University Press Books Selected for
Public and Secondary School Libraries
The Best of the Best from the University Presses
2009 American Library Association Annual Conference
Chicago, IL
July 12, 2009
The "Best of the Best" program is presented annually at the ALA Conference. University presses represent an often-undiscovered gold mine of resources for school and public libraries. Public and secondary school librarians who served on the 2008-09 selection committees will introduce recent titles they have found to be “the best” for a variety of reasons. Copies of the books presented will be raffled to program attendees.
The program was taped by C-SPAN2 for BookTV and aired on July 26. If you missed it, it is available for online viewing here.
These recommendations and more can be found in the 19th Edition of the University Press Books Selected for Public and Secondary School Libraries, an annual collection development tool published by AAUP.
Titles were selected and will be presented by the following members of the 2009 University Press Books Committee:
Hilary Albert, Reference Librarian, Mahopac Public Library, Mahopac, NY
Nann Blaine Hilyard, Director, Zion-Benton Public Library, Zion, IL
Terri Lent, Library Media Specialist, Patrick Henry High School, Ashland, VA
Dr. Janice Krueger, Professor of Library Science, Clarion University, Clarion, PA
Dr. Judith Repman, Professor of Instructional Technology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
View a PDF flier of the selected titles with Dewey Decimal classifications and additional publication information.
TITLES (alphabetical by press):
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
Stat-Spotting: A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data
by Joel Best
Asylum Denied: A Refugee’s Struggle for Safety in America
by David Ngaruri Kenney and Philip G. Schrag
The Healthy Skeptic: Cutting through the Hype about Your Health
by Robert Davis
Bombay Anna: The Real Story and Remarkable Adventures of The King and I Governess
by Susan Morgan
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found
by Mary Beard
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I PRESS
Vanished Islands and Hidden Continents of the Pacific
by Patrick D. Nunn
THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY
The Jewish Bible: A JPS Guide
by The Jewish Publication Society
UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KANSAS
Are We There Yet? The Golden Age of American Family Vacations
by Susan Sessions Rugh
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Tales for Little Rebels: A Collection of Radical Children's Literature
by Julia L. Mickenberg and Philip Nel
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME PRESS
Opening the Qur'an: Introducing Islam's Holy Book
by Walter H. Wagner
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
The Oxford Companion to the American Musical: Theatre, Film, and Television
by Thomas S. Hischak
Atlas of Exploration, 2nd Edition
by Oxford University Press, Foreword by John Hemming
Abraham Lincoln: A Presidential Life
by James M. McPherson
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
Princeton Dictionary of Ancient Egypt
by Ian Shaw and Paul Nicholson
Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
by Judith Herrin
RAND CORPORATION
In Their Own Words: Voices of Jihad
Compilation and Commentary by David Aaron
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS
500 Years of Chicana Women’s History (Bilingual Edition)
by Elizabeth "Betita" Martínez
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS
Red Desert: History of a Place
by Annie Proulx
Danger Pay: Memoir of a Photojournalist in the Middle East, 1984-1994
by Carol Spencer Mitchell
THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PRESS
The Founders on the Founders: Word Portraits from the American Revolutionary Era
by John P. Kaminski
WASHINGTON STATE PRESS
America’s Nuclear Wastelands: Politics, Accountability, and Cleanup
by Max S. Power
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