Scrolling Forward
David M. Levy
Arcade Publishing
141 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY 10010
1559705531 $24.95 (hardcover)
1559706481 $13.95 (paperback
1-800-759-0190 www.arcadepub.com
The changing face of documents and images in the digital age is considered in a title which covers
all kinds of documents and the changes they face from the digital world; from recipes and letters
to business memos and other writings. Is the book doomed? Is paper to disappear? Scrolling
Forward: Making Sense Of Documents In The Digital Age by David M. Levy examines
documents of all kinds as they relate to culture, history and technological changes.
Headwraps
Georgia Scott
Public Affairs
250 W. 57th St., #1321, NY, NY 10107
1586481096 $35.00 1-877-782-1234
Scott traveled around the world assessing headwraps of different cultures: while her book is a
specialty item recommended for collections featuring in-depth cultural histories, Headwraps
should not be missed by any who are interested in clothing and ethnic history. Chapters consider
why women cover their heads, who wears headwraps, and the world history of the habit.
Beautiful color photos accompany her travels to countries around the world. A unique, highly
recommended work.
Dover Publications
31 E. 2nd St., Mineola, NY 11501
1-800-223-3130 www.amazon.com
Two new titles will provide aspiring artists with clear tips and techniques. Diana Stanley's
Anatomy For Artists (0486429-814, $7.95) teaches the essentials of anatomical rendering, with
numerous illustrations and instructions covering key aspects of anatomy an artist would find
useful. This republishes a 1951 classic. John Montroll's Dollar Bill Origami (0486429-822,
$14.95) shows how to create models from dollar bills rather than traditional origami paper. Over
37 figures and objects can be made by folding money, from swords to eagles. Both are intriguing
coverages.
Johns Hopkins University Press
2715 N. Charles St., Baltimore MD 21218
1-800-537-5487 www.press.jhu.edu
Two excellent social issue examinations are top recommended picks from this publisher. Rayvon
Fouche's Black Inventors In The Age Of Segregation: Granville T. Woods, Lewis H. Latimer,
And Shelby J. Davidson (0801873193, $34.95) refutes the common notion that inventors were
lone geniuses who worked in relative isolation in the late 19th-early 20th century world. Most
indeed developed their ideas within industrial organizations that supported their experiments: for
blacks, this meant real challenges in working on innovative designs while breaking social barriers.
Fouche here uses the lives and works of Granville Woods, Lewis Latimer and Shelby Davidson to
detail the social frustrations underlying their research. Mabel Berezin and Martin Schain's Europe
Without Borders: Remapping Territory, Citizenship, And Identity In A Transnational Age
(0801874378, $19.95) gathers leading experts in sociology, political science, psychology, geology
and other friends to consider changing identity and societies in Europe since the creation of the
European Union in 1992. The range of disciplines will please college-level readers studying
modern European events.
Garth Gardner Company
2545 Sandbourne Ln, Herndon VA 20171
1-866-464-2736 www.gogardner.com
Three fine titles on computer graphics, animation and finding money for school, and should be
part of any serious arts library holding. Gareth Gardner edits Computer Graphics And Animation
Dictionary (15-89650050, $24.95), a guide to the language of computer graphics providing short
definitions of production terms used by professionals in the industry. Acronyms are included,
terms related to software, and any serious student will find this an essential reference. Gardner
also edits Film, Video & TV Dictionary (1589650-069, $24.95), giving definitions of production
terms and jargons. These entries go into quite some depth and detail when needed, and provides
explanations applicable to production efforts. Christina Edwards' Finding Money For School
Online (1589650123, $19.95) promises leads to grants and scholarships for all students. From
locating scholarships and professional organizations to getting into the right school, this is packed
with practical applications.
The Blue Piano And Other Stories
Carol Montparker
Amadeus Press
512 Newark Pompton Turnpike, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444
1574670875 $24.95 amadeuspress.com
The Blue Piano is the third book by musician Carol Montparker, providing thirty-one short stories
covering musicianship and adventures in the music world. It's hard to easily categorize Blue
Piano: the stories represent very real insights into the music world and sensibility, yet contain the
passion and vivid descriptions of fiction. Suffice it to say that musicians in general and pianists in
particular will relish these lyrical first-person insights.
America From The Air
Wolfgang Langewiesche
The Johns Hopkins University Press
2715 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218-4363
0801878195 $21.95 1-800-537-5487
Collaboratively edited and with introductions by Drake Hokanson and Carol Kratz, America From
The Air: An Aviator's Story is the memoir of Wolfgang Langewiesche, a German-born test pilot,
writer, and editor famous for his series of classic books that describe his adopted home of
America from the sky. America From The Air collects selections from his classic accounts, "I'll
Take The High Road" and "A Flier's World", first published in 1939 and 1951 respectively. Both
give a talented perception of the physical sensation of flying, seeing small farms, deserted
seashores, busy railway lines, and the general awe and wonder of lookind down from on high. An
engrossing read for anyone truly curious about what it feels like to fly, encompassing memories of
America through time and the author's own true passion for aviation.
Body Massage For Holistic Therapists
Francesca Gould
Nelson Thornes Ltd./ISBS, dist.
920 NE 58th Avenue, Suite 300, Portland, OR 97213-3786
0748776540 $20.95 www.isbs.com
In Body Massage For Holistic Therapists, Francesca Gould draws upon her years of experience
and expertise as a teacher of holistic massage and beauty therapy in Bristol to provide the reader
with comprehensive, step-by-step instructions in a practical, workbook approach with illustrative
photography throughout. In addition to tasks designed to assist therapy massage students to build
a portfolio of evidence, and multiple-choice questions intended to help them with licensing or
certification exam preparations, Body Massage For Holistic Therapists is thoroughly "user
friendly" and an invaluable guide which can be confidently recommended to anyone seeking to
expand and improve their knowledge base and "hands on" abilities with respect to body massage.
Also very highly recommended are Francesca Gould's earlier holistic medicine titles:
Aromatherapy For Holistic Therapists (0748771026); Anatomy And Physiology For Holistic
Therapists (0748758-429); and Indian Head Massage (074876-559X).
Introduction To Leisure Services
Richard Kraus, et al.
Sagamore Publishing
804 North Neil St., Champaign, IL 61820
www.sagamorepub.com
1571674829 $44.95 1-800-327-5557
Introduction To Leisure Services: Career Perspectives is the collaborative effort of Richard
Kraus, Elisabeth Barber, and Ira Shapiro. With opening chapters covering recreation and leisure
in American life and the organized leisure-service system in place today, Introduction To Leisure
Services goes on to descriptively address public recreation, park and leisure-service agencies;
non-profit, volunteer oriented, leisure-service agencies; commercial recreation businesses; armed
forces and employee-service programs; campus and private-membership recreation; therapeutic
recreation services; contemporary sports management; travel, tourism and hospitality; and career
perspectives in leisure-service agencies. Enhanced with a bibliography, an author/subject index,
and two appendices ("Listing of Organizations and Societies" and "Suggested Class Assignments
and Student Projects"), Introduction To Leisure Services: Career Perspectives is an
enthusiastically recommended addition to academic library collections and an ideal textbook for
Leisure, Sports & Recreational Services curriculums.
Wisconsin
Zane Williams & Mark Lefebvre
Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co.
PO Box 10306, Portland, OR 97296-0306
1558684042 $39.95 1-800-452-3032
The effective collaboration of freelance photographer and Wisconsin native Zane Williams and
essayist Mark Lefebvre (Senior Director for the Medical School at the University of Wisconsin
Foundation), Wisconsin is a coffee table book showcasing Williams' full-color visual imagery of
the Badger State's natural, human, and architectural landscapes. This wonderful photographic
compendium is superbly enhanced with the inclusion of Lefebvre's three informed and informative
essays emphasis the state's land, history, and culture. Additionally, Wisconsin is enriched for the
reader with interspersed passages from the writings of such established Wisconsin figures as
August Derleth, George Vukelich, Owen J. Gromme, and Robert E. Gard. No community or
academic library's "Wisconsin Studies" collection can be considered complete or comprehensive
without the inclusion of Williams and Lefebvre's Wisconsin!
Biking Wisconsin
Steven Johnson
Trails Books
PO Box 317, Black Earth, WI 53515
www.trailsmediagroup.com
1931599343 $19.95 1-800-236-8088
Biking Wisconsin: 50 Great Road And Trail Rides by native Wisconsin biking enthusiast Steve
Johnson showcases fifty wonderful excursions that are enthusiastically and uniformly
recommended to dedicated cyclists living in or visiting the Badger State. The well defined and
nicely described routes include Great Lakes shore tours, big city bike trails, cycling routes through
Wisconsin's rolling hills, farm country, and woodlands. Enhanced with listings of Wisconsin bike
shops and clubs, bicycling-related websites, safety tips, easy-to-read maps, detailed narrative trip
information, and even money saving bike buying tips, Biking Wisconsin will prove to be a valued
and indispensable planning guide for exploring what Wisconsin has to offer the dedicated
biker!
Roadside Geology Of Wisconsin
Robert H. Dott, Jr. & John W. Attig
Mountain Press Publishing Company
PO Box 2399, Missoula, Montana 59806
087842492X $20.00 1-800-234-5308
Roadside Geology Of Wisconsin is a travel guide written for casual vacationers and geology
enthusiasts alike to exploring and marveling at the wonders of the glacier-changed landscape that
has seen billions of years. Extensive maps and directions to visible geological highlights in more
than 60 state, county, and city parks make Roadside Geology Of Wisconsin an easy-to-follow,
adventurous, informative, and entertaining guide. A highly enjoyable and educational supplement
for Wisconsin road trips and family outings.
The Fate Of Family Farming
Ronald Jager
University Press of New England
23 South Main Str., Hanover, NH 03755
1584650265 $26.00 1-800-421-1561
Former philosophy professor Ronald Jager presents The Fate Of Family Farming: Variations On
An American Idea, a thoughtful examination of the history and future of the American family farm
as a concept and as a way of life. Exploring both the ideals of "agrarianism" and the practical
realities of agribusiness, as well as anecdotal portraits of present-day maple syrup, eggs and corn,
milk, and apple farms, and a candid assessment of ever-changing farm technology, The Fate Of
Family Farming lives up to its title by offering not only an in-depth portrait of the American farm
today but also well-reasoned projections for the American farm of the future, for good or for ill.
Very highly recommended reading for anyone concerned with the seeming demise of the family
farm in the face of the global phenomena of agribusiness.
Eldercare
Thomas M. Cassidy
New Horizon Press
PO Box 669, Far Hills, NJ 07931
0882822462 $14.95 1-800-533-7978
Now in an updated and expanded third edition, Elder Care: What To Look For, What To Look
Out For! by Thomas M. Cassidy (formerly the Senior Special Investigator, New York State
Attorney General's Office) is a must-read for anyone facing hard choices about the care of elderly
relatives or associates. Offering stark warnings to guard against all-too-common fraud or
maltreatment, chapters also cover such matters as long-term care insurance, assisted-living
facilities, legal issues, health issues, nursing homes and hospices, and much more. A no-nonsense,
extremely informative resource especially for lay readers in this day and age of a booming senior
population.
Dietary Fibre
N.G. Asp, et al.
American Assoc. of Cereal Chemists
3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121-2097
9076998329 $88.00 www.aaccnet.org
Dietary Fibre: Bio-Active Carbohydrates For Food And Feed is a collobrative work edited by
expert scientists N. G. Asp, J. Miller, Jones, G. Schaaafsma, and J. W. van der Kamp. In high
technical and professional detail, it describes the scientific definitions, health claims, technological
analysis and methods, results of experimental studies and much more concerning dietary fibre in
the human diet and digestion, and extensively discussiong modern health issues and claims
concerning the types and amounts of fibre that should be consumed. A superbly researched and
extensively detailed textbook and reference, Dietary Fibre is confidently recommended for
students and professionals, as well as academic library Health, Medicine, and Nutrition Studies
collections.
The Travel Shelf
The Best In Tent Camping: Colorado
Johnny Molloy
Menasha Ridge Press
2204 First Avenue South, Suite 102, Birmingham, AL 35233
0897325648 $14.95 menasharidge.com
Now in its third edition, The Best In Tent Camping: Colorado a companion guide especially for
people who relish the outdoors, free from electronics, RV's, and other compromises to enjoying
natural splendor. Guiding the reading among profiled Colorado campgrounds rated for beauty,
security, management, noise, spaciousness, and cleanliness, The Best In Tent Camping: Colorado
includes practical tips, descriptions, detailed maps, a listing of available facilities and contact
information for each camp, and much more. A superb guide and a "must-have" for anyone
determined to experience the wilds of Colorado for themselves.
Two excellent additions to the Adventure Guide series provide outdoors-oriented travelers with
guides packed with detail, from where to stay and eat, to where to shop for local crafts and how
to enjoy historic sites. Tina Neylon's Ireland (15884-33676, $18.99) covers a range of Irish travel
delights, from horseback excursions and walking to surfing and cycling trips. Vivien Lougheed's
Bolivia (158843365X, $19.99) surveys the wildlife and outdoors opportunities of a country which
ranges from tropical Amazonian jungle to high plains deserts. Hiking and viewing opportunities
blend with cultural insights. Each are highly recommended picks.
