Top 25 Books from Public University Presses for February

The following ranking of books from public university presses in the US is compiled from various sales data and other metrics, collected on the web and from other sources.

#1 (--)
A Single Man
Isherwood, Christopher
Univ of Minnesota Pr

A "frank, sympathetic, and moving portrayal of a gay man in midlife"; the author's favorite of his own novels.

#2 (#4)
Black Elk Speaks / Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux, the Premier Edition
Neihardt, John G.
State Univ of New York Pr

The famous life story of the Lakota healer and visionary, Nicholas Black Elk.

#3 (#5)
Pathologies of Power / Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor
Farmer, Paul/ Sen, Martha (FRW)
Univ of California Pr

Harrowing stories of life— and death— in extreme situations interrogates our understanding of human rights.

#4 (#2)
Travelin' Man / On the Road and Behind the Scenes With Bob Seger
Weschler, Tom/ Graff, Gary/ Mellencamp, John (FRW)/ Kid Rock (AFT)
Wayne State Univ Pr

Photographs & stories of of Seger’s hard-gigging, heavy-traveling, reputation-making early days.

#5 (--)
Heaven Is a Playground
Telander, Rick
Univ of Nebraska Pr

One of Sports Illustrated's "Top 100 Sports Books of All Time."

#6 (#16)
Crow Killer / The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson
Thorp, Raymond W./ Bunker, Robert
Indiana Univ Pr

One of the most gripping feuds-- one man against a whole tribe-- in American history.

#7 (#20)
Outside the Limelight / Basketball in the Ivy League
Orton, Kathy/ Feinstein, John (FRW)
Rutgers Univ Pr

The first book to look inside Ivy League basketball and at the boundless enthusiasm that defines it.

#8 (#11)
Pedaling Revolution / How Cyclists Are Changing American Cities
Mapes, Jeff
Oregon State Pr

The growing bike culture that is changing the look and feel of cities, suburbs, and small towns across North America.

#9 (#10)
To the Gates of Stalingrad / Soviet-German Combat Operations, April-August 1942
Glantz, David M./ House, Jonathan M.
Univ Pr of Kansas

The battle between the Germans and Soviets was a turning point in WWII and a symbol of that war's power and devastation.

#10 (#7)
Lights on a Ground of Darkness / An Evocation of a Place and Time
Kooser, Ted
Univ of Nebraska Pr

An attempt to keep the beloved people alive against the relentless erosion of time.

#11 (#6)
Death in a Prairie House / Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Murders
Drennan, William R.
Univ of Wisconsin Pr

The brutal murders in 1914 of seven adults and children dear to the architect and the destruction by fire of Taliesin.

#12 (--)
Lost Plantations of the South
Matrana, Marc R.
Univ Pr of Mississippi

An illustrated history of the grand plantation homes lost to war, disaster, and neglect.

#13 (#23)
Isadore's Secret / Sin, Murder, and Confession in a Northern Michigan Town
Link, Mardi
Univ of Michigan Pr

A young nun disappears and turns up buried in the basement of the church.

#14 (--)
The Heart of Power / Health and Politics in the Oval Office
Blumenthal, David/ Morone, James A.
Univ of California Pr

Explores the hidden ways in which presidents shape our destinies through their own health experiences.

#15 (--)
Armageddon in Stalingrad / September-November 1942
Glantz, David M./ House, Jonathan M.
Univ Pr of Kansas

An iconic military campaign of the Eastern Front and Hitler’s first great strategic defeat.

#16 (--)
Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings / An American Controversy
Gordon-Reed, Annette
Univ of Virginia Pr

Tthe definitive look at a centuries-old question that should fascinate general readers and historians alike.

#17 (--)
Capitalism & Slavery
Williams, Eric Eustace
Univ of North Carolina Pr

Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England.

#18 (--)
The Sheriff of Ramadi / Navy Seals and the Winning of al-Anbar
Couch, Dick
Naval Inst Pr

The SEALs' ability to adapt and evolve in an urban battle space and their code of brotherhood were key to their success.

#19 (--)
Mapping New Jersey / An Evolving Landscape
Lurie, Maxine N. (EDT)/ Wacker, Peter O. (EDT)/ Siegel, Michael (CON)
Rutgers Univ Pr

The first interpretive atlas of the state in more than one hundred years.

#20 (#21)
Barney Frank / The Story of America's Only Left-handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman
Weisberg, Stuart
Univ of Massachusetts Pr

One of the nation's most distinctive and effective legislators.

#21 (--)
On Any Given Sunday / A Life of Bert Bell
Lyons, Robert S./ Shula, Don (FRW)
Temple Univ Pr

The man who helped transform football from a circus sideshow into the most popular spectator sport in America.

#22 (#14)
Creating Moments of Joy for the Person with Alzheimer's or Dementia
Brackey, Jolene
Purdue Univ Pr

Focusing beyond the challenges of Alzheimer's disease to create moments of joy.

#23 (--)
The Bigness of the World
Ostlund, Lori
Univ of Georgia Pr

People seeking escape venture out into a world that s just as complicated and troubled as the one they left behind.

#24 (--)
Northern Money, Southern Land / The Lowcountry Plantation Sketches of Chlotilde R. Martin
Cuthbert, Robert B. (EDT)/ Hoffius, Stephen G. (EDT)
Univ of South Carolina Pr

The history of vexing tensions between development and conservation that remain a defining aspect of lowcountry life.