[LM_NET] "Best of the Best" program @ ALA Annual

[Rachel Weiss <rweiss@AAUPNET.ORG>]

Read any great books lately?
Learn about any great books lately?
WIN ANY GREAT BOOKS LATELY?!

At the 2006 ALA Annual Conference (June 22-28, 
New Orleans, LA), attend "The Best of the Best 
from the University Presses: Books You Should Know About"

Sunday, June 25, 2006
Time : 1:30 pm
Place : Morial Convention Center, Room 294

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. At this program, AASL and PLA 
librarians will introduce recent titles they have 
found to be The Best for a variety of reasons. 
Come discover 27 book titles from a variety of 
subjects and presses, and learn why they should 
be acquired for library collections.

* Book Raffle at the end of the program!  Titles 
presented will be raffled among four program attendees!

This program is sponsored by: the American 
Association of School Librarians (AASL), the 
Public Library Association (PLA), and presented 
by: the Association of American University 
Presses (AAUP). For further information, contact 
Rachel Weiss, at rweiss@aaupnet.org.

PROGRAM PANELISTS:
Christina Maria Beaird (PLA), Plainfield Public Libraries, Plainfield, IL
Mary Cosper-LeBoeuf (PLA), Terrenbone Parish Library, Houma, LA
Clark Heath (AASL), Southfield Lathrup High School, Lathrup Village, MI
Terri Lent (AASL), Patrick Henry High School, Ashland VA
Judith E. McGowan (AASL), NYC Dept. of Education, New York, NY

TITLES PRESENTED (in dewey decimal order):

210.3  In Search of Myths and Heroes: Exploring 
Four Epic Legends of the World by Michael Wood
University of California Press/ $ 24.95 cloth
Subjects: Mythology, Folklore, History

221.9’1  The Natural History of the Bible by Daniel Hillel
Columbia University Press / $ 32.50 cloth
Subjects: The Bible [Old Testament],Human Ecology, Judaism

302.6  The Last Refuge: Patriotism, Politics, and 
the Environment in an Age of Terror by David W. Orr
Island Press / $ 14.95 paper
Subjects: Political Freedom & Security, Current Events, Essays

304.6’09  American People: Census 2000 by Reynolds Farley and John Haaga
The Russell Sage Foundation / $ 35.00 paper
Subjects: Census & General Statistics, Sociology, United States

305.4’09  Before Victoria: Extraordinary Women of 
the British Romantic Era by Elizabeth Campbell Delinger
Columbia University Press / $ 39.50 cloth
Subjects: Biography/Autobiography, British History, Women’s Studies

305.896  Black Bangor: African Americans in a 
Maine Community, 1880-1950 by Maureen Elgersman-Lee
University Press of New England / $ 22.00 paper
Subjects: African-American Studies, 20th Century, Biography/Autobiography

305.896  Lost  Delta Found: Rediscovering The 
Fisk University-Library Of Congress Coahoma County Study by John W. Work
Vanderbilt University Press / $ 34.95 cloth
Subjects: African-American Studies, Music­The Blues, The Delta Region

306.362  Equiano, the African: Biography of a Self-Made Man by Vincent Carretta
University of Georgia Press / $ 29.95 cloth
Subjects: United States­Colonial Period, Biography/Autobiography, Great Britain

323.173  We Are All Suspects Now: Untold Stories 
 From Immigrant Communities After 9/11 by Tram Nguyen
Beacon Press / $ 14.00 paper
Subjects: Emigration & Immigration, “September 
11th/War on Terror”, Social Science

323.6’5  To the Flag: The Unlikely History of the 
Pledge of Allegiance by Richard J. Ellis
University Press of Kansas / $ 29.95 cloth
Subjects: U.S. History, Patriotism, Civil Rights, Political Idealogy

328.73  Changing the Face of Power: Women in the U.S. Senate by Melina Mara
University of Texas Press / $ 34.95 cloth
Subjects: Political Science, Women’s Studies, Government-Legislative Branch

333.72  What a Book Can Do: The Publication and 
Reception of Silent Spring by Priscilla Coit Murphy
University of Massachusetts Press / $ 34.95 cloth
Subjects: Books & Reading, Literary Criticism, Environmental Studies

808.1  The Poetry Home Repair Manual: Practical 
Advice for Beginning Poets by Ted Kooser
University of Nebraska Press / $ 19.95 cloth
Subjects: Composition, Creative Writing, Language Arts

812  Captured! A Boy Trapped in the Civil War by Mary Blair Immel
Indiana Historical Society Press / $ 6.95  paper
Subjects: Children’s Books (Gr. 4-6), Fiction, The Civil War

813.509  The Contemporary African American Novel: 
Its Folk Roots and Modern Literary Branches by Bernard W. Bell
University of Massachusetts Press / $ 24.95 paper
Subjects: African American Writers, 20th Century, American Fiction

813.54  The Meaning of Consuelo: A Novel by Judith Ortiz Cofer
Beacon Press / $ 13.00 paper
Subjects: Fiction, Loss (Psychological), Puerto Rico

813.54  Somebody’s Daughter: A Novel by Marie Myung-Ok Lee
Beacon Press / $ 14.00 paper
Subjects: Fiction, Asian American literature, Adoption

813.54  Can Anything Beat White? A Black Family’s Letters by Elizabeth Petry
University Press of Mississippi / $ 35.00 cloth
Subjects: African American Studies, 20th Century, Families, Biography

822.3’3 Annotated Shakespeare Series: Macbeth, 
Othello, Taming of the Shrew by Wiliam Shakespeare
Yale University Press / $ 6.95 paper (each)
Subjects: Shakespeare, Study Guides, Drama/Plays

909  A Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich
Yale University Press / $ 25.00 cloth
Subjects: History, Young Adult Reference

911.22  Cities of the World: A History in Maps by Peter Whitfield
University of California Press / $ 39.95 cloth
Subjects: Geography, Earth Sciences, Urban Sociology

917.12  The Mapmaker's Eye: David Thompson on the 
Columbia Plateau by Jack Nisbet
Washington State University Press / $ 29.95 paper
Subjects: Biography, Cartography, Canada

940.54’2  Unknown Battle of Midway: The 
Destruction of the American Torpedo Squadrons  by Alvin Kernan
Yale University Press / $ 26.00 cloth
Subjects: Military/War History, World War II, Military Aviation

956.704   Sister in the Band of Brothers: 
Embedded with the 101st Airborne in Iraq by Katherine Skiba
University Press of Kansas / $ 29.95 cloth
Subjects: War Correspondence, Iraq War 2003-, Military

956.94  How Israelis and Palestinians Negotiate by Tamara Cofman Wittes
U.S. Institute of Peace Press / $ 14.95 paper
Subjects: Arab-Israeli Conflict, Ethnic Studies, International Relations

These and over 400 other University Press titles 
can be found at http://aaupnet.org/librarybooks

Hope to see you there!


Rachel Weiss
Marketing Manager
The Association of American University Presses
71 West 23rd Street, Suite 901
New York, New York 10010
212-989-1010 x27, 212-989-0275 fax
http://aaupnet.org 

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