The Needlecraft Shelf
Stitch n Bitch
Debbie Stoller
Workman Publishers
708 Broadway, NY, NY 10003-9555
0761128182 $13.95 www.workman.com
Techniques, patterns, and easy steps for the modern knitter are profiled in the zany and appealing
Stitch 'n Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook. Here are 40 new patterns, tips on how to start a knitting
group, very basic insights on how to knit and what equipment and patterns are needed, and more.
The chatty and zany approach circumvents the usual dry knitting approach and traditional
applications and will appeal to newer, younger audiences.
Beyond Stitch & Bitch
Afi-Odelia Scruggs
Beyond Words Publishing
20827 NW Cornell Rd. #500, Hillsboro, OR 97124
1582701032 $12.95 beyondword.com
Beyond Stitch & Bitch isn't just another how to knit' book: it's a gathering of informed and
informative of essays writing about the craft, hobby and joy of knitting and exploring the
emotional and spiritual satisfactions of knitters. As such, Beyond Stitch & Bitch makes the perfect
inspiration gift for that beginning knitter with a needlecraft oriented self-help focus to life.
American Quilter's Society
PO Box 3290, Paducah, KY 42002-3290
www.aqsquilt.com
The American Quilter's Society's catalog rapidly expands with the new quilting sessions from this
season, bringing a gorgeous selection of projects and presentations to life. Recommended for
advance 2005 purchase is Klaudeen Hansen and Annette Baker's Quilt Art 2005 Engagement
Calendar (1574328409, $12.95): the spiral-bound calendar keeps weekly spreads in book form
with plenty of room for appointment, blending practicality with text which accompanies a featured
quilt - including reproduction instructions. Quilting expert Janie Donaldson's Add-A-Line
Continued: More Continuous Quiltign Patterns (1574328484, $24.95) provides over sixty
patterns to appeal to hand and longarm machine quilters alike. The designs promote color-coded
progressive quilting innovations. Quiltmaking Legacy (1574328441, $29.95) by Georgia
Bonesteel provides a TV show hostess' easily-reproduced patterns for both blocks and beginning
quilt landscapes and other projects. The very simple projects present a photo and large pattern
with easy directions, making Quiltmaking Legacy especially appropriate for beginners. Fran
Morgan's Fabric Cafe: Thrill Of Chenille (1574328476, $18.95) narrows the focus to
chenille-embellished quilts. Some quilting background is recommended for the easy absorption of
this range of instructions on chenille applications. The American Quilter Society's own museum
presents Monkey Wrench: New Quilts From An Old Favorite (1574328417, $21.95), profiling
seventeen winners and finalists in the annual museum quilting contest based on the Monkey
Wrench design. Patterns and tips accompany the winning artists' biographies and color photos of
their winning holdings. All are wonderful, colorful presentations.
Foolproof Curves
Barbara Barber
C&T Publishing
PO Box 1456, Lafayette, CA 94549
1571202285 $29.95 www.amazon.com
In Foolproof Curves, needlecraft expert Barbara Barber simplifies the quilter's task of producing
curved seams, updating her prior out-of-print title Really Sharp Piecing and showing how to use
foundation piecing to make accurate curved designs. This covers sample projects and her latest
methods for creating curved piece appearances without piecing a curve. Beginners will find these
projects most accessible.
Black Threads
Kyra Hicks
McFarland & Company
PO Box 611, Jefferson, NC 28640
0786413743 $38.50 mcfarlandpub.com
A million Afro-Americans are quilters, and some believe recent studies of oral histories telling of
their quilting roots have inspired more black women to take up the art. Hicks provides the first
comprehensive guide to Afro-American quilt history and modern practice and serves as a
reference to the subject, recommended especially for college-level holdings. Black Threads: An
African American Quilting Sourcebook compiled by Kyra Hicks includes over 1,700 bibliographic
references covering exhibit catalogs, books, newspapers, films, speeches and more -- and offers
primary research conducted by Hicks on the Internet usage of Afro-American quilters. Black
Threads will prove to be a unique and invaluable guide.
While the last ten years has seen a vast rise in the popularity of quilting, many beginning and
advanced quilters will readily admit they lack some of the basic techniques necessary to the art, or
have become too used to a limited number of quilting approaches. Enter Celia Eddy's Quilting
Basics, which provides step-by-step coverage of key quilting skills all beginners should know;
plus a range of quilting designs and explanations lending to advanced quilting knowledge. The
beautiful color photos of both techniques and finished products makes Quilting Basics a highly
recommended pick indeed.
A Beader's Reference
Jane Davis
Krause Publications
700 E. State St., Iola, WI 54990-0001
0873495543 $24.99 www.krause.com
Over 200 beadwork graphics and designs, photos, and project ideas contribute to a
comprehensive reference for both beginners and beadworkers alike. From large and small
beadwork projects to finishing fringes and edgings, each project is accompanied by a graph,
instructions, and numerous resources. The color photos of completed results are exquisite
embellishments. A Beader's Reference is a unique and highly recommended addition to any
dedicated craftmaker or needlecrafter's reference collection.
Needleturn Applique Made Easy
Robyn Pandolph
Landauer
12251 Maffit Road, Cumming, IA 50061
www.landauercorp.net
1890621692 $19.95 1-515-287.2144
In Needleturn Applique Made Easy, applique expert Robyn Pandolph features a new "Sentimental
Journey" fabric collection; a six block quilt pattern (My Favorite Things) which teaches the reader
ten needleturn applique techniques; and applique projects with favorite images including folk art
heart wallhangings, sachets, and towel trims; pillow shams and border trims romanced with the
moon and stars; a trio of nesting boxes framed with birds; and an oversized appliqued with
butterflies and a curious cat. Enhanced with complete "how-to" instructions illustrated with
photographs and complete design images with accurate diagrams, illustrations, and materials list,
Needleturn Applique Made Easy is a thoroughly "user friendly" addition to any dedicated
needlecrafter's personal reference book collection.
The Musicbook Shelf
This Old Guitar
Margaret Aldrich & Michael Dregni, Eds.
Voyageur Press
PO Box 338, Stillwater, MN 55082
www.voyageurpress.com
0896586316 $29.95 www.amazon.com
The guitar changed the face of American music and pop culture across the board, and the stories
gathered by Margaret Aldrich and Michael Dregni in This Old Guitar celebrates the first guitars
and famous guitars which influenced history. This Old Guitar gathers stories from music
journalists and historians, adds quotes from notable guitarists, and is simply packed with period
artwork and current photos in both black and white and eye-catching color. Highly
recommended.
His Song
Elizabeth Rosenthal
Billboard Books
c/o Watson Guptill Publications
770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003
0823088928 $19.95 1-800-451-1741
His Song: The Musical Journey Of Elton John is a biography by an Elton John fan, for Elton John
fans. Chronicling his tours, exploring the depths of his music, dissecting the ebbs and flows of his
career, and observing crucial events of his life such as his "coming out" as first a bisexual and then
a gay man, offering a candid look at his failings including addiction to drugs, alcohol, bulimia, and
sex, as well as his achievements including a rewriting of "Candle in the Wind" which begame the
biggest selling single in music history, His Song is a full-fledged biography and a "must-read" for
anyone truly fascinated by this great musician's turbulent life.
Ever After
Barry Singer
Applause Books
151 W. 46th Street, New York NY 10036
1557835292 $26.95 applausepub.com
Are these indeed the last years of musical theater history? That's the question Barry Singer tackles
in his Ever After, a show-by-show history and critical assessment of the last 25 years of musical
productions. Singer has been a writer and interviewer for the New York Times on the topic, and
Ever After represents his extensive background in musical theatre reporting. Singer has
interviewed almost all the significant names in today's musical theater, and Ever After leaves no
stone unturned in its quest for a solid assessment of the present and future of modern musical
productions.
Ike Turner: King Of Rhythm
John Collis
The Do Not Press/Dufour Editions
Chester Springs, PA 19425-0007
1904316247 $22.95 thedonotpress.com
When soul musician Ike Turner was nineteen, his band traveled to Memphis and predated Chuck
Berry's auto songs with the winning Rocket 88. His musical achievements and life sky-rocketed
afterwards, and John Collins tracks Turner's evolution and achievement in his fine biography Ike
Turner: King Of Rhythm. Myths are considered and realities profiled in an excellent
presentation.
Soul on Soul
Tammy L. Kernodle
Northeastern University Press
360 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115
1555536069 $30.00 nupress.neu.edu
Fans of soul music in general and the efforts of pianist/composer Mary Lou Williams in particular
will not want to miss Soul On Soul, an in-depth biography of the jazz musician's life and
achievements. Williams pioneered some of the most beloved styles in jazz music, writing for Duke
Ellington, Benny Goodman and almost all the jazz greats' of her time: Soul On Soul blends
biographical insights with background on performances, recordings, and the evolution of jazz
music.
Ring Of Fire
Brian Mansfield
Rutledge Hill Press
PO Box 141000, Nashville, TN 37214
1401601375 $14.99 www.amazon.com
Brian Mansfield's Ring Of Fire isn't just another biography of country singer Johnny Cash many
of these have been produced already but a celebration of his music. Included are tributes from
fellow musicians and black and white photos by Les Leverett, who captured Cash moments on
film for over thirty years. A music cd in back adds a touch of elegance to Ring Of Fire: though it
can't compete with the many Cash cd compilations on the market, it's the perfect conclusion.
Making It In The Music Business
Lee Wilson
Allworth Press
10 E. 23rd St., New York NY 10010
1581153171 $19.95 1-800-491-2808
This updated edition of Making It In The Music Business for performers and songwriters covers
all the basics of music industry relations and includes new sections on how to start and run a band,
and how to protect copyrights and work with music lawyers. As much a business reference as a
how to' guide for musicians, Making It In The Music Business offers a healthy dose of concrete
business facts about how the music industry works and musicians with a dose of concrete savvy
will find its advice invaluable and practical.
Ramblin' Man
Ed Cray
W.W. Norton & Company
500 5th Avenue, New York NY 10110
0393047598 $29.95 www.wwnorton.com
The music of folk singer Woody Guthrie's works lives on in Ed Cray's Ramblin' Man: a
biography which charts his coming of age, his many associations with influential musicians of the
times, and his shows and stage presentations. Unlike other biographies, Ramblin' Man takes a
personal approach and presents a you are there' feel to discussions of notable moments in
Guthrie's life, offers from booking agents, and stage appearances. Ramblin' Man reads with all the
passion and drama of the novel but is a solid factual review of Woody Guthrie's inherently
fascinating life and times.
Living The Rock 'N Roll Dream
Buzz Cason
Hal Leonard Corporation
7777 West Bluemound Road, Milwaukee, WI 53213
0634066722 $22.95 halleonard.com
Living The Rock 'n Roll Dream: The Adventures Of Buzz Cason is the autobiography of musician
and award-winning hit songwriter Buzz Cason, founder of the Casuals, the first rock band in
Nashville. A dazzling true story about the popular music trade Cason embraced for fifty years,
shedding light on his career and offering an inside peek at the early days of rock 'n roll. A treasure
for rock 'n roll fans looking to experience a primary account of the origins of their wildly popular
music, and especially for those who have thrilled to Cason's outstanding talent.
When Music Resists Meaning
Herbert Brun (Arun Chandra, editor)
Wesleyan University Press
110 Mt Vernon St, Middletown, CT 06459
0819566705 $27.95 1-800-421-1561
Also available in a hardcover edition (0819566691, $70.00) and deftly edited by Arun Chanra,
When Music Resists Meaning: The Major Writings Of Herbert Brun is an anthology of essays by
electronic and computer music pioneer Herbert Brun (1918-2000). Delving into such questions as
the social functions of "composer" and "listener", the use of "time" in art, how "communication"
hastens the end of new thoughts, creative rebirth and reformation, and much more, these lectures
offer valuable insights into the composition process for experts and non-professionals alike. An
accompanying CD ably presents Brun's own musical works, in this thoughtful resource for any
20th century musician or music historian, especially those with a keen interest in modern music's
evolution through the media of computers and electronics.
The Biography Shelf
Emma Spaulding Bryant
Ruth Douglas Currie, editor
Fordham University Press
2546 Belmont Avenue, University Box L, Bronx, NY 10458-5172
082322273X $75.00 1-800-247-6553
Deftly compiled and edited with narrative by Ruth Douglas Currie (Professor of History and
Political Science, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, North Carolina), Emma Spaulding Bryant
Civil War Bride, Carpetbagger's Wife, Ardent Feminist - Letters And Diaries 1860-1900 is an
extraordinary biographical collection of correspondence and writings that detail the life of a
woman of faith, integrity, and high moral principles, who learned the hard way to become
self-sufficient during years when her husband's demanding political career brought about long
periods of separation. Her eloquence deftly reveals her experiences with poverty and hardship, as
well as her own political passion and championing of the agendas of women's rights and
temperance. A revealing portrait of late nineteenth and early twentieth century America, as surely
as it is the captivating tale of a strong-willed, outspoken woman's life.
Blinded By Love
Monique Houde
Modero Books
43-H Meadow Pond Drive, Leominster, MA 01453
0974868906 $14.95 opcweb.com/choices
More than just an autobiography of a woman who fell for the wrong man, Blinded By Love is a
real-life account of Monique Houde, who explains how she fell into the trap of an abusive
relationship, how she allowed herself to ignore danger in hopes of finding real love, and how she
handled her abusive situations. Any reader concerned about domestic violence issues will find
Blinded By Love a riveting autobiographical account of how one woman overcame her dangerous
addictions to a violent man.
