Chewing Gum
Michael Redclift
Routledge
29 West 35th St., New York NY 10001
www.routledge-ny.com
041594418X $24.00 1-800-634-7064
The history of chewing gum's marketing and popularity might seem to some like a narrow topic
for a
business book: think again. Michael Redclift's Chewing Gum: The Fortunes Of Taste holds plenty
of
insights into advertising and marketing an innovative new product, telling a zany story based on a
scheme hatched by Chicago's Wrigley brother and social theory scholar Michael Redclift proves
the perfect person to bring this tale to life.
Firefly Books
155 East 34 St,., #5B, NY, NY 10016
www.fireflybooks.com
So you've bought your first dog and are training and feeding it: next on the list of things to do
with
your new pet comes grooming, and Eileen Geeson's Ultimate Dog Grooming (1552978737,
$29.95)
holds just the ticket to success. This isn't one person's opinion piece for several breeds: top
international dog groomers have contributed to Ultimate Dog Grooming and cover all kinds of
breeds and grooming routines, whether it be for the home pet or the show ring. Step-by-step
illustrations in color and including line drawings provide very clear examples of how to groom
over
170 breeds. Author Eileen Geeson has been a dog groomer for over 30 years and has bread
different
champion dogs, while material added by co-authors and industry pros Barbara Vetter and Lia
Whitmore round out her already-impressive credentials. John Jennings' Bark Canoes: The Art And
Obsession Of Tappan Adney (1552977-331, $35.00) covers the nearly-lost art of building native
bark canoes. Any with light knowledge of these canoes might not realize that were it not for the
efforts of one Edwin Tappan Adney, the art might have been lost completely: using calculations
and
notes made during interviews with Native builders, he built precise 1 to 5 scale models of Native
and
fur trade canoes, accurate to minute detail. Author John Jennings is a history professor
specializing
in the frontier history of the Canadian-American west: his account is packed with color photos
and
in-depth detail. Another kind of nearly-lost treasure is covered in Robert F. and Jenifer Marx's
Treasure Lost At Sea (1552978729, $24.95), blending shipwreck history with accounts of
exciting
underwater treasure hunts and discoveries. Robert F. Marx is a distinguished marine archaeologist
who has actively participated in hundreds of underwater wreck excavations; his associate and wife
Jenifer G. Marx has joined him in contributing to over thirty books and hundreds of articles and
scientific reports. Treasure Lost At Sea is no scholarly tome, however, but an exciting survey of
underwaterdiscoveries the general reader will relish. Revlon's Unforgettable Color: Makeup With
Confidence (15529-7670X, $24.95) provides a two-fold survey of hair coloring: it opens with a
survey of Revlon's history of color and innovation, the moves to chapters color-coded by color
which offer beauty advice, step-by-step application and treatment hints, and more. Women
seeking
concrete advice could do no better than to consult the maker of one of the most famous coloring
brands in the world.
Dover Publications
31 E. 2nd Street, Mineola, NY 11501
www.doverpublications.com
Hilda M. Ransome's Sacred Bee In Ancient Times And Folklore (0486434-94X, $16.95),
republishing the early 1937 work studying the folklore of bees and bee culture from earliest times
in
the Middle East and Europe; Eduard Wagner's Swords And Daggers: An Illustrated Handbook
(0486433927, $14.95), providing a sourcebook from the 1975 survey tracing the origins of
European weaponry up to the 20th century; and Edward William Lane's Arab Society In The
Time
Of The Thousand And One Nights (0486-433706, $16.95), considering ancient Egypt based on
scholar Lane's mid-19th century visit and translation of the Arabian Nights. All are noteworthy
additions suitable for broad collection holdings.
Shadow Divers
Robert Kurson
Random House
1745 Broadway, 17th fl, NY, NY 10019
www.atrandom.com
0375508589 $26.95 1-800-726-0600
Want a fast-paced adventure diving story which is real nonfiction, packed with tense stories and
facts? Look no further than Robert Kurson's Shadow Divers: The True Adventure Of Two
Americans Who Risked Everything To Solve One Of The Last Mysteries Of World War II, telling
the true story of two Americans who risked all to solve one of the last mysteries of World War II:
how a German U-boat came to wreck off the coast of New Jersey. To John Chatterton and Richie
Kohler, deep wreck diving wasn't a sport; it was a serious historical venture. Their discovery in
1991
of a ruined German U-boat off the Jersey shores led to six years of mystery which challenged
rivalries, professional dive teams, and history itself.
Warner Books
1271 Ave of the Americas, NY, NY 10020
1-800-759-0190 www.twbookmark.com
Carmen Bin Ladin's Inside The Kingdom: My Life In Saudi Arabia (0446577081, $23.95) is
simply
not to be missed and deserves ongoing mention as a unique memoir, for Carmen married into the
Bin Ladin family as an outsider and her half-Swiss, half-Persian heritage earned her both a place
within and outside of family ties, revealed here. Individual chapters tell of her relationships with
the
entire family, her experiences with Saudi culture, and her role among other Bin Laden wives,
creating a vitally poignant memoir of both Middle East female roles and the Bin Laden family in
particular. Maura Conlon-McIvor's FBI Girl: How I Learned to Crack My Father's Code
(0446533106, $23.00) presents a stunning autobiography of a girl voted the Most Quiet Girl in
Catholic school. Her father was FBI agent Joe Conlin, and here Conlon-McIvor tells of how it
was
to grow up in the late 1960s as the daughter of an FBI investigator who sees the world is full of
criminal dangers. Father Conlon never talks of his job so daughter Maura decides her duty is to
crack his code of silence, and her investigations ala Nancy Drew draw forth some disquieting facts
before a murder in the family lets all know just what is involved in his silence. A gripping
memoir.
Lark Books/Sterling Publishing Co.
387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016-8810
1-800-805-5489 www.amazon.com
Steven Aimone's Design!: A Lively Guide to Design Basics for Artists & Craftspeople
(1579903495,
$19.95)is no technical guide for interior designers and artists alone: it's user-friendly presentation
invites the usual audience of artists and craftspeople but promises to go beyond the boundaries to
non-artist novices with a format which clarifies the topic with clear examples. Steven Aimone
holds
an MFA in painting and drawing and is also an artist, independent curator and fine arts instructor:
his varied background and personal works lends a depth to this fine coverage of everything on
how
to use a focal point to strengthen a design to considering the power of shapes and shape-making.
Annie Cicale's The Art & Craft of Hand Lettering: Techniques, Projects, Inspiration
(1579904033,
$24.95) provides techniques, projects and inspiration all wrapped nearly in a fine visual
embellishment and celebration of the hand lettering form. Cicale's calligraphy teaching background
lends to her presentation of seventeen decorative projects which can be applied to a range of
mediums, from fabrics to paper, setting The Art And Craft Of Hand Lettering apart from
competitors in the subject. Terry Taylor's Artful Eggs: Six Dozen Extraordinary Ways To
Decorate
An Egg (1579904637, $19.95) provides crafts with 72 techniques to decorate the egg, from
decoupage sources from paper napkins to using plastic pearls to create egg patterns. Kids and
adults
alike will find Artful Eggs provides plenty of creative egg embellishments suitable for either Easter
or general crafting projects and comes packed with color illustrations and step-by-step
instructions
to make the whole effort easy.
Journalist Ted Botha introduces readers to a different type of collector: a person who finds his
treasures in what is typically considered trash, and gets them for free. 'Mongo' is street slang for
anything discarded by one person and picked up by another and it can be found anywhere. Botha
picked up sidewalk furniture when he first moved to New York and bumped into many others
doing
the same hence the evolution of Mongo : Adventures In Trash, surveying the world of the
'mongo
collector' and the strange objects lost and found in life.
Two excellent titles deserve ongoing recommendation as excellent college-level references for
specialty libraries. Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, And Television In Arab Politics
(0275982122 , $49.95, Praeger Press) by William Rugh is an essential guide for any who would
understand the nature and state of Arab news reporting today. William Rugh is CEO of the
America-Midwest Educational and Training Services nonprofit group dedicated to promoting
cooperation between Americans and Middle Easterners: fluent in Arabic, he's the perfect
professor
to analyze the state and nature of newspaper, radio and television reporting in Arab media and
politics. Wesley Britton's Spy Television (0275981630, $39.95) is the latest addition to "The
Praeger Television Series" and deserves ongoing mention as a powerful contribution not only to
Praeger's television collection, but to television analysis as a whole. Or half a century, television
spies have been trained pros and businessmen alike who have featured the spy lifestyle in
television
sitcoms and presentations: Spy Television considers the history of spy shows on the screen, why
they succeeded or failed, and how fact and fiction have been molded by them. Britton earned his
doctorate in literature and has established himself as a critic and columnist over the years, making
him the perfect choice for an in-depth analysis such as Spy Television provides.
Birds Of Wisconsin: Field Guide
Stan Tekiela
Adventure Publications, Inc.
820 Cleveland Street, South, Cambridge, MN 55008
1591930405 $12.95 1-800-678-7006
Now in an expanded second edition, Birds Of Wisconsin: Field Guide by naturalist and wildlife
photographer Stan Tekiela is significantly enhanced with updated photos, information, and range
maps. This easy-to-use guide is specialized and restricted to 111 common species focused upon
Wisconsin birds and Wisconsin range maps. Superbly organized by a color coding approach (see a
yellow bird, then go to the yellow section to find out what it is), especially helpful in trying to
distinguish between similar appearing birds, hallmarked with gorgeous bird photography, and
laced
with Wisconsin aviary tidbits and facts, Birds Of Wisconsin: Field Guide is a compact, shirt
pocket
size for easy portability and designed for use in conjunction with the also highly recommended
Birds
of Wisconsin Audio CDs (1591930391, $14.95) featuring the recorded sounds of 110 of
Wisconsin's
most commonly encountered birds.
One Hundred Years Of Wisconsin Forestry
Wisconsin Woodland Owners Association
Trails Media Group
PO Box 317, Black Earth, WI 53515-0317
www.trailsbooks.com
1931599173 $24.95 1-800-236-8088
Only made possible through the efforts of the nonprofit organization Wisconsin Woodland
Owners
Association (WWOA), One Hundred Years Of Wisconsin Forestry: 1904-2004 is the story of
how,
after Wisconsin's forests were devastated by indiscriminate clear-cutting in the late 1800s and
early
1900s, the Badger State forest landscape was able to rebound to cover almost half the state, along
with the consequent cultural, economic, and ecological benefits to Wisconsin wildlife and
populace.
Here recounted is the dedicated struggle by many people over many decades. Their collective
efforts
to influence governmental policy (both state and federal), along with the educating of private
owners
of forestry lands, have help to bring Wisconsin forests back to life. Enhanced with a 16-page
insert
of full-color photography, One Hundred Years Of Wisconsin Forestry is an essential and valued
contribution to academic library American Forestry and Environmental Studies reference
collections
-- and should be made a part of the collections of every Wisconsin high school and community
library system in the state.
The Portly Princess Of Thynneland
Kathleen Marie Marsh
Goblin Fern Press, Inc.
3809 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI 53705
www.GoblinFernPress.com
1595980164 $13.95 1-888-670-2665
The Portly Princess Of Thynneland by Wisconsin native Kathleen Marie Marsh is a kind of adult
fairytale that utilizes a fantasy story to convey very real issues arising from childhood obesity.
Superbly enhanced with illustrations by Tom Lowes, The Portly Princess Of Thynneland is set in
the
kingdom of Thynneland where, in a misguided plan to win his little daughter's affection, King
Rollo
lavishes sweets and treats upon Princess Volumina. Queen Reeda is dismayed to see her daughter
grow up to be a fat girl in a land where it is illegal to be an overweight adult! On her 18th
birthday,
Princess Volumina is sent to the Hinterland to lose weight. Her journey (and stormy relationship
with her bodyguard Favo) are the stuff of adventure and romance. Then when famine threatens
Thynneland, Princess Volumina is the only one who can save the realm. The Portly Princess Of
Thynneland is witty, fun, and highly recommended reading and recommended for readers from 16
to
76.
Save Your Identity
Michael Chesbro
Paladin Press
7077 Winchester Circle, Boulder, CO 80301
1581604459 $19.95 1-800-392-2400
Identity theft is one of the most crippling crimes running rampant today to the collective tune of
3.5
billion dollars and victimizing hundreds of thousands of Americans each year. Confidently
recommended reading, in Save Your Identity: Id Theft Awareness, Prevention, And Recovery ,
privacy expert Michael Chesbro reveals how an ID is stolen, and step-by-step, how to prevent it
from happening to you, or if it's happened, how to deal with it swiftly and effectively. To put it
simply and directly, Michael Chesbro's Save Your Identity: Id Theft Awareness, Prevention, And
Recovery should be added to every community library collection in the country and is required
reading for anyone who has had their good name and credit destroyed by criminal fraud, as well as
those who being forewarned, wish to avoid the expense, anxiety, and life-disruption that is
identity
theft.
The Pets/Wildlife Shelf
Before & After Getting Your Puppy
Dr. Ian Dunbar
New World Library
14 Pamaron Way, Novato, CA 94949
www.newworldlibrary.com
1577314557 $19.95 1-800-847-5515
Plenty of dog training manuals pepper the market, but Dr. Ian Dunbar's background is as both a
vet
and an animal behaviorist and writer: the blend of disciplines lends well to Before And After
Getting
Your Puppy: a guide to positive puppy raising. From the initial considerations in selecting the
'right'
dog for a family to the important early lessons a puppy must be taught, Dr. Dunbar's book is
loaded
with sidebars of information, photos, and a structured plan for everything from socializing the
animal
to preventing predictable problems at different points of the puppy's growth. If it's only one
dog-training 'bible' you're after, make it Dr. Dunbar's Before And After Getting Your Puppy.
