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Graphic with "Knowing an Empire" book cover and review quote, "This extraordinary book does something that has never been attempted before: it compares the official knowledge-making projects of two very different early modern empires" from the Journal of Historical Geography.
Some of the members of the "Practice Dialogues" collective posing inside a home.
Illustration of jellyfish with text "Lever Press Fall 2026 Catalog" to the right of the illustrations and the text "leverpress.org" below.
Graphic with cover of "The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein" with text "January 2027" above and the Lever Press logo beneath.
Graphic with cover of book "Unlocking the Treasury" on the left and the text "Unlocking the Treasure offers a strong scholarly take with its genuine, essential recovery of the philosophical, historical, literary, and psychological dimensions of education for boys in Qing China. The book's open access is a gift to all" by the Journal of Chinese Studies on the right. The Lever Press logo is below.
Photo of book "Shifting Blind Identities in Higher Education" against a yellow background.
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The cover for "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" with text "March 2027" above and the Lever Press logo below.
Photo of hand holding a copy of book "Practice Dialogues: Listening to the Wisdom of Care Work" edited by Alice Lesnick and the Practice Dialogues collective.
Graphic with "Knowing an Empire" book cover and the review quote, "The comparison of the difangzhi and relaciones geographics proves a fruitful endeavor," from the Hispanic American Historical Review.
Graphic with "Gleanings from the Field" book cover and the review quote, "Gleanings from the Field is an extremely useful and timely edited volume and will make a meaningful contribution to both the literature on food security and the praxis of solving it," from Food and Foodways.
Book cover of "Daleka cesta / Distant Journey" by Jiri Anger and promoting it's publication date in November 2026.
Graphic with BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN book cover and the quote, "The book does more than analyze Bride of Frankenstein; it offers a model for how film criticism might be practiced under contemporary media conditions" from the Popular Culture Review.
Book cover of "Spring in My Hometown" by Andrew David Jackson and announcing its publication date in October 2026.
Mock-up of of book "God's Own Land: Sacred Landscape, Pilgrim Economy, and Religious Change in the Ganga Himalaya" by James. G. Lochtefeld on top of a stack of books.
Graphic of the cover of "Otium: An Anthropology of Work, Freedom, and Common Ground in the Global Economy" which is out October 2026
Photo of person holding the book "Screen Captures: Film in the Age of Emergency" by Stephen Lee Naish
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Graphic of Shane Denson's book "Bride of Frankenstein"
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Photo of book "Living Rome: Space, Identity, and the Politics of Belonging" edited by Isabella Clough Marinaro and Will Haynes on desk.
Photo of book "Trigger Warnings: Teaching Through Trauma" on desk.
Photo of author Kelly Ngo holding her book Traditional Chinese Children's Primers: A Sourcebook.
Graphic promoting the publication of OPEN ACCESS MUSICOLOGY VOLUME 3.
Cover of Lever Press spring and summer 2026 catalog.
Graphic promoting the forthcoming publication of Travels with Mina Loy: Navigating the Avant-Garde.
Graphic promoting the forthcoming title God's Own Land: Sacred Landscape, Pilgrim Economy, and Religious Change in the Ganga Himalaya.
Author Daniel Barolsky holding the newest volume of OPEN ACCESS MUSICOLOGY: VOLUME 3 to promote its publication in December.
Graphic announcing the publication of "Traditional Chinese Children's Primers: A Sourcebook" edited by Katherine & Kelly Ngo.
Graphic announcing Human* Being: On Otherkin Identity and Digital Community by Devin Proctor, out August 2026.
Graphic announcing SHIFTING BLIND IDENTITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION: STORIES OF SELFHOOD edited by Alison Cook-Sather is out July 2026.
Author Katherine Ngo holding her book "Unlocking the Treasury"
Author Kelly Ngo holding her book "Ordering Tang China: Cultural Memory, Emperor Taizong, and the Essentials"
A cover reveal of Lever Press's upcoming book, In the Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon: Happiness, History, and Environment in a Changing Bhutan by Betsy Bolton. This book will be available on June 17, 2025. It is a journey through Bhutan that looks at the Buddhist mountain kingdom’s recent history, gross national happiness, ethnic conflicts, and biocultural heritage