The Top 75 Community College Titles: March 2020 Edition

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

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Reference

Balleck, Barry J. Hate groups and extremist organizations in America: an encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 2019. 409p bibl index ISBN 9781440857508, $94.00; ISBN 9781440857515 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2145

Newton, David E. Natural disasters: a reference handbook. ABC-CLIO, 2019. 340p bibl index ISBN 9781440867613, $60.00; ISBN 9781440867620 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2143

The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant. Virginia. Contact publisher for pricing. URL: rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/founders/GRNT.html 57-2149

TRAC. Beacham Publishing. Contact publisher for pricing. URL: www.trackingterrorism.org 57-2151

U.S. History in Context and World History in Context. Gale, part of Cengage Learning. Contact publisher for pricing. URL: access.gale.com/aphistory 57-2152

Wagner, David. Poverty and welfare in America: examining the facts. ABC-CLIO, 2019. 196p bibl index ISBN 9781440856440, $65.00; ISBN 9781440856457 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2144

Humanities

Abraham, Adam. Plagiarizing the Victorian novel: imitation, parody, aftertext. Cambridge, 2019. 282p bibl index (Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture, 118) ISBN 9781108493079, $99.99; ISBN 9781108675406 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2192

Bogre, Michelle. Documentary photography reconsidered: history, theory and practice. Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2019. 263p bibl index ISBN 9781472586698 pbk, $47.95; ISBN 9781350031647 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2182

The City in American cinema: film and postindustrial culture, ed. by Johan Andersson and Lawrence Webb. Bloomsbury Academic, 2019. 383p index ISBN 9781788313186, $115.00; ISBN 9781350115620 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2211

Daughrity, Dyron B. The history of Christianity: facts and fictions. ABC-CLIO, 2019. 235p bibl index ISBN 9781440863370, $61.00; ISBN 9781440863387 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2239

De Castro, Juan E. Writing revolution in Latin America: from Martí to García Márquez to Bolaño. Vanderbilt, 2019. 262p bibl index ISBN 9780826522597 pbk, $24.95; ISBN 9780826522603 ebook, $19.99; 57-2206

Demirtürk, Emine Lâle. African American novels in the Black Lives Matter era: transgressive performativity of black vulnerability as praxis in everyday life. Lexington Books, 2019. 255p bibl index ISBN 9781498596213, $95.00; ISBN 9781498596220 ebook, $90.00; 57-2197

Fairclough, Pauline. Dmitry Shostakovich. Reaktion Books, 2019. 191p bibl ISBN 9781789141276, $19.00; ISBN 9781789141900 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2219

Islamic art: past, present, future, ed. by Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair. Yale, 2019. 344p bibl index ISBN 9780300243475, $65.00; 57-2160

Khodasevich, V. F. Necropolis, tr. by Sarah Vitali. Columbia, 2019. 262p index ISBN 9780231187046, $30.00; ISBN 9780231187053 pbk, $14.95; ISBN 9780231546966 ebook, $13.99; 57-2209

Kingston, Jeff. The politics of religion, nationalism, and identity in Asia. Rowman & Littlefield, 2019. 299p bibl index ISBN 9781442276864, $85.00; ISBN 9781442276871 pbk, $35.00; ISBN 9781442276888 ebook, $33.00; 57-2244

Loh, Maria H. Titian’s touch: art, magic and philosophy. Reaktion Books, 2019. 288p bibl index ISBN 9781789140828, $22.50; ISBN 9781789141092 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2174

Neilson, Christina. Practice and theory in the Italian Renaissance workshop: Verrocchio and the epistemology of making art. Cambridge, 2019. 355p bibl index ISBN 9781107172852, $120.00; ISBN 9781316805220 ebook, $96.00; 57-2175

The Oxford handbook of Shakespeare and dance, ed. by Lynsey McCulloch and Brandon Shaw. Oxford, 2019. 615p bibl index ISBN 9780190498788, $175.00; ISBN 9780190498801 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2154

Pavlik, John V. Journalism in the age of virtual reality: how experiential media are transforming news. Columbia, 2019. 284p index ISBN 9780231184489, $90.00; ISBN 9780231184496 pbk, $30.00; ISBN 9780231545518 ebook, $29.99; 57-2185

Picturing Cuba: art, culture, and identity on the island and in the diaspora, ed. by Jorge Duany. University Press of Florida, 2019. 258p bibl index ISBN 9781683400905, $80.00; ISBN 9781683401094 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2165

