With this newly translated version of The Running Boy, the fiction of Megumu Sagisawa makes its long-overdue first appearance in English. Lovingly rendered with a critical introduction by the translator, this collection of three stories, written in 1989, sits on the thinnest part of Japan's economic bubble and provides a cautionary glimpse into the malaise of its impending collapse.

Former Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan led his government's response to the 2011 Fukushima earthquake and tsunami. In a speech delivered in Japanese at Cornell University, Kan vividly explains how the meltdown of three reactors at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant affected the lives of tens of millions of people. In the original Japanese and translated into English, this book shares Kan’s experiences and his thoughts on the future of renewable energy.

Svetlana Alexievich, recipient of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature, traces the origins of her deeply affecting blend of journalism, oral history, and creative writing in a poetic speech. Originally delivered in Russian at Cornell University, In Search of the Free Individual shares her original speech and an English translation. Available for purchase from Cornell University Press. 

In Financial Citizenship, Annelise Riles explores the necessity of understanding the purposes, roles, and challenges of central banks and of financial governance more generally.

No More Nagasakis is Tomokazu Ihara's speech delivered in Japanese at Cornell University, describing the bombing of his home city of Nagasaki in 1945. Ihara—a union organizer, international peace activist, and atomic bomb survivor—traces his activism against nuclear proliferation and issues an impassioned plea for a world without nuclear weapons.

In her published dissertation, Toward a Theory of Peace, Randall Caroline Watson Forsberg—a former military analyst, peace activist, and founder of the Nuclear Freeze Campaign and Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies—posits that peace is achievable. Through her multidisciplinary research and analysis, she seeks to understand changing moral beliefs and promote evidence-based advocacy.