The Top 75 Community College Titles: February 2020 Edition

The best of all the titles appropriate for two-year colleges reviewed in the February issue of Choice.

Posted on February 27, 2020 in Top 75 Community College Titles

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American political humor: masters of satire and their impact on U.S. policy and culture, ed. by Jody C Baumgartner. ABC-CLIO, 2019. 2v bibl index ISBN 9781440854859, $204.00; ISBN 9781440854866 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-1798

Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity Online. Brill. Contact publisher for pricing. URL: referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/brill-encyclopedia-of-early-christianity-online 57-1801

Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Online. Walter de Gruyter GmbH. Contact publisher for pricing. URL: degruyter.com/view/db/ebr 57-1802

Literary geography: an encyclopedia of real and imagined settings, ed. by Lynn Marie Houston. Greenwood, 2019. 381p bibl index ISBN 9781440842542, $97.00; ISBN 9781440842559 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-1804

Propst, Andy. The 100 most important people in musical theatre. Rowman & Littlefield, 2019. 241p bibl index ISBN 9781538116180, $50.00; ISBN 9781538116197 ebook, $47.50; 57-1806

Reimer, Robert C. Historical dictionary of German cinema, by Robert C. Reimer and Carol J. Reimer. 2nd ed. Rowman & Lit-tlefield, 2019. 499p bibl ISBN 9781538119396, $100.00; ISBN 9781538119402 ebook, $95.00; 57-1807

Sociology Source Ultimate. EBSCO. Contact publisher for pricing. URL: ebsco.com/products/research-databases/sociology-source-ultimate 57-1818

Syndetics Unbound. ProQuest. Contact publisher for pricing. URL: proquest.syndetics.com 57-1800

Humanities

Boardley, John. Typographic firsts: adventures in early printing. Bodleian Library, 2019. (Dist. by Chicago) 192p bibl index ISBN 9781851244737, $40.00; 57-1821

Coddington, Mark. Aggregating the news: secondhand storytelling and the changing work of digital journalism. Columbia, 2019. 282p bibl index ISBN 9780231187305, $105.00; ISBN 9780231187312 pbk, $35.00; ISBN 9780231547192 ebook, $34.99; 57-1835

A Companion to British and Irish cinema, ed. by John Hill. Wiley-Blackwell, 2019. 593p bibl index ISBN 9781118477519, $195.00; ISBN 9781118482834 ebook, $156.99; 57-1879

Esquivel, John Corso. Feminist subjectivities in fiber art and craft: shadows of affect. Routledge, 2019. 154p bibl index ISBN 9780815374282, $150.00; ISBN 9781351187831 ebook, $57.95; 57-1824

Ferber, Linda S. The American Pre-Raphaelites: radical realists, by Linda S. Ferber and Nancy K. Anderson with Tim Barringer et al. National Gallery of Art, Washington/Yale, 2019. 293p bibl index ISBN 9780300242522, $65.00; 57-1830

Fletcher, Judith. Myths of the underworld in contemporary culture: the backward gaze. Oxford, 2019. 224p bibl index ISBN 9780198767091, $85.00; ISBN 9780191079801 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-1845

Hall, Marcia B. The power of color: five centuries of European painting. Yale, 2019. 293p bibl index ISBN 9780300237191, $45.00; 57-1825

The Last knight: the art, armor, and ambition of Maximilian I, ed. by Pierre Terjanian. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019. (Dist. by Yale) 340p bibl index ISBN 9781588396747, $65.00; 57-1826

Mountfort, Paul. Planet cosplay: costume play, identity and global fandom, by Paul Mountfort, Anne Peirson-Smith, and Adam Geczy. Intellect, 2019. 299p index ISBN 9781783209569, $96.00; ISBN 9781789381511 pbk, $49.00; ISBN 9781783209576 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-1890

Palmer, Daryl W. Becoming Willa Cather: creation and career. Nevada, 2019. 244p bibl index ISBN 9781948908276, $39.95; ISBN 9781948908283 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-1863

Pasco, Allan H. The nineteenth-century French short story: masterpieces in miniature. Routledge, 2020. 198p bibl index (Routledge studies in nineteenth-century literature, 50) ISBN 9780367332716, $140.00; ISBN 9780429319006 ebook, $49.95; 57-1872

Rée, Jonathan. Witcraft: the invention of philosophy in English. Yale, 2019. 746p bibl index ISBN 9780300247367, $37.50; ISBN 9780300248807 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-1896

