books

Professor Melvin Rogers writes in the Atlantic that Ta-Nehisi Coates’ bestselling new book about racism and African American identity fails to recognize the importance of hope.

John Hawkins, emeritus professor at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, has published 'Research, Development and Innovation in Asia Pacific Higher Education.'

Michelle Caswell, assistant professor of information studies, received the Waldo Gifford Leland Award for her book, 'Archiving the the Unspeakable: Silence, Memory, and the Photographic Record in Cambodia.'

Aisha Finch, UCLA assistant professor of gender studies and African American studies, has published the new book, 'Rethinking Slave Rebellion in Cuba: La Escalera and the Insurgencies of 1841-1844.'

In “Project Fatherhood,” social welfare professor Jorja Leap writes about the struggles and triumphs of men doing their best to become good fathers and mentors in Watts.

David Myers, professor and Robert N. Burr Department Chair in the UCLA College’s Department of History, has been awarded the inaugural Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History.

In his recently released book, UCLA English professor Joseph Bristow delves into Oscar Wilde’s obsession with obscure poet Thomas Chatterton, whom many scholars have long assumed Wilde plagiarized.

UCLA professor Purnima Mankekar will discuss her new book, 'Unsettling India,' 12-1:30 p.m. on Friday, May 15 in the Young Research Library Presentation Room.

Meet the journalist and cartoonist creators of the graphic novella, 'Terms of Service: Understanding Our Role in the World of Big Data,' on Tuesday, May 19 at UCLA.

Philip Rundel, UCLA Distinguished Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, has won the 2015 Ka Palapala Po`okela Award of Excellence for Books on Natural Science.

In his recently published book, Aron reveals how Manifest Destiny influenced the Nazis and talks about how modern scholarship of the West now encompasses the area’s demographic diversity.

Behavioral economist Shlomo Benartzi, professor at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, is publishing ‘Thinking Smarter: Seven Steps to Your Fulfilling Retirement...and Life’ on May 12.

UCLA associate professor Rachel Lee discusses her new book, 'The Exquisite Corpse of Asian America,' at noon on May 5 in the Powell Library East Rotunda.

Carey Nachenberg, an adjunct professor of computer science and a developer of Norton Antivirus software for the security firm Symantec, has authored the techno-thriller, “The Florentine Deception,” due out on April 14.

Elaine Lowry Brye discusses her book, 'Be Safe, Love Mom: A Military Mom's Stories of Courage, Comfort, and Surviving Life on the Home Front,' at UCLA on May 4.

Marcus Sedgwick, an award-winning young adult fiction author, will deliver the Frances Clarke Sayers Lecture at UCLA on April 26.

The Los Angeles Times Book Club comes to UCLA on Sunday, April 26, for a discussion about “The Boys of Summer,” a book by Roger Kahn about the reign of Jackie Robinson and other members of the Brooklyn Dodgers of the 1950s.

Political science professor Michael Chwe writes about having his book “Rational Ritual,” which is about the popularization of knowledge, chosen by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg as a book club selection.

A 2001 book by UCLA political science professor Michael Chwe — “Rational Ritual: Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge” (Princeton University Press) —  has been chosen as the seventh selection for Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s book club.

How the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program changed my life (and maybe yours, too).

UCLA French and Francophone professor Alain Mabanckou is one of 10 authors worldwide who have been selected as finalists for this year’s Man Booker International Prize.

“The Excavation of the Prehistoric Burial Tumulus at Lofkënd, Albania” by UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology’s John Papadopoulos and Sarah Morris opens a window on a cradle of civilization.

Michael Emmerich, an associate professor of Japanese at UCLA, has translated the work of the late Japanese author Yasushi Inoue and opened readers' eyes to his compelling stories.

Alex Korb, a postdoctoral researcher at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, has published the book, 'The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time.'

Academic achievement, college aspirations and employment potential are all enhanced for those who are fluent in more than one language, according to UCLA's Patricia Gándara, a research professor of education.