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Brandeis University Press
The Art of the Turnaround
Creating and Maintaining Healthy Arts Organizations
Practical advice (supported by extensive case studies) for fixing troubled arts organizations
August 2008 |
Kaiser, Michael M. |
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University Press of New England
A Master Class
Sensational Recipes from the Chefs of the New England Culinary Institute and Ellen Michaud
The award-winning Vermont cooking school brings its commitment to taste, flavor, and contemporary, sustainable cuisine to the home kitchen
September 2008 |
New England Culinary Institute and its Chef. Michaud, Ellen, ed. |
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Tufts University Press
Uncharitable
How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential
An unabashed call to free charity from its ideological and economic constraints
October 2008 |
Pallotta, Dan |
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University Press of New England
In Words and Deeds
Battle Speeches in History
The first-ever survey of inspirational battle speeches from Greco-Roman times to the present
September 2008 |
Miller, Richard F. |
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Brandeis University Press
Yehuda Amichai
The Making of Israel’s National Poet
An astonishing revision of the prevailing critical analysis of the poetry of Yehuda Amichai, based on newly discovered materials
August 2008 |
Gold, Nili Scharf |
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Brandeis University Press
Marie Syrkin
Values Beyond the Self
The life and times of Marie Syrkin, polemicist of pragmatic idealism
September 2008 |
Kessner, Carole S., |
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Northeastern University Press
Execution’s Doorstep
True Stories of the Innocent and Near Damned
The stories of five men unfairly condemned to death
November 2008 |
Lytle, Leslie |
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Northeastern University Press
Abolition
One Man’s Battle Against the Death Penalty
The English translation of a behind-the-scenes account of the abolition of the death penalty in France
August 2008 |
Badinter, Robert, Mercer, Jeremy, tr., Roth, Kenneth, fwd. |
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University Press of New England
To the Life of the Silver Harbor
Edmund Wilson and Mary McCarthy on Cape Cod
The Cape as evoked and experienced by a legendary literary couple
October 2008 |
Wilson, Reuel K. |
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University Press of New England
Boston Beheld
Antique Town and Country Views
Boston seen anew through historical paintings
October 2008 |
Simons, D. Brenton |
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University Press of New England
Ghost Hunters of New England
Captivating profiles of irrepressible investigators of the paranormal in New England
August 2008 |
Brown, Alan |
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Northeastern University Press
Red Sox Nation Guide to the Players
Short biographies and statistical career summaries for every Boston Americans (Pilgrims) and Boston Red Sox player from 1901 through 2007
August 2008 |
McNeil, William F. |
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University Press of New England
Gone Fishin’
Massachusetts’ 100 Best Waters
A guide to the best fishing spots in all of Massachusetts
August 2008 |
Luftglass, Manny, Bowles, Ian A., fwd |
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University Press of New England
Good Tidings
The History and Ecology of Shellfish Farming in the Northeast
Both a history of the New England shellfish industry and a look into the science, economics, and techniques of shellfish aquaculture
December 2008 |
Brennessel, Barbara |
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University Press of New England
Polluted and Dangerous
America’s Worst Abandoned Properties and What Can Be Done About Them
A probing and timely look at how American cities can achieve sustainability in the face of decline
December 2008 |
Hollander, Justin B. |
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University of Vermont Press
Energy in America
A Nontechnical Tour of Our Fossil Fuel Culture and Beyond
Presents a broad, cultural view of America’s energy sector—traditionally the domain of engineers and policy makers—for nonscientists involved in creating sustainable communities
November 2008 |
Kelley, Ingrid |
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Northeastern University Press
Voting Amid Violence
Electoral Democracy in Colombia
Timely lessons from Colombia on the coexistence of civil democracy and political violence in the context of international affairs and institutional reform
November 2008 |
Taylor, Steven L.
