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Athena And Eden
Robert Bowie Johnson
Solving Light Books
727 Mountalban Dr. Annapolis MD 21401
0970543816 $14.95 athenaandeden.com
Athena And Eden: The Hidden Meaning Of The Parthenon's East Facade by author and educator
Robert Bowie Johnson, Jr. offers the non-specialist general reader a unique, accessible, and
provocative look at classical artwork and human spirituality. Athena And Eden focuses on the
majesty of the Parthenon and its mystical connection to the Book of Genesis. Illustrated with
numerous black-and-white photographs of Greek artistic treasures, sculptures, and pottery,
Athena And Eden is an original, seminal, ground breaking, unforgettable, and highly
recommended perspective that will be of particular interest to students of Hellenic art,
architecture, mythology, and religion.
Dover Publications
31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, NY 11501
1-800-223-3130
Five new titles are excellent additions to any comprehensive art library. Samuel and Narcissa
Chamberlain's Charleston Interiors (048641826X, $19.95) selects a little over fifty of the South
Carolina city's most memorable older structures, focusing on interiors and presenting black and
white photos and illustrations. Harry Borgman's pen and pencil drawing techniques (418014,
$19.95) provides a range of techniques and media for rendering ideas on paper. Pencil and ink
drawing receive their own sections covering materials, tools, and techniques, with almost thirty
stepbystep demonstrations making these easy to reproduce. Mostly black and white and some
color illustrations provide plenty of embellishment. Kristina Harris edits Victorian Fashion In
America (0486418146, $12.95), a photo survey of Victorian fashion which presents over two
hundred images selected from a range of Victorian works. The black and white images go far in
exploring Victorian fashion and style. Joseph Gregor's Masks Of The World (048641793X,
$16.95) presents over two hundred photos of masks, using an noted expert's insights to explore
the varied types of masks worn around the world over a period of centuries. Essential for any
interested in masks and their history. Richardson Wright deftly edits Distinctive House Design
And D‚cor Of The Twenties (0486418251, $22.95), which packs in over 500 floor plans and
illustrations of early homes. From coverage of four ideal smaller houses of different styles to
sections on elements of house construction, this reviews traditional housing and its qualities.
Agave Sunsets
Ann Hazard
Renegade Enterprises
PO Box 1505, Solana Beach, CA 92075
0965322335 $19.95 http://bajamagic.com
Agave Sunsets: Treasured Tales Of Baja is a memorable compilation of Baja anecdotes by Ann
Hazard in a celebration of the heart and life of Mexico. From "Boys ' Beer in Baja" and "Dirt
Roads in the Dark", to Baja's Exotic Wine Country" to "I've Got Todos Santos on My Mind",
these engaging and entertaining stories are told in a personable tone, and illustrated with color
photographs. A flavorful piece of Mexican life and culture, Agave Sunsets is highly recommended
reading!
Metrobooks/Fairfax Publishers
230 5th Ave., #700, NY NY 10001
Three new titles are excellent picks for any interested in sports, cars, and transportation. Duane
Falk's The Daytona 500 (1586631691, $19.98) provides a blend of race car history and a 'you are
there' atmosphere. Black and white and color photos throughout chart the major events of the
Daytona 500 race. Rob Leicester Wagner's Cadillac (1683, $14.98) provides a visual display of
the evolving models of Cadillac over the decades, tracing its reputation for stylish design and its
growing reputation for lavish quality. Recommended for avid fans of the auto. Amy and Ted
Williams' The American Fighter Plane (1756, $19.98) excels in beautiful illustrations by artist Ted
Williams and includes archival photos along with its survey of the evolution of this military
fighter. Packed with vintage illustrations, this is a history not to be missed. All are suitable gift
choices or coffee table embellishments.
Up From Here
Iyanla Vanzant
Harper: San Francisco
353 Sacramento Street, #500, San Francisco, CA 94111-3653
0062517597 $16.95 1-800-272-7737
Up From Here: Reclaiming The Male Spirit by inspirational author Iyanla Vanzant is a "user
friendly" self-help guide for men to embrace and take advantage of the strengths and spiritual
essence of masculinity. From rising above painful negative emotions of shame, fear, and anger, to
overcoming personal demons, to embracing personal stories and finding true inner strength, Up
From Here is insightful, thoughtful, and highly recommended guide for men seeking to transform
their emotions into spiritual power and personal freedom.
Allworth Press
10 E. 23rd St. #510, NY, NY 10010
1-800-491-2808 www.amazon.com
Three excellent new titles from Allworth Press will appeal to any working actively in the art
world. Steven Heller's Graphic Design Reader (1581152140, $19.95) examines the art and craft
of design, offering nearly fifty essays on everything from cultural icons and influential art
publications to underground movements. The author's personal approach lends to an inviting,
lively discussion of modern cultural influences on graphics. Jill Snyder's Caring For Your Art
(1581152000, $19.95) appears in its third edition to provide both lay readers and art pros with
solid advice on how to care for art, whether it be in a gallery or at home. From packing and
transporting art to displaying photos safely, this includes discussions of security. Glenn Alterman's
Making It In New York City (1581152132, $19.95) is a promising guide for actors who seek to
make it big in the Big Apple. With specifics on everything from gaining 'survival employment' to
finding an agent and making professional connections in the city, this includes invaluable advice
on avoiding common scams and building an acting career in a demanding environment.
This Is How I Speak
Sandi Sonnenfeld
Impassio Press
PO Box 31905, Seattle, WA 98103
0971158312 $15.00 www.amazon.com
It's difficult to easily categorize This Is How I Speak: The Diary Of A Young Woman. It is
somewhere between a diary, biography, literary memoir and confessional lies a captivating story
of one woman's winning literary achievements and her recovery from a sexual assault. Her diary is
filled with insight, from her work in the arts to her blossoming skills and identity. This Is How I
Speak is an absorbing, high-impact coverage.
Ballad Of Carl Drega
Vin Suprynowicz
Mountain Media
561Keystone Ave. #684, Reno, NV 89503
0967025923 $24.95 www.amazon.com
Few may have heard of Carl Drega, but Vin Suprynowicz's Ballad Of Carl Drega will restore his
name to public fame by providing a series of his essays on the Freedom Movement from 1994 to
2001. Carl fought for the rights of the individual: his story blends with others who have waged
war on those who would limit freedoms in this eye-opening text on government and individual
conflicts.
Scholarly Resources
104 Greenhill Ave. Wilmington DE 19805
1-800-772-8937 www.amazon.com
Three very different new titles are recommended library additions for any collection serious about
world history. Wendy Kasinec and Michael Polushin edit Expanding Empires (0842027319,
$19.95), which considers cultural exchange events of early empire building nations. From
interactions between Africa and the Arab world to Roman's experience of German 'kings', this
provides an intriguing juxtaposition of articles and varied disciplinary approaches. Wilbert Jenkins'
Climbing Up To Glory (084202817X, $21.95) provides a historical account of Afro-American life
and social struggles. What makes this different is its focus on Afro-Americans during the Civil
War itself and shortly thereafter: a narrowed approach that allows for a clearer portrait of social
issues brought about by liberation. Lawrence Kaplan's Alexander Hamilton (0842028781, $19.95)
provides a focus on early American foreign policy in general and Hamilton's pivotal role in
developing this policy. While acknowledging British political institutions, he didn't accept British
policies and earned both opponents and acclaim for promoting American independence. All are
notable history titles for advanced high school through college readers.
Wisconsin Off The Beaten Path
Martin Hintz & Daniel Hintz
The Globe Pequot Press
PO Box 480, Guilford, CT 06437
0762722215 $12.95 globe-pequot.com
Now in a completely updated sixth edition, Wisconsin Off The Beaten Path: A Guide To Unique
Places is an exciting travel guide to enriching one's Wisconsin vacation, whether one is relaxing
for a single afternoon or weeks on end. Divided by region, and offering maps, unusual
accommodations and attractions, as well as lists of county and state parks and unique museums,
Wisconsin Off The Beaten Path is an excellent and enthusiastically recommended guide for any
Wisconsin native looking for an entertaining day trip or weekend adventure, as well as the
out-of-state vacationer looking for something fresh and new in what the Badger State has to
offer!
Retro Ride
Tony Swan
Collectors Press, Inc.
PO Box 230986, Portland, OR 97281
188805462X $39.95 1-800-423-1848
Through the reproduction of more than five hundred historical print advertisements in their
original form and color, Retro Ride traces the evolution of the automobile and the developing
sophistication of the marketing messages that helped to popularize the automobile and forever
alter American popular culture. Over a spectrum of five decades ranging from the "Roaring
Twenties through the Go-Go Sixties, Retro Ride showcases original print advertizing that
provided the consumer public with information and myth with that shaped their perspectives,
attitudes and relationships to the automobile. A unique contribution to American popular culture
histories, Retro Ride reflects an undeniable nostalgia for those of us who can vividly remember
when such cars and such ads offered up automotive visions of affordable paradise and personal
fulfillment.
Bicycle Repair Step-by-Step
Rob Van der Plas
Van der Plas Publications
1282 7th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94122
1892495392 $18.95 1-877-353-1207
Bicycle Repair Step-by-Step: How To Maintain And Repair Your Bicycle by bike expert Rob Van
der Plas is a highly practical and thoroughly "user friendly" guide filled from cover to cover with
straightforward, simple, and clear instructions enhanced with full-color illustrations on the skills
and arts of keeping a bicycle in the best possible condition. From knowing what tools assemble
and keep on hand, to maintenance of the gears, brakes, and suspension, to wheel replacement and
more, Bicycle Repair Step-by-Step is a superbly presented guide and first-rate reference.
French Lessons
Peter Mayle
Vintage Books
280 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017
0375705619 $12.95 1-800-726-0600
French Lessons: Adventures With Knife, Fork, And Corkscrew by Francophile and culinary
expert Peter Mayle is an informed and engaging guide to proper etiquette with respect to the
French culinary culture. From what to wear, to instructions on gracefully wielding dining utensils,
to the author's personal and anecdotal stories of gourmet delights, French Lessons is the next best
thing to enjoying sumptuous French cuisine itself! Also highly recommended are Peter Mayle's
previous books on French culture and country, A Year In Provence; Anything Considered;
Chasing Cezanne; Toujours Provence; and Encore Provence.
Making Museums Matter
Stephen E. Weil
Smithsonian Institution Press
750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 4300, Washington, DC 20560-0950
1588340007 $18.95 1-800-782-4612
Written by Stephen E. Weil experienced and witty commentator on the museum community who
is currently the Scholar Emeritus in the Smithsonian Institution's Center for Education and
Museum Studies, Making Museums Matter is an outstanding selection of informed and
informative essays about the difference that museums make, their role in preserving and
showcasing history and art to the public, cost-related problems plaguing museums today, and a
great deal more. Making Museums Matter is enthusiastically recommended as a most thoughtful
and authoritative treatise on these notable and noble institutions.
Legal Research
Stephen Elias & Susan Levinkind
Nolo Press
950 Parker Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
0873378350 $34.99 www.nolo.com
Now in its tenth edition, Legal Research: How To Find & Understand The Law by attorneys
Stephen Elias and Susan Levinkind is a simple, direct, straightforward, "user friendly" guide to the
extremely complicated and tricky topic of doing legal research. Individual chapters address how
to properly frame questions in legal categories and efficiently look up relevant laws and case
history. Legal Research is emphatically not a substitute for a consultation with an attorney;
however, a close reading followed by judicious use of its fact-finding methods is a superbly
effective way for non-specialist general readers to prepare themselves before sitting down with a
billed-by-the-hour consultation with a licensed attorney or paralegal researcher!
The New White Nationalism In America
Carol M. Swain
Cambridge University Press
40 West 20th Street, NY, NY 10011-4211
0521808863 $30.00 www.cambridge.org
The New White Nationalism In America: It's Challenge To Integration by Carol M. Swain
(Professor of Political Science and Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University) is a clarion call of
warning, regarding the building solidarity of a non-violent, "white nationalist" movement in
contemporary America. Rather than rely on force and terrorism, this movement seeks to advance
its agenda through persuasion of its target white audience, embraces separation, undercuts the
civil rights era vision of an integrated America of true equality -- that what is separate cannot be
evil. A timely and seminal work with an ominous warning message, The New White Nationalism
In America is very strongly recommended for Political Science and Social Issues reference
collections and supplemental reading lists.
The Science Shelf
I Have Landed
Stephen Jay Gould
Harmony Books
299 Park Avenue, New York NY 10171
0609601431 $25.95 1-800-726-0600
I Have Landed is the tenth and final collection of essays based on Gould's contributions to Natural
History magazine, and provides over thirty writings that demonstrate his beliefs and scientific
insights. From icebergs to the Andes, these are rich in observation and scientific insight and
flavored
with Gould's own particular spice of wry humor.
W.W. Norton & Company
500 5th Ave., New York NY 10110
1-800-233-4830 www.amazon.com
Such notable writers as Stephen W. Hawking and Timothy Ferris contribute to The Future Of
Spacetime (0393020223, $25.95), a set of intriguing speculations on problems associated with
time
travel and relativity. Essays discuss new concepts of the 'new physics', considering such varied
topics
as whether time machines can exist and if so, if they can change the past; and the possibility of
space
warps. An intriguing guide. Mark Buchanan's Nexus (0393041530, $25.95) examines the world
of
networks from social networks to disease and information systems, skirting the boundaries of
science, health and sociology to consider how geometry can explain human behavior. His survey
considers how these networks interact and change.
The Impact Of The Gene
Colin Tudge
Hill & Wang
c/o Farrar Straus Giroux
19 Union Square West, NY, NY 10003
0809057433 $15.00 1-800-242-7737
The future of the human race and its probes into genetics is considered in The Impact Of The
Gene,
a title that deftly blends the history of genetic research with an informative discussion of future
trends of geneticbased technologies. From the initial establishment of genetics as a science by a
19th
century friar to latest advancements by genetics which have affected everyday life, The Impact Of
The Gene makes some pointed observations about genetics and its influence on our world.
Linked
Albert Laszlo Barabasi
Perseus
11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02124
0738206679 $26.00 1-800-242-7737
In Linked, a scientist intrigued by the new science of networks traces the history of connected
systems, from the early graph theory by a Swiss mathematician to new biology developments in
cancer research based on cellular networks. 'Networking' here goes far beyond the computer
world
into the worlds of biology and hard science, showing how networks cross disciplines and
applications to provide new insights.
Megalodon
Mark Renz
PaleoPress
213 Lincoln Ave, Lehigh Acres, FL 33972
0971947708 $24.95 www.paleopress.net
Megalodon: Hunting The Hunter by paleontologist Mark Renzis the amazing saga of the
evolutionary rise and fall of the Megalodon, a gigantic and deadly shark. From the hunt for
Megalodon fossils, to the ecology of an efficient and successful predator, Megalodon is packed
from
cover to cover with a wealth of fascinating information, 390 illustrations and photos, and an
accurate portrait of what these ancient eating machines were really like in the high seas. A superb
and eye-opening paleontology account that is an enthusiastically recommended addition to
paleontology reference collections and supplemental reading lists, Megalodon is enhanced for the
readers with fifty international sites where they can search for Meg teeth, a color identification
section of Meg and her ancestors, and more!
The Artbook Shelf
Images Of Desire
Auguste Rodin
Schirmer/Mosel
c/o Te Neues Publishing
16 West 22 Street, New York, NY 10010
3888149401 $35.00 1-800-352-0305
Images Of Desire: Erotic Watercolors And Cut-Outs showcases the erotic watercolor illustrations
and cut-out artwork by Auguste Rodin, the famed French artist most commonly known through
his
sculptures. A brief introduction by Anne-Marie Bonnet adds pensive thought on these minimalist,
somewhat abstract yet undeniably sensual and sexual artworks celebrating pleasure and love.
Intense
imagery evokes passion out of the simplest lines. The full color reproductions are superbly
presented
and make Images Of Desire a welcome and highly recommended addition to personal, academic,
and
community library Art History and Art Appreciation reference collections.
The Poetry Of Everyday Life
Ronni Baer
MFA Publications
465 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115
0878466312 $24.95 www.mfa.org
The Poetry Of Everyday Life: Dutch Painting In Boston by 17th Century Dutch and Felmish art
specialist Ronni Baer (Mrs. Russell W. Baker Senior Curator of Painting in the Art of Europe at
the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) was produced to accompany the exhibition currently on view at
the
Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts showcasing and celebrating the longstanding
relationship between the Boston gentry and the 17th Century Dutch masters. The Dutch painting
style of the times was visually both physical and moral -- traits that had a strong appeal for the
early
Bostonian upper classes and reflects a surprising collection of works that have rarely, if ever, been
seen by the general public. Collectors have lent their prized paintings to the exhibition and made
them available for reproduction and expert commentary in The Poetry Of Everyday Life. Here are
masterworks by Rembrandt, van der Heyden, van Ruisdael, and many others making The Poetry
Of
Everyday Life an invaluable addition to any personal Art History collection. Highly recommended
for school and community libraries, The Poetry Of Everyday Life is also available in a hardcover
edition (0878466312, $40.00).
DC Comics Guide To Pencilling Comics
Klaus Janson
Watson Guptill
770 Broadway, New York NY 10003
0823010287 $19.95 1-800-451-1741
Aspiring cartoonists and comic artists of all ages will welcome DC Comics Guide To Pencilling
Comics, an inspirational guide, penned by Klaus Janson, a comic book artist with over thirty years
of
experience. From creating effective and smooth visual communication sequences to learning about
borders and completion processes, DC Comics Guide To Pencilling Comics is filled with
examples
from Janson's own successful work.
The Gardening Shelf
The Compleat Gardener
Molly Hackett & Georgianna Taylor
The Missoulian
c/o Farcountry Press
3020 Bozeman Avenue, Helena, MT 59601
0963467948 $14.95 1-800-654-1105
Collaboratively written by master Montana gardeners Molly Hackett and Georgianna Taylor, The
Compleat Gardener: Questions And Answers To Northern Climate Gardening is an informed and
informative horticultural guide entirely laid out in an easy-to-read question-and-answer format to
address a variety of tough gardening problems. Organized by season, the questions spread over a
wide range of plant-related problems from keeping ivy alive in winter to the best flowers to plant
to
attract hummingbirds. The Compleat Gardener truly lives up to its title and is a highly
recommended
and "reader friendly" resource.
Advanced Home Gardening
Miranda Smith
Creative Homeowner
PO Box 38, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458-0038
1580110738 $24.95 1-800-631-7795
Advanced Home Gardening: Cutting-Edge Growing Techniques For Gardeners is expert gardener
and gardening instructor Miranda Smith is a beautifully presented and informative gardening guide
enhanced with over 800 color photographs and illustrations. Featuring detailed instructions about
growing flowers, vegetables, herbs, fruits, and just about anything one desires using expert means
of
raising the healthiest plants and coaxing the highest yield, Advanced Home Gardening is a solid,
practical, "user friendly" reference covering everything from plant pests and hardiness zones to
exposure requirements, blooming seasons, and propagation information. A first-class guide for the
serious-minded home gardener, Advanced Home Gardening is enthusiastically recommended for
personal and community library gardening reference collections.
Urban Sanctuaries
Stephen Anderton
Timber Press
133 SW Second Avenue, Suite 450, Portland, OR 97204-3527
0881925020 $29.95 1-800-327-5680
Illustrated with more than 100 photographs, Urban Sanctuaries: Peaceful Havens For The City
Gardener by gardening columnist, author and lecturer Stephen Anderton is a basic and
straightforward guide for green thumbs living in the big city. In addition to completely "user
friendly" and basic gardening advice and clearly portrayed do-it-yourself instructions, Urban
Sanctuaries also features numerous "design solutions" to the creation of aesthetically pleasing
home
gardens that combine beauty with freshness and practicality. A fine book for anyone who wants to
reap the visual, fragrant, and edible wards of introducing plant life into their city home, Urban
Sanctuaries is a highly recommended addition to personal, professional, and academic reading lists
and reference collections.
The Prairie Spirit In Landscape Gardening
Wilhelm Miller
University of Massachusetts Press
PO Box 429, Amherst, MA 01004
1558493298 $34.95 umass.edu/umpress
The Prairie Spirit In Landscape Gardening is a reprint of a classic treatise first published in 1915,
about a uniquely American style of landscape design - the "prairie style." Black-and-white
photographs of designs for Chicago's Graceland Cemetery and Midwestern landscapes by Walter
Burley Griffin and Warren H. Manning complement an informative text that has stood the test of
time as a hallmark of American landscape gardening cultural trends. An extensive introduction to
the
new edition rounds out this remarkable and enduring work, The Prairie Spirit In Landscape
Gardening is a welcome and strongly recommended addition to personal, professional, academic,
and community library landscaping and gardening supplemental reading lists and reference
collections.
The Business Shelf
Be The Boss Your Employees Deserve
Ken Lloyd, Ph.D.
Career Press
PO Box 687, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417
1564145891 $15.99 careerpress.com
Be The Boss Your Employees Deserve by Ken Lloyd is a solid guide to giving one's employees
the
best, and getting the best from them in return. From building trust and confidence in one's
leadership; to handling problem employees efficiently; and checking up on one's own performance,
Be The Boss Your Employees Deserve is a practical, useful, "reader friendly" and strongly
recommended guide to supervisory management success.
Simply Essential Landlord's Kit
Timothy Madden
Self-Counsel Press
c/o International SelfCounsel Press
1704 State Street, Bellingham, WA 98225
1551803844 $15.95 self-counsel.com
Simply Essential Landlord's Kit is a highly useful, very practical guide and one which is especially
ideal for the novice landlord with no previous experience at renting apartments, houses, or
commercial properties to tenants. Packed from cover to cover with reproducible forms, a wealth
of
informative tips for getting started, The Simply Essential Landlord's Kit is enhanced with a disk
offering printable files of the forms in MS Word and PDF format. Simply Essential Landlord's Kit
is
a user-friendly and strongly recommended resource for any landlord looking to simplify the
paperwork while professionalizing their business.
4 Secrets Of High Performing Organizations
Bud Bilanich
Front Row Press
875 South Colorado Blvd., #773, Denver, CO 80246
1929774133 $14.95 oegconsulting.com
4 Secrets Of High Performing Organizations: Beyond The Flavor Of The Month To Lasting
Results
is a "user friendly" business manager's guide that emphasizes the importance of not falling into
business or marketing "fads". Instead, business managers and supervisors can establish profitable
and
efficient organizations by using basic, solid principles of dialogue with the folks who really know
what's going on, by keeping things clear and open, by effectively measuring success and
excellence,
and by balancing cost vs. quality. An extraordinary presentation of "common sense, uncommon
wisdom" is presented in a straightforward, no-nonsense manner. Anecdotes help illustrate the
practical and important ideas in this highly recommended instructional reference designed
specifically for anyone having a responsibility at any level for the success and profitability of a
business enterprise.
The Biography Shelf
Beyond The Limits
Stacy Allison with Peter Carlin
Hara Publishing
PO Box 507, Lynnwood, WA 98046
1883697824 $15.95 1-800-461-1931
Collaboratively written by Stacy Allison and Peter Carlin, Beyond The Limits: A Woman's
Triumph
On Everest is the amazing, autobiographical account of Stacy Allison who became the first
American women to reach the highest point on Earth, Mount Everest itself. In addition to the
courageous tale of her 1988 climb, Beyond the Limits also tells of Stacy's personal challenges,
including how she had to walk out of an abusive marriage. Beyond The Limits is the uplifting and
very highly recommended autobiographical story of one woman's strength and personal
determination.
Return To Toonaklut
Jeff Davis
Safari Press
15621 Chemical Lane, Bldg. B, Huntington Beach, CA 92649-1506
1571572503 $34.95 safaripress.com
Return To Toonaklut: The Russell Annabel Story is the extraordinary story of Russell Annabel, a
colorful man representative of a very special aspect of twentieth century American history. A
virtual
legend of the Alaskan bush, who wrote memorable stories about hunting in the far north, Russell's
personal life was marred with mishap as he eventually left Alaska fleeing the law, and was
deserted
by his wife and children. Highly recommended reading for hunting and outdoor adventure
enthusiasts, Return To Toonaklut is the fascinating, compelling story of the life of a complex man
caught up in complex circumstances.
