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Circling the Tortilla Dragon
Ray Gonzalez
Creative Arts Book Company
833 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94710
0887394760 $15.00 1-800-848-7789
The short-short fictions comprising Circling the Tortilla Dragon deftly blend the imagery of
poetry
with the art of the prose poem, blending history, cultural insights and visionary descriptions of
such
experiences as the serving of the last jellyfish in the world, or the discovery of a Big Chief tablet
from childhood's remains. Vignettes provide sometimes-whimsical observations of Mexican and
American cultural differences.
Ivan R. Dee/NBN, dist.
1332 N. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60622
1-800-462-6420 www.amazon.com
Theodore Dalrymple's Life At The Bottom (1566635055, $16.95) examines the underlying
values,
social and political issues which lead to a world underclass in society, examining how and why the
underclass exists. British psychiatrist Dalrymple brings a psychological insight into the matter
which
links long-term poverty to a dysfunctional set of values, reinforced by the very culture which
needs
victims in order to elevate its own class system. An intriguing survey of class systems and
underlying
influences on their organization. Richard Schickel's Good Morning, Mr. Zip Zip Zip
(1566634911,
$27.50) discusses movies and their relationship to ideas of World War II. Not entirely a social
history, this blends an autobiographical memoir of the author's coming of age during the war with
insights into a boy's attraction to the movies, and their importance in overcoming wartime fears.
Lisa
Lieberman's Leaving You (1566634962, $24.95) draws on sources ranging from novels to
philosophy and psychology in her analysis of suicide and its cultural meanings. From individual
choice in the decision to die to sociological explanations, this provides an intriguing examination
of
suicide's impact in society.
Dover Publications
31 E. 2nd St., Mineola, NY 11501
1-800-223-3130 www.amazon.com
Two very different titles hold appeal for any involved in the arts. Margaret Flower's Victorian
Jewellery (0486422305, $19.95) was the first English-language book published about the era's
jewelry, and provides a fine historical survey of changing styles, fashion, and trends of the era.
Black
and white photos accent quotes from contemporary fashion writers and insights on Victorian
jewelry
and style. Francis Kelly and Randolph Schwabe's European Costume And Fashion 1490-1790
(0486423220, $16.95) provides an exhaustive study which traces the evolution of apparel in
Western Europe from the late Tudor period through George II. Period paintings and prints
provide
details of clothing styles, while the origins of trends and styles are meticulously analyzed from
source material. Both will especially please students of costume and fashion history.
Trafalgar Square, dist.
PO Box 258, North Pomfret, VT 05053
1-800-423-4525 www.amazon.com
These diverse new titles distributed in this country by Trafalgar Square offer different insights and
impressions of the arts, and are recommended picks for a general interest readership with little
arts
background. Robert Ross' Complete Terry Thomas (Reynolds & Hearn, 1903111293, $24.95)
surveys the pioneer of TV comedy and movies, providing a survey of his stage and radio
appearances, a filmography, and details of his career and life. Prior fans of the British comedian
will
find this an engrossing title. A set of new 'Beginner's Guides' from Hodder & Stoughton ($9.95
each) provides new learners and non-artists with an excellent opportunity for learning about
artistic
styles and history. Bentham's Picassco (0340846186), Nicholson's Andy Warhol (0340946208)
and
Frank Lloyd Wright (034084614-) as well as Andrew Forrest's Van Gogh (84619-4) all forego
the
glittery color of competing coverages to focus on the lives, perspectives, and creative inspirations
of
each of the artists. Beginners will find these excellent introductions.
Marshall Islands Legends And Stories
Daniel A. Kelin II, editor
Bess Press
3565 Harding Ave., Honolulu, HI 96816
1573061409 $14.95 1-800-910-2377
Compiled and edited by Daniel A. Klin II (Director of Drama Education with the Honolulu
Theatre
for Youth) , and enhanced with black-and-white illustrations by Nashton T. Nahson, Marshall
Islands Legends And Stories is an entertaining and richly presented collection of oral folklore
featuring 50 stories recorded from 18 storytellers on 8 Marshall islands and atolls. Magic,
mischief,
quarrels, heroism, traditional Marshallese customs and culture, and much more fill this most
engaging read, which enhanced with profiles of storytellers, a glossary, and a pronunciation guide.
Also available in a hardcover edition (1573061417, $22.95), Marshall Islands Legends And
Stories
is a valued contribution to Pacific Island Folklore & Mythology reference collections and reading
lists.
The Encyclopedia Of Country Living
Carla Emery
Sasquatch Books
119 South Main Street, Suite 400, Seattle, Washington 98104
www.sasquatchbooks.com
157061377X $29.95 1-800-775-0817
Now in a completely updated and expanded ninth edition (including the introduction of websites
and
new mail-order sources), Carla Emery's The Encyclopedia Of Country Living is much more than
just
an ordinary recipe, notions, and activities book. The Encyclopedia Of Country Living is crammed
from cover to cover with a wealth of tips and ideas for people inclined toward a country living
atmosphere for their homes and lifestyles -- no matter whether their home happens to be located
in
the city, in the suburbs, or in the countryside. From the basics of raising chickens, pigs, and other
livestock; to making a quilting frame; to pruning a tree; to recipes for homemade food with flair,
The
Encyclopedia Of Country Living is a handy, comprehensive, useful and "user friendly" 896-page
reference.
Spirit Of The North
Ricahrd Hamilton Smith
Trails Books
c/o Wisconsin Trails
PO Box 317, Black Earth, WI 53515-0317
1931599238 $29.95 1-800-236-8088
Spirit Of The North: A Photographic Journey Through Northern Wisconsin by photographer
Richard Hamilton Smith is a simply gorgeous coffee-table book filled from cover to cover with
full-color photographs of natural scenes and wildlife throughout Northern Wisconsin. Almost no
text interrupts the mesmerizing visual display. Spirit Of The North is enthusiastically
recommended
for those who enjoy seeing the ever-changing wonder of wilderness captured in an instant of time
--
and a "must" for all Wisconsin community libraries!
Shackleton
Jonathan Shackleton & John MacKenna
University of Wisconsin Press
1930 Monroe Street, Third Floor, Madison, WI 53711-2059
0299186202 $29.95 1-800-621-2736
The collective effort of Jonathon Shackleton (Antarctic special and a cousin of the famed
explorer)
and biographer John Mackenna, Shackleton: An Irishman In Antarctica is an informed and
informative portrayal of Ernest Shackleton's historic, dramatic, highly dangerous South Pole
expedition. Even though the voyage's ultimately failed to achieve it's stated goal, and Shackleton's
crew were stranded on ice floes, all hands worked together to survive for a year before the
perilous
return to civilization could be made. Not a single man died in Shackleton's expedition, a credit to
Shackleton's leadership and determination. His is a profound, inspirational, and keenly engaging
story which is very highly recommended reading.
Wiscracks!
Wolfgang Mieder
The New England Press
PO Box 575, Shelburne, VT 05482
1881535452 $6.95 www.amazon.com
Wolfgang Mieder's Wisecracks!: Fractured Proverbs is a humorous and sometimes
thought-provoking collection of twists on more than 150 popular proverbs. For example, the
oft-said "No man is a hero to his valet" has the tongue-in-cheek variants "A valet's testimony tells
you more about valets than it does heroes," "No author is a hero to his proofreader," "No man is a
hero to a bill collector," "Heroes never have valets," and more. Wisecracks! is totally engaging
and a
lot of fun to browse through!
Classic Deere Tractors
Voyageur Press
123 N. Second St, Stillwater MN 55082
0896586200 $19.95 1-800-888-9653
Compiled by American tractor enthusiast Cletus Hohman, Classic Deere Tractors is a showcase
album of a wide variety of farm tractors from 1914 to 1970. Full-color photographs present each
of
these classic "big green" tractor models, while brief captions containing just the facts about each
model enhance what is primarily a pictorial tribute. Classic Deere Tractors is a thoroughly
enjoyable
and nostalgic book which is specifically and enthusiastically recommended for dedicated tractor
enthusiasts in general, and John Deere fans in particular.
Divorce Agreements Simplified
Daniel Sitarz
Nova Publishing Company/NBN, dist.
1103 W. College St, Carbondale, IL 62901
0935755861 $29.95 1-800-462-6420
Presented with Adobe Acrobat Reader and assorted forms on an accompanying CD, Divorce
Agreements Simplified by Attorney-at-Law Daniel Sitarz is a step-by-step, legal guide for
divorcing
couples on speaking terms offering how-to divorce instructions that are easy to understand and
follow. With explanations of divorce laws in all 50 states and Washington DC, as well as guides
for
handling such matters as property division, child support and custody, tax issues, alimony and
more,
Divorce Agreements Simplified is an excellent resource (and legally valid in all 50 states) with
which
to familiarize oneself of the divorce process and issues before visiting an expensive attorney.
Exploring The Dimenions Of Human Sexuality
Jerrold S. Greenberg, et al.
Jones & Bartlett Publishers
40 Tall Pine Drive, Sudbury, MA 01776
0763719846 $82.95 www.jbpub.com
Collaboratively written by Jerrold S. Greenberg, Cline E. Bruess, Debra W. Haffner, and now in
an
updated and expanded 2002 edition, Exploring The Dimensions Of Human Sexuality, 2002
Update
is an explicitly detailed educational resource covering everything from statistical surveys to health
issues, including STDs, conception, pregnancy, birth, gender communication, psychology,
criminality, cultural taboos and much, much more. Suitable for classroom use, self-teaching, or
scholarly reference, Exploring The Dimensions Of Human Sexuality provides a fascinating wealth
of
vital information on every aspect of human sexuality.
New Handbook For Storytellers
Caroline Feller Bauer
American Library Association
50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611
0838906648 $45.00 1-800-545-2433
Compiled and written by Caroline Feller Bauer, New Handbook For Storytellers: With Stories,
Poems, Magic, And More is an extensive, 550-page guide to the art of storytelling, which ranges
from reading a book at bedtime to making a grand production with visual aids to an entire
classroom. Tips, tricks, and techniques for narrative timing, suggestions for enhancing the
presentation, performance skills, a wide variety of unique enhancements ranging from paperback
cut-ups to fingerplays and action rhymes, recommending storytelling booklists, and much, much
more fill the pages of this highly recommended "how-to book" designed for aspiring as well as
practicing storytellers everywhere.
The Computer Shelf
Cocoon Developer's Handbook
Lajos Moczar
Sams
201 West 103rd St, Indianapolis IN 46290
0672322579 $49.99 www.mcp.com
Cocoon is one of the showpieces of the Apache XML project. It is a powerful framework that
allows developers to more efficiently set up, create, and maintain sophisticated Web-oriented
applications. Cocoon has attracted widespread attention because it solves a substantial problem
for
Web developers. Yet Cocoon's reliance on a wide array of open source technologies and
standards
makes it very complex. And, unlike some other open source technologies, Cocoon's online
documentation is sparse and inadequate. Lajos Moczar's Cocoon Developer's Handbook is a
practical, detailed guide for intermediate to advanced level developers who need to learn how to
implement the Cocoon framework in a Web XML publishing system. Cocoon Developer's
Handbook is not a theoretical work about XSL, XSP, and XSLT standards, but rather a hands-on
explanation of these technologies within the Cocoon framework, with examples and solutions to
get
developers up and running with Cocoon. 816 pp.
The Sound Blaster Live! Book
Lars Ahlzen & Clarence Song
No Starch Press
555 De Haro St., Suite 250
San Francisco, CA 94107
1886411735 $39.95 www.nostarch.com
The collaborative effort of website developer Lars Ahlzen and software engineer Clarence Song,
The Sound Blaster Live! Book is a complete and through guide to the single most popular
computer
sound card on the current market. Individual chapters deftly address how to physically connect
the
Sound Blaster Live! hardware and peripherals, configuring the sound card to play games, creating
a
music library, connecting MIDI instruments, and much, much more. An accompanying CD-ROM
contains music and audio files, sample sound clips, SoundFonts, and useful freeware ans
shareware
in this succinct and useful guide which is especially recommended for anyone with a keen interest
in
quality computer audio.
McGraw-Hill Book Company
Two Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10121
1-800-722-4726 www.amazon.com
Two diverse and outstanding new computer shelf titles from McGraw-Hill are especially
recommended for personal and professional reference collections. Biomet-rics: Identity Assurance
In
The Information Age (007222227; $49.99; 416 pages) by John D. Woodward, Nicholas M.
Orlans,
and Peter T. Higgins coherently explains the technical properties and applications of fingerprints,
hand geometry, facial and voice recognition, iris and retinal scans, and signature and keystroke
dynamics, and includes sample scenarios and real-world case studies to help readers understand
the
intricate details of biometrics. Build Your Own PC Entertainment System (0072227699; 224
pages;
$24.99 by Brian Underdahl provides all the details of creating a PC-based entertainment center - it
explains how to choose the appropriate case, motherboard, processor, memory, and how to select
the operating system and additional software to enhance performance. It includes fully illustrated
instructions, operating, and troubleshooting tips. From TV tuner and video card options to
amplification recommendations, this book delivers a complete guide to the parts and accessories
needed to build a dream home entertainment system.
JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook
Danny Goodman
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472
0596004672 $39.95 www.oreilly.com
Superbly written and organized by computer and consumer electronics expert Danny Goodman,
JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook is a computer guide that focuses on how to improve the
appearance and value of a web page. Compiled from the collective wisdom and experience of
countless webpage scripters, JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook is filled from cover to cover with
"how-to" enhancements including from simple ways to better position HTML elements; as well as
creating visual effects from stationary content, user-friendly page navigation ideas, working with
interactive forms, and so much more. The JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook is strongly
recommended for both novice and professional website designers.
Osborne/McGraw-Hill
2600 Tenth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
1-800-722-4726 www.amazon.com
Osborne/McGraw-Hill has a quite justifiable and enduring reputation for "user friendly"
instructional
references for Linux users. Two new and highly recommended Linux manuals continue to
document
that dependability. Now in an updated and expanded second edition, Hacking Exposed Linux
(0072225645; $49.99; 744 pages) by Brian Hatch, James Lee, and George Kurtz Completely
covers
all of the latest Linux security vulnerabilities and tools as it provides informed and informative
details about brand-new Linux attacks, counter measures and case studies. Red Hat Linux 8: The
Complete Reference DVD Edition (0072226463; $49.99; 1008 pages) by Richard Peterson
provides
detailed coverage of everything from installation and configuration to system administration and
server management. Includes full coverage of system, network, security, and server setup tasks as
well as discussions of GUI interfaces, security concerns, TCP/IP network configuration, Internet
tools, and software management. The enclosed DVD contains more than 1,500 applications and
corresponding source code for the entire Red Hat Linux 8 distribution - normally available on 6
CD-ROMs. If you are a Linux user, then you need to add Hacking Exposed Linux and Red Hat
Linux 8: The Complete Reference DVD Edition to your instructional reference collection.
InDesign For QuarkXPress Users
David Blatner, et al.
Peachpit Press
1249 Eighth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
0321159489 $34.99 www.peachpit.com
The collaborative effort of QuarkXPress experts David Blatner, Christopher Smith, and Steve
Werner, InDesign For QuarkXPress Users is an impressive reference tool for those who are
already
basically proficient in QuarkXPress software and want to learn Adobe InDesign for the creation
of
professional graphics. Straightforward instruction, numerous screenshots and examples, and an
easy-to-follow language makes InDesign For QuarkXPress Users an excellent and thoroughly
"user
friendly" informational and reference resource for a very rapid learning curve.
Upgrade Your PC To The Ultimate Machine In A Weekend
Faithe Wempen
Premier Press
2645 Erie Ave, #41, Cincinnati, OH 45208
www.premierpressbooks.com
1931841616 $24.99 1-800-428-7267
Computer software and hardware expert Faithe Wempen's Upgrade Your PC To The Ultimate
Machine In A Weekend is a fast-paced and superbly presented "user friendly" guide to swiftly and
easily improving performance on any personal computer. From upgrading video and audio quality;
to increasing hard disk space; to connecting to the Internet at a faster speed; and even replacing
one's motherboard when necessary, Upgrade Your PC To The Ultimate Machine In A Weekend is
an ideal, step-by-step guide especially and particularly recommended for those novices who wants
to
improve their computer's abilities but aren't sure where to start.
New Riders
201 W 103rd St, Indianapolis, IN 46290
www.newriders.com www.amazon.com
There are two new and enthusiastically recommended additions to a ColdFusion software users
reference shelf. ColdFusion MX With Dreamweaver MX (07357-12719 $69.50) by David Golden
focuses on using Dreamweaver to build ColdFusion applications rather than exhaustive
explanations
of CFML code. It uses task-based tutorials that reside within the frameworks of two major
sections:
building a ColdFusion-powered site from scratch and transforming an existing static site into one
that's dynamic and database-driven. Dynamic Publishing With ColdFusion MX (073571312X
$62.50) by Ben Elmore utilizes examples based in a real-world application to addresses the
interaction of three key roles in dynamic publishing: developer, architect, and technical manager.
However, Elmore goes beyond the tool-based information to also provide concrete guidance on
the
challenges of dynamic publishing and how to solve them. If you want to take advantage of
ColdFusion for your projects, then add ColdFusion MX With Dreamweaver MX and Dynamic
Publishing With ColdFusion MX to your instructional and reference resources.
Top-Down Network Design
Priscilla Oppenheimer
Cisco Press
201 West 103rd St, Indianapolis IN 46290
1578700698 $55.00 www.cisco.com
Top-Down Network Design: A Systems Analysis Approach To Enterprise Network Design is an
advanced resource written by information science expert and technical instructor Priscilla
Oppenheimer especially for advanced computer programmers needing learn about or engage in
top-down network design. The methods for network design are particularly applicable to campus
LANs, remote-access networks, WAN links, and large-scale internet works. Filled with
illustrations,
real-world examples, and explicit step by step instructions for analyzing technical requirements, as
well as selecting protocols based on performance goals, improving network throughput, and
much,
much more fill this detailed, 560-page text which is especially ideal as a classroom text, or for
self-teaching instruction and reference.
Inside Windows Server 2003
William Boswell
Addison-Wesley Professional
75 Arlington St, #300, Boston, MA 02116
www.awprofessional.com
0735711585 $59.99 1-617-848-6536
William Boswell is the principal engineer for the Windows Consulting Group based in Phoenix,
Arizona and author of the "Windows Insider" column for "MCP Magazines". He draws upon his
many years of practical experience and expertise in Inside Windows Server 2003 to make it an
especially practical, scholarly, and exhaustive reference for information technology professionals.
Focusing especially on the complexities of installing, configuring, and managing a Windows
Server
2003 system; as well as offering recently updated information on new command line tools;
features
to improve system security; and much, much more, Inside Windows Server 2003 is very strongly
recommended instructional reference resource and text for anyone seeking to better understand,
create and maintain Windows servers for business, personal, or professional use.
Murach's VB.NET Database Programming with ADO.NET
Anne Prince & Doug Lowe
Mike Murach & Associates, Inc.
2560 West Shaw Lane, Suite 101, Fresno, CA 93711-2765
1890774197 $49.50 www.murach.com
The collaborative and impressive effort of Anne Prince and Doug Lowe, Murach's VB.NET
Database Programming With ADO.NET is a training and reference resource which is especially
useful as a self-teaching tool or supplement, and was specifically created to instruct Visual Basic
programmers in VB.NET skills in order to develop professional level database applications in
ADO.NET in the span of only a few weeks. Sample code and meticulously delineated steps help
simplify the difficult process of learning complex ideas and structrues at an advanced and
professional level. Murach's VB.NET Database Programming With ADO.NET is commended as a
"must-have" personal and professional library addition for database programmers working with
ASP.NET.
The Education Shelf
What Video Games Have To Teach Us About Learning And Literacy
James Paul Gee
Palgrave/Macmillan
175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010
1403961697 $26.95 www.palgrave.com
What Video Games Have To Teach Us About Learning And Literacy by James Paul Gee (Tashia
Morgridge Professor of Reading, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, School of
Education,
University of Wisconsin-Madison) is a controversial yet thought-provoking look at interactive
games and what can be learned from them. Persuasively presenting thirty-six learning principles
that
are built into good interactive video games, and contemplatively studying everything from issues
of
forming identity, to the acquisition of problem-solving skills, to learning non-verbal cues, What
Video Games Have To Teach Us About Learning And Literacy sheds considerable light in a most
extraordinary way on this rapidly evolving and increasingly pervasive aspect of American popular
culture in the twenty-first century.
Teaching Middle School Mathematics
Stephen Krulik &Jesse A. Rudnick
Allyn & Bacon
160 Gould Street, Needham Heights, MA 02494
0205286283 $37.00 1-781-455-1250
Researched and created by teachers Stephen Krulik and Jesse A. Rudnick, Teaching Middle
School
Mathematics: Activities, Materials, And Problems is an extensive, "classroom friendly" resource
of
sample problems, worksheets, exercises and more for teaching middle school students about
everything from fractions and magic squares, to basic geometry and algebra, to networks with
odd
and even vertices, and a great deal more. Reproducible pages and carefully explained directions
for
the activities make Teaching Middle School Mathematics a truly first-rate curriculum supplement
for
tenured and substitute teachers, and would prove an invaluable resource for dedicated
homeschool
instruction as well.
Educating Oppositional And Defiant Children
Philip S. Hall & Nancy D. Hall
ASCD
1703 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311-1714
0871207613 $25.95 www.ascd.org
Illustrative anecdotes drawn from actual classroom cases enhance Educating Oppositional And
Defiant Children, a straightforward guide by Philip and Nancy Hall, to successfully coping with
disruptive students in the classroom who have severe behavior disorders. Techniques for
positively
influencing maladaptive student reactions; creating classroom environments that promote success;
techniques for enhancing school culture; and much, much more fill the pages of this very highly
recommended guide for every classroom schoolteacher who has ever had to deal with an
antisocial
or chronically disruptive student -- and their parents!
Giving Away The Keys
Bruce R. Gibbs
You Will Learn Publishing
5295 Highway 78, Suite D-222, Stone Mountain, GA 30087
0972091408 $10.95 1-800-462-6420
Giving Away The Keys: A Professor Unlocks The Secrets To College Success by academician
Bruce R. Gibbs is a very useful "self-help" guide to embarking upon college studies with an
optimistic and dedicated drive to achieve. From dealing with practical-life issues of roommates; to
driving to school; to dealing with registration; to holding down a job; to keeping balanced
finances;
to practicing effective study habits, and a great deal more, Giving Away The Keys is a very highly
recommended and superbly presented compendium of sound advice making it a "must-read" for
every high school graduate, whether they intend upon entering a local community college or
attending a major university.
Why Johnny Doesn't Behave
Barbara D. Bateman & Annemieke Golly
IEP Resources
c/o Atainment Company, Inc.
PO Box 930160, Verona, WI 53593-0160
1578614902 $35.00 1-800-327-4269
Barbara D. Bateman & Annemieke Golly, delve into their years of experience with behavioral
intervention programs in Why Johnny Doesn't Behave: Twenty Tips And Measurable BIPs, a
sound
resource for teachers attempting to cope with irascible and worse student behavior. Extensive
examples, instructional guidelines, flowcharts for determining the proper response to undesired
behavior and more pack this highly recommended instructional. Also very highly recommended
for
classroom instructors is Barbara Bateman and Cynthia M. Herr's Writing Measurable IEP Goals
And
Objects (IP0021, $25.00)
The Needlecraft Shelf
Magic Quilts By The Slice
Bethany S. Reynolds
American Quilter's Society
PO Box 3290, Paducah, KY 42002-3290
1574328204 $25.95 www.aqsquilt.com
Magic Quilts By The Slice by knowledgeable quilting expert Bethany S. Reynolds is a
do-it-yourself
instructional quilting book offering patterns and techniques for the author's "Stack-n-Whack"
process of swiftly and expertly creating gorgeous quilts. Eye-catching color illustrations and
easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions make Magic Quilts By The Slice a highly enjoyable guide
for dedicated quilters and needlecraft hobbyists everywhere.
