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1  Byron and the Jews

Byron and the Jews
Sheila A. Spector
Available July 2010
$59.95s (Cloth) - 9780814334423

A full-length critical inquiry into the complex interrelationship between the British poet and the Jews.

2  On Michael Haneke

On Michael Haneke
Edited by Brian Price and John David Rhodes
Available June 2010
$29.95s (Paper) - 9780814334058

Considers the films of Michael Haneke, who has emerged as a major figure in world cinema over the last fifteen years.

3  Birth of a Notion; or, The Half Ain't Never Been Told

Birth of a Notion; or, The Half Ain't Never Been Told
A Narrative Account with Entertaining Passages of the State of Minstrelsy & of America & the True Relation Thereof

By Bill Harris
Available May 2010
$18.95t (Paper) - 9780814334089

A critical look at black identity in American history and popular culture as told from a performative African American perspective.

4  Hollowed Ground

Hollowed Ground
Copper Mining and Community Building on Lake Superior, 1840s-1990s

Larry Lankton
Available May 2010
$79.95s (Cloth) - 9780814334584
$34.95t (Paper) - 9780814334904

Details a century and a half of copper mining along Upper Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula, from the arrival of the first incorporated mines in the 1840s until the closing of the last mine in the mid-1990s.

5  Let’s Read

Let’s Read
A Linguistic Approach

By Cynthia A. Barnhart and Robert K. Barnhart
Based on the original work of Leonard Bloomfield and Clarence L. Barnhart
Available May 2010
$24.95s (Paper) - 9780814334553

A classic reading-instruction text, updated to be more contemporary and teacher- and user-friendly.

6  Picturing Hemingway’s Michigan

Picturing Hemingway’s Michigan
By Michael R. Federspiel
Available May 2010
$39.95t (Cloth) - 9780814334478

A compilation of personal photographs, historical images, and written excerpts illuminating Ernest Hemingway’s significant ties to northern Michigan.

7  Yannai on Genesis

Yannai on Genesis
An Invitation to Piyyut

By Laura S. Lieber
Available May 2010
$59.50s (Cloth) - 9780878204649

Introduces and analyzes the work of the sixth-century liturgical poet Yannai, then presents, translates, and annotates that poet’s poems embellishing Genesis.

8 An American Map

An American Map
Essays by Anne-Marie Oomen
Available April 2010
$18.95t (Paper) - 9780814334201

Meditative travel essays by Michigan author Anne-Marie Oomen that explore new landscapes across America.

9  Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters

Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters
A Hollywood History

By Sheldon Hall and Steve Neale
Available April 2010
$34.95s (Paper) - 9780814330081

Considers the history of the American blockbuster—the large-scale, high-cost film—as it evolved from the 1890s to today.

10  I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy
By Lori Landay
Available April 2010
$14.95s (Paper) - 9780814332610

An analysis of I Love Lucy, one of the best loved sitcoms in the history of American television.

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