Georgetown University Press

Georgetown University Press was founded in 1964 and is a publishing house that currently publishes forty new books a year. Georgetown University Press is a member of the Association of American University Presses (AAUP) and supports the academic mission of Georgetown University by publishing scholarly books and journals for a diverse, worldwide readership. These publications, written by an international group of authors, are peer-reviewed works of academic distinction. Georgetown University Press is known for publishing a broad range of intellectual perspectives that reflect the academic and institutional strengths of Georgetown University.

Georgetown University Press publishes books in five subject areas: bioethics; international affairs & human rights; languages & linguistics; political science, public policy & public management; and religion & ethics. Georgetown University Press is proud to publish Al-Kitaab the most widely used Arabic language learning textbook series at the college and professional level. The series begins with Alif-Baa: An Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds, and continues to help students achieve a high level of proficiency in the Arabic language. In addition, Georgetown University Press publishes language textbooks and interactive digital materials for languages like Spanish, Mandarin, Iraqi Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, Syrian Arabic, Business Japanese, Portuguese, Turkish and Tajiki.

Recent publications

Georgetown University Press books published recently [1] include:

• Alif Baa with Multimedia, Second Edition - Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal, Abbas Al-Tonsi (2010)
• NATO in Search of a Vision - Gulnur Aybet and Rebecca R. Moore, Editors (2010)
• Power and the Past - Eric Langenbacher and Yossi Shain, Editors (2010)
• Investing in the Disadvantaged: Assessing the Benefits and Costs of Social Policies - David L. Weimer and Aidan R. Vining, Editors (2009)
• Driven from Home: Protecting the Rights of Forced Migrants - David Hollenbach, SJ (2010)
• An Ethics of Biodiversity: Christianity, Ecology, and the Variety of Life - Kevin J. O'Brien (2010)
• Family Ethics - Julie Hanlon Rubio (2010)
• Confucius's Analects: An Advanced Reader of Chinese Language and Culture - Zu-yan Chen (2010)
• Working Portuguese for Beginners - Monica Rector, Regina Santos, Marcelo Amorim, with M. Lynne Gerber (2010)
• Walk with Us and Listen: Political Reconciliation in Africa - Charles Villa-Vicencio (2009)
• The New Counterinsurgency Era: Transforming the U.S. Military for Modern Wars - David H. Ucko (2009)
• Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors? What History Teaches Us about Strategic Barriers and International Security - Brent L. Sterling (2009)
• Career Diplomacy: Life and Work in the U.S. Foreign Service - Harry W. Kopp and Charles A. Gillespie (2008)
• Chimeras, Hybrids, and Interspecies Research: Politics and Policymaking - Andrea L. Bonnicksen (2009)
• Working World: Careers in International Education, Exchange, and Development - Sherry L. Mueller and Mark Overmann (2008)
• Common Ground: Islam, Christianity, and Religious Pluralism - Paul L. Heck (2009)
• Analyzing Intelligence: Origins, Obstacles, and Innovations - Roger Z. George and James B. Bruce, Editors (2008)
• Immortal: A Military History of Iran and Its Armed Forces - Steven R. Ward (2009)
• Vaults, Mirrors, and Masks: Rediscovering U.S. Counterintelligence - Jennifer E. Sims and Burton Gerber, Editors (2008)
• Islamic Radicalism and Global Jihad - Devin R. Springer, James L. Regens, David N. Edger (2009)
• The Collaborative Public Manager: New Ideas for the Twenty-first Century - Rosemary O'Leary and Lisa Blomgren Bingham, Editors (2008)
• Populations, Public Health, and the Law - Wendy E. Parmet (2009)
• Aquinas on the Emotions: A Religious-Ethical Inquiry - Diana Fritz Cates (2009)
• Tajiki: An Elementary Textbook, Volume 1 - NasRullo Khojayori (2009)

External links

• Georgetown University Press web site