University Press Books Selected for
Public and Secondary School Libraries
Best of the Best of the University Presses
Summer American Library Association Meeting
Chicago, IL
June 25, 2005
1:30 - 3:30 PM
Chicago Hilton, Wilford A
This program is presented annually at the Summer ALA. Public and secondary school librarians who served on the 2004 selection committees present their favorite picks from the new edition of University Press Books Selected for Public and Secondary School Libraries to an audience of their colleagues. Publishers donate copies of the presented books to be raffled to librarians in the audience.
Below is a list of the 2005 presenting librarians and their selections.
The fifteenth edition of the entire bibliography, with ratings and reviews, is freely available online at www.aaupnet.org/librarybooks/2005/
MARY D. LANKFORD (AASL)
Library Consultant, Austin, TX
423.122
The Cambridge Guide to English Usage by Pam Peters
Cambridge University Press / cloth
Subject Categories: Language Arts, Dictionaries, Study & Teaching
811.3
Longfellow: a Rediscovered Life by Charles C. Calhoun
Beacon Press / cloth and paper
Subject Categories: Biography, American Poets, 19th Century
811.54
Door in the Mountain, New & Collected Poems 1965-2003 by Jean Valentine
Wesleyan University Press / cloth
Subject Categories: Poetry, American
818.303
Walden: A Fully Annotated Edition / Edited by Jefrey S. Cramer
Yale University Press / cloth
Subject Categories: Biography, 19th Century America, Nature Essays, Naturalists
CARLA BAUMAN-FRANKS (PLA)
Allen County Public Library; Fort Wayne, IN
121—dc22
True to Life: Why Truth Matters by Michael P. Lynch
The MIT Press / cloth
Subject Categories: Philosophy, Epistemology
155.937
Parting: A Handbook for Spiritual Care Near the End of Life by Jennifer Sutton Holder
The University of North Carolina Press / paper
Subject Categories: Death, Grief, Bereavement, Consulation
296.4
Jewish Life Cycle: Rites of Passage from Biblical to Modern Times by Ivan G. Marcus
University of Washington Press / cloth and paper
Subject Categories: Judaism, Customs and Traditions
305.242
Debutante: Rites and Regalia of American Debdom by Karal Ann Marling
University Press of Kansas / cloth
Subject Categories: 21st Century, Social History, Popular Culture, Women’s Studies
GAY ANN LOESCH (AASL)
Sun Valley Middle School; Charlotte, NC
579
Nature’s Strongholds: The World’s Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura and William Riley
Princeton University Press / cloth
Subject Categories: Nature, Wildlife, Field Guides, Ecology
590.21
The Encyclopedia of Animals: A Complete Visual Guide by George McKay et al.
University of California Press / cloth
Subject Categories: Zoology, Nature, Science
635.049
Garden Insects of North America: The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs by Whitney Cranshaw
Princeton University Press / cloth and paper
Subject Categories: Gardening, Horticulture, Insects
779.37
Under Antarctic Ice: The Photographs of Norbert Wu by Norbert Wu and Jim Mastro
University of California Press / cloth
Subject Categories: Antartica, Marine Biology, Photo Essay, Photo Technique
915.12
Yangtze Remembered: The River Beneath The Lake by Linda Butler
Stanford University Press / cloth
Subject Categories: China, Photo Essay, Photo Technique
DR. GAYLES EVANS (AASL)
Chicago State University; Chicago, IL
704.039
Early Art of the Southeastern Indians: Feathered Serpents & Winged Beings by Susan C. Power
University of Georgia Press
Subject Categories: Native American Art, Archaeology
741.597
America's Founding Food: The Story of New England Cooking by Keith Stavely and Kathleen Fitzgerald
University of North Carolina Press / cloth
Subject Categories: Cooking, New England
741.67
Talking Shops: Detroit Commercial Folk Art by David Clements
Wayne State University Press / paper
Subject Categories: Folk Arts, Art Instruction, Commercial Art
759.132
Come Walk with Me: The Art of Dorris Curtis Introduction by Robert Cochran
The University of Arkansas Press / cloth
Subject Categories: Fine Arts, Art Instruction
955.05’4
Taken Hostage: The Iran Hostage Crisis and America's First Encounter with Radical Islam by David Farber
Princeton University Press / cloth
Subject Categories: Iran, 1977-1981, Foreign Relations, Politics and Islam
KAREN PERRY (AASL)
Central Davidson School; High Point, NC
361.196
Body Story by Julia K. DePree
Ohio University Press / cloth and paper
Subject Categories: Anorexia, Biography/Memoir
363.739
Political Waters: The Long, Dirty, Contentious, Incredibly Expensive but Eventually Triumphant History of Boston Harbor by Eric Jay Dolin
University of Massachusetts Press / cloth
Subject Categories: Environmental Science, History (City/State), Political Science
394.25
Carnaval! Edited by Barbara Mauldin
University of Washington Press / cloth and paper
Subject Categories: Anthropology, Customs and Traditions, Folklore
629.13
High, Wide, and Frightened by Louise Thaden
University of Arkansas Press / paper
Subject Categories: Aviation, Biography, Women Pilots
DR. TERRI MAGGIO (PLA)
Southwest GA Regional Library; Bainbridge, GA
597.9
The Amphibians and Reptiles of Arkansas by Stanley E. Troth, et al.
The University of Arkansas Press / cloth
Subject Categories: Reptiles, Nature/Field Guides
618.1
A Woman's Guide to Menopause and Perimenopause by Mary Jane Minkin and Carol V. Wright
Yale University Press / cloth
Subject Categories: Health & Fitness, Women’s Health
971.01’1
Champlain: The Birth of French America by Raymonde Litalien and Denis Vaugeois
McGill-Queen’s University Press / cloth
Subject Categories: Canadian History
973.5
The Seminole Wars: America's Longest Indian Conflict by John Missal and Mary Lou Missal
University Press of Florida / cloth
Subject Categories: Native American Studies, 19th Century History
973.922
Jacqueline Kennedy: First Lady of the New Frontier by Barbara A. Perry
University Press of Kansas / cloth
Subject Categories: U.S.Presidents, Biography, Women’s Studies
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