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14
Jan

Choice Books from UC Press

The American Library Association (ALA) has named—count ’em—20 UC Press books to its list of Outstanding Academic Titles of 2010. The list contains approximately ten percent of some 7,000 works reviewed in …

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06
Jan

It Is Now Safe to Leave Your House

With 2011 underway and the sun shining in the Bay Area (at least temporarily), UC Press has declared it safe to come out of winter hibernation. We know of at least three …

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20
Dec

A New View of North America

We’re pleased to announce that UC Press’s Native Tribes of North America map is now available digitally. The map displays the boundaries of hundreds of tribes across the continent, from the Eskimo …

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17
Dec

Holiday Gift Ideas from UC Press

It’s getting down to the wire. If you haven’t figured out your holiday gifts yet, it’s probably time to get a move on. UC Press has some beautiful books that would make …

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30
Nov

Mark Twain, Fresh Off the Factory Line

The Thomson-Shore printing company in Dexter, MI is working overtime to keep up with orders for the Autobiography of Mark Twain—over 300,000 so far. To speed up delivery, they “found bigger-than-usual trucks …

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23
Nov

In Memoriam: Nathan Oliveira

Nathan Oliveira, an acclaimed printmaker, painter, sculptor, and retired Stanford art professor well known for his contributions to the Bay Area Figurative Movement, passed away on November 13 the age of 81, …

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