Are conservation and protecting animals the same thing? In Game Changer, award-winning environmental reporter Glen Martin takes a fresh look at this question as it applies to Africa’s megafauna. Martin assesses the …
Read More >One of the greatest virtues of science and the scientific method lies not in the many points of agreement and common ground but rather in the places where there isn’t agreement and …
Read More >May 27, 2012 will mark the 75th anniversary of the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge. One of the most iconic structures in the world, the bridge combines amazing engineering, breathtaking views …
Read More >Have you noticed how far a newscast will go to slap a “local interest” angle on an otherwise perfectly newsworthy international story, as if we couldn’t possibly care about something happening on …
Read More >One way to look at a publisher’s ultimate role is that they facilitate the conversation between the author and the reader, but if authors start developing their own sites as well as …
Read More >It’s here! The Reader’s Edition of UC Press’ all-time bestselling title is available now. First, let’s review a few of the well-considered comments the cloth version of Volume 1 received: “This first …
Read More >The first entry in our Author Reflections series comes from Matt Delmont, author of The Nicest Kids in Town. In The Nicest Kids in Town, Matt deftly places the TV show American …
Read More >It’s been two decades since Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa jumped the fence at the U.S.-Mexico border and labored as a migrant farmworker in southern California. Today, he is one of the foremost neurosurgeons in …
Read More >We’ve just posted the newest episode in our on-going podcast series. In it, podcast producer extraordinaire, Chris Gondek, interviews Julie Guthman about her amazing book, Weighing In. [podcast]https://www.ucpress.edu/content/podcasts/11677.mp3[/podcast] Rather than go on …
Read More >We’ve received an update on the travels and adventures of the intrepid David and Janet Carle as they do the ground work behind their upcoming THE 38th PARALLEL: A WATER LINE AROUND …
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