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Book Cover for: Picking Presidents: How to Make the Most Consequential Decision in the World, Gautam Mukunda

Picking Presidents: How to Make the Most Consequential Decision in the World

Gautam Mukunda
University of California PressUniversity of California Press

Listen: @gmukunda talks with @PescaGist and @pescami about his new book PICKING PRESIDENTS: How to Make the Most Consequential Decision in the World (https://t.co/yj4Ccrh1gw): https://t.co/MrhM4kzG4J #leadership #Midterms2022

Hardcover, 2022

$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Garland of Visions: Color, Tantra, and a Material History of Indian Painting, Jinah Kim

Garland of Visions: Color, Tantra, and a Material History of Indian Painting

Jinah Kim
University of California PressUniversity of California Press

GARLAND OF VISIONS by Jinah Kim explores the ritual, artistic, social, scientific, and religious practices in Indian painting. #AAS2023 https://t.co/7WzJg3OMUZ

Hardcover, 2021

$75.00$50.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Book Cover for: You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You're Innocent, Justin Brooks

You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You're Innocent

Justin Brooks
University of California PressUniversity of California Press

We love seeing authors in the booth! @JustinoBrooks's forthcoming YOU MIGHT GO TO PRISON, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE INNOCENT (April '23) paints the picture of a broken justice system, one where innocence is no protection from incarceration. Get an early look at the book at #AALS2023. https://t.co/3fJcCG1csH

Hardcover, 2023

$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Arise!: Global Radicalism in the Era of the Mexican Revolution Volume 66, Christina Heatherton

Arise!: Global Radicalism in the Era of the Mexican Revolution Volume 66

Christina Heatherton
University of California PressUniversity of California Press

Join @c_heatherton at one of her many upcoming events to celebrate and discuss her new book ARISE!: Global Radicalism in the Era of the Mexican Revolution. Read more here: https://t.co/NkIkAGgabQ #mexicanrevolution https://t.co/wl45rXGSUE

Hardcover, 2022

$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Cannabis: Evolution and Ethnobotany, Robert Clarke

Cannabis: Evolution and Ethnobotany

Robert Clarke
University of California PressUniversity of California Press

Can we do weed puns that we combine with presidential campaign slogans circa 2008? YES WE CAN(NABIS)! CANNABIS: EVOLUTION AND ETHNOBOTANY by Robert Clarke and Mark Merlin is an exploration of the origins and early evolution of the famous plant https://t.co/96JhYbQOJf #HigherEd https://t.co/2DsFpO8VMp

Paperback, 2016

$49.95$24.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom, Sahar F. Aziz

The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom

Sahar F. Aziz
University of California PressUniversity of California Press

Great to see @saharazizlaw at #AALS2023! Her groundbreaking book demonstrates how race and religion intersect to create what she calls the Racial Muslim. Visit our booth to learn more! https://t.co/w78610764w

Paperback, 2021

$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Unsaid: Analyzing Harmful Silences, Lois Presser

Unsaid: Analyzing Harmful Silences

Lois Presser
University of California PressUniversity of California Press

Stop by #ASC2022 Booth 1 to check out "Unsaid" by Lois Presser, a guide to understanding and uncovering what is left unsaid and a richly layered approach to analyzing and dismantling the power structures that arise from what goes without saying. https://t.co/gGitNjC1mw https://t.co/I0cWKQy5sH

Paperback, 2022

$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Anatomy of Loneliness: Suicide, Social Connection, and the Search for Relational Meaning in Contemporary Japan Volume 14, Chikako Ozawa-de Silva

The Anatomy of Loneliness: Suicide, Social Connection, and the Search for Relational Meaning in Contemporary Japan Volume 14

Chikako Ozawa-de Silva
University of California PressUniversity of California Press

We're thrilled to share that Chikako Ozawa-de Silva's "The Anatomy of Loneliness" has won the 2022 Francis Hsu Book Prize, and received honorable mention for the Victor Turner Prize in Ethnographic Writing! @AmericanAnthro #2022AAASeattle #anthrotwitter https://t.co/EUho8E8os3

Paperback, 2021

$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Actual Malice: Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times V. Sullivan, Samantha Barbas

Actual Malice: Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times V. Sullivan

Samantha Barbas
University of California PressUniversity of California Press

"New York Times vs. Sullivan was one the most consequential Supreme Court decisions for the advancement of civil rights." Learn more about ACTUAL MALICE by Samantha Barbas and how overturning the landmark case would endanger freedom of speech: https://t.co/jRd6EG2BVt #AALS2023

Hardcover, 2023

$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Cancer and the Kali Yuga: Gender, Inequality, and Health in South India, Cecilia Coale Van Hollen

Cancer and the Kali Yuga: Gender, Inequality, and Health in South India

Cecilia Coale Van Hollen
University of California PressUniversity of California Press

Wonderful to see two UC Press authors at #AAS2023! @Georgetown Prof. Cecilia Coale Van Hollen with her book CANCER AND THE KALI YUGA and @PittTweet Prof. Nicole Constable with her book PASSPORT ENTANGLEMENTS. https://t.co/J4ztAO8pgQ

Paperback, 2022

$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book