Conquers Stinks And Stains
Heloise
Perigee
375 Hudson St., New York NY 10014
0399528423 $10.95 1-800-847-5515
This enthusiastically recommended Heloise household tip guide is devoted entirely to smells and
stains, providing a handy A-Z dictionary organized by type of smell or stain. From soaking stained
clothes to cleaning up after a flood, Conquers Stinks And Stains covers both large and small
problems.
Scraping Heaven
Cindy Ross
McGraw-Hill
Two Penn Plaza, New York NY 10121
0071373608 $19.95 1-800-722-4726
Two long-distance hikers who have spent a lifetime hiking tackle the 3,100-mile Continental
Divide
Trail with children in tow in Scraping Heaven, an involved and involvingly dramatic story of a
long-distance trek testing hearts and minds. Any interested in stories of survival and the outdoors
will find Scraping Heaven to be a thoroughly moving, intensely memorable account of a family's
impossible endeavor.
Family Arrested
Ann Edenfield
Americana Publishing, Inc.
303 San Mateo NE, Suite 104A, Albuquerque, NM 87108
1589430603 $14.95 1-888-883-8203
Family Arrested by Ann Edenfield is a straightforward, "user friendly" guide to dealing with the
incarceration of a loved one. Comprehensive, the information ranges from making bail; to what to
expect during a visit to prison; to the illustrative personal experiences of a woman whose husband
was sentenced to serve 15 years, Family Arrested is practical, well-researched, and filled from
cover
to cover with absolute need-to-know information. If you have a jailed or imprisoned friend,
spouse,
or family member, then give a careful reading to Family Arrested.
The Widening Steam
David Ulrich
Beyond Words
209827 N. W. Cornell Rd. #500, Hillsboro, OR 97124
1582700796 $16.95 www.amazon.com
Photographer and professor David Ulrich's The Widening Stream: The Seven Stages Of Creativity
is
a guide to creativity and an artistic, spiritual piece which guides readers through various stages of
the creative process. The premise here is that creative impulse can be taught; not just inherited:
chapters provide exercises and tools to help the reader uncover creative potential.
Wittgenstein's Poker
David Edmonds & John Eidinow
The Ecco Press
10 E. 53rd St., New York NY 10022
0060936649 $13.95 www.amazon.com
In 1946 two great 20th century philosophers, Wittgenstein and Karl Popper, came together for
the
first and only time in a loud, aggressive difference of philosophies. Their exact conversation has
been
a source of mystery, but Wittgenstein's Poker: The Story Of A Ten-Minute Argument Between
Two
Great Philosophers blends philosophy, biography, and literary insights to reveal the roots of a
10-minute argument between two long-standing, respected philosophers.
Cosplay Girls
Cocoro Books
c/o DH Publishing, Inc.
2-3-3F Kanda Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0051, Japan
0972312420 $30.00 dhp-online.com
Cosplay Girls: Japan's Live Animation Heroines is an eye-opening, jaw-dropping full-color
photographic presentation of young Japanese women who enjoy the hobby of "cosplay" - dressing
up in elaborate costumes, often complete with wigs, makeup and props, that make one appear as
the
amazing real-life image of characters from animated Japanese movies, television shows, and
popular
video games. The extensive detail that some of these young ladies put into their elaborate
costumes
is simply amazing; if Lum, Chun-Li, Rei Ayanami, Sailor Moon and dozens of other anime and
videogame heroines are literally pictured "in the flesh" in this vibrant showcase which is
enthusiastically recommended for fans of Japanese animation, games, and popular culture. Tips,
tricks, and techniques for practicing cosplay and capturing the mood of one's chosen character
round
out Cosplay Girls.
Choose Life!
Beverly M. Breakey
Ashar Press
PO Box 54130, San Jose, CA 95154
0967473802 $19.95 asharpress.com
Choose Life!: Living Consciously In An Unconscious World by Beverly M. Breakey is an
emotional
self-help guide to balancing our thoughts, dreams, hopes, and wishes with the compelling
demands
of realism and the inspiring vibrancy of imagination. A gentle, thoughtful, well-rounded, 317-page
guide addressing such topics as the value of laughter, the importance of hope, the value of
forgiveness, holism as a way of life, and so much more, Choose Life! is highly recommended
reading
for anyone seeking personal contentment in both mind and spirit.
Future Perfect
David Bond & Diane Bond
Douglas & McIntyre
2323 Quebec Street, Suite 201, Vancouver, British Columbia V5T 4S7
155054957X $24.95 douglas-mcintyre.com
Collaboratively written by economist and Bank of Canada consultant David Bond and Diane
Bond
(Images of Canada Marketing), Future Perfect: Retirement Strategies For Productive People is an
invaluable and "reader friendly" resource to making the most of one's golden years. From
reinventing
oneself, to earning a solid and productive amount of money in preparation for retirement, to
actively
laying groundwork for future plans in case of mishap or unforseen expenses, Future Perfect offers
a
wealth of practical advice and candid ideas for spending the 2000+ hours a year ordinarily
invested
in a working a daily job. Future Perfect is an invaluable and highly recommended read for anyone
wanting to secure a fiscally healthy, options ladened retirement for themselves and their loved
ones.
Hitler's Flying Saucers
Henry Stevens
Adventures Unlimited Press
One Adventure Place, Kempton, IL 60946
www.adventuresunlimitedpress.com
1931882134 $18.95 1-815-253-6390
Painstakingly researched, compiled, and written by Henry Stevens, Hitler's Flying Saucers: A
Guide
To German Flying Discs Of The Second World War is an original, iconoclastic, involving, and
entertaining look at the saucer projects carried out by the Nazis during World War II. Presenting
amazing (and sometimes incredulous) theories, some of which have been vehemently denied by
conventional authorities, Hitler's Flying Saucers is a singularly fascinating and thought-provoking
study which is highly recommended reading -- especially for students of UFO phenomenon,
military
aviation, and suppressed history.
Seeing Double
J. Richard Lock
Routledge
29 West 35th St., New York NY 10001
0415934826 $19.95 1-800-634-7064
Over 200 illusions and examples of mind-bending tricks are included in Seeing Double, an
enthusiastically recommended guide which tricks the eye into seeing two different images of each
selection and never at the same time. These are hand-drawn renderings both antique and
contemporary taken from around the world, providing both well-known and unusual images from
double illusions and ambiguous images to puzzles. A treasure trove of mind-challenging
sights.
Guns Of The Old West
Dean K. Boorman
The Lyons Press
PO Box 480, Guilford, CT 06437
1585747025 $29.95 1-800-836-0510
Guns Of The Old West: An Illustrated History by firearms expert and historian Dean K. Boorman
(President of the Armor and Arms Club of new York) is detailed guide to the revolvers and
firearms
of America during the course of its frontier years. Black-and-white as well as color photographs
present examples of numerous guns and gun-related memorabilia, thereby enhancing a thorough
history describing the evolution of guns and the relentless advance of a technology that changed
how
wars and individuals on the American frontier fought for their lives. Guns Of The Old West is a
fascinating, informative volume which is especially recommended for antique gun collectors and
western history buffs.
Wisconsin's Hometown Flavors
Terese Allen
Trails Books
PO Box 317, Black Earth, WI 53515-0317
1931599203 $18.95 1-800-236-8088
Wisconsin cuisine reflects rich and diverse ethnic heritages and traditions. In Wisconsin's
Hometown
Flavors: A Cook's Tour Of Butcher Shops, Bakeries, Cheese Factories & Other Specialty
Markets,
Wisconsin-based cookbook writer and food expert Terese Allen takes the reader on a descriptive
survey of more than 130 shops (arranged geographically); showcases more than 125 recipes; and
provides "user friendly" maps to the best of Wisconsin's bakeries, cheese factories, butcher shops,
and specialty markets. From Cheddar Cheese Coins; Greek-Style Omelette with Fresh Spinach,
Black Olives & Feta Cheese; Lamb, Potato & Asparagus Stew; and Pear Frangipane Tart; to
Mixed
Greens with Grilled Pork Tenderloin & Blueberries; Swedish Limpa Bread; Dried Cherry Waldorf
Salad; and Chocolate Cherry Bundt Cake, Wisconsin's Hometown Flavors is as much fun to
simply
browse through as it is "kitchen cook friendly" to plan a meal from!
Waiting With Gabriel
Amy Kuebelbeck
Loyola Press
DeChant Hughes & Associates (publicity)
3441 N. Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
082941603X $17.95 1-800-621-1008
Waiting With Gabriel: A Story Of Cherishing A Baby's Brief Life is the heart-wrenching
testimony
of Amy Kuebelbeck, a mother faced with a difficult and terrible choice. When Amy learned that
her
unborn child had a fatal heart condition, she and her husband were faced with the choice of letting
their baby die naturally, or striving with every expense to give their infant a chance at life. Their
journey of personal tragedy, enduring loss, and accepting grief is a moving and unforgettable
testimony. Waiting With Gabriel is sensitive and recommended reading.
Tattoos Of Indochina
Michael McCabe
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
4880 Lower Valley Rd, Atglen, PA 19310
0764316796 $29.95 schifferbooks.com
Featuring over 330 full color photographs, Tattoos Of Indochina compiled and presented by
tattooer
and cultural anthropologist Michael McCabe is a lavish 160-page showcase of the tradition and
culture inherent in the tattoo art of Indochina. Focusing especially on the skilled priests and
specialists of tattoo magic, the rituals and creative processes handed down through the
generations
and the spiritual faith expressed through skin art, Tattoos Of Indochina is a visually impressive,
informative, and highly respectful presentation of culture, tradition, spirituality, and body art.
Diversity
Peter Wood
Encounter Books
665 Third Street, Suite 330, San Francisco, CA 94107-1951
1893554627 $24.95 encounterbooks.com
Diversity: The Invention Of A Concept by Peter Wood (Professor of Anthropology, Boston
University) is a cautionary look at the extent to what the idea of "diversity" is evolving within the
context of contemporary American society. The modern notion of "diversity" represents a type of
surprisingly narrow conformity, to the point where celebrations of cultural "difference" can have
deleterious effects on the appreciation of commonly held cultural traditions. Warning that it is
time
to rethink the nation's idea of what "diversity" truly is and why it should not pre-empt the strength
that lies in national unity, Diversity: The Invention Of A Concept is timely, thought-provoking,
and highly recommended reading.
Parents, Teens And Sex
Bruce Cook
Choosing the Best, LLC
2625 Cumberland Parkway, N.E., # 200, Marietta, Georgia 30339-3911
0972489061 $14.95 1-800-774-2378
Parents, Teens And Sex: The Big Talk Book is a guide written by Bruce Cook (a national leader
in
abstinence-focused sex education curricula) especially for parents seeking to persuade their
teenaged
children of the virtues of abstaining from sex until marriage. Divided into ten focused steps such
as
explaining the emotional ramifications of sexual intercourse (60% of teens will have engaged in
sex),
pregnancy (20% of teenaged girls will become pregnant), and STD risks (25% of sexually active
teens will contract a sexually transmitted disease), Parents, Teens And Sex also stresses the
rewards
of abstinence, teaches skills in refusal (learning how to say "No!"), and promotes unconditional
love.
Parents, Teens And Sex a highly motivational guide which is thoroughly "reader friendly" and
ideal
for parents and educators seeking to assistance adolescent children in coping with their sexuality
and
the demands of peers and the conflicting messages of the popular culture.
Trellises & Arbors
Bill Hylton
Creative Homeowner
24 Park Way, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
www.creativehomeowner.com
158011086X $16.95 www.amazon.com
Compiled and presented by home-improvement and woodworking expert Bill Hylton, Trellises &
Arbors: Landscape & Design Ideas, Plus Projects is a full-color, "user friendly", how-to guide to
building trellises and arbors enhanced with illustrative diagrams and photographs on virtually
every
page. With its detailed, easy to follow, step-by-step instructions for constructing a variety of
different types of trellises and arbors, Trellises & Arbors also offers the do-it-yourself, weekend
project enthusiast a wealth of safety tips, guides for tools and materials, aesthetic considerations,
and
much more. A superbly presented and excellent reference, Trellises & Arbors is very highly
recommended for any homeowner looking to enhance his or her garden or backyard.
The Jobs/Careers Shelf
Surviving The 15-Second Resume Read
Peggy O. Swager
Hi-Caliber Books
PO Box 807, Monument, CO 80132
0972652604 $19.95 Hi-CaliberBooks.com
Surviving The 15-Second Resume Read by professional resume writer and consultant Peggy O.
Swager is a solid, practical, "user friendly" guide to what employers specifically look for on one's
resume. Filled from cover to cover with a wealth of advice, tips, tricks, and techniques concerning
what can (and should) be done to make a resume stand out from the hundreds others landing on a
potential employer's desk in the few seconds that a may be devoted to scanning it, Surviving The
15-Second Resume Read is an excellent and highly recommended supplementary resource for job
hunters seeking to secure a coveted position in today's highly competitive and volatile job
market.
Employment Law
Valerie H. Goldstein, J.D.
Made E-Z Products, Inc.
384 South Military Trail, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442
1563824760 $14.95 www.MadeE-Z.com
Compiled and written by Valerie H. Goldstein, Employment Law is a practical and accessibly
organized guide for American employers and employees, covering how to comply effectively with
local and national employment laws, avoid costly job-related lawsuits, improve efficiency in the
workplace, create and communicate a policy that acts decisively against sexual harassment, and
much, much more. Employment Law is confidently recommended as being a first-rate, truly
user-friendly guide which comes complete with pages of useful forms.
Medical And Pharmaceutical Sales
Nikki K. Kerzic
Executive Connection, Inc.
