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A Jewish Orchestra in Nazi Germany
Musical Politics and the Berlin Jewish Culture League

Lily E. Hirsch

Examines the complicated history of a Jewish cultural organization supported by Nazi Germany

6 x 9. 268 pgs. 14 musical examples, 3 tables, 10 figures. 2011

Paper     978-0-472-03497-0     $30.00S     Available
Ebook Formats     978-0-472-02540-4          Available

 
 
 
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Academic Listening Strategies
A Guide to Understanding Lectures

Julia Salehzadeh

2011

Compact Disk (3-Pack)     978-0-472-00323-5     $25.00N     Available

 
 
 
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Africa in Translation
A History of Colonial Linguistics in Germany and Beyond, 1814-1945

Sara Pugach

A strong and thoughtful study of Afrikanistik's role in the construction of racialist knowledge in Germany

6 x 9. 318 pgs. 2012

Cloth     978-0-472-11782-6     $80.00S     Available
Ebook Formats     978-0-472-02777-4          Available

 
 
 
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American Public Opinion on the Iraq War

Ole R. Holsti

Shifts in public opinion have had an impact on U.S. foreign policy

6 x 9. 238 pgs. 17 tables, 6 figures. 2011

Cloth     978-0-472-11704-8     $90.00S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-03480-2     $40.00S     Available
Ebook Formats     978-0-472-02782-8          Available

 
 
 
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American Socialist Triptych
The Literary-Political Work of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Upton Sinclair, and W. E. B. Du Bois

Mark W. Van Wienen

A closer look at three American writers sheds new light on the evolution of socialist thought in the U.S.

6 x 9. 400 pgs. 2011

Cloth     978-0-472-11805-2     $80.00S     Available
Ebook Formats     978-0-472-02808-5          Available

 
 
 
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The Art of Cooking Morels

Ruth Mossok Johnston, Illustrations by David McCall Johnston

A stunningly illustrated book on cooking America’s most prized mushroom

8.5 x 8.25. 152 pgs. 25 color illustrations. 2012

Cloth     978-0-472-11784-0     $29.95T     Available

 
 
 
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Baroque Horrors
Roots of the Fantastic in the Age of Curiosities

David R. Castillo

Exploring the historical roots of horror in the modern age

6 x 9. 200 pgs. 5 illustrations. 2011

Paper     978-0-472-03491-8     $24.95S     Available
Ebook Formats     978-0-472-02668-5          Available

 
 
 
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Beneath the Tip of the Iceberg
Improving English and Understanding of U.S. Cultural Patterns

Darla K. Deardorff and Kay M. Bowman

7 x 10. 240 pgs. 2011

Paper     978-0-472-03333-1     $26.95S     Available

 
 
 


Bundle of Volumes 1-4 English in Today's Research World

John M. Swales and Christine B. Feak

6 x 9. 464 pgs. 2011

Quantity Pack     978-0-472-03504-5     $64.00S     Available

 
 
 
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Challenges, Book 1
Reading and Vocabulary for Academic Success

Cynthia A. Boardman and Laurie Barton

8 x 10. 240 pgs. 2012

Paper     978-0-472-03441-3     $26.00S     Available

 
 
 
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Chamber Music
An Essential History

Mark A. Radice

A thorough overview and history of chamber music

6 x 9. 384 pgs. 2 tables, 20 musical examples. 2012

Cloth     978-0-472-07165-4     $90.00S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-05165-6     $40.00S     Available
Ebook Formats     978-0-472-02811-5          Available

 
 
 
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Chinese Dreams
Pound, Brecht, Tel Quel

Eric Hayot

Explores China's significant impact on the 20th-century European avant-garde

6 x 9. 242 pgs. 2011

Paper     978-0-472-03486-4     $26.95S     Available

 
 
 
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Clear Grammar 2, 2nd edition
Keys to Grammar for English Language Learners
2nd Edition

Keith S. Folse

8.5 x 11. 376 pgs. 2012

Paper     978-0-472-03242-6     $24.95S     Available

 
 
 
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College Knowledge for the Student Athlete

David Schoem and Shelly Kovacs

5.5 x 6.5. 200 pgs. 2011

Paper     978-0-472-03454-3     $18.95S     Available

 
 
 
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Colonialism, Antisemitism, and Germans of Jewish Descent in Imperial Germany

Christian S. Davis

An exploration of anti-Semitic behaviors in the German empire in the pre-WWI period

6 x 9. 296 pgs. 7 B&W images. 2012

Cloth     978-0-472-11797-0     $70.00S     Available
Ebook Formats     978-0-472-02780-4          Available

 
 
 
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Community Identity and Archaeology
Dynamic Communities at Aphrodisias and Beycesultan

Naoíse Mac Sweeney

Exploring the notion of community identity in an archaeological context

6 x 9. 276 pgs. 9 tables, 23 images. 2011

Cloth     978-0-472-11786-4     $75.00S     Available
Ebook Formats     978-0-472-02765-1          Available

 
 
 
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Faith in Paper
The Ethnohistory and Litigation of Upper Great Lakes Indian Treaties

Charles E. Cleland

A comprehensive reference on the litigation of Indian treaty rights in the upper Great Lakes region

7 x 10. 408 pgs. 29 maps; 2 tables. 2011

Cloth     978-0-472-11729-1     $95.00S     Available

 
 
 
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Four Point Listening and Speaking Intro
English for Academic Purposes

Keith S. Folse and Robyn Brinks Lockwood

8 x 10. 208 pgs. 2011

Paperback plus CD     978-0-472-03472-7     $25.50S     Available

 
 
 
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Imagining the Forest
Narratives of Michigan and the Upper Midwest

John Knott

How the meaning of the forest developed in the Great Lakes

6 x 9. 324 pgs. 9 images, 1 map. 2011

Cloth     978-0-472-07164-7     $75.00S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-05164-9     $29.95S     Available
Ebook Formats     978-0-472-02807-8          Available

 
 
 
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The Life and Work of Francis Willey Kelsey
Archaeology, Antiquity, and the Arts

John Griffiths Pedley

If Indiana Jones had relied on trains . . .

