Defensive Use Of Firearms
Stephen P. Wenger
Paladin Press
7077 Winchester Cir., Boulder, CO 80301
1581604696 $20.00 paladin-press.com
Defensive Use Of Firearms: A Common Sense Guide To Awareness, Mental Preparedness, Tactics, Skills And Equipment by firearms enthusiast Stephen P. Wenger is the ultimate guide to self protection with a firearm. Defensive Use Of Firearms methodically carries the reader through the step-by-step lessons of an easy-to-follow self-defense system applicable to any manner of personal firearm in any kind of situation likely to be encountered. Hallmarked with a common sense approach easily understood by the non-specialist general reader (even those with no previous firearms experience), Defensive Use Of Firearms is confidently recommended reading and a "must" for those who are unaccustomed to handguns and rifles and the possibilities of lethal force in self defense.
Windows On Nature
Stephen Christopher Quinn
Abrams
115 West 18th St, New York, NY 10011
0810959402 $40.00 abramsbooks.com
A work as visually impressive as it is informative, Windows On Nature: The Great Habitat Dioramas Of The American Museum Of Natural History is drawn from the studies of Stephen Christopher Quinn and presents a simply outstanding collection of the artistic creation of the animal and nature oriented displays since the museum's founding in 1869. Bringing together, for the first time in one superbly organized and unique collection, the artistic contributions of this New York based museum of natural history, Windows On Nature gives readers a chance to see the many inspiring (and sometimes incongruous) works of contributors to the great historical museum diorama displays. Windows On Nature is especially recommend-ed for academic and community library collections, as well as American Museum Of Natural History visitors and those engaged in study of nature-oriented art.
Thin Places
Mary Treacy O'Keefe
Beaver's Pond Press
7104 Ohms Lane, Suite 261, Edina, MN 55439-2129
www.beaverspondpress.com
1592981127 $17.00 1-952-829-8818
Brilliantly authored by Mary Traecy O'Keefe, Thin Places: Where Faith Is Affirmed And Hope Dwells is a conceptual review of the author's grief for her parents' death and how she found with ease the "thin places" between her parents in heaven and herself in the midst of the everyday. Inspired and inspiring, Thin Places is very highly recommended reading, especially for those grieving the a passing of a loved one and seeking closure.
Self-Made Man
Norah Vincent
Viking Press
375 Hudson, New York NY 10014
0670034665 $24.95 www.penguin.com
Author Norah Vincent wanted to know what life was really like for men, so for 18 months she became one, using a makeup artist, a trainer, and a Juilliard voice coach to help her infiltrate places women never see. Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey Into Manhood And Back Again covers her discoveries under her alter-ego Ned, where she experiences male camaraderie, a high-pressure sales career, dates with women, and more. The underlying codes and messages of masculinity come to light under Vincent's touch and make for fascinating reading.
Forgiveness And Child Abuse
Lois J. Einhorn
Robert D. Reed Publishers
PO Box 1992, Bandon, OR 97411
1931741697 $22.95 rdrpublishers.com
Impressively compiled and deftly edited by Lois Einhorn (Professor Of Communication), Forgiveness And Child Abuse: Would You Forgive? is an intimate and searchingly memorable collection of many touching and informative stories from the lives of many abused peoples wishing to let known their perspective of the abuse they once encountered and their accounts of forgiveness. Covering more then just the subject of child abuse, Forgiveness And Child Abuse enlightens the reader of why one might forgive another for their inflicted pains, as well as what might more suitably be sought as an understandable pursuit for each individual. Forgiveness And Child Abuse is very strongly recommended to all readers with a desire to understand the many various perspectives toward how we should relate to perpetrators of injury, abuse, crime, and even death.
Alligators, Old Mink & New Money
Alison Houtte & Melissa Houtte
William Morrow
10 E. 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022
0060786671 $23.95 harpercollins.com
Fashion lovers already know that flea markets and secondhand shops often hold the best in fashions of yesterday: now fashion and collector hounds have something different to pursue in former fashion model Alison Houtte's Alligators, Old Mink And New Money, which celebrates clothing styles, collections, vintage finds and more. The stories behind classic vintage clothing come to life in a discussion which considers both collectibility and the bonds clothing brings. A fine survey of hunting vintage clothing at estate sales and auctions and embarking on a first-person treasure hunt.