9457 South University Boulevard #228, Littleton, Colorado 80126
0967331544 $29.95 www.amazon.com
Now in a revised and updated second edition, Medical And Pharmaceutical Sales: How To Land
The Job Of Your Dreams! by experienced medical sales representative Nikki K. Kerzic is a solid
and
"reader friendly" guide to pursuing a professional career in the dynamic and competitive field of
medical and pharmaceutical sales. Individual chapters address preparing a resume; working with
recruiters; preparing for the job interview; overcoming hurdles; and much, much more. Medical
And
Pharmaceutical Sales is an excellent and practical resource which is highly recommended as an
instructional reference for job seekers in this specialized and potentially lucrative sales field.
Impact Publications
9104 Manassas Dr. Suite N, Manassas Park VA 20111
http://www.impactpublications.com
Two new career guides are recommended picks for job-seekers, offering specific advice. Ann Coil
and Ann Hult Crowell's Performance Reviews, Empowered Careers (1570231842, $15.95) tells
how
to master the performance review and how to boost a career. From putting together skills and
accomplishments to identifying career satisfaction and keeping informed about organization
perspectives, this provides an excellent guide to top performance ratings. Caryl and Ron
Krannich's
Interview For Success (1570231907, $15.95) appears in its 8th updated edition to prepare job
seekers for the changing rules and requirements of interview questions. From negotiating salaries
to
networking for information and handling stress and dress issues, this is a practical seeker's
guide.
The Black Studies Shelf
2001 Race Odyssey
Bruce Hare, Editor
Syracuse University Press
1600 Jamesville Ave., Syracuse, NY 13244-5160
0815629389 $49.95 1-800-365-8929
2001 Race Odyssey: African Americans And Sociology is a college-level examination of
Afro-Americans and sociology compiles essays by notable scholars, discussing such topics as how
Afro Americans can teach sociologists about race, how race and class affect educational and
economic opportunity, and the effects of globalization on Afro-American and African experiences.
2001 Race Odyssey: African Americans And Sociology is an intriguing and informative guide
recommended for students of multicultural studies and sociology alike.
The Metaphysical Studies Shelf
A History Of The Occult Tarot
Onald Decker & Michael Dummett
Duckworth
c/o International Publishers Marketing
Box 605, Herndon, VA 20172-0605
0715631225 $28.95 1-800-758-3756
When the tarot deck was invented in Italy in the early 15th century, it was just a game pack of
cards.
Interpretations of the game changed over the centuries to where the cards are today used for
fortune
telling and uncovering secret meanings in living. From the cards' use in the Golden Dawn religion
to
modern times, A History Of The Occult Tarot provides a lively and thorough coverage of the
occult
tarot from 1870-1970, and should not be missed by any involved in tarot.
Mystical Dogs
Jean Houston
Inner Ocean Publishing, Inc.
Box 1239, Makawao Maui HI 96768-1239
1930722133 $19.95 innerocean.com
Mystical Dogs: Animals As Guides To Our Inner Life by Jean Houston is about the transcendental
value of animal companionship in general, and the love of dogs in particular. Indeed, our animal
companions can be the starting point to a mystical gateway and an awakened consciousness. An
absorbing saga of metaphysical enlightenment and abiding memories for beloved animal
companions,
Mystical Dogs is enthusiastically recommended reading for New Age animal lovers.
The American History Shelf
American Lives
Newsday Staff & Tribune Company
Camino Books, Inc.
PO Box 59026, Philadelphia, PA 19102
0940159775 $19.95 www.amazon.com
American Lives: The Stories Of The Men And Women Lost On September 11 provides a
bibliography of the men and women who lost their lives on Stepember 11th, recounting their
achievements, their family ties, and how they came to be victims of disaster. American Lives is an
outstanding tribute which brings to life their stories and those they left behind.
The Second Tower's Down
John McCole
Robson/Parkwest Publishers
451 Communipaw Ave., Jersey City, NJ 07304
1861055765 $18.00 parkwestpubs.com
The Second Tower's Down provides a firefighter's story recalling the horror of September 11th
and
its aftermath. Off-duty fireman John McCole's life was changed as he and colleagues rushed to the
aid of New Yorkers. Plenty of accounts have provided third-person reflection of events: this
excels
in its powerful first-person abservations, paired with the author's unique photos of Ground Zero,
presented here in color.
St. Louis In The Century Of Henry Shaw
Eric Sandweiss, editor
University of Missouri Press
2910 LeMone Blvd, Columbia, MO 65201
0826214398 $32.50 1-800-828-1894
Compiled and edited by Eric Sandweiss (Carmony Associate Professor of History, Indiana
University - Bloomington) St. Louis In The Century Of Henry Shaw: A View Beyond The
Garden
Wall is a collection of essays by notable contributions and was assembled and published in tribute
to
the 200th anniversary of the birth of philanthropist and entrepreneur Henry Shaw (1800-1889).
Touching upon politics, ethnicity, business, literature, and more, these informed and informative
treatises offer perspectives upon a thriving cultural center of 19th century America. Enhanced
with a
number of black-and-white illustrations, St. Louis In The Century Of Henry Shaw is a highly
recommended contribution to 19th Century American History Studies reference collections and
supplemental reading lists.
Freedom: A History of Us
Joy Hakim
Oxford University Press
198 Madison Ave., NY, NY 10016-4314
0195157117 $40.00 1-800-451-7556
Joy Hakim's history of American freedoms and freedom movements explores the foundations of
the
idea of freedom made by the founding fathers, juxtaposing vintage black and white photos with a
lively history which features accounts of American heroes and ordinary people who have
participated in struggles for freedom in this country. Add sidebars of historical information and
you
have Freedom: A History of Us, a fine history which invites leisure browsing.
Great Murder Trials Of The Old West
Johnny D. Boggs
Republic of Texas Press
2320 Los Rios Blvd., Plano, TX 75074
1556228929 $18.95 www.wordware.com
Great Murder Trials Of The Old West by free-lance writer and award-winning western novelist
Johnny D. Boggs provides the reader with a fascinating look at trials and justice on the American
frontier, based upon collected evidence and some actual trial transcripts. Trial cases include those
of
John Wesley Hardin, Jack McCall, Alfred Packer, Bill Longley, and other desperadoes of the Old
West. A compelling and unusual read, Great Murder Trials Of The Old West is especially
recommended for people with casual interest as to what the law in the Old West was really like, as
well as dedicated American history buffs, and writers or researchers looking for authentic
background on an yesteryear era gone by.
The Pets/Wildlife Shelf
Wolf Mountains
Karen R. Jones
University of Calgary Press
2600 University Dr. NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4
1552380726 $49.95 www.amazon.com
Karen R. Jones' very specific title, Wolf Mountains: A History Of Wolves Along the Great Divide,
will hold special appeal to those interested in American and Canadian wildlife conservation in
general and wolf conservation efforts throughout Canada and the United States in particular.
Karen Jones provides a blended focus on Canadian and American national parks, and the wolf's
place in their ecological systems, including examining interactions between wolves and people in
four Rocky Mountain regional parks. The different terrains and histories of these Canadian and
American parks (including the Yellowstone National Park), makes for a fine foundation for
surveying the history of human/wolf encounters from early to modern times.
The Crocodile Hunter
Steve & Terri Irwin
New American Library
375 Hudson St., New York NY 01014
0451206738 $15.00 1-800-847-5515
The appearance of this entertaining biography of the television show host will appeal to a wide
audience of animal enthusiasts and enthusiasts of Steve and Terri Irwin's show. Packed with color
photos, The Crocodile Hunter offers Steve and Terri's history of work with wildlife and blends
accounts of their encounters with animals with inside peeks at their lives and family. An appealing,
moving book which invites audiences to learn about animals and their conservation.
Snakes Of North America: Western Region
R. D. Bartlett & Alan Tennant
Gulf Publishing
c/o Rowman & Littlefield Publishing
4720 Boston Way, Lanham, MD 20706
0877193126 $24.95 1-800-462-6420
The collaborative effort of veteran herpetologist and herpetoculturist R. D. Bartlett and writer,
wildlife lecturer, wilderness guide, and herpetologist Alan Tennant, Snakes Of North America:
Western Region is a comprehensive guide to the wide variety of snake species found in the
western
region of North America. Enhanced with 186 full-color photographs, maps of habitat and range,
abundance, size, venom status, prey, and behavior of species, and much, much more, Snakes Of
North America: Western Region is confidently recommended as being a first-rate reference and
field
guide filled from cover to cover with the collective wisdom of two experienced herpetological
professionals.
Alpine Publications
PO Box 7027, Loveland, CO 80537
1-800-777-7257 www.amazon.com
Two guides to horse terminology and care will provide both newcomers and avid horse
enthusiasts
with basic guidance and information. Sue Allen's How To Use Leg Wraps, Bandages And Boots:
Supportive Leg Care For Your Horse (0931866723, $13.95) tells how to choose the best
supportive
leg care for a horse. While it's common knowledge a horse's legs need support, no book was been
written contrasting the pros and cons of the many techniques available to this end until now. An
essential addition to the horse owner's library. New Horizons Equine Education Center's
Dictionary
Of Equine Terms (093186688X, $34.95) provides a fine illustrated dictionary covering anatomy,
behavior and training, equipment, nutrition, and medical terminology relating to horses. The A-Z
organization makes it easy to look up terms and definitions.
Alaska Whales And Whaling
Alaska Geographic
Box 93370, Anchorage, AK 99509-3370
0882401149 $19.95 www.akgeo.com
Alaska Whales And Whaling: Volume 5, Number 4 is a very special reprint of a periodical first
published in 1978 and which offers an amazing look Alaska's whales and the tradition and industry
of hunting these great beasts. Stunning full-color photography combines with an intensely detailed
text covering shore-based whaling, as well as traditional and modern ocean whaling among
Alaska's
Native American population. Alaska Whales And Whaling is enthusiastically recommended as a
dazzling, impressive, and information-packed 144-page presentation and history.
The Angell Memorial Animal Hospital Book Of Wellness And Preventative Care For Dogs
Darlene Arden
Contemporary Books
Two Penn Plaza, NY, NY 10121-2298
0071384898 $21.95 www.amazon.com
The Angell Memorial Animal Hospital Book Of Wellness And Preventative Care For Dogs is a
straightforward guide specifically intended for pet owners seeking to take proper and reasonable
steps to help their beloved canine companions live long and healthy lives. From proper care during
puppyhood; to checkups and cancer prevention in the middle years; to helping a dog age
gracefully;
and the inevitable day one must say goodbye, The Angell Memorial Animal Hospital Book Of
Wellness And Preventative Care For Dogs covers all stages of life with sound and practical advice
and is very highly recommended reading for dog owners everywhere.
Bird Song Ear Training Guide
John Feith
Writers' Collective
1225 East Mifflin St., Madison, WI 53703
1932133097 $14.95 1-608-258-8359
John Feith's Bird Song Ear Training Guide is a unique and impressive CD audiobook providing
instructions on how to recognize songs of birds common to the states of the Midwest and
Northeast
(including Wisconsin where almost all the bird songs were recorded and the post-production work
was done). Each distinctive bird song is followed by a mnemonic or a short description. The bird
is
identified and a review sound is played again that fixes the song's identity in the mind of the
listener.
The Bird Song Ear Training Guide is enhanced with a quiz format which will aid the listener to
focus
on learning how to identify the bird songs. A complete list of bird species and mnemonics is
included in
an insert. All profits from this enthusiastically recommended CD instructional for birdwatchers
will
go to the Nature Conservancy and the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology.
Backyard Birding In The Northeast United States
Elmer Waldemar Eriksson
Last Post Press
c/o Seven Locks Press
PO Box 25689, Santa Ana, CA 92799
1931643040 $13.95 1-800-354-5348
Backyard Birding In The Northeast United States by Elmer Waldemar Eriksson is an extensive
and
"reader friendly" guide for backyard birdwatchers. Covering the do's and don'ts of bird feeders
and
bird food; how to deal with squirrels; providing nesting sites; and a great deal more, Backyard
Birding In The Northeast United States is a 120-page satisfying introduction to the wonderful and
pleasant hobby of birdwatching in the northeastern region of the United States. Enhanced with
numerous appendices from attracting hummingbirds, to James J. Audubon, to the possible life
spans
of North American birds, Backyard Birding In The Northeast United States has much of value
and
interest to offer birdwatchers elsewhere in the country as well!
The Biography Shelf
The Last Pioneer
Samuel W. Taylor
Signature Books
564 West 400 North, Salt Lake City, UT 84116-3411
1560851155 $16.95 1-800-356-5687
Written by Samuel W. Taylor (John Taylor's grandson), The Last Pioneer: John Taylor, A
Mormon
Prophet is an extensive biography of John Taylor, a Mormon prophet and the third president of
the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints who lived in the 1800's and was responsible for
developing the Mormon communities in Utah and the American west after the death of Brigham
Young. Drawn from his personal letters and speeches, his diaries and the memories of those who
knew him, The Last Pioneer provides a vivid and fascinating account of a unique religious and
community leader's life, visions, belief and struggles on the American frontier.
For Spacious Skies
Scott Carpenter & Kris Stoever
Harcourt
15 E. 26th St., New York NY 10010
0151004676 $26.00 1-800-543-1918
In 1962 the spacecraft Aurora 7 carried Carpenter into space and into history: For Spacious Skies
provides the Mercury astronaut's account of life at NASA, from how selections were made and
how
astronauts received training to the flight which made him the second American to orbit the earth.
Any interested in space travel or early NASA history will find this autobiography fascinating.