Lunch At Toad River
Sally Lesh
Point Adolphus Press
PO Box 200, Gustavus, AK 99826
0970876904 $14.95 PointAdolphus.com
Lunch At Toad River: Moving To Alaska by Sally Lesh is the personal and enjoyable saga of her
family's move into an exciting new world "up north", and their encounters with new local foods,
environments, wildlife, and unexpected experiences on the road. Presented in a day-by-day journal
style, and narrating anecdotes of humor and wonder, Lunch At Toad River offers a very special
autobiographical appeal of Sally, her husband Jack, and their eight children traveling a
12,000-mile
journey to a new life in Alaska.
Madame Ambassador
Mari-Luci Jaramillo
Bilingual Press
PO Box 872702, Tempe, AZ, 85287-2702
1931010048 $15.00 www.asu.edu/brp
Madame Ambassador: The Shoemaker's Daughter is Mari-Luci Jaramillo's candid memoir as the
child of poor immigrants, and who, with a lifetime of experience in solving problems and fighting
poverty and prejudice, earned the distinguished post of being the U.S. ambassador to Honduras.
Madame Ambassador is a very highly recommended and intensely personal testimony of personal
courage, compassion, and inner strength.
The End Of Innocence
Chastity Bono & Michele Kort
Advocate Books
c/o Alyson Publications
Box 4371, Los Angeles, CA 90078-4371
1555836208 $22.95 www.alyson.com
The End Of Innocence is the personal memoir of Chastity Bono, the daughter of the famous
entertainment celebrities Cher and Sonny Bono. With the literary assistance of Journalist Michele
Kort, Chastity Bono recounts her lesbian love and partnership with Joan Stephens, as well as the
horror of watching the woman she loved succumb to non-Hodgkins lymphoma. The End Of
Innocence is strongly recommended reading as deeply personal autobiography of great love, loss,
grief, courage, and the will to live one's own life on one's own terms.
Thomas Hardy
Richard L. Purdy, author
Charles P.C. Pettit, editor
Oak Knoll Press
310 Delaware St., New Castle, DE 19720
1584560703 $65.00 www.oakknoll.com
Written by the late Richard L. Purdy (1904-1990) and edited by Charles P.C. Pettit (Assistant
County Librarian, Oxfordshire County Council, England), the Oak Knoll Press edition of Thomas
Hardy: A Bibliographical Study is a meticulous, scholarly, modern-day update of the original
1954
edition which catalogues and references material published about the life and work of Thomas
Hardy. From identifying and correcting errors in the first publication to adding five decades of
new
information, Thomas Hardy is the definitive and highly recommended guide and catalogue to
references regarding Hardy and the scholarship associated with the canon of his literary
achievements.
Outlaw Woman
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
City Lights
261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94133
0872863905 $17.95 www.citylights.com
Outlaw Woman: A Memoir Of The War Years, 1960-1975 by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz is the
personal
and autobiographical testimony of a dedicated anti-war organizer, feminist, and New Left activist
who rose from a poverty-stricken childhood to dedicate herself to making a difference. Outlaw
Woman is very highly recommended reading as a forcefully told, openly honest, and strongly
charged saga of one woman's daily struggle to get her message out to and change society
itself.
Living At The Edge
Michael Squires & Lynn K. Talbot
The University of Wisconsin Press
1930 Monroe Street, Madison, WI 53711
0299177505 $34.95 http://www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress
Collaboratively researched and written by the husband and wife team of Michael Squires
(Professor
of English, Virginia Tech) and Lynn K. Talbot Professor of Spanish, Roanoke College), Living At
The Edge: A Biography Of D. H. Lawrence & Frieda Von Richthofen is a thoughtful and
searching
biography of one of literature's most famous married couples. The vital relationship between D.H.
Lawrence and Frieda von Richthofen, (and Frieda's influence Lawrence's writing), are revealed
and
documented in this exhaustive, scholarly history of both their lives, which is drawn from a wide
variety of sources including Frieda's own letters. An excellent reference especially meant to
complement literary collections of Lawrence's work, Living At The Edge is highly recommended
reading for students of D.H. Lawrence and a superbly presented addition to academic reference
collections.
An American Musical Dynasty
Paul S. Larson
Lehigh University Press
440 Forsgate Drive, Cranbury, NJ 08512
0934223688 $55.00 http://is1.cc.lehigh.edu/inlup/
An American Musical Dynasty: A Biography Of The Wolle Family Of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania by
music historian and educator Paul S. Larson (Professor Emeritus, Moravian College, Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania) is a unique and fascinating historical examination and history of the Wolle family
whose influential and enduring musical tradition was founded in the American colonial era of the
1700's. The rise of their music intertwined with the Moravian Church tells the history of the
Moravian culture, as well as that of a very fine style of exquisite concert music. An American
Musical Dynasty is a deftly written, thoroughly researched, and highly recommended biographical
saga tracing family, music, faith, and way of life throughout centuries of American history.
The Computer Shelf
What Your Computer Consultant Doesn't Want You To Know
Joshua Feinberg
Small Biz Tech Talk Press
PO Box 541958, Greenacres, FL 33467
http://www.smallbiztechtalk.com
0971415382 $19.99 1-866-832-4397
Written specifically for the non-specialist general reader by small business technology expert,
columnist and consultant Joshua Feinberg, What Your Computer Consultant Doesn't Want You
to
Know: 101 Money-Saving Secrets Of Expensive Techies is a solid, practical, effective, "user
friendly", cost-saving guide which is an ideal "how to" instructional reference for small business
managers who may have only a limited understanding of the inner workings of computers. From
saving money on personal computer hardware and software, to tips for backing up data and
shielding against viruses, What Your Computer Consultant Doesn't Want You To Know is a
highly
practical and enthusiastically recommended advice book which will quickly and expressly to pay
for
itself!
Murach's Beginning Visual Basic .NET
Anne Prince
Mike Murach & Associates, Inc.
2560 West Shaw Lane, Suite 101, Fresno, CA 93711-2765
1890774154 $49.50 www.murach.com
Murach's Beginning Visual Basic .NET by computer expert Anne Prince is a thorough, accessible,
comprehensive introduction to programming in Visual Basic .NET. From developing
object-oriented
applications, to using XML with files, to creating and using web services, the information and
instruction is superbly organized and designed to immediately launch the user into their own
projects. Sample code, 18 complete applications, detailed instructions, and a wealth of "user
friendly", easy-to-understand tips, trick, and techniques make Murach's Beginning Visual Basic
.NET an excellent and highly recommended resource for the novice VB.NET programmer.
Python Programming With The Java Class Libraries
Richard Hightower
Addison-Wesley
75 Arlington St, #300, Boston, MA 02116
0201616165 $49.99 awprofessional.com
Python Programming With The Java Class Libraries: A Tutorial For Building Web And Enterprise
Applications With Python by Richard Hightower (CTO at Trivera Technologies) is a practical and
completely user-friendly guide to teaching yourself to combine Python programming language
with
the more widely-used Java. This "user friendly" tutorial covers everything from Java and Python
basics to advanced topics such as using Python and Java Swing to create GUI's, working with
SQL
and JDBC, applets for Python and Java, and much more. Step-by-step instructions, countless
examples, and straightforward, reader accessible text makes Python Programming With The Java
Class Libraries a superb and highly recommended resource for Python and Java programmers
from
all experience levels and backgrounds.
iPhoto: The Missing Manual
David Pogue, et al.
Pogue Press
c/o O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
101 Morris Street, Sebastopol, CA 95472
059600365X $24.95 missingmanuals.com
Collaboratively written by David Pogue (computer columnist for the New York Times); Joseph
Schorr (software product manager and Macworld contributor); and Derrick Story (professional
photographer and manager of the O'Reilly Network), iPhoto: The Missing Manual is a
straightforward, comprehensive, authoritative, and thoroughly user-friendly guide to the free
iPhoto
1.1.1. software for the Macintosh OS X. iPhoto: The Missing Manual is a superbly written and
presented introduction to making the best use of iPhoto ability to create works of art from the
footage of a digital camera. From setting up slide shows; to designing pages in a photography
book;
to file management, lighting techniques, and more, iPhoto: The Missing Manual is a "must-have"
instructional reference for anyone seeking to make the most of their iPhoto software.
Visual Basic.NET Unleashed
Paul Kimmel
Sams Publishing
201 West 103rd Street, Indianapolis, IN 46290-1097
067232234X $49.99 www.mcp.com
Visual Basic.NET Unleashed by computer expert Paul Kimmel is a complete, "user friendly", very
highly recommended instructional and reference book on the fundamentals of programming with a
fully object-oriented language filled with new idioms and capabilities. In addition to the
fundamentals, Visual Basic.NET Unleashed covers: free threading and multithreading; inheritance;
virtual methods and shared methods; structured exception handling; event handling; encapsulation
at
the namespace level; Web Services; and NET Framework compatibility. User Level:
Beginning-Intermediate, 850 pages.
Absolute BSD
Michael Lucas
No Starch Press
555 De Haro Street, Suite 250, San Fancisco, CA 94107
1886411743 $39.95 www.nostarch.com
Absolute BSD: The Ultimate Guide To Free BSD by computer expert Michael Lucas is a
thorough
and comprehensive user's guide to FreeBSD, the versatile and free Unix-based operating system
that
many choose as their preferred server. Individual chapters address installation, debugging, setting
up
web and ftp services, Microsoft's Shared Source .Net Implementation for FreeBSD, and much
more.
Highly practical, and deliberately written to be accessible for users of all skill and experience
levels,
featuring straightforward text and numerous examples, FreeBSD is an essential instructional
reference for anyone who relies on FreeBSD.
Find It Online
Alan M. Schlein
Facts on Demand Press
206 West Julie Drive, Suite 2, Tempe, AZ 85283
1889150290 $19.95 www.brbpub.com
Collaboratively edited by Peter Weber and J. J. Newby, and now in a fully revised third edition,
Find
It Online: The Complete Guide To Online Research by journalist and online trainer Alan M.
Schlein
is the all-purpose single resource and reference book to looking up the latest and most useful
information on anything, anywhere, using the resources of the Internet. Individual chapters
address
the basics of the Internet, framing one's search strategy, the best tools and search engines
available,
government resources, evaluating the credibility of information found on the net, and a great deal
more. Find It Online is a very highly recommended addition to any personal, professional, school
or
community library Internet Information Resources reference collection.
Web Services Implementatin Guide Volume 1: Getting Started
Brian E. Travis & Mae Ozkan
Architag Press
9678 East Arapahoe Road, #252, Englewood, CO 80112
0964960230 $49.95 http://architag.com
Collaboratively written in a light and engaging style, by Brian E. Travis and Mae Ozkan, Web
Services Implementation Guide Volume 1: Getting Started is a straightforward and "user friendly"
instruction manual that accessibly teaches the reader what web services are and how to take
advantage of them. Written especially for systems architects and developers, it describes in direct,
friendly language how to automate internal systems, determine integration points, and then reveal
integration points as web services. Enhanced with a tutorial on the state of web services
standards,
real-life examples of web service use, code samples and more, Web Services Implementation
Guide
Volume 1: Getting Started is an excellent beginning guide for anyone ready to take the first step
into
capitalizing on the manifold advantages of what the World Wide Web has to offer.
Osborne/McGraw-Hill
2600 Tenth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
1-800-722-4726
Brian Hill's Cisco: The Complete Reference (0072192801, 1200 pages, $59.99) ably presents the
reader with both a technical background as well as on-the-job information packaged in an
accessibly
useful reference which is truly comprehensive in its coverage. From the OSI model and
networking
basics to LAN/WAN switching and security protocols, Cisco technicians will find details on
exactly
the topics they need. Collaborativbely written by Juniper Network experts Matt Kolon and Jeff
Doyle, Juniper Networks Routers: The Complete Reference (0072194812; 1072 pages; $69.99) is
packed from cover to cover with a wealth of tips and useful shortcuts on how to get the job done
quickly and accurately. The is the only instructional reference book written by Juniper insiders,
Juniper Networks Routers is truly a one-stop resource, offering an all-in-one comprehensive
overview and a desktop router reference. All of the major protocols are covered, including
TCP/IP,
IGRP, OSPF, and multicasting. There are even details on configuration and use of firewall filters.
Any company that relies on the Internet as its primary service delivery mechanism will need
Content
Delivery Networking technology and hardware in order to keep pace with its competitors. Scott
Hull's Content Delivery Networks: Web Switching For Security, Availability, And Speed
(0072190469; 608 pages; $55.00) covers IP Routing & Global Peering including OSPF, BGP,
ISIS,
RIP, and more. Enhanced with blueprints containing numerous network topology diagrams
illustrate
and clarify key problems and solutions, Content Delivery Networks is an ideal and strongly
recommended instructional reference for the novice.
Computer Graphics And Animation
Garth Gardner, Ph.D.
Garth Gardner Company
2545 Sandbourne Lane, Herndon, VA 20171
096610756X $24.95 1-866-GoGardner
Computer Graphics And Animation: History, Careers, Expert Advice by computer expert and
academician Garth Gardner is an extensive and informatively accessible tour through a variety of
different artistic careers related to computers that are available for an aspiring computer graphics
experts to pursue. Of special interest is the advice on becoming a CG Artist drawn from
interviews
with ground breaking experts from such industry powerhouses as Rhythm & Hues, Pixar, and
Industrial Light & Magic. From the history of computer animation to practical advice on training
and education for this competitive field, Computer Graphics And Animation is an excellent survey
and a highly recommended primer for anyone interested in learning more about this exciting
vocation.
3D Graphics & Animation
Mark Giambruno
New Riders
201 West 103rd Street, Indianapolis, IN 46290-1097
0735712433, $49.99 www.newriders.com
Computer graphics and animation expert Mark Giambruno draws upon the experiences of
working
professionals about the technology shared through insightful interviews in 3D Graphics &
Animation. Offering the novice strong and "user friendly" presentation of information needed by
those just learning the 3D area and those who are trying to enter the 3D market, this updated and
expanded second edition of 3D Graphics & Animation builds on the well-received segments of the
first edition to cover the basics of 3D in general terms. 3D Graphics & Animation also offers
excellent and comprehenstive coverage of such related topics as developing a story concept,
storyboarding, and putting together a demo real and portfolio. New elements showcased in this
second edition include interviews from industry leaders as well as application specific tutorials for
3Ds max 4, Maya 4, and LightWave 7 that are included on the CD. If you have a project
involving
graphics and animation, then give a careful reading to Mark Giambruno's 3D Graphics &
Animation!
The Metaphysical Studies Shelf
Listening To The Soul
Dovid Krafchow
Xlibris Corporation
436 Walnut Street, 11th floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106
1401048315 $20.95 www.xlibris.com
Listening To The Soul: A Cabalistic Guide To The Tarot by Dovid Krafchow offers a unique
blending of Jewish teachings and the hidden revelations in the use of Tarot cards. From
extrapolating the parables behind the pictures and essence of each card, to awakening the skill of
reading the cards in a cabalistic manner, Listening To The Soul is a compendium of unique
insights
on the meaning of Tarot and a recommended addition to Tarot and Metaphysical Studies
reference
collections and supplemental reading lists. Listening To The Soul is also available in a hardcover
edition (1401048323, $30.99).
The Round Towers Of Atlantis
Henry O'Brien
Adventures Unlimited Press
One Adventure Place, Kempton, IL 60946
http://www.adventuresunlimitedpress.com
1931882010 $18.95 1-815-253-6390
The Round Towers Of Atlantis by Henry O'Brien is the welcome reprint of a long out-of-print
seminal work offering a profound wealth of esoteric wisdom and lore. Originally published back in
1834 as "The Round Towers of Ireland", Henry O'Brien's The Round Towers Of Atlantis
provides
an insightful and thought-provoking inquiry and commentary on the lost civilization of Atlantis,
pre-Christian megalithic architecture, ancient secret societies, the history of the
Tuatha-de-Danaans,
the origins of modern Celtic Christianity, the relationship and connections between Atlantis and
Ireland, and much, much more. Enthusiastically recommended reading for students of occult and
metaphysical studies, The Round Towers Of Atlantis is a treasury of arcane knowledge is
preserved
in this profound and meticulous account that has miraculously survived the test of time.
The Military Shelf
The American Home Guard
Barry M. Stentiford
Texas A&M University Press
4354 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843
1585441813 $44.95 1-800-826-8911
The American Home Guard: The State In The Twentieth Century by Barry M. Stentiford
(Assistant
Professor, Grambling State University) is a studied and informative historical survey on the
contemporary usages and perceived future roles of the National Guard. The Guard's changing and
evolving role through the past century of wars and an uncertain future as we enter new and
increasingly complex decades of international conflicts, national debates on the federal-state
relationship, and more, come under close scrutiny in this scholarly and instructive account. The
American Home Guard is a very highly recommended contribution to Political Science and
Military
History academic reference collections and supplemental reading lists.
Tuxedo Park
Jennet Conant
Simon & Schuster
1230 Ave. of Americas NY NY 10020
0684872870 $26.00 1-800-223-2336
In the years before World War II, eccentric Wall Street money man and amateur scientist Alfred
Lee
Loomis brought together scientists to enjoy a gilded world of money and privilege called Tuxedo
Park. His laboratory rivaled all others public and private, and ultimately contributed to American
technological advances that resulted in a positive outcome to World War II. Tuxedo Park will
appeal to audiences from leisure readers to students of military and science history alike.
Flankers: The New Generation
Yefim Gordon
Midland Publishing/Specialty Press
39966 Grand Avenue, North Branch, MN 55056
1857801210 $27.95 specialtypress.com
Compiled and written by Yefim Gordon, Flankers: The New Generation (the second volume in
the
outstanding "Red Star" series) is a solid informational survey of military flanker aircraft, ranging
from two-seat multi-role fighters, to tactical fighter-bombers, to shipboard fighters. Extensive
historical and technical detail combined with excellent, full-color photography on almost every
page
makes Flankers: The New Generation a dazzling book and a "must-read" for anyone with a deep
and
avid interest in military aircraft and their history.
Brassey's Inc.
Box 960, Herndon, VA 20172-0960
1-800-775-2518 www.amazon.com
Two important new titles will interest any who want to learn more about military history and
undercover work in general. F.W. Rustmann Jr.'s CIA, Inc. (1574883887, $27.50) focuses on
espionage and the craft of conducting intelligence operations but not in a wartime setting.
Chapters focus on business intelligence-gathering tactics, using principles of intelligence and
counterintelligence to consider how the CIA's methods can serve as a model for business efforts.
An
intriguing account of how the application of CIA methodology can translate to other areas of
culture
and economics. John Collin's Military Strategy (1574884301, $32.95) provides a general
overview
of the principles, practices and history of world military strategists. Chapters are geared to
non-military readers and cover such varied topics as arms control, counterinsurgency, non-lethal
warfare tactics, and terrorism. Both should interest a wide audience.
War Letters Of Fallen Englishmen
Laurence Housman, editor
Pine Street Books
c/o University of Pennsylvania Press
PO Box 50370, Hampden Station, Baltimore, MD 21211
0812218159 $15.95 1-800-537-5487
Compiled and edited by Laurence Housman (Professor of History, Yale University), War Letters
Of
Fallen Englishmen is an emotional and compelling collection of primary sources surveying the
horrors of World War I, from the writings of Englishmen and three Englishwomen who ultimately
joined England's "Lost Generation". WWI casualties disproportionately wiped out the British
force's
officers, and those officers were usually drawn from the more educated upper class, therefore
officers and the upper class are much more heavily represented in War Letters Of Fallen
Englishmen
than enlisted men, though there is testimony from both segments of the British population. A
gripping and clear look of WWI front lines, so real as to make the reader grateful that he or she is
not physically there, War Letters Of Fallen Englishmen is a unique and welcome contribution to
WWI Military History supplemental reading lists and academic reference collections.
The Terrorism Studies Shelf
In The Name Of God
Timothy Demy & Gary P. Stewart
Harvest House Publishers
990 Owen Loop North, Eugene, OR 97402-9173
0736910220 $9.99 1-888-501-6991
Collaboratively written by military chaplains Timothy Demy and Gary P. Stewart , In The Name
Of
God: Understanding The Mindset Of Terrorism is a comprehensive and informative inquiry into
the
phenomenon of religious terrorism throughout recent history, from cyberterrorism and
information
warfare to the September 11 attacks to the threat of nuclear bombs. Addressing both factual
events
and the religious questions that people ask in the wake of tragic loss, In The Name Of God:
Understanding The Mindset Of Terrorism is a chilling and close look at what is really going on
behind today's terrible headlines.
The Reckoning
Sandra Mackey
W.W. Norton & Company
500 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY 10110
0393051412 $27.95 1-800-233-4830
How far should the U.S. go in its war against terrorism, and is a future Iraq without Saddam safer
for U.S. security than one with Hussein at the helm? The Reckoning provides both a history of
Saddam's dictatorship and an assessment of Iraq's heritage, national identity, and possible world
without him. The coverage will prove essential reading for any who would understand Iraq's role
in
the Middle East.
Bin Laden
Adam Robinson
Arcade Publishing
141 Fifth Avenue, 8th Fl , NY, NY 10010
1559706406 $23.95 1-800-759-0190
Osma Bin Laden presented himself as a freedom fighter taking on the giant power of the U.S., and
representing the causes of Muslims everywhere; but this new biography of Osma Bin Laden charts
his infamous progress from a rich kid into a terrorist determined to bring jihad to the U.S.
Members
of his family contributed information and rounded out Robinson's independent research, resulting
an
a biography which examines the making of the man and his network. A lively, intriguing
coverage.
A Faceless Enemy
Glenn E. Schweitzer
Perseus Publishing
11 Cambridge Ctr, Cambridge, MA 02142
0738207578 $17.00 1-800-242-7737
A Faceless Enemy first appeared in 1998, predicting high-impact terrorist attacks on America in
the
near future and even pinpointing the potentials of anthrax as a mail device. In the wake of
September
11th its message is even more frightening as author Glenn E. Schweitzer's considers other
possible
scenarios of modern terrorism and the potential big-money interests which could finance them
overseas. A new prologue for this edition of A Faceless Enemy adds impact and power to an
increasingly relevant warning of the dangers to come.
Encyclopedia Of Terrorism
Cindy Combs & Martin Slann
Facts on File
132 W. 31st St., NY, NY 10001
0816044554 $77.00 1-800-322-8755
Students, researchers and policy makers alike will appreciate the Facts On File Encyclopedia Of
Terrorism, a quick and informative reference to the history and events of terrorism, providing a
comprehensive chronology of events from 1945 to modern times. From hijackings and chemical
weapons to nuclear terrorism and urban bombings, this includes plenty of historical background to
help students place events in perspective. Encyclopedia Of Terrorism is an essential reference for
high school, public and college libraries.
Afghanistan
Stephen Tanner
Da Capo Press
11 Cambridge Ctr., Cambridge MA 02142
0306811642 $26.00 1-800-242-7737
Here's another title essential to understanding the heritage and cultures of the Middle East: a
military
history of Afghanistan from Alexander the Great to the Taliban. Afghanistan traces the entire
history
of military conflicts in a country currently the focus of a major American military involvement as
part of our "War on Terrorism". From its numerous invasions to the resistance of the Afghani
people, this makes for an important, revealing guide.
The American History Shelf
The War Of 1812
David S. Heidler & Jeanne T. Heidler
Greenwood Publishing Group
PO Box 5007, Westport, CT 06881-5007
0313316872 $44.95 greenwood.com
The latest addition to the "Greenwood Guides to Historic events, 1500-1900" series, The War Of
1812 is collaboratively written by author David S. Heidler and historian Jeanne T. Heidler
(Professor
of History, United States Air Force Academy). The War Of 1812 is a meticulous and detailed
history of America's "second war of independence" that is places the battles, events, personalities,
and ramifications into a social and historical context. Timelines, biographies of major figures,
excerpts of primary accounts, and a great deal more round out this informed and informative
account that is a welcome and highly recommended addition to school and community library
American History reference collections.
