Reality Hunger:
“I'm lit up by Reality Hunger—astonished, intoxicated, ecstatic, overwhelmed. . . . [I]t really is an urgent book: a piece of art-making itself, a sublime, exciting, outrageous, visionary volume.” —Jonathan Lethem, author of Chronic City

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: “What is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks really about? Science, African American culture and religion, intellectual property of human tissues, Southern history, medical ethics, civil rights, the overselling of medical advances? . . . ” The book's broad scope would make it ideal for an institution-wide freshman year reading program.”—David J. Kroll, Professor and Chair, Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Carolina Central University

Switch:
In a compelling, story-driven narrative, the authors of Made to Stick bring together decades of bracingly counterintuitive research in psychology, sociology, and other fields to shed light on how we can effect transformative change. Filled with practical lessons and unforgettable stories, Switch makes a convincing case that successful change follows a pattern—one each of us can embrace.

Paul Among the People:
Sarah Ruden not only explores how Paul's writings represented the new church as an alternative to old ways of thinking, feeling, and living, but shows how they might have affected readers in his own time and culture.

The Routes of Man:
“Graceful and evocative descriptions of some spectacular parts of the world allow the big questions about roads and what they do to people to steal into the reader's mind almost unnoticed.” —The Economist

Plain, Honest Men:
“The fullest and most authoritative account of the Constitutional Convention ever written.” —Gordon S. Wood, author of The American Revolution: A History

Plain, Honest Men takes students behind the scenes and beyond the debate to show how the world's most enduring constitution was forged through conflict, compromise, and, eventually, fragile consensus.