Agee agonistes: essays on the life, legend, and works of James Agee; edited by Michael A. Lofaro. University of Tennessee Press 2007. xxv, 350p $48.00
These essays explore the creative work and personal life of novelist, screenwriter, and film critic James Agee, best known for his novel A death in the family, his screenplays of The African Queen and The night of the hunter, and his reportage in Let us now praise famous men.
ISBN 978-1-5723-3574-5; 1-5723-3574-2; LCCN 2006-20194

Ancient objects and sacred realms: interpretations of Mississippian iconography; edited by F. Kent Reilly III and James F. Garber; foreword by Vincas P. Steponaitis. 1st ed. University of Texas Press 2007. 299p $50.00
The authors of these essays analyze the iconography of Mississippian art to determine the rituals, cosmology, and ideology of the people of the ancient Mississippian culture, who were the ancestors of several Native American tribes.
ISBN 0-2927-1347-9; 978-0-2927-1347-5; LCCN 2006-22618

Bernard Bosanquet and the legacy of British idealism; edited by William Sweet. University of Toronto Press 2007. 313p $65.00 (Toronto studies in philosophy)
These essays explore the thought of Bernard Bosanquet, a British idealist of the late 19th-early 20th centuries. The work of Bosanquet and his part in the idealist movement in Britain is the focus.
ISBN 978-0-8020-8981-6; 0-8020-8981-X; LCCN 2007-405438

Burr, Millard, and Collins, Robert O. Alms for jihad: charity and terrorism in the Islamic world. Cambridge University Press 2006. xx, 348p $30.00
The funding of Islamic terrorist organizations through donations collected for ostensibly charitable purposes is the subject of this work. Chapters focus on the banking institutions, individuals, and organizations involved in the diverting of funds.
ISBN 0-5218-5730-9; 0-5216-7395-X (pa); 978-0-5218-5730-7 (pa); LCCN 2005-24165

Critical readings in impressionism and post-impressionism: an anthology; edited by Mary Tompkins Lewis. University of California Press 2007. 347p $65.00
The essays in this anthology explore the origin and development of the impressionist movement in painting, and trace the beginning of the post-impressionist movement. Key painters from Monet to Cezanne are discussed.
ISBN 978-0-5202-4010-0; 978-0-5202-5022-2 (pa); LCCN 2006-34879

Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture (28th: 2004). Botanical progress, horticultural innovation and cultural change; edited by Michel Conan and W. John Kress. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 2007. 278p $40.00
The essays in this volume explore the role of gardens and landscapes in societies undergoing transformation. Among the topics are: the gardens in Andalusia in Islamic Spain; landscape gardening in early 19th century America; and the cultivation of roses in Persian gardens and the rose as a symbol in Persian literature.
ISBN 978-0-88402-327-2; 0-88402-327-3; LCCN 2006-36414

Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture (29th: 2005). Contemporary garden aesthetics, creations and interpretations; edited by Michel Conan. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 2007. 265p $35.00
These essays discuss modern gardens and landscapes, and the individuals who planned and created them. Among the topics are Claude Cormier’s urban garden in an apartment complex in Montreal; the modern Japanese landscape gardening in a private residence by Mirei Shigemori; and the gardens at the Portrack House in Scotland designed by Charles Jencks.
ISBN 978-0-88402-325-8; 0-88402-325-7; LC 2006-35923

Glaysher, Frederick. The grove of the Eumenides. Earthrise Press, 2007. 337p $34.95
Poet Frederick Glaysher in these essays comments on a variety of literary and social issues, ranging from the plays of Sophocles, and the major works of Japanese literature, to the loss of religion and spirituality in modern society and literature.
ISBN 978-0-9670-4218-3; 0-9670-4218-6 LCCN 2007-928394

Law and catastrophe; edited by Austin Sarat, Lawrence Douglas, Martha Merrill Umphrey. Stanford University Press 2007. 165p $45.00
These essays discuss the role of the law in the identification, prevention, and amelioration of catastrophe (social, political, and natural). Among the topics are the Nuremberg Trials, the legislation of holocaust memorials in the United States and Israel, and the efforts to reform the laws for the benefit of the poor in France in the aftermath of the 1848 revolution.
ISBN 978-0-8047-5683-9; 0-8047-5683-X; LCCN 2007-5949

