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Mirror in the Sky
A stunning musical biography of Stevie Nicks that paints a portrait of an artist, not a caricature of a superstar. Reflective and expansive, Mirror in the Sky situates Stevie Nicks as one of the ...
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Q&A with Stephanie L. Canizales, author of Sin Padres, Ni Papeles
Each year, thousands of youth endure harrowing unaccompanied and undocumented migrations across Central America and Mexico to the United States in pursuit of a better future. Drawing on the firsthand ...
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UC Press August Award Winners
As international migration continues to rise, sending states play an integral part in "managing" their diasporas, in some cases even stepping in to protect their citizens' labor and human rights in ...
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The United States of War
A provocative examination of how the U.S. military has shaped our entire world, from today’s costly, endless wars to the prominence of violence in everyday American life. Our authors reflect on what ...
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Actual Malice
"A detailed examination of . . . the landmark 1964 Supreme Court decision that defined libel laws and increased protections for journalists."—The New York Times Book Review A deeply researched legal ...
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Tending the Wild
A complex look at California Native ecological practices as a model for environmental sustainability and conservation. John Muir was an early proponent of a view we still hold today—that much of ...
University of California Press29d
We already have the tools to better address human trafficking
July 30 th is the UN-recognized World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, while January 11 th is the US-recognized National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Both days center on bringing attention and ...
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Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century, Vol. I
Fernand Braudel (1902-1985) taught at the Collège de France and was a member of the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes. He is the author of The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of ...
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A People's Guide to Orange County
The full and fascinating guidebook that Orange County deserves. A People’s Guide to Orange County is an alternative tour guide that documents sites of oppression, resistance, struggle, and ...
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The Constitution of Society
Anthony Giddens has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade. In The Constitution of Society he outlines the distinctive position he has evolved during that period ...
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Where We Live Now
Racial and ethnic diversity is a fact of life in a growing number of American cities and communities. A short twenty-minute ride (depending on the traffic!) along Fort Hamilton Parkway in Brooklyn, ...
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A Different Nature
Growing up in the Welsh border country, in a world in which television existed but was unheard of by me, I could safely explore ancient oak woodlands, heathlands and marshes and quiet narrow lanes, ...