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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Brown, Christopher C. Harnessing the power of Google: what every researcher should know. Libraries Unlimited, 2017. 134p index ISBN 9781440857126, $55.00; ISBN 9781440857133 ebook, contact publisher for price; 55-3060
Free Speech Movement Archives. URL: fsm-a.org/index.html 55-3078
Human Rights Watch. URL: hrw.org 55-3079
Intellectual Freedom: Issues and Resources, from the Office for Intellectual Freedom, American Library Association. URL: ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom 55-3080
Reuters: Business & Financial News, U.S & International Breaking News. URL: reuters.com 55-3086
TV News Archive, from the Internet Archive. URL: archive.org/details/tv55-3058
100 buildings: 1900–2000, [by] Val Warke with Eric Keune and Andrea Simitch. Rizzoli, 2017. 260p bibl ISBN 9780847859504 pbk, $25.00; 55-3114
The American Civil War on film and TV: blue and gray in black and white and color, ed. by Douglas Brode, Shea T. Brode, and Cynthia J. Miller. Lexington Books, 2017. 271p bibl index ISBN 9781498566889, $105.00; ISBN 9781498566896 ebook, $99.50; 55-3151
Bennett, Jana Marguerite. Singleness and the church: a new theology of the single life. Oxford, 2017. 272p bibl index ISBN 9780190462628, $29.95; ISBN 9780190462635 ebook, contact publisher for price; 55-3177
Beowulf, tr. by Stephen Mitchell. Yale, 2017. 225p bibl ISBN 9780300228885, $26.00; ISBN 9780300231397 ebook, contact publisher for price; 55-3129
Daniel, Douglass K. Anne Bancroft: a life. University Press of Kentucky, 2017. 364p bibl index ISBN 9780813169682, $34.95; ISBN 979780813169705 ebook, $34.95; 55-3150
Gallagher, Sally K. Getting to church: exploring narratives of gender and joining. Oxford, 2017. 228p bibl index ISBN 9780190239671, $99.00; ISBN 9780190239688 pbk, $24.95; ISBN 9780190239695 ebook, contact publisher for price; 55-3180
Gorfinkel, Elena. Lewd looks: American sexploitation cinema in the 1960s. Minnesota, 2017. 311p filmography index ISBN 9781517900168 pbk, $112.00; ISBN 9781517900175 ebook, $28.00; 55-3153
Graphic design discourse: evolving theories, ideologies, and processes of visual commun-ication, ed. by Henry Hongmin Kim. Princeton Architectural, 2017. 455p bibl ISBN 9781616896393, $75.00; ISBN 9781616895587 pbk, $45.00; 55-3100
Green, Anne. Gustave Flaubert. Reaktion Books, 2017. 188p bibl ISBN 9781780238203 pbk, $19.00; 55-3147
Halpin, Brooke. Experiencing the Beatles: a listener’s companion. Rowman & Littlefield, 2017. 209p bibl index ISBN 9781442271432, $34.00; ISBN 9781442271449 ebook, $32.00; 55-3160
Insdorf, Annette. Cinematic overtures: how to read opening scenes. Columbia, 2017. 208p index ISBN 9780231182249, $60.00; ISBN 9780231182256 pbk, $20.00; ISBN 9780231544061 ebook, $19.99; 55-3154
Knysh, Alexander D. Sufism: a new history of Islamic mysticism. Princeton, 2017. 389p bibl index ISBN 9780691139098, $29.95; ISBN 9781400887972 ebook, contact publisher for price; 55-3185
Lawrence, Bruce B. The Koran in English: a biography. Princeton, 2017. 247p index ISBN 9780691155586, $26.95; ISBN 9781400887798 ebook, contact publisher for price; 55-3186
Mollet, Tracey Louise. Cartoons in hard times: the animated shorts of Disney and Warner Brothers in depression and war, 1932–1945. Bloomsbury, 2017. 197p bibl index ISBN 9781501328770, $120.00; ISBN 9781501328749 ebook, contact publisher for price; 55-3156
Moreman, Christopher M. Beyond the threshold: afterlife beliefs and experiences in world religions. Rowman & Littlefield, 2018. 337p bibl index ISBN 9781442274945, $95.00; ISBN 9781442274952 pbk, $37.00; ISBN 9781442274969 ebook, $35.00; 55-3187
