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LIT Verlag Merrion textbooks

What we've been up to lately...

We've had quite the busy Spring, especially in the realm of political science. ISBS personally attended the Western Political Science Association meeting in Portland, OR, as well as the Midwest Political Science Association meeting in Chicago, IL. We had many great conversations with professors interested in international politics and regional politics -- particularly, this year, the regions of the Middle East and Africa. We also distributed copies of our new Global Politics catalogue at the conferences.

In addition, several publishes we represent-- Eleven International Publishing, Hart Publishing, and Intersentia-- attended the American Society of International Law conference in Washington, DC.

Publisher news...

We are very happy to announce ISBS is now marketing and distributing for LIT Verlag. We extend a warm welcome to this press.  

LIT Verlag established itself as one of Germany's leading academic publishers with a fast growing English language list. (This publisher has offices in several countries, but their central office is in Germany.) With well over 100 English language titles a year, LIT Verlag offers original research, and stimulating and innovative contributions to major academic disciplines. Disciplines of particular strengths are politics, history, sociology and social anthropology, literary criticism, and religious studies. Additionally, LIT Verlag produces regional studies encompassing Asian studies, American studies, European and Eastern European studies, and a large number of African studies. LIT Verlag was founded to bring scholarship, ranging from specifically focused case studies to broad theoretical monographs, to a wide academic international audience.

Irish Academic Press is launching a new history imprint, called Merrion Publishing. This new imprint will produce exciting and powerful popular history books. The books will be illustrated and driven by high quality writing and research. The topics will be of popular interest and the books will be written and produced in a very accessible style. The first two titles will be released in May 2012 with a total of 5 anticipated over the course of the imprint's first year.

 

AWARDS-

Distinguished Israeli poet, Tuvia Rubner, has just won the 2012 Konrad-Adenauer Prize for Literature. For a critical look at his work, see Ambassadors of Death by Shahar Bram, published by Sussex Academic Press.

What we're up to next...

The end of June is the fiscal end of the year for most university libraries. To help librarians use up their end-of-year budgets, we are working on a Collection Development catalogue highlighting some of the research and reference titles we carry. This will be mailed in May. If you would like to see some of our recent subject catalogues in History, Politics, Criminology, they are now hosted on our website. We are also happy to mail you printed copies upon request.

If you haven't seen, we have a Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/isbsbooks) and you can also follow us on Twitter: @isbsbooks. This is a great way to keep up on our latest releases, and to hear a bit of news from the book world.

In other news ...

Spring is the time when professors are considering textbooks for their fall courses, and texts for 2013, as some courses are only offered every other year. In 2011, ISBS began sending email broadcasts with recommendations for course adoptions in many of fields we carry, including such topics as politics, social work, sociology, history, African studies, Asian studies, and Middle Eastern studies. The initiative was so successful, that we've decided to continue our efforts! This month, we've sent out a number of emails with recommendations for text adoptions, such as: Ireland 1870-1914, Sociology of Islam, Cross-Cultural Business Behavior, and Keys to School Leadership. 

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