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Black Wolf of the Glacier Alaska's Romeo

Vanasse Deb

ISBN: PB: 9781602231979, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, March 2013
30 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 30 colour illus.

In 2003, Alaskans fell for a lolloping, dog-friendly wolf they named Romeo. Left without a pack, this lone wolf found a new family among Juneau's domestic dogs and their owners, who became enamored with his striking looks and friendly demeanor. For y...

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Anthropology

Braided Worlds

Gottlieb Alma, Graham Philip

ISBN: PB: 9780226305288, ISBN: HB: 9780226305271, University of Chicago Press, March 2013
184 pp., 23x15 cm, 3 maps

In a compelling mix of literary narrative and ethnography, anthropologist Alma Gottlieb and writer Philip Graham continue the long journey of cultural engagement with the Beng people of Cote d'Ivoire that they first recounted in their award-winning m...

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America

Birth of the Republic, 1763-89 Fourth Edition

Morgan Edmund S.

ISBN: PB: 9780226923420, University of Chicago Press, January 2013
240 pp., 21.5x14 cm

In "The Birth of the Republic, 1763-89", Edmund S. Morgan shows how the challenge of British taxation started Americans on a search for constitutional principles to protect their freedom, and eventually led to the Revolution. By demonstrating that th...

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Political Science

Birth of Hegemony Crisis, Financial Revolution, and Emerging Global Networks

Sobel Andrew C.

ISBN: PB: 9780226767604, ISBN: HB: 9780226767598, University of Chicago Press, September 2012
296 pp., 23x15 cm, 4 tables, 1 line illus.

With American leadership facing increased competition from China and India, the question of how hegemons emerge – and are able to create conditions for lasting stability – is of utmost importance in international relations. The generally accepted wis...

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Poetry

Bewilderment New Poems and Translations

Ferry David

ISBN: PB: 9780226244884, University of Chicago Press, September 2012
128 pp., 23x15 cm

To read David Ferry's "Bewilderment" is to be reminded that poetry of the highest order can be made by the subtlest of means. The passionate nature and originality of Ferry's prosodic daring works astonishing transformations that take your breath awa...

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America

Business & Economics

Building a Market The Rise of the Home Improvement Industry, 1914-1960

Harris Richard

ISBN: HB: 9780226317663, University of Chicago Press, August 2012
448 pp., 23x15 cm, 62 halftones, 5 line illus.

Each year, North Americans spend as much money fixing up their homes as they do buying new ones. This obsession with improving our dwellings has given rise to a multibillion-dollar industry that includes countless books, consumer magazines, a cable t...

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Political Science

General

Building Resilience Social Capital in Post-Disaster Recovery

Aldrich Daniel P.

ISBN: PB: 9780226012889, ISBN: HB: 9780226012872, University of Chicago Press, August 2012
248 pp., 23x15 cm, 18 tables, 20 line illus.

Each year, natural disasters threaten the strength and stability of communities worldwide. Yet responses to the challenges of recovery vary greatly and in ways that aren't explained by the magnitude of the catastrophe or the amount of aid provided by...

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Political Science

Before the Convention Strategies and Choices in Presidential Nomination Campaigns

Aldrich John H.

ISBN: PB: 9780226012704, University of Chicago Press, August 2012
272 pp., 23x15 cm

Campaigns to win the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations are longer, more complex, and more confusing to the observer than the general election itself. The maze of delegate-selection procedures includes state primaries and caucuses as...

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General

Culture Studies

Beauty and the Beast

Taussig Michael

ISBN: PB: 9780226789866, ISBN: HB: 9780226789859, University of Chicago Press, July 2012
192 pp., 21.8x14.2 cm, 36 halftones

"Beauty and the Beast" begins with the question: Is beauty destined to end in tragedy? Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Colombia, Michael Taussig scrutinizes the anxious, audacious, and sometimes destructive attempts people make to transform their b...

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Archaeology & Paleontology

Mammals

Bones, Clones, and Biomes The History and Geography of Recent Neotropical Mammals

Patterson Bruce D., Costa Leonora P.

ISBN: HB: 9780226649191, University of Chicago Press, June 2012
368 pp., 23x15 cm, 17 tables, 26 halftones, 13 line illus.

As explorers and scientists have known for decades, the Neotropics harbor a fantastic array of our planet's mammalian diversity, from capybaras and capuchins to maned wolves and mouse opossums to sloths and sakis. This biological bounty can be attrib...

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