The Front Table: Paperbacks
(Week of December 29, 2008)

December 31st, 2008 by Front Table

The White Tiger: A Novel
Adiga, Aravind
Free Press
October 14, 2008
Paperback (304 pages)
Literature


The Civil Sphere
Alexander, Jeffrey C.
Oxford University Press, USA
September 8, 2008
Paperback (816 pages)
Sociology & Political Science


Girls of Riyadh
Alsanea, Rajaa (Translator) ; Booth, Marilyn (Translator) ; Alsanea, Rajaa
Penguin
June 24, 2008
Paperback (304 pages)
Literature


Mostly Harmless Econometrics: An Empiricist’s Companion
Angrist, Joshua D. ; Pischke, Jorn-Steffen
Princeton University Press
January 4, 2009
Paperback (392 pages)
Economics


What Can I Do When Everything’s on Fire?: A Novel
Antunes, Antonio Lobo ; Rabassa, Gregory (Translator)
W. W. Norton
September 8, 2008
Paperback (480 pages)
Literature


Race and Class Matters at an Elite College
Aries, Elizabeth
Temple Univ Press
September 28, 2008
Paperback (256 pages)
Education


The Declaration of Independence: A Global History
Armitage, David
Harvard University Press
December 15, 2008
Paperback (320 pages)
History: United States


Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the 21st Century
Arrighi, Giovanni
Verso
January 5, 2009
Paperback (432 pages)
Economics


A Nest of Ninnies
Ashbery, John ; Schuyler, James
Dalkey Archive Press
December 12, 2008
Paperback (191 pages)
Literature


Building the South Side: Urban Space and Civic Culture in Chicago, 1890-1919
Bachin, Robin F.
University Of Chicago Press
November 15, 2008
Paperback (448 pages)
Chicago


Number and Numbers
Badiou, Alain ; Mackay, Robin
Polity
May 27, 2008
Paperback (240 pages)
Philosophy


The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Barbery, Muriel ; Anderson, Alison (Translator)
Europa Editions
September 2, 2008
Paperback (336 pages)
Literature


Giambattista Vico: Keys to the New Science: Translations, Commentaries, and Essays
Bayer, Thora Ilin (Editor) ; Verene, Donald Phillip (Editor) ; Bayer, Thora Ilin
Cornell University Press
December 2008
Paperback (209 pages)
Philosophy


The Cambridge Companion to Hegel and Nineteenth-Century Philosophy
Beiser, Frederick C. (Editor)
Cambridge University Press
November 17, 2008
Paperback (472 pages)
Philosophy


Bach’s Cycle, Mozart’s Arrow: An Essay on the Origins of Musical Modernity
Berger, Karol
University of California Press
September 10, 2008
Paperback (432 pages)
Music


Shakespeares Ideas
Bevington, David
Wiley-Blackwell
August 25, 2008
Paperback (248 pages)
Literary Criticism


The Savage Detectives: A Novel
Bolano, Roberto ; Wimmer, Natasha (Translator) ; Wimmer, Natasha
Picador
March 4, 2008
Paperback (672 pages)
Literature


Jihad in Islamic History: Doctrines and Practice
Bonner, Michael
Princeton University Press
August 17, 2008
Paperback (224 pages)
Islamic Studies


A Time for the Humanities: Futurity and the Limits of Autonomy
Bono, James J. (Editor) ; Dean, Tim (Editor) ; Ziarek, Ewa Plonowska (Editor)
Fordham University Press
October 15, 2008
Paperback (250 pages)
Education


What Would You Do?: Juggling Bioethics and Ethnography
Bosk, Charles L.
University Of Chicago Press
December 1, 2008
Paperback (288 pages)
Health & Medicine


The Bachelors’ Ball: The Crisis of Peasant Society in Bearn
Bourdieu, Pierre ; Nice, Richard (Translator)
University Of Chicago Press
August 15, 2008
Paperback (216 pages)
Sociology & Political Science


How the University Works: Higher Education and the Low-Wage Nation
Bousquet, Marc ; Nelson, Cary (Foreword)
NYU Press
January 1, 2008
Paperback (281 pages)
Education


