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Dartmouth College Press
Insourced
How Importing Jobs Impacts the Healthcare Crisis Here and Abroad
Medicine & Public Health
Dramatically recounts the causes and cascading effects of American insourcing of foreign healthcare workers
May 2012 |
Tulenko, Dr. Kate |
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University of New Hampshire Press
First Founders
American Puritans and Puritanism in an Atlantic World
American History / Colonial History
An introduction to the diverse lives of the Puritan founders by a leading expert
May 2012 |
Bremer, Francis J. |
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Northeastern University Press
In Search of Sacco and Vanzetti
Double Lives, Troubled Times, and the Massachusetts Murder Case That Shook the World
True Crime
An in-depth reexamination with startling new insights into the controversial case
April 2012 |
Tejada, Susan |
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University of New Hampshire Press
Sex, Genes & Rock ’n’ Roll
How Evolution Has Shaped the Modern World
Science-General / Evolution
An evolutionary biologist looks at diverse environmental and social problems to show how the basic evolutionary imperative of survival and adaptation shapes our world
March 2012 |
Brooks, Rob |
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University of New Hampshire Press
Granny D’s American Century
Biography / Women's Studies
The life of Doris Haddock, known to millions as “Granny D,” from her young adulthood in Boston during the Great Depression, to her last decade as a galvanizing figure of populist politics
March 2012 |
Haddock, Doris and Dennis Michael Burke |
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Dartmouth College Press
Ahead of the Game
The Parent’s Guide to Youth Sports Concussion
Health & Fitness / Children's Health
A new look at understanding and preventing sports concussion in children and teens
July 2012 |
Moser, Rosemarie Scolaro, PhD |
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University of New Hampshire Press
The Changing Nature of the Maine Woods
Nature / Ecology & Environmental Studies / Maine
The ecology of the ever-changing Maine forest
July 2012 |
Barton, Andrew M., with Alan S. White and Charles V. Cogbill |
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University Press of New England
Porches of North America
Architecture / History
A complete architectural guide to this well-loved building feature
April 2012 |
Visser, Thomas Durant |
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Northeastern University Press
George Whitefield Chadwick
The Life and Music of the Pride of New England
Biography - Musicians & Composers
The definitive biography of a major American composer and musical leader
May 2012 |
Faucett, Bill F. |
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Northeastern University Press
Eurojazzland
Jazz and European Sources, Dynamics, and Contexts
Music / Jazz
The critical role of Europe in the music, personalities, and analysis of jazz
July 2012 |
Cerchiari, Luca, Laurent Cugny, and Franz Kerschbaumer |
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Dartmouth College Press
Ethics for International Medicine
A Practical Guide for Aid Workers in Developing Countries
Medicine & Public Health / Medical Ethics
A handy guide to identifying, analyzing, and resolving ethical issues that arise in international medicine
June 2012 |
Wall, Anji E. |
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Brandeis University Press
Polygamy in Primetime
Media, Gender, and Politics in Mormon Fundamentalism
Women's Studies
A provocative look at the costs and benefits of polygamy among western fundamentalist Mormon women
May 2012 |
Bennion, Janet |
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University of New Hampshire Press
Fever Reading
Affect and Reading Badly in the Early American Public Sphere
Literary Criticism - American
An intricate account of how the early U.S. public sphere was shaped by debates over “good” and “bad” forms of reading, including pornographic reading, scandal reading, and religious reading
June 2012 |
Millner, Michael |
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University of New Hampshire Press
Transatlantic Women
Essays on Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers and Great Britain
Literary Criticism - American
Highlights the social and textual complexity of the transatlantic world for American women writers
July 2012 |
Lueck, Beth L., Brigitte Bailey, and Lucinda L. Damon-Bach, eds. |
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Brandeis University Press
Jews Welcome Coffee
Tradition and Innovation in Early Modern Germany
Jewish Studies
A lively look at how coffee affected Jewish life in early modern Germany
April 2012 |
Liberles, Robert |
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Brandeis University Press
Shuva
The Future of the Jewish Past
Jewish Studies
Offers a roadmap for revitalizing the connection between the Jewish people and the Jewish past
April 2012 |
Kurtzer, Yehuda |
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Brandeis University Press
Germany’s Prophet
Paul de Lagarde and the Origins of Modern Antisemitism
Biography / Jewish Studies
A provocative and disquieting portrait of Bible scholar and founder of modern German antisemitism Paul de Lagarde
June 2012 |
Sieg, Ulrich |
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Brandeis University Press
The Besht
Magician, Mystic, and Leader
Jewish Studies / Biography / Jewish History
Now available in English, a provocative new biography of the founder of Hasidism
February 2012 (new in paper) |
Etkes, Immanuel |
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Brandeis University Press
Through the Sands of Time
A History of the Jewish Community of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Jewish Studies
An enlightening look at a unique and remarkable Jewish community.