Down The Susquehanna To The Chesapeake
Jack Brubaker
Penn State University Press
820 North University Drive, University Park, PA 16802-1003
0271021845 $34.95 1-800-326-9180
Down The Susquehanna To The Chesapeake by Jack Brubaker (columnist for the Lancaster New
Era) traces the course of the Susquehanna River as it winds through New York, Pennsylvania,
and
Maryland ending at the Chesapeak bay. Comprised of 56 brief chapters discussing key locations
along the route, as well as how the river changes from its sources to the sea, the reader is
informed
as to how natural resources influence and shape the lives of the people and the communities along
the way. Brubaker deftly examines both the natural and human history of the river, exploring how
it
has been both used and abused, its current condition and its future prospects. Of special note is
how
this unusually shallow, rocky river has substantially altered its drainage pattern over geologic time
and how it continues to cut channels while erasing and creating islands. Enhanced with more than
70
maps and illustrations, Down The Susquehanna To The Chesapeake is a fascinating, well written,
highly recommended treatise and would serve as an admirable model to writing about and
exploring
the histories of other major American rivers.
A Community Of Many Worlds
Museum of the City of New York
Syracuse University Press
1600 Jamesville Ave., Syracuse, NY 13244-5160
0815607393 $29.95 1-800-365-8929
New York City's many Arab communities are perfect examples of the melting pot richness of the
city, and A Community Of Many Worlds provides an informative account in partnership with the
Museum of the City of New York, surveying New York's Arab populations and their
characteristics.
Seventeen essays consider social, religious and economic issues alike as they consider key issues
of
the Arab-American community in general and New Yorkers in particular.
Mr. Lincoln's City
Richard M. Lee
EPM Publications, Inc.
c/o Howell Press
1713-2D Allied Lane, Charlottesville, VA 22903
0914440489 $19.95 howellpress.com
Mr. Lincoln's City: An Illustrated Guide To The Civil War Sites Of Washington by U.S. Army
Major General Richard M. Lee (Retired) is enhanced with 15 maps and 130 historical
photographs
as it offers the reader a series of major tours throughout downtown Washington, DC, to 80 sites
that
were significant to the events occurring between 1861 and 1865 during the American Civil War.
There were a total of 68 forts encircling Washington, which the Union forces utilized as a major
war
base with its rail net and staging areas. This proved critically important as Confederate forces
approached the city when the great battles took place in neighboring Virginia to the detriment of
the
Union Army. Here land marked for the onsite visitor as well as the armchair traveler are the
Washington Monument slaughterhouse, the fetid creeks and canals, the sick, the wounded and the
dying lying in hospitals strewn across the city. This is also the place where President Lincoln
brought
his forces to final victory, preserved the union, and resulted in Washington becoming the premier
city of a reunited republic -- an unassailable position it has held down to the present day. Mr.
Lincoln's City is an enthusiastically recommended addition to American History and Civil War
History reference collections, as well as an ideal resource for planning a Civil War oriented tour of
Washington, DC.
Ronald Reagan And His Ranch
Peter Hannaford
Images From The Past
PO Box 137, Bennington, VT 05201
http://www.imagesfromthepast.com
1884592384 $24.95 1-802-442-3204
Ronald Reagan And His Ranch: The Western White House 1981-1989 is a solidly written, vividly
presented, behind-the-scenes insider look at the ranch owned by the Reagans during Ronald
Reagan's tenure as President of the United States and which came to be nicknamed by the press as
the "Western White House". From the security difficulties the ranch posed for the secret service,
to
humorous anecdotes, to visits by famous and powerful people, and enhanced with
black-and-white
as well as color photographs, Ronald Reagan And His Ranch is a unique contribution to school
and
community library American History, and a highly recommended study of the beloved personal
retreat of one of America's most popular 20th Century presidents.
Lumberjack
William S. Crowe
North Country Publishing
355 Heidtman Road, Skandia, MI 49885
0965057739 $19.95 1-866-942-7898
Now in a very special 50th anniversary edition (and collaboratively edited by Lynn McGlothlin
Emerick and Ann McGlothlin Weller), Lumberjack: Inside An Era In The Upper Peninsula Of
Michigan is an informed and informative presentation of the lives, times, and personal experiences
of
the lumberjacks of Michigan's timber harvesting history during the glory days of Michigan's timber
industry. Black-and-white photographs intersperse William Crowe's personal testimony of his life
and hard work as a Michigan lumberjack in this exceptional and candid account, gives the reader a
first-hand look of what it was like to have been a lumberjack in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
forests.
The Christian Studies Shelf
Painting The Word
John Drury
Yale University Press
Box 209040, New Haven, CT 065209040
0300077777 $16.95 1-800-987-7323
Painting The Word is a truly outstanding guide to Christian paintings and their meanings brings
art
and spirituality together in an inspiring coverage. More than a history of painting, Painting The
Word discusses how Christian images reflected and influenced Christian civilization as a whole,
with
a universal quality delivering balanced messages. Color reproductions of significant classic
Christian
art works appear throughout.
The Challenges Of Roger Williams
James P. Byrd, Jr.
Mercer University Press
6316 Peake Road, Macon, GA 31210
0865547718 $40.00 1-478-301-2880
The Challenges Of Roger Williams: Religious Liberty, Violent Persecution, And The Bible by
James
P. Byurd, Jr. (American Religious History, Vanderbilt University) is a scholarly examination of
how
interpretation of the Bible prompted violent and fatal persecution of religious liberty in colonial
America. Puritan punishments, banishment, and executions of Baptists, radical thinkers, Quakers,
and more are all brought to light, as is the story of Roger Williams, who founded the colony of
Rhode Island and the first American Baptist Church. Roger Williams dared to advocate religious
liberty and paid the price of banishment; his arguments and their repercussions today hold weight
in
this profound glimpse into colonial American history. The Challenges Of Roger Williams is a
highly
recommended contribution to American History, Baptist History, and Christian Studies reading
lists
and academic reference collection.
A Gallery of Grace
Warren W. Wiersbe
Kregel Publications
PO Box 2607, Grand Rapids, MI 49501
0825440890 $10.99 www.kregel.com
A Gallery Of Grace: 12 New Testament Pictures Of The Christian Life by Pastor Warren W.
Wiersbe is a compendium of dynamic, profound, and powerful interpretations of the New
Testament
and its message for daily life as a Christian. A Gallery Of Grace is very highly recommended as a
moving, soul-searching account of what it truly means to live in Christ and embrace the love of
God.
Love Is Stronger Than Death
Cynthia Bourgeault
Lindisfarne Books
PO Box 799, Great Barrington, MA 01230
1584200022 $14.95 www.lindisfarne.org
Essentially a powerfully moving love story of two aging individuals, Love Is Stronger Than
Death:
The Mystical Union Of Two Souls by resident teacher for the Contemplative Society and spiritual
retreat authority Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault, is drawn from the life and experiences of Brother
Raphael
(Rafe) Robin, an Episcopalian priest, author and a Trappist hermit. The ability of human and
spiritual love to transcend death and open the way to joyous bliss is superbly presented in this
highly
recommended and heartwarming tale of building an emotional, personal, and loving relationship
for
the future that transcends all earthly limitations.
Turning Back The Darkness
Richard D. Phillips
Crossway Books
1300 Crescent Street, Wheaton, IL 60187
1581343981 $15.99 1-800-323-3890
Turning Back The Darkness: The Biblical Pattern Of Reformation by Richard D. Phillips
(Associate
Minister, Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia) is a critical examination of God's principles,
and
pivotal turning points in the era of the Christian Church. Turning Back The Darkness does not
specifically focus upon the crucial historical juncture of sixteenth-century Europe; rather, it
reaches
all the way into Old Testament and New Testaments, and ranges from the wisdom of Solomon to
Christ's letter to the churches. Turning Back The Darkness is a very highly recommended and
insightful religious analysis of interest to Christian scholarship and the non-specialist general
reader
alike.
Wrestling With Doubt
Frank D. Rees
The Liturgical Press
Box 7500, Collegeville, MN 56321-7500
0814625908 $19.95 1-800-858-5450
Wrestling With Doubt: Theological Reflections On The Journey Of Faith by Frank D. Rees (Dean
of
Theology and Professor of Systematic Theology, Whitley College of the Melbourne College of
Divinity, University of Melbourne, Australia, and President, Australian and New Zealand
Association of Theological Schools) is an impressive and scholarly analysis of three theological
frameworks that postulate on the issue and phenomena of doubt. The reasonings of Newman,
Barth,
and Tillich are all discussed, compared, and set forth in this meticulous, well reasoned, informed
and
informative examination of faith, doubt, and belief in Jesus Christ.
Assisi: Home Of Saint Francis
c/o Janson Associates
88 Semmens Road, Harrington Park, NJ 07640
1568390904 $24.95 www.janson.com
Produced by Nove-T Produzioni of Italy and directed by Paolo Damosso (with cinematography
by
Antonio Morabito), Assisi: Home Of St. Francis provides the viewer with a guided tour of the
famous pilgrimage town of Assisi by its favorite son, Staint Francis, played by Italian actor Flavio
Bucci. The son of a wealthy local merchant, Francis was born in the late 12th century and,
although
raised as a young and privileged Assisian nobleman, grew dissatisfied with his life and in his
twenties, publicly renounced his father's wealth and embarked upon a life of prayer and service the
poor which evolved into founding the Franciscan order of the Roman Catholic church. Francis
died
on October 3, 1226 and was canonized in 1228 by Pope Gregory IX. This highly recommended
video tour includes all the sites in Assisi that played a significant role in the life of Saint Francis,
his
spiritual and mystical dimension, and Assisi's artistic and culture heritage with its winding
medieval
streets, city squares, and annual festivals.
The Travel Shelf
The Chesapeake Bay Book
Allison Blake
Berkshire House Publishers
480 Pleasant St., Suite 5, Lee, MA 01238
1581570538 $18.95 1-800-321-8526
Now in a fully updated fifth edition, Allison Blake's The Chesapeake Bay Book is a
comprehensive
and thoroughly "user friendly: guide to all the great getaway adventures to be found in the
Chesapeake Bay area of Maryland. Maps, indexes to the best places for lodging and dining,
recreation opportunities by locale, and much more, enhance this superbly presented travel guide
which is ideal for anyone planning a local day trip or an extended vacation in the Chesapeake Bay
environs.
New England Seacoast Adventures
Stephen Jermanok
The Countryman Press
PO Box 748, Woodstock, VT 05091
0881505102 $19.95 countrymanpress.com
New England Seacoast Adventures: A Complete Guide To Outdoor Recreatoin From
Connecticut
To Maine is an engaging travel guide by experienced travel writer Stephen Jermanok and written
specifically for anyone with an interest in enjoying outdoor activities to be found along the
seacoast
of of all the Atlantic bordering New England states. Listing data sport-by-sport for each state,
along
with information on state parks, camping places, historical landmarks and much more, New
England
Seacoast Adventures is a superbly presented and highly recommended "user friendly" guide for
people who enjoy camping, kayaking, sailing, beachcombing, rock climbing, scuba diving, surfing,
golfing, fishing, camping, or a wide variety of other memorable seacoast area activities.
Canada's Maritime Provinces
David Stanley
Lonely Planet
150 Linden St., Oakland, CA 94607
1740590236 $16.99 lonelyplanet.com
Canada's Maritime Provinces is a simple, easy-reference guide to touring Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. Maps, facts, history, motel listings, restaurants, famous
entertainment locales, highlights, expenses, and much more are covered in this small, handy,
portable
and information-packed reference. Canada's Maritime Provinces is a "must-have" for anyone
planning
to see the sights on or near Canada's windswept and beautiful coast.
Cheap Sleeps Europe
Katie Wood
Robson Books/Parkwest Publications
451 Communipaw Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07304
186105307X $15.00 parkwestpubs.com
Now in a new and completely updated edition, Cheap Sleeps Europe is a thick, 614-page
compendium of more than 10,000 affordable lodgings all over the European continent, from
Austria
to Finland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and more. From tips on book a bed in advance, to
detailed
information about hotels, to warnings of trouble spots, Cheap Sleeps Europe is a truly "user
friendly" and highly recommended take-along guide for European business travelers and
vacationers
on a budget.
Deep Black
Robb Magley
Western Reflections Publishing Co.
PO Box 1647, Montrose, CO 81402-1647
http://www.westernreflectionspub.com
1890437689 $12.95 www.amazon.com
Deep Black: An Adventure Through The Black Canyon by travel and nature writer Robb Magley
is
both an extensively researched history and a thrilling saga of personal challenge. Magley recounts
the history of Colorado's Black Canyon, a part of the Colorado country whose dangerous rapids
were not conquered until 1901. In addition to thorough archival research, the author's own
journey
on foot through all thirty-three miles of a canyon that is steeper and narrower than the more
famous
Grand Canyon, the reader is deftly introduced to seventy-six river crossings, and informed of a
brush
with death that forcefully illustrates the power, majesty, and danger of this great natural resource
and wonder.
The Religion/Spirituality Shelf
The Promise Of Immortality
J. Donald Walters
Crystal Clarity Publishers
14618 Tyler-Foote Road, Nevada City, CA 95959-8599
1565891503 $24.95 1-800-424-1055
Ably written J. Donald Walters who, as Swami Kriyananda, founded the Ananda network of
spiritual communities, The Promise Of Immortality: The True Teaching Of The Bible And The
Bhagavad Gita is an in-depth comparative commentary on parallel passages both in the Bible and
in
The Bhagavad Gita. Passages on Jesus Christ, the soul's ascent to redemption, and overcoming
the
flaws of one's own ego in religious study are all discussed in this thought-provoking, heavily
researched and deeply spiritual analysis that earned the rank of Finalist in ForeWord Magazine's
"Book of the Year" award. The Promise Of Immortality is highly recommended reading for
students
of Comparative Religion, the Bible, and the Bhagavad Gita.
4Q Pesher Nahum
Gregory L. Doudna
Sheffield Academic Press
370 Lexington Ave., NY, NY 10017-6550
www.SheffieldAcademicPress.com
184127156X $185.00 www.amazon.com
Published by the Sheffield Academic Press and a part of the "Journal for the Study of the
Pseudepigrapha Supplemental Series 35", 4Q Pesher Nahum: A Critical Edition by Dead Sea
Scroll
expert Gregory L. Doudna (Research Associate, University of Copenhagen Dead Sea Scrolls
Initiative, Denmark) is a scholarly, academic, utterly exhaustive, 813-page analysis of the Dead
Sea
Scrolls. Extensive perusals, carbon dating, translations, historical context and so much more help
to
position the lost wisdom of these ancient writings in within a sound and informative historical
perspective. Enhanced with a number of cogent tables, notations, glossary of abbreviations, 4Q
Pesher Nahum is accessibly organized into three major sections: Text Reconstruction and Analysis
I
(preliminary considerations and methods for the reconstruction of Pesher Nahum one through
twenty-six); Text Reconstruction and Analysis II (consideration of wordplay aspects as well as
specific Pesher Nahum entries); and "On the Eve of Roman Conquest (Ephraim and Manasseh in
Pesher Nahum). A seminal study and a ground breaking work, 4Q Pesher Nahum is an essential,
strongly recommended, core addition to academic reference collections and invaluable for serious
scholarship of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
David's Truth
Walter Brueggemann
Augsburg Fortress Press
PO Box 1209, Minneapolis, MN 55440
0800634616 $15.00 1-800-328-4648
Now in an new and updated second edition, David's Truth: In Israel's Imagination And Memory
by
Walter Brueggemann (William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament, Columbia
Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia) is a scholarly and informative examination of four
different
David texts. Professor Brueggemann accessibly offers a summary, interpretation, and blunt,
unedited
raw truths about the man and his era. A recommended addition to Old Testament studies shelves
for
scholarly studies, David's Truth is also highly recommended reading for the non-specialist general
reader with an interest in Old Testament Studies in general, and biblical character and history of
King David in particular.
The Musicbook Shelf
Jethro Tull
Scott Allen Nollen
McFarland & Company
PO Box 611, Jefferson, NC 28640
0-7864-1101-5 $39.95 1-800-253-2187
Jethro Tull is an unusual and informative history of the rock band formed by Ian Anderson in
1968.
Jethro Tull is written by an acquaintance of several of its members and includes a chronology of
all
the band's recordings and tours, as well as the author's critiques and the band's own opinions of its
albums. While costly for a standard paperwork, Jethro Tull is a treasure trove of detail will delight
the avid fan.
The Expert Encyclopedia Of Recording
Rich Clark
ProAudio Press
c/o Hal Leonard Corporation
7777 West Bluemound Road, Milwaukee, WI 53213
1931140111 $34.95 1-800-637-2852
The Expert Encyclopedia Of Recording by musician, author and journalist Rick Clark is an
expertly
thorough and practical guide to the art and career of recording. Drawn from in-depth research
with
accomplished engineers, producers, and artists, The Expert Encyclopedia Of Recording is a direct
and straightforward account covering everything from dynamic signal processing to production
sickness to surround sound recording mixing and vocals. The Encyclopedia Of Recording is very
highly recommended reading for anyone considering a career in the sound technology
industry.
Guerrilla Music Marketing Handbook
Bob Baker
Spotlight Publications
PO Box 43058, St. Louis, MO 63143
0971483809 $35.00 TheBuzzFactor.com
Guerrilla Music Marketing Handbook: 201 Self-Promotion Ideas For Songwriters, Musicians,
And
Bands On A Budget by independent musician and songwriter Bob Baker, is a straightforward,
"user
friendly" guide to promoting one's music and increase sales. Baker covers all aspects of music
marketing from designing a user-friendly web site, to exploiting music-related media, to financing
a
major project or equipment purchase. Guerrilla Music Marketing Handbook is a "must-read"
resource for all aspiring musicians and songwriters. If you are a musician or songwriter looking to
promote and market your own music in the always tough, always competitive music industry, then
give a careful and considered reading to Bob Baker's Guerrilla Music Marketing Handbook!
Elvis: The King Remembered
Susan M. Moyer
Sports Publishing Inc.
804 North Nell, Suite 100, Champaign, IL 61820
1582615586 $39.95 1-877-807-6034
Elvis: The King Remembered by Susan Moyer is the rags-to-riches story of one of America's most
influential and beloved figures of American music and popular culture. It is now 25 years since the
death of Elvis Presley on August 16, 1977, and yet his legend continues to grow and attract new
generations to his music, his performance stylings, and his mercurial life story. A "must" for the
legions of Elvis fans everywhere, Elvis: The King Remembered is enhanced with an accompanying
CD developed by Elvis Presley authority Jerry Osborne comprising Elvis interviews and
reactions.
Manufacturing The Muse
Dennis G. Waring
Wesleyan University Press
110 Mt. Vernon St, Middletown CT 06459
0819565083 $24.95 1-860-685-3225
Manufacturing The Muse: Estey Organs & Consumer Culture In Victorian America by
ethnomusicologist Dennis G. Waring is a very thorough, informed and informative history and
analysis of the reed organ, an majestic instrument once more popular than the piano, in the latter
half
of the nineteenth century. The amazing story of how this remarkable instrument was standardized
and distributed is illustrated with black-and-white photographs and artworks. An accompanying
music CD with reed organ selections rounds out this fascinating compendium of musical and
American consumer history. Highly recommended for academic Music History reference
collections,
Manufacturing The Muse is also available in hardcover (0819565075, $70.00).
The Buddhist Studies Shelf
Be Free Where You Are
Thich Nhat Hanh
Parallax Press
PO Box 7355, Berkeley, CA 94707
188837523X, $8.00 www.parallax.com
A compendium of his core teachings, Be Free Where You Are is a transcription of a talk by
Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh given at the Maryland Correctional Institution at Hagerstown.
Hanh reveals how the Buddhist approach to "mindfulness practice" can cultivate freedom no
matter
what the outer circumstances might be. This wonderful 71-page collection of observations,
advice,
and answers to questions is a welcome and highly recommended addition to Buddhist Studies
reading lists and reference collections.
Naked Buddhism
David Deida
Plexus
815-A Brazos, #445, Austin, TX 78701
1889762199 $16.95 www.amazon.com
Naked Buddhism: 39 Ways To Free Your Heart And Awaken To Now by David Deida is a
powerfully written and thoughtfully presented selection of brief passages on the fleeting nature of
life, sexuality, passion, and the "moment of now", and the importance of opening one's heart and
one's love. From sexuality as an art to coming to terms with impending death, Naked Buddhism is
a
profound and memorable treatise, and a highly recommended contribution to the growing library
of
Buddhist literature for contemporary American readers.
Reflections On A Mountain Lake
Ani Tenzin Palmo
Snow Lion Publications
PO Box 6483, Ithaca, NY 14851
1559391758 $16.95 snowlionpub.com
Reflections On A Mountain Lake: Teachings On Practical Buddhism is a compilation of the
wisdom
and Dharma teachings of Ani Tenzin Palmo, who was born in London in 1943 and become one of
the first Western women to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun. Her writings comprising
Reflections On A Mountain Lake, gathered from a lifetime of meditation, retreat, and learning,
wonderfully communicate her understanding of holistic and profound principles relevant to
Buddhism and to the commonplace struggles of daily life. Reflections On A Mountain Lake is a
welcome and very highly recommended addition for Buddhist Studies reference collections and
reading lists.
The Needlecraft Shelf
Enchanted Views
Dilys A. Fronks
C&T Publishing
1651 Challenge Dr., Concord, CA 94520
1571201327 $25.95 1-800-284-1114
Window views and garden scenes may be created with fabric and thread using Enchanted Views,
Dilys Fronks' "user friendly" guide which demonstrates examples of appliqued garden gates,
windows, grilles and more. Projects include patterns and instructions for a range of projects and
skills levels, and are loaded with photo examples.
Martingale & Company
20205 144th Ave. NE
Woodinville, WA 98072-8478
Four fine new titles expand this quilting publisher's long list of popular guides for quilters and
crafts
people. Mary Sue Suit's New Turn On Drunkard's Path (1564774201, $26.95) tells how to
recreate
the look of this difficult pattern without piecing curves. Use straight seams and blocks that are
easier
to stitch yet produce inspired results with the aid of this pattern book. Debby Ware's Too Cute!
(1564773981, $27.95) provides parents with a range of cotton knit projects for toddlers, from
cute
hats and booties with animal faces to a Christmas tree cap. All the ingredients for success, from
materials suggestions to patterns, are here. Sharon Pederson's Reversible Quilts Two At A Time
(1564774104, $26.95) tells how to create beautiful quilts which have different designs on each
side.
Ten projects feature these quilt projects, easy enough for beginners to follow. Color photos and
step-by-step instructions add impact. Carol Thelen's Long-Arm Machine Quilting (1564774333,
$27.95) tells how to choose, use, and maintain a long-arm machine useful for quilting. From
making
an informed buying decision to beginning quilting with the machine, this is filled with detail.
American Quilters Society
Box 3290, Paducah, KY 42002-3290
http://www.aqsquilt.com
These new arrivals offer quilters of all talents a fine variety of quilting guides. Their own United
We
Quilt & Anchor Project (1574328069, $12.95) provides over thirty Untied We Quilt wallhangings
from the authors' traveling exhibit, with color photos of the quilts creating lovely statements of
American sentiment and support. New Quilts From An Old Favorite Contest (1574328042,
$19.95)
provides a collection of winning quilts from three of the Society's most popular contests: Double
Wedding Ring, Log Cabin, and Ohio Star. The goal is to interpret traditional blocks with new
designs and these 18 winners provide patterns and color results. For 2003 be sure to give Quilt
Art
2003 to an avid quilter. This engagement calendar is perfect for busy quilters who plan shows,
events and engagements. Marta Amundson's Quilted Animals (1574327976, $22.95) provides
continuous line patterns for making realistic and fun quilts or applique designs. Over thirty
different
animals include common horses and foxes along with penguins and others. DeLoa Jones' Scraps
Organized To Perfection (1574327917, $22.95) tells how to organize scraps and sewing areas for
maximum effectiveness. Piecing methods and shortcuts for using the scraps for quilting make for
an
excellent guide. All are inviting quilting guides.
The Library Video Shelf
Ceres Celestial Legend: Requiem
Viz Video
PO Box 77010, San Francisco, CA 94107
EDP #11585 $29.95 www.viz.com
Ceres Celestial Legend: Requiem Is Volume 7, presenting episodes 19, 20, and 21, of the
introspective and artistic anime (Japanese animation) television series about the inheritors of the
legacy of celestial maidens. Tragedy, torture, death, and penultimate self-sacrifice mark this
hauntingly beautiful DVD, based on the manga (Japanese comics) by Yu Watase. In addition to
the
bilingual English or Japanese audio tracks and English subtitles, Ceres Celestial Legend: Requiem
features line drawings and a textless closing for extras. Those new to the series will be motivated
to
acquire and view the first seven volumes. Those familiar with the series will look eagerly forward
to
volume 8!
