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Every year, Choice subject editors single out for recogni-tion the most signi� cant print and electronic works reviewed in Choice during the previous calendar year. Appearing annually in Choice’s January issue, this pres-

tigious list of publications re� ects the best in scholarly titles and at-tracts extraordinary attention from the academic library community. � e 2014 feature includes 690 titles in 54 disciplines and subsections. In awarding Outstanding Aca-demic Title status, the editors ap-ply several criteria to reviewed titles:

• overall excellence inpresentation and scholarship

• importance relative to other literature in the � eld

• distinction as a fi rst treatment of a given subject in book or electronic form

• originality or uniqueness of treatment

• value to undergraduate students

• importance in building undergraduate library collections

� e list cites only bibliographic information. � e number and publi-cation issue of each review are also provided to assist readers wishing detailed evaluations of the titles.

In publishing the Outstanding Academic Titles feature, Choice acknowledges and honors the authors, editors, and publishers of these works for their vital contribution to the scholarly endeavor.

Feature

Outstanding Academic Titles, 2014

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GeneralBiblioBoard. BiblioLabs. Tiered pric-

ing based on library size, starting at $500.00 per year. URL: http://bib-lioboard.com May’14, 51-4754

Curiosity’s cats: writers on research, ed. by Bruce Joshua Miller. Minnesota Historical Society, 2014. 291p afp ISBN 9780873519229 pbk, $18.95. Oct’14, 52-0575

Encyclopedia of military science, ed. by G. Kurt Piehler and M. Houston Johnson V. SAGE Publications, 2013. 4v bibl ISBN 9781412969338, $595.00. Aug’14, 51-6479

IMLS Digital Collections and Content, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. URL: http://imlsdcc.grainger.illinois.edu/ Sep’14, 52-0004

Kitchell, Kenneth F, Jr. Animals in the ancient world from A to Z. Rout-ledge, 2013. 257p bibl indexes afp ISBN 9780415392433, $115.00. Apr’14, 51-4163

Literati Academic. Credo Reference. Contact publisher for pricing. URL: http://corp.credoreference.com/solu-tions/literati-academic.html Jan’14, 51-2390

Oxford Dictionary of National Biogra-phy. Oxford. Annual academic sub-scription for simultaneous use starts at $1,700 (� rst user) and for unlimited use, at $2,000 based on FTE. URL: http://www.oxforddnb.com/ Sep’14, 52-0005

Power to the people: the graphic design of the radical press and the rise of the counter-culture, 1964-1974, ed. by Geo� Kaplan. Chicago, 2013. 264p index afp ISBN 9780226424354, $45.00. Jan’14, 51-2393

Shank, John D. Interactive open educa-tional resources: a guide to � nding, choosing, and using what’s out there to transform college teaching. Jossey-Bass, 2014. 176p bibl index ISBN 9781118277454 pbk, $38.00. Jul’14, 51-5903

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OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLES, 2014

Park, John S. W. Illegal migrations and the Huckleberry Finn problem. Temple, 2013. 266p bibl index afp ISBN 9781439910467, $89.50; ISBN 9781439910474 pbk, $28.95. Jan’14, 51-2918

Ringen, Stein. Nation of devils: demo-cratic leadership and the problem of obedience. Yale, 2013. 250p bibl index afp ISBN 9780300193190, $35.00. Jun’14, 51-5843

Rosanvallon, Pierre. The society of equals, tr. by Arthur Goldhammer. Harvard, 2013. 376p index afp ISBN 9780674724594, $35.00. Aug’14, 51-7008

U.S. PoliticsAlvis, J. David. The contested removal

power, 1789-2010, by J. David Alvis, Jeremy D. Bailey, and F. Flagg Taylor IV. University Press of Kansas, 2013. 260p index ISBN 9780700619221, $34.95. Jun’14, 51-5844

Anzia, Sarah F. Timing and turnout: how o� -cycle elections favor organized groups. Chicago, 2013. 277p index afp ISBN 9780226086781, $90.00; ISBN 9780226086811 pbk, $30.00. Sep’14, 52-0531

Collins, Paul M., Jr. Supreme Court con� r-mation hearings and constitutional change, by Paul M. Collins Jr. and Lori A. Ringhand. Cambridge, 2013. 296p index ISBN 9781107039704, $99.00. Mar’14, 51-4123

Corley, Pamela C. The puzzle of unanim-ity: consensus on the United States Supreme Court, by Pamela C. Corley, Amy Steigerwalt, and Artemus Ward. Stanford Law Books, 2013. 201p bibl index afp ISBN 9780804784726, $50.00. Jan’14, 51-2926

