PW's Guide to BEA Exhibitors: U
Edited by Jill A. Tardiff with John Niernberger, Diane Patrick, Karole Riippa, Mary Ann Tennenhouse and Carol Wiener -- Publishers Weekly, 4/17/2006
Ulysses Press
Featured from Ulysses Press: The Heart Rate Training Bible by Joe Friel; Mapping the Memory by Rita Carter; Dirty Italian by Gabrielle Euvino; Dirty Japanese by Seigo Nakao; Atheist Universe by David Mills; Simple Kakuro by Jim Bumgardner; Plyometrics for Explosive Speed and Power by Neal Pire; Hidden Cancun & the Yucatan by Richard Harris; Anam Cara Wisdom by Donald McKinney; The Period Pocketbook by Tricia Kreitman. From Amorata Press: The Little Bit Naughty Book of Lap Dancing for Your Lover by Rebecca Drury; Mémoire Sexuel by Valerie Tasso. Discounts: see PGW booth. Booth: 2748.Unbridled Books
Featured: Song of the Crow by Layne Maheu; If You Could See Me Now by Michael Mewshaw; A Season of Fire and Ice by Lloyd Zimpel; Mohr by Frederick Reuss; Romancing Spain by Lamar Herrin; Small Acts of Sex and Electricity by Lise Haines; Goodnight, Texas by William Cobb; Rain Village by Carolyn Turgeon; Lucky Strike by Nancy Zafris; Breath and Bones by Susann Cokal. Giveaways: galleys: Song of the Crow and Rain Village; books: The Bad Tuxedo Book & Music Tour (CD) and The Singing and Dancing Daughters of God. Discounts: 46%, free freight. Booth: 3466.United States Playing Card
Booth: 5649.Universal Map
Booths: 1049, 5317.Universidad del Pais Vasco Servicio Editorial
Publishes scholarly, professional and trade books, textbooks, journals and monographs on subjects of current interest. Booth: 1397.Univ. of Alabama Press
Featured: Fire Ant Books (new imprint titles); Deep South Books series (memoir/fiction); Alabama Folk Pottery by Joey Brackner; Ain't Nothin' but a Winner by Barry Krauss and Jo Moore; All Out of Faith, edited by Wendy Reed and Jennifer Horne; Sherman's Mississippi Campaign by Buck Foster; Outpost Kelly, July 1952: A Tanker's Story by Jack Diewert. Giveaways: posters, bookmarks. Discounts: 48%. Booth: 2554.Univ. of Arizona Press
Featured: Being Chinese; Return of the Mexican Grey Wolf; Writing on the Edge, edited by Tom Miller; Desert Places series; Camino del Sol and Sun Tracks series (new titles). Booth: 3307.Univ. of California Press
Featured from Univ. of California Press: The Secret History of al-Qa'ida by Abdel Bari Atwan; Trees of the World by Hugh Johnson; George Gershwin by Howard Pollack; The Queen of Fats by Susan Allport; Undermining Science by Seth Shulman; The State of the Middle by Dan Smith; The Way to Make Wine by Sheridan Warrick; The Atlas of Climate Change by Kirstin Dow and Thomas Downing; Egypt by Joyce Tyldesley; Yosemite, edited by Amy Scott. From Sierra Club Books: Galen Rowell: A Retrospective by Galen Rowell; Evening by Thomas Berry. From Huntington Library Press: John James Audubon's Birds of America by Lee Vedder. Discounts: 48% on backlist orders of 10 or more books (nine-unit maximum per title). Booth: 2326.Univ. of Chicago Press
Featured: Awake in the Dark, The Best of Roger Ebert; Life and Times of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart by Pietro Melograni; The Truth About Conservative Christians by Andrew Greeley; Divas and Scholars by Phillip Gossett; Counterculture into Cyberculture by Fred Turner. Booth: 2318.Univ. of Georgia Press