The International Studies Shelf
The Mideast Peace Process: An Autopsy
Neal Kozodoy
Encounter Books
665 Third Street, Suite 330, San Francisco, CA 94107
1893554430 $16.95 encounterbooks.com
Compiled and edited by Neal Kozodoy and enhanced with an "afterword" by Mark Helprin, The
Mideast Peace Process: An Autopsy is a grim analysis of the clashes and bloodshed between
Israelis
and the Palestinians. The contributions include Israel's New Polyannas (David bar-Illan); The
Story
Behind the Handshake (Yigal Carmon); Land for No Peace (Douglas J. Feith); Where is the Peace
Process Going? (Dore Gold); In Arafat's Kingdom (Nadav Haetzni); When the Palestinian Army
Invades (Yuval Steinitz); Israel's moment of Truth (Daniel Pipes); Intifada II: Death of an
Illusion?
(Norman Podhoretz); The Journalists and the Palestinians (Fiamma Nirenstein); On the "Right of
Return" (Efraim Karsh). As immediately relevant as today's newspaper headlines, The Mideast
Peace
Process: An Autopsy is a highly recommended, contribution to Mideast Studies and Palestinian
Studies reference collections and reading lists.
Cuba And The Coming American Revolution
Jack Barnes
Pathfinder
410 West Street, New York, NY 10014
0873489306 $13.00 fax: 212-727-0150
Cuba And The Coming American Revolution by author and political activist Jack Barnes, is a
provocative and forcefully worded examination of the history and the future of American and
Cuban
politics. Ranging from the utter disaster that was the Bay of Pigs to predicting a socialist
revolution
in American policy and a counterrevolution in Cuba, this is an informed and informative account
of
class struggle. Barnes especially underscores the ways in which the American working class has
been
steamrolled and the consequent incentives that call for change. Cuba And The Coming American
Revolution is a thought-provoking look at where two nations mights well be headed and a very
welcome contribution to Cuban History and Socialist Studies academic reference collections and
supplemental reading lists.
Engaging Cultural Differences
Richard Shweder, et al.
Russell Sage Foundation
112 East 64th Street, NY, NY 10021
0871547910 $49.95 www.russelsage.org
Collaboratively compiled and edited by Richard Shweder (Anthropologist and Professor of
Human
Development, University of Chicago), Martha Minow (Professor of Law, Harvard University),
and
Hazel Rose Markus (David-Brack Professor in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University),
Engaging Cultural Differences: The Multicultural Challenge In Liberal Democracies offers an
outstanding and highly recommended selection of scholarly essays by a series of educated and
experienced authors who closely scrutiny of the principle of tolerance as applied to such diverse
cultures and societies as Germany, France, India, South Africa, the United States, and more. From
the good, the bad, and the ugly about assimilation, to male and female circumcision debates, to
human rights and the American Anthropological Association, these college-level essays shed a
discerning light on human nature at its best and worst worldwide.
The Tianamen Papers
Zhang Liang
Public Affairs
250 W. 57th St., NY, NY 10107
1586481223 $18.00 1-877-782-1234
In 1989 Chinese troops turned against their own people, crushing the largest pro-democracy
demonstrations in China's history: over ten years later comes the first attempt to analyze these
events
from the Chinese Communist Party's side of the story with the publication of The Tianamen
Papers.
Hundreds of internal government and Party documents provide a clearer set of insights on why
the
Chinese government undertook to fire upon their own people. The Tianamen Papers is an
essential
guide to understanding.
Savage Wars Of Peace
Max Boot
Basic Books
387 Park Avenue South, NY NY 10016
0465007201 $30.00 1-800-242-7737
School kids can recite major American wars such as the Civil War, but how many understand the
foundations of the Barbary Wars, Boxer Rebellion, and others around the world? Smaller actions
have lead to world-changing larger conflicts and these smaller engagements are the subject of
Savage Wars Of Peace, a title that uses lively narrative to reveal the exploits and characters of
yesterday's wars. These small wars contributed, ultimately, to American power and should be
understood by all.
The Audiobook Shelf
Consider Me Dead
Vickie Britton & Loretta Jackson
Books in Motion
9922 E. Montgomery Suite 31, Spokane, WA 99206
$31.96 1-800-752-3199
Collaboratively written by Vickie Britton and Loretta Jackson, Consider Me Dead is the latest
Ardis
Cole mystery audiobook mystery and aptly narrated by Stephanie Brush. In Consider Me Dead,
Ardis must track the last years of Jenna Carrington, a troubled teenage girl who stole rare black
opals from her father and whose skeletal remains were found in the river near Sydney, Australia.
A
vicious murderer waits in the wings, and he plans to make archaeologist and sleuth Ardis Cole his
next victim! Consider Me Dead is very highly recommended as a deftly written, superbly
suspenseful, and original mystery. Unabridged, 6 cassettes, 8.8 hours.
No One Left Behind
Amy Waters Yarsinske
Listen & Live Audio
Box 817, Roseland NJ 07068
1885408862 $22.95 1-800-653-9400
Gary Telles lends a smooth and dramatic narrative voice to No One Left Behind, a story of the
first
American pilot shot down during the Gulf War discovered alive eleven years after his
government
left him for dead. Top government officials were interviewed in the course of this exploration and
this makes for dramatic listening, as facts emerge.
Medal Of Honor
Allen Mikaelian
Hyperion Audio
77 West 66th St., NY, NY 10023-6298
0786870702 $25.98 1-800-759-0190
In 1863 President Lincoln first awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor: here reporter Mike
Wallace provides a history of the medal and its recipients, including his own personal experiences
as
a reporter covering war and blending history with military biography to spice an intriguing
memoir.
Harry Chase, Jason Culp and Ron McLarty narrate and Wallace provides special audio
commentary
in this intriguing history.
Oasis Audio
289 S. Main Pl., Carol Stream, IL 60188
Three excellent new releases will delight listeners with fresh stories and insights. But, first a bit of
laughter from humorist Ken Davis, whose live performance A Wimpy Prophet A Butane Bush
And
No Excuses (1589260694, $9.99) provides a satisfying dose of Christian humor. From a Moses
who
can reflect the modern man's dilemma to religious insights a family can find accessible, this blends
religion with pointed humor. Janette Oake's When Breaks The Dawn (1589260686, $17.99)
provides a Western story of faith and pioneer heritage. Elizabeth travels from Toronto to the
northwest wilds of Canada to teach: Lisa Helm's dramatic voice adds spice to the story of faith.
Bodie Thoene's Jerusalem Interlude (158926018X, $22.99) joins others in the Zion Covenant,
with
reader Aimee Lilly providing a lively rendition of the story of Leah and Shimon, who flee to
Jerusalem ahead of the Nazis, only to find new problems in their new home. A novel of faith and
courage continues the epic story.
New Millennium Audio
301 N. Canon Dr. #214
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
These leisure listens are highly recommended for avid audiobook fans: they pair seasoned readers
with tried and true plots for maximum impact. Lilian Jackson Braun's Cat Who Came To
Breakfast
(1590071727, $18.00) is performed by Dick Van Patten and tells of a major resort complex which
is
affected by sabotage. Mason Adams lends spice and vigor to Braun's Cat Who Blew The Whistle
(1590071719), which returns detective Jim and his feline crime-busters to another scene: this
involving the disappearance of a rail car owner's embezzlement of funds. Douglas Adams' Salmon
Of
Doubt (1590071506, $34.95) pairs narrators Simon Jones, Christopher Cerf, Stephen Fry and
Richard Dawkins with the lively story of a last universe-rollicking adventure. Any prior fan of
Adams will find a satisfying attention to witty observations in this final episode. Elliot Gould's
renditions of classic mystery writer Raymond Chandler's Long Goodbye (159007095X) and Lady
In
The Lake (1590070933, $18.00 each) provide a uniformity and satisfying richness to the stories.
Both feature L.A. detective Philip Marlowe: in Long Goodbye he's probing an alcoholic hero and
an
heiress wife's deaths; in Lady In The Lake he's searching the LA mountains for a missing woman.
Both excel in logical yet unexpected twists of plot. Add intense humor with Dave Barry's
Complete
Guide To Guys (164-6) and Worst Songs And Other Huts (1590071654, $18. Each). Complete
Guide To Guys is performed by John Ritter and provides hilarious gender observances with a
strong
focus on the male psyche. Worst Songs And Other Huts receives a spirited reading by Arte
Johnson
and John Ruitter, discussing common songs which peple love to hate. All are fine leisure
listens.
Sleep No More
Greg Iles
Brilliance Audio
PO Box 887, Grand Haven, MI 49417
1590861086 $24.95 1-800-854-7859
Veteran Dick Hill provides a gripping narration for this classic thriller, which tells of an obsessive
love affair and a woman's disappearance. Years later Waters feels she has resurfaced to trouble
and
entice him once more and when she's suddenly murdered, he has too many unanswered
questions.
Sleep No More is very highly recomended for its gripping plot and strong narration which keeps
listener on edge from beginning to end.
Random House Audio
280 Park Avenue, 8th fl., NY NY 10017
1-800-726-0600 www.amazon.com
These new Random House audios provide an excellent diversity of subject and readers for fans of
both fiction and nonfiction. For the growing number of listeners with access to a CD player, three
new titles will prove appealing. Robert Newcomb's Fifth Sorceress (0553713922, $29.95)
receives
Simon Jones' moving voice which spotlights a scenario of Eutracia, a kingdom nearly destroyed
by
war three hundred years earler, now a land of peace until a new king's coronation brings
newfound
conflict. Fiction enthusiasts will relish Fannie Flagg's reading of her own novel Standing In The
Rainbow (0553755927, $29.95), an excellent achievement which pairs a simple yet fast- paced
story
with an author's passionate account of 1946 small town life. Deepak Chopra reads his own work
in
Ageless Body, Timeless Mind (0553713736, $21.95), and reveals ways in which individuals can
fight the standard detriments of aging. His program is designed to encourage vitality and
increased
self-esteem. Audiobook listeners will find that Benjamin Schemmer's The Raid (0553755862,
$9.99)
provides them with an excellent account of the daring Son Tay Prison Rescue Mission during the
Vietnam War. Dick Rodstein's voice brings the events to life. Adriana Frigiani's Milk Glass Moon
(0553756877, $25.00) receives the author's own calm and clear reading as it presents the third
book
of her Big Stone Gap series, continuing the life of Ave as she faces motherhood and change. Nora
Roberts' deftly written Hot Ice (0553713280, $25.00) receives Carolyn McCormick's rich voice as
it
tells of a woman who enjoys dangerous men and fast living until a stranger hijacks her car and
involves her in his life of crime. All are exciting, inviting listens.
Audio Editions/Audio Partners
1133 High Street, Auburn, CA 95603
Four new releases provide hours of satisfying listening. Ellis Peters spins an excellent yarn and her
Rare Benedictine, narrated briskly by Stephen Thorne (1572702664, $19.95) provides three
unabridged stories which tell of the advent of Brother Cadfael's religious/mystery career.
Especially
recommended for prior fans of the Cadfael series. Dorothy Sayers' Clouds Of Witness
(1572702656,
$29.95) pairs Ian Carmichael's accent and studied style with a Lord Peter Whimey mystery
revolving
around a family retreat and a rural murder. John Mortimer's Rumpole On Trial (1572702672,
$29.95) receives Timothy West's spirited rendition as it presents seven stories revolving around
the
barrister's defense of a range of possible wrong-doers, and David Suchet's spirited style brings life
to
Agatha Christie's classic Hercule Poirot mystery Sad Cypress (1572702680, $25.95), in which a
beautiful woman is indicted for murder. All are complex, satisfying mysteries.
Time Warner Audio
135 West 50th St., NY, NY 10020
Five new releases pair stimulating, lively readers with novel plots which are not to be missed. Kate
White's If Looks Could Kill (1586214810, $25.98) pairs Parker Posey's movie background and
narrative style with the story of crime writer Bailey, who has a talent for sensing the truth and
for
sniffing out murder. Faye Kellerman's Stone Kiss (1586213245, $25.98) presents another Rena
Lazarus/Peter Decker mystery, with narrator Dennis Boutsikaris at the helm adding life and
intrigue
to the story of a homicide involving a family member. James Patterson's Beach House
(1586212869,
$29.98) presents a fine reading by TV star Gil Bellows, who brings his smooth voice to enliven
the
story of a brother's drowning and a suspected murder. Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's
Cabinet
Of Curiosities (158621280X, $25.98) pairs Rene Auberjonois with his firm, commanding style
with
the story of a pit of horror discovered under a New York apartment site, and D.W. Buffa's
Legacy
(1586212796, $25.98) brings Mark Feuerstein's warm voice to the story of a senator's murder in
San
Francisco. All are excellent stories with strong protagonists, narrators, and plots.
Wiley Audio/Penton Overseas
2470 Impala Dr., Carlsbad, CA 92008
Two excellent nonfiction audios will provide listeners with important economic and business
insights. Laurence Brahm's China's Century (1591251532, $18.95) receives a strong narration by
Anna Fields at it explores China's future role as the next economic powerhouse of the world.
Industry experts from China and the West analyze China's strengths in the coming century. Jack
Trout's Big Brands Big Trouble (1591251494, $18.95) receives an excellent reading by Jeff
Woodman and tells why some modern big brands are having trouble of their own making. How
did
Sears, Xerox and others fall from power? The ten most common business mistakes are pinpointed
and analyzed.
Simon & Schuster Audio
1230 Ave. of Americas, NY NY 10020
Four new releases will delight readers seeking moving plots and vivid narrators. Keith Reichs'
Grave
Secrets enjoys a fine rendition by Katherine Borowitz, who brings to life the story of new violence
in
Guatemalan village and the investigation conducted by Tempe into vanished women in the region.
Listeners can choose either the abridged version (0743525019, $26.00) or the full-length
unabridged
version (0743526279, $35.00) which leaves out nothing. Barbara Delinsky's An Accidental
Woman
(0743524993, $25.00) enjoys Jennifer Wiltsie's smooth style as it tells of a woman known for her
kind nature until she is taken into custody for murder. Her past catches up with her and threatens
her future in this story of a rediscovered background. Lawrence Sanders' McNally's Alibi
(0743505301, $25.00) receives veteran narrator Boyd Gaines' suave style as it tells of a
mysterious
collector and a missing manuscript. Intrigue and a series of suspects evolve complex relationships.
Evan Hunter's Moment She Was Gone (0743526732, $26.00) pairs Dan Futterman's evocative,
dramatic style with the story of a man facing the loss of a twin sister. The pattern has been one all
his life; but this time it's different. All are involving and complex stories.
The Emperor Of Ocean Park
Stephen L. Carter
Books On Tape
PO Box 7900, Newport Beach, CA 92658
0736686452: Volume 1
0736686452: Volume 2
$160.00 1-800-541-5525
Judge Oliver Garland was brilliant, conservative, controversial, and had been a leading nominee
for
the Supreme Court. But when his nomination collapsed in scandal, he never quite recovered. Then
the Judge died, but it seems that his death my well lead to still another and even greater scandal. It
seems that the Judge might have been murdered! He had left a puzzling message for his son
Talcott
entrusting him with "the arrangements' and a mystery that only Talcott might be able to unlock.
But
to do so, Talcott must risk his career, his marriage, and his life if he follows the clues left behind
by
his father. Deftly written by Stephen L. Carter and enhanced with the narrative skills of Richard
Allen, the Emperor Of Ocean Park is an unabridged, flawlessly recorded and highly recommended
audiobook experience for the mystery buff and suspense thriller enthusiast.
Audio Renaissance
5858 Wilshire Blvd. #200, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Two riveting stories are recommended picks for discriminating audio listeners. Keith Ablow's
Compulsion (1559277483, $25.95) receives a spirited reading by Guerin Barry and is
recommended
for mature audiences as it tells of a forensic psychiatrist who is called to investigate the murder of
an
infant twin. The suspect: her brother Billy; who may strike again. Andrew Greeley's Bishop In
The
West Wing (1559277467, $32.95) benefits from Paul Michael's smooth style and British sitcom
background as it tells of a poltergeist in the White House and a Bishop dispatched to investigate a
mystery which turns political. Both are excellent stories.
The Mystery/Suspense Shelf
Put A Lid On It
Donald Westlake
Mysterious Press
1271 Ave. of Americas, NY NY 10020
0892967188 $23.95 1-800-759-0190
Francis Meehan makes his living by stealing until an offer made in prison brings him an unusual
job
involving protecting a Presidential secret. Meehan may earn his freedom by the deal or may lose
his life in Put A Lid On It, an engrossing thriller of cover-ups and intrigue at high levels.
A Playdate With Death
Ayelet Waldman
Berkeley Prime Crime
375 Hudson St., New York NY 10014
0425184730 $22.95 1-800-847-5515
Public defender/home mother Juliet is a fearless sleuth who finds happiness in her new life with
her
daughter until her trainer commits suicide. She suspects murder, and uncovers a series of lies and
deceptions that not only lure her back into the job, but also eventually threaten her newfound
happiness. A Playdate With Death is a tense, sharply written thriller.
The Literary Shelf
The Intellectuals & The Masses
John Carey
Academy Chicago Publishers
363 West Erie Street, Chicago, IL 60610
0897335074 $16.95 1-800-248-7323
The Intellectuals & The Masses: Pride & Prejudice Among The Literary Intelligentsia, 1880-1939
by
John Carey is an informed and informative analysis of the elitist views of respected and influential
literary icons during the late 1800's and early 1900's, including H. G. Wells, D. H. Lawrence, G.
B.
Shaw, Ezra Pound, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, T. S. Elliot, and others. A scathing and
iconoclastic account attacking the negative side of intellectual views (such as a running thread of
contempt for common humanity that allegedly intertwines with the philosophy of Nietzsche and
an
environment that brought about Adolph Hitler and World War II), The Intellectuals & The
Masses
does not shirk from its stringent stand or its unflinching scrutiny of smart people's biggest flaws.
Highly recommended for academic Philosophy and Literary Criticism reference collections and
supplemental reading lists.
Out There
Darryl Pinckney
Basic Books
10 E. 53rd St., New York NY 10022
0465057608 $24.00 1-800-242-7737
Mavericks of black literature are the focus of these essays, considering such under-mentioned
writers as J.A. Rogers, an early member of the Harlem Renaissance and pioneering journalist; and
Vincent Carter, who lived as a voluntary expatriate writer in Europe. Out There is an intriguing
and
thoughtful account of a very unusual set of black writers.
Defining Fragments
Gary Davy
Noble House/American Literary Press
8019 Belair Rd, #10 Baltimore MD 21236
156167592X $15.95 1-800-873-2003
Defining Fragments is a debut work the author Gary Davy has appropriately described as being a
"metaphoric novel" about the aches and excitements, and treasures of life itself. Revealing
personal
inner experience with vibrant language and an eye for detail, Defining Fragments is a compelling,
engaging, and at times simply fascinating journey through intimacies of self and the external
currents
of an ever-changing world. Defining Fragments is highly recommended reading and documents
Gary
Davy as a writer of unique voice and exceptional promise.
Shining Eyes, Cruel Fortune
Irma B. Jaffe with Gernando Colombardo
Fordham University Press
University Box L, Bronx, NY 10458-5172
0823221814 $25.00 1-800-247-6553
Written by Italian literature experts Irma B. Jaffe and Gernando Colombardo, Shining Eyes, Cruel
Fortune: The Lives And Loves Of Italian Renaissance Women Poets is an impressive compendium
chronicling the lives and times of well over a dozen great female poets of Italy's history. The
stories
and life events hidden behind their most enduring poems are related, and many of the poems are
presented in their original Italian as well as English translation. An audio CD with selected poetry
readings enhances this remarkable, unique, and very highly recommended addition to Italian
poetry
and Women's Studies reference collections and supplemental reading lists.
Charles Dickens
Jane Smiley
Viking Press
375 Hudson, New York NY 10014
0670030775 $19.95 1-800-847-5515
Smiley's lively biographical coverage of Charles Dickens paints a portrait of a convivial, astute
and
energetic writer who led an action-packed life as a prolific writer and family man. Blending with
this
highly recommended portrait of the man is a survey of his major works and narrative style,
providing
a fresh look at the man and his achievements.
Avalovara
Osman Lins, author
Gregory Rabassa, translator
Dalkey Archive Press
ISU Campus Box 4241, Normal, IL 61790-4241
1564783200 $15.95 dalkeyarchive.com
The late Brazillian author Gregory Rabassa' Avalovara is an enduringly impressive work of Latin
American Literature (aptly translated into English by Gregory Rabassa), about one man and his
three
great loves. One seems unattainable despite his pursuit; one is a kindly hermaphrodite who enjoys
the fruit of passion; and one goes only by an ideogram for her name. Sensual, meticulous, erotic,
with a complex plot and tangled human machinations, Avalovara is a uniquely written, inventive,
and
original literary experience.
Ivan R. Dee
1332 N. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60622
1-800-462-6420 www.amazon.com
Vladimir Kataev's If Only We Could Know! (1566634482, $27.50) is recommended for
college-level students of Russian literatuer in general and Chekhov in particular. Translated from
Russian and edited by Harvey Pitcher is a focus on Chekhov's concept of the world and reality: a
focus which embraces his major tales and plays, examining patterns of similar themes and patterns
of
development throughout his works. Aldous Huxley's Complete Essays (1566634415, $35.00)
adds
Volume 5 to the blossoming venue, edited with commentary by Robert Baker and James Sexton.
This volume covers 1939-56, in which Huxley's works explore the role of science and technology
in
modern culture. Purchasers of the prior volumes will consider this indispensible.
Merriam-Webster's Concise Dictionary Of English Usage
Merriam-Webster
PO Box 281, Springfield, MA 01102
0877796335 $16.95 merriam-webster.com
Merriam-Webster's Concise Dictionary Of English Usage: The Essentials Of Clear Expression is a
well organized, extremely practical, "user friendly" writer's reference. More than 2,000 extensive
and
meticulous entries discuss the nuances in the daily uses, both historical and present, of commonly
confused words in the English language. Enhanced with a multi-page bibliography,
Merriam-Webster's Concise Dictionary Of English Usage is a solid and highly recommended
guide
for anyone who works with words as a core aspect of their career.
The Health/Medicine Shelf
Body Toxic
Susanne Antonetta
Counterpoint Press
387 Park Avenue South, NY, NY 10016
1582431167 $26.00 www.amazon.com
Two immigrant families from different parts of the world pursue their dream by building a summer
home on the boglands of New Jersey outside the industrial zone and find their family members
falling prey to mysterious illness. Science fiction? No, fact and autobiography in Body Toxic: An
Environmental Memoir, a title which tells of their health decline and presents a first-person story
of
toxic environmental effects on generations.
Johns Hopkins University Press
2715 No. Charles St Baltimore MD 21218
1-800-537-5487 www.amazon.com
Acid reflux disorder may be a more serious condition than the common sufferer believes:
Lawrence
Cheskon MD & Brian Lacy, Ph.D.'s Healing Heartburn (0801868696, $15.95) examines GERD's
cluster of symptoms, considers treatment and diagnosis options, and tells how to avoid
complications of acid reflux and heartburn. An excellent survey of causes, symptoms, and
treatments
which aid in early prevention. James Olson's Bathsheba's Breast (0801869366, $24.95) provides a
history of breast cancer and its treatment over the ages. From its early diagnosis and influences on
its
progression to changing treatments, this provide a most readable survey contrasting past and
present
options for breast cancer treatment.
Doctors & Discoveries
John Galbraith Simmons
Houghton Mifflin
222 Berkeley St., Boston MA 02117
0618152768 $24.00 1-800-225-3362
Centuries of research and medical insights have contributed to the fundamental principles of
today's
medical and research practices: Doctors & Discoveries is dedicated to the pioneers who made
these
initial medical discoveries. Key figures in medicine from past to present are detailed in a collective
biography of medical history chronicling their lives and achievements. Solid links are drawn
between
discoveries, discoverers, and how today's health practitioners work.
