miracle Man: The Story of Jesus depicts the miracles Christ in beautiful illustrations and custom fonts.

Edited by: Luis CarranzaIntroduction by: Nasrine SerajiEssays by: Kristina Van Dyke, Eric Mumford and Luis Carranza The book “Axi:Ome” is a collection of projects and essays about the St. Louis-based architectural practice led by Heather Woofter and Sung Ho Kim, which engages the architectural profession within the bounds of academic endeavors. Woofter and Kim have […]

William Maxwell, professor in the English and African and African-American studies departments, draws on 14,000 pages of recently released FBI files to show how the FBI, under J. Edgar Hoover, monitored and shaped public perception of African-American literature from 1919 to 1972.

In the first literary/biographical study of ­Nathaniel ­Hawthorne’s career in almost 40 years, Robert Milder, professor of ­English, gives a transatlantic perspective on the ­American author.

Gaylyn Studlar, the ­David May Distinguished ­Professor in the ­Humanities and director of the Film and Media Studies program, takes representations of girlhood as the topic of her latest book.

The book “Spatial Practice” is a collection of projects and essays on Axi:Ome llc of St. Louis, a young architectural design studio. Like most young designers they employ digital tools as design process. The difference between their and other young digital practices is the final output of the design resolution. Axi:Ome llc fully develops their work within […]

Derived from the Latin words axiom and forme, the American based office of Axi:Ome engages in architecture as research: a mode of practice that directly interfaces with social, cultural economic and environmental influences. Over the course of eight chapters a total of eleven works from the office are examined, including the Media Arcade and Locust […]