Joseph Smith
Dan Vogel
Signature Books
564 W. 400 N., Salt Lake City, UT 84116
www.signaturebooks.com
1560851791 $39.95 1-800-356-5687
Joseph Smith: The Making Of A Prophet is a new, 738-page, definitive biography of the founder
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (commonly referred to as the Mormons).
Biographer Dan Vogel draws upon his many years of expertise in Mormon history and
painstaking research to provide contemporary readers with an informed and informative
biographical portrait of the family background, personal and public life, controversies and
accomplished of a most unique and remarkable man of the 19th century American frontier.
Scholarly, insightful, thoughtful and thought-provoking, Joseph Smith: The Making Of A Prophet
is highly recommended reading and an essential, core addition to any Mormon History Studies
reference collection or reading list.
Guns And Roses
Rose Keefe
Cumberland House Publishing
431 Harding Industrial Park Drive, Nashville, TN 37211
www.cumberlandhouse.com
1581823789 $16.95 1-888-439-2665
Guns And Roses is the riveting true story of ruthless, colorful, and reigning gangster Dean
O'Banion, known as "Chicago's Arch Killer" and the "Boss of the 42nd and 43rd Wards" before
Al Capone seized the dubious title of underworld kingpin. Drawn from information compiled from
police and court documents, contemporary news accounts, interviews with O'Banion's friends and
associates, and more, Guns And Roses sheds light on the harsh story of Irish-Sicilian clashes on
the North Side circa 1890-1910, and the turmoil-strewn relationship between O'Banion and
Capone himself during their war for supremacy. A thrilling, expertly researched and presented life
story.
The Computer Shelf
Murach's C#
Joel Murach & Doug Lowe
Mike Murach & Associates
3848 West Gettysburg, Suite 101, Fresno, CA 93722-7801
1890774227 $49.50 1-800-221-5528
Computer software experts Joel Murach and Doug Lowe collaborate in Murach's C# in order to
provide their readers with a superbly organized and thoroughly "user friendly', 750-page course
on using C# programming. Readers will learn how to utilize C# and Visual Studio to design,
code, and test Windows applications; handle dates, strings, arrays, loops, and collections; use
structured exception handling; validate user input to prevent common exceptions; the use of
object-oriented programming in considerable depth, an d so much more. Of special note is the
five-chapter section dedicated to database processing using ADO.NET. Enhanced with model
applications, end-of-chapter exercises; and a "paired pages" format; Murach's C# is confidently
recommended as one of the very best resource and instructional manuals on C# available
today.
Introduction To Computer Graphics
H. Bungartz, M. Griebel, and C. Zenger
Charles River Media
20 Downer Ave, #3 Hingham, MA 02043
www.charlesriver.com
1584503327 $49.95 1-800-382-8505
Now in its second edition, Introduction To Computer Graphics is an instructional text to the
science and art of programming computer graphics, from the basics of generating images on a
screen to fundamentals such as transformations, rudimentary shapes, and representations of grays
and colors to means for modeling three-dimensional objects, ray tracing, radiosity, visualization,
specific applications of mapping techniques, and much more. With countless diagrams and
illustrations, an overview of graphical software and languages such as OpenGL, an appendix of
problem sets to practice the described techniques, and much more, Introduction To Computer
Graphics is a quality reference, resource, and teaching tool whether for formal computer graphics
classes or self-study.
PCI Bus Demystified
Doug Abbot
Newnes/Elsevier Academic Press
525 B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495
0750677392 $49.95 newnespress.com
Now in its second edition with new coverage of PCI-X 2.0, PCI Bus Demystified is an expertly
written text meant for hardware and software designers alike, explaining all aspects of the
peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus, which is the most established bus system used to
connect the various elements of today's high-performance computer systems. Including PCI
electric specifications, numerous design examples, and beginning and advanced topics such signal
groups and types, the arbitration process, plug and play configuration, electrical and mechanical
features unique to PCI-X, and much more, PCI Bus Demystified is an excellent resource,
classroom text and self-teaching tool.
Using Audition
Ron Dabbs
CMP Media LLC
4601 West 6th Street, Suite B, Lawrence, KS 66049
157820240X $44.95 cmpbooks.com
Written by the founder of the Musicians' Technical Workshop, Using Audition is a solid,
user-friendly how-to guide to using Audition version 1.5 to edit digital video and audio
multimedia. Screenshots and explicit instructions cover basic installation, recording and
microphone techniques, editing tracks and adding effects, using multitrack recording, MIDI files,
and ReWire to enhance tracks, mixing and mastering for Compact Disc and Surround Sound,
analyzing audio content to resolve problems, and much more. A hands on, go-to learning
experience, self-teaching instructional and useful reference intended for users ranging from
beginner to advanced, Using Audition also comes with a CD-ROM filled with files for use in the
text's step-by-step tutorials.
Osborne/McGraw-Hill
2100 Powell Street, Emeryville, CA 94608
1-800-722-4726 www.amazon.com
The collaborative effort of computer security experts Roberta Bragg, Mark Rhodes-Ousley, &
Keith Strassberg, Network Security: The Complete Reference (0072226978; 928 pages; $59.99)
comprehensively and accessibly teaches end-to-end network security concepts and techniques,
and includes detailed information on just how to design a truly comprehensive and effective
security defense model. Plus, Network Security: The Complete Reference discloses how to
develop and deploy computer, personnel, and physical security policies, how to design and
manage authentication and authorization methods, and much more. Intrusion Detection &
Prevention (0072229543; 500 pages; $39.99) by the expert team of Carl Endorf, Eugene Schultz,
& Jim Mellander shows exactly how to implement top intrusion detection products into
real-world networked environments. Intrusion Detection & Prevention methodically covers the
most popular intrusion detection tools including Internet Security Systems' Black ICE &
RealSecure, Cisco Systems' Secure IDS, Computer Associates' eTrust, Entercept, and the open
source Snort tool. Both of these outstanding titles are confidently recommended and would be of
special value as introductions to novice computer users with a need for system security.
Linux for Non-Geeks
Rickford Grant
No Starch Press
555 DeHaro St., San Francisco CA 94107
1593270348 $34.95 www.nostarch.com
Rickford Grant's hands-on beginner's guide to Linux, Linux For Non-Geeks, comes with a cd and
provides all the basics to understand a free operating system which can do everything Windows
can, and more. Linux has typically been a system computer savvy individuals used: Linux For
Non-Geeks points out the ease of using Linux and provides a basic guide keyed to a series of
projects for using it. The accompanying cd provides a complete version of Linux along with free
software instructionals. Very highly recommended.
The Science Shelf
Einstein Defiant
Edmund Blair Bolles
Joseph Henry Press
500 Fifth St, NW, Washington, DC 20001
0309089980 $27.95 www.nas.edu
Einstein Defiant: Genius Versus Genius In The Quantum Revolution is the true story of the
conflict between reknowned physicist and genius Albert Einstein, and the pragmatic physicist and
expert Niels Bohr, concerning quantum mechanics. Bohr embraced the new theory that centered
about unpredictibility, while Einstein's dismay at the thought of God playing "dice with the
universe" is well known to this day. Both great scientific thinkers earned Nobel Prizes on the same
day, and both shared a lasting and critical debate in lecture halls from Sweden to Japan, with
nothing less than human understanding of how the Universe works at stake. A captivating,
meticulous account of the history of scientific discovery, theory, extrapolation, and the intellectual
human beings who spearheaded opposing schools of thought.
Feeling the Heat
Jim Motavalli, Editor
Routledge
29 W. 35th St., NY, NY 10001-2299
www.routledge-ny.com
0415946565 $17.95 1-800-634-7064
One would anticipate a discourse on climatic change to be a dry, scientific presentation relatively
weighty for lay readers: not so with compiled and editor Jim Montavalli's Feeling the Heat:
Dispatches from the Frontlines of Climate Change, which provides articles written by articulate
contributors drawn from the front lines of the world's hot spots' where serious climate shifts are
already in progress. From a 2003 European heatwave which killed 10,000 in France alone to the
rising of the sea level in California, Feeling The Heat provides a set of thought-provoking, chilling
facts.
Encyclopedia Of Optical Engineering
Ronald G. Driggers, editor
Marcel Dekker, Inc.
270 Madison Ave., NY, NY 10016-0602
0824709403 $1,500.00 www.dekker.com
Knowledgeably compiled, expertly organized, and deftly edited by Ronald G. Driggers (Chief of
the Electro-optics and Photonics Division of the Army Research Laboratory), this Marcel Dekker
edition of the Encyclopedia Of Optical Engineering: The Premiere Guide To Optics is a three
volume resource which draws upon the expertise and insights of distinguished professional from
around the world to provide up-to-date information on the nature and utilization of optics ranging
astronomy to x-rays. Included is seminal and cutting edge information that includes digital image
enhancement, biological modeling, biomedical spectroscopy, ocean optics, and more. From target
detection, image restoration, holography, and lens design, to fiber optic sources, optical biopsy,
radiometry, classification and codes, the encyc-lopedic treatment of every aspect of optics is
covered in accessible detail. Enhancing this unique reference work is an online version with
quarterly updates, links to bibliographic citations, full-color illustrations, and customized content
views. The Encyclopedia Of Optical Engineering is an essential, core addition to academic,
corporate, and professional library reference collections.
The Hype About Hydrogen
Joseph J. Romm
Island Press
1718 Connecticut Ave. NW #300, Washington, DC 20078-8944
155963703X $25.00 islandpress.org
Can hydrogen solve our energy and environmental problems? Some claim emission-free hydrogen
fuel sells will solve the environmental crisis: author Joseph J. Romm says otherwise, explaining
why hydrogen isn't the quick fix touted, and arguing that hydrogen's promise will not be realized
until the long term. Politics and economics blends with social and environmental analysis to
provide a scientific and social survey of hydrogen in The Hype About Hydrogen: Fact And Fiction
In The Race To Save The Climate.
Experimentation In Mathematics
Jonathan Borwein, et al.
A. K. Peters Ltd.
63 South Ave., Natick, MA 01760-4626
1568811365 $49.00 www.akpeters.com
The collaboration of Jonathan Borwein, David Bailey, and Roland Girgensohn, Experimentation
In Mathematics: Computational Paths To Discovery is a scholarly, college and graduate-studies
text discussing the role of computer-based experimental research in the formulation of new
hypotheses. Extensive equations, advanced numerical techniques, and mathematical experiments
explained in meticulous, step-by-step detail reveal the "new paradigm" in mathematic research, in
this solid text especially for expert students and field professionals in cutting-edge mathematical
studies.
Prometheus Books
59 John Glenn Dr., Amherst, NY 14228
1-800-421-0351 prometheusbooks.com
Two new math guides provide an excellent journey through the world of mathematics. Jefferson
Hane Weaver's The Math Explorer: A Journey Through The Beauty Of Mathematics
(1591021375, $21.00) provides a layperson's introduction to numbers, explaining and inviting
readers to sample topics. Five historical profiles review the life and works of Descartes, Kepler,
Galileo and Newton, while the biographies serve to examine the modern foundations of math.
Alfred Posamentier's Math Charmers: Tantalizing Tidbits For The Mind (1591020670, $20.00)
tells adults how to turn their kids on to math, and reminds readers of the underlying beauty of
math and its solutions. Designed as a combat to math phobias, this guide tells how to make math
intriguing and fun.
The Business Shelf
A Survival Guide To Working With Humans
Gini Graham Scott, Ph.D.
Amacom
1601 Broadway, New York NY 10019
0814472052 $15.00 amacombooks.com
Gini Scott's A Survival Guide For Working With Humans: Dealing With Whiners, Back-Stabbers,
Know-It-Alls, And Other Difficult People highlights specific problems and uses case history
examples to show how they were effectively solved. Short, practical recipes for handling difficult
people on the job, ranging from a tyrannical boss to sensitive colleagues and plain incompetents,
provide anyone in the business world with a host of tips to problem-solving troubled relationships.
All levels of workers will find A Survival Guide For Working With Humans to be an invaluable
reference.
Knowledge Management Lessons Learned
Michael Koenig & T. Kanti Srikantaiah
Information Today
143 Old Marlton Pike, Medford, NJ 08055-8750
1573871818 $44.50 infotoday.com
Examinations of critical success factors in product management, analysis of common pitfalls in
knowledge management endeavors, and practical applications of knowledge management
concepts are packed into Michael Koenig and T. Kanti Srikantaiah's Knowledge Management
Lessons Learned: What Works And What Doesn't, a business reference which is a recommended
pick for college-level students. The focus on what works and what doesn't, paired with the
nuts-and-bolts experiences and demonstrations of researchers and businesspeople, makes for an
important contribution in the field.
Sprout!
Alan Vengel & Greg Wright
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
235 Montgomery Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94104-2916
1576752070 $19.95 bkconnection.com
In Sprout!: Everything I Need To Know About Sales I Learned From My Garden, Alan Vengel
(consultant, speaker, and educator in management training and organizational development) and
Greg Wright (San Diego based business consult) collaborative in using the garden and gardening
as a model to illustrate easy and practical ways for sales professionals and managers to generate
peer support and motivation. Job burnout rates in professional sales is very high, as a result, the
loss of employee talent, experience, and the consequent expenditures for rehiring and re-training
replacements is a corrosively expensive drain on the corporate bottom line -- not to mention the
emotional toll burnout represents in devastating so many men and women in their careers as sales
professionals. By adhering to the "user friendly" steps outlined, explained, and illustrated in
Sprout!, salespeople can beat "career blues" and successfully continue in their chosen profession
with renewed vigor and appreciation. Very highly recommended reading!