Featured: Daughter of the Confederacy by Julia Oliver; The Muse in the Machine by T. R. Hummer; The Civil Rights Movement in American Memory, edited by Renee C. Romano and Leigh Raiford; Short Stories of the Civil Rights Movement, edited by Margaret Earley Whitt; The Civil War Letters of Joseph Hopkins Twichell, edited by Peter Messent and Steve Courtney; Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction (two winners); Verb Audioquarterly, produced by Daren Wang; Sea Turtles of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States by Carol Ruckdeschel and C. Robert Shoop; Lowcountry by Walter Fraser Jr.; Georgia Quilts, edited by Anita Weinraub. Giveaways: galleys: Daughter of the Confederacy. Discounts: 50%. Booth: 3416.Univ. of Hawai'i Press
Featured: Gaijin Yokozuna by Mark Panek; Broken Trust by Randall Roth; Landfalls of Paradise, 5th Edition by Earl Hinz; Parting the Mists by Aida Yuen Wong; Capitalscapes by Matthew McKelway; Reading a Japanese Film by Keiko McDonald; Leaves from an Autumn of Emergencies by Samuel Yamashita; Japanese Horror Cinema by Jay McRoy; Hawaiian Legends of Dreams by Carol Loebel-Fried. Giveaways: chocolate macadamia nuts; pens; orchids. Discounts: 50% (no minimum). Booth: 3213.Univ. of Illinois Press
Featured: How Free Can Religion Be by Randall Bezanson; A Staggering Revolution by John Raeburn; The American Discovery of Europe by Jack Forbes; Don't Give Up the Ship by Donald Hickey; Citizen Spielberg by Lester Friedman; The Chicago Marathon by Andrew Suozzo; Rooms of Our Own by Susan Guber; Josephine Baker in Art and Life by Bennetta Jules-Rosette; Chicago Blues by David Whiteis; Beauvoir series; new regional titles. Discounts: 47% on trade and short-discount books (no minimum; nine-unit maximum per title). Booth: 2121.Univ. of Massachusetts Press
Featured: Bring Everybody by Dwight Yates; The Athens of America by Thomas H. O'Connor; "Words for the Hour" edited by Faith Barrett and Cristanne Miller; One Shaker Life by Gendyne R. Wergland; Edward Lansdale's Cold War by Jonathan Nashel; From Betty Crocker to Feminist Food, edited by Arlene Voski Avakian and Barbara Haber. Discounts: 50% on five or more assorted titles (retail accounts only; course adoptions excluded). Booth: 2117.Univ. of Michigan Press
Booth: 2555.Univ. of Minnesota Press
Featured: Pink Ribbons, Inc. by Samantha King; Transgender Rights by Paisley Currah; Decolonization and the Decolonized by Albert/Memmi; Guy Debord by Vincent Kaufmann; Dudley Murphy by Susan Delson; The Philosophy of New Music by Theodor Adorno; Sex Objects by Jennifer Doyle; Watching Wildlife by Cynthia Chris; Building Within Nature by Andy Wasowski; Midwest Marvels by Eric Dregni. Giveaways: galleys. Discounts: 3%, backlist orders. Booth: 2920.Univ. of Missouri Press
Featured: The St. Louis Baseball Reader by Richard Peterson; Good-bye to the Mermaids by Karin Finell; Dreaming the Mississippi by Katherine Fischer; Small Worlds by Robert Klose; Lessons in Mortality by Allen B. Weisse; Power at Sea (three vols.) by Lisle A. Rose; The Arts and Architecture of German Settlements in Missouri by Charles van Ravenswaay; Here's Where by Charlie Brennan. Giveaways: bags, candy. Discounts: 46% plus free freight (U.S. only) on orders of 10 or more. Booth: 3414.Univ. of Nebraska Press