Why the French Don’t Like Headscarves: Islam, the State, and Public Space
Bowen, John R.
Princeton University Press
August 24, 2008
Paperback (304 pages)
Anthropology


Jewishness and the Human Dimension
Boyarin, Jonathan
Fordham University Press
November 17, 2008
Paperback (180 pages)
Judaic Studies


Jim Crow Nostalgia: Reconstructing Race in Bronzeville
Boyd, Michelle R.
Univ Of Minnesota Press
July 29, 2008
Paperback (208 pages)
Chicago


The Law of God: The Philosophical History of an Idea
Brague, Remi ; Cochrane, Lydia G. (Translator)
University Of Chicago Press
October 1, 2008
Paperback (384 pages)
Philosophy


Feeling Our Feelings: What Philosophers Think and People Know
Brann, Eva
Paul Dry Books
October 1, 2008
Paperback (550 pages)
Philosophy


People of the Book: A Novel
Brooks, Geraldine
Penguin
December 30, 2008
Paperback (400 pages)
Literature


Henry James Goes to Paris
Brooks, Peter
Princeton University Press
December 14, 2008
Paperback (288 pages)
Literary Criticism


Realist Vision
Brooks, Peter
Yale University Press
July 1, 2008
Paperback (272 pages)


The Historiography of Communism
Brown, Michael E.
Temple University Press
December 28, 2008
Paperback (264 pages)
Critical Theory & Marxism


The Pleasures of the Damned: Poems, 1951-1993
Bukowski, Charles ; Martin, John
Ecco
December 2, 2008
Paperback (576 pages)
Poetry


The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies
Caplan, Bryan
Princeton University Press
August 24, 2008
Paperback (296 pages)
Sociology & Political Science


In Praise of the Common: A Conversation on Philosophy and Politics
Casarino, Cesare ; Negri, Antonio
Univ Of Minnesota Press
November 11, 2008
Paperback (312 pages)
Critical Theory & Marxism


High Stakes: Florida Seminole Gaming and Sovereignty
Cattelino, Jessica
Duke University Press
2008
Paperback (304 pages)
Anthropology


The Yiddish Policemen’s Union: A Novel
Chabon, Michael
Harper Perennial
April 29, 2008
Paperback (464 pages)
Literature


Inscription and Erasure: Literature and Written Culture from the Eleventh to the Eighteenth Century
Chartier, Roger ; Goldhammer, Arthur (Translator)
University of Pennsylvania Press
July 29, 2008
Paperback (224 pages)
Literary Criticism


Baboon Metaphysics: The Evolution of a Social Mind
Cheney, Dorothy L. ; Seyfarth, Robert M.
University Of Chicago Press
September 15, 2008
Paperback (358 pages)
Science


Haunting the Korean Diaspora: Shame, Secrecy, and the Forgotten War
Cho, Grace M.
Univ Of Minnesota Press
November 11, 2008
Paperback (232 pages)
Sociology & Political Science


Control and Freedom: Power and Paranoia in the Age of Fiber Optics
Chun, Wendy Hui Kyong
The MIT Press
October 31, 2008
Paperback (364 pages)
Media Studies


Desire: A History of Sexuality in Europe from the Greeks to the Present
Clark, Anna
Routledge
September 8, 2008
Paperback (282 pages)
History: European


Introduction to Manuscript Studies
Clemens, Raymond ; Graham, Timothy
Cornell University Press
February 28, 2008
Paperback (301 pages)
Books about Books


The Prospector
Clezio, J. M. G. (Jean-Marie Gustave) Le ; Marks, Carol
David R Godine
November 1, 2008
Paperback (352 pages)
Literature


Wandering Star
Clezio, J.M.G. Le ; Dickson, C. (Translator)
Curbstone Press
October 1, 2004
Paperback (340 pages)
Literature


Le Desert (Folio Ser .: No 1670)
Clezio, Jean-Marie Gustave Le
Gallimard Education
June 1987
Mass Market Paperback (438 pages)
Literature


