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University Press of New England
Bad Blood
Freedom and Death in the White Mountains
True Crime / New England
The true story of a deadly feud in New England’s north country
August 2009 |
Sherman, Casey |
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University Press of New England
The Vermont Monster Guide
New England / Vermont / Folklore
Afraid of the dark? You will be after you read this illustrated guide to the fantastic swimming, crawling, flying, and slithering denizens of Vermont’s dark side.
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Citro, Joseph A.; Bissette, Stephen R., illus. |
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University Press of New England
Basking with Humpbacks
Tracking Threatened Marine Life in New England Waters
New England / Nature / Conservation
A lively and often surprising look at eleven of New England’s most threatened marine species
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McLeish, Todd |
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University Press of New England
Golden Wings & Hairy Toes
Encounters with New England’s Most Imperiled Wildlife
New England / Nature / Conservation
A lively and often surprising look at fourteen of New England’s most endangered species
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McLeish, Todd |
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University Press of New England
The Glass Industry in South Boston
Antiques & Collectibles / Decorative Arts & Material Culture / History
A history of and collectors’ guide to nineteenth-century glass manufacturing in South Boston
October 2009 |
Kaiser, Joan E. |
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University Press of New England
Birds in Wood and Paint
American Miniature Bird Carvings and Their Carvers, 1900-1970
Antiques & Collectibles / Decorative Arts & Material Culture / Birds & Birdwatching
A comprehensive look at American miniature bird carvings and the artists who made them
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Ellis, Joseph H. |
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University Press of New England
Stellwagen
The Making and Unmaking of a National Marine Sanctuary
Nature / Conservation / New England
An insider’s look at a sanctuary under siege
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Borrelli, Peter |
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University of Vermont Press
Parks and People
Managing Outdoor Recreation at Acadia National Park
Nature / Conservation / Resource Management
A science-based approach to outdoor recreation management at Maine's Acadia National Park, applicable to parks and conservation areas nationwide
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Manning, Robert E., editor |
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University of New Hampshire Press
Thanksgiving
The Biography of an American Holiday
History - American / Holidays
The origins and ever-changing story of America’s favorite holiday
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Baker, James W. and Peter J. Gomes, fwd. |
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Northeastern University Press
Anatomy of an Execution
The Life and Death of Douglas Christopher Thomas
Criminology / Social Science
The crime and punishment of a juvenile offender
October 2009 |
Peppers, Todd C. and Laura Trevvett Anderson |
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Brandeis University Press
Photographing the Jewish Nation
Pictures from S. An-sky's Ethnographic Expeditions
Anthropology / Photography / Jewish Studies
Over 170 amazing photographs of Jewish life in the Pale of Settlement, from S. An-sky’s ethnographic expeditions
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Avrutin, Eugene M., Valerii Dymshits, Alexander Ivanov, Alexander Lvov, Harriet Murav, and Alla Sokolova, editors |
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Brandeis University Press
Best of Times, Worst of Times
Memoirs of a Political Education
Biography & Letters / Political Science & Government
A memoir by a prominent and highly respected historian and political commentator
November 2009 |
Laqueur, Walter |
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Brandeis University Press
Becoming American Jews
Temple Israel of Boston
Jewish Studies / Social Science
A compelling history of Boston’s Temple Israel and its role in American Reform Judaism
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Dwyer-Ryan, Meaghan, Susan L. Porter, and Lisa Fagin Davis |
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Brandeis University Press
Cadaverland
Inventing a Pathology of Catastrophe for Holocaust Survival [The Limits of Medical Knowledge and Historical Memory in France]
Psychology & Psychiatry / History / Jewish Studies
A powerful look at how French medical science apprehended and described Holocaust survival
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Dorland, Michael |
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Brandeis University Press
Jewish Dimensions in Modern Visual Culture
Antisemitism, Assimilation, Affirmation
Art History / Cultural Studies
A fascinating look at key aspects of visual culture in modern Jewish history
November 2009 |
Long, Rose-Carol Washton, Matthew Baigell, and Milly Heyd |
