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Evolution

Nature

Orchard Invisible A Natural History of Seeds

Silvertown Jonathan

ISBN: PB: 9780226757742, ISBN: HB: 9780226757735, University of Chicago Press, September 2010
224 pp., 21.5x13 cm, 21 halftones

The story of seeds, in a nutshell, is a tale of evolution. From the tiny sesame that we sprinkle on our bagels to the forty-five-pound double coconut borne by the coco de mer tree, seeds are a perpetual reminder of the complexity and diversity of lif...

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Islam

Medieval

Islam and Travel in the Middle Ages

Touati Houari

ISBN: HB: 9780226808772, University of Chicago Press, August 2010
304 pp., 23x15 cm

In the Middle Ages, Muslim travelers embarked on a rihla, or world tour, as surveyors, emissaries, and educators. On these journeys, voyagers not only interacted with foreign cultures – touring Greek civilization, exploring the Middle East and North...

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Education

Making Failure Pay For-Profit Tutoring, High-Stakes Testing, and Public Schools

Koyama Jill P.

ISBN: PB: 9780226451749, ISBN: HB: 9780226451732, University of Chicago Press, August 2010
192 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

A little-discussed aspect of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is a mandate that requires failing schools to hire after-school tutoring companies – the largest of which are private, for-profit corporations – and to pay them with federal funds".Maki...

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Business & Economics

NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2009 Volume 24

Acemoglu Daron, Rogoff Kenneth, Woodford Michael

ISBN: PB: 9780226002101, ISBN: HB: 9780226002095, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, August 2010
440 pp., 23x15 cm, 41 line illus.

The "NBER Macroeconomics Annual" provides a forum for important debates in contemporary macroeconomics and major developments in the theory of macroeconomic analysis and policy that include leading economists from a variety of fields. The papers and...

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Cookbooks

Jewish Studies

Kosher Baker Over 160 Dairy-free Recipes from Traditional to Trendy

Shoyer Paula

ISBN: HB: 9781584658351, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, August 2010
348 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Producing flavorful and appealing kosher desserts has been a challenge in Jewish households throughout the ages. Without access to butter, cream, milk, cheese, yogurt, or other dairy products, creating a tasty and memorable dessert for family and fri...

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Business & Economics

NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics 2009 Volume 6

Reichlin Lucrezia, West Kenneth

ISBN: PB: 9780226707501, ISBN: HB: 9780226707495, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, August 2010
500 pp., 23x15 cm, 60 line illus.

The distinguished International Seminar on Macroeconomics (ISoM) has met annually in Europe for thirty years. The papers included in this volume discuss openness and the fall and rise of stock market correlations between 1890 and 2001; defaults, unde...

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Children's Books

Woolly Mammoth Journey

Miller Debbie S.

ISBN: PB: 9781602230989, ISBN: HB: 9781602230996, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, August 2010
32 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 15 colour illus.

"A Woolly Mammoth Journey" travels back in time to follow a pack of woolly mammoths across rivers, plains, and glacial ridges on their annual migration to familiar feeding grounds. Along the way, a new calf is born and learns to walk, use her trunk t...

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Mammals

Ecology

Mind of the Chimpanzee Ecological and Experimental Perspectives

Lonsdorf Elizabeth V., Ross Stephen R., Matsuzawa Tetsuro

ISBN: PB: 9780226492797, University of Chicago Press, August 2010
464 pp., 28x21.5 cm, 31 line drawings, 19 tables, 144 halftones

Understanding the chimpanzee mind is akin to opening a window onto human consciousness. Many of our complex cognitive processes have origins that can be seen in the way that chimpanzees think, learn, and behave".The Mind of the Chimpanzee" brings tog...

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Europe

Medieval

Why Europe? The Medieval Origins of Its Special Path

Mitterauer Michael

ISBN: HB: 9780226532530, University of Chicago Press, July 2010
400 pp., 23x15 cm

Why did capitalism and colonialism arise in Europe and not elsewhere? Why were parliamentarian and democratic forms of government founded there? What factors led to Europe's unique position in shaping the world? Thoroughly researched and persuasively...

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America

General

Alaska Native Cultures and Issues Responses to Frequently Asked Questions

Roderick Libby

ISBN: PB: 9781602230910, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, July 2010
102 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 map, 16 halftones

Making up more than ten percent of Alaska's population, Native Alaskans are the state's largest minority group. Yet most non-Native Alaskans know surprisingly little about the histories and cultures of their indigenous neighbors, or about the importa...

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