A Guide To Backpacking With Your Dog
Charlene G. LaBelle
Alpine Publications, Inc.
225 South Madison Avenue, Loveland, CO 80537
1577790634 $12.95 1-800-777-7257
Now in a new and significantly revised edition, A Guide To Backpacking With Your Dog by
dog-owner and backpacking expert Charlene LaBell is a no-nonsense guide to the ins and outs of
enjoying vigorous outdoors hiking with one's canine pets. Individual chapters address necessary
training and conditioning, mountain biking, geocaching, selecting a pack that properly fits one's
dog,
bringing along the right amount of food for oneself and one's dog, legal and permit issues, and
much
more. Black-and-white photographs and easy-to-follow rule lists nicely flesh out A Guide To
Backpacking With Your Dog, which is practical, "user friendly", and enthusiastically
recommended
for pet loving hikers with their canine companions.
Aggression In Dogs
Brenda Aloff
Dogwise Publishing
Box 2778, Wenatchee, WA 98807-2778
www.dogwise.com
1591960738 $49.95 1-800-776-2665
Aggression In Dogs: Practical Management, Prevention & Behaviour Modification by
professional
dog trainer Brenda Aloff is an in-depth resource covering virtually all there is to know about
aggressive dog behavior and how to modify or curtail it. Exercises for dealing with problem dogs,
practical solutions to common problems, black-and-white photographs and diagrams, and much
more pack this no-nonsense guide for lay pet owners and professional dog handlers alike.
Straightforward, uncomplicated prose teaches the reader how to better understand and therefore
train a dog with the practiced techniques of a true expert.
How Dogs Think
Stanley Coren
The Free Press
1230 Avenue of Americas, NY, NY 10020
0743222326 $26.00 www.simonsays.com
It's been said dogs personify all virtues of humans without vices, and many a book has been
written
on the topic of canine attributes; but none come so close to analyzing the canine thought process
as
Stanley Coren's How Dogs Think: Understanding The Canine Mind, written by a dog
psychologist
who is one of the modern discoverers of dog psychology. Dr. Coren provides entertaining and
observational works to back scholarly analysis of dog interpretations of their world: any pet
owner
will find his analysis astute and entertaining as well.
Venomous Snakes
Ludwig Trutnau
Krieger Publishing Company
PO Box 9542, Melbourne, FL 32902-9542
1575241382 $74.50 1-800-724-0025
Venomous Snakes: Snakes In The Terrarium by Ludwig Trutnau is finally available for an
American
readership having been competently translated into English by veterinarian Donald W. Stremme.
Providing full and complete descriptions of 171 difference species, Venomous Snakes is
beautifully
enhanced with 126 color photographs. The highly accessible text describes the behavior and care
in
captivity of venomous snakes from the Elapidae family (cobras, kraits, coral snakes); Viperidae
family (adders, vipers); and Crotalidae family (pitvipers). Subspecies and color variations are
expertly detailed as well. Informed and informative, Venomous Snakes is a critically important
and
basic addition to the professional reference library and supplemental reading lists of zookeepers,
herptoculturists, veterinary clinics, and academic library collections.
The Blood-Horse Authoritative Guide To Auctions
Eclipse Press
1736 Alexandria Drive
Lexington, KY 40504
www.ThoroughbredLegends.com
1581501099 $16.95 eclipsepress.com
Prepared by the staff and correspondents of Blood-Horse Publications, The Blood-Horse
Authoritative Guide To Auctions is a superbly organized and presented instructional manual that
anyone contemplating the purchase of a thoroughbred horse simply must read before investing
their
time and money. Readers will learn what thoroughbred horses cost, what the conditions of sale
mean, how to read a catalog page, the role veterinarians play, how buyers can protect themselves,
and much more. In addition to general guidelines for successfully buying a thoroughbred, notes on
some of the most famous and successful thoroughbreds ever sold, and an extensive glossary, The
Blood-Horse Authoritative Guide To Auctions is packed with maps and travel tips for lodging
and
dining when venturing out to a number of high-profile thoroughbred sales companies. An absolute
"must-have" for anyone seriously interested in owning a racehorse.
The Business Shelf
Open Source Solutions For Small Business Problems
John Locke
Charles River Media
20 Downer Avenue, Hingham, MA 02043
1584503203 $39.95 charlesriver.com
Ninety percent of companies in America quality as small businesses but have to deal with
large-business headaches ranging from common computer programs, to management issues, to
reducing spam. Consultant John Locke's Open Source Solutions For Small Business Problems is
the
key to understanding the operational problems most small businesses share; from identifying good
open source software for solutions to these issues to understanding their strengths and
weaknesses.
Volume 1.2 of an accompanying 'Open CD' provides a range of software for Windows, essays,
and a
short video about open source issues, and will run on Windows 98 operating systems on up. An
invaluable small business reference for any who use a computer to run operations.
Make Your Small Business Website Work
John Heartfield
Rockport Publishers
33 Commercial St, Gloucester MA 01930
1592530532 $40.00 www.rockpub.com
Small companies with or without sites often struggle to decide what business if any - should be
offered or conducted on the net, and how a business can build the most effective web site. Enter
John Heartfield's How To Make Your Small Business Website Work: the subtitle is 'Easy
Answers
to Content, Navigation and Design' and chapters to just that, covering the basics from devising
effective home pages and automated navigation to stressing simplicity and consistency between
pages. Plenty of web site examples demonstrate good versus bad site structures.
Successful Landlord
Ken Roth
Amacom
1601 Broasdway, New York NY 10019
www.amacombooks.org
0814472284 $19.95 1-800-250-5308
How does the successful landlord make money off real estate rentals? By choosing leasing
routines
which will not make him nuts, explains real estate lawyer Ken Roth in his Successful Landlord
treatise. Roth's background emphasizes real estate issues plus he holds his own realtor's license
and
is a Florida property manager; so he's in the perfect position to assess to reveal common pitfalls in
rental agreements and how they can best be overcome. From determining rental price and
interviewing tenants to considering deposits, terms and lease conditions, Successful Landlord is
not
to be missed by any who dream of easy money through rental property ownership.
The Wisdom Of Crowds
James Surowiecki
Doubleday
1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019
0385503865 $24.95 doubleday.com
Collective wisdom shapes businesses, economies, and nations alike: while James Surowiecki's The
Wisdom Of Crowds: Why The Many Are Smarter Than The Few And How Collective Wisdom
Shapes Business, Economies, Societies And Nations could easily have been featured in any of our
sociology or political science columns, it's featured here especially for business managers
interested
in the basic concept that large groups of people are smarter collectively than the individual.
Surowiecki's concept holds vast implications for the business and marketing world, and his
sophisticated argument is presented in very readable terms to make The Wisdom Of Crowds
accessible to a wide audience.
A Term At The Fed
Laurence H. Meyer
HarperBusiness
10 E. 53rd St., New York NY 10022-3299
0060542705 $26.95 www.amazon.com
It's rare that a former governor of the Federal Reserve takes pen in hand to write about Fed
politics,
policies and economics, which makes Laurence H. Meyer's A Term At The Fed : An Insider's
View
all the more surprising and important: here former Fed Governor of the Board Meyer provides an
intriguing insider's viewpoint of workings behind the scenes at the Fed. The Federal Reserve has
been called the most powerful institution in America, but relatively few modern Americans have
any
inkling of how it operates or makes policy decisions. Meyer's firsthand analysis provides an
excellent
historical overview and survey of the Fed's operations and should be considered essential reading
for
any American businessman and/or economist.
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
235 Montgomery, #650, San Francisco CA 94104-2916
www.bkconnection.com
Henry Mintzberg's Managers Not MBAs: A Hard Look At The Soft Practice Of Managing And
Management Development (1576752755, $27.95) is no light reading: it takes a hard and critical
look at the practices of managing and management development, providing a critique of how
managers are mis-educated and how their policies don't translate to the average workplace reality.
Chapters pinpoint the problems inherent in conventional MBA programs and concepts, from an
overemphasis on analysis to a distorted idea of how management may be practiced. Henry
Mitzberg
is a professor who has been name a Distinguished Scholar, among other awards: Managers Not
MBAs attacks the fallacies inherent in MBA programs and offers solutions. Maggie Mahar's
Bull!:
A History Of The Boom, 1982-1999: What Drove The Breakneck Market--and What Every
Investor Needs To Know About Financial Cycles (0060564-13X, $27.95) investigates the driving
force behind the stock market from 1982-99 and uses it to illustrate basic concepts of financial
cycles and forces underlying the market. From the origins and first years of the boom to
behind-the-scenes Wall Street politics and economics, Bull! portrays not just politics and
economics,
but many of the moving figures of the times, from Alan Greenspan's wizardry to James Cramer.
Maggie Mahar is in the perfect position to provide this lively report: she was a financial journalist
and an English professor at Yale, and provides a fine coverage of the financial market accessible
to
lay readers. Alan G. Robinson and Dean M. Schroeder's Ideas Are Free: How The Idea
Revolution
Is Liberating People And Transforming Organizations (1576752828, $24.95) advises managers on
how to tap into the 'idea revolution' often fostered or instigated by their own employees. From
simple ideas for saving time and money to new ways of doing or seeking business opportunities,
Robinson and Schoreder's Ideas Are Free advocates recognizing employee ideas and promoting
them.
The Overwork Trap
Christine Elliot
Infinity Publishing
519 W. Lancaster Ave., Haverford, PA 19041-1413
www.buybooksontheweb.com
0741418592 $17.95 www.amazon.com
Millions of Americans are caught up in the trap of overwork, but have no idea how to balance
work
to the rest of life's goals: enter Christine Eliot's The Overwork Trap: How We Get Caught And
How
We Escape, written by an executive coach specializing in work/life balance for professionals.
Elliot
tells how to analyze overwork patterns, develop new strategies for escaping from overwork
routines, and how to implement a Balanced Life mission plan. Chapters consider common traps of
overwork and how to avoid them.
Linking Customer And Employee Satisfaction To The Bottom Line
Derek R. Allen & Morris Wilburn
Quality Press
c/o American Society for Quality
Box 3005, Milwaukee, WI 53201-3005
http://qualitypress.asq.org
0873895010 $50.00 1-800-248-1946
The collaboration of Derek R. Allen and Morris Wilburn, Linking Customer And Employee
Satisfaction To The Bottom Line: A Comprehensive Guide To Establishing The Impact Of
Customer And Employee Satisfaction On Critical Business Outcomes is organized into eleven
distinct chapters focusing on the issues thematically related to developing and improving
corporate
fiscal success through sustained customer and employee attitudes toward products and services
provided at every step of the corporate process. From the "Six Stigma" approach; to employee
retention issues, to diverse analysis frameworks, to "The Future of Linkage Research", this
compendium of superbly organized and presented information is as meticulously competent and
"user friendly". Enhanced with an appendix focused on "Matrix Algebra in Statistics"; a glossary
of
specialized terms, an extended bibliography for further study, and a comprehensive index, Linking
Customer And Employee Satisfaction To The Bottom Line is a seminal addition to professional
reading lists, as well as corporate, and Business School reference collections.
The Parenting Shelf
Raising Everday Heroes
Elisa Medhus, MD
Beyond Words Publishing
20827 NW Cornell Rd. #500, Hillsboro, OR 97214
1582700966 $14.95 beyondword.com
Parents are daily required to make important choices about kids, deciding how best to raise them
to
be self-reliant: Raising Everyday Heroes focuses on common pitfalls kids encounter when facing
the
world outside of home. A generation of children are displaying a lack of age-appropriate
competence, Dr. Medhus maintains in Raising Everday Heroes; her book identifies these common
pitfalls.
How to avoid raising badly behaved kids? Essie Knuckle and Mittie Glymph's light-hearted Other
People's Rotten Kids covers every parenting topic from kids' raging hormones to kids placing the
blame on other kids for bad behavior/ Essie and Mittie demonstrates their advice and
recommendatoins with sharp pointed observations mixed with humor noting that the problem of
badly behaving children doesn't always lie in the house nextdoor.
Complete Idiot's Guide To Caring For Aging Parents
Linda Colvin Rhodes, Ed.D.
Alpha Books
201 W. 103rd St., Indianapolis, IN 46290
002863943X $16.95 idiotsguides.com
Help your parents age with grace and safety with the aid of this latest 'Complete Idiot' guide,
which
offers plenty of facts on how aging affects all qualities of life and which also offers solutions to
common challenges. From simple plans on handling health care and money issues to caring for a
parent at home and recognizing dangerous health signs, the Complete Idiot's Guide To Caring For
Aging Parents provides all the keys to the common challenges facing aging parents and their
kids.
The American History Shelf
Red House
Sarah Messer
Viking Press
375 Hudson St., New York NY 10014
0670033154 $23.95 www.penguin.com
Built in 1647, the Red House in Marshfield, Massachusetts was the home of one family for eight
generations: the original owner/builder's will hung in the living room and admonished future
generations to keep the house in the family: a dictate which was to end when the house was sold
to
author Sarah Messer's parents. Over the years prior owner Richard Hatch began returning
furniture,
photos, and other objects to the house, saying they belonged there Sarah Messer weaves family
history with a unique renovation and historical project in her involving and personal story of Red
House: Being a Mostly Accurate Account of New England's Oldest Continuously Lived-In
House.
New York You're A Wonderful Town!
