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Not just an account of his own life, but also of the history he has witnessed first hand, the 2004 paperback includes an epilogue that addresses the current war in Iraq. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505015231/http://www.psupress.org/books/titles/0-271-02239-6.html" target="_blank" class="links">Learn more</a> <br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505015231/http://worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/isbn/0271023961" target="_blank"><img src="/web/20100505015231im_/http://aaupnet.org/images/find_wcat_blue.gif" alt="Library Search" width="99" height="25" border="0"> </a><br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505015231/http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780271029283?aff=bks4understanding09" class="links">Shop Locally</a> or <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505015231/http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0271029285?ie=UTF8&tag=aaupbooksforu-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0271029285">Buy at Amazon.com</a><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505015231im_/http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=aaupbooksforu-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0271029285" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;"/> <h2>A Single Man <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505015231/http://www.asingleman-book.com/" target="_blank"><img src="/web/20100505015231im_/http://aaupnet.org/images/bonisherwood.jpg" alt="Isherwood Book Cover" width="110" height="165" border="0" align="right" valign="top"></a></h2> <p>Christopher Isherwood<br> Minnesota, 2009</p> <p>Isherwood's 1964 novel is a frank and moving examination of a gay man in midlife. Minnesota has reissued the novel as a tie-in to fashion designer Tom Ford's directorial debut, opening this December. Starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore, the film has already won critical acclaim. While mainstream attention is returning to Isherwood's fiction and life, the University of Minnesota Press has kept many of his best works in print. <br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505015231/http://www.asingleman-book.com/" target="_blank" class="links">Learn More</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505015231/http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/9780816638628" target="_blank"><img src="/web/20100505015231im_/http://aaupnet.org/images/find_wcat_blue.gif" alt="Library Search" width="99" height="25" border="0" align="absmiddle"></a><br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505015231/http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780816638628?aff=bks4understanding09" class="links">Shop Locally</a> or <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505015231/http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0816638624?ie=UTF8&tag=aaupbooksforu-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0816638624" class="links">Buy at Amazon.com</a><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505015231im_/http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=aaupbooksforu-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0816638624" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;"/> </p> <h2>Surviving against the Odds: Village Industry in Indonesia <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505015231/http://www.dukeupress.edu/books.php3?isbn=978-0-8223-4687-6" target="_blank"><img src="/web/20100505015231im_/http://aaupnet.org/images/bondunham.jpg" alt="Dunham Book cover" width="110" height="165" border="0" align="right"></a></h2> <p>S. Ann Dunham<br> Duke UP, 2009</p> <p>Duke University Press has published the work that President Obama's mother was not able to revise from dissertation form before her early death. The work reflects Dunham's more than 10 years of research among rural Javanese metalworkers and her commitment to helping small-scale village industries survive. The American Anthropological Association dedicated a session to the book's idea at their Decmber 2009 conference. <br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505015231/http://www.dukeupress.edu/books.php3?isbn=978-0-8223-4687-6" target="_blank" class="links">Learn more</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505015231/http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/9780822346876" target="_blank"><img src="/web/20100505015231im_/http://aaupnet.org/images/find_wcat_blue.gif" alt="Library Search" width="99" height="25" border="0" align="absmiddle"></a> <br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505015231/http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780822346876?aff=bks4understanding09" class="links">Shop Locally</a> or <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505015231/http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0822346877?ie=UTF8&tag=aaupbooksforu-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0822346877" class="links">Buy at Amazon.com</a><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505015231im_/http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=aaupbooksforu-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0822346877" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;"/> <p align="right"><a href="news/bfu/ofnote.html" class="style13">More Books of Note... </a><br> </p></td> </tr> <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td height="58" colspan="4"><div align="center"> <a href="booksforunderstanding.html">Books Home</a> | <a href="news/bfu/contact.html">Contact</a> | <a href="news/bfu/lists.html">Book Lists</a> | <a href="news/bfu/instructions.html">Title Submissions</a> <br> The Association of American University Presses <br> 28 West 36th Street, Suite 602 New York, NY 10018 tel: 212-989-1010 <br> <a href="index.html" target="_blank">www.aaupnet.org</a>   <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100505015231/mailto:webmaster@aaupnet.org">webmaster@aaupnet.org</a><br> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <map name="Map"> <area shape="poly" coords="675,27,674,8,681,3,768,2,774,9,774,27" href="news/bfu/aaup.html" alt="aaup"> <area shape="poly" coords="573,27,572,8,579,3,666,2,672,9,672,27" href="news/bfu/contact.html" alt="contact"> <area shape="poly" coords="472,27,471,8,478,3,565,2,571,9,571,27" href="news/bfu/about.html" alt="about"> <area shape="poly" coords="371,27,370,8,377,3,464,2,470,9,470,27" href="news/bfu/lists.html" alt="book lists"> <area shape="rect" coords="568,36,645,54" href="alertform.html" alt="email alerts"> <area shape="rect" coords="663,35,693,54" href="news/bfu/feeds.html#rss" alt="rss feeds"> <area shape="rect" coords="713,35,765,53" href="news/bfu/contact.html"> </map> </body> </html>