MARQUAND BOOKS
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Marquand Books is hosting a pre-publication reception in honor of their upcoming book, Trimpin, available from the University of Washington Press in May 2011.
On display at the reception will be a sample copy of the limited-edition BookBeatBox, which includes:
- Anodized aluminum musical sculpture slipcase designed and fabricated by Trimpin
- Music roll score individually composed
- a hand-bound deluxe copy of the book, Trimpin: Contraptions for Art and Sound
- DVD of the Peter Esmonde documentary film, Trimpin: The Sound of Invention
Limited to thirteen signed and numbered copies and available directly from Marquand in Spring 2011, upon publication of the book
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award winners
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Wilderness in National Parks, by John C. Miles, was named a 2010 "Outstanding Academic Titles" by Choice for its excellent scholarship and presentation, significant contribution to the field, and valuable treatment of the subject.
Accumulating Culture, by Patricia Buckley Ebrey, and The Tale of Khun Chung Khun Phaen (a distribution for Silkworm Books) were both named to the International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) Prize long list.
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March events
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Join John Keeble, author of Broken Ground, at Village Books on March 26 at 4 p.m.
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other events
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Quintard Taylor, co-author of Dr. Sam, Soldier, Educator, Advocate, Friend, will be at the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis on February 19 at 1 p.m.
Erika Esau, author of Images of the Pacific Rim, will be speaking to the Society of California Pioneers on February 24 at 11 a.m.
Cliff Mass, author of The Weather of the Pacific Northwest, will be speaking in the UW Tower Auditorium on February 24 at noon.
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Greetings!
Great news! The University of Washington Press, in collaboration with Duke University Press, Penn State University Press, and University of Pennsylvania Press, has been awarded a $1.257 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to publish first books by scholars in art history. This exciting opportunity will allow us to produce print and electronic editions of art history books, with a shared website housing electronic enhancements to standard print publications, like audio, video, illustrative material, animation, and podcasts. For more and updates on the Art History Publishing Initiative (AHPI), see www.arthistorypi.org. We're also excited to launch Shadows of a Fleeting World this month, a collaboration with the University of Washington Libraries and the Henry Art Gallery. This gorgeous book, by David F. Martin and Nicolette Bromberg, celebrates the history of the Seattle Camera Club and will kick off with a launch at the Henry on Feb. 11 and an event at University Book Store on Feb. 15 (more details below). We hope to see you there! All the best, Rachael remann@u.washington.edu 
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victoria adams
| |  Where Sky Meets Earth: The Luminous Landscapes of Victoria Adams
Northwest landscape painter Victoria Adams is equally committed to the landscape tradition and the creation of exquisite scenes that address the contemporary desire for the sublime. Adams depicts idealized landscapes that evoke virgin terrain, untouched by human intervention and devoid of degradation. Through her reworking of landscape traditions and conventions, her paintings reveal the inextricable connections between beauty and the sublime and melancholia. Her paintings evoke the deep desire for the perfect moment and heighten awareness of the psychological impact of the idealized landscape. Adams presents the landscape as a solitary experience with the immense and infinite sublime - a magnificent solitude.
Where Earth Meets Sky is the first museum survey exhibition of Victoria Adam's work and is part of the Tacoma Art Museum's Northwest Perspective Series. Adams' work is held in private and museum collections throughout the United States.
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charles wilkinson
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| The People Are Dancing Again: The History of the Siletz Tribe of Western Oregon
The history of the Siletz is in many ways the history of all Indian tribes in America: a story of heartache, perseverance, survival, and revival. It began in a resource-rich homeland thousands of years ago and today finds a vibrant, modern community with a deeply held commitment to tradition.
The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians -- twenty-seven tribes speaking at least ten languages -- were brought together on the Oregon Coast through treaties with the federal government in 1853-55. For decades after, the Siletz people lost many traditional customs, saw their languages almost wiped out, and experienced poverty, killing diseases, and humiliation. Again and again, the federal government took great chunks of the magnificent, timber-rich tribal homeland, a reservation of 1.1 million acres reaching a full 100 miles north to south on the Oregon Coast. By 1956, the tribe had been "terminated" under the Western Oregon Indian Termination Act, selling off the remaining land, cutting off federal health and education benefits, and denying tribal status. Poverty worsened, and the sense of cultural loss deepened.
The Siletz people refused to give in. In 1977, after years of work and appeals to Congress, they became the second tribe in the nation to have its federal status, its treaty rights, and its sovereignty restored. Hand-in-glove with this federal recognition of the tribe has come a recovery of some land -- several hundred acres near Siletz and 9,000 acres of forest -- and a profound cultural revival.
This remarkable account, written by one of the nation's most respected experts in tribal law and history, is rich in Indian voices and grounded in extensive research that includes oral tradition and personal interviews.
Charles Wilkinson is Distinguished Professor and Moses Lasky Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School. He is the author of many books, including Messages from Frank's Landing: A Story of Salmon, Treaties, and the Indian Way and Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nations.