Henrik Krogius
Arcade Publishing
141 Fifth Avenue, 6th fl., NY, NY 10010
1559706988 $35.00 1-800-759-0190
New York, the 'city that never sleeps', receives a wide-eyed celebration with Henrik Krogius' New
York You're A Wonderful Town! a photographic treat repre-senting the author's own 50 years of
fascination with New York. Much more than a coffee table presentation, however, New York
You're A Wonderful Town! adds Krogius' own prose to supplement the striking black and white
shots: the result being a history of change and a celebration of New York's lifestyles and courses
of
history.
Orphan Trains
Stephen O'Connor
University of Chicago Press
1427 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637-2954
0226616673 $16.00 press.uchicago.edu
There've been plenty of books published selecting Orphan Train children as the protagonists, but
relatively few stand-alone volumes consider the origins and social implications of the American
child
welfare system which emerged in mid-19th century New York to handle to dearth of orphans and
runaways on the New York City streets. One man's vision of rescue became the famous Orphan
Trains program, and Stephen O'Connor's history and biography focus on one Christian minister
Charles Loring Brace, the man who created the Children's Aid Society to handle these children
more
humanely.
Irish Boston
Michael Quinlin
Globe Pequot Press
PO Box 480, Guilford, CT 06437
0762729015 $14.95 globepequot.com
From an engaging written history to a survey of historic and cultural sites, Irish pubs and gift
shops,
and annual events, any present or past Bostoner will find Michael P. Quinlin's Irish Boston: A
Lively
Look At Boston's Colorful Irish Past, Including Museums, Historic Sites, Pubs, Music, Dancing,
And Much More an excellent purchase celebrating both the past history of the Irish in Boston and
their present-day culture and influences. Especially notable are chapters which focus on famous
and
notable Irish personalities in Boston, making for a fine blend of history, biography and travelogue
all
under one cover.
The Johnson County War
Bill O'Neal
Eakin Press
PO Box 90159, Austin, TX 78709-0159
1571688765 $27.95 eakinpress.com
Bill O'Neal's The Johnson County War is a true, historical count of a violent and bloody conflict in
Wyoming's northern rangeland. One one side were cattle barons and powerful politicians; on the
other, homesteaders and rustlers. The range war was rife with lynchings, ambushes, invasions by
hired Texas gunmen, and ended in fierce last stand and siege drawing in hundreds of combatants.
Black-and-white photographs pepper this meticulously researched and presented dissection of the
conflict, highly recommended for American history shelves and as captivating reading for anyone
who truly wants to learn about the strife that wracked the Old West.
Colossus
Niall Ferguson
Penguin Press
375 Hudson St., New York NY 10014
1594200130 $25.95 www.penguin.com
Is America an empire? Few Americans would admit it, but Niall Ferguson, one of the most
renowned historians and public commentators of modern times, maintains in Colossus: The Price
Of
America's Empire that this country is indeed an empire and always has been. From its initial
expansion west across over two thousands miles in less than a hundred years to its approach of a
thousand military installations in two thirds of the world's countries, Ferguson assesses the many
qualities which define America as a real empire and considers the dangers of denying empire
status, which consist of not accepting or acknowledging responsibility for world conditions.
People Of The Bomb
Hugh Gusterson
University of Minnesota Press
111 Third Ave. South #290, Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520
0816638608 $19.95 www.upress.umn.edu
Author Hugh Gusterson is a nuclear freeze activist with an unusual anthropologist's background,
so
it's not surprising his People Of The Bomb: Portraits Of America's Nuclear Complex takes a dual
approach to analyzing how the nature and presence of the nuclear bomb has penetrated to
American
identity and psyche. His fifteen years of field research at weapons labs across the country
incorporates this plus analysis of popular movies, political speeches, media focus on war, and
intellectual circles alike to provide a hard-hitting analysis of the impact of the nuclear complex on
American perspective.
Appalachian Folkways
John B. Rehder
The Johns Hopkins University Press
2715 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218-4363
0801878799 $39.95 1-800-537-5487
Appalachian Folkways by John B. Rehder (Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee) is
an
informed and informative account of the regional culture Southern Appalachia. Drawing upon
more
than 30 years of study, Professor Rehder provides the reader with a definitive depiction of a
people
and their history which began with the settlement by Europeans that was to include successive
waves of Melungeon, Scotch-Irish, English, and Germans. Influenced by culture shaping
environment, Appalachian Folkways showcases architecture and landscape designs, as well as the
culinary traditions, folk remedies, and belief systems of the area. Of special merit is the
presentation
of Appalachian dialect, music, art, and the folk festivals that are being eroded as a way of life
quickly
disappears under the pressures of the broader American mass culture. Appalachian Folkways is a
welcome and seminal contribution to American regional history collections.
Frontier Texas
Robert F. Pace & Donald S. Frazier
State House Press
McMurray Station, Box 637, Abilene, TX 79697-0637
1880510839 $19.95 1-800-421-3378
The collaborative work of Robert F. Pace (Chair of the Department of History, McMurry
University, Abilene, Texas) and Donald S. Frazier (Professor of History, McMurry University,
Abilene, Texas), Frontier Texas: History Of A Bordland To 1880 is the true story of the Texas
frontier from the 1700s to 1880. From the Comanches who called it home, to the influence of the
Spanish, the press of settlements, fallout from the Civil War, the eradication of the buffalo and the
settlements that would transform the frontier forever, and much more, Frontier Texas is an
amazing
journey through time, illustrated with occasional black-and-white pictures, maps and photographs.
A
highly accessible history for lay readers and serious students alike.
The Political Science Shelf
The Liberal Virus
Samir Amin
Monthly Review Press
122 West 27th St, New York, NY 10001
www.monthlyreview.org
1583671072 $15.95 1-800-670-9499
The Liberal Virus: Permanent War And The Americanization Of The World by Samir Amin
(Director, Third World Forum, Dakar, Senegal) is a political deconstruction of the principles that
define human beings via their economic existence only and fuel America's global expansion and
even
war to serve the interests of its capital. Defining "liberalism" as the philosophy and ideals that
motivate such far-reaching, heavy-handed, money-driven governmental policies, The Liberal Virus
is
actually a heated and focused warning against the harm caused by such blind and overextended
interference in other nations. Arguing that democratization is an ongoing process, fundamental to
human social evolution, rather than a fixed constitutional formula, and calling for a new
compromise
between capital and labor that emphasizes the importance of solidarity and reconstructs an
internationalism that does not divide and conquer neighboring regions, The Liberal Virus is
actually
a razor-keen warning of how wrong-headed intervention can be as poisonous as imperialism once
was.
The Speeches Of Ronald Reagan
Maureen Harrison & Steve Gilbert, eds.
Excellent Books
Box 131322, Carlsbad, CA 92013-1322
www.excellentbooks.com
1880780267 $19.95 www.amazon.com
Fans of President Ronald Reagan will here enjoy The Speeches Of Ronald Reagan, an anthology
of
thirty-five speeches taken from the life of Ronald Reagan, which vary from his first political
address
to his final farewell message. A chronological order lends to an understanding of the different
events
and decisions which fostered Reagan's power and approaches.
Presidential Campaigns
Paul F. Boller, Jr.
Oxford University Press
198 Madison Ave, NY, NY 10016-4314
0195167163 $16.95 www.oup-usa.org
Presidential Campaigns: From George Washington To George W. Bush by Paul F. Boller, Jr. is a
lively, informative, and often surprising history of American presidential election campaigns. This
is
a complete chronological history of from the unanimously concented ascent of General george
Washionhton, to the divisively contested Gore vs. Bush recall scandal. Presidental Campaigns is a
superbly written and presented political history that, in these politically divise days of presential
electioneering, deserves as wide a readership as possible among the electorate.
Noam Chomsky's Middle East Illusions: Including Peace In The Middle East? Reflections On
Justice
And Nationhood (0742529770, $14.95) is actually a set of highlights from his two prior
considerations Peace In The Middle East and Reflections On Justice And Nationhood. Intended as
a
survey of the expectation that 9/11 would bring far-reaching consequences to the Middle East,
this
collection of ideas analyzes other traditional victims of large-scale terror over the centuries and
draws important links between these e events and choices made by US leaders after 9/11. An
intriguing, scholarly analysis of fateful errors and lasting impacts. Richard R. Lau and Gerald M.
Pomper's Negative Campaigning: An Analysis Of U. S. Senate Elections (0742527328, $26.95)
provides a timely analysis of U.S. Senate elections. Two leading political scientists use their
background and extensive experience to consider typical attack politics in Senate elections and the
lasting effects of negativity on the political system as a whole.
Secrets Of A Century
Johnson Parker
Univesity Press of America
4501 Forbes Blvd. #200, Lanham, MD 20706-4346
0761827951 $17.95 www.unipress.com
Plenty of books have been written on espionage and secret agreements, but few take time to
analyze
the influence of such agreements on history and political events. Johnson Parker holds a Ph.D. in
statistics and ecology, is now retired, and here provides Secrets Of A Century: The Influence Of
Espionage & Secret Agreements, considering how espionage and secrecy influenced world affairs
from alliances and battles to immigration policies. An excellent analysis.
The Freedom Outlaw's Handbook
Claire Wolfe
Loompanics Unlimited
PO Box 1197, Port Townsend, WA 98368
155950241X $20.00 loompanics.com
Here is a list of almost 200 things to do 'til the revolution. The Freedom Outlaw's Handbook
advocates that the country is mid-way between a revolt against a non-working system and
compliance within that system. The ideal citizen may be obedient to such an order, but not Claire
Wolfe: her Freedom Outlaw's Handbook tells how to confront tyranny to win back small
freedoms,
from learning how to keep private information out of the public eye to preparing for the worst
possibilities. At once hard-hitting and occasionally funny.
Louder Than Bombs
David Barsamian
South End Press
7 Brookline St, Cambridge, MA 02139
0896087255 $16.00 southendpress.org
In Louder Than Bombs: Interviews From The Progressive Magazine, David Barsamian has
compiled
some of his very best work interviewing twenty significant and influential "political
counter-culture"
men and women ranging from Noam Chomsky, to Angela Davis, to Ralph Nader, to Kurt
Vonnegut. Each contributer is introduced with a brief description and biographical summary as a
precursor to his or her interview. Conversations about work, art, activism, and the pervasive
problems of American and world society offer thought-provoking insight and strong wake-up
calls.
Highly recommended political reading.
Exiting Iraq
Christopher Preble
Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001-5403
www.cato.org (NBN, dist.)
1930865643 $15.00 1-800-767-1241
Exiting Iraq: Why The U.s. Must End The Military Occupation And Renew The War Against Al
Qaeda is the report of a specal task foce under the directorship of Christopher Preble, which was
sponsored by the Cato Institute. Observing that the American occupation of Iraq has passed the
one-year mark with no end in sight, Exiting Iraq questions the Bush Administration's costly
operation, suggesting that America's presence actually encourages a new class of terrorists to rise
against the United States, and undermines attempts to bring about political and economic reform.
Advocating a military withdrawal by January 31, 2005, Exiting Iraq emphasizes the importance of
orchestrating a foreign policy that clearly defines and protects vital American interests overseas
without squandering lives or resources.
The Metaphysical Studies Shelf
Celebrating The Seasons Of Life
Ashleen O'Gaea
New Page Books
PO Box 687, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417
www.newpagebooks.com
1564147312 $14.99 1-800-227-3371
A simply wonderful addition to New Age Studies reading lists in general, and Wicca reference
collections in particular, Celebrating Celebrating The Seasons Of Life: Samhain To Ostara by
Ashleen O'Gaea (a founding board member emeritus of the Tucson Area Wiccan-Pagan Network
and Senior Corresponding Priestess for the Neo-Pagan prison ministry Mother Earth Ministries)
superbly presents an informed and informative introduction to the ancient lore, metaphysical
rituals,
Wiccan symbols, and spirituality enhancing exercises associated with primeval celebrations as
Samhain (October 31st), Yule (December 21st), Imbolc (February 2nd), Ostara (March 21st), and
others high holy occasions in the nature worshiping seasonal calendars. Very highly recommended
and enhanced with easy-to-follow Circle casting directions for groups and individuals, Celebrating
The Seasons Of Life also includes recipes and other creative touches of celebration.
The New Hermetics
Jason Augustus Newcomb
Red Wheel/Weiser
368 Congress Street, 4th floor, Boston, MA 02210
www.redwheelweiser.com
1578633052 $19.95 1-800-423-7087
Hermetic Philosophy was an ancient Egyptian form of wisdom that taught the novel concept that
it
was the mind that shaped reality. This concept was expanded to include the Rosicrucian
brotherhood's ten levels of fruition, combined with modern mind-expanding techniques such as
visualization in The New Hermetics: 21st Century Magick For Illumination And Power by writer
and artist Jason Newcomb. Highly recommended to the attention of students wanting to develop
the
power of their minds and undergo initiation into the mysteries of consciousness, The New
Hermetics
is a welcome and impressively presented contribution to Metaphysical Studies reference
collections
and self-directed reading lists.
The Writing/Publishing Shelf
LifeWriting
Fred White, Ph.D.
QuillDriver Books
1821 Industrial Way #101, Sanger, CA 93637
1884956335 $14.95 quilldriverbooks.com
Most basic writer's 'how-to' guides advise using personal experience to create memorable writing
but just how is this done? Enter Fred White's LifeWriting, a survey of 'photo journalism' focusing
on
how personal-experiences narratives can be created. His definition of 'lifewriting' tells how to add
zest to topics by injecting a dose of personal experience tinged with personal opinion and values.
The individual chapters cover everything from organizing an outline and considering themes to
building the body of an essay using life experiences.
