Spring 2006




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University Press of New England
Liberty Street
Encounters at Ground Zero


The destruction and rebirth of a neighborhood

Josyph, Peter

Brandeis University Press
Crown Heights
Blacks, Jews, and the 1991 Brooklyn Riot


The first full-length scholarly study of the only antisemitic riot in American history

Shapiro, Edward S.

Dartmouth College Press
A Storm in the Port
Keeping the Port of New York and New Jersey Open


A clarion call for sustainable oceans policy

Lechich, Alex F.

Northeastern University Press
The Search for Canasta 404
Love, Loss, and the POW/MIA Movement


The true story of a personal tragedy that helped spark the POW/MIA movement

Robinson, Melissa B. and Maureen Dunn

University Press of New England
Finding Amy
A True Story of Murder in Maine


A fascinating, first-hand account of a murder investigation in a rural state

Loughlin, Joseph K. and Kate Clark Flora

University Press of New England
Over the Hill, You Pick Up Speed
Reflections on Aging (For Anyone Who Happens To)


Essays on the pleasures and perils of growing older by “an accomplished raconteur” —Kirkus Reviews

Campion, Nardi Reeder

University Press of New England
The Good Beer Guide to New England

A comprehensive guide to the brewpubs and breweries of New England

Crouch, Andy

University of Vermont Press
In the Land of the Wild Onion
Travels Along Vermont’s Winooski River


A lyrical and insightful journey of discovery down Vermont's Winooski River

Fish, Charles

University Press of New England
Where the Mountain Stands Alone
Stories of Place in the Monadnock Region


The mountain-haunted dreams and lives of small-town New England

Mansfield, Howard, editor

University Press of New England
Native and Naturalized Trees of New England and Adjacent Canada
A Field Guide


A practical field guide to forest trees of the Northeast

DeGraaf, Richard M., and Paul E. Sendak

University Press of New England
Diamonds in the Marsh
A Natural History of the Diamondback Terrapin


The first book-length investigation of a fascinating turtle

Brennessel, Barbara

University of Vermont Press
The Inquest

Based on a true story, a novel of abortion and its aftermath in antebellum Vermont

Marshall, Jeffrey D.

University Press of New England
Mainely Kids
A Guide to Family Fun in Southern Maine


A comprehensive guide to fun for the whole family in Southern Maine, for tourists and locals alike

Kent, Crystal Ward

Vermont Folklife Center
Malian’s Song

A rare Abenaki version of an historic attack, in the first dual Abenaki-English language children's picture book

Bruchac, Marge

Vermont Institute of Natural Science
Small Wonders
Nature Education for Young Children


A fresh and practical guide to exploring the environment with young children, from the creators of Hands-on Nature

Garrett, Linda and Hannah Thomas

University Press of New England
The Line of Forts
Historical Archaeology on the Colonial Frontier of Massachusetts


A fascinating analysis of artifacts that illuminates relationships among the English, French, and Indians at a critical moment in American history

Coe, Michael D.

University of New Hampshire Press
The Archeology of New Hampshire
Exploring 10,000 Years in the Granite State


A complete archeological guide to New Hampshire, from prehistoric times to the present

Starbuck, David R.

Northeastern University Press
Alien Land

Action-packed and absorbing, a grim but sensitive picture of race and identity in America

Savoy, Willard

University Press of New England
Toxic Feedback
Helping Writers Survive and Thrive


How writers can make the best of even the worst criticism

Cole, Joni B.

University of New Hampshire Press
Two Vermonts
Geography and Identity, 1865-1910


A piercing new look at nineteenth-century Vermont politics and society, and the evolution of a people

Searls, Paul M.

University of New Hampshire Press
The Life of William J. Brown of Providence, R.I.

An exceptional firsthand account of the experiences of people of color in nineteenth-century Rhode Island

Brown, William J.; Melish, Joanne Pope, ed.; Wiggins, Rosalind C., pref.

University of New Hampshire Press
A Century in Captivity
The Life and Trials of Prince Mortimer, a Connecticut Slave


The riveting reconstruction of an eighteenth-century slave's life and imprisonment

Caron, Denis R.

Brandeis University Press
Eternally Eve
Images of Eve in the Hebrew Bible, Midrash, and Modern Jewish Poetry


A fascinating analysis of the story of Eve, using modern poetry in conversation with biblical texts and rabbinic rewritings to reveal new layers of meaning

March 2007
Lerner, Anne Lapidus

Northeastern University Press
Sex Offenses and the Men Who Commit Them
An Assessment of Sex Offenders on Probation


A surprising and provocative reevaluation of community efforts to police sex offenders on probation

Meloy, Michelle L.

St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
Handbook of the Art Collection


The stunning guide to an extraordinary American cultural treasure in northeast Vermont

Mitchell, Mark

Winterthur
Guide to Winterthur Museum & Country Estate
Eversmann, Pauline K.