The Book of Tea
Kakuzo Okakura
Kodansha America, Inc.
575 Lexington Av, 23rd fl , NY NY 10022
www.kodansha-intl.com
4770030142 $19.95 1-800-451-7556
Originally written a century ago, by the son of a samurai family who became an assistant curator to the Chinese and Japanese Department of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, The Book Of Tea is more than an introduction to the Japanese art and practice of the tea ceremony - it has served as a seminal bridge to Asian life and thought in English and a work of cultural bridge-building. The Book Of Tea was in fact written in English, in order to prove accessible to English-speakers, and presents chanoyu (literally "the way of tea") as a spiritual culture and a ritual that interlaces with the "Art of Life" itself. A handful of black-and-white illustrations intersperse the methodical, philosophical, and spiritual discussions of all aspects of the tea ceremony. The Book Of Tea is very highly recommended especially for students of Japanese culture and arts.
Super Crafty
Susan Beal, et.al.
Sasquatch Books
119 S. Main St., #400, Seattle, WA 98104
1570614504 $18.95 sasquatchbooks.com
Create something new in a modern style with this collection of craft project selections, Super Crafty: Over 75 Amazing How-to Projects. Do-it-yourself projects range from sewing and knitting to gluing: Super Crafty is the perfect place for newcomers to start, telling how to use recycled and re-purposed crafts to produce simple fun items from pet collars and luggage tags to magnets.
Famous Wisconsin
Hanna Heidi Levy & Brian G. Borton
Badger Books Inc.
PO Box 192, Oregon, WI 53575
1932542280 $16.95 famouswisconsin.com
Famous Wisconsin: Ghosts And Hunters deftly co-authored by the team of writer and publicist Hanna Heidi Levy and Brian G. Borton and is an especially well written documentation of many of the peculiar metaphysical manifestations associated with the state of Wisconsin's strange and inexplicable phenomena. Famous Wisconsin introduces the reader to an in-depth and unknown Wisconsin that features great detail and outstanding account of where, what, and possibilities to why these ghosts and spirits exist still. From the Wausau Paranormal Reserch Society, to Animal Encounters with the Paranormal, this is very highly recommended reading for its easy-to-read format and extensively studied content. Famous Wisconsin is the perfect addition to any and all explorers of Wisconsin's unexplained hidden half.
Milwaukee County Street Names, Street Games
Pat Pollworth
Worthy Tomes
PO Box 510553, Milwaukee, WI 53203
0976359901 $21.95 worthy-tomes.com
Milwaukee County Street Names, Street Games by life long Milwaukee resident Pat Pollworth is a unique and entertaining introduction to the history and geography of the Milwaukee area. Providing a fun and interesting guide and reference to this great Wisconsin city, Milwaukee County Street Names, Street Games educates its readers on hundreds of places to easily find fun as well as places marking historical events and times. Very strongly recommended to all library and school library collections of the Milwaukee area, as well to all children living in the Milwaukee area, Milwaukee County Street Names, Street Games is a perfect learning tool for children wishing to know more about their city -- and would well serve as a template for other Wisconsin communities to do the same.
Irish!
T. B. Edwards
Irish Books And Media
1433 Franklin Avenue E, Minneapolis, MN 55404-2135
1856354202 $19.95 www.irishbook.com
Irish!: A Dictionary Of Phrases, Terms And Epithets Beginning With The Word 'Irish' by T. B. Edwards is an inherently fascinating collective introduction of societies perception of the Irish in phrasing and labeling. Readers will discover the many detailed and individual sayings with pertinence to the Irish culture with phrases like Irish Boomerang, Irish sprits measure, and 'Irish' Maffia. Irish! gives its readers a feel for Irish cultural and societal tendencies or cliches and is very highly recommended to the enthusiast of the Irish culture, as well as students of worldly inter-cultural relations and understandings.
Ethics Of Spying
Jan Goldman
The Scarecrow Press
4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, MD 20706
0810856409 $45.00 scarecrowpress.com
Ethics Of Spying: A Reader For The Intelligence Professional, deftly edited by Jan Goldman (ethics and intelligence teacher at the Joint Military Intelligence College in Washington, D.C.) is a knowledgeably written collection of literature and military espionage that creates what may be understood as the ultimate guideline to ethical spying. Ethics Of Spying may act as an informative reference for identifying the proper tactics necessary to go about assessing a particular situation, aside from being an incredibly elaborate and intriguing read. Ethics Of Spying is very strongly recommended to all policy makers, managers, supervisors, and employees involved in intelligence operations as well as the non-specialist general reader with an interest in espionage and spy history, ethics and tactics.
