Boston Review

Boston Review

Starting today, and ending on June 1st, we’re offering a 50% discount on Boston Review books excluding Conflict in Ukraine. Read below for some more info on a few of the titles!

Joplin Tornado Anniversary

Joplin Tornado Anniversary

Today marks the fourth anniversary of the deadly tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri. Keith Tidball, coauthor of Civic Ecology: Adaptation and Transformation from the Ground Up, reflects on his work in Joplin, rebuilding after devastation, and how principles of civic ecology were demonstrated in the aftermath.

Bike Awareness Day

Bike Awareness Day

The bicycle ranks as one of the most enduring, most widely used vehicles in the world, with more than a billion produced during almost two hundred years of cycling history. Today, it continues to be popular as a convenient and eco-friendly mode of transportation. In honor of Bike Awareness Day and Bike to Work Week, enjoy these images depicting bicycles throughout history from Bicycle Design: An Illustrated History by Tony Hadland and Hans-Erhard Lessing.

Independent Bookstore Day

Independent Bookstore Day

Happy Independent Bookstore Day! We are celebrating with a Q&A with John Jenkins, manager of the MIT Press bookstore.

Five Minutes with Christine Borgman

Five Minutes with Christine Borgman

Christine Borgman, author of Big Data, Little Data, No Data: Scholarship in the Networked World, discusses her book and argues for investments in data management in scholarly research.

Design, When Everybody Designs: Reflections on a Six-city North American Book Tour

Design, When Everybody Designs: Reflections on a Six-city North American Book Tour

Ezio Manzini, author of Design, When Everybody Designs, a new book on the role of design in the ongoing wave of social innovation toward sustainability, shares his thoughts on his recent North American book tour. He reflects on the productive discussions that have emerged from his talks and what he looks forward to in other parts of the world.

The Internet of Things

The Internet of Things

If you’re wondering what the Internet of Things is, our latest Essential Knowledge book, The Internet of Things by Samuel Greengard is a good start. Below, Greengard writes about “How the Internet of Things Will Shape our Lives in 2025.”

Reflections on A Million Years of Music

Reflections on A Million Years of Music

A Million Years of Music, a new book that proposes an original and compelling narrative for the emergence of human music, released last month. In this post, author Gary Tomlinson reflects on how his ideas for the project evolved during the writing process and how he hopes the book will shape conversations surrounding the study of music.

Governing by Debt

Governing by Debt

Today we look at Governing by Debt by Maurizio Lazzarato, part of Semiotext(e)’s Intervention Series. The book looks at debt and its use as a political tool, among many things. This essay briefly explores the chapter focused on student loan debt in the United States.