Curing Airborne Allergies
William C. Uy, Ph.D.
Hohm Press
Box 2501, Prescott, AZ 86302
1890772208 $14.95 www.amazon.com
Why do most allergy sufferers miss the point in treating symptoms instead of causes, and how can
increased sleep and decreased caffeine eliminate some allergies? A different, natural approach to
treating airborne allergies is advocated in Curing Airborne Allergies: A Revolutionary, Safe And
Natural Approach For Adults And Children, a title which will be welcomed by many seeking a
holistic approach to managing allergies.
Total Fitness For Women
Joe Luxbacher, et al.
Wish Publishing
PO Box 10337, Terre Haute, IN 47801
1930546556 $14.95 wishpublishing.com
Collaboratively written by Joe Luxbacher, Leslie Bonci, and Kim King, Total Fitness For Women:
Proven Strategies To Trim Down, Firm Up And Get Fit is a solid and accessible health guide
addressing common myths about weight loss, misconceptions about what physical fitness means
for
women, how to choose appropriate exercise regimens and more. An excellent guide, Total Fitness
For Women is especially recommended for women of all skill and experience levels in the personal
art of physical fitness.
The Dream Of Eternal Life
Mark Benecke
Columbia University Press
61 West 62nd Street, NY, NY 10023-7015
0231116721 $27.95 1-800-944-8648
Biomedicine, aging and immortality are considered in The Dream Of Eternal Life: Biomedicine,
Aging, And Immortality, a title that discusses the biological fundamentals of why death happens
and
how modern biology can explain its functions. Life and death is shaped by cellular life and death,
the
author explains: chapters consider the possibility of extending life through treatments and other
options.
Enthusiasm Is The Enemy
Joe Arrigo
Trafford Publishing
Suite 6E, 2333 Government Street, Victoria, BC V8T 4P4, Canada
www.trafford.com/robots/02-0163.html
1553693507 $16.50 1-847-963-1210
Joe Arrigo's Enthusiasm Is The Enemy: Get Fit Stay Fit is a book written especially for people
who
have trouble sticking with a fitness regimen. Incorporating both physical and psychological
strategies
to keep exercising regularly, Enthusiasm Is The Enemy is a "must-read" for anyone seeking to
stay
fit and healthy in a contemporary society which is plagued with life-style temptations fostering
chronic obesity.
American Diabetes Association
1701 North Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311
Two new titles provide diabetics with practical tips and options. Hope Warshaw's Guide To
Healthy
Restaurant Eating, 2nd Edition (158040152X, $17.95) contrasts over 3,500 menu items from
over
50 major restaurant chains, providing nutrition information for calories, fat, and recommended
exchanges. Diabetics receive a thorough guide geared to recommended substitutions and healthy
choices. Ann Daly, et.al.'s 101 Weight Loss Tips For Preventing And Controlling Diabetes
(1580401325, $14.95) provides an easier, reasoned approach to weight loss which examines
reasonable weight loss, what to eat and when, and how to use regular walks to earn special treats.
Chapters offer a more reasoned approach to weight loss than most.
The Origin Of Illness
Norberto R. Keppe, Ph.D.
Campbell Hall Press
616 East Palisades Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632
0966430220 $14.95 1-201-541-8595
The Origin Of Illness: Psychological, Physical, And Social by psychoanalyst Norberto R. Keppe
(President, International Society of Analytical Trilogy, Sao Paul, Brazil) is a "reader friendly"
self-help book explaining how mental and emotional details of goodness within and without the
self
can lead to destructive illness and pathogens. Professor Keppe, reveals the way to greater health
and
resilience is through confronting personal inner deceptions and opening oneself to love. The
Origin
Of Illness is a highly recommended and profound testimony to the real power, both positive and
negative, of the human spirit with respect to human health and physical/emotional well-being.
Omnigraphics
615 Griswold, Detroit, MI 48226
1-800-234-1340 www.amazon.com
Five new guides are highly recommended titles for academic and medical reference collections,
updating old information and providing new titles. Pain Sourcebook (0780806123, $78.00)
appears
in its updated second edition, adding a wealth of information and new findings to the original
1998
edition. From basic consumer health information to understanding common complaints about
pain,
this provides the latest research and treatments. Karen Bellenir's Cancer Sourcebook For Women
(0780802268, $78.00) appears in its second edition to update information on gynecologic cancers
from cervical and ovarian cancer to breast cancer. From pre cancerous conditions to risk factors,
this
is packed with detail. Dawn Matthews' Lung Disorders Sourcebook(0780803396, $78.00)
provides
information about lung disorders and issues relating to their treatment, from pneumonia and
asthma
to cystic fibrosis. Injury And Trauma Sourcebook (078080421X, $78.00) appears in its first
edition
to provide consumers with basic health information on common and traumatic injuries, injuries in
the
home and workplace, and treatment. Prevention guidelines are accompanied by treatment options.
Dawn Matthews' Headache Sourcebook (078080337X, $TBA) appears in its first edition to
provide
basic consumer information about the causes and treatments of headaches, from cluster and
migraine
headaches to preventing headaches during pregnancy and menopause. All are recommended picks
for libraries building a consumer health resource section.
Consumers' Guide To Health Plans
Consumers' Checkbook Magazine
Center for the Study of Services
733 15th Street, NW, Suite 820, Washington, DC 20005
1888124113 $14.95 www.checkbook.org
Consumers' Guide To Health Plans is a straightforward rating guide of 385 different health plans,
as
given by more than 200,000 individuals who belong to the plans. Easy-to-follow directions on
how
to judge the quality of one's care, choose a good doctor, cut health insurance costs, and more,
make
Consumers' Guide To Health Plans a "must-read" reference for the non-specialist general reader
concerned with securing appropriate, adequate, affordable health insurance in today's era of
deceptive HMO's and spiraling health care costs.
The World History Shelf
Historical Dictionaries Of Ancient Civilizations And Historical Eras
Scarecrow Press
4720 Boston Way, Lanham, MD 20706
1-800-462-6420 scarecrowpress.com
Historical Dictionaries Of Ancient Civilizations And Historical Eras is a six volume series from
the
Scarecrow Press that is an invaluable and essential reference for all college and university World
History reference collections. Each volume is presents an alphabetically arranged and "reader
friendly" dictionary text, which is nicely enhanced with a Chronology, a Bibliography, and
informative introduction, as well as an Editor's Foreword, a Reader's Note and a brief author's
biography. The scholarship is as exhaustive as it is impeccable, as informative as it is authoritative,
and adheres to high standards of accessibility for both the academician as well as the
non-specialist
general reader with an interest in the field of history. Available individually or as a set, the six
volumes comprising this superbly presented and highly recommended series of outstanding core
references include: Historical Dictionary Of Ancient Egypt (Morris L. Bierbrier, 0810836149,
$55.00); Historical Dictionary Of Ancient Mesoamerica (Joel W. Palka, 0810837153, $59.50);
Historical Dictionary Of Pre-Colonial Africa (Robert O. Collins, 0810839784, $98.50); Historical
Dictionary Of Byzantium (John H. Rosser, 0810839792, $85.00); Historical Dictionary Of
Medieval
Russia (Lawrence Langer, 0810840804, $70.00); Historical Dictionary Of The Napoleonic Era
(George Nafziger, 0810849028, $89.50).
Sicily: An Illustrated History
Joseph F. Privitera
Hippocrene Books, Inc.
171 Madison Avenue, NY, NY 10016
0781809096 $12.95 hippocrenebooks.com
Black-and-white photographs and artworks add a visual touch to Joseph F. Privitera's Sicily: An
Illustrated History. This very direct and straightforward accounting of a world-famous portion of
Italy ranges from the era of the Greeks down to the modern day. Historical figures, the role of the
Church, war, colonial powers and much more all figure prominently in this compelling, highly
recommended capsule-digest version of the impressively legacy and promising future of a
distinguished land and its impressive people.
Like A Sponge Thrown Into Water
Charles R. Mack & Ilona S. Mack, editors
University of South Carolina Press
937 Assembly Street, 8th Floor, Columbia, SC 29208
1570034478 $18.95 1-800-768-2500
Edited with an introduction and commentary by Charles R. Mack and Ilona S. Mack, Like A
Sponge
Thrown Into Water: Francis Lieber's European Travel Journal Of 1844-1845 is a remarkable and
personal look into European culture in the mid-nineteenth century, as written in the diary of the
intellectual Francis Lieber (1798-1872). A highly recommended addition to European History
academic reference collections and supplemental reading lists, this remarkable eyewitness account
reflects the distinguished and cultured tastes of its notable author.
Rex Germanorum Populos Sclavorum
Ivo Vukcevich
University Center Press
1324-J State Street, #267, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
0970931964 $26.95 1-805-482-6646
Rex Germanorum Populos Sclavorum: An Inquiry Into The Origin & Early History of The
Serbs/Slavs Of Sarmatia, Germania, & Illyria is an impressive, 602 page compendium of original
historical research drawn from a multi-disciplinary body of source materials including
archaeology,
linguistics, treatise and other antiquarian documents providing invaluable and scholarly insights
into
the origin and settlement of the Serbs and Slavs in early European histories of medieval Polonia,
Germania, Bohemia, and Illyria. Enhanced with 23 maps, 81 illustrations, 43 tombstone
inscriptions
from Medieval Bosnia, an Indo-Iranian/Serb-Slav glossary, a translated and summarized 12th
century chronicle, and more, Rex Germanorum Populos Sclavorum is an original, seminal, ground
breaking and highly recommended contribution to academic Medieval Studies and European
History
reference collections and reading lists.
History, Literature, And Music In Scotland 700-1560
R. Andrew McDonald, editor
University of Toronto Press
2250 Military Rd., Tonawanda, NY 14150
0802036015 $45.00 1-800-565-9523
Compiled and edited by R. Andrew McDonald (Assistant Professor, Department of History and
Fine
Arts, University College of Cape Breton) History, Literature, And Music In Scotland 700-1560 is
an
impressive collection of informative, scholarly essays by a variety of educated authors delving into
the nuances of Scottish history and culture ranging from Tudor family politics, to connections in
the
medieval music of Scotland and Ireland. Exhaustively researched and highly recommended for
academic reference collections and supplemental reading lists, History, Literature, And Music In
Scotland 700-1560 is a college-level presentation of ideas, art, political machinations and offers a
representative cross-section of medieval Scottish history.
The Antiques/Collectibles Shelf
A Universe Of Star Wars Collectibles
Stuart W. Wells III
Krause Publications
700 East State Street, Iola, WI 54990
0873494156 $29.95 1-888-457-2873
Now in a completely and authoritatively updated second edition, A Universe Of Star Wars
Collectibles: Identification And Price Guide continues to be the premier reference for fans and
collectors. Featured are exhaustive price lists, color photographs of collector's items on almost
every
page, the straight scoop on figure package variations and a "user friendly" index for quick and
easy
reference. A superb guide for the dedicated Star Wars collector or Star Wars merchandise seller,
A
Universe Of Star Wars Collectibles is an essential guide for dealers, collectors, and anyone
wanting
to look up the value of a Star Wars related item in the possession of themselves, friends or
family.
Collector Books
Box 3009, Paducah, KY 42002-3009
1-800-626-5420 www.amazon.com
These new antique and collectible guides are highly recommended picks, providing basic
references
to the latest values in their field. Debra Wisniewski's Antique & Collectible Buttons: Identification
&
Values, Volume II (1574322427, $24.95) covers a range of collectibles from paperweights and
realistics to metal, glass, and studio button works. An excellent, comprehensive guide. Bill
Edwards
and Mike Carwile's Standard Encyclopedia Of Carnival Glass (1574322729, $29.95) appears in its
8th updated edition to cover the basics of carnival glass makers and collectibles. Good-sized color
photos of pieces accompany descriptions that include common characteristics and measurements
of
examples. Prices are contained in the pamphlet Price Guide, 13th Edition (1574322737, $9.95),
updating prices in a chart which will be easily utilized with the main reference. Robert and
Claudette
Reed's Postcards For The Holidays (1574322907, $24.95) provides beautifully-displayed, artistic
photos of holiday postcards from long ago. Arranged by holiday, these cards will intrigue even
non-collectors with their beautiful arrangements and descriptions. Patsy Moyer's Modern
Collectible
Dolls, Volume VI (1574322926, $24.95) covers Barbies, black dolls, cloth dolls, and a range of
'modern' dolls less than seventy years old. Fine color photos are accompanied by tips on what to
look for in collecting and valuing the dolls. Ken Yenke's Teddy Bear Treasury Volume II
(157432313X, $24.95) pairs color photos of bears with a clear identification and value guide. An
index by maker might have proved even more valuable to collectors. Gene Florence's 13th edition
of
Pocket Guide To Depression Glass & More (1574323091, $12.95) covers glassware from the
1920s-60s, with a pocket format lending to easy toting to garage sales. Color photos of
Depression
glass are accompanied by clear descriptions and prices.
The Fiction Shelf
There'll Be New Dreams
Philip McLaren
Magabala Books/ISBS, dist.
5824 NE Hassalo Street, Portland, OR 97213-3644
1875641769 $18.14 1-800-944-6190
A novel of dream, reality, and a wry glance at the drama of marriage, kidnaping, searching for
one's
roots, the embrace of high culture and the clash of wills in the courtroom, There'll Be New
Dreams
is a uniquely Australian voice. Sometimes gritty and violent, told in an up-front and solid narration
and dialogue, There'll Be New Dreams is a novel to remember and documents Philip McLaren as
a
writer of wit, sophistication, and undeniable storytelling talent.
Under The Rose
Jacqueline Pelham
Sunbelt Eakin Press
Phenix & Phenix (publicity)
Drawer 90159, Austin, TX 78709-0159
1571686525 $21.95 eakinpress.com
Set in France during the darkest days of World War II, Under The Rose by Jacqueline Pelham is
the
riveting story of Danielle Delacroix, a female French aristocrat and her struggle to keep her body,
her soul, and her family's artistic treasures safe from the ruthless plunder of the Nazis. Under The
Rose is highly recommended as an intense and passionate saga fairly brimming with emotion,
blood,
betrayal, as one woman strives to preserve works of history and beauty.
Shelters Of Stone
Jean M. Auel
Crown
299 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10171
0609610597 $28.95 1-800-726-0600
Familiarity with prior novels in Auel's prehistoric 'Earth's Children' series will contribute to both
background and an appreciation for Shelters Of Stone, the continuing story of Ayla and her love
Jondalar. The prehistoric couple complete their cross-Europe journey to great Jondalar's people
and
find welcome and a few who view their union with suspicion. Can Ayla fit in and prove her
worth?
The details of prehistoric setting and concerns are lively and involving, as are the
protagonists.
Her
Laura Zigman
Knopf
299 Park Avenue, New York NY 10171
037541388X $22.00 1-800-726-0600
She is a fianc‚'s exfiancee, a nemesis, and a nightmare to the protagonist, who drops back into his
life right before his wedding. And she's obsessed with the return of her fianc‚'s ex. Her tells of
Elise,
who marries Donald unaware of his ex Adrienne who can't let go. Comedy and drama
entwine.
The Ferryman
Christopher Golden
Signet
375 Hudson St., NY, NY 10014
0451205812 $6.99 www.amazon.com
Janine left her love for a man who abandoned her when she was pregnant: upon losing the baby,
both men are suddenly back in her life one with a supernatural accomplice who threatens
everyone
she knows. As she and her friends battle the supernatural ill-wisher Ferryman, more forces emerge
from the nether worlds to threaten them all in this fast-paced horror chiller.
Sofia's Saints
Diana Lopez
Bilingual Press
Box 872702, Tempe, AZ 85287-2702
1931010072 $14.00 www.asu.edu/brp
Sofia's Saints by Diana Lopez is the introspective story of Sofia Loren Sauceda, a 30-year-old
Latina
woman who has lost her mother twelve years ago, and now may lose the house where she grew
up.
Confronting issues from her past and her own misconceptions about art, men, miracles, money,
and
more, Sofia's Saints is a profound and highly recommended novel of self-examination and renewal
of
purpose in life.
The Cookbook Shelf
Eat My Words
Janet Theophano
Palgrave
175 5th Ave., New York NY 10010
0312233787 $29.95 1-888-330-8477
Eat My Words isn't just a recipe collection; nor is it a survey of cookbook history: it reads
between
the lines of recipes through the ages to consider the women who developed them, from 17th
century
English estate housekeeping books to primers which encouraged women to educate themselves.
Eat
My Words is very highly recommended as an excellent blend of culinary history and
biography.
A Month Of Sundaes
Michael Turback
Red Rock Press
459 Columbia Ave., #114, NY, NY 10024
0966957385 $19.95 www.amazon.com
Over a hundred recipes for both traditional and innovative Sunday delights blends American
dessert
lore and history with dishes which can be easily reproduced in modern kitchens. From vintage ads
to
the history of sundae makers who served the rich in more ways than one, A Month Of Sundaes is
an
outstanding culinary history and highly recommended cookbook that will delight a wide
audience.
Generations
Junior League of Rockford
Favorite Recipes Press
906 Vine, Maquoketa, IA 52060
0871974088 $19.95 1-800-841-2280
Showcasing "kitchen friendly" recipes provided by members of the Junior League of Rockford,
Generations: A Tradition Of Timeless Recipes offers a culinary wealth of wonderful dishes
guaranteed to please any palate and satisfy any appetite. From Apple Sou with Roquefort
Croutons;
Honey and Lime Chicken Salad; Luau Pork Roast; and Stromboli Sandwiches; to Bistro Potato
Gratin; Sour Cream and Pecan Tea Rings; Rum Truffles; and Champagne Mushroom Sauce,
Generations is an enthusiastically recommended contribution the family cookbook shelf.
Fiesta Mexicali
Kelley Coffeen
Northland Publishing
Box 1389, Flagstaff, AZ 86002-1389
0873588053 $14.95 1-800-346-3257
Simple American cuisine with Mexican embellishments: that's the theme of Fiesta Mexicali, a
collection of innovative dishes blending Californian with Mexican innovations. From a Raspberry
Margarita to Margarita Chicken and Roasted Garlic Chicken Quesadilla, plenty of delightful
dishes
are packed into an inviting, easily reproduced set of recipes.
The Slow Cooker Cookbook
Gina Steer
Barrons
250 Wireless Rd., Hauppauge, NY 11788
0764121499 $16.95 1-800-645-3476
Slow cooking has been the subject of competing titles, but The Slow Cooker Cookbook offers a
twist: dishes which are not usually seen in the other casserole-oriented books. Take a sauteed
Chinese Style Duck for example: the slow cooker here approximates a stir fry which much less
effort. Or, consider Spicy Swordfish with Coconut; a very different slow cooker main dish.
Innovative and fun.
Beyond The Staff Of Life
Kief Adler
Naturegraph Publishers, Inc.
PO Box 1047, Happy Camp, CA 96039
0879610751 $6.95 1-800-390-5353
Beyond The Staff Of Life The Wheatless-dairyless Cookbook is a vegetarian cookbook that
draws
upon the cuisines of North Africa, the Middle East, and the Far East to showcase wheatless and
dairy-free recipes that are easy to prepare, nutritious, and delicious! From Banana Ricecakes;
Quasar
Soup; Carrot Milk; and Hummus; to Eggplant Tofusan; Moroccan Tagine; Blueberry Cobbler;
and
Sunflower Seed Cookies, Beyond The Staff Of Life offers an impressive variety of drinks, soups,
salads, side dishes, main courses, breads, baked goods, ice creams, and sweet treats that would
please even the most demanding palate and satisfy the most voracious appetite!
The Pesto Manifesto
Lorel Nazzaro
Chelsea Green Publishing Co.
205 Gates-Briggs Building, White River Junction, VT 05001
1890132950 $14.95 1-800-639-4099
The Pesto Manifesto: Recipes For Basil & Beyond takes the aspiring kitchen cook on an
impressive
and savory tour of world cuisines showcasing a cornucopia of pesto related recipes. From Tomato
Pie; Cremini Mushroom Pasta; Pesto Bagel Chips; and Pesto Quiche; to Roman-Style Chicken
with
Pesto; Pesto Vegetable Salad; A Greek Pestoed Pastry; and Pesto Mocha Cheesecake, The Pesto
Manifesto offers a wealth delicious, nutritious, "kitchen cook friendly" recipes. The Pesto
Manifesto
is enhanced with personal commentary by author/chef Lorel Nazzaro, and of special note is the
chapter dedicated to "Start A Business And Be Your Own Boss" by growing basil and making
pesto.
A Thyme To Remember
Dallas County Medical Society Alliance
FRP Books
2451 Atrium Way, Nashville, TN 37214
0966489500 $22.00 www.frpbooks.com
A Thyme To Remember: Generations Of Recipes Handed Down For Today is a beautifully
presented compilation of outstanding recipes showcasing dishes and cuisines that were literally
passed down from generation to generation as family favorites. The recipes are colorfully
organized
into sections titled: A Handful of Savors (appetizers and beverages); A Handful of Herbs (salads);
A
Handful Flour (hearty breads and soups); A Handful of Sunshine (sweet breads and brunch); A
Handful of Flavors (main entrees); A Handful of Seasonings (vegetables); A Handful of Sugar;
cakes, cookies and pies); A Handful of Heaven (decadent desserts); and The Final Touch
(nutritional
charts, index, recipe contributors, and ordering information). From Bleu Cheese and Spiced
Walnut
Terrine; Dried Cherry Chicken Salad; Aunt Effie's Monkey Bread; and Hazelnut Meusli; to
Bavarian
Meat Loaf; Cabbage and Sweet Pepper Medley; Mother's Lazy Daisy Cake and Broiled Coconut
Icing; and Watermelon Granita, A Thyme To Remember will become an instant family favorite
meal
planning reference whether for daily family fare or special celebratory occasions!
Minutemeals
Evie Righter, editor
Hungry Minds
909 Third Avenue, NY, NY 10022
0764565966 $17.95 1-800-434-3422
Minutemeals is an impressive and highly recommended compendium of 150 innovate, delicious,
easy
to prepare, complete menus that even the most novice and inexperienced kitchen cook can make
in
twenty minutes or less. Every recipe has been tested and proven by culinary professionals.
Featuring
more than 400 recipes, Minutemeals menus are additionally enhanced with handy, "at-a-glance"
shopping lists for efficient and effective visits to a favorite grocery store. From Sesame Chicken
Fingers on Soba Noodles (including a cucumber salad with pickled ginger, and green tea ice
cream)
to Ravioli Pie (including a green salad with cucumber and red pepper, semolina brad, and
long-stemmed strawberries and meringues), these are menus and recipes that will become instant
family favorites, appreciated by the cook for their ease of preparation, and the family members for
their delicious tastes and appetite pleasing variety!
Authentic Norwegian Cooking
Astrid Karlsen Scott
Nordic Adventures
7602 Holiday Valley Drive, NW, Olympia, WA 98502
0963433970 $27.95 1-866-3798
Dedicated to promoting and preserving Norwegian tradition and cultural heritage, Astrid Karlsen
Scott is an emigrant from Oslo, Norway, and president of Nordic Adventures. In Authentic
Norwegian Cooking, Astrid has compiled more than three hundred wonderful recipes showcasing
Norway's culinary history. Enahanced with 16 pages of color photography, Authentic Norwegian
Cooking also features a "Norwegian Table Prayer"; party suggestions, "Special Helps", and a
"user
friendly" recipe index. From Dyrestek med viltsaus (Reindeer Roast with Game Sauce);
Norvegiafylte poteter (Norvegia Filled Potatoes); and Eggedosis (Traditional 17th of May
Dessert);
to Seterjentas rommebrod (The Dairymaid's Wafers); Gjetost dessertsaus (Goat Cheese Dessert
Sauce); and Stekt gds (Roast Goose), Authentic Norwegian Cooking truly lives up to its title and
would make a welcome addition to any kitchen multicultural and ethnic cookbook collection!
Whole Foods Diabetic Cookbook
Patricia Stevenson, et.al.
Book Publishing Company
PO Box 99, Summertown, TN 38483
157067129X $12.95 1-800-695-2241
Controlling diabetes goes beyond reducing sugar intake: it also involves staying healthy by
reducing
fat and increasing exercise. Whole Foods Diabetic Cookbook promotes a vegetarian diet high in
fruits, vegetables, whole grains and beans and is especially valuable for its tips on how to juggle
diabetic needs with vegetarian perspectives. Recipes are simple and easy to follow.
