The Top 75 Community College Titles: August 2023 Edition
The best of all the titles appropriate for two-year colleges reviewed in the August issue of Choice.
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Arctic Science and Technology Information System (ASTIS). Arctic Institute of North America. Contact publisher for pricing. URL: http://www.aina.ucalgary.ca/astis/ 59-2145
Mastering APA Style Student Workbook. American Psychological Association. $39.99. URL: https://apastyle.apa.org/products/mastering-apa-style 59-2149
Medical Services and Warfare, Module II. Adam Matthew. Contact publisher for pricing. URL: https://www.medicalservicesandwarfare.amdigital.co.uk/ 59-2146
Murphy, Andrew. Shakespeare in print: a history and chronology of Shakespeare publishing. Cambridge, 2021. 646p bibl index ISBN 9781108838009, $145.00; ISBN 9781108952200 ebook, $116.00; 59-2142
Principles of energy, ed. by Richard M. Renneboog. Salem Press/Grey House, 2021. 400p bibl index ISBN 9781642657647, $165.00; ISBN 9781642657654 ebook, contact publisher for price; 59-2148
Cervigni, Dino S. Boccaccio’s Decameron: rewriting the Christian Middle Ages and the lyric tradition. ACMRS Press, 2021. 554p bibl indexes (Medieval and Renaissance texts and studies, 548) ISBN 9780866986069 pbk, $110.00; 59-2204
Dahn, Eurie. Jim Crow networks: African American periodical cultures. Massachusetts, 2021. 208p bibl index ISBN 9781625345257, $90.00; ISBN 9781625345264 pbk, $26.95; ISBN 9781613767757 ebook, contact publisher for price; 59-2173
Doig, Allan. A history of the Church through its buildings. Oxford, 2020. 392p bibl index ISBN 9780199575367, $39.95; 59-2169
Gioia, Ted. The history of jazz. Oxford, 2021. 608p bibl index ISBN 9780190087210 pbk, $24.95; ISBN 9780190087210 ebook, contact publisher for price; 59-2215
Hailey, Charlie. The porch: meditations on the edge of nature. Chicago, 2021. 224p bibl index ISBN 9780226769950, $22.50; ISBN 9780226770017 ebook, $21.99; 59-2171
Howard, Thomas Albert. The faiths of others: a history of interreligious dialogue. Yale, 2021. 376p bibl index ISBN 9780300249897, $38.00; ISBN 9780300258561 ebook, contact publisher for price; 59-2237
Kenyon, Nicholas. The life of music: new adventures in the Western classical tradition. Yale, 2021. 360p bibl index ISBN 9780300223828, $27.50; ISBN 9780300260601 ebook, contact publisher for price; 59-2217
Lenig, Stuart. The many lives of Andy Warhol. Rowman & Littlefield, 2021. 248p bibl index ISBN 9781538137024, $37.00; ISBN 9781538137031 ebook, $35.00; 59-2160
McCree, J. Woodrow. Washington Irving’s critique of American culture: sketching a vision of world citizenship. Lexington Books, 2021. 218p bibl index ISBN 9781793619617, $95.00; ISBN 9781793619624 ebook, $45.00; 59-2193
Millichap, Joseph R. Robert Penn Warren, shadowy autobiography, and other makers of American literature. Tennessee, 2021. 176p bibl index ISBN 9781621905929, $47.00; ISBN 9781621905936 ebook, $47.00; 59-2195
The Modern short story and magazine culture, 1880–1950, ed. by Elke D’hoker and Chris Mourant. Edinburgh University Press, 2021. 352p bibl index ISBN 9781474461085, $120.00; ISBN 9781474461115 ebook, $120.00; 59-2196
Montgomery, Michael. Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English, by Michael B. Montgomery and Jennifer K. N. Heinmiller. North Carolina, 2021. 1,296p ISBN 9781469662541, $169.95; ISBN 9781469662558 ebook, $99.99; 59-2179
Page, Judith W. Women, literature, and the arts of the countryside in early twentieth-century England, by Judith Page and Elise Smith. Cambridge, 2021. 261p ISBN 9781108491150, $99.99; 59-2197
Pender, Richard F. The Stephen Sondheim encyclopedia. Rowman & Littlefield, 2021. 652p bibl index ISBN 9781538115862, $135.00; ISBN 9781538115879 ebook, $128.00; 59-2220
The Rowman & Littlefield handbook of women’s studies in religion, ed. by Helen T. Boursier. Rowman & Littlefield, 2021. 390p index ISBN 9781538154441, $140.00; ISBN 9781538154458 ebook, $133.00; 59-2243
Schulitz, Helmut C. The turning point in architectural design. Hirmer, 2021. 240p ISBN 9783777436760, $45.00; 59-2172