The Complete Guide To Book Publicity
Jodee Blanco
Allworth Press
10 East 23rd Street, Suite 210, New York, NY 10010
www.allworth.com
158115349X $19.95 1-800-491-2808
Jodee Blanco draws upon extensive, "real world" experience in heading up marketing campaigns
that resulted in sixteen books climbing onto the New York Times bestseller list, in The Complete
Guide To Book Publicity. Tips, tricks, and techniques covering the role of a book publicist, how
to
deliver an exciting interview, author tours, managing a crisis when something goes wrong, the
when,
why, and how of hiring an outside publicist, and much more. A solid resource of insider
information
from a veteran professional, and an absolute "must-have" for anyone considering or involved in a
line of work involving book publicity and promotion.
The Architecture Shelf
Landmark Buildings
Ann Patterson & Mark Vinson
Arizona Highways
2039 W. Lewis Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85009
1893860213 $18.95 1-800-543-5432
The collaborative effort of Ann Patterson (former editor of the Sun Living section in "The
Arizona
Republic" and Arizona architect and Historic Preservation enthusiast Mark Vinson, Landmark
Buildings: Arizona's Architectural Heritage is part of the Arizona Highways "Travel Arizona
Collection" of guidebooks. Showcasing distinctive landmark structures from the Hubbell Trading
Post, the oldest continuously operated trading post in Navajoland, to the Orpheum Theatre, to the
Copper Queen Hotel which preserves memories of the Old West, Landmark Buildings is
enjoyable
to page through especially for armchair travelers, vacationers, and everyone with a keen interest
in
the sites of Arizona history. Full-color photographs, extensive descriptions, visiting hours, and
directions comprise this enchanting guide.
Underground Buildings
Loretta Hall
Quill Driver Press
1831 Industrial Way #101, Sanger, CA 93657
1884956270 $29.95 1-800-497-4909
The average non-architect has heard of underground buildings, but most believe them to be a
rarity
in the world: not say, says Loretta Hall with her Underground Buildings: More Than Meets The
Eye. Underground buildings are surprisingly common: every day tens of thousands around the US
play, shop, dine, study and work in over three hundred public and commercial buildings, and five
thousand private homes underground. Underground Buildings exposes these structures in depth,
offering success stories and tales of failure alike. From the humble cave-type accommodation to
opulent accommodations, bunkers to museums, Underground Buildings profiles them all, with
color
photos supplemented by fine in-depth descriptions of construction and living qualities.
The Theatre/Cinema/TV Shelf
Van Helsing
Stephen Sommers
Newmarket Press
18 E. 48th Street, New York NY 10017
155704628X $19.95 www.amazon.com
Movie buffs and dedicated fans of the movie "Van Helsing" will find Stephen Sommers' official
companion to this groundbreaking film, Van Helsing: The Making Of The Legend, provides
invaluable details on the creation of this fantasy adventure movie, ranging from initial concept
sketches and original art, to exposes of stunts, the screenplay itself, and the film project's history.
The color and action here are not to be missed.
Hardboiled Hollywood
Max Decharne
No Exit/Trafalgar Square Publishing
PO Box 257, Howe Hill Road, North Pomfret, VT 05053-0257
ww.trafalgarsquarebooks.com
184243070X $27.50 1-800-423-4525
Film fans with an affinity for crime films and a host of such viewing under their belts won't want
to
miss Max Decharne's studious Hardboiled Hollywood, a studied behind-the-scenes examination of
the real-world origins of these tales. Real life crimes were often considered too brutal to turn into
films, so Hollywood modified the stories for screen and sensitive audiences, creating fictional
couples, classic good/evil confrontations, and embellishments which went beyond reality.
Decharne's
guide provides a change to compare actual sources with finished film results and is a 'must' for
avid
viewers.
The Interior Design Shelf
French Country Signature
Charles Faudree
Gibbs Smith
PO Box 667, Layton UT 84041
1586852884 $39.95 1-800-748-5439
Author and designer Charles Faudree is recognized as one of the top interior designers in this
country, with his signature colors, fabrics and textures reflecting the French Country look which
has
achieved such popularity in urban circles. Jenifer Jordan's color photos enhance and highlight his
French Country Signature presentation, which packs in color and detail to his interior design
choices. From classic French furniture pieces to fabrics and color choices for all rooms, Faudree's
French Country Signature is a 'must' for any strong interior design library.
Designer's Color Manual
Tom Fraser & Adam Banks
Chronicle Books
85 2nd Street, San Francisco CA 94105
081184210X $29.95 chroniclebooks.com
Color is the foundation of successful design, and so many designer's guides focus on the finer art
of
using color effectively. Tom Fraser and Adam Banks' Designer's Color Manual brings together
key
basic concepts of color theory for a title which focuses on the marriage between theory and
application. From color psychology and the underlying effects of color on mental state and
observational arts to color in craft and the social environment, introductory concepts evolve into
easy step-by-step techniques for using color in a design environment. Add over 1,000 color
images
and you have a winning text in Designer's Color Manual.
Beautiful Places, Spiritual Spaces
Sharon Hanby-Robie & Deb Strubel
Moody Press
820 North Lasalle Dr., Chicago, IL 60610
www.moodypublishers.com
1881273180 $12.99 1-800-621-5111
Beautiful Places, Spiritual Spaces is the collaborative effort of interior designer Sharon
Hanby-Robie
& Deb Strubel (Director of Foundation Relations for the Institute of American Values) is a
stress-free decorating guidebooks designed specifically to help women conquer clutter in their
living
space, confidently combine patterns in their surroundings, make big changes for relatively little
cost,
discover their "true color personality", nurture the spiritual needs of themselves and their loved
ones,
and gain five minutes of peace for themselves whenever they need it most! Reader friendly,
immanently practical, and occasionally inspiring, Beautiful Places, Spiritual Spaces is especially
commended to the attention of do-it-yourself, non-specialist, general readers wanting to change
the
decor and live out their lives in a serene, pleasant, personalized environment.
Cabin Style
Dian Zillner & Suzanne Silverthorn
Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
4880 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, PA 19310
076432019X $29.95 schifferbooks.com
The beautifully illustrated collaboration of Dian Zillner and Suzanne Silverthorn, Cabin Style:
Decorating With Rustic, Adirondack, And Western Collectibles is more than just another book of
themed interior design ideas, it is also an invaluable and up-to-date price guide reference ideally
organized for the benefit of do-it-yourself enthusiasts and collectors, as well as seasoned interior
design professionals. Filled cover-to-cover with full-color photographs of rustic items ranging
from
wood canisters with pinecone designs to vintage fishing calendars and lanterns, and much more,
each collectible is succinctly described with identification and manufacture information as well as
a
recommended appraisal of its value. Nearly all the articles presented are quite economical, going
for
$25 to $75 or so. An excellent sourcebook, Cabin Style is enjoyable simply to page through for
inspiration.
Macromedia Flash is one of the most important multimedia Web applications on the market and
Flash Hacks is one of the most important techniques guides available for using it. Designers and
scripters who want more than the average Flash user will find this an essential guide to creating
and
using shortcuts, using Flash for unusual, fun applications, and achieving the most from Internet
applications. Flash Hacks cover Flash MX, MX2004, and MX Professional 2004 as well as
ActionScript 2.0, so it's got the latest tools and techniques.
IT Ethics Handbook
Stephen Northcutt
Syngress Publishing
800 Hingham St., Rockland MA 02370
1931836140 $49.95 www.syngress.com
There are more computer books on the market than there are discussions of ethical ways of
applying
computer systems: that's the sad fact helped by the publication of Stephen Northcutt's IT Ethics
Handbook: Right And Wrong For It Profesionals. Northcutt is a trainer, speaker and author
familiar
with various ethics issues which arise in the IT world: chapters in the IT Ethics Handbook cover
everything from cracking screen saver passwords and handling issues of bad code to music
downloading, end-user license agreements and company responsibility.
Step By Step Microsoft Windows XP
Online Training Solutions Inc.
Microsoft Press
One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399
0735613834 $29.99 www.amazon.com
Learn the basics of XP operations, from removing and adding new programs to managing files,
using screen images to help check work, and personalizing XP for fun. Step By Step Microsoft
Windows XP doesn't differ from other operating system tips guides, but is specific to the XP
environment plus Step By Step Microsoft Windows XP holds many more screen shot examples
and visual graphics than the usual user's guide offers.
Hibernate In Action
Christian Bauer & Gavin King
Manning Publications Company
209 Bruce Park Av, Greenwich, CT 06830
193239415X $44.95 www.manning.com
Hibernate In Action is an effective user's manual for the open-source Java tool of Hibernate,
which
has exploded in popularity due to its automation of a tedious task: persisting Java objects to a
relational database, a task made laborious by the necessity of having to write code that maps one's
object-oriented code to a relational database or vice-versa. Hibernate In Action explains the basic
workings of Hibernate with examples, detailed instructions for using it, how to deal with
concurrency and transactions, efficiently retrieving objects, caching, and much more. Diagrams
and
sample code further elucidate this no-nonsense, easy-to-follow guide highly recommended for
anyone tapping into the streamlined power of Hibernate.
Two new Oracle instruction and resource titles from Osborne/McGraw-Hill are indespensible
additions to personal and professional reference collections. Oracle Database 10g: A Beginner's
Guide (007223-0789; 416 pages; $39.99) is the collective effort of Oracle experts Ian Abramson,
Michael Abbey and Michael Corey. Oracle Database 10g provides neophytes with the
fundamental
concepts of Oracle Database 10g administration and programming. Through self-paced tutorials,
readers will learn about database essentials, the role of the administrator, and large database
features. Oracle Database 10g includes an in-depth introduction to SQL, PL/SQL, Java, and XML
programming. Oracle Database 10g New Features (0072229470; 272 pages; $34.99) by Robert
Freeman accessibly explains the advantages of grid computing and the specifics of Oracle Grid
Computing technology. Written by Robert Freeman and including expert commentary from
world-renowned Oracle guru Jonathan Lewis, this is an ideal resource for decision-makers and IT
staff preparing for upgrades or migration.
Scrolling Forward
David M. Levy
Arcade Publishing
141 Fifth Ave, 8th Fl, NY, NY 10010
www.arcadepub.com
1559705531 $24.95 1-800-759-0190
The common document is followed from print to digital version in Scrolling Forward: Making
Sense
Of Documents In The Digital Age, considering its evolution from print to digital age and showing
how all kinds of documents are rewritten when translated to digital form. Among the many issues
addressed by David Levy: what will happen to libraries, copyright and education when the print
book vanishes, how will literature and journalism be changed by the digital age, and what about
its
effects on associated industries? David Levy has a Ph.D. in computer science from Stanford plus a
diploma in calligraphy and bookbinding: with this dual background in both medias, he's in a
unique
position to analyze the lasting effects of the digital age on the document in Scrolling
Forward.
Troubleshooting Virtual Private Networks
Mark Lewise
Cisco Press
201 W 103rd St., Indianapolis, IN 46290
1587051044 $60.00 www.ciscopress.com
Troubleshooting Virtual Private Networks presents by computer hardware and software expert
Mark Lewise is a 1000 page systematic troubleshooting methodology "how to" manual
specifically
intended for the use of network engineers, administrators, and architects tasked with managing
and
deploying Cisco IOS VPNs. With eight self-contained chapters organized and designed to
facilitate
rapid and straightforward troubleshooting, Troubleshooting Virtual Private Networks provides
detailed information on addressing all common and not-so-common issues associated with IPSec
VPNs, MPLS Layer-3 VPNs, any transport over MPLS (AToM)-based Layer-2 VPNs, L2TP
Version 3 (L2TPv3)-based Layer-2 VPNs, L2TP Version 2 (L2TPv2) VPNs, PPTP VPNs, and
L2F
VPNs. Troubleshooting Virtual Private Networks not only shows the user how to correct
problems
but also how to avoid them in the first place with expert VPN configuration guidance and
optimization tips.
New Riders
201 W. 103rd St., Indianapolis, IN 46290
www.newriders.com
New Riders provides intermediate and advanced computer users with a wealth of practical
applications guides to the latest computer programs: these are a selection of just a few of their
more
recent, highly recommended handbooks. Dan Ablan and Randy Sharp's Lightwave 8 Killer Tips
(0735713715, $39.99) provides a handbook written by Dan Alban, a AGA Digital Studios
president
who runs 3D animation for a living, and visual effects artist Randy Sharp, who specializes in
modeling, lighting and feature film work: together their knowledge of the Lightwave 8 program is
'killer' in and of itself. The task-oriented Lightwave 8 Killer Tips provides tips on how to
streamline
usage and enhance results, with individual chapters covering shortcuts, hidden secrets, and tips on
modeling, selecting, and saving in different ways. Add a healthy dose of color illustrations each
step
of the way and you have a fine guide. Dreamwaver users aren't left in the cold either, with
Massimo
Foti, Angela Buraglia and Daniel Short's Dreamweaver MX 2004 Magic (0735-713782, $29.99).
What's 'magic' about these tips are their blend of 12 projects paired with 11 industry specialists
who
provide both hands-on models and tips for solving common application issues, from modifying
object appearance using custom CSS applications to building separate style sheets for each color
scheme of a site. The accompanying cd of QuickTime movies is especially important to the
'classroom in a book' model of Dreamweaver MX 2004 Magic. Users of these programs should
realize HTML isn't dead or masked by web site applications programs, and Molly Holzschlag
maintains the importance of using HTML and its associated tips in her XML, HTML, XHTML
Magic (0735711-399, $34.99). Eleven sample projects teach the foundations of using these three
markup languages along with new technologies to resolve common design and applications issues.