The Jewish Vegetarian Year Cookbook
Roberta Kalechofsky & Rosa Raisel
Micah Publications, Inc.
255 Humphrey St, Marblehead MA 01945
0916288439 $16.95 micahbooks.com
In The Jewish Vegetarian Year Cookbook, Roberta Kalechofsky collaborates with Rosa Raisel to
combine Jewish tradition with innovative, meat-free recipes. Of special interest is the practical and
"user friendly" advice on where to find vegetarian pareve products, how to make tofu into palate
pleasing dishes, and how to properly store and cook beans and grains. Informative cultural
commentary showcases original recipes that range from Golden Glow Shabbat Soup, to
Syrian-Jewish Wheat Pudding. The Jewish Vegetarian Year Cookbook is a welcome and
welcoming
addition to any personal or family cookbook collection!
Harvard Common Press
525 Albany St., Boston MA 02118
1-888-657-3755 www.amazon.com
These new releases promise a large variety of new dishes to try. Andrea Cheman's Roasted
Vegetable (1558321691, $12.95) focuses on the finer art of roasting everything from zucchini to
artichokes. Vegetable lovers will relish the specific guides to dishes which require only a few
spices
and roasting to bring the vegetable flavor alive. Lauren Chattman's Icebox Pies (1558322132,
$16.95) provides over a hundred no-bake pie dishes perfect for the hot months of summer and
early
Fall. A large range of fruits, chocolate, and even pudding pies are presented: most whip up
quickly
and offer no-fail results, with the peppering of color photos adding to the interest. Fred
Thompson's
Lemonade (1558322299, $10.95) and Iced Tea (1558322280, $10.95) are also perfect choices for
hot summer days: each holds over fifty recipes for classic flavors and new innovations. Apple
Lemonade, Pink Lavender Lemonade, and in the tea book, recipes for coolers and infusions, make
for satisfyingly different choices. All are inviting titles.
New Jewish Cuisine
Carole Sobell
Interlink Publishing Group
46 Crosby St., Northampton, MA 01060
1566564506 $26.95 interlinkbooks.com
Kosher cooking and catering expert Carol Sobell shares her culinary and entertaining insights,
advice, and recipes in New Jewish Cuisine: Contemporary Kosher Cooking From Around The
World. The full color photography and instructional advice comprising the Entertaining section
make New Jewish Cuisine an especially welcome reference for the novice kitchen cook. From
Cream of Vegetable Soup with Garlic Croutons; Broiled Salmon and Baby Leek Terrine with
Saffron and Chive Dressing; Sea Bass with Ratatouille and Tapenade Sauce; and Roasted Tomato
Salad with Herbs; to Honey and Mustard Roasted Poussin with Root Vegetables; Beef
Wellington;
Sticky Toffee Pudding with Caramel Sauce and Creme Anglaise; and Poached Red and White
Pears
with Vanilla and Cinnamon, New Jewish Cuisine is a definitive and highly recommended guide to
modern kosher dining.
At Freedom's Table
Carolyn Quick Tillery
Cumberland House Publishing
431 Harding Industrial Park Drive, Nashville, TN 37211
1581823193 $16.95 1-888-439-2665
From an Independence Tear Party featuring food served by the women of Edenton, North
Carolina
at an October 25, 1774 gathering, down American history to a Memorial Day Catfish Fry that
would
be recognized by contemporary readers today, At Freedom's Table: More Than 200 Years Of
Recipes & Remembrances From Military Wives showcases an outstanding and very highly
recommended collection of terrific recipes, engaging anecdotal stories, and history vintage
photographs tracing and illustrating the unique contribution of American military wives to the
dining
table. From Liberty Tea; White Fruit Cake; and Oven Baked Chicken for a Crowd; to Yankee
Doodle Pot Roast; Baklava; Nanna's Chicken-Fried Steak; and Bow-Tie Asparagus Bundles, here
are dishes that will prove as popular today as they were throughout our nation's diverse and
eclectic
history.
The Zen Of Cooking
Lucille Naimer
The Overlook Press
141 Wooster Street, New York, NY 10012
1585672890 $19.95 1-800-743-1312
In The Zen Of Cooking: How Recipes Can Teach Us To Cook Without Them, self-taught chef
Lucille Naimer provides the aspiring and adventurous kitchen cook with an impressive collection
of
130 base recipes (including their variations) for appetizers, pastas, main dishes, vegetarian dishes,
soups, salads, sauces, marinades, salad dressings, and desserts. From Whole Wheat Peanut Butter
Cookies; Tarragon Sour Cream Marinade For Poultry; and Turkey in Chocolate and Chili Sauce;
to
Cauliflower with Mustard Sauce and Vegetarian Meat Loaf; Wild Rice and Black Bean Soup;
Polenta with Sausage Ragout; and Veal Rollette with Roasted Pepper Sauce, The Zen Of
Cooking
offers a highly recommended compendium of delicious, nutritious, and elegant dining.
Best Of The Best From Oregon Cookbook
Gwen McKee & Barbara Moseley
Quail Ridge Press
PO Box 123, Brandon, MS 39043
1893062341 $16.95 1-800-343-1583
In Best Of The Best From Oregon Cookbook, Gwen McKee and Barbara Moseley have
collaboratively compiled more than 400 recipes drawn from seventy-nine of Oregon's leading
cookbooks. From Triple Chocolate Quick Bread (Then 'til Now); Fresh Corn and Crab Chowder
(All About Crab); Broccoli Noodle Salad (Thyme & The River, Too); and Mexican Lasagna (A
Taste of Tillamook); to Gobbler Cobbler (Recipes and Remembering); Fish Salad Bunwiches
(Clam
Dishes And Rock Fishes); Cooked Greens with Bacon and Vinegar (Oregon Trail Cooking); Date
Pinwheel Cookies (Grandma Jean's Rainy Day Recipes); and Ice Cream Pie (Oregon Cook Book);
Best Of The Best From Oregon Cookbook is a unique and enthusiastically recommended
compendium that truly lives up to its title!
Tastes Of Jewish Tradition
Harold Nash, et al.
JJCC Milwaukee
KSB Promotions (publicity)
6255 North Santa Monica Blvd., Milwaukee, WI 53217
0971346100 $26.95 1-888-644-1847
Tastes Of Jewish Tradition is a superbly presented celebration of Jewish holiday traditions and
celebrations featuring 11 "kids friendly" stories, 90 do-it-yourself craft ideas; and 125 delicious
recipes. Complete chapters are dedicated to Shabbbat; Rosh HaShanah; Yom Kippur; Sukkot;
Hanukkah; Tu Bishvat; Purim; Passover; Lag B'Omer; Yom Ha'Atzmaut; and Shavuot. There are
recipes for appetizers, breads, salads, soups, main dishes, side dishes, and desserts. Rounding out
this "family friendly" compendium is a section of reproducible templates and "Prayers &
Blessings".
Showcasing the core of Jewish heritage as reflected in celebrated holidays, Tastes Of Jewish
Tradition is a wonderful and highly recommended addition to any family library.
How It All Vegan!
Tanya Barnard & Sarah Kramer
Arsenal Pulp Press
103-1014 Homer Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6B 2W9
1551520672 $15.95 arsenalpulp.com
Vegetarians and culinary experts Tanya Barnard and Sarah Kramer collaboratively compiled an
impressive compendium of vegan recipes that would grace any meal and please any palate in How
It
All Vegan!: Irresistible Recipes For An Animal-free Diet. Individual chapters are devoted to
Alternatives & Substitions; Vegan Mils & Beverages; Vegan Breakfasts; Vegan Soups & Stews;
Vegan Salads & Dressings; Vegan Sauces & Spreads; Vegan Side Dishes; Vegan Entrees; Vegan
Breads & Muffins; Vegan Desserts; Vegan Odds & Sods; Vegan Kids Stuff; Vegan House &
Home.
From Banana Date Shake; Mushroom Barley Stew; Sweet Potato & Apple Hugel; and Vegan
Sloppy Joes; to Sweet Potato Corn Bread; Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie; Coffee Ice Cream; and
Baked Sesame Fries, How It All Vegan offers a cornucopia of wonderful and nutritious, meat-free
dining ideal for daily family fare and special occasion celebration.
The Fantasy/SciFi Shelf
The King
David Feintuch
Ace Books
375 Hudson St., New York NY 10014
0441009026 $24.95 www.amazon.com
The King continues the ongoing saga of a young prince, who survived treachery to claim his
throne
and who here must continue to prove himself in order to keep it. This fantasy requires no prior
familiarity with its predecessor in order to prove satisfying as it weaves the tale of a new prince
barely in control of his forces.
The Severed Wing
Martin J. Gidron
Livingston Press
University of West Alabama, Station 22, Livingston, AL 35470
0942979966 $14.95 www.uwa.edu
Martin J. Girdon's The Severed Wing is a fascinating novel of set in a parallel-universe history.
Teddy Roosevelt was elected a third term and America entered World War I sooner, and neither
WW II nor the Holocaust ever occurred. In the present day, bizarre events start happening -
people
and places with a Jewish connection begin to mysteriously disappear, and the protagonist Janusz,
keeps receiving mail that attempts to assign him a "credit card number", is confronted with an
eerie
and harrowing mystery to solve before time runs out. The Severed Wing is highly recommended
as a
literate, engaging, science fiction page-turner.
Baen Books
P.O. Box 1403, Riverdale, N 10471
1-800-223-2336 www.amazon.com
Two titles are recommended picks for science fiction buffs who enjoy a blend of fast paced action
and political scenarios. Charles Sheffield's Amazing Dr. Darwin (074343529X, $24.00) is set in
18th
century Europe and focuses not on the evolutionist, but his grandfather. Here a thinker and healer
explores the supernatural and natural worlds in his probe of sorcery and dark forces afoot in
Europe.
Fast-paced action and confrontations with dark forces make for an intriguing read. David Weber's
Short Victorious War (0743435516, $14.00) tells of a hereditary president and a war which
immerses three different cultures in a tangle of deadly confrontation. Conflict extends to within
the
ranks in this drama.
A Child Of The King
Bill Bright & M. R. Wells
NewLife Publications
c/o Creative Media Resources
PO Box 1665, Sandpoint, ID 83864
1563991500 $13.99 1-800-858-9388
Collaboratively written Bill Bright and M. R. Wells, A Child Of The King is a fantastic and
entertaining tale set in the mystical land of Withershins. A simple orphan's quest to find his father
plunges him into an inexorable tidal wave of dark machinations, kings, princes, power struggles,
and
a great deal more in this magnificently engaging and fully satisfying fable.
Lost Dragons Of Barakhai
Mickey Zucker Reichert
DAW Books
375 Hudson St., New York NY 10014
0756400791 $23.95 www.amazon.com
Lost Dragons Of Barakhai is the second volume of 'Books of Barakhai', continuing the story of a
land peopled by shapeshifters who spend half their lives as human and half as animals. A boy who
has faced the death penalty for a mistake finds himself unexpected aligned with the opposition as
he
returns to a fantasy world to further aid its rebel cause. Conflict and confrontation evolve in this
fast-paced fantasy.
Golden Gryphon
3002 Perkins Road, Urbana, IL 61802
Two exceptional publications are recommended picks for all science fiction fans. Kage Baker's
Black
Projects, White Knights (1930846118, $24.95) examines the possibility of mingling with history
in a
moral fashion, if profit is the main motivator. Fourteen of the author's Company stories appear
under
one cover three are new to print and unify the story of time travelers who investigate changes
to
the past. An exceptional collection packed with adventure. James Patrick Kelly's Strange But Not
A
Stranger (1930846126, $25.95) tells of a boy who discovers only he holds the key to averting a
nuclear holocaust on Earth but only if he commits a terrible act himself, an artist commissioned
to
build a tomb for a goddess, and a time traveler who discovers an unraveled future. These short
stories are outstanding in their drama and unexpected twists and turns.
Lost Souls
Poppy Z. Brite
Gauntlet Press
309 Powell Road, Springfield, PA 19064
1887368590 $50.00 1-610-328-5476
Now in a tenth anniversary edition and expanded with an additional chapter, Lost Souls was
Poppy
Z. Brite's debut vampire novel about a young boy, conceived during Mardi Gras, whose mother
died
in childbirth and whose adoptive parents raise him with the name given by the parents he has
never
known: Nothing. Young Nothing must leave home and search out the truth of his family, in this
thrilling and dark saga with hidden shadows and glimpses into what the real meaning of origin is.
Lost Souls is a highly recommended contribution to the growing canon of vampire fiction.
Phule Me Twice
Robert Asprin with Peter J. Heck
Ace Books/Berkley Publishing Group
375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014
0441007910 $6.99 1-800-847-5515
Phule Me Twice is the latest lighthearted, thoroughly enjoyable science fiction adventure from
Robert Asprin. Fourth in the Phule series, about a Legion captain and his unlikely crew of
interplanetary rejects, Phule Me Twice follows the questionable Legionnaires as they are called to
help a dinosaur-like ally race against a mysterious hidden invader. But Captain Phule's own
superior
officer has a grudge against him, and plans to wreak havoc in the most backhanded and scheming
manner possible - by sending in an incompetant with both the ability and authority to royally foul
things up! A loopy and engaging ride featuring quixotic personalities, double-take situations, and
one deceptively resourceful android. Also very highly recommended are the previous Phule
adventures: Phule's Company, Phule's Paradise, and A Phule And His Money.
World Of The Rings
Iain Lowson, et.al.
R&H/Tragalgar Square
PO Box 257, North Pomfret, VT 05053
1903111234 $12.00 1-800-423-4525
World Of The Rings is an unauthorized guide to J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy worlds as exemplified in
the movie versions and provides a beginner with a firm introduction to Tolkien's settings and
fantasy
creatures. Very highly recomended for Tolkien fans, World Of The Rings presents plenty of
details
ranging from how the film sequences were shot, how and where to locate online information, to
understanding the various movie versions of Tolkien's fantasy classic.
The Summoning Stone
Jana G. Oliver
Magespell Press
PO Box 1126, Atlanta, GA 30091
097044902X $15.95 www.magespell.com
Book Two of the "DragonFire" fantasy series by Jana G. Oliver, The Summoning Stone is an
impressive and entertaining epic with a particularly Celtic mythos feel. It is the saga of Caewlin, a
leader of men and his hazardous quest to defend his people and clan from a murderous conqueror.
The fire-haired healing woman Aithne and Belwyn, the eldest son of a rival house rise with
Caewlin
to meet the ultimate challenge in this fantasy saga set in a far-off world of dragons, magic, and a
land
steeped in centuries of lore and ancient power.
The Cape Cod Cookbook
Jerome Rubin
Adams Media Corporation
57 Littlefield Street, Avon, MA 02322
1580625843 $14.95 1-800-872-5627
Compiled by accomplished chef and cookbook author Jerome Rubin, The Cape Cod Cookbook
showcases 210 traditional New England recipes drawn from the culinary history and tradition of
Cap
Cod, Massachusetts. Organized into sections devoted to: Appetizers and Dips (Sweet
Orange-Glazed Chicken Wings); Sauces, Salsas, and Jellies (Blueberry Chutney); Salads (Citrus
Poppy Seed Vinaigrette Salad); Soups and Stews (Buzzards Bay Bouillabaisse); Fish (Nantucket
Flounder Rollups); Shellfish (Provincetown Crab Cakes); Poultry (Maple-Glazed Chicken); Meats
and Pasta (Bellflowers Pasta with White Clam Sauce); Side Dishes (Honeyed Squash and Apples);
Breads and Muffins (New England Spoonbread); Cookies (Cranberry Orange Cookies); Desserts
(Whiskey Cake); and Beverages (Raspberry Kiss), The Cape Cod Cookbook is thoroughly
"kitchen
friendly" and offers a culinary wealth of wonderful contributions for family dining menus.
The Library Science Shelf
Running A School Library Media Center
Barbara L. Stein & Risa W. Brown
Neal-Schuman Publishers
100 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013
1555704395 $49.95 neal-schuman.com
Now in an updated and expanded second edition, Running A School Library Media Center: A
How-To-Do-It Manual For Librarians by Barbara L. Stein (Professor, University of North Texas
School of Library and Information Sciences) and Risa W. Brown (Library Media Specialist, Lake
Highlands High School, Dallas, Texas), is a highly practical, "user friendly", how-to guide for
librarians charged with developing, maintaining, and operating a private, parochial, or public
school
library media center. Individual chapters cover key issues including the efficient maintenance,
building a collection, hiring and working with staff, promoting literacy, and much more. A
comprehensive selection of appendix provides numerous resources at a librarian's fingertips, from
lists of book an periodical vendors, to sources of reviews, to handling software packages that
filter
inappropriate Internet content. Running A School Library Media Center is fundamentally
recommended for all dedicated school librarians.
Creating Cyber Libraries
Kathleen W. Craver
Libraries Unlimited
7730 East Belleview Avenue, #A200, Greenwood Village, CO 80111
0313320802 $40.00 www.lu.com
Creating Cyber Libraries: An Instructional Guide For School Library Media Specialists by
Kathleen
W. Craver (Head Librarian, National Cathedral School, Washington, D.C.) is the latest title in the
outstanding "Libraries Unlimited Professional Guides in School Librarianship" series. Creating
Cyber
Libraries is organized into ten major sections: Cyber Library Guidelines; Cyber Library Policies;
Constructing Web Libraries; Using Portals; Acquiring Fee-based Cyber Libraries; Establishing
Remote Access To Subscription Resources; Creating Cyber Reading Rooms; Providing Cyber
Library Instructional Services; Managing Evaluating Cyber Libraries; and Promoting Cyber
Libraries. Enhanced with a six-page bibliography, a twelve-page "Links Citation List", and an
extensive index, Creating Cyber Libraries is a comprehensive, "user friendly", and highly
recommended text for library staff members charged with the responsibility for developing,
expanding, maintaining, and updating a cyber library with its attendent and evolving technology,
as
well as an essential, core addition to any academic Library Science reference shelf.
The Poetry Shelf
Beat Poets
Carmela Ciuraru, Editor
Everyman's Library
299 Park Avenue, New York NY 10171
0375413324 $12.50 randomhouse.com
Compiled and edited by Carmela Ciuaru, Beat Poets provides informative coverages featuring and
showcasing the work of more than twenty-five poets from the Beat movement, ranging from Bob
Kaufman, to Allen Ginsburg, to Diane di Prima. Rousing poems and Beat verse classics will bring
back nostalgic memories for some, while introducing a whole new generation to a diverse Beat
poetry drawn from the themes and concerns of a now yesteryear of the American experience.
You Want To Sell Me A Small Antique
Rebecca Lilly
Gibbs Smith, Publisher
PO Box 667, Layton UT 84041
1586851489 $10.95 1-800-748-5439
You Want To Sell Me A Small Antique debuts the gifted poetry of Rebecca Lilly and introduces a
remarkable talent for liberated, superbly crafted, memorable verse to an appreciative readership.
Seasonal: Here is where it hastens here/in the road bend in the violets/the gold of the field's
curve/incandescent, wind-flocked and fanned.//It slows in the lumberyard, the stacks/chained, the
dirt road impassable,/it slows in a skeleton/in limp hooves in a tuft of grass.//These winds are the
low field's winds, these stones/resembling fists, its stones,/unchipped, ever-clenched,/the sockets,
the
black joints and the snow.
The Native American Shelf
Native American Education
Lorraine Hale
ABC-CLIO, Inc.
Box 1911, Santa Barbara, CA 93116-1911
1576073637 $45.00 www.abc-clio.com
Part of the ABC-CLIO "Contemporary Education Issues" series, Native American Education: A
Reference Handbook compiled by educator and Native American expert Lorraine Hale is an
informed and informative study of the unique and contemporary challenges involved of educating
Native American students. Individual chapters specifically address the legal and social history of
American educational policy regarding Native American children, various ways to balance modern
teaching methods with Native American cultural preservation, including bicultural approaches,
resources, and a great deal more. A thoughtful, accessible, "user friendly" guide for classroom
teachers and tutors working with Native American students of all grade levels, Native American
Education is an invaluable and very strongly recommended addition to both Educational Studies
and
Native American Studies academic reference collections and supplemental reading lists.
Hopi Kachinas
Edward A. Kennard
Kiva Publishing
21731 E. Buckskin Dr, Walnut, CA 91789
1885772289 $12.95 1-909-595-6833
Originally published in 1938, Hopi Kachinas is a classic reference illustrated in full color by Edwin
Earle and written by Dr. Edward Kennard. Dr. Kennard lived on the Hopi Mesas for a full year a
witnessed the cycle of their kachina dances and selected the carefully painted, superbly presented
illustrations of the Native American ceremonies. Dr. Kennard's informative text explains the role
of
kachinas in Hopi life, the nature of the dance, and more. A superb look into a unique portion of
Native American culture and one that has rightfully survived the test of time, Hopi Kachinas is a
core addition to Native American Studies reference collections.
Neither Wolf Nor Dog
Kent Nerburn
New World Library
14 Pamaron Way, Novato, CA 94949
1577312333 $15.00 newworldlibrary.com
Neither Wolf Nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads With An Indian Elder by Kent Nerburn is a powerful
memoir of a Native American elder who reveals his present-day world to a white man. A vivid
and
informative look at the Native American communities of the Dakotas and evoking memories of
the
Ghost Dance, Neither Wolf Nor Dog transcends myths and stereotypes to offer insight into slices
of
the good, the bad, and the ugly of contemporary Native American life and culture. Neither Wolf
Nor
Dog is an impressive and highly recommended addition to Native American Studies academic
reference collections and supplemental reading lists.
Northwest Native Arts: Basic Forms
Robert E. Stanley Sr.
Hancock House Publishers
1431 Harrison Ave., Blaine, WA 98230
088839506X $9.95 1-800-938-1114
Capably written and very nicely illustrated by Robert E. Stanley Sr., Northwest Native Arts: Basic
Forms is a practical, informative introduction to drawing basic animal forms and shapes in the
style
of traditional Northwestern Native American art. Illustrations, meticulous tracing stencils, and
step-by-step are the hallmarks of this meticulous how-to guide. Northwest Native Arts: Basic
Forms
would make an excellent addition to personal and academic Native American and Art Studies
reference collections.
Seminole Indians In Old Picture Postcards
Donald D. Spencer
Camelot Publishing Company
Box 731138, Ormond Beach, FL 32173
0892183446 $19.95 1386-672-5672
Compiled and presented by Donald D. Spencer, Seminole Indians In Old Picture Postcards a
unique
and thoroughly amazing showcase of both color and black-and-white illustrations, drawn from the
author's valuable collection of picture postcards that feature the Native Americans of Florida's
Seminole tribe. Each postcard reproduction comes with a brief caption describing its scene and its
ramifications. A concise yet enlightening introduction by the author offers a simple capsulization
of
Seminole history in America, while the majority of the book is given over to the rich, moving
images
of a unique people and culture. Seminole Indians In Old Picture Postcards is a unique and
enthusiastically recommended addition for Native American Studies reference collections.
The Fetish Carvers Of Zuni
Marian Rodee & James Ostler
The University of New Mexico Press
1720 Lomas Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1591
0912535105 $18.95 1-800-249-7737
Now in a newly revised and updated edition, The Fetish Carvers Of Zuni is collaboratively written
by Marian Rodee (Curator of Southwestern Ethnology, Maxwell Museum of Anthropology,
University of New Mexico) and James Ostler (Pueblo of Zuni Arts and Crafts) and offers a
thoughtful, fascinating, and informative look at the Zuni Native American tradition and art form
of
carving fetishes. 103 halftones and 94 color photographs profusely illustrate the history of fetish
carving, works of art, and its practice today. Personal testimonies of modern Zuni fetish carvers as
well as scholarly appraisals of this art form round out this book about a unique and fascinating
Native American art form. The Fetish Carvers Of Zuni is a welcome and much appreciated
contribution to Native American Studies reference collections and supplemental reading lists.
Journeys Home
Dudley Cocke, et al.
