Particle or Wave: The Evolution of the Concept of Matter in Modern Physics
Anastopoulos, Charis
Princeton University Press
July 21, 2008
0691135126 (432 pages)
Science

The Collectors of Lost Souls: Turning Kuru Scientists into Whitemen
Anderson, Warwick
The Johns Hopkins University Press
October 6, 2008
0801890403 (328 pages)
Health & Medicine

Experiments in Ethics
Appiah, Kwame Anthony
Harvard University Press
January 15, 2008
0674026098 (288 pages)
Philosophy

The Long Thaw: How Humans Are Changing the Next 100,000 Years of Earth’s Climate
Archer, David
Princeton University Press
October 26, 2008
0691136548 (196 pages)
Environmental Studies

The Global Commonwealth of Citizens: Toward Cosmopolitan Democracy
Archibugi, Daniele
Princeton University Press
September 28, 2008
0691134901 (320 pages)
Sociology & Political Science

Death and Character: Further Reflections on Hume
Baier, Annette C. ; Baier, Annette C.
Harvard University Press
November 1, 2008
0674030907 (304 pages)
Philosophy

Genomes and What to Make of Them
Barnes, Barry ; Dupre, John
University Of Chicago Press
November 30, 2008
0226172953 (288 pages)
Science

Freedom’s Battle: The Origins of Humanitarian Intervention
Bass, Gary J.
Knopf
August 19, 2008
0307266486 (528 pages)
History: Historiography

Does Ethics Have a Chance in a World of Consumers?
Bauman, Zygmunt
Harvard University Press
May 31, 2008
0674027809 (288 pages)
Sociology & Political Science

The Better to Eat You With: Fear in the Animal World
Berger, Joel
University Of Chicago Press
November 1, 2008
0226043630 (360 pages)
Environmental Studies

Stat-Spotting: A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data
Best, Joel
University of California Press
October 20, 2008
0520257464 (144 pages)
Statistics

The Venturesome Economy: How Innovation Sustains Prosperity in a More Connected World
Bhide, Amar
Princeton University Press
October 5, 2008
0691135177 (520 pages)
Economics

The Triumph of Music: The Rise of Composers, Musicians and Their Art
Blanning, Tim
Belknap Press
November 30, 2008
0674031040 (432 pages)
Music

Pragmatism and Reference
Boersema, David
The MIT Press
December 31, 2008
0262026600 (328 pages)
Philosophy

William James at the Boundaries: Philosophy, Science, and the Geography of Knowledge
Bordogna, Francesca
University Of Chicago Press
November 15, 2008
0226066525 (392 pages)
Philosophy

Between Saying and Doing: Towards an Analytic Pragmatism
Brandom, Robert B.
Oxford University Press, USA
June 15, 2008
0199542872 (288 pages)
Philosophy

Opening Up Education: The Collective Advancement of Education through Open Technology, Open Content, and Open Knowledge
Brown, John Seely (Foreword) ; Iiyoshi, Toru (Editor) ; Kumar, M. S. Vijay (Editor) ; Brown, John Seely
The MIT Press
September 19, 2008
0262033712 (500 pages)
Education

The Posthumous Career of Emiliano Zapata: Myth, Memory, and Mexico’s Twentieth Century
Brunk, Samuel
University of Texas Press
October 1, 2008
0292717806 (370 pages)
History: Latin American

Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection
Cacioppo, John T. ; Patrick, William
W. W. Norton
August 25, 2008
0393061701 (288 pages)
Psychology

Race: A Theological Account
Carter, J. Kameron
Oxford University Press, USA
September 2, 2008
0195152794 (504 pages)
Black Theology

Rescuing Justice and Equality
Cohen, G. A.
Harvard University Press
November 1, 2008
0674030761 (448 pages)
Philosophy

Speaking to History: The Story of King Goujian in Twentieth-Century China
Cohen, Paul A. ; Gillis, John R. (Foreword)
University of California Press
November 3, 2008
0520255798 (384 pages)

Thinking of Others: On the Talent for Metaphor
Cohen, Ted
Princeton University Press
October 5, 2008
0691137463 (104 pages)
Philosophy

On Space and Time
Connes, Alain (Contributor) ; Heller, Michael (Contributor) ; Penrose, Roger (Contributor) ; Polkinghorne, John (Contributor) ; Taylor, Andrew (Contributor) ; Majid, Shahn (Editor)
Cambridge University Press
October 31, 2008
052188926X (320 pages)
Science

A Power to Do Justice: Jurisdiction, English Literature, and the Rise of Common Law,
Cormack, Bradin
University Of Chicago Press
February 1, 2008
0226116247 (424 pages)
Literary Criticism

