The Top 75 Community College Titles: November 2022 Edition

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

Posted on November 29, 2022 in Top 75 Community College Titles

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Sambaluk, Nicholas Michael. Weaponizing cyberspace: inside Russia’s hostile activities. Praeger, 2022. 268p bibl index ISBN 9781440876912, $77.00; ISBN 9781440876929 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0675

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Humanities

Adamson, Glenn. Craft: an American history. Bloomsbury, 2021. 387p index ISBN 9781635574586, $30.00; ISBN 9781635578461 ebook, $20.00; ISBN 9781635574593 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0676

The Brontë sisters, ed. by Robert C. Evans. Salem Press, 2022. 300p bibl index ISBN 9781637000731, $105.00; ISBN 9781637000748 ebook, $105.00; 60-0705

The Cambridge companion to prose, ed. by Daniel Tyler. Cambridge, 2021. 300p bibl index ISBN 9781108837408, $110.00; ISBN 9781108940580 pbk, $29.99; ISBN 9781108945882 ebook, $24.00; 60-0700

Cecchetto, David. Listening in the afterlife of data: aesthetics, pragmatics, and incommunication. Duke, 2022. 184p bibl in-dex ISBN 9781478015291, $94.95; ISBN 9781478017912 pbk, $24.95; ISBN 9781478022534 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0688

Chapman, Llewella. Fashioning James Bond: costume, gender & identity in the world of 007. Bloomsbury Academic, 2022. 336p bibl filmography index ISBN 9781350145481, $90.00; ISBN 9781350258488 pbk, $26.95; ISBN 9781350164666 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0721

Chion, Michel. Music in cinema, ed. and tr. by Claudia Gorbman. Columbia, 2021. 400p bibl index ISBN 9780231198882, $130.00; ISBN 9780231198899 pbk, $32.00; ISBN 9780231552851 ebook, $31.99; 60-0730

Davis, Bret W. Zen pathways: an introduction to the philosophy and practice of Zen Buddhism. Oxford, 2022. 455p index ISBN 9780197573686, $99.00; ISBN 9780197573693 pbk, $29.95; ISBN 9780197573709 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0751

Delson, Susan. Soundies and the changing image of Black Americans on screen: one dime at a time. Indiana, 2021. 405p bibl index ISBN 9780253058546, $85.00; ISBN 9780253058546 pbk, $35.00; ISBN 9780253058553 ebook, $34.99; 60-0722

Denisoff, Dennis. Decadent ecology in British literature and art, 1860–1910: decay, desire, and the pagan revival. Cambridge, 2021. 250p bibl index ISBN 9781108845977, $99.00; ISBN 9781108998529 ebook, $80.00; 60-0708

Fisher, Earle J. The Reverend Albert Cleage Jr. and the Black prophetic tradition: a reintroduction of The Black messiah. Lex-ington Books, 2022. 165p bibl index ISBN 9781793631053, $95.00; ISBN 9781793631060 ebook, $45.00; 60-0752

Garfield, Rachel. Experimental filmmaking and punk: feminist audio visual culture in the 1970s and ‘80s. Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. 288p bibl index ISBN 9781788313995, $100.00; ISBN 9781350293083 pbk, $34.95; ISBN 9781350197657 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0723

Gonzalez de Bustamante, Celeste. Surviving Mexico: resistance and resilience among journalists in the twenty-first century, by Celeste Gonzàlez de Bustamante and Jeannine E. Relly. Chicago, 2021. 304p bibl index ISBN 9781477323380, $94.65; ISBN 9781477323694 pbk, $34.95; ISBN 9781477323397 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0692

Gribben, Crawford. Rise and fall of Christian Ireland. Oxford, 2021. 352p bibl index ISBN 9780198868187, $32.95; ISBN 9780192638564 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0754

Hagelin, Sarah. The new female antihero: the disruptive women of twenty-first-century US television, by Sarah Hagelin and Gilli-an Silverman. Chicago, 2022. 288p bibl index ISBN 9780226816357, $95.00; ISBN 9780226816401 pbk, $26.00; ISBN 9780226816364 ebook, $25.99; 60-0693

Meredith, Michael. Vacant spaces NY, by Michael Meredith and Hilary Sample. Actar, 2021. 608p bibl ISBN 9781948765992 pbk, $59.95; ISBN 9781638409977 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0687

The Movement for Black lives: philosophical perspectives, ed. by Brandon Hogan et al. Oxford, 2021. 304p bibl index ISBN 9780197507773, $99.00; ISBN 9780197507780 pbk, $35.00; ISBN 9780197507803 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0741