Murray, Malcolm. Morals and consent: contractarian solutions to ethical woes. McGill-Queen’s, 2017. 398p bibl index ISBN 9780773551107, $120.00; ISBN 9780773551114 pbk, $34.95; ISBN 9780773551824 ebook, contact publisher for price; 55-3174
Photography and sculpture: the art object in reproduction, ed. by Sarah Hamill and Megan R. Luke. Getty Research Institute, 2017. 303p index ISBN 9781606065341 pbk, $45.00; 55-3105
Things of beauty growing: British studio pottery, ed. by Glenn Adamson, Martina Droth, and Simon Olding with Alison Britton et al. Yale Center for British Art/Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge/Yale, 2017. 470p bibl index ISBN 9780300227468, $65.00; 55-3107
White, Barbara Ehrlich. Renoir: an intimate biography. Thames & Hudson, 2017. 432p index ISBN 9780500239575, $39.95; ISBN 9780500774038 ebook, contact publisher for price; 55-3113
White, Mark D. The decline of the individual: reconciling autonomy with community. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. 154p index ISBN 9783319617497 pbk, $39.99; ISBN 9783319617503 ebook, contact publisher for price; 55-3175
Bertamini, Marco. Programming visual illusions for everyone. Springer, 2017. 221p bibl index (Vision, illusion and perception, 2) ISBN 9783319640655, $44.99; ISBN 9783319640662 ebook, $34.99; 55-3235
Brown, Pete. Miracle brew: hops, barley, water, yeast and the nature of beer. Chelsea Green, 2017. 279p bibl index ISBN 9781603587693, $19.95; ISBN 9781498564250 ebook, contact publisher for price; 55-3219
Buss, Jared S. Willy Ley: prophet of the Space Age. University Press of Florida, 2017. 321p bibl index ISBN 9780813054438, $34.95; ISBN 9780813052854 ebook, contact publisher for price; 55-3203
Callender, Craig. What makes time special? Oxford, 2017. 343p bibl index ISBN 9780198797302, $45.00; ISBN 9780191839603 ebook, contact publisher for price; 55-3242
Cassedy, Edward S. Introduction to energy: resources, technology, and society, by Edward S. Cassedy and Peter Z. Grossman. 3rd ed. Cambridge, 2017. 399p bibl index ISBN 9781107605046, $59.99; ISBN 9781108515795 ebook, $48.00; 55-3226
Chavan, Shirish. C recipes: a problem-solution approach. Apress, 2017. 446p index ISBN 9781484229668, $39.99; ISBN 9781484229675 ebook, $29.99; 55-3236
Chess, Shira. Ready player two: women gamers and designed identity. Minnesota, 2017. 223p bibl index ISBN 9781517900687, $108.00; ISBN 9781517900694 pbk, $27.00; 55-3237
Conant, Jennet. Man of the hour: James B. Conant, warrior scientist. Simon & Schuster, 2017. 587p bibl index ISBN 9781476730882, $30.00; ISBN 9781476730912 pbk, contact publisher for price; ISBN 9781476730929 ebook, $14.99; 55-3198
Eisen, Arri. The enlightened gene: biology, Buddhism, and the convergence that explains the world, by Arri Eisen and Yungdrung Konchok. ForeEdge, 2017. 260p index ISBN 9781512600001, $29.95; ISBN 9781512601251 ebook, $24.95; 55-3192
Grant, Greg. The rose rustlers, by Greg Grant and William C. Welch. Texas A&M, 2017. 232p bibl index ISBN 9781623495442 pbk, $30.00; ISBN 9781623495442 ebook, contact publisher for price; 55-3214
Gray, Jennifer. Zoo ethics: the challenges of compassionate conservation. Comstock Publishing Associates, 2017. 236p bibl index ISBN 9781501714429, $45.00; ISBN 9781486307005 ebook, contact publisher for price; 55-3217
Kaufman, Keith A. Mindful sport performance enhancement: mental training for athletes and coaches, by Keith A. Kaufman, Carol R. Glass, and Timothy R. Pineau. American Psychological Association, 2017. 303p bibl index ISBN 9781433827877, $79.95; ISBN 9781433828645 pbk, $44.95; 55-3247
Kwok, S. Our place in the universe: understanding fundamental astronomy from ancient discoveries. Springer, 2017. 267p bibl index ISBN 9783319541716 pbk, $34.99; ISBN 9783319541723 ebook, $24.99; 55-3204