The focus on how real people solve these applications program is important, as are chapters so
specific to 'real world' situations as to demonstrae how to update a daily newspaper web site, how
to
design an effective personal site or create a complex community site, and how to provide online
customer support. Or you take a good look at Kelly Goto and Emily Colter's Web
Redesign/Workflow That Works (0735710627, $45.00) for a specific guide to effectively
redesigning an existing web site. Designers, in-house webmasters and business owners alike
receive
the nuts ands and bolts from a wide range of contributing experts on subjects ranging from
building
task checklists and absorbing redesign techniques to maintaining the web site. Kleber
Stephenson's
Microsoft Office 2003 Killer Tips (0735714371, $29.99), like the others, assumes a basic
foundation
in the program then improves upon this foundation. Stephenson is Director of Windows
Technologies for KW Media Group, a Florida software and education publishing firm: his tips are
easy to understand, reflect his decade of experience analyzing business computing networks and
devising solutions to common problems, and provides all the accompanying color graphics and
photos necessary to fully understand the detail and depth of his 'killer tips'. All are excellent and
packed with real-world examples easy to understand.
Prentice Hall PTR
c/o Pearson Technology Group
801 East 96h Street, #300, Indianapolis, IN 46240-3759
1-800-428-5331 www.phptr.com
Three excellent new user's guides are picks for higher-level programmers and web site
administrators seeking a high degree of complex technical savvy in their references. Tara
Calishain's
Web Search Garage (0131471481, $19.99) covers all the basics of web searching and while it's
the
experienced searcher who will gain the most from her basic tips on how to conduct deeper web
searches, beginners will also benefit greatly from the clues on how to go beyond the usual
Google/Explorer name search. Chapters cover everything from news sites and specialty pages to
finding local information, images, and even job search material on the web: there's something for
every user, here. Tony Howlett's Open Source Security Tools: A Practical Guide To Security
Applications (9321194438, $49.99) comes from the president of Network Security Services, a
computer-security application service provider built on open source software; so he's in a fine
position to cover the practical side of security operations. Chapters cover all the basics, from
using
sniffers and network-intrusion systems to performing a wireless system security assessment,
understanding Open Source platforms, and understanding different types of encryption. The
included
CD-ROM offers full versions of the tools for easy access and installation. Lawrence Rosen's Open
Source Licensing: Software Freedom And Intellectual Property Law (0131487876, $39.99)
provides a complete technical guide to the law of open source for developers, managers and
lawyers
alike. Open source software is a rapidly-expanding world issue and it's important to understand
the
legal foundations of the licensing laws: use this to understand litigation, common licensing issues
and
disputes, and more.
The Education Shelf
The Classroom is Bare The Teacher's Not There
Martha Karlovetz
Linmar Publications
PO Box 1222, 150 S. King's Road, Lake Sherwood, MO 63357
097411902 $15.95 classroomisbare.com
One might anticipate yet another autobiography or memoir of classroom teaching by Martha
Karlovetz's title, but The Classroom is Bare The Teacher's Not There is actually a celebration of
Linda Karlovetz's only child, who shared her mother's passion for teaching and who struggled
with
cancer before she died at age 33. Told to forget her goals when she first was diagnosed at age 26,
Linda ultimately obtained her Master's degree and was named Missouri D.A.R.E. Teacher of the
Year in 1996 this tells of her commitment to the classroom.
Constructing Meaning
Mancy N. Boyles
Maupin House Publishing
PO Box 90148, Gainesville, FL 32607
0929895746 $27.95 1-800-524-0634
Enhanced with an accompanying CD, Constructing Meaning Through Kid-Friendly
Comprehension
Strategy Instruction by Nancy N. Boyles (Professor, Graduate Reading Program, and Graduate
Reading Program Coordinator at Southern Connecticut State University) is a resource intended
especially for educators, including teachers, parents, tutors, and home schoolers. Techniques
meant
to maximize a students' ability to comprehend written text through strategies applied while
reading,
focused lessons offering specific strategy applications, an included CD with classroom-ready
visual
supports and recommendations for guide-reading group practice or think-aloud modeling
sessions,
and much more fill this quality resource. Constructing Meaning is an expert and professionally
written guidebook to honing one's teaching skills and bringing out the best in one's students.
Quality Across The Curriculum
Jay Marino & Ann Haggerty Raines, eds.
Quality Press
c/o American Society for Quality
600 North Plankinton Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53201-3005
www.asq.org
0873895991 $28.00 1-800-248-1946
Quality Across The Curriculum: Integrating Quality Tools and PDSA with Standards K-5 is an
educational resource meant especially for the K-5 classroom. Teachers can apply the quality tools
and methods within minutes, with 108 tested lesson plans, an introduction to PDSA and basic
quality tools, and a CD-ROM of 248 supporting student worksheets. A superb supplementary
resource, Quality Across The Curriculum covers a wide variety of school subjects.
Teaching Math To People With Down Syndrome
DeAnna Horstmeier
Woodbine House
6510 Bells Mill Rd, Bethesda, MD 20817
www.woodbinehouse.com
1890627429 $19.95 1-800-843-7323
Teaching Math To People With Down Syndrome And Other Hands-On Learners by instructional
resources consultant and cognitive disabilities expert DeAnna Horstmeier is Book 1 of the Topics
in
Down Syndrome series and an emphatically practical guide especially for special education
professionals or anyone charged with abstract instruction to cognitively challenged students.
Chapters address teaching strategies for basic math survival skills, calculator useage, writing
numerals, whole number addition and subtraction, time, shapes and patterns, money, and more fill
this superb educator guidebook with emphasis on practical needs. An exhaustive appendix of
reproducible teaching and assessment materials rounds out this superb reference, study guide, and
manual of tips, tricks, and techniques.
Building Background Knowledge
Robert J. Maarzano
ASCD
1703 North Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311-1714
0871209721 $26.95 1-800-933-2723
Building Background Knowledge For Academic Achievement: Research On What Works In
Schools by Robert J. Marzano (Senior Scholar, Mid-Continent Research for Education and
Learning, Aurora, Colorado and Associate Professor, Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin) discusses how two combined approaches - sustained silent reading and careful study
of
subject-specific vocabulary terms - can help young adults overcome weaknesses in background
knowledge that would otherwise undermine their educational pursuits, from elementary to high
school. In addition to the outlined principles for a sustained silent reading program, and effective
vocabulary instruction, over 7,923 actual vocabulary terms have been culled for presentation from
national standards documents and other publications, organized into 11 subject areas and 4
grade-level categories. A superb home schooling, self-study, or curriculum supplementary guide,
highly recommended for parents, educators, tutors, and studious individuals seeking to hone the
tools that maximize their comprehension skills.
Failure Is Not An Option
Alan M. Blankstein
Corwin Press, Inc.
2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 1320-2218
www.corwinpress.com
1412909341 $32.95 1-800-818-7243
Failure Is Not An Option: Six Principles That Guide Student Achievement In High-performing
Schools is an impressive introduction to enhancing student performance which directly addresses
transforming theory into practice and illustrating diverse applications with case studies and
vignettes.
Failure Is Not An Option develops six guiding principles for creating and sustaining
high-performing
schools. Also available in a hardcover edition (1412909333, $69.95), Failure Is Not An Option is
especially commended to the attention of administrators and faculty responsible for providing
primary leadership in developing curriculum and policies for meeting enhanced federal and state
standards for individual school and school district criteria under the "no child left behind"
education
standards for student academic performance levels.
Saving Our Schools
Ken Goodman, et al.
RDR Books
2415 Woolsey, Berkeley, CA 94705
1571431020 $16.95 www.rdrbooks.com
Saving Our Schools: The Case For Public Educaton Saying No to "No Child Left Behind" is the
collective effort of Ken Goodman, Patrick Shannon, Yetta Goodman, and Roger Rapoport. It
exposes the ugly side of President George Bush's "No Child Left Behind" mandate, which has
threatened to close more than 6,000 public schools, to the detriment of dedicated teachers and
disadvantaged children alike. Revealing how NCLB forces schools with strictly limited resources
to
teach its children test-taking skills in a desperate bid to pass high-stakes standardized testing, and
how the government blacklists successful professors, institutions, and methods that balk the
NCLB
party line, and much more, Saving Our Schools warns of an immediate threat to the integrity of
public education and urges the reader to take action. An eye-opening social commentary, of keen
importance in determining the nation's future.
Instead Of Education
John Holt
Sentient Publications
1113 Spruce Street, Boulder, CO 80302
www.sentientpublications.com
1591810094 $15.95 1-303-443-2188
Instead Of Education: Ways To Help People Do Things Better by alternative education advocate
John Holt (author of the 1964 book How Children Fail) is an iconoclastic and seminal work
presenting a persuasively argued case for "un-schooling" from traditional classroom structures
and
curriculum fare, to innovative, self-directed learning as the basis for a truly creative life. A direct
challenge to the complacency of today's educational status quo (even in this political age of "no
child
left behind" and school voucher proposals), Instead Of Education should be required reading in
every Teacher's College, District School Board, and governmental education policy development
office whether it be federal, state, or local. Instead Of Education is a significant and seminal
contribution to education policy discussions and commended to the attention of education reform
activists at all levels and from all perspectives.
Literacy And Deaf People
Brenda Jo Brueggemann, editor
Gallaudet University Press
800 Florida Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002-3695
1563682710 $59.95 1-800-621-2736
Compiled and edited by Brenda Jo Brueggemann (Professor of English, Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio) Literacy And Deaf People: Cultural And Contextual Perspectives is a
compendium
of articles by advocates and experts in Deaf cultural identity. Revealing details and mechanics of
schools where deaf children are taught, schools that are based upon ideologies about teaching,
how
deaf children learn, and the connection between American Sign Language and English, as well as
diverse viewpoints on multicultural and bilingual literacy instruction for deaf students, Literacy
And
Deaf People offers thought-provoking, expertly researched essays that sharply criticize current
systems and a dominant hearing culture that typically assumes their literacy skills will be inferior
to
those of hearing society. A welcome and serious-minded contribution to reading shelves
concerning
the educational needs of deaf students, especially in higher education.
The Anthropology Shelf
Stranger In The Village Of The Sick
Paul Stoller
Beacon Press
25 Beacon St., Boston, MA 02108-2892
0807072605 $23.00 www.beacon.org
Cancer and sorcery would not seem words to be used in the same subtitle at all, yet
yoga-practicing
anthropologist and sorcerer Paul Stoller found himself in an unusual position when diagnosed
with
lymphoma, and used the lessons of West African life and health to beat his disease. Ironically, the
Songhay sorcery he studied professionally led to a unique ability to handle cancer's special
challenges, and his lessons are imparted in Stranger In The Village Of The Sick, a deft blending of
autobiographical memoir and anthropological healing insight.
Loteria!
Teresa Villegas & Ilan Stavans
University of Arizona Press
355 South Euclid, Suite 103, Tucson, AZ 85719
0816523533 $14.95 uapress.arizona.edu
The concept of luck and lotteries is explored in Loteria! with special insights on its popularity and
effects in Mexican culture. Writer Ilan Stavans discusses La Loteria experiences from his Mexico
City childhood, using riddles and cards to explain the ritual of chance in both Spanish and English
text, while artist Teresa Villegas provides the colorful embellishments. An intriguing presentation
indeed.
Hunters And Trackers Of The Australian Desert
Pat Lowe
Parkwest Publications
451 Communipaw Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07304
www.parkwestpubs.com
1877058025 $20.00 1-646-215-9003
Australia's Aborigines are legendary hunters and trackers, but few outside of Australia have any
inkling of what's involved in their art. Enger Pat Lowe, who migrated from England to Australia
in
1972, and who met Aboriginal artist Jimmy Pike, spending three years with him in the desert
hunting
and exploring his country. Her Hunters And Trackers Of The Australian Desert thus provides a
truly
unique blend of observation and personal experience.
The Art Shelf
Art Forms In Nature
Ernest Haeckel
Prestel
900 Broadway #603, NY, NY 10003
3791330853 $7.95 www.prestel.com
There is a large-format edition of Ernest Haeckel's Art Forms In Nature on the market which is
more appropriate for library lending. This Prestel edition of Ernest Haeckel's miniature version
will
appeal to the home user who might find inviting this mini-survey of art forms in nature.
Illustrations
of mammals, leaves, seashells and more provide both black and white and color embellishment
extolling the wonder of art in the natural world. A winning little title, even if it does get lost on
the
shelf at times, being half the size of a normal paperback, and twice as thin.
Screenprinting
Robert Adam & Carol Robertson
Thames & Hudson
500 5th Avenue, New York NY 10010
www.thamesandhudsonusa.com
0500284253 $24.95 www.norton.com
Take almost 300 illustrations, pair them with exceptionally clear step-by-step instructions, pack
everything with full color and add the techniques and experience of two printmakers who have
almost nine years of professional background and you have a powerful techniques guide in Robert
Adam and Carol Robertson's Screenprinting. The water-based system receives very clear
embellishment for both novice and advanced screenprinter in a guide which could become a
classroom text.
Quick & Easy Glass Painting by experienced crafter and experienced glass painter Cheryl Owen is
a
simple guide to quickly and easily creating joyful and colorful glass painting projects at home.
Offering 15 step-by-step sample projects with explicity instructions, ranng from transparent to
frosted glass paints, tips, tricks, and techniques, full-color photographs, and much more, Quick &
Easy Glass Painting is an enjoyable hands-on, how-to guide. An excellent resource for
do-it-yourself
hobby and conversation pieces, or just plain fun.
