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Architecture

ISBN: PB: 9781947602786, University of Chicago Press, University of Cincinnati Press, September 2020
225 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 100 halftones

King Records was an independent recording studio, founded in 1943 in the Evanston neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. It was at one point the sixth largest record company in the United States, representing artists such as James Brown, Bonnie Lou, The S...

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Poetry

Land's End New and Selected Poems

Mazur Gail

ISBN: HB: 9780226720739, University of Chicago Press, September 2020
208 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

With her latest poetry collection, Gail Mazur once again shows her mastery of the descriptive-meditative narrative, powerfully evoking the past while writing from the firm ground of the present. In Land's End, we see Mazur writing with the kind of ly...

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Birds

Vulture The Private Life of an Unloved Bird

Fallon Katie

ISBN: PB: 9781684580330, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, September 2020
248 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 30 colour plates

Few animals have a worse reputation than the vulture. But is it deserved? With Vulture, Katie Fallon offers an irresistible argument to the contrary, tracing a year in the life of a typical North American turkey vulture. Turkey vultures, also known a...

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Political Science

Azerbaijan's Geopolitical Landscape Contemporary Issues, 1991–2018

Shafiyev Farid

ISBN: PB: 9788024643915, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, September 2020
200 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 5 maps

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! Being located between the Black and Caspian seas, Azerbaijan has always been the juncture of Eurasia – with a traditional reputation as a crossroads between the north-south and east-west t...

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Nature

Amazing Nature

Bark A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast

Wojtech Michael

ISBN: PB: 9781684580316, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, September 2020
280 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 283 colour plates, 151 halftones, 65 maps

What kind of tree is that? Whether you're hiking in the woods or simply sitting in your backyard, from Maine to New York you'll never be without an answer to that question, thanks to this handy companion to the trees of the Northeast. Featuring detai...

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Linguistics

Lexical and Semantic Aspects of Proverbs

Cermak Frantisek

ISBN: PB: 9788024643588, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, September 2020
243 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

This book is linguistic in nature, offering a number of aspects of contemporary languages and their proverbs. Focusing mostly on lexical, semantic and pragmatic aspects, the book also explores language corpora findings. Apart from collecting data on...

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Political Science

Limits of Party Congress and Lawmaking in a Polarized Era

Curry James M., Lee Frances E.

ISBN: PB: 9780226716350, ISBN: HB: 9780226716213, University of Chicago Press, September 2020
200 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 46 line drawings, 15 tables

To many observers, Congress has become a deeply partisan institution where ideologically-distinct political parties do little more than engage in legislative trench warfare. A zero-sum, winner-take-all approach to congressional politics has replaced...

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Poetry

Lives Brought to Life 20 Years of Literature of Emotion and Everyday Life

Cusack Handler Joan

ISBN: PB: 9780967885636, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, September 2020
160 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 6 colour plates

Founded twenty years ago by poet, memoirist, and clinical psychologist Joan Cusack Handler, CavanKerry Press has published fine literary work by established and emerging writers focused on the pursuit of understanding what it means to be human throug...

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Philosophy

Living in Problematicity

Patocka Jan

ISBN: PB: 9788024645100, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, September 2020
84 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! Spanning his entire career, this selection of texts by influential philosopher Jan Patocka illustrates his thoughts on the appropriate manner of being and engagement in the world. The writ...

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Business & Economics

Milton Friedman and Economic Debate in the United States, 1932–1972, Volume 1

Nelson Edward

ISBN: HB: 9780226683775, University of Chicago Press, September 2020
784 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 12 line drawings, 2 tables

Milton Friedman is widely recognized as one of the most influential economists of the twentieth century. Yet no previous study has distilled Friedman's vast body of writings into an authoritative account of his research, his policy views, and his int...

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