Addressing sickle cell disease: a strategic plan and blueprint for action, ed. by Marie McCormick, Henrietta Awo Osei-Anto, and Rose Marie Martinez. National Academies Press, 2021. 522p bibl ISBN 9780309669603 pbk, $90.00; ISBN 9780309669634 ebook, contact publisher for price; 59-2299
Bont, Raf de. Nature’s diplomats: science, internationalism, and preservation,1920–1960. Pittsburgh, 2021. 373p bibl index ISBN 9780822946618, $55.00; ISBN 9780822988069 ebook, contact publisher for price; 59-2258
Cardina, John. The lives of weeds: opportunism, resistance, folly. Comstock Publishing Associates, 2021. 296p bibl index ISBN 9781501758980 pbk, $24.95; ISBN 9781501759000 ebook, contact publisher for price; 59-2268
Davies, P. C. W. What’s eating the universe?: and other cosmic questions. Chicago, 2021. 173p index ISBN 9780226816296, $22.50; ISBN 9780226816326 ebook, $21.99; 59-2254
Dingle, Adair. Object-oriented design choices. CRC Press, 2021. 348p bibl index ISBN 9780367820817, $170.00; ISBN 9780367820183 pbk, $69.95; ISBN 9781000338126 ebook, $69.95; 59-2320
Forever chemicals: environmental, economic, and social equity concerns with PFAS in the environment, ed. by David M. Kempisty and LeeAnn Racz. CRC Press, 2021. 360p index ISBN 9780367456405, $130.00; ISBN 9781003024521 ebook, $130.00; 59-2288
Hackey, Robert B. Today’s health care issues: Democrats and Republicans, by Robert B. Hackey and Todd M. Olszewski. ABC-CLIO, 2021. 380p index ISBN 9781440869150, $97.00; ISBN 9781440869167 ebook, contact publisher for price; 59-2305
Harper, Kyle. Plagues upon the earth: disease and the course of human history. Princeton, 2021. 704p bibl index ISBN 9780691192123, $35.00; ISBN 9780691224725 ebook, contact publisher for price; 59-2306
Ivanochko, Tara. Think, do, and communicate environmental science. Cambridge, 2021. 239p index ISBN 9781108423458, $74.99; ISBN 9781108437578 pbk, $39.99; ISBN 9781108534581 ebook, $32.00; 59-2278
James, Tim. Astronomical: from quarks to quasars; the science of space at its strangest. Pegasus Books, 2021. 208p ISBN 9781643137872, $26.95; 59-2328
Merenlender, Adina Maya. Climate stewardship: taking collective action to protect California, by Adina Merenlender with Brendan Buhler. California, 2021. 296p bibl index ISBN 9780520378940 pbk, $19.95; ISBN 9780520976450 ebook, $19.95; 59-2280
Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey. Marie Curie: a reference guide to her life and works. Rowman & Littlefield, 2021. 126p bibl index ISBN 9781538130018, $65.00; ISBN 9781538130025 ebook, $62.00; 59-2252
Perakslis, Eric D. Digital health: understanding the benefit-risk patient-provider framework, by Eric D. Perakslis and Martin Stanley. Oxford, 2021. 266p bibl index ISBN 9780197503133, $125.00; ISBN 9780197503140 pbk, $35.00; ISBN 9780197503164 ebook, contact publisher for price; 59-2313
Salaris, Maurizio. Age-dating stars: from the sun to distant galaxies. CRC Press, 2021. 294p bibl index ISBN 9780367443993, $140.00; ISBN 9780367441241 pbk, $54.95; ISBN 9781000392616 ebook, $54.95; 59-2256
Seneff, Stephanie. Toxic legacy: how the weed killer glyphosate is destroying our health and the environment. Chelsea Green, 2021. 272p bibl index ISBN 9781603589291, $24.95; ISBN 9781603589307 ebook, contact publisher for price; 59-2274
Star-formation rates of galaxies, ed. by Andreas Zezas and Véronique Buat. Cambridge, 2021. 281p index (Cambridge astrophysics series, 55) ISBN 9781107184169, $155.00; ISBN 9781316880111 ebook, $124.00; 59-2257
SturtzSreetharan, Cindi. Fat in four cultures: a global ethnography of weight, by Cindi SturtzSreetharan et al. Toronto, 2021. 236p bibl index ISBN 9781487508005, $70.00; ISBN 9781487525620 pbk, $26.95; ISBN 9781487537364 ebook, $21.95; 59-2315
Surbeck, Cristiane. Site assessment and remediation for environmental engineers, by Cristiane Q. Surbeck and Jeff Kuo. CRC Press, 2021. 322p bibl index ISBN 9781138385450, $130.00; ISBN 9780429427107 ebook, $130.00; 59-2292