Wisconsin's Great Lakes Shipwrecks
Wisconsin Historical Society
c/o University of Wisconsin Press
1930 Monroe Street, Third Floor, Madison, WI 53711-2059
www.wisconsinhistory.org
0870203711 $19.95 1-800-621-2736
Wisconsin's Great Lakes Shipwrecks is an interactive multimedia CD-ROM for Windows, that takes the user on an immersive voyage to the depths of Wisconsin's Great Lakes. Suitable for all ages, Wisconsin's Great Lakes Shipwrecks is highly educational, and instructs the user about the role schooners and steamers played in Wisconsin's development, the men and women who once sailed aboard proud vessels, and the means by which divers today unlock and discover the secrets of sunken ships. A fascinating introduction to underwater archaeology. System requirements: Windows 98SE, 2000, or XP CPU, Pentium III, 400 MHz, 128MB System RAM, Sound Card, monitor capable of displaying 1024 x 768, QuickTime 6.5 or later.
Permeable Border
John J. Bukowczyk, et al.
University of Calgary Press
2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB, Canada, T2N 1N4
1552382168 $34.95 www.uofcpress.com
The perfectly unified co-authorship of John J. Bukowczyk (Professor of History and Director of the Canadian Studies Program at Wayne State University in Detroit), Nora Faires (Associate Professor of History and Women's Studies at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo), David R. Smith (History Instructor and Academic Advisor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), and Randy Williams Widdis (Professor of Geography at the University of Regina) presents an well informed and accessibly informative history of the Great Lakes significance in America's modern trade in the Permeable Border: The Great Lakes Basin As Transnational Region, 1650-1990. A work of impeccable scholarship and painstaking research, Preamble Border is a seminal benchmark reference for the significant activity on the Great Lakes for trade between its most active years of 1650 and 1990. A work of impressive originality and very strongly recommended to any reader with an interest in the history of the Great Lakes region, Permeable Border is an excellent documentation of the Great Lakes trading patterns and influences.
The Art Shelf
One-Hundred Artists Of The Southwest
Douglas Bullis
Schiffer Publishing
4880 Lower Valley Rd, Atglen, PA 19310
0764324144 $39.95 schifferbooks.com
One-Hundred Artists Of The Southwest by Douglas Bullis is an informative and seminal collection of succinct biographical descriptions and vividly authored portraits of the one hundred most important artists living and working in New Mexico and Arizona today. Providing the reader with representative samples of their photography, paintings, drawings, sculptures, pottery, weaving, and jewelry, One-Hundred Artists Of The Southwest deftly explores the lives of these artists ranging from Native American contemporary and ancestral visionaries to Hispanic updated representative presentations of religious icons. One-Hundred Artists Of The Southwest is very strongly recommended for personal, academic, and community library collections for its in-depth and informative content, enhanced with over four-hundred full-color illustrations stimulating an appreciation for southwestern-American artistic culture. Also highly recommended as a companion volume is Douglas Bullis', 100 Artists Of The West Coast (0764-319310, $39.95)
Exploring Colored Pencil
Sandra McFall Angelo
Discover Art
PO Box 420551, San Diego, CA 92142
www.discoverartwithsandra.com
0871923157 $28.95 1-619-795-2348
Exploring Colored Pencil by Sandra McFall Angelo by Sandra McFall Angelo is a thoroughly "user-friendly" instructional guide to creating the most intricate, vivid and realistic visual art with colored pencils. Introducing the reader to experienced techniques with step-by-step demonstrations, methods for creating realistic textures, combining colored pencils with a range of media, exercises for beginner, intermediate, and advanced art students, colorful works illustrating diverse styles and applications, drawings by professionals and students of all ages, and many suggestions that will help the reader develop their own style, Exploring Colored Pencil is an excellent guide for all aspiring art students with a particular preference to colored pencils as their medium of expression.