C&T Publishing
1651 Challenge Dr., Concord, CA 94520
1-800-284-1114 www.amazon.com
Three new quilting guides from this publisher provide very different projects and applications for
quilters. Cyndy Rymer's Shoreline Quilts: 15 Glorious Get-Away Projects (1571202013, $24.95)
provides seashore- inspired quilts which feature a range of colors, movement, and moods
associated
with water. Fifteen projects feature the beach, ocean and underwater themes and arrive just in
time
for summer. Valori Wells' Radiant New York Beauties: 14 Paper-Pieced Quilt Projects
(1571201998, $24.95) focuses on paper-pieced quilt projects, offering lessons on block
construction, piecing, assembly, and fabric choices alike. Her hands-on technique is filled with
practical tips for approaching difficult quilting situations. Beautifully Quilted With Alex Anderson:
How to Choose or Create the Best Designs for Your Quilt: 5 Timeless Projects, Full-Size
Patterns,
Ready to Use (15712-01904, $16.95) offers five classic quilt projects which teach how to decide
on
the right quilting design for a project. From drafting original designs and customizing commercial
patterns to using ready-to-trace commercial offerings, this encourages quilters to create and
consider
their own design innovations.
Just Can't Cut It!
Pamela Mostek
Martingale & Company
20205 - 144th Avenue, NE, Woodinville, WA 98072-8478
156477449X $22.95 1-800-426-3126
Just Can't Cut It!: Quilts From Fabulous Fabrics is a simple guide by quilting expert Pamela
Mostek
to the art and craft of assembling quilts from fabrics that are simply too gorgeous to be cut into
small shapes! Twelve quilt patterns, tips for using large-scale prints, step-by-step instructions, and
more, make Just Can't Cut It! an easy-to-follow addition recommended for any and all personal
needlecrafting reference collections.
The Health/Medicine Shelf
Fitness Over Fifty
National Institute on Aging
Healthy Living Book
c/o Hatherleigh Press
5-22 46th Avenue, Suite 200, Long Island City, NY 11101
1578261368 $15.95 1-800-528-2550
The National Institute on Aging is part of the National Institutes of Health and has the mission of
improving the health of older people. Their latest manual, Fitness Over Fifty: Strength, Flexibility,
Vitality, Balance, presents twenty-five, easy-to-practice exercises for improve a mature man or
woman's basic health, physical fitness, and emotional sense of well-being. Exercise safety tips;
motivational assistance, tips on nutrition and healthy eating, as well as records for daily, weekly,
and
monthly exercise and nutrition records are clearly presented for older readers. Black-and-white
photographs enhance the meticulous instructions for activities which are designed especially with
the
brittle bone and other concerns older men and women must be concerned about fill the pages of
this
useful, accessible, and very highly recommended health and exercise guide.
ShapeWalking
Marilyn L. Bach & Lorie Schleck
Hunter House Inc., Publishers
PO Box 2914, Alameda, CA 94501-0914
0897933737 $14.95 hunterhouse.com
ShapeWalking: Six Easy Steps To Your Best Body by fitness consultant professionals Marilyn L.
Bach and Lorie Schleck is a straightforward , "user friendly", and very highly recommended
fitness
guide to customizing an easy-to-follow exercise routine with the goal of improved overall health
and
fitness. Enhanced with illustrative photographs for recommended exercises; step-by-step
instructions; charts to record personal progress; and a great deal more fill the pages of this upbeat
and simple regimen guide especially designed and intended to help people of all fitness levels get
into
shape.
Mapping Human History
Steve Olson
Houghton Mifflin
222 Berkeley St., Boston, MA 02116
0618352104 $14.00 1-800-225-3362
Science, history, and medical technology blend in Mapping Human History, a survey of the genes
and how genetics can produce unique historical and cultural insights as well as medical
breakthroughs. Many of the ethnic and racial differences which divide societies are biologically
meaningless, Olson maintains: Mapping Human History draws some important links between
genes
and human origins.
Yale University Press
Box 209040, New Haven, CT 06520-9040
1-800-987-7323 www.amazon.com
Jonathan Edlow, MD's Bull's Eye: Unraveling The Medical Mystery Of Lyme Disease
(0300908677,
$29.95) traces the medical investigations which led to the discovery of the elusive Lyme disease
a
condition which spanned centuries and thwarted researchers around the world. From how
physicians
make a diagnosis and test to how science is influenced by cultural expectations and social
conditions,
this provides a survey not just of Lyme disease, but the process of understanding medical
research.
Robert Donaldson Jr. and others edit A Yale Guide To Careers In Medicine And The Health
Professions: Pathways To Medicine In The Twenty-First Century (0300100299, $18.95), a guide
to
new medicine career paths of the future. From medical writers and medical anthropologists to
medical executives and bioethicists, professionals in each of these fields offer candid descriptions
of
their choices of careers, their special challenges in the medical field, and the pros and cons of their
expertise. The personal touch makes this a unique, practical handbook of advice by successful
practitioners.
Health Insurance Resources
Dorothy Northrop & Stephen Cooper
Demos
386 Park Avenue S. #201, NY NY 10016
1888799692 $24.95 www.amazon.com
Those with chronic health conditions or disabilities are often the last to qualify for good health
insurance. Health Insurance Resource Manual: Options For People With A Chronic Disease Or
Disability contains details about options for individuals who are uninsured, underinsured, or who
have questions about Social Security, Medicare and other options. The first section answers
questions and reviews health insurance plans; the second offers the directories and resources to
aid
in further research.
Omnigraphics
615 Griswold St., Detroit, MI 48226
1-800-234-1340 www.amazon.com
Two newly updated editions and two new additions to this expanding series help to keep
consumers
updated on the latest medical facts, and will make invaluable references for health libraries
wanting
to stock the latest details. The second edition of Amy Sutton's Eye Care Sourcebook: Basic
Consumer Health Information About Eye Care And Eye Disorders (0780806-352, $78.00) and
the
third edition of Dawn Matthews' Diabetes Sourcebook: Basic Consumer Health Information
About
Type 1 Diabetes (0780806298, $78.00) each provide the latest information, revamping books
with
new details, research, and treatment options. Joyce Brennfleck Shannon's Movement Disorders
Sourcebook: Basic Consumer Health Information About Neurological Movement Disorders
(078080628X, $78.00) is the latest new edition to the series, helping general readers understand
the
symptoms and treatment of various movement disorders, coping skills, and medical facts. From
Parkinson's disease to cerebral palsy and Huntington's, this covers all the symptoms, causes, and
treatments. Don't miss Joyce Shannon's Stroke Sourcebook: Basic Consumer Health Information
About Stroke (0780806301, $78.00): it provides the latest information on strokes; from early
symptoms and the importance of quick diagnosis to health risk factors, and treatments. An
essential
handbook packed with the latest facts.
Combat Fat!
Andrew Flach
Hatherleigh Press
5-22 46th Avenue, Suite 200, Long Island City, NY 11101
www.hatherleighpress.com
1578261198 $15.95 1-800-528-2550
Based on official guidelines from the Surgeon General and CDC, Combat Fat! by fitness, diet, and
exercise authority Andrew Flach is a solidly written, "user friendly" guide to healthy eating,
proper
exercise, and a medically sound weight loss plan to improve personal overall fitness and health.
Body-mindful recipes, stretches, workouts, and more fill the pages of this handy and very highly
recommended informational resource.
Complete Guide To Diabetes Management
American Diabetes Association
1701 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria, VA 22311
1580401619 $29.95 www.amazon.com
From new types of insulin and the best ways the body can absorb it to injection-free techniques
and
new oral medications, the newly updated and expanded third edition of the American Diabetes
Association Complete Guide To Diabetes: The Ultimate Home Reference From The Diabetes
Experts provides the latest updated information on managing diabetes at home, work, and in
school.
Types 1 and 2 diabetes are covered in a comprehensive home reference which packs in details
about
past, present and future treatment options.
The Merck Manual: 2nd Home Edition
Mark H. Beers, M.D., editor
Merck Publishing Group
PO Box 2000, Rahway, NJ 07065-9865
0911910352 $37.50 www.amazn.com
The original home edition of a medical classic reference has been completely revised and
revamped
The Merck Manual Of Medical Information, Second Edition: The World's Most Widely Used
Medical Reference - Now In Everyday Language holds all the information of the original manual,
but in a form which makes it easy for everyday readers to understand. Nearly 200 medical experts
have contributed their backgrounds to the contents of this fine guide, which includes new or
revised
chapters in alternative medicine, symptoms of gynecologic disorders, and healthcare
communications.
The Metaphysical Studies Shelf
The Essential Golden Dawn
Chic Cicero & Sandra Tabatha Cicero
Llewellyn Publications
Box 64383, St. Paul, MN 55164-0383
0738703109 $16.95 llewellyn.com
"The Golden Dawn" is one of the most respected systems of magic in the world: over a century
old,
it has its roots in long-reaching traditions. The Essential Golden Dawn is a beginner's guide
geared
for newcomers to Golden Dawn. The Essential Golden Dawn is written by experts on the topic
and
explores both the history and the spirituality of this tradition, explaining ideas of magic and
magical
philosophy and exploring the teachings and basics of the Golden Dawn belief system. An
outstanding introduction.
Change Your Aura Change Your Life
Barbara Y. Martin with Dimitri Moraitis
WisdomLight Books
Cate Cummings (publicity)
PO Box 1099, Sunland, CA 91041-1099
www.WisdomLightBook.com
0970211813 $16.95
Change Your Aura Change Your Life: A Step-By-Step Guide To Unfolding Your Spiritual
Power
by clairvoyant and metaphysical educator Barbara Y. Martin is an informed and informative
"self-help" guide to harnessing personal spiritual energy, and utilizing effective metaphysical
techniques to improve one's aura, feel better, look better, and enjoy life more. Meditative prayers,
counseling, spiritual wisdom, and the developing/exercising power over oneself, are all presented
and discussed in this inspirational, motivational, metaphysical guide.
Tree Of Dreams
Lynn Andrews
Jeremy P. Tarcher
c/o G. P. Putnam's Sons
375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014
1585422150 $12.95 1-800-847-5515
Tree Of Dreams: A Spirit Woman's Vision Of Transition And Change by Lynn Andrews is a
deeply
moving narrative of her quest for growth, spiritual fulfillment, and better understanding of sacred
things. Embracing the power of healing and coping with "little deaths" such as divorce or the
sudden
loss of a job, as well as the great losses of loved ones to "Time's Eternal March", Lynn Andrews'
Tree Of Dreams is a powerful and moving metaphysical reflection. Also very highly recommended
are Lyn Andrews' previous books: Medicine Woman and Jaguar Woman.
Past Lives Dreams And Soul Travel
Harold Klemp
Eckankar Books
PO Box 27300, Minneapolis, MN 55318
1570431825 $14.00 1-952-380-2317
Past Lives Dreams And Soul Travel by past lives, dream interpretation, and "soul travel" expert
Harold Klemp is a metaphysical guide to grand metaphysical adventures. From learning how to
remember and grow from experiences in a former life; to cherishing spiritual freedom in dreams;
to
traveling with the soul and embracing the "light and sound of God", Past Lives Dreams And Soul
Travel is mystical, inspirational, and an enthusiastically recommended addition to personal and
professional Metaphysical Studies reading lists and library reference collections.
Return Of The Revolutionaries
Walter Semkiw, M.D.
Hampton Roads Publishing Company
1125 Stoney Ridge Road, Charlottesville, VA 22902
1571743421 $16.95 www.hrpub.com
Return Of The Revolutionaries: The Case For Reincarnation And Soul Gro-ups Reunited by
Walter
Semkiw (Occupational Medicine Physician and the Founder of the Pluto Project) makes a strong
and
compelling case for reincarnation, claiming that key figures of the American Revolution have
come
back to us as modern-day figures ranging from such as Oprah Winfrey to Bill Clinton, George W.
Bush, Jesse Ventura, Jesse Jackson, -- and even himself as the present-day incarnation of John
Adams. A deftly written and engaging presentation embracing the concept that all of us have been
"the other" in race and/or gender during the transition of lifetimes, Return Of The Revolutionaries
is
an engaging read concerning the metaphysical issues of life cycles and eternal karma.
The Unknown Nostradamus
Peter Lemesurier
John Hunt Publishing Lt.
46A West Street, Alresford, Hants SO24 9AU, U.K.
1903816327 $27.95 www.o-books.net
Published in honor of the 500th anniversary of his birth, The Unknown Nostradamus by linguist,
translator, educator, and Nostradamus expert Peter Lemesurier is a comprehensive and up-to-date
biography of Nostradamus, the medieval prophet whose predictions are still closely studied today.
Extensively researched, filled with translations of contemporary critiques of Nostradamus' work,
offering full translations of surviving documents, and much, much more, The Unknown
Nostradamus is a "must-read" for anyone seeking to learn more about this remarkable figure and
his metaphysical and encoded prophetic visions.
The Jobs/Careers Shelf
Your Successful Real Estate Career
Kenneth Edwards
Amacom
1601 Broadway, New York NY 10019
0814471609 $18.95 www.amazon.com
Any who dream of making a career change and working with people would do well to think of
real
estate and the tips offered by Kenneth Edwards, who provides guidelines to getting involved in
the
industry. From obtaining a license and winning clients to avoiding problems and making career
choices, Your Successful Real Estate Career tells of the positives and pitfalls of a career as a real
estate agent.
Breakthrough Networking
Lillian D. Bjorseth
Duoforce Enterprises, Inc.
PO Box 1154, Lisle, IL 60532
www.duoforce.com
0964883937 $21.95 1-800-941-3788
Now in an newly updated and expanded second edition, Breakthrough Networking: Building
Relationships That Last by syndicated columnist Lillian D. Bjorseth is a truly "user friendly" guide
to
building networking skills in order to control one's own career path and uncover bright future
prospects in an era where corporate cradle-to-grave job security is a thing of the past. From
presenting the best possible personal image; to staying in touch; to engaging in ice-breaking
activities; to dealing with gender-specific discrepancies, and a great deal more, Breakthrough
Networking is particularly recommended reading for aspiring and practicing free-lancers in any
vocational category or job level.
Impact Publications
9104 Manassas Drive, Manassas Park, VA 20111
www.amazon.com
Make sure resumes, cover letters, and even interview answers contain the keywords which impart
language the employer is seeking with the use of Wendy S. Enelow, Best Keywords For Resumes,
Cover Letters, And Interviews: Powerful Communications Tools For Success (157023-1958
$17.95), which offers a comprehensive guide organized by major industry and profession.
Examples
of hard-hitting keyword essays and resumes pack a guide which tells how such keywords can
make
all the difference between qualifying an applicant and dismissing a resume. For the travel
enthusiast,
don't miss Ron and Caryl Krannich's Jobs For Travel Lovers: Opportunities At Home And Abroad
(1570231966, $19.95), appearing in its 4th edition to present travel jobs at home and abroad. Tips
on understanding the travel and hospitality industry accompany guides to positions, benefits, and
pros and cons of different industries which offer travel opportunities.
A Fork In The Road
Susan Maltz & Barbara Grahn
Impact Publications
9104 Manassas Drive, Suite N., Manassas Park, VA 20111-5211
www.impactpublications.com
1570231974 $14.95 1-800-361-1055
The collaborative effort of Susan Maltz and Barbara Grahn, A Fork In The Road: A Career
Planning
Guide For Young Adults is an interactive workbook that high-school and college aged readers
can
use to achieve a better understand themselves and the appeals of various options for their future.
Information on training; providing the best possible image; preparing themselves for interviews,
and
so much more fill the pages of this excellent and highly recommended supplementary resource to
choosing an ideal career path.
The Psychology Shelf
The Diagnosis And Stigma Of Schizophrenia
Charles E. Harman
Old Court Press
PO Box 4031, Brookings, OR 97415
0964939134 $15.50
The Diagnosis And Stigma Of Schizophrenia offers an intriguing alternative to standard DSM
diagnostic and traditional psychiatric statistical manuals. Citing the medical history and the
harmful
emotional stereotypes attached to the very word "schizophrenia", The Diagnosis And Stigma Of
Schizophrenia presents workable solutions to the potential harm of simply labeling a person as
schizophrenic. A thoughtful, thought-provoking, persuasively argued and iconoclastic account by
Charles E. Harman, The Diagnosis And Stigma Of Schizophrenia is a strongly recommended
addition to professional and academic Human Psychology collections, and especially
recommended
reading for anyone having to struggle with the emotional and intellectual distresses commonly
lumped under the generic psychiatric classification of schizophrenia.
The Architecture Shelf
Sugimoto: Architecture
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Distributed Art Publishers
155 Sixth Avenue, 2nd floor, New York, NY 10013-1507
189102454X $55.00 1-800-338-2665
Hiroshi Sugimoto is known for his long-exposure photos of empty movie theaters and museums:
his
blurred masterpieces of public places depict both familiar, major structures and lesser-known
buildings. Sugimoto: Architecture is an impressive collection of his art offers full-page unsullied
black and white reproductions of his finest works and will delight fans of photography,
architectural
representation, and the Sugimoto style in particular.
2003 National Construction Estimator
Dave Ogershok
Craftsman Book Company
PO Box 6500, Carlsbad, CA 92018
1572181222 $47.50 1-800-829-8123
2003 National Construction Estimator is a specialized resource for the professional construction
industry. It is packed from cover to cover with tables listing prices for equipment and materials;
estimates for labor and other costs involved in given construction chores; and other matters
directly
relevant to quickly calculating and recording an accurate estimate. An enclosed CD-ROM
contains
an easy-to-use program for putting the information of the text to quick and easy use thereby
allowing a contractor to arrive upon a useful estimate in just seconds. The 2003 National
Construction Estimator is an essential tool and very highly recommended for professionals having
to
quickly gauge construction costs for residential, commercial, and/or industrial projects.
The Sports Shelf
Home Is Everything
Marcos Breton
Cinco Puntos Press
701 Texas Avenue, El Paso, TX 79901
0938317709 $24.95 1-915-838-1625
In Home Is Everything, Marcos Breton presents story vignettes of Latinos involved in American
Baseball, told in both English and Spanish, and enhanced with full-color photographs by Jose Luis
Villegas. Slices of daily life training and competing in this great sport, as well as the names and
brief
profiles of remarkable and dedicated people, comprise this celebration of baseball which is
enthusiastically recommended for the fans of Latino players.
Tales From The Pirates Dugout
John McCollister
Sports Publishing
www.SportsPublishingLLC.com
1582616302 $19.95 1-877-807-6034
Compiled by native Pittsburgher and long-time Pirates fan John McCollister, Tales From The
Pirates
Dugout: A Collection Of The Greatest Pirates Stories Ever Told offers the reader a wealth of
heartwarming and memorable stories on and about the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team. Looking
at
the team's dynamic evolution over the past century, Tales From The Pirates Dugout embraces the
spirit of the sport of baseball and showcases many of the determined and adventurous athletes
who
give their all to the team and the game!
Winning Baseball Strategies
Coach Marty Schupak
Youth Sports Club
9 Florence Ct., Valley Cottage, NY 10989
www.youthsportsclub.com
0967124832 $24.95 1-800-511-2101
Drawn from the years of experience of a youth baseball coach, Winning Baseball Strategies is an
extensive, tip-filled instructional video guide to incorporating skillful strategies into baseball as a
team sport. Ranging from situations that call for bunting; to when to use the delayed steal; to
offensive and defensive tactics for first and third base; bunting; pick off situations, and much,
much
more Winning Baseball Strategies is a very highly recommended resource and an exceptional
enhancement for any little league coach or highschool baseball instructional video collection.
Atta Girl!
Alexandra Powe Allred
Wish Publishing
PO Box 10337, Terre Haute, IN 47801
1930546610 $16.95 wishpublishing.com
Atta Girl!: A Celebration Of Women In Sports by marshal artist and kickboxing expert Alexandra
Powe Allred (who was also former member of the US Women's Bobsled team and current
member
of the Women's Professional Football League's Texas Rage) is the upbeat, revised and rewritten
version of "The Quiet Storm", offering an exciting and informative presentation of female athletes
today. From balancing the demands of a sport with the needs of the family; to the frustrations of
overcoming gender-based barriers in the sports world; to an encouraging upward trend in the
popularity of women's sports, Atta Girl! is a fully engaging and truly uplifting read written and
recommended especially for women's sports enthusiasts and supporters.
All The Courses In the Kingdom
Richard E. Peck
REPertory Publishing
PO Box 1278, Placitas, NM 87043
www.REPertory.us
0972630872 $39.95 1-877-737-3786
All The Courses In The Kingdom: An American Plays At The Birthplace Of Golf is a very special
sports travelogue written especially for dedicated golfing enthusiasts. Filled from cover to cover
with an especial appreciation for Scottish golf courses; tips for vacationers and business travelers
seeking to enjoy the beauty of golfing in Scotland in person; and enhanced throughout with
full-color photographs for the benefit of the armchair traveler home community-bound golfer, All
The Courses In The Kingdom is an avidly, passionately, beautifully presented account.
The Women's Studies Shelf
Women Writing Africa
M. J. Daymond, et al.
The Feminist Press
365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016
1558614060 $75.00 feministpress.org
Collaboratively compiled and edited by M. J. Daymond, Dorothy Driver, Sheila Meintjes, Leloba
Molema, Chiedza Musengezi, Margie Orford, and Nobantu Rasbotsa, Women Writing Africa:
The
Sou-thern Region is an extensive, 554-page work detailing (from a distinctly women's
perspective)
the history, culture, social issues, and modern-day living conditions in the southern region of
Africa.
Countless personal testimonies form the core of this aptly presented and profoundly insightful
collection. Women Writing Africa is enthusiastically recommended for African Studies and
Women's
Studies reference collections and reading lists.
Problems Of Women's Liberation
Evelyn Reed
Pathfinder
410 West Street, New York, NY 10014
0873481674 $12.95 www.amazon.com
Problems Of Women's Liberation: A Marxist Approach by Evelyn Reed looks at why women
have
been oppressed throughout recorded history, and why opponents to women's rights are so
implacably entrenched and determined. From examining the myth of female inferiority; to ways
women as a whole can regain control of their destiny; to how cosmetics and fashions exploit
women,
Problems Of Women's Liberation is a sharp-eyed and stringently worded wake-up call to the
problems of the past and how they have shaped present gender discriminations. A very strongly
recommended addition to Women's Studies reading lists and Women's History collections,
Problems
Of Women's Liberation also offers concrete hope for a more egalitarian future.
The Money/Finance Shelf
What's Your Investing IQ?
Carrie L. Coghill & Evan M. Pattak
Career Press Inc.
PO Box 687, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417
1564146324 $14.99 1-800-227-3371
Written by Carrie L. Coghill with the assistance of Evan M. Pattak, What's Your Investing Iq? is a
personal finance resource suitable for people of all ages and experience levels in having to cope
with
a variety of money matters ranging from taxes to mortgage refinancing. Written in an accessible,
instructional style enhanced with multiple choice questions, What's Your Investing Iq? is a
thoroughly "reader friendly" way to assess and improve personal financial savvy.
A Convicted Stock Manipulators Guide To Investing
Marino Specogna
iUniverse.com
2021 Pine Lake Road, Lincoln, NE 68512
0595264662 $13.95 iuniverse.com
A Convicted Stock Manipulators Guide To Investing by Marino Specogna reveals the deceptive
tricks and deceitful techniques that traders use to run their scams and abscond with the
hard-earned
dollars of their victims. From what to look for to spot a scam deal; to how manipulators pry their
talents to control stock pricing; to the ruthless and destructive business practices to beware of, A
Convicted Stock Manipulators Guide To Investing is recommended supplementary reading for
anyone with a bright eye for the stock market. If you are considering investing in the stock market
(or already are!) then you need to give A Convicted Stock Manipulators Guide To Investing a
close
and careful reading!
