Reference Reviews | February 1, 2014
Lo Bello, Anthony. Origins of Mathematical Words: A Comprehensive Dictionary of Latin, Greek, and Arabic Roots. Johns Hopkins. 2013. 350p. ISBN 9781421410982. pap. $49.95; ebk. ISBN 9781421410999. REF...
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Alvarez, Alex. Native Americans and the Question of Genocide. Rowman & Littlefield. 2014. 224p. notes. ISBN 9781442225817. $40; ebk. ISBN 9781442225824. HIST Many Native American activists have...
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Gallo, Carmine. Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds. St. Martin’s. 2014. 288p. ISBN 9781250041128. $24.99; ebk. ISBN 9781466837270. COMM Delivering an effective...
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Hales, Dianne. Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered. S. & S. Aug. 2014. 336p. notes. bibliog. ISBN 9781451658965. $28; ebk. ISBN 9781451658989. HIST Mona Lisa’s enigmatic smile has captured the...
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Barrie, David. Sextant: A Young Man’s Daring Sea Voyage and the Men Who Mapped the World’s Oceans. Morrow. 2014. 352p. notes. bibliog. ISBN 9780062279347. $25.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062279361. HIST Before...
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Baptist, Edward E. The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism. Basic: Perseus. Sept. 2014. 512p. photos. notes. ISBN 9780465002962. $35; ebk. ISBN 9780465044702. HIST...
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Bai, Matt. All the Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid. Knopf. Oct. 2014. 288p. photos. index. ISBN 9780307273383. $26.95; ebk. ISBN 9780385353120. POL SCI On May 6, 1987, journalist Paul...
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Foner, Eric. Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad. Norton. Jan. 2015. 320p. maps. notes. index. ISBN 9780393244076. $26.95. HIST Preeminent scholar Foner (DeWitt Clinton...
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Fraser, Steve. The Age of Acquiescence: The Life and Death of American Resistance to Organized Wealth and Power. Little, Brown. Feb. 2015. 480p. notes. index. ISBN 9780316185431. $28; ebk. ISBN...
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Harden, Blaine. The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Tyrant Who Created North Korea and the Young Lieutenant Who Stole His Way to Freedom. Viking. 2015. 288p. maps. notes....
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Battles, Matthew. Palimpsest: A History of the Written Word. Norton. Jul. 2015. 256p. illus. notes. index. ISBN 9780393058857. $26.95. COMM Taking on the incredibly ambitious task of analyzing the...
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Burge, Kimberly. The Born Frees: Writing with the Girls of Gugulethu. Norton. Aug. 2015. 288p. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780393239164. $26.95; ebk. ISBN 9780393248258. WOMENS STUDIES The Born Frees are the...
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