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Deven Parker, Romantic Media and Wartime Networks – Stanford University Press, 2026 New Books discussion with Miranda Melcher – thanks to dmf for the link This book tells the story of how Britain revolutionized its state communication networks on an … Continue reading →

André Leroi-Gourhan on Technology: A Selection of Writings from the 1930s to the 1960s, ed. Nathan Schlanger, trans. Nils F. Schott – Hau Books, February 2025 – open access here A selection of Leroi-Gourhan’s most important texts—many translated into English for the … Continue reading →

Grégory Salle, Carcera Utopia: A Global History of Model Prisons – Polity, September 2026 New Books discussion with Miranda Melcher – thanks to dmf for the link What underpins the legitimacy of the prison system in the twenty-first century? Despite … Continue reading →

Reece Jones and Greg Boos, Smuggler: Drugs, Gangs, and Refugees at America’s Northern Border – Simon & Schuster, October 2026 When an ordinary man is thrust into the dangerous world of smuggling at America’s northern border, he is forced to … Continue reading →

E.R. Truitt, Necessary Inventions: Roger Bacon, the Middle Ages, and the Making of Modern Science – University of Pennsylvania Press, October 2026 A study of thirteenth-century philosopher Roger Bacon that reveals the medieval thinking that erased non-Christian texts, actors, and … Continue reading →

Jelena Subotić, The Art of Status: Looted Treasures and the Global Politics of Restitution – Oxford University Press, October 2025 An illuminating exploration of the relationship between the restitution of looted art, global status, and the international construction of national cultural heritage. … Continue reading →

William Davies, The Reaction Economy: Searching for Humanity in an Age of Screens – Princeton University Press, April 2027 Today’s world is driven by reactions. We are constantly prompted to like or comment on digital content—and bombarded with requests to … Continue reading →