Race Against Evil
David Race Bannon
New Horizon Press
www.newhorizonpressbooks.com
PO Box 669, Far Hills, NJ 07931
0882822314 $26.95 www.amazon.com
Courageously written by David Race Bannon, Race Against Evil is the dark, gripping memoir of
one
man's ruthless service to Interpol from 1979 to 1999. His dedicated mission was to search out
child
pornographers and human slave traders, -- and then to end their lives. Exciting reading, disturbing
revelations, and with an emphasis on Bannon's personal misgivings as to whether or not killing
criminals makes the sanctioned assassin no better than his targets, Race Against Evil is compelling
reading from beginning to end. This is the stuff of which legends and blockbuster movies are
made!
Jane Austen's 'Outlandish Cousin'
Deirdre Le Faye
The British Library
c/o The University of Toronto Press
2250 Military Rd., Tonawanda, NY 14150
0712347623 $35.00 1-800-565-9523
Jane Austen's 'Outlandish Cousin': The Life and Letters of Eliza de Feuillide by Austen biographer
Deirdre Le Faye is the informative and engaging story of Eliza de Feuillide, a grand woman who
is
best known to history as the strong-willed first cousin of Jane Austin. Eliza's international life, her
time in the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, her marriage to a French aristocrat, her
sudden widowhood when the guillotine claimed her husband in 1794, and much, much more are
covered in depth in this fascinating, aptly researched, and exceptionally well-written life story
which
is
enhanced with excerpts drawn from Eliza's elegantly written correspondence. Jane Austen's
'Outlandish Cousin' is especially recommended reading for students and scholars of Jane Austen
and
18th Century French history.
China's Son
Da Chen
Delacorte Press
1540 Broadway, New York NY 10036
0385730500 $8.95 1-800-726-0600
China's Sons is the intensely personal account of Da Chen, born in China in 1962, is reviewed here
for its importance to many an adult reader as well. Chen and his family were outcasts in
Communist
China, and Da had to drop out of school as a result. When Mao died, Da faced a long struggle to
regain his education and go to college and his entire family helped him succeed. China's Son is an
inspirational, insightful autobiography.
Moving Target
Ron Arias
Bilingual Press
Hispanic Research Center
Arizona State University
Box 872702, Tempe, Arizona 85287-2702
1931010188 $16.00 www.asu.edu/brp
Moving Target: A Memoir Of Pursuit is comprised of the personal recollections of journalist Ron
Arias and his search for his father, Armando Arias, who was a POW in the Second World War
and
the Korean War. Arias' father's marriage to Emma Lou Arias disintegrated upon Armando's return
to
the states; Emma Lou died under suspicious circumstances; and Armando Arias' left his sons,
never
to return to them alive. Ron Arias' search and the truths he uncovered, about his family, about the
horrors of war, and about human nature itself, fill the pages of this compelling and personal
biographical memoir.
Roosevelt The Explorer
H. Paul Jeffers
Taylor Trade Publishing
200 Park Avenue South, NY, NY 10003
0878332901 $24.95 www.amazon.com
H. Paul Jeffers' Roosevelt The Explorer: Teddy Roosevelt's Amazing Adventures As A Naturalist,
Conservationist, And Explorer is an outstanding biography of American President Teddy
Roosevelt
and one which focuses specifically upon his work in the areas of conservation and exploring.
Dwelling on Roosevelt's enthusiastic appreciation of nature, and his struggles as President against
tough opposition in order to create a system of national parks and to protect America's forests
and
wetlands from the depredation of development, Roosevelt The Explorer is a thoughtful,
environment-oriented, biographical study of a truly great American leader, family man, outdoor
enthusiast, and human being.
Hero For Humanity
Kevin Belmonte
NavPress
PO Box 35001, Colorado Springs, CO 80935
1576833542 $24.00 1-800-366-7788
Hero For Humanity is the biography of William Wilberforce, who was once called "The
Washington
of Humanity" by Italian statesmen and who was further praised by Abraham Lincoln and novelist
Madame de Stael. Wilberforce was a man who devoted his life to abolishing Britain's slave trade,
then struggled further to bring an end to slavery in the British colonies and elsewhere. His
crusade,
triumph, and great legacy are remembered in this impressive and very highly recommended
biography by Kevin Belmonte.
Barney Oldfield
William F. Nolan
Brown Fox Books
1090 Eugenia Place Carpinteria CA 93013
1888978120 $32.50 1-805-684-5951
Now in a significantly revised and expanded new edition which features forty pages of
black-and-white photographs, William F. Nolan's Barney Oldfield: The Life And Times Of
America's
Legendary Speed King is an exciting and ambitious biography of the nigh-legendary pioneer race
car
driver. It was Barney Oldfield who was the first man in history to travel 131 miles per hour!
Written
with enthusiasm, vigor, and respect for this great and daunting figure in American race care
history,
Barney Oldfield is enthusiastically recommended reading for automotive history enthusiasts and
race
car history buffs.
The Theatre/Cinema Shelf
Millennium Monologs
Gerald Lee Ratliff, editor
Meriwether Publishing, Ltd.
Box 7710, Colorado Springs, CO 80933
1566080827 $15.95 meriwether.com
Compiled and edited by Gerald Lee Ratliff, Millennium Monologs is an impressive collection of
ninety-five contemporary monologue characterizations drawn from a vast variety of authors,
including both established playwrights and up-and-coming new talents. Each monolog is quite
suitable for either male and female actors of all ages and races. A diverse selection especially
suitable
for auditions and personal training in the art of acting, Millennium Monologs is a welcome and
recommended addition to personal, professional, school, community theater, and public library
collections.
Software Solutions For The Successful Actor
Lisa Bansavage, et.al.
Smith & Kraus
177 Lyme Rd., Hanover, NH 03755
1575253577 $49.95 1-800-895-4331
Software Solutions For The Successful Actor is a recommended pick for users of the
ActOrganizer
Database Program: Software Solutions For The Successful Actor provides clear user's
instructions
on how to pair this organizer with moves in the theatre industry, providing one disc with four
easily-used files which help an aspiring actor keep track of contacts, auditions, expenses and
mailings. Software Solutions For The Successful Actor is an excellent and highly recommended
software/manual blend.
Catch Me If You Can
Jeff Nathanson
Newmarket Press
18 E. 48th St., New York NY 10017
1557045534 $22.95 1-800-669-3903
Words and photos to the Catch Me If You Can screenplay document the action which takes place
behind camera and script for this re-creation of a con artist's life. This official pictorial moviebook
includes over a hundred color production photos along with archival photos from Abagnale's
personal collection, making for a keepsake for avid fans.
Hollywood Costume Design By Travilla
Maureen Reilly
Schiffer Books
4880 Lower Valley Rd, Atglen, PA 19310
0764315692 $59.95 schifferbooks.com
Travilla became a Hollywood star thanks in large part to his client Marilyn Monroe, gaining fame
for
his design of her costumes but his art graced many familiar forms, and Hollywood Costume
Design
By Travilla provides an excellent display of his original sketches and creations. Monroe fans and
Hollywood fans alike will relish this display, lavish with color reproductions of Travilla's art.
Allworth Press
10 E. 53rd St. #510, NY, NY 10010
1-800-491-2808 www.amazon.com
Tales And Techniques Of A Voice-Over Actor (1581152493, $19.95) by Harlan Hogan provides
an
insider's guide to industry success. From training a voice to make it commercially attractive to
gaining experience, making a demo CD, and auditioning effectively, this is packed with advice for
beginners who want to break into the industry. Lisa Mulcahy's Building The Successful Theater
Company (15811 5237X, $19.95) tells how to make a beginning theater company a success,
culling
tips from fourteen of the country's most diverse companies to analyze winning strategies. From
production to management, this is packed with insights.
Retro Stud
David Chapman
Collectors Press, Inc.
PO Box 230986, Portland, OR 97281
1888054697 $16.95 1-800-423-1848
Compiled by David Chapman, Retro Stud: Muscle Movie Posters From Around The World is an
impressive full-color showcase of "Gladiator" era movie posters from 1959 to 1965, a cinematic
trend that was initiated by the American debut of the 1959 movie "Hercules" starring bodybuilder
and physical hunk Steve Reeves. The eroticism, muscular posing, and sexual symbols of these
international posters are discussed in thoughtful detail. Retro Stud is a thoroughly enjoyable
reference and a highly recommended presentation for all classic movie fans and bodybuilding
enthusiasts.
The Complete Film Production Handbook
Eve Light Honthaner
Focal Press
c/o Butterworth-Heinemann
225 Wildwood Avenue, Woburn, MA 01801
0240804198 $54.99 www.focalpress.com
Now in an updated and expanded third edition, The Complete Film Production Handbook by film
production expert Eve Light Honthaner is a comprehensive, resource packed instructional
reference
enhanced with essential the "need-to-know" ins and outs of the film business, including checklists,
example schedules for pre-production and post-production, guidelines for insurance policies,
talent
management, immigration details applying to actors and other film industry workers crossing
national borders, forms used for the Screen Actor's Guild (among others), basic production forms
and deal memos, and a companion CD-ROM containing numerous useful documents in easily
printable form. A "must-have" for anyone seriously considering producing a film for the first time,
The Complete Film Production Handbook is a practical, accessible, and essential reference for
novice filmmakers, and is highly recommended resource for even the more experienced movie
producer, whether independent or studio contracted.
The Business Shelf
The Business Of Special Events
Harry A. Freedman & Karen Feldman
Pineapple Press, Inc.
PO Box 3899, Sarasota, FL 34230
1561641413 $21.95 1-800-746-3275
Collaboratively written by professional non-profit organization fundraiser Harry A. Freedman and
Florida-based journalist Karen Feldman, The Business Of Special Events: Fundraising Strategies
For
Changing Times is a step-by-step guidebook that effectively instructs the reader in every step of
organizing a successful fundraising effort in today's technological era. Individual chapters
specifically
address how to create a balanced budget; secure corporate sponsorship; maintain accurate
records;
get serviceable publicity; provide food, beverages, and entertainment at fundraising gatherings;
and
more. A wealth of practical tips, tricks, and techniques make The Business Of Special Events a
top-notch and highly recommended resource.
Quality Audits For Improved Performance
Dennis R. Arter
ASQ Quality Press
600 N. Plankinton Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53203
0873895703 $37.50 1-800-248-1946
Now in an fully updated third edition, Quality Audits For Improved Performance by independent
auditing consultant Dennis R. Arter is an informative and "user friendly" guide written especially
for
anyone responsible for implementing or performing an audit program. Individual chapters
accessibly
address the do's and don'ts of financial audits; the various different types of audits;
straightforward
guidelines to gathering facts; reporting figures; follow-up; an example procedure; and more.
Quality
Audits For Improved Performance is a truly first-rate manual and especially recommended for
small
business owners.
DoCoMo
John Beck & Mitchell Wade
Amacom Books
1601 Broadway, New York NY 10019
0814407536 $25.00 1-800-250-5308
How has Japan's NTT DooMo become as big as AOL's customer base five times as fast? This is
Japan's mobile phone service, who grew to second-largest in the world in just to years. Insights
into
industry secrets, Japanese business, the wireless and computer worlds like make
DoCoMo--Japan's
Wireless Tsunami: How One Mobile Telecom Created a New Market and Became a Global Force
a
book difficult to easily categorize, but packed with important business insights. Highly
recommended for all readers.
Pipe Dreams
Robert Bryce
Public Affairs
250 West 57th St., #1321, NY, NY 10107
www.publicaffairsbooks.com
158648138X $27.50 www.amazon.com
Pipe Dreams: Greed, Ego, And The Death Of Enron by Robert Bryce offers a compelling and
in-depth descriptive survey and history of the origins of the Enron financial scandal, the policy
flaws
that allowed it to happen, the individuals in the thick of money laundering and account book
cooking, as well as cogent insights in how to avoid similar corporate disasters in the future. An
exceptionally well-researched, highly readable account of scandal, fraud, and outright corporate
greed, Pipe Dreams is strongly recommended reading for all members of the business community,
as
well as the non-specialist general public wanting to know how such a tragic and illicit state of
affairs
could happen -- and how want to ensure that it never happens again.
Cookin' The Book$
Don Silver
Adams-Hall
PO Box 491002, Los Angeles, CA 90049
0944708706 $15.95 www.amazon.com
Cookin' the Book$: Say Pasta la Vista to Corporate Accounting Tricks and Fraud by Don Silver
is
an invaluable and very strongly recommended corporate guide to accounting fraud which takes
the
form of an advice guide on how to spot and avoid typical fraud secrets in corporate accounting.
This
primer on deceptive accounting practices will prove an easy read, and an important eye-opener for
many, with its specific examples and insights.
Entrepreneur Of The Year Award
Gregory K. Ericksen
Dearborn Trade
30 S. Wacker Dr. #2500, Chicago, IL 60606-7481
0793148898 $18.95 1-800-621-9621
The insights and advice from winning entrepreneurs in Gregory Ericksen's Entrepreneur Of The
Year Award will provide invaluable tips to any aspiring entrepreneur who wants to know how to
enhance business. From leadership and team-building strategies within the business structure to
encouraging and implementing innovations, Entrepreneur Of The Year Award is packed from
cover
to cover with a wealth of important insights and proven techniques.
The Gardening Shelf
Tabletop Gardens
Rosemary McCreary
Storey Books
210 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams, MA 01247
1580174663 $27.50 storeybooks.com
Tabletop Gardens: Create 40 Intimate Gardens For The Home, No Matter What The Season by
gardening expert Rosemary McCreary offers a wealth of imaginative approaches to miniature
indoor
gardening. Included are ideas for deploying and displaying plants under glass, in bowls and trays,
and even in water environments. The uncomplicated advise and easy-to-follow instructions will
allow for any aspiring gardener to create harmonious combinations of plants in perfect containers.