Building the Devil’s Empire: French Colonial New Orleans
Dawdy, Shannon Lee
University Of Chicago Press
September 1, 2008
0226138410 (336 pages)
History: United States

Loneliness as a Way of Life
Dumm, Thomas
Harvard University Press
September 30, 2008
067403113X (208 pages)
Philosophy

The Household: Informal Order around the Hearth
Ellickson, Robert C.
Princeton University Press
August 24, 2008
0691134421 (272 pages)
Legal Theory

How to See a Work of Art in Total Darkness
English, Darby
The MIT Press
July 30, 2007
0262050838 (384 pages)
Art

The Stanzaic Architecture of Early Greek Elegy
Faraone, Christopher A.
Oxford University Press, USA
August 15, 2008
0199236984 (200 pages)
History: Classical

Sacred Attunement: A Jewish Theology
Fishbane, Michael
University Of Chicago Press
October 1, 2008
0226251713 (246 pages)
Judaic Studies

Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence, and the Poverty of Nations
Fisman, Raymond ; Miguel, Edward
Princeton University Press
September 22, 2008
0691134545 (250 pages)
Economics

The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at the College de France, 1978-1979
Foucault, Michel ; Davidson, Arnold I. ; Fontana, Alessandro ; Ewald, Francois ; Senellart, Michel
Palgrave Macmillan
June 10, 2008
1403986541 (368 pages)
Philosophy

The Faith of Scientists: In Their Own Words
Frankenberry, Nancy K. (Editor)
Princeton University Press
August 31, 2008
0691134871 (542 pages)
Science

Future Imperfect: Technology and Freedom in an Uncertain World
Friedman, David D.
Cambridge University Press
July 21, 2008
0521877326 (300 pages)
Sociology & Political Science

Patronizing the Arts
Garber, Marjorie
Princeton University Press
August 17, 2008
0691124809 (272 pages)
Art

Philosophy and Real Politics
Geuss, Raymond
Princeton University Press
August 17, 2008
0691137889 (126 pages)
Philosophy

Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations
Goodman, Martin
Knopf
October 23, 2007
0375411852 (624 pages)
History: Classical

Pragmatism and Social Hope: Deepening Democracy in Global Contexts
Green, Judith M.
Columbia University Press
October 29, 2008
023114458X (304 pages)
Philosophy

Regionalism and the Reading Class
Griswold, Wendy
University Of Chicago Press
August 1, 2008
0226309223 (208 pages)
Sociology & Political Science

What Blood Won’t Tell: A History of Race on Trial in America
Gross, Ariela J.
Harvard University Press
October 31, 2008
067403130X (384 pages)
Legal Theory

Ways of Writing: The Practice and Politics of Text-Making in Seventeenth-Century New England
Hall, David D.
University of Pennsylvania Press
August 10, 2008
0812241029 (248 pages)
Books about Books

Lyric Powers
Hallberg, Robert von
University Of Chicago Press
October 1, 2008
0226865002 (280 pages)
Literary Criticism

Law and Judicial Duty
Hamburger, Philip
Harvard University Press
November 1, 2008
0674031318 (704 pages)
Legal Theory

Institutions and Economic Performance
Helpman, Elhanan (Editor)
Harvard University Press
November 1, 2008
067403077X (624 pages)
Economics

Poetry and the Pre-Raphaelite Arts: Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Morris
Helsinger, Elizabeth K.
Yale University Press
July 15, 2008
030012273X (352 pages)
Literary Criticism

Fermilab: Physics, the Frontier, and Megascience
Hoddeson, Lillian ; Kolb, Adrienne W. ; Westfall, Catherine
University Of Chicago Press
December 1, 2008
0226346234 (512 pages)
Science

The Historians’ Paradox: The Study of History in Our Time
Hoffer, Peter
NYU Press
November 1, 2008
0814737145 (224 pages)
History: Historiography

The New Urban Renewal: The Economic Transformation of Harlem and Bronzeville
Hyra, Derek S.
University Of Chicago Press
September 1, 2008
0226366049 (224 pages)
Sociology & Political Science

Trusting Doctors: The Decline of Moral Authority in American Medicine
Imber, Jonathan B.
Princeton University Press
September 14, 2008
0691135746 (296 pages)
Health & Medicine

Social and Economic Networks
Jackson, Matthew O.
Princeton University Press
September 7, 2008
0691134405 (520 pages)
Economics

What Happened at Vatican II
John W., S. J. O’Malley
Belknap Press
September 30, 2008
0674031695 (400 pages)
Christian Theology

Beyond Barbie© and Mortal Kombat: New Perspectives on Gender and Gaming
Kafai, Yasmin B. (Editor) ; Heeter, Carrie (Editor) ; Denner, Jill (Editor) ; Sun, Jennifer Y. (Editor)
The MIT Press
September 30, 2008
0262113198 (396 pages)
Media Studies

Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery
Kara, Siddharth
Columbia University Press
October 24, 2008
0231139608 (320 pages)
Sociology & Political Science

Maimonides: The Life and World of One of Civilization’s Greatest Minds
Kraemer, Joel L.
Doubleday
October 28, 2008
038551199X (640 pages)
Judaic Studies

Democracy Denied, 1905-1915: Intellectuals and the Fate of Democracy
Kurzman, Charles
Harvard University Press
November 1, 2008
0674030923 (404 pages)
Sociology & Political Science

Autophobia: Love and Hate in the Automotive Age
Ladd, Brian
University Of Chicago Press
November 1, 2008
0226467414 (204 pages)
History: Historiography

A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music
Lewis, George E.
University Of Chicago Press
May 15, 2008
0226476952 (690 pages)
Music

Providence Lost
Lloyd, Genevieve
Harvard University Press
November 15, 2008
0674031539 (384 pages)
Philosophy

Buddhism and Science: A Guide for the Perplexed
Lopez, Donald S. ; Jr, Donald S. Lopez
University Of Chicago Press
November 1, 2008
0226493121 (280 pages)
Buddhist Studies

Salsa Dancing into the Social Sciences: Research in an Age of Info-glut
Luker, Kristin
Harvard University Press
October 15, 2008
0674031571 (336 pages)
Writing & Publishing

Macachiavellian Intelligence: How Rhesus Macaques and Humans Have Conquered the World
Maestripieri, Dario
University Of Chicago Press
October 15, 2007
0226501175 (192 pages)
Science

A Modern Legal Ethics: Adversary Advocacy in a Democratic Age
Markovits, Daniel
Princeton University Press
October 19, 2008
0691121621 (400 pages)
Legal Theory

How Life Began: Evolution’s Three Geneses
Meinesz, Alexandre ; Simberloff, Daniel (Translator)
University Of Chicago Press
September 15, 2008
0226519317 (296 pages)
Science

Life Explained
Morange, Michel ; Cobb, Matthew (Translator) ; DeBevoise, Malcolm (Translator)
Yale University Press
November 25, 2008
030013732X (224 pages)
Science

The Best of All Possible Worlds: A Story of Philosophers, God, and Evil
Nadler, Steven
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
October 28, 2008
0374229988 (320 pages)
Philosophy

Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-Up Idealists
Neiman, Susan
Harcourt Trade Publishers
May 5, 2008
0151011974 (480 pages)
Philosophy

Democracy and Knowledge: Innovation and Learning in Classical Athens
Ober, Josiah
Princeton University Press
October 5, 2008
0691133476 (362 pages)
History: Classical

The Imperfect Friend: Emotion and Rhetoric in Sidney, Milton and Their Contexts
Olmsted, Wendy
University of Toronto Press
May 3, 2008
0802091369 (400 pages)
Literary Criticism

Superstition: Belief in the Age of Science
Park, Robert L.
Princeton University Press
October 12, 2008
0691133557 (240 pages)
Science

Honest Signals: How They Shape Our World
Pentland, Alex (Sandy) ; Heibeck, Tracy
The MIT Press
October 31, 2008
0262162563 (192 pages)
Cognitive Science

A Revolution in Taste: The Rise of French Cuisine, 1650-1800
Pinkard, Susan
Cambridge University Press
September 29, 2008
0521821991 (336 pages)
History: European

Because of Race: How Americans Debate Harm and Opportunity in Our Schools
Pollock, Mica
Princeton University Press
August 10, 2008
069112535X (304 pages)
Education

Robert Clifton Weaver and the American City: The Life and Times of an Urban Reformer
Pritchett, Wendell E.
University Of Chicago Press
October 1, 2008
0226684482 (444 pages)
African American Studies

Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation
Ramadan, Tariq
Oxford University Press, USA
November 17, 2008
0195331710 (384 pages)
Islamic Studies

The Tragic Sense of Life: Ernst Haeckel and the Struggle over Evolutionary Thought
Richards, Robert J.
University Of Chicago Press
June 15, 2008
0226712141 (512 pages)
Science

Euler’s Gem: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology
Richeson, David S. ; Gray, Jeremy ; Szpiro, George G. ; Stein, James D. ; Baker, Stephen
Princeton University Press
September 28, 2008
0691126771 (332 pages)
Mathematics

How Race Survived US History: From the American Revolution to the Present
Roediger, David R.
Verso
October 6, 2008
1844672751 (256 pages)
History: United States

On the Side of the Angels: An Appreciation of Parties and Partisanship
Rosenblum, Nancy L.
Princeton University Press
September 14, 2008
0691135347 (600 pages)
Sociology & Political Science