The new comparative economic history: essays in honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson; edited by Timothy J. Hatton, Kevin H. O’Rourke, and Alan M. Taylor. MIT Press 2007. 417p $40.00
These essays present a comparative view of world economics. Included are a comparison of contemporary Dutch and British economic prosperity; an exploration of democracy and protectionism; and a survey of the international abandonment of the gold standard.
ISBN 978-0-262-08361-4; 0-262-08361-2; LCCN 2006-32219

On capitalism; edited by Victor Nee and Richard Swedberg. Stanford University Press 2007. 350p $70.00; $24.95 (pa)
These essays examine the forces that govern the working of capitalism. Among the topics are: the role of religion and spirituality in the development of a national economy; the influence of economist/sociologist Max Weber in assessing national economic policies; and the role of public intervention in promoting economic growth.
ISBN 978-0-8047-5664-8; 978-0-9047-5665-5 (pa); LCCN 2007-3024

Patterson, Mary Hampton. Domesticating the Reformation: Protestant best sellers, private devotion, and the revolution of English piety. Fairleigh Dickinson University Presses 2007. 449p $75.00
The author discusses best-selling literary works that appealed to the popular piety of the English nation in the early stages of the Protestant Reformation. Chief among these works were Thomas Becon’s The sick man’s salve, John Norden’s A pensive man’s practice, and Edward Dering’s and John More’s A briefe and necessary instruction for householders.
ISBN 0-8386-4109-1; 978-0-8386-4109-5; LCCN 2006-5902

Radiant lyre: essays on lyric poetry; edited by David Baker and Ann Townsend. Graywolf Press 2007. 279p $15.00
The theory and practice of lyric poetry is the topic of these essays, written by contemporary English-language poets. Topic include the elegy, love poetry, the ode, the pastoral, and meditative poetry.
ISBN 1-5559-7460-0; LCCN 2006-929501

Ranciere, Jacques. The future of the image; translated by Gregory Elliott. Verso 2007. 147p $26.95
These essays discuss the concept of the image in contemporary art and film. Among the topics are: the unrepresentable in art; the films of Jean Luc Godard; and the philosophy of the image in painting.
ISBN 978-1-84467-107-6; 1-84467-107-0

The realist tradition and contemporary international relations; edited by W. David Clinton. Louisiana State University Press 2007. 260p $40.00 (Political traditions in foreign policy)
Realism in international relations began long before the Cold War, and has continued since the Cold War’s end. The essays in this volume examine the application of Machiavelli’s political thought in analyzing the relations between Taiwan and China; David Hume’s political realism; and Edmund Burke on the debate between realism and rationalism.
ISBN 978-0-8071-3241-8; LCCN 2006-35129

Simon, Elliott M. The myth of Sisyphus: Renaissance theories of human perfectibility. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press 2007. 614p $75.00
Sisyphus is the character in Greek mythology condemned to push a boulder uphill in Hades as an eternal punishment for his transgressions. By the time of the European Renaissance, Sisyphus had grown in stature to become the ideal of a man of keen intellect who sought endlessly to achieve human perfection. The influence of the Sisyphus myth in the Renaissance quest for perfectibility is the topic of these essays.
ISBN 978-0-8386-4116-3; 0-8386-4116-4; LCCN 2006-32982

Stephens, David. Culture in education and development: principles, practice and policy. Symposium Books 2007. 245p $48.00 (Bristol papers in education. Comparative and international studies, no3)
These essays review the relationships of culture, education and national development from theoretical and methodological perspectives. The focus is on countries in Africa (such as Ghana and South Africa) and southeast Asia (such as Indonesia and Laos).
ISBN 978-1-873927-70-0; 1-87392-770-3; LCCN 2007-408785

