The Top 75 Community College Titles: January 2019 Edition

The best of all the titles appropriate for two-year colleges reviewed in the January 2019 issue of Choice.

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Balleck, Barry J. Modern American extremism and domestic terrorism: an encyclopedia of extremists and extremist groups. ABC-CLIO, 2018. 435p bibl index ISBN 9781440852749, $94.00; ISBN 9781440852756 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1357

Critical survey of drama. Salem Press/Grey House, 2018. 8v bibl index ISBN 9781682176221, $599.00; ISBN 9781682176399 ebook, $599.00; 56-1339

The Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish films, ed. by Salvador Jimenez Murguía and Alex Pinar. Row-man & Littlefield, 2018. 558p bibl index ISBN 9781442271326, $125.00; ISBN 9781442271333 ebook, $118.50; 56-1341

Encyclopedia of racism in American films, ed. by Salvador Jimenez Murguía. Rowman & Littlefield, 2018. 805p index ISBN 9781442269057, $99.99; ISBN 9781108136792 ebook, $80.00; 56-1342

Falola, Toyin. Historical dictionary of Nigeria, by Toyin Falola, Ann Genova, and Matthew M. Heaton. 2nd ed. Rowman & Littlefield, 2018. 471p bibl index ISBN 9781538113134, $115.00; ISBN 9781538113141 other, $109.00; 56-1333

Genetics and inherited conditions, ed. by Gary M. Flashner and Deanna M. Neff. 2nd ed. Salem Press, 2017. 3v bibl indexes ISBN 9781682176030, $395.00; ISBN 9781682176047 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1351

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Hischak, Thomas S. 100 greatest American and British animated films. Rowman & Littlefield, 2018. 379p bibl index ISBN 9781538105689, $45.00; ISBN 9781538105696 ebook, $42.50; 56-1343

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Nowak, Ronald M. Walker’s mammals of the world: monotremes, marsupials, afrotherians, xenarthrans, and sundatherians. Johns Hopkins, 2018. 757p bibl index ISBN 9781421424675, $99.95; ISBN 9781421424682 ebook, $99.95; 56-1353

Perlmutter, David. The encyclopedia of American animated television shows. Rowman & Littlefield, 2018. 773p bibl index ISBN 9781538103739, $125.00; ISBN 9781538103746 ebook, $118.50; 56-1346

The SAGE encyclopedia of surveillance, security, and privacy, ed. by Bruce A. Arrigo. SAGE Reference, 2018. 3v bibl index ISBN 9781483359946, $425.00; ISBN 9781483359939 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1356

Humanities

Asma, Stephen T. Why we need religion. Oxford, 2018. 256p index ISBN 9780190469672, $29.95; ISBN 9780190469689 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1454

Diogenes Laertius. Lives of the eminent philosophers, tr. by Pamela Mensch; ed. by James Miller. Oxford, 2018. 676p bibl index ISBN 9780190862176, $45.00; ISBN 9780190862183 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1436

Engaging musical practices: a sourcebook for elementary general music, ed. by Suzanne L. Burton and Ali-son Reynolds. Rowman & Littlefield, 2018. 289p bibl ISBN 9781475822687, $70.00; ISBN 9781475822694 pbk, $35.00; ISBN 9781475822700 ebook, $33.00; 56-1423

Hunter, Richard L. The measure of Homer: the ancient reception of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Oxford, 2018. 254p bibl index ISBN 9781108428316, $44.99; ISBN 9781108583848 ebook, $36.00; 56-1394

Jerryson, Michael K. If you meet the Buddha on the road: Buddhism, politics, and violence. Oxford, 2018. 226p bibl index ISBN 9780190683566, $99.00; ISBN 9780190683597 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1466

Kellert, Stephen R. Nature by design: the practice of biophilic design. Yale, 2017. 214p bibl index ISBN 9780300214536, $35.00; ISBN 9780300235432 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1382

McIlwaine, Catherine. Tolkien: maker of Middle-Earth. Bodleian Library, 2018. 416p bibl index ISBN 9781851244850, $65.00; 56-1405

Naeem, Asma. Black out: silhouettes then and now, with Penley Knipe et al. National Portrait Gal-lery/Princeton, 2018. 181p bibl index ISBN 9780691180588, $45.00; 56-1369

