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Echoes of Exile

A Family's Odyssey through the Holocaust and Cold War

University of Alabama Press

In “Echoes of Exile,” Daniela Spenser weaves together a history of Europe’s calamitous 20th century conflicts—the Holocaust, Communism, the Cold War—by tracing those events in the lives of her parents and grandparents of Czech, Polish, and German descent. Enhancing and humanizing extensive archival research with interviews and hundreds of personal letters, Echoes of Exile brings complex political history to vivid life in the story of one family's struggle to survive.

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Reading the Renaissance

Black Women's Literary Reception and Taste in Chicago, 1932-1953

University of Massachusetts Press
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The Social Life of Indianism

Politics and Indigeneity in Twenty-First-Century Bolivia

University of Texas Press

A sophisticated analysis of an influential Indigenous political ideology.

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Rural County, Urban Borough

A History of Queens

Rutgers University Press

This book explains how, in less than 100 years, Queens transformed from an agricultural hinterland to a vital urban corridor. This richly illustrated, vital work of history charts the rapid transformation of the Queens landscape and identifies what drove the borough’s development.
 

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Out of the Gutters

Obscenity, Censorship, and Transgression in American Comics

University of Texas Press

How comics and graphic novels use obscenity and other taboos to shed light on important issues.

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Field Guide to the Grasses of Oregon and Washington

Oregon State University Press

With 18 additional species, updated names, new keys, and improved photos and maps, the second edition of Field Guide to the Grasses of Oregon and Washington provides an in-depth and refreshed treatment of both native and introduced grasses that grow wild in Oregon and Washington and their neighboring states and provinces.

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Dos X

Disability and Racial Dysphoria in Latinx and Filipinx Culture

University of Texas Press

An examination of the interconnectedness of brown-racialized people across multiple identities, told through case studies of television, literature, and writing.

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Conservation Biology and Applied Zooarchaeology

The University of Arizona Press

This book shows how zooarchaeology can productively inform conservation science. It both introduces applied zooarchaeology to conservation biologists and offers case studies that use animal remains from archaeological and paleontological sites to provide information that has direct implications for wildlife management and conservation biology today.

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Al Burt's Florida

Snowbirds, Sand Castles, and Self-Rising Crackers

University Press of Florida

This book takes readers on a tour of Florida through the writing of Al Burt, longtime reporter for the Miami Herald, exploring the charm, substance, and fantasy of a complex and fascinating state.

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German Memorials, Motifs, and Meanings

A Cultural History in Bronze, Wood, and Stone

University of Massachusetts Press
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Indigenous Agency in the Amazon

The Mojos in Liberal and Rubber-Boom Bolivia, 1842–1932

The University of Arizona Press

Indigenous Agency in the Amazon explores the underexamined story of indigenous people who accepted Jesuit mission life and then, nearly two centuries later, withstood the challenges of the rubber boom and the imposition of European liberalism.

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I'd Just as Soon Kiss a Wookiee

Uncovering Racialized Desire in the Star Wars Galaxy

University of Texas Press

How the Star Wars trilogies and their fandoms have engaged with and mirrored American beliefs about race and gender.

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Geopoetry

Geology, Materiality, Ecopoetics

University of New Mexico Press
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From Rights to Economics

The Ongoing Struggle for Black Equality in the U.S. South

University Press of Florida

Rich with the voices of Black and white southern workers, this broad collection of essays shows how African Americans have continued fighting for economic parity in the decades since the civil rights legislation of the 1960s.

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Fear in the Middle of a Vast Field and Other Stories

Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin

Short stories by a celebrated playwright bare the horrors of the Syrian civil war.

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“That Tongue Be Time”

Norma Cole and a Continuous Making

Edited by Dale M. Smith
University of New Mexico Press
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Hot Takes

Every Journalist's Guide to Covering Climate Change

Island Press

Climate change affects every aspect of our lives—which means it plays a role in every news story. As a journalist, helping your audience understand these climate connections is part of the job, whether you cover healthcare, economics, politics, sports, or any other beat. We are all climate journalists now.

Yet most of us weren’t taught about human-driven climate change in journalism school or while reporting stories in our newsrooms. You may know the basic science. But how about the major policies that determine global climate action or the growing number of legal climate-related cases? Have you considered what it means to practice journalism that focuses on solutions or how race and climate intersect?  

Chances are, you could use some guidance on how to report on this endlessly complex issue. Hot Takes engages the big questions that will determine how climate change is covered, and the stories we tell our audiences and ourselves.

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Brown Bears in Alaska's National Parks

Conservation of a Wilderness Icon

University of Alaska Press

Brown bears are powerful symbols of wilderness, thriving in the vast, untamed ecosystems of Alaska’s remote national parks. Brown Bears in Alaska’s National Parks is a unique and thorough exploration of the conservation, ecology, and management of brown bears in these parks, including examinations of bear biology, human-bear interactions, population estimation methods, and the effects of climate change on bear populations. 

