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Leadership For The Rest Of Us
Naftaly S. Glasman & Valentine DelVecchio
Reference Desk Books
PO Box 1035, Solvang, CA 93464-1035
0962574988 $19.95 1-800-561-2188 (fax)
The collaborative work of education (University of California at Santa Barbara) and leadership
experts Naftaly S. Glasman and Valentine DelVecchio, Leadership For The Rest Of Us
informatively examines a series of critical questions and issues with respect to leadership, whether
in political, cultural, or economic fields of endeavor. Beginning with exploring just what it means
to be a leader, the authors go on to deal with leadership-management connections; the
leader-follower relationship; leadership in multiple roles; leadership in the context of "team
zones"; the relationship of age to leadership; how to become a leader; and more. Specific
examples of particular men and women nicely help to illustrate theoretical leadership principles
and practical leadership concepts. Leadership For The Rest Of Us is very highly recommended
reading -- especially for any who aspires to leadership roles for themselves.
The Complete Success Guide For The Immigrant Life
Monette Adeva Aglaya
PDI Books
PO Box 3867, Glendale, CA 91221-0867
0974110299 $19.95 1-818-244-6878 www.immigrantsuccess.com
One of the very best of the introductory manuals available today for newly arriving immigrants to
(and foriegn students studying in) the United States, Monette Maglaya's The Complete Success
Guide For The Immigrant Life offers a thoroughly "user friendly" orientation to becoming
successful within the framework of American culture, society, politics, and economics. Accessibly
organized by chapter, The Complete Success Guide For The Immigrant Life covers such vital
issues as acquiring legal status; learning conceptual and logistical basics ranging from time zones
to thrift shops; taking care of ourselves from the kinds of foods available to handling stress; family
matters; education opportunities and career choices; money and finances; common problems and
pitfalls ranging from scams to schemes to identity theft; establishing and operating a business
venture; immigration specifics from the concept of "melting pot" to becoming bilingual; and the
definitions of success. Also very highly recommended is Monette Maglaya's The Immigrant's
Little Quote Book For Success (0974110280, $11.95).
101 Words You'll Probably Never Need To Know But Can Use To Impress People
Steven Fantina, author; Joel Barbee, illustrator
Integritous Press
PO Box 5043, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
097456690X $12.95 1-800-462-6420
Steven Fantina is the webmaster and editor of "Word of the Day" online website
(www.wordofthedaywebsite.com) which is devoted to expanding the vocabulary of its visitors.
Now he has gleaned 101 of the most audacious attempts to help the non-specialist general reader
to build and employ a truly sophisticated vocabulary. The cartoon illustrations of Joel Barbee
wonderfully showcase Fantina's word choice selections making learning these new (and very
unusual) words quite "student friendly". From Pneumatology (the study, theories, and/or doctrine
of the spiritual world or theologically the study of the Holy Spirit); to Griffonage (illegible
handwriting); to Vaticinate (predict or prophesy), 101 Words You'll Probably Never Need To
Know But Can Use To Impress People will easily prove to be as fun as it is informative.
The Secret Sales Pitch
August Bullock
Norwich Publishers
2059 Camden Avenue, No. 124, San Jose, CA 95124
0974264008 $19.95 1-408-504-4095 AugustBullock@aol.com
Author August Bullock provides an informed and informative survey of how the media
manipulates the minds of consumers through subliminal messages in The Secret Sales Pitch. By
revealing the psychology involved in contemporary marketing strategies and tactics, Bullock has
produced a kind of instructional manual which will prove to be a superbly presented introduction
into subliminal message and image oriented advertising. The Secret Sales Pitch is strongly
recommended reading for all elements of the advertising community, as well as social activists and
reformers concerned with media manipulation issues arising from corporate and/or governmental
efforts to persuade consumers and the body politic.
Awakening Beauty
Dr. Anthony Napoleon
Virtualbookworm.com Publishing Inc.
