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Presidential Accountability in Wartime

President Bush, the Treatment of Detainees, and the Laws of War

By Stuart Streichler
Subjects: Political Science, Human Rights, Law, Supreme Court and Constitutional Law, Political History

Examines how and why holding US presidents accountable for war crimes is an obligatory but impossible task in the American constitutional system

Cosmopolitan Love

Utopian Vision in D. H. Lawrence and Eileen Chang

By Sijia Yao
Subjects: Asian Studies, China, Literary Studies, Asian Literature, British and Irish Literatures, Cultural Studies

Analyzes the writing of D. H. Lawrence and Eileen Chang to envision how love crosses cultural boundaries

A Passion for Cooperation

Adventures of a Wide-Ranging Scientist

By Robert Axelrod
Subjects: Memoir, Political Science, Conflict Resolution & Peace Studies, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Ann Arbor/University of Michigan, Politics
Series: Campus Voices: Stories of Excellence from the University of Michigan

A lifetime of achieving the gold standard of interdisciplinary research

Making Academic Presentations

What Every University Student Needs to Know

By Robyn Brinks Lockwood
Subjects: English as a Second Language (ESL), Education, Higher Education

Encourages academic success by guiding students through the steps of an academic presentation

Preparing Adult English Learners to Write for College and the Workplace

Edited by Kirsten Schaetzel, Joy Kreeft Peyton, and Rebeca Fernández
Subjects: Applied Linguistics & Linguistics, Teacher Training, English as a Second Language (ESL)

Poetry, History, Memory

Wang Jingwei and China in Dark Times

By Zhiyi Yang
Subjects: Asian Studies, China, Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, History, Chinese History

The first comprehensive biography of  Wang Jingwei, a poet, politician, and the most controversial figure in modern Chinese history

Communicating the Other across Cultures

From Othering as Equipment for Living, to Communicating Other/Wise

By Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager
Subjects: Cultural Studies, Political Science, International Relations, History, Intellectual History

Exposes how we have constructed and marginalized the Other across cultures, and suggests creative global solutions for inclusive multiculturalism

Millions of Suns

On Writing and Life

By M. C. Benner Dixon & Sharon Fagan McDermott
Subjects: Literary Studies, Literary Criticism and Theory, Writing
Series: Writers on Writing

Invites all writers to share their own perspective

Security. Cooperation. Governance.

The Canada-United States Open Border Paradox

Edited by Christian Leuprecht & Todd Hataley
By Christian Leuprecht
Subjects: Political Science, Governance, International Relations

Reveals Canada–US border and security policies vary drastically depending on regional needs

Tracks on the Trail

Popular Music, Race, and the US Presidency

By Dana Gorzelany-Mostak
Subjects: Music, Popular Music, American Studies, Political Science, American Politics
Series: Tracking Pop

How music defines US presidential campaigns
 

Jamming the Classroom

Musical Improvisation and Pedagogical Practice

By Ajay Heble & Jesse Stewart
Subjects: Music, Musicology
Series: Music and Social Justice

Musical improvisation as a vehicle for teaching, learning, and enacting social justice

The Dybbuk Century

The Jewish Play That Possessed the World

Edited by Debra Caplan & Rachel Merrill Moss
Subjects: Theater and Performance, Jewish Studies, Literary Studies, European Literature

How a 100-year-old play about spiritual possession beyond the grave continues to engage and fascinate

Seriously Mad

Mental Distress and the Broadway Musical

By Aleksei Grinenko
Subjects: Theater and Performance, Music, Musicology, Disability Studies, Psychology

Explores the history of American musical theater’s engagement with notions of madness, from Man of La Mancha to A Strange Loop

Realisms in East Asian Performance

Edited by Jessica Nakamura & Katherine Saltzman-Li
Subjects: Theater and Performance, Asian Studies, China, Japan, Korea

Essays by leading scholars expand understandings of theatrical realism through East Asian performances across premodern, modern, and contemporary periods

To Go Into the Words

By Norman Finkelstein
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, Essay and Interview, Writing
Series: Poets on Poetry

A critical look at transcendence and a radical delight with language

Perspectives on Good Writing in Applied Linguistics and TESOL

By Christine Pearson Casanave & Robert Kohls
Subjects: English as a Second Language (ESL)

Provides diverse global perspectives from seasoned scholars and teachers on systematically evaluating quality writing

The Violence of the Letter

Toward a Theory of Writing

By Melanie McMahon
Subjects: Literary Studies, Literary Criticism and Theory, Writing, Cultural Studies

The alphabet's devastating consequences for humanity

In Defense of Free Speech in Universities

A Study of Three Jurisdictions

By Amy T.Y. Lai
Subjects: Education, Higher Education, Political Science, Political Communication

Free expression is essential to the pursuit of truth

How Informal Institutions Matter

Evidence from Turkish Social and Political Spheres

with a foreword by B. Guy Peters

By Zeki Sarigil
Subjects: Political Science, Political Theory, Conflict Resolution & Peace Studies, Governance

Informal institutions are core to political life

Transforming Vòdún

Musical Change and Postcolonial Healing in Benin's Jazz and Brass Band Music

By Sarah Politz
Subjects: Music, Ethnomusicology, African Studies
Series: Musics in Motion

How musicians from the West African Republic of Benin transform Benin’s cultural traditions

Reimagining the Educated Citizen

Creole Pedagogies in the Transatlantic World, 1685-1896

By Petra Munro Hendry
Subjects: History, African American History, Caribbean Studies

A radical egalitarian vision of the transatlantic, creole roots of American public education

Archaeological Investigations in a Northern Albanian Province: Results of the Projekti Arkeologjik i Shkodrës (PASH)

Volume One: Survey and Excavation Results

Edited by Michael L. Galaty & Lorenc Bejko
Subjects: Archaeology, History, European History, European Studies, Eastern European Studies, Balkans
Series: Memoirs

Archaeological Investigations in a Northern Albanian Province: Results of the Projekti Arkeologjik i Shkodrës (PASH)

Volume Two: Artifacts and Artifact Analysis

Edited by Michael L. Galaty & Lorenc Bejko
Subjects: Archaeology, History, European History, European Studies, Eastern European Studies, Balkans
Series: Memoirs

Walking the Gendered Tightrope

Theresa May and Nancy Pelosi as Legislative Leaders

By Melissa Haussman & Karen M Kedrowski
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Comparative Politics, Gender Studies, Women's Studies
Series: The CAWP Series in Gender and American Politics

Examines how women in higher office must balance feminine stereotypes with exercising their power

International Organizations and Research Methods

An Introduction

Edited by Fanny Badache, Leah R Kimber, and Lucile Maertens
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology

Methodologies for the study of International organizations

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