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The New American Small Town

Lessons for Sustainable Urban Futures

West Virginia University Press

A critical examination of American small-town narratives contrasted with lived experiences.

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Green Public Procurement

Lessons from the Fields: Canada, France, Italy, Portugal, Netherlands and Switzerland

Les Presses de l'Université Laval, Laval University Press
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Artificial Democracy

The Impact of Big Data on Politics, Policy, and Polity

UBC Press

Artificial Democracy examines the multiple ways in which big data, analytics, and AI are transforming contemporary democracies.

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A Cold Colonialism

Modern Exploration and the Canadian North

UBC Press

A Cold Colonialism reframes exploration as a modern enterprise – one through which southern Canadians and Americans sought to exert control over northern peoples and their lands.

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Whispers from a Storm

Fragments from a Japanese Esperantist in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War

By Hasegawa Teru; Translated by Adam Kuplowsky
University of Hawaii Press
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Violent Atmospheres

Livelihoods and Landscapes in Crisis in Southeast Asia

University of Hawaii Press
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Buddhist Bells and Dragons

Under and Over Water, In and Out of Japan

University of Hawaii Press
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The Garden at the End of Time

Getting By in the Age of Climate Change

Bright Leaf
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The Environment in Brazilian Culture

Literature, Cinema, and the Arts

Edited by Patricia Vieira
University of Florida Press

This volume explores the centrality of the natural world in shaping Brazilian literature, cinema, and art from 1900 to the present, portraying the human connection to nature in the most biodiverse country in the world.

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Madagascar from A to Z

English, Vezo, and French Edition

Text by Grace Gibson; Illustrated by Soleil Nguyen
University of Florida Press, Library Press at UF

Madagascar from A to Z (English), Madagasikara manomboke A ka hatramy Z (Vezo), Madagascar de A à Z (French) is the second book in the Madagascar from A to Z series, with the first book published in 2018 and honored with the prestigious Mary Ellen LoPresti Publication Award for Excellence in Visual Arts Publishing by ARLIS/NA Southeast in 2019. This new "Vezo edition" highlights the unique plants and animals of the Andavadoaka community in the southwest region of Madagascar. It is one of the only children’s books written in the local Vezo dialect, French, and English. This book is used in Madagascar to teach reading in these three languages and instill in children a pride in the unique local flora and fauna and an interest in protecting them.

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Cuba’s Cosmopolitan Enclaves

Imperialism and Internationalism in Eastern Sugar Towns

University of Florida Press

This book explores how northeastern Cuba became a hub of international solidarity and transnational movements in the 1920s and 1930s, showing how the Oriente Province emerged as a focal point for global visions of resistance.

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Au Te Waate / We Remember It

Hiaki Survival Through a Bitter War

The University of Arizona Press

Au Te Waate / We Remember It offers the personal narratives of Hiaki (Yaqui) individuals who endured the tumultuous period from 1900 to 1930, when they faced systematic attacks, conscription, deportation, and enslavement under Mexican government policies. Presented in both the original Hiaki language and English translation, these accounts offer an unparalleled glimpse into the lives of those who resisted and survived the era’s harsh realities, completely from the Hiaki perspective.
 

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Reflection-in-Motion

Reimagining Reflection in the Writing Classroom

Utah State University Press

Reflection-in-Motion considers how reflective practice is embedded in daily course happenings, centering the experiences of students and teachers in Minority Serving Institutions to amplify
underrepresented viewpoints about how reflection works in the writing classroom. 

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Raising a Whole Child

A family guide to supporting autistic children into adulthood

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Navigating the journey of supporting an autistic teenager through to adulthood comes with many challenges. This book offers an holistic family view of how to face these challenges head-on, weaving personal anecdotes alongside practical advice so you can feel sure-footed in this next step of your parenting journey.

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Out Doing Science

LGBTQ STEM Professionals and Inclusion in Neoliberal Times

University of Massachusetts Press
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Bravery Grows

A story for all children, including those with anxiety or selective mutism

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Exploring childhood anxiety and selective mutism, Bravery Grows tells the story of a young girl who is happy and confident at home but finds herself worried and quiet out of the house. This tale of facing fears and growing bravery muscles offers children aged 3+ the skills to overcome their own worries and practice brave talking.

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Transformation by Fire

The Archaeology of Cremation in Cultural Context

The University of Arizona Press

Transformation by Fire offers a current assessment of the archaeological research on the widespread social practice of cremation. Editors Ian Kuijt, Colin P. Quinn, and Gabriel Cooney chart a path for the development of interpretive archaeology surrounding this complex social process.

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The Archaeology of Kinship

Advancing Interpretation and Contributions to Theory

The University of Arizona Press

This book explains how kinship is relevant to contemporary archaeological theory, detailing methods appropriate for archaeological analysis, and provides long-overdue solutions to problems plaguing ethnological hypotheses on the origins and contexts of kinship behaviors.

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