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Brandeis University Press
Louis I. Kahn’s Jewish Architecture
Mikveh Israel and the Midcentury American Synagogue
Jewish Studies / Architecture / Social Science
The evolution of the postwar American synagogue illuminated through the plans for Louis Kahn’s unbuilt Mikveh Israel
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Solomon, Susan G. |
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Dartmouth College Press
The Urban Spectator
American Concept Cities from Kodak to Google
Media Studies / Social Science
How conceptions of the American city changed in response to new media technologies
December 2009 |
Gordon, Eric |
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Dartmouth College Press
The Self in Black and White
Race and Subjectivity in Postwar American Photography
Media Studies / African-American Studies / Photography
A study of race and authenticity in the photography of the civil rights era and beyond
December 2009 |
Duganne, Erina |
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University of New Hampshire Press
Asian Americans in New England
Culture and Community
Asian-American Studies / New England / Social Science
The first interdisciplinary contribution to studies about Asian Americans in New England
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Chiu, Monica, ed. |
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University of New Hampshire Press
Fashioning Faces
The Portraitive Mode in British Romanticism
Literary Criticism / Cultural Studies
A fresh look at how literary and visual portraiture in the Romantic era embodied a newly commercial culture
December 2009 |
Fay, Elizabeth A. |
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University of New Hampshire Press
Edith Wharton and the Making of Fashion
Literary Criticism / Art - Fashion
The origins of the modern fashion industry as seen through the works of Edith Wharton
September 2009 |
Joslin, Katherine |
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University of New Hampshire Press
Emily Dickinson and the Labor of Clothing
Literary Criticism / Art - Fashion
A history of nineteenth-century fashion through the works of Emily Dickinson
September 2009 |
Wardrop, Daneen |
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Dartmouth College Press
Migrant Sites
America, Place, and Diaspora Literatures
Literary Criticism / American Studies
A unique comparative study of immigrant and diaspora literatures in America
October 2009 |
Kandiyoti, Dalia |
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Tufts University Press
Social Enterprise
A Global Comparison
Political Science & Government / / Social Science
The first comparative look at how social enterprise is shaped by local conditions worldwide
October 2009 |
Kerlin, Janelle A., ed. |
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Northeastern University Press
Tulips, Water, Ash
Poetry
Winner of the 2009 Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize
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Stonestreet, Lisa Gluskin |
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Northeastern University Press
At the Dusk of Dawn
Selected Poetry and Prose of Albery Allson Whitman
Poetry / African-American Studies
Restores Whitman’s place in the canons of African American literature and nineteenth-century American poetry
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Whitman, Albery Allson |
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University Press of New England
The Collected Writings of Beatrix Farrand
American Landscape Gardener, 1872-1959
Architecture / Landscape Architecture / Essays
Landscape gardener Beatrix Farrand’s written work, in print for the first time
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Farrand, Beatrix; Carmen Pearson, ed. |
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Northeastern University Press
The Sounds of Place
Music and the American Cultural Landscape
Music / American Studies
Looks at the ways in which America's places, from the natural wonders of Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon to the urban landscape of New York City, have inspired American composers from the nation's beginnings to the present.
August 2009 (new in paper) |
Von Glahn, Denise |
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University Press of New England
archyology
the long lost tales of archy and mehitabel
Fiction / Humor
America’s beloved archy and mehitabel finally return in these entrancing uncollected stories.
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marquis, don. jeff adams, ed. and pref.; ed frascino, illus. |
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Dartmouth College Press
Emile
or On Education [Includes Emile and Sophie, or the Solitaires]
Philosophy & Ethics / Education
The definitive translation of Emile
November 2009 |
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques; Christopher Kelly and Allan Bloom, trs.; Christopher Kelly, ed. |
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Dartmouth College Press
Essay on the Origin of Languages and Writings Related to Music
Philosophy & Ethics / Literature & Language-French / Music
Rousseau's major works, available for the first time in a uniform English edition, continue with a work that situates Rousseau's linguistic and musical theory within his larger philosophical system.