Featured: Chuck Hagel by Charlyne Berens; The Floor of the Sky by Pamela Joern; The Meteor Hunt by Jules Verne; The Mover of Bones by Robert Vivian; Miracle Collapse by Doug Feldman; The Wow Boys by James W. Johnson; A Taste of Heritage by Alma Hogan Snell; The Orange Tree by Mildred Walker; Falling Room by Eli Hastings; The National Grasslands by Francis Moul. Giveaways: ARCs: Chuck Hagel and The Floor of the Sky; notebooks. Discounts: free freight on one order, front- or backlist (five-book minimum). Booth: 2956.Univ. of North Carolina Press
Featured: Gardening with Heirloom Seeds by Lynn Coulter; Pets in America by Katherine Grier; Her Best Shot by Laura Browder; The Encyclopedia of North Carolina, edited by William Powell; The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, Vol. 3 and Vol. 4, both edited by Charles Reagan Wilson; Mockingbird Song by Jack Temple Kirby; George Mason, Forgotten Founder by Jeff Broadwater; Rhetorical Occasions by Michael Berube; Super-Scenic Motorway by Anne Mitchell Whisnant. Giveaways: seed packets, dog bones. Drawings: for a set of garden tools. Discounts: 50% (one order, retail/library accounts). Booth: 3353.Univ. of Oklahoma Press
Featured: The Man Who Could Fly and Other Stories by Rudolfo Anaya; Mr. Ambassador by Edward J. Perkins with Connie Cronley; Jay Cooke's Gamble by M. John Lubetkin; Riding for the Brand by Michael Pettit; Black Silk Handkerchief by D.L. Birchfield; Peoples of the Plateau by Steven L. Grafe; Party Wars by Barbara Sinclair; Dreams to Dust by Sheldon Russell; Baby Bird Portraits by George Miksch by Paul A. Johnsgard; Genghis Khan's Greatest General by Richard A. Gabriel. Discounts: 45%, free freight. Booth: 2622.Univ. of Pennsylvania Press
Booth: 3162.Univ. of Tennessee Press
Featured: Encyclopedia of Appalachia, edited by Abramson and Haskell; Exiled by Karl Kell; Reading Faulkner by Richard Marius; Captain Henry Wirz and Andersonville Prison by R. Fred Ruhlman; The Paper Bag Principle by Audrey Kerr; Too Far from Virginia by Gary Joiner; Echoes of Thunder by Matt Spruill; Blood Kin by Mark Powell. Discounts: 48%, trade titles (assorted; six-book minimum); 40%, short-discount titles. Booth: 2562.Univ. of Virginia Press
Featured: Realistic Visionary by Peter R. Henriques; What Time and Sadness Spared by Roma Nutkiewicz Ben-Atar and Doron Ben-Atar; I'm No Angel by Ellen Tremper; West with the Rise by James Barilla; Jamestown, The Buried Truth by William M. Kelso; Pocahontas, Powhatan, Opechanough by Helen Roundtree; Pilgrimage to Vallombrosa by John Elder; Scandal at Bizarre by Cynthia Kierner. Discounts: 50%, backlist. Booth: 2569.Univ. Press of Kansas
Featured: Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 and Radical Conservatism, titles by Robert Brent Toplin; The Enemy of My Enemy by George Michael; General Ashcroft by Nancy Baker; In the Name of National Security by Louis Fisher; Hillary Rodham Clinton by Gil Troy; Battle for the Ruhr by Derek Zumbro; Do (Not) Feed the Bears by Alice Wondrak Biel; Kansas Murals by Lora Jost and David Loewenstein. Discounts: 50%, backlist. Booth: 3418.Univ. Press of Kentucky
Featured: From My Cold, Dead Hands by Emilie Raymond; Patricia Neal by Stephen Michael Shearer; Ginseng Dreams by Kristin Johannsen; Black Farmers in America by John Francis Ficara and Juan Williams; Lake Monster Mysteries by Joe Nickell; What Ever Happened to Orson Welles? by Joseph McBride; Generation on Fire by Jeff Kisseloff; Drawing the Line by Tom Sito; Beyond the Epic by Gene D. Phillips; With Amusement for All by LeRoy Ashby. Giveaways: galleys: From My Cold, Dead Hands. Discounts: 50%, free freight (no minimum). Booth: 3424.Univ. Press of Mississippi