Manga Mania Shoujo
Christopher Hart
Watson-Guptill Publications
770 Broadway, 7th fl., NY, NY 10003
0823029735 $19.95 watsonguptill.com
Manga is the distinctive Japanese graphic novel, comic book, and animated film art style that has
achieved an enduring world wide popularity. In Manga Mania Shoujo: How To Draw The
Charming
And Romantic Characters Of Japanese Comics, author and cartoonist Christopher Hart provides
aspiring artists and illustrators with a step-by-step introduction into the characteristics of shoujo
manga style drawing including the big eyes, petite noses, facial expressions, body language, even
clothing styles, hair styles, and character types ranging from school kids and cuddly creatures to
pets, villains and heroes. Manga Mania Shoujo will prove an expert and welcome addition to
amateur and professional artist reference collections.
The Biography Shelf
The Mapmaker's Wife
Robert Whitaker
Basic Books
387 Park Ave. S., New York NY 10016
0738208086 $25.00 basicbooks.com
Robert Whitaker's The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale Of Love, Murder, And Survival In The
Amazon, is a biographically epic tale of discovery and exploration by a woman whose journey
was
inspired by love for a man she hadn't seen in 20 years. In 1769 Isabel Grameson, an upper-class
Peruvian woman who lived her life close to home, set out across the Andes and down the
Amazon
to rejoin her husband in French Guinea. Her journey through untamed wilderness was one few
had
made before her, and provides a fascinating early story of achievement.
Hawthorne In Concord
Philip McFarland
Grove Press
841 Broadway, New York NY 10003
0802117767 $26.00 groveatlantic.com
Hawthorne In Concord is no light reading biographical sketch, but a substantial, informative, and
superbly presented in-depth account of the great American man of letters, Nathaniel Hawthorne,
considering both his literary contribution and his influence on Concord's community of
philosophers,
poets, reformers and intellectuals as a whole. Equally intriguing, Hawthorne In Concord places
Hawthorne's experiences within his circle of most notable companions, from Emerson and
Thoreau
to Mann and the Alcotts, making Hawthorne In Concord a powerful survey of not just one man,
but
his entire circle.
Mo
Donald Carson & James Johnson
University of Arizona Press
355 South Euclid, Suite 103, Tucson, AZ 85719
0816524491 $16.95 1-800-426-3797
The first major biography of political activist and environmentalist Morris Udall, Mo: The Life
And
Times Of Morris K. Udall is now available in paperwork and new audiences will find most
accessible. Donald Carson and James Johnson's Mo considers the life of an Arizona congressman
who was one of the most respected leaders of environmental causes of his time. Chapters reveal
his
social consciousness and political life alike, from his challenge to leadership to his humor and his
life
with the Parkinson's which eventually killed him.
Wilderness Journey
William E. Foley
University of Missouri Press
2910 LeMone Blvd., Columbia MO 65201
0826215335 $29.95 1-800-828-1894
William Clark is best known as the American explorer who joined Meriwether Lewis in heading
an
overland expedition to the Pacific: but as William Foley demonstrates in Wilderness Journey: The
Life Of William Clark, how William Clark has many more claims to fame than his explorations
with
Meriwether Lewis. Studies have appeared on the two, but this is the first comprehensive
biography
of Clark's entire life, revealing his service as a soldier, Indian diplomat, and his involvement in US
politics and policy-making in the West. College-level audiences will find Wilderness Journey a
fascinating biography of a multi-faceted man.
Columbia University Press
61 West 62nd Street, NY, NY 10023-7015
800-944-8648 www.columbia.edu/cu/cup
Two excellent science guides are fine picks for modern college-level collections. Ross Slotten's
The
Heretic In Darwin's Court: The Life Of Alfred Russel Wallace (0231130104, $39.50) provides a
survey of the life of one Alfred Russell Wallace, who shared fame with Darwin for the
independent
and near-simultaneous discovery of natural selection. While most know of Darwin, fewer will
have
heard of the controversial scientist Wallace, a traveler and spiritualist who shared the discovery
but
received nowhere near the fame. Wallace spent years of harrowing travels in the tropic: Slotten
provides coverage of these years, the process leading to his discoveries, then the remaining fifty
years in which he diverged from Darwin on several fundamental concepts and pursed topics other
scientists avoided, including spiritualism, environmentalism and concepts of life on Mars. Slotten
is
an MD and his study is astute and well researched. Michael Janeway's The Fall Of The House Of
Roosevelt: Brokers Of Ideas And Power From FDR To LBJ (0231131089, $27.50) tells of a
band
of smart young men in the 1930s who helped Franklin D. Roosevelt transform an America in
crisis.
They fostered the New Deal which rescued the country but received little mention or fame.
Michael Janeway provides coverage of this group and their links to not only Roosevelt, but
Lyndon
Johnon's 'Great Society'. Janeway is in the perfect position to report on the group: his own father
was part of the circle, practicing politics as well as reporting on these men.
Perseverance Lane
Doris L. Marshall-Slack
Noble House
8019 Belair Rd. #10 Baltimore MD 21236
1561678546 $18.95 www.amazon.com
Author Doris Marshall-Slack grew up in rural Tennessee and with Perseverance Lane: A
Teacher's
Story, she deftly provides the reader with a superbly crafted historical autobiography of her
personal
experiences growing up during the Jim Crow and Civil Rights eras. Doris Marshall-Slack became
a
teacher against all odds: her first-person story is revealing, engaging, and a very highly
recommended memoir, especially for students of Black Studies and Women's Studies.
Moanin At Midnight
James Segrest & Mark Hoffman
Pantheon
1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019
0375422463 $26.95 randomhose.com
Howlin Wolf was born in 1910 as a poverty-stricken sharecropper in Mississippi who began his
career singing for two decades in juke joints with the first Delta blues stars: James Segrest and
Mark
Hoffman's Moanin' At Midnight: The Life And Times Of Howlin' Wolf provides a powerful
definitive biography of the blues musician which delves into his early years. These years are often
overlooked in competing biographies which focus on his successful years, so Moanin At Midnight
stands out on this point if nothing else, providing surprising new details about his youth and later
years. Highly recommended for any prior Howlin Wolf fan.
Voodoo Queen
Martha Ward
University Press of Mississippi
3825 Ridgewood Road, Jackson, MS 39211
www.upress.state.ms.us
1578066298 $26.00 1-800-737-7788
Martha Ward's biographical coverage of Voodoo queen Marie Laveau, whose curse has ruled the
imagination of New Orleans for many years, provides an intriguing coverage of the magical deeds,
powers, and achievements of the woman's life. There were actually two historical figures with the
same name: a mother and daughter who were prominent Catholic Creoles and legendary leaders
of
Voodoo. Professor Ward applies concepts of anthropology and women's studies from her
background to the history of Martha Ward and her influence on New Orleans history, making
Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives Of Marie Laveau a scholarly analysis which is hard to put
down.
Lady Bird
Jan Jarboe Russell
Taylor Publishing Company
1550 West Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX 75235 (NBN, dist.)
1589790979 $17.95 1-800-275-8188
Lady Bird is the unusually revealing biography of Lady Bird Johnson, the wife of President
Lyndon
Johnson by Jan Jarboe Russell (a contributing editor at "Texas Monthly" who has covered texas
politics and culture for more than thirty years). Skillfully researched and smoothly written,
grounded
in conversations with the former First Lady and interviews with her inner circle of friends, family,
and advisors, Lady Bird shows both the public and private sides of a strong, determined, and
remarkable woman whose influence on her husband, and through him America, was considerable.
Highly recommended.
Virginia Woolf & The Raverats
William Pryor
Clear Books
c/o International Publishers Marketing
22841 Quicksilver Dr., Dulles, VA 20166
www.internationalpubmarket.com
1904555020 $29.95 www.amazon.com
Writer and critic Virginia Woolf was a close and personal friend of the painter Jacques Raverat
and
his wife Gwen. Jacques died from multiple sclerosis at the age of 40. In Virginia Woolf & The
Raverats: A Different Sort Of Friendship, William Pryor has collected correspondences between
Virginia, Jacque and Gwen. These letters embodied gossip, thoughts on the nature of friendship,
religion, the endurance of pain, Jacques' anti-Semitism, Virginia's Sapphism, the differences
between
painting and writing, and other elements of their bohemian life styles. Of special note are the
illustrations which include some of Jacques paintings. Unique, informative, compelling reading,
Virginia Woolf & The Raverats is especially recommended to students and admirers of Virginia
Woolf's literary writings, and offers a very special set of "windows in time" through which we can
perceive glimpses of greatness amid the ordinary concerns of specially gifted (and troubled)
friends.
Ernest Gruening
Claus-M. Naske
University of Alaska Press
Box 756240, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6240
www.uaf.edu/uapress
1889963356 $24.95 1-888-252-6657
Also available in a hardcover edition (1889963348, $49.95), Ernest Gruening: Alaska's Greatest
Governor by Claus-M. Naske (Professor Emeritus of History, University of Alaska, Fairbanks) is
the
biography of the man whom President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed as the governmor of
territorial Alaska in 1939. For twenty years, Gruening served his post and left an indissoluable
mark
upon the state's future. Unpublished archival materials flesh out the author's study of the
Gruening's
political career, including his struggle to stop discrimination against Alaska Natives and, when he
was elected to the U.S. Senate, his efforts to oppose the Vietnam War. A remarkable story of the
dedication, voice, and achievements of a great twentieth-century leader.
The Military Shelf
Falconry At The United States
Air Force Academy
A.P. Clark, USAf (ret.)
Fulcrum Publishing
16100 Table Mountain Parkway, #300, Golden, CO 80403
www.fulcrum-books.com
155591487X $17.95 1-800-992-2908
When a new American military academy was being planned and it needed a mascot but not just
any old bird; one which would represent the U.S. Air Force Academy's mission of flying and
fighting. It seemed the falcon would best fit the bill, and Falconry At The United States Air Force
Academy tells of the performing mascot's importance to the Academy, as well as the overall
history
of falconry.
The Tao Of War
Ralph D. Sawyer, translator
Westview Press
11 Cambridge Ctr, Cambridge, MA 02142
0813340810 $15.95 westviewpress.com
Ralph Sawyer is a leading scholar of Chinese warfare and has worked extensively with major
military agencies, so he's the perfect author of choice to translate The Tao Of War, a martial
version
of the Tao Te Ching. The original author Wang Chen was a 9th-century Chinese military
commander sickened by carnage and began using the ancient Tao Te Ching for peaceful purposes:
his interpretations produced the first reading of it as a martial text of strategy, and Ralph Sawyer's
in-depth interpretations go far in placing its military importance in modern Western hands.
The Iraq War
John Keegan
Knopf
1745 Broadway, New York NY 00019
1400041996 $24.95 www.aknopf.com
John Keegan has been billed 'the best military historian of our generation' by author Tom Clancy
and
has received numerous commendations from professional sources in the industry, so it's no
wonder
his The Iraq War brings such a studious examination of a eye-opening modern military event. If
only
one treatise on the war were to be included in a library collection, it should be Keegan's The Iraq
War : the various chapters include exclusive interviews with Donald Rumsfeld, General Tommy
Franks, and other key participants, while data on the war's costs, consequences and complications
analyze both intelligence information and social and political implications.
Erwin Rommel 1891-1944
Karl Hoffmann
Brassey's, Inc.
22841 Quicksilver Drive, Dulles, VA 20166-2019
1857533747 $19.95 1-800-775-2518
Part of the oustanding "Commanders in Focus" series from Brassey's, Eriwn Rommel 1891-1944
by
Karl Hoffmann is an in-depth analysis of one of Germany's most famous and celebrated military
leaders, a gentleman warrior also known as the "Desert Fox". Black-and-white photographs and
military diagrams highlight this critical assessment of Rommel's strengths, weaknesses, character,
and service - dissecting his engagements in World War I and II, and analyzing him both as a
military
commander and as a manager of men. A must-have for lay readers and military historians alike
with
a keen interest in learning from Rommel's brilliant life, which ultimately ended far too soon at the
hands of his own side.
The Photography Shelf
The Hidden Gardens Of Kyoto
Katsuhiko Mizuno & Masaaki Ono
Kodansha America, Inc.
575 Lexington Avenue, NY, NY 10022
4770029373 $45.00 1-800-451-7556
The impressively visual photography of Katsuhiko Mizuno deftly combine with the infomative
text
of Masaaki Ono in The Hidden Gardens Of Kyoto, an amazingly beautiful photography book
presenting captivating images of Kyoto gardens. The full-color pictures come with captions in fine
print that succinctly inform the reader of the garden's location and style of composition. A
summary
of basic information and common Japanese garden formations is included in the back, but the
majority of The Hidden Gardens Of Kyoto is devoted to resplendent photographs of the gardens
themselves. A singularly beautiful treasury.
Aperture
20 East 23rd Street, New York NY 10010
www.aperature.org
Zalmai's Return, Afghanistan (1931788-499, $39.95) is an item of choice for any seeking a visual
survey of modern Afghanistan. In 1996, sixteen years after leaving his homeland, Zalmai returned
to
war-torn Afghanistan to photograph victims of landmines, going back a second time years later to
document refugee camps, and again in 2001 after the fall of the Taliban. Return, Afghanistan
comes
from his latest trip and blends his personal account of Afghanistan history and reconstruction with
photos documenting the nation and its people. His use of color is particularly celebrated as
bringing
to life the stark realities and colorful faces of Afghanistan's peoples. Stephen Shore's Uncommon
Places: The Complete Works (1931788340, $55.00) pairs an essay by Stephen Schmidt-Wulffen,
Hamburg curator, with an interview with artist shore by novelist Lynne Tillman, enhancing the
overall effect of Shore's artistic color works in his definitive Uncommon Places. If the work
sounds
familiar, it's because Uncommon Places originally appeared in 1982 to influence a generation of
photographers but here provides a definitive collection of the landmark series of American
architecture and buildings. Using highways, byways and camera, Shore documents a different
view
of American places, whether it be parking lots, hotels or an aging mobile trailer in Maine.