Lemons, Don S. A student’s guide to dimensional analysis. Cambridge, 2017. 102p bibl index ISBN 9781107161153, $69.99; ISBN 9781316613818 pbk, $24.99; ISBN 9781108146678 ebook, $20.00; 55-3227
Lisle, Benjamin D. Modern coliseum: stadiums and American culture. Pennsylvania, 2017. 321p index ISBN 9780812249224, $34.95; ISBN 9780812294071 ebook, $34.95; 55-3248
Lobban, Christopher S. Writing undergraduate lab reports: a guide for students, by Christopher S. Lobban and Maria Schefter. Cambridge, 2017. 86p bibl index ISBN 9781107117402, $59.99; ISBN 9781107540248 pbk, $22.99; ISBN 9781108515146 ebook, $18.00; 55-3194
Minding the weather: how expert forecasters think, by Robert R. Hoffman et al. MIT, 2017. 470p bibl index ISBN 9780262036061, $55.00; ISBN 9780262339391 ebook, $39.00; 55-3224
Prothero, Donald R. UFOs, chemtrails, and aliens: what science says, by Donald R. Prothero and Timothy D. Callahan. Indiana, 2017. 459p bibl index ISBN 9780253026927, $28.00; ISBN 9780253027061 ebook, $27.99; 55-3195
RIO 2016: Olympic myths, hard realities, ed. by Andrew Zimbalist. Brookings, 2017. 256p index ISBN 9780815732457 pbk, $36.99; ISBN 9780815732464 ebook, contact pub-lisher for price; 55-3249
Sicherer, Scott H. Food allergies: a complete guide for eating when your life depends on it. Johns Hopkins, 2017. 298p bibl index ISBN 9781421423371, $59.95; ISBN 9781421423388 pbk, $22.95; ISBN 9781421423395 ebook, $22.95; 55-3233
Stewart, Ian. Significant figures: the lives and work of great mathematicians. Basic Books, 2017. 303p bibl index ISBN 9780465096121, $27.00; 55-3241
Araujo, Ana Lucia. Reparations for slavery and the slave trade: a transnational and comparative history. Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. 276p bibl index ISBN 9781350010598, $88.00; ISBN 9781350010604 pbk, 29.95; ISBN 9781350010581 ebook, contact publisher for price; 55-3283
Bedasse, Monique. Jah kingdom: Rastafarians, Tanzania, and pan-Africanism in the age of decolonization. North Carolina, 2017. 254p bibl index ISBN 9781469633589, contact publisher for price; ISBN 9781469633596 pbk, $32.95; ISBN 9781469633602 ebook, contact publisher for price; 55-3291
Ganteaume, Cécile R. Officially Indian: symbols that define the United States. Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, 2017. 184p bibl index ISBN 9781517903305, $28.00; ISBN 9781452956886 ebook, contact publisher for price; 55-3329
Goodier, Susan. Women will vote: winning suffrage in New York State, by Susan Goodier and Karen Pastorello. Three Hills, 2017. 296p bibl index ISBN 9781501705557, $29.95; ISBN 9781501713200 ebook, contact publisher for price; 55-3406
Gordon, Linda. The second coming of the KKK: the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American political tradition. Liveright, 2017. 272p index ISBN 9781631493690, $27.95; ISBN 9781631493706 ebook, contact publisher for price; 55-3330
Harper, Kyle. The fate of Rome: climate, disease, and the end of an empire. Princeton, 2017. 417p bibl index ISBN 9780691166834, $35.00; ISBN 9781400888917 ebook, contact publisher for price; 55-3298
Holland, James. The Allies strike back: 1941–1943. Atlantic Monthly, 2017. 720p bibl index (The war in the West, 2) ISBN 9780802125606, $32.00; ISBN 9780802190147 ebook, contact publisher for price; 55-3352
Irwin, Douglas A. Clashing over commerce: a history of US trade policy. Chicago, 2017. 860p bibl index ISBN 9780226398969, $35.00; ISBN 9780226399010 ebook, $35.00; 55-3267
The Landmark Julius Caesar: the complete works: Gallic war, Civil war, Alexandrian war, African war, and Spanish war, ed. and tr. by Kurt A. Raaflaub. Pantheon Books, 2017. 793p bibl index ISBN 9780307377869, $50.00; 55-3300
Mundy, Liza. Code girls: the untold story of the American women code breakers of World War II. Hachette Books, 2017. 416p bibl index ISBN 9780316352536, $28.00; ISBN 9780316352550 ebook, contact publisher for price; 55-3338
