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Imperial Masquerade by Grant Hayter-Menzies
The University of Washington distributes books for publishers throughout the world -- including Hong Kong University Press.
Grant Hayter-Menzies's Imperial Masquerade: The Legend of Princess Der Ling
examines the life of one of the twentieth century's most intriguing
cross-cultural personalities. Find out more at his upcoming local
lectures:
Sunday, May 18 at Northwest China Council, with Portland Classical Chinese Garden and Asian Art Council, at Portland State University, 3 p.m. Book sales will be provided by Portland State University Book Store.
Thursday, May 29 at Freer Gallery, Smithsonian at 7 p.m.
Saturday, June 7 at Seattle Chinese Garden Society at 2 p.m.
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| New contact information after April 28, 2008
The UW Press is headed back to campus, where we'll occupy offices in the UW Tower.
Our e-mail addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and PO Box will remain the same.
Mailing address:
PO Box 50096
Seattle, WA 98145-5096
New street location (not for USPS mail, only couriers such as Fed-Ex, UPS, etc):
4333 Brooklyn Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98195-9570
More information will be available in the coming weeks.
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Greetings!
It's
official -- we've moved! Our new street address is below, although our
mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses remain
the same. We've swapped Fifth and Union for Brooklyn and 45th!
If you have any questions regarding this month's events or new books, please feel free to get in touch!
All the best,
Rachael
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Chris Sanford, M.D.
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 The Adventurous Traveler's Guide to Health
Getting ready for a summer trip? Check in with Dr. Chris Sanford first to ensure you're properly prepared for a healthy trip. The Adventurous Traveler's Guide to Health is
just what every traveler needs: a straightforward look at what you can
do to stay healthy during your travels, from start to finish. Whether
you're headed to the urban centers of Africa or to the jungles of
Southeast Asia, precautions need to be taken even before setting foot
on a plane,
as well as important things to be remembered once you're home again.
All travelers, including students going abroad to study or backpack
through the developing world and travelers who want to get off the
beaten path as well as explore the cities of the world, will find this
book an invaluable resource.
Chris Sanford, MD, MPH, DTM&H,
is a writer and family practice physician who specializes in travel and
tropical medicine. He is the co-medical director of the Travel Clinic
at Hall Health Center, University of Washington.
Listen to Chris's archived interview on KUOW's Weekday with Steve Scher at www.kuow.org.
Then join Chris at the following talks:
Thursday, May 22 at REI Seattle at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, June 4 at REI Bellingham at 7 p.m.
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Linda Chalker-Scott
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 The Informed Gardener
Linda Chalker-Scott has been called gardening's answer to television's
"MythBusters" -- using new scientific evidence, she proves which gardening myths are just myths. Linda is a
well-known horticulturist who is Washington State's editor of MasterGardener and a professor at WSU's extension school, and The Informed Gardener is her first book.
You'll have plenty of opportunities to catch up with Linda, but if you
missed her on KUOW's "Sound Focus," you can find the archived show here.
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Maresi Nerad & Mimi Heggelund
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 Toward a Global PhD?
Universities
and nations have long recognized the direct contribution of graduate
education to the welfare of the economy by meeting a range of research
and employment needs. With the burgeoning of a global economy in the
twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the economic outcome of doctoral
education reaches far beyond national borders. Toward a Global PhD? addresses these far-reaching concerns.
Join us in the Walker-Ames Room of UW's Kane Hall, with University Book Store, for a panel at 4 p.m. on "Brain Drain, Brain Gain, and Brain Circulation" then stay for a reception and book launch with signing, beginning at 6 p.m. with the editors, Maresi Nerad and Mimi Heggelund.
For more information, see the Center for Research and Innovation in Graduate Education (CIRGE).
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Nance Van Winckel
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 No Starling
Nance Van Winckel, the most recent poet in our Pacific Northwest Poetry Series, will read poems from her collection No Starling. Unpredictable,
wry, always provocative, displaying a sure and startling command of
images and ideas, her poems make every gesture count.
Join Nance at Village Books in Bellingham on Thursday, May 15 at 7 p.m.
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| Carol Gold
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 Danish Cookbooks
Cookbooks
tell stories. They open up the worlds in which the people who wrote and
read them once lived. In the hands of a good historian like Carol
Gold's, cookbooks can be shown to contain the markings of political,
social, and ideological changes that we conventionally locate outside
the home. Join Carol for a look at Danish Cookbooks and what they can tell us about Danish identity.
Wednesday, May 21 at Ballard Public Library, with Secret Garden Books, at 6:30 p.m.
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Joseph Goldberg & Regina Hackett
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 Joseph Goldberg
Joseph
Goldberg, one of Washington State's most extraordinary artists will be
joining Seattle Post- Intelligencer art critic Regina Hackett for a
conversation on his long career. Ranging from deceptively simple
arrangements of geometric motifs in watercolor to his
signature medium of encaustic painting, Goldberg's work has considerable range and depth, and this gorgeous overview
captures his work in book form for the first time.
Saturday, May 24 at Elliott Bay Books at 2 p.m.
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Jeffrey Ochsner
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 Lionel H. Pries, Architect, Artist, Educator
If
you've missed Jeffrey Ochsner speak about Lionel H. Pries and Pries's
architectural legacy (and his sudden dismissal from the University of
Washington in 1958 based on his sexual orientation), this is a great
chance to immerse yourself in architectural history. Join Jeffrey at Eagle Harbor Books on Bainbridge Island on Thursday, May 29, at 7 p.m.
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 Coming
up in June, be sure to catch Barbara Johns, former chief curator at
Tacoma Art Museum and former executive director of the Pilchuk Glass
School, at Seattle Public Library's Central Branch for a lecture on the life and art of Paul Horiuchi. Elliott Bay will be joining us for sales on June 7, 2008 at 3 p.m.
Born in Japan in 1906, Paul Horiuchi came to America as a youth of
fourteen and found work with the Union Pacific Railroad in Wyoming. He
held the job for two decades, until World War II brought racist
reactions, dislocation, and hardship to people of Japanese descent. And
all the while he painted.
Barbara will be showing Horiuchi's work as well, which was recently on exhibit at the Museum of Northwest Art. This is certain to be a wonderful event and we hope to see you there!
All the best,
Rachael Mann
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