Designed especially for women, A Guide to Surviving a Career in Academia, edited by Emily Lenning (Fayetteville State University,) Sara Brightman (Western Michigan University,) and Susan Caringella, takes a chronological look at all stages of the academic career.

Multiracial Americans and Social Class: The Influence of Social Class on Racial Identity, edited by Kathleen Odell Korgen (William Paterson University) is an ideal textbook for courses in race and ethnic studies, social stratification, race relations, and cultural studies.

Handbook of Cultural Sociology edited by John R. Hall, Laura Grindstaff and Ming-cheng Lo (all at the University of California, Davis,) is essential reading for students interested in diverse subfields within Sociology, as well as Cultural Studies, Media and Communication, and Postcolonial Theory.

Europa will be publishing its highly anticipated Regional Surveys of the World series from August through to December 2010. Fully updated and revised for 2011, this series provides extensive coverage of all the world regions and features detailed statistics, directory information and specially commissioned commentary pieces in nine volumes.

Even four years after it's publication, Integral Urbanism by Nan Ellin continues to receive critical and academic acclaim. The progressive urban theory book has just been reviewed in the March 2010 issue of the Journal of the American Planning Association. Read the review here.