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Grape vs. Grain
A Historical, Technological, and Social Comparison of Wine and Beer

Charles Bamforth
Hardback | $27.00

Why is wine considered more sophisticated even though the production of beer is much more technologically complex? Why is wine touted for its health benefits when beer has more nutritive value? Charles Bamforth explores several paradoxes involving these beverages, paying special attention to the culture surrounding each.

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Justice Denied
What America Must Do to Protect its Children

Marci A. Hamilton
Hardback | $23.00

Recent events such as the clergy abuse scandal in the Catholic Church have brought the once-taboo subject of childhood sexual abuse to the forefront. But despite increasing awareness of the problem, the United States has not succeeded in establishing effective means of deterring and preventing it, leaving the children of today and tomorrow vulnerable.

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Seduced by Secrets: Inside the Stasi's Spy-Tech World

Kristie Macrakis
Hardback | $28.00

More fascinating than fiction, Seduced by Secrets takes the reader inside the real world of one of the most effective and feared spy agencies in history. The book reveals, for the first time, the secret technical methods and sources of the Stasi (East German Ministry for State Security) as it stole secrets from abroad and developed gadgets at home, employing universal, highly guarded techniques often used by other spy and security agencies.

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The Normal Personality: A New Way of Thinking About People

Steven Reiss
Hardback | $26.00

The shadow of Freudian analysis looms over modern psychopathology, driving many psychologists to try to understand their clients' personal troubles and personalities using constructs developed to study mental illness. They believe that dark, unconscious mental forces that originated in childhood cause personality traits, personal troubles, and mental illnesses. Steven Reiss thinks problems are a normal part of life.

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The Poetry of War

James Anderson Winn
Paperback | $24.99

Poets from Homer to Bruce Springsteen have given voice to the intensity, horror, and beauty of war. The greatest war poets praise the victor while mourning the victim; they honor the dead while raising deep questions about the meaning of honor.

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I Was Wrong: The Meanings of Apologies

Nick Smith
Paperback | $24.99

Apologies pervade our news headlines and our private affairs, but how should we evaluate these often vague and deceptive rituals? I Was Wrong: The Meanings of Apologies argues that we suffer from considerable confusion about the moral meanings and social functions of these complex interactions.

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Think On My Words: Exploring Shakespeare's Language

David Crystal
Hardback | $80.00

For decades, people have been studying Shakespeare’s life and times, and in recent years there has been a renewed surge of interest into aspects of his language. So how can we better understand Shakespeare? How did he manipulate language to produce such an unrivalled body of work, which has enthralled generations both as theatre and as literature?

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Never Sang for Hitler: The Life and Times of Lotte Lehmann, 1888-1976

Michael H. Kater
Hardback | $35.00

Lotte Lehmann ranks among the most celebrated singers of the twentieth century. She was a favorite of Richard Strauss, and over her lifetime became the friend of other famous men: Bruno Walter, Arturo Toscanini and Thomas Mann. She had a famous encounter with Hermann Göring, in which he claimed to want to make her the foremost singer in Nazi Germany.

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The Character of Harms: Operational Challenges in Control

Malcolm K. Sparrow
Hardback | $32.99

Available May 2008

 

After Bush: The Case for Continuity in American Foreign Policy

Timothy J. Lynch, Robert S. Singh
Hardback | $28.00

Available May 2008

 

 

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Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology

Stephen M. Stahl

The bestselling series in psychopharmacology is back in a new edition! The Third Edition has new chapters, new images, and covers the latest advances in an accessible manner.

Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition

Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner...

WINNER: Honorable Mention, Dartmouth Medal. RUSA Outstanding Reference Award, Booklist Editor's Choice, LIBRARY JOURNAL Best of Reference in 2006

 

Featured Textbooks

Continuous and Discrete Time Signals and Systems

Mrinal Mandal, Amir Asif
Hardback | $80.00

An introduction to the fundamental concepts of continuous-time and discrete-time signals and systems.

 

The Research Imagination

Paul S. Gray, John B. Williamson...
Paperback | $75.00

A comprehensive explanation of research methodology.

 

 

Library Picks

A Literary History of Women's Writing in Britain, 1660–1789

Susan Staves
Hardback | $150.00

A comprehensive history of women's writing in Britain from the Restoration to the French Revolution.

 

The Image of St Francis

Rosalind B. Brooke
Hardback | $152.00

An important new study of the way in which St Francis's image was recorded in literature, documents, architecture and art.

 

 

Featured Journals

The Journal of Politics

Edited by John Geer

The Journal of Politics, a leading general journal of political science, publishes path-breaking research in all subfields from all parts of the world.

 

Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture

Edited by John Corrigan, Amanda Porterfield

This quarterly peer-reviewed journal publishes original research articles and book reviews.