Photography and other media in the nineteenth century, ed. by Nicoletta Leonardi and Simone Natale. Pennsylvania State, 2018. 239p bibl index ISBN 9780271079158, $94.95; 56-1386

Rodriguez, Ralph. Latinx literature unbound: undoing ethnic expectation. Fordham, 2018. 181p bibl index ISBN 9780823279234, $105.00; ISBN 9780823279241 pbk, $30.00; 56-1414

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich. The Tchaikovsky papers: unlocking the family archive, ed. by Marina Kostalevsky; tr. by Stephen Pearl. Yale, 2018. 297p index ISBN 9780300191363, $45.00; ISBN 9780300235449 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1429

Ward, Brian. A & R pioneers: architects of American roots music on record, by Brian Ward and Patrick Huber. Vanderbilt, 2018. 457p bibl index ISBN 9780826521750, $39.99; ISBN 9780826521774 ebook, $9.99; 56-1430

Ward, Keith. The Christian idea of God: a philosophical foundation for faith. Cambridge, 2017. 229p bibl index ISBN 9781108419215, $99.99; ISBN 9781108410212 pbk, $32.99; ISBN 9781108321280 ebook, $26.00; 56-1480

Wehnert, Jay. Outsider art in Texas: Lone Stars. Texas A&M, 2018. 117p bibl index (Joe and Betty Moore Texas art series, 20) ISBN 9781623496203, $40.00; ISBN 9781623496234 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1373

White, Christopher G. Other worlds: spirituality and the search for invisible dimensions. Harvard, 2018. 376p index ISBN 9780674984295, $35.00; ISBN 9780674919440 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1481

Zack, Naomi. Philosophy of race: an introduction. Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. 258p bibl index ISBN 9783319787282 pbk, $49.99; ISBN 9783319787299 ebook, $39.99; 56-1453

Science & Technology

Aklin, Michaël. Renewables: the politics of a global energy transition, by Michaël Aklin and Johannes Ur-pelainen. MIT, 2018. 330p bibl index ISBN 9780262037471, $95.00; ISBN 9780262534949 pbk, $35.00; ISBN 9780262344609 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1537

Anctil, Michel. Luminous creatures: the history and science of light production in living organisms. McGill-Queen’s, 2018. 467p bibl index ISBN 9780773553125, $49.95; ISBN 9780773554092 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1523

Atkins, P. W. Conjuring the universe: the origins of the laws of nature. Oxford, 2018. 187p index ISBN 9780198813378, $19.95; ISBN 9780192542793 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1578

Broughton, R. Peter. Northern star: J. S. Plaskett. Toronto, 2018. 539p bibl index ISBN 9781442630178, $90.00; ISBN 9781442630185 ebook, $90.00; 56-1507

DeWitt, Richard. Worldviews: an introduction to the history and philosophy of science. Wiley-Blackwell, 2018. 362p bibl index ISBN 9781119118893 pbk, $36.95; ISBN 9781119118992 ebook, $29.99; 56-1500

Falk, Dean. Geeks, genes, and the evolution of Asperger syndrome, by Dean Falk and Eve Penelope Schofield. New Mexico, 2018. 243p bibl index ISBN 9780826356925 pbk, $24.95; ISBN 9780826356932 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1549

Francis, Gavin. Shapeshifters: a journey through the changing human body. Basic Books, 2018. 282p index ISBN 9781541697522, $27.00; ISBN 9781541616950 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1550

Kelleher, John D. Data science, by John D. Kelleher and Brendan Tierney. MIT, 2018. 264p bibl index ISBN 9780262535434 pbk, $15.95; 56-1568

Lezotte, Chris. Power under her foot: women enthusiasts of American muscle cars. McFarland, 2018. 190p bibl index ISBN 9781476670164 pbk, $39.95; ISBN 9781476631738 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1491

Lynas, Mark. Seeds of science: why we got it so wrong on GMOs. Bloomsbury Sigma, 2018. 304p index ISBN 9781472946980, $27.00; ISBN 9781472946997 pbk, $16.90; ISBN 9781472946959 ebook, $18.90; 56-1521