Allworth Press
10 E. 23rd St. #510, NY NY 10010
1-800-491-2808 www.amazon.com
Two new titles on money management offer consumers invaluable practical advice. Attorney
Harvey
Platt's Your Will And Estate Plan: How To Protect Your Estate And Your Loved Ones
(1581152531, $16.95) provides a sequel to his prior title on living trusts and estate management,
this one covering the successful estate plan which can apply to all sizes of estates. From selecting
beneficiaries to avoiding costly transfer costs, this covers the basics of managing personal assets
and
those of dependents, such as parents. Thomas Kostigen's What Money Really Means
(1581152590,
$19.95) provides a personal finance book which goes beyond an investment guide, pointing out
the
significant of money in society and the philosophical issue of how money influences life decisions.
Chapters cover the basics of how to determine how much money is needed, and how to use
money
to bring happiness.
The Artbook Shelf
Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure
Pratapaditya Pal
The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago IL 60603
0520239008 $39.95 www.ucpress.edu
Compiled and organized by Pratapaditya Pal, Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure is a stunning
artbook quality collection of sculptures, illuminated pages, pigment on cotton artworks, and more
--
all skillfully crafted across centuries of Himalayan history. Full-color photography and an
extensive,
scholarly text filled the pages of Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure with history, anecdotes, and
insights to create a seminal and impressive work which is very highly recommended for Art
History
collections and enthusiasts.
The Drawings Of Stefano Da Verona And His Circle
Evelyn Karet
American Philosophical Society
PO Box 481, Canton, MA 02021-0481
0871692449 $65.00 amphilsoc.org
The Drawings Of Stefano Da Verona And His Circle And The Origins Of Collection In Italy: A
Catalogue Raisonne by Early Renaissance Studies expert Evelyn Karet (with the collaborative and
scholarly assistance of expert archivists and translators of the 15th-Century Italian texts found
upon
the drawings) is an impressively comprehensive collection of the work of the painter and
draughtsman Stefano da Verona (1375-1438). An impressively extensive and informative text
about
the artist and his work accompanies the many illustrations of da Verona's quite moving
black-and-white sketches. Fully annotated, (and including a group of rejected works), The
Drawings
Of Stefano Da Verona And His Circle is a very well-written and ardently recommended addition
to
any comprehensive European Art History collection in general, and Renaissance Era Italian
Artwork
reference reading lists in particular.
Baby-Boom Daydreams
Dan Cameron et al.
Hudson Hills Press/NBN, dist.
PO Box 205, 74-2 Union Street, Manchester, VT 05254
1555952216 $45.00 hudsonhills.com
Enhanced with essays by Dan Cameron, Estill Curtis Pennington, David S. Rubin, as well as an
informative Foreword by Jay Weigel, Baby-Boom Daydreams: The Art Of Douglas Bourgeois
presents the vivid and attention-getting artworks of Douglas Bourgeois, who blended
attention-getting caricatures with enduring themes of man's erosion of nature, religion, poverty,
human perseverance, and so much more. The full-color illustrations practically leap off the page,
and
the erudite commentary adds depth and insight to this unforgettable presentation. Baby-Boom
Daydreams is a welcome and recommended addition to personal, academic, and community
library
Contemporary Art History collections.
Prehistoric Art
Randall White
Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
100 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY 10011
0810942623 $45.00 1-800-759-0190
Prehistoric Art: The Symbolic Journey Of Humankind by Ice Age art and technology expert
Randall
White (Professor of Anthropology, New York University) is an amazingly impressive and
informationally detailed survey overview of the paintings, sculptures, pottery, and more, crafted
by
human beings before times remembered and recorded by the written word. Breathtaking full-color
photographs superbly enhanced a thorough, scholarly, fully accessible text describing what is
known
about sites of prehistoric art worldwide. Prehistoric Art is a work of impeccible scholarship and
very
highly recommended addition to Art History and Anthropological Studies reference shelves and
reading lists.
Drawing Basics
Sandra McFall Angelo
Discover Art with Sandra Angelo, Inc.
411 Video Information (publicity)
PO Box 262424, San Diego, CA 92196
1887823239 $50.00 1-888-327-9278
The first in veteran artist Sandra McFall Angelo's "So You Thought You Couldn't Draw" series of
"user friendly" instructional videos, Drawing Basics is a step-by-step introduction to the basic
processes of drawing. Produced especially for people who don't find that drawing comes
naturally,
Drawing Basics shows step-by-step ways to learn through both viewing and practice. Drawing
Basics goes best with its companion workbook, but there is considerable value in watching the
video
with an ability to rewind and review any portion of it. Also very highly recommended are the
more
specific "how to" installments in this thoroughly "art student friendly" series, including The Easy
Way To Draw Landscapes, Flowers & Water (1887823212, $50.00) and Seven Common
Drawing
Mistakes And How To Correct Them (1887823166, $50.00).
The Religion/Spirituality Shelf
The African Sermons
Albert Schweitzer
Steven E. G. Melamed, Sr., editor
Syracuse University Press
1600 Jamesville Ave., Syracuse NY 13210
0815629206 $45.00 1-800-365-8929
Edited and translated from the French by Steven E. G. Melamed, Sr., The African Sermons is a
collection of sermons delivered by Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) on Sundays in Lambarene,
Gabon, from 1913 to 1935. Words of wisdom which reveal the relevance of biblical stories to the
daily realities of African life, The African Sermons is an enduring testimonial that transcends the
decades, brimming with both faith and practical understanding. Very highly recommended reading
for Christians of all walks of life, The African Sermons provide an indispensable insight into the
character of one of history's most selfless men of genius.
New World Library
14 Pamaron Way, Novato, CA 94949
1-800-972-6657 www.amazon.com
Three new publications by this spiritual press provide very different views of reflective and
religious
insight. Shakti Gawain's Reflections In The Light: Daily Thoughts And Affirmations
(1577314-107,
$12.95) presents daily thoughts and affirmations, revised and updated in a new edition to provide
daily insights for the year. One-line statements are followed by a paragraph of insight/teachings
which offer readers comfort and spiritual insights. Tobin Blake's The Power Of Stillness: Learn
Meditation In 30 Days (1577312-422, $12.95) tells of exploring feelings of spirituality through
meditation. The guide teaches the art of meditation in a 30-day structured set of exercises which
discuss using fears, attachments, and other familiar patterns to build a new foundation of insight.
Marta Williams' Learning Their Language: Intuitive Communication With Animals And Nature
(1577312430, $14.95) is for the animal lover who wants to explore the hidden world of intuitive
communication with animals and nature. Chapters present exercises on honing these subconscious
intuitive skills, demonstrating how to use focusing and other techniques to gain insight. All are
diverse, excellent spiritual guides, and very highly recommended reading.
Ground Zero And The Human Soul
Lynn Jericho & Bethene LeMahieu
Foursquare Conversations LLC
Box 392, Jersey City, NJ 07303-0392
www.4sqconversations.com
0972331204 $49.95 1-866-477-4778
Ground Zero And The Human Soul: The Search For The New Ordinary Life is an impressively
presented audio collection of six conversations with Lynn Jericho and Bethene LeMahieu who
discuss personal spiritual growth; the ramifications of the September 11th attacks; and various
ways
to chart a future that rises above fundamentalism, aggression, and greed. A profound and moving
listening experience, Ground Zero And The Human Soul is narrated with confidence, reflecting a
primary concern with sharing a positive vision for tomorrow. 6 cassettes, 6 hours.
The Business Shelf
Real Numbers
Jean E. Cunningham & Orest J. Fiume
Managing Times Publishing
440 Ben Franklin Blvd., Durham, NC 27704
0972809902 $27.50 www.tbmcg.com
How can a manager gain a real picture of a company's performance? Real Numbers: Management
Accounting In A Lean Organization helps managers understand management accounting
practices,
which often produce complex financial statements which have little to do with reality. Each of the
authors is a CFO who probes management accounting systems and how simplicity and clarify can
be
restored to an organization's accounting system. The authors provide some solid, invaluable
advice
on tweaking accounting practices to get the most from facts and figures generated by
accountants.
Waltzing With Bears
Tom DeMarco & Timothy Lister
Dorset House Publishing
353 West 12th Street, NY, NY 10014
www.dorsethouse.com
0932633609 $33.45 1-800-342-6657
The collaborative effort of Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister, Waltzing With Bears: Managing
Risk
On Software Projects is a hard-hitting guide to braving greater risks for greater rewards in the
exciting, challenging, competitive, and rapidly advancing field of software development. From
advice on the pros and cons of risk management techniques; to successful value quantification; to
tests for risk management and knowing when to go back to basics, Waltzing With Bears is a very
savvy guide especially recommended for experienced entrepreneurs who know their specialized
markets and want a better feel for when and what would be an acceptable risk in pursuit of
marketplace success.
How To Start And Run Your Own Corporation
Peter I. Hupalo
HCM Publishing
Box 18093, West Saint Paul, MN 55118
0967162440 $22.95 hcmpublishing.com
How To Start And Run Your Own Corporation: S-Corporations For Small Business Owners by
experienced entrepreneur Peter I. Hupalo is a straightforward, "user friendly", instructional and
resource guide covering everything from choosing the most appropriate business structure; to
issuing shares of stock to attracting investors; to the role of bylaws; to minimizing taxes; and
much,
much more. How To Start And Run Your Own Corporation is a solid, accurate, informed and
informative primer which is especially recommended for anyone looking to quickly pick up the
basics and put themselves into business.
Building & Running A Successful Research Business
Mary Ellen Bates
CyberAge Books
c/o Information Today, Inc.
143 Old Marlton Pike, Medford, NJ 08055-8750
0910965625 $29.95 1-800-300-9868
MaryEllen Bates' Building & Running A Successful Research Business: A Guide For The
Independent Information Professional is a step-by-step processing to creating and running one's
own
independent research firm. Individual chapters cogently address what independent information
professionals do; how to structure a business; tips, tricks, and techniques for managing clients and
money; marketing, online services; and much, much more. Deftly edited by Reva Basch, Building
&
Running A Successful Research Business is an absolute "must-read" for aspiring entrepreneurs
with
an eye for the dynamic, volatile, competitive, potentially profitable field of commercial research
and
product development.
Lights, Cubicle, Action!
A. A. Cantor
The DocVoc Press
PO Box 2478, Reston, VA 20195
0970872801 $12.95 www.docvoc.com
Lights, Cubicle, Action!: 100+ Directives For Survival In Corporate America is a collection of
sound tips and insights by A. A. Cantor into surviving the perils of working for large
corporations.
Each insightful revelation or sage piece of advice is enhanced with a brief, no-nonsense
explanation.
From "Employees would rather read a blatant lie than hear incontrovertible truth."; to "Succeed at
what you dislike and you will be forever condemned to it."; to "Success breeds success - but a
great
deal more contempt.", these memorable vignettes offer a true window of perception into the often
twisted maze of office politics.
(Niche) And Grow Rich
Jennifer Basye Sander & Peter Sander
Entrepreneur Press
c/o Phenix & Phenix Literary Publicists
2525 West Anderson Lane, Suite 540, Austin, TX 78757
1891984764 $16.95 www.bookpros.com
The collaborative effort of Jennifer and Peter Sanders, (Niche) and Grow Rich: Practical Ways To
Turn Your Ideas Into a Business is an upbeat, go-getter guide to commercial success through
specialization. From learning how to use intellectual property protection; to keep one's idea from
being stolen; to the essentials of a solid business plan; to making the most of the Internet to
promote
a new business, (Niche) and Grow Rich is an excellent, practical, advice-packed, "user friendly",
and
highly recommended guide -- especially for the novice entrepreneur.
How To Become A Successful Trader
Ned Gandevani, MBA, Ph.D.
Writer's Club Press/iUniverse.com
2021 Pine Lake Road, Suite 100, Lincoln, NE 68512
0595243894 $29.95 www.iuniverse.com
How To Become A Successful Trader by professional trader Ned Gandevani is an invaluable
resource for traders, investors, and hedge fund managers seeking to increase their trading
performance and deepen their understanding to harnessing the powers of the free market. From
personality profiles; to decision traps one needs to avoid; to the balance of insight vs. knowledge,
How To Become A Successful Trader is a very highly recommended reading before plunging
wholeheartedly into volatile financial circles and the vagaries of the marketplace.
The Civil War Shelf
The Outbreak Of The Civil War
Jean Alicia Elster, editor
Greenhaven Press
c/o Gale San Diego
10911 Technology Place, San Diego, CA 92127
0737713445 $27.45 1-800-231-5163
A volume in the Greenhaven At Issue in History series and edited by Jean Alicia Elster, The
Outbreak Of The Civil War is a scholastic text for young adults offering both primary and
secondary
sources concerning the morass of causes and conflicting agendas that contributed to the eruption
of
the American Civil War. An excellent, balanced, fair-minded and well-researched resource, The
Outbreak Of The Civil War is part of the Opposing Viewpoints series and very highly
recommended
for both school and community library collections.
Civil War America
James Marten
ABC-CLIO Inc.
Box 1911, Santa Barbara, CA 93116-1911
1576072371 $85.00 1-800-368-6868
Compiled and edited by James Marten (Professor of History, Marquette University), Civil War
America: Voices From The Home Front is a collection of personal testimonies of individuals
drawn
from both the North and the South, from blacks and whites, from the young and the old, from
males
and females, in order to give the reader an accurate, overall picture of what American life was like
for those just off the battlefield during the terrible years of the American Civil War. A sober and
involving text, Civil War America is strongly recommended for both academic Civil War Studies
collections, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in Civil War History.
The Flags Of Civil War North Carolina
Glenn Dedmondt
Pelican Publishing Company
PO Box 3110, Gretna, LA 70054
1565549929 $20.95 1-800-843-1724
Compiled and written by educator and Civil War expert Glenn Dedmondt, The Flags Of Civil War
North Carolina is a very straightforward reference presenting photographs, color illustrations,
descriptions and history of the titular flags that flew over North Carolina when it seceded from the
Union and fought on the side of the Confederacy during the years of the American civil war. Each
page or two-page spread features the different flags of the various North Carolina regiments. A
meticulously detailed resource offering very specific information for history and civil war buffs,
The
Flags Of Civil War North Carolina is a welcome contribution to the growing library of Civil War
Studies and could well serve as a template for similar volumes for the other Confederate as well
as
Union states.
Scouts And Spies Of The Civil War
William Gilmore Beymer
Bison Books
c/o University of Nebraska Press
233 North 8th Street, Lincoln, NE 68588
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu
080326206X $19.95 www.amazon.com
Scouts And Spies Of The Civil War by William Gilmore Beymer (1881-1969) is an amazing
collection compiled from both primary and secondary sources, including interviews, diaries,
journals,
letters, remembrances of family and friends and more. First published at the turn of the nineteenth
century in an effort to present a realistic portrayal of spying efforts by both sides during the
American Civil (as opposed to overly romanticized "cloak and dagger" accounts in popular fiction
and imaginations of the time), Scouts And Spies Of The Civil War has superbly weathered the test
of time and is now presented with a new, eye-opening introduction. Edited for contemporary
readers
by William B. Feis (Associate Professor of History, Buena Vista University), Scouts And Spies Of
The Civil War continues to be a welcome and recommended addition to Civil War Studies
academic
library collections, and Civil War buff reading lists.
The Self-Help Shelf
Protect Yourself
Silver Lake Editors
Silver Lake Publishing
2025 Hyperion Avenue, L. A., CA 90027
www.silverlakepub.com
1563437651 $19.95 1-888-663-3091
Protect Yourself is a definitive and thoroughly "user friendly" instructional guide to successfully
defending oneself against a variety of all manner of threats arising in a post-September 11th
world.
From keeping careful track of one's diet; to making plans against man-made or natural
catastrophes;
to guidelines for buying property insurance; to ways of coping with troublesome friends or family
members, Protect Yourself shares a wealth of common sense "tips, tricks and techniques" for
keeping ourselves and our families safe and sound. Protect Yourselves is very highly
recommended
reading for individuals and family providers everywhere.
Strong And Fearless
Phil Nuernberger, Ph.D.
Yes International Publishers
1317 Summit Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55105
0936663340 $15.95 yespublishers.com
Strong And Fearless: The Quest For Personal Power by Phil Nuernberger is basically a "self-help"
guide to taking charge of one's own psyche, so as not to be controlled or overshadowed by fear or
self-doubt. An inspirational and meditative guide to mastering skills of relaxation and mental
discipline, Strong And Fearless is strongly recommended for personal self-help reading lists and
self-improvement library resource collections.
The Judaic Studies Shelf
The Jews In Early America
Sandra Cumings Malamed
Fithian Press
c/o John Daniel & Co.
PO Box 2790, McKinleyville, CA 95519
1564744078 $15.95 1-800-662-8351
The Jews In Early America: A Chronicle Of Good Taste And Good Deeds is a chronicle of early
Jewish individuals and peoples who made ther mark on American history makes for an important
survey of early Jewish lives and communities and will appeal to any interested in a special study of
our nation's early years. There's been relatively little written for the general audience on Colonial
Jewish history, and with its "reader friendly" format, The Jews In Early America stands out as a
superbly presented invitation to learn about early Judaic achievements in America.
Why Didn't the Press Shout?
Robert Moses Shapiro, Editor
KTAV Press
926 Newark Ave., Jersey City, NJ 07306
0881257753 $49.50 www.amazon.com
Why Didn't The Press Shout: American & International Journalism During The Holocaust is an
in-depth survey of American and international journalism during the Holocaust and offers essays
and
scholarly analysis by over thirty scholars of journalism and history, who consider what was
reported
about the Holocaust in over a dozen countries and languages. Studies of such reporting in
countries
from the Soviet Union to the Vatican and Romania make for a thought-provoking analysis of how
the media neglected the story or, in the case of Nazi countries, twisted it to their own political
interests. A thought-provoking critique of the power of the press.
Zionism: A Brief History
Michael Brenner
Markus Wiener Publishers
231 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ 08542
1558763015 $16.95 markuswiener.com
Written by Michael Brenner (Professor of Jewish History and Culture, University of Munich,
Germany) and deftly translated for an English readership by Shelley L. Frisch, Zionism: A Brief
History is a concise yet insightful survey of the movement of Jewish political Zionism, ranging
from
its variety of ideologies; to the political machinations that fostered the movement to the impact of
the Holocaust; as well as the internal and external political problems confronting the State of
Israel
since its inception. An accessible yet scholarly introduction to the dynamics and repercussions of
this
movement, and its past and current effects on world history, Zionism: A Brief History is also
available and recommended for library collections in a hardcover edition (1558763007,
$38.95).
Shalom In My Heart, Salaam On My Lips
Gloria Becker Marchick
Micah Publications, Inc.
255 Humphrey St, Marblehead MA 01945
091628848X $15.00 micahbooks.com
Shalom In My Heart, Salaam On My Lips: A Jewish Woman In Modern Morocco is the personal
memoir of Gloria Becker Marchick, a female Jewish teacher of "English as a Second Language"
in
Morocco. The second Intifada broke out just a few weeks after her arrival, putting her identity,
humanity, sense of humor, and survival instincts to the test. A deeply personal and thoughtful
testimony, at times alternately witty and somber, Shalom In My Heart, Salaam On My Lips is a
unique and very strongly recommended contribution to Contemporary Judaic Studies and Middle
East Studies supplemental reading lists.
Talmud For Everyday Living, Book 2
Hillel Gamoran
UAHC Press
633 Third Ave., NY, NY 10017-6778
0807408158 $10.00 1-888-489-8242
Talmud For Everyday Living, Book 2: Insights Into Buying And Selling by Hillel Gamoran
(Lecturer in Talmud and Rabbinic Literature, University of Washington) is the second volume in a
series form UAHC Press which is specifically dedicated to investigating what Judaism has to say
about ethics with regard to the business world. Rabbi Gamoran draws from the Talmud itself
when
evaluating business dilemmas of the past, present, and future. A well-reasoned and unequivocally
written spiritual guide that blends faith with practical necessity, Talmud For Everyday Living:
Book
2 is a welcome and recommended addition to Judaic Studies reference collections and Business
Ethics supplemental reading lists.
Jewish Statesmanship
Paul Eidelberg
University Press of America
4270 Boston Way, Lanham, MD 20706
0761823808 $41.00 univpress.com
Jewish Statesmanship: Lest Israel Fall is deftly written by Paul Eidelberg who exhibits an
impressively comprehensive knowledge of Jewish history and Hebrew Scriptures, as well as
considerable scholarship and expertise in political science. Predicting that Israel's current system
of
government needs to be drastically modified or else Israel will disappear as a Jewish state, Jewish
Statesmanship both outlines the philosophical and practical problems, while offering thoughtful
and
thought-provoking remedies compatible with moral principles of the Hebrew Bible. A profound
and
necessary presentation offering vital and much-needed wisdom, Jewish Statesmanship is a
welcome
and recommended contribution to the current debate over the nature and future of Israel.
The Graphic Novel Shelf
Stylish Vittles: All The Way
Tyler Page
Dementian Comics
4849 Emerson Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55409
0972080112 $17.00 stylishvittles.com
Tyler Page's Stylish Vittles: All The Way is a black-and-white graphic novel presenting a unique
love
story for the modern day. An intimate couple must reconcile the hectic buzz of campus life,
obligations to friends, plans for the future, respective past sexual histories, and more, in order to
form a functional and loving teamwork relationship as a couple. Perhaps they even have a chance
of
going "all the way" in life's journey to commitment... or do they? Stylish Vittles is a deeply
satisfying
and insightful tale brought vividly to life with emotion invoking artwork.
NBM
555 8th Ave. #1202, NY NY 10018
www.nbmpublishing.com
Two new fine graphic novels from this publisher are highly recommended picks which shouldn't
be
missed. Christophe Blain's Speed Abater (1561633496, $13.95) holds special appeal in its
all-color
format as it tells of a destroyer in search of an enemy sub during wartime. Three novice sailors
make
a fatal mistake and find themselves in the grip of terror in this fast-paced adventure. The P. Craig
Russell adaptation of Mozart's opera Magic Flute (156163350X, $24.95) in graphic novel form is
nothing less than astonishing. This brings back Russell's name to new audiences, with his classic
adaptation of the story taking the entire book and illustrating the underlying fantasy elements of
the
theme. Again, the full color format choice is particularly commendable in bringing the extent of
Russell's adaptation to life.
The Hunting/Fishing Shelf
Hunting From Home
Christopher Camuto
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
500 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY 10110
0393049159 $24.95 1-800-233-4830
Hunting From Home: A Year Afield In The Blue Ridge Mountains by Christopher Camuto is a
engaging and personal memoir of hunting and fishing afield in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Written
with a passionate love of, and respect for, the beauty and providence of Nature; the satisfaction of
enjoying a "border life"; and offering deeply insightful thoughts on man's relationship to the
natural
world and his role in claiming subsistence from it without being wasteful, Hunting From Home is
an
engaging read and strongly recommended for those who enjoy what the outdoors has to offer, as
well as "armchair travelers" through the grand hunting grounds of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Color Guide To Steelhead Drift Fishing
Bill Herzog
Frank Amato Publications, Inc.
PO Box 82112, Portland, Oregon 97282
1878175599 $16.95 1-503-653-8108
Jammed from cover to cover with extensive instructions, tips, and color photographs on every
page,
Color Guide To Steelhead Drift Fishing is a truly "user friendly" resource on everything from
acquiring bait; to casting the line; to preparing a caught fish for cooking. Accessibly written by
expert fisherman Bill Herzog (who spends approximately 150 days a year on the river), Color
Guide
To Steelhead Drift Fishing is a very highly recommended guide and resource for dedicated
steelhead
drift anglers of all skill and experience levels.
The Railroading Shelf
Steam To The Grand Canyon
Pentrex
PO Box 94911, Pasadena, CA 91109
1563421178 $29.95 www.pentrex.com
Steam To The Grand Canyon: 3751 NRHS Convention Special is a superbly produced and
presented full color DVD tour of the splendors of both modern railway technology and the natural
beauty of America's famous landmark and landscape as seen from a railroading perspective from
Los
Angeles, California to Williams, Arizona. A panoramic railroad tour filled with raptly involving
narration and truly eye-catching images, Steam To The Grand Canyon: 3751 NRHS Convention
Special especially recommended for railroading enthusiasts and dedicated "armchair
travelers".
