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. Fall 2012
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Northeastern University Press
A Murder in Wellesley
The Inside Story of an Ivy-League Doctor’s Double Life, His Slain Wife, and the Trial That Gripped the Nation
True Crime
Inside one of New England’s most infamous murders
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Farmer, Tom, and Marty Foley |
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University Press of New England
Killer Show
The Station Nightclub Fire, America’s Deadliest Rock Concert
True Crime
The definitive book on The Station nightclub fire on the 10th anniversary of the disaster
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Barylick, John |
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University Press of New England
Edward Hopper in Vermont
American Art / 20th Century Art
A delightful account of Edward Hopper’s sojourns in Vermont with his wife, Jo, illustrated by the watercolors and drawings that he made there
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Clause, Bonnie Tocher |
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University Press of New England
Picasso and the Chess Player
Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, and the Battle for the Soul of Modern Art
Biography - Artists / Art
The dramatic story of art in the twentieth century
January 2013 |
Witham, Larry |
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University of New Hampshire Press
A Newer World
Politics, Money, Technology, and What’s Really Being Done to Solve the Climate Crisis
Ecology & Environmental Studies / Globalization
An environmentalist’s exploration of how we are bringing ourselves to the beginning of the end of the climate crisis and to the verge of sustainability
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Hewitt, William F. |
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University of New Hampshire Press
Milk Money
Cash, Cows, and the Death of the American Dairy Farm
Economics & Business / Agriculture & Food
The failing economics of the traditional small dairy farm, the rise of the factory mega-farm with its resultant pollution and disease, and the uncertain future of milk
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Kardashian, Kirk |
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University of New Hampshire Press
The Leap
How to Survive and Thrive in the Sustainable Economy
Economics & Business / Sustainable Development
An elegant argument for a bold new economic direction
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Turner, Chris |
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University Press of New England
Peak Experiences
Danger, Death, and Daring in the Mountains of the Northeast
Sports & Recreation / Mountaineering
An anthology of adventure and life-threatening dangers atop the peaks of the Northeast
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White, Carol Stone, Editor |
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Northeastern University Press
Shock the World
UConn Basketball in the Calhoun Era
Sports History / Basketball
How Jim Calhoun made the University of Connecticut a basketball powerhouse and became the greatest coach of his generation
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Burns, Peter F., Jr. |
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University of New Hampshire Press
I, Lobster
A Crustacean Odyssey
Nature / Marine Science
A consideration of the lobster in history, myth, art, literature, and cuisine
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Frazier, Nancy |
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University Press of New England
The Language of Fiction
A Writer’s Stylebook
Creative Writing
This is not your grandfather’s style guide
January 2013 |
Shawver, Brian |
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Dartmouth College Press
A More Conservative Place
Intellectual Culture in the Bush Era
American History / Literary Criticism
An intervention toward understanding the recent dark political and intellectual days
January 2013 |
Bové, Paul A. |
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Northeastern University Press
With Robert Lowell and His Circle
Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, Elizabeth Bishop, Stanley Kunitz & Others
Memoir / Biography - Writers
A memoir of a famous poetry circle
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Spivack, Kathleen |
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Brandeis University Press
Holocaust Literature
A History and Guide
Holocaust Studies
A comprehensive assessment of Holocaust literature, from World War II to the present day
January 2013 |
Roskies, David G., and Diamant, Naomi |
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Brandeis University Press
Israel
A History
World History / Israeli Studies
A history of Israel in the context of the modern Jewish experience and the history of the Middle East
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Shapira, Anita |
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Brandeis University Press
Jews and Diaspora Nationalism
Writings on Jewish Peoplehood in Europe and the United States
Jewish Studies / Intellectual History
An anthology of Jewish diaspora nationalist thought across the ideological spectrum
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Rabinovitch, Simon |
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Brandeis University Press
A Poetics of Trauma
The Work of Dahlia Ravikovitch
Literary Criticism / Israeli Studies
Astute analysis of the work of a great Israeli poet through the lens of psychoanalysis, gender, nationalism, and trauma theory
January 2013 |
Szobel, Ilana |
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Brandeis University Press
Jewhooing the Sixties