On Moderation: Defending an Ancient Virtue in a Modern World
Clor, Harry
Baylor University Press
July 1, 2008
Paperback (160 pages)
Philosophy


Diary of a Bad Year
Coetzee, J. M.
Penguin
October 28, 2008
Paperback (240 pages)
Literature


The Making of an Economist, Redux
Colander, David
Princeton University Press
December 7, 2008
Paperback (280 pages)
Economics


Things on Which I’ve Stumbled
Cole, Peter
New Directions
September 23, 2008
Paperback (96 pages)
Poetry


The Cultural Turn in U. S. History: Past, Present, and Future
Cook, James W. (Editor) ; Glickman, Lawrence B. (Editor) ; O’Malley, Michael (Editor)
University Of Chicago Press
February 1, 2009
Paperback (464 pages)
History: United States


Infinitely Demanding: Ethics of Commitment, Politics of Resistance
Critchley, Simon
Verso
September 1, 2008
Paperback (176 pages)
Philosophy


The Invisible Safety Net: Protecting the Nation’s Poor Children and Families
Currie, Janet M.
Princeton University Press
November 30, 2008
Paperback (224 pages)


Correspondence: The Foundation of the Situationist International (June 1957–August 1960) (Semiotext
Debord, Guy ; Wark, McKenzie (Introduction) ; Kendall, Stuart (Translator) ; McHale, John
Semiotext
December 31, 2008
Paperback (360 pages)
Critical Theory & Marxism


Geneses, Genealogies, Genres, and Genius: The Secrets of the Archive
Derrida, Jacques ; Brahic, Beverley Bie (Translator)
Columbia University Press
October 8, 2008
Paperback (128 pages)
Philosophy


Comparing the Incomparable
Detienne, Marcel ; Lloyd, Janet (Translator)
Stanford University Press
September 2, 2008
Paperback (136 pages)
History: Classical


The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Díaz, Junot
Riverhead Trade
September 2, 2008
Paperback (352 pages)
Literature


All Politics Is Global: Explaining International Regulatory Regimes
Drezner, Daniel W.
Princeton University Press
September 7, 2008
Paperback (264 pages)
International Relations


The Sailor From Gibraltar
Duras, Marguerite ; Bray, Barbara (Translator)
Open Letter Books
December 30, 2008
Paperback (276 pages)
Literature


Trouble with Strangers: A Study of Ethics
Eagleton, Terry
Wiley-Blackwell
October 13, 2008
Paperback (360 pages)
Literary Criticism


Becoming Good Ancestors: How We Balance Nature, Community, and Technology
Ehrenfeld, David ; Ehrenfeld, David. Swimming lessons
Oxford University Press, USA
November 4, 2008
Paperback (320 pages)
Environmental Studies


How to Use Your Eyes
Elkins, James
Routledge
September 29, 2008
Paperback (272 pages)
Art


Re-Enchantment
Elkins, James ; Morgan, David
Routledge
October 6, 2008
Paperback (321 pages)
Art


Territories of Difference: Place, Movements, Life, Redes
Escobar, Arturo (Series Editor) ; Rocheleau, Dianne (Series Editor)
Duke University Press
2008
Paperback (456 pages)
Anthropology


Caesar’s Calendar: Ancient Time and the Beginnings of History
Feeney, Denis
University of California Press
December 1, 2008
Paperback (392 pages)
History: Classical


The Trial in American Life
Ferguson, Robert A.
University Of Chicago Press
September 15, 2008
Paperback (414 pages)
History: United States


The Cambridge Introduction to Walter Benjamin
Ferris, David
Cambridge University Press
October 6, 2008
Paperback (176 pages)
Critical Theory & Marxism


Expression and the Inner
Finkelstein, David H.
Harvard University Press
December 15, 2008
Paperback (194 pages)
Philosophy


Psychiatric Power: Lectures at the College de France, 1973–1974
Foucault, Michel ; Lagrange, Jacques (Editor) ; Davidson, Arnold I. (Editor) ; Burchell, Graham (Translator)
Picador
June 24, 2008
Paperback (416 pages)
Philosophy