August 2009 (new in paper) |
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. John T. Scott, tr. and ed |
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Winthrop Group
A Vision for Venture Capital
Realizing the Promise of Global Venture Capital and Private Equity
Economics & Business
An insider’s look at the frontier of international finance
December 2009 |
Brooke, Peter A. with Daniel Penrice |
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Dartmouth College Press
The Artistry of the Homeric Simile
Literary Criticism / Classics
An examination of the aesthetic qualities of the Homeric simile
December 2009 |
Scott, William C. |
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Hood Museum of Art
Modern and Contemporary Art at Dartmouth
Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art
Art
Third in a series of publications presenting the Hood’s extensive and varied collections
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Kennedy, Brian P., Emily Shubert Burke, editors |
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University Press of New England
Stairway to Heaven
From Chinese Streets to Monuments and Skyscrapers
Photography / Art / China
Contemporary Chinese photographers confront urban space in a changing China
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Bessire, Mark H. C. |
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The Grolier Club
Wayfarers All
Selections from the Kenneth Grahame Collection of David J. Holmes
Books on Books
From the exhibition on view at The Grolier Club, March 19-May 23, 2008
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Holmes, David J.; Rich Grant, photo. |
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Wesleyan University Press
Finding Pete
Rediscovering the Brother I Lost in Vietnam
Memoir
A woman explores the mystery of her brother's death in Vietnam, where he was a civilian volunteer
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Hunting, Jill |
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Wesleyan University Press
A Splurch in the Kisser
The Movies of Blake Edwards
Film, TV, Visual Culture
A detailed and hilarious look at the art and life of a legendary Hollywood filmmaker
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Wasson, Sam |
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Wesleyan University Press
Bright Felon
Autobiography and Cities
Poetry / Essays
Eloquent intercultural coming-of-age story
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Ali, Kazim |
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Wesleyan University Press
Practical Water
Poetry
The latest volume in Hillman’s acclaimed meditations on the elements
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Hillman, Brenda |
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Wesleyan University Press
Red Planets
Marxism and Science Fiction
Science Fiction / Literary Criticism
A critical exploration of the connections between science fiction and Marxism
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Bould, Mark and China Miéville, eds. |
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Wesleyan University Press
Picturing Victorian America
Prints by the Kellogg Brothers of Hartford, Connecticut, 1830-1880
American Art / Connecticut
A landmark reference on 19th-century American lithographic production
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Finlay, Nancy |
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Wesleyan University Press
Dr. Mel’s Connecticut Climate Book
Nature - Weather / Connecticut
Connecticut’s unique climate and major weather events explained by the state’s best-known meteorologist
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Goldstein, Mel |
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Wesleyan University Press
The Connecticut River
A Photographic Journey through the Heart of New England
Photography / New England
Breathtaking photographs of one of America’s most picturesque and historic rivers
September 2009 |
Braden, Al |
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Saturnalia Books
Tsim Tsum
Poetry
New Prose Poetry by the author of The Babies
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Mark, Sabrina Orah |
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Saturnalia Books
Hush Sessions
Poetry
New poetry by the author of Realm Sixty Four
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Maxwell, Kristi |
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Cavankerry Press
Underlife
Poetry
November 2009 |
O’Neil, January Gill |
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Fence Books
The Black Automaton
Poetry / African-American Studies
Poems that tweak and skewer pop culture and literary sources from Paul Laurence Dunbar to T. S. Eliot to traditional ballads and blues.
October 2009 |
Kearney, Douglas |
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Fence Books
My New Job
Poetry / Gender Studies
A third book of poems by a gurlesque pioneer who continues her intimate and formally inventive exploration of gender, sex, commerce, and power.
October 2009 |
Wagner, Catherine |
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Fence Books
Lake Antiquity
Poetry
The culmination of more than a decade of visionary irreverance, this collection of more than 200 text-collages is the perfect holiday gift for the visual-poetry lover.
