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The Heat and the Fury

On the Frontlines of Climate Violence

Island Press

As a journalist on the climate security beat, Peter Schwartzstein has been chased by kidnappers, detained by police, and told, in no uncertain terms, that he was no longer welcome in certain countries. Yet these personal brushes with violence are simply a hint of the conflict simmering in our warming world.
 
A new dam that has brought Egypt and Ethiopia to the brink of war over water. ISIS recruiters who exploit drought to pad their ranks. Farmers-turned-pirates who can no longer make a living off the land and instead make it off bloody ransoms.
 
In The Heat and the Fury, Schwartzstein not only puts readers on the frontlines of these conflicts but gives us the context to make sense of seemingly senseless acts. His incisive analysis of geopolitics, unparalleled on-the-ground reporting, and keen sense of human nature offer the clearest picture to date of the violence that threatens us all.
 

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El Fin del Mundo

A Clovis Site in Sonora, Mexico

The University of Arizona Press

El Fin del Mundo: A Clovis Site in Sonora, Mexico provides a full report on the site of the first documented Clovis association with gomphotheres in North America.

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Bruce Songs

The Music of Bruce Springsteen, Album-by-Album, Song-by-Song

Rutgers University Press

Bruce Songs: The Music of Bruce Springsteen, Album-by-Album, Song-by-Song is an authoritative guide by Kenneth Womack and Kenneth L. Campbell, delving into Bruce Springsteen's entire musical catalog, offering detailed album analysis, historical context, and song-by-song exploration. Packed with contemporary insights and rich visuals, it's an essential companion for Springsteen fans and music enthusiasts.

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The #ActuallyAutistic Guide to Building Independence

A Handbook for Teens, Young Adults, and Those Who Care About Them

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

An empowering guide for Autistic teens and young adults transitioning into adulthood, with tips on successful allyship for friends and family. With real-life experiences from the Autistic community, this encouraging book is what you need to ensure home, education, work, and social experiences support your independence in the best way possible.

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Parenting When You're Autistic

Tips and advice on how to parent successfully alongside your neurodivergence

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

This clear, supportive guide explores the joys and challenges of parenting as an autistic person. Clearly-structured sections including self care, special interests, meltdowns and shutdowns, building relationships, avoiding burnout and more help you to navigate the tough parts of raising children and enjoy the rewards.

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They Call You Back

A Lost History, A Search, A Memoir

The University of Arizona Press, University of Arizona Press
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The São Paulo Neo-Avant-Garde

Radical Art and Mass Print Media in Cold War Brazil

University of Texas Press

How artists challenged a military dictatorship through mass print technologies in 1970s and 1980s São Paulo.

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Searching for Feminist Superheroes

Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Marvel Comics

University of Texas Press

How superhero narratives in the margins of the mainstream tell innovative, feminist stories.

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Nature on the Edge

Lessons for the Biosphere from the California Coast

Oregon State University Press

In Nature on the Edge, ecologist Bruce Byers offers readers new perspectives on two iconic California coastal regions, San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate and the Santa Barbara Channel Islands. While many people—in California and elsewhere—are familiar with these two areas, they may not know that they are part of a network of international biosphere reserves organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).  Nature on the Edge traces the history of nature conservation in these places and introduces the committed individuals who led those efforts and model effective action.
 

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Frontera Madre(hood)

Brown Mothers Challenging Oppression and Transborder Violence at the U.S.-Mexico Border

The University of Arizona Press

Reflecting on the concept of frontera madre(hood) as both a methodological and theoretical framework, this collection embodies the challenges and resiliency of mothering along both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. More than thirty contributors examine how mothering is shaped by the geopolitics of border zones, which also transcends biological, sociological, or cultural and gendered tropes regarding ideas of motherhood, who can mother, and what mothering personifies.

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Constructing Cuban America

Race and Identity in Florida's Caribbean South, 1868–1945

University of Texas Press

How Black and white Cubans navigated issues of race, politics, and identity during the post-Civil War and early Jim Crow eras in South Florida.

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Burn Scars

A Documentary History of Fire Suppression, from Colonial Origins to the Resurgence of Cultural Burning

Edited by Char Miller
Oregon State University Press

The first documentary history of wildfire management in the United States, Burn Scars probes the long efforts to suppress fire, beginning with the Spanish invasion of California in the eighteenth century through the US Forest Service’s relentless nationwide campaign in the twentieth century. In recent years, suppression has come under increasing scrutiny as a contributing factor to our current era of megafires.
 

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Bill Hobby

A Life in Journalism and Public Service

Briscoe Ctr for Amer History UT-Austin

A comprehensive biography of a legendary lieutenant governor.

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Arrival

University of Texas Press

A study of Denis Villeneuve’s genre-transcendent film.

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Wichita Blues

Music in the African American Community

University Press of Mississippi

An examination and celebration of the distinct sound of Wichita’s regional blues tradition

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Under the White Gaze

Solving the Problem of Race and Representation in Canadian Journalism

UBC Press, Purich Books

Blending research with a reporter’s journey through the industry, Under the White Gaze takes a pointed look at how people of colour are routinely missing, marginalized, or misrepresented in Canadian journalism, and explores what can be done to make our media more inclusive.

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Uncommon Weather

Alaska Stories

University of Alaska Press
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Through Jamaican Lenses

A Memoir

University Press of Mississippi
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The Carey Act and Conservation in Colorado

University Press of Colorado

The Carey Act and Conservation in Colorado is an environmental history of the endless missteps and unforeseen consequences that characterized Colorado’s participation in the Carey Act—an 1894 federal law that granted one million acres of desert-classified public land to each western state for private irrigation development and settlement.

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The American Southeast at the End of the Ice Age

University of Alabama Press

The definitive book on what is known about the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene archaeological record in the Southeast
 

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Systems Shift

Creating and Navigating Change in Rhetoric and Composition Administration

The WAC Clearinghouse

This collection extends the discourse on systems within the field of rhetoric and composition by drawing connections among the administrative work we do, the values we hold, and the systems that shape our work and our selves.

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One Tough Dame

The Life and Career of Diana Rigg

By Herbie J Pilato; Foreword by Rupert Macnee; Introduction by Ray Austin
University Press of Mississippi

A detailed biography of the esteemed actress, before, during, and after The Avengers

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Larry Brown

A Writer's Life

University Press of Mississippi

The first biography of Mississippi’s beloved blue-collar writer who redefined southern fiction

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In Silence or Indifference

Racism and Jim Crow Segregated Public School Libraries

University Press of Mississippi

An unflinching history critiquing librarianship during the Jim Crow era

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Geographies of the Heart

Stories from Newcomers to Canada

UBC Press, Purich Books

In Geographies of the Heart, eighteen newcomers to Canada share their journeys, reveal the conditions that necessitated them leaving their homes, and challenge assumptions about newcomers’ lives in Canada.

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Film by Design

The Art of the Movie Poster

University Press of Mississippi

A beautifully illustrated study of the crucial role movie posters play in shaping the trajectory of films

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Cabin Boys, Milkmaids, and Rough Seas

Identity in the Unexpurgated Repertoire of Stan Hugill

University Press of Mississippi

The first analysis of a long-missing collection of ribald songs of the sea

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Anderson's Alice

Walter Anderson Illustrates Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

By Lewis Carroll; Illustrated by Walter Anderson; Foreword by Mary Anderson Pickard
University Press of Mississippi

Walter Anderson’s bold visual translation of the Lewis Carroll classic, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

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All the Things We Didn't Say

Two Memoirs

University Press of Mississippi

Reflections of family, life, and love in Mississippi between grandmother and granddaughter

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