The Six Sigma Path To Leadership
David H. Treichler & Ronald Carmichael
Quality Press/ASQ
600 North Plankinton Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53201-3005
0873896157 $45.00 www.asq.org
Knowledgeably and deftly written by David H. Treichler (Master Expert at Raytheon Intelligence
and Information Systems) with the assistance of Ronald D. Carmichael (Senior Manager for the
Raytheon Company electronic Systems Group), The Six Sigma Path To Leadership: Observations
From The Trenches is recommended as an informed and informative support guide for corporate
managers seeking to improve company efficiencies, reduce errors, and increase bottom-line
profits. Enhanced with a wealth of illustrative examples of what works and what doesn't, and
showcasing lessons learned from hundreds of non-traditional applications and specific Six Sigma
projects, The Six Sigma Path To Leadership is strongly recommended reading regardless of
whether the reader is a novice to management or has worked their way up to senior level
management positions of global responsibility.
Leading The Professionals
Geoff Smith
Kogan Page USA
Stylus Publishing, dist.
525 South 4th Street, #241, Philadelphia, PA 19147
0749439963 $35.00 1-800-232-0223
Written by a specialist in designing, managing, and implementing programs for leaders, Leading
The Professionals: How To Inspire & Motivate Professional Service Teams a solid guide to the
sometimes tricky task of directing a firm's top talents. Many professionals prefer to do things their
own way, and resist being directed or working as part of a team - whether they are highly
qualified, creatives, knowledge workers, or conceptualists, it is often the human tendency to rely
on one's own expertise first that can hinder as much as it helps. Leading The Professionals
emphasizes that the key to dealing with talent is the "light touch" - encouraging and supporting
rather than being overbearing and controlling. A practical guide to getting the job done, featuring
sensible advice and numerous anecdotes to illustrate its practical human resource management
principles.
Effective Advertising
Gerard J. Tellis
Sage Publications, Inc.
2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-2218
0761922539 $34.95 sagepub.com
Effective Advertising: Understanding When, How And Why Advertising Works is an absolute
must-read for professional and aspiring advertisers and marketers. It very candidly and
straightforwardly presents the theories, principles, and techniquest of advertising, including
findings from marketing studies in the late twentieth century concerning advertising intensity,
elasticity, frequency, content, and more. As fascinating for lay people seeking to learn more about
the commercials that bombard daily life as it is for students and professionals making a living
spreading word of their products, Effective Advertising is a thorough, no-nonsense explanation of
the nuts and bolts of how messages can be spread and leave a mark on human psychology.
Strategic Thinking
Bill Birnbaum
Douglas Mountain Publishing
PO Box 2216, Costa Mesa, CA 92628
1932632131 $16.95 douglasmountain.com
Skilled strategy consultant Bill Birnbaum presents Strategic Thinking: A Four Piece Puzzle, a
handy and easy-to-follow guide for managers and planners concerning basic business concerns.
From adapting to the product life cycle in a market (such as by anticipating the inevitable decline
in demand for most new products and compensating by introducting a new product as the old one
decreases in popularity) to getting the best out of one's people, to judiciously applying the "80-20
rule" (i.e. 20% of the input is usually responsible for 80% of the output, and total output can be
significantly improved by focusing on that 20% - but the rule is not an absolute), to learning how
to focus on a few objectives and get them done right, Strategic Thinking is an overall winner
written in straightforward, accessible terms. Recommended for business managers and decision
makers of all skill and experience levels.
The American History Shelf
Liberty And Order
Lance Banning, editor
Liberty Fund, Inc.
8335 Allison Pinte Trail, #300, Indianapolis, IN 46250-1684
0865974187 $12.00 www.libertyfund.org
Compiled and edited by Lance Banning (Professor of History, University of Kentucky), Liberty
And Order: The First American Party Struggle presents representatives of the Federalist and
Anti-Federalist factions expounding in their own words their divergent philosophies, visions, and
concerns -- differences that would give birth to a system of American political parties which was
originally unexpected and unforeseen by the Founding Fathers and the United States Constitution.
Liberty And Order provides significant insights and backgrounding into such historical issues as
the development of the Bill of Rights; the impact of the French Revolution and the War of 1812
upon American civil liberties and foreign policy; and the primal foundations of what we recognize
today as the American political economy. Liberty And Order is a seminal contribution to school
and community library American Political History collections.
The Frozen-Water Trade
Gavin Weightman
Hyperion Books
77 West 66th St., NY, NY 10023-6298
www.hyperionbooks.com
0786886404 $13.95 1-800-759-0190
In 1806 the brig Favorite left Boston bound for Martinique packed with large chunks of ice cut
from a frozen lake: the first venture of a Boston entrepreneur who believed he could make a
fortune selling ice to people in the tropics. Despite ridicule and hardship, Tudor made his fortune
and founded a huge industry in the process: The Frozen-Water Trade: A True Story provides a
lively discourse on his accomplishments. The Frozen-Water Trade is the impressive and
informative story of that early 19th century adventerous entrepreneur.
The Amish Schools Of Indiana
Stephen Harroff
Purdue University Press
1207 South Campus Courts, Bldg. E, West Lafayette, IN 47907
1557532931 $34.95 1-800-933-9637
The Amish Schools Of Indiana: Faith In Education is a close look at Indiana Amish schools from
the early 1950s to the twenty-first century. Examining how Amish settlements actively undertook
a movement to open their own schools that would provide them with more influence over the
education and socialization of their children, and the effectiveness of these institutions in allowing
Amish communities and faith to survive the changes of generations, The Amish Schools Of
Indiana is a crucial, meticulously researched and studiously presented example of the critical link
between educational foundations and societal stability.
New York University Press
838 Broadway, NY, NY 10003
1-800-996-6987 www.nyupress.org
Part of the New York University Press "Critical America" series, Jules Lobel's Success Without
Victory: Lost Legal Battles And The Long Road To Justice In America (0814751121, 32.95)
documents lost legal battles and the road to justice in America. Lobel views the drive to win in
American culture, analyses the price of success, and suggests lessons be learned from legal and
political activists who have advocated losing causes in court, only to make long-term impressions
and differences in American society as a result. Selected court cases outline his contentions. Elena
Tajima Creef's Imaging Japanese America: The Visual Construction Of Citizenship, Nation, And
The Body (081-4716229, $19.00) is a recommended pick for college-level Asian studies readers:
it begins with the internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II and
supplements photos with insights on how American popular culture viewed Japanese-Americans.
An intriguing cultural analysis.
Mississippi Escapade
Paul C. Larson & Pamela Allen Larson
Afton Historical Society Press
PO Box 100, Afton, MN 55001
1890434647 $17.95 www.aftonpress.com
Enhanced with more than one hundred color and b/w illustrations, Mississippi Escapade: Reliving
The Grand Excursion Of 1854 is a superbly organized and presented documentation and
celebration of an 1854 journey by a group of notable and fashionable people which brought
worldwide attention to what was then America's western and wilderness frontier. Ten years in the
making, Grand Excursion 2004 proved to be a catalyst from significant and grandiose civic
improvements in more than forty Upper Mississippi communities, including Minneapolis and St.
Paul. Of special note will be the largest steamboat flotilla in a hundred years that will travel the
Mississippi from the Quad Cities to the Twin Cities from June 25 to July 5, 2004. A highly
entertaining and informative work which is especially suited to school and community library
American History collections, co-authors Paul Clifford Larson and Pamela Allen Larson are to be
commended for their collaborative expertise and excellence.
The New Press
38 Green Street, 4th floor, NY, NY 10013
1-800-233-4830 www.thenewpress.com
David Cole's Enemy Aliens (1565848004, $24.95) is a powerful testimony to the challenged
freedoms which have taken place since 9/11. The rapid emergence of double standards in the war
on terrorism is explored in a hard-hitting title which documents statistics about those being held
prison without civil liberties rights, and the prevalence of ethnicity-based detentions justified as
security measures. A thought-provoking study of civil rights challenged. Nicely illustrated with
the photography of Joseph Rodriguez, New Americans (156584792X, $25.00) by Ruben
Martinez recounts the dramatic journeys of seven new immigrant families to America, and their
settling in this country; from an Asian couple from the computer industry of India to a Mexican
family working meatpacking plants in Kansas. Excellent stories of survival and cultural adjustment
evolve.
Sacrificed At The Alamo
Richard Bruce Winders
State House Press
PO Box 15247, Austin, TX 78761
1880510804 $24.95 1-800-421-3378
Volume three in the Military History of Texas Series, Sacrificed At The Alamo: Tragedy And
Triumph In The Texas Revolution is a solid account written and presented by Richard Winders,
historian and curator of the Alamo today. An extensive reconstruction of historical battles,
motives, and actions, drawing upon a wealth of primary sources as well as a critical study of
military science principles as they were applied to history in the making, Sacrificed At The Alamo
concludes with the stringent claim that it was bickering within the Texas rebel forces that
ultimately doomed those slaughtered at the Alamo and Goliad, as surely as the Mexican centralist
forces who did the actual killing. A meticulous, highly readable account and a welcome
contribution to American and Texas history shelves. Also recommended are the previous volumes
of the Military History of Texas Series, The Finishing Stroke: Texans In The 1864 Tennessee
Campaign and The Wings Of Change: The Army Air Force Experience In Texas During World
War II.
Prairie Power
Robbie Lieberman
University of Missouri Press
2910 LeMone Blvd, Columbia, MO 65201
082621522X $44.95 1-800-828-1894
Prairie Power: Voices Of 1960s Midwestern Student Protest is an anthology of oral histories from
former student radicals of the University of Missouri, the University of Kansas, and Southern
Illinois University. Directly challenging the stereotype of prairie power activists as "long-haired,
dope-smoking anarchists" who brought about the downfall of Students for a Democratic Society,
Prairie Power explores lasting student activist contributions to the New Left, and delves into the
histories of national SDS leaders, the local midwestern activists who often felt they were on their
own, and the stories of the grassroots activists. Building upon the testimonies of individuals to
present a cohesive whole, Prairie Power is a welcome contribution to understanding the dynamics
of 60's student protests and influence and its effect upon the nation for generations to come.
Eighteen Minutes
Stephen L. Moore
Republic of Texas Press
c/o Rowman & Littlefield
4720 Boston Way, Lanham, MD 20706
www.nbnbooks.com (NBN, dist.)
1589070097 $24.95 1-800-462-6420
Written by a sixth generation Texan and a descendant of fighters who themselves battled for
Texas independence, Eighteen Minutes: The Battle Of San Jacinto And The Texas Independence
Campaign is an extensive retelling of the critical battle that established Texas as the Lone Star
Republic, independent from Mexico. Drawing directly from and telling its story through the words
of over 120 Texan and Mexican soldiers, Eighteen Minutes follows the actions of General Sam
Houston and his Texas volunteers from one week after the fall of the Alamo to his victory at San
Jacinto. Eighteen Minutes is an exhaustively researched, superbly written military history, laying
out the brief yet utterly decisive battle in minute detail.
Wagons West
Frank McLynn
Grove Press
841 Broadway, N, NY 10003-4793
0802117317 $32.50 1-800-788-3122
Wagons West: The Epic Story Of America's Overland Trails compiles original diaries and
memoirs of pioneers along with other resources to paint a vivid picture of an era in United States
history, from 1840 to 1849, between the time of the fur trappers and the gold rush when pioneers
dared to brave the elements to settle land. Sparing no details of risks and horrors, Wagons West
tells of disaster as well as success, from the fiasco of the Donner party to the tragedy that beset
the Mormon treks. An amazing true account that practically transports the reader through time,
and a welcome contribution to American and pioneer history shelves.
The World History Shelf
The Vikings
Magnus Magnusson
Tempus Publishing/Trafalgar Square
PO Box 257, N. Pomfret, VT 05053
0752426990 $15.95 1-800-423-4525
The Viking people hold a solid place in the history of the West, and Magnus Magnusson's study
of them presents a lively discourse in The Vikings of a people who were both pillagers and raiders
and great pioneers and traders. The Vikings is a 'must' for any college-level personal or academic
library Viking Studies or World History collection.
Struggle For Liberation
George Alevizakis
American Literary Press
8019 Belair Rd., Baltimore, MD 21236
www.americanliterarypress.com
1561678260 $15.95 1-800-873-2003
Greece from 1941-45 is the focus, along with the life of author George Alevizakis in Struggle For
Liberation. George was sixteen when the German attacked his Crete birthplace. His adventures
and experiences in the Greek underground working to fight the Nazis makes for an involving,
eye-opening and revealing autobiographical story in Struggle For Liberation.
Public History
James Gardner & PeterLaPaglia, eds
Krieger Publishing Company
PO Box 9542, Melbourne, FL 32902-9542
1575242443 $52.50 1-800-724-0025
Public History: Essays From The Field provides twenty-six essays by a variety of learned authors,
discussing the varieties of work in which public historians are engaged in today and the places in
which they practice. From contract historians who serve as consultants, to film and media
producers who bring history to the big screen, to museum curators, educators, policy advisors,
and the roles of state historical agencies, historical parks, historic houses and buildings, and much
more, Public History offers a composite glimpse of how records of the past fuel the present in
hope of paving a way to a more knowledgeable future.