Gary Bukovnik: Watercolors
Clare Henry
Hudson Hills Press
PO Box 205, 74-2 Union Street, Manchester, VT 05254
1555952585 $50.00 hudsonhills.com
Gary Bukovnik: Watercolors is a splendidly beautiful full-color collection of watercolor plates, of flowers by contemporary artist Gary Bukovnik. In Gary Bukovnik: Watercolors, the art literally speaks for itself; the only text is a brief caption for each plate describing its size, materials, and the collection that houses the original. A selected bibliography rounds out this art and flower lover's treasury of skillfully and soulfully painted images.
North Light Books/F&W
4700 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, OH 45236
www.fwpubs.com
A fun, light reading style provides a very approachable guide to beaders with Margot Potter's The Impatient Beader: Easy Jewelry Projects For The Busy Beginner (1581807627, $19.99) ! If author Margot Potter's name sounds familiar, it's because she's a QVC on-air presenter and featured artist on PBS TV's 'Beads, Baubles and Jewels' show, and here provides a collection of master techniques and tools for making necklaces, bracelets, earrings and more. Color photos present not only the usual finished product, but close-ups of beading in process for an unusual step-by-step approach which leaves nothing to the imagination alone. Dorothy Dent's Painting Landscapes Filled With Light (158-1807368, $24.99) provides ten step-by-step projects for both beginners and advanced painters who want to paint light-filled landscapes depicting different seasons and times. Color values are surveyed in landscape projects which show how to capture sunsets and sunrises, autumn foliage, moonshine on water, and more. More than just an exercise book, each project includes diagrams showing light direction and color tonal values and a commentary on how experts fine-tune paintings such professional finishing touches.
The Art Of Arthur And Lucia Mathews
Harvey L. Jones et al
Pomegranate
775A Southpoint Boulevard, Petaluma, CA 94954
0764936441 $40.00 pomegranate.com
The collective and profusely illustrated study of Harvey L. Jones (Senior Curator of the art at the Oakland Museum of California since 1971), Kenneth R. Trapp (independent curator and writer), and Kevin Starr (Professor of History at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles), The Art Of Arthur And Lucia Mathews is provides the reader with an intricate detailing of the collective works of the two truly great artists. Providing art students and scholars with an in-depth understanding of the history and comprehensive production of their eclectic and contemporary artistry, Arthur Mathews and Lucia Mathews are presented as artists who were progressive for their time, and this 272-page compendium of their work righteously and validly expresses the entirety of what truths, beauties and gentle intricacies they strove for. The Art Of Arthur And Lucia Mathews is very highly recommended for academic library Art History collections, as well as students of modern, contemporary, progressive art.
The Military Shelf
The Sky Suspended
Jim Bailey
Thorne
c/o Ulverscroft Large Print (USA), Inc.
PO Box 1230, West Seneca, NY 14224-1230
1846171709 $32.50 1-800-955-9659
The Sky Suspended: A Fighter Pilot's Story is the remarkable and memorable autobiography of Jim Bailey, who in the summer of 1939 while a 19-year old student at Oxford University felt strongly that war between England and Germany was inevitable. That was when he signed up to become a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force. Baily flew British fighter planes in aerial combat missions that ranged from the Battle of Britain, through the action at Gibraltar, and the Anzio beach-heads, to the landing in the South of France. One of the true heroes for which Winston Churchill was to acknowledge with his famous declaration that never had "so many owed so much to so few", The Sky Suspended is the true life story of heroism, survival against the odds, and a remembering of so many that did not make it through -- but to whom so much is owed to that generation of young men by all of the generations that follow. This special large printed edition of The Sky Suspended is a great read, and a welcome addition to the growing library of World War II memoirs and biographies.
American Spartans
James A. Warren
The Free Press
1230 Avenue of Americas, NY NY 10020
0684872846 $26.00 www.simonsays.com
Students of World War II will want to read a different view in American Spartans: The U.S. Marines: A Combat History From Iwo Jima To Iraq. It's the first modern battle history of the Marines in a generation and examines how they performed in key conflicts from World War II to modern times and how they've changed. The evolution of their strategies and tactics have really undergone transformation over six decades, and American Spartans traces these changes using dozens of interviews, hundreds of print sources, and firsthand observation of modern Marine exercises.
