FALL 2018 N B O R WWN O R T O N .COM T O NOR TO N N Including LIVERIGHT BOOKS FALL 2018 WWNcat_F18_cvr.indd 1 2/2/18 4:14 PM CONTENTS 3 Norton New Titles 45 Norton Paperback Titles 71 Liveright 101 Norton Professional Books 105 International Sales Representatives and Territory Codes 107 Subsidiary Rights Information 111 Index B W. W. NORTON & COMPANY, INC. WWNcat_F18_3pp.indd 1 2/8/18 9:16 AM W. W. 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Cover design by Chin Yee Lai Cover illustrations: Martha Davies / E+ / Getty Images Interior design: Anna Reich Composition: Joe Lops WWNcat_F18_3pp.indd 2 2/8/18 9:16 AM Fall 2018 NEW TITLES WWNcat_F18_3pp.indd 3 2/8/18 9:16 AM Accessory to War The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military Neil deGrasse Tyson and Avis Lang n this fascinating foray into the millennia- long relation- Iship between science and military power, acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and writer Avis Lang examine how the methods and tools of astrophysics have been enlisted in the service of war. “The overlap is strong, and it’s a two- way street,” say the authors, because the astrophysicists and military planners care about many of the same things: multi-spectr al detection, ranging, tracking, imaging, high ground, nuclear fusion, and access to space. Tyson and Lang call it a “curiously complicit” alliance. Spanning early celestial navigation to satellite-en abled war- fare, Accessory to War is a richly researched and provoca- tive examination of the intersection of science, technology, industry, and power that will introduce Tyson’s millions of fans to yet another dimension of how the universe has shaped our lives and our world. Neil deGrasse Tyson, an astrophysicist with the American Museum of Natural History, is an award- winning author and TV host. Avis Lang edited Tyson’s “Universe” column for Natural History and his anthology Space Chronicles. They both live in New York City. Photo Courtesy of Fox Broadcasting Company 4 WWNcat_F18_3pp.indd 4 2/8/18 9:16 AM An exploration of the age- old complicity between skywatchers and warfighters, from the best- selling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. • Major national advertising campaign • National media interviews • Tie-in to national author lecture tour • Major review attention • Print and online features • Outreach to science, technology, and political media • Major social media campaign • Library marketing • Newsletter co-op Also available Astrophysics for People in a Hurry 978-0-393-60939-4 $18.95 Death by Black Hole 978-0-393-35038-8 $15.95 Origins 978-0-393-35039-5 $19.95 The Pluto Files 978-0-393-35036-4 $15.95 Space Chronicles 978-0-393-35037-1 $16.95 $27.95 hardcover (Can. $36.95) CQ 10 • Territory W ISBN 978-0-393-06444-5 6.125̋ × 9.25̋ • 448 pages SCIENCE SEPTEMBER 5 WWNcat_F18_3pp.indd 5 2/8/18 9:16 AM Collected Poems Robert Bly Gathering more than sixty years of poetry, Collected Poems showcases the brilliant career of a “great American transcendentalist” (New York Times). • Major review attention resenting the full magnitude of Robert Bly’s body of work for the first time, • Print and online features PCollected Poems is a fresh view of his lifelong achievement. Every stage of • Outreach to author community Bly’s work is warmed by his devotion to the art of poetry and his affection for at robertbly.com the varied worlds that inform his poems. From his imagistic debut, Silence in the Snowy Fields (1962), to his National Book Award–winning The Light Around the Body (1967), to his transcendent latest, Talking into the Ear of a Donkey (2011), Bly is a truth- teller and a fearless explorer of the human dilemma. Collected Poems makes clear why poets and lovers of poetry have long looked to Bly for emotional authenticity, moral authority, and artistic inspiration. “Playful, strange and simultaneously startling. ​Bly’s poetry prizes the imag- ination for its irrationality, which can take us to beautiful and unexpected places.”— Minneapolis Star Tribune $39.95 hardcover (Can. $53.95) Robert Bly is the author of numerous poetry volumes, as well as works of nonfiction CQ 16 • Territory M and translation. His honors include the Poetry Society of America’s Frost Medal and ISBN 978-0-393-65244-4 the National Book Award. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 6.125̋ × 9.25̋ • 528 pages POETRY 6 SEPTEMBER WWNcat_F18_3pp.indd 6 2/8/18 9:16 AM The Oath and the Office A Guide to the Constitution for Future Presidents Corey Brettschneider An essential guide to the presidential powers and limits of the Constitution, for anyone voting— or running— for our highest office. an the president launch a nuclear attack without congressional approval? • Major review attention CIs it ever a crime to criticize the president? Can states legally resist a pres- • National media interviews ident’s executive order? Corey Brettschneider takes us on a deep dive into the • Op-eds timed to publication U.S. Constitution to answer questions that, in our tumultuous era, Americans • Buzz mailings are asking more than ever before. • Social media campaign • Early outreach and giveaways From the document itself and from history’s pivotal court cases, we learn why on Goodreads certain powers were granted to the presidency, how the Bill of Rights limits • Outreach to author community those powers, and what “we the people” can do to influence the nation’s highest at CoreyBrettschneider.com, public office— including, if need be, removing the person in it. @BrettschneiderC Brettschneider breathes new life into the Constitution’s articles and amend- ments, stressing its key principles and illustrating their relevance to all our lives today. The Oath and the Office empowers readers, voters, and future presidents to read and understand our nation’s founding document. $22.95 hardcover (Can. $29.95) Corey Brettschneider is a professor of political science at CQ 24 • Territory W Brown University, where he teaches constitutional law and ISBN 978-0-393-65212-3 politics. He also teaches at Fordham Law School. His writing 5.5̋ × 8.25̋ • 224 pages has appeared in Time, Politico, and the New York Times. He POLITICAL SCIENCE lives in New York City. Patricia Dineli Chesky SEPTEMBER 7 WWNcat_F18_3pp.indd 7 2/8/18 9:16 AM Kafka’s Last Trial The Case of a Literary Legacy Benjamin Balint The story of the international struggle to preserve Kafka’s literary legacy. • Major review attention hen Franz Kafka died in 1924, his loyal friend Max Brod could not bring • National radio interviews Whimself to fulfill Kafka’s last instruction: to burn his manuscripts. Instead, • Op-eds timed to publication Brod devoted his life to championing Kafka’s writing, rescuing his legacy from • Literary features obscurity and physical destruction. Nearly a century later, an international legal • Social media promotions battle erupted to determine which country could claim ownership of his work: • Promotion and advertising on Israel, where Kafka dreamed of living, or Germany, where Kafka’s three sisters Lithub.com perished in the Holocaust? • Library marketing Benjamin Balint offers a gripping account of the controversial trial in Israeli courts— brimming with dilemmas legal, ethical, and political— that determined the fate of the oeuvre. Kafka’s Last Trial is a brilliant biographical portrait of a literary genius, as well as the story of two countries whose national obsessions with overcoming the traumas of the past came to a head in a hotly contested trial for the right to claim the literary legacy of one of our modern masters. $26.95 hardcover (Can. $35.95) Benjamin Balint is a research fellow at the Van Leer Institute in Jerusalem. He has CQ 24 • Territory M written for the Wall Street Journal and the Weekly Standard, and his translations ISBN 978-1-324-00131-7 from the Hebrew have appeared in The New Yorker. He lives in Jerusalem. 6.125̋ × 9.25̋ • 288 pages BIOGRAPHY 8 SEPTEMBER WWNcat_F18_3pp.indd 8 2/8/18 9:16 AM Hello World How Algorithms Will Decide Our Future and Why We Should Learn to Live with It Hannah Fry A look inside the algorithms that are shaping our lives and the dilemmas they bring with them. f you were accused of a crime, would you rather have an impartial algorithm or • Major review attention Ian empathetic judge decide your sentence? This is just one of the dilemmas we • National radio interviews face today, when the machine reigns supreme: telling us what to watch, where • Op-eds timed to publication to go, even whom to send to jail. But as we rely on algorithms to automate big, • Early outreach and giveaways important decisions— in crime, healthcare, transportation, and money—our reli- on Goodreads ance raises questions about what we want our world to look like. What matters • Outreach to author community most: Helping doctors with diagnosis or preserving privacy? Protecting victims at HannahFry.co.uk, or preventing innocents from being falsely accused? @FryRsquared Hello World takes us on a tour through the good, the bad, and the downright ugly of the algorithms that surround us.