Sallis, John. The logos of the sensible world: Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenological philosophy, ed. by Richard Rojcewicz. Indiana, 2019. 175p index (The collected writings of John Sallis, III/10) ISBN 9780253040442, $80.00; ISBN 9780253040459 pbk, $30.00; ISBN 9780253040480 ebook, $29.99; 57-2234

Stryker, Mark. Jazz from Detroit. Michigan, 2019. 342p index ISBN 9780472074266, $39.95; ISBN 9780472125913 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2223

Trant, Carolyn. Voyaging out: British women artists from suffrage to the sixties. Thames & Hudson, 2019. 304p index ISBN 9780500021828, $39.95; 57-2168

Whistler in watercolor: lovely little games, by Lee Glazer et al. Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian, 2019. (Dist. by Yale) 286p bibl index ISBN 9780300243628, $45.00; 57-2177

Science & Technology

Azzarito, Laura. Social justice in globalized fitness and health: bodies out of sight. Routledge, 2019. 127p bibl index ISBN 9781138059894, $140.00; ISBN 9781315163314 ebook, $27.48; 57-2297

Bitenc, Rebecca. Reconsidering dementia narratives: empathy, identity and care. Routledge, 2020. 255p bibl index ISBN 9780367151348, $150.00; ISBN 9780429055263 ebook, $28.98; 57-2272

Das, Ravinda. Protecting information assets and IT infrastructure in the cloud, by Ravi Das and Preston De Guise. CRC Press, 2019. 300p bibl index ISBN 9781138393325, $79.95; ISBN 9780429261602 ebook, $79.95; 57-2282

Girkin, John. A practical guide to optical microscopy. CRC Press, 2020. 260p bibl ISBN 9781138065062, $225.00; ISBN 9781138064706 pbk, $89.95; ISBN 9781315115351 ebook, $89.95; 57-2295

Gross, Benedict H. Fat chance: probability from 0 to 1, by Benedict Gross, Joe Harris, and Emily Riehl. Cambridge, 2019. 200p index ISBN 9781108728188, $64.99; ISBN 9781108728188 pbk, $25.99; ISBN 9781108598705 ebook, $21.00; 57-2290

Handbook of the mammals of the world: v.9: Bats, ed. by Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier. Lynx Edicions, 2019. 1,008p bibl index ISBN 9788416728190, $185.00; 57-2265

Johnson, Hugh. The world atlas of wine, by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson. 8th ed., completely revised. Octopus Books, 2019. (Dist. by Hachette Book Group) 416p index ISBN 9781784726188, $65.00; 57-2252

Kintzios, Spyridon E. Plants that fight cancer, by Spyridon E. Kintzios, Maria G. Barberaki, and Evangelia A. Flampouri. 2nd ed. CRC Press, 2019. 503p bibl index ISBN 9781498726405, $139.95; ISBN 9780429056925 ebook, $139.95; 57-2274

Macdougall, J. D. Endless novelties of extraordinary interest: the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger and the birth of modern oceanography. Yale, 2019. 257p bibl index ISBN 9780300232059, $30.00; ISBN 9780300249088 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2257

McDonald, Roger B. Biology of aging. CRC Press, 2019. 432p bibl index ISBN 9780367141608, $179.95; ISBN 9780815345671 pbk, $69.95; ISBN 9780429030642 ebook, $69.95; 57-2261

Newton, David E. Vegetarianism and veganism: a reference handbook. ABC-CLIO, 2019. 344p bibl index ISBN 9781440867637, $60.00; ISBN 9781440867644 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2253

Paw, Henry G. W. Handbook of drugs in intensive care: an A-Z guide, by Henry G. W. Paw and Rob Shulman. 6th ed. Cambridge, 2019. 428p index ISBN 9781108444354 pbk, $32.99; ISBN 9781108668842 ebook, $26.00; 57-2278

Ramakrishnan, Ravi. Internet of things: approach and applicability in manufacturing, by Ravi Ramakrishnan and Loveleen Gaur. CRC Press, 2019. 192p bibl index ISBN 9781138598157, $129.95; ISBN 9780429486593 ebook, $57.95; 57-2270

The SAGE handbook of web history, ed. by Niels Brügger and Ian Milligan. SAGE Reference, 2019. 630p bibl index ISBN 9781473980051, $185.00; ISBN 9781526455444 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2285

