A handful of new books landed on my desk in the past two weeks:

–Laboring to Learn: Women’s Literacy and Poverty in the Post-Welfare Era by Lorna Rivera (September 15, 2008)
–Been a Heavy Life: Stories of Violent Men by Lois Presser (September 15, 2008)
–Black Star: African American Activism in the International Political Economy by Ramla M. Bandele (September 19, 2008)
–The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: The Lincoln Studies Center Edition edited by Rodney O. Davis and Douglas L. Wilson  (October 1, 2008)

The publication dates are noted above but all will be available to order within the next week.