Flying Through Midnight
John T. Halliday
Scribner
1230 Ave. of Americas, NY, NY 10020
0743274881 $27.50 www.simonsays.com
Military history readers seeking true adventure accounts of Vietnam won't want to miss Flying Through Midnight: A Pilot's Dramatic Story Of His Secret Missions Over Laos During The Vietnam War. It reads with the drama of a novel but provides a combat memoir following the author's Vietnam tour of duty, where he's stationed in a no-man's land area and flues without ID or rank. His expose on the horrors of war provides fine images and a 'you are there' feel to the story of military bureaucracy and Vietnam combat experience.
Casemate Publishers
2114 Darby Road, Havertown, PA 19083
1-610-853-9131 www.casemate.com
Two excellent military guides a specific and important coverages. For those entering the Army don't miss Sgt. Michael Volkin's The Ultimate Basic Training Guidebook: Tips, Tricks, And Tactics For Surviving Boot Camp (1932714111, $18.95): it covers the 'new world' of the military new to novices entering the forces, that is and covers everything from exercises and acronyms to what to take along to basic training. With The Ultimate Basic Training Handbook in hand, you'll know everything possible about the gas chamber, locker inspections, meals, schedules and more. Eric Micheletti's Warriors From The Deep: The Extraordinary History Of The Combat Swimmers (2913903843, $44.95) profiles three combat swimmer units: the Italian Arditi Incursori, the descendants of the 'torpedo men', the German Kampfschwimmer, and the French combat swimmers who fought in Indonesia and Algeria. These swimmers have kept alive the skills needed to carry out underwater military operations, from espionage to attacks such as fitting explosive charges to the hulls of enemy ships: chapters take a visual approach to the history in packing color photos in multiples on every page, along with color illustrations of weaponry, discussions of tactics and achievements, and history. Both books are 'must' references for any serious military library reference collection.
The World History Shelf
The Meaning Of History
Nikolai Berdyaev
Transaction Publishers
35 Berrue Circle, Piscataway, NJ 08854
www.transactionpub.com
1412804973 $29.95 1-888-999-6778
Now with a new introduction by Professor of Russian Maria Nemcova Banerjee, The Meaning Of History is a philosophical treatise by intellectual Nikolai Berdyaev, witness to two world wars, who survived arrest for political suspicion first by Czarist and then by Bolshevik police, who died in exile in France in 1948 doggedly pursuing his studies and analysis to the end. Observing the philosophy of history as a field that formed the foundations of Russian national consciousness, Berdyaev discusses celestial and metaphysical as well as mundane history, the role of Judaism and Jews in Russian history ("Semitism has been grafted on to the Christian spirit and is indispensable to its destiny. The theme of dualistic messianism, which first appears in Jewish history, has become that of universal history"), the Renaissance and Humanism, and much more. A well-reasoned and superbly translated discussion of complex societal and religious issues of history in general, and Russian history in particular.
Dreams Of Freedom
Ricardo Flores Magon, author
Chaz Bufe & Mitchell Cowen Verter, eds.
AK Press
674-A 23rd St., Oakland, CA 94612-1163
1904859240 $19.95 www.akpress.org
Dreams Of Freedom: A Ricardo Flores Magon Reader presents a selection of the revolutionary journalist and agitator Ricardo Flores Magon. Born in Mexico in 1874, Magon dared to criticize the injustices of the Diaz military dictatorship that ruled Mexico, in his widely read newspaper Regeneracion. Exiled to the United States, Magon remained an influential agitator behind the Mexican Revolution, earning the wrath of both governments. He was finally murdered in Leavenworth Penitentiary in 1922. Dreams Of Freedom presents Magon's determined and vibrant revolutionary writings in English for the first time, along with a lengthy biographical sketch to place his words in historical context, a chronology, bibliography, and an introduction by Benjamin Maldonado. Most of the individual writings are brief yet passionate and sharply to the point. Highly recommended particularly for students of political science and Mexican history.
Africa: A Short History
Robert O. Collins
Markus Wiener Publishers
231 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ 08542
1558763732 $22.95 markuswiener.com
Africa: A Short History by Robert O. Collins (University of California) is an informative and interesting collection of stories and historical happenings of Africa since the "year of African independence" in 1960. As a very well documented description and detailed history of Africa and a lot of the hardships it has experienced in the recent centuries, Africa: A Short History exposes the reader to many unknown or disavowed pieces of the country's past. Africa: A Short History is very strongly recommended to all non-specialist general readers with an interest in inter-cultural studies, as well as students of historical Africa and colonial rule.
