New Qualitative Communication Research Journal for 2012
January 27th, 2012
The first issue of Qualitative Communication Research, edited by Kenneth N. Cissna of University of South Florida, is now in production for publication in March 2012. Subscribe now for 3 years at a 20% discount and ask your library to subscribe. For more information, go to the journal's page.
Kiva journal to be published by Left Coast
January 27th, 2012
Left Coast Press, Inc. and the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS) are pleased to announce a partnership for publication of the Society’s journal Kiva: Journal of Southwestern Anthropology and History effective with volume 78, beginning in September 2012. Kiva is the leading refereed serial publication in the archaeology, anthropology, and history of the American Southwest and northern Mexico. Members of AAHS receive the journal as benefit of membership, others will subscribe through Left Coast. Electronic subscriptions to the journal will now be available to institutional subscribers. Dr. James Snead, Department of Anthropology, Cal State Northridge, will continue as the journal Editor. The current publisher, AltaMira Press, will publish Kiva until the completion of Volume 77 in June 2012.
A new op-ed by Richard J. Gelles
January 25th, 2012
There's a new op-ed from our author Richard J. Gelles, on the need to restructure and eliminate ineffective government programs in the wake of our current economic crisis. Read it now on TheThirdLie.com, and check out our new book with Rich while you're there!
Martin Carver Nominated for Archaeologist of the Year!
January 18th, 2012
Martin Carver, author of Making Archaeology Happen, has been nominated in the the Archaeologist of the Year 2012 category of the prestigious Current Archaeology Awards! If you'd like to vote, please click here! Congratulations Martin!
Website conversion completed
December 8th, 2011
It won't look any different, but we've migrated our website to a new web host, which will hopefully eliminate the outages we've had over the past few weeks. The journal shopping cart is not currently active but will be shortly, once we put all the security features in place. Thanks for all your patience.
LCP book wins Australian Archaeology Book Award
December 8th, 2011
We delighted to announce that our book Indigenous Peoples and the Collaborative Stewardship of Nature won the coveted John Mulvaney Book Award from the Australian Archaeological Association last week. Anne Ross was at the conference to receive the award. Congratulations to the authors of this excellent work!
2nd Global Congress on Qualitative Health Research
November 23rd, 2011
We'll be attending this next summer.
2nd Global Congress for Qualitative Health Research
Engaging People in Health Promotion & Well-Being:
New Opportunities and Challenges for Qualitative Research
June 28-30, 2012
Milan, Italy
Abstracts must be received by 13 February 2012
LCP Authors Win SMA Book Award
November 21st, 2011
Congratulations to Left Coast Press authors Barbara Rose Johnston and Holly Barker for winning the Society for Medical Anthropology New Millennium Book Award for The Consequential Damages of Nuclear War, The Rongelap Report!
Winners of Left Coast Subtitle Contest
November 7th, 2011
Congrats to the Winners of our Fall Book Sale and Contest. This time we asked for the best subtitle for a hypothetical book. Winning entries were:
WHAT COMES NEXT?
Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to the Left-Foot-In Dilemma in Hokey Pokey
by Scott O'Mack
WHAT COMES NEXT?
Applying Steam Punk and Other Fantasy Genres to Human Skeletal Remains
by Mary Beth Timm
WHAT COMES NEXT?
Putting on Your Pants One Leg at a Time - For Beginners
by Claire Champ
Congratulation! Watch for our next contest and book sale in spring.
Journal Articles Available on DeepDyve
October 26th, 2011
Left Coast is proud to announce that articles from recent issues of all our journals are now available for view through DeepDyve. DeepDyve is a electronic pay-per-view system for viewing scholarly articles that involves hundreds of publishers and millions of articles. Left Coast articles are available for $2.99 each and are viewable unlimited times from multiple machines for 24 hours, though not available for download or printing. An abstract and first page of each article are available to preview for free. This is ideal for researchers, scholars, professionals, and students whose do not have access to a library with an electronic subscription to a journal that you need. Left Coast journals can be found on the DeepDyve site.
This is a new adventure for us. If you try it, please let us know what you think.
Josephine Grant Peters passes away
October 14th, 2011
We are sad that Josephine Grant Peters, Karuk herbalist and elder, passed away October 12th. Josephine shared with us her native knowledge and wisdom of herbs in her book After the First Full Moon in April. Our deepest sympathy go to her family. We will miss her.
Rik Scarce interviewed by PBS, POV about radical environmentalism and the ELF
September 20th, 2011
LCP author Rik Scarce (Eco-Warriors) has been interviewed by PBS - POV for the incredibly interesting documentary film about Earth Liberation Front (ELF) "If A Tree Falls."Interview with Sophie Tamas
September 20th, 2011
Author of Life After Leaving: The Aftermath of Spousal Abuse is interviewed about her book on The Critical Lede.
New journals for 2012-- qualitative communication and African diaspora archaeology
June 14th, 2011
Left Coast will be adding two new journals to our list in 2012:
QUALITATIVE COMMUNICATION RESEARCH,
edited by Kenneth N. Cissna, University of South Florida
and
JOURNAL OF AFRICAN DISAPORA ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE,
edited by Christopher C. Fennell, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Looking for high quality manuscript for each. First issues to be published in the spring of 2012. Subscribe-- and write us an article.
30% discount on select hardcovers
June 7th, 2011
Some of our hardcover-only books are pretty expensive for individuals. But on our website, you can order them at a 30% discount through our American distributor. Look for the 30% note at the top of the ad copy on those book pages. Discount is applied automatically when you add the book to your shopping cart.
Our catalogs now on line
June 7th, 2011
Didn't get our recent catalogs in the mail? They're now available on this website. Just click here.
New Series on critical global health communication
April 25th, 2011
We are building our list of resources for communication researchers, instructors, and professionals, including an exciting new series of critical perspectives on global health communication edited by Mohan Dutta and Ambar Basu. Details of the series can be found in our series pages. While centered around communication issues, we are seeking proposals from a wide variety of disciplines.
Electronic Exam Copy Program
October 19th, 2010
As part of our foray into the world of eBooks, we're making digital exam copies available for the first time. If you're interested in taking these first steps with us, send an email, fax, or letter or call us requesting a 90 day examination copy to our main contact address. Please include the name of the book you're interested in; your name, address, and email; course name, course number, approximate enrollment, semester and year taught, and decision date.
We will email you a link to download the eBook version of the title requested and instructions for reading it in Adobe Digital Editions on your computer or on a Sony Reader. Adobe Digital Editions is free and works just like Acrobat, but easier for reading! The eBook is for your personal use only and is protected against copying, forwarding, or printing. After 90 days the file will be disabled. If you decide to adopt the book for your course, let us know, and we'll send you a free desk copy of the real thing.
We are still loading our many titles into the digital database so not every book will be immediately available.
We welcome your feedback on the new digital age of course exam copies.
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July 11th, 2009
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February 6th, 2009
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