Go with the Flow: Our Guide to Giving Books

We are all being bombarded with enticements to buy as holiday sales and the shopping season ramp up. Don't get overwhelmed! Get books for everyone on your list this year. Don't know where to start? Use this handy flowchart to find the best gift books for your family and friends (or for yourself! That is allowed.)

All books on our website are 33% off. Always. To ensure books arrive by Christmas Day, order by December 1 for international delivery and by December 15 for domestic delivery. Happy Shopping!

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Christmas came early for us this year! See if you can spot our incredible cookbook in Barnes and Noble's holiday ad.

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AAUP Book, Jacket & Journal Show :: 13 UT Press Titles!

We are happy to report that many UT Press titles have been selected for inclusion in the 2013 AAUP Book, Jacket & Journal Show.

Judging for the 2013 AAUP Book, Jacket and Journal Show took place January 24-25 at the AAUP Central Office in New York City. Approximately 273 books, 331 jacket and cover design entries, and 4 journals were entered. 51 books and 44 jackets/covers were chosen by the jurors as the very best examples from this pool of excellent design.  
UT Press congratulates the design staff below on the recognition they duly deserve!

Trade Illustrated Books:
DKR: A Royal Scrapbook (designed by Derek George)
Andy Coolquitt (designed by Derek George)
Nic Nicosia (designed by Lindsay Starr)

Trade Typographic Book:
Let the People In (designed by Lindsay Starr)
 
Scholarly Illustrated Book:
Photographing the Mexican Revolution (designed by Lindsay Starr)
 
Covers/Jackets:
All-American Boy (designed by Derek George) 
Colonel Sanders and the American Dream (designed by Derek George) 
Dwight Yoakam (designed by Lindsay Starr) 
The Fictional Christopher Nolan (Ayham Ghraowi)
Killer on the Road (designed by Derek George) 
Ryan Adams (designed by Lindsay Starr)
The Surprising Design of Market Economies (designed by Derek George)
Uncivil Wars (designed by Lindsay Starr)

Chicago Tribune :: Dwight Yoakam

Dwight Yoakam: A Thousand Miles from Nowhere

by Don McLeese

Buy It Now

Yoakam faked it better 
Critics say he lacked authenticity, but it paid off for him

By Greg Kot: rkogan@tribune.com

Dwight Yoakam wrote his first song when he was 8. It was called “My Daddy Got Killed Over in Viet- nam” — a heavy subject matter for anyone, let alone a grade-schooler.

The song’s a fantasy, which veteran music journalist Don McLeese says presages Yoakam’s career. In his concise biography, “Dwight Yoakam: A Thousand Miles from Nowhere,” McLeese admires how Yoakam blurs the lines between authenticity and invention.

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