American Celebrity and Jewish Identity—Sandy Koufax, Lenny Bruce, Bob Dylan, and Barbra Streisand
Popular Culture / Jewish Studies
A lively look at four major Jewish celebrities of early 1960s America, who together made their mark on both American culture and Jewish identity
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Kaufman, David E. |
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Brandeis University Press
Gender, Religion, and Family Law
Theorizing Conflicts between Women’s Rights and Cultural Traditions
Women's Studies / International Law
Groundbreaking theoretical and legal approaches to resolving conflicts between gender equality and cultural practices
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Joffe, Lisa Fishbayn, and Sylvia Neil, editors |
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Brandeis University Press
Marriage and Divorce in the Jewish State
Israel's Civil War
Israeli Studies / Women's Studies
A comprehensive look at how rabbinical courts control Israeli marriage and divorce
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Weiss, Susan M. and Netty C. Gross-Horowitz |
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Brandeis University Press
Young Tel Aviv
A Tale of Two Cities
Israeli Studies
Fascinating revisionist history of Jewish life in Tel Aviv in the Mandate era
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Helman, Anat |
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Brandeis University Press
Empires in Collision in Late Antiquity
Middle East Studies / Late Antiquity
Political and military developments in the Arabian Peninsula on the eve of Islam
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Bowersock, G. W. |
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Northeastern University Press
Cybercrime and the Law
Challenges, Issues, and Outcomes
Criminology / Criminal Law
The first full-scale overview of cybercrime, law, and policy
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Brenner, Susan W. |
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Northeastern University Press
Battered Women, Their Children, and International Law
The Unintended Consequences of the Hague Child Abduction Convention
Criminology / International Law / Human Rights
An eye-opening appraisal of how current Hague Child Abduction Convention agreements unintentionally harm abused women and their children
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Lindhorst, Taryn, and Jeffrey L. Edleson |
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Dartmouth College Press
Time and the Digital
Connecting Technology, Aesthetics, and a Process Philosophy of Time
Art Criticism & Theory / Modern Art
An original consideration of the temporal in digital art and aesthetics
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Barker, Timothy Scott |
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Dartmouth College Press
No Innocent Bystanders
Performance Art and Audience
Art / Performing Art
The changing role of the spectator in contemporary performance art
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Ward, Frazer |
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University of New Hampshire Press
From Gift to Commodity
Capitalism and Sacrifice in Nineteenth-Century American Fiction
Literary Criticism / American History
Fascinating analysis of the significance of the gift, and its increasingly complicated role in an emerging capitalist order, in nineteenth-century American fiction
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Hoeller, Hildegard |
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University of New Hampshire Press
Margaret Fuller and Her Circles
American History / Women's Studies / Literary Criticism - American
Essays on the American Transcendentalist
January 2013 |
Bailey, Brigitte, Katheryn P. Viens, and Conrad Edick Wright (eds.) |
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University Press of New England
States at War, Volume 1
A Reference Guide for Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont in the Civil War
Civil War / Reference & Bibliography
A much-needed reference guide for Civil War historians, focused on the six New England states
February 2013 |
Miller, Richard F., editor |
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University Press of New England
The Lucifer Cypher
Fiction & Literature
A harrowing novel of power and suspense from one of the eminent voices of American historical fiction
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Fender, J. E.
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Dartmouth College Press
American Paper Mills, 1690–1832
A Directory of the Paper Trade with Notes on Products, Watermarks, Distribution Methods, and Manufacturing Techniques
American History / Reference
A comprehensive account of early papermaking in America
February 2013 |
Bidwell, John |
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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
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Sherman, Casey |
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University of New Hampshire Press
Integrated Landscaping
Following Nature’s Lead
Landscape Architecture / Ecology & Environmental Studies / New England Gardening
A new way of thinking about landscaping home grounds and public spaces, Revised and Expanded
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Chase-Rowell, Lauren, Mary Tebo Davis, Katherine Hartnett, and Marilyn Wyzga |
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Dartmouth College Press
Forever New
The Speeches of James Wright, President of Dartmouth College, 1998–2009
Leadership Education
The collected speeches of Dartmouth’s sixteenth president
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Wright, James |
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Gordian Knot Books
Where Are We Going?
