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Books released during the week of June 17, 2013 |  |
The Warbler Guide Tom Stephenson & Scott Whittle Drawings by Catherine Hamilton "The Warbler Guide is a fine book crammed with photographs, tips, expert advice, innovation and information designed to help identify a unique and beautiful set of birds."--Phil Slade, Another Bird Blog |
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When People Come First: Critical Studies in Global Health Edited by João Biehl & Adriana Petryna "Rapid social change is the one constant in this ambitious volume. These pages come to life and are wrenching because they never seek to elide the messiness of experience. With ethnographic evidence from some of the most important theaters of global health, the authors give us a sound understanding of the collision of a crushing burden of disease, emerging audit cultures, and new therapeutic regimes. As case studies rooted in long familiarity but alive to overwhelming transformation, they will stand the test of time."--Paul Farmer, Harvard Medical School and Partners in Health |
Books released during the week of June 10, 2013 |  |
Competition Policy and Price Fixing Louis Kaplow "Kaplow has produced what is likely to be recognized as the definitive work on price fixing. His analysis is rigorous, comprehensive, lucid, and convincing."--Richard A. Posner, University of Chicago Law School |
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Small-Town America: Finding Community, Shaping the Future Robert Wuthnow "This engaging book offers a reassessment of small-town life, avoiding nostalgic simplifications and placing the small town into proper perspective relative to the rest of American society. Wuthnow navigates through misperceptions held by many people--including some social scientists--and offers a more balanced view of small-town life and culture. I know of no other book like it."--Wade Clark Roof, University of California, Santa Barbara |
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Weimar Thought: A Contested Legacy Edited by Peter E. Gordon & John P. McCormick "This is the first work in a generation that presents a comprehensive overview of Weimar culture with all its complexity and contradictions. It successfully shows continuities and discontinuities with the past, and tensions that resist reduction. The book's reach--from theology to the biological sciences, and literary criticism to legal theory--goes far beyond any other volume I am aware of on the same subject."--Peter Carl Caldwell, Rice University |
Books released during the week of June 3, 2013 |  |
Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy Mark P. Witton "This book is both academically interesting and truly fun to read. That is a difficult balance to reach, but Witton does an excellent job of it by using a lighthearted, informal writing style in combination with a well-referenced, serious scientific review. An invaluable reference."--Michael Habib, University of Southern California |
Books released during the week of May 28, 2013 |  |
Comparative Biomechanics: Life's Physical World (Second Edition) Steven Vogel Praise for the previous edition: "I tried skim-reading Steven Vogel's Comparative Biomechanics . . . But was compromised: the volume has so many little gems scattered throughout that my eye got caught by the glitter and couldn't escape. In earlier books, Vogel introduced biomechanics piecemeal. Now he has written an integrated textbook on the subject."--Julian F. V. Vincent, Science |
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Italo Calvino: Letters, 1941-1985 Italo Calvino Selected and with an introduction by Michael Wood Translated by Martin McLaughlin "This collection, the first in English, gives voice and witness to a vibrant mind intensely engaged in the literary and political future of postwar Italy and the history of ideas. . . . McLaughlin's translation is award-winning; the extensive notes provide a model of masterful research. Irresistible for Calvino readers."--Library Journal |
Books released during the week of May 20, 2013 |  |
Kafka: The Years of Insight Reiner Stach Translated by Shelley Frisch "This well-researched new biography details the last nine years of Franz Kafka's life and explores the personal, social, and political events that shaped his writing. . . . Despite the narrow time frame, this insightful book is likely to become a standard by which future biographies are measured."--Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) |
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Kafka: The Decisive Years Reiner Stach Translated by Shelley Frisch "Most impressive is Stach's recounting of the creation of his subject's writings. . . . Stach's own writing is wonderfully expressive."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) |
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Men of Bronze: Hoplite Warfare in Ancient Greece Edited by Donald Kagan & Gregory F. Viggiano "This is the new hoplite book everyone has been waiting for--punchy, stimulating, up-to-date, and full of excitement and contention, like a hoplite scrum."--John Ma, University of Oxford |
Books released during the week of May 13, 2013 |  |
Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas (Second Edition) Isaiah Berlin Edited by Henry Hardy With a new foreword by Mark Lilla Introduction by Roger Hausheer "A most remarkable intellectual achievement. There are few books published in our time which more dazzlingly illuminate some of the most crucial problems of western culture and civilisation."--Goronwy Rees, Encounter |
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The Crooked Timber of Humanity: Chapters in the History of Ideas (Second Edition) Isaiah Berlin Edited by Henry Hardy With a new foreword by John Banville "A beautifully patterned tapestry of philosophical thought . . . A history of ideas that possesses all the drama of a novel, all the immediacy of headline news."--New York Times |
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The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy's View of History (Second Edition) Isaiah Berlin Edited by Henry Hardy With a new foreword by Michael Ignatieff "[Berlin] has a deep and subtle feeling for the puzzle of Tolstoy's personality, and he writes throughout . . . with a wonderful eloquence."--William Barrett, New York Times |
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Mammals of China Edited by Andrew T. Smith & Yan Xie Praise for A Guide to the Mammals of China: "Now, for the first time, the natural history of all 556 of China's known mammals has been brought together in this impressive tome. This title represents a major achievement."--Kathryn Jeffs, BBC Wildlife Magazine |
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No Joke: Making Jewish Humor Ruth R. Wisse "Accessible to nonacademic audiences as well as scholars, this cultural history is a welcome addition to the study of humor in a sociopolitical context."--Publishers Weekly |
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Partiality Simon Keller "Keller's engaging book makes an important contribution to a critical issue in ethical theory. He presents a tremendously succinct presentation of the views."--Diane Jeske, University of Iowa |
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The Roots of Romanticism (Second Edition) Isaiah Berlin Edited by Henry Hardy With a new foreword by John Gray "Thoroughly brilliant, often thrilling and yet always accessible."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) |
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Uncorked: The Science of Champagne (Revised Edition) Gérard Liger-Belair With a new foreword by Hervé This Praise for the previous edition: "[This] jewel-of-a-book makes the perfect companion gift to a bottle of bubbly. . . . Written by a passionate, wine-loving physicist with just the proper level of jargon for non-scientists, the birth, rise and bursting of a Champagne bubble is scrutinized, rhapsodized, diagrammed, photographed and, finally, demystified. . . . Knowing more about a bubble's lowly birth (formed from debris on the side of the glass) and ephemeral rise to fame will only serve to make you love it more."--Claudia Conlon, Wine News |
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Wildlife of Australia Iain Campbell & Sam Woods "Well-organized and clear, this book is easy to navigate. The photographs are consistently good, the selection of species is judicious, and the valuable habitat section establishes the right context for the treatment of diverse fauna. This guide provides a good taste of the Australian wildlife experience for both the casual watcher and the experienced observer."--Alan McBride, coauthor of The Complete Guide to Finding the Birds of Australia |
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