Tourist Trains 2003
Empire State Railway Museum
Kalmbach Publishing Company
PO Box 1612 , Waukesha, WI 53187
0890244294 $16.95 1-800-533-6644
An annually updated resource, the Empire State Railway Museum's Tourist Trains 2003 is an
exhaustive resource which is especially recommended for those tourists and travelers who happen
to
also be railroading fans. The 38th annual guide to tourist railroads and museums presenting more
than 500 railroad-related attractions to visit (including ones that offer train rides, with open hours,
fees, coupons good for discounts, and much, much more), Tourist Trains 2003 is commended as
being an excellent, information-packed guide filled from cover to cover with fun railroading
activities that the whole family can enjoy!
The Railway Paintings Of Alan Fearnley
David & Charles
c/o F & W Publications, Inc.
4700 E Galbraith Rd Cincinnati OH 45236
0715315013 $19.99 1-800-289-0963
The Railway Paintings Of Alan Fearnley is an impressively memorable artbook showcasing Alan
Fearnley's captivating, full-color oil-on-canvas paintings of a wide variety of celebrated steam
locomotives. Each individual painting (and they are truly gorgeous!) has its own full page of
information devoted solely to it, as well as a brief commentary on the history of the locomotive
being featured. A splendid artbook in its own right, The Railway Paintings Of Alan Fearnley is
most
especially recommended for train buffs and railroading enthusiasts.
The American History Shelf
Chinese In America
Iris Chang
Viking Press
375 Hudson St., New York NY 10014
0670031232 $29.95 1-800-847-5515
Iris Chang provides an intriguing history of one of the fastest-growing ethnic groups in this
country,
telling of the many accomplishments of Chinese-American immigrants and providing stories of
families and individuals from all walks of life in the process. Political economic and cultural
observations deftly blend in Chinese In America, a narrative history which offers a personal look
at
Chinese-American culture and lives.
John Bidwell And California
Michael J. Gillis & Michael F. Magliari
The Arthur H. Clark Company
PO Box 14707, Spokane, WA 99214
0870623168 $39.50 1-800-842-9286
The collaborative effort of Michael J. Gillis and Michael F. Maglian, John Bidwell And California:
The Life And Writings Of A Pioneer 1841-1900 is an informative biography that draws upon
pioneer John Bidwell's own writings about the time he lived in (which included the Gold Rush
years), the history of the state of California, and a great deal more. Occasional black-and-white
illustrations enhance this scholarly account, offering a unique view of the nineteenth-century
American West through the eyes of a man who called it home. John Bidwell And California is a
welcome and valued addition to Western American Frontier Studies reading lists in general and
California History reference collections in particular.
South Carolina And The American Revolution
John W. Gordon
University of South Carolina Press
937 Assembly Street, 8th Floor, Columbia, SC 29208
157003480X $29.95 1-800-768-2500
South Carolina And The American Revolution: A Battlefield History by John W. Gordon
(Professor
of National Security Affairs, United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College, Quantico,
Virginia) is a sharply written, encounter-by-encounter look at the deadly South Carolina battles
from
1775 to 1783, many of which were crucial to winning America's independence from Great Britain.
Troop movements, black-and-white illustrations, meticulous historical details enhance South
Carolina And The American Revolution, a prized and recommended addition to American
Revolutionary War Studies in general, and South Carolina State History reading lists in
particular.
Calls To Arms
Russell D. Buhite
Scholarly Resources Inc.
104 Greenhill Ave, Wilmington DE 19805
0842025936 $22.95 www.scholarly.com
Compiled and edited by academician and historian Russell D. Buhite, Calls To Arms: Presidential
Speeches, Messages, And Declarations Of War is a superbly presented primary source anthology
of
presidential declarations of war ranging from John Adams and the quasi-war he directed against
France; to the harsh words George W. Bush has declaimed in response to Al-Qaida terrorist
attacks.
A straightforward and neatly organized compilation, Calls To Arms is a seminal work which is
especially recommended to Political Science supplemental reading lists, and American History
Studies academic reference collections.
Arizona Frontier Military Place Names 1846-1912
David V. Alexander
Yucca Tree Press
c/o Barbed Wire Publishing
270 Avenida de Mesilla, Las Cruces, NM 88005
1881325547 $13.00 barbed-wire.net
Now in a revised edition, Arizona Frontier Military Place Names 1846-1912 compiled and
organized
by David V. Alexander is an alphabetical listing of major sites from Arizona's Indian War days.
Each
site name is accompanied by a capsule of information about its township and range coordinates,
elevation, description of the area, and the historical events and people associated with the site. An
invaluable quick-lookup reference, Arizona Frontier Military Place Names 1846-1912 is a unique
and highly recommended addition to American Frontier History collections. Also very strongly
recommended is David Alexander and Daniel C.B. Rathbun's New Mexico Frontier Military Place
Names (1881325504, $13.00).
The Custer Companion
Thom Hatch
Stackpole Books
5067 Ritter Rd, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
0811704777 $29.95 1-800-732-3669
The Custer Companion: A Comprehensive Guide To The Life Of George Armstrong Custer And
The Plains Indian Wars by historian and Custer expert Thom Hatch combines an informative
biography of George Armstrong Custer with a vividly presented history of the Plains Indian Wars.
The Custer Companion covers The Surrender Flag Controversy; Custer's Mad Dash across
Kansas;
Wild Bill's Showdown with Tom Custer; Red Cloud's War; The Sand Creek Massacre; The
Russian
Grand Duke's Buffalo Hunt; The Arrest and Revenge of Rain-in-the-Face; The Midnight Ride of
Charley Reynolds; and a wealth of other aspects of "Custeriana". Solid, straightforward text
enhanced with numerous sidebars going into little-known details, as well as a profusion of
black-and-white photographs coupled with the results of an exhaustive research, makes The
Custer
Companion an indispensable resource for anyone studying one of America's most colorful (and
controversial) military figures of the 19th century -- a man whose turbulent character and impact
on
American frontier history evokes renewed interest in every new generation of Americans.
Capital Losses
James M. Goode
Smithsonian Institution Press
750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 4300, Washington, DC 20560-0950
1588341054 $69.95 1-800-782-4612
Now in an updated second edition, Capital Losses: A Cultural History Of Washington's Destroyed
Buildings by Washington history expert James M. Goode is a carefully presented documentation
and
chronicle of the great architectural and cultural edifices of Washington, D.C., which have been
lost
to the endless grind of urban renewal in the years prior to 1978. That was the year in which
crucial
preservation legislation was passed. Packed from cover to cover with black-and-white
photographs,
enhancing a text which is extensive in detail, history, unique historical insights, Capital Losses is
an
exceptional architectural tour and a unique resource offering a kind of "window" into the
architectural past of the nation's capital.
Disco Divas
Sherrie A. Inness
University of Pennsylvania Press
4200 Pine Street, 3rd floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4011
0812218418 $19.95 1-800-445-9880
Compiled, written and edited by Sherrie A. Inness, Disco Divas: Women And Popular Culture In
The 1970s cogently examines the 1970s as an era of great social change, especially for women.
Illustrating the reverberations of cultural shifts in the 60's, the changing images of women in
popular
culture and mass media, and the changes that continue to evolve as those generations of women
grew older, Disco Divas is a timely and insightful contribution to Women's Studies reading lists
and
American Popular Culture Studies reference collections.
Letters From The Dust Bowl
Caroline Henderson
Alvin O. Turner, editor
University of Oklahoma Press
1005 Asp Avenue, Norman, OK 73019
0806135409 $14.95 1-800-627-7377
Deftly edited for contemporary readers by Alvin O. Turner, Letters From The Dust Bowl is a
collection of letters and published materials written by Caroline Henderson (1877-1965), a
woman
who lived through the Oklahoma Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. Her articles on the Dust
Bowl first began appearing in "Atlantic Monthly" in 1931, drawing the woes of American farmers
into the public eye. Her correspondence and articles, which date from 1908 to 1966, offers insight
into the daily struggle to put food on the table, and her descriptions of the dust storms that
covered
the Plains are unforgettable. Enhanced with a biographical essay and precise annotations
supplementing this extraordinary compilation, Letters From The Dust Bowl is highly
recommended
for students of 20th Century American History.
Barrons
250 Wireless Rd., Hauppauge, NY 11788
1-800-645-3476
These 'Coming to America' titles from Barrons will reach a wide audience of readers; from young
adults at the high school level to adults who want to become familiar with their ethnic roots. Each
book focuses on the emigrant experience of a particular ethnic group, adding many color photos
and
illustrations to the cultural insights and history. Barry Moreno's Italian Americans (0764156241,
$14.95), Tom Deignan's Irish Americans (076415-6276), Robert Stein's Jewish Americans
(0764156268, $14.95) and David Boyle's African Americans (0764156284, $14.95) each provides
very different histories of the group's arrival and experiences in the New World. An excellent set,
with plenty of illustration conducive to leisure browsing.
The Social Issues Shelf
Stray Voltage
Wayne Michael Hall
Naval Institute Press
118 Maryland Av., Annapolis MD 21402
1591143500 $36.95 1-800-233-8764
Enemies of the U.S. who lack military might and money will use the strategies and tools of
asymmetric warfare to win future conflicts: that's the contention of Wayne Michael Hall, a retired
general with thirty years of intelligence experience. From potential conflicts prepared for with
cyberspace to information superiority and deception, Stray Voltage advises a public and a
governmental focus on merging brainpower with technology to meet and master this new
threat.
The American Nightmare
Thomas A. Hockin
Lexington Books
4501 Forbes Blvd., Suite 20706, Lanham, MD 20706
0739105256 $36.95 lexingtonbooks.com
The American Nightmare: Politics And The Fragile World Trade Organization by educator and
investment expert Thomas A. Hockin offers a "reader friendly" presentation and analysis of the
political challenges to free trade in general, and United States trade policy in particular. From
addressing the problems and solutions to thorny issues in free trade itself; to ideological
challenges
and more to the WTO; to caste histories under the FTA and NAFTA; and a great deal more, The
American Nightmare is a timely contribution to contemporary policy debates and a very highly
recommended addition to Economic Studies reading lists and collections.
Reinventing Eden
Carolyn Merchant
Routledge
29 West 35th St., New York NY 10001
0415931649 $25.00 1-800-634-7064
The "Garden Of Eden" was a paradise lost, and mankind has spent centuries searching for it.
Reinventing Eden reveals how the image and myth of Eden has actually led to further degradation
of
the planet, revealing its origins, its influence on political and social thought, and related issues
concerning man and nature. Human manipulation of the environment in search of Eden has led to
an
erosion of nature: Reinventing Eden documents exactly how.
Romancing Mary Jane
Michael Poole
Greystone Books
c/o Douglas & McIntyre Publishing Group
2323 Quebeck Street, Suite 201, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V5T 4S7
1550547496 $19.95 1-800-367-9692
Romancing Mary Jane: A Year In The Life Of A Failed Marijuana Grower is the memoir of
Michael
Pools, an unabashed, unashamed, self-professed Canadian marijuana cultivator who combined his
love of the outdoors with his passion for psychoactive plants. Michael's daily life, his resistance to
the pressures of Canadian anti-drug laws, as well as his travails and insights fill the pages of this
eye-opening book, one which is emphatically not intended for those intolerant of recreational
marijuana use, yet amusing in its own right and a thoroughly interesting and thought-provoking
contribution to the national dialogue over a "cannabis culture".
Our Final Hour
Martin Rees
Basic Books
c/o The Perseus Books Group
387 Park Avenue So., NY, NY 10016
0465068626 $25.00 1-800-242-7737
Martin Rees asserts in Our Final Hour that the odds are no better than half that the human race
will
survive to the end of this century. Martin Reesis a scholarly scientist, not a fanatic: his past
writings
have focused on analysis of the universe, and Our Final Hour persuasively imparts the alarming
idea
that in only another ten or twenty years, the rapidly evolving and expanding high technology used
by
terrorist groups could migrate to a few technically proficient fanatics as the result of rapid
democratization of scientific information through the Internet. A frightening scenario, backed by
facts, is Our Final Hour is timely and very strongly recommended reading.
The Fantasy/SciFi Shelf
War Of The Flowers
Tad Williams
DAW
375 Hudson St., New York NY 10014
0756401356 $24.95 1-800-847-5515
War Of The Flowers departs from William's tendency toward multi-book sequels to provide a
satisfying stand-lone fantasy set in Northern California and centering around a strange parallel
world. A has-been rock singer who seeks refuge in an isolated woods cabin finds an odd memoir
written by a relative who believes he's found a fairy world and finds it the key to a universe
almost
beyond imagination. Swift action and strong characterization make War Of The Flowers an
excellent
and original fantasy novel.
Baen Books
Box 1403, Riverdale, NY 10471
1-800-242-7737 www.amazon.com
Two new titles will provide science fiction fans with fascinating new reading. David Weber's
Service
Of The Sword (0743435-990, $26.00) provides Book 4 in the 'Worlds of Honor' series, depicting
the world of one Honor Harrington whose life touches other worlds. Various writers contribute to
embellishing her world in this collection; from veteran Timothy Zahn who tells of a young tactical
officer who faces men with secret weapons and naval spies to Eric Flint, a frequent Baen
contributor
who tells of an idealistic young officer who finds himself in altered circumstances after a battle.
Politics and swift action result. Jack Chalker's Kaspar's Box (074343563X, $24.00) tells of an
interstellar search for the fabled Worlds of the Three Kings a lost goldmine legend which has
brought many across the galaxy in a futile search. A chance encounter with alien forces brings an
armed expedition to the third planet of the Three Kings, where they will face a dangerous
encounter
with the superior beings who created the worlds. Both are fine titles.
The Rising
Brian Keene
Delirium Books
PO Box 338, North Webster, IN 46555
1929653417 $50.00 deliriumbooks.com
The Rising by master wordsmith and storyteller Brian Keene, is a gruesome and macabre tale of
horrific madness sweeping across the civilized world. The lucky ones are the dead and destroyed.
The unlucky ones are reanimated in gruesome parodies of their former lives as human beings. One
man with an ordinary tangled life is caught in the middle of the tides of damnation, in this
blood-curdling and spine-tingling tale. The Rising is especially commended to the reading lists and
personal collections of horror fantasy enthusiasts.
A Rendezvous In Averoigne
Clark Ashton Smith
Arkham House Publishers
PO Box 546, Sauk City, WI 53583
0870541560 $32.95 arkhamhouse.com
Ideal for introducing a whole new generation to one of the greatest fantasy authors ever to set pen
to paper, A Rendezvous In Averoigne is an impressive collection of the classically horrific fantasy
writings by Clark Ashton Smith, a man who wrote for "Weird Tales" alongside such legendary
and
groundbreaking authors as H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard. The fantastic settings, the
plottings of dire necromancers, the perilous quests, and the struggles to survive in mysterious and
hostile worlds, fill the pages of this macabre yet inviting anthology. The short stories comprising
A
Rendezvous In Averoigne have superbly weathered the decades since their original
publications.
Ace Science Fiction
375 Hudson St., New York NY 10014
1-800-847-5515 www.amazon.com
Ian MacLeod's Light Ages (0441010555, $23.95) is not to be missed: it blends a story of an
unusual
kind of Victorian era with strong tale of a boy who is haunted by his childhood love a young
woman who harbors a mysterious magic ability the same one that claimed his mother. Add class
conflicts and a touch of fantasy and you have a compelling story of a Victorian London of another
nature. Robin McKinely and Peter Dickinson's Water (0441010-563, $14.00) provides beautiful
collection centered around water themes; from sea horses and mermaids to sea worlds and their
rulers. Beautiful stories of enchantment abound.
Custer's Last Jump And Other Collaborations
Howard Waldrop, et. al.
Golden Gryphon Press
3002 Perkins Road, Urbana, IL 61802
1930846134 $24.95 1-800-888-4741
Compiled by Howard Waldrop (a renowned writer of deftly researched alternate-history stories
and
winner of both the Nebula and World Fantasy awards), Custer's Last Jump And Other
Collaborations is an enthralling anthology of original short stories in which Howard Waldrop
combined his talent with other skilled wordweavers such as George R. R. Martin, Bruce Sterling,
and others. From a unique perspective on the saga of Troy; to a distant future in which Mankind
is
nearly extinct; to an alternate history when Crazy Horse uses Confederate monoplanes against
Custer; Custer's Last Jump And Other Collaborations is a dazzling display of literary imagination,
and a very strongly recommended read for science fiction fans enthusiasts everywhere.
ROC Books
375 Hudson St., New York NY 10014
1-800-847-5515 www.amazon.com
Syne Mitchell's Changeling Plague (045-1459105, $6.99 is a gripping futuristic story which is
impossible to put down. Geoffrey Allen is a millionaire who buys a genetic cure for his killer
disease
cystic fibrosis only to find he's encouraged research which has loosed a plague on the planet.
Geoffrey becomes a human guinea pig in the search for a cure, finding unlikely alliances in a
rebellious research scientist with her own sins to atone for and a renegade computer hacker whose
efforts to track a cure may change the nature of humanity. Compelling, with many unexpected
twists
and turns of plot. Nancy Kress edits the Nebula Awards Showcase 2003 (0451459091, $14.95), a
powerful collection of the cream of the crop of 2002 stories. From Mike Resnick's surreal story of
elephants on Neptune who face a new band of human conquerors to the story of children on the
moon designed to serve as a stopgate for a possible catastrophe, this is filled with powerful
tales.
Kissing Carrion
Gemma Files
Prime Books, Inc.
PO Box 36503, Canton, OH 44735
1894815637 $17.95 primebooks.net
Kissing Carrion is a macabre collection of seventeen horrific and original short story fantasies,
each
of which is carefully and dramatically crafted by author Gemma Files about dark magic, burning
desires, and vampires that long for a great deal more than mere human blood. Hideous hungers
and
soul-consuming obsessions mark these lurid yet fascinating stories that fearfully keep one up late
at
night. Kissing Carrion is especially recommended to the attention of all horror fantasy
enthusiasts.
Time Travelers, Ghosts, And Other Visitors
Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Five Star Books
295 Kennedy Memorial Drive, Waterville, ME 04901
078625338X $25.95 1-800-223-1244
Time Travelers, Ghosts, And Other Visitors is an imaginative anthology of nine short science
fiction
and fantasy by multiple Nebula and Hugo-award nominee Nina Kiriki Hoffman. These superbly
crafted fantasy tales range from the exploits of a manipulated time traveler, to the
award-nominated
novella "Haunted Humans" where ghosts and mortals must join forces to stand against a vile
killer.
An unforgettable collection that spans both minds and worlds, Nina Hoffman's Time Traveler's,
Ghosts, And Other Visitors clearly documents her as one of the very best in her chosen
genre.
The Travel Shelf
Vintage France
Jim Tanner
iUniverse
2021 Pine Lake Road, Lincoln, NE 68512
0595233945 $13.95 iuniverse.com
Vintage France: Adventures Along The French Wine Route expresses delight in French cuisine,
wines, and classic culture, with an exquisite eye for narrative detail. An excellent reading tour of
the remarkable aspects of the wine culture of this proud, flavorful, and inviting nation from village
vineyards to festivals, to simple hospitality.
Pleasures And Landscapes
Sybille Bedford
Counterpoint
c/o The Perseus Books Group
387 Park Avenue South, NY, NY 10016
www.counterpointpress.com
1582431701 $16.00 1-800-242-7737
Pleasures And Landscapes: A Traveller's Tales From Europe engagingly recounts the experiences
and observations of Sybille Bedford. The format is that of a one woman travelogue as Bedford
traveled through France, Italy, Portugal, Yugoslavia, and other European countries and wrote
travel
articles for Vogue, Esquire and other magazines. Vivid, chatty, with an insightful eye for the
human
condition that transcends borders and nationalities, Pleasures And Landscapes is an immersive and
memorable continental tour which is especially recommended for dedicated armchair
travelers!
Roadside Geology Of Nebraska
Harmon D. Maher Jr., et al.
Mountain Press
PO Box 2399, Missoula, MT 59806-2399
0878424571 $18.00 www.mtnpress.com
The collaborative effort of Harmond D. Maher Jr.; George F. Englemann; and Robert D. Shuster,
Roadside Geology Of Nebraska is an informed and informative travel guide to the diverse and
appealing geology of Nebraska (including Agate Fossil Beds National Monument; Scotts Bluff
National Monument; Toadstool Geological Park; Ashfallstate Historical Park; Ponca State Park;
Indian Cave State Park; Schramm Park; and Niobrara State Park) which is quite visible and
accessible to anyone vacationing or traveling in the state. From rhinoceroses in natural tombs of
volcanic ash, to toadstools in jointed sandstone, Roadside Geology Of Nebraska is packed with
maps, visible features seen from the perspective of the state highways, fascinating fun facts, and a
great deal much more. If you are planning a trip through Nebraska and have an interest in
geology,
give a reading to Roadside Geology Of Nebraska for a truly memorable experience!
Michigan Vacation Guide
Kathleen R. Tedsen
TR Desktop Publishing
PO Box 180271, Utica, MI 48318-0271
0963595350 $14.95 www.mivg.com
Now in an updated and expanded seventh edition, Michigan Vacation Guide: Cottages, Chalets,
Condos, B&B's presents updated information on rental properties, regional attractions, tours,
wineries, casinos, and a whole lot more that would make any vacation or business trip in Michigan
simply unforgettable. The collaborative, painstaking effort of Kathy Tedsen and Bev Rydel, the
Michigan Travel Guide is enhanced with black-and-white photographs and offers the traveler a
wealth of information about various featured sites. The Michigan Vacation Guide a truly first-rate
and highly recommended resource planning out an itinerary whether it be for a day-trip, getaway
weekend, or an extended vacation.
The Mystery/Suspense Shelf
The Angel Acronym
Paul M. Edwards
Signature Books
564 West 400 North, Salt Lake City, UT 84116-3411
156085166X $21.95 1-800-356-5687
Paul M. Edwards' The Angel Acronym is an involving and original mystery, featuring the head
director of church education, Toom Taggart, who suspects foul play when the church archivist is
found dead in the temple complex. A dark and twisted tale of hidden motives, and the conflicting
politics of bureaucracy, religious zeal, and public perception, The Angel Acronym is a fascinating
page-turner to be read closely to the last page.
Berkeley Prime Crime
375 Hudson St., New York NY 10014
1-800-847-5515 www.amazon.com
Three excellent mysteries are recommended picks offering fast-paced plots and intriguing action.
Donna Andrews' Click Here For Murder (0425188566, $22.95) presents quite a different
detective
story: a sleuth who is an artificial intelligence personality blending software with a human twist. A
systems engineer is her sidekick and helps solve murders in this unusual twist. Rosemary Stevens'
Murder In The Pleasure Gardens (042519051X, $22.95) presents one Beau Brummell, who opens
his own gentlemen's club only to find his club's success becomes embroiled in scandal and a duel.
Murder adds to the distasteful excitement and builds intrigue in this fascinating mystery. Earlene
Fowler's Sunshine And Shadow (0425188558, $22.95) tells of a mystery writer's journey to San
Celina to reconnect with the town she left years before. Sleuth Benni becomes involved in a
mystery
surrounding her when murder takes a hand in affairs.
The Theatre/Cinema Shelf
Film, Video And TV Dictionary
Garth Gardner
Garth Gardner Publishing
2545 Sandbourne Ln, Herndon VA 20171
1589650069 $24.95
An important reference to the film industry that will find its home in any library collection serious
about production and design, Garth Gardner's Film, Video And TV Dictionary (1589650069,
$24.95) defines the technical and digital terms used in the production of these mediums, with an
A-Z
set of definitions making it easy for students of drama and film to locate explanations and
examples.