Philosophy in Turbulent Times: Canguilhem, Sartre, Foucault, Althusser, Deleuze, Derrida
Roudinesco, Elisabeth ; McCuaig, William (Translator)
Columbia University Press
October 29, 2008
0231143001 (208 pages)
Philosophy

Giordano Bruno: Philosopher/Heretic
Rowland, Ingrid D.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
August 19, 2008
0809095246 (352 pages)
Philosophy

Paper Citizens: How Illegal Immigrants Acquire Citizenship in Developing Countries
Sadiq, Kamal
Oxford University Press, USA
December 2, 2008
0195371224 (296 pages)
Sociology & Political Science

Measuring the New World: Enlightenment Science and South America
Safier, Neil
University Of Chicago Press
September 15, 2008
0226733556 (428 pages)
History: Latin American

The Aftermath of War
Sartre, Jean-Paul ; Turner, Chris (Editor)
Seagull Books
October 14, 2008
1905422881 (208 pages)
Philosophy

Your Spirits Walk Beside Us: The Politics of Black Religion
Savage, Barbara Dianne
Belknap Press
November 21, 2008
0674031776 (368 pages)
Black Theology

Moral Dimensions: Permissibility, Meaning, Blame
Scanlon, T. M.
Belknap Press
September 30, 2008
0674031784 (264 pages)
Philosophy

The Tenacity of Unreasonable Beliefs: Fundamentalism and the Fear of Truth
Schimmel, Solomon
Oxford University Press, USA
August 15, 2008
0195188268 (296 pages)
Anthropology

The Scientific Life: A Moral History of a Late Modern Vocation
Shapin, Steven
University Of Chicago Press
October 1, 2008
0226750248 (486 pages)
Science

Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
Shubin, Neil
Pantheon
January 15, 2008
0375424474 (240 pages)
Science

Spring, Heat, Rains: A South Indian Diary
Shulman, David
University Of Chicago Press
November 15, 2008
0226755762 (256 pages)
History: South Asian

The Religious Enlightenment: Protestants, Jews, and Catholics from London to Vienna
Sorkin, David
Princeton University Press
July 21, 2008
0691135029 (360 pages)
History: European

Plumes: Ostrich Feathers, Jews, and a Lost World of Global Commerce
Stein, Sarah Abrevaya
Yale University Press
November 25, 2008
0300127367 (256 pages)
Judaic Studies

The Economics of Inaction: Stochastic Control Models with Fixed Costs
Stokey, Nancy L.
Princeton University Press
November 9, 2008
0691135053 (320 pages)
Economics

Anglophilia: Deference, Devotion, and Antebellum America
Tamarkin, Elisa
University Of Chicago Press
July 15, 2008
0226789446 (384 pages)
History: United States

The Danger of Music and Other Anti-Utopian Essays
Taruskin, Richard
University of California Press
December 2, 2008
0520249771 (512 pages)

Life and Action: Elementary Structures of Practice and Practical Thought
Thompson, Michael
Harvard University Press
June 30, 2008
067401670X (240 pages)
Philosophy

Eloquence and Reason: Creating a First Amendment Culture
Tsai, Robert L.
Yale University Press
December 2, 2008
030011723X (216 pages)
Legal Theory

Free Riding
Tuck, Richard
Harvard University Press
June 15, 2008
0674028341 (232 pages)
Sociology & Political Science

On Borrowed Time: The Art and Economy of Living with Deadlines
Weinrich, Harald ; Rendall, Steven (Translator)
University Of Chicago Press
December 1, 2008
0226886018 (256 pages)
Philosophy

Mission and Money: Understanding the University
Weisbrod, Burton A. ; Ballou, Jeffrey P. ; Asch, Evelyn D.
Cambridge University Press
September 8, 2008
0521515106 (360 pages)
Economics

The Woman Who Walked into the Sea: Huntington’s and the Making of a Genetic Disease
Wexler, Alice ; Wexler, Nancy S.
Yale University Press
September 30, 2008
0300105029 (288 pages)
Health & Medicine

Epicureanism at the Origins of Modernity
Wilson, Catherine
Oxford University Press, USA
August 15, 2008
0199238812 (320 pages)
Science

Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism
Wolin, Sheldon S.
Princeton University Press
April 27, 2008
0691135665 (376 pages)
Sociology & Political Science

Comparative Journeys: Essays on Literature and Religion East and West
Yu, Anthony C.
Columbia University Press
October 14, 2008
0231143265 (432 pages)
Literary Criticism

In Defense of Lost Causes
Zizek, Slavoj
Verso
April 28, 2008
1844671089 (504 pages)
Critical Theory & Marxism