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Cookstove Chronicles

Social Life of a Women’s Technology in India

The University of Arizona Press

Cookstove Chronicles examines India’s handcrafted, wood-burning cooking stoves, the rural women who use them, and outsiders who try to improve them by engineering a range of “clean” cooking devices. Khandelwal adopts a transnational feminist, anthropological, and STS perspective to reimagine the humble mud stove as both villain and hero of this story and to suggest pathways for collaboration across radical disciplinary divides.

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Ay Tú!

Critical Essays on the Life and Work of Sandra Cisneros

University of Texas Press

A comprehensive volume on the life and work of renowned Chicana author Sandra Cisneros.

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The Principles and Practice of Yoga in Health Care, Second Edition

Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Handspring Publishing

This second edition provides the most extensive compendium of yoga therapy research and its findings. It has been fully updated with new contributors and a more accessible approach, and includes a brand-new chapter on the implementation of yoga therapy in medical systems.

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Ready Eddie Go! The Birthday Party

Finding out about parties with friends!

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Part of the Ready, Eddie, Go! series, based on the TV show of the same name, in this book Eddie goes to his friend Nina’s birthday party. He finds out what to expect at parties, as well as what he can do if they start to become a bit overwhelming. Eddie has a lot of fun with his friends!

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Ready Eddie Go! Painting

Having fun with mess and mistakes!

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Part of the Ready, Eddie, Go! series, based on the TV show of the same name, in this book Eddie tries some painting - and finds out that its ok to get messy and to make mistakes. Art is all about enjoying yourself and having fun!

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Ready Eddie Go! New Haircut

Knowing what to expect at the hairdressers!

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Part of the Ready, Eddie, Go! series, based on the TV show of the same name, in this book Eddie gets his hair cut. He learns what to expect at the barbers, and that getting his hair cut can be fun!

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Ready Eddie Go! Dressing Up

Playing pretend and trying new ideas!

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Part of the Ready, Eddie, Go! series, based on the TV show of the same name, in this book Eddie plays dressing up with his friends, and finds out pretending can be fun rather than scary!

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Ready Eddie Go! Boardgames

Learning all about winning and losing!

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Part of the Ready, Eddie, Go! series, based on the TV show of the same name, in this book Eddie plays boardgames with his friends. He finds out about winning and losing, and how you can manage all the emotions that come with playing together.

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Home Truths

Fixing Canada's Housing Crisis

UBC Press, On Point Press

With Canadians burdened by the world’s highest household debt after decades of failed housing policy, Home Truths: Fixing Canada’s Housing Crisis shows what went wrong, and how it can be fixed.

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All About PDA

An Insight Into Pathological Demand Avoidance

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

An enjoyable and highly informative introduction to the world of Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), accompanied by entertaining images of animals in the author’s popular style. This is the perfect overview of a little-understood and evolving condition, written for both PDA-ers, and those who support them.

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A Different Kind of Parenting

Neurodivergent families finding a way through together

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

In this honest, heart-warming and supportive new book, The Sunday Times bestselling author and illustrator Eliza Fricker lifts parents of neurodivergent kids from the dark days of grappling with impenetrable systems, and shows them how life can become brighter.

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Patton's Shadow

The Making of a Hero in Modern Memory

University of Alabama Press

General George S. Patton’s legendary image was carefully crafted during World War II and continues to shape our understanding of American history and culture today. Historian Nathan C. Jones explores the creation of the Patton legend and its enduring legacy in Patton’s Shadow.

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Unfracked

The Struggle to Ban Fracking in New York

University of Massachusetts Press
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The Precious Birthright

Black Leaders and the Fight to Vote in Antebellum Rhode Island

University of Massachusetts Press
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Unmothering Autism

Ethical Disruptions and Affirming Care

UBC Press

Unmothering Autism rethinks autism and mothering to reveal what it means for us to live well together in, and through, difference.

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The University of Arizona

A History in 100 Stories

The University of Arizona Press, Sentinel Peak Books

The University of Arizona: A History in 100 Stories is a celebration of the people, ideas, inventions, teaching, and structures that have been part of the school’s evolution from a small land-grant institution to an internationally renowned research institution.

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The Sides of the Sea

Caribbean Women Writing Diaspora

University Press of Mississippi

An essential study focused on theories of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality in the work of contemporary Caribbean women writers

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The Last Hanging of Ángel Martinez

University of New Mexico Press
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The Geysers of Yellowstone

Sixth Edition

University Press of Colorado

This new edition of The Geysers of Yellowstone is the most up-to-date and comprehensive reference to the geysers of Yellowstone National Park, describing in detail each of the more than five hundred geysers in the park.