Chinese Silk
Shelagh Vainker
Rutgers University Press
100 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8099
www.rutgerspress.rutgers.edu
0813534461 $39.95 1-732-445-7762
Chinese Silk: A Cultural History by Shelagh Vainker (Assistant Keeper of Eastern Art,
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England) is a detailed history of silk in China ranging from its
Neolithic origins down to the twentieth century. Relating the use of Chinese silk to other
decorative arts, and drawing extensively from archaeology, paintings, poems, and other texts,
Vainker traces the role of silk in Chinese history, trade, religion, and literature. Chinese Silk is an
impressive and seminal work of outstanding scholarship, would make a superb choice as a
community library Memorial Fund acquisition, as well as an essential, core addition to academic
library Cultural History collections.
The Great Pictorial History Of World Crime
Jay Robert Nash
History, Inc.
Scarecrow Press, dist.
810 D. Skokie Blvd., Wilmette, IL 60091
1928831206 $250.00 www.rowman.com
The result of ten years of painstaking research which has subsequently been distilled into a
two-volume work of seminal importance by compiler and editor Jay Robert Nash, The Great
Pictorial History Of World Crime offers a vividly narrative text of profiling the faces of crime
around the world and is enhanced with more than 2,500 illustrations, an annotated index of
approximately 10,000 entries, and a true crime bibliography of more than 12,000 entries.
Alphabetically organized, Volume I ranges from Assassination; Bigamy; Burglary; Cannibalism;
and Drugs, to Fraud, Gangs, Gangsters & Organized Crime; and Kidnapping. Volume II ranges
from Celebrity Slayings; Mass Murder; Serial Killers; Unsolved Homicides; Piracy; Robbery;
Secret Criminal Societies; and Terrorism. Drawing from local, national, and international archives,
police and intelligence agencies, museums and historical societies, as well as Nash's own vast
private collection, The Great Pictorial History Of World Crime is quite justifiably recognized as
the standard reference work in the very specialized field of historical research dedicated to crime
and the criminal. This is a unique and strongly recommended acquisition for personal, academic
and community library World History and Criminology Studies reference collections.
High River And The Times
Paul Voisey
University of Alberta Press
Ring House 2, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2E1
0888644116 $29.95 www.uap.ualberta.ca
High River And The Times: An Alberta Community And Its Weekly Newspaper 1905-1966 is the
true story of a small-town and its weekly newspaper "High River Times". An enjoyable and
informative excursion through six decades of change, including two world wars, and the
relationship the small newspaper had in recording, articulating, and defending local attitudes,
activities, and aspirations, High River And The Times is an aptly researched an endearling
presented tour through an era gone by, but not long past.
The Health/Medicine Shelf
Men's Health Concerns Sourcebook
Robert McNally, editor
Omnigraphics
615 Griswold St., Detroit, MI 48226
0780806719 $78.00 omnigraphics.com
Yet another winner in the ongoing Health Reference series for consumers, Men's Health Concerns
Sourcebook: Basic Consumer Health Information About The Medical And Mental Concerns Of
Men, Including Theories About The Shorter Male Lifespan, the leading causes packs in the latest
research and details on men's health, from statistics on health concerns and mortality to why men
fall victim to accidents and chronic diseases. Chapters cover the latest in disease and death
research relating to lifestyle issues and offers new findings in how to meet men's key health
challenges. The Men's Health Concerns Sourcebook sounds technical but it is a very accessible
reference for non-specialist general readers and consumers.
New Workout
John Laurie & Bum Lee
Van der Plas Publications
1282 - 7th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94122
1892495449 $18.95 www.vanderplas.net
Written by co-founders of the Human Resistance Trainers Association, New Workout: Human
Resistance Training - Dynamic Strength Training Without Equip-ment is a guidebook for personal
trainers, casual fitness seekers, and anyone seeking to improve their strength or stamina that
focuses upon strength training that uses human muscles to provide the resistance and counter
force rather than external weights. Extensive black-and-white photographs illustrate the simple
techniques, suitable for gym or home, especially for building up muscle groups. An explicit,
expertly written, easy-to-follow guide to self-improvement without the necessity of expensive
equipment.
Hair Loss Answers
Peter J. Panagotacos, M.D.
Card Publishing
3450 Sacramento St. #405, San Francisco CA 94118-1914
1932428348 $19.95 cardpublishing.com
As an aging population of males (and some females!) considers the slow erosion of hair, Dr. Peter
Panagotacos presents a sourcebook from a determatologist turned hair restorationist, backing
analysis of hair restoration options with a medical license. Hair Loss Answers By The Hair Doc
surveys all kinds of causes, effects and treatment options applicable to different types of hair loss.
Discussions of the most effective treatments supplement obvious scams and treatment failures,
making for an intriguing guide.
Three new guides provide consumers for quick facts and clear information on common diseases.
Dr. Wayne Kepron's Cystic Fibrosis (1552977404, $14.95) explores the latest facts and findings
on the disease, from managing symptoms and complications to considering lung transplants.
Chapters even include preparations for death. Dr. David Grimes' Parkinson's (1552978907)
explains the differences between Parkinson's and lookalike' conditions, considers the latest gene
therapies and treatments, and includes a fine section on drug side effects. Dr. Rob Myers' Heart
Disease (1552979261) provides the latest insights on risk factors, early warning signs, and new
treatments. All are fine consumer-oriented guides.
Migraine And Other Headaches
William B. Young, MD
Stephen Silberstein, MD
Demos Publishing
386 Park Avenue South, NY, NY 10016
1932603034 $19.95 www.amazon.com
Drs. William Young and Stephen Silberstein's Migraine And Other Headaches is not as casual as
most on the topic: it provides a medically-based analysis of the causes of different types of
headaches, defines different migraine experiences, and differentiates between severe headache,
tension headache, and migraine. While the reading in Migraine And Other Headaches isn't as easy
as some self-help guides on the topic, the focus on uncovering the source of symptoms and
various treatment options makes this medical handbook an excellent guide for sufferers seeking
better care or more information.
How To Lose Weight And Gain Money
Vivien Schapera & Drew Logan
Four Winds Press, LLC
7445 Fourwinds Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45242-5912
www.loseweightgainmoney.com
0970980957 $15.00 1-513-542-4400
How To Lose Weight And Gain Money: A Program For Putting Your Life In Order is the
collaborative effort of psychologist Vivien S. Schapera (a practicing Alexander Teacher and
Energy Healer with more than twenty years experience) and Drew A. Logan (freelance teacher,
personal financial consultant, and volunteer for non-profit organizations). Schapera and Logan
show the reader just how to go about successfully reversing the downward spiral of weight gain
and the erosion of financial assets which are an all to common pairing for men and women these
days. This unusual compilation addressing money management and weight gain management
reveal just how critical both areas are to developing a productive, healthy, balanced life. How To
Lose Weight And Gain Money is thoughtful and thought-provoking -- and an invaluable addition
to any personal self-help, self-improvement reading list!
The Theatre/Cinema Shelf
A Third Face
Samuel Fuller
Applause Books
151 West 46th Street, NY, NY 10036
1557836272 $18.95 www.amazon.com
A Third Face: My Tale Of Writing, Fighting, And Filmmaking by Samuel Fuller (with the
posthumous and collaborative assistance of his wife Christa Lang Fuller and longtime friend
Jerome Henry Rudes) features a Foreword by Martin Scorsese and and presents the reader with
an autobiographical account of one of Hollywood's most prolific and independent
writer/director/producers. The late Samuel Fuller (1911-1997) made 29 tough, gritty films from
1949 to 1989. His film "Park Row" was inspired by his years in the New York newspaper
business. His years of service in the army during World War II provided material for his films
"The Big Red One", "The Steel Helmet", and "Merrill's Marauders. From "Pickup on South
Street" and "Underworld U.S.A.", to "Shock Corridor" and White Dog", A Third Face provides
the story behind the films and the man who created them. A Third Face is highly recommended
and inherently fascinating reading for film buffs and students of 20th Century American
Cinema.
The Alamo
Frank Thompson
Newmarket Press
18 East 48th Street, New York, NY 10017
www.newmarketpress.com
1557046077 $29.95 1-800-669-3903
Featuring more than 125 full color photographs, Frank Thompson's The Alamo: The Illustrated
Story Of The Epic Film is an amazing tour of "The Alamo", from director John Lee Hancock,
starring Billy Bob Thornton, Dennis Quaid, Jason Patric, and more. "The Alamo" was the first
theatric film about the brutal battle in over 40 years; The Alamo: The Illustrated Story Of The
Epic Film includes a point-by-point summary of historical events, an extensive tour of casting,
costuming, historical recreations and set design, the full movie script, and more. A treasure for
cinema buffs especially, and the perfect companion volume to anyone who enjoys and appreciates
the power "The Alamo"movie has had in bringing history to life.
Independent Filmmaker's Manual
Eden H. Wurmfeld & Nicole S. Laloggia
Focal Press
200 Wheeler Road, Burlington, MA 01803
0240805852 $44.95 www.focalpress.com
Now in an updated and expanded second edition and nicely enhanced with an accompanying
CD-ROM, the IFP/Los Angeles Independent Filmmaker's Manual is the collaborative work of
independent film producer Eden Wurmfeld and Nicole Shay Laloggia (Professor of Production at
the North Carolina School of the Arts). As "user friendly" as it is comprehensive, the Independent
Filmmaker's Manual covers every aspect of film production including preparations, the script,
financing, breaking down a script for shooting, scheduling, budgeting, pre-production,
production, post-production, film festivals, and film distribution. With it's Resource Guide
appendix, glossary, and index, the Independent Filmmaker's Manual is a complete and
comprehensive "how to" instructional text and a highly recommended addition to film school
reference collections and aspiring independent film producer reading lists.
Film Direction Cinematic Motion
Steven D. Katz
Michael Wiese Productions
1209 West Howe St., Seattle, WA 98119
www.mwp.com
0941188906 $27.95 1-800-833-5738
Now in an updated second edition, Film Directing Cinematic Motion is an extensive how-to
manual especially for aspiring and practicing directors to fine-tuning the art of creating a personal
camera style, piecing together extended sequence shots, make the most of digital technology for
visualization and script breakdown, and much more. Including interactive online 3D storyboards
for hands-on practice, Film Directing Cinematic Motion is extremely down-to-earth in its
presentation, offering direct Q & A with an expert, extremely detailed situational examples,
frame-by-frame diagrams to illustrate complex points, and much more. Highly recommended for
anyone involved in the field, whether amateur or professional.
Barron's
250 Wireless Rd., Hauppauge, NY 11788
www.barronseduc.com
Two must purchase' acquisitions will enhance film library holdings and are ongoing,
recommended picks. A-Z 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (0764157-019, $35.00) is
a
weighty reference edited by Steven Jay Schneider and outlining the best movies and what
elements contribute to their high recommendation. From casts, plots and little-known facts to
black and white clips from the pictures, the handy A-Z 1001 Movies You Must See Before You
Die is a recommended pick for cinema students and film buff alike. Emily King's Century Of
Movie Posters (0746155997, $39.95), in contrast, covers movie poster art from silent to art
house works, following the development of the movie poster as an art form from its roots in the
1900s to modern times. A chronological arrangement in Century Of Movie Posters examines four
key areas of cinema history and highlights the most influential posters and designers of their times.
Packed with color photos throughout, this is eye candy at its best.
Political ideologies in 1950s and 1960s film are the topic of Beverly Merrill Kelley's Reelpolitik
II, a discussion of political figures in film and how they fostered mythology and changes. From
discussions of fascism and antifascism sentiments in movies of the times to Cold War, isolationism
and interventionism in specific selected films, Reelpolitik II is simply outstanding.
Four-Star Movies
Gail Kinn & Jim Piazza
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
151 W. 19th Street, New York NY 10011
1579123155 $39.95 1-800-967-5630
Narrow the film world to the top 101 choices of all times, pack in the color shots from these
recommended films, and include cast and credits and critical quotes about the movie and you have
a pictorial representation of the greats in Gail Kinn and Jim Piazza's Four-Star Movies which will
serve as both a film guide and a handsome coffee table addition. Four-Star Movies is quite simply
as fine a reference as it is a visual ad for quality classic films.
The Mystery/Suspense Shelf
Poisoned Pen Press
6962 East 1st Ave, Scottsdale, AZ 85251
www.poisonedpenpress.com
Three new mysteries will delight readers with a blend of historical settings and vivid twists of plot.
Beverle Graves Myers' Interrupted Aria (1590581113, $24.95) is told through the perceptions of
one Tito Amato, an 18th century castrato soprano in the Venetian opera who finds himself
involved in an operatic murder on his home turf. The juxtaposition of family troubles and efforts
to reconcile the past provide a pleasing contrast to the mystery plot. Mary Reed and Eric Mayer's
Five For Silver (1590581121, $24.95) is set in Constantinople during the plague, telling of a
murder which takes place in the midst of mass deaths. Five For Silver's John the Eunuch mystery
blends excellent historical setting with a fast-paced, very different plot. Keith Miles' Honolulu
Play-off (1590580710, $24.95) tells of a man who flies to Hawaii to be best man at his pal's
wedding, only to find murder awaits his arrival. His efforts to solve the murder and avenge an old
friend leads to the unexpected possibility of not one but two killers at large. All are satisfying,
very different mysteries which feature superior depth, characterization, and plot changes. Highly
recommended.