Featured: Thomas Jefferson on Wine by John Hailman; William Dunlap, art by William Dunlap; Red State by Jere Nash and Andy Taggart; Sam Myers by Sam Myers and Jeff Horton; Forever Mame by Bernard Dick; Where Have All the Flower Children Gone? by Sandra Gurvis; Ghost Hunters of the South by Alan Brown; 20 Over 40, edited by David Galef and Beth Weinhouse; Gettysburg and Vicksburg, text/photos by Timothy Isbell. Discounts: 48%, free freight on five or more backlist titles (one address). Booth: 3425.Univ. Press of New England
Featured: Liberty Street by Peter Joseph; Finding Amy by Capt. Joseph Loughlin and Kate Clark Flora; The Search for Canasta 404 by Melissa Robinson and Maureen Dunn; Diamonds in the Marsh by Barbara Brennessel; Toxic by Joni Cole; The Story of Modern Skiing by John Fry; Out of Bounds by John Corrigan; The Myth of Progress and the Laws of Sustainability by Tom Wessels; The Road Washes Out in Spring by Baron Wormser. Discounts: 50%, backlist. Booth: 3217.Urano Publishing
Spanish publisher prints and publishes U.S. bestsellers in Spanish; imprints include Urano, Tusquets, Obelisco, Roca, Sirio, Urano, Edhasa, Robinbook. Featured: Código Da Vinci; ¿Quién Se Ha Llevado Mi Queso?; Luna de Miel; El Caballero de la Armadura Oxidada; Eragon; La Boda; La Desaparicion del Universo; original Spanish literature: Antes Que Anochezca, Soldados de Salamina. Booth: 912.Urban Books
Featured from Urban Books: Trippin'by Michelle Buckley; Sex in the Hood 2 by White Chocolate; If Your Girl Only Knew by Dewayne Joseph; The Hook-up by Pat Tucker; Riding Rhythm by Jihad; Too Close for Comfort by LaJil Hunt. From Urban Books/Urban Soul: The Key Party by Lisa Nicole and Siddeeqah; Feels Like Falling by Michelle McGriff. From Urban Books/ Urban Mass: In Her Mother's Shadow by Faye Thompson; Another Sad Love Song by LaJill Hunt; Choices Men Make by Dwayne Joseph; My Time to Shine by Ed McNair; You Wrong for That by Toshia. Giveaways: featured titles, promotional items. Discounts: see Kensington booth. Booths: 2924, 2925.URJ Press
Publishes Jewish trade titles, textbooks and educational materials, including CDs, sheet music and songbooks. Featured: The Torah: A Modern Commentary, Revised Edition; A Year of Jewish Stories; Jewish U; Shir HaShirim; The Seven Spices; The Many Faces of God; The Purim Costume. Discounts: "hot deals," see booth for details. Booth: 3714.U.S.A. Books Abroad
Certified by the U.S. Department of Commerce under the Export Trading Act of 1982, bringing opportunities to U.S. publishers abroad; exhibiting with the Combined Book Exhibit and American Collective Stand. Booth: 1125.USAOPOLY
Booth: 5648.U.S. Games Systems
USGS offers over 450 proprietary products: specialty playing cards, decks, educational games; tarot decks and books; imprints include Cove Press. Discounts: extra 3% (wholesale, $500+); extra 5% (wholesale, $1,000+); extra 8% (wholesale, $2,000+). Booth: 3149.U.S. Int'l Publishing
Offers Chinese learning books, CDs and dictionaries, Chinese textbooks for k–12 students as well as adult learners. Featured: Chinese for Youth by Weiling Wu; Far East Everyday Chinese by T.M. Yeh; Far East Chinese-English Dictionary; Chinese Culture for Youth by Marisa Fang. Discounts: 10%. Booth: 521.