Rosenbaum, Jonathan. Cinematic encounters: portraits and polemics. Illinois, 2019. 310p index ISBN 9780252042553, $110.00; ISBN 9780252084386 pbk, $24.95; ISBN 9780252051395 ebook, $14.95; 57-1885

Rosenblum, Naomi. A world history of photography. Abbeville, 2019. 74p bibl index ISBN 9780789213433, $60.00; 57-1834

Rosenwald, Brian. Talk radio’s America: how an industry took over a political party that took over the United States. Harvard, 2019. 358p index ISBN 9780674185012, $29.95; ISBN 9780674243224 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-1838

Stache, Lara C. Gilmore girls: a cultural history, by Lara C. Stache and Rachel Davidson. Rowman & Littlefield, 2019. 221p bibl index ISBN 9781538112830, $35.00; ISBN 9781538112847 ebook, $33.00; 57-1839

Sylvia Plath in context, ed. by Tracy Brain. Cambridge, 2019. 419p bibl index ISBN 9781108470131, $106.53; ISBN 9781108556200 ebook, contact pubisher for price; 57-1864

Weissman, Dick. A new history of American and Canadian folk music. Bloomsbury Academic, 2019. 331p bibl index ISBN 9781501344152, $120.00; ISBN 9781501344145 pbk, $29.95; ISBN 9781501344176 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-1889

Wheeler, Sara. Mud and stars: travels in Russia with Pushkin and other geniuses of the Golden Age. Jonathan Cape, 2019. 287p bibl index ISBN 9780224098014, $20.84; ISBN 9781448162284 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-1878

Wood, Christopher S. A history of art history. Princeton, 2019. 461p bibl index ISBN 9780691156521, $35.00; ISBN 9780691194318 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-1828

Zarefsky, David. The practice of argumentation: effective reasoning in communication. Cambridge, 2019. 273p bibl index ISBN 9781107034716, $84.99; ISBN 9781107681439 pbk, $24.99; ISBN 9781108763011 ebook, $21.00; 57-1840

Science & Technology

Cohen, Lewis M. A dignified ending: taking control over how we die. Rowman & Littlefield, 2019. 373p bibl index ISBN 9781538115749, $32.00; ISBN 9781538115756 ebook, $30.00; 57-1931

A Complete guide to wireless sensor networks: from inception to current trends, by Ankur Dumka et al. CRC Press, 2019. 339p bibl ISBN 9781138578289, $99.95; ISBN 9780429286841 ebook, $99.95; 57-1926

Endsley, Kezia. Health and fitness professionals: practical career guide. Rowman & Littlefield, 2019. 119p bibl ISBN 9781538111833 pbk, $35.00; ISBN 9781538111840 ebook, $33.00; 57-1934

Framing healthcare instruction: an information literacy handbook for the health sciences, ed. by Lauren M. Young and Elizabeth G. Hinton. Rowman & Littlefield, 2019. 154p index ISBN 9781538118924, $120.00; ISBN 9781538118931 pbk, $60.00; ISBN 9781538118948 ebook, $57.00; 57-1935

Green, Reliable and Viable: perspectives on India’s shift towards low-carbon energy, ed by Ajay Mathur, Adair Turner, and Noëmie Leprince-Ringuet. CRC Press, 2019. 90p bibl ISBN 9780367273088, $145.49; ISBN 9780429296024 ebook, con-tact publisher for price; 57-1907

Greengard, Samuel. Virtual reality. MIT, 2019. 243p bibl index ISBN 9780262537520 pbk, $15.95; ISBN 9780262354684 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-1952

Handbook of nutrition and diet in palliative care, ed. by Victor R. Preedy. 2nd ed. CRC Press, 2019. 428p bibl index ISBN 9781138064072, $159.95; ISBN 9781315160627 ebook, $57.95; 57-1937

Hinrichsen, Gregory A. Assessment and treatment of older adults: a guide for mental health professionals. American Psychological Association, 2019. 233p bibl index ISBN 9781433831102 pbk, $49.99; ISBN 9781433831393 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-1938

Human enhancement drugs, ed. by Katinka van de Ven, Kyle J.D. Mulrooney, and Jim McVeigh. Routledge, 2020. 335p bibl index ISBN 9781138552791, $150.00; ISBN 9781315148328 ebook, $27.48; 57-1939

Investigation of sudden infant death syndrome, ed. by Marta C. Cohen et al. Cambridge, 2019. 274p index ISBN 9781108185981, $125.00; ISBN 9781108670845 ebook, $100.00; 57-1940