Peyton, Brunet. Comic book women: characters, creators, and culture in the Golden Age, by Peyton Brunet and Blair Davis. Texas, 2022. 336p bibl index ISBN 9781477324110, $45.00; ISBN 9781477324134 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0702

Reformed and Evangelical across four centuries: the Presbyterian story in America, by Nathan Feldmeth et al. Eerdmans, 2022. 384p bibl index ISBN 9780802873408 pbk, $29.99; 60-0760

Rosegrant, John. Tolkien, enchantment, and loss: steps on the developmental journey. Kent State, 2021. 224p bibl index ISBN 9781606354353, $55.00; 60-0714

Saint, Andrew. London 1870–1914: a city at its zenith. Lund Humphries, 2021. 240p bibl index ISBN 9781848224650, $59.99; 60-0680

Schonig, Jordan. The shape of motion: cinema and the aesthetics of movement. Oxford, 2021. 264p bibl index ISBN 9780190093884, $125.00; ISBN 9780190093891 pbk, $35.00; ISBN 9780190093914 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0727

Shanafelt, Carrie D. Uncommon sense: Jeremy Bentham, queer aesthetics, and the politics of taste. Virginia, 2022. 194p bibl index ISBN 9780813946863, $95.00; ISBN 9780813946870 pbk, $32.50; ISBN 9780813946887 ebook, $24.50; 60-0743

Stokes, Claudia. Old style: unoriginality and its uses in nineteenth-century U.S. literature. Pennsylvania, 2022. 272p bibl index ISBN 9780812253535, $79.95; ISBN 9780812298161 ebook, $79.95; 60-0716

Wilson, Eric G. Dream-child: a life of Charles Lamb. Yale, 2022. 544p bibl index ISBN 9780300230802, $35.00; ISBN 9780300262490 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0717

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Science & Technology

Arthurs, John. Mentoring scientists and engineers: the essential skills, principles and processes, by John Arthurs with Ian Graham, Gus Hancock, and Tim Brundle. CRC Press, 2021. 170p bibl index ISBN 9780367723989, $115.00; ISBN 9780367724009 pbk, $44.95; ISBN 9781003154648 ebook, $44.95; 60-0767

Behavioral biology of laboratory animals, ed. by Kristine Coleman and Steven J. Schapiro. CRC Press, 2021. 560p bibl index ISBN 9780367029234, $220.00; ISBN 9780429019517 ebook, $220.00; 60-0784

Burton, Anthony. Silk, the thread that tied the world. Pen & Sword, 2021. 192p bibl index ISBN 9781526780928, $29.31; ISBN 9781526780935 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0771

Charles, Nicole. Suspicion: vaccines, hesitancy, and the affective politics of protection in Barbados. Duke, 2022. 208p bibl index ISBN 9781478015017, $94.95; ISBN 9781478017639 pbk, $24.95; ISBN 9781478022251 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0802

Dugatkin, Lee Alan. Power in the wild: the subtle and not-so-subtle ways animals strive for control over others. Chicago, 2022. 208p bibl index ISBN 9780226815947, $25.00; ISBN 9780226815954 ebook, $24.99; 60-0786

Folch, Albert. Hidden in plain sight: the history, science, and engineering of microfluidic technology. MIT, 2022. 352p bibl index ISBN 9780262046893, $40.00; ISBN 9780262369633 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0768

Lang, Harry G. Turn on the words: deaf audiences, captions and the long struggle for access. Gallaudet, 2021. 328p bibl index ISBN 9781944838843 pbk, $34.95; ISBN 9781944838850 ebook, $34.95; 60-0774

Mathur, Nayanika. Crooked cats: beastly encounters in the Anthropocene. Chicago, 2021. 224p bibl index ISBN 9780226771892, $82.50; ISBN 9780226771922 pbk, $27.50; ISBN 9780226772080 ebook, $26.99; 60-0787

Morath, Sarah. Our plastic problem and how to solve it. Cambridge, 2022. 220p bibl index ISBN 9781108841801, $69.99; ISBN 9781108795371 pbk, $24.99; ISBN 9781108899291 ebook, $20.00; 60-0797

Practical medical physics: a guide to the work of hospital clinical scientists, ed. by Debbie Peet and Emma Chung. CRC Press, 2021. 262p bibl index ISBN 9781138309821, $150.00; ISBN 9781138307537 pbk, $59.95; ISBN 9781351391719 ebook, $59.95; 60-0810

Principles of health: allergies & immune disorders, ed. by Michael A. Buratovich. Salem Press, 2021. 550p bibl index ISBN 9781637000236, $165.00; ISBN 9781637000243 ebook, $165.00; 60-0811

Seaborg, David. How life increases biodiversity: an autocatalytic hypothesis. CRC Press, 2022. 264p bibl index ISBN 9781138341401, $200.00; ISBN 9780429802102 ebook, $200.00; 60-0782

