New Books from Cornell University Press

Tuesday, April 23, 2024 In The Last Ta’ifa: The Banu Hud and the Struggle for Political Legitimacy in al-Andalus, Anthony H. Minnema shows how the Banu Hud, an Arab dynasty from Zaragoza, crea...

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/three-questions-the-last-taifa-banu-hud-anthony-h-minnema-04-23-2024/

Wow! Do You See a Palindrome? On April 24, 2024 (4/24/24), celebrate the balance and harmony in both numbers and words. For one day only, enjoy an incredible deal: save 50% on all in-print books*...

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Monday, April 22, 2024 As we celebrate Earth Day in 2024, there’s no better time to reflect on the wealth of knowledge available to guide us in preserving our planet. Amid the environmental cha...

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/earth-day-2024-comstock-publishing-associates-environmentalism-04-22-2024/

Tuesday, April 16, 2024 The Natural Border tells the recent history of Mediterranean rural capitalism from the perspective of marginalized Black African farm workers. Timothy Raeymaekers shows ...

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/contemporary-agri-food-the-natural-border-timothy-raeymaekers-04-16-2024/

Wednesday, April 3, 2024 In our Backlist Blog series, we showcase books that keep coming to the top of our bestsellers list years after they were first published. In the annals of history, the Co...

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/the-cold-war-margins-socialist-state-dragostinova-backlist-blog-04-03-2024/

Buy One, Gift One? Tell me more! When you purchase a book, we’ll gift a copy of the same book to a recipient of your choice in the United States. Treat yourself AND surprise a family member, f...

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/buy-one-gift-one-sale-cornell-university-press-march-27-29-2024/

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 A Slow Reckoning examines the Soviet Union’s and the Afghan communists’ views of and policies toward Islam and Islamism during the Soviet-Afghan War (1979–1989). A...

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/soviet-afghan-war-and-russian-ukrainian-vassily-klimentov-03-12-2024/

Tuesday, March 5, 2024 In our Backlist Blog series, we showcase books that keep coming to the top of our bestsellers list years after they were first published. Check out the Top 25 backlist titl...

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/bread-and-circuses-mass-culture-paul-brantlinger-backlist-blog-03-05-2024/

Monday, March 4, 2024 In Among Women across Worlds, Suzy Kim excavates the transnational linkages between women of North Korea and a worldwide women’s movement. By centering North Korea and th...

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/international-womens-day-among-women-across-worlds-suzy-kim-03-04-2024/

Wednesday, February 28, 2024 The Natural Border: Bounding Migrant Farmwork in the Black Mediterranean tells the recent history of Mediterranean rural capitalism from the perspective of marginali...

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/natural-border-migrant-farmwork-black-mediterranean-raeymaekers-recently-released-02-28-2024/