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The Persistence of Slavery
An Economic History of Child Trafficking in Nigeria
University of Massachusetts Press
Templates for Authorship
American Women's Literary Autobiography of the 1930s
University of Massachusetts Press
Jim Crow Networks
African American Periodical Cultures
By Eurie Dahn
University of Massachusetts Press
Brown Trans Figurations
Rethinking Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Chicanx/Latinx Studies
University of Texas Press
One of the first books focused solely on the trans Latinx experience, Brown Trans Figurations describes how transness and brownness interact within queer, trans, and Latinx historical narratives and material contexts.
The Story of Food in the Human Past
How What We Ate Made Us Who We Are
University of Alabama Press
A sweeping overview of how and what humans have eaten in their long history as a species
The Power of Their Will
Slaveholding Women in Nineteenth-Century Cuba
University of Alabama Press
A valuable narrative of the often paradoxical and conflicting human bonds between female owners and the enslaved in nineteenth-century Cuba
The Fascial Distortion Model
Philosophy, Principles and Clinical Applications
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Handspring Publishing
Pre- and Perinatal Massage Therapy
A Comprehensive Guide to Prenatal, Labor and Postpartum Practice
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Handspring Publishing
The Nervous Knight
A Story about Overcoming Worries and Anxiety
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
A gently humorous, illustrated picture book for ages 5+ telling the story of a nervous knight's anxiety and how they learn to overcome it.
My Intense Emotions Handbook
Manage Your Emotions and Connect Better with Others
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Hell Yeah Self-Care!
A Trauma-Informed Workbook
By Alex Iantaffi and Meg-John Barker
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
An activity-based reflective journal to build self-care into your daily life.
Revolution as Reformation
Protestant Faith in the Age of Revolutions, 1688–1832
Edited by Peter C. Messer and William Harrison Taylor
University of Alabama Press
Essays that explore how Protestants responded to the opportunities and perils of revolution in the transatlantic age
Renegades and Rogues
The Life and Legacy of Robert E. Howard
By Todd B. Vick
University of Texas Press
A comprehensive biography of Robert E. Howard, the enigmatic creator of Conan the Barbarian and progenitor of the sword and sorcery genre, who published hundreds of short stories and poems before taking his own life at the age of thirty.
Gray to Green Communities
A Call to Action on the Housing and Climate Crises
Island Press
In Gray to Green Communities, green affordable housing expert Dana Bourland argues that we need to move away from a traditional gray housing model, to a green housing model, which considers the health and well-being of residents, their communities, and the planet.
Bourland draws from her experience leading the Green Communities Program at Enterprise Community Partners, which resulted in the first standard for green affordable housing.
The book opens with the potential of green affordable housing, followed by the problems that it is helping to solve, challenges in the approach that need to be overcome, and recommendations for the future of green affordable housing. Gray to Green Communities brings together stories from the people and projects of the Green Communities’ program.
Gray to Green Communities will empower and inspire anyone interested in the future of housing and our planet.
Bourland draws from her experience leading the Green Communities Program at Enterprise Community Partners, which resulted in the first standard for green affordable housing.
The book opens with the potential of green affordable housing, followed by the problems that it is helping to solve, challenges in the approach that need to be overcome, and recommendations for the future of green affordable housing. Gray to Green Communities brings together stories from the people and projects of the Green Communities’ program.
Gray to Green Communities will empower and inspire anyone interested in the future of housing and our planet.
Borderlands Curanderos
The Worlds of Santa Teresa Urrea and Don Pedrito Jaramillo
University of Texas Press
A historical exploration of the worlds and healing practices of two curanderos (faith healers) who attracted thousands, rallied their communities, and challenged institutional powers.