November 2003
February 2012 (new in paper) |
Cohen, Judah M. |
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Brandeis University Press
Fertility and Jewish Law
Feminist Perspectives on Orthodox Responsa Literature
Jewish Studies / Women's Studies
A comprehensive comparative study of Jewish law on contemporary reproductive issues from a gender perspective
June 2012 |
Irshai, Ronit |
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Northeastern University Press
Identity Thieves
Motives and Methods
Criminology
The first book to examine identity theft from the offender’s perspective
April 2012 |
Copes, Heith and Lynne M. Vieraitis |
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Northeastern University Press
The Future of Batterer Programs
Reassessing Evidence-Based Practice
Criminology
A critical assessment of the research related to batterer programs with recommendations for heightened engagement of men, ongoing risk management, and better coordination of courts and services
April 2012 |
Gondolf, Edward W. |
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Northeastern University Press
The Death of the American Death Penalty
States Still Leading the Way
Criminology / Death Penalty
An up-to-date study of state-level developments regarding the death penalty
July 2012 |
Koch, Larry W., Colin Wark, and John F. Galliher |
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Dartmouth College Press
Travels in Intermedia[lity]
ReBlurring the Boundaries
Film, TV, Visual Culture / Criticism
The cooperation and collaboration between media, art forms, and cultural studies
June 2012 |
Herzogenrath, Bernd, ed. |
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Dartmouth College Press
Framed Spaces
Photography and Memory in Contemporary Installation Art
Art Criticism & Theory / Modern Art
A study of the relationship between photography and installation art
May 2012 |
McTighe, Monica E. |
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Dartmouth College Press
Dwelling in American
Dissent, Empire, and Globalization
American History / Criticism
An original critique of the idea of American empire in the twenty-first century
July 2012 |
Muthyala, John |
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Dartmouth College Press
Rousseau Dialogues
Dialogues
Trans. from the French
Philosophy / Biography / Literary Criticism - French
Rousseau’s complete work, unified in English for the first time, premiers with an original translation of his Dialogues
April 2012 (new in paper) |
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, Judith R. Bush, Christopher Kelly, and Roger D. Masters, trans. |
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Hood Museum of Art
Nature Transformed
Edward Burtynsky’s Vermont Quarry Photographs in Context
Photography / New England History / Geography & Geology
An interdisciplinary study framing Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky’s quarry images
April 2012 |
Bianco, Juliette and Pieter Broucke |
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Hood Museum of Art
Men of Fire
José Clemente Orozco and Jackson Pollock
Art History
The first scholarly foray into the artistic relationship between the Mexican muralist and the American abstract expressionist
April 2012 |
Hood Museum of Art |
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Mylan Publishing
Mylan
50 Years of Unconventional Success, Making Quality Medicine Affordable and Accessible
Medicine & Public Health / Pharmacology
The story of Mylan, one of the world’s leading generic and specialty pharmaceutical companies
April 2012 |
Seaman, John and John T. Landry |
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Adelson Galleries
Once Upon an Island
Stephen Scott Young in the Bahamas
Art / Contemporary Art
A richly illustrated compendium of the artist’s work in the Bahamas
March 2012 |
Gerdts, William H. |
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Chipstone Foundation
American Furniture 2011
Furniture / Decorative Arts & Material Culture
An annual publication forging a link between social history, American studies, and the decorative arts
March 2012 |
Beckerdite, Luke, ed. |
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Tagus Press at UMass Dartmouth
The Relic
A Novel
Fiction Classics / Portuguese Literature
A satiric masterpiece, one of the funniest novels in European literature, and a profound critique of religion, science, and history
April 2012 |
Eça de Queirós, José Maria De |
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Tagus Press at UMass Dartmouth
Maiden and Modest
A Renaissance Pastoral Romance
Fiction Classics
The first Iberian pastoral romance, a feminine narrative that is a revealing meditation on love and longing
May 2012 |
Ribeiro, Bernardim, Gregory Rabassa, trns. and Earl E. Fitz, pref. |
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Tagus Press at UMass Dartmouth
Home Is an Island
A Novel
Fiction & Literature / Portuguese American Literature
The life of a Portuguese boy on an island in the Azores up to his coming-of-age and departure for America