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TeenSet, Teen Fan Magazines, and Rock Journalism

Don't Let the Name Fool You

University Press of Mississippi

The first book to closely examine the influence TeenSet had on popular music and cultural commentary as well as the value of teen fan magazines

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River of Renewal

Myth and History in the Klamath Basin

Oregon State University Press

River of Renewal tells the remarkable story of the Klamath Basin, which spans the Oregon-California border, from the first human habitation of the region to restoration of the watershed and its wildlife after removal of the Klamath River’s four hydroelectric dams.
 

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Opening Weekend

An Insider's Look at Marketing Hollywood's Hits and Flops

University Press of Mississippi

Coming soon, the firsthand account of a studio insider’s adventures in movie marketing

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Modern Cuban

A Contemporary Approach to Classic Recipes

University Press of Florida

In this cookbook, Ana Quincoces reimagines traditional Cuban recipes for today’s home chefs, helping readers make timeless dishes that showcase the distinctive flavors of classic Cuban cuisine while crafting meals that are accessible to everyone.

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Making a Place for the Future in Maya Guatemala

Natural Disaster and Sociocultural Change in Santa Catarina Ixtahuacán

University of New Mexico Press
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Landscapes of Movement and Predation

Perspectives from Archaeology, History, and Anthropology

The University of Arizona Press

Landscapes of Movement and Predation is a global study of times and places, in the colonial and precolonial eras, where people were subject to brutality, displacement, and loss of life, liberty, livelihood, and possessions. The book provides a startling new perspective on an aspect of the past that is often overlooked: the role of violence in shaping where, how, and with whom people lived.

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Keywords in Technical and Professional Communication

Edited by Han Yu and Jonathan Buehl
The WAC Clearinghouse

Keywords in Technical and Professional Communication explores the multiple and sometimes conflicting uses of terms central to the discipline of technical and professional communication (TPC).

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Heenan Blaikie

The Making and Unmaking of a Great Canadian Law Firm

UBC Press

What really happened at Heenan Blakie? This is the ultimate account of what went on behind the scenes of the largest law firm dissolution in Canadian history.

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Ghosts of Atlanta

Cultural Gentrification of the Black Mecca

University Press of Mississippi

An interrogation exposing the endangered identity of Black America’s capital city

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Gaspar Noé

Interviews

Edited by Geoffrey Lokke
University Press of Mississippi

A first-of-its-kind collection of interviews that documents Noé’s engagement with the feverish reception of his work and received ideas about his life and politics

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Feathered Entanglements

Human-Bird Relations in the Anthropocene

UBC Press

Feathered Entanglements investigates human–bird relations across the Indo-Pacific and shows what birds can teach us about how to live with other species in the Anthropocene.

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Drumming Our Way Home

Intergenerational Learning, Teaching, and Indigenous Ways of Knowing

UBC Press

Drumming Our Way Home takes readers on an autobiographical journey to recover Indigenous identity, demonstrating how storytelling – aided by a hand drum – can open up a new world of pedagogy and culture-based learning.

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Conversations with Todd McFarlane

Edited by Jake Zawlacki
University Press of Mississippi

A nuanced portrait of McFarlane’s polarizing character shown through collected interviews with the renowned comics creator

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Concordia University at 50

A Collective History

Concordia University Press
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Arizona National Parks and Monuments

Scenic Wonders and Cultural Treasures of the Grand Canyon State

University of New Mexico Press
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A Republican's Lament

Mississippi Needs Good Government Conservatives

By Bill Crawford; Foreword by Lloyd Gray and C.D. Smith
University Press of Mississippi

A political writer’s compelling mix of history, political analysis, and personal angst

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A Passing West

Essays from the Borderlands

University of New Mexico Press, High Road Books
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Walking East Harlem

A Neighborhood Experience

Rutgers University Press

East Harlem native Christopher Bell takes you on three separate walking tours of his beloved neighborhood, sharing fascinating stories about its theatres, museums, art spaces, schools, churches, mosques, and synagogues. You’ll also learn about the people who have lived in this famously diverse community, including actress Cecily Tyson and opera singer Marian Anderson.
 