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Tufts University Press
Smallville
Institutionalizing Community in Twenty-First-Century America
A path-breaking study of organizational dynamics in community movements and in small, local, nonprofit organization
October 2008 |
Milofsky, Carl |
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University of Vermont Press
Defending the Master Race
Conservation, Eugenics, and the Legacy of Madison Grant
A historical rediscovery of one of the heroic founders of the conservation movement who was also one of the most infamous racists in American history
November 2008 |
Spiro, Jonathan |
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University of New Hampshire Press
Rousseau’s Daughters
Domesticity, Education, and Autonomy in Modern France
Provocative assessment of how new ideas about motherhood and domesticity in pre-Revolutionary France helped women demand social and political equality later on
October 2008 |
Popiel, Jennifer J. |
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University of New Hampshire Press
Slavery and Sentiment
The Politics of Feeling in Black Antislavery Writing, 1770-1850
Illuminates the political dimensions of American and British antislavery texts written by blacks
October 2008 |
Levecq, Christine |
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Brandeis University Press
Four Centuries of Jewish Women’s Spirituality
A Sourcebook
The only comprehensive volume of Jewish women’s spiritual writing from the sixteenth century to the present
October 2008 |
Umansky, Ellen M., Ashton, Dianne,eds. |
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Dartmouth College Press
The Treaty of Portsmouth and Its Legacies
The latest, probing look at the 1905 Portsmouth Peace Treaty, the last peace agreement between Japan and Russia
September 2008 |
Ericson, Steven, Hockley, Allen, eds. |
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University Press of New England
Selling Anxiety
How the News Media Scare Women
A powerful and witty exposé of how the media distorts news about women
July 2008
August 2008 (new in paper) |
Rivers, Caryl |
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Brandeis University Press
Between Jew and Arab
The Lost Voice of Simon Rawidowicz
An exploration of the fascinating Jewish thinker Simon Rawidowicz and his provocative views on Arab refugees and the fate of Israel
November 2008 |
Myers, David N. |
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Northeastern University Press
In the Truth Room
Winner of the 2008 Morse Poetry Prize
September 2008 |
Roeser, Dana, Jones, Rodney, selected and introduced by |
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University of New Hampshire Press
Charles Eliot Norton
The Art of Reform in Nineteenth-Century America
An impassioned reassessment of a major nineteenth-century public intellectual
November 2008 (new in paper) |
Dowling, Linda |
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University Press of New England
Stairway to Heaven
From Chinese Streets to Monuments and Skyscrapers
Contemporary Chinese photographers confront urban space in a changing China
November 2008 |
Bessire, Mark H. C. |
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University Press of New England
European Art at Dartmouth
Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art
Second in a series of publications presenting the Hood’s extensive and varied collections
October 2008 |
Thurber, T. Barton
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Wesleyan University Press
Challenges
A Memoir of My Life in Opera
A powerful pioneer in opera and music recounts her struggles and triumphs
July 2008 |
Caldwell, Sarah with Rebecca Matlock |
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Wesleyan University Press
Making Freedom
The Extraordinary Life of Venture Smith
The inspiring story of an 18th-century New England slave who emancipated himself
August 2008 |
Saint, Chandler B. and George A. Krimsky |
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Wesleyan University Press
My Vocabulary Did This to Me
The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer
An essential collection of a highly original American poet
August 2008 |
Spicer, Jack, edited by Peter Gizzi and Kevin Killian |
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Wesleyan University Press
Odes and Elegies
Powerful new translations of this seminal figure in modern poetry
November 2008 |
Hölderlin, Friedrich, Translated by Nick Hoff. |
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Wesleyan University Press
All Odd and Splendid
Intimate new poems from an important contemporary voice
September 2008 |
Raz, Hilda |
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Wesleyan University Press
Grave of Light
New and Selected Poems, 1970–2005
Selected poems from a visionary feminist poet.