Slavery in White and Black: Class and Race in the Southern Slaveholders’ New World Order
Fox-Genovese, Elizabeth ; Genovese, Eugene D.
Cambridge University Press
October 27, 2008
Paperback (336 pages)
African American Studies


Blindside: How to Anticipate Forcing Events and Wild Cards in Global Politics
Fukuyama, Francis (Editor)
Brookings Insti Press
September 1, 2008
Paperback (198 pages)
Sociology & Political Science


The Body Economic: Life, Death, and Sensation in Political Economy and the Victorian Novel
Gallagher, Catherine
Princeton University Press
March 30, 2008
Paperback (224 pages)
Literary Criticism


Kant and the Early Moderns
Garber, Daniel (Editor) ; Longuenesse, Beatrice (Editor)
Princeton University Press
August 10, 2008
Paperback (276 pages)
Philosophy


The Emergence of a Scientific Culture: Science and the Shaping of Modernity 1210-1685
Gaukroger, Stephen
Oxford University Press, USA
January 15, 2009
Paperback (576 pages)


Beyond Totalitarianism: Stalinism and Nazism Compared
Geyer, Michael (Editor) ; Fitzpatrick, Sheila (Editor)
Cambridge University Press
December 8, 2008
Paperback (552 pages)
History: European


Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious
Gigerenzer, Gerd
Penguin
June 24, 2008
Paperback (288 pages)
Psychology


In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America
Glaude, Eddie S.
University Of Chicago Press
October 1, 2008
Paperback (208 pages)
African American Studies


The Threat of Race: Reflections on Racial Neoliberalism
Goldberg, David Theo
Wiley-Blackwell
December 10, 2008
Paperback (408 pages)
Sociology & Political Science


Tulipmania: Money, Honor, and Knowledge in the Dutch Golden Age
Goldgar, Anne
University Of Chicago Press
September 15, 2008
Paperback (446 pages)
History: European


Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations
Goodman, Martin
Vintage
November 11, 2008
Paperback (640 pages)
History: Classical


Christianity and the Transformation of the Book: Origen, Eusebius, and the Library of Caesarea
Grafton, Anthony ; Williams, Megan
Belknap Press
December 15, 2008
Paperback (384 pages)
Books about Books


Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia
Gray, John
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
September 30, 2008
Paperback (256 pages)
Sociology & Political Science


Chaosophy, New Edition: Texts and Interviews 1972–1977 (Semiotext
Guattari, Félix ; Lotringer, Sylvère (Editor) ; Dosse, François (Introduction) ; Sweet, David L.
Semiotext
November 30, 2008
Paperback (300 pages)
Critical Theory & Marxism


Insights into Game Theory: An Alternative Mathematical Experience
Gura, Ein-Ya ; Maschler, Michael
Cambridge University Press
December 8, 2008
Paperback (250 pages)
Economics


Between Naturalism and Religion: Philosophical Essays
Habermas, Jürgen ; Cronin, Ciaran
Polity
June 10, 2008
Paperback (344 pages)
Philosophy


The Veil of Isis: An Essay on the History of the Idea of Nature
Hadot, Pierre ; Chase, Michael (Translator)
Belknap Press
September 15, 2008
Paperback (432 pages)
Philosophy


The Great Brain Suck: And Other American Epiphanies
Halton, Eugene
University Of Chicago Press
October 15, 2008
Paperback (336 pages)
Sociology & Political Science


The Jewel Trader of Pegu: A Novel
Hantover, Jeffrey
Harper Perennial
December 30, 2008
Paperback (256 pages)


The Chicagoan: A Lost Magazine of the Jazz Age
Harris, Neil ; Edelstein, Teri J. (Collaborator)
University Of Chicago Press
November 3, 2008
Hardcover (400 pages)
Chicago


HAYEK ON HAYEK: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL DIALOGUE
HAYEK, F A ; Kresge, S. ; Wenar, Leif
Liberty Fund Inc.
November 30, 2008
Paperback (177 pages)
Economics


The Age of Everything: How Science Explores the Past
Hedman, Matthew
University Of Chicago Press
September 15, 2008
Paperback (264 pages)
Science