Laryngology: clinical reference guide, by Justin Ross et al. Plural Publishing, 2020. 534p index ISBN 9781635501407 pbk, $119.95; ISBN 9781635501360 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-1941

Milner, Clare E. Functional anatomy for sport and exercise: a quick A-to-Z reference. Routledge, 2019. 152p bibl index ISBN 9781138541238, $150.00; ISBN 9780367150563 pbk, $40.95; ISBN 9780429201066 ebook, $40.95; 57-1972

Parasecoli, Fabio. Food. MIT, 2019. 211p bibl index ISBN 9780262537315 pbk, $15.95; ISBN 9780262353779 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-1908

Schroeder, Brandon C. The life of the lakes: a guide to the Great Lakes fishery, by Brandon C. Schroeder, Dan M. O’Keefe, and Shari L. Dann. 4th ed. Michigan, 2019. 126p bibl ISBN 9780472037216 pbk, $19.95; ISBN 9780472123865 ebook, con-tact publisher for price; 57-1916

Selvin, S. The joy of statistics: a treasury of elementary statistical tools and their applications. Oxford, 2019. 211p index ISBN 9780198833444, $26.95; 57-1963

Shah, Jignesh. Heart health: a guide to the tests and treatments you really need. Rowman & Littlefield, 2019. 237p bibl index ISBN 9781538126691, $30.00; ISBN 9781538126707 ebook, $28.50; 57-1946

Social scaffolding: applying the lessons of contemporary social science to health and healthcare, ed. by Richard Williams et al. Cambridge, 2019. 351p bibl index ISBN 9781911623045 pbk, $49.99; ISBN 9781108579131 ebook, $40.00; 57-1947

Strawbridge Howard, Brigit. Dancing with bees: a journey back to nature. Chelsea Green, 2019. 282p bibl index ISBN 9781603588485, $24.95; ISBN 9781603588492 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-1917

Urbina, Ian. The outlaw ocean: journeys across the last untamed frontier. Knopf, 2019. 544p bibl index ISBN 9780451492944, $30.00; ISBN 9780451492951 ebook, $14.99; 57-1918

VR developer gems, ed. by William R. Sherman. CRC Press, 2019. 673p bibl index ISBN 9781138030121, $89.95; ISBN 9781315157764 ebook, $89.95; 57-1955

Wallner, Günter. Data analytics applications in gaming and entertainment. CRC Press, 2019. 283p bibl index ISBN 9781138104433, $129.95; ISBN 9780429286490 ebook, $129.95; 57-1956

Zoo studies: a new humanities, ed. by Tracy McDonald and Daniel Vandersommers. McGill-Queen’s, 2019. 345p bibl index ISBN 9780773556904, $120.00; ISBN 9780773556911 pbk, $34.95; ISBN 9780773558168 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-1922

Social & Behavioral Sciences

Attala, Luci. How water makes us human: engagements with the materiality of water. University of Wales Press, 2019. 172p bibl index ISBN 9781786834119 pbk, $55.00; ISBN 9781786834119 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-1985

Beienburg, Sean. Prohibition, the Constitution, and states’ rights. Chicago, 2019. 322p index ISBN 9780226631943, $105.00; ISBN 9780226632131 pbk, $35.00; ISBN 9780226632278 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2099

Butera, C. Jacob. Battles and battlefields of ancient Greece: a guide to their history, topography and archaeology, by C. Jacob Butera and Matthew A. Sears. Pen & Sword, 2019. 385p bibl index ISBN 9781783831869, $42.95; ISBN 9781473889989 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2026

Cameron, Deborah. Feminism: a brief introduction to the ideas, debates, and politics of the movement. Chicago, 2019. 130p index ISBN 9780226620596, $45.00; ISBN 9780226620626 pbk, $15.00; ISBN 9780226620763 ebook, $15.00; 57-1975

Cudny, Waldemar. City branding and promotion: the strategic approach. Routledge, 2019. 185p bibl index ISBN 9781138488106, $140.00; ISBN 9781351041942 ebook, $54.95; 57-2073

Curtis, Anna. Dangerous masculinity: fatherhood, race, and security inside America’s prisons. Rutgers, 2019. 166p bibl index ISBN 9780813598352, $120.00; ISBN 9780813598345 pbk, $26.95; ISBN 9780813598369 ebook, $26.95; 57-2126

Delgado, Melvin. Urban youth trauma: using community intervention to overcome gun violence. Rowman & Littlefield, 2019. 289p bibl index ISBN 9781538119020, $100.00; ISBN 9781538119037 pbk, $50.00; ISBN 9781538119044 ebook, $47.50; 57-1976

