University of California Press
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Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party
$34.93 Add to cartThis timely special edition, published on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party, features a new preface by the authors that places the Party in a contemporary political l… [more below]
- Author: Bloom, Joshua
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 568
- Publish Date: October 25 2016
- ISBN10: 520293282
- Language: English
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Deep Time in the Mono Lake Basin: Nature and History Over the Last 10,000 Years
$28.95 Add to cartTen millennia in the Mono Lake Basin, showing how this complex ecosystem came to be what it is today.
Nestled at the base of the Sierra Nevada in eastern California sits a stunning landscape overlook- Author: Marks, Robert B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 0520428579
- Language: English
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Power Surge: Conglomerate Hollywood and the Studio System’s Last Hurrah
$32.95 Read moreFrom the author of The Genius of the System, the classic tale of Hollywood’s first golden age, comes the story of its last.
Thomas Schatz returns us to an era when a newly enriched movie industry red- Author: Schatz, Thomas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 552
- Publish Date: July 07 2026
- ISBN10: 0520415809
- Language: English
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Dream Road to Pan America: A Century in Pursuit of the World’s Longest Highway
$29.95 Add to cartAn expansive and subversive history of the Pan-American Highway.
A century after the Pan-American Highway was first conceived, its story remains largely unknown–even to the hundreds of motorists who- Author: Miller, Shawn William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 0520416937
- Language: English
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Manga’s First Century: How Creators and Fans Made Japanese Comics, 1905-1989
$29.95 Add to cartA comprehensive English-language history of a beloved medium, Manga’s First Century tells the story of the artists and fans who built a cultural juggernaut.
Manga is the world’s most popular style of- Author: Horbinski, Andrea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 0520403991
- Language: English
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The Anti-Defamation League and the Racial State
$29.95 Add to cart“A gutsy, razor-sharp demystification of a powerful organization.”–Publishers Weekly (starred review)
The first-ever history of the Anti-Defamation League and its determined, century-long alliance wit
- Author: Gelman, Emmaia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 342
- Publish Date: June 16 2026
- ISBN10: 0520410440
- Language: English
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Basho: The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Basho (Collector’s Edition)
$26.95 Add to cartA lavish collector’s edition of the complete poems of eminent Japanese master of the haiku, Matsuo Bashō–with a new index that contains the full Japanese text of the original poems.
Mats- Author: Basho
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0520400739
- Language: English
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Humans: A Monstrous History
$24.95 Add to cart“Surekha Davies invites readers to imagine the lives of historical monsters and to empathize with their often-wretched treatment.” ― Science Magazine
A history of how humans have created monster- Author: Davies, Surekha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 17 2026
- ISBN10: 0520430794
- Language: English
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The Ultraview Effect: What We Can Learn from Astronauts about Awe, Humility, and Exploring the Unknown
$24.95 Add to cartWhat astronauts’ extraordinary experiences of awe and humility teach us about humanity.
What is it like to stand in the shadow of Earth and the Moon and look out at the vastness of the Milky Way? To c- Author: Weibel, Deana L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 0520409523
- Language: English
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Hoof Beats: How Horses Shaped Human History
$26.95 Add to cart“Hoof Beats helps readers see the drama even in the grass eating. . . . Taylor has written that too-rare work that is as authoritative as it is legible to the lay audience.”–New York Times
Journey to- Author: Taylor, William T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 0520430808
- Language: English
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The First-Gen Guide to Grad School: Advice from One Student to Another
$19.95 Add to cartA compassionate and encouraging companion, The First-Gen Guide to Grad School has a message for all who aspire to keep learning and developing professionally: You belong.
For first-generation college- Author: Kincaid, John D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 0520428102
- Language: English
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A Womb of One’s Own: Lost Histories of Childbirth in Ancient Rome
$29.95 Add to cartA bold new history of women’s health and midwifery, brought to life through ancient women’s stories of pregnancy and birth.
In the well-trod history of the Roman Empire, a pivotal moment has long gone- Author: Mulder, Tara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 0520398742
- Language: English
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Making Care Work: Why Our Economy Should Put People First
$27.95 Add to cartA bold critique of conventional economics that reveals why the time and money we devote to care work is vital to our economic future.
Our economy is much bigger than the dollar value of things we buy- Author: Folbre, Nancy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 31 2026
- ISBN10: 0520405625
- Language: English
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Brand New Beat: The Wild Rise of Rolling Stone Magazine
$27.95 Add to cartHow the iconic publication’s unruly first decade rewrote the rules of journalism.
Rolling Stone‘s first decade was truly rock and roll: chaotic, wild, and unpredictable. Brand New Beat charts the orig- Author: Richardson, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 07 2026
- ISBN10: 0520399390
- Language: English
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Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife: The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women
$24.95 Add to cart“Brilliantly revealing history of medieval women . . . Howes’s debut has just the right meld of insightful research, enjoyable storytelling and contemporary contexts.”–The Guardian
“A history of med- Author: Howes, Hetta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 244
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 0520430824
- Language: English
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Can We Laugh at That?: Comedy in a Conflicted Age
$24.95 Add to cartDid you hear the one about the comedian who was canceled?
Comedians are no strangers to controversy or crossing the line. But some things do change. Humorists the world over are no longer simply deno- Author: Berlinerblau, Jacques
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 24 2026
- ISBN10: 0520403037
- Language: English
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Vintage Crime: A Short History of Wine Fraud
$19.95 Add to cart“This slim yet insightful and entertaining volume documents the many instances where wine drinkers did not get what they paid for, sometimes with deadly consequences.”–New York Times, Best Wine Book… [more below]
- Author: Gibb, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 0520425170
- Language: English
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Smog and Sunshine: The Surprising Story of How Los Angeles Cleaned Up Its Air
$26.95 Add to cartA stirring account of one of our greatest environmental success stories: cleaning up Southern California’s air.
Los Angeles and smog have been synonymous for decades. From the 1940s through the 1980s- Author: Carlson, Ann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: April 07 2026
- ISBN10: 0520387392
- Language: English
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The Collected Poems of Frank O’Hara
$24.95 Add to cartWinner of the National Book Award for Poetry
“During the halcyon days of the Abstract Expressionist and Imaginative Realism movements, Frank O’Hara was the laureate of the New York art scene.”–New Yo- Author: O’Hara, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 0520430131
- Language: English
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The Hidden Lives of Lab Animals: A Vet’s Vision for a More Humane Future
$26.95 Add to cartA lifelong veterinarian invites us into animal labs–and shares his vision for more compassionate research.
For decades, laboratory veterinarian Larry Carbone has advocated for both animal welfare an- Author: Carbone, Larry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: February 17 2026
- ISBN10: 0520403967
- Language: English