Avid Editing
Sam Kauffman
Focal Press
200 Wheeler Road, 6th floor, Burlington, MA 01803
0240805410 $49.99 focalpress.com
Now in a completely updated and expanded second edition, Avid Editing: A Guide For Beginning
And Intermediate Users by Sam Kauffmann (Boston University College of Communication) is a
straightforward "how-to" guide regarding nonlinear editing on the Avid Xpress DV, Avid Media
Composer, and Avid Xpress softwares on the Windows and Macintosh platforms. An excellent
primer for newcomers to the software, covering the basics of editing, trimming, handling sound,
and
a great deal more, Avid Editing now features new chapters on 16: 9 Widescreen Editing, and
Script
Integration. Very highly recommended for students of film and video editing, Avid Editing is
enhanced with an accompanying DVD of video and audio clips, as well as a shooting script upon
which to practice editing projects.
New One-Act Plays For Acting Students
Deb Bert & Norman Berts, Eds.
Meriwether Publishing
Box 7710, Colorado Springs, CO 80933
1566080843 $17.95 1-800-937-5297
New One-Act Plays For Acting Students is a new anthology of over twenty modern one-act plays
provides plays designed with teens in mind: play times are 8-15 minutes, each offers about 5
minutes
acting time per character, and all are balanced roles which teach teens the basics of a good play
and
good acting skills. Highly recommended for young actors and their directors, New One-Act Plays
For Acting Students is packed from cover to cover with high-caliber scripts which teach a variety
of
performance techniques.
Dreamcatcher: The Shooting Script
William Goldman & Lawrence Kasdan
Newmarket Press
18 East 48th Street, NY, NY 10017
1557045666 $19.95 newmarketpress.com
Dreamcatcher: The Shooting Script is a unique book that presents the William Goldman and
Lawrence Kasdan collaborative film script of the movie "Dreamcatcher", along with an extensive
commentary describing how Stephen King's popular horror novel was successfully adapted to the
silver screen. A superb resource that teaches by example the tips, tricks, and techniques of
professional screen writers, Dreamcatcher: The Shooting Script is a welcome addition to
personal,
professional, and film school resource collections and reference archives.
"Movies Were Always Magical"
Leo Verswijver
McFarland & Company
PO Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640
0786411295 $35.00 1-800-253-2187
"Movies Were Always Magical" is a truly wonderful collection of interviews with 19 Hollywood
directors, actors, and producers from the 1930s to the 1950s. Black-and-white photographs and
extended notes enhance the commentaries of Pat Boone, Jeff Corey, Kathyrn Grayson, and many,
many more of the truly great names from filmmaking of yesteryear. Especially for classic movie
buffs, "Movies Were Always Magical" is an impressive and commended addition to any Theatrical
Studies and Hollywood History reading list and reference collections.
Play By Play
Jonathan Kalb
Limelight Editions
118 East 30th Street, NY, NY 10016
www.limelighteditions.com
087910984X $17.95 1-212-532-5525
Play By Play: Theater Essays & Reviews, 1993-2002 is a collection of essays and reviews by
Jonathan Kalb, a winner of the George Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism. From offering a
disparagingly sharp view of the state of current theater criticism, dubbed "Critical Mess"; to a
thoughtful appraisal of the work of Samuel Beckett; to the latest trends of Broadway musicals,
Play
By Play: Theater Essays & Reviews, 1993-2002 is offers an engaging and significant read which is
strongly recommended for the contemporary Broadway Theater enthusiast.
The Cinema Of Robert Zemeckis
Norman Kagan
Taylor Trade Publishing
4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706
0878332936 $18.95 1-800-462-6420
The Cinema Of Robert Zemeckis by Hollywood cinema historian and expert Norman Kagan, is an
informed and informative survey and analysis of award-winning filmmaker Roger Zemeckis' life
and
his dazzling, memorable, and often pioneering works of cinematic excellence, including "Back to
the
Future", "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?", "Forrest Gump", and more. Part biography, part film
study,
The Cinema Of Robert Zemeckis is a truly fascinating work and especially recommended for fans
of
Zemeckis' cinema who want to learn more about the ideas and the man that crafted such enduring
silver screen favorites.
Notes On Directing
Frank Hauser & Russell Reich
RcR Creative Press
400 Central Park West, Suite 7S, New York, NY 10025-5833
0972425500 $19.95 1-800-345-6665
Notes On Directing is a collection of wisdom gathered by Frank Hauser (Director of the Oxford
Playhouse for sixteen years) and Russell Reich (Artistic Associate at the Circle Repertory
Company,
New York) over a lengthy directing careers. Hauser and Reich offer invaluable tips on how
directors
can help their actors better get into character, internalizing a script, performing their roles
efficiently
(without micromanaging), and a great deal more. Each individual tip is straightforwardly and
usefully presented. Useful for theater directors at all levels of experience and expertise, Notes On
Directing is especially recommended for the novice director in school and community productions
as
an easy-to-grasp supplementary instructional and reference resource.
Casting Directors Tell It Like It Is
Joel Asher Studio
c/o 411 Video Information (publicity)
PO Box 1223, Pebble Beach, CA 93953
VHS $49.95 www.411videoinfo.com
Casting Directors Tell It Like It Is presents and showcases for aspiring actors (as well as students
of
Cinematic Studies) the wisdom, experience, and advice of four casting directors (Fern Champion,
Danny Goldman, Lindsay Chag, and Joey Paul). An informed and informative 40-minute video of
what casting directors look for in a photo; tips for showcasing oneself and handling callbacks; the
star qualities that set a chosen few actors apart from the rest; and a great deal more make Casting
Directors Tell It Like It Is a "must-see" for anyone seriously interested in a performing career on
stage, in television, or in film.
The Fiction Shelf
Random House Large Print
www.randomlargprint.com
Three large print novels by top-rated authors expand this publisher's excellent, growing cache and
offer satisfying variety. Jan Karon's In This Mountain (0375728-201, $14.95) provides the
seventh
book in the Mitford Years series, but readers needn't be old hands to enjoy her style. This finds
Father Tim and Cynthia again living in Mitford, with Father Tim facing the unwelcome choices of
either change or retirement. A compelling story of faith emerges.Kristin Hannah's Between Sisters
(0375432132, $25.95) is a top pick novel which tells of sisters and the bonds of family. A woman
haunted by past failures seeks to reconcile with an alienated sister. The large print makes this a
fine
read which will especially attract sight-impaired readers who long for more literary quality in the
picks available. Those who enjoy suspense will welcome Iris Johansen's Dead Aim (43192-6,
$26.95), a thriller which tells of a killer focused on a photographer. The larger print makes the
fast-paced action easy to absorb. All three are winners.
The Water Dancers
Terry Gamble
Morrow
10 E. 53rd St., New York NY 10022
0060542667 $24.95 1-800-242-7737
In Terry Gamble's novel, The Water Dancers, a poor orphan teen Native American comes to
work in
a family summer home in post-war summer 1945, and finds her life changed through her
assignment
to the family's emotionally shattered son Woody, who has lost a leg in the war. Woody's pain
blends
with her sad understanding to bring about an uncertain romance which will change both their
lives.
The Guardian
Nicholas Sparks
Warner Books
1271 Avenue of Americas, NY NY 10020
0446527793 $24.95 1-800-759-0190
Julie lost her husband to brain cancer and she's left a lonely widow until some unexpected gifts
from her husband begin her recovery. Four years later she has the choice of two seemingly
wonderful men and a nightmare which will lead her to a life-threatening situation instead of the
peaceful romance she desires. The Guardian is commended as an intense story of emotional
recovery
and new romance.
A Town Where Lights Are Blue
William Saffell
Quiet Storm Publishing
PO Box 1666, Martinsburg, WV 25402
www.quietstormpublishing.com
0971429685 $22.95 www.amazon.com
Set in Japan in the 1970s, William Saffell's A Town Where Lights Are Blue is a novel about John
Sky, an American Vietnam War veteran who lives among the shadows of Tokyo bars and
nightspots. Two women, Sayoko (a young cabaret hostess) and Miyako (a reserved, aging
businesswoman) are to have an enduring effect on his life. A Town Where Lights Are Blue is
recommended as a powerful, original tale of friendship, love, and adjusting to daily life -- in or out
of
the cultural mainstream.
Conflicted
Michael Culp
Mecox Bay Press
Box 495, Southampton, NY 11969-0495
0972796185 $30.00 www.amazon.com
David's special brokerage assignment will gain him $20 million if conflict of interest probes don't
bring down the golden dream in this story of a researcher and analyst whose involvement in
business
brings him to unethical decisions. The author's own research background and position as a
high-ranking analyst lends authenticity and real business savvy to Conflicted, a business novel of
the
stock market and success.
The Audiobook Shelf
A Patriot's Handbook
Caroline Kennedy
Hyperion Audiobooks
1401396658 $24.98 1-800-759-0190
Caroline Kennedy's collage of poems, stories and speeches celebrating America will appeal to any
patriotic sentiment: it features archival recordings selected by Kennedy of Neal Armstrong,
Robert
and John Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr, and others who have made an impact on America.
Many
are from archives; others are read by famous narrators such as Edward Kennedy and James Earl
Jones. An exceptional collection.
Random House Audio
1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019
1-800-726-0600 www.amazon.com
Two new audios provide wonderful listening opportunities for audio enthusiasts. For solid
adventure
you can't beat western novelist Louis L'Amour's From The Listening Hills (0739302884, $18.00);
especially when it's spiced with actor John Lloyd's smooth voice, and brought to life in an
unabridged production. Six short stories tell of outlaws, lawmen, and Western adventure. Don't
Know Much About History (0739303961, $24.95) by Kenneth Davis comes to life in a compact
disc
abridgement narrated by Jeff Woodman with Jonathan Davis. The classic's revised, expanded
format
teaches American history as you've never heard it before, with the audio format reinforcing the
lessons and bringing the message to life. Both are excellent recommendations.
Good Faith
Jane Smiley
Recorded Books
270 Skipjack Road, Prince Frederick, MD 20678
1402536348 $34.99 recordedbooks.com
Narrator Richard Poe's successful career in theater and TV translates well to the audio format in
general and to this avid story in particular as he brings to life Smiley's story of a New Jersey
realtor
who is divorced and seeking a fresh start. A former IRS agent becomes involved with a rich-quick
scheme and the two find themselves on the verge of either bankruptcy or riches beyond belief in
this
thriller.
The Cat Who Killed Lilian Jackson Braun
Robert Kaplow
New Millennium Audio
301 North Canon Drive, Suite 214, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
No ISBN $25.00 www.nmaudio.com
Robert Kaplow's outstanding mystery parody, The Cat Who Killed Lilian Jackson Braun, is the
unabridged and superbly produced audiobook version. Burlesque and humorous, Kaplow borrows
the identity of the real and popular author of twenty-four "Cat Who..." mystery series as that of
the
unfortunate, decapitated murder victim at the center of a morass of bizarre extremes. A most
raucous work of fiction, The Cat Who Killed Lilian Jackson Braun is superbly narrated by Arte
Johnson and highly recommended for those who are not faint of heart! 4 cassettes, 4.75
hours
Darwin's Children
Greg Bear
Books on Tape, Inc.
Box 25122, Santa Ana, CA 92799-5122
www.librarybooksontape.com
0736689672 $72.00 1-800-541-5525
Nebula award winner Greg Bear's Darwin's Children is the fascinating, unabridged science fiction
audiobook sequel to "Darwin's Radio." Ten years after "upgraded" miracle children begin to be
born
to mothers across the world, generation has been pitted against generation in turmoil and strife.
One
miracle baby, Stella Nova, must lead a band of fellow new humans in the struggle for survival in a
world wracked with violence, fear, and mistrust. A fascinating and involving story, this 18 hour,
this
fully unabridged, technically flawless edition is dramatically narrated by Scott Brick. 12 cassettes,
1.5 hours each.
Heart At Work
Jack Canfield & Jacqueline Miller
New Millennium Audio
301 N. Canon Drive, Suite 214, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
B0000545YQ $25.00 1-310-785-2180
Heart At Work: Stories And Strategies For Building Self-Esteem And Reawakening The Soul At
Work is an abridged audiobook version of a popular self-help guide from Jack Canfield (the
co-author of the best-selling "Chicken Soup for the Soul" series) in collaboration with Jacqueline
Miller. Jointly narrated by Canfield and Miller, Heart At Work showcases stories of wisdom,
self-reliance, courage, strategy and more, for the purpose of inspire and strengthen the listener's
self-resolve. Heart At Work is a very highly recommended listening experience. 4 cassettes, 4.5
hours.
Clipper Audio
270 Skipjack Road, Prince Frederick, MD 20678
1-800-638-1304 recordedbooks.com
A new batch of unabridged audios from this publisher, each packaged in attractive, eye-catching
cases, will especially invite the listening attention of those who enjoy British authors and
narrators.
Rennie Airth's River Of Darkness (1841973831, $92.00) enjoys Christopher Key's strong
narrative
style as it tells of a 1921 murder in a Surrey manor house and the suspicions of Detective Madden
in
Scotland Yard. Kate Grenville's Idea Of Perfection (1841973734, $72.00) receives Odette
Joannidis'
smooth and moving style as it tells of a New South Wales engineer who meets an overbearing
woman and finds himself on her wrong side. David Docherty's novel The Killing Jar
(1841973939,
$82.00) enjoys the precise and compelling voice of narrator Gordon Griffin as it tells of a
powerful
mining company's onslaught against a place of beauty. Bryan Sykes narrates his own account The
Seven Daughters Of Eve (1841974226, $64.00), in a story which tells of his adventure with a
5,000
year old body and its descendants. Pamela Evans' Always There (1841974-781, $96.00) enjoys
Juanita McMahon's smooth and quietly descriptive voice as it tells of 1950s Notting Hill and a
young mother who faces life along with two daughters. Allan Mallinson's A Call To Arms
(1841973793, $82.00) receives Errick Graham's compelling narrative style in the story of an 1819
soldier whose beloved wife is dead, causing him to turn his back on his regiment. Robert Rankin's
Fandom Of The Operator (1841974757, $67.00) receives the author's own fine narrative style to
bring to life this story of one Gary Cheese, a 22-year-old who attempts to reanimate the dead.
Finally, John Bayley's IRIS (1841974137, $48.00) provides a fine memoir of the author Iris
Murdoch as narrated by Tony Haygarth, who brings the writer's real-life love story to life. All are
fine listens.
Driving Tour Through Tuscany In Italy
Donna Filkin
Hear's A Journey
PO Box 1513, West Caldwell, NJ 07006
0972677402 $15.95 1-973-403-8989
Donna Filkin's Driving Tour Through Tuscany In Italy is an amazing driving tour, and an
audiobook
that is meant to be played while taking in the sights of Tuscany via automobile. Yet the fascinating
and entertaining narrative also offers an audio portrayal of Tuscany which is ideal for armchair
travelers, stay-at-home vacationers, and returnees looking for a unique souvenir filled with
nostalgia
for a truly great Italian city. 1 cassette, 90 minutes.
Monkeewrench
P. J. Tracy
Brilliance Audio
PO Box 887, Grand Haven, MI 49417
1590866282 $24.95 1-800-854-7859
P. J. Tracy's Monkeewrench is a chilling audiobook about a software company that creates
computer game about solving murder mysteries. Yet when a serial killer starts duplicating the
murders depicted in the game, it becomes a race against time to identify the killer and his potential
targets, while unraveling a mysterious web of schemes and brutal motives which are threatening
the
game's developers. Superbly read by Buck Schirner, Monkeewrench is enthusiastically
recommended as a fast-paced mystery-thriller with sudden twists and unexpected turns galore. 4
cassettes, 6 hours.
The Wind In The Willows
Kenneth Grahame
Naxos AudioBooks
416 Mary Lindsay Polk Drive, Suite 509, Franklin, TN 37067
NA327712 $19.98 1-877-629-6723
The Wind In The Willows is a flawlessly recorded audio CD edition of the classic children's story
by
Kenneth Grahame which was originally published in 1908. This outstanding Naxos AudioBook
presentation is dramatically read by Martin Jarvis and enhanced with classical music to nicely
complement the narrated text. The delightful adventures of Ratty, Mole, Badger, and their
ever-ebullient friend Toad of Toad Hall, come fully to life, in a true and memorably entertaining
"theatre of the mind" experience. 3 CDS, 3 hours 22 minutes.
The Battle Begins
Jerry Ahern
Americana Publishing, Inc.
PO Box 11546, Albuquerque, NM 87192
www.americanabooks.com
1588070212 $25.00 1-888-883-8203
The first volume in the new Jerry Ahern "Defender" series, The Battle Begins is an exciting,
flawlessly recorded audiobook thriller about the end of American civilization. An unknown entity
dishes out the heaviest possible weaponry to street gangs everywhere, turning all of America into
a
war zone; one man, an ex-Navy SEAL must struggle against the murderous agenda of legions for
revenge. Dramatically narrated by Alan Zimmerman, The Battle Begins is enthusiastically
recommended as a grippingly presented action/adventure novel. 4 cassettes, 360 minutes.
Time Warner Audio
135 W. 50th St., New York NY 10020
1-800-759-0190 www.amazon.com
New arrivals from Time Warner Audio provide fine educational and leisure listening choices for
general-interest audiences. Willard Scott's Older The Fiddle, The Better The Tune (1401397387,
$18.98) celebrates the finer art of aging by asking his TV viewers of various ages about the
delights
of growing older. From having grandchildren to senior discounts and maturity, their answers
provide
insights into the positive aspects of growth and aging. Peggy Klaus' Brag! (140135280, $18.98)
tells
how to toot your own horn in a competitive business world. This tells how to communicate one's
attributes in an acceptable manner, without sounding like a walking ad. Case histories make
strong
points for self-promotion. David Halberstam's Teammates (1401397476, $25.98) tells of
DiMaggio
and Pesky, who begin a long trip to visit a teammate who is dying. Four great ballplayers who
have
made sports history and survived to old age celebrate their memories and experiences in this
autobiography. Gary Weiss' Born To Steal (140131668, $25.98) tells the true story of a stock
market hustler's rise to fame and how the Mob infiltrates and influences Wall Street. A
frightening
story of crookedness on the market. J. Randy Taraborrelli's Once Upon A Time (14013-4926,
$25.98) tells the story of Princess Grace and Prince Rainier, with Edward Herrmann providing a
strong rendition of the story of a classic beauty who married and became a princess. Adrian
Slywotzky and Richard Wise's How To Grow When Markets Don't (140135310, $24.98) tells
how
old-line companies are creating demand to foster their new products and profits. An intriguing
survey of how to make money even in down times. David Morrell's The Protector (140134985,
$25.98) pairs Corbin Bernsen's TV acting voice with the story of a man who works for an
international security firm assigned to protect a brilliant biochemist from legal forces determined
to
learn his secrets. The fast-paced drama comes to life under Bernsen's experienced and smooth
voice.
The Writing/Publishing Shelf
The Wizard Of Oz Vocabulary Builder
Mark Phillips
A. J. Cornell Publications
18-74 Corporal Kennedy Street, Bayside, NY 11360
0972743901 $19.95 1-718-423-4082
Mark Phillips' The Wizard Of Oz Vocabulary Builder is a unique vocabulary building guide, which
teaches readers 1850 words through reading. The classic text of the memorable fable "The Wizard
of Oz" is filled with literate terms, which are presented in bold with their express definitions at the
bottom of each page. A recommended and unforgettable skill-improvement tool, The Wizard Of
Oz
Vocabulary Builder is especially recommended for the fans of Frank Baum (creator of the Oz
books)
and would prove a useful tool for building an impressive vocabulary for aspiring and professional
writers who are invited to visit the dedicated website -- www.VocabularyBuilders.com
MLA Handbook, 6th Edition
Joseph Gibaldi
Modern Language Association
26 Broadway, 3rd Fl., NY NY 10004
0873529863 $17.00 www.mla.org
This newly revised, completely updated sixth edition of the MLA Handbook For Writers Of
Research
Papers focuses on research writing, offering students new citation examples, updated lists of
references, and over two dozen new annotated illustrations demonstrating how print and
electronic
sources are used in research documentation. The expanded guidelines and clarifications of usage
make this an essential student tool.
Home Publishing
David Hoye
Level Press
227 SW 4th Ave., Gainesville, FL 32601
0970245149 $19.95
David Hoye's Home Publishing is the self-publisher's dream: a handy and thoroughly "user
friendly"
instruction guide on how to print, bind and publish and sell a book all for the cost of paper, ink
and glue. Yes, a perfect-bound book can be manufactured at home for a commercial marketing
program step-by-step tips and techniques impart the basics. Home Publishing is a very strongly
recommended addition to any self-publisher's instructional resource collection and reference
shelf.
You Can Market Your Book
Carmen Leal
Write Now Publications
c/o Living Hope, Inc.
PO Box 9426, Naples, FL 34101-9426
1932124004 $15.00 1-800-931-2665
You Can Market Your Book: All The Tools You Need To Sell Your Published Book is a
straightforward, "user friendly" instructional guide and reference to the basics "how-to" elements
of
successfully marketing self-published, POD published, and/or small press published books. From
creating first-rate press kits and press releases; to handling book signings; to initiating media
promotions; to establishing internet promotions; to working with publicity/advertising
professionals;
and much, much more, You Can Market Your Book covers every aspect of the process of selling
books in today's volatile and competitive marketplace. Simply put -- You Can Market Your Book
is
a true "must-read" for self-publishers seeking to profitably distribute their work to as wide a
reader
base as possible.
The Literary Shelf
A Companion To Twentieth-Century Poetry
Neil Roberts, editor
Blackwell Publishing
PO Box 30, Williston, VT 05495
www.blackwellpublishing.co.uk
1405113618 $34.95 www.amazon.com
Compiled and edited by Neil Roberts (Professor of English Literature at Sheffield University), A
Companion To Twentieth-Century Poetry is an impressive anthology of forty-eight scholarly
essays
drawn from a wide variety of authors and academicians studying the development of poetry in
twenty English-speaking countries over the last century. From context of the poets and their
work;
to the repercussions of the post-colonial age; to the increasing voice of female poets; as well as an
overall tendency towards self-consciousness and self-reflection; A Companion To
Twentieth-Century Poetry offers informed and informative insights gleaned from as widespread
and
diverse a group of contributors as the authors of the memorable poems themselves.
Shakespeare For All Time
Stanley Wells
Oxford University Press
198 Madison Ave., NY, NY 10016-4314
0195160932 $40.00 www.oup-usa.org
Shakespeare For All Time by Stanley Wells (Emeritus Professor of Shakespeare Studies,
University
of Birmingham, and General Editor of the Oxford Shakespeare series) is an inherently fascinating
and extensively informative biography and analysis of the life and work William Shakespeare,
piecing together all that is known and much that is speculated about one of the greatest
playwrights
who ever lived. Illustrated with both black-and-white and color plates, and written in
down-to-earth
terms for all students and enthusiasts of Shakespeare's work (regardless of their level of familiarity
with the plays themselves), Shakespeare For All Time is an excellent read and an especially
recommended addition for personal, academic, and community library systems for offering
informed
and invaluable insights into the man and his plays.
Unlocking The Wordhord
Mark C. Amodio
Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe
University of Toronto Press
2250 Military Rd., Tonawanda, NY 14150
0802048226 $75.00 1-800-565-9523
Collaboratively compiled and edited by Mark Amodio and Katherine O'Keeffe, Unlocking The
Wordhord is a selection of essays by learned authors assembled especially to honor the memory of
Anglo-Saxon Studies expert Edward B. Irving, Jr. Unlocking The Wordhord combines the
wisdom
of literary scholars who study Anglo-Saxon literature and culture in fine detail, ranging from a
close
reading of Brunanburh, to the vocabulary of bravery in Beowulf. An extensive and thoughtful
compilation of literary criticism and analysis, Unlocking The Wordhord presents an impressive
body
of scholarship and is especially recommended for Anglo-Saxon Literary Studies collections.