Whether working with herbs, grasses, bulbs, water plants, vines, or miniature shrubs, Tabletop
Gardens is wonderfully illustrated, thoroughly "user friendly", and very highly recommended.
This Organic Life
Joan Dye Gussow
Chelsea Green
Box 428, White River Junction, VT 05001
1931498245 $16.95 1-800-639-4099
This set of confessions and insights by suburban homesteader Joan Dye Gussow blends memoir
with
insights on building a home and living a sustainable lifestyle. From insights on differences between
California concepts of farming and gardening and the East to the author's experiences in a new
home
and environment, This Organic Life is packed with fine descriptions and insights of special interest
to organic gardeners.
American Horticultural Society Encyclopedia Of Plants And Flowers
Christopher Brickell & Trevor Cole
DK Publishing
375 Hudson St., New York NY 10014
0789489937 $60.00 www.dk.com
This weighty, full-color reference to North American plants and flowers has been revised and
completely revamped for this edition, profiling over 8,000 plants and holding over four thousand
photos. The American Horticultural Society Encyclopedia Of Plants And Flowers is a gardener's
dream reference, and deserves a place not only in the home reference library of the avid gardener,
but in any suitable public or school library with strong collections in gardening and plants.
How To Pronounce French Rose Names
Diana Bellucci
Luminosa Publishing
7660 Fay Ave., H-273, La Jolla CA 92037
193225305X $14.95 howtopronounce.com
How To Pronounce French Rose Names by Diana Bellucci is a straightforward, 114-page guide
which is filled from cover to cover with French and German rose names, and how to pronounce
them properly. With three pages at the end for a reader's personal notes, How To Pronounce
French
Rose Names is a simple, useful, strongly recommended, no-frills book for dedicated rose
gardeners
and flower buffs.
The Computer Shelf
Cisco ISP Essentials
Barry Raveendran Greene & Philip Smith
Cisco Press
201 West 103rd St. Indianapolis IN 46290
1587050412 $40.00 ciscopress.com
Written especially for network engineers by Cisco experts Barry Raveendran Greene and Philip
Smith, Cisco ISP Essentials is a 428-page, matter-of-fact, "access friendly" guide to the many
versions of Cisco IOS Software, and cogently explains how to ensure the best configurations that
provide Internet access, as well as having a reasonable expectation of security. Offering a wealth
of
detailed technical information at the expert level, configuration diagrams, examples, and much,
much, more, Cisco ISP Essentials is an indispensable and recommended guide, serving the Cisco
using community as a much-needed supplement to the often confusing documentation of the
Cisco
IOS Software itself.
Cisco Security
Kartik Bhatnagar with NIIT
Premier Press
2645 Erie Avenue, Suite 41, Cincinnati, Ohio 45208
www.premierpressbooks.com
1931841845 $49.99 www.amazon.com
Cisco Security by Kartik Bhatnagar (Microsoft Certified Professional and Development executive
with NIIT) is a practical, accessible, and straightforward guide to ensuring secure transactions in
the
Internet side of a business enterprise. Step-by-step guides to enhance Cisco network infrastructure
security; firewalls; Cisco authentication, authorization, accounting technology; and much, much
more provide the basic building blocks that an experienced programmer can use to better protect
oneself and one's customers. Cisco Security is a very highly recommended and thoroughly "user
friendly" professional level reference and resource.
Computer Algebra And Symbolic Computation
Joel S. Cohen
A. K. Peters, Ltd.
63 South Ave., Natick, MA 01760
1568811586 $55.00 1-508-655-9933
Computer Algebra And Symbolic Computation: Elementary Algorithms by mathematician and
computer expert Joel S. Cohen is a scholarly text and a seminal reference to the science of
computer
algebra and programming elementary mathematical expressions both iteratively and recursively.
Structures of polynomials and rational expressions, exponential and trigonometric transformations
are also covered in this solid teaching tool packed with exercises and sample code. An
accompanying CD provides the student with the entire print text, useful internet hyperlinks, and
complete algorithms. Highly recommended.
LDAP Programming, Management And Integration
Clayton Donley
Manning Publications Co.
209 Bruce Park Ave Greenwich CT 06830
1930110405 $42.95 www.manning.com
LDAP Programming, Management And Integration by networking software expert Clayton
Donley
(CTO of OcretString, Inc.) is a straightforward and "user accessible" computer programmer and
system administrator's guide to LDAP, the leading Internet protocol for directory-like information
using identities, preferences, security privileges, and so on. Instructions for working with LDAP
in
the Java or Perl computer languages; numerous examples and excerpts of sample code;
step-by-step
troubleshooting and programming techniques; and much, much more fill the 326-pages of this
commendable educational resource and reference.
Osborne/McGraw-Hill
2600 Tenth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
1-800-722-4726 www.amazon.com
Jeff Kent's Visual Basic .NET: A Beginner's Guide (007213120; $29.99, 448 pages) is a complete
one-stop answer shop to gaining the programming skills necessary to succeed in e-commerce.
Hands-on learning techniques cover the .NET integrated development environment, including
Web
services, object-oriented programming, debugging, and more. Karl Moss' Java Servlets
Developer's
Guide (007222262X; $49.99, 608 pp.) readers will learn how to design and build real-world
server
applications using this advanced developer's resource. Covering the Java servlet API, J2ME, and
much more, this valuable guide provides the technical know how for extending server
functionality
and improving existing business systems.
Voice Over DSL
Richard Grigonis
CMP Books
12 West 21 Street, New York, NY 10010
1578201063 $39.95 cmpbooks.com
Voice Over DSL: Understanding And Implementing VoDSL by Richard Grigonis (Chief
Technical
Editor of "Communication Convergence" magazine) is a straightforward and "user friendly" guide
to
transforming a single phone-line into a multiple-line voice and data telephone network. Individual
chapters teach the basics of VoDSL, identify and explain the necessary equipment to implement it,
provide information on choosing the correct service provider, show how to create a VoDSL call
center, and so much more. An excellent guide, especially for programmers charged with updating
businesses communications to take advantage of the 21st century's latest technological advances,
Voice Over DSL is complete, comprehensive, and highly recommended.
The Book Of Overclocking
Scott Wainner & Robert Richmond
No Starch Press
555 De Haro St., Suite 250, San Francisco, CA 94107
188641176X $24.95 www.nostarch.com
Collaboratively written by PC hardware enthusiasts and experts Scott Wainner and Robert
Richmond, The Book of Overclocking: Tweak Your PC To Unleash Its Power is a vital and
enthusiastically recommended guide to tweaking the processor of a personal desktop computer to
run faster than originally intended by the manufacturer. Showing how to overclock and improve
the
speed and performance of a personal computer, as well as keeping older hardware viable and
competitive for longer, The Book Of Overclocking also includes an overview of why the
computer
industry tries to discourage overclocking, how to overclock, keeping one's PC cool, overclocking
specific to the hardware of Intel, AMD, or VIA/Cyrix, troubleshooting, benchmark testing, and
more. The Book Of Overclocking is a unique and "must-have" do-it-yourself guidebook that
should
be careful read before opening up a personal computer and seeing what can be done to make it
faster
and better.
SigmaPlot 2000/2001 For Scientists
M. Brent Charland, Ph.D.
Riparian House
PO Box 721, Merrickville, Ontario K0G 1N0, Canada
0968992900 $39.95 riparianhouse.com
SigmaPlot 2000/2001 For Scientists by information technology expert M. Brent Charland (who is
also a
SigmaPlot user for more than fifteen years) is a straightforward and thoroughly "user friendly"
guide
to employing the SigmaPlot 2000, SigmaPlot 2001 or SigmaPlot 8.0 software in order to create
effective and serviceable graphics for any scientific survey, experiment, or report. Specifically
intended for computer users at all skill and experience levels, SigmaPlot 2000/2001 For Scientists
covers how to get started and what to do with efficient, no-nonsense instructions, enhanced with
black-and-white screenshots, practical examples, and a detailed focus on how to customize for
specially tailored visuals. A superb resource, SigmaPlot 2000/2001 For Scientists is a
recommended
addition to any personal, professional, or academic graphics software reference collection.
McGraw-Hill Book Company
Two Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10121
1-800-722-4726 www.amazon.com
Phil Hanna's JSP 2.0: The Complete Reference (0072224371; $49.99; 1008 pp.) is a truly
comprehensive resource shows how to write, adapt, deploy, and debug powerful and robust
applications. Discusses how JSPs integrate with Enterprise JavaBeans and JDBC, and how they
communicate with other Web components, including Perl, CGI, servlets, and applets. IBM
Websphere Application Server Programming (0072224592; $59.99; 840 pp.) by Bessam
Jamaleddin
deftly explains how to develop and deploy powerful Web-based applications on multiple
platforms,
including UNIX, NT, and AIX. Packed with essential information as well as advanced
development
techniques, this compendium will signficatnly help in maximizing virtually every single aspect of
WebSphere's functionality. The Oracle 9i JDeveloper Handbook (0072223847; $59.99; 976 pp.)
collaboratively compiled and written by Paul Dorsey, Peter Koletzke, & Avrom Faderman
exhaustively explains the JDeveloper IDE and how to build JSPs, Java applications, business
components for Java (BC4J), and so much more. All three of these McGraw-Hill computer
instructional manuals are clearly written and invaluable long-term references.
A Practical Guide To Red Hat Linux 8
Mark G. Sobell
Addison-Wesley Professional
c/o Pearson Technology Group
75 Arlington St, #300, Boston, MA 02116
0201703130 $59.99 awprofessional.com
A Practical Guide To Red Hat Linux 8 by Linux expert and consultant Mark G. Sobell is an
extensive and comprehensive guide specifically written and intended for Linux 8 users of all skill
and
experience levels, ranging from the novice to the seasoned programmer. Carefully presented with
step-by-step examples, and offering informative and "reader friendly" instructions for utilizing all
of
the basic Linux utilities, programming tools, system administration tasks, as well as new features
specific to Red Hat Linux: Version 8, A Practical Guide To Red Hat Linux 8 is also a
compendium
of advice pertaining to security issues, enhanced a glossary of more than 500 words and phrases.
An
exhaustive guide accompanied by a CD-ROM containing Red Hat Linux version 8.0 itself, this
1565-page instructional reference is enthusiastically recommended for anyone with an interest in
the
latest form of Linux.
Special Edition Using Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
Molly Holzschlag
Que Publishing
201 West 103rd Street, Indianapolis, IN 46290-1097
0789727072 $49.99 www.mcp.com
Most professional Web designers and developers occupy a large portion of their work in a visual
design environments such as Dreamweaver, and use the tools within Dreamweaver to hand-code
at
least portions of their own markup. The positioning and scope of Special Edition Using
Macromedia
Dreamweaver MX is primarily to assist these web masters in gaining a professional level of
competency through a working knowledge of Dreamweaver and the issues in design and markup
that are affecting the changing way in which they work. Special Edition Using Macromedia
Dreamweaver MX cogently addresses issues in Web design and development from an extremely
contemporary standpoint. Suitable for beginners, the primary emphasis in Special Edition Using
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX is to assist the intermediate designer interested in learning how to
work with Dreamweaver to achieve best practices within the design and development industry.
User
Level: Intermediate, 720 pages
The MathML Handbook
Pavi Sandhu
Charles River Media
20 Downer Ave., Suite 3, Hingham, MA 02043
1584502495 $41.95 charlesriver.com
The MathML Handbook by technical writer and expert Pavi Sandhu is a straightforward, "user
friendly" guide to MathML, -- an XML-based markup language especially designed for
mathematicians who publish on the World Wide Web. Individual chapters teach the basics of
MathML, how to display MathML in web browsers, how to convert between TeX and MathML,
how to utilize MathML for computations, and much, much more. With an accompanying CD
featuring demo software for viewing and creating works with MathML, The MathML Handbook
is
highly recommended as being a genuinely first-rate resource.
Unix Power Tools
Shelley Powers, et al.
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472
0596003307 $69.95 www.oreilly.com
Now in a completely updated and expanded third edition, Unix Power Tools by Shelley Powers,
Jerry Peek, Tim O'Reilly and Mike Loukides is an exhaustive, 1116-page instructional guide to
scripts, techniques, and useful applications for programming in Unix, including xterm, X
Windows,
tips for optimizing disk space, creating custom commands in vi, using GNU Emacs, shell
interpretation for scripting, pattern matching, redirecting input and output, and much, much more.
An extensive and comprehensive resource, Unix Power Tools is filled from cover to cover with
clear
instructions, sample codes, and just about everything even the most novice beginning Unix
programmer needs to get started -- or that the advanced Unix programmer may need to look
up.
New Riders
201 W. 103rd St., Indianapolis, IN 46290
www.newriders.com www.amazon.com
Barry Haynes' highly recommended Photoshop 7 Artistry (0735712409, $55.00) is for serious
professional photographers and digital artists who need to create expert imagery. Photoshop 7
Artistry has been revised and expanded to include all the new features in Photoshop X. The book
covers the creation and output of museum-quality art prints, images for high-end advertising, as
well
as GIF's, Jpeg's, and Web Photo Galleries. Haynes teaches the basic principles that apply to all
Photoshop users -- particularly advanced users. Dreamweaver MX Magic (0735711798, $39.99)
by
the team of Brad Halstead and Josh Cavalier, builds on the success of Dreamweaver 4 Magi. The
two co-authors drawn upon their considerable knowledge and expertise to select approximately
12
areas that are troublesome for professional Dreamweaver users. Halstead and Cavalier examine
each
of these areas using carefully designed projects then the projects provide guidance in the form of
tips, tricks, and practices. Bot of these New Rider computer titles are strongly recommended for
personal and professional reference shelves.