Miller, David L. The state of American hot rodding: interviews on the craft and the road ahead. McFar-land, 2018. 200p index ISBN 9781476672915 pbk, $29.95; ISBN 9781476631813 ebook, contact pub-lisher for price; 56-1492

Offit, Paul A. Bad advice: or why celebrities, politicians, and activists aren’t your best source of health in-formation. Columbia, 2018. 251p bibl index ISBN 9780231186988, $24.95; ISBN 9780231546935 ebook, $23.99; 56-1557

Quinn, Paul. Sexually transmitted diseases: your questions answered. Greenwood, 2018. 154p bibl index ISBN 9781440853166, $39.00; ISBN 9781440853173 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1560

Roman, Adam. Thinking-driven testing: the most reasonable approach to quality control. Springer, 2018. 305p bibl ISBN 9783319731940, $59.99; ISBN 9783319731957 ebook, $44.99; 56-1570

Sale, Richard. Wildlife of the Arctic, by Richard Sale and Per Michelsen. Princeton, 2018. 335p bibl index ISBN 9780691180540 pbk, $19.95; ISBN 9780008205577 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1517

Urban raptors: ecology and conservation of birds of prey in cities, ed. by Clint W. Boal and Cheryl R. Dykstra. Island Press, 2018. 320p bibl index ISBN 9781610918398, $80.00; ISBN 9781610918404 pbk, $40.00; ISBN 9781610918411 ebook, $39.99; 56-1529

Weintraub, David A. Life on Mars: what to know before we go. Princeton, 2018. 302p index ISBN 9780691180533, $29.95; ISBN 9781400889945 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1510

Social & Behavioral Sciences

Ang, Cheng Guan. Southeast Asia’s Cold War: an interpretive history. Hawai’i, 2018. 306p bibl index ISBN 9780824872571, $68.00; 56-1618

Benton-Cohen, Katherine. Inventing the immigration problem: the Dillingham Commission and its legacy. Harvard, 2018. 342p index ISBN 9780674976443, $29.95; ISBN 9780674985667 ebook, contact pub-lisher for price; 56-1636

Big water: the making of the borderlands between Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay, ed. by Jacob Blanc and Frederico Freitas. Arizona, 2018. 329p bibl idex ISBN 9780816537143, $55.00; ISBN 9780816538294 ebook, $55.00; 56-1627

Boterbloem, Kees. A history of Russia and its empire: from Mikhail Romanov to Vladimir Putin. Row-man & Littlefield, 2018. 351p filmography bibl index ISBN 9781538104392, $110.00; ISBN 9781538104408 pbk, $49.00; ISBN 9781538104415 ebook, $46.50; 56-1622

Chan-Malik, Sylvia. Being Muslim: a cultural history of women of color in American Islam. New York University, 2018. 275p bibl index ISBN 9781479850600, $89.00; ISBN 9781479823420 pbk, $29.00; ISBN 9781479881550 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1742

Crabtree, Pam J. Early medieval Britain: the rebirth of towns in the post-Roman West. Cambridge, 2018. 227p bibl index ISBN 9780521885942, $105.00; ISBN 9780521713702 pbk, $34.99; ISBN 9781108651257 ebook, $28.00; 56-1588

Cunningham, Carolyn. Games girls play: contexts of girls and video games. Lexington Books, 2018. 181p bibl index ISBN 9781498554565, $90.00; ISBN 9781498554572 ebook, $85.50; 56-1586

Dasgupta, Amitava. The science of stress management: a guide to best practices for better well-being. Rowman & Littlefield, 2018. 331p index ISBN 9781538101209, $38.00; ISBN 9781538101216 ebook, $36.00; 56-1726

Dowd, Nancy E. Reimagining equality: a new deal for children of color. New York University, 2018. 237p bibl index ISBN 9781479893355, $39.00; ISBN 9781479802333 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1744

Fliter, John A. Child labor in America: the epic legal struggle to protect children. University Press of Kan-sas, 2018. 319p bibl index ISBN 9780700626304, $44.00; ISBN 9780700626311 pbk, $24.95; ISBN 9780700626328 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1644

Furtak, Rick Anthony. Knowing emotions: truthfulness and recognition in affective experience. Oxford, 2018. 232p bibl index ISBN 9780190492045, $74.00; ISBN 9780190862077 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1728