Sourakov, Andrei. The lives of moths: a natural history of our planet’s moth life, by Andrei Sourakov and Rachel Warren Chadd. Princeton, 2022. 288p bibl index ISBN 9780691228563, $29.95; ISBN 9780691230368 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0788

Syringe exchange programs and the opioid epidemic: government and nonprofit practices and policies, ed. by Joaquin Jay Gon-zalez III and Mickey P. McGee. McFarland, 2022. 285p bibl index ISBN 9781476673110 pbk, $39.95; ISBN 9781476641102 ebook, $39.95; 60-0813

Verma, Dinesh C. Federated AI for real-world business scenarios. CRC Press, 2022. 218p bibl index ISBN 9780367861575, $165.00; ISBN 9781003027171 ebook, $58.95; 60-0824

Wermelinger, Beat. Forest insects in Europe: diversity, functions and importance. CRC Press, 2021. 365p bibl index ISBN 9781032030319, $167.95; ISBN 9780367457006 pbk, $66.95; ISBN 9781003186465 ebook, $66.95; 60-0789

What works in conservation: 2021, ed. by William J. Sutherland et al. Open Book Publishers, 2021. 1,017p ISBN 9781800642737, $71.95; ISBN 9781800642720 pbk, $49..80; ISBN 9781800642751 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0783

Yang, Guobin. The Wuhan lockdown. Columbia, 2022. 305p bibl index ISBN 9780231200462, $115.00; ISBN 9780231200479 pbk, $28.00; ISBN 9780231553636 ebook, $27.99; 60-0815

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Social & Behavioral Sciences

Afflerbach, Peter. Teaching readers (not reading): moving beyond skills and strategies to reader-focused instruction. Guilford, 2022. 190p bibl index ISBN 9781462548620, $82.00; ISBN 9781462548613 pbk, $32.00; ISBN 9781462548651 ebook, $32.00; 60-0872

Anaedozie, Emeka C. Africans at home and in the United States: one people, one problem, one destiny. Lexington Books, 2021. 180p bibl index ISBN 9781793634863, $95.00; ISBN 9781793634870 ebook, $45.00; 60-0832

Arnold, R. Douglas. Fixing Social Security: the politics of reform in a polarized age. Princeton, 2022. 329p bibl index ISBN 9780691224435, $29.95; ISBN 9780691224442 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0948

Black men from behind the veil: ontological interrogations, ed. by George Yancy. Lexington Books, 2022. 234p bibl index ISBN 9781666906479, $100.00; ISBN 9781666906486 ebook, $45.00; 60-0904

Butterworth, Brian. Can fish count?: what animals reveal about our uniquely mathematical minds. Basic Books, 2022. 384p bibl index ISBN 9781541620810, $30.00; ISBN 9781541620827 ebook, $18.99; 60-0965

Cannon, Loren. The politicalization of trans identity: an analysis of backlash, scapegoating, and dog-whistling from Obergefell to Bostock. Lexington Books, 2022. 223p bibl index ISBN 9781793623812, $100.00; ISBN 9781793623829 ebook, $45.00; 60-0950

Chung, Eunbin. Pride, not prejudice: national identity as a pacifying force in East Asia. Michigan, 2022. 334p bibl index ISBN 9780472132942, $85.00; ISBN 9780472039050 pbk, $39.95; ISBN 9780472902934 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0928

Coodley, Gregg. The green years, 1964–1976: when Democrats and Republicans united to repair the Earth, by Gregg Coodley and David Sarasohn. University Press of Kansas, 2021. 375p bibl index ISBN 9780700632343, $34.95; ISBN 9780700632350 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0951

Farrell, Shanna. A good drink: in pursuit of sustainable spirits. Island Press, 2021. 200p index ISBN 9781642831436, $29.00; ISBN 9781642831443 ebook, $28.99; 60-0850

Fiala, Andrew. Tyranny from Plato to Trump: fools, sycophants, and citizens. Rowman & Littlefield, 2022. 240p index ISBN 9781538160480, $36.00; ISBN 9781538160497 ebook, $34.00; 60-0953

Frost, Jennifer. “Let us vote!”: youth voting rights and the 26th Amendment. New York University, 2022. 384p bibl index ISBN 9781479811328, $39.00; ISBN 9781479811342 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0954

Giulioni, Julie Winkle. Promotions are so yesterday: redefine career development. help employees thrive. ATD Press, 2022. 176p bibl index ISBN 9781952157738, $18.99; ISBN 9781952157745 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0851

