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Philosophy

Lampert Laurence

ISBN: HB: 9780226039480, University of Chicago Press, August 2013
360 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

"The Enduring Importance of Leo Strauss" takes on the crucial task of separating what is truly important in the work of Leo Strauss from the ephemeral politics associated with his school. Laurence Lampert focuses on exotericism: the use of artful rhe...

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Law

Introduction to Legal Reasoning

Levi Edward H.

ISBN: PB: 9780226089720, University of Chicago Press, August 2013
128 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm

Originally published in 1949, "An Introduction to Legal Reasoning" is widely acknowledged as a classic text. As its opening sentence states, "This is an attempt to describe generally the process of legal reasoning in the field of case law and in the...

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History

General

Putting Science in Its Place Geographies of Scientific Knowledge

Livingstone David N.

ISBN: PB: 9780226102849, ISBN: HB: 9780226487229, University of Chicago Press, August 2013
244 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm, 31 halftones, 5 maps

We are accustomed to thinking of science and its findings as universal. After all, one atom of carbon plus two of oxygen yields carbon dioxide in Amazonia as well as in Alaska; a scientist in Bombay can use the same materials and techniques to challe...

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Children's Books

Gone Again Ptarmigan

London Jonathan

ISBN: PB: 9781602232044, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, August 2013
32 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 32 colour illus.

Every winter, willow ptarmigan birds put on new feathery coats, softly white and perfect for hiding in snow. In the spring they take on a spotted brown more suited to nesting. This is just one of the captivating changes that take place in the Far Nor...

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Philosophy

Why We Need Ordinary Language Philosophy

Laugier Sandra

ISBN: HB: 9780226470542, University of Chicago Press, June 2013
160 pp., 23x15 cm

Sandra Laugier has long been a key liaison between American and European philosophical thought, responsible for bringing American philosophers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Stanley Cavell to French readers – but until now her...

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America

Christianity

Image of God Catholics and American Eugenics

Leon Sharon M.

ISBN: HB: 9780226038988, University of Chicago Press, June 2013
240 pp., 23x15 cm

During the first half of the twentieth century, supporters of the eugenics movement offered an image of a racially transformed America by curtailing the reproduction of "unfit" members of society. Through institutionalization, compulsory sterilizatio...

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Law

Restoring Justice The Speeches of Attorney General Edward H. Levi

Levi Edward H.

ISBN: HB: 9780226041315, University of Chicago Press, May 2013
248 pp., 23x15 cm

In the wake of Watergate, Gerald Ford appointed eminent lawyer and scholar Edward H. Levi to the post of attorney general – and thus gave him the onerous task of restoring legitimacy to a discredited Department of Justice. Levi was famously fair-mind...

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Cultural Studies

Fear of Food A History of Why We Worry about What We Eat

Levenstein Harvey

ISBN: PB: 9780226054902, ISBN: HB: 9780226473741, University of Chicago Press, April 2013
232 pp., 23x15 cm, 15 halftones, 2 line illus.

There may be no greater source of anxiety for Americans today than the question of what to eat and drink. Are eggs the perfect protein, or are they cholesterol bombs? Is red wine good for my heart or bad for my liver? Will pesticides, additives, and...

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Contemporary Art

Pay for Your Pleasures Mike Kelley, Paul McCarthy, Raymond Pettibon

Levine Cary

ISBN: HB: 9780226026060, University of Chicago Press, April 2013
224 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 50 halftones, 24 colour illus.

Mike Kelley, Paul McCarthy, and Raymond Pettibon – these Southern California artists formed a "bad boy" trifecta. Early purveyors of abject art, the trio produced work ranging from sculptures of feces to copulating stuffed animals, and gained notorie...

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Biography & Memoires

History of Art

Ted Lambert The Man Behind the Paintings

Lambert Ted

ISBN: PB: 9781602231658, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, March 2013
176 pp., 23x15 cm, 10 colour illus.

Ted Lambert is regarded as one of the premier Alaska artists, a true pioneer. Born in 1905, and raised in the Chicago area, Lambert moved to Alaska in 1925 and went to work as a miner near McCarthy. He held several jobs, predominantly working at a co...

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