[Publib] Best Books program, Sunday June 29th

Tue Jun 10 09:51:10 EDT 2008

At the 2008 ALA Annual Conference (June 26 - July 2), all librarians are
invited to attend the program: 

"The Best of the Best from the University Presses: Books You Should Know
About"

DATE: Sunday, June 29th, 1:30 pm

LOCATION: Anaheim Convention Center, room 204A

PROGRAM TRACK: Collection Management &Technical Services; Collection
Development

Learn about great books for your library, and get a chance to win some, too!

University Presses represent an often undiscovered gold mine of resources
for libraries. 24 University Press titles will be presented by PLA and
AASL-division librarians from the 2007-08 University Press Books Committee.
Titles represent those featured in the 2008 University Press Books Selected
for Public and Secondary School Libraries Bibliography, an annual collection
development tool produced by the Association of American University Presses
(AAUP) in coordination with the University Press Books committees of ALA.
Gratis copies available at this program. **A raffle of all books presented
will be drawn at the end of the program. 

2008 "Best of the Best" program title list (dewey decimal order):

306.362 Ending Slavery: How We Free Today's Slaves by Kevin Bales

University of California Press / $ 24.95 cloth

Subjects: Human Rights, Poverty, Political Freedom & Security

306.4 Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America by
Jeff Wiltse 

The University of North Carolina Press / $ 29.95 cloth

Subjects: Social History, U.S. History-20th Century, Swimming & Diving,
Parks & Recreation

327.124 Spy Wars: Moles, Mysteries, and Deadly Games by Tennent H. Bagley

Yale University Press / $ 28.00 cloth, $ 17.00 paper

Subjects: Military - Intelligence/Espionage 

328.73 Barbara Jordan: Speaking the Truth with Eloquent Thunder by Max
Sherman

University of Texas Press / $ 19.95 Cloth

Subjects: Civil Rights, Biography, Women

331.813 Femininity in Flight: A History of Flight Attendants by Kathleen M.
Barry

Duke University Press / $79.95 cloth, $ 22.95 paper

Subjects: Feminism, U.S. History-20th Century, Women & Business

333.959 Buffalo Nation: American Indian Efforts to Restore the Bison by Ken
Zontek

University of Nebraska Press / $19.95 paper

Subjects: Nature Studies-Mammals, Native Americans, U.S. History-19th
Century

340.092  Belva Lockwood: The Woman Who Would Be President by Jill Norgren

New York University Press / $35.00 cloth

Subjects: Historical Biography, U.S. History-19th Century, Women

391 Producing Fashion: Commerce, Culture, and Consumers by Regina Lee
Blaszczyk

University of Pennsylvania Press / $ 55.00 cloth

Subjects: Fashion & Costume, U.S. History-20th Century

394.266 Christmas: A Candid History by Bruce David Forbes

University of California Press / $ 19.95 cloth

Subjects:  Holidays - Christmas & Advent, North American Culture 

796.932 The Culture and Sport of Skiing: From Antiquity to World War II by
John B. E. Allen

University of Massachusetts Press / $80.00 cloth, $ 26.95 paper

Subjects: Sports History, Skiing

810.809 Risk, Courage, and Women: Contemporary Voices in Prose and Poetry by
Karen A. Waldron, et al.

The University of North Texas Press /$ 34.95 cloth, $ 19.95 paper 

Subjects: Women Writers, Anthologies (multiple authors), Literature

811.54 The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry by Francisco Aragon (Editor)

The University of Arizona Press / $ 17.95 paper

Subjects: Hispanic Literature, Poetry Anthologies (multiple authors),
Hispanic-American Authors

812.622 Hungry Hill: A Memoir by Carole O'Malley Gaunt

University of Massachusetts Press / $19.95 paper

Subjects: Memoir, Alcoholism, Dramatists

813.52 The Plays of Josefina Niggli: Recovered Landmarks of Latino
Literature by Josefina Niggli

The University of Wisconsin Press / $ 75.00 cloth $29.95 paper

Subjects: Theater-Plays, Latin American Literature

813.54 Savoring the Salt: The Legacy of Toni Cade Bambara by Janet Holmes,
Linda Wall, and Cheryl A. Wall (Editors)

Temple University Press / $ 23.95 cloth $14.00 paper

Subjects: African Americans in Literature, Ethnic Studies, Women Writers

813.622 Once in a Promised Land: A Novel by Laila Halaby

Beacon Press / $ 23.95 cloth $14.00 paper

Subjects: Contemporary fiction, Ethnic-American fiction

818.609 Without a Map: A Memoir by Meredith Hall

Beacon Press / $ 24.95 cloth, $ 14.00 paper

Subjects: Social life and customs, Memoir, Childhood & Youth

823.622 The Sylph: A Novel by Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire

Northwestern University Press / $ 18.95 paper

Subjects: European Classics, Guardian Angels 

943.845 They Called Me Mayer July: Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood in
Poland before the Holocaust 

by Meyer Kirshenblatt and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett

University of California Press / $ 39.95 cloth

Subjects: Ethnic Cultures, Eastern Europe, Art/Artist's Biography

971.428 After Auschwitz: One Man's Story by Hermann Gruenwald

McGill-Queen's University Press / $39.95 cloth

Subjects: Holocaust Survivors, Biography, Jews in Canada

973.46 Thomas Jefferson: Draftsman of a Nation by Natalie S. Bober

The University of Virginia Press / $ 22.95 cloth

Subjects: Children 12 and up-Biography, U.S. Presidents

973.709 Stealing Lincoln's Body by Thomas J. Craughwell

Harvard University Press / $ 24.95 cloth

Subjects: United States-Civil War, Criminology

973.921 Mamie Doud Eisenhower: The General's First Lady by Marilyn Irvin
Holt

University Press of Kansas / $ 29.95 cloth

Subjects: First Ladies, United States-20th Century, Biography

977.3 Chicago under Glass: Early Photographs from the Chicago Daily News by
Mark Jacob and Richard Cahan

The University of Chicago Press / $ 45.00 cloth

Subjects: Photojournalism, U.S. History-20th Century, Collections/Exhibitons

For further information, including copies of the 2008 University Press Books
Bibliography, please contact Rachel Weiss-Feldman at rweiss at aaupnet.org

Rachel Weiss-Feldman

Marketing Manager

Association of American University Presses

71 West 23rd St., Suite 901

New York, NY  10010

212-989-1010, x27 / Fax: 212-989-0275

rweiss at aaupnet.org

http://aaupnet.org

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