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Oncology

Cancer on Trial Oncology as a New Style of Practice

Keating Peter, Cambrosio Alberto

ISBN: PB: 9780226143040, ISBN: HB: 9780226428918, University of Chicago Press, April 2014
424 pp., 23x15 cm, 24 halftones, 28 line illus.

Until the early 1960s, cancer treatment consisted primarily of surgery and radiation therapy. Most practitioners then viewed the treatment of terminally ill cancer patients with heroic courses of chemotherapy as highly questionable. The randomized cl...

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Mammals

How Animals Grieve

King Barbara J.

ISBN: PB: 9780226155203, ISBN: HB: 9780226436944, University of Chicago Press, April 2014
208 pp., 23x15 cm, 7 halftones

From the time of our earliest childhood encounters with animals, we casually ascribe familiar emotions to them. But scientists have long cautioned against such anthropomorphizing, arguing that it limits our ability to truly comprehend the lives of ot...

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Gardening

Gardening with Perennials Lessons from Chicago's Lurie Garden

Kingsbury Noel

ISBN: PB: 9780226437453, University of Chicago Press, April 2014
216 pp., 19x14.6 cm, 86 colour plates, 1 line drawing

For gardeners, inspiration can come from the most unexpected places. Perennial enthusiasts around the world might be surprised to find their muse in the middle of a bustling city. Lurie Garden, a nearly three-acre botanic garden in the center of Chic...

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Children's Books

Travel

Alaska on the Go Exploring the 49th State with Children

Kirkland Erin

ISBN: PB: 9781602232211, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, March 2014
352 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 22 halftones

Nearly two million people visit Alaska every year, drawn to its spectacular views and endless activities. But with such size and so many options, it can seem overwhelming when it comes to planning a family vacation to the 49th state. The best place t...

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General

Anthropology

2001 and Counting Kubrick, Nietzsche, and Anthropology

Kapferer Bruce

ISBN: PB: 9780984201051, University of Chicago Press, Prickly Paradigm Press, February 2014
100 pp., 17.7x11.5 cm, 2 halftones

Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" is widely recognized as a cult classic. Despite mixed critical reception, the dark and difficult movie mesmerized audiences at the time of its initial screening in 1968 and went on to become one the highest g...

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Decorative Arts

Silver Judaica From the Collection of the Jewish Museum in Prague

Kuntos Jaroslav

ISBN: PB: 9788087366127, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, January 2014
315 pp., 21.5x16.5 cm, 530 colour plates

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! The Jewish Museum in Prague is home to a variety of silver Jewish ritual artifacts, from Kiddush cups, Hanukkah lamps, and Torah decorations, to the dozens of other objects used in observi...

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Literary Criticism

Boccaccio A Critical Guide to the Complete Works

Kirkham Victoria, Sherberg Michael, Levarie Smarr Janet

ISBN: HB: 9780226079189, University of Chicago Press, December 2013
576 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 13 halftones

Long celebrated as one of "the Three Crowns" of Florence, Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) experimented widely with the forms of literature. His prolific and innovative writings – which range beyond the novella, from lyric to epic, from biography to my...

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Culture Studies

Melancholia's Dog Reflections on Our Animal Kinship

Kuzniar Alice A.

ISBN: PB: 9780226102702, ISBN: HB: 9780226465784, University of Chicago Press, December 2013
216 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 13 halftones

Bred to provide human companionship, dogs eclipse all other species when it comes to reading the body language of people. Dog owners hunger for a complete rapport with their pets; in the dog the fantasy of empathetic resonance finds its ideal. But cr...

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Music

Language of Its Own Sense and Meaning in the Making of Western Art Music

Katz Ruth

ISBN: PB: 9780226425979, ISBN: HB: 9780226425962, University of Chicago Press, November 2013
384 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 4 halftones, 7 line drawings

The Western musical tradition has produced not only music, but also countless writings about music that remain in continuous – and enormously influential – dialogue with their subject. With sweeping scope and philosophical depth, "A Language of Its O...

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Performing Arts

Cycle A Practical Approach to Managing Arts Organizations

Kaiser Michael M., Egan Brett E.

ISBN: HB: 9781611684001, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, September 2013
212 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

In the third book of his popular trilogy on creating and sustaining arts organizations, Michael Kaiser reveals the hidden engine that powers consistent success. According to Kaiser, successful arts organizations pursue strong programmatic marketing c...

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