PO Box 9949, College Station, TX 77842
1589393783 $22.95 www.virtualbookworm.com
Written by a former holder of a medical psychology fellowship in plastic surgery, Awakening
Beauty: An Illustrated Look At Mankind's Love And Hatred Of Beauty is an unparalleled study
that spares nothing in its examination of what beauty is and how its perception is intertwined with
modern American culture for good or ill. Exploring the bright and seamy sides of beauty
pageants, plastic surgery, trophy wives, wardrobe, maekup, and much more, Awakening Beauty
combines black-and-white photographs with a no-holds-barred critical examination of tough
questions about subjective values.
Superior Seasons
Shawn Perich, author; Bob Cary, illustrator
North Shore Press
5188 North Road, Hovland, MN 55606
0974020702 $14.95 1-218-475-2515 www.northshorepress.com
Written by a popular outdoors columnist for Minnesota Outdoor News and the Cook County
News Herald, Superior Seasons: Life On A Northern Coast is an assembly of vignettes and brief
sketches of moments living in the northwoods. Black-and-white drawings by "Jackpine" Bob Cary
add a captivating touch to wry tales of experiencing woodcraft, the company of loons, bucks
close up, and much more. Highly recommended.
Sign Language Of The Soul
Dale H. Schusterman
The Writer's Collective
c/o Cate Cummings Publicity
7601 East 93rd Street, Kansas City, MO 64138-4206
1932133054 $29.95 1-800-795-7675 www.SignhLanguageoftheSoul.com
Sign Language Of The Soul: A Handbook For Healing by chiropractor and applied kinesiologist
expert Dale H. Schusterman combines unique hand positions (mudras) with the symbols and
words of Jewish mysticism drawn from that body of esoteric wisdom commonly known as the
Kabbalah. Schusterman reveals just how to use the finders and hands in key positions which will
connect with the body's own inherent energy. These finger and hand movements working with
focused intent will result in an expansion of the body's inner awareness and enable both healing
and balance. Enhanced with case studies drawn from patients of diverse physical and emotional
conditions, Schusterman shows how using these techniques brought about healing, joy, and well
being. Sign Language Of The Soul is especially recommended for providing readers with a six
step plan for activating the "Tree of Life" process of personal healing and balance. A welcome
addition to Alternative Medicine, Judaic Studies, Metaphysical Studies, and Kabbalah Studies
reference collections and reading lists, Sign Language Of The Soul is commended as being a truly
seminal and expertly presented work.
Israel/Palestine In A Nutshell
Amanda Roraback
Enisen Publishing
2118 Wilshire Blvd., #351, Santa Monica, CA 90403-5784
0970290845 $9.95 1-866-364-7367 www.enisen.com
Israel/Palestine In A Nutshell is really two books in one. On one side is "Palestine in a nutshell".
Flip it over and you have "Israel in a nutshell" on the other side. What is provided is the history of
the current conflict presented from both the perspective of the Israelis and the Palestinians. A
welcome addition to International Studies reading lists, Israel/Palestine In A Nutshell offers a
informed and informative tour through the series of peace treaties between the two opposing
communities from the Camp David accords down to the latest 2003 Geneva proposal. Also very
highly recommended are the four other "World in a Nutshell" titles from Enisen Publishing:
Afghanistan in a Nutshell; Iraq in a Nutshell; Pakistan in a Nutshell, and Islam in a Nutshell.
Rattle
Eloise Bruce
CavanKerry Press
6 Horizon Road, No. 2901, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
0970718683 $14.00 1-201-670-9065 cavankerry@mindspring.com www.spdbooks.org
Rattle is the debut anthology of poetry written by Eloise Bruce. Her verse is lyrical, her images
memorable, and her subject matter arises from personal life and family experiences growing up in
Alabama and living in New Jersey. A Pretty Woman: Despairing, I separate the petals./I am
grieving for this year's last rose./No. I am afraid my husband will love this woman,/whose skirt
brushes my garden when she approaches./I recognize in her the ancient hag/who stalked other
creatures and ate./I was with pollen smeared like dried egg yoke/on my cheek. I will not run./The
garden is having a say, and I am still./Instinct might see me through.