Nichols, David A. Ike and McCarthy: Dwight Eisenhower’s secret campaign against Joseph McCarthy. Simon & Schuster, 2017. 385p index ISBN 9781451686609, $27.95; ISBN 9781451686623 ebook, $14.99; 55-3339
Noble society: five lives from twelfth-century Germany, tr. and annot. by Jonathan R. Lyon. Manchester University Press, 2017. 273p bibl index ISBN 9780719091025, $105.00; ISBN 9780719091032 pbk, $29.95; 55-3353
Northrup, David. Seven myths of Africa in world history. Hackett, 2017. 162p bibl index ISBN 9781624666407, $54.00; ISBN 9781624666391 pbk, $19.00; 55-3293
Pappé, Ilan. The biggest prison on earth: a history of the occupied territories. Oneworld, 2017. 273p index ISBN 9781851685875, $30.00; ISBN 9781780744339 ebook, contact pubisher for price; 55-3317
Perkins, J. Blake. Hillbilly hellraisers: federal power and populist defiance in the Ozarks. Illinois, 2017. 277p bibl index ISBN 9780252041372, $95.00; ISBN 9780252082894 pbk, $24.95; ISBN 9780252099977 ebook, $22.46; 55-3411
Reyerson, Kathryn. Mother and Sons, Inc: Martha de Cabanis in medieval Montpellier. Pennsylvania, 2017. 254p bibl index ISBN 9780812249613, $65.00; ISBN 9780812294507 ebook, $65.00; 55-3354
Ruhlman, Michael. Grocery: the buying and selling of food in America. Abrams, 2017. 307p bibl index ISBN 9781419723865, $28.00; ISBN 9781524783761 ebook, contact publisher for price; 55-3269
Sayen, Jamie. You had a job for life: story of a company town. University Press of New England, 2017. 283p index ISBN 9781512601398, $24.95; ISBN 9781512601398 ebook, $19.99; 55-3270
Smith, Carter F. Gangs and the military: gangsters, bikers, and terrorists with military training. Rowman & Littlefield, 2017. 264p index ISBN 9781442275164, $38.00; ISBN 9781442275171 ebook, $36.00; 55-3434
Stout, Harry S. American aristocrats: a family, a fortune, and the making of American capitalism. Basic Books, 2017. 411p index ISBN 9780465098989, $32.00; ISBN 9780465098996 ebook, $19.99; 55-3341
Stryker, Susan. Transgender history: the roots of today’s revolution. Seal Press, 2017. 301p bibl index ISBN 9781580056892 pbk, $17.99; ISBN 9781580056908 ebook, contact publisher for price; 55-3436
Thompson, Anne Bahr. Do good: embracing brand citizenship to fuel both purpose and profit. AMACOM, 2018. 294p index ISBN 9780814438398, $27.95; ISBN 9780814438404 ebook, contact publisher for price; 55-3271
Tinson, Christopher M. Radical intellect: Liberator magazine and black activism in the 1960s. North Carolina, 2017. 330p bibl index ISBN 9781469634548, $90.00; ISBN 9781469634555 , $29.95; ISBN 9781469634562 ebook, $19.99; 55-3342
Weinberg, Eric. Blood on their hands: how greedy companies, inept bureaucracy, and bad science killed thousands of hemophiliacs, by Eric Weinberg and Donna Shaw. Rutgers, 2017. 285p index ISBN 9780813576220, $$34.95; ISBN 9780813576237 ebook, $34.95; 55-3416
White out: understanding white privilege and dominance in the modern age, by Christopher S. Collins and Alexander Jun. Peter Lang, 2017. 124p index ISBN 9781433135415 pbk, $29.93; 55-3437
Wilczak, Andrew. Gender, crime & justice: exploring the dynamics. L. Rienner, 2017. 291p bibl index ISBN 9781626376595, $85.00; ISBN 9781626376601 pbk, $32.50; ISBN 9781626377103 ebook, $32.50; 55-3438
Woodward, Jude. US vs China: Asia’s new cold war? Manchester University Press, 2017. 284p bibl index ISBN 9781526121998, $115.00; ISBN 9781784993429 pbk, $29.95; ISBN 9781526116567 ebook, contact publisher for price; 55-3378
Zander, Patrick G. Hidden armies of the Second World War: World War II resistance movements. Praeger, 2017. 262p bibl index ISBN 9781440833038, $48.00; ISBN 9781440833045 ebook, contact publisher for price; 55-3290
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