Photoshop 7: Photographers' Guide
David D. Busch
Muska & Lipman Publishing
2645 Erie Avenue, Suite 41, Cincinnati, Ohio 45208
1929685688 $39.95 muskalipman.com
Photoshop 7: Photographers' Guide by computer imaging expert David D. Busch is an superbly
organized and presented guide to utilizing Photoshop 7 software for both film and digital
photography. Packed from cover to cover with a wealth of invaluable tips, tricks, techniques;
enhanced full-color photographs; samples of what the software can do; and a great deal more,
Photoshop 7: Photographers' Guide is a splendid and confidently recommended resource for
crafting
stunning and unique images, or simply touching up photographs as one desires. An included is an
accompanying CD-ROM containing more than 300 color images and demo filters for Andromeda.
If
you use Photoshop 7, either personally or professionally, then you need your own copy of
Photoshop 7: Photographers' Guide!
SVG Unleashed
Andrew H. Watt, et al.
Sams Publishing
201 West 103rd Street, Indianapolis, IN 46290-1097
0672324296 $49.99 www.mcp.com
Targeted to the experienced Web programmer, SVG Unleashed deftly equips the reader with the
practical knowledge required in order to create and manipulate Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
programmatically, both on the client and the server side. Part I of SVG Unleashed provides a
thorough reference of SVG syntax, elements, coordinate systems and animations, with coverage
of
the XML Document Object Model(DOM) and the SVG DOM application to each element or
attribute. Part II of SVG Unleashed introduces client-side SVG programming with particular
emphasis on the use of ECMAScript/JavaScript. In Part III of SVG Unleashed readers learn to
use
several server-side languages to create SVG documents. Part IV of SVG Unleashed demonstrates
SVG programming through several case studies. User Level: Intermediate, 1152 pages
The Islamic Studies Shelf
Understanding The Hadith
Ram Swarup
Prometheus Books
59 John Glenn Dr., Amherst, NY 14228
1591020174 $22.00 1-800-421-0351
Indian writer and philosopher Ram Swarup explores the meaning of Islam through the words of
the
Sahih Muslim in Understanding The Hadith, an authoritative collection of traditions about the life
of
Muhammad. The Hadith literature represents the Koran in action, but Swarup disputes claims that
it's divinely inspired. An intriguing distillation of the many pieces which make up the Hadith,
Understanding The Hadith is recommended for dedicated students of Islamic studies.
Islam: An Illustrated History
Michael Jordan
Carlton/Trafalgar Square
PO Box 257, N. Pomfret, VT 05053
1842226096 $29.95 1-800-423-4525
Islam has been viewed as both a militant force and as a backward religion. In Islam: An Illustrated
History, religious anthropologist Michael Jordan provides a fine illustrated survey of the Islamic
faith which will serve as a contradictory introduction to Islam, for those outside the faith.
Chapters
provide a visual accompaniment to text examining the origins and concepts of Islamic faith. Islam:
An Illustrated History is an excellent, basic guide.
Beyond Veil And Holy War
Saleem Ahmed, Ph.D.
Moving Pen Publishers, Inc.
PO Box 25155, Honolulu, HI 96825
www.BeyondVeilAndHolyWar.com
0971765502 $28.95 1-808-371-9360
Beyond Veil And Holy War: Islamic Teachings And Muslim Practices With Biblical Comparisons
by
educator and author Saleem Ahmed is a thoughtful, informative survey of Islamic teachings and
the
words of the Qur'an itself. Written in question-and-answer format, Beyond Veil And Holy War
studies the holy book of Islam and comes to the conclusion that in Islam itself, righteous actions
are
far more important than spoken prayers, and that some of the purported actions and sayings of the
Prophet Muhammad (especially the sexist and violent ones which appear to contradict the Qur'an)
may not be as authentic as some consider. A fascinating and highly recommended addition to
Islamic
studies reference shelves, Beyond Veil And Holy War is a particularly good resource for
American
readers to learn more about the core nature of Islam.
Persian Pilgrimages
Afshin Molavi
W.W. Norton & Company
500 5th Ave., New York NY 10110
0393051196 $25.95 1-800-233-4830
This highly recommended collection of insights on Iran is written by Afshin Molavi, an
Iranian-born
journalist who provides both a historical and cultural journey across his homeland in Persian
Pilgrimages. Iranians are frequent travelers: Molavi uses his own wanderlust to take a journey
across
Iranian history and countryside alike, offering a more intimate portrait of his country than
most.
The Musicbook Shelf
Sonic Cool
Joe S. Harrington
Hal Leonard Corporation
151 W. 46th St., 8th floor, NY, NY 10036
0634028618 $24.95 1-800-637-2852
Compiled and written by music writer and historian Joe S. Harrington, Sonic Cool: The Life &
Death Of Rock 'n' Roll is an impressive and detailed 595-page history of the rock 'n' roll music
phenomenon. Smoothly penned and excitingly told, Sonic Cool presents the matter-of-fact rise
and
fall of the music style's popularity in a manner that reads like more like an enjoyable novel than a
pedantic music school textbook. Sonic Cool is a sometimes funny, sometimes insightful, and
always
fascinating saga which is very highly recommended for all rock music buffs and students of 20th
Century American Popular Culture.
The Clash
Marcus Gray
Hal Leonard Corporation
151 W. 46th St., 8th fl., NY, NY 10036
063404673X $18.95 1-646-562-5880
Now in a revised and updated edition, Marcus Gray's The Clash: Return Of The Last Gang In
Town
is the informed and informative biographical history of "The Clash," one of the greatest rock 'n'
roll
bands in the decades following the sensational Sixties. Following the individual band members'
travails through basements, rehearsals, and street busking, to their wild popularity on the
stadiums,
the participation in radical politics, and their semi-legendary celebrity mythology, The Clash is an
involving, well-researched, meticulously written, and inviting account offering a genuine,
behind-the-scenes look at what it is to be a rock 'n' roller in general, and a member of "The Clash"
in
particular.
The Parenting Shelf
Common Sense Parenting Of Toddlers And Preschoolers
Bridget A. Barnes & Steven M. York
The Boys Town Press
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
Boys Town, NE 68010
1889322415 $14.95 1-800-282-6657
Collaboratively written by parenting experts Bridget A. Barnes and Steven M. York, Common
Sense Parenting Of Toddlers And Preschoolers is a very practical and "parent friendly" guide to
the
raising young children. From setting reasonable expectations for young children; to teaching social
skills and self-control; to turning daily and weekly routines into family traditions, to handling very
practical issues such as toilet training, bedtime, and meals, Common Sense Parenting Of Toddlers
And Preschoolers is an expertly written "how to" manual which is very highly recommended for
parents and caretakers of children ages 2 through 5.
When Parents Disagree And What You Can Do About It
Dr. Ron Taffel with Roberta Israeloff
The Guilford Press
72 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012
157230796X $16.95 www.guilford.com
Written by Ron Taffel (Founder of Family and Couples Treatment Services at the Institute for
Contemporary Psychotherapy, New York City) with the assistance of writer and essayist Roberta
Israeloff, When Parents Disagree And What You Can Do About It is a straightforward, "parent
friendly" guide to successfully managing conflict inevitably arising from the trials and tribulations
of
raising children. Individual chapters cogently address discipline issues, gender issues, different
male
or female styles of parenting, handling the thorny matter of sibling rivalry, and a great deal more.
Highly recommended, practical, and useful reading for husbands and wives with children, When
Parents Disagree And What You Can Do About It is an invaluable and informative addition to any
personal, professional, or community library "Parenting Studies" reference collection or reading
list.
The Parents' Guide To Cochlear Implants
Patricia M. Chute & Mary Ellen Nevins
Gallaudet University Press
800 Florida Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002-3695
1563681293 $19.95 1-800-621-2736
Collaboratively written by Patricia M. Chute (Associate Professor, Department of Communication
Disorders, Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY) and Mary Ellen Nevins (Professor, Department of
Communication Disorders and Deafness, Kean University, Union, New Jersey), The Parents'
Guide
To Cochlear Implants is a straightforward and highly accessible guide written especially for the
parents of deaf children. Detailing in highly accessible, no-nonsense language the pros and cons of
cochlear implants, each detail of the surgical procedure, how implants are used as tools for
language
development, information about device maintenance, a special section about cochlear implants and
deaf culture that stresses the importance of consensus building rather than vehement attempts to
persuade deaf people to accept implants, or vehement attempts to dissuade parents from opting
for
implant surgery, and much more. The Parents' Guide To Cochlear Implants is an absolute "must"
read for any parent considering a cochlear implant for their child.
The Travel Shelf
Rest Areas & Welcome Centers
William C. Herow
Roundabout Publications
PO Box 19235, Lenexa, KS 66285
www.TravelBooksUSA.com
1885464053 $9.95 1-800-455-2207
With its simple directions to rest areas, welcome centers, scenic vistas, runaway truck ramps,
discount stores, travel centers and more, Rest Areas & Welcome Centers Along US Interstates by
William C. Herow is a very practical and handy guide for highway travelers. Herow employs a
quick-reference symbol system that takes a few minutes to learn, but is quite easy to follow once
understood. Rest Areas & Welcome Centers Along US Interstates presents information about
each
interstate highway, and also offering a wealth of phone numbers and websites for more
information
(including sites for Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, K-Mart, Target, AmBest, Flying J., Love's, Petro,
Pilot,
Speedway, TA, and Williams), Rest Areas & Welcome Centers Along US Interstates is a
commendably useful and welcome guide for the road.
Sierra North
Thomas Winnet, et al.
Wilderness Press
1200 Fifth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
0899973027 $17.95 wildernesspress.com
The collaborative effort of Thomas Winnet, Jason Winnett, Kathy Morey, and Lyn Haber, Sierra
North: 100 Backcountry Trips In California's Sierra is an detailed and thoroughly "user friendly
travel guide to planning a hike in California's wild, rugged, and beautiful mountains. Filled with
topography maps, one hundred different trips with route descriptions, information on fishing,
swimming, flora, fauna, geology, and history, and much, much more, Sierra North is a highly
accessible and information-packed resource which is especially recommended for vacationing
nature
lovers.
Hidden Wine Country
Marty Olmstead & Ray Reigert
Ulysses Press
PO Box 3440, Berkeley, CA 94703
1569752885 $13.95 1-800-377-2542
From historic wineries in California's Sonoma and Napa Counties to back roads, lodging in small
retreats, and dining in recommended establishments, Hidden Wine Country seeks to uncover
less-traveled roads in the Wine Country and does it successfully. Hidden Wine Country is quite
an
achievement for an area over-saturated with publicity: the authors specialize in finding the
unusual,
quality experience. Hidden Wine Country is a highly recommended "take-along" guide.
Skudera's Ultimate Guide To New Jersey
Michael Skudera
Skudera Creations Corporation
PO Box 940, Eatontown, NJ 07724
0971397805 $29.95 www.skudera.com
Skudera's Ultimate Guide To New Jersey by travel expert Michael Skudera is a superbly
combined
travel reference and multimedia traveler's guide to the state of New Jersey. The invaluably useful
site
and route descriptions are packed with information about the locations and their hours, and are
enhanced with black-and-white photos, and offer up-to-date information about the great places to
visit throughout the state. An accompanying CD-ROM (which requires Windows 95/98/XP)
showcases the print text with over 3,500 color photographs, illustrating 1,000 points of interest,
and
provides printable maps, and ways to visit places with the click of a mouse before actually
investing
one's travel time. Skudera's Ultimate Guide To New Jersey is confidently recommended as being a
truly first-rate guide for on-site tourists and armchair travelers alike.
A House Somewhere
Don George & Anthony Sattin, Eds.
Lonely Planet
150 Linden St., Oakland, CA 94607
1740594193 $13.99 lonelyplanet.com
This compendium of travel stories provides essays by Isabel Allende, Jan Morris, and more
notable
travel writers and provides an unusual focus on experiences of living abroad. Essays range from
the
humorous to the observation of cultural differences as they provide both entertaining and
enlightening autobiographies embracing the overseas living experience. A House Somewhere is
perfect as a leisure literary pursuit and highly recommended for the traveler who contemplates
residency in another country.
Pelican's Select Guide To American Bed And Breakfasts
Judi Russell, editor
Pelican Publishing Company
1000 Burmaster St., Gretna, LA 70053
1589800613 $19.95 1-800-843-1724
Now in a completed updated seventh edition, Pelican's Select Guide To American Bed And
Breakfasts offers a compiled and reliable list of top-notch bed and breakfast locations ideal for
vacationers and business travelers wanting to experience memorable stays along their routes.
Organized by state, each entry listing includes address and contact information, details on
minimum
stays, rates, services, meals, attributes, web sites, and more. Pelican's Select Guide To American
Bed And Breakfasts is confidently recommended as a concise, useful, and "user friendly" guide for
interstate travelers seeking the best in reasonably priced and thoroughly enjoyable
accommodations.
San Juan Islands
Don Pitcher
Avalon Travel Publishing
1400 65th St., #250, Emeryville CA 94608
1566915538 $14.95 www.moon.com
The latest addition to the "Moon Handbooks" travel guide series, San Juan Islands: Including
Victoria And The Gulf Islands is a travel guide precisely written by Don Pitcher for vacationers
looking to make their own travel and entertainment choices by create a unique and personalized
travel plan suited entirely and specifically to their own personal tastes. With key information on
accommodations, activities, points of interest, transportation, history, climate, and more of each
island, San Juan Islands is an excellent travel planning and guidebook resource which is especially
recommended as a quick and easy reference.