October 2009 |
Downing, Brandon |
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Fence Books
Conditions of Light
Poetry / Literature & Language-French
Building on his decades of attention to Wittgenstein, Hocquard has fused his interest in the philosophy of language with his dedication to the most elemental forms of experience in this series of quick, sharp glimpses of juxtaposed perceptions.
October 2009 |
Hocquard, Emmanuel |
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Fence Books
A Best of Fence
The First Nine Years, Volume 1, Poetry & Nonfiction
Poetry / Fiction
This is a compilation of writing from the first nine years of Fence magazine that presents a stunningly eclectic compendium of poetry, short fiction, criticism, and creative nonfiction.
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Wolff, Rebecca and Fence Staff, editors |
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Fence Books
A Best of Fence
The First Nine Years, Volumes 1 & 2
2-volume set.
Poetry / Fiction
This is a compilation of writing from the first nine years of Fence magazine that presents a stunningly eclectic compendium of poetry, short fiction, criticism, and creative nonfiction.
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Wolff, Rebecca and Fence Editorial Staff |
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Fence Books
A Best of Fence
The First Nine Years, Volume 2, Fiction & Nonfiction
Poetry / Fiction
This is a compilation of writing from the first nine years of Fence magazine that presents a stunningly eclectic compendium of poetry, short fiction, criticism, and creative nonfiction.
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Wolff, Rebecca and Fence Editorial Staff |
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Four Way Books
The Arrival
Poetry / Posthumous
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Simko, Daniel and Carolyn Forché, intro. |
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Four Way Books
Sediment
Poetry / Asian-American Studies
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Tseng, Sandy |
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Nightboat Books
The All-Purpose Magical Tent
Poetry
This debut collection of poetry is the winner of the Nightboat Poetry prize selected by Terrance Hayes.
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Smith, Lytton |
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Nightboat Books
Tiresias
The Collected Poems
Poetry
November 2009 |
Hickman, Leland |
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Sheep Meadow Press
Rock and Dew
Poetry
October 2009 |
Firan, Carmen |
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Sheep Meadow Press
Hôtel Dieu
Poetry
September 2009 |
Papadopoulos, Stephanos |
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Middlebury College Museum of Art
The Art of Devotion
Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy
Art History
Generously illustrated exhibition catalogue explores the demand for and production of devotional works in early fifteenth-century Italy
October 2009 |
Abbott, Katherine R. Smith, Andrea Rothe, and Wendy M. Watson |
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Heckscher Museum of Art
Long Island Moderns
Art and Architecture on the North Shore and Beyond
Art / Architecture
An exploration of Modernist visual arts and architecture of Long Island
November 2009 |
Neil, Erik H., Wayne, Kenneth and Isenstadt, Sandy |
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Hood Museum of Art
Wearing Wealth and Styling Identity
Tapis from Lampung, South Sumatra, Indonesia
Art / Decorative Arts & Material Culture / Textiles
Discover the cultural iconography of these extraordinary textiles and how tapis garments exemplify the social station and clan identity of the women of South Sumatra
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Totton, Mary-Louise |
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Boston Athenaeum
The Boston Athenaeum
Bicentennial Essays
Art / History
A rich collection of essays celebrates the bicentennial of the Boston Athenaeum
May 2009 |
Wendorf, Richard |
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International Polar Institute
Local Knowledge
Living Resources and Natural Assets in Greenland
Arctic Studies / Anthropology
Spanning a 60-year period, Petersen, a native Greenlander, has systematically studied climate, settlement and natural life in his native land
July 2009 |
Petersen, H.C. |
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International Polar Institute
Vikings of To-day
or Life and Medical Work among the Fishermen of Labrador
Reprint of 1895 edition
Arctic Studies / Anthropology
Summarizes Grenfell’s first contact with the residents of Labrador
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Grenfell, Wilfred T.; Marianne Stenbaek, intro. |
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International Polar Institute
Tales of Yukaghir
Lamut and Russianized Natives of Eastern Siberia
Reprint of 1918 edition
Arctic Studies / Anthropology
Tales of adventure and courage among the peoples of Eastern Siberia
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Bogaras, Waldemar; Lenore Grenoble, intro. |
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