Voluntarily stopping eating and drinking: a compassionate, widely-available option for hastening death, ed. by Timothy E. Quill et al. Oxford, 2021. 312p bibl index ISBN 9780190080730, $59.95; ISBN 9780190080761 ebook, contact publisher for price; 59-2317
Wadham, Jemma L. Ice rivers: a story of glaciers, wilderness, and humanity. Princeton, 2021. 256p bibl ISBN 9780691229003, $26.95; ISBN 9780691229010 ebook, contact publisher for price; 59-2282
Woida, Kathleen. Iowa’s remarkable soils: the story of our most vital resource and how we can save it. Iowa, 2021. 256p bibl index ISBN 9781609387501 pbk, $25.00; ISBN 9781609387518 ebook, contact publisher for price; 59-2283
Wright, Stephen J. Aviation safety and security: utilizing technology to prevent aircraft fatality. CRC Press, 2021. 202p index ISBN 9780367275198, $120.00; ISBN 9780429296451 ebook, $120.00; 59-2297
Yu, Junzhi. Visual perception and control of underwater robots, by Junzhi Yu, Xingyu Chen, and Shihan Kong. CRC Press, 2021. 250p bibl ISBN 9780367695781, $120.00; ISBN 9781003144281 ebook, $120.00; 59-2298
Bacevich, Andrew J. After the apocalypse: America’s role in a world transformed. Metropolitan Books, 2021. 224p bibl index ISBN 9781250795991, $26.99; ISBN 9781250796004 ebook, contact publisher for price; 59-2416
Black, Jeremy. France: a short history. Thames & Hudson, 2021. 249p bibl index ISBN 9780500252505, $24.95; ISBN 9780500776445 ebook, contact publisher for price; 59-2410
Booth, Katie. The invention of miracles: language, power, and Alexander Graham Bell’s quest to end deafness. Simon & Schuster, 2021. 416p bibl index ISBN 9781501167096, $30.00; ISBN 9781501167102 ebook, $14.99; 59-2393
Borenstein, Eliot. Pussy Riot: speaking punk to power. Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. 152p index ISBN 9781350113541, $61.00; ISBN 9781350113534 pbk, $17.95; ISBN 9781350113565 ebook, contact pub-lisher for price; 59-2332
Carleton, William R. Fruit, fiber, and fire: a history of modern agriculture in New Mexico. Nebraska, 2021. 228p bibl index ISBN 9781496216168, $55.00; ISBN 9781496226969 ebook, $55.00; 59-2351
Dutch and indigenous communities in seventeenth-century northeastern North America: what archaeology, history, and indigenous oral traditions teach us about their intercultural relationships, ed. by Lucianne Lavin. SUNY Press, 2021. 342p bibl index ISBN 9781438483177, $95.00; ISBN 9781438483184 ebook, contact publisher for price; 59-2395
Evangelicals and presidential politics: from Jimmy Carter to Donald Trump, ed. by Andrew S. Moore. Louisiana State, 2021. 208p index ISBN 9780807174340, $40.00; ISBN 9780807174852 ebook, contact publisher for price; 59-2419
Finding refuge in Canada: narratives of dislocation, ed. by George Melnyk and Christina Parker. Athabasca University, 2021. 196p bibl ISBN 9781771993012 pbk, $27.99; ISBN 9781771993036 ebook, contact publisher for price; 59-2333
Ganster, Paul. U.S.-Mexican border today: conflict and cooperation in historical perspective, by Paul Ganster and Kimberly Collins. fourth ed. Rowman & Littlefield, 2021. 364p bibl index ISBN 9781538131794, $99.00; ISBN 9781538131800 pbk, $34.00; ISBN 9781538131817 ebook, $32.00; 59-2396
García, María Elena. Gastropolitics and the specter of race: stories of capital, culture, and coloniality in Peru. California, 2021. 320p bibl index (California studies in food and culture, 76) ISBN 9780520301894, $85.00; ISBN 9780520301900 pbk, $29.95; ISBN 9780520972308 ebook, $29.95; 59-2345
Gordon, Hava Rachel. This is our school!: race and community resistance to school reform. New York University, 2021. 304p bibl index ISBN 9781479848317, $89.00; ISBN 9781479890057 pbk, $30.00; ISBN 9781479843633 ebook, contact publisher for price; 59-2357
Headworth, Spencer. Policing welfare: punitive adversarialism in public assistance. Chicago, 2021. 272p bibl index ISBN 9780226779225, $97.50; ISBN 9780226779362 pbk, $32.50; ISBN 9780226779539 ebook, contact publisher for price; 59-2437
Hemelrijk, Emily Ann. Women and society in the Roman world: a sourcebook of inscriptions from the Roman West. Cambridge, 2021. 345p bibl index ISBN 9781107142459, $130.00; ISBN 9781108889773 ebook, $105.03; 59-2375