Torta, Stephanie. 3D printing: an introduction, by Stephanie Torta and Jonathan Torta. Mercury Learning and Information, 2019. 351p index ISBN 9781683922094 pbk, $49.95; 57-2288

Winfield, Cynthia L. Gender identity: the ultimate teen guide. Rowman & Littlefield, 2019. 232p bibl index ISBN 9781442278363, $45.00; ISBN 9781442278370 ebook, $42.50; 57-2281

Social & Behavioral Sciences

Barnard, Alan. Bushmen: Kalahari hunter-gatherers and their descendants. Cambridge, 2019. 206p bibl index ISBN 9781108418263, $89.99; ISBN 9781108406871 pbk, $29.99; ISBN 9781108289603 ebook, $24.00; 57-2353

The Big thaw: policy, governance, and climate change in the circumpolar north, ed. by Ezra Zubrow, Errol Meidinger, and Kim Diana Connolly. SUNY Press, 2019. 453p index ISBN 9781438475639, $120.00; ISBN 9781438475653 ebook, con-tact publisher for price; 57-2314

Bricker, Darrell Jay. Empty planet: the shock of global population decline, by Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson. Crown, 2019. 288p index ISBN 9781984823212, $26.00; ISBN 9781984823236 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2302

Eland, Ivan. War and the rogue presidency: restoring the republic after Congressional failure. Independent Institute, 2019. 330p bibl index ISBN 9781598133226, $27.95; 57-2420

Evidence-based work with violent extremists: international implications of French terrorist attacks and responses, ed. by Marine Herzog-Evans and Massil Benbouriche. Lexington Books, 2019. 421p bibl index ISBN 9781498581653, $130.00; ISBN 9781498581660 ebook, $123.50; 57-2304

Goldman, Shalom. Starstruck in the promised land: how the arts shaped American passions about Israel. North Carolina, 2019. 244p bibl index ISBN 9781469652412, $28.00; ISBN 9781469652429 ebook, $21.99; 57-2373

Hardesty, Jared. Black lives, native lands, white worlds: a history of slavery in New England. Bright Leaf, 2019. 175p bibl index ISBN 9781625344564, $90.00; ISBN 9781625344571 pbk, $22.95; ISBN 9781613767016 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2380

Identity re-creation in global African encounters, ed. by John Ayotunde Isola Bewaji and Adedoyin Aguoru. Lexington Books, 2019. 263p bibl index ISBN 9781498598132, $95.00; ISBN 9781108749992 ebook, 90.00; 57-2355

Immigrant-origin students in community college: navigating risk and reward in higher education, ed. by Carola Suarez-Orozco and Olivia Osei-Twumasi. Teachers College Press, 2019. 228p bibl index ISBN 9780807761953, $105.00; ISBN 9780807761946 pbk, $34.95; ISBN 9780807778036 ebook, $34.95; 57-2340

Jacobson, Matthew Frye. The historian’s eye: photography, history, and the American present. North Carolina, 2019. 175p index ISBN 9781469649665, $37.50; ISBN 9781469649672 ebook, $29.99; 57-2382

The Law of nations and natural law 1625–1800, ed. by Simone Zurbuchen. Brill, 2019. 337p bibl indexes (Early modern natural law: studies & sources, 1) ISBN 9789004384194, $158.00; ISBN 9789004384200 ebook, open access; 57-2402

Leonard, Christopher. Kochland: the secret history of Koch Industries and corporate power in America. Simon & Schuster, 2019. 687p index ISBN 9781476775388, $35.00; ISBN 9781476775401 ebook, $16.99; 57-2325

Lester, Rebecca J. Famished: eating disorders and failed care in America. California, 2019. 380p bibl index ISBN 9780520303935, $34.95; ISBN 9780520972902 ebook, $34.95; 57-2442

The Making of the presidential candidates 2020, ed. by Jonathan Bernstein and Casey B. K. Dominguez. Rowman & Littlefield, 2019. 232p bibl index ISBN 9781538131077, $80.00; ISBN 9781538131084 pbk, $29.95; ISBN 9781538131091 ebook, $28.50; 57-2425

McIntyre, David H. How to think about homeland security: v.2: Risk, threats, and the new normal. Rowman & Littlefield, 2020. 233p bibl index ISBN 9781538125762, $50.00; ISBN 9781538125779 pbk, $25.00; ISBN 9781538125786 ebook, $23.50; 57-2426