Please Stop The Rollercoaster
Sue Blaney
ChangWorks Publishing
KSB Promotions (publicity)
PO Box 3085, Acton, MA 01720
0972777946 $24.95 1-978-264-0692 www.PleaseStoptheRollercoaster.com
Please Stop The Rollercoaster: How Parents Of Teenagers Can Smooth Out The Ride by Sue
Blaney (herself the mother of two teenagers and a Certified Professional Behavior Analyst)
focuses upon the issues commonly confronting parents with adolescent children. The text of this
thoroughly "parent friendly" manual is wonderfully accessible in both language and organization.
Beginning with an extended explanation for why the need for a methodical approach to parenting,
Blaney goes on to survey and discuss adolescent development, the change roles and relationships
between teenage children and their parents; improving family communication skills; the impact
and influence of adolescent peers, the media dominated culture, and children's high risk behaviors;
personality type and brain development; school experience, parental support, and self-esteem; the
"myth of perfection", and more. Please Stop The Rollercoaster is an ideal and highly
recommended instructional and informational parenting guide.
Take A Paddle: Western New York
Rich Freeman & Sue Freeman
Footprint Press, Inc.
PO Box 645, Fishers, NY 14453
1930480237 $18.95 1-585-421-9383 www.footprintpress.com
Take A Paddle: Western New York Quiet Water For Canoes & Kayaks is a comprehensive,
superbly presented, specialized guide for canoe and kayaking enthusiasts. Detailing multiple
launch and take-out sites; identifying waterway difficulty levels; providing approximate times to
paddle from one point to another; noting amenities and fun diversions suitable for families with
children; showing where to camp; what the best season for paddling each waterway; even where
to rent canoes or kayaks or find commercial shuttle services, Take A Paddle: Western new York
Quite Water For Canoes Kayaks covers more than 250 miles of flat-water creeks and rivers, as
well as 20 ponds and lakes. Included are Livingston, Monroe, Steuben, Allegany, Cattaraugus,
Erie, Chautauqua, Genesee, Orleans, and Niagara counties. Also very highly recommended is
Rich and Sue Freeman's companion title: Take A Paddle: Finger Lakes New York Quiet Water
For Canoes & Kayaks (1930480245, $18.95).
Rivers Of Change
Tom Mullen
Roundwood Press
PO Box 6533, Malibu, CA 90264
0974341606 $25.95 www.riversofchange.com
Enhanced with 30 black-and white photographs and 8 maps, Rivers Of Change: Trailing The
Waterways Of Lewis & Clark by water resources consultant Tom Mullen introduces the reader to
an American yesteryear of devastating floods, exploding steamboats, forced migrations,
wandering rivers transforming thriving cities into deserted ghost towns, and wild rivers tamed into
domesticated canals by dams and dredges. The focus is on a part of the Lewis and Clark route
along the Missouri, Yellowstone, and Columbia rivers. This is a history that is enhanced with
colorful characters, quirky historical anecdotes, and candid conversations "from off the beaten
trail". Highly recommended as an addition to college and community library American History
collections, Rivers Of Change will prove to be especially interesting to non-specialist general
readers with an interest in environmental water issues -- past and present.
I Am... Living in the Rhythm of the God Within - in the Key of G Minor
George Augustus Stallings, Jr.
SKS Press
5000 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suites D & E, Suitland, MD 20746-1062
0974558605 $20.00 www.skspress.com
I Am... Living in the Rhythm of the God Within - in the Key of G Minor by author, public
speaker, teacher, preacher, and evangelist George Augustus Stallings Jr. (Archbishop and
Founder of Imani Temple African-American Catholic Congregation, Washington, D.C.) addresses
the three basic questions of human life on Earth and the fundamental basics for all religions and
philosophies down through history: Who Am I?, What Am I Here For?, and Where Am I Going?.
The primary message is one of the necessity for taking responsibility for our inherited roles and
responsibilities as the children of God. The darkness in our lives will be lifted, the obscure made
plain, and our true identify and ultimate destinies made manifest when we awaken to the influence
of God. I Am... Living in the Rhythm of the God Within - in the Key of G Minor is recommended
reading for any pilgrim on the path of faith seeking spiritual motivation and a life-long working
relationship with God.