Zuni Ashiwi Publishing
c/o University of New Mexico Press
1720 Lomas Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1591
0964140144 $19.95 1-800-249-7737
Collaboratively compiled and edited by Dudley Cocke, Donna Porterfield, and Edward
Wemytewa,
Journeys Home: Revealing A Zuni-Appalachia Collaboration is the story of a bilingual play
created
through a sixteen-year collaboration between Zuni and non-Native American Appalachian
cultures.
The play itself, a wealth of information about dialect, lore, motives, and historical background,
and
is enhanced with an audio CD make Journeys Home a unique contribution to contemporary
Native
American Studies reference collections, and a cultural blend celebration and not to be
missed!
The Environmental Studies Shelf
Wilderness Management
John C. Hendee & Chad P. Dawson
Fulcrum Publishing
16100 Table Mountain Parkway, #300, Golden, Colorado 80403
1555918557 $65.00 fulcrum-books.com
Collaboratively written by John C. Hendee (Professor Emeritus of the University of Idaho
Wilderness Research Center) and Chad P. Dawson (Professor of Recreation Resources
Management, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New
York--Syracuse), and in an completely updated third edition, Wilderness Management:
Stewardship
And Protection Of Resources And Values is a comprehensive, 640-page reference and resource
on
wilderness stewardship and the protection of wilderness resources. Individual chapters present
resources and information on U.S. legal authority with regard to wild areas, wild ecosystems,
managing wilderness recreation, and a great deal more. Especially written for wilderness stewards
and U.S. federal land management agencies, is also very highly recommended for environmental
activists and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the upkeep of natural lands.
Wilderness Management is a benchmark publication and an essential, core addition to
professional,
academic, and community library Environmental Studies reference collections.
An Introduction To Coastal Zone Management
Timothy Beatley, et al.
Island Press
1718 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20009
1559639156 $35.00 www.islandpress.org
Now in a second edition with updated statistics, references to legislation, discussions, and new
knowledge about creative coastal design, and collaboratively written by Timothy Beatley
(Professor,
Department of Urban and Environmental Planning, University of Virginia), David J. Bower
(Research Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill); and Anna K. Schwab (Research Associate, Department of City and Regional
Planning,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), An Introduction To Coastal Zone Management is a
scholarly and comprehensive look at the complex problems of environmental management of
coastal
areas. Written for students and professionals, An Introduction to Coastal Zone Management
covers
a wealth of topics including shoreline erosion, lake stratification, coastal sprawl, and much, much
more. An Introduction To Coastal Zone Management is very highly recommended reading for
anyone with a determined interest in the field and an essential addition to Environmental Studies
academic reference collections.
Famous First Facts About The Environment
Ronald J. Formica, editor
The H. W. Wilson Company
950 University Avenue, Bronx, NY 10452
0824209745 $140.00 1-800-367-6770
Capably edited by Ronald J. Formica (Managing Editor, New England Publishing Associates),
Famous First Facts About The Environment is a highly specialized and thoroughly "user friendly",
573-page reference book. Half of the volume collects nearly 4,000 facts about environmental
"firsts", from activist movements and geophysics, to zoos, aquariums, and museums. The second
half is an in-depth index that allows the reader to quickly and easily look up the appropriate fact
for
just about any environmental subject matter. An exacting and thorough gathering of fascinating
environmental facts, Famous First Facts About The Environment is an essential, core reference for
school and community library Environmental Studies collections.
The Psychology Shelf
Life After MPD
Debra Lighthart, Ph.D.
Publication Consultants
Box 221974, Anchorage, AK 99522-1974
1888125764 $19.95
Life After MPD by educator and licenced Clinical Pastoral Counselor Debra Lighthart is a deeply
personal and revealing account of one woman's affliction with "Multiple Personality Disorder",
the
nightmare childhood that fractured her personality, and the long road to recovery. Profound,
reverently reflecting a faith in God, and gut-wrenchingly real and straightforward in its description
of
how abuse can lead to psychological trauma, and uplifting in its recounting of the journey to
wholeness through the gradual accumulation of trust. Life After MPD is recommended reading
for
psychology students, counseling practitioners, and non-specialist general readers with an interest
in
multiple personality disorder conditions.
The Comix/Graphic Novel Shelf
Shadow Star: Darkness Visible
Mohiro Kitoh
Dark Horse Comics
10956 SE Main St., Milwaukie, OR 97222
1569717400 $14.95 www.darkhorse.com
Shadow Star: Darkness Visible is the second volume in the "Shadow Star" manga (Japanese
comics)
series of graphic novels written and illustrated by Mohiro Kitoh. An impressive blend of science
fiction and horror, Shadow Star: Darkness Visible follows two girls who are fast friends and the
bonds each of them have formed with strange alien creatures - yet meanwhile, a separate,
sociopathic enclave of young people threaten to use similar star-creatures to wreak havoc on the
world and exterminate the majority of its population. Collaboratively translated by Dana Lewis,
Christopher Lewis, and Toren Smith (and with lettering and touch-up by Digital Chameleon and
Amador Cisneros) Shadow Star: Darkness Visible is a tautly written and emotional compelling
story
from cover to cover. Also recommended is the first volume of this outstanding graphic novel
series:
Shadow Star: Starflight.
Cardcaptor Sakura Master Of The Clow
CLAMP
Tokyopop/Mixx Entertainment
5900 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2000, Los Angeles, CA 90036
1892213753 $9.99 www.tokyopop.com
Cardcaptor Sakura Master of the Clow, Volume 1 is a graphic novel written and drawn by
CLAMP,
an internationally famous team of four female artists and storytellers. This volume follows the
adventures of young Sakura, who has just become the master of the mystic Clow card talismans.
Yet
her struggles are only beginning, as a dark alter ego power with abilities and companions parallel
to
her own begins to threaten the well-being of her world and her friends. Furthermore, one of her
closest friends is human only in appearance, unaware that his other self is the ill-tempered,
angel-winged Judge of the Clow cards, technically subject to Sakura but personally holding a
certain
resentment for his own human side. Beautiful, flowing artwork characterizes this charming and
delightful story about trials, courage, and hidden motives. Highly recommended.
Knights Of The Dinner Table Magazine
Jolly R. Blackburn, editor-in-chief
Kenzer & Company
25667 Hillview Ct., Mundelein, IL 60060
$3.99 1-847-540-8065 kenzerco.com
Issue #70 of the Knights Of The Dinner Table Magazine is the latest blend of hysterical
role-playing
game adventures and "celebration of gaming" articles filled with useful ideas, characters,
scenarios,
opinions, and more for avid gamers everywhere. The comic-style content features the exploits of
close-knit bands of role-gamers at the gaming table, running their characters. Don't expect wild
displays of lavish artwork - KODT's story is told almost entirely in dialogue between the harried
gamemaster and the four gamers of his group, in their struggle to acquire power, prestige, and
success for their game characters ("and they say there are no winners in RPGs!") Exploiting rules
loopholes, cooking up gaming schemes, and intense, life-or-death character rivalry color these
amazing and often side-splitting funny stories. Issue #70 features the characters determined to
raise a
little decent cash by fixing a gladitorial event - but a "sure bet" is not always what it appears to be,
especially if one is foolish enough to sit in ringside gladitorial seats when the fumble critical tables
usually result in a spectator or two getting impaled! The comic stories alone cause so much
laughter
as to bring tears to the reader's eyes, but the many other backup features and articles offer a
wealth
of lore for role gamers, from unique NPCs presented in "The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly" to
thirteen practical and useful ways to find people to game with. A must-read especially for gamers,
and anyone who enjoys a good laugh!
The Education Shelf
The Educated Student
Richard Labunski, Ph.D., J.D.
Marley and Beck Press
PO Box 824, Versailles, KY 40383
0967749883 $14.95 marleyandbeck.com
The Educated Student: Getting The Most Out Of Your College Years by university educator
Richard Labunski is a solid and extremely practical manual for students designed specifically to
help
them choose the best courses, take good notes, effectively study for exams, improving their skill
at
writing research papers, selecting a major that best suits their needs and interests, develop good
relationships with professors, and more. The Educated Student is a superbly written and presented
"how-to" guide for achieving academic success, and is a "must-read" for every college
student!
The Need For Story
Anne Haas Dyson & Celia Genishi, eds.
National Council of Teachers of English
1111 W. Kenyon Rd., Urbana, IL 61801
0814133002 $22.95 www.ncte.org
Collaboratively compiled and edited by Anne Haas Dyson (Professor, School of Education,
University of California) and Celia Genishi (Professor of Curriculum and Teaching, Teachers
College, Columbia University), The Need For Story: Cultural Diversity In Classroom And
Community is an informed and informative selection of insightful and thoughtful essays by diverse
and learned authors focusing upon the role that stories (commonly held tale types in popular
culture)
and creative writing in the classroom play in the evolution of young minds. From analyzing
multicultural literature for children, to teaching storytelling abilities as early as kindergarten,
question whether a gender-related, natural talent for storytelling actually limits a young woman's
career options, steering her away from mathematics or science fields, The Need For Story is
highly
recommended reading, especially for English and creative writing teachers.
The Social Work Graduate School Applicant's Handbook
Jesus Reyes
White Hat Communications
PO Box 5390, Harrisburg, PA 17110-0390
1929109083 $19.95 1-717-238-3787
The Social Work Graduate School Applicant's Handbook: The Complete Guide To Selecting And
Applying to MSW Programs by Jesus Reyes (Director of the Social Service Department of the
Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois and former Assistant Dean for Enrollment at the University
of Chicago School for Social service Administration) is a direct, comprehensive, and thoroughly
"user friendly" guide to preparing effective social work graduate school applications. From
searching
out the best schools, to what schools look for among the applications submitted to them, to an
extensive selection of research resources, The Social Work Graduate School Applicant's
Handbook
is a "must-read" for anyone seeking to pursue higher education in dynamic social work field and
to
secure their MSW or a social work doctorate.
Like Shooting Rapids In The Dark
Billy O. Wireman
NewSouth Books
PO Box 1588, Montgomery, AL 36102
1588380882 $22.00 newsouthbooks.com
Collaboratively edited by Richard Goode (McMahon Professor of English and Chair of Queens
College English department) and Robert Whalen (Carolyn G. and Sam H. McMahon, Jr.,
Professor
of History and Chair of Queens College's history department), Like Shooting Rapids In The Dark
is
an informed and informative collection of writings on education by Billy O. Wireman, the recently
retired president of the Queens College. Wireman's wisdom on the role of liberal arts education
today and in the future, guarding against overspecialization as a form of "illiteracy" with regard to
everything except one narrow niche, how people have readied themselves for a productive career
throughout history up to the modern day, and more. Like Shooting Rapids In The Dark is highly
recommended for its unique insights into the role colleges have to play in shaping a new
generation
of minds in the years to come.
Impact Teaching
Richard Howell Allen
Allyn & Bacon
75 Arlington Street, Boston, MA 02116
0205334148 $32.00 www.ablongman.com
Impact Teaching: Ideas And Strategies For Teachers To Maximize Student Learning by
educational
psychologist Richard Howell Allen presents a wealth of new ideas for classroom instructors to
their
help students to better absorb knowledge and prepare themselves for life in an ever-changing
world.
Individual chapters address embracing instructional precepts such as combining learning and
enjoyment, enhancing retention, designing effective and interactive lessons, and a great deal more.
Impact Teaching is a strongly recommended and dynamic guide for both public and home school
teachers and tutors.
The Indispensable Teacher's Guide To Computer Skills
Doug Johnson
Linworth Publishing
480 East Wilson Bridge Road, Suite L, Worthington, Ohio 43085
1586831097 $42.95 www.linworth.com
Now in an updated second edition, The Indispensable Teacher's Guide To Computer Skills by
Doug
Johnson (Director of Media and Technology, Mankato Public Schools) is a straightforward and
practical guide to the basic skills in computer use and the Internet specifically required for
classroom
teachers. Johnson presents the successful "CODE 77" program, an abbreviation that originally
stood
for "Computers On Desks Everywhere in District 77." The programs emphasizes solid training in
learning how to take full advantage of computer resources, from file management, word
processing,
and spreadsheets to graphics, hypermedia, and professional computer ethics. The Indispensable
Teacher's Guide To Computer Skills is recommended as a solid guide for teachers preschool
through
highschool in today's increasingly technological world.
The Intelligent Curriculum
David Lazear
Zephyr Press
Box 66006, Tucson, AZ 85728-6006
1569760993 $39.00 zephyrpress.com
The Intelligent Curriculum: Using Multiple Intelligences To Develop Your Students' Full
Potential
by education expert David Lazear (New Dimensions of Learning) is a practical assessment of the
theory of multiple intelligences (MI) as a teaching tool. Written with the goal of helping
classroom
educators to instill within their students a love and enjoyment of learning as an adventure from
their
earliest grades through post-graduate years and beyond, as well as achieving their full intellectual
potential, The Intelligent Curriculum is a thought-provoking and highly recommended
presentation
offering a wealth of practical tips and a carefully reasoned theory for educators of applicable to all
grade levels.
The Pets/Wildlife Shelf
Sharks
Andrea & Antonella Ferrari
Firefly Books Ltd.
4 Daybreak Lane, Westport, CT 06880
1552096297 $24.95 1-800-387-5085
Over 120 species of sharks and rays are illustrated in this concise guide, which adds essays on
their
history, biology and ecology. From cover to cover, Sharks is a photopacked presentation that will
prove to be a very specific reference, and any library seeking one good comprehensive shark book
will find it a welcome addition.
War Admiral
Edward L. Bowen
Eclipse Press/The Blood-Horse, Inc.
1736 Alexandria Dr, Lexington KY 40504
1581500785 $24.95 1-800-582-5604
The seventeenth installment of the outstanding "Thoroughbred Legends" series from Eclipse
Press,
War Admiral by horse racing expert Edward L. Bowen is the story of a singularly remarkable
racehorse. The only son of the great horse racing legend Man O' War to become as great racer as
his
illustrious his father, War Admiral claimed the title at the Triple Crown races, and even ran with a
badly cut foot at the Belmont Stakes. The life, training, exploits, great races, and more of this
noble
animal are painstakingly chronicled in this fine animal biography which is especially recommended
reading for racehorse aficionados. Also highly recommended is Edward Bowen's Man O' War:
Thoroughbred Legends (1581500408, $24.95).
The Japanese Chin
Elisabeth Legl
Alpine Publications
PO Box 7027, Loveland, CO 80537
1577790359 $19.95 1-800-777-7257
The Japanese Chin: Dog From The Land Of The Rising Sun by Elisabeth Legl is both a
celebration
of this unique breed of dog having its origins in ancient Japan, and a very practical guide for
owners
of a Chin on matters ranging from dealing with a sick or injured dog to housebreaking, training,
breeding, and showing. Black-and-white photographs illustrate this superbly written manual which
is
enthusiastically recommended for Japanese Chin owners everywhere.
Wild Times
Tim Harrison
Orange Frazer Press
PO Box 214 Wilmington, Ohio 45177
1882203771 $14.95 orangefrazer.com
Written by an experienced animal control handler of exotic wildlife Tim Harrison, Wild Times:
Tales
From Suburban Safaris is an amazing collection of true life anecdotes and candidly personal
stories.
From rescuing alligators, to rehabilitating birds of prey, to dealing with lions in city streets, and
more, Wild Times is the fascinating true chronicle of a man with a unique love of wildlife, and is
charged with the sometime difficult duty of protecting both humans and wild animals from one
another. Wild Times is very entertaining and especially recommended reading for animal rights
activists and wildlife enthusiasts.
Cull Of The Wild
Bullfrog Films, Inc.
Box 149, Oley, PA 19547
VHS $TBA 1-800-543-3764
The trapping of furbearing wildlife is a lingering relic from a less enlightened time when fur hats,
coats, stoles, mufflers, and other garmets were the height of western fashion and the lone trapper
was an icon of an untamed and wild American West. Featuring new and archival footage and
exclusive interviews with trappers, biologists, veterinarians, members of Congress, and wildlife
advocates, Cull Of The Wild persuasively makes the compelling case that trapping animals for
profit,
recreation, or wildlife management is unjustified in the 21st century. The viewer is left with
renewed
hope that this barbaric practice can be stopped through grassroots activism, increased education,
and
changes in public policy. Cull Of The Wild is a strongly recommended video addition to school
and
community library Wildlife reference collections and "must" viewing for animal rights activists and
governmental policy makers.
Raptors Of The Pacific Northwest
Thomas Bosakowski & Dwight G. Smith
Frank Amato Publications
PO Box 82112, Portland, OR 97282
1571882367 $19.95 amatobooks.com
Collaboratively written by ornithologists Thomas Bosakowski and Dwight G. Smith, Raptors Of
The Pacific Northwest is an informed and informative guidebook enhanced with splendid color
photographs of hawks, falcons, owls, kites, and even turkey vultures native to the American
Pacific
Northwest. Detailed information is accessibly provided for each species' habitat, nesting and
young-raising behaviors, diet, and much more are covered in this superbly presented field guide
very
highly recommended for anyone with a keen interest in this fascinating birds of prey.
Molecular And Cell Biology Of Marine Animals
Carl J. Pfeiffer, editor
Krieger Publishing Company
PO Box 9542, Melbourne, FL 32902-9542
1575240629 $92.50 1-800-724-0025
Marine mammals share one common heritage - there ancestors were all once land dwelling
animals
who returned to the environs of the seas and oceans as some of the most highly adapted life forms
existent today. The exhibit high intelligence (some having brains larger than that of homo
sapiens);
complex social behaviors; astonishing diving capabilities and abilities to withstand the extreme
pressures of the deep sea; echolocating and communication skills; and more. In Molecular And
Cell
Biology Of Marine Animals, editor and marine mammal expert Carl J. Pfeiffer has assembled 76
authorities in marine mammalogy to focus upon the cell and molecular biology of aquatic
mammals.
The methodologies currently used to explore marine mammal biology are explained, including the
genetic tracing of subpopulations of whales and seals by DNA fingerprinting, the use of immune
system molecular markets, cell culture, ELISA techniques, and electron microscopy. Strongly
recommended for academic and community library reference collections, Molecular And Cell
Biology Of Marine Animals is an impressive body of accessible scholarship which is enhanced
with
numerous illustrations, photos, and graphs, as well as a "user friendly" index.
Exploring Alaska's Birds
Various Authors
The Alaska Geographic Society
PO Box 93370, Anchorage, AK 99509
1566610540 $23.95 www.akgeo.com
Exploring Alaska's Birds: Alaska Geographic, Volume 28, Number 1 is filled from cover to cover
with gorgeous color photography of Alaska's wild birds, ranging from ospreys to three-toed
woodpeckers. Packed with insightful articles on these colorful and diverse feathered friends, their
migration patterns and navigation systems, adaptations to Alaskan winters, as well as their
relationships to people, Exploring Alaska's Birds is a remarkable and highly recommended
addition
to personal, school, and community library ornithological reference collections.
The Egyptology Shelf
The Tomb Of Thoutmosis IV
Theodore M. Davis
Duckworth
c/o International Publishers Marketing
22841 Quicksilver Dr., Dulles, VA 20166
http://www.internationalpubmarket.com
0715631209 $29.95 www.amazon.com
First published in 1904, and illustrated with sketches, photographs, representations of
hieroglyphics
and more, The Tomb Of Thoutmosis IV is a seminal and enduring work describing the treasures
and
history found in the Valley of the Kings. Written by celebrated archaeologist and Egyptologist
Theodore M. Davis (1837-1915), The Tomb Of Thoutmosis IV has stood the test of time as a
benchmark of human discovery and is a core contribution to personal and academic Egyptology
reference collections and reading lists.
Egypt In The Age Of The Pyramids
Yvonne J. Markowitz, et al.
MFA Publications
465 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115
0878466304 $29.95 www.mfa.org
Collaboratively developed and written by Yvonne J. Markowitz, Joyce L. Haynes, and Rita E.
Freed, Egypt In The Age Of The Pyramids: Highlights From The Harvard University Museum Of
Fine Arts, Boston, Expedition, offers a stunning glimpse at what we know today of life and
culture
in a cradle of civilization. Vividly illustrated throughout with 150 color photographs and 20 b/w
illustrations of Egyptian artifacts, Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids is an amazing tour, exquisitely
researched, presenting what Egyptologists know so far of ancient Egypt, as well as logical
speculation where the limited evidence of history gives way. An exciting and satisfying
presentation,
so heavily researched and in-depth as to appeal to Egyptologists of all familiarity levels with the
ancient history of a great nation, Egypt In The Age Of The Pyramids is an enthusiastically
recommended contribution to personal and academic Egyptology reference collections and
reading
lists.
The Jobs/Careers Shelf
FBI Careers
Thomas H. Ackerman
JIST Works
8902 Otis Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46216
1563708906 $18.95 1-800-648-5478
Compiled and prepared by federal agent Thomas H. Ackerman, FBI Careers: The Ultimate
Guide To Landing A Job As One Of America's Finest is a solid, reliable, step-by-step guide to
preparing for and securing a job with the American Federal Bureau of Investigation. Individual
chapters address the history of the FBI, salary and benefits, the hiring process, what the FBI looks
for in candidates, test-taking tips, training, FBI internship programs and much more. Interest in
joining the Bureau is at an all time high since the September 11th attack on America and our
current
world-wide engagement with anti-American terrorists organizations. FBI Careers is a solid,
meticulously researched, and extremely useful guide that is a "must" for young men and women
seriously considering the FBI as a law enforcement career.
The Judaic Studies Shelf
Jewish Arguments And Counter Arguments
Steven Bayme
KTAV Publishing House
PO Box 6249, Hoboken, NJ 07030-7205
0881257389 $24.95 1-201-963-9524
Jewish Arguments And Counter Arguments: Essays And Addresses by Jewish historian Steven
Bayme is a scholarly compendium of writings on Jewish history, Jewish identity in America, the
effects both immediate and long-term of intermarriage, Israel-diaspora relations, and a great deal
more. A literate, well-reasoned, highly recommended critique of both the Jewish community
worldwide, and those who criticize it, Jewish Arguments And Counter Arguments is written with
keen insights into the realities and problems of day-to-day living.
Mishnah And The Social Formation Of The Early Rabbinic Guild
Jack N. Lightstone
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3C5
088920375X $29.95 wlupress.wlu.ca
Mishnah And The Social Formation Of The Early Rabbinic Guild: A Socio-Rhetorical Approach
by
Jack N. Lightstone (Provost and Vice-Rector of Research, Concordia University, Montreal,
Canada)
is a informed and informative analysis on the early formation of the early rabbinic guild of masters.
Individual chapters address the Mishna Rhetoric itself, including its literal, theological, and social
meaning, as well as Semahot's remaking of the Mishnah's Rhetoric and the implications to be
drawn.
Mishnah And The Social Formation Of The Early Rabbinic Guild is particularly characterized by
its
extremely meticulous and precise discussion of the rhetoric itself, down to the grammatical,
vocabulary, and partial construction of the original Hebrew text. An analysis meant expressly for
the
most advanced of Judaic scholars, and enhanced with an Appendix by Vernon K. Robbins,
Mishnah
And The Social Formation Of The Early Rabbinic Guild is a scholarly and highly recommended
contribution to Judaic Studies academic reference collections and supplemental reading lists.
To Do The Right And The Good
Elliot N. Dorff
The Jewish Publication Society
2100 Arch Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103-1399
0827607156 $34.95 www.jewishpub.org
To Do The Right And The Good: A Jewish Approach To Modern Social Ethics by Conservative
Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff is an informed and informative examination of the commitment of Judaism
to
social equality. From the ethics of war and international intervention, to looking at the social
problem of poverty from a Jewish point of view, to pluralism within the Jewish community itself,
To
Do The Right And The Good is a thought-provoking and highly recommended look at human
motivations, what it means to be Jewish, and the necessity of holding oneself to an ethical
standard
worthy of the Torah.
The Writing/Publishing Shelf
Proper Noun Speller
Beverly Ritter & Patricia Rhyne
Stenotype Educational Products
PO Box 959, Melrose, FL 32666
0938643673 $26.00 www.amazon.com
Court reporters, editors, researchers, and any involved in the literary and working worlds will find
Proper Noun Speller an important and useful reference. Very highly recommended, Proper Noun
Speller is the only complete reference of its kind and includes spelling details for the proper nouns
of
people, places, and things. Over 45,000 entries provide at-a-glance spelling informaton.