River Deep
Priscilla Masters
Allison & Busby, Ltd.
c/o International Publishers Marketing
22841 Quicksilver Dr, Dulles, VA 20166
www.internationalpubmarket.com
0749006536 $25.95 www.amazon.com
River Deep is a simmering mystery, set in a seemingly peaceful town in England. But a terrible
murder has committed, of a man who cannot be positively identified - and with another man gone
missing. A female coroner must question her instincts concerning the death, before more crime is
unleashed upon the defenseless village in this tense page-turner.
The Cat Who Talked Turkey
Lilian Jackson Braun
G.P. Putnam's Sons
375 Hudson Street, New York NY 10014
0399151079 $23.95 www.penguin.com
Lilian Jackson Braun's latest offering in her Cat Who ' mystery series will reach both prior and
new fans with the ongoing investigations of one James Qwilleran and feline pals Koko and Yum
Yum. Here the manager of Qwill's estate decides to invest in re-building a small town's
bookstore: an event which proceeds happily until murder strikes. It's up to Qwill and his band of
feline investigators to uncover the perp and his connection to doomed bookstores.
Death In The Age Of Steam
Mel Bradshaw
RendezVous Press
1005-3266 Young Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4N 3P6
www.rendezvouspress.com
1894917006 $18.95 1-877-730-9052
Set in Toronto in 1856, when rapid industrialization callously brushed aside human sentiments,
Death In The Age Of Steam by Mel Bradshaw is carefully crafting and rather dashing novel of
passion, mystery, murder, and tragedy. A prominent politician dies and his daughter vanishes, yet
only one man - a former suiter of the daughter's who could never forget her despite her marriage
to another man - persists in asking questions. The Victorian setting gives way to a tangled world,
seemingly inhospitable and bereft of love or caring, yet for the one man whose heart drives him to
search, answers may well be found at the cost of mortal peril. A captivating, romantic tale with
hidden twists.
The Religion/Spirituality Shelf
The Religion Book
Jim Willis
Visible Ink Press
43311 Joy Rd. #414, Canton MI 48187
0780807227 $52.00 www.visibleink.com
If it's a comprehensive, encyclopedic view of key religious figures, prophets, deities and places
which is needed, Jim Willis' The Religion Book is the book for you. Nearly 300 entries gather
facts to help students and readers understand common religious topics, from Celtic Druids and
Native American spirituality to Greek gods, Judaism, and India religions. The Religion Book is
recommended as an essential overall library reference.
Pink Beams Of Light From The God In The Gutter
Gabriel McKee
University Press of America
4501 Forbes Blvd., Lanham, MD 20706
0761826734 $22.00 www.univpress.com
Gabriel McKee's Pink Beams Of Light From The God In The Gutter is especially recommended
to the attention of avid fans of Philip K. Dick's work in speculative fiction, as well as any the
non-specialist general reader interested in religion. This a short but probing analysis of Philip
Dick's works by Gabriel McKee deftly explores theology as reflected, discussed and represented
by Dick. Science science fiction reveals texts that can be justifiably considered as religious but
can religion be science fiction'? An intriguing, scholarly, and highly recommended discussion
evolves in Pink Beams.
Written by a board certified Emergency Medicine physician who in her medical practice has seen
the worst that human beings can do to one another, Holy Spirit Mother: Discover Concealed
Bible Truths For Healing Family, Marriage And Gender Relations! is an eye-opening response to
the modern erosion of the family unit. Advancing the bold postulate that the family unit mirrors
the image of the God family, in which the Holy Trinity eoncompasses God the Father and the Son
of God in masculine while the Holy Spirit God is feminine, and that the family is complete when
male and female are both present, Holy Spirit Mother draws upon Gospel writings, enduring faith,
and personal revelation to offer inspiration and a passionate defense against the perceived war that
Satan wages upon the family today. A provocative yet charged account driven by the author's
passion to share inspiration, hope, and a positive vision of God's love.
Eternal Wellness
Carol Lawson & Robert Lawson, Eds.
Chrysalis Books
c/o Swedenborg Foundation
320 N Church St, West Chester, PA 19380
0877852340 $14.95 swedenborg.com
Wellness both spiritual and physical is explored in Eternal Wellness, a discussion of spiritual
wellsprings and a pointer for enlightenment. Surveying which spiritual practices are best, Eternal
Wellness provides a road map for assessing and contrasting these practices, telling how to achieve
a balance between too much and too little.
Voicing The Ineffable
Siglind Bruhn
Pendragon Press
PO Box 190, 52 White Hill Lane, Hillsdale, NY 12529
157647089X $54.00 1-518-325-6100
Voicing The Ineffable: Musical Representations Of Religious Experience is a collection of eleven
essays exploring the connection between music and religion, from the Middle Ages to the Secular
Age. Some musical notation is interspersed with the scholarly discussions, in this complex text.
Essays include "Eschatological Aspects Of Music," "Time And Divine Providence In Mozart",
"Of Spain And Sin: A Glance At Wolf's Spaniches Liederbuch", and much more. A highly
technical anthology that delves deeply into the mechanics of music as well as theological
discussions of spirituality and expression, and a welcome contribution to theological studies and
spiritual music reading lists.
The Gnostic Gospel Of St. Thomas
Tau Malachi
Llewellyn Publications
PO Box 64383, St. Paul, MN 55164-0383
0738704997 $17.95 www.llewellyn.com
Author Tau Malachi applies his experience from thirty years' active practice of Gnostic
Christianity and the Kaballah to The Gnostic Gospel Of St. Thomas: Meditations On The Mystical
Teachings, a close study and exploration of what is perhaps the most well known of the "lost"
gospels of the early Christian Bible. Pursuing the gnostic approach to the Christian faith, which
emphasizes the sacredness of the never-ending quest for knowledge and wisdom, The Gnostic
Gospel Of St. Thomas offers a fresh perspective into the secrets of Christ's resurrection, the true
role of St. Mary Magdalene in the early church, and more, as it examines each verse in the
scripture as a means for daily spiritual contemplation. A complex yet devotional analysis.
The Language Studies Shelf
Mastering Spanish
Global Access Marketing
Penton Overseas
2470 Impala Dr., Carlsbad, CA 92008
www.pentonoverseas.com
159125289X $29.95 www.amazon.com
Mastering Spanish from Penton Overseas isn't your usual language tape set: it's designed to offer
destination-bound travelers quick keys to understanding, it includes a designer cd travel case for
take-along toting on the trip, and includes U-print listening guides along with its 10 audio cds.
Beginners will relish recordings by professional native speakers, a format which blends immersion
with basic conversational and vocabulary building skills, and a format which lends to driving or
walking. The Mastering Spanish set is recommended for travelers above others.
The Metaphysical Studies Shelf
Limitless Mind
Russell Targ
New World Library
14 Pamaron Way, Novato, CA 94949
1577314131 $14.95 newworldlibrary.com
A blending of science and spirituality is achieved in Russell Targ's Limitless Mind: A Guide To
Remote Viewing And Transformation Of Consciousness, a deftly written guide to remote-viewing
which allows people to receive and broadcast information, connecting their consciousness across
space and time. In other words, psychic abilities are explored here; from distant healing to
precognition and new ways of seeing.
Grimoire For The Apprentice Wizard
Oberon Zell-Ravenheart
New Page Books/Career Press
PO Box 687, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417
1564147118 $18.99 newpagebooks.com
Definitions of wizardry', witchcraft, grimoire', and insights into apprentice wizardry are
contained in Oberon Zell-Ravenheart's Grimoire For The Apprentice Wizard: a guide which is
targeted towards teen boys exploring wizardry concepts and practices. The male-oriented focus
provides important differentiations between wizardry and witchcraft definitions, pointing out their
differences and areas of overlap and emphasizing Wizardry as a field of secular studies. Add
contributions by notable genre writers Raven Grimassi, Jesse Wolf Hardin and others and you
have an authoritative, different exploration in Grimoire For The Apprentice Wizard.
Inner Traditions International
PO Box 388, Rochester, VT 05767
www.innertraditions.com
Ross Heaven's Vodou Shaman (0892811-34X, $16.95) presents a very specific guide focusing on
Haitian healing and power rituals. Heaven is an initiate of Haitian Vodou, and provides a rare
insider's viewpoint of not only the healing practices, but their applicability to modern living.
Hands-on exercises round out the presentation. Jay Weidner and Vincent Bridges' Mysteries Of
The Great Cross Of Hendaye (0892811084X, $22.95) is an in-depth discussion of the alchemical
transformation of basic metal into gold, based on the work of 20th century alchemist Fulcanelli.
Coded into an obscure monument in France is the date of the apocalypse, they maintain: chapters
examine alchemy's connection with the projected end days. Claudia Muller-Ebeling, et.al.'s
Witchcraft Medicine (08928119715, $24.95) blends history with practical applications of plant
healing and shamanic practices. Witch medicine is wild medicine, blending mythology, personal
spirituality and plant knowledge for a body/mind/spirituality healing approach. The
anthropologist/art historian author works collaboratively with Christian Ratsch, an
ethno-pharmacologist and anthropologist, and Wolf-Dieter Storl, a cultural anthropologist and
ethnobotanist, to provide a rich set of fascinating discussions.
Spells For The Solitary Witch
Eileen Holland
Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC
368 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210
1578632943 $16.95 redwheelweiser.com
Written by a solitary witch and Wiccan priestess herself, Spells For The Solitary Witch is a simple
walkthrough of ways to release hidden power for health, wellness, emotional enrichiment, and
environmental harmony. Chapters discuss magick and its applications in love, life enhancement,
and problem solving, as well as magickal candle gardens, tea potions, and more. Detailed
instructions, specific incantations, detailed how-to's down to where one can easily obtain sesame
oil or Tiger Balm, and much more make Spells For The Solitary Witch ideal for novice and
experienced spellcasters alike.
Reality
Peter Kingsley
The Golden Sufi Center Publishing
PO Box 428, Inverness, CA 94937-0428
1890350095 $19.95 www.godensufi.org
In Reality, author Peter Kingsley addresses the necessity of discerning what is "real" in the chaos
and uncertainty that afflict the contemporary lives of ordinary men and women. Reality presents
the story of Parmendides and Empedocles (ancient masters of wisdom who laid the foundation for
our present Western culture some 2500 years ago) revealing how their teachings had been
distorted, suppressed, and forgotten -- until now. Kingsley's text is direct and accessible as he
guides the reader gently but deeply into a body of remarkable teachers which addresses everything
from healing to cosmology -- while expanding an awareness of what is real and timeless in human
life. Reality is a unique and enthusiastically recommended contribution to Metaphysical Studies
collections and a welcome addition to supplementary Philosophy reading lists as well!
The Pets/Wildlife Shelf
The Bernese Mountain Dog
Bernd Guenter
Doral Publishing/NBN, dist.
2501 West Behrend Drive, #43, Phoenix, AZ 85027-4148
0974540730 $59.95 www.doralpub.com
The Bernese Mountain Dog: A Dog Of Destiny by Bernd Guenter (a member of the Dog Writers
Association of America and the World Dog Press Association) is so much more than just a simple
coffeetable book of wonderful photographs showcasing a specialized canine breed. The superbly
presented and "user friendly" text commences with an introduction and history of the breed, then
addresses the "Bernese Mountain Dog Standard". Then their are entire chapters devoted to
puppyhood, the adolescent Berner, the adult Berner, showing the Berne (European Style),
breeding the Berner, and health issues (including veterinarian selection, vaccinations, deworming,
experternal parasites, and specific health problems affecting the breed). Enhanced with appendices
for Breed Standards; Useful Addresses; Bibliography; and List of Abbreviations, The Bernese
Mountain Dog is comprehensive, exceptionally well written, superbly illustrated throughout, and a
"must" addition for the reading list and reference shelf for anyone who's canine companion is the
Bernese mountain dog.
Notes On Feline Internal Medicine
Kit Sturgess
Blackwell Publishing
350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148
www.blackwellpublishing.com
0632033991 $39.99 1-800-216-2522
Notes On Feline Internal Medicine is a detailed reference designed especially for practicing
veterinarians and veterinary students to have quick and easy access to look up the most
up-to-date information for feline internal medical conditions and treatments. From breed-related
diseases, to conditions affecting each feline organ system, pediatric-specific information, and
much more, Notes On Feline Internal Medicine is expertly organized by categorizing major
conditions into clinical signs, diagnostic approaches, definitive tests to diagnose maladies, and
recommended treatment. An in-depth, no-nonsense resource.
The Bugman On Bugs
Richard Fagerlund & Johnna Strange
University of New Mexico Press
1720 Lomas Blvd., NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1591
082633363X $14.95 1-800-249-7737
The Bugman On Bugs: Understanding Household Pests And The Environment presents the
practical wisdom of a board certified entomologist concerning dealing with common pests such as
cockroaches, ants, flies, spiders, fleas, bed bugs, termites, and more. A simple, basic guide for the
lay reader with bug problems, The Bugman On Bugs does not go into excessive detail but simply
offers solid advice, including tips when a bug problem can be dealt with on one's own and when
one should call a professional. Also highly recommend is the previous volume in this series, "Ask
the Bugman."