The Astronomy Shelf
The Backyard Astronomer's Guide
Terence Dickinson & Alan Dyer
Firefly Books
PO Box 1338, Buffalo, NY 14205
155209507X $49.95 1-800-387-5085
Featuring gorgeous full-color photography, The Backyard Astronomer's Guide: Revised Edition
is a
thorough instructional to the exciting and educational world of stargazing, especially for the
amateur
astronomer. Individual chapters accessibly address facts and features about heavenly bodies, as
well
as the practical realities of using telescopes and cameras to stargaze, and even applying CCD
cameras to capture digital records of the sky. Collaboratively written by Terence Dickinson
(Astronomy Commentator for Discovery Channel Canada) and Alan Dyer (Program Producer at
the
Calgary Science Centre Planetarium and a Contributing Editor to "Sky & Telescope" magazine) is
an excellent, practical, beautiful, adventurous, and highly recommended addition to personal,
school,
and community library Astronomy reference collections.
The Native American Shelf
Forgotten Fires
Omer C. Stewart
University of Oklahoma Press
1005 Asp Avenue, Norman, OK 73019
0806134232 $39.95 1-800-627-7377
First presented in the 1950s, yet just as relevant today, Forgotten Fires: Native Americans And
The
Transient Wilderness by Omer C. Stewart dispels the longstanding cultural myth that Native
American communities had no impact on the natural environment surrounding them. Taking a
close
look at the effects Native American civilization had upon nature's ability to incorporate them into
the
ecosystem, with an especial eye toward how some regularly used fires to manage plant and animal
communities through localized habitat burning, Forgotten Fires is a thoughtful study about
mankind's true interaction with the environment, presenting straightforward facts instead of
romanticized legend. This highly recommended edition for Native American Studies and
Environmental History reference shelves and reading lists has been collaboratively edited by
Henry
T. Lewis and M. Kat Anderson for the contemporary reader.
When The Great Spirit Died
William B. Secrest
Quill Driver
1831 Industrial Way #101, Sanger, CA 93657
1884995403 $15.95 1-800-497-4909
This history of the destruction of California's Indians covers a narrow time frame from
1850-1860,
but documents a startling point in American history where Indians were slaughtered and hunted.
When The Great Spirit Died probes the philosophy behind these killings, using source material
references, previously unpublished material, and a host of vintage black and white photos to
capture
the terrible events. A 'must' for any Native American history collection from high schools through
public libraries.
Indian Metropolis
James B. LaGrand
University of Illinois Press
1325 South Oak St, Champaign, IL 61820
0252027728 $34.95 1-800-545-4703
Indian Metropolis: Native Americans In Chicago, 1945-75 by James B. LaGrand (Assistant
Professor, Department of History, Messiah College, Grantham, Pennsylvania) is a thoughtful and
scholarly perspective on the urbanization of Native Americans. Focusing on the mass exodus of
Native Americans from their reservations into the urban city of Chicago, in the three decades
following the end of World War II, Indian Metropolis deftly traces Native American lifestyle and
societal changes in this intriguing, evenhanded, and highly recommended sociological treatise.
Indian
Metropolis is a seminal contribution to Native American Studies reference collections and reading
lists.
Pictures Of You
Blackstone Singers
Canyon Records Productions
3131 West Clarendon Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85017
CR-6353 $15.98 1-800-268-1141
Drawn from the Cree nation, The Blackstone Singers are one of the truly elite Native American
pow-wow singing groups. Pictures Of You is a music CD which showcases and celebrates their
skills and abilities with twelve outstanding pieces: Twelve Nights Of Round Dance (3:22); The
Scout (3:56); Alone (2:48); Demaise (3:27); Weather[ed] (4:53); New Year's Wind (2:54); My
Real
Life (3:49); Reminisce (3:23); The Melody Tree (3:39); Zone 7 (3:43); Green River (3:23); and
the
title piece Pictures Of You (3:23). Also highly recommended from Canyon Records (the premier
producer/publisher/distributor of Native American CD music) are the new releases Songs For Our
People by High Noon (CR-6355, $15.98); Only The Strong by Young Bird (CR-6354, $15.98);
and
Round Dance Songs Recorded "Live" by Northern Cree and Friends (CR-6350, $15.98).
Exploring Native American Wisdom
Fran Dancing Feather & Rita Robinson
New Page Books
3 Tice Road, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417
1564146251 $13.99 newpagebooks.com
Collaboratively compiled and written by writer, teacher, artist, and natural health consultant Fran
Dancing Feather and author and metaphysical studies expert Rita Robinson, Exploring Native
American Wisdom: Love, Traditions, And Rituals That Connect Us All is an impressive and
"reader
friendly" new age guide to the supernatural that draws upon Native American traditions and
Native
American mysticism. Deftly guiding the reader on a journey into a spiritual plane of energy and
power, Exploring Native American Wisdom is an insightful metaphysical treatise that is
confidently
recommended for students of Native American Studies and Metaphysical "New Age"
Studies.
Preserving The Sacred
Michael Angel
University of Manitoba Press
Room 444 Engineering Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2
0887556574 $24.95 www.amazon.com
Preserving The Sacred: Historical Perspectives On The Ojibwa Midewiwin by Aboriginal land
claims
researcher and expert Michael Angel is a richly informative presentation of the traditional
religious
belief system of the Ojibwa Native Americans in Canada and the United States. Focusing on
Midewiwin rituals; the history of the religion; its origins; documentation throughout the centuries;
as
well as the modern-day larger cultural forces that work against preserving the Midewiwin rituals
and
a new understanding of Midewiwin in the modern day, Preserving The Sacred is a respectful,
involving, in-depth study which is especially commended to Native American Studies reading lists
and reference collections.
The Comix/Graphic Novel Shelf
Get Your War On
David Rees
Soft Skull Press
71 Bond Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217
188712876X $11.00 www.softskull.com
The political satire cartoons comprising David Rees' Get Your War On have become an internet
standard, and very popular among an increasing numerous crowd. Prepare for bawdy language
and
biting observations along with comics which rely on irony and observation as well as political
commentary.
Remembrance Of Things Past Part Two
Marcel Proust & Stephane Heuet
NBM
555 8th Ave., Ste. 1202, NY, NY 10018
1561633429 $16.95 nbmpublishing.com
Remembrance Of Things Past Part Two: Within A Budding Grove is the second novel of an
English-language, graphic novel adaptation and illustrated by Stephane Heuet of Marcel Proust's
classic work of European literature. The simplistic yet evocative full-color art and the delicate
lettering bring the formal style of the nineteenth-century era to life in this enchanting and attention
engaging presentation. Highly Recommended!
The Sports Shelf
Cleveland Browns A To Z
Roger Gordon
Sports Publishing LLC
804 North Nell, Suite 100, Champaign, IL 61820
www.SportsPublishingLLC.com
1582612404 $24.95 1-877-807-6034
Organized in encyclopedia format with entries for each letter of the alphabet, Cleveland Browns A
To Z by Cleveland Brown expert Roger Gorden is an original and remarkably informative
reference
resource offering just about everything there is to know about this celebrated American football
team. Enhanced with appendices listing numerous additional statistics and tables, Cleveland
Browns
A To Z in clearly in the" must-have" category and a perfect giftbook for the legions of dedicated
Cleveland Browns fans.
The Journalism Shelf
Bad News
Robert Shogan
Ivan R. Dee/NBN, dist.
1332 North Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60622
1566634709 $16.95 1-800-462-6420
Where does the press go wrong in the making of the president? Robert Shogan's Bad News
exposes
the truth behind bad news, arguing that the media plays the role of enables without
acknowledging
it, that they allow abuse of the political process, and that they foster competing campaigns laden
with weakness. Simply put, Bad News is a 'must' for journalism students.
The Library Science Shelf
Learn Basic Library Skills
Elaine Andersen, et al.
The Scarecrow Press
4720 Boston Way, Lanham, MD 20706
0810844982 $34.95 1-800-462-6420
Collaboratively developed and written by Elaine Andersen (Library Educator, Canberra Institute
of
Technology, Canberra, Australia), Mary Gosling (Reference Librarian and Library Educator),
Mary
Mortimer (Director of DocMatrix Pty Limited), edited by Trina Grover (Catalogue Librarian,
Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada) and Mary McConnell (Head of Bibliographic Services,
University of Calgary Library, Calgary, Canada), Learn Basic Library Skills is a straightforward,
"user friendly" instructional guide to the basic skills necessary and needed to work for any
academic,
corporate, governmental, or public library or other information service agency, whether as a
professional employee or a "friend of the library" volunteer. Individual chapters address building
competency in such necessary areas as using and maintaining bibliographic records; shelving
materials; book repair; stocktaking; weeding; and more. A first-rate title and an absolute
"must-read"
for anyone contemplating working for a library, Learn Basic Library Skills is an essential and core
addition to any Library Science reference collection or supplemental reading list.
Free & Public
John Fleischman
Orange Frazer Press
800 Vine St., Cincinnati, OH 45202-2071
1882203917 $34.95 OrangeFrazer.com
Enhanced with a profusion of historical black-and-white photographs, Free & Public written by
John
Fleischman is an impressively visual and textual tribute to the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary
of
the Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County. Images spanning the decades artfully
combine
with insightful quotations with a matter-of-fact history, resulting in showcasing the remarkable
and
informative saga of a much beloved and enduring literary institution -- the free public community
library system of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.
The Virtual Reference Librarian's Handbook
Anne Grodzins Lipow
Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.
100 Varick Street, NY, NY 10013
155570445X $75.00 neal-schuman.com
The Virtual Reference Librarian's Handbook by Anne Grodzins Lipow (Founder and Director of
Library Solutions Institute and Press) is a useful and accessible guide for librarians and students of
Library Science regarding the practical advantages of learning and using virtual reference skills
and
resources. Individual chapters deftly address how to get a virtual reference service started; how to
shop for the best software; learning how to utilize a virtual reference desk; and much, much more.
An accompanying CD-ROM contains bookmarked useful websites and Word files of a wide
variety
of serviceable forms and checklists, which librarians can customize as needed. The Virtual
Reference
Librarian's Handbook is a timely and highly recommended "state-of-the-art" addition to personal,
professional, and academic Library Science reference collections and supplemental reading
lists.
The Accidental Systems Librarian
Rachel Singer Gordon
Information Today, Inc.
143 Old Marlton Pike, Medford, NJ 08055
1573871613 $29.50 www.infotoday.com
The Accidental Systems Librarian by Rachel Singer Gordon (founder and webmaster for the
library
career site Lisjobs.com and "Computer Media" review columnist for the Library Journal) offers a
wealth of useful and practical advice for adapting to, and incorporating advances in,
contemporary
technologies in order to solve various problems systems librarians encounter as they acclimate
themselves to evolving demands for expertise in a rapidly changing field. Individual chapters
discuss
online classes and tutorials for self-study, IT projects, networking, instruction techniques, and
much,
much more. The Accidental Systems Librarian is a very highly recommended, reader-friendly
guide
for systems librarians of all skill and familiarity levels with modern computer capabilities.
The Cookbook Shelf
The American Diner Cookbook
Elizabeth McKeon & Linda Everett
Cumberland House Publishing
431 Harding Industrial Park Drive, Nashville, TN 37211
1581823452 $16.95 1-888-439-2665
The roadside diner was once a fixture of American popular culture and to be found in almost
every
community. A place where good food, reasonable prices, friendly service, and great conversation
all
came together. In The American Diner Cookbook, Elizabeth McKeon and Linda Everett
collaborate
to present more than 450 recipes for dishes that were the staple of the diner era. From Hush
Puppies; Roadside Chili; Sea Captain's Chowder; and Mushroom Burgers; to Veal Parmesan;
Chicken & Dumplings; Sloppy Joes; and Chocolate Chiffon Pie, The American Diner Cookbook
is a
nostalgic and welcome addition to any kitchen cookbook collection, which features the added
bonus
of numerous historic black and white photos.
Even More Top Secret Recipes
Todd Wilbur
Plume
c/o Penguin Putnam Inc.
375 Hudson Street, NY, NY 10014
0452283191 $13.00 1-800-847-5515
These recipes cover common brand-name favorites which are now reproducible in the home
kitchen,
from Girl Scout cookies and Cinnabon to candy bars and Wendy's chicken filet sandwich. Even
More Top Secret Recipes will prove particularly intriguing to fans of brand name items and fast
foods, who will enjoy the dash of humor added to the recipes and food descriptions.
A Cup Of Comfort Cookbook
Jay Weinstein
Adams Media Corporation
57 Littlefield Street, Avon, MA 02322
1580627889 $12.95 1-800-872-5627
Compiled by Jay Weinstein (a professional chef, food writer, and food commentator for National
Public Radio), A Cup Of Comfort Cookbook showcases a culinary wealth of "comfort food"
recipes
suitable for all occasions. From Butternut Soup; Batter-Fried Zucchini Sticks; Crisp Potato
Pancakes; and Curried Chicken Salad; to Original Iowa Pumpkin Bread; Spicy Stuffed Comfort
Potatoes; Grandma Gertrude's Apple Fritters; Lacy Pecan Cookies; and Decadent Hot Cocoa, A
Cup Of Comfort Cookbook offers easy-to-make, appetite satisfying, spirit-lifting, heart-warming,
anxiety-smoothing eating that is both nutritious and delicious.
Champion Press Ltd.
