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Buddhism

Strange Tales of an Oriental Idol An Anthology of Early European Portrayals of the Buddha

Lopez Donald S.

ISBN: PB: 9780226391236, ISBN: HB: 9780226493183, University of Chicago Press, November 2016
288 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

We tend to think that the Buddha has always been seen as the compassionate sage admired around the world today, but until the nineteenth century, Europeans often regarded him as a nefarious figure, an idol worshipped by the pagans of the Orient. Dona...

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Physics

History

To Save the Phenomena An Essay on the Idea of Physical Theory from Plato to Galileo

Duhem Pierre

ISBN: PB: 9780226169217, University of Chicago Press, October 2016
152 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm

Duhem's 1908 essay questions the relation between physical theory and metaphysics and, more specifically, between astronomy and physics-an issue still of importance today. He critiques the answers given by Greek thought, Arabic science, medieval Chri...

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Anthropology

Music

Tango Machine Musical Culture in the Age of Expediency

Luker Morgan James

ISBN: PB: 9780226385549, ISBN: HB: 9780226385402, University of Chicago Press, October 2016
216 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 3 line drawings

In Argentina, tango isn't just the national music – it's a national brand. But ask any contemporary Argentine if they ever really listen to it and chances are the answer is no: tango hasn't been popular for more than fifty years. In this book, Morgan...

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Reference

Immersion A Writer's Guide to Going Deep

Conover Ted

ISBN: PB: 9780226113067, ISBN: HB: 9780226416168, University of Chicago Press, October 2016
192 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm

Over three and a half decades, Ted Conover has ridden the rails with hoboes, crossed the border with Mexican immigrants, guarded prisoners in Sing Sing, and inspected meat for the USDA. His books and articles chronicling these experiences, including...

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Fiction

Bad Lands A Novel

Hall Oakley

ISBN: PB: 9780226412610, University of Chicago Press, October 2016
376 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 map

It's 1883 in Johnson County, in the old Dakota Territory – a rugged, wide-open landscape of rolling, red earth, prairie, and cattle as far as the eye can see. But the land is closing, the "Beef Bonanza" is ending, and the free-range cattlemen are stu...

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Contemporary Art

Arts of Wonder Enchanting Secularity: Walter De Maria, Diller + Scofidio, James Turrell, Andy Goldsworthy

Kosky Jeffrey L.

ISBN: PB: 9780226411804, University of Chicago Press, October 2016
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 27 colour plates, 15 halftones

"The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by 'the disenchantment of the world'". Max Weber's statement remains a dominant interpretation of the modern condition: the increasing capabilities of...

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Fiction

Norte A Novel

Paz Soldan Edmundo

ISBN: PB: 9780226207209, University of Chicago Press, October 2016
312 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm

Three unconnected people travel north, each passing in isolation over one of the most troubled and controversial dividing lines in the world: the Mexico-US border. But in a melee of language and blood, their stories and the stories of those they mee...

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History

Contesting Medical Confidentiality Origins of the Debate in the United States, Britain, and Germany

Maehle Andreas-Holger

ISBN: HB: 9780226404820, University of Chicago Press, October 2016
168 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Medical confidentiality is an essential cornerstone of effective public health systems, and for centuries societies have struggled to maintain the illusion of absolute privacy. In this age of health databases and increasing connectedness, however, th...

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Psychology

Wandering Mind What the Brain Does When You're Not Looking

Corballis Michael C.

ISBN: PB: 9780226418919, ISBN: HB: 9780226238616, University of Chicago Press, October 2016
184 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 halftone

If we've done our job well – and, let's be honest, if we're lucky – you'll read to the end of this description. Most likely, however, you won't. Somewhere in the middle of the next paragraph, your mind will wander off. Minds wander. That's just how i...

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Business & Economics

Housekeeping by Design Hotels and Labor

Brody David

ISBN: PB: 9780226389127, ISBN: HB: 9780226389097, University of Chicago Press, October 2016
216 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 24 halftones, 2 line drawings

One of the great pleasures of staying in a hotel is spending time in a spotless, neat, and organized space that you don't have to clean. That doesn't, however, mean the work disappears – when we're not looking, someone else is doing it. With "Houseke...

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