Stroud, Matthew D. Plot twists and critical turns: queer approaches to early modern Spanish theater. Bucknell University Press 2007. 267p $54.50
These essays on 17th century Spanish drama focus on issues concerning gender identity and homosexuality. Among the topics is an essay on Juan Rana, a popular comic actor well known for his gay lifestyle.
ISBN 978-0-8387-5669-0; 0-8387-5669-7; LCCN 2006-37272

Subjectivity: ethnographic investigations; edited by Joao Biehl, Byron Good, and Arthur Kleinman. University of California Press 2007. 464p (Ethnographic studies in subjectivity, v7) $60.00; $24.95 (pa)
The concept of subjectivity and the relation of the individual to society are the topic of the collection. Included are essays examining the concept of purgatory portrayed in Shakespeare’s Hamlet; the psychological state of soldiers engaged in search-and-destroy missions in Vietnam; and the official policies of forgiveness and reconciliation in South Africa since the end of apartheid.
ISBN 978-0-520-24792-5; 0-5202-4792-2; 978-0-5202-4793-2 (pa); 0-5202-4793-0 (pa); LCCN 2006-37482

Taplin, Oliver. Pots & plays: interactions between tragedy and Greek vase-painting of the fourth century B.C. J. Paul Getty Museum 2007 309p $75.00
The author has examined over 100 Greek vases depicting scenes from Greek tragedy that provide evidence for details of ancient stagecraft and presentation. Each chapter investigates how these vases shed light on the manner in which the works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and other tragic playwrights were performed. Of particular interest are vases illustrating plays that are now lost.
ISBN 978-0-8923-6807-5; LCCN 2006-3834

Thrailkill, Jane F. Affecting fictions: mind, body, and emotion in American literary realism. Harvard University Press 2007. 312p $45.00
The author examines literary works by Henry James, Kate Chopin, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, exploring the connections between mind and body depicted in these works, with particular attention to the sensations of pity, fear, nervousness, pleasure, and wonder.
ISBN 978-0-6740-3512-7; 0-6740-2512-1; LCCN 2007-7007

Transcendental Heidegger; edited by Steven Crowell and Jeff Malpas. Stanford University Press 2007. 309p $65.00; $24.95 (pa)
ISBN 978-0-8047-5510-8; 978-0-8047-5511-5 (pa); 0-8047-5510-8; 0-8047-5511-6 (pa); LCCN 2006-100035
These essays explore the connections between Martin Heidegger’s thought and the tradition of transcendental philosophy inaugurated by Immanuel Kant.

The unpredictability of the past; memories of the Asia-Pacific war in U.S.-East Asian relations; edited by Marc Gallicchio. Duke University Press 2007. 337p $84.95; $23.95 (pa)
These essays explore the ways in which the collective national memories of World War II affect contemporary interactions among China, Japan, and the United States. Topics include the different approaches to war museums and commemorations in the three countries; the traditional vs. the revisionist assessments of why the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Japan; and the unresolved issues of guilt and responsibility for war crimes.
ISBN 978-0-8223-3933-5; 978-0-8223-3945-8 (pa); LCCN 2007-8324

Wittgenstein and the moral life: essays in honor of Cora Diamond; edited by Alice Crary. MIT Press 2007. $75.00; $36.00 (pa)
This collection of essays explores the thought of 20th century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, with particular attention to his major work in logic, the Tractatus logico-philosophicus. Other essays in this volume examine the novel Der Stechlin by Theodor Fontane, the writings of philosopher Bernard Williams, and human-animal relationships.
ISBN 978-0-2620-3359-6; 0-262-53286-7 (pa); 978-0-262-53286-0 (pa); LCCN 2006-33358

Youth culture in global cinema; edited by Timothy Shary and Alexandra Seibel. 1st ed. University of Texas Press 2007. 347p $55.00; $24.95 (pa)
These essays explore the depiction of young people in world cinema, with particular attention to the “coming of age” film, in which a young person strives to take his place in the world of adulthood. Films from Brazil, China, and New Zealand and many other nations are represented, and the themes examined include crime, politics, and sexuality.
ISBN 0-2927-0930-7; 978-0-2927-0930-0; 0-2927-1414-9 (pa); 978-0-2927-1414-4 (pa); LC 2006-22240