8689 North Port Washington Road, # 329, Milwaukee, WI 53217
$5.95 each www.rushhourcook.com
The simply outstanding, "kitchen friendly", "The Rush Hour Cook" four volume series of
cookbooks
by Brook Noel features accessible compendiums of advice and recipes that are ideal for
fast-based,
time-limited, dinner hour preparations. "The Rush Hour Cook" series consists of Effortless
Entertaining (189140086-X); One-Pot Wonders (1891400878); Family Favorites (1891400835);
and Pasta Presto (1891400851) with each volume featuring recipes suitable for any occasion from
daily family fare to celebratory dining. Handy, practical, time-saving, and highly
recommended.
Healthy Living From A Greek Island
Eleni Delfakis, M.S., R.D.
Copper Hill Press
PO Box 13628, Tucson, AZ 85732-3628
0972403892 $34.95 copperhillpress.com
Healthy Living From A Greek Island: How To Achieve Good Health & Enjoy What You Eat by
dietician and restaurant chef Eleni Delfakis is a unique cookbook that blends health-conscious
recipes with flavorful cuisine traditions from the Greek isle of Crete. Delicious, nutritious and
non-fattening recipes as well as "reader friendly" chapters of sound and comprehensive advice on
a
healthy diet plan fill the pages of this enjoyable nutrition and healthy eating guide. From Potato
Clam
Soup; Sauteed Calamari; and Baked Ziti with Meat Sauce; to Chilled Shrimp & Crab Salad;
Baklava; and Crepes with Yogurt & Berries, Healthy Living From A Greek Island offers a
culinary
wealth of recipes.
The PETA Celebrity Cookbook
Ingrid E. Newkirk, editor
Lantern Books
One Union Square West, Suite 201, New York, NY 10003-3303
1590560272 $20.00 1-800-758-3756
Compiled by Ingrid Newkirk and enhanced throughout with full-color and b/w photography, The
PETA Celebrity Cookbook showcases more than sixty celebrities, athletes, chefs, and activists
who
share their four-star, cruelty-free, palate pleasing, vegetarian recipes. From Paul McCartney's "All
You Need Is Avocado" Soup; Jackie Chan's Chan's Corn Chowder; and Fabio's Portobello
Passion;
to Montel Williams' Heart-Healthy Wild Rice with Walnuts and Raisins; Rue McClananhan's
Extreme Dream Cheesecake; and Alec Baldwin's Miami Blues Red Beans with Garlic, The PETA
Celebrity Cookbook is a strongly recommended addition to any "animal friendly" vegetarian
cookbook collection.
Cooking With Chardonnay
Barbara Ray & Norm Ray
Rayve Productions Inc.
PO Box 726, Windsor, CA 95492
http://www.rayveproductions.com/
1877810541 $9.95 1-800-852-4890
Over seventy recipes using Chardonnay wine as a foundation will appeal to wine enthusiasts.
Additionally, Cooking With Chardonnay provides tips and hints which range from selecting
Chardonnay suitable for both drinking and cooking to pairing it with food. No photos, but the
easy
recipes don't need much embellishment.
Guilty Comfort Foods
Lisa Bick
Sweet Pea Press
KSB Promotions (publicity)
10 1/2 North Main Street, Zionsville, IN 46077
0970441010 $19.95 1-800-755-3706
Nothing can be so mood calming, so anxiety relieving, so depression elevating as a favorite
culinary
treat. What Lisa Bick has done in Guilty Comfort Foods is to assemble twenty-eight outstanding
recipes, each illustrated with its own picture, of dishes that are legendary comfort foods suitable
for
all occasions of self-pampering and commiseration. From Wacky Cake, Sugar Cram Pie, and
Blackberry Pudding, to Brittle, Rhubarb Charlotte, and Homemade Doughnuts, Guilty Comfort
Foods lays out each and every scrumptious project with clear step-by-step directions culminating
in
delicious somethings that are guaranteed to lift anyone's spirits on those occasions when we need
to
curl up with something as mind soothing as it is taste-bud satisfying!
PamCooks 2 is a "kitchen friendly" collection of more than one hundred tasted tested and
requested
recipes drawn from the CJPH-TV "News at Noon" program. Also featured is a chapter dedicated
to
"kid friendly" recipes; as well as "make-ahead" tips, time-saving suggestions, and emergency
substitutions. From Maple Chicken Wings; Beef Sate with Peanut Sauce; Summer Salad with
Grilled
Chicken and Strawberries; and Tabouleh with a Twist; to Two-Potato Puree; Tortilla Soup;
Mexican Lasagna; and Grand Marinier Fruit Cakes, PamCooks 2 will prove to be a popular and
much referred to addition to any kitchen cookbook collection. Also very highly recommended is
Pam Collacott's first volume of recipes, PamCooks (0921165706, $14.95).
Baba A Louis Baker Bread Book
John McLure
Privately Published
c/o Chelsea Green Publishing, dist.
205 Gates-Briggs Building, White River Junction, VT 05001
0963689207 $13.95 1-800-639-4099
Professional baker John McLure draws upon the sixteen year history of the Baba L Louis Baker
in
Proctorsville, Vermont to compile Baba A Louis Baker Bread Book, an outstanding collection of
recipes. From Alain's Essene Bread; Six Grain and One Bean; Swedish Rye; and Whole Wheat
Maple Walnut Bread; to Cheese Herb Croissant; Almond Cream Twists; Lenten Cookies; and Old
Cavendish Fruitcake, Baba A Louis Baker Bread Book offers a culinary wealth of bread
preparation
and baking instructions, background commentaries, and delicious "user friendly" recipes.
Homestyle Cooking Made Healthy
Jeanne Jones
Rodale Press, Inc.
400 South Tenth Street, Emmaus, PA 18098-0099
1579544657 $17.95 www.rodale.com
Homestyle Cooking Made Healthy is a throughly impressive and "kitchen cook friendly"
compilation
of two hundred classic American dishes recreated in a low-fat format but still retaining all the
original flavor of higher-calory, higher-fat versions of years past. From Carrot-Raisin Salad;
Twice-Baked Potatoes; Scampi with Spaghetti; and Chicken Croquettes; to Chicken-Fried Steak
with Country Gravy; Crunch Grain Waffles; Lobster and Broccoli Stir-Fry; and Black Bottom Pie,
the recipes comprising Homestyle Cooking Made Healthy live up to the promise of lower fat
content
with no sacrifice to taste. Each recipes comes with a "Homestyle Makeover" side-bar showcasing
before and after calorie and fat gram counts. Homestyle Cooking Made Healthy is a welcome and
enthusiastically recommended addition to any health conscious kitchen cookbook collection!
International Dictionary Of Gastronomy
Guido Gomez de Silva
Hippocrene Books
171 Madison Ave., NY, NY 10016
0781808766 $14.95 www.amazon.com
6,500 food terms are defined in Guido de Silva's International Dictionary Of Gastronomy, a truly
"user friendly" reference that travels the globe to bring together culinary terms drawn from
different
traditions from around the world. From cuts of meat and fish, to definitions of regional dishes, to
the
origins of common words like grapefruit, International Dictionary Of Gastronomy is packed from
cover to cover with important references the serious kitchen cook and dedicated professional chef
will want to pursue.
The Social Issues Shelf
Pathways Out Of Poverty
Sam Daley-Harris, editor
Kumarian Press, Inc.
1294 Blue Hills Avenue, Bloomfield, CT 06002
1565491599 $29.95 www.kpbooks.com
Compiled and edited by Sam Daley-Harris (Founder and President of RESULTS Education
Fund),
Pathways Out Of Poverty: Innovations In Microfinance For The Poorest Families is an informed
and
informative study of how to best help the 1.2 billion people worldwide who subsist on less than $1
a
day. Pathways Out Of Poverty is a detailed survey and analysis of microfinance as a means of
loaning very small amounts of money to help families become self-sufficient, (if you give a man
bread he eats for a day; if you loan him enough to buy a fishing pole then he can feed himself).
Individual chapters cogently address the special concerns of HIV/AIDS prevention among the
poorest fifth of the entrepreneurial world; how microfinance can empower women; how
microfinance can improve reproductive health; and much, much more. Pathways Out Of Poverty
is a
very highly recommended reading for anyone concerned with creating tangible, effective solutions
to
the age-old problem of endemic poverty.
Terrorists Among Us
Captain Robert L. Snow
Perseus Publishing
11 Cambridge Ctr, Cambridge, MA 02142
0738207667 $16.00 1-800-242-7737
Terrorists Among Us provides a thought-provoking exploration of the dangers posed by terrorist
groups not outside the country, but at home considering how movements have emerged against
the backdrop of regional struggles against the American government, and how they continue to
pose
a threat. Chapters examine militas in this country, their trading of weapons and stockpiles, and
their
motivations.
Virtual Organization
Abbe Mowshowitz
Quorum Books
88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
1567205011 $49.95 quorumbooks.com
Virtual Organization: Toward A Theory Of Societal Transformation Stimulated By Information
Technology by Abbe Mowshowitz (Professor of Computer Science, City College of the City
University of New York) is a meditative and thought-provoking discourse on how modern
information technology molds and transforms society itself. Presenting diverse theories about how
an increase in computer productivity can often lead to lost jobs and a weakening of traditional
employer-employee loyalty, and offering visions for how societal evolution will match scientific
advancements of the future, Virtual Organization is highly recommended reading which delves
deeply into serious and complex forces driving the growth and change of our modern society.
Individual & Group Privacy
Edward J. Bloustein
Transaction Publishers
35 Berrue Circle, Piscataway, NJ 08854
0765809664 $24.95 1-800-446-9323
Written by the late Edward J. Bloustein (1925-1989), the former president of Rutgers University
and
a noteworthy legal scholar, Individual & Group Privacy is an informed and informative collection
of
four in-depth essays on the legal definition of privacy, and the author's thoughts about balancing
individual needs against the increasing pressure of the "right to know" line of reasoning that is so
prevalent in the modern era. A thoughtful, college-level work examining privacy issues from
humanitarian, practical, and ethical perspectives, Individual & Group Privacy cogently addresses
key
and fundamental privacy issues and First Amendment concerns that are as current as today's
newspaper headlines and the rise of the new "Homeland Security" measures arising from
America's
war on domestic and national terrorism.
Designer Food
Gregory E. Pence
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
4720 Boston Way, Lanham, MD 20706
www.rowmanlittlefield.com
0742508390 $26.95 www.amazon.com
Designer Food: Mutant Harvest Or Breadbasket Of The World? by philosopher and bioethicist
Gregory E. Pence is a thought-provoking survey and commentary on the subject of genetically
modified food, which centers around the pertinent question: Is genetically modified food safe to
eat,
in both the short term and in the long run? A wealth of research and a close eye on important
factors
in the debate such as world hunger, and the right to know just what is being eaten, makes
Designer
Food a superbly organized and highly recommended resource for anyone seeking to learn more
about the double-edged sword these recent, controversial, and rapidly advancing technologies in
food science and production.
The Antiques/Collectibles Shelf
Krause Publications
700 E. State St., Iola, WI 54900-0001
1-800-258-0929 www.amazon.com
Two excellent, affordable catalogs are packed with details and information and are recommended
picks for any garage sale buff or collector. Dan Stearns edits Standard Catalog Of Die-Cast
Vehicles
(0873494199, $29.95), which offers over 5,00 black and white photos and listings of both antique
and new die-cast vehicle toys. Some color photos provide added attraction, but it's the price
catalog
which makes this an exceptional reference. Bob Lemke edits the 2003 Standard Catalog Of
Baseball
Cards (0873494652, $39.95), appearing in its expanded and revised 12th edition to pack in almost
two thousand pages of reference material. Every card by the major manufacturers and many
specialty issues are covered in a guide which follows the history, makers, and rising prices of
baseball cards. Both are invaluable guides which pack a lot into their pages.
Collector Books
Box 3009, Paducah, KY 42002-3009
1-800-626-5420 www.amazon.com
Two new specialty collector's guides will appeal to avid collectors seeking a blend of
identification
and value guide. A. Everette James and Rodney Leftwich's North Carolina Art Pottery
Identification
And Value Guide (1574323083, $24.95) provides a lavishly illustrated color display of art pottery
from 1900-1960, with chapters covering makers, styles, and pottery-making history and tradition.
Volume Two of Dudley and Deanie Murphy's Fishing Lure Ocllectibles (1574323148, $29.95)
covers the modern era and lures produced since 1940, packing in good-sized color close-ups of
lures
to accompany fishing notes, makers, and values. Both are excellent resources for lay readers and
avid collectors alike.
The Fantasy/SciFi Shelf
Deathstalker Legacy
Simon R. Green
ROC Books
0451459075 $23.95 1-800-847-5515
Owen Deathstalker sacrificed his life to save humanity and to create an Empire which has lasted
for
two hundred years: now a reluctant warrior is ascending the throne, and his new regime faces an
age-old mystery and an attempt to uncover a forbidden magic which could change the universe.
Swift action and fascinating reading -- and especially recommended for prior fans of the
Deathstalker universe.
Holder Of Lightning
S. L. Farrell
DAW Books
0756401305 $23.95 1-800-847-5515
Be prepared for a complex story not to be completed in a single volume: Holder Of Lightning is
Book 1 of the Cloudmages series, and is the first in an anticipated epic which, if this is any
indication, will be a powerful set indeed. Jenna is a teen when she discovers a magic stone which
will
change her abilities and her world: she becomes a mage of magic with the weight of the world on
her
shoulders and faces a quick introduction to adulthood in this fascinating story. Strong
characterization is a plus here, moving the adventures right along.
Guardian
Joe Haldeman
Ace Books
0441009778 $22.95 www.amazon.com
Readers might anticipate a story of an encounter with alien powers from the description and
might
be disappointed. In reality this is the story of Rosa, a woman who escapes an abusive husband and
journeys across country with her child in post-Civil War days, to make a new life for herself.