August 2008
August 2008 (new in paper) |
Notley, Alice |
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Wesleyan University Press
The Outernationale
A luminous new work for the 21st century
August 2008 (new in paper) |
Gizzi, Peter |
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Wesleyan University Press
The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction
A major critical work from one of the preeminent voices of science fiction scholarship
September 2008 |
Csicsery-Ronay, Istvan, Jr. |
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Wesleyan University Press
The Black Mirror and Other Stories
An Anthology of Science Fiction from Germany and Austria
The first collection of classic and contemporary German-language science fiction in English
October 2008 |
Rottensteiner, Franz, ed. Translated by Mike Mitchell. |
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Wesleyan University Press
The Old Leather Man
Historical Accounts of a Connecticut and New York Legend
Fascinating documentation of a mysterious figure
August 2008 |
DeLuca, Daniel W. |
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Wesleyan University Press
Henry Austin
In Every Variety of Architectural Style
A colorful introduction to one of New England’s most productive and imaginative architects
December 2008 |
O’Gorman, James F. |
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Wesleyan University Press
Westover
Giving Girls a Place of Their Own
A century of girls’ education in the history of an extraordinary school
November 2008 |
Lisle, Laurie |
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Wesleyan University Press
Global Soundtracks
Worlds of Film Music
The first volume focusing on film music as a worldwide phenomenon
August 2008 |
Slobin, Mark, ed. |
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Wesleyan University Press
It’s the Pictures That Got Small
Hollywood Film Stars on 1950s Television
An original study of Hollywood film stars and 1950s television
December 2008 |
Becker, Christine |
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Saturnalia Books
Letters to Poets
Conversations About Poetics, Politics, and Community
September 2008 |
Firestone, Jennifer, Lomax, Dana Teen, eds. |
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Saturnalia Books
Days of Unwilling
Cal Bedient’s third collection of poems.
September 2008 |
Bedient, Cal |
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Cavankerry Press
An Apron Full of Beans
An exploration of African-American history and popular culture emphasizing the relations between men and women
August 2008 |
Cornish, Sam |
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Cavankerry Press
The Red Canoe
Love in Its Making
The Red Canoe: Love in Its Making—poetry and memoir exploring the anatomy of a marriage—underbelly and crown
August 2008 |
Handler, Joan Cusack |
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Four Way Books
Orphan FIre
This remarkable sequence of lyric poems combines to a beautiful, luminous exploration of emotional intensity, of how the body is inhabited by fear, or love, or “a cynical knowledge that helps us endure.” The images in these poems will be etched in your mind long after you have put this book down.
September 2008 |
Valles, Alissa |
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Fence Books
Star in the Eye
Winner of the 2008 Fence Modern Poets Series
October 2008 |
Shea, James, selected by Nick Flynn |
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Fence Books
The Method
October 2008 |
Steensen, Sasha |
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Site Acquisition
A certain slant lubricates the vision of Brian Young’s second book of poems
October 2008 |
Young, Brian |
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Sheep Meadow Press
The English Channel
An Original Play About Shakespeare
September 2008 |
Brustein, Robert |
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Sheep Meadow Press
Three Books
Ghosts, The Spaces of Joy and Song and Dance
September 2008 |
Fuller, John |
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Sheep Meadow Press
Questions of Love
New and Selected Poems
New and Selected Poems
October 2008 |
Lesser, Rika |
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Sheep Meadow Press
Storyknife
New and Selected Poems
New and Selected Poems
October 2008 |
Baron, Mary |
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Strawbery Banke Museum
Historic Portsmouth
Early Photographs from the Collection of Strawbery Banke
A fascinating collection 19th- and early 20th-century photographs of this "old town by the sea".
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Garvin, James L. |
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Temples in the Sacred City
New H(e)aven, Connecticut
A full-color guidebook to historically and architecturally important places of worship in New Haven
September 2008 |
Smith, Lee M.; Lara, Jaime, ed. & fwd; Lisa, Robert A., photographs |
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Art Services International
From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci
A Century of Italian Drawings from the Prado
Delight in the drawings of Caravaggio, Carracci, Michelangelo, Urbino, Tavarone, Vasari, Veronese, and others
October 2008 |
Turner, Nicolas, Matilla, José Manuel |
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Peabody Essex Museum
Wedded Bliss
The Marriage of Art and Ceremony
This lavishly illustrated book is the first to explore the wedding’s global terrain as a source of artistic inspiration, both historically and today
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Richter, Paula Bradstreet; Contributing authors: Baldizzone, Tiziana and Gianni; Ingraham, Chrys; Johnson, Donald Clay; and Richter, Paula Bradstreet
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Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art
At Home With Gustav Stickley
Arts & Crafts from the Stephen Gray Collection
Arguably the finest private collection of early Gustav Stickley furniture
October 2008 |
Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin; Roth, Linda H., eds.; Gray, Stephen, intr.;Cathers, David and McPherson, Tommy, essays by |
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