Chelsea House
1974 Sproul Rd. #400 Broomall PA 19008
$22.95 each 1-800-848-2665
Series editor Harold Bloom produces a range of critical literary collections which are intended for
high school audiences on up: they're reviewed here for their applicability to adult interests at the
college level, as well, providing exceptional research and study guides for students. Moliere
(0791070344) covers the major plays of this dramatist, summarizing plots and providing a range
of
important critical views. Wallace Stevens (0791073890) provides critical coverage of five of the
writer's major works, while Tom Stoppard (0791070-328) reveals the dramatist's major
achievements. Hart Crane (0791073904) analyzes the structure and nature of the poet's works,
while
MARK STRAND (0791073939) covers a few of the major poems of this writer, allowing for
in-depth analysis. Don't miss the intensive study guides for George Eliot (0791070263) and
Thomas
Hardy (0791063488): each summarizes major works and provides the critical and biographical
background material so essential to a thorough understanding of technique. Adding to Bloom's
'Bio-Critiques' approach is Joseph Conrad (0791063712), Zora Neale Hurston (079-1073866) and
Henry David Thoreau (0791063682): each using biography and critical analysis as a blended
foundation for examining the author's works. The most in-depth and comprehensive of the lot is
Bloom's 'Modern Critical Views' series, gathering representative selections of criticism of some of
the most notable Western writers. New additions to this series are Truman Capote (0791073971),
Hermann Hesse (079107398X), Ivan Turgenev (0791073998), Salman Rushdie (0791074005)
and
Derek Walcott (07910-73955). Each packs in comments, analysis, and insights which also include
Bloom's own notes on the subject. All are highly recommended, important literary picks for
college-level audiences as well as high school readers working at an advanced study level.
The Antiques/Collectibles Shelf
Toys & Prices 2003
Sharon Korbeck & Dan Stearns
Krause Publications
700 E. State St., Iola, WI 54990-0001
0873494687 $19.95 1-800-258-0929
Now in it's tenth and updated editionm Toys & Prices 2003 from Krause is a very fine guide for
dealers and collectors which packs over 4,000 photos into a gallery of popular collectible toys.
From
Barbie dolls and lunch boxes to games and battery operated toys, black and white photos
accompany
most of the listings, with a centerfold splash of color.
Collector Books
PO Box 3009, Paducah, KY 42002
1-800-626-5420 www.amazon.com
The seventh edition of Patsy Moyer's Doll Values is out (1574323199, $12.95), and it's easy to
see
why this is such a winner. Most books of this depth of subject with color photos arrive in much
weightier packages: this provides a compact take-along tote perfect for garage sales and flea
markets, along with the essential color photos which are such an important adjunct to valuations.
From symbol, letter and maker indexes to a bibliography of doll collector links and plenty of color
photos throughout, this is an important guide not to be missed by any avid doll collector. Lisa
McAllister's Collector's Guide To Yellow Ware Book III (1574323407, $19.95) will appeal to a
very specific audience of collector of this type of pottery: chapters offer full-page color photos of
bowls, cups, foot warmers and other items and pair identification keys with valuation for a solid
reference.
Flea Markets Of Japan
Theodore Manning
Kodansha America, Inc.
575 Lexington Avenue, NY, NY 10022
4770029020 $14.95 1-800-451-7556
Theodore Manning's Flea Markets Of Japan: A Pocket Guide For Antique Buyers is packed from
cover to cover with useful and useable information about the Japanese language and various
beautiful and traditional items that can be found there. Packed with the locations of and directions
to
popular flea markets, simple phrases useful for negotiation, a brief glossary, and a wealth of basic
shopping and adjustment tips, Flea Markets Of Japan is especially recommended for those who
have
never been to Japan before with a yearning for special souvenirs and mementos of their business
trip
or vacation excursion.
The Gardening Shelf
The Lawn Bible
David R. Mellor
Hyperion
77 W. 66th Street, New York, NY 10023-6298
0786888423 $16.95 HyperionBooks.com
The Lawn Bible: How To Keep It Green, Groomed, And Growing Every Season Of The Year by
David R. Mellor (Fenway Park's Master Groundskeeper) is a superbly organized, "user friendly"
resource filled with tips, tricks, and techniques for creating and maintaining a greener lawn. From
preparing the soil with compost and fertilizer; to waging war against weeds and pests; to
presenting
a wide variety of seasonal grasses ideal for homeowners with an eye toward presentability; and a
great deal more, The Lawn Bible lives up to its name and is enthusiastically recommended as a
practical, easy-to-follow, "can-do" guide for the novice lawn gardener.
1000 Gardening Questions & Answers
Leslie Land, et al.
Workman Publishing Company
708 Broadway, New York NY 10003
0761119973 $19.95 1-800-722-7202
With its question/answer format and a blending of information gleaned from over a decade of
New
York Time's gardening column, The New York Times 1000 Gardening Questions And Answers:
Based On The Column "Gardeners Q. & A" gathers the questions of avid gardeners and the
experiences and advice of gardening professionals under one cover. Add a chatty tone to their
answers, which goes into more than just a few lines of detail, and an organization by type of plant,
and you have a title which lends to leisure browsing as much as reference.
A Field Guide To Tropical Plants Of Asia
David H. Engel & Suchart Phummai
Timber Press, Inc.
133 S.W. Second Avenue, Suite 450, Portland, Oregon 97204
088192542X $19.95 timberpress.com
The collaborative effort of American landscape architect David H. Engel and naturalist Suchart
Phummai, A Field Guide To Tropical Plants Of Asia is a gorgeously illustrated guide featuring
full-color photographs on every page of high-quality paper. Basic identification information for
some
300 species of trees, shrubs, vines, groundcovers and more, easily looked up by flower, leaf, or
fruit,
fill this 280 page, first-rate reference for professional landscapers and horticulturalists, and which
is a
simple joy and splendor to simply to page through for the non-specialist garden and gardening
enthusiast.
Compendium Of Pepper Diseases
Kenneth L. Pernezny, et al.
APS Press
3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121-2097
www.shopapspress.org
0890543003 $49.00 1-800-328-7560
The collective and editorially collaborative effort of Kenneth L. Pernezny, Pamela D. Roberts,
John
F. Murphy, and Natalie P. Goldberg, Compendium Of Pepper Diseases presents highly detailed
information on pepper diseases. Written especially for plant pathologists, agricultural scientists,
and
commercial horticulturalists (though also useful to amateur gardeners as well), Compendium Of
Pepper Diseases features black-and-white and color illustrations enhancing extensive descriptions
of
diseases, symptoms, as well as recommended control measures or treatments. An excellent,
in-depth
resource, Compendium Of Pepper Diseases is commended to the instructional and reference
collections of Agricultural Science collections.
The Science Shelf
Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Ann A. Kiessling & Scott Anderson
Jones & Bartlett Publishers
40 Tall Pine Drive, Sudbury, MA 01776
076372341X $39.95 www.jbpub.com
Collaboratively written by Ann A. Kiessling and Scott Anderson for readers who are already
basically familiar with the fundamentals of cell biology, Human Embryonic Stem Cells is a
informed
and informative presentation of what modern research and science has learned about stem cells
and
the therapies that involve them. Addressing both medical and ethical issues, and enhanced with
black-and-white photographs and drawings, Human Embryonic Stem Cells is a strongly
recommended scholarly and scientific work and an invaluable contribution to having an informed
public and academic understanding with respect to an active and controversial
medica/social/political
issue.
Chemistry Connections
Kerry K. Karukstis & Gerald Van Hecke
Academic Press
525 B St, #1900, San Diego, CA 92101
www.academicpressbooks.com
0124001513 $34.95 1-800-894-3434
Now in an updated second edition, Chemistry Connections: The Chemical Basis Of Everyday
Phenomena is an amazing volume with chapters based around answers to questions such as "What
causes an egg to crack if it's boiled too rapidly?"; "Why do carbonated drinks go flat as they
warm?";
"Why do lightsticks glow?"; "How does a timed-release medicine work?"; and much, much more.
The collaborative effort of Kerry K. Karukstis (Professor of Chemistry, Harvey Mudd College)
and
Gerald R. Van Hecke (Professor of Chemistry, Harvey Mudd College), Chemistry Connections is
an
absorbing intermediate to advanced level chemical text that makes learning chemistry a lot of fun
in
some unique but quite effective ways.
Understanding The Universe
Raman K. Prinja & Richard Ignace
Checkmark Books
c/o Facts on File, Inc.
132 West 31st Street, NY, NY 10001
081605228X $29.95 1-800-322-8755
The collaborative effort of astronomers Raman K. Prinja and Richard Ignace, Understanding The
Universe offers the reader a truly fascinating and informative survey and presentation of the
wonders
of the solar system and beyond. Presenting broad concepts of astronomy in direct terms meant for
non-specialist general readers of all ages and backgrounds with an interest in astronomy,
Understanding The Universe is filled from cover to cover with breathtakingly beautiful color
photographs blended with intriguing descriptions of what scientific research has discovered about
the cosmos to date. A highly enjoyable introduction to the mysteries of space, Understanding The
Universe is a "must have" addition to personal, school, and community library Astronomy
instructional and reference collections.
Prometheus Books
59 John Glenn Dr., Amherst, MA 14228
1591020204 $29.00 1-800-421-0351
Stephanie Pace Marshall, et.al., Eds.'s essay collection Science Literacy For The 21st Century
(1591020204, $29.00) is an informtive and very highly recommended collection which blends
literacy with works which suggest how to enhance science education in this country and around
the
world. The concerns here are that scientific advancements are moving faster than the average
person
can understand: the sustainability of technologies and ethical controversies which accompany
them
will rely on proper teachings and scientific training. This book is an important celebration of
scientific education. Keith Parsons edits The Science Wars (994-8, $21.00), an important guide
debating scientific knowledge and technology. From considerations of whether science is really
objective to reviews of how facts are uncovered or invented, this considers the foundations of
scientific method and research. Both are exciting guides.
Sediment Transport: Theory and Practice Chih Ted Yang
Krieger Publishing Company
PO Box 9542, Melbourne, FL 32902-9542
1575242265 $72.50 1-800-724-0025
Sediment Transport: Theory And Practice by academician, hydraulic engineering expert, and
water
resource project consultant Chih Ted Yang, is a scholarly and erudite mathematical college-level
textbook regarding solutions to river engineering and environmental problems. Written especially
for
students and conservationists with a background in basic engineering, and enhanced with an
accompanying PC diskette filled with useful mathematical formulas, Sediment Transport: Theory
And Practice is an excellent and very highly recommended resource for Environmental Studies
instructional reference collections.
The World History Shelf
Chronicle Of The Roman Republic
Philip Matyszak
Thames & Hudson
500 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY 10110
0500051216 $34.95 1-800-233-4830
Chronicle Of The Roman Republic: The Rulers Of Ancient Rome From Romulus To Augustus by
Roman history expert Philip Matyszak is a fascinating and impressively accessible historical study
of
the fifty-seven kings, consuls, and tribunes who ruled during Rome's gradual evolution and
transformation from a republic into that of an empire. From such famous figures such as Julius
Caesar, to lesser-known leaders like Cato the Censor, these Roman leader's great deeds, cruelties,
and political acts that shaped the flow of history for good or for ill are straightforwardly presented
in
this highly recommended, pictorially illustrated, historical survey, which was written for (and is
especially recommended to the attention of) non-specialist general readers.
Out Of It
Stuart Walton
Harmony Books
299 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10171
0609610449 $24.00 1-800-726-0600
Out Of It: A Cultural History Of Intoxication by cultural historian and journalist Stuart Walton is
a
review and survey of the use of intoxicants down through human history and which ranged from
alcohol, caffeine, and tobacco, to opiates, amphetamines, hallucinogens, and "designer drugs".
From
Stone Age rituals; to intoxication in the Greek and Roman eras; to contemporary recreational
usage
and strict anti-drug laws, Out Of It studies the history, causes, effects, and attitudes concerning
these chemical substances with a distinct eye for the logic (and illogic) behind the generational
shifts
in social mores, customs, and prohibitions.
Solomon: Falcon Of Sheba
Ralph Ellis
Adventures Unlimited Press
One Adventure Place, Kempton, IL 60946-0074
0953191346 $16.00 1-815-253-6390
Solomon: Falcon Of Sheba by Ralph Ellis is an exciting and iconoclastic tour of Biblical history,
archaeological evidence, and legend. The reader will acquire a significantly broader metaphysical
understanding of Egypt's legendary monarchs in an exhaustive and complex study which draws
the
reader out along an amazing archaeological and historical trail concluding that real story of King
Solomon and the Queen of Sheba is not as we have commonly or traditionally known it. An
exciting
and breathtaking read, Solomon: Falcon Of Sheba is especially recommended to students of
Biblical
Archaeology. Also very highly recommended are two earlier works by Ralph Ellis: Jesus, Last Of
The Pharaohs (Edfu Books, $24.95, 0953191-311) and Tempest & Exodus (Adventures
Unlimited
Press, $16.00, 0932813984).
A History Of Modern India 1480-1950
Claude Markovits, editor
Anthem Press/Stylus Publishing, Inc.
22883 Quicksilver Drive, Sterling, VA 20166-2012
www.anthempress.com
184331004X $35.00 1-800-232-0223
Compiled and edited by Claude Markovits (Director of Research at the Centre National de la
Recherche Scientifique, France), A History Of Modern India 1480-1950 is an impressively
scholarly
and immensely detailed chronological text of the rich and diverse history of India from the
Moghuls
to the Raj. Discussing such diverse issues of economics, social dynamics, politics, war, societal
fragmentation periods, strife between religious communities, and a great deal more, A History of
Modern India 1480-1950 is a welcome and strongly recommended contribution to World History
collections in general, and India History reference shelves in particular.
The Last French And Indian War
Denis Vaugeois
McGill-Queen's University Press
3430 McTavish Street, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3A 1X9
2894483112 $39.95 1-800-387-0141
The Last French And Indian War by Canadian biographer and historian Denis Vaugeois is an
informed and informative historical survey and scholarly analysis of a heated conflict in 1760
which
had repercussions for Quebec and America lasting to the present day in Canadian/American
international relations. Delineating the cause, flow, and effect of the war, and packed with asides
and
black-and-white illustrations, The Last French And Indian War is a superbly written history and a
very highly recommended addition to academic and community library Native American Studies,
Canadian History, and Colonial American History collections and reading lists.
The Invasion Of Canada
Ronald J. Dale
James Lorimer & Company, Publishers
Casemate Publishers, dist.
35 Britain St., Toronto, Ontario, M5A 1R7
1550287389 $19.95 www.lorimer.ca
The Invasion Of Canada: Battles Of The War Of 1812 by historian Ronald J. Dale
(Superintendent
of Niagara National Historic Sites) ably recounts the United States' invasion of Canada during the
war of 1812, when Thomas Jefferson declared that annexing Canada would be "a mere matter of
marching." Yet fierce battles would make him regret those words. The Invasion Of Canada offers
the reader a vividly recounted, event-by-event survey of this relatively neglected aspect of
American/Canadian history, as well as the men who became Canadian legends. Full-color
photographs enhance this superbly written, highly recommended historical account.
The Cookbook Shelf
The American History Cookbook
Mark H. Zanger
Greenwood Publishing Group
88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
1573563765 $29.95 1-800-225-5800
Compiled, written and edited by Boston journalist and restaurant critic Mark H. Zanger, The
American History Cookbook combines recipes from centuries of American history with historical
commentary. Indexed by year of the original publication of the recipes, The American History
Cookbook is sure to be a family favorite as its dishes such as "Preble Cake," "Walnut Oat
Burgers,"
"Ground-Nut Soup" continue to be enjoyed through the generations. A unique compendium of
authentic, historic American cuisine, The American History Cookbook is a superbly presented and
enthusiastically recommended addition to personal, family, and community library cookbook
collections!
Greek Generations
Susie Atsaides
Noble House/American Literary Press
8019 Belair Rd, #10 Baltimore MD 21236
1561677183, $39.95 1-800-873-2003
Greek Generations: A Medley Of Ethnic Recipes, Folklore, And Village Traditions is a
combination
cookbook, cultural preservative, guide to tradition, and celebration of a Greek cultural heritage.
Black-and-white photographs, down-to-earth narration and a wealth of identity, history, and more
comprise this fascinating celebration of the Greek cuisine and a robust way of life. After providing
a
wealth of recipes for sauces and dressings, marinades, appetizers, salads, savory pies, stuffed
vegetables, pilafs and pastas, vegetables, soups, meats, poultry, game meats, organ meats,
seafood,
breads, desserts, preserves and pickles, and beverages, Greek Generations devotes entire chapters
to
"Greek Cooking for Children"; "Kitchen Techniques"; "The Greek Pantry"; and "The Greek Menu
Planner". Greek Generations then goes on to cover Greek superstitions, traditions and legends;
holiday celebrations; male and female village roles and occupations, and the Greek ceremonies of
marriages, baptisms, and funerals. Greek Generations is especially recommended to the kitchen
cookbook collections of those who enjoy multicultural dining experiences in general, and a Greek
cuisine in particular.
In The World Kitchen
Bay Books
555 De Haro Street, Suite 220, San Francisco, CA 94107
1579595065 $21.95 www.baybooks.com
Beautifully illustrated with full color photographs throughout, In The World Kitchen: Global
Cuisine
From California Culinary Academy is a luscious, culinarily impressive cookbook showcasing
scrumptious recipes drawn from Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Asia. From Nicoise Salad;
Thai
Curry Shrimp; and Pita Bread; to Vegetarian Cassoulet; Chinese Roasted Chicken Salad; and
Raspberry Ricotta Cheesecake, these culturally diverse, eye-catching and palate-pleasing
selections
are sure to resonate with seasoned chiefs and ambitious kitchen cooks seeking to try new things
and
diversify their menus.
Smoke & Spice
Cheryl Jamison & Bill Jamison
Harvard Common Press
535 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118
www.harvardcommonpress.com
1558322620 $16.95 1-888-657-3755
Now dramatically revised and updated with one hundred new recipes, Smoke & Spice: Cooking
With Smoke, The Real Way To Barbecue by outdoor cooking experts Cheryl and Bill Jamison is
a
superbly organized and highly recommended barbecue cookbook featuring all the truly tasty ways
to
prepare meats, as well as a culinary wealth of scrumptious side dishes and relishes. From Stuffed
Mountain Trout; Italian Sausage Torpedos; and Smoldering Vegetable Antipasto Platter; to
Sweet
Sally's Sweet Potato Salad; Easy Mexican Pizza; and Cold Buttered Rum, Smoke & Spice has
something for dining occasion. Offering a host of time-tested recipes (and a dose of good
old-fashioned family fun), Smoke & Spice is an excellent resource for even the most novice
outdoor
griller determined to make the most of fine outdoor weather.
An American Celebration
Celebration Women's Club
c/o FRP Books
2451 Atrium Way, Nashville, TN 37214
www.anamericancelebration.com
0972081208 $29.95 frpbooks.com
The collaborative effort of members of the Celebration Women's Club Of Celebration, Florida, An
American Celebration: Recipes And Traditions Of Celebration, Florida is a truly festive cookbook
offering brief and simple yet mouth-watering recipes such as Double-Fudge Sandwich Cookies;
Avocado Salad; Hungarian Nut Rolls; Lemonade Delight; Stuffed Chicken Wraps with Red
Pepper
Sauce; Hot-and-Sour Soup; Dress-Me-Up Butter Cookies; Chocolate Orange Temptation Cake,
and
more. Easy-follow-instructions for making these taste-tested Southern favorites make An
American
Celebration a charming, mouth-watering, and "kitchen cook friendly" addition to any personal or
family cookbook collection.
Nobody Cooks Like Ruth
Ruth Dondanville
Infinity Publishing.com
Author Services (publicity)
519 West Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, PA 19041-1413
www.buybooksontheweb.com
074141418X $21.95 1-877-289-2665
Nobody Cooks Like Ruth: Menus From Cherotree is a charming cookbook written by Ruth
Dondanville, a professional cook who operated a private restaurant with different menus weekly
out
of her home. Enhanced with entertaining anecdotes such as "I Cook for the Mob," and "My Bit
for
Al, or Let Him Eat Cake", Nobody Cooks Like Ruth offers tried and tested recipes for everything
from Chicken Scaloppini; Butter Pecan Sundaes; and Fresh Corn Elan; to Tart Normandy; Garden
Salad Mimosa; and Amaretto Peach Ice Cream. Nobody Cooks Like Ruth is very strongly
recommended as a flavorful, enjoyable collection enhanced with a great many unique and original,
"kitchen cook friendly" recipes for any and all occasions.
Meat Harry
Harry Jordan
General Store Publishing House
1 Main Street, Burnstown, Ontario, Canada K0J 1G0
1894263774 $19.95 1-800-465-6072
Meat Harry: A Meat Lover's Guide To Buying And Cooking Beef, Pork And Chicken is a
straightforward, "user friendly", instructional guide to the purchase and preparation beef, pork,
and
poultry. A culinary wealth of delicious recipes, kitchen techniques, helpful tips, and insightful
pointers abound in this spiral-bound cookbook that lays flat on the kitchen counter for easy
reference. Enhanced with black-and-white illustrations, as well as a concise selection of color
plates,
Meat Harry help even the most novice the reader easily identify choice cuts of meat -- and know
what to do with them.
Jenny Bristow Cooks For The Seasons
Jenny Bristow
The Black Staff Press
c/o Dufour Editions, Inc.
Box 7, Chester Springs, PA 19425-0007
0856407240 $24.95 1-800-869-5677
Jenny Bristow Cooks For The Seasons: Autumn And Winter is an excellent cookbook companion
to
the television series "Jenny Bristow Cooks Gloriously Good Food". Seasonally themed dishes
range
from Broomstick Pumpkin Kebabs, to Mulled Wine and Savoury Buttermilk Scones. Full-color
photographs of every dish as well as practical and simple instructions make for a most delicious
and
"kitchen cook friendly" compendium. Also enthusiastically recommended is Bristow's early
cookbook Jenny Bristow Cooks Gloriously Good Food (0856407-003, $24.95).
Kitchen Of Light
Andreas Viestad
Artisan/Workman Publishing Inc.
708 Broadway, NY, NY 10003-9555
1579652166 $35.00 artisanbooks.com
Kitchen Of Light is the official companion book to the public television series "New Scandinavian
Cooking with Andreas Viestad". Excellent color photographs, mouth-watering recipes, and
vignettes of the lives and culture that embrace these taste-tested dishes abound. From Salt-Baked
Salmon; to Mussels with Aquavit; Wild Blueberry Parfait; and Juniper-Spiced Venison, each
individual, mouth-watering dish is wonderfully presented with painstaking attention to detail
combined with easy-to-follow instructions. Especially commended and recommended for aspiring
chefs and kitchen cooks interested in delving into Scandinavian cuisine (particularly the seafood
dishes), Kitchen Of Light is an invaluable addition to any personal or professional cookbook
collection!
Hot, Sweet & Sticky
Doreen Garrett
Prima Publishing
3000 Lava Ridge Court, Roseville, CA 95661-3034
0761529675 $18.00 1-800-632-8676
Compiled by food and wine expert Doreen Garrett, Hot, Sweet & Sticky: 12 Romantic Feasts To
Tempt Your Lover is a very special cookbook for adult couples which emphasizes foods that goes
especially well with the pursuit of mutual pleasure. The dishes are both sexy and tasty, ranging
from
Crabmeat Gazpacho to Chocolate Cinnamon Breakfast Buns. These easy-to-make savory delights
are especially recommended for when cooking on romantic getaways together.
The Ultimate Healthy Eating Plan
Liz Pearson, R.D. & Mairlyn Smith, H.Ec.
Whitecap Books Ltd.
Gulotta Communications (publicity)
351 Lynn Avenue, North Vancouver, BC, Canada V7J 2C4
1552853349 $19.95 www.amazon.com
The Ultimate Healthy Eating Plan That Still Leaves Room For Chocolate offers a wealth of
health-conscious recipes, as well as solid advice and meal plans for improved nutrition and
balanced
meal plans that allow room for favored luxury food items such as chocolate. Collaboratively
written
by Liz Pearson and Mairlyn Smith (credentialed experts in the fields of nutrition and the art and
science of tailoring optimum meal plans), and including information about the latest research on
foods ranging from flax and soy to red wine and green tea, The Ultimate Healthy Eating Plan is a
superbly organized and presented culinary and healthy eating informational and reference resource
for anyone seeking to improve the quality of their food intake.