Patagonia
Tim Hauf
Tim Hauf Photography
PO Box 1241, Kingston, WA 98346
0972074333 $27.50 1-360-297-7682 www.timhaufphotography.com
Tim Hauf is one of those photographers who raises to the level of visual art with his spectacular,
full-color photography. Patagonia: Wild Land At The End Of The Earth continues to document
his ability to capture truly memorable and impressive imagery -- this time to that wild and desolate
region near the bottom-most tip of South American known as Patagonia. This latest showcase of
Tim Hauf's photography is enhanced with an informative text by Conger Beasley as we tour
through the history of this obscure but fascinating country which is sparsely populated, yet offers
visions of granite towers, glaciers, wildlife, farmlands, and breathtaking landscapes of incredible
beauty. Patagonia: Wild Land At The End Of The Earth is a welcome and highly recommended
addition to personal, professional, and academic landscape photography collections.
The Fiction Shelf
Shaking Hands With Lefkowitz
Melvin Foster
Zumaya Publications
1105 Nueces Street, #3, Austin, TX 78701-2129
1894942620 $15.00 (paperback), $7.99 (e-book) www.zumayapublications.com
The debut novel of Melvin Foster, Shaking Hands With Lefkowitz is an original and entertaining
novel that reveals how even the smallest personal choices can have dramatic, life-changing
consequences. Alan Borman was a no-nonsense lawyer -- until he found himself standing over his
own body lying in the street. Alan's search for his killer evolves into a journey of self-discovery
enhanced with the realization that our every thought and action forms an intricate web involving
every person we encounter. It's also how Alan finds that there is a rather complicated heavenly
accounting system. Maybe it's not to late to make amends. Highly recommended reading.
No One Knows
Nancy Price
Malmarie Press, Inc.
4387 Rummell Road, St. Cloud, FL 34769
0974481807 $27.95 1-800-509-4905 www.NancyPriceBooks.com
Enthusiastically recommended reading, No One Knows is the story of seventeen year old Miranda
Letty, an orphan living and working in her uncle's parsonage when Parl Harbor is attacked in 1941
and the world is at war. Miranda loves Robert Laird but when he breaks a date with her she
becomes engaged to the wealthy Conrad Beale. Married to Beale, Miranda discovers that money
is his first love, he cannot father a child with her, and perhaps most important of all -- he's not
Robert. War rages abroad while Miranda's married life continues to be complicated by the
unavoidable fact that she has feelings for both her husband and her once adolescent love.
Enhanced with sixteen of the author's original pen-and-ink drawings, No One Knows continues to
demonstrate and document Nancy's Price's astonishing abilities to engage her readers as was
evidenced in her earlier novel "Sleeping With The Enemy".
With
Donald Harington
The Toby Press, LLC
PO Box 8531, New Milford, CT 06776-8531
1592640508 $19.95 www.tobypress.com
At the tender age of 8 years, Robin Kerr had to learn how to fend for herself on a remote,
inaccessible, mountain-top in the wilds of the Ozark mountain range. Until she was 18, Robin had
no human company but she did not lack for animal companionship and the company of the"live
ghost" of a young boy who had himself once lived on the mountain. With is a major, 491-page
novel that is written by author Donald Harington (a professor and lecturer of art and art history)
with a feeling for language enriched with southern idioms and an almost lyrical sense of
expression. Very strongly endorsed and recommended, With is one of those original and finely
crafted novels that will be discovered with appreciation over and over by generations of future
readers.
Poised To Kill
Brian Lutterman
Salvo Press
61428 Elder Ridge Street, Bend, OR 97702
1930486499 $14.95 www.salvopress.com
Poised To Kill is the gripping story of corporate executive Hal Dwyer. His twelve-year-old
daughter has been kidnaped and the ransom is a top secret anti-missile software. If Hal doesn't
steal the software from his defense contractor employer or his daughter will die. The action takes
Hal from the corporate boardrooms of California to the wilderness backcountry of Minnesota.
Author Brian Lutterman has proven himself to be a master storyteller in this masterfully woven
tale of tycoons and terrorists. Poised To Kill is highly recommended reading, especially for
enthusiasts of contemporary action/adventure thrillers.
