University of Chicago Press Books: New booksThe latest scholarly and general books from the University of Chicago Press.Month at the Front- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Edited by the Bodleian Library From The Things They Carried and Platoon to todays documentaries of soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, the ordeals of wartime soldiers are gripping, morally complex narratives of human strength and frailty. A Month at the Front offers another fresh and personal perspective on war. Recently acquired by the Bodleian Library, it is a first-hand account of a young and anonymous British soldier fighting in the frontline trenches of the First World War.http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=189238 Queen Elizabeth's Book of Oxford- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Edited with an Introduction by Louise Durning In 1566, Queen Elizabeth I visited Oxford for the first time. She toured the colleges, gave lectures, and attended a play in her honor at Christ Church. She was presented with a companiona handbook made specifically for her and now fully reproduced as Queen Elizabeth's Book of Oxford. Newly translated, the book's Latin verse is written in a conversational tone as a lively discussion between the revered Queen and a knowledgeable guide. The volume...http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=170070 Race to 270- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Daron R. Shaw The Electoral College has played an important role in presidential politics since our nations founding, but surprisingly little information exists about precisely how it affects campaign strategy. Daron R. Shaw, a scholar who also worked as a strategist in both Bush-Cheney campaigns, has written the first book to go inside the past two presidential elections and reveal how the race to 270 was wonand lost.http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=203888 Reader: 22- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Edited by Jane Davis Most literary magazines focus on the craft of writing and cater to a highly select audience of writers, literary critics, and scholars of literature. In contrast, The Reader is a quarterly literary magazine aimed at the intelligent common reader.http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=190710 Reader: 23- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Edited by Jane Davis Most literary magazines focus on the craft of writing and cater to a highly select audience of writers, literary critics, and scholars of literature. In contrast, The Reader is a quarterly literary magazine aimed at the intelligent common reader.http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=214213 Reading the Kyoto Protocol- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Etienne Vermeersch The Kyoto Protocol became law in February 2005eight years after its conception as a framework for reducing emissions and a full four years after the United States abandoned it. But while President George W. Bush embarrassed much of the scientific community by challenging the veracity of the greenhouse effect, and thus the impetus for Kyoto, officials elsewhere expressed far different concerns. Reading the Kyoto Protocol explores their qualms and objections to everything from..http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=167649 Reference and Reflexivity, 2nd Edition- (Found June 24, 2008 ) John Perry Inthissecond edition of Reference and Reflexivity, John Perry develops his reflexive-referential theory of indexicals, demonstratives, and proper names and further illuminates the distinction between semantics and pragmatics. Responding to ideas from both the descriptivist and referentialist traditions, Perry reveals the essential truth behind these competing philosophiesa coherent and structured family of contents, from reflexive contents that place conditions on their actual...http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=215883 Research- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Edited by Clive Gillman Artists who work in new media and film are increasingly reliant on technological advancements to make the complex art we see today, such as interactive webcasts, sound performances, and robotic installations. That art, in turn, inspires engineers working on these emerging technologies to even greater heights of achievement. Research explores this fruitful partnership by focusing on the recent creations of Liverpools ITEM project, an initiative designed to help artists...http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=214799 Resistance- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Norbert Gualde A North Carolina woman dies of a flesh-eating bacterial disease. Thousands of people in West Africa are suffering from cholera. And antibioticsare rapidly becoming less and less effective at fighting what were once mild infections. The biggest threat to the future of human society may not be terrorist attacks or nuclear war, but rather microscopic bacteria. Immunologist Norbert Gualde explains in Resistance the dangers we face from bacterial resistance, asserting that we must...http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=167906 Retro- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Elizabeth Guffey Bell-bottoms are in. Bell-bottoms are out. Bell-bottoms are back inagain. Fads constantly cycle and recycle through popular culture, each time in a slightly new incarnation. The term retro has become the buzzword for describing such trends, but what does it mean Elizabeth Guffey explores here the ambiguous cultural meanings of the term and reveals why some trends just never seem to stay dead.http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=211182 |