Formation Of The Modern State
Rifa'at 'Ali Abou-El-Haj
Syracuse University Press
1600 Jamesville Ave, Syracuse, NY 13210
SyracuseUniversityPress.syr.edu
0815630859 $19.95 1-800-365-8929
Now in an updated second edition with extensive new material, Formation Of The Modern State: The Ottoman Empire, Sixteenth To Eighteenth Centuries is a history classic by Rifa'at 'Ali Abou-El-Haj, professor of modern Near East and European history. Based strongly on primary sources and written with a conscious slant toward theorizing, Formation Of The Modern State challenges readers to rethink their most common assumptions about the Ottoman Empire and its lasting contribution to world history. In particular, Formation Of The Modern State questions long-held status quo beliefs of the Ottoman Empire as a society in decay, pointing to evidence of modernity and vitality in the Empire and contrasting such evidence with corresponding European and Asian governments of the day. A scholarly re-examination, highly recommended for students of world history.
Captors and Captives
Evan Haffeli & Kevin Sweeney
University of Massachusetts Press
P.O. Box 429, Amherst, MA 01004
1558495037 $15.61 umpress.umass.edu
Any collection strong in Native American or early American history should make Captors And Captives: The 1704 French And Indian Raid On Deerfield a collection acquisition: explores the raid from different viewpoints of the raiders, both French-Canadian and Native American, and the Deerfield villages alike, showing the confrontational and friendly relationships between diverse groups of the times. In using the individual experience to provide history and social and cultural insights, Captors And Captives provides an outstanding social coverage.
The Hunting/Fishing Shelf
Alaska Fishing
Rene Limeres & Gunnar Pedersen
Publishers Design Group
c/o Biblio Distribution/NBN (dist.)
4270 Boston Way, Suite 200, Lanham, MD 20706
www.nbnbooks.com
1929170114 $34.95 1-800-462-6420
Now in a deluxe, updated third edition, Alaska Fishing: The Ultimate Angler's Guide is a thoroughly comprehensive tour of Alaskan fishing by the state's top fishing experts. Featuring full color photography throughout, Alaska Fishing covers all seventeen Alaska sport species (including both fresh and salt water fish), all fishing methods (fly, spin, and bait), and all six regions of the state, with in-depth details on over 300 of the most productive fishing locations. Tips on regional climate and conditions, run timing, visitor service costs, trophy and record fishes, USGS map references, fishing regulations, flies for Alaskan fish, a cross-referenced index and more make Alaska Fishing as friendly to novice fishers as it is valuable to seasoned experts. An absolute "must-have" for anyone intrigued by the Alaskan fishing experience.
The Psychology Shelf
Freud
Jacques Sedat
Other Press
307 Seventh Avenue, Suite 1807, New York, NY 10001
1590510062 $23.00 www.otherpress.com
Freud by Jacques Sedat (General Secretary of the International Association for the History of Psychoanalysis), and knowledgeable translated into English by Susan Fairfield is an introduction and compelling in-depth analysis of the life of the founder of psychiatry -- Sigmund Freud. As a study of this philosopher and ground breaking scientist, Freud educates its readers of his ideals, notions, and 'discoveries' and observations. As modern psychology has been greatly advanced from the struggles and strive of many founding fathers in the discipline that Freud pioneered, Freud describes the life of the leading and most recognized today. Freud is very strongly recommended to all students new to the field of psychology seeking a solid education on its fundamentals and history.
Ethical Practice In Small Communities
Janet A. Schank & Thomas M. Skovholt
American Psychological Association
750 First St, NE, Washington, DC 20002
1591473462 $49.95 www.apa.org
Very strongly recommended reader for both students and practitioners, Ethical Practice In Small Communities by psychology authors Janet A. Schank (independent psychologist, and Chair Member of the Minnesota Psychological Association Ethics Committee) and Thomas M. Skovholt (Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Minnesota and part-time practitioner) is a knowledgeable and informative study of the psycho-therapeutical ethics in practice of a smaller community practices. Ethical Practice In Small Communities analysis the practical and proper dimensions of the dilemmas and advantages to setting up a practice in a small town for prevention of intrinsic or intrusive acceptance of clientele as well as productive and constructive practice through the learning of individuals and collective communal acquaintances without ethical degradation. Ethical Practice In Small Communities is an excellent and very encouraged read for the dedicated psychologist, psychotherapist, psychiatrist, and counselor as an introduction to small-town ethical practices and issues.