Moral Literacy
Herman, Barbara
Harvard University Press
September 15, 2008
Paperback (352 pages)
Philosophy


Human Landscapes from My Country: An Epic Novel in Verse
Hikmet, Nazim ; Hirsch, Edward (Foreword) ; Blasing, Randy (Translator) ; Konuk, Mutlu (Translator)
Persea
January 6, 2009
Paperback (480 pages)
Poetry


Someone Knows My Name: A Novel
Hill, Lawrence
W. W. Norton
November 10, 2008
Paperback (512 pages)
Literature


The Myth of Digital Democracy
Hindman, Matthew
Princeton University Press
November 16, 2008
Paperback (198 pages)
Sociology & Political Science


Writing and Political Engagement in Seventeenth-Century England
Hirst, Derek (Editor) ; Strier, Richard (Editor)
Cambridge University Press
January 18, 2009
Paperback (244 pages)
Literary Criticism


The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies
Hölldobler, Bert ; Wilson, Edward O.
W.W. Norton & Co.
November 17, 2008
Hardcover (576 pages)
Science


The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization
Homer-Dixon, Thomas
Island Press
January 31, 2008
Paperback (448 pages)
Sociology & Political Science


Slam
Hornby, Nick
Riverhead Trade
October 7, 2008
Paperback (320 pages)
Literature


A Thousand Splendid Suns
Hosseini, Khaled
Riverhead Trade
November 25, 2008
Paperback (432 pages)
Literature


The State of Sovereignty: Territories, Laws, Populations
Howland, Douglas (Editor) ; White, Luise (Editor)
Indiana University Press
January 2009
Paperback (284 pages)
History: Historiography


Inventing Human Rights: A History
Hunt, Lynn
W. W. Norton
April 21, 2008
Paperback (272 pages)
History: Historiography


Victorine
Hutchins, Maude ; Castle, Terry (Introduction)
NYRB Classics
August 19, 2008
Paperback (208 pages)
Literature


Other Cities, Other Worlds: Urban Imaginaries in a Globalizing Age
Huyssen, Andreas (Editor)
Duke University Press
2008
Paperback (336 pages)


Enlightenment Contested: Philosophy, Modernity, and the Emancipation of Man 1670-1752
Israel, Jonathan I.
Oxford University Press, USA
January 15, 2009
Paperback (1024 pages)


Constraining Chance: Georges Perec and the Oulipo
James, Alison
Northwestern University Press
February 3, 2009
Paperback (320 pages)
Literary Criticism


Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts
James, Clive
W.W. Norton & Co.
September 17, 2008
Paperback (912 pages)
Literary Criticism


Do We Need Religion?: On the Experience of Self-Transcendence
Joas, Hans ; Skinner, Alex
Paradigm Publishers
July 30, 2008
Paperback (164 pages)
Sociology & Political Science


The Meaning of the Body: Aesthetics of Human Understanding
Johnson, Mark
University Of Chicago Press
November 15, 2008
Paperback (328 pages)
Philosophy


On Pain
Junger, Ernst ; Berman, Russell A. (Introduction) ; Durst, David C. (Translator)
Telos Press Publishing
November 1, 2008
Paperback (96 pages)
Sociology & Political Science


Indian Identity: Three Studies in Psychology - Intimate Relations, The Analyst and the Mystic,The Colours of Violence
Kakar, Sudhir
Penguin Global
November 26, 2008
Paperback (436 pages)
History: South Asian


Humanist Educational Treatises
Kallendorf, Craig W. (Translator)
Harvard University Press
September 30, 2008
Paperback (224 pages)
History: European


Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon
Keillor, Garrison
Penguin
August 26, 2008
Paperback (256 pages)
Literature


Philosophy in the Modern World: A New History of Western Philosophy, Volume 4
Kenny, Anthony
Oxford University Press, USA
November 15, 2008
Paperback (368 pages)
Philosophy


Theology in Stone: Church Architecture From Byzantium to Berkeley
Kieckhefer, Richard
Oxford University Press, USA
July 24, 2008
Paperback (384 pages)
Architecture


