New releases for May

Herman B Wells
The Promise of the American University
James H. Capshew

"This much-needed biography gives Herman B Wells his rightful place in the sun as an important university leader." —John R. Thelin, University Research Professor, University of Kentucky and author of A History of American Higher Education

Now in paperback
Being Lucky
Reminiscences and Reflections
Herman B Wells

Both lighthearted and serious, Wells’s reflections describe in welcome detail his approach to his presidency at Indiana University and other aspects of his life. Being Lucky is a nourishing brew of the memories, advice, wit, and wisdom of a remarkable man.

Showers Brothers Furniture Company
The Shared Fortunes of a Family, a City, and a University
Carrol Krause

"Author Carrol Krause has chosen a very interesting subject and writes with an especially good eye for 'telling detail' and for imagining sounds, images, and smells of long ago. The illustrations combined with the engaging style will attract an enthusiastic local audience." —James H. Madison, author (with Will Counts and Scott Russell Sanders) of Bloomington Past and Present

A Guide to Caves and Karst of Indiana
Samuel S. Frushour in conjunction with the Indiana Geological Survey
With a contribution by Julian J. Lewis and Salisa L. Lewis

"A practical guidebook with something to offer both beginning and experienced spelunkers. Readers interested in the geology or topography of the region will also find it worth a look." —Library Journal

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945
Ghettos in German-Occupied Eastern Europe
Volume II
Geoffrey P. Megargee, General Editor
Martin Dean, Volume Editor
Introduction by Christopher R. Browning

"[A] staggering achievement. . . . at around 2,000 pages it’s an even more impressive compendium of scholarly research and editorial enterprise than Volume I . . . Without the efforts of this consortium of international contributors, most of these places . . . might have disappeared from historical memory and slipped into oblivion." —The Jewish Daily Forward

Stoic Pragmatism
John Lachs

"A direct attack on fundamentalisms of all sorts and on aggressive fanaticisms. . . . Lachs's recommendations for philosophy and for life are rooted in a deeply thought-out individualism that is not individualistic . . . a program for philosophy and a program for life." —Robert E. Innis, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Postmodern Philosophy and the Scientific Turn
Dorothea E. Olkowski

"This book is beautifully written, engaging throughout and captivating. . . . Authoritative and intelligent without being arrogant." —Claire Colebrook, The Pennsylvania State University

Yearning for the New Age
Laura Holloway-Langford and Late Victorian Spirituality
Diane Sasson

This biography of an unconventional woman in late 19th-century America is a study of a search for individual autonomy and spiritual growth. Diane Sasson underscores the significant role played by cultural mediators like Holloway-Langford in bringing new religious ideas to the American public and contributing to a growing interest in eastern religions and alternative approaches to health and spirituality that would alter the cultural landscape of the nation.

Racial Imperatives
Discipline, Performativity, and Struggles against Subjection
Nadine Ehlers

This in-depth analysis examines the constructions of blackness and whiteness cultivated in the U.S. imagination and explores how individuals become racial subjects.

Tambú
Curaçao's African-Caribbean Ritual and the Politics of Memory
Nanette de Jong

"Examines the practice of Tambú that is associated with the syncretic religious tradition of Montamentu using memory as a framing device for understanding the African-derived cultural values, musical expressions, and socio-politically resistant behaviors against dominant European-based ideals of acceptability." —Michael Largey, Michigan State University

Rice Talks
Food and Community in a Vietnamese Town
Nir Avieli

"Readers with an interest in Vietnamese, Southeast Asian, and Asian cuisines and/or the influences of colonialism on local foodways will find the work useful. . . . Filled with descriptions of meals and dishes likely to get the culinarily-minded reader drooling." —Robyn Eckhardt, author of EatingAsia