Cottonwood Summer
Gary Slaughter
Fletcher House
PO Box 50979, Nashville, TN 37205-0979
0974420603 $24.00 www.cottonwoodsummer.com www.fletcherhouse.com
Cottonwood Summer documents author Gary Slaughter as a master at creating loveable
characters and an engaging story-telling narrative style enriched with humor and originality.
Cottonwood Summer is a mystery with Nazi spies, nasty POW's, undercover moles, small-town
values, and Gold Star mothers who will never see their sons again. Irreverent, touching, and a
reader involving story, Cottonwood Summer is one of those novels so easy to pick up and so hard
to put down. And when it is finished, sends the reader to do an Amazon.com author name search
in hopes of finding other stories by this undeniably talented writer.
Alienation Of Affection
Robert Hardaway
Western Reflections Publishing Company
219 Main Street, Montrose, CO 81401
189043793X $14.95 1-800-993-4490
Author Robert Hardaway based his extraordinary novel Alienation Of Affection on a sensational
murder that took place at the Denver, Colorado Richthofen Castle in 1911. A pretty young
woman by the name of Gertrude Gibson Patterson was accused by district attorney Horace G.
Benson of using her considerable and impressive femininity to command, corrupt, and ultimately
destroy. The revelations of sex and scandal that emerged in a courtroom trial were so alarming
that the Denver Woman's Public Service League petitioned the newspapers to stop covering the
trail for fear of violating the common decency of their readers. Alienation Of Affection is a
superbly crafted novel of obsession, sex, scandal, betrayal and prejudice which raged through the
high society of Chicago, Paris, Denver, and even the doomed maiden voyage of the Titanic.
Attention Hollywood! Alienation Of Affection is the very stuff of which block-buster movies are
made!
A Bowl Of Fruit, A Whale In The Woods
Russel Like
Brunswick Galaxy Press
PO Box 6425, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
0966103912 $13.95 www.brunswickgalaxypress.com
His career uninspired and his personal life unrelentingly tedious, Greg Fisher started to mess
around with a special device that would embroil him with alternative realities. Author Russel Like
has an original, somewhat quirky, and always entertaining flair for writing the kinds of stories that
are so easy to pick up and so hard to put down! A Bowl Of Fruit, A Whale In The Woods is
especially recommended for science fiction and fantasy fans who like their tales wild, whimsical,
eccentric, and uproariously funny!
The Self-Help Shelf
The Wonderous Wizdom Of Oz
Christine Whitehead
Brandylane Publishers
1711 East Main Street, Suite 9, Richmond, VA 23223
1883911591 $15.00 1-804-644-3090 www.brandylanepublishers.com
Author Christine Whitehead draws upon the story and images of Frank L. Baum's classic Wizard
of Oz books to illustrate bits of wisdom and insights regarding life and the choices we make in
The Wondrous Wizdom Of Oz: A Spiritual Odyssey. Using the examples of Dorothy, the
Scarecrow, even the Munchkins, principles and precepts are laid out and linked to words of
wisdom and observation from the likes of Jesus, Rosa Parks, Kahlil Gibran, Ann Frank, and
entertainers Pink Floyd, Elton John, Tom Hanks, and Oprah Winfrey. The Wondrous Wizdom Of
Oz is a welcome addition to any personal self-help, self-improvement reading list.
Firing Fido!
Chris Kozakis
Trafford Publishing
2333 Government Street, Suite 6E, Victoria, BC, Canada, V8T 4P4
1412005655 $17.00 www.trafford.com
Firing Fido! is a self-help guide to pursuing success by learning to overcome "Fido" - misplaced
loyalty to a person, belief, or habit that is unworthy of it. Learning to embrace healthy
confrontation, and make the decision to deal with an abusive boss, face down an individual who
doesn't keep his promises, stand firmly for one's ideals when confronted with shady or unethical
business dealings, or stand up for oneself whenever faced with obstacles to success. Step-by-step
instructions to becoming a master of healthy conflict and making a strong will work for oneself
and one's career make for a powerfully charged and vital self-help guide.
