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 …
Read More >The folks over at the Post Carbon Institute have created a spoof video around the fascinating, often disturbing spectacle of Oprah’s Favorite Things. The video illustrates some key points made in the …
Read More >UC Press author William F. Hanks was recently awarded the 2010 Sapir Book Prize at the annual meeting of the Society for Linguistic Anthropology. The Edward Sapir Book Prize is awarded in …
Read More >Crosscurrents, the daily news magazine from KALW Public Radio, broadcast a special edition of the show last week focusing on Mark Twain’s life in the Bay Area. Featuring interviews with Robert Hirst …
Read More >Hugh Johnson’s The World of Trees has been recognized in the New York Times, Shelf Awareness, the Globe and Mail, and elsewhere as one of the best gift books around this holiday …
Read More >UC Press author Julian Cribb was recently interviewed on the Financial Sense Newshour about the arguments in his new book, The Coming Famine. Cribb questions whether we can sustain our food supply …
Read More >In the latest UC Press podcast, host Chris Gondek talks to author Rebecca Solnit and UC Press Art Director Lia Tjandra about the creation of Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas and …
Read More >The Regents of the University of California have approved the appointment of Alison Mudditt as the new director of University of California Press. Mudditt, who brings more than 22 years of experience …
Read More >UC Press author and activist Kevin Bales was recently honored with the 2011 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. Bales, president of Free the Slaves, a human rights …
Read More >Guest Post by Lawrence Kramer Classical music is designed to be interpreted, not just performed. The interpretation has two facets. We treat the music both as something to ponder and as something …
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