Hsu, Shi-Ling. Capitalism and the environment: a proposal to save the planet. Cambridge, 2021. 253p bibl index ISBN 9781108474825, $120.00; ISBN 9781108465526 pbk, $34.99; ISBN 9781108636087 ebook, $28.00; 60-0860

Ilahiane, Hsain. The mobile phone revolution in Morocco: cultural and economic transformations. Lexington Books, 2022. 109p bibl index ISBN 9781793616586, $85.00; ISBN 9781793616593 ebook, $45.00; 60-0842

Jacobs, Margaret D. After one hundred winters: in search of reconciliation on America’s stolen lands. Princeton, 2021. 354p bibl index ISBN 9780691224336, $29.95; ISBN 9780691226644 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0909

The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ed. by Scott Dodson. Cambridge, 2022. 350p bibl index ISBN 9781316515563, $84.99; ISBN 9781009013970 pbk, $29.99; ISBN 9781009033640 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0959

Levine, Robert S. The failed promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. W. W. Norton, 2021. 336p bibl index ISBN 9781324004752, $26.95; ISBN 9781324004769 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0910

Li, Shaomin. The Rise of China, Inc: how the Chinese Communist Party transformed China into a giant corporation. Cambridge, 2022. 346p bibl index ISBN 9781316513873, $99.00; ISBN 9781009074926 pbk, $29.99; ISBN 9781009084628 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0865

Loftsdóttir, Kristín. We are all Africans here: race, mobilities, and West Africans in Europe. Berghahn Books, 2022. 192p bibl index (Worlds in motion, 10) ISBN 9781800733275, $120.00; ISBN 9781800733282 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0843

Lorge, Peter Allan. Imperial China: a beginner’s guide. One World, 2021. 208p bibl index ISBN 9781786075789 pbk, $14.95; ISBN 9781786075796 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0895

Malhotra, Neil Ankur. Leading with values: strategies for making ethical decisions in business and life, by Neil Malhotra and Ken Shotts. Cambridge, 2022. 182p bibl index ISBN 9781108841191, $39.99; ISBN 9781108898720 ebook, $32.00; 60-0853

Martin, Roger L. A new way to think: your guide to superior management effectiveness. Harvard Business Review Press, 2022. 256p bibl index ISBN 9781647823511, $30.00; ISBN 9781647823528 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0854

May, Ann Mari. Gender and the dismal science: women in the early years of the economics profession. Columbia, 2022. 256p bibl index ISBN 9780231192903, $125.00; ISBN 9780231192910 pbk, $32.00; ISBN 9780231192903 ebook, $31.99; 60-0866

The moral psychology of hate, ed. by Noell Birondo. Rowman & Littlefield, 2022. 326p bibl index ISBN 9781538160855, $120.00; ISBN 9781538160862 ebook, $38.00; 60-0966

Opper, Thorsten. Nero: the man behind the myth. The British Museum, 2021. 304p bibl index ISBN 9780714122908, $65.00; ISBN 9780714122915 pbk, $40.00; 60-0890

Purnell, Derecka. Becoming abolitionists: police, protests, and the pursuit of freedom. Astra Publishing, 2021. 320p bibl index ISBN 9781662600517, $28.00; ISBN 9781662601668 pbk, $18.00; ISBN 9781662600524 ebook, $16.99; 60-0961

Roman Egypt: a history, ed. Roger S. Bagnall. Cambridge, 2021. 342p bibl index ISBN 9781108844901, $110.00; ISBN 9781108949002 pbk, $25.99; ISBN 9781108953948 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0891

Schultz, David A. Constitutional precedent in US Supreme Court reasoning. E. Elgar, 2022. 200p bibl index ISBN 9781839103124, $130.00; ISBN 9781839103131 ebook, $40.00; 60-0962

Simonetti, Nickie. Dyslexia defused: reading struggles and reading solutions. Rowman & Littlefield, 2021. 182p bibl ISBN 9781475863086, $90.00; ISBN 9781475863093 pbk, $40.00; ISBN 9781475863109 ebook, $38.00; 60-0881

Steel, Gill. What women want: gender and voting in Britain, Japan, and the United States. Michigan, 2022. 326p bibl index ISBN 9780472132959, $80.00; ISBN 9780472129911 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0927

Tulshyan, Ruchika. Inclusion on purpose: an intersectional approach to creating a culture of belonging at work. MIT, 2022. 296p bibl index ISBN 9780262046558, $29.95; ISBN 9780262368605 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0856

What is freedom?: conversations with historians, philosophers, and activists, ed. by Toby Buckle. Oxford, 2021. 232p bibl index ISBN 9780197572214, $99.00; ISBN 9780197572221 pbk, $24.95; ISBN 9780197572252 ebook, contact publisher for price; 60-0946

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