Hardcovers: Social Sciences
Edited by Dick Donahue and Skip Skwarek. Compiled by Alia Akkam, Natalie Danford, Diane Patrick, Sarah Robbins, Judith Rosen and Michelle Wildgen. -- Publishers Weekly, 6/29/2009
ALTAMIRA PRESS
Anthropologists in Arms: The Ethics of Military Anthropology (Sept., $65) by G.R. Lucas Jr. examines the history and practice of anthropological work used for war.
CENTER STREET
Living Oprah: My One-Year Experiment to Live as TV's Most Influential Guru Advises (Jan., $24.99) by Robyn Okrant tells how one 35-year-old followed every bit of advice from Oprah's show, magazine and Web site.
CHICAGO REVIEW PRESS/LAWRENCE HILL BOOKS
(dist. by IPG)
My Times in Black and White: Race and Power at the New York Times (Jan., $26.95) by Gerald M. Boyd charts the writer's climb from urban poverty to the Times.
CONARI PRESS
Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism (Jan., $19.95) by Melanie Joy explores the system that shapes our perception of the meat we eat.
CYPRESS HOUSE
Envy: A Survey of Its Psychology and History (Sept., $29.95) by Victoria C.G. Greenleaf, M.D., studies the subject's impact on psychoanalysis and contemporary human interaction.
DUKE UNIV. PRESS
Surviving Against the Odds: Village Industry in Indonesia (Dec., $29.95) by S. Ann Dunham, edited by Alice Dewey and Nancy Cooper. An anthropological study by the late mother of President Barack Obama.
FREE PRESS
Shoptimism: A Journey into the Heart and Mind of the American Consumer (Nov., $26) by Lee Eisenberg offers a tour of America's love/hate affair with shopping.
FULCRUM/SPECK PRESS
The Birth (and Death) of the Cool (Nov., $25) by Ted Gioia shows why cool is being replaced by a new cultural tone of sincerity and authenticity.
GALLAUDET UNIV. PRESS
Extraordinary from the Ordinary: Personal Experience Narratives in American Sign Language (Nov., $85) by Kristin Jean Mulrooney shows that the accounts by deaf persons expressed in ASL possess the same characteristics and functions as oral personal narratives.
LITTLE, BROWN
Untitled Essays (Oct., $27.99) by Malcolm Gladwell collects the most famous of the author's New Yorker pieces.
MINNESOTA HISTORICALSOCIETY PRESS
(dist. by Univ. of Chicago Press)
A People's History of the Hmong (Dec., $27.95) by Paul Hillmer studies the group's cultural practices, refugee experiences, and triumphs as citizens of new countries.
LYNNE RIENNER
Dorm Room Dealers: Drugs and the Privileges of Race and Class (Nov., $49.95) by A. Rafik Mohamed and Erik D. Fritsvold breaks open the collegiate drug biz.
SCRIBNER
Eating the Dinosaur (Oct., $25) by Chuck Klosterman. The well-known author/columnist ponders pop culture and sports in a series of essays that consider expectations, reality, media and fans. 125,000 first printing.
SPIEGEL & GRAU
Elevate (Feb., $24) by Wes Moore shares the similar bios of two Wes Moores, one a Rhodes scholar and one in prison, while considering how the two diverged.