A Bed for the King's Daughter
By Shahla Ujayli; Translated by Sawad Hussain
Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin
A groundbreaking collection of experimental short fiction by Syrian author and Booker International Prize for Arabic Fiction nominee Shahla Ujayli, A Bed for the King’s Daughter uses surrealism and irony to examine women’s agency and the decline of modern
Transient Literacies in Action
Composing with the Mobile Surround
By Stacey Pigg
The WAC Clearinghouse
The Movie Musical
Rutgers University Press
Putting Asian and European musicals into conversation with Hollywood classics like Singin’ in the Rain and La La Land, this study demonstrates the flexibility and durability of the genre. It explores how the movie musical mediates between nostalgia and technical innovation, while foregrounding the experiences of women, immigrants and people of color.
The Hudson
An Illustrated Guide to the Living River
Rutgers University Press
Since 1996, The Hudson has been an essential guide to the full sweep of the great river's natural history and human heritage. This updated third edition includes the latest information about the ongoing fight against pollution, plus vibrant new full-color illustrations showing the plants and wildlife that make this ecosystem so special.
Panthers, Hulks and Ironhearts
Marvel, Diversity and the 21st Century Superhero
Rutgers University Press
Panthers, Hulks and Ironhearts offers the first comprehensive study of how Marvel has racially diversified its lineup and reimagined what a superhero might look like in the twenty-first century. It examines how they have revitalized older characters like Black Panther, recast legacy heroes like Ms. Marvel, and developed new ones like the Latina Miss America.
Our Intelligent Bodies
Rutgers University Press
In Our Intelligent Bodies, physiology professor Gary F. Merrill takes you on a guided tour through the human body and its marvelously sophisticated autonomic systems. Written in a fun, easy-to-comprehend style, it will give you a new appreciation for the smart decisions our bodies are making when our brains aren’t paying attention.
Humanity's Last Stand
Confronting Global Catastrophe
By Mark Schuller; Foreword by Cynthia McKinney
Rutgers University Press
Exploring the interconnections between climate change, global capitalism, xenophobia, and white supremacy, this book dares to ask big questions about how humanity can stand together in a time of crisis. It teaches readers how to develop radical empathy, move beyond simply identifying as “allies” of disempowered peoples and start acting as “accomplices.”
Hot Pants and Spandex Suits
Gender Representation in American Superhero Comic Books
Rutgers University Press
Taking a critical look at the gender presentation of DC and Marvel superheroes like Superman, Captain America, Batwoman, Luke Cage, and Storm, Hot Pants and Spandex Suits is a thought-provoking consideration of what superhero comics teach us about identity, embodiment, and sexuality.
Go Play Outside!
Tips, Tricks, and Tales from the Trails
By Nancy Fresco
University of Alaska Press
False Dawn
The Rise and Decline of Public Health Nursing
Rutgers University Press
Since its initial publication in 1989 by Garland Publishing, Karen Buhler Wilkerson’s False Dawn: The Rise and Decline of Public Health Nursing remains the definitive work on the creation, work, successes, and failures of public health nursing in the United States.
Documenting the American Student Abroad
The Media Cultures of International Education
By Kelly Hankin
Rutgers University Press
Documenting the American Student Abroad explores the documentary media cultures that shape our views of study abroad, drawing our attention to the broad range of stakeholders and documentary modes involved in defining the core values and practices of study abroad. Author Kelly Hankin shows how the institutional values of “global citizenship,” “intercultural communication,” and “cultural immersion” emerge in contradictory ways through their representation.
Climbing a Broken Ladder
Contributors of College Success for Youth in Foster Care
Rutgers University Press
Although foster youth have college aspirations similar to their peers, fewer than one in ten ultimately complete a two-year or four-year college degree. Drawing on data from one of the most extensive studies of young people in foster care, Climbing a Broken Ladder examines a wide range factors that contribute to the chances that foster youth enroll in college, persist in college, and ultimately complete a degree.
Archaeology of the Night
Life After Dark in the Ancient World
Edited by Nancy Gonlin and April Nowell
University Press of Colorado
Archaeology of the Night explores the archaeology, anthropology, mythology, iconography, and epigraphy of nocturnal practices and questions the dominant models of daily ancient life.