April 2012 |
Lewis, Alfred |
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Tagus Press at UMass Dartmouth
The Marriage of the Portuguese
Poetry / Portuguese American Literature
Offering the dilemma of the hyphenated American, these poems speak from a place of beauty between two worlds, the old and the new
April 2012 |
Pereira, Sam, and Frank X. Gaspar, fwd. |
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Tagus Press at UMass Dartmouth
Economies of Relation
Money and Personalism in the Lusophone World
Essays / Luso-Brazilian Studies
A collection of provocative and insightful essays on the representations of money in Brazil and the Lusophone world
March 2012 |
Sansi-Roca, Roger |
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Wesleyan University Press
Money Shot
Poetry
Pulitzer Prize–winning poet searches for new ways to understand the world in the wake of the Great Recession
July 2012 (new in paper) |
Armantrout, Rae |
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Wesleyan University Press
the new black
Poetry / African-American Studies
A profound and uplifting meditation on the meanings of race and belonging in America
March 2012 (new in paper) |
Shockley, Evie |
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Chaucer Press Books
The Easy Way
A Novel
Fiction & Literature
A Hollywood writer learns what’s important in life after becoming a cop with the L. A. Sheriff’s Department
April 2012 |
Weisleder, Stan |
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Gordian Knot Books
Doctor, Why Does My Face Still Ache?
Getting Relief from Persistent Jaw, Ear, Tooth, and Headache Pain
Health & Fitness / Medicine & Public Health
Solutions for chronic facial pain by leading specialists in pain management
May 2012 |
Tanenbaum, Donald R. and S. L. Roistacher |
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Academia Press Scientific Publishers
The Structure of the Lexicon
Incorporating a cognitive approach in the TCM lexicon, with applications to lexicography, terminology and translation
English Language Studies / Linguistics
One of the few scholarly attempts to reconcile a generatively-based approach to the structure of the lexicon with the cognitive approach of Cognitive Grammar
November 2011 |
Thelen, Marcel |
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Academia Press Scientific Publishers
Electronic Power Control
Volume 1: Power Electronics
Physics / Electricity
An indispensable companion for engineers and other specialists in the field of power electronics
January 2012 |
Pollefliet, Jean |
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Wesleyan University Press
Tashlinesque
The Hollywood Comedies of Frank Tashlin
Film, TV, Visual Culture / Animation
The long-overdue study of an important American filmmaker
March 2012 |
de Seife, Ethan |
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Wesleyan University Press
When Magoo Flew
The Rise and Fall of Animation Studio UPA
Film, TV, Visual Culture / Animation
The story of the renegade artists who brought modern art to the world of animation
March 2012 |
Abraham, Adam |
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Wesleyan University Press
Reel History
The Lost Archive of Juma Sultan and the Aboriginal Music Society
Music / Jazz
Striking visual account of jazz in the 1960s and 1970s
May 2012 |
Farina, Stephen |
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Wesleyan University Press
Always in Trouble
An Oral History of ESP-Disk’, the Most Outrageous Record Label in America
Music
You never heard such sounds in your life
May 2012 |
Weiss, Jason |
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Wesleyan University Press
Animals Erased
Discourse, Ecology, and Reconnection with the Natural World
Linguistics / Human Ecology
A linguist explores our relationships with animals and the natural world
April 2012 |
Stibbe, Arran |
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Wesleyan University Press
Hidden in Plain Sight
A Deep Traveler Explores Connecticut
Travel & Tourism / Connecticut
The art of discovering cultural and natural treasures in everyday landscapes
June 2012 |
Leff, David K. |
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Wesleyan University Press
Fly Fishing in Connecticut
A Guide for Beginners
Fishing / Connecticut
Provides the essentials to launch a personal journey into the world of fly fishing
April 2012 |
Murphy, Kevin |
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Wesleyan University Press
Sunken Garden Poetry
1992–2011
Poetry
A poetry anthology celebrating the first 20 years of the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival
June 2012 |
Davis, Brad, ed., Rennie McQuilkin and Lary Bloom, intro. |
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Wesleyan University Press
The Great Camouflage
Writings of Dissent (1941–1945)
Trans. from the French
Essays / French Literature
A new and complete English translation of Suzanne Césaire’s seven essays
May 2012 |
Césaire, Suzanne, Daniel Maximin, ed., and Keith L. Walker, intro. & trs. |