6 x 9. 480 pgs. 30 B&W photographs, 7 line art. 2011

Cloth     978-0-472-11802-1     $75.00S     Available
Ebook Formats     978-0-472-02805-4          Available

 
 
 
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The Michigan Guide to the TOEIC(R) Speaking Test

Barbara Schroeder Jensen

8 x 10. 272 pgs. 2011

Paper with CD     978-0-472-03239-6     $28.95S     Available

 
 
 
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Open Wound
The Tragic Obsession of Dr. William Beaumont

Jason Karlawish

A fictionalized case of medical ethics in Northern Michigan

6 x 9. 280 pgs. 4 B&W Illustrations. 2011

Cloth     978-0-472-11801-4     $24.00T     Available
Ebook Formats     978-0-472-02804-7          Available

 
 
 
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Ornamentalism
The Art of Renaissance Accessories

Edited and with an Introduction by Bella Mirabella

Original essays by leading scholars on the significance of accessories in the cultural, social, and political lives of men and women in the Renaissance

6 x 9. 388 pgs. 32 page photo galley with 16 B&W and 54 color illustrations. 2011

Cloth     978-0-472-07117-3     $75.00S     Available
Ebook Formats     978-0-472-02800-9          Available

 
 
 
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Parlor Ponds
The Cultural Work of the American Home Aquarium, 1850 - 1970

Judith Hamera

The first in-depth study of the history of the home aquarium

6 x 9. 280 pgs. 5 line art, 10 halftones. 2012

Cloth     978-0-472-07166-1     $90.00S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-05166-3     $35.00S     Available
Ebook Formats     978-0-472-02810-8          Available

 
 
 
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Physical Expression and the Performing Artist
Moving Beyond the Plateau

Jerald Schwiebert

Fundamentals of movement for actors, conductors, musicians, yogis . . . and everyone else

8.5 x 11. 216 pgs. 299 illustrations. 2011

Paper     978-0-472-03416-1     $40.00S     Available

 
 
 
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Poker
The Parody of Capitalism

Ole Bjerg

The cultural meanings of poker and how it mirrors fundamental aspects of capitalism

6 x 9. 286 pgs. 7 tables, 11 figures, 7 illustrations. 2011

Cloth     978-0-472-07163-0     $85.00S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-05163-2     $35.00S     Available
Ebook Formats     978-0-472-02799-6          Available

 
 
 
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Printing and Prophecy
Prognostication and Media Change 1450-1550

Jonathan Green

Examining possible connections between prophecy and changes in media in the century after Gutenberg

6 x 9. 280 pgs. 12 images. 2011

Cloth     978-0-472-11783-3     $70.00S     Available
Ebook Formats     978-0-472-02758-3          Available

 
 
 
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Psychology and Constructivism in International Relations
An Ideational Alliance

Vaughn P. Shannon and Paul A. Kowert, Editors

Psychology and constructivism together offer new ways of understanding international relations

6 x 9. 298 pgs. 7 figures, 6 tables. 2011

Cloth     978-0-472-11799-4     $80.00S     Available
Ebook Formats     978-0-472-02781-1          Available

 
 
 
Cover Image for Reigniting, Retooling, Retiring in English Language Teaching


Reigniting, Retooling, Retiring in English Language Teaching

Christine Coombe, Liz England, and John Schmidt

6 x 9. 208 pgs. 2012

Paper     978-0-472-03386-7     $30.95S     Available

 
 
 
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Seven Stories of Threatening Speech
Women's Suffrage Meets Machine Code

Ruth A. Miller

Treating language as a type of machine code opens new avenues for the study of history and politics

6 x 9. 298 pgs. 2011

Cloth     978-0-472-11796-3     $60.00S     Available
Ebook Formats     978-0-472-02778-1          Available

 
 
 
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Silent Hill
The Terror Engine

Bernard Perron

The second entry in the Landmark Video Games series

6 x 9. 172 pgs. 12 B&W illustrations. 2012

Cloth     978-0-472-07162-3     $65.00S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-05162-5     $25.95S     Available
Ebook Formats     978-0-472-02783-5          Available

 
 
 
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Spirits and Wine

Susan Newhof

A ghostly presence compels a couple to seek the truth about their home’s unsettling past

6 x 9. 176 pgs. 2011

Cloth     978-0-472-11800-7     $24.00T     Available
Ebook Formats     978-0-472-02803-0          Available

 
 
 
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The Supreme Court and the NCAA
The Case for Less Commercialism and More Due Process in College Sports

Brian L. Porto

Porto identifies the Court’s role in shaping college sports and advances a prescription for reform

6 x 9. 264 pgs. 2012

Cloth     978-0-472-11804-5     $50.00S     Available
Ebook Formats     978-0-472-02809-2          Available

 
 
 
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Treatment of Error in Second Language Student Writing, Second Edition
Second Edition

Dana R. Ferris

6 x 9. 240 pgs. 2011

Paper     978-0-472-03476-5     $24.00S     Available

 
 
 
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The Windward Shore
A Winter on the Great Lakes

Jerry Dennis

The new book from the author of celebrated books on the Great Lakes

6 x 9. 168 pgs. 2011

Cloth     978-0-472-11816-8     $22.95T     Available
Ebook Formats     978-0-472-02825-2          Available

 
 
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