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Thursday, February 10, at noon at University of Montana Castles Center, UM Law School, Missoula, with Fact & FictionThursday, February 10, at 4 p.m. at the University of Montana Payne Family Native American Center, Room 10, with Fact & Fiction |
gardner mcfall
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| Amelia: The Libretto
In the new opera Amelia, a first time mother -to-be, whose psyche has been scarred by the loss of her pilot father in Vietnam, must break free from anxiety to embrace healing and renewal for the sake of her husband and child. Set against a thirty-year period from the 1960s to the 1990s, the story interweaves one woman's emotional journey, the American experience in Vietnam, and elements of myth and history to explore our fascination with flight and the dilemmas that arise when vehicles of flight are used for exploration, adventure, and war. This is an intensely personal libretto by American poet Gardner McFall, whose father was a Navy pilot who served in Vietnam and was lost in the Pacific. It moves from loss to recuperation, paralysis to flight, as the protagonist, Amelia, ultimately embraces her life and the creative force of love and family.
Librettist Gardner McFall is the author of two volumes of poetry, The Pilot's Daughter and Russian Tortoise, as well as two children's books. She lives in New York and teaches at Hunter College.
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Judy Bentley
| |  Hiking Washington's History
Hiking Washington's History reveals the stories embedded in Washington's landscape. This trail guide narrates forty historic trails, ranging from short day hikes to three- or four-day backpacking trips over mountain passes. Every region in the state is included, from the northwesternmost tip of the continental United States at Cape Flattery to the remote Blue Mountains in the southeast. Each chapter begins with a brief overview of the region's history followed by individual trail narratives and historical highlights. Quotes from diaries, journals, letters, and reports, as well as contemporary and historic photographs, describe sites and trails from Washington's past. Each trail description includes a map and provides directions, so hikers can follow the historic route. Judy Bentley tells readers how to get there, what to expect, and what to look for.
Judy Bentley, who teaches at South Seattle Community College, is an avid hiker and the author of fourteen books for young adults.
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| david F. martin& nicolette bromberg | |  Shadows of a Fleeting World: Pictorial Photography and the Seattle Camera Club
Pictorialism emerged in the early twentieth century as a prominent style of fine art photography. Artists engaged in this style were interested in the effects of transient light and Japanese compositional elements. They developed innovative darkroom techniques to create unique soft-focus photographs that reflected contemporary painting styles. Historically, pictorial photography was narrowly defined by certain characteristics that gave an inaccurate assessment of its important contributions to the medium. Recent rediscoveries from American regional camera clubs, including the Seattle Camera Club (SCC), reveal that the movement was broader and more individualist than previously thought.
Shadows of a Fleeting World provides a rare glimpse into the regional Pictorialist movement. It documents the lives and artistic accomplishments of the SCC photographers. The SCC was one of the most active and successful in the United States, and, fortunately, preservation of its works and history allow for a rich interpretation of its art. Japanese immigrants formed the club's core, and their work routinely blended Pictorialist methods with Japanese aesthetic traditions. The Japanese-influenced Pictorialist works of the SCC made a unique contribution to the international art movement.
The book is generously illustrated with images and prints from SCC artists, many of which have never been published before.
David F. Martin is an independent art historian and curator specializing in women and minority artists of the Pacific Northwest. Nicolette Bromberg is visual materials curator, Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries.
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jack hamann
| |  On American Soil: How Justice Became a Casualty of World War II
During the night of August 14, 1944, an Italian prisoner of war was lynched on the Fort Lawton army base in Seattle - a murder that shocked the nation and the international community. It was a time of deep segregation in the army, and the War Department was quick to charge three African American soldiers with first-degree murder, although there was no evidence linking them to the crime. Forty other black soldiers faced lesser charges over the incident, launching one of the largest and longest army trials of World War II.
In this harrowing story of race, privilege, and power, Jack Hamann explores the most overlooked civil rights event in American history. On American Soil raises important questions about how justice is carried out when a country is at war, offering vital lessons on the tensions between national security and individual rights.
Jack Hamann has been a news reporter, network correspondent, and documentary producer for more than two decades. He has won ten Emmy Awards for his work. On American Soil won the 2005 Investigative Reporters and Editors Book Award.
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charlotte cote
| |  Spirits of Our Whaling Ancestors: Revitalizing Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth Traditions
Following the removal of the gray whale from the Endangered Species list in 1994, the Makah tribe of northwest Washington State announced that they would revive their whale hunts; their relatives, the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation of British Columbia, shortly followed suit. Neither tribe had exercised their right to whale-in the case of the Makah, a right affirmed in their 1855 treaty with the federal government-since the gray whale had been hunted nearly to extinction by commercial whalers in the 1920s. The Makah whale hunt of 1999 was an event of international significance, connected to the worldwide struggle for aboriginal sovereignty and to the broader discourses of environmental sustainability, treaty rights, human rights, and animal rights. It was met with enthusiastic support and vehement opposition.
As a member of the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation, Charlotte Coté offers a valuable perspective on the issues surrounding indigenous whaling, past and present. Whaling, she says, "defines who we are as a people."
Charlotte Cote is associate professor of American Indian studies at the University of Washington.
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