Greer, Christina M. Black ethnics: race, immigration, and the pursuit of the American dream. Oxford, 2013. 212p bibl index afp ISBN 9780199989300, $99.00; ISBN 9780199989317 pbk, $27.95. Mar’14, 51-4125

Haass, Richard N. Foreign policy begins at home: the case for putting America’s house in order. Basic Books, 2013. 195p

index ISBN 9780465057986, $25.99; ISBN 9780465065967 ebook, contact publisher for price; Jan’14, 51-2934

Halperin, Mark. Double down: game change, 2012, by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann. Penguin, 2013. 499p index ISBN 9781594204401, $29.95. Sep’14, 52-0537

Hume, Robert J. Courthouse democracy and minority rights: same-sex mar-riage in the states. Oxford, 2013. 217p bibl index afp ISBN 9780199982172, $85.00. Jan’14, 51-2937

Kaiser, Robert G. Act of Congress: how America’s essential institution works, and how it doesn’t. Knopf, 2013. 417p index ISBN 9780307700162, $27.95. Feb’14, 51-3520

Kamarck, Elaine C. How change hap-pens—or doesn’t: the politics of US public policy. L. Rienner, 2013. 163p bibl index afp ISBN 9781588269164, $45.00; ISBN 9781588269393 pbk, $18.95. Aug’14, 51-7019

MacNeil, Neil. The American Senate: an insider’s history, by Neil MacNeil and Richard A. Baker. Oxford, 2013. 455p bibl index afp ISBN 9780195367614, $29.95. Apr’14, 51-4723

Mansoor, Peter R. Surge: my journey with General David Petraeus and the remaking of the Iraq War. Yale, 2013. 341p index afp ISBN 9780300172355, $28.00. Aug’14, 51-7022

Margulies, Joseph. What changed when everything changed: 9/11 and the making of national iden-tity. Yale, 2013. 376p index afp ISBN 9780300176551, $30.00. Jan’14, 51-2940

Pinkard, John E. Sr. African American felon disenfranchisement: case studies in modern racism and political exclusion. LFB Scholarly, 2013. 233p bibl index afp ISBN 9781593326012, $70.00. Jan’14, 51-2942

Politics to the extreme: American political institutions in the twenty-� rst century, ed. by Scott A. Frisch and Sean Q Kelly. Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. 246p bibl index ISBN 9781137324924, $100.00; ISBN 9781137361424 pbk, $30.00. Sep’14, 52-0545

Porter, Gareth. Manufactured crisis: the untold story of the Iran nuclear scare. Just World Books, 2014. 310p ISBN 9781935982333 pbk, $28.00. Nov’14, 52-1694

Sagar, Rahul. Secrets and leaks: the dilemma of state secrecy. Prince-ton, 2013. 281p bibl index afp ISBN 9780691149875, $39.50. Jul’14, 51-6446

Sha� e, David M. Eleventh hour: the politics of policy initiatives in presidential transitions. Texas A&M, 2013. 227p bibl index afp ISBN 9781603449540, $40.00; ISBN 9781623490041 ebook, contact publisher for price. Jul’14, 51-6447

Theriault, Sean M. The Gingrich sena-tors. Oxford, 2013. 240p bibl index afp ISBN 9780199307456, $99.00; ISBN 9780199307463 pbk, $27.95. May’14, 51-5305

Uscinski, Joseph E. The people’s news: media, politics, and the demands of capitalism. New York University, 2014. 186p bibl index ISBN 9780814760338, $75.00; ISBN 9780814764886 pbk, $23.00. Oct’14, 52-1119

Wadsworth, Nancy D. Ambivalent mira-cles: evangelicals and the politics of racial healing. Virginia, 2014. 311p bibl index afp ISBN 9780813935317, $39.50. Nov’14, 52-1699

Waltman, Jerold. Congress, the Supreme Court, and religious liberty: the case of City of Boerne v. Flores. Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. 199p bibl index afp ISBN 9781137300638, $90.00. Mar’14, 51-4139

Zackin, Emily. Looking for rights in all the wrong places: why state constitutions contain America’s positive rights. Princeton, 2013. 234p bibl index afp ISBN 9780691155777, $65.00; ISBN 9780691155784 pbk, $29.95. Jan’14, 51-2949

PsychologyAPA handbook of sexuality and psychol-

ogy: v.1: Person-based approaches; v.2: Contextual approaches, ed. by Deborah L. Tolman and Lisa M. Diamond

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