Dewey, Susan. Outlaw women: prison, rural violence, and poverty in the American West, by Susan Dewey et al. New York University, 2019. 271p bibl index ISBN 9781479801176, $89.00; ISBN 9781479887439 pbk, $30.00; ISBN 9781479807086 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-1977

Food and sustainability in the twenty-first century: cross-disciplinary perspectives, ed. by Paul Collinson et al. Berghahn Books, 2019. 227p bibl index (The anthropology of food and nutrition, 9) ISBN 9781789202373, $120.00; ISBN 9781789202380 ebook, $29.95; 57-1988

Gieseler, Carly. The voices of #MeToo: from grassroots activism to a viral roar. Rowman & Littlefield, 2019. 176p index ISBN 9781538128008, $54.00; ISBN 9781538128015 pbk, $27.00; ISBN 9781538128022 ebook, $25.50; 57-1978

Grounded identities: territory and belonging in the medieval and early modern Middle East and Mediterranean, ed. by Steve Tamari. Brill, 2019. 139p bibl index ISBN 9789004385320, $96.00; ISBN 9789004385320 ebook, $96.00; 57-2048

The Handbook of Dewey’s educational theory and practice, ed. by Charles L. Lowery and Patrick M. Jenlink. Brill, 2019. 367p bibl index ISBN 9789004405318, $156.00; ISBN 9789004405301 pbk, $60.00; ISBN 9789004405325 ebook, $156.00; 57-2011

Hoffer, Peter Charles. Litigation nation: a cultural history of lawsuits in America. Rowman & Littlefield, 2019. 224p bibl index ISBN 9781538116579, $35.00; ISBN 9781538116586 ebook, $33.00; 57-2108

Hoffmann, Birgitta. The Roman invasion of Britain: archaeology versus history. Pen & Sword, 2019. 222p bibl index ISBN 9781526756633 pbk, $22.95; ISBN 9781848840973 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2028

Holt, John. Myanmar’s Buddhist-Muslim crisis: Rohingya, Arakanese, and Burmese narratives of siege and fear. Hawai’i, 2019. 301p bibl index ISBN 9780824881795, $85.00; ISBN 9780824882112 pbk, $29.99; ISBN 9780824881887 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2036

Mehta, Suketu. This land is our land: an immigrant’s manifesto. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019. 306p index ISBN 9780374276027, $27.00; ISBN 9780374719357 ebook, $13.99; 57-1979

Montalvo-Barbot, Alfredo. Melting pot, multiculturalism, and interculturalism: the making of majority-minority relations in the United States. Lexington Books, 2019. 133p bibl index ISBN 9781498591430, $85.00; ISBN 9781498591447 ebook, $80.50; 57-2136

Pratt, Yvonne Poitras. Digital storytelling in indigenous education: a decolonizing journey for a Métis community. Routledge, 2020. 179p bibl index ISBN 9781138291263, $140.00; ISBN 9781315265544 ebook, $54.95; 57-2014

Seidman, Rachel Filene. Speaking of feminism: today’s activists on the past, present, and future of the U.S. women’s movement. North Carolina, 2019. 258p bibl index ISBN 9781469653075, $90.00; ISBN 9781469653082 pbk, $24.95; ISBN 9781469653099 ebook, $19.99; 57-1982

Smith, Thomas E. Emancipation without equality: pan-African activism and the global color line. Massachusetts, 2018. 193p index ISBN 9781625343949, $90.00; ISBN 9781625343956 pbk, $27.95; ISBN 9781613766422 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2059

Social media in higher education: case studies, reflections and analysis, ed. by Chris Rowell. Open Book Publishers, 2019. 279p bibl index ISBN 9781783746699, $40.48; ISBN 9781783746682 pbk, $27.81; ISBN 9781783746712 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2017

Stanger, Allison. Whistleblowers: honesty in America from Washington to Trump. Yale, 2019. 290p bibl index ISBN 9780300186888, $27.50; ISBN 9780300189568 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2112

Vogel, Ezra F. China and Japan: facing history. Belknap, Harvard, 2019. 523p bibl index ISBN 9780674916579, $39.95; ISBN 9780674240759 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2039

Weidmann, Nils B. The internet and political protest in autocracies, by Nils B. Weidmann and Espen Geelmuyden Rød. Oxford, 2019. 205p bibl index ISBN 9780190918316, $27.95; ISBN 9780190918330 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2139

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