The Newfoundland
JoAnn Riley
Alpine Publications
PO Box 7027, Loveland, CO 80537
1577790618 $19.95 1-800-777-7257
The Newfoundland dog breed is hallmarked not only by their large size, but with a gentle, sweet,
fun disposition. The Newfoundland is a wonderful family pet and are willing workers and playful
companions. In The Newfoundland: Gentle Giant, author JoAnn Riley draws upon her many years
of experience and expertise with the breed to provide a superbly organized and presented
guidebook to the selection, history, and descriptive standards of the Newfoundland. The
information provided ranges from puppyhood to adulthood. Of special interest are the chapters
devoted to grooming and enjoyable activities that Newfoundlands can engage in with their human
companions. Other chapters are dedicated to the Newfoundland Club of America; breeding and
whelping, and dealing with the inevitable loss of older Newfoundland "family members" when
their time finally comes to a conclusion. The Newfoundland: Gentle Giant is confidently
recommended to anyone contemplating having or who already enjoys the company of a
Newfoundland.
The Parenting Shelf
The Ten Keys To Helping Your Child Grow Up With Diabetes
Tim Wysocki, Ph.D.
American Diabetes Association
1701 North Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311
1580401864 $14.95 www.diabetes.org
Now in its second edition with updates on carb counting, insulin pumps, and type 2 diabetes in
children, The Ten Keys To Helping Your Child Grow Up With Diabetes by Tim Wysocki is a
"must-read" resource for parents and caretakers of diabetic young ones. Published by the
American Diabetes Association, The Ten Keys To Helping Your Child Grow Up With Diabetes
presents the basics of the special responsibility of supervising diabetic children while teaching
them to look after their own health, focusing on such issues as emotional coping, family
communication and sharing of diabetes responsibilities, problem solving, social skills, school
adjustment, relating to health professionals, managing stress and much more. This is a superb
guide that emphases parent-child interaction to best promote good health and good habits for
children of any age who are having to cope with diabetes.
Written by a retired Los Angeles Police Officer, Child Safety 101: 101+ Safety Tips For
Protecting Your Child is an must-read for all parents. Child Safety 101 emphasizes in simple
terms how to teach children from a very young age how to protect themselves - for example, that
they should run from any unfamiliar adult trying to entice them into a vehicle, that they should
scream if someone (stranger or acquaintance) tries to forcibly take them somewhere, that they
should never answer telephone surveys or tell callers that "no one is at home". Sample "what-if"
games useful for teaching very young children what to do are suggested. Furthermore, Child
Safety 101 never ceases to warn against the perils of leaving children unsupervised, or in the care
of individuals who have not passed a careful background check. The critical importance of
self-esteem, the buddy system, specific rules and instructions for children to follow in a wide
variety of situations and much more is repeatedly stressed in this vital guide worthy of the
absolute highest recommendation.
Keeping Your Grandkids Alive Till Their Ungrateful Parents Arrive
Walter Roark
Clearing Skies Press
4002 Dunbarton Way, Roswell, GA 30075
0970793723 $15.95 clearingskies.com
Keeping Your Grandkids Alive Till Their Ungrateful Parents Arrive is a humorous guidebook
written especially for grandparents. Though it offers practical tips, it is at least as much a mirthful
celebration of the joys and perils of coping with rambunctuous young ones as it is an advice guide.
A most entertaining read covering everything from "spoiling" children to dealing with the great
outdoors, so called "grand-stay etiquette" for visiting, and much more. A treat to share and an
excellent giftbook for especially for proud granddads.
The Best Things Parents Do
Susan Isaacs Kohl
The Conari Press
368 Congress Street, 4th floor, Boston, MA 02210
www.redwheelweiser.com
1573249025 $14.95 1-800-423-7087
Written by Susan Isaacs Kohl (a preschool director, teacher, parent eduator, and single parent of
30 years' experience), The Best Things Parents Do: You're Doing A Better Job Than You Think
You Are is an uplifting self-help guide to nurturing self-sufficiency, high expectations, optimism,
and emotional well-being in oneself and one's children. Positive, uplifting chapters guide the
reader through means to reinforce family connections and sharing. An upbeat self-help guide filled
with positive, can-do advice.
The Fantasy/Sci-Fi Shelf
The Snowtear Wars
Scot R. Stone
PublishAmerica
PO Box 151, Frederick, MD 21705-0151
1413712452 $29.95 1-877-333-7422
In distant lands, beyond the great and misty Sarapin Sea, lies the fertile kingdom of Yawrana. A
dire prophecy is about to unfold with the arrival of a small group of Zonack voyagers aboard the
gallant flying ship "Star Gazer". The Elders, visionaries and prophets of Yawrana warn of
downfall and destruction as the two civilizations meet. Oreus Blak is one of the eight members
aboard the visiting ship and discovers that he is the key to the dire prophecy's outcome. Within
days of their arrival a deadly illness befalls several members of the Yawranan Royal Court. All
parties present fall under suspicion, including the voyagers themselves. The only known cure lies
within the limitless healing powers of an ancient flower referred to as the "snowtear". Having no
other choice, Oreus must gain the trust of the Yarans and embark upon a perilous quest to
retrieve the protected snowtears. Ahead of him lies many an inherent dangers -- including the
mythic warrior race known only as the Lazul. The Snowtear Wars debuts the fantasy
action/adventure five volume series "The Chimes Of Yawrana, and novelist Scot Stone's abilities
as a storyteller will leave the reader looking eagerly toward the next thrilling installment!
Golden Gryphon Press
3002 Perkins Road, Urbana, IL 61802
www.goldengryphon.com
Two new features are powerful sci fi/fantasy/horror blends from an exceptional small press
publisher who focuses on powerful authors and plots. Joe Lansdale's Bumper Crop (193084624X,
$24.95) is especially recommended for fans of the horror genre: short stories here showcase some
of Lansdale's best tales many of which are out of print and blend macabre humor with stories
of haunts, nightmares, and strange supernatural folk. Charles Stross' Atrocity Archives
(19308-46258, $24.95) posits the world of one Alan Turning, the Father of Modern Computer
Science who here completes a theorem which will transform his world and change history. From a
new take on a second world war which spills into an alternate universe to detective investigations
and espionage, Atrocity Archives has all the marks of an action novel spiced with science
fiction.
Ace Books
375 Hudson Street, New York NY 10014
www.penguinputnam.com
Ace Books publishers a steady selection of quality science fiction and fantasy, and these most
recent picks are among its strongest. Will Hubbell's Sea Of Time (0441011438, $6.50) is a sequel
to his Cretaceous Sea time travel story but needs no prior introduction to prove gripping to
newcomers. Constance, a time traveler, finds herself at odds with two very different future time
travelers as she seeks to alter history and re-unite with her murdered husband. Lynn Abbey's
Taking Time (0441011535, $6.50) presents a very different female time traveler: Emma, whose
personal powers can save those under curses. Here she's aiding a family to break free of
destructive cycles. Louise Marley's Child Goddess (0441011365, $23.95) presents the dilemma
faced by a priest of the Order of Mary Magdalene, who encounters children on another world
who do not age. Isabel's battles on behalf of a child at the mercy of a determined scientific
community make Child Goddess outstanding. Ian MacLeod's Light Ages (0441011497, $14.00)
blends a sword-and-sorcery saga with a Victorian setting in telling of a child who already knows
what magic his future has in store. Ian Graham's new novel Monument (044101-1357, $14.00)
tells of a drunk and a vagrant who has a jaded view of the world until a young priest saves him
from the streets and involves him with an artifact which will change the world. Fans of vampire
stories will relish Jeanne Cavelos' collection The Many Faces Of Van Helsing (0441011705,
$14.95) presenting stories by Christopher Golden, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and other notables. The
figure of Abraham Van Helsing was first introduced in Stoker's classic Dracula, and here is an
ultimate adversary of the vampire. Charlene Harris' Dead To The World (0441011675, $19.95) is
also a recommended pick for vampire enthusiasts: a small-town cocktail waitress in Louisiana
who can read minds discovers an old vampire pal with amnesia and trouble evolves.
Roc
375 Hudson Street, New York NY 10014
www.penguinputnam.com
Three new ROC books promise to hold wide appeal to fans of the genre. Vonda McIntyre's skills
edit the latest Nebula Awards Showcase 2004 (0451459571, $14.95), offering superior works by
Ursula LeGuin, Jack McDevitt, and more. Each work includes commentary on its author by
fellow notables in the field from Frederick Pohl to James Gunn, making Nebula Awards Showcase
2004 a consistently superior presentation. Dan Chernenko's latest novel Chernagor Pirates
(0451459-563, $14.95) is the second book in Chernenko's 'Scepter Of Mercy' series it takes place
400 years ago and revolves around a kingdom trying to locate its greatest lost talisman, the
Scepter of Mercy. Readers who enjoy science fiction based around political conflict will find
Chernagor Pirates a very fast-paced adventure. Dennis McKiernan's Red Slippers (0451459768,
$23.95) returns to the kingdom of Mithgar which he featured in early titles, providing short
stories based on the Mithgar setting. From a thief whose lust for jewels brings a terrible demise to
a liar trapped in a burning tomb, Red Slippers is fantasy adventure at its best.
DAW Books
375 Hudson Street, New York NY 10014
www.dawbooks.com
Julie Czerneda's Survival (0756401801, $23.95) is a rare blend of hard science fiction and
exceptional characterization. Biologist author Julie Czerneda creates unusually believable aliens in
her stores, and this first novel in a projected series 'Species Imperative' is no exception, building
entire races and moving scenarios as it tells of an Earth scientist caught in interspecies struggles.
Tanya Huff's Smoke And Shadows (0756401836, $23.95) builds on her prior 'Blood' series, but
requires no prior familiarity to prove immediately accessible by newcomers. Street kid Tony has a
new career in Vancouver's TV industry as a production assistant: it all seems fairly
straightforward until Tony begins sensing shadows on the set which seem to hold a life and
destiny of their own. Add touches of humor to the fast-paced drama and you have a winning
thriller.
Baen Books
1230 Avenue of Americas, NY NY 10020
www.baen.com
Baen Books has proved a consistent industry publisher, producing alternate history and fantasy
two of its strongest genres and adding a healthy dose of hard science fiction. Anne McCaffrey
joins S.N. Stirling to present The City And The Ship (074347189X, $25.00), another addition to
the intelligent spaceship 'brain ship' concept which provides to sequels to one of McCaffrey's most
popular novels: City Who Fought and Ship Avenged. Having these two sequels under one cover
will delight fans who appreciate the accessibility of McCaffrey's 'Ship' stories. Andre Norton's
Gods And Androids (0743488172, $24.00) presents two very different individuals: a confused
man who may prove an android who's being held as a prisoner away from his possible kingdom,
and a confused modern archaeologist suffering from a time travel nightmare. Two very different
prisoners blend their talents and problems in Norton's latest thriller. John Dalmas' Second Coming
(0743488164, $24.00) provides a novel hard to easily categorize: here the Second Coming takes
the form of a black Canadian software genius who surrounds himself with media consultants and
businessmen. His teachings on karma and ethics may change his world in Dalmas' startlingly
original take on the Second Coming. Leo Frankowski and Dave Grossman's Kren Of The
Mitchegai (0743471822, $24.00) blends a virtual reality setting with the story of involuntary
colonists who rescue their planet by becoming revolutionary mercenaries. Here they face the
Mitchegai, a biologically evil species threatening human space. The premise is riveting. John
Ringo and Linda Evans' Road To Damascus (0743-471873, $25.00) returns Keith Laumer's Bolos
to new action. An impossible war machine which cannot stop is caught between ethics and duty
when he faces a small boy who won't let him pass. The world constructed by Ringo and Evans
from a story fragment by Keith Laumer is nothing short of outstanding. Eric Flint and Andrew
Dennis' 1634: Galileo Affair (0743488156, $25.00) continues Flint and Dennis' alernate history
set in the 1600s. Galileo Affair is set in the 30 Years War period where a United States of Europe
is forged by the 20th century West Virginians who have been hurled into the past. Readers of
alternate history politics will find plenty to admire here.
The Cookbook Shelf
Colonial Virginia's Cooking Dynasty
Katharine E. Harbury
University of South Carolina Press
1600 Hampton Street, 5th floor, Columbia, SC 29208
157003513X $59.95 1-800-768-2500
Colonial Virginia's Cooking Dynasty presents two cookbooks from eighteenth-century Virginia.
One is an anonymous work dating from 1700; the other is the 1739-1743 cookbook of Jane
Bolling Randolph, a desecendant of Pocahontas and John Rolfe. Editor and historical archaeology
expert Katharine Harbury offers introductions and analyses of the cookbooks themselves, and
links these enduring works to the 1824 classic "The Virginia House-wife" by Mary Randolph. A
comprehensive and in-depth portrait that reveals much in the evolution of cookbooks and
housekeeping instructionals, at once both nostalgic and containing a wealth of information that
remains quite practical throughout the centuries. A "must-have" especially for cookbook
collectors.
Wild Sweets is a coffee-table style cookbook of dessert creations that are based upon wild
ingredients and delight the senses in their unique taste, texture, and visual appeal. Full-color,
full-page photographs illustrate delicacies that transcent the level of common treats into works of
three-dimensional, perishable yet sublime art. Descriptive prose recipes, extensive instructions
concerning such processes as fermentation, plating, and the art of presentation, tips on safely
acquiring wild ingredients, and much more fill this sumptuous feast for all the senses. Highly
recommended delicacies include Red Curry Squash Flan with Gnocchi and Coconut Curry Foam;
Wheat Berry Pudding with Candied Black Olives; Icewine Gelee with Coconut Milk Sabayon and
Pumpkin Seed Croquant, and so much more. A superb resource for the absolute finest in light,
elegant, and exquisite faire.
