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A new perspective to some of the most enduring questions about the role of physics in American history.

Vladimir Fedorovich Dzhunkovsky, the subject of this book, was a witness to his country’s unfolding tragedy—the decay of the tsarist autocracy, world war, revolution, the rise of a new regime, and its descent into terror. But Dzhunkovsky was not just a passive observer, he was an active participant in the troubled and turbulent events of his time, often struggling against the tide. Overtaken by the Night paints a fascinating picture of Dzhunkovsky’s incredible life that reveals much about a long and crucial period in Russian history. It is a story of Russia in revolution reminiscent of the fictional Doctor Zhivago, but even more extraordinary for being true.

A Fascinating Historical Novel, featuring Lena Horne, and a Vividly Imagined Portrait of Pittsburgh’s Vibrant Hill District in the 1930’s

Winner of the 2018 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize

Latin American Journalists Who Endure Grave Danger to Witness and Report Their Truth

Examines Tough on Crime Rhetoric and Policies in Latin America

Addresses Women’s Rhetorical Relationship to Work

Explores a Transatlantic News Economy That Circulated Information and Actively Shaped New Claims about the Red Planet

Winner of the 2018 Drue Heinz Literature Prize, Now in Paperback

Explores Public-Interest Science as a Potential Alternative to Commodification

Winner of the 2018 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry

Investigates the Ways World’s Fairs Expressed and Provoked Cold War Culture

Part Pop-Thriller, Part Queer Rage, Part Mourning

An Intimate Expression of a Poet’s Grief

The definitive biography of Russia’s first Tsar and one of its most infamous rulers.