Biography / Jewish Studies
The inspiring true story of a courageous Jewish family’s escape from the Nazis and survival against all odds
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Tasini, Miriam Finder |
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Gordian Knot Books
Putting Universal Human Rights to Work
Policy Actions in the Struggle for Social Justice
Sociology / Public Policy
Policy proposals for increasing social justice in America based on the U. N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Stuart, Archibald |
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Chaucer Press Books
The Last Resort
Fiction & Literature
An international hotelier races against time to foil a plot by terrorists to sabotage a G8 Summit
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Geller, Laurence |
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Wesleyan University Press
Carved in Stone
The Artistry of Early New England Gravestones
Regional Photography / New England
Evocative photographs and essay illuminate early American gravestones
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Gilson, Thomas E. and William Gilson |
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Wesleyan University Press
Ella Grasso
Connecticut's Pioneering Governor
Biography / Politics
Intimate portrait of Connecticut’s first female governor
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Purmont, Jon E. |
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Wesleyan University Press
Yip Harburg
Legendary Lyricist and Human Rights Activist
Biography / Music
A new interview-based biography of The Wizard of Oz lyricist
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Alonso, Harriet Hyman |
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Wesleyan University Press
Music 109
Notes on Experimental Music
Music
An engaging inside view of experimental music
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Lucier, Alvin. Foreword by Robert Ashley. |
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Wesleyan University Press
Garnet Poems
An Anthology of Connecticut Poetry Since 1776
Poetry / Connecticut
Landmark collection illuminates the state through the work of its most prominent poets
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Barone, Dennis, ed., foreword by Dick Allen |
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Wesleyan University Press
Collected Poems
Poetry
Long awaited collection of a singular American poet
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Ceravolo, Joseph, edited by Rosemary Ceravolo and Parker Smathers, introduction by David Lehman |
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Wesleyan University Press
A Guide to Poetics Journal
Writing in the Expanded Field, 1982–1998
Literary Criticism / Poetics
An anthology of key texts in the development of contemporary poetics
January 2013 |
Hejinian, Lyn, and Barrett Watten, editors |
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Wesleyan University Press
Poetics Journal Digital Archive
Literary Criticism / Poetics
An anthology of key texts in the development of contemporary poetics—in a complete archive of Poetics Journal
January 2013 |
Hejinian, Lyn, and Barrett Watten, editors |
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Wesleyan University Press
Public Figures
Poetry
An investigation of the gap between sight and site
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Osman, Jena |
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Wesleyan University Press
Musicking Bodies
Gesture and Voice in Hindustani Music
Music
Investigates the life of the body in Indian vocal music
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Rahaim, Matthew |
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Wesleyan University Press
Music, Politics, and Violence
Music
An in-depth consideration of the relationship between music and violence
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Fast, Susan, and Kip Pegley, Eds. |
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Wesleyan University Press
Here Be Dragons
Exploring Fantasy Maps and Settings
Literary Criticism
First in-depth study of the use of landscape in fantasy literature
January 2013 |
Ekman, Stefan |
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Wesleyan University Press
We Modern People
Science Fiction and the Making of Russian Modernity
Literary Criticism / Science Fiction
How science fiction forged a unique Russian vision of modernity distinct from Western models
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Banerjee, Anindita |
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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
Address
Poetry
New poems from an original and challenging American voice
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Willis, Elizabeth |
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Wesleyan University Press
How To Do Things with Dance
Performing Change in Postwar America
Dance
How American modern dance contributed to aesthetic and social change in the 1950s
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Kowal, Rebekah J. |
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Wesleyan University Press
Threshold Songs
Poetry
A series of private and ecstatic meditations on living and dying
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Gizzi, Peter |
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Tagus Press at UMass Dartmouth
Land of Milk and Money
A Novel
Fiction & Literature
A Portuguese immigrant family falls apart when the matriarch’s death leaves their dairy-farm legacy up for grabs
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Barcellos, Anthony |
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Tagus Press at UMass Dartmouth
The Conjurer and Other Azorean Tales
Fiction & Literature / Short Stories
Inspired by the beauty and magic of the Azorean archipelago, this collection transports readers from the natural to the supernatural
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Kastin, Darrell |
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Tagus Press at UMass Dartmouth
Lusofonia and Its Futures
Brazil / Literary Criticism - Spanish & Portuguese / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
A collection of innovative and insightful essays providing a critical and theoretical reflection on the concept and history of Lusofonia
December 2012 |
Castro Rocha, João Cezar de, Editor |
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Tagus Press at UMass Dartmouth
Brazil at the Dawn of the Eighteenth Century
History / Latin American History / Brazil
Antonil’s great work, recognized as fundamental for understanding the colonial Brazilian economy, now available in its first English translation
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Antonil, André João |
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Wind Ridge Publishing
Brewing Change
Behind the Bean at Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
Memoir / Corporate & Business History
A charming memoir of Peyser’s dedication to the company he loves, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
September 2012 |
Peyser, Rick and Bill Mares |
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Wind Ridge Publishing
The Squirrel Diaries
Tales from a Wildlife Rehabilitator
Essays / Nature
A witty and informative look at the lives of squirrels from the close-up and personal view of a wildlife rehabilitator
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Nicolay, Astrid Helena |
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Wind Ridge Publishing
I Was Thinking...