Outstanding shots, all.
Ocean Flowers
Carol Armstrong & Catherine De Zegher
Princeton University Press
41 Williams Street, Princeton, NJ 08540
0691119481 $49.95 pup.princeton.edu
Both color and black and white photos reveal and illustrate the little-known realm of natural
history
imagery popular in the mid-19th century, using the botanical drawings and photos of one Anna
Atkins and her Victorian contemporaries as visual embellishments to the history of how nature is
represented in art. Ocean Flowers : Impressions From Nature is no light photo guide: its in-depth
coverage packs in details of how different concepts of nature 'fluidity' translated to art, while its
survey of how the natural world encouraged art experimentation and reinforced artistic
approaches
makes for an excellent, revealing portrait. Specialty art libraries will find this a unique, essential
addition.
The Egyptology Shelf
Who Killed King Tut?
Michael R. King, et al.
Prometheus Books
59 John Glenn Dr., Amherst, NY 14228
1591021839 $25.00 1-800-421-0351
The collaboration of Michael R. King, Gregory Cooper, Don DeNevi, and Joan Fletcher, Who
Killed King Tut?: Using Modern Forensics To Solve a 3300-Year-Old Mystery is a survey of a
3,000 year old mystery and how modern forensics could solve the crime. Two new law
enforcement
specialists in forensics and the psychological of criminal behavior here use modern crime-solving
techniques to add a very different perspective and evidence overlooked by specialists in
Egyptology
and archaeology. The conclusion: Tut was most likely murdered; the evidence: in Who Killed
King
Tut?
Egyptian Romany
Moustafa Gadalla
Tehuti Research Foundation
Box 39406, Greensboro, NC 27438-9406
1931446199 $16.50 egypt-tehuti.org
Also available in an e-book format (1931446202, $10.95), Egyptian Romany: The Essence Of
Hispania by Egyptologist and historian Moustafa Gadalla surveys 6,000 years of Iberian history to
reveal the cultural roots of the Romany (Gypsies) to ultimately derive from ancient Egypt.
Moustafa
draws upon his original research to reveal and document the relationship between Egypt and
Hispania through several factors including archeology, history, culture, ethnology, linguistics, and
more. Moustafa is a master at historical research and has often brought to the study of history
(especially Egyptian history) a novel and iconoclastic perspective that is buttressed by impeccable
research and an articulate presentation of often surprising and long obscured data. Egyptian
Romany
is enthusiastically recommended reading for students of Egyptology, Hispanic history, and
Romany
culture.
Egypt: Child Of Atlantis
John Gordon
Bear & Company/Inner Traditions
One Park Street, Rochester, VT 05767
1591430232 $20.00 InnerTraditions.com
Egypt: Child Of Atlantis, A Radical Interpretation Of The Origins Of Civilization is a
metaphysical
look at the history of Egyptian civilization, that dares to diverge from the common scientific
community's theories. Suggesting that Egyptian civilization is at least 50,000 years old instead of
5,000, and that it connected life and death in an initiatory transition rather than merely being
obsessed with death, Egypt: Child Of Atlantis discusses such powerful ideas as the possibility of a
worldwide prehistoric culture, Egyptian magic, the esoteric signifigance of the sphinx and the
pyramids, and much more. Black-and-white diagrams highlight the key ideas explored by this bold
and transcendent examination that skillfully blends Egyptian history, science, and mysticism.
The Cookbook Shelf
Wild At TheTable
S.G.B. Tennant, Jr.
Willow Creek Press
PO Box 147, Minocqua WI 54548
1572236809 $25.00 1-800-850-9453
Compiled, edited, and designed by cookbook author S.G.B. Tennant, Jr., Wild At The Table: 275
Years Of North American Fish & Game Recipes is more than just another compilation of recipes.
It
presents the American culinary history of preparing wild game and fish from colonial times to the
modern day against a background of stories, sidebars, graphics, cooking customs, traditions, and
cuisines. From Barbequed Pheasant Halves; Yuletide Roast Goose; Salt Mountain Moose Roast;
Butterflied Squirrel; Batter-Fried Bluegills; and George Washington's Black Sea Bass Roast; to
Stuffed Colossal Tiger Prawns; Spiny Lobster Newburg; Terrine of Boar and Venison; Crab
Alfredo
with Pasta and Black Pepper, Wild At The Table dishes covers all manner of game and fish.
Offering
information on "Resources and Suppliers" and a not-to-be missed is the unusual chapter for the
novice on "Hazards of the Wild Kingdom: Cockleburrs in the Wild Salad". Wild At The Table is a
welcome addition to personal, professional, and community library cookbook collections.
Frank Stitt's Southern Table
Frank Stitt
Artisan
708 Broadway, New York, NY 10003
1579652468 $40.00 1-800-722-7202
Superbly illustrated throughout with gorgeous color photography of finished dishes that would
spark
any appetite, Frank Stitt's Southern Table: Recipes And Gracious Traditions From Highlands Bar
And Grill is the kind of coffee-table cookbook that is as much fun to browse through as it is
inspiring to prepare a menu with. From Ravioli with Sweet Potatoes, Mustard Greens, and
Country
Ham; Smoked Trout Salad with Blood Oranges, Avocado, and Frisee; Quail Stuffed with Corn
Bread and Figs with Molasses Vinaigrette; and Rabbit Stuffed with Apple Duxeles; to
Old-Fashioned Potato Gratin; Eggplant Stuffed with Summer Vegetables; Jack Daniel's Chocolate
Ice Cream; and Almond Macaroons, the recipes comprising this superb addition to any gourmet's
cookbook collection range from the complex to the simple, transforming any mealtime occasion
from routine to extraordinary!
Key Ingredients
Le Bonheur Club
The Wimmer Companies, Inc.
4650 Shelby Air Dr, Memphis, TN 38118
097227300X $23.95 wimmerco.com
It was the women of the Le Bonheur Club of Memphis, Tennessee, that founded the Le Bonheur
Children's Medical Center and guaranteed that this hospital would always be available to children
seeking care regardless of the family's financial condition. The Le Bonheur Club is justifiably
described as a premier medical center with 225 beds, 42 pediatric sub-specialties, and a medical
staff
of five hundred. Thousands of children have been served in the last five decades. Key Ingredients:
Opening Doors To Hours Of Happiness is more than just another cookbook collection of
wonderful,
"kitchen cook" recipes, it is a continuing affirmation of the continuing enthusiasm of Le Bonheur
Club members and their determination to be of service to children in need of medical care. From a
Roasted Tomato and Basil Relish; to Blueberry Lime Bread; to Jockey Club Crab Cakes; to a
Heavenly Hot Fudge Sauce, With any sales profits going to support the Le Bonheur Children's
Medical Center, Key Ingredients is manifestly delightful and very highly recommended addition to
any and all family cookbook collections!
Tasting Chile
Daniel Joelson
Hippocrene Books, Inc.
171 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016
www.hippocrenebooks.com
0781810280 $24.95 1-212-685-4371
Another of the outstanding regional and ethnic cookbooks from Hippocrene Books, Tasting Chile
has as its focus the culinary traditions and dishes found in the South American nation of Chile
where
2,500 miles of coastline offers and deep fertile valleys offer up a wealth of fish, fruit, vegetables,
and
more. Of special interest is the chapter dedicated to Chilean wines, and a Spanish-English
dictionary
of Chilean fish and shellfish. From Milcao Relleno con Chicharrones (Potato Pancakes Stuffed
with
Pork); to Porotos con Riendas (Cannellini Beans and Pasta); to Filete Serenense (Beef Sauteed in
Papaya Sauce); to Leche Asada (Caramel Pudding), Tasting Chile is a welcome and
recommended
addition to personal and family cookbook collections for those who enjoy exploring the tastes and
cuisines of other lands and other cultures.
Simply Armenian
Barbara Ghazarian
Mayreni Publishing
PO Box 5881, Monterey, CA 93944-5881
1931834067 $17.95 www.mayreni.com
Barbara Ghazarian draws upon her years of experience writing a weekly culinary column and
teaching culinary writing to adults to author Simply Armenian: Naturally Healthy Ethnic Cooking
Made Easy, a superbly presented anthology of more than 150 ethnic Armenian recipes that range
from inexpensive peasant fare to gourmet palate pleasing specials. Of special note to vegetarians
is
that more than half of these "kitchen cook friendly" recipes are meat-free. From Toasted Pumpkin
Seeds; Fried Zucchini Pancakes; Zahtar-Spiced Pasta Salad; and Barley Mash with Chicken; to
Lamb-Stuffed Grape Leaves; Flapjack Skillet Bread; Chilled Yogurt Drink; and Quinces Stuffed
with Walnuts in Syrup, Simply Armenian would be a welcome and confidently recommended
addition to any kitchen cookbook collection.
The Ultimate Route 66 Cookbook
Kerrick James, et al.
Northland Publishing
PO Box 1389, Flagstaff, AZ 86002
www.northlandpub.com
0873588533 $9.95 1-800-346-3257
The collaborative effort of Kerrick James, Jim Ross, John Running, David H. Smith, and David
Wend which is very nicely arranged into five distinctive categories, the recipes comprising
Northland
Publishing's The Ultimate Route 66 Cookbook reflect and showcase classic American cuisine and
regional restaurant specialties associated with the Route 66 road trips of yesteryear. From
Timberline Pancakes; Golden Peach Muffins; and Green Chile Quiche; to Hot Chicken Salad in a
Ring; Chicken and Dumplings; and Pistachio Bundt Cake, The Ultimate Route 66 Cookbook is a
welcome and enthusiastically recommended compilation of mid-20th Century American culinary
nostalgia.
The JamLady Cookbook
Beverly Ellen Schoonmaker Alfeld
Pelican Publishing Company
1000 Burmaster Street, Gretna, LA 7003
www.pelicanpub.com
1589802357 $35.00 1-800-843-1724
In The JamLady Cookbook, Beverly Alfeld draws upon her enduring enthusiasm for organic
farming
as well as her years of experience in canning and cooking to showcase an unexpected and
impressive
diversity of foods usually or traditionally considered to be just condiments, simple embellishments
of
more important or central dishes. In addition to an exciting series of recipes for jellies, jams, and
preserves, great attention is also given to providing the kitchen cook with essential information on
processing methods, troubleshooting advice, definitions of (and the distinctions between) jellies,
james, preserves, butters, marmalades, conserves, spreads, and chutneys. Enhanced with color
photography, The JamLady Cookbook features recipes for baking with james, recipes for butters,
an
appendix on the approximate pH of foods and pH measurements, a buyer's guide, and even a
bibliography. From JamLady's Original Hot Pineapple Jelly; JamLady's Original Blueberries in
Snow;
and JamLady's Original Kiwifruit and Strawberry Preserves; to Microwave Orange Marmalade;
Tomato Preserves Spiced with Cinnamon; and Spiced Plum Butter, The JamLady Cookbook is a
unique and highly recommended addition to family and community library cookbook shelves.
A Man, A Can, A Microwave
David Joachim
Rodale Press, Inc.
400 South Tenth St., Emmaus, PA 18098
157954892X $15.95 www.rodale.com
A Man, A Can, A Microwave is a board book for guys who must fend for themselves in the
kitchen
either because they are bachelors or their wives have gone off to visit mother for a week. Here are
listed "idiot proof" instructions (complete with photos of the ingredients and their order of
inclusion)
for making fifty quick and easy, palate pleasing, hunger satisfying meals that can be made in the
microwave in under 15 minutes. The recipes are divided up into sections dedicated to beef,
chicken,
pork, fish, turkey, beans, veggies, and even chocolate! From Maximum Microloaf (which
combines
Carnation Evaporated Milk; extra-lean ground beef; and a can of Manwich Sloppy Joe Sauce) to
Toast Under a Tuscan Bean (which combines a can of Goya Cannellini Beans; a box of Melba
Toast
- Onion Flavor; and a can of Hunts Petite Diced Tomatoes), these are "good eatin', man pleasin'"
dishes that are as easy to assemble as they are delicious to devour.
Cooking With Wine
Virginia Hoffman & Robert Hoffman
The Hoffman Press
PO Box 2996, Santa Rosa, CA 95405
0962992739 $14.95 1-800-852-4890
Compiled by wine and culinary experts Virginia and Robert Hoffman, Cooking With Wine
showcase
172 wine-based recipes drawn from 86 winery chefs. Of special value for kitchen cook
connoisseurs
is the pairing of various wine with diverse foods. After an informative essay on "Cooking with
Wine
Can Be Good for Your Health" and an informative introduction to "The Varietal Wines of North
America", the recipes are organized into Appetizers & Light Foods; Soups; Pastas & Grains;
Meats;
Seafood; Poultry; and Desserts. From Vegetable Bean Soup with Pistou (with a Chardonnay); Vin
Zin Pasta Sauce with Sausage (with a Zinfandel); and Herbed Lamb (with a Pinot Noir); to Sea
Scallop Surprise (with Champagne); Rosemary Roast Chicken (with a Chenin Blanc); and Spiced
Brandy Apple Cake (with a Moscato Canelli), Cooking With Wine is informed, informative, and
enthusiastically recommended. Another indispensable Virginia and Robert Hoffman companion
title
is The California Wine Country Herbs & Spices Cookbook (096-2992771, $12.95) with 188
recipes
contributed by 72 chefs, winemakers, and wineries.
Nosthimia!
Georgia Sarianides
Capital Books, Inc.