University Press of New England
Mocha and Related Dipped Wares, 1770—1939

An authoritative guide to the history and craft of this rare and much sought-after ceramic ware.

Rickard, Jonathan

University of Connecticut
Red Brick in the Land of Steady Habits
Creating the University of Connecticut, 1881-2006


A lively history of the University of Connecticut from its founding to the present day

Stave, Bruce M. with Laura Burmeister, Michael Neagle, Leslie Horner Papandrea and Sondra Astor Stave

Dartmouth College Press
Materializing New Media
Embodiment in Information Aesthetics


A significant contribution to investigations of the social and cultural impact of new media and digital technologies

Munster, Anna

University Press of New England
Changing Rapture
Emily Dickinson’s Poetic Development


A new appreciation of the development of Emily Dickinson's poetics.

April 2007
Barnstone, Aliki

Fence Books
The Stupefying Flashbulbs
Brenner, Daniel

Fence Books
Swallows
Corless-Smith, Martin

Fence Books
Theory of Prepositions
Royet-Journoud, Claude; Keith Waldrop, trans.

Brandeis University Press
American Dreams and Nazi Nightmares
Early Holocaust Consciousness and Liberal America, 1957-1965


A unique contribution to America's encounter with Holocaust memory that links the use of Nazi imagery to liberal politics

May 2007 (new in paper)
Fermaglich, Kirsten

Four Way Books
Echolalia
Bernhardt, Deborah

Four Way Books
Notarikon
Bowman, Catherine

Four Way Books
Shade 2006
Lee, David Dodd, editor

Four Way Books
Siste Viator
Manguso, Sarah

Four Way Books
Name Withheld

Name Withheld engages contemporary socio-political dramas and personal history, posing a theory of connectivity in which metaphor is binding as love.

Sewell, Lisa

Cavankerry Press
The Disheveled Bed
Brown, Andrea Carter. Nicholas Christopher, fwd.

Cavankerry Press
The Silence of Men
Newman, Richard Jeffrey. Yusef Komunyakaa, fwd.

Cavankerry Press
Common Life
Cording, Robert

Cavankerry Press
To the Marrow

A compelling, courageously written description of one man’s journey through bone marrow transplantation, one of the most arduous and extraordinary medical interventions that some people are compelled to choose and endure.

Seder, Robert

Sheep Meadow Press
Grieving Shias
Hasan, Raza Ali

Sheep Meadow Press
Three New Poets
Harwell, Sarah C., Farah Marklevits, and Courtney Queeney

Sheep Meadow Press
Griefmania
Starbuck, Kathryn

Sheep Meadow Press
The Always Present Present

Sheep Meadow Press presents the final edition of the Quarterly Review of Literature.

Weiss, Theodore and Renée

Sheep Meadow Press
...and the Sea
Buckley, Christopher

Sheep Meadow Press
Not To
Terranova, Elaine

Sheep Meadow Press
Let the Words
Wallach, Yona

Sheep Meadow Press
Evidence of Things Seen
Wollman, Richard

Wesleyan University Press
Daughters of Earth
Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century


The best of women’s science fiction and feminist theory together in one volume

Larbalestier, Justine.

Wesleyan University Press
Another Future
Poetry and Art in a Postmodern Twilight


What’s next for contemporary poetry?

Gilbert, Alan

Wesleyan University Press
The Sights Along the Harbor
New and Collected Poems


The comprehensive collection of a master of the American modern form.

Shapiro, Harvey

Wesleyan University Press
The Centenarian
Or, The Two Beringhelds


First English translation of a classic gothic novel

Balzac, Honoré de; Chatelain, Danièle: Slusser, George

Wesleyan University Press
Among the Jasmine Trees
Music and Modernity in Contemporary Syria


The first ethnographic study of music-making in modern Syria

Shannon, Jonathan H.

Wesleyan University Press
Musical Childhoods and the Cultures of Youth

Essays explore music’s roles in the lives of children

Boynton, Susan; Kok, Roe-Min

Wesleyan University Press
A Game for Dancers
Performing Modernism in the Postwar Years, 1945-1960


The first in-depth study of the modern dance world of the 1940s and 1950s

Morris, Gay

Wesleyan University Press
Blue State Blues

A political neophyte challenges the status quo or How a Cranky Conservative Launched a Campaign and Found Himself the Liberal Candidate (and Still Lost)

Slavitt, David R.

Wesleyan University Press
Lust

Bold and compassionate exploration of a powerful human drive

Eigen, Michael

Wesleyan University Press
Empire of Dirt
The Aesthetics and Rituals of British Indie Music


Inside the culture of an artistically influential music community

Fonarow, Wendy

Wesleyan University Press
Same-Sex Marriage
The Legal and Psychological Evolution in America


A persuasive history and clearly argued case for same-sex marriage

Cantor, Donald J.; Cantor, Elizabeth; Black, James C.; Barrett, Campbell D.

Wesleyan University Press
Meteoric Flowers

A bold poetic intervention into the pastoral tradition.

Willis, Elizabeth

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