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Unsettling Sexuality

Queer Horizons in the Long Eighteenth Century

University of Delaware Press

Unsettling Sexuality brings queer, trans, and asexual lenses to bear on the long eighteenth century. Drawing from Middle-Eastern and Asian studies, African American studies, and Native American and Indigenous studies, the authors pioneer intersectional readings of European, transatlantic, and global eighteenth-century archives that unsettle traditional ways of approaching the field, to welcome sexuality as something that can resist rigidity.
 

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Unsettling Sexuality

Queer Horizons in the Long Eighteenth Century

University of Delaware Press

Unsettling Sexuality brings queer, trans, and asexual lenses to bear on the long eighteenth century. Drawing from Middle-Eastern and Asian studies, African American studies, and Native American and Indigenous studies, the authors pioneer intersectional readings of European, transatlantic, and global eighteenth-century archives that unsettle traditional ways of approaching the field, to welcome sexuality as something that can resist rigidity.
 

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Remittance as Belonging

Global Migration, Transnationalism, and the Quest for Home

Rutgers University Press

Conceptualizing remittance as an expression of migrants’ belonging, this book presents detailed accounts of the emergence, growth, decline, and revival of remittance as a function of transformations in Bangladeshi migrants’ sense of belonging to home.

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Pandemonium Logs

Sioux Falls, South Dakota 2020-2022

Rutgers University Press

In 2015, Ben Miller moved from New York City to Sioux Falls, South Dakota to focus on his writing. Working a day job in a hospital, he had a front-row seat to the Covid-19 pandemic. His book gives voice to the doctors, nurses, staff, and patients he observed.

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Our Science, Ourselves

How Gender, Race, and Social Movements Shaped the Study of Science

University of Massachusetts Press
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More-than-Human Aging

Animals, Robots, and Care in Later Life

Rutgers University Press

Aging is not only reserved for humans. Similarly, how humans age is often a process in which other-than-humans – be it other species or technology – become entangled or carved out. The contributions to this edited volume open a conversation about how aging is always a hybrid, more-than-human process.

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More-than-Human Aging

Animals, Robots, and Care in Later Life

Rutgers University Press

Aging is not only reserved for humans. Similarly, how humans age is often a process in which other-than-humans – be it other species or technology – become entangled or carved out. The contributions to this edited volume open a conversation about how aging is always a hybrid, more-than-human process.

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Making It

Success in the Commercial Kitchen

Rutgers University Press

The restaurant industry is one of the few places in America where workers from lower-class backgrounds can rise to positions of power and prestige. But what determines who succeeds or fails in this pressure-cooker environment? Through extensive interviews and fieldwork, sociologist Ellen Meiser discovers how status in the kitchen is tied to knowledge, interpersonal skills, and emotional labor.

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Genocide Studies

Pathways Ahead

Rutgers University Press

In recent years, the world has been shaken by numerous events that have caused and continue to cause massive human suffering, from the COVID-19 pandemic to intrastate and interstate armed conflicts. These crises confound definition and label, but now is the time to think about current manifestations of genocide and those likely to emerge in the future
 

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Genocide Studies

Pathways Ahead

Rutgers University Press

In recent years, the world has been shaken by numerous events that have caused and continue to cause massive human suffering, from the COVID-19 pandemic to intrastate and interstate armed conflicts. These crises confound definition and label, but now is the time to think about current manifestations of genocide and those likely to emerge in the future
 

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Finding God in All the Black Places

Sacred Imaginings in Black Popular Culture

Rutgers University Press

Using a media studies lens of television, film, music, and digital culture, Finding God in All the Black Places argues that Black spirituality and church religiosity bolster audiences' understanding of and cultural competence with Black popular culture.
 

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Embracing Queer Students’ Diverse Identities at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

A Primer for Presidents, Administrators, and Faculty

Rutgers University Press

Embracing Queer Students’ Diverse Identities at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: A Primer for Presidents, Administrators, and Faculty serves as a resource for Historically Black College and University (HBCU) stakeholders and highlights fundamental concerns and urgent topics regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) HBCU constituents.
 

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Embracing Queer Students’ Diverse Identities at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

A Primer for Presidents, Administrators, and Faculty

Rutgers University Press

Embracing Queer Students’ Diverse Identities at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: A Primer for Presidents, Administrators, and Faculty serves as a resource for Historically Black College and University (HBCU) stakeholders and highlights fundamental concerns and urgent topics regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) HBCU constituents.
 

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