Uncivil Disobedience: Studies in Violence and Democratic Politics
Kirkpatrick, Jennet
Princeton University Press
September 22, 2008
Paperback (152 pages)
Sociology & Political Science


The Art of Being Jewish in Modern Times
Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara (Editor) ; Karp, Jonathan (Editor)
University of Pennsylvania Press
August 22, 2008
Paperback (464 pages)
Judaic Studies


By Force of Thought: Irregular Memoirs of an Intellectual Journey
Kornai, János
The MIT Press
October 31, 2008
Paperback (488 pages)
Economics


The Constitution of Agency: Essays on Practical Reason and Moral Psychology
Korsgaard, Christine M.
Oxford University Press, USA
December 15, 2008
Paperback (360 pages)
Philosophy


Esalen: America and the Religion of No Religion
Kripal, Jeffrey J.
University Of Chicago Press
November 1, 2008
Paperback (594 pages)
History: United States


Education’s End: Why Our Colleges and Universities Have Given Up on the Meaning of Life
Kronman, Anthony T.
Yale University Press
September 23, 2008
Paperback (320 pages)
Education


What Makes a Terrorist: Economics and the Roots of Terrorism
Krueger, Alan B.
Princeton University Press
September 22, 2008
Paperback (216 pages)
Economics


Education for Thinking
Kuhn, Deanna
Harvard University Press
March 15, 2008
Paperback (218 pages)
Education


The Rowing Lesson
Landsman, Anne
Soho Press
November 1, 2008
Paperback (288 pages)
Literature


Neonatal Bioethics: The Moral Challenges of Medical Innovation
Lantos, John D. ; Meadow, William L.
The Johns Hopkins University Press
September 3, 2008
Paperback (192 pages)
Health & Medicine


The Autonomy of Morality
Larmore, Charles
Cambridge University Press
July 14, 2008
Paperback (298 pages)
Philosophy


Radical Hope: Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation
Lear, Jonathan
Harvard University Press
April 30, 2008
Paperback (208 pages)
Philosophy


The Indian Clerk: A Novel
Leavitt, David
Bloomsbury USA
September 16, 2008
Paperback (496 pages)
Literature


Exile and Return: Predicaments of Palestinians and Jews
Lesch, Ann M. (Editor) ; Lustick, Ian S. (Editor)
University of Pennsylvania Press
August 1, 2008
Paperback (368 pages)
History: Middle East


The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics, and the Modern West
Lilla, Mark
Vintage
September 23, 2008
Paperback (352 pages)
History: Historiography


The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God
Linden, David J.
Belknap Press
December 15, 2008
Paperback (288 pages)
Cognitive Science


The Bad Girl: A Novel
Llosa, Mario Vargas ; Grossman, Edith
Picador
October 28, 2008
Paperback (288 pages)
Literature


Family Planning: A Novel
Mahajan, Karan
Harper Perennial
November 18, 2008
Paperback (288 pages)
Literature


The Visible and the Revealed
Marion, Jean-Luc ; Gschwandtner, Christina (Translator)
Fordham University Press
June 30, 2008
Paperback (181 pages)
Philosophy


Desiring Arabs
Massad, Joseph A.
University Of Chicago Press
September 15, 2008
Paperback (472 pages)
History: Middle East


Shadow Country
Matthiessen, Peter
Modern Library
December 2, 2008
Paperback (912 pages)
Literature


Don’t Look Now: Selected Stories of Daphne Du Maurier
Maurier, Daphne Du ; Mcgrath, Patrick (Introduction)
NYRB Classics
October 28, 2008
Paperback (368 pages)
Literature


Song Yet Sung
McBride, James
Riverhead Trade
January 6, 2009
Paperback (384 pages)


The Cult of Statistical Significance: How the Standard Error Costs Us Jobs, Justice, and Lives
McCloskey, Deirdre Nansen ; Ziliak, Steve
University of Michigan Press
February 19, 2008
Paperback (352 pages)
Economics


