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Ancient World

Women Studies

Domina The Women Who Made Imperial Rome

de la Bedoyere Guy

ISBN: HB: 9780300230307, Yale University Press, September 2018
408 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 32 colour illus., 3 maps

Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero – these are the names history associates with the early Roman Empire. Yet, not a single one of these emperors was the blood son of his predecessor. In this captivating history, a prominent scholar of t...

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Photography

Women Studies

Women Photographers From Julia Margaret Cameron to Cindy Sherman

Friedewald Boris

ISBN: PB: 9783791384665, Prestel Publishing, September 2018
240 pp., 27x21 cm, 230 colour illus.

Now available in an updated paperback edition and including new photographs, this thorough and accessible introduction to the greatest women photographers from the 19th century to today features the most important works of 55 artists, along with in-d...

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Literary Criticism

Women Studies

Devotion

Smith Patti

ISBN: PB: 9780300240221, ISBN: HB: 9780300218626, Yale University Press, September 2018
112 pp., 17.8x12.1 cm, 11 black&white illus.

A work of creative brilliance may seem like magic – its source a mystery, its impact unexpectedly stirring. How does an artist accomplish such an achievement, connecting deeply with an audience never met? In this groundbreaking book, one of our cultu...

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Women Studies

Drinks

Free the Tipple Kickass Cocktails Inspired by Iconic Women

Croll Jennifer

ISBN: HB: 9783791384047, Prestel Publishing, September 2018
144 pp., 18.7x15 cm, 120 colour illus.

Celebrating women? Cheers to that! These cocktail recipes are inspired by some of the world's most amazing ladies. Sixty of the world's coolest and most influential women are the inspiration for this refreshing and fun collection of drink recipes th...

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Gender Studies

Landscapes of Fear Understanding Impunity in India

Hoenig Patrick, Singh Navsharan

ISBN: PB: 9789383074938, ISBN: HB: 9789383074204, University of Chicago Press, Zubaan Books, September 2018
600 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm

"Landscapes of Fear" tackles a set of intricate questions about the workings of impunity in India. Considering why the world's largest democracy condones systematic violations of some human rights, and questioning how victims of abuse and survivors o...

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Women Studies

Sport

Women's Complete Guide to Running

Galloway Jeff, Galloway Barbara

ISBN: PB: 9781782551485, Bookport, Meyer & Meyer Sport, August 2018
208 pp., 24x16.5 cm, 50 colour and black&white illus.

This is the book that will take any woman, at any fitness level, into the running lifestyle. Jeff Galloway, a US Olympian in 1972, has helped over 150,000 people make this journey while reducing or eliminating aches, pains, and injuries suffered duri...

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America

Women Studies

Wildcat Women Narratives of the Women Breaking Ground in Alaska's Oil and Gas Industry

Williams Carla

ISBN: PB: 9781602233546, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, August 2018
200 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 25 halftones, 2 maps

Subzero temperatures, whiteout blizzards, and even the lack of restrooms didn't deter them. Nor did sneers, harassment, and threats".Wildcat Women" is the first book to document the life and labor of pioneering women in the oil fields of Alaska's Nor...

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General

Thinking Through Statistics

Levi Martin John

ISBN: PB: 9780226567631, ISBN: HB: 9780226567464, University of Chicago Press, August 2018
400 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 15 halftones, 56 line drawings, 25 tables

Simply put, "Thinking Through Statistics" is a primer on how to maintain rigorous data standards in social science work. But don't let that daunt you. With clever examples and witty takeaways, John Levi Martin proves himself to be a most affable tour...

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Political Science

General

Welcoming New Americans? Local Governments and Immigrant Incorporation

Fisher Williamson Abigail

ISBN: PB: 9780226572659, ISBN: HB: 9780226572512, University of Chicago Press, August 2018
368 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 26 line drawings, 15 tables

Even as Donald Trump's election has galvanized anti-immigration politics, many local governments have welcomed immigrants, some even going so far as to declare their communities "sanctuary cities" that will limit cooperation with federal immigration...

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Sign Language

General

Silent Life and Silent Language The Inner Life of a Mute in an Institution for the Deaf

Farlow Kate M.

ISBN: PB: 9781944838294, Gallaudet University Press, August 2018
200 pp., 21.6x14 cm

"Silent Life and Silent Language" presents a fictionalized account of life at a Midwestern residential school for deaf students in the years following the Civil War. Based on the experiences of the author, who became deaf at the age of nine and enter...

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