22841 Quicksilver Dr., Sterling VA 20166
www.capital-books.com
1931868735 $17.95 1-800-758-3756
Georgia Sarianides has owned and operated several successful restaurants in her career, as well as
running her own cooking school. For the past five years she has hosted the cable television show
"Cooking with Georgia". In Nosthimia!: The Greek American Family Cookbook, Georgia has
distilled the best of what she knows about Greek cuisine into a compilation of truly
mouth-watering
dishes. From My Mother's Village-Style Veal Soup (Horiatiki Soupa); to Aromatic Grilled
Chicken
with Wine (Aromatiki Kota sta Karvouna); to Calzone Stuffed with Meat (Kaltsounia Gemista me
Kima), Nosthimia! offers 185 recipes that are truly delicious (nosthimia)!
Squeezed
Jane Lawson
Laurel Glenn
c/o Advantage Publishers Group
5880 Oberlin Dr, San Diego, CA 92121
1592232736 $24.95 1-800-788-3123
Squeezed: 250 Juices, Smoothies And Spritzers is a compilation organized and presented by Jane
Lawson that features practical advice on buying and maintaining a blender and/or juicer, as well as
tips for making the perfect beverage. Now family cooks can skip trips to the local juice bar and
enhance their family's dining experience with exotic, delicious, and easy-to-prepare concoctions
that
range from Red Grape and Cantaloupe Juice; Raspberry Lemonade; and Banana Starter; to
Watermelon and Kiwifruit Cooler; Orange Citrus Crush; and Carrot Cocktail. Squeezed is
wonderfully enhanced with full color photography and a welcome addition to the family kitchen
cookbook shelf.
Plank Cooking
Scott Haugen & Tiffany Haugen
Frank Amato Publications
PO Box 82112, Portland, OR 97282
www.amatobooks.com
1571883320 $19.95 1-800-541-9498
Plank Cooking: The Essence Of Natural Wood is introduced by directions for preparing a plank
of
alder, hickory, maple, oak, or other wood. Simple pieces of beef, pork, poultry, or fish as well as
all
kinds of fruits and vegetables can be cooked on a plank over a grill or in an oven to give it a
delicious, smoky flavor picked up from the plank. But the one hundred recipes by the
much-traveled
authors are for more involved recipes that are more flavorful using spices, cheeses, sauces, and
other
ingredients. Grilled Peaches with Vanilla Topping; Aciote Pork Roast; Whitetail Tenderloin with
Blue Cheese; Snapper with Creamed Vegetables; and Oyster Bacon bites are only a few of the
appetizing recipes that can be done with plank cooking. Plank cooking is not difficult. But you
want
to learn how to do it right by going to this simple instructional guide including the numerous
exceptional recipes.
New Tastes In Green Tea
Mutsuko Tokunaga
Kodansha America, Inc.
575 Lexington Avenue, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10022
www.kodanshaamerica.com
4770029861 $22.95 1-800-451-7556
Enthusiastically recommended for gourmet kitchen cookbook collections, New Tastes In Green
Tea:
A Novel Flavor For Familiar Drinks, Dishes, And Desserts by renowned Japanese food stylist
Mutsuko Tokunaga (who is also the Vice President of the World Green Tea Association) covers
all
the basics in the course of introducing the reader to the most popular types of traditional tea, the
fine
art of brewing tea, as well as tea lore and the history of tea. Tokunage then goes on provide this
full
range cookbook with a culinary wealth of new recipes for drinks, savory and sweet dishes, and
complete tea menus. From Green Tea Gnocchi; Green Tea Croquettes; and Matcha Seafood with
Mushroom Gratin; to Salmon and Sencha Pie; Matcha Chiffon Cake; and Matcha Tiramisu, New
Tastes In Green Tea is a unique compilation that will be deeply and enduringly appreciated by
gourmets with an appreciation for culinary elegance, as well as family kitchen cooks with an
interest
in providing the beneficial properties of green tea to their loved ones.
The Nutcracker Sweet
Linda Hymes
Lindergaff Books, LLC
698 DeHaro Street, Unit A, San Francisco, CA 94107
0971978212 $26.00 dancinggourmet.com
Enhanced with 89 color photographs of mouth-watering desserts, The Nutcracker Sweet:
Show-Stopping Deserts Inspired By The World's Favorite Ballet showcases sixty-one recipes,
each
of which are guaranteed holiday classics that range from the simple to the sophisticated. Linda
Hymes is a Le Cordon Bleu trained chef and a former professional ballerina who has taken the
theme
of the 19th century fairytale based ballet to present delicious recipes enhanced against a backdrop
of
charming tales from her life performing the ballet which is so popular during the Christmas
holiday
season. From Chocolate Fondue; Blackberry Dewdrop Charlotte; Champagne Poached Pears with
Cardamom and Honey Ice Cream and Rich Chocolate Sauce; and Little Cranberry Curd Cookies;
to
Sunflower Seed and Sesame Brittle; Gala Apple Galette; Black Forest Crepe Gateau; and
Chocolate
Symphony, The Nutcracker Sweet will enhance elegant holiday dining throughout the year, and in
very season of celebration.
Seasons In Thyme
Junior League of Birmingham, Michigan
FRP
241 Atrium Way, Nashville, TN 37214
www.frpbookds.com
0972036903 $29.95 1-800-269-6839
Beautifully named, Seasons In Thyme is an impressive collection of favorite recipes and menus
contributed by the members of the Junior League of Birmingham, Michigan, and a welcome
addition
to family cookbook collections for dining occasions all year round. Unique to this culinary
compilations is a notation system that features a snowflake by recipes suited to a winter menu, a
pansy by the recipe title denotes a spring menu item, a sunflower designates summer, and an oak
leaf
means the recipe is ideal for the fall. From Strawberry and Onion Salad; Roasted Asparagus with
Red Pepper Sauce; and Salmon with Ginger and Brown Sugar Glaze; to Herbed Ravioli with Pink
Tomato Sauce; Salt Baked Shrimp; and Praline Pumpkin Pie, Seasons In Thyme will proved an
especially prized addition to personal and community library cookbook collections.
Super Foods For Super Kids
Valerie Saxion, N.D.
Bronze Bow Publishing
2600 East 26th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55406
www.bronzebowpublishing.com
1932458034 $19.99 1-866-724-8200
In Super Foods For Super Kids And Everyone Else Too!, nutrition expert and natural healing
advocate Valerie Saxion offers recipes for delicious, balanced meals and smoothies especially
intended to help one teach good nutrition and healthy eating plans to one's children. 7 weeks'
worth
of great meals, appropriate for all ages, are presented in spiral-bound format with a smattering of
color photographs. This is an upbeat, exuberant, easy-to-follow, highly recommended culinary
guidebook and an effective kitchen cook supplemental resource to instilling healthy habits in
oneself
as surely as in the next generation.
The Complete Book Of Raw Food
Lori Baird
Health Living Books/Hatherleigh Press
5-22 4th Avnue, Suite 200, Long Island City, NY 11101
www.healthylivingbooks.com
1578261430 $25.00 hatherleighpress.com
Compiled and edited by Lori Baird, The Complete Book Of Raw Food: Healthy, Delicious
Vegetarian Cuisine Made With Living Foods is a seminal collection of more than 350 recipes and
meal preparation tips from 49 of the world's top "raw food chefs" on using fresh, live ingredients
to
create fabulous meatless meals suited to the vegetarian palate and culinary life style. In addition to
a
wealth of simply wonderful recipes, kitchen cooks are also provided with expert advice and an
extensive "Supplies and Resources" section. From Thai Cucumber Seaweed Salad; Broccoli, Kale
and Celery Juice; Avocado Burritos; and Nutmeat Stroganoff; to Tomatillo Salsa; Mango Tart
with
Pecan Fig Crust and Rambutan Coulis; Five-Minute Raw-Berry Shortcake; and Smooth Coconut
Ice
Cream, the recipes comprising The Complete Book Of Raw Food will enhance any dining
occasion
from simple family meals to seasonal celebratory occasions.
Christmas Cookies Are For Giving
Kristin Johnson & Mimi Cummins
Tyr Publishing
PO Box 19895, Fountain Hill, AZ 85269
0972347399 $16.95 tyrpublishing.com
The collaborative effort of Kristin Johnson and Mimi Cummins, Christmas Cookies Are For
Giving:
Recipes, Stories And Tips For Making Heartwarming Gifts is the perfect Christmas season cookie
compendium that will prove to be a family favorite all the year round. A mouth-watering
collection
of holiday cookies, Christmas candies, and yuletide snacks, each cookie is enhanced with a
full-color
photo. In addition to the easy-to-make recipes, kitchen cooks are also provided with tips for
baking,
storing, giving, and shipping these fragile and delicious treats. From Buttery Pecan Tartletts;
Zinger
Lemon Bars; and Scottish Shortbread; to Cranberry Decadent Cookies; Hazelnut Cappuccino
Cookies; and Butterball Santas, Christmas Cookies Are For Giving is an enthusiastically
recommended addition to any family-friendly cookbook collection.
The Lost Art Of Pie Making Made Easy
Barbara Swell
Native Ground Music
109 Bell Road, Asheville, NC 28805-1521
1883206421 $5.95 1-800-752-2656
The Lost Art Of Pie Making Made Easy is a slender (72-page) gem of a specialty cookbook
dedicated to passing along the pie-making wisdom of an American yesteryear to a new generation
of
kitchen cooks with an appreciation for old-fashion recipes that range from Double Sour Cherry
Amaretto; Aunt Martha's Coconut Cream; Bourbon Pecan; and Mom's Lemon Meringue; to
Honey
Apple Dumplings, Louisiana Peanut; Hot Fudge Funny Cake, and Vanilla Crumb. The Lost Art
Of
Pie Making Made Easy is more than just another recipe collection, it is nicely enhanced
throughout
with such tidbits of advice as how to overcoming pie crust fear and how to host your own pie
contest, to insights into just why men love pie and a pie calorie work-off system. Illustrated with
vintage photos and laced with advice from 1930's era "Pie Aunts", The Lost Art Of Pie Making
Made Easy will prove to be an immediately popular addition to any kitchen cookbook collection
--
not to mention family dinner menu planning!
Remembering Diamond Heat, Remembering Hawai'i
Shirley Tong Parola
Lisa Parola Gaynier
Diamond Hawai'i Press
PO Box 1401, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1401
0966645707 $19.95 www.amazon.com
The collaboration of Shirley Tong Parola and Lisa Parola Gaynier, Remembering Diamond Heat,
Remembering Hawai'i: A Cookbook Memoir Of Hawai'i And Its Food won first place in the
cookbook category of the Writer's Digest International's Self-Published Book Awards. Packed
from
cover to cover with 250 delicious recipes and regional culinary favorites of the Hawaiian islands,
of
special note are the sidebars on every page providing advice and instruction on everything from
locating and selecting ingredients, to their preparation and preservation. From Coconut
Cardamom
Coffee Cake; Papaya and Chinese Greens Salad; Mahimahi Chowder; and Mango Chutney Dip; to
Pacific Rim Barbecue; Sauteed Salmon Filet with Avocado Sauce; Luau Chicken; and Hawaiian
Style German Chocolate Cake, Remembering Diamond Heat, Remembering Hawai'i is an ideal
and
highly recommended addition to any adventurous collection of ethnic and regional
cookbooks.
The Science Shelf
March Of The Machines
Kevin Warwick
University of Illinois Press
1325 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820-6975
0252072235 $19.95 1-800-545-4703
March Of The Machines: The Breakthrough In Artificial Intelligence by Kevin Warwick
(Professor
of Cybernetics, University of Reading, United Kingdom) is an informed and informative survey
into
the history, philosophy, and state-of-the-art exposition on the development of artificial
intellegiance
within the framework of computer science. Drawing upon the author's extensive knowledge of the
field, including his personal achievement of building robots that communicate in their own
language,
teach each other lessons, and behave as they will with regard to human beings, March Of The
Machines is part history and part future speculation con-cerning the science of robots and its
current
and forthcoming impact on humanity. Claiming that the possibility exists for machine intelligence
to
surpass human intelligence, and therefore human domination of the planet, all in the reasonably
near
future, March Of The Machines is a riveting and thought-provoking discussion of what composes
intellect and the fallout of man's own scientific achievements. Also very highly recommended is
Kevin Warwick's autobiography, I, Cyborg (025207-2154, $19.95) and his experiences as a
cybernetic pioneer who used his own body to advancing the science of cybernetics by surgically
replacing parts of his own organic system with technological implants.
Ecological Psychoacoustics
John G. Neuhoff, editor
Elsevier Academic Press
525 B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495
0125158513 $69.95 books.elsevier.com
Ecological Psychoacoustics is an scientific and technical assemblage of articles by a wide variety
of
learned authors, concerning ecological psychoacoustics, a branch of study that involves the
complex
interactions behind detecting and recognizing sounds. Intended for consultation by experts and
advanced students in the field, essays in Ecological Psychoacoustics coversuch topics as auditory
motion and localization, psychological assessment of noise, pitch and pitch structures, loudness,
interacting perceptual dimensions, and more. Black-and-white diagrams help visualize complex
scientific, acoustic, and mathematical concepts in this sober and scholarly anthology.
Sociology
David M. Newman
Pine Forge Press/Sage Publications
2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-2218
www.sagepub.com
0761988289 $79.95 1-800-818-7243
Now in a substantial revised and expanded fifth edition, Sociology: Exploring The Architecture
Of
Everyday Life By David M. Newman (Professor of Sociology, DePauw University) is organized
into
three major sections: "The individual and Society"; "The Construction of Self and Society"; and
Social Structure, Institutions, and Everyday Life. This newly updated edition features an
expanded
discussio