On Chesil Beach
Mcewan, Ian
Anchor
June 10, 2008
Paperback (224 pages)
Literature


The Puritan Origins of American Patriotism
McKenna, George
Yale University Press
January 6, 2009
Paperback (448 pages)
History: United States


The Cambridge Companion to British Romantic Poetry
McLane, Maureen N. (Editor) ; Chandler, James (Editor)
Cambridge University Press
November 10, 2008
Paperback (328 pages)
Literary Criticism


The City of Dreaming Books
Moers, Walter ; Moers, Walter ; Brownjohn, John
Overlook TP
September 2, 2008
Paperback (464 pages)
Literature


Discovering Levinas
Morgan, Michael L. ; Morgan, Michael L.
Cambridge University Press
December 15, 2008
Paperback (504 pages)
Philosophy


The Wounded Animal: J. M. Coetzee and the Difficulty of Reality in Literature and Philosophy
Mulhall, Stephen
Princeton University Press
December 28, 2008
Paperback (272 pages)
Literary Criticism


After Dark
Murakami, Haruki ; Rubin, Jay
Vintage
April 29, 2008
Paperback (256 pages)
Literature


Derrida from Now On (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
Naas, Michael
Fordham University Press
November 17, 2008
Paperback (300 pages)
Philosophy


Godel’s Proof
Nagel, Ernest ; Newman, James ; Hofstadter, Douglas R. ; Hofstadter, Douglas R.
NYU Press
October 1, 2008
Paperback (129 pages)
Mathematics


The Clash Within: Democracy, Religious Violence, and India’s Future
Nussbaum, Martha C.
Belknap Press
October 15, 2008
Paperback (432 pages)
History: South Asian


The Chicago School: How the University of Chicago Assembled the Thinkers Who Revolutionized Economics and Business
Overtveldt, Johan Van ; Overtveldt, Johan Van
Agate
August 1, 2006
Hardcover (400 pages)
Economics


The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies
Page, Scott E. ; Page, Scott E.
Princeton University Press
August 31, 2008
Paperback (456 pages)
Economics


Black: The History of a Color
Pastoureau, Michel
Princeton University Press
November 16, 2008
Hardcover (216 pages)
Art


Reforms at Risk: What Happens After Major Policy Changes Are Enacted
Patashnik, Eric M.
Princeton University Press
September 14, 2008
Paperback (248 pages)
Sociology & Political Science


Black on the Block: The Politics of Race and Class in the City
Pattillo, Mary
University Of Chicago Press
September 1, 2008
Paperback (400 pages)
African American Studies


New Media in the White Cube and Beyond: Curatorial Models for Digital Art
Paul, Christiane (Editor)
University of California Press
December 15, 2008
Paperback (288 pages)
Art


Paradox and Platitude in Wittgenstein’s Philosophy
Pears, David
Oxford University Press, USA
December 15, 2008
Paperback (152 pages)
Philosophy


The Abstinence Teacher
Perrotta, Tom
St. Martin’s Griffin
September 2, 2008
Paperback (384 pages)
Literature


Out Stealing Horses: A Novel
Petterson, Per ; Born, Anne (Translator)
Picador
April 29, 2008
Paperback (256 pages)
Literature


Foreigners
Phillips, Caryl
Vintage
November 11, 2008
Paperback (256 pages)
Literature


Gods Behaving Badly: A Novel
Phillips, Marie
Back Bay Books
December 9, 2008
Perfect Paperback (320 pages)
Literature


Living in a Material World: Economic Sociology Meets Science and Technology Studies
Pinch, Trevor (Editor) ; Swedberg, Richard (Editor)
The MIT Press
November 30, 2008
Paperback (432 pages)
Science


Hegel’s Practical Philosophy: Rational Agency as Ethical Life
Pippin, Robert B.
Cambridge University Press
November 17, 2008
Paperback (320 pages)
Philosophy


How the Chicago School Overshot the Mark: The Effect of Conservative Economic Analysis on U.S. Antitrust
Pitofsky, Robert (Editor)
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December 28, 2008
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University Of Chicago Press
February 15, 2009
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