Fall 2006




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University Press of New England
The Story of Modern Skiing

The ultimate history of skiing from a renowned insider.

Fry, John

University of Vermont Press
The Myth of Progress
Toward a Sustainable Future


A provocative critique of Western progress from a scientific perspective.

Wessels, Tom

University Press of New England
The Road Washes Out in Spring
A Poet’s Memoir of Living Off the Grid


A beautifully written memoir of nature, community, and poetry.

Wormser, Baron

University of New Hampshire Press
This Grand and Magnificent Place
The Wilderness Heritage of the White Mountains


A sweeping environmental history of a quintessential American wilderness.

Johnson, Christopher

University Press of New England
Hudson Valley Ruins
Forgotten Landmarks of an American Landscape


An elegant homage to the many deserted buildings along the Hudson River—and a plea for their preservation.

Rinaldi, Thomas E. and Yasinsac, Robert J.

University Press of New England
The Very Telling
Conversations with American Writers


An inspiring collection of interviews with some of today’s hottest authors.

Johnson, Sarah Anne

University Press of New England
Writing Naturally
A Memoir


A science writer reflects on his journey into the profession.

Sargent, William

University Press of New England
Out of Bounds

Jack Austin investigates the possible use of steroids in professional golf

Corrigan, John R.

Brandeis University Press
The Songs That Fought the War
Popular Music and the Home Front, 1939-1945


A lively social history of popular wartime songs and how they helped America’s home front morale.

Jones, John Bush

Northeastern University Press
Hans Hotter
Memoirs


An expanded and updated translation of the memoirs of the great German bass-baritone.

Hotter, Hans; Donald Arthur, trans. and ed.; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Zubin Mehta, fwds.

The MacDowell Colony
A Place for the Arts
The MacDowell Colony, 1907-2007


The in-depth story of America’s premier artists’ residency program, published on its centennial anniversary.

Wiseman, Carter, ed.

University Press of New England
Disability and Business
Best Practices and Strategies for Inclusion


The complete manager’s guide to integrating disability into business.

Riley, Charles A. II

Brandeis University Press
Leo Strauss and the Politics of Exile
The Making of a Political Philosopher


A probing study that demystifies the common portrayal of Leo Strauss as the inspiration for American neo-conservativism by tracing his philosophy to its German Jewish roots.

Sheppard, Eugene R.

Brandeis University Press
Jewish Roots in Southern Soil
A New History


A lively look at southern Jewish history and culture.

Ferris, Marcie Cohen and Greenberg, Mark I., eds. Eli N. Evans, fwd.

University of Vermont Press
The View From Vermont
Tourism and the Making of an American Rural Landscape


A study of tourism and the social, cultural, and political forces that have shaped Vermont’s landscape and popular image over the past century.

Harrison, Blake

University of Vermont Press
Technical Guide to Forest Wildlife Habitat Management in New England

The authoritative, professional guide to improving and sustaining diverse wildlife habitat conditions in New England.

DeGraaf, Richard M., et al

University of Vermont Press
Environmental Problem Solving
A How-To Guide


A practical, user-friendly toolbox of skills, solutions, and tips for addressing the “people factor” in environmental challenges.

Hughes, Jeffrey W.

University of Vermont Press
Blacks on the Border
The Black Refugees in British North America, 1815–1860


A study of the emergence of community among African Americans in Nova Scotia.

Whitfield, Harvey Amani

Northeastern University Press
Electoral Realignment and the Outlook for American Democracy

A keen look at the ideologically polarized political realities of “red-state” and “blue-state” America.

Paulson, Arthur

Northeastern University Press
Neither Angels nor Demons
Women, Crime, and Victimization


A provocative study of the complex relationship between domestic violence and women’s crime.

Ferraro, Kathleen J.

Dartmouth College Press
The Cinematic Mode of Production
Attention Economy and the Society of the Spectacle


A revolutionary reconceptualization of capital and perception during the twentieth century.

Beller, Jonathan

Dartmouth College Press
Photographic Memories
Private Pictures, Public Images, and American History


The role of photographs in the formation of public memories.

Kroes, Rob; Donald E. Pease, fwd.