While
the hints of encounters with a world-changing alien lie throughout the story line, it's only in the
final
third of the account that any science fiction elements shine through. Guardian is still engrossing
enough to prove hard to put down, despite its lack of emphasis on the alien experience itself.
Baen Books
1-800-223-2336 www.amazon.com
Fans of alternate histories in general and Harry Turtledove in particular will find Advance And
Retreat (0743435761, $27.00) an involving story presenting a South where two leaders struggle
over forces which involve sorcery and war spells. Blending elements of the supernatural with an
alternative history allows for a fast-paced story filled with military battles and unexpected results.
S.M. Stirling and David Drake's Warlord (0743435877, $24.00) tells of a young noble whose
strategic genius leads to dreams of victory against barbarians who threaten a kingdom. The real
threat is within the planetary governing force itself, though and it's up to Raj to use his guardian
angel powers against them. Joel Rosenberg's Guardians Of The Flame (0743435893, $25.00)
takes a
role-playing game a step further as it tells of a game which becomes all too real for its
transformed
players. James finds himself literally in another body, playing out the most dangerous role game of
his life. David Drake's Grimmer Than Hell (0743435907, $23.00) tells of a viscous group of
beings
concerned with the digestion of humans as food. Captain Kowacs and his Marines have faced this
man-eating enemy: now they are off to free planets taken by the beasts even to enter the
homeworld of the Khalians. An involving war/scifi battle evolves.
The Darkest Thirst
The Design Image Group, Inc.
PO Box 2325, Darien, IL 60561
1891946005 $15.95 1-800-563-5455
The Darkest Thirst: Sixteen Provocative Tales Of The Undead is an horrific anthology of vampire
stories, filled from cover to cover with chilling tales of evil desires, bloodlust, yearning, savagery,
and the vileness lurking within stages of history and seeming propriety. A darkly enrapturing read
from Margaret L. Carter's "Merry" to Deborah Markus' "For The Love of Vampires", The
Darkest
Thirst is very highly entertaining and recommended reading for fans of the horror fantasy genre in
general -- and vampire tales in particular.
A New Dawn
John W. Campbell, Jr.
NEFSA
Box 809, Framingham, MA 01701
1886778159 $26.00
John W. Campbell, Jr. was an author of science fiction and fantasy stories who wrote under the
pseydonym of Don Stuart before he became the well-known editor of Astounding Science Fiction
under his own name. A New Dawn gathers Campbell's many exciting stories which depend upon
strong characterization and mood settings for impact. A New Dawn gathers all the tales Campbell
wrote under his Don Stuart pseudonym (including two essays which have never seen book form),
and should be considered a collector's classic and "must read" for the legions of Campbell
fans.
Houghton Mifflin
215 Park Avenue, New York NY 10003
1-800-225-3362 www.amazon.com
These two specialty items are recommended picks for fans of the latest movies re-creating the
J.R.R.
Tolkien "Lord of the Rings" saga. Brian Sibley's Lord Of The Rings: Making Of The Movie
Trilogy
(0618260226, $17.95) provides the official, inside story on the making of the trilogy movie. Over
300 photos from all three films and exclusive interviews with cast and crew go behind the scenes
to
re-create the challenge of adapting a weighty masterpiece for the screen. For a narrower focus,
choose Jude Fisher's Lord Of The Rings: Two Towers Visual Companion (0618258027, $18.95),
the official illustrated movie companion to this episode. Over a hundred color photos embellish
this
keepsake edition.
Flowers From The Moon And Other Lunacies
Robert Bloch
Arkham House Publishers, Inc.
PO Box 546, Sauk City, WI 53583
0870541722 $25.95 arkhamhouse.com
Flowers From The Moon And Other Lunacies is a collection of fantastic and terrifying short
stories
by Robert Bloch, the renowned author of "Psycho," the novel that became one of the most
famous
horror movies of all time. Descriptive narration of magical events being twisted into macabre and
gruesome doom, bring these spine-chilling tales to vivid life, in an unforgettably eerie anthology.
The
stories comprising this highly recommended anthology include: The Druidic Doom; Fangs of
Vengeance; Death is an Elephant; A Question of Identity; Death has Five Guesses; The
Bottomless
Pool; The Dark Isle; He Waits Beneath the Sea; Power of the Druid; Be Yourself; A Sorcerer
Runs
for Sheriff; Black Bargain; A Bottle of Gin; Wine of the Sabbat; Soul Proprietor; Satan's
Phonograph; The Man Who Told the Truth; The Night They Crashed the Party; Philtre Tip; and
the
title piece, Flowers from the Moon.
The Education Shelf
Thinking Tools for Kids
Barbara A. Cleary & Sally J. Duncan
Quality Press
611 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202
0873894502 $28.00 www.asq.org
Collaboratively compiled and written by Barbara A. Cleary and Sally J. Duncan, Thinking Tools
For
Kids is an impressively accessible educational resource written especially for educators working
with
grade school kids. Thinking Tools For Kinds presents a compendium of stories depicting real-life
problems, and mental tools that can be used logically solve the problems, as well as illustrations
by
Linda P. Kretzler, glossary aids, a "home connection" for applying what has been learned to
problems at home, and a great deal more. Removable exercises that teachers have blanket
permission to copy and distribute to students enhance this quality instructional reference and
resource book.
Bridging the Achievement Gap
John E. Chubb & Tom Loveless, editors
Brookings Institution Press
1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
0815714017 $46.95 www.brookings.edu
Collaboratively compiled and edited by John E. Chubb (founding partner of Edison Schools and
Nonresident Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution) and Tom Loveless
(Director of the Brown Center on Education Policy and Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at
the
Brookings Institution), Bridging The Achievement Gap is a compilation of straightforward
articles
surveying and analyzing the academic achievement gap between white students and African
American or Hispanic students, which first documented in 1966. The studies consistently find that
Black and Hispanic students are much less likely to get high grades, graduate from high school,
earn
a college or advanced degree, or achieve a middle-class standard of living. Looking not only at
the
causes and effects of this ethnic and racial achievement gap, but also offering concrete ways to
eliminate it, Bridging The Achievement Gap is a solid, solution-oriented discussion, and highly
recommended reading for educators and governmental policy makers.
Science Fiction Readers Theatre
Anthony D. Fredericks
Teacher Ideas Press
88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
1563089297 $27.00 www.lu.com
Especially recommended for use in curriculum planning for classrooms of students in grades 4-8,
Science Fiction Readers Theatre is a handy and "user friendly" resource for teachers interested in
a
participation-based approach that uses creative, science-fiction themed scripts to fuel students'
imaginations and help them develop their reading and speaking skills. A very useful book for
language arts curriculums, Science Fiction Readers Theatre is a welcome and recommended
addition
to Educational Resource & Curriculum Supplementation reference collections.
The World History Shelf
Atlas Of World History, Concise Edition
Patrick O'Brien, General Editor
Oxford University Press
198 Madison Ave., New York NY 10016
019521921X $45.00 1-800-451-7556
The affordable price tag of this set of maps paired with its applications to both home and school
library patrons will earn it a place on many a home bookshelf as well as libraries: Atlas Of World
History, Concise Edition is the result of over three years of intensive effort by a team of
academics
and editors, and presents the story of humanity from a physical, cartographic perspective. Five
parts
correspond with the five eras studied by world historians today, making for a particularly
accessible
set of maps.
Ehud's Dagger
James Holstun
Verso
180 Varick Street, NY, NY 10014-4606
1859844073 $21.00 versobooks.com
Winner of the 2001 Isaac Deutscher Memorial Prize, Ehud's Dagger: Class Struggle In The
English
Revolution by James Holstun (Professor of English, State University of New York - Buffalo) is an
extensive, 460-page historical survey and analysis of seventeenth-century England's first capitalist
and anti-capitalist revolutions. Examining the concepts of Marxist history and class struggle as
applied to hierarchy and history, Ehud's Dagger expertly dissects and analyzes social evolution
and
society motives of the times. Meticulous, scholarly, and thoroughly "reader friendly", Ehud's
Dagger
is a welcome and highly recommended addition to English History and The History of Economics
reference collections and supplemental reading lists.
The Nile
Robert O. Collins
Yale University Press
Box 209040, New Haven, CT 06520
0300097646 $39.95 1-800-987-7323
This scholarly and thoroughly impressive history of the Nile River provides a fine blend of
geography and history as it surveys the river's importance to local lives and world events. From its
various ecological niches and environments to the special history of its evolution and importance
to
mankind, The Nile is filled from cover to cover with a wealth of lively and articulate
description.
Explorations
Edmund Hillary, et.al.
Artisan
708 Broadway, New York NY 10003
1579652204 $35.00 1-800-722-7202
Explorations packs in hundreds of black and white and color illustrations as it captures great
moments of discovery from the archives of the Royal Geographic Society. Any would-be explorer
or
geography and history fan will relish this gorgeous collection, packed with its visual
documentation
of some of the greatest moments in history.
Ancient Rome
Anna Maria Liberati & Fabio Bourbon
MetroBooks
c/o Friedman/Fairfax Publishers
230 Fifth Avenue, #700, NY, NY 10001
1586637673 $29.98 1-800-367-9692
In Ancient Rome: History Of A Civilization That Ruled The World, Anna Maria Liberati
(Museum
of Roman Civilization, Rome, Italy) has effectively collaborated with freelance journalist and art
history expert Fabio Bourbon to lay out a beautifully illustrated and thoroughly "reader friendly"
coffeetable artbook showcasing the architecture, politics, culture, art, and artifacts tracing the rise
and fall of the Roman Empire. An ideal addition to school and community library collections, the
hundreds of full-color images (many of them never previously published and available to the
general
public) wonderfully enhance an informed and informative text making Ancient Rome especially
accessible and recommended to the non-specialist general reader.
A Short, Offhand Killing Affair
Paul Foos
University of North Carolina Press
Box 2288, Chapel Hill, NC 27515-2288
0807854050 $18.95 uncpress.unc.edu
A Short, Offhand Killing Affair: Soldiers And Social Conflict During The Mexican-American War
by Paul Foos (History Department, Georgia State University - Atlanta) draws directly upon
diaries
and letters of soldiers in the Mexican-American War (1846-48), to survey and examine a bitterly
fought conflict which was to change the shape of the emerging American nation. Offering an
unflinching and brutal look at the horrors of war as sufferingly experienced by rank-and-file
soldiers
(as well as the violent, sometimes murderous and ravaging behavior many such soldiers exacted
upon the inhabitants of the territory they conquered), A Short, Offhand Killing Affair fully and
dramatically reveals a ruthless and darker aspect of what came to be called America's "Manifest
Destiny".
The Science Shelf
Microbes And Society
I. Edward Alcamo
Jones & Bartlett Publishers
40 Tall Pine Drive, Sudbury, MA 01776
0763714305 $74.95 www.jbpub.com
Microbes And Society: An Introduction To Microbiology by Edward Alcamo (Professor of
Microbiology, State University of New York - Farmingdale) is a superbly organized and
illustrated
basic textbook introducing the reader to the complex and rapidly evolving science of microbiology
which includes bacteria, viruses, protists, and fungi. Of special and particular interest are the
chapters devoted to microbial genetics and the controlling of microbes. The role and influence of
microbes in human affairs is given meticulous attention including the relationship of microbes to
food and food safety; microbial DNA; biotechnology and industry; microbes in agriculture and in
the
environment; disease and resistance; viral diseases from AIDS to Zoster; and bacterial diseases in
humans. Microbes And Society is an ideal classroom text and a highly recommended addition to
school and community library microbiology science reference collections.
The Human Question
Hervey Cunningham Peoples
Red Lion Press/NBN, dist.
PO Box 8850, Longboat Key, FL 34228
0972233067 $19.95 1-800-462-6420
The Human Question, by molecular geneticist and avocational anthropologist Hervey
Cunningham Peoples, is a thoughtful and studious presentation of all that is known and all that is
currently speculated about the scientific origin of humankind. Ranging from Darwin's famous
theory of evolution, to more recent hypotheses on how life itself may have began, to the conflicts
of secular scientific research with creationist theory, The Human Question is a compendium
addressing the process of theory and debate in this continuing controversial issue. Summarizing
both old and new finds in a prose text which is readily accessible to non-specialist general readers,
The Human Question is recommended as an exciting, fascinating, informative survey of theories
regarding the presence and evolution of human life on planet Earth.
The Needlecraft Shelf
Folded Flowers
Kumiko Sudo
Breckling Press
124 North York Road #266, Elmhurst, IL 60126
0972121803 $29.95 brecklingpress.com
Compiled and written by internationally renowned quilt and fiber artist Kumiko Sudo, Folded
Flowers: Fabric Origami With A Twist Of Silk Ribbon is a carefully crafted, "user friendly",
step-by-step instructional guide to creating beautiful floral-style decorations out of cloth and silk.
Full-color photographs and diagrams fill this very highly recommended guide to a fascinating and
lovely art, which is especially commended for quilter and cloth crafters from the novice beginner
to
the experienced and seasoned expert.
American Quilters Society
PO Box 3290, Paducah, KY 42002-3290
www.aqsquilt.com www.amazon.com
Four quilting guides from this publisher round out the season with variations on quilting themes.
Joan Waldman's Pick-A-Pattern Applique & Variations (1574328 034, $24.95) provides five
different methods of hand or machine appliqu‚, plus accents with paint, stencils and embroidery.
Any of the patterns may be used to produce fifteen interchangable settings, or you can pick a
pattern
to mix fifty floral p
