Books

Carla D. Hayden wants to spread the wonders of the library into everyone’s lives Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

Carla D. Hayden wants to spread the wonders of the library into everyone’s lives

What makes a book a book? A an open book shaped like a theater with the main story on the stage and the audience in the wings. In the center scene the fairy godmother is waving her wand at Cinderella.

What makes a book a book?

UChicago librarian looks to future with eye on digital and traditional resources UChicago Librarian Torsten Reimer

UChicago librarian looks to future with eye on digital and traditional resources

Scholar of Yiddish talks about cranes, cuckoos and children Cover of Toward Hopeful Skies, which features cranes

Scholar of Yiddish talks about cranes, cuckoos and children

The value of good bookstores and the ‘art of the browse’ Interior image of the Seminary Co-op bookstore. A seated woman is reading a book amongst the stacks.

The value of good bookstores and the ‘art of the browse’

How a Law School alum became the ‘Korean Vegan’—and a James Beard Award winner Joanne Lee Molinaro, JD’04

How a Law School alum became the ‘Korean Vegan’—and a James Beard Award winner

In acclaimed sci-fi novels, Ada Palmer uses history to build a ‘deep and detailed world’ UChicago historian Ada Palmer stands with a cane on campus in front of Hull Gate Gate

In acclaimed sci-fi novels, Ada Palmer uses history to build a ‘deep and detailed world’

New book examines roots of violence, paths to peace Angled view of a map covered with colored push pins

New book examines roots of violence, paths to peace

How the courts quietly made it harder to sue over government wrongdoing

How the courts quietly made it harder to sue over government wrongdoing


Beauty on the blackboard: New book captures mathematicians’ chalk experiments Benson Farb's math chalkboard

Beauty on the blackboard: New book captures mathematicians’ chalk experiments