All Politics Are God’s Politics
Moroccan Islamism and the Sacralization of Democracy
Rutgers University Press
Are Muslims in the Arab Middle East and North Africa fundamentally undemocratic? Pundits in the US often say yes, but Ahmed Khanani argues that this simplistic answer is incorrect. Instead, he shows, socially conservative, politically active Muslims value democracy or dimuqrāṭiyya as a frame that reflects and extends their religious values.
All Politics Are God's Politics
Moroccan Islamism and the Sacralization of Democracy
Rutgers University Press
Are Muslims in the Arab Middle East and North Africa fundamentally undemocratic? Pundits in the US often say yes, but Ahmed Khanani argues that this simplistic answer is incorrect. Instead, he shows, socially conservative, politically active Muslims value democracy or dimuqrāṭiyya as a frame that reflects and extends their religious values.
Revolutionary Power
An Activist's Guide to the Energy Transition
Island Press
In Revolutionary Power, Shalanda Baker arms those made most vulnerable by our current energy system with the tools they need to remake the energy grid in the service of their humanity. She argues that people of color, poor people, and indigenous people must engage in the creation of the new system in order to upend unequal power dynamics.
Baker provides a playbook for the energy transformation complete with a step-by-step analysis of the key energy policy areas that are ripe for intervention. She tells the stories of those who are working to be architects of a more just system and draws from her own experience as an energy-justice advocate, a lawyer, and a queer woman of color.
Revolutionary Power is the guide to a just energy transformation.
Baker provides a playbook for the energy transformation complete with a step-by-step analysis of the key energy policy areas that are ripe for intervention. She tells the stories of those who are working to be architects of a more just system and draws from her own experience as an energy-justice advocate, a lawyer, and a queer woman of color.
Revolutionary Power is the guide to a just energy transformation.
The Classic Cattleyas
By A. A. Chadwick and Arthur E. Chadwick
Chadwick & Son, Orchids, Inc
Cattleyas, first introduced in 1818, are the flowers whose form and color defined the essence of tropical orchids for generations to come. This helpful and informative book describes each classic Cattleya species in fascinating detail and includes all that is required to appreciate and grow cattleyas successfully.
Deeper Still
Authentic Embodiment for Yoga Teachers
By John Stirk
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Handspring Publishing
Writing the New World
The Politics of Natural History in the Early Spanish Empire
University of Florida Press
In this volume, Mauro Caraccioli examines the natural history writings of early Spanish missionaries, using these texts to argue that colonial Latin America was fundamental in the development of modern political thought.
Korean Showdown
National Policy and Military Strategy in a Limited War, 1951–1952
University of Alabama Press
A historical analysis of the policies and military strategies applied during the Korean War stalemate period
Ethnic Entrepreneurs, Crony Capitalism, and the Making of the Franco-Mexican Elite
By José Galindo
University of Alabama Press
A groundbreaking historical narrative of corruption and economic success in Mexico
Descendants of Aztec Pictography
The Cultural Encyclopedias of Sixteenth-Century Mexico
University of Texas Press
The first comprehensive examination of Aztec pictorial encyclopedias and their creation, this book explores how indigenous artists documented their ancestral culture in these texts for those outside their community.
J. Frank Dobie
A Liberated Mind
University of Texas Press
Taking a fresh look at a landmark Texas writer who hasn’t been the subject of a biography since Lon Tinkle’s 1978 An American Original, this book reveals J. Frank Dobie as a “free-range thinker” who fought for liberal political causes.
Revolting Things
An Archaeology of Shameful Histories and Repulsive Realities
University Press of Florida
In this book, Paul Mullins examines a wide variety of material objects and landscapes that induce anxiety, provoke unpleasantness, or simply revolt us, looking at the way the material world shapes how we imagine, express, and negotiate difficult historical experiences.
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