Editor's note: Faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences publish dozens of books and hundreds of journal articles each year. What follows is a list of books by A&S faculty that have been published this year, either in hardback or paperback format.
Stalin’s Barber
Avraham Bahar leaves debt-ridden and depressed Albania to seek a better life in, ironically, Stalinist Russia. A professional barber, he curries favor with the Communist regime, ultimately being invited to become Stalin’s personal barber at the Kremlin, where he is entitled to live in a government house with other Soviet dignitaries. In the intrigue that follows, Avraham, now known as Razan, not only barbers Stalin (or so he thinks), but also the many Stalin look-alikes that the paranoid dictator circulates to thwart possible assassination attempts—including a possible attempt from Razan himself.
Matters of Communication
Political, Cultural and Technological Challenges Edited by Tim Kuhn, associate professor of communication Hampton Press “Matters of Communication: Political, Cultural and Technological Challenges” is an invitation to consider the consequences of thinking about communication as (im)material with respect to pressing political, cultural and technological problems. Arguing against those who would separate the social world into the [...]
Communication Activism
Vol. 3: Struggling for Social Justice Amidst Difference Edited by Lawrence R. Frey, professor of communication at CU; and Kevin M. Carragee, Suffolk University Hampton Press Extending the scholarship presented in the first two volumes of “Communication Activism”, the studies in this volume offer further rich examples of communication scholars using their theories, methods, pedagogies [...]
Tectonic Geomorphology
Second Edition Edited by Douglas Burbank, University of California, Santa Barbara; and Robert Anderson, associate professor in geomorphology and earth surface processes, CU Wiley Tectonic geomorphology is the study of the interplay between tectonic and surface processes that shape the landscape in regions of active deformation and at time scales ranging from days to millions of [...]
Poetics of the Iconotext
Written by Liliane Louvel, professor emeritus at the University of Poitiers; Edited by Karen Jacobs, associate professor of English at CU; Translated by Laurence Petit, Université Paul Valéry-Monpellier Ashgate “Poetics of the Iconotext” makes available for the first time in English the theories of the respected French text/image specialist, Professor Liliane Louvel. A consolidation of [...]
The Water–Energy Nexus in the American West
Edited by Douglas S. Kenney, Senior Research Associate at the Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado School of Law; Robert Wilkinson, University of California at Santa Barbara Edward Elgar Publishing The nexus between water and energy raises a set of public policy questions that go far beyond water and energy. Economic vitality and management [...]
Real Tourism
Practice, Care, and Politics in Contemporary Travel Culture Edited by Claudio Minca, Wageningen University, The Neatherlands; and Tim Oakes, professor of geography at CU Routledge Over the past decade, tourism studies has broken out of its traditional institutional affiliation with business and management programs to take its legitimate place as an interdisciplinary social science field [...]
Time and the Moment in Victorian Literature and Society
By Sue Zemka, Professor of English Cambridge University Press Sudden changes, opportunities or revelations have always carried a special significance in western culture, from the Greek and later the Christian kairos to Evangelical experiences of conversion. This fascinating book explores the ways in which England, under the influence of industrializing forces and increased precision in [...]
Essential Cosmic Perspective with MasteringAstronomy®
Sixth Edition By Jeffrey O. Bennett, University of Colorado, Boulder; Megan Donahue, Michigan State University; Nicholas Schneider, University of Colorado, Boulder; and Mark Voit, Michigan State University Addison-Wesley “The Essential Cosmic Perspective with MasteringAstronomy®, Sixth Edition” retains all of the features that have made this text so popular and effective. New features and updates based on current research will engage students as [...]
Cosmic Perspective Fundamentals with Voyager
SkyGazer v4.0 College Edition By Jeffrey O. Bennett, University of Colorado, Boulder; Megan Donahue, Michigan State University; Nicholas Schneider, University of Colorado, Boulder; and Mark Voit, Michigan State University Addison-Wesley The “Cosmic Perspective Fundamentals” is the briefest introduction to astronomy in the Bennett series. It is carefully crafted to engage students and motivate them to learn about astronomy and scientific inquiry. [...]
Introductory Econometrics
Intuition, Proof and Practice By Jeffrey S. Zax, professor and associate chair of undergraduate studies of economics Stanford University Press “Introductory Econometrics: Intuition, Proof and Practice” attempts to distill econometrics into a form that preserves its essence, but that is acceptable and even appealing to the student’s intellectual palate. This book insists on rigor when [...]
Gorgeous Beasts
Animal Bodies in Historical Perspective Edited by Joan B. Landes, Penn State; Paula Young Lee, independent scholar; and Paul Youngquist, professor of English at CU Penn State University Press “Gorgeous Beasts” takes a fresh look at the place of animals in history and art. Refusing the traditional subordination of animals to humans, the essays gathered [...]
Weatherization and Energy Efficiency Improvement for Existing Homes
An Engineering Approach By Moncef Krarti, professor of civil, environmental, and architectural engineering CRC Press In this volume, Krarti presents a systematic approach to energy analysis of building energy performance. Providing a proven set of energy efficiency measures and opportunities for saving energy and reducing operating costs for existing homes, this book presents general tools [...]
Antieigenvalue Analysis
with Applications to Numerical Analysis, Wavelets, Statistics, Quantum Mechanics, Finance and Optimization By Karl Gustafson, professor of mathematics World Scientific Publishing Co Karl Gustafson is the creator of the theory of antieigenvalue analysis. Its applications spread through fields as diverse as numerical analysis, wavelets, statistics, quantum mechanics and finance. Antieigenvalue analysis, with its operator trigonometry, [...]
One Day It’ll All Make Sense
By Common (Rashid Lynn), a film and television actor, award-winning music artist and independent publisher/author of books for children; and Adam Bradley, associate professor of English Simon & Schuster Common has earned a reputation in the hip hop world as a conscious artist by embracing themes of love and struggle in his songs, and by [...]
Ecology
Second Edition Edited by Michael L. Cain, Bowdoin College; William D. Bowman, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and director of INSTAAR Mountain Research Station at CU; and Sally D. Hacker, Oregon State University Sinauer Associates The overarching goal for the new Second Edition of “Ecology” was to enhance how the book works as a [...]
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