The Trivium
Sister Miriam Joseph, C.S.C., Ph.D.
Paul Dry Books
117 South 17th Street, Suite 1102, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
0967967503 $16.95 pauldrybooks.com
Deftly edited by Marguerite McGlinn, The Trivium: The Liberal Arts Of Logic, Grammar, And
Rhetoric by Sister Miriam Joseph Rauh (1898-1982) is a "user friendly" guidebook to better
understanding the structure and usage of the English language. Individual chapters address
everything from syllogisms, to common linguistic fallacies, to hypothetical and disjunctive
propositions, and more. A superbly presented and accessible guidebook The Trivium offers a solid
grounding for writers of all degrees of experience and background in fiction, nonfiction, as well as
especially academic writing where the interpretations and literal truth of linguistic expression is
under an exacting scrutiny. The Trivium is a highly recommended and welcome contribution to
any
serious and dedicated writer's reference collection.
Publish It Yourself
Alton Pryor
Stagecoach Publishing
5360 Campcreek Loop, Roseville, CA 95747
096600535X $9.95 1-916-771-8166
Publish It Yourself: Five Easy Steps To Getting Your Book In Print by experienced and
successful
sel-publisher Alton Pryor (who has seven previously self-published books to his credit) is a
straightforward, "user friendly" how-to guide to the processes of self-publishing, printing, and
marketing one's own book on one's own terms. Five easy steps presented in a thoroughly reader
friendly text, point the way through the various hurdles of making a manuscript "camera ready",
critical choices in converting a manuscript into a printed volume, marketing through mailing lists,
wholesalers, regional conventions and national shows, creating and adhering to a publishing
calendar
and schedule, and a great deal more. Publish It Yourself is a brief, 120-page introductory survey
that
comprises an excellent primer for anyone with a serious interest in considering self-publishing as
an
option for their writings.
Get Published Today!
Penny C. Sansevieri
InfinityPublishing.com
519 West Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, PA 19041-1413
0741411113 $15.95 1-877-289-6225
Get Published Today!: No More Rejections by San Diego based publishing expert Penny C.
Sansevieri is an upbeat, informed and informative guide with a particularly recommended section
focusing specifically on Print-on-Demand (POD) publishers and how they can work to the benefit
of
the fledgling self-published author. From surveying the numerous on-demand publishers out there,
to
tips on marketing one's book, holding book signings, Internet resources, and more, Get Published
Today! is an excellent introductory instructional reference as well as a long-term supplemental
resource both for authors who have decided upon the POD route, as well as writers/publishers
seeking to effectively market and promote any small press published title.
The Write Book
Bob Perlongo
Art Direction Book Company
456 Glenbrook Rd., Glenbrook, CT 06906
0881082252 $12.95 1-203-353-1441
Compiled and edited by essayist and author Bob Perlongo, The Write Book: An Illustrated
Treasure
of Tips, Tactics, and Tirades is a humorous and yet very practical collection of advisory vignettes
drawn from a roster of forty-six successful writers that range from William Shakespeare; Mark
Twain; Stephen King; Lillian Hellman; and Harlan Ellison; to Louisa May Alcott; Ray Bradbury;
Tennessee Williams; Agatha Christie; Arthur Miller; and Mickey Spillane; and John Steinbeck.
Black-and-white illustrations add an extra chuckle here and there to what is an inherently helpful
book that is so much fun to simply browse through that even readers with no special interest in a
launching a writing career will still chuckle at its passages. The Write Book is highly
recommended
reading, especially for anyone who has ever considered or aspired to a professional writing
career.
The Script-Selling Game
Kathie Fong Yoneda
Michael Wiese Productions
11288 Ventura Blvd., Suite 621, Studio City, CA 91604
0941188442 $14.95 www.mwp.com
The Script-Selling Game: A Hollywood Insider's Look At Getting Your Script Sold And
Produced
by veteran scriptwriter Kathie Fong Yoneda is a candid and informative study of how Hollywood
really operates, covering all of the overt and covert hoops that scriptwriters are compelled to
jump
through in order to get their work accepted by producers. In The Script-Selling Game, an
entertainment professional offers a wealth of wisdom in the form of tips, tricks, techniques, and
"insider insights" drawn from more than 25 years of hands-on, personal experience in the
cutthroat
environment of the Hollywood movie-making world environment. Individual chapters address the
"necessary evil" of pitching a script, common industry buzzwords, what to do and not do when
submitting a script, the eight most common reasons for script rejection, and a great deal more. If
you
are an aspiring scriptwriter, then you need to give a careful reading to Kathie Yoneda's The
Script-Selling Game!
The Architecture Shelf
Renovating & Restyling Older Homes
Lawrence Dworin
Craftsman Book Company
PO Box 6500, Carlsbad, CA 92018
1572180293 $33.50 1-800-829-8123
Renovating & Restyling Older Homes: The Professional's Guide To Maximum Value Remodeling
by
home remodeling and renovation expert Lawrence Dworin is a thorough, professional, quality
guide
written specifically to address the difficulties of restoring the beauty and practical function of
homes
built before 1930. Dworin effectively covers the technique of maximum value remodeling; reveals
the substantial potential available for renovators in the older home market; and how to raise profit
margins while giving customers their money's worth in restoration/renovation services. With an
equal-handed approach to cost sensibility, top quality, and preserving history, Renovating &
Restyling Older Homes is a superbly presented primer for anyone interested in upgrading property
and living fixtures that were built before modern standards of convenience.
Montana's State Capitol
Kirby Lambert, et al.
Montana Historical Society
PO Box 201201, Helena, MT 59620-1201
0917298837 $19.95 1-800-243-9900
Collaboratively compiled and written by Kirby Lambert, Patricia M. Burnham, and Susan R. Near,
Montana's State Capitol: The People's House is a truly stunning presentation of the majesty of
Montana's State Capitol building. Both black-and-white and color photographs of the interior and
exterior architecture, classical artworks, and freeze-frame moments of history enhance an
informative text in this visually masterful book. The reader is provided with an informed and
informative text discussing the construction of the capitol, as well as the paintings and sculpture
within. Browsing through the pages of Montana's State Capitol is an experience that is the next
best
thing to actually being within the Montana Capitol building itself.
Discovering The History Of Your House
Betsy J. Green
Santa Monica Press
Box 1076, Santa Monica, CA 90406-1076\
http://www.santamonicapress.com
1891661248 $14.95 www.amazon.com
Discovering The History Of Your House And Your Neighborhood by noted house historian Betsy
J.
Green is a fun, simple, and "user friendly" step-by-step guide to researching the history of a
private
home. From surfing the Internet, to following a paper trail, Discovering The History Of Your
House
is a welcome and highly recommended primer to finding out everything you want or need to know
about the architectural history of your own home, but didn't know who or how to ask.
What's In Style: Fireplaces
Joanne Still
Creative Homeowner Press
24 Park Way, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
1580111165 $12.95 1-800-631-7795
The fireplace continues to be one of the most desired amenities for new home-owners and quite
justifiably considered to enhance the value of any dwelling. In What's In Style: Fireplaces, Joanne
Still surveys the latest designs for traditional wood-burning masonry fireplaces, as well as clean
and
elegant gas unit fireplaces. Readers will discover how to easily upgrade an old fireplace to make it
an energy-efficient luxury item for any room. What's In Style: Fireplaces is enhanced with more
than
150 color photographs; presents an extensive variety of mantels and accessories; offers expert
advice
for arranging furniture and accessories to enhance fireplace living; offers tips for creating
attractive
mantel displays and wall groups; poses great ideas for outdoor fireplaces, fire pits, chimineas, and
patio heaters; covers the latest fireplace technology in terms of efficiency, fuel, and finishes; and
has
an informative guide to fireplace manufacturers and associations. If you are planning to
incorporate
or update a fireplace into your home, begin by reading Joanne Still's What's In Style:
Fireplaces!
Fences & Retaining Walls
William McElroy
Craftsman Book Company
PO Box 6500, Carlsbad, CA 92008
0934041539 $23.25 1-800-829-8123
Fences & Retaining Walls by construction industry veteran and expert Bill McElroy is an
extremely
practical, "user friendly" manual for building professional quality boundary markers and retaining
structures including picket and chain fences. McElroy covers fundamental aspects of fencing and
wall building including gates, wiring and plumbing in retaining walls, rock walls, and much more.
A
by-the-numbers guide, Fences & Retaining Walls also covers safety considerations, cost
estimation,
keeping track of accounts and paperwork while building, as well as dozens of invaluable tips,
tricks,
and techniques for building sturdy, long-lasting works.
The Photography Shelf
Nature's Palette
Michael Thomas Impellizzeri
IM Publishing
3855 Cape Cole Boulevard, Punta Gorda, FL 33955
096584272X $27.95 1-877-272-3339
Michael Thomas Impellizzeri's Nature's Palette: Art Through A Photographer's Eyes is a truly
dazzling display of natural photography, wildlife, land and sea, all showcasing a joyous celebration
of the beauty of Mother Earth. Full color photographs (sometimes in perfect stillness, sometimes
capturing a blur of motion) speak from the heart. Most photographs have an accompanying brief
passage describing the motives and feelings of the photographer. A most gorgeous nature
photography book, Nature's Palette is as inspiring as it is enjoyable.
Not Yet At Ease
David Chananie
Caputrelife Press
PO Box 2144, Rockville, MD 20847-2144
0971138559 $59.95 1-800-852-4890
David Chananie's Not Yet At Ease: Photographs Of America's Continuing Engagement With The
Vietnam War employs more than 150 photographs to reflect all of the sides of America's social
and
political turmoil regarding our participation in the Viet Nam War. Here depicted in historical
photography is the agony of the war wound, the triumph over an enemy, the journalist killed while
covering the war, the whirlwind of sorrows and the pride of the Wall, and the struggle of Vietnam
veterans to keep their memories alive. Thee are battlefield photos from both sides of the conflict,
as
well as the anti-war protests at home. Some of these photographs have lain unseen for decades
within the vaults of the National Archives. Not Yet At Ease is a fitting tribute to a painful time
and a
recommended addition to personal, school, and community library Photography and 20th Century
American History reference collections.
The Interior Design Shelf
Annie Sloan's Color Schemes For Every Room
Annie Sloan
Laurel Glen Publishing
c/o Advanced Global Distribution
5880 Oberlin Dr., San Diego, CA 92121
1571457615 $22.95 1-800-284-3580
Presenting over 30 themes and 300 color palettes put together by an expert in color for interior
design, Annie Sloan's Color Schemes For Every Room is filled from cover to cover with full color
photography showcasing expertly arranged settings according to each of the 30 main color
themes,
enabling the reader to conceptualize what a Manhattan-color style bedroom or an African
Visions-color style kitchen looks like. Very highly recommended for painters, interior decorators,
and the cliental who to hire them, Annie Sloan's Color Schemes For Every Room is informative
and
fun to page through before selecting a favored color scheme.
Household Winners For Working Women
A. Kingsley Bishop
Greystone International
PO Box 70, Las Vegas, NM 87701
1929798067 $22.95 1-866-566-2665
Household Winners For Working Women: Your Personal Organizational Tool Kit To Declutter
&
Design A Comfortable Home is a highly practical and "user friendly" guide for keeping one's
home
free of useless encumbrances and enhancing a cozy, liveable space in which to better enjoy life.
Written specifically for working women with limited time for housework, individual chapters
address
everything from an easy-to-access closet, to choosing groceries that offer maximum nutrition and
delicious preparation with minimum fuss, to car cleaning and car jacking prevention tips,
Household
Winners For Working Women is packed cover to cover with solid, useful, and highly
recommended
ideas, suggestions, and advice.
The Nautical Shelf
Used Boat Notebook
John Kretschmer
Sheridan House
145 Palisade St., Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
1574091506 $29.95 sheridanhouse.com
Drawn from the pages of "Sailing" magazine and incorporating reviews of forty used boats (plus a
detailed look at ten great used boats to sail around the world), Used Boat Notebook by
professional
delivery skipper John Kretschmer is a thoroughly "user friendly" guide for anyone looking to buy
a
used sailboat. The Used Boat Notebook provides an authoritative coverage of sailboat prices,
ease
of use, safety, investment, design quality and much more. Packed with technical information for
each
boat type, Used Boat Notebook is a first-class, strongly recommended reference written especially
for anyone form a novice mariner to an experienced sailor who wants to know just what they are
buying before they buy it!
The Genealogy Shelf
Norwegian Connections From Arctic Fjord To American Prairie
Judy Jacobson
Clearfield Company
200 East Eager St., Baltimore, MD 21202
0806351500 $29.95 1-410-625-9004
An essential, core title for any personal or academic Norwegian-American history or genealogical
reference collection, Judy Jacobson's Norwegian Connections From Arctic Fjord To American
Prairie covers a wide range of issues and areas ranging from the fjords of Northern Norway to
such
United States emigration destinations as Iowa, Nebraska, and the Dakotas. The heart and core of
Norwegian Connections From Arctic Fjord To American Prairie is dedicated to a series of
Norwegian families. Enhanced with maps of Southern Norway and the Senja Island region,
Norwegian Connections From Arctic Fjord To American Prairie also features invaluable
appendices
offering a wealth of supplemental information including a glossary, lists of Norway and United
States place names, and a great deal more. Highly recommended.
Organizing & Preserving Your Heirloom Documents
Katherine Scott Sturdevant
Betterway Books/F&W Publications
4700 E. Galbraith, Cincinnati OH 45236
155870597X $21.99 1-800-289-0963
Organizing & Preserving Your Heirloom Documents by historian Katherine Scott Sturdevant is a
thoroughly "user friendly" guide for the non-specialist general reader on safely organizing,
collecting, and preserving the priceless personal and family papers that are so invaluable for
genealogical research and the development of family histories. Readers will learn how to locate
missing documents (even discover documents they didn't even know existed!); preserve and care
for
fragile, older papers; transcribe, annotate, proofread, and illustrate documents; conduct historical
research; create new family history documents through writing and interviewing relatives; locate
organizations that can help when working with family documents. Here also are guidelines for
documentary editing and document publishing. Organizing & Preserving Your Heirloom
Documents
is an invaluable and highly recommended instructional guide for aspiring family historians as well
as
practicing genealogists.
The Women's Studies Shelf
Policy Politics & Gender
Kathleen Staudt
Kumarian Press
14 Oakwood Av West Hartford CT 06119
1565490797 $24.95 www.kpbooks.com
Policy Politics & Gender: Women Gaining Ground by Kathleen Staudt (Professor of Political
Science, University of Texas at El Paso) is an intelligently written, thoughtful, college-level study
of
the links between women's politics and public policies at both national and international levels.
Individual chapters reflect matters of reproductive health and threat of overpopulation, the threat
of
gender-specific marginalization in a postwar world, the role of education and "women's work" in
economic policy, and much, much more. Policy Politics & Gender is very highly recommended for
Women's Studies and Political Science academic reference collections and supplemental reading
lists.
Bitter Bonds
Leonard Blusse
Markus Wiener Publishers
231 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ 08542
1558762531 $18.95 markuswiener.com
Winner of the 1998 Golden Owl award for nonfiction, Bitter Bonds: A Colonial Divorce Drama
Of
The Seventeenth Century by Leonard Blusse (Professor of History of European-Asian Relations,
University of Leiden) is the compelling story of Cornelia van Nijenroode, the strong-willed
daughter
of a Dutch merchant and a Japanese geisha. Cornelia married a Dutch lawyer for social reasons,
yet
was soon betrayed by her husband, who sought to plunder all her personal wealth. Cornelia strove
to
obtain a divorce in an era when the law and customs were especially stacked against women, after
a
grueling fifteen-year-struggle, Cornelia emerged with only a partial success, and in the process,
became a footnote to the history of women's rights. An emotional, turbulent true story of betrayal
and the quest for independence, Bitter Bonds is ably translated into English by Diane Webb and a
highly recommended contribution to academic Women's History reference collections and
supplemental reading lists.
Monster Lies
Sally Franz & Jennifer Webb
Beagle Bay Books
3040 June Meadows Road, Reno, NV 89509-8316
0967959160 $25.00 www.beaglebay.com
Collaboratively Franz and Jennifer Webb, Monster Lies: A Woman's Guide To Controlling Her
Destiny is a "reader friendly" self-help book that teaches the women to identify the deceptions that
society and their own minds tend to play on them. From the "doomsday" lie that nothing will ever
change or get better, to the "sandman" lie that it's better to just pretend everything is OK and
sleepwalk through life rather than wake up, pay attention, or take action, Monster Lies is a guide
to
psychologically energizing women and pushing them to live their lives to the fullest. Highly
recommended for both individual study and women's group discussions, sample fill-in-the-blank
exercises throughout help prepare the reader to face new challenges with a clear head and an open
heart.
The Astronomy Shelf
The Hundred Greatest Stars
James B. Kaler
Copernicus Books
37 East 7th Street, New York, NY 10003
0387954368 $32.50 copernicusbooks.com
Accessibly written by James B. Kaler (Professor of Astronomy, University of Illinois -
Urbana-Champaign), The Hundred Greatest Stars is an incredible, informative, superbly
illustrated,
astronomical reference describing one hundred different stars ranging from Acrux to ZZ Ceti.
Each
individual star has a full color photograph and an accompanying page of scientific description with
close attention to detail. The Hundred Greatest Stars is a strongly recommended, beautifully
illustrated study for astronomy buffs.
The Gaming Shelf
The Rifter #19: Chaos Earth, Part 3
Palladium Books
12455 Universal Drive, Taylor, MI 48180
1574570765 $7.95 palladiumbooks.com
The Rifter #19: Chaos Earth, Part 3 is the latest issue of an extensive magazine supplement,
sourcebook, and guide to the Palladium Megaverse world of fantasy and science-fiction
role-playing
games. Offering spells, fully fleshed NPCs, mechanical devices such as gunships, and an entire
scenario of campaigning in a modern-world that was all but destroyed by the introduction of
magic,
The Rifter #19: Chaos Earth, Part 3 is highly recommended for its incredible wealth of useful
material immediately adaptable to any Palladium role-playing game.
The Hunting/Fishing Shelf
Fishing Passion
Jim C. Chapralis
AnglingMatters Press
PO Box 4938, Skokie, IL 60076-4938
0970865333 $24.95 anglingmatters.com
Fishing Passion: A Lifelong Love Affair With Angling by international fishing pioneer Jim C.
Chapralis is a unique exploration that explores not so much the "how-to" of fishing, as the
emotional
aspects of angling. Comparing the attraction and act of fishing to the condition and experience
romantic love, as well as deftly capturing the passions of the sport in anecdotes, dreams,
memorable
personal experiences and communions with nature, Fishing Passion was written by an angler, for
anglers everywhere, as it vividly communicates the true joy of a beloved and life-long
pastime.
Basic Techniques For Successful Fly Tying
Brad Befus & John Berryman
Pruett Publishing Company
7464 Arapahoe Road, Suite A9, Boulder, Colorado 80303
087108919X $21.95 pruettpublishing.com
Collaboratively written by fly-fishing experts Brad Befus and John Berryman, Basic Techniques
For
Successful Fly Tying: A Lesson By Lesson Approach is a meticulous, step-by-step, "user friendly"
guide which is wonderfully illustrated with numerous, full-color, instructional photographs.
Specifically divided into lesson plans that cover everything from different types of fly wings to dry
flies to selecting the right materials and hackle, Basic Techniques for Successful Fly Tying is an
excellent and enthusiastically recommended training guide for fly fishers from novice through
intermediate skill levels.
The Philosophy Shelf
Society at the Crossroads
Steven Cord
Aurora Press
10528 Cross Fox Lane, Columbia, MD 21044
0971174245 $22.95 1-410-997-1182
Society At The Crossroads: Choosing The Right Road by economist Steven Cord is an informed
and
informative discussion of human morality for the twenty-first century. Arguing forcefully against
the
philosophy of "post-modern Ethical Relativism", Professor Cord champions the assertion of full
equal rights and the importance of having confidence in moral decisions. A thought-provoking
and
profound account, Society At The Crossroads is a highly recommended contribution to a national
dialogue on the philosophical underpinnings of contemporary social issues, ills, and concerns.
The Humor Shelf
High-Spirited Rose Is Rose
Pat Brady
Andrews McMeel Publishing
4520 Main Street, Kansas City, MO 64111
0740723677 $10.95 1-800-851-8923
High-Spirited Rose Is Rose is the latest collection of the "Rose is Rose" newspaper comic strip.
An
enjoyable romp with a loving mother who has a wild side that she imagines in biker leathers; an
energetic young boy with his very own (highly protective) guardian angel; and the mild-mannered
father who has his hands full just keeping up, High-Spirited Rose Is Rose offers the reader an
emotional, joyful, exuberant, and celebration of everything from life's simple little pleasures to the
daily struggle to balance independence, freedom, and personal responsibility. Very highly
recommended reading, High-Spirited Rose Is Rose does not disappoint with either the laughs or
the
heart.
The Theatre/Cinema Shelf
Film Music
K. J. Donnelly, editor
Continuum International. Pub. Group
370 Lexington Avenue, NY, NY 10017
0826413579 $29.95 1-800-561-7704
Compiled and edited by K. J. Donnelly (lecturer in Film, Television and Radio Studies,
Staffordshire
University), Film Music: Critical Approaches presents a scholarly and introspective selection of
essays from connoisseurs of fine music who examine the contributions of twentieth century film
music to the overall art form of film making. From analytic and interpretive approaches to music
scholarship, to the profound influence of the music in classics such as King Kong and Citizen
Kane,
Film Music is a thoughtful, complex, and highly artistic critique and evaluation. Film Music is an
invaluable contribution to both Film Studies and Music History reference collections and
supplemental reading lists.
The Digital Filmmaking Handbook
Ben Long & Sonja Schenk
Charles River Media
20 Downer Ave, #3, Hingham, MA 02043
1584500980 $49.95 charlesriver.com
Written by writer, producer, and videographer Ben Long in collaboration with freelance producer
and film video editor Sonja Schenk, and now in an thoroughly updated and enhanced second
edition,
The Digital Filmmaking Handbook is an invaluable introduction and guide to the art of digital
filmmaking. Writing, shooting, lighting, editing, delivery, technical considerations such as color
correction, rotoscoping, compositing, and much more are covered in this exhaustive and
meticulous
manual for digital filmmakers of all experience levels. An included DVD contains media files for
the
book's tutorials, including over 100 essays on the nuts and bolts of making digital movies, and
demo
software for the Macintosh and Windows. The Digital Filmmaking Handbook is very highly
recommended for anyone with an interest or inspiration in the exciting venue of digital films.
Celluloid Gaze
Boze Hadleigh
Proscenium Publishers
c/o Limelight Editions
118 East 30th Street, New York, NY 10016
0879109718 $16.95 limelighteditions.com
First published in 1987 under the title "Conversations with My Elders," Celluloid Gaze by Boze
Hadleigh is a ground breaking collection of interviews with six men who share a common and
unusual trait relevant to their success in the movie-making industry: they were gay, and during
their
lifetimes, they concealed their sexual orientation from the public. Yet these interviews are
remarkably open and candid about how these men's sexuality affected their lives and careers. A
new
preface reflects upon changing attitudes toward homosexuality in just 15 years, and how some
prejudices have remained as rooted as ever. Celluloid Gaze is an informed and informative
contribution to Film History and Gay Studies academic reference collections and supplemental
reading lists, as well as highly recommended reading for fans of the film work of Sal Mineo,
Luchino
Visconti, Cecil Beaton, George Cukor, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Rock Hudson.
The Sports Shelf
Cold Wars
Todd Mishler
Prairie Oak Press
c/o Trails Media Group
PO Box 317, Black Earth, WI 53515
1931599165 $18.95 trailsmediagroup.com
Cold Wars: 40 Years Of Packer-Viking Rivalry by football enthusiast Todd Mishler is an
informed
and informative review of every game these the cherished Greenbay Packer and Minnesota Viking
football teams have played since 1960. Filled cover to cover along with anecdotes, insights, and
cheers from players, coaches, sports writers, and fans, Cold Wars is enthusiastically recommended
as
an engaging history perfect for Wisconsin and Minnesota football buffs and could well serve as a
template for writing books about other historic football rivalries!
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