Hippocrene Books
171 Madison Ave., New York NY 10016
www.hippocrenebooks.com
Two new presentations join the expanding ethnic focus of Hippocrene's fine cookbooks and are
recommended picks; especially for sage cooks who seek something different. Mary Amabile
Palmer's Cucina Di Calabria (0781810507, $18.95) offers nearly 200 recipes with something for
all levels of cook, from basic Tomato Sauce with Two Cheeses to Grilled Chicken Marinated in
Lemon and Capers. Recipes stem from Palmer's Southern Italian roots and focus on family
innovations and dishes from the region. Annabel Jacksons Taste Of Macau (0781810221, $18.95)
is especially recommended for its unusual topic: Portugese cuisine ala China. Taste Of Macau is
the first to focus on the Portugese/Asian cuisine of Macau and opens with a fine history of
Portugese/Asian cooking, followed by over sixty recipes. Color photos throughout make for a
real winner.
Everyday Vegan
Jeani-Rose Atchison
North Atlantic Books
PO Box 12327, Berkeley, CA 94712
www.northatlanticbooks.com
155643376X $22.50 www.amazon.com
Compiled by an expert health and cooking counselor Jeani-Rose Atchison, Everyday Vegan: 300
Recipes For Healthful Eating is a high-spirited, healthy-living cookbook featuring meat and
animal-product free recipes for all occasions, and much more - facts concerning food groups,
advice concerning the deleterious effects of pesticides, genetically engineered, and irradiated
foods, and food philosophy. Recipes include mouth-watering dishes such as Gingered Butternut
Squash Soup, Asparagus Flan, Lettuce-Wrapped Tempeh Meatballs, and so many more. A
first-rate resource for creative and health-conscious vegan chefs.
1,001 Low-Carb Recipes For Life
Sue Spitler, editor
Surrey Books
230 East Ohio Street, Suite 120, Chicago, IL 60611
1572840617 $19.95 surreybooks.com
Ably compiled and deftly edited by Sue Spitler, 1,001 Low-Carb Recipes For Life is a healthy
anthology of delicious, kitchen- tested low-carbohydrate recipes for the weight- and
health-conscious. Dishes all types, from breakfasts and breads to soups, poultry, meats, seafood,
vegetables and side dishes, salads, snacks, pizza, and desserts are presented with simple,
straightforward instructions. A brief introduction offers some quick pointers on low-carb diets
and calculating net carbs and the glycemic index, but the majority of 1,001 Low-Carb Recipes For
Life is devoted to the recipes themselves. Each recipe also features a sidebar informing the cook
of its net carbohydrates, calories, fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, protein, and
carbohydrates per serving. Very highly recommended for carb-counters everywhere -- as well as
anyone else with an interested in keeping an eye on their overall caloric intake as part of a general
health regimen.
Food Art
John Gargone
Schiffer Publishing
4880 Lower Valley Rd., Atglen PA 19310
0764319604 $19.95 schifferbooks.com
John Gargone's Food Art isn't for the quick cook who wants to produce garnishes in seconds: it's
for the cook who wants a variety of truly elegant food garnishes to produce from scratch, from
carved vegetable art to meat and vegetable displays and more. Yes, it's easy to do but it won't
be accomplished in seconds. FOOD ART's step-by-step color photos throughout provide
exceptional embellishment on the techniques and fine art of carving and making garnishes.
Country Scrapple
William Woys Weaver
Stackpole Books
45067 Ritter Rd Mechanicsburg PA 17055
081170064X $19.95 stackpolebooks.com
Whether the reader has had Philadelphia scrapple once, twice or never, Country Scrapple's survey
of an American tradition and its history and recipes is unparalleled in the cookbook world. Food
historian William Woys Weaver provides a surprising look at the long and European-rooted
foundations of Scrapple, adding a wide variety of Scrapple recipes from around the world. Fans of
American culinary traditions and history will find Country Scrapple a lively, easy read which is
nicely supplemented with excellent dishes.
Recipes Of The Stars
Leo Pearlstein
Hollywood Circle Press
PO Box 48051, Los Angeles, CA 90048
0971130620 $14.95 celebritystew.com
Written by the "King of Culinary Public Relations" Leo Pearlstein, Recipes Of The Stars: Eating
Like Hollywood Royalty presents 100 favorite dishes among celebrities, each connected to a
popular figure (photography and brief career profile included) and all tested by Pearlstein's
extended staff of home economists and chefs. Simple instructions make these mouth-wateringly
fabulous treats of the elite easy to create and enjoy in the privacy of one's home. Recipes Of The
Stars is a simply superb way to add spice to one's recipe shelf. Also very highly recommended is
Leo Pearlstein's justifiably acclaimed Celebrity Stew.
Oh My Stars!
Junior League of Roanoke Valley
c/o FRP
PO Box 305142, Nashville, TN 37230
096794970X $24.95 1-800-358-0560
Oh My Stars!: Recipes That Shine is the collaborative effort of the members of The Junior League
Of Roanoke Valley, Virginia and offer cookbook connoisseurs a superb compendium of culinary
delights that would grace any table and enhance any formal or informal dining occasion. Visually
enriched with a wealth of full color photography, the recipes range from Simmered Mushrooms
Bourguignonne; Chilled Tomato Soup with Avocado Cream; Veal Piccata with Capers and Pine
Nuts; and Virginia Trout Meuniere; to Cabbage and Potatoes with Tomatoes and Smoked
Cheese; Herbed Sour Cream Muffins; Pepper Jack Cheese and Herb Souffle; and Frosted Brown
Sugar Pound Cake. Kitchen cooks and dedicated cookbook browsers will fully appreciated the
cooking tips and anecdotes that regularly appear throughout this enthusiastically recommended
addition to family cookbook collections.
Chronicle Books
85 2nd Street, San Francisco CA 94105
www.chroniclebooks.com
Chronicle's ongoing cookbook publications provide a wide range of books for all levels of cooks;
from beginners to advanced chefs. Corby Kummer's Pleasures Of Slow Food (0811833798,
$40.00) isn't just another 'crockpot cookbook': it explores the history of the slow food movement
as a whole, adds stunning color photos by Susie Cushner, and travels the world surveying 'slow
food' traditions and recipes. Here slow food is explored as a concept and lifestyle, not just as a
cooking utensil, and chapters from world chefs provide a wide range of dishes which are cooked
slowly, tastefully and well. Kathryn Kleinman's Birthday Cakes (08118-40190, $24.95) packs in
over 50 color photos as it covers birthday memories from renowned chefs from James Beard and
Jim Fobel to Julia Child. Cooks who enjoy detailed recipes and fancy results will relish Birthday
Cakes, which blends the memories and recipes of celebrated bakers. Paulette Mitchell's A
Beautiful Bowl Of Soup (0811835286, $19.95) uses a vegetarian focus to explore sixty meatless
soups and stews from around the world. The focus here is on international dishes which offer
different taste treats, from fruity and sweet dessert soups to vegan and ethnic dishes. A
soup-lover's delight. Diane Morgan's Midnight Munchies (0811835340, $16.95) is the perfect
item of choice for busy cooks who find themselves seeking quick midnight snacks. Quite simple
but elegant snacks are featured in Midnight Munchies, from sugar-coated grapes and
Mexican-spiced popcorn to recipes for indulging when love is lost or heartbreak is imminent.
Morgan's humor and informative commentary throughout are fine accompaniments to recipes. All
these are exceptional cookbooks, worthy of any culinary or public library collection.
101 Things To Do With A Slow Cooker
Stephanie Ashcraft & Janet Eyring
Gibbs Smith
PO Box 667 , Layton UT 84041
1586853171 $9.95 1-800-748-5439
Ashcroft and Eyring's dishes are simply outstanding in their simplicity and originality, offering
very simple slow cooker recipes with a minimum of fuss and ingredients. A Lemonade Chicken is
made with frozen thawed lemonade for example; a Beef Stroganoff is spiced with cream of
mushroom soup, and pork chops are braised in the cooker with bottled barbecue sauce for intense
flavors. A lovely, recommended pick.
The Garden Of Eating
Rachel Albert-Matesz & Don Matesz
Planetary Press
PO Box 97040, Phoenix, AZ 85060-7040
0964126710 $29.95 1-602-840-4556
The Garden Of Eating: A Produce-Dominated Diet And Cookbook is a 600-page compendium of
250 "family friendly", grain-free, gluten-free, dairy-free recipes showcasing just how good taste
and good nutrition are wonderfully compatible. Rachel Albert-Matesz draws upon her more than
18 years of experience as a freelance food and health writer, cooking instructor, and healthy
cooking-coach to collaborate with her husband Don Matesz (who is himself a freelance food and
health writer) to provide sound advice and up-to-date information on the uses of a specially
designed diet for optimal health. Among the many benefits to the use of fruits, vegetables, and
wild or grass-fed animal products, are body fat reduction and long-term weight control; clear
complexion and a more youthful skin; improved immunity to dietary deficiency linked diseases;
good digestion and elimination; reduced food cravings; lifelong vitality, even healthier smarter
children. Enhanced with sample menus, prep lists, cooking secrets, and fourth special occasion
menus, The Garden Of Eating will prove to be a life-enhanced addition to any dedicated
cookbook collection for the health conscious kitchen cook!
From Bangkok To Bali In 30 Minutes
Theresa Volpe Laursen & Byron Laursen
The Harvard Common Press
535 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118
www.harvardcommonpress.com
1558322353 $14.95 1-888-657-3755
From Bangkok To Bali In 30 Minutes: 175 Fast And Easy Recipes With The Lush, Tropical
Flavors Of Southeast Asia is the collaborative effort of Theresa Volpe Laursen and Byron
Laursen. This exciting compilation of exotic dishes ranges from Vietnamese-Style Iced Coffee;
Balinese Star Fruit, Papaya, and Pink Grapefruit Salad with Avocado Dressing; and Fried Spring
Rolls Filipino Style; to Bangkok-to-Bali Burgers with Grilled Onions; Laotian-Style Stir-Fried
Shrimp with Crispy Lemon Grass; and Filipino-Style Potatoes Adobo. Exceptionally "kitchen
cook friendly", From Bangkok To Bali In 30 Minutes is especially recommended for both its
culinary diversity and ethnic meal-time authenticity.
The Wholesome Oven
Patricia Leslie
Regent Press
6020-A Adeline, Oakland, CA 4608
1587900599 $16.00 regentpress.com
The second volume of a four cookbook series dedicated to baking without the use of dairy
products or eggs, The Wholesome Oven: Book Two - Muffins, Coffee Cakes & Other Quick
Breads is a 140-page, thoroughly "kitchen cook friendly", compendium of recipes that arising
from a concern for showcasing the benefits of eliminating dairy and eggs from a even a vegetarian
diet. From Carrot Cake Muffins; Banana Bread; Crumb-Topped Coffee Cake; and Gingerbread;
to Raisin Maple Loaf; Vanilla Sauce; Celtic Soda Bread; Tomato Biscuits; and Chocolate Scones;
these are recipes which keep the use of unrefined sugar and liquid canola oil to a minimum.
Enhanced with preparation techniques, a guide to natural ingredients, and even a list of source
companies, The Wholesome Oven: Muffins, Coffee Cakes & Other Quick Breads will make a
welcome and appreciated contribution to any vegetarian (or non-vegtarian!) cookbook
collection.
Loader's Game Publications
(Wimmer Cookbooks - 1-800-548-2537)
PO Box 1615, Cranberry Twp., PA 16066
1-724-779-8320 www.barnes&noble.com
The husband and wife team of Steve and Gale Loder have collaborated to publish three of the best
wild game cookbook trilogy on the market today. Quality Venison: Homemade Recipes &
Homespun Deer Tales (0966228405, $14.95) is now in its fourth printing and is organized into
three major sections: "Venison How-To Guide covering everything from taxidermists and
mounting, to skinning the deer, taking care of venison meat from the field to processing. The
second section is devoted to "Homemade Recipes" including grilling venison, as well as cooking
venison in Italian, Crockery, Traditional styles, and concluding with some Loder Family Favorites.
Quality Venison is rounded out with "Homespun Deer Tales" that will entertain anyone who has
ever taken to woods or fields in search of deer. Quality Venison II: All New Recipes And Deer
Tales Too (0966228413, $14.95) is the second volume of this outstanding series and showcases
150 "cook's style" venison recipes including two new recipe categories: "Let's Cook The 'Other'
Wild Game" and "Appetizers and Side Dishes". Twenty-eight original hunting stories round out
this superbly organized wild game cookbook. Quality Venison III (0966228421, $14.95)
concludes this specialized cookbook trilogy with 100 new recipes for diverse kinds of wild game
and includes a new and additional recipe category for appetizers and side dishes designed to
complement wild game entrees. This third installment also concludes with wonderful tales drawn
from outdoor writers from across the country -- several of which also include a special recipe of
their own. The "Quality Venison" wild game cookbook series is a confidently recommended
addition to any cookbook collection where the chef and the family respects the lives and
contributions of wild game in our great environmental "circle of life".
The Artbook Shelf
Picasso: Style & Meaning
Elizabeth Cowling
Phaidon Press Inc.
180 Varick St., 14th fl., NY, NY 10014
0714842931 $49.95 www.amazon.com
Enhanced with 507 color and 119 b/w illustrations, Picasso: Style And Meaning by Elizabeth
Cowling (Professor of Art History, Univers
