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Sidereus Nuncius, or The Sidereal Messenger

Galilei Galileo, Van Helden Albert

ISBN: PB: 9780226320090, University of Chicago Press, November 2015
152 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm, 7 halftones, 75 line drawings

Galileo Galilei's Sidereus Nuncius is arguably the most dramatic scientific book ever published. It announced new and unexpected phenomena in the heavens, "unheard of through the ages", revealed by a mysterious new instrument. Galileo had ingeniously...

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Philosophy

Hegel's Theory of Intelligibility

Zambrana Rocio

ISBN: HB: 9780226280110, University of Chicago Press, November 2015
208 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

"Hegel's Theory of Intelligibility" picks up on recent revisionist readings of Hegel to offer a productive new interpretation of his notoriously difficult work, the "Science of Logic". Rocio Zambrana transforms the revisionist tradition by distilling...

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Literary Criticism

I'll Tell You Mine Thirty Years of Essays from the Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program

Edelman Hope, Hemley Robin

ISBN: PB: 9780226306476, ISBN: HB: 9780226306339, University of Chicago Press, November 2015
280 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

The University of Iowa is a leading light in the writing world. In addition to the Iowa Writers' Workshop for poets and fiction writers, it houses the prestigious Nonfiction Writing Program (NWP), which was the first full-time masters-granting progra...

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Culture Studies

Media Studies

Reading Sounds Closed-Captioned Media and Popular Culture

Zdenek Sean

ISBN: PB: 9780226312781, ISBN: HB: 9780226312644, University of Chicago Press, November 2015
368 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 28 halftones, 18 tables

Imagine a common movie scene: a hero confronts a villain. Captioning such a moment would at first glance seem as basic as transcribing the dialogue. But consider the choices involved: How do you convey the sarcasm in a comeback? Do you include a henc...

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Judaism

Jewish Studies

Yearnings of the Soul Psychological Thought in Modern Kabbalah

Garb Jonathan

ISBN: HB: 9780226295800, University of Chicago Press, November 2015
288 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

In "Yearnings of the Soul", Jonathan Garb uncovers a crucial thread in the story of modern Kabbalah and modern mysticism more generally: psychology. Returning psychology to its roots as an attempt to understand the soul, he traces the manifold intera...

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Philosophy

Articulating the World Conceptual Understanding and the Scientific Image

Rouse Joseph

ISBN: PB: 9780226293844, ISBN: HB: 9780226293677, University of Chicago Press, November 2015
416 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 table

Naturalism as a guiding philosophy for modern science both disavows any appeal to the supernatural or anything else transcendent to nature, and repudiates any philosophical or religious authority over the workings and conclusions of the sciences. A l...

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General

Getting Your Way Strategic Dilemmas in the Real World

Jasper James M.

ISBN: PB: 9780226394770, University of Chicago Press, November 2015
256 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Getting other people to do what we want is a useful skill for anyone. Whether you're seeking a job, negotiating a deal, or angling for that big promotion, you're engaged in strategic thought and action. In such moments, you imagine what might be goin...

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Spanish

Brief History of the Spanish Language Second Edition

Pharies David A.

ISBN: PB: 9780226133942, University of Chicago Press, November 2015
296 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm, 9 halftones, 2 line drawings

Since its publication in 2007, A Brief History of the Spanish Language has become the leading introduction to the history of one of the world's most widely spoken languages. Moving from the language's Latin roots to its present-day forms, this concis...

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Reptiles & Amphibians

Eye of Newt and Toe of Frog, Adder's Fork and Lizard's Leg The Lore and Mythology of Amphibians and Reptiles

Crump Marty

ISBN: HB: 9780226116006, University of Chicago Press, November 2015
304 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 155 colour plates, 1 table

Frogs are worshipped for bringing nourishing rains, but blamed for devastating floods. Turtles are admired for their wisdom and longevity, but ridiculed for their sluggish and cowardly behavior. Snakes are respected for their ability to heal and rest...

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Nature

City Creatures Animal Encounters in the Chicago Wilderness

Van Horn Gavin, Aftandilian Dave

ISBN: HB: 9780226192895, University of Chicago Press, November 2015
264 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 102 colour plates, 16 halftones

We usually think of cities as the domain of humans – but we are just one of thousands of species that call the urban landscape home. Chicago residents knowingly move among familiar creatures like squirrels, pigeons, and dogs, but might be surprised t...

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