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Virginia Woolf

Becoming a Writer

Katherine Dalsimer

By the time she was twenty-four, Virginia Woolf had suffered a series of devastating losses that later she would describe as “sledge-hammer blows,” beginning with the death of her mother when she was thirteen years old...

November 30, 2011, Paper, $26.00

Strategies for School Equity

Creating Productive Schools in a Just Society

Edited by Marilyn J. Gittell

In the pursuit of a first-rate education for all students, America’s public schools have struggled to achieve fuller racial integration and higher academic standards. Yet sharp inequities between prosperous school districts...

November 30, 2011, Paper, $29.00

Israelis and the Jewish Tradition

An Ancient People Debating Its Future

David Hartman

In this powerful book one of the most important Jewish thinkers in the world today grapples with issues that increasingly divide Israel’s secular Jewish community from its religious Zionists. Addressing the concerns of...

November 30, 2011, Paper, $24.00

The Music of Alban Berg

Dave Headlam

Austrian composer Alban Berg (1885-1935), along with his contemporaries Arnold Schoenberg and Anton von Webern, dramatically altered the musical landscape of the Western world. Dave Headlam offers a comprehensive analysis of...

November 30, 2011, Paper, $45.00

The Informant

The FBI, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Murder of Viola Liuzzo

Gary May

In The Informant, historian Gary May reveals the untold story of the murder of civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo, shot to death by members of the violent Birmingham Ku Klux Klan at the end of Martin Luther...

November 30, 2011, Paper, $45.00

The Evolution of the Gospel

A New Translation of the First Gospel with Commentary and Introductory Essay

J. Enoch Powell

Many biblical scholars believe that the Gospel of Matthew was written after those of Mark and Luke. In this controversial book, an eminent politician who is also a distinguished classical scholar refutes this idea, using...

November 30, 2011, Paper, $26.00

The Anti-Marcos Struggle

Personalistic Rule and Democratic Transition in the Philippines

Mark R. Thompson

The Philippine dictatorship of Ferdinand E. Marcos was characterized by family-based rule and corruption. This sultanistic regime—in which the ruler exercised power freely, without loyalty to any ideology or institution—had...

November 30, 2011, Paper, $29.00

Ancient Music Adapted to Modern Practice

Nicola Vicentino; Edited by Claude V. Palisca; Translated by Maria Rika Maniates

First published in Rome in 1555, Nicola Vicentino's treatise was one of the most influential music theory texts of the sixteenth century. This translation by Maria Rika Maniates is the first English-language edition of...

November 30, 2011, Paper, $52.00

History and Educational Policymaking

Maris A. Vinovskis

In this book an eminent scholar and policymaker analyzes the lessons history can teach those who wish to reform the American educational system. Maris Vinovskis begins by tracing the evolving role of the federal...

November 30, 2011, Paper, $37.00

After the Fires

The Ecology of Change in Yellowstone National Park

Edited by Linda L. Wallace

The ravaging fires in Yellowstone National Park in 1988 caused grave concern among scientists about the possible short- and longterm repercussions. This book provides the first comprehensive scientific summary of the actual...

November 30, 2011, Paper, $39.00

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