I'm In The Mood For Food
Jim Davis & Barbara Albright
Andrews McMeel Publishing
4520 Main St., Kansas City, MO 64111
0740733869 $18.95 1-800-851-8923
Featuring recipes by Barbara Albright enhanced with cartoon illustrations by Jim Davis, I'm In
The
Mood For Food: In The Kitchen With Garfield is a unique and lively cookbook which is
enthusiastically recommended as appropriate for family members of all ages! Featuring the
beloved
newspaper comic strip cat Garfield who adds his own touch of humor to such tasty recipes such
as
Lazy Cat's Lasagna, Fun's-a-Poppin' Popcorn Balls, and Loophole Carrot Cake, I'm In The Mood
For Food is offers a delicious compilation of easy-to-read and simple-to-follow instructions,
full-color illustrations, the occasional mirth-inducing comics. I'm In The Mood For Food is a very
special cookbook that's all about fun and feasting!
The New England Clam Shack Cookbook
Brooke Dojny
Storey Books
210 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA 01247
1580174736 $16.95 www.storey.com
Compiled by cooking authority and cookbook author Brooke Dojny, The New England Clam
Shack
Cookbook: Favorite Recipes From Clam Shacks, Lobster Pounds & Chowder Houses offers the
aspiring kitchen cook every way imaginable to prepare clams for delicious dining, ranging from
appetizers and chowders, to fried delectables, or even as desserts! Black-and-white illustrations,
charming anecdotes, and straightforward recipes are blended together to make The New England
Clam Shack Cookbook a true and dedicated clam lover's delight.
The Baby Bistro Cookbook
Joohee Muromcew
Rodale Press, Inc.
400 South Tenth St., Emmaus, PA 18098
1579547222 $22.95 www.rodale.com
Compiled by writer, homemaker, mom, and food expert Joohee Muromcew, The Baby Bistro
Cookbook: Healthy, Delicious Cuisine For Babies, Toddlers, And You is a very special cookbook
filled with 150 recipes for creating meals that are healthy and savory for little folks as well as
adults.
Pediatrician-approved information on adapting recipes; recommended substitutions for children
with
food allergies; instructions for preparing dishes that can be easily refrigerated or frozen for a
week;
and much, much more enhance this compendium of practical, resourceful, "parent friendly"
cookbook. From Pureed Summer Fruits; Spinach and Goat Cheese Scramble; and Vegetarian
Black
Beans And Rice; to Egg-Free Shortbread Cookies; Banana Bars; and Peanut Butter Frosting, The
Baby Bistro Cookbook is an ideal addition to any and family cookbook collections!
The Native American Shelf
Sacred Smoke
Harvest McCampbell
Native Voices
PO Box 99, Summertown, TN 38483
1570671176 $9.95 bookpubco.com
Sacred Smoke: The Ancient Art Of Smudging For Modern Times by Harvest McCampbell (who
began her studies of herbs, smudging, and ritual with her Iroquois Onondaga Oswegatchie
grandmother) is an informative and informed, step-by-step, "user friendly" guide to the spiritual
practice of burning herbs, as undertaken by Native Americans for generations. A deeply respectful
accounting of this enlightening and meditative practice, Sacred Smoke is a unique and
enthusiastically recommended contribution to Native Am-erican Studies reference collections and
Metaphysical Studies reading lists.
The Ohlone Way
Malcolm Margolin
Heyday Books
PO Box 9145, Berkeley, CA 94709
0930588010 $14.95 heydaybooks.com
A classic work selected by the San Francisco Chronicle as one of the top 100 western nonfiction
books of the twentieth century, The Ohlone Way: Indian Life In The San Francisco-Monterey Bay
Area by Malcolm Margolin has endured the test of time as being keenly insightful and informative
today as it was twenty-five years ago when it was first published. Offering descriptive
presentations
of the Ohlone way of life from rituals of childhood and marriage to daily life to spiritual practices,
this 25th Anniversary Edition of The Ohlone Way is a very highly recommended addition to
personal, academic, and community library Native American Studies collections.
Chiefs
Active Parenting Publishers
810 Franklin Court, Suite B, Marietta, Georgia 30067
www.activeparenting.com
1880283611 $129.95 1-800-825-0060
Winner of the "Best Documentary" award at the 2002 Tribeca Film Festival, Chiefs is an
unforgettable documentary film of the Wyoming Indian High School boys' basketball team. The
Arapaho and Shoshone tribes comprise the majority of those who live on the Wind River,
Wyoming
reservation. Life there, and on the team, involves not only stringent practices and competitive
games, but the real-life travails of coping with widespread poverty, alcohol, marijuana, and
chronic
depression. A superbly produced and presented 87-minute documentary (which originally aired
over
PBS), Chiefs is a very highly recommended addition to both the Video Collections and the
Contemporary Native American Studies supplemental resources sections of school and
community
libraries.
The Gaming Shelf
Three Galaxies
Carl Gleba
Palladium Books
12455 Universal Drive, Taylor, MI 48180
1574570781 $17.95 palladiumbooks.com
Book Six in the Rifts Dimension series, Three Galaxies: A Phase World Sourcebook by Carl
Gleba
is a role-playing game sourcebook designed and written specifically for those staging a fantasy
roleplay gaming campaign within the context of the Rifts universe. Three Galaxies offers statistics;
information; profiles of a wealth of characters and monsters; dozens of ideas for staging or
enhancing an adventure; and much, much more. The concepts, adventure hooks, and other ideas
can
easily be adapted to any science fiction role-playing game, and like all Rifts books this guide
emphasizes believability and realism -- the universe may be filled with space travel and aliens, but
there are solid and legitimate agendas at work. Another very highly recommended gameing
sourcebook from Palladium Books!
Play Winning Chess
Yasser Seirawan
Everyman Chess
c/o Globe Pequot Press
PO Box 480, Guilford, CT 06437
1857443314 $14.95 1-800-243-0495
Play Winning Chess by International Grand Master Yasser Seirawan, is a no-nonsense
introduction
to improving one's skill at the classic game of chess. Basic tactics, the rules of play,
question-and-answer sections, black-and-white photographs and chess diagrams, and much, much
more make Play Winning Chess an excellent introduction to using clever attacks and deceptive
defenses. Also very highly recommended are two other instructional chess titles by Yasser
Seirawan,
Winning Chess Tactics (1857443330, $19.95) and Winning Chess Strategies (1857443322,
$19.95).
The Pets/Wildlife Shelf
Cat Training In 10 Minutes
Miriam Fields-Babineau
T. F. H. Publications
1 TFH Plaza, 3rd & Union Avenue, Neptune City, NJ 07753
0793805309 $14.95 www.tfh.com
Cat Training In 10 Minutes by cat owner, trainer, and communicator Miriam Fields-Babineau, is
an
easy-to-follow guide to instructing a beloved feline companion to perform simple tricks with a
minimum of time and effort. Full-color photographs and straightforward instructions teach the
reader how to train a cat to walk on a leash, speak on command, use the commode instead of a
litter
box, and more. Cat Training In 10 Minutes is an "user friendly", practical, and effective resource
for
cat owners.
Alaska's National Wildlife Refuges
Alaska Geographic Society
PO Box 93370, Anchorage, AK 99509-3370
1566610621 $24.95 1-888-255-6697
Alaska's National Wildlife Refuges is an eye-catching collage of fascinating facts, gorgeous color
photographs of nature and animals, the history and current challenges confronting Alaska's
wildlife
refuges, and much, much more. An absorbing, well-researched, and deftly presented read,
Alaska's
National Wildlife Refuges is highly recommended for Alaskan Wildlife and Wildlife Conservation
reading lists and reference collections.
Avian Endocrinology
Alistair Dawson & C.M. Chaturvedi
CRC Press I LLC
2000 NW Corporate Boulevard, Boca Raton, FL 33431-9868
0849324114 $129.95 1-800-272-7737
Collaboratively compiled and edited by Alistair Dawson (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology,
Natural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom) and C.M. Chaturvedi (Department of
Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, India), Avian Endocrinology is a meticulous, professional,
scholarly, and highly specialized scientific text about the explicit biology of hormones, receptors,
and
endocrinology of birds, ranging from wild songbirds to domestic poultry. Written especially for
those who already have a strong background in biology, chemistry, and avian zoology, Avian
Endocrinology condenses an immense amount of technical information, enhanced with
black-and-white photographs and the latest up-to-date data on how the hormones of our
feathered
friends really work. Avian Endocrinology is a welcome and very strongly recommended addition
to
Zoology reference collections in general, and Avian Studies reading lists in particular.
Search For The Great Turtle Mother
Jack Rudloe
Great Outdoors Publishing Company
4747 28th Street North, St. Petersburg, FL 33714
www.floridabooks.com
082001205X $14.95 1-727-525-6609
Jack Rudloe's Search For The Great Turtle Mother is one man's travelogue reflecting his lifelong
love of sea turtles, an enthusiasm that led him to Central America, Malaysia, and other exotic
places
around the world in search of scientific knowledge of, and stories about, these marvelous
creatures.
Written by the founder and proprietor of the Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory, Search For The
Great Turtle Mother covers everything from the hypotheses that magnetic forces help guide sea
turtle migration; to myths and legends about the Turtle Mother that instilled some native cultures
with respect for these grand creatures, and which enabling them to harvest the turtles without
rampantly destroying their population. Highly recommended for anyone with a keen interest in
marine wildlife, Search For The Great Turtle Mother is a welcome addition to personal reading
list,
as well as to school, and community library Wildlife Studies collections.
The Last Chance Dog
Donna Kelleher, D.V.M.
Scribner
1230 Ave of the Americas, NY NY 10020
0743223012 $24.00 1-800-223-2336
Written and compiled by holistic veterinarian Donna Kelleher, The Last Chance Dog And Other
True Stories Of Holistic Animal Healing is a heartwarming anthology of stories about treating
animals ranging from dogs and cats, to horses, turtles, birds, and more, through the application of
alternative medicine. Engagingly narrated in a down-to-earth fashion, The Last Chance Dog is an
engaging, entertaining, informative, and very highly recommended read for animal lovers
everywhere.
The Martial Arts Shelf
Forever Young - The Secret Blueprint
Henry Gong
Push Pull Press
85-27 250th St., Bellerose, NY 11426
0966099206 $24.95 shaolinlongfist.com
Forever Young -- The Secret Blueprint: Learn The True Way To Connect The Upper And Lower
Body by Chinese martial arts expert and instructor Henry Gong is a straightforward exercise
regimen for people of all ages and skill levels. Forever Young presents the non-specialist general
reader with step-by-step instructions to the exercises, (enhanced with black-and-white
photographs),
and recommended advice as to precautions, breathing, and more. Forever Young is especially
commended to aspiring martial arts students.
Taijiquan Theory
Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming
YMAA Publication Center
4354 Washington St, Boston, MA 02131
0940871432 $29.95 www.ymaa.com
Taijiquan Theory Of Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming: The Root Of Taijiquan is an impeccable and
impressive
resource for those seeking to learn more not only about the practice, but also the beginnings of
this
ancient martial art form. Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming has spent twenty years translating songs and
poems
from Taijiquan, and representative works are presented both in their original Chinese and in an
English translation. Black-and-white photographs of Taijiquan movements enhance the advice and
centuries-old wisdom concerning means to regulate body, breath, mind and spirit; as well as
improve
personal form and balance; refine the martial art student's Jin and Qi, and a great deal more.
Taijiquan Theory is an impressive and strongly recommended addition to any personal or
professional Martial Arts Studies reference collection or reading list.
The Science Of Takedowns, Throws & Grappling For Self-Defense
Martina Sprague
Turtle Press
Box 290206, Wethersfield CT 06129-0206
1880336804 $18.95 turtlepress.com
The Science Of Takedowns, Throws & Grappling For Self-Defense by kickboxing, freestyle, and
Kenpo karate black belt expert Martina Sprague is a solidly written, "user friendly", self-defense
guide filled from cover to cover with careful instructions, black-and-white photographs, safety
tips,
and straightforward "how-to" information on defending for oneself when attacked or assaulted in
close quarters. Sample scenarios, a wide range of holds and takedowns, defenses and general
safety
tips, and a great deal more are packed into the pages of this easy-to-understand and potentially
lifesaving resource. Also very highly recommended is Martina Sprague's early work: Fighting
Science: The Laws Of Physics For Martial Artists (1880336723, $18.95).
The Interior Design Shelf
Desert Style
Mary Whitesides
Gibbs Smith, Publisher
PO Box 667, Layton UT 84041
158685173X $29.95 1-800-748-5439
Desert Style is a superbly presented and informative interior decorating resource characterized by
a
keen eye toward aesthetics in keeping with desert climate. Homes with open interiors and patios,
warm and earthy tones, and a visual vibrancy are splendidly conveyed through and enhanced by
the
full color photography by Matthew Reier which permeate the pages this beautiful and practically
written guide and reference by Mary Whitesides. Desert Style is as much fun to simply browse
through as it is an invaluable resource from to draw interior design ideas and concepts.
Better Homes And Gardens Garden Style Ideas
Meredith Books
1716 Locust St., Des Moines, IA 50336
069621556X $14.95 1-800-678-8091
Filled from cover to cover with truly gorgeous interior design color photography, the Better
Homes
And Gardens Garden Style Ideas offers the browser with a veritable wealth of plant-themed
interior
decorating ideas and original, thoughtful, thought-provoking, suggestions for adding a truly
special
touch of life and style to every room in the home. From making pressed herb and flower plaques,
to
simple garden architecture anyone can craft, to delightful picket fence beds, the Better Homes
And
Gardens Garden Style Ideas is an excellent and highly recommended source of both "user
friendly"
suggestions and practical "how-to" instructions for adding beauty and practicality alike to a home
or
apartment.
The Nautical Shelf
Out Of The Fog
Algot Mattsson
Cornell Maritime Press
PO Box 456, Centreville, MD 21617
0870335456 $24.95 1-800-638-7641
Out Of The Fog: The Sinking Of Andrea Doria is a thoughtfully presented and informatively
detailed
account of the events that led up to the tragic 1956 sinking of the luxury liner Andrea Doria upon
its
fateful collision with the Stockholm. Fifty-six people died, the two companies who owned each
ship
chose to settle out of court, and the lack of documented resolution leaves questions hanging on to
the present day. Knowledgeably written by Algot Mattsson (an information officer for Swedish
America Line when the wreck happened), Out Of The Fog was originally published as "The Long
Night" in 1986; now, this insider's account has been skillfully translated into English and presented
to a new generation of readers in this Cornell Maritime Press edition. Out Of The Fog is a
confidently recommended addition to 20th Century Maritime History collections and reading
lists.
Liners To The Sun
John Maxtone-Graham
Sheridan House, Inc.
145 Palisade St., Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
1574091077 $19.95 sheridanhouse.com
Liners To The Sun is an engaging and informative "ocean travelogue" which also offers
considerable
insight on the past, present, and possible future of ocean cruising. Featuring more than 250
black-and-white photographs and drawings, showcased with an authentically detailed narration,
and
an attention to the nuts-and-bolts of shipboard voyages, combine to make Liners To The Sun an
especially recommended title for anyone wanting or needing to learn more about the realities and
experiences of life on the waves in general, and ocean bound cruising in particular.
The Musicbook Shelf
Elvis In Hawai'i
Jerry Hopkins
The Bess Press
3565 Harding Ave., Honolulu, HI 96816
1573061425 $19.95 1-800-910-2377
Elvis In Hawai'i is a unique look at the life of the legendary rock singer Elvis Presley, focusing
especially on his love of the Hawai'ian islands and the people who lived there. Elvis' fondness of
his
favorite vacation spot is brought to life with over 100 black-and-white and color photographs,
some
never before published, and an upbeat yet adroitly narrated text by Jerry Hopkins. Elvis In Hawai'i
is
especially recommended reading for the legions of fans and admirers of "The King" of rock 'n
roll.
Singing In The Saddle
Douglas B. Green
Vanderbilt University Press
Box 1813, Station B, Nashville, TN 37235
082651412X $34.95 1-800-627-7377
Singing In The Saddle: The History Of The Singing Cowboy by music historian and performer
Douglas B. Green is an engaging and impressively informative presentation of the history of
western
music, films, and performers of America, both before and after World War II. Black-and-white
photographs enhance this avidly detailed and lovingly written survey of an aspect of American
Popular culture. Douglas B. Green ("Ranger Doug" from the Grammy Award-wining group
Riders
in the Sky) is to be commended for his expertise, his ability to write for the non-specialist general
reader, and his ability to acquire anecdotal stories and recollections by some of the most
experienced
and influential members of the "singing cowboy" community.
The Woodworking Shelf
Compound Scroll Saw Creations
Diana Thompson
Fox Chapel Publishing Company
1970 Broad St, East Petersburg PA 17520
www.foxchapelpublishing.com
1565231708 $14.95 1-800-457-9112
Compound Scroll Saw Creations: Ready-To-Cut Patterns And Techniques For Clocks,
Candlesticks
And More! by Diana Thompson is a easy to follow, step-by-step, "user friendly" instructional
guide
offering 46 decorative projects for avid weekend woodworkers. Color photographs,
easy-to-follow
techniques, and ready-to-cut patterns wonderfully enhance the practical and superbly organized
"how-to" information for constructing simple stands, sculptures, candlesticks, and clocks. An
excellent source for creative hobbyists, Compound Scroll Saw Creations is a recommended
addition
to any woodworker's reference collection.
The Genealogy Shelf
Virtual Roots 2.0
Thomas Jay Kemp
SR Books
104 Greenhill Ave, Wilmington DE 19805
0842029230 $29.95 1-800-772-8937
This revised, updated edition to genealogical research on the Internet lists websites from around
the
world and the resources and guides on each which lend to genealogical research. Entries include
email and postal addresses, phone contacts for the web site, and lists of archives and other data
sources around the world. From special collections and historical society holdings to public and
research libraries, Virtual Roots 2.0: A Guide to Genealogy and Local History On The World
Wide
Web is packed from cover to cover with genealogical research and reference assistance source
materials.
Finding Your Roots Online
Nancy Hendrickson
Betterway Books
c/o F & W Publications, Inc.
4700 E Galbraith Rd Cincinnati OH 45236
www.familytreemagazine.com
1558706356 $19.99 1-800-289-0963
Finding Your Roots Online is a straightforward guide for the novice genealogist to utilizing the
wealth of resources the internet has to offer those seeking to find out more about their family
roots.
From learning how to read pedigree charts; to conducting family interviews; to discerning which
Internet resources are reliable; to guidelines for accessing military, marriage and land records, and
much, much more, Finding Your Roots Online is a solid and highly recommended genealogical
research resource for amateur and professional genealogists alike.
The Military Shelf
Sun Tzu's The Art Of War
Sun Tzu
Clearbridge Publishing
PO Box 7055, Shoreline, WA 98133
1929194196 $10.95 clearbridge.com
Ably translated into English by Gary Gagliardi, Sun Tzu's The Art of War Plus The Ancient
Chinese
Revealed is a supremely accurate bilingual edition of Sun Tzu's classic guide to military strategy.
Each two-page spread features the translated lines into English on one side, and the Chinese
idiograms with their meanings on the others, so that dedicated readers can readily understand the
range of meaning in the original text. The definitive version of "The Art of War" for those English
speakers who truly want to thoroughly understand it, the Clearbridge Publishing's edition of Sun
Tzu's The Art Of War would make a welcome addition to any personal, academic, or public
library
collection.
A Dark And Bloody Ground
Edward G. Miller
Texas A&M University Press
Drawer C, College Station, TX 77843
0890966265 $8.99 1-800-826-8911
A Dark And Bloody Ground: The Hurtgen Forest And The Roer River Dams, 1944-1945 by
Edward G. Miller (an active-duty army ordnance officer) is a closely detailed study of the brutal
fighting which took place in the Hurtgen Forest near the end of World War II. Those deadly
battles
in the Hurtgen Forest have been overshadowed in military history and popular imagination by the
more famous "Battle of the Bulge", and yet the gripping depictions of combat, terror, and the
revelations of lethal blunders in A Dark And Bloody Ground make it a truly recommended
resource
for avid students of Military History in general and World War II Studies in particular.
World War II On The Air
Mark Bernstein & Alex Lubertozzi
Sourcebooks Inc.
1935 Brookdale Road, #139, Naperville, IL 60563
1402200269 $29.95 1-800-432-7444
Collaboratively compiled and written by Mark Bernstein and Alex Lubertozzi, World War II On
The
Air: Edward R. Murrow And The Broadcasts That Riveted A Nation presents the stories behind
the
implacable and courageous radio correspondents who brought the reality of war itself into living
rooms across the nation for the first time in history. More than 50 actual broadcasts, and an audio
CD narrated by Dan Rather, enhance this unique and very highly recommended look at World
War
II events and personalities as the home front experienced it through the medium of radio
broadcasting.
The U.S. Armed Forces Nuclear, Biological, And Chemical Survival Manual
Dick Couch, editor
Basic Books
387 Park Avenue South, NY, NY 10016
www.basicbooks.com
046500797X $14.95 1-800-242-7737
Compiled and edited by Dick Couch, Captain U.S. Navy (Ret.), The U.S. Armed Forces Nuclear,
Biological, And Chemical Survival Manual is a self-protection guide with instructions on what to
do
in case of various terrorist threats, (including the radiological effects of a "dirty bomb" attack),
and
includes vital information on developing a family action plan for emergencies; as well as
assembling
and storing everyday lifesaving materials. A superb survival resource excellent for preparing for
the
worst, The U.S. Armed Forces Nuclear, Biological, And Chemical Survival Manual is an
important
and core addition to any contemporary survivalist reference shelf and auxiliary Military Studies
collection.
To Destroy A City
Hermann Knell
Da Capo Press
c/o Perseus Books Group
387 Park Avenue South, NY, NY 10016
0306811693 $32.50 1-800-242-7737
To Destroy A City is a fluently written account by Hermann Knell -- a German survivor who was
nineteen and living in Wurzburg when, in March of 1945, hundreds of Allied planes bombed that
city
and killed six thousand people in a single night. Personal experience fueled the Knell's research
into
the warfare practice of area bombing, which was fiercely practiced in the combat skies of World
War
II. To Destroy A City: Strategic Bombing And Its Human Consequences In World War II
carefully
studies strategic bombing in general, and examines its history with particular reference to the
twentieth century during the two world wars, and its use and relative effectiveness or
ineffectiveness
in warfare. A meticulously and logically reasoned yet personally passionate account, To Destroy
A
City is very highly recommended reading and an impressive contribution to 20th Century Military
Studies reading lists.
The Political Science Shelf
Dual Nationality, Social Rights And Federal Citizenship In The U.S. And Europe
Randall Hansen & Patrick Weil, editors
Berghahn Books
604 West 115th Street, NY, NY 10025
1571818057 $25.00 1-800-540-8663
Collaboratively compiled and edited by Randall Hansen (Fellow and Tutor in Politics, Merton
College, Oxford University, England) and Patrick Weil (Director of Research at CNRS in the
Centre
for Research on the History of Social Movements and Trade Unionism, Paris I-Sorbonne), Dual
Nationality, Social Rights And Federal Citizenship In The U.S. And Europe offers an extensive
focus on the diverse phenomenon of dual nationality, examining such questions as why citizenship
in
two countries is a controversy in Germany yet a non-issue in the U.K.; the impact that dual
nationality has on issues of integration and ethnic migration; long-lasting social policy
repercussions,
and more. A cogently written and analytical account, Dual Nationality, Social Rights And Federal
Citizenship In The U.S. And Europe is a work of impressive scholarship and a welcome addition
to
International Studies and Political Science reference collections and reading lists.