Hill, Karlos K. The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: a photographic history. Oklahoma, 2021. 288p bib ISBN 9780806168562, $34.95; 59-2397
Hosseini, S. Behnaz. Trauma and the rehabilitation of trafficked women: the experiences of Yazidi survivors. Routledge, 2020. 210p index ISBN 9780367902155, $160.00; ISBN 9781003023180 ebook, $48.95; 59-2438
Inclusive instruction for students with emotional and behavioral disorders: pulling back the curtain, [ed.] by John William McKenna and Reesha Adamson. Lexington Books, 2021. 222p bibl ISBN 9781498596428, $95.00; ISBN 9781498596435 ebook, $45.00; 59-2358
Legacies of Fukushima: 3.11 in context, ed. by Kyle Cleveland, Scott Gabriel Knowles, and Ryuma Shineha. Pennsylvania, 2021. 344p bibl index ISBN 9780812252989, $49.95; ISBN 9780812298000 ebook, con-tact publisher for price; 59-2336
Lelli, Colleen. Trauma-sensitive schools: the importance of instilling grit, determination, and resilience. Rowman & Littlefield, 2021. 174p ISBN 9781475849226, $70.00; ISBN 9781475849233 pbk, $34.00; ISBN 9781475849240 ebook, $32.00; 59-2359
Lvovsky, Anna. Vice patrol: cops, courts, and the struggle over urban gay life before Stonewall. Chicago, 2021. 360p bibl index ISBN 9780226769646, $105.00; ISBN 9780226769783 pbk, $35.00; ISBN 9780226769813 ebook, $34.99; 59-2399
Markovits, Claude. India and the world: a history of connections, c. 1750–2000. Cambridge, 2021. 275p index ISBN 9781107186750, $84.99; ISBN 9781316637456 pbk, $25.99; ISBN 9781316899847 ebook, $21,00; 59-2378
Queen Victoria’s wars: British military campaigns,1857–1902, ed. by Stephen M. Miller. Cambridge, 2021. 322p index ISBN 9781108490122, $39.99; ISBN 9781108802772 ebook, $32.00; 59-2409
Racine, Catherine A. Beyond clinical dehumanisation toward the other in community mental health care: Levinas, wonder and autoethnography. Routledge, 2021. 220p bibl index ISBN 9780367511944, $160.00; ISBN 9780367511937 pbk, $39.95; ISBN 9781003052760 ebook, $39.95; 59-2425
Roller, Duane W. Empire of the Black Sea: the rise and fall of the Mithridatic world. Oklahoma, 2020. 296p bibl index ISBN 9780190887841, $29.95; ISBN 9780190887865 ebook, contact publisher for price; 59-2376
Rotunda, Michele. A drunkard’s defense: alcohol, murder, and medical jurisprudence in nineteenth-century America. Massachusetts, 2021. 216p bibl index ISBN 9781625345530, $90.00; ISBN 9781625345547 pbk, $28.95; ISBN 9781613767993 ebook, contact publisher for price; 59-2401
Rudolf, Gloria. Esperanza speaks: confronting a century of global change in rural Panama. Toronto, 2021. 224p bibl index ISBN 9781487594701, $70.00; ISBN 9781487594695 pbk, $26.95; ISBN 9781487594718 ebook, $21.95; 59-2349
Russo, Amy. Women of the White House: the illustrated story of the First Ladies of the United States of America. Welbeck, 2021. 192p ISBN 9781787393882, $19.95; 59-2403
Schrier, Karen. We the gamers: how games teach ethics and civics. Oxford, 2021. 402p bibl index ISBN 9780190926106, $99.00; ISBN 9780190926113 pbk, $39.95; ISBN 9780190926137 ebook, contact pub-lisher for price; 59-2363
Tierney, William G. Higher education for democracy: the role of the university in civil society. SUNY Press, 2021. 310p bibl index ISBN 9781438484495, $95.00; ISBN 9781438484501 pbk, $29.95; ISBN 9781438484518 ebook, contact publisher for price; 59-2364
Wooster, Robert. The United States Army and the making of America: from confederation to empire, 1775–1903. University Press of Kansas, 2021. 496p bibl index ISBN 9780700630646, $39.95; ISBN 9780700630653 ebook, contact publisher for price; 59-2405
Working while Black: essays on television portrayals of African American professionals, ed. by LaToya T. Brackett. McFarland, 2021. 228p bibl index ISBN 9781476675213 pbk, $45.00; ISBN 9781476642345 ebook, contact publisher for price; 59-2340
Wrenn, Corey Lee. Animals in Irish society: interspecies oppression and vegan liberation in Britain’s first colony. SUNY Press, 2021. 268p bibl index ISBN 9781438484358, $85.00; ISBN 9781438484365 ebook, contact publisher for price; 59-2444
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