Fall 2026 Catalog

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Browse our fall 2026 catalog below and on Edelweiss

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To order books, contact our distributor Hopkins Fulfillment Services (HFS) (800-537-5487 or hfscustserv@jh.edu), or reach out to one of our regional sales representatives.

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The Spurrier Effect
How One Coach Transformed Gamecock Football

Brent Silvia and Kevin Miller
Foreword by Connor Shaw

August 18, 2026
$26.99t, cloth, 978-1-64336-697-5
BIOGRAPHY/Sports

Everyone said it couldn't be done; Steve Spurrier proved them wrong

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Smoke on the Battery
Charleston and the Longest Siege of the Civil War

Stephen R. Wise

October 27, 2026
$22.99t, paper, 978-1-64336-663-0
U.S. HISTORY/Civil War

A illustrated history of Civil War Charleston brought to life through firsthand accounts

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Tell the Kids I Love Them
A Memoir

Jeremy Redmon

September 15, 2026
$26.99t, cloth, 978-1-64336-654-8
MEMOIR/Grief

A son's search for meaning in the shadow of war and a father's final words

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Justice Is Worth the Journey
My Road from Imprisonment to Empowerment

Kamau Marcharia

February 2, 2027
$22.99t, paper, 978-1-64336-623-4
MEMOIR/Activism

A powerful memoir of incarceration and transformation

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Always Looking Forward
A Life in Law, Learning, and Liberation

James Edward Bowers

November 5, 2026
$22.99s, cloth, 978-1-64336-699-9
MEMOIR/African American History

A story of leadership, lineage, and the transformational power of education

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Remembering Rebellion
A Life in Law, Learning, and Liberation

James Edward Bowers

November 5, 2026
$22.99s, cloth, 978-1-64336-699-9
MEMOIR/African American History

A story of leadership, lineage, and the transformational power of education

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Women Traveling by Themselves in Nineteenth-Century America
A Critical Anthology of Anglo-American Women's Travel Writing

Edited by David J. Langum, Sr.

December 17, 2026
$29.99s, paper, 978-1-64336-625-8
$74.99s, cloth, 978-1-64336-709-5
U.S. HISTORY/Women

Women's independent travel and the negotiation of risk and respectability

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America's Founding Documents
A Critical Reader

Edited by Andrew Berns, Kendall D. Deas, Woody Holton, Tamika Howard, James Risk, Madeline Steiner, Rod K. Taylor, and Jeffery S. Williams

January 14, 2027
$21.99s, paper, 978-1-64336-712-5
$74.99s, cloth, 978-1-64336-711-8
U.S. HISTORY/Reference

An accessible framework for teaching America's founding documents

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The History and Science of Earthquakes in South Carolina, 1698-2025

Donald A. Stevenson and Pradeep Talwani

January 28, 2027
$29.99s, paper, 978-1-64336-707-1
$74.99s, cloth, 978-1-64336-681-4
NATURE/Earthquakes

A comprehensive account of South Carolina earthquakes from colonial settlement to the present

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The Empathy Paradox
Rhetoric, Media, and the Trouble with Identification

Rachel McCabe

August 6, 2026
$32.99s, paper, 978-1-64336-692-0
$114.99s, cloth, 978-1-64336-584-8
RHETORIC & COMMUNICATION/Literary Criticism

How resisting empathy may lead to more thoughtful reading and better writing

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Infectious Urgency
Communication and Power in the Making of Global Health Emergencies

Julie Gerdes

November 12, 2026
$29.99s, paper, 978-1-64336-700-2
$114.99s, cloth, 978-1-64336-589-3
RHETORIC & COMMUNICATION/Public Health

How urgency-driven public health communication perpetuates inequities

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Affective Rhetorics
Reembodying Circulation in Digital Spaces

Jessica L. Ouellette

August 20, 2026
$29.99s, paper, 978-1-64336-695-1
$74.99s, cloth, 978-1-64336-694-4
RHETORIC & COMMUNICATION/Women's Studies

How power circulates through affective networks and digital infrastructures

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Rhetoric After Identification
Essays on Burke, Difference, and Acting Together

Edited by David R. Gruber and Jason Kalin

December 10, 2026
$34.99s, paper, 978-1-64336-703-3
$114.99s, cloth, 978-1-64336-668-5
RHETORIC & COMMUNICATION/Philosophy

How can we act together when identification may no longer bridge the divide?

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Patriots and Indians
Shaping Identity in Eighteenth-Century South Carolina

Jeff W. Dennis

September 24, 2026
$29.99s, paper, 978-1-64336-714-9
Cloth ed. 2017, 978-1-64336-668-5
AMERICAN REVOLUTION/Native American

A compelling look at relationships between Native American and elite South Carolinians in early America

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