America's Highest Destiny
Roger L. Plunk
1st World Library
8015 Shoal Creek Blvd., Suite 100, Austin, TX 78757
1887472010 $17.95 1stworldlibrary.com
America's Highest Destiny: The Causes Of Nine-Eleven And A Bold Vision Of America's Role In
The World by professional mediator/facilitator Roger L. Plunk is a clarion manifesto exhorting
America's duty to promote democracy, human rights, and peace. As the world's only remaining
superpower, America bears the responsibility of what Plunk calls "moralpolitiks", in using its
wealth
and knowledge to improve the entire world. Individual chapters cogently examine the troubled
areas
of Afghanistan, Israel and Palestine, and Iraq, looking at America's recent actions and
recommending bright courses of action for the future. A welcome contribution to Contemporary
Political Science collections, America's Highest Destiny is highly recommended as thoughtful and
thought-provoking reading.
Unpacking Queer Politics
Sheila Jeffreys
Polity Press
c/o Blackwell Publishers Inc.
350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148
0745628389 $24.95 www.polity.co.uk
Unpacking Queer Politics by Sheila Jeffreys (Associate Professor in the Department of Political
Science at the University of Melbourne) is a deftly persuasive and informationally charged study
of
gay and lesbian politics from the 1970's down to the present day. Postulating that the lesbian
feminist movement of the 1970's was unfortunately incorporated and overwhelmed by the gay
male
agenda of "queer politics", Unpacking Queer Politics denounces the "queer politics" tenets of
sadomasochism, cutting and piercing, and female-to-male transsexual surgery as forms of
self-harm.
Author Sheila Jeffreys then centers upon the importance of committing oneself to equality in all
relationships regardless of sex; as well as heralds lesbian feminist ideals as necessary for social
change for the better. A shrewdly written and well-presented viewpoint, Unpacking Queer Politics
is
highly recommended reading, both for academia and the non-specialist general reader with an
interest in gender politics.
Running: Politics, Power, And The Press
Harry Lonsdale
1st Books Library
Gulotta Communications (publicity)
2595 West Vernal Pike, Bloomington, IN 47404-2782
0759676267 $13.50 www.1stbooks.com
Running: Politics, Power, And The Press by Harry Lonsdale is a "tell-all" account of what it is
really
like to run for political office in America today. From the difficulties of fund raising; to proposals
for
campaign finance reform; to simply having to try again when one's first run for office doesn't
work,
Running: Politics, Power, And The Press studies why the best man doesn't always win in
American-style politics, and what it takes to truly handle the complex process of surviving an
election. If you are considering a run for elected office (or are a supporter of someone who is)
then
give a close and careful reading to Harry Lonsdale's Running: Politics, Power, And The
Press!
Speaking Freely
Larry Makinson
Center for Responsive Politics
1101 14th Street, N.W., Suite 1030, Washington, D.C. 20005-5635
0939715295 $15.00
Now in an updated second edition, Speaking Freely: Washington Insiders Talk About Money In
Politics by Larry Makinson (Center for Responsive Politics) offers the reader an inside look as to
what really happens behind the closed doors of Washington offices. The candid testimony of PAC
directors, current and former Congressmen, lobbyists, and other Washington insiders fill the pages
of
this no-nonsense, informative account that strips away illusions and shows the reader what power
politics is really like. An informed and informative read for anyone with an interest in how
government really works, Speaking Freely is commended to personal, professional, governmental,
academic, and community library Political Science collections and reading lists.
Political Polling
Jeffrey M. Stonecash
Rowman & Littlefield
4720 Boston Way, Lanham, MD 20706
0742525538 $24.95 1-800-462-6420
Political Polling: Strategic Information In Campaigns is a "how-to" book written by Jeffrey M.
Stonecash (Professor of Political Science, Syracuse University) especially for professionals
looking
for guidance in the skill of extrapolating strategies based on information gathered from political
polling. From advice to keep in mind when writing questions; to pulling a suitably representative
sample; to tracking polls; to drawing recommendations from the results, Political Polling is a very
useful and highly recommended primer.
Rich Media, Poor Democracy
Robert W. McChesney
The New Press
38 Greene Street, New York, NY 10013
1565846346 $17.95 thenewpress.com
Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics In Dubious Times by Robert W.
McChesney
(Institute of Communications Research and the Graduate School of Library and Information
Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) informative surveys and comments upon the
history and politics of the American media up through the dawn of the twenty-first century. From
the repercussions of globalization and the Internet; to a recounting of battles for control of U.S.
broadcasting to the past, present, and questionable future of public broadcasting, Rich Media,
Poor
Democracy is a timely and welcome contribution to Journalism Studies reading lists and Political
Science collections.
The Environmental Studies
Shelf
Complexity And Ecosystem Management
Marco A. Janssen, editor
Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc.
136 West Street, Suite 202, Northampton, MA 01060
1843760614 $110.00 www.e-elgar.com
Compiled and edited by Marco A. Janssen (Associate Research Scientist, Center for the Study of
Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change, Indian University - Bloomington),
Complexity
And Ecosystem Management: The Theory and Practice Of Multi-Agent Systems is a scholarly,
college-level collection of learned articles and essays from an extensive roster of experts focusing
on
a "multi-agent" approach to the complex field of ecosystem management. Theory, application,
graphical and mathematical models fill the pages of this solid, scientific, scholarly resource which
is a
very highly recommended, core addition to professional, governmental, and academic
Environmental
Studies reference collections.
Eco-nomics
Richard L. Stroup
Cato Institute/NBN, dist.
1000 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001
1930865449 $9.95 www.cato.org
Eco-nomics: What Everyone Should Know About Economics And The Environment by Richard
L.
Stroup (Professor of Economics, Montana State University) is a straightforward look at the
practical
and economic realities of preserving the environment, including learning from past mistakes and
failed environmental laws, to balancing property rights and the necessities required to preserve
habitats, to what truly constitutes judicious and effective use of government action. Eco-nomics is
an
insightful, timely, and welcome contribution to Environmental Studies reading lists and policy
reference collection.
The Philosophy Shelf
Buffy The Vampire Slayer And Philosophy
James B. South, editor
Open Court Publishing Company
332 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 1100, Chicago, IL 60604
0812695313 $17.95 opencourtbooks.com
Compiled and edited by James B. South, Buffy The Vampire Slayer And Philosophy: Fear And
Trembling In Sunnydale is a thoroughly engaging philosophical discussion about themes explored
in
the popular television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Written for both academics in the
discipline
of American Popular Culture, Contemporary Philosophy, and those who are simply "Buffy" fans,
Buffy The Vampire Slayer And Philosophy collects the writings of a variety of learned authors
concerning Buffy's relation to feminist ethics, human irrationality, "high school portrayed as Hell",
and much, much more. A work of surprising depth guaranteed to make one ponder, Buffy The
Vampire Slayer And Philosophy is enthusiastically recommended for both academia and
non-specialist general readers alike -- and readily available in a hardcover edition for library
acquisitions (0812695305, $24.95).
Ethics
Alain Badiou
Verso
180 Varick Street, 10th floor, New York, NY 10014-4606
1859844359 $16.00 versobooks.com
Ethics: An Essay On The Understanding Of Evil by political activist and philosopher Alain Badiou
is
an informed and informative indictment of currently prevailing ethical principles. Explaining that
the
widely distributed ideology of good and evil is actually used to benefit the status quo while
neglecting a true understanding of evil, Ethics wrestles with the quintessential problems of evil
itself,
the existence of man, the ethics of truths, and more. An erudite and expressively written collection
of linked and well-reasoned propositions, Ethics is a very strongly recommended addition to
Philosophy & Ethics reading lists and library collections.
The International Studies Shelf
Expanding Global Military Capacity For Humanitarian Intervention
Michael E. O'Hanlon
Brookings Institution Press
1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C. 20036
0815764413 $18.95 1-800-275-1447
Expanding Global Military Capacity For Humanitarian Intervention by Michael E. O'Hanlon
(Senior
Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, Bookings institution) is a sober look at the partial effectiveness
that
humanitarian military intervention has had, saving lives in the Balkans, Haiti, Somalia, Cambodia,
and Mozambique. Yet the success of such military missions has often been compromised by the
international community's reluctance to send sufficient forces to deal with volatile situations
decisively - leading to unchecked genocidal mass murders in Angola, Rwanda, and currently the
Congo. A straightforward and passionate appeal to the United States' and the United Nations' role
in
preventing mass atrocities, Expanding Global Military Capacity For Humanitarian Intervention is
a
highly commended addition to personal, professional, governmental, academic, and community
library Contemporary International Studies collections.
A Prayer For Burma
Kenneth Wong
Santa Monica Press
PO Box 1076, Santa Monica, CA 90406
1891661280 $14.95 1-800-784-9553
A Prayer For Burma is the personal reflections of Burmese expatriate Kenneth Wong upon
returning
to his homeland after living in the U.S. for more than a decade. Offering an informative
assessment
of Burmese life and culture from inside-out perspective, enhanced with bittersweet memories and
reflections of this politically and socially troubled nation, A Prayer For Burma is very highly
recommended reading.
Understanding Contemporary India
Sumit Ganguly & Neil DeVotta
Lynne Rienner Publishers
1800 30th Street, Suite 314, Boulder, CO 80301
1555879586 $23.50 www.rienner.com
Compiled and edited by Sumit Ganguly and Neil DeVotta, Understanding Contemporary India
presents modern-day Indian life, culture, social issues, and political challenges to readers of all
backgrounds. From a brief overview of Indian history, politics, economy, the role and status of
women, population pressures, religion, the arts, and more, Understanding Contemporary India is a
keenly insightful, nicely organized, and superbly presented work which is strongly recommended
and
accessible reading for travelers, businesspeople, and policy makers wanting a useful and "reader
friendly" overview of present day India.
Beyond Intifada
Haim Gordon, et al.
Praeger Publishers
88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
0275971295 $44.95 www.praeger.com
The collaborative effort of Haim Gordon, Rivca Gordon, and Taher Shriteh, Beyond Intifada:
Narratives Of Freedom Fighters In The Gaza Strip showcases the personal testimonies of six
Palestinians (four men and two women), who tell of the conflicts of the Gaza Strip that began
with
the 1993 peace process, and continue down to the present day. A deeply personal and emotionally
moving account that lends human faces to the strife and turmoil that have been ongoing within the
Holy Land, Beyond Intifada is a welcome contribution to International Studies collections with
respect to the Palestinian/Israeli ethnic, political, cultural, and national disputes.
Basics Of International Humanitarian Missions
Kevin M. Cahill, M.D.
Fordham University Press
University Box L, Bronx, NY 10458-5172
082322242X $37.00 1-800-247-6553
Compiled and edited by Kevin M. Cahill (Director of the Institute of International Humanitarian
Affairs, Fordham University), Basics Of International Humanitarian Missions is an impressive
collection of erudite essays contributed by informed and informative contributors concerning the
practical realities of global humanitarian missions. From ethical and legal standards; to funding
policies and pitfalls; to the terminology of disaster management, Basics Of International
Humanitarian Missions is a scholarly and very highly recommended contribution to International
Studies reference shelves and reading lists.
The Biography Shelf
Miss America By Day
Marilyn Van Derbur
Oak Hill Ridge Press
7150 Leetsdale Drive, #312, Denver, CO 80224-1750
www.MissAmericaByDay.com
0972829849 $22.95 1-800-833-9327
Miss America By Day is the powerful autobiography of Marilyn Van Derbur, a woman who, once
crowned Miss America, was finally at age 53 able to say to the public, "I am an incest survivor."
Sexually abused by her father from age 5 to 18, the scars of her maltreatment haunted her for
years;
Marilyn Van Derbur's personal story is one of seeking peace, working hard to achieve lasting
love,
and cautioning society against the depredations of the most vile types of human predators. Miss
America By Day is a highly recommended addition to Women's Studies, Human Sexuality
Studies,
and Contemporary American Biography reading lists and library collections.
Eccentrics
John Jolliffe
Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd.
c/o International Publishers Marketing
22841 Quicksilver Dr., Dulles, VA 20166
www.internationalpubmarket.com
0715630504 $28.95 1-800-758-3756
Eccentrics by John Jolliffe is an engaging multiple biography of a wide variety of colorful and
distinctive personalities that have livened British history for hundreds of years. From William
Blake,
the Sibthorpe Brothers, and Lady Hester Stanhope, to Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, and Victoria
Woodhull Martin, these uniquely talented (and sometimes defiant) individuals and their daring
"march-to-one's-own drummer" spirit pervade the pages of this unforgettable and true historical
biographical accounts.
Marilyn Monroe
Clark Kidder
Krause Publications
700 East State St., Iola, WI 54990-0001
0873495969 $24.99 1-800-258-0929
Now in a revised second edition, Marilyn Monroe: Cover To Cover by Clark Kidder is a unique
collection for the fans one of Hollywood's best known personalities, as it features full-color
illustrations of numerous magazine covers that showcased this talented actress and American
heartthrob. Each picture offers a brief caption or memorable quote (often by Marilyn herself)
about
the picture, as well as the average selling price for good condition copies of the magazine. Marilyn
Monroe: Cover To Cover is a very highly recommended resource for celebrity memorability
collectors in general, and Marilyn Monroe fans in particular.
Current Biography Yearbook 2002
Clifford Thompson, editor
The H. W. Wilson Company
950 University Avenue, Bronx, NY 10452
0824210263 $115.00 hwwilson.com
Current Biography Yearbook 2002 With Index 2001-2002 is a solid collection of biographical
sketches of notable people from all walks of life, from politicians to actresses to anthropologists,
children's writers, golfers and more. A black-and-white photograph of each featured individual
along
with a concise yet information-packed summary of his or her life makes for a first rate,
at-one's-fingertips, reference for a cross-section of the best and the brightest of 2002.
Dining At The Lineman's Shack
John Weston
The University of Arizona Press
355 S. Euclid, #103, Tucson, AZ 85712
0816522839 $17.95 1-800-426-3797
Dining At The Lineman's Shack by academician and novelist John Weston is a memoir of 1930's
Arizona, about growing up in a lineman's shack, coping with the difficulties of rural family life,
enduring tough times with the comfort of a mother who can cook miraculously well with next to
nothing for ingredients. A compellingly personal story, and one which is vividly descriptive to
such
an extent that it virtually transports the reader through time and space, Dining At The Lineman's
Shack is exceptionally well written and very highly recommended reading.
My Life With Blackie The Greek
Lulu Auger
Pacific Press/Scout Literary Media
775 Gateway Drive SE., #319, Leesburg, VA 20175
0971988005 $21.95 www.mylifewithblackiethegreek.org
Written by Lulu Auger, the co-owner of the famous Washington, D.C. restaurant Blackie's, My
Life
With Blackie The Greek: An Enduring Washington Love Story is an autobiography about a
woman
who was the child of immigrant parents striving to achieve the American dream. A deeply
personal
testimony of hardships to be overcome, abiding love, and stringent loss, My Life With Blackie
The
Greek is a well-written, attention-engaging, and highly recommended memoir.
Grave Undertakings
Alexandra K. Mosca
New Horizon Press
PO Box 669, Far Hills, NJ 07931
0882822233 $24.95 1-800-533-7978
Grave Undertakings: Mortician By Day, Model By Night - One Woman's True-Life Adventures is
the engaging story of Alexandra K. Mosca, America's first and only funeral director/model who
has
also posed for Playboy magazine! Offering a unique perspective into the mortician's trade (a male
dominated profession with only 13 percent women morticians), Grave Undertakings is alternately
humorous, sensual, revealing, dramatic, and at times heartbreaking. An absorbing and revealing
tell-all, Grave Undertakings is an unusual, exceptionally well written, and highly recommended
autobiography.
The Poetry Shelf
An Ark Of Koans
E. D. Blodgett
The University of Alberta Press
Ring House 2, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2E1
www.uap.ualberta.ca
0888644043 $19.95 1-877-864-8477
Enhanced with illustrations by Montreal poet, novelist, translator and essayist Jacques Brault, An
Ark Of Koans is an impressive and memorable collection of meditative quatrains by E. D.
Blodgett
that strive to embrace the universe, one piece at a time. Energetic, wonderfully presented, and
celebrating natural and animal life, these moving verses offer reflections to quietly ponder at
leisure.
"Not once the unicorn / can stand in any eye / that has not yet been born / beneath a sacred
sky."
The Litter Of Leaving
E. M. Beekman
Chase Publishing
PO Box 1200, Glen, NH 03838
0962965146 $14.95 chasepublishing.com
The Litter Of Leaving by E. M. Beekman (Professor of Germanic Languages, University of
Massachusetts - Amherst) is an absorbing collection of thoughtful and inspirational free-verse
poetry, threaded with a keen appreciation the moments of beauty and love in an often chaotic and
conflicting world. Aspects of daily life also permeate this memorable and insightful collection.
"And
when she turns the window closes, / the light is shut out and the scent / of rocking green needles
of
asking pine / trees fades in the fury of a frozen wind."
Small Boat
Lesle Lewis
University of Iowa Press
119 West Park Rd, Iowa City, IA 52242
0877458391 $13.00 1-800-621-2736
Small Boat is a collection of poetry by Lesle Lewis which is unique in that some of the free-verse
poems read almost like short vignettes of prose. Depicting a journey among waves of New
England,
both external and internal, these involving verses speak to the reader of challenge, new
experiences,
and the wonder of a new voyage. Blue Comma: House rolls into car./A friend is so depressed he
has
to leave his girlfriend./I remind him not to forget his umbrella and by this time the house has been
towed away./Can I say how tired dead I am?/It's a busy mind these days and hardly a heart, a
nighttime of chairs./Night is a time we know of from daytime experience./We'd like working
together./No, we wouldn't.
Echoes of Memory
Lucio Mariani
Wesleyan University Press
110 Mt. Vernon Street, Middletown, CT 06459
0819564966 $14.95 www.wesleyan.edu/wespress
Echoes Of Memory is a collection of selected Italian poetry by the celebrated contemporary writer
Lucio Mariani. Each poem is presented both in the original Italian and a facing English translation;
the emotion and longing ring through the verses regardless of their language. A thoughtful
afterword
complements this exquisite work. Alphabets of Surrender: They say it's always the same poem
that
gets written/The way highland waters spray selfsame streams/The way a doe treks el mismo
camino
in the snow/If not for the imperceptible sidesteps of suspicion/If not for the grave alarm that
sounds
new alphabets of surrender/And prompts each of us to cry the poem that is ours alone.
The Aviation Shelf
Flight
Anne Collins Goodyear, et al.
Welcome Books
6 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011
www.welcomebooks.biz
0941807835 $39.99 1-212-989-3200
Collaboratively compiled and edited by the team of Anne Collins Goodyear, Roger Launius,
Anthony Springer, and Bertram Ulrich, Flight: A Celebration Of 100 Years In Art And Literature
provides the interested reader with a truly exceptional, panoramic survey of the history of aviation
collecting selections of art, science fiction, and literature from across the last century. Gorgeous,
full-color artworks showcased with excerpts from cherished classics make Flight a most engaging
and enjoyable read for aviation lovers everywhere, and an ideal "Memorial Fund" acquisition
selection for academic and community library systems.
Testing Aircraft, Exploring Space
Roger E. Bilstein
The Johns Hopkins University Press
2715 N. Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218
0801871581 $42.95 jhupbooks.com
Testing Aircraft, Exploring Space is a profusely illustrated history of the NACA and NASA
institutions, and their contributions to aviation and space exploration science, research, human
exploration and much, much more. Black-and- white photographs, meticulous detail, and an
involving survey of both history and discovery, make Testing Aircraft, Exploring Space an
absorbing
and informative study of America's exploration of the true "final frontier".
The Buddhist Studies Shelf
The Wheel Of Time Sand Mandala
Barry Bryant
Snow Lion Publications/NBN, dist.
PO Box 6483, Ithaca, NY 14850
1559391871 $24.95 1-800-950-0313
The Wheel Of Time Sand Mandala: Visual Scripture Of Tibetan Buddhism is a visual and
reflective
survey of the Tibetan religious art of sand painting with mandala representation of visual
scriptures
provides readers with a beautiful blend of sand pictures and insights on the art form's spiritual
connections to Tibetan Buddhism. Each stage of the mandala's creation by monks provides
beautiful
insights into the art and meaning of spiritual-based patterns. The The Wheel Of Time Sand
Mandala
is recommended for Buddhist Studies collections as a truly lovely guide, packed with
insights.
Luminous Emptiness
Francesca Fremantle
Shambhala
300 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02115-4544
1570629250 $17.95 shambhala.com
Luminous Emptiness: Understanding The Tibetan Book Of The Dead by Buddhist teacher and
practitioner Francesca Fremantle, presents the classic and enduring "Tibetan Book of the Dead"
as a
sacred scripture for the living to follow in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Extensive writings on
the
foundations of this profound work combined with a meticulous translation of the work itself,
make
for an absorbing and strongly recommended addition to Buddhist Studies reading lists and
reference collections.
The Parenting Shelf
Baby Prodigy
The Baby Prodigy Company
411 Video Information (publicity)
25852 McBean Parkway, Suite 332, Valencia, CA 91355
www.babyprodigy.com
0972442707 $14.95 1-888-813-2408
Ideal for use by parents and daycare center personnel, Baby Prodigy is an impressively produced,
30-minute video designed specifically for infants and filled with visual and auditory stimulation,
centered around the endearing, cuddly character of "Dookie Duck". Humor, puppet scenes, and
very
simple lessons of bright colors and spatial relationships make Baby Prodigy an excellent and
wholesome choice for family viewing with the very young.
Baby Eyes
Visual Development, Inc.
c/o 411 Video Information
PO Box 1223, Pebble Beach, CA 93953
VHS $19.95, www.BabyEyes.tv
Baby Eyes is an informed and informative 30-minute video for parents which is specially designed
to
offer an engaging visual and audio combination to help stimulate sensory development in their
infants from birth through 36 months. A very highly recommended addition to family and infant
care
provider instructional video collections, Board Certified Optometric Physicians Dr. Steven M.
Newman and Dr. Eric M. Radzwill have combined their talent and scientific knowledge in Baby
Eyes and have admirably succeeding in creating an inviting and involving experience for the very
young.
On The Day His Daddy Left
Eric J. Adams & Kathleen Adams
Layne Johnson, illustrator
Albert Whitman & Company
6340 Oakton St., Morton Grove, IL 60053
0807560731 $6.95 1-800-255-7675
On The Day His Daddy Left is a very moving picture book about the sensitive subject of divorce
by
Eric and Kathleen Adams. A young boy must come to terms with the day his father leaves the
house.
He must become used to seeing his father only at certain times of the week, and a question wracks
him - "Is it my fault?" A heart-touching, powerful, and highly recommended story about adjusting
to
traumatic change, On The Day His Daddy Left is realistically illustrated by the artwork of Layne
Johnson and an important addition to school library, community library, and family counseling
collections.
Practical Tools For Foster Parents
Lana Temple-Plotz, et al.
Boys Town Press
14100 Crawford St, Boys Town NE 68010
1889322490 $14.95 1-800-282-6657
Collaboratively compiled and edited by Lana Temple-Plotz, Ted P. Stricklett, Christena B. Baker,
and Michael N. Sterba, Practical Tools For Foster Parents: Foster Care Solutions is a
straightforward and "foster parent friendly" guide to creating a safe environment, building a
positive
relationship with a foster child, working with the foster child's parents (even when they are
uncooperative or hostile), teaching a foster child decision-making skills, how to handling
transitions,
and much, much more. Practical Tools Forfoster Parents is very highly recommended reading for
anyone looking into the challenges and rewards of foster care.
Memoirs Of A Baby Stealer
Mary Callahan
Pinewoods Press
PO Box 238, Lisbon, ME 04250
0972598308 $9.95 1-207-353-4223
Memoirs Of A Baby Stealer: Lessons I've Learned As A Foster Mother by Mary Callahan is the
personal account of a foster parent and her struggles to cope with an uncaring child welfare
system
-- one that, in the words of the author, is "taking kids from places that aren't that bad, putting
them
in places that aren't that good, and completely ignoring the bond that exists between parent and
child". Callahan's struggles and effort to help children, defend herself against unsubstantiated
charges, dealing with power politics, and relate the stories of those in her care make Memoirs Of
A
Baby Stealer very highly recommended reading for anyone considering offering themselves to
their
community as a foster care resource.
When they start by burning books, they finish by burning people.
James A. Cox
Editor-in-Chief
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