Travels in the World of Ideas
Memoir / Essays / Vermont
An erudite and thought-provoking collection of Vermont Public Radio commentaries from the director of the Vermont Humanities Council
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Gilbert, Peter A. |
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Saturnalia Books
Arco Iris
Poetry
Sarah Vap’s newest book is a stunning collection of beautiful and frightening poems
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Vap, Sarah |
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Saturnalia Books
Nowhere Fast
Poetry
A peek into the sinister mind of one of America’s foremost poetry translators
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Kulik, William |
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Cavankerry Press
Darkening the Grass
Poetry
Married life, soldiers in war, the triumph over age
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Miller, Michael |
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Cavankerry Press
Confessions of Joan the Tall
Memoir / Prose
Freedom and awakening of an adolescent, Bronx bred, Irish Catholic girl
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Handler, Joan Cusack |
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Nightboat Books
Fledge
A Phenomenology of Spirit
Poetry
The final book from an internationally acclaimed poet and translator
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Doris, Stacy |
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Nightboat Books
Sisyphus, Outdone.
Theatres of the Catastrophal
Essays / Literary Criticism
A book-length essay examining disintegration from one of our leading innovative writers
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Nathanaël |
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Nightboat Books
The Obscene Madame D
Fiction & Literature
The English-language debut of one of Brazil’s leading writers of the twentieth century
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Hilst, Hilda |
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Nightboat Books
The Sonnets
Translating and Rewriting Shakespeare
Poetry
154 contemporary poets offer their own startling and imaginative versions of Shakespeare’s sonnets
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Legault, Paul |
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Four Way Books
Woman Without Umbrella
Poetry
From the author of the novel-turned-film Lover Boy with Kyra Sedgwick, this long-awaited third poetry collection celebrates love and a life deeply lived
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Redel, Victoria |
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Four Way Books
Unbuilt Projects
Fiction & Literature
Short—some under a page—stories that explore memory, gay coming-of-age, and the inner life
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Lisicky, Paul |
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Four Way Books
The Glimmering Room
Poetry
Poems that give voice to the voiceless in the face of poverty, addiction, war, and consumerism
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Cruz, Cynthia |
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Four Way Books
Wolf and Pilot
Poetry
Poems can weave together a dark, quirky fairy tale—and these do—that blends childish passion and adult sensibility
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Field, Farrah |
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Four Way Books
The Foundling Wheel
Poetry
A Puerto Rican American poet takes us on his journey through, and celebration of, gay adoption, fatherhood, and partnership
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Falconer, Blas |
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Four Way Books
Deadbeat
Poetry
Poems that offer a compassionate yet relentless portrait of Deadbeat—an absent father and husband—and the family that goes on without him
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Nicorvo, Jay Baron |
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Sheep Meadow Press
Ajanta’s Ledge
Poetry
Yes. Jazz, at last, in words
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Feinstein, Sascha |
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Sheep Meadow Press
Ten Great Films
Essays / Film, TV, Visual Culture
Ten essays on important 20th century films by its finest critic
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Kauffmann, Stanley |
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Sheep Meadow Press
Bliss Crisis
Poetry
Gibbs’s poems are full of passionate crises
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Gibbs, Jules |
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Sheep Meadow Press
Selected Poems
Poetry
A great Welsh-English poet at the height of his powers
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Abse, Dannie |
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Sheep Meadow Press
The Black Sea
Poetry
History in poetry
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Papadopoulos, Stephanos |
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Sheep Meadow Press
Pocket Gospel
Poetry
Poetry, poetry, poetry
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Sutton, Pamela |
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Academia Press Scientific Publishers
A Farmer’s Best Friend?
Artisanal Diamond Mining and Rural Change in West and Central Africa
African Studies
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Van Bockstael, Steven |
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Chipstone Foundation
Ceramics in America 2012
Ceramics / Decorative Arts & Material Culture
A diverse range of essays, new discoveries, and book reviews on the latest research of interest to ceramics scholars
December 2012 |
Hunter, Robert |
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Mead Art Museum
Picturing Enlightenment
Tibetan Tangkas in the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
Art History / Asian Art
Introduces the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Tibetan hanging scroll paintings (tangkas) in the collection of the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
December 2012 |
Rhie, Marylin M. |
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Mead Art Museum
Re-Inventing Tokyo
Japan's Largest City in the Artistic Imagination
Art / Art History / Contemporary Art
A groundbreaking examination of artists’ portrayals of Tokyo from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
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Morse, Samuel C. |
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Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Andrew Wyeth Looking Beyond
American Art / MOdern American Art
An insightful look at Wyeth’s masterful technique and captivating imagery
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Monroe, Erin |
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Hood Museum of Art
Crossing Cultures
The Owen and Wagner Collection of Contemporary Aboriginal Australian Art at the Hood Museum of Art
Art
New scholarship on a world-caliber museum collection of Aboriginal Australian art
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Gilchrist, Stephen |
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