Medieval warfare: a reader, ed. by Kelly DeVries and Michael Livingston. Toronto, 2019. 368p bibl index (Readings in me-dieval civilizations and cultures, 21) ISBN 9781442636705, $120.00; ISBN 9781442636699 pbk, $49.95; ISBN 9781442636712 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2348

Mottahedeh, Negar. Whisper tapes: Kate Millett in Iran. Stanford, 2019. 203p ISBN 9781503609860 pbk, $14.00; ISBN 9781503610156 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2308

Perez, Louis G. Tokyo: geography, history, and culture. ABC-CLIO, 2019. 265p bibl index ISBN 9781440864940, $63.00; ISBN 9781440864957 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2361

Poulson, Susan L. Suffrage: the epic struggle for women’s right to vote. Praeger, 2019. 290p bibl index ISBN 9781440867880, $50.00; ISBN 9781440867897 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2385

Rahman, Kazi Sabeel. Civic power: rebuilding American democracy in an era of crisis, by K. Sabeel Rahman and Hollie Russon Gilman. Cambridge, 2019. 280p bibl index ISBN 9781108422116, $99.99; ISBN 9781108431842 pbk, $29.99; ISBN 9781108390200 ebook, $24.00; 57-2428

Roth, Michael S. Safe enough spaces: a pragmatist’s approach to inclusion, free speech, and political correctness on college campuses. Yale, 2019. 142p index ISBN 9780300234855, $25.00; ISBN 9780300248722 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2342

Scheidel, Walter. Escape from Rome: the failure of empire and the road to prosperity. Princeton, 2019. 670p bibl index ISBN 9780691172187, $95.00; ISBN 9780691190730 pbk, $29.95; ISBN 9780691192604 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2350

Schwartz, Daniel B. Ghetto: the history of a word. Harvard, 2019. 266p index ISBN 9780674737532, $35.00; ISBN 9780674243347 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2309

Shaw, Christopher W. Money, power, and the people: the American struggle to make banking democratic. Chicago, 2019. 410p index ISBN 9780226636337, $30.00; ISBN 9780226636474 ebook, $18.00; 57-2330

Shiell, Timothy C. African Americans and the First Amendment: the case for liberty and equality. SUNY Press, 2019. 208p bibl index ISBN 9781438475813, $95.00; ISBN 9781438475837 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2430

Simms, Brendan. Hitler: a global biography. Basic Books, 2019. 668p index ISBN 9780465022373, $40.00; 57-2405

Teaching music: the urban experience, by Lisa C. DeLorenzo with Meredith Foreman et al. Routledge, 2019. 191p index ISBN 9780815354765, $150.00; ISBN 9780815354772 pbk, $39.95; ISBN 9780429196737 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2344

Theobald, Brianna. Reproduction on the reservation: pregnancy, childbirth, and colonialism in the long twentieth century. North Carolina, 2019. 269p bibl index ISBN 9781469653167, $90.00; ISBN 9781469653167 pbk, $29.95; ISBN 9781469653174 ebook, $22.99; 57-2387

To eat or not to eat meat: how vegetarian dietary choices influence our social lives, by Charlotte J. S. De Backer et al. Rowman & Littlefield, 2019. 212p bibl index ISBN 9781538114964, $85.00; ISBN 9781538114971 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2443

Understanding the experience of disability: perspectives from social and rehabilitation psychology, ed. by Dana S. Dunn. Oxford, 2019. 417p bibl index ISBN 9780190848088 pbk, $49.95; ISBN 9780190848095 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2444

Vosters, Helene. Unbecoming nationalism: from commemoration to redress in Canada. University of Manitoba, 2019. 262p bibl index ISBN 9780887558412 pbk, $27.95; ISBN 9780887555831 ebook, $25.00; 57-2389

Wadhia, Shoba Sivaprasad. Banned: immigration enforcement in the time of Trump. New York University, 2019. 197p index ISBN 9781479857463, $30.00; ISBN 9781479816170 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2434

Weiner, Greg. The political Constitution: the case against judicial supremacy. University Press of Kansas, 2021. 212p index ISBN 9780700628377, $29.95; ISBN 9780700628384 ebook, contact publisher for price; 57-2435

Wilkins, Annabelle. Migration, work and home-making in the city: dwelling and belonging among Vietnamese communities in London. Routledge, 2009. 180p bibl index ISBN 9781138577176, $140.00; ISBN 9781351267687 ebook, $54.95; 57-2459