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Wesleyan University Press
Eleven More American Women Poets in the 21st Century
Poetics Across North America
Poetry / Poetry Criticism / Women's Studies
The ideal introduction to eleven of today’s most engaging women poets
February 2012 |
Rankine, Claudia and Lisa Sewell, eds. |
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Wesleyan University Press
Watchword
Poetry
Intimate, intense poems forge a language for life when life is at stake
February 2012 |
LOPEZ COLOME, PURA; FORREST GANDER, TRANS. |
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Wesleyan University Press
Starboard Wine
More Notes on the Language of Science Fiction
Literary Criticism / Science Fiction
The long-awaited reissue of a classic work of criticism -- revised and expanded
July 2012 |
Delany, Samuel R., and Matthew Cheney, fwd. & intro. |
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Wesleyan University Press
The Time Ship
A Chrononautical Journey
Fiction & Literature / Science Fiction
Globe-trotting scientists pursue immortality and love in the world’s first time machine
July 2012 |
Gaspar, Enrique, Yolanda Molina-Galiván and Andrea L. Bell, intro. & trs. |
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Wesleyan University Press
What Is Amazing
Poetry
Poems stunned by the world and their presence in it
February 2012 |
Christle, Heather |
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Four Way Books
The Pretty Girl
Novella and Stories
Fiction & Literature
“Twelve bell towers with twelve clocks with twenty-four spindly hands telling the time.”
April 2012 |
Spark, Debra |
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Four Way Books
Happily
Poetry
“I gripped my strangeness hard/ to feel the pulse in it.”
April 2012 |
Aleshire, Joan |
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Cavankerry Press
American Rhapsody
Poetry
An elegy to the author’s parents and to America past and present
March 2012 |
Stone, Carole |
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Cavankerry Press
The One Fifteen to Penn Station
Poetry
Family, friendships, the fear of uncertainty and the regret and damage from the choices we make
April 2012 |
Carey, Kevin |
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Cavankerry Press
Motherhood Exaggerated
Memoir / Prose
When eight-year-old Nadia cracks her jaw on a piece of Halloween candy unmasking a rare bone cancer, mother and daughter are launched on a revelatory journey of treatment, recovery and survival
February 2012 |
Hannan, Judith, Alan M. Dershowitz, fwd. and Leonard Wexler, M.D., med. intr. |
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Nightboat Books
Inmost
Poetry
In these haunting lyrics, Fisher weighs the proximity, physical no less than linguistic, of nurture and violence
April 2012 |
Fisher, Jessica and Kimiko Hahn, preface |
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Nightboat Books
This Constellation Is a Name
Collected Poems 1965–2010
Poetry
A landmark volume gathering 45 years of work by one of our leading poets
April 2012 |
Heller, Michael |
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Nightboat Books
Partially Kept
Poetry
A meditation on language and loss–and the partial nature of both–from a leading contemporary poet
April 2012 |
Ronk, Martha |
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Nightboat Books
The Obituary
Fiction & Literature
A haunting new novel from the author of My Paris
May 2012 |
Scott, Gail |
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Sheep Meadow Press
Just Look at the Dancers
Canticles, Fumes, Monostichs
Poetry
A new collection from an incomparable stylist of rare genius and an exacting sensibility
February 2012 |
Middleton, Christopher |
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Sheep Meadow Press
Toward Babel: Poems and A Memoir
Poetry / Memoir
In a single, bilingual volume Shmueli’s poetry, prose, and an important early memoir
March 2012 |
Shmueli, Ilana, and Gillespie, Susan, trs. |
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Sheep Meadow Press
Pebble & I
Poems
Poetry
Arguably the best living English poet at the height of his power
April 2012 |
Fuller, John |
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Sheep Meadow Press
Strange Nursery
Poems
Poetry
Breathtaking, rigorous new poems that wrestle with history, myth, devils, angels and self
April 2012 |
Schor, Esther |
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Sheep Meadow Press
The Definition of Joy
Poems
Poetry
“Joy Ladin sends spies into the Promised Land.”
June 2012 |
Ladin, Joy |
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Saturnalia Books
The Girls of Peculiar
Poetry
Poetry
The newest offering, full of wit and wisdom, from the award-winning author of Famous Last Words
March 2012 |
Pierce, Catherine |
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Saturnalia Books
My Scarlet Ways
Poetry
Poetry
A stunning new voice of erotic devastation
March 2012 |
Larkin, Tanya |
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