The Health/Medicine Shelf
The Beginner's Guide To Eating Disorders Recovery
Nancy J. Kolodny, MA, MSW, LCSW
Gurze Books
PO Box 2238, Carlsbad, CA 92018
093607745X $14.95 1-800-756-7533
Written by a licensed clinical social worker who has specialized in the field of eating disorders for
over 20 years, The Beginner's Guide To Eating Disorders Recovery is a fact-filled guide that
covers basic information about anorexia and bulimia, the first steps to recovery, choosing a
therapist and working with a nutritionist, basic considerations that romantic partners of people
with eating disorders need to know, and much more. A practical, straightforward, easy-to-follow
primer and a "must-read" for anyone who is concerned about eating disorders observed in a friend
or a loved one.
Over 40 & Gettin' Stronger
Phyllis Rogers
Fitness Press
PO Box 4912, Marietta, GA 30061
0974925209 $19.95 www.SeniorFitnessOnline.com
Over 40 & Gettin' Stronger: An Easy-To-Learn Strength Training Workout For Adults by Phyllis
Rogers (Certified Fitness Trainer and a Specialist in Fitness for Older Adults) was designed
specifically for the fitness and exercise needs of men and women over forty. These carefully
crafted and highly recommended exercises employ a set of inexpensive dumbbells and are the only
equipment needed or necessary to gain strength and build muscle. The language is clear and
accessible, the step-by-step instructions result in fun and effective activity that is within the grasp
of ever non-specialist general reader with an interest in improving his or her physical fitness,
enhance their general strength, prevent (even reverse) osteoporosis), relive the pain of
osteoarthritis; minimize lower back pain; even relieve depression.
The Biography Shelf
The Sea's Enthrall
Tim Parsons
EcceNova Editions
PO Box 50001, 15-1594 Fairfield Road, Victoria, BC, Canada, V8S 5L8
0973164875 $19.95 www.eccenova.com
Tim parsons is the winner of the Japan Prize for Marine Biology. The Sea's Enthrall: Memoirs Of
An Oceanographer is the fascinating story of Parsons life as a marine biologist beginning with his
growing up in Ceylon and England, his professional training and international experiences; his
audience with the Emperor of Japan; and his retirement contemplations. The Sea's Enthrall is
"must read" for anyone contemplating a professional career as a marine biologist -- and is
wonderfully informative and entertaining reading for anyone else who appreciations a well-written
memoir hallmarked with philosophy, humor, and a cosmopolitan outlook on life.
A View From A Tall Hill
Terry Wieland
Countrysport Press
PO Box 679, Camden, Maine 04843-0679
0892726504 $45.00 1-800-685-7962 www.countrysportpress.com
A View From A Tall Hill: Robert Ruark In Africa is a biography of Robert Ruark, perhaps the
most influential safari writer in the 20th century. Offering particular focus on his life's work in the
wilderness of Kenya, his love of the land, and his lasting legacy of his writings, which remain
inspirational to thousands of traveling hunters in Africa to this day. An exciting tour of one man's
truly incredible life.
"The Craft So Long To Lerne"
Annabel Johnson
TFG Press
244 Madison #254, New York NY 10016
0974352179 $21.95 1-877-822-2500
"The Craft So Long To Lerne" is the personal memoir of novelist Annabel Johnson. She is the
author of more than twenty historical novels that were read with enjoyment by readers of all ages.
After the historical novel (as a genre) began to fade in popularity with the reading public, Annabel
switched literary gears to write five science fiction novels that were commercial and literary
successes in that specialized field. After her artist and writer husband Edgar Johnson died in 1990,
Annabel began her autobiography, wanting to incorporate the spirit and excitement of the travels
she and Edgar had when they traveled the western country of America together creating the
novels. Threaded through this inherently fascinating life story are tips for aspiring writers and
insights into the necessity for the kind of commitment it takes to become a successful author --
then and now. "The Craft So Long To Lerne" is welcome and entertaining reading -- and most
especially recommended to the attention of anyone who aspires to set pen to paper (or finger to
keyboard in this day and age) to write their own great American novel.
James A. Cox
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