Dartmouth College Press
Figuring It Out
Science, Gender, and Visual Culture


A collection of fifteen original essays analyzing gender in the imagery of science.

Shteir, Ann B. and Bernard Lightman, editors

Hood Museum of Art
So Much Trouble in the World
Believe It or Not!


Artist Fred Wilson offers eye-opening histories and refreshingly critical views on art and museums.

Wilson, Fred. Essays by Barbara Thompson, Mary Coffey, and Jessica Hagedorn.

University of New Hampshire Press
Oliver Wendell Holmes in Paris
Medicine, Theology, and the Autocrat of the Breakfast Table


An innovative study that links the themes of Holmes’s best-known literary works to his medical training in nineteenth-century Paris.

February 2007 (new in paper)
Dowling, William C.

Colby College
Mayflower Hill
A History of Colby College


A lively history of Colby College from its founding in 1813 to the present day.

Smith, Earl H.

Dartmouth College Press
Autobiographical, Scientific, Religious, Moral, and Literary Writings

Noteworthy short pieces from Rousseau, most of which have never been translated into English before now.

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques; Christopher Kelly, trans. and ed.

Dartmouth College Press
Le Français
Départ-Arrivée


An innovative, dynamic, and dramatic approach to French language and culture for high school and college students.

June 2007
Rassias, John and Jacqueline de La Chapelle Skubly

Dartmouth College Press
Le Français
Workbook

June 2007
Rassias, John and Jacqueline de La Chapelle Skubly

Dartmouth College Press
Le Français
Text & Workbook Set

June 2007
Rassias, John and Jacqueline de La Chapelle Skubly

Northeastern University Press
A Form of Optimism
Jacobstein, Roy; Selected and Introduced by Lucia Perillo

Cavankerry Press
Fun Being Me
Poems

Wiler, Jack

Cavankerry Press
Against Which
Gay, Ross

Fence Books
Snip! Snip!
Celona, Tina Brown

Fence Books
Yes, Master
Craig, Michael Earl

Four Way Books
Incomplete Knowledge
Poems

Harrison, Jeffrey

Four Way Books
The Book of Jobs
Poems

Maris, Kathryn

Sheep Meadow Press
Reluctant Mirrors
New and Selected Poems

Rosen, Aaron

Sheep Meadow Press
A Book for Daniel Stern
Moss, Stanley and Pam Diamond, eds.

Sheep Meadow Press
Goat Funeral
Poems

Bakken, Christopher

Sheep Meadow Press
Labors Lost Left Unfinished
Poems

Pavlic, Ed

Sheep Meadow Press
Vilnius
Venclova, Tomas

Wesleyan University Press
In Balanchine’s Company
A Dancer’s Memoir


Intimate recollections of a wondrous time and place.

Fisher, Barbara Milberg

Wesleyan University Press
Glamour Addiction
Inside the American Ballroom Dance Industry


Behind the scenes of DanceSport.

McMains, Juliet

Wesleyan University Press
Gilgamesh
A Verse Play


The first dramatic adaptation of Gilgamesh.

Komunyakaa, Yusef; Gracia, Chad

Wesleyan University Press
The Flowers of Evil

A modernist classic translated for the twenty-first century.

Baudelaire, Charles; Waldrop, Keith, tr.

Wesleyan University Press
Grave of Light
New and Selected Poems, 1970–2005


Selected poems from a visionary feminist poet.

Notley, Alice

Wesleyan University Press
Star Begotten
A Biological Fantasia


H.G. Wells’s second Martian invasion comes from within.

Wells, H.G.; Huntington, John, ed.

Wesleyan University Press
Presence and Pleasure
The Funk Grooves of James Brown and Parliament


What does it mean to be in the groove?

Danielsen, Anne

Wesleyan University Press
Black Rhythms of Peru
Reviving African Musical Heritage in the Black Pacific


How Afro-Peruvian music was forgotten and recreated in Peru.

Feldman, Heidi Carolyn

Wesleyan University Press
Insane Passions
Lesbianism and Psychosis in Literature and Film


How “the insane lesbian” became a popular stereotype.

Coffman, Christine E.

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