Glatthaar, Joseph T. The American military: a concise history. Oxford, 2018. 142p bibl index ISBN 9780190692810, $18.95; ISBN 9780190692834 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1645

Gosnell, Jonathan K. Franco-America in the making: the Creole nation within. Nebraska, 2018. 347p bibl index ISBN 9780803285279, $60.00; ISBN 9781496207135 ebook, $60.00; 56-1646

Gresham, LeRoy Wiley. The war outside my window: the Civil War diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham, 1860–1865, ed. by Janet Elizabeth Croon. Savas Beatie, 2018. 440p bibl index ISBN 9781611213881, $34.95; ISBN 9781611213898 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1647

Grodzki, Lynn. Therapy with a coaching edge: partnership, action and possibility in every session. W. W. Norton, 2018. 269p index ISBN 9780393712476, $35.00; 56-1729

Harrold, Stanley. Lincoln and the abolitionists. Southern Illinois, 2018. 155p bibl index ISBN 9780809336418, $24.95; ISBN 9780809336425 ebook, $24.95; 56-1650

Hatred of America’s presidents: personal attacks on the White House from Washington to Trump, ed. by Lori Cox Han. ABC-CLIO, 2018. 396p bibl index ISBN 9781440854361, $94.00; ISBN 9781440854378 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1651

Josephs, Lawrence. The dynamics of infidelity: applying relationship science to psychotherapy practice. American Psychological Association, 2018. 287p bibl index ISBN 9781433827983, $69.95; 56-1731

Kastan, David Scott. On color, by David Scott Kastan with Stephen Farthing. Yale, 2018. 254p index ISBN 9780300171877, $28.00; ISBN 9780300235425 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1733

Landry, Bart. The new black middle class in the twenty-first century. Rutgers, 2018. 230p index ISBN 9780813593975, $99.95; ISBN 9780813593968 pbk, $28.95; ISBN 9780813593982 ebook, $28.95; 56-1746

Mahood, Linda. Thumbing a ride: hitchhikers, hostels, and counterculture in Canada. UBC Press, 2018. 331p index ISBN 9780774837330, $89.95; ISBN 9780774837361 ebook, $32.95; 56-1747

Meadow, Tey. Trans kids: being gendered in the twenty-first century. California, 2018. 300p bibl index ISBN 9780520275034, $85.00; ISBN 9780520275041 pbk, $29.95; ISBN 9780520964167 ebook, $29.95; 56-1748

Money in American politics: an encyclopedia, ed. by David Schultz. ABC-CLIO, 2018. 368p bibl index ISBN 9781440851766, $94.00; ISBN 9781440851773 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1721

Pegues, Jeff. Kompromat: how Russia undermined American democracy. Prometheus Books, 2018. 287p index ISBN 9781633884298, $24.00; ISBN 9781633884304 ebook, $11.99; 56-1723

Pinsker, Shachar. A rich brew: how cafés created modern Jewish culture. New York University, 2018. 371p index ISBN 9781479827893, $35.00; ISBN 9781479806966 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1608

Pitcaithley, Dwight T. The U.S. Constitution and secession: a documentary anthology of slavery and white supremacy. University Press of Kansas, 2018. 364p bibl index ISBN 9780700626250, $45.00; ISBN 9780700626267 pbk, $24.95; ISBN 9780700626274 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1660

Thomason, Krista K. Naked: the dark side of shame and moral life. Oxford, 2018. 236p bibl index ISBN 9780190843274, $85.00; ISBN 9780190843304 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1740

Travers, Ann. The trans generation: how trans kids (and their parents) are creating a gender revolution. New York University, 2018. 263p bibl index ISBN 9781479885794, $25.00; ISBN 9781479879939 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1753

Western, Bruce. Homeward: life in the year after prison. Russell Sage Foundation, 2018. 216p bibl index ISBN 9780871549556 pbk, $29.95; ISBN 9781610448710 ebook, contact publisher for price; 56-1754

Worth, Rachel. Clothing and landscape in Victorian England: working-class dress and rural life. I. B. Tauris, 2018. 212p bibl index ISBN 9781784533960, $99.00; ISBN 9781786723451 ebook, contact pub-lisher for price; 56-1671