Treating Explosive Kids
Ross W. Greene & J. Stuart Ablon
Guilford Publications
72 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012
1593852037 $32.00 www.guilford.com
Deftly co-authored by Ross W. Greene (Director of the Collaborative Problem Solving Institute in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School) and J. Stuart Ablon Associate Director of the Collaborative Problem Solving Institute and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard medical School), Treating Explosive Kids: The Collaborative Problem-Solving Approach is an invaluable reference to all parents, and is highly recommended reading regarding children who are struggling to find a comfortable level of self, and who may express themselves through aggressive, defiant, or erratic physical or verbal display. Treating Explosive Kids is painstakingly researched and offers an indispensable guide to taking proper care of an uncooperative or argumentative child, and takes a very deep exploration into the reasoning and psychological aide which one might take as probable course for action. A work of seminal scholarship, Treating Explosive Kids is an excellent addition to the library reference collection of any teacher, parent, or child psychotherapist.
Functional Behavior Assessment For People With Autism
Beth A. Glasberg
Woodbine House
6510 Bells Mill Rd., Bethseda, MD 20817
1890627585 $17.95 woodbinehouse.com
Functional Behavior Assessment For People With Autism: Making Sense Of Seemingly Senseless Behavior by Beth A. Glasberg (Consultant for Douglass Outreach at the Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey) is an informed and informative analysis of the behavior tendencies and habitual pursuits of children with autism. As many sufferers of autism engage in certain behavior which might be cause to others' discrimination of them. Thoroughly accessible for non-specialist general readers with an interest in autism, Functional Behavior Assessment For People With Autism is an extensively informative and exceptionally detailed explanation of the conditions autism might cause, as well as a productive examination of valid and helpful solutions for which it should be given high praise, and is recommended very strongly to teachers and parents of autistic children.
Interventions Following Mass Violence And Disasters
Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, et al.
Guilford Publications
72 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012
1593852568 $48.00 www.guilford.com
Knowledgeably co-edited and authored by the professional team of Elspeth Cameron Ritchie (Psychiatry Consultant to the U.S. Army Surgeon General), Patricia J. Watson (National Center For Posttraumatic Stress Disorder) and Matthew J. Friedman (Executive Director of the National Center for PTSD) Interventions Following Mass Violence And Disasters is a work of seminal, in-depth scholarship focused upon understanding and studying mental health oriented responses following large-scale traumatic events. Granting the reader a complete understanding of psychological discoveries and breakthroughs in the study of aiding those affective by extensive and damaging traumatic experiences, Interventions Following Mass Violence And Disasters informs the reader of every necessity to competently help a patient recover their emotional stability and well-being. An important and core addition to professional and academic library reference collections on Psychology and Psychiatry, Interventions Following Mass Violence And Disasters is very strongly recommended as an excellent reference for all practicing psychotherapists, psychologists, psychiatrist, counselors, nurses, "first responders" and trauma victims.
Essentials of Clinical Hypnosis
Steven Jay Lynn & Irving Kirsch
American Psychological Association
750 First St., NE, Washington, DC 20002
www.apa.org/books
1591473446 $69.95 1-800-368-5777
Co-written by former president of the American Psychological Association Division 30 (Society of Psychological Hypnosis) Steven Jay Lynn and hypnosis and suggestion expert Irving Kirsch, Essentials Of Clinical Hypnosis: An Evidence-Based Approach is a textbook written to bridge the gap between research and practice and help bring hypnosis into mainstream, evidence-based clinical psychotherapy. Written for students of all levels of experience in hypnosis, Essentials Of Clinical Hypnosis offers basic instruction to help novices understand and practice hypnosis, suggestive methods, up-to-date literature reviews, a no-holds-barred scrutiny of the difficult issues involved in using hypnosis for memory recovery, and much more. Methods for incorporating hypnotic methods for treating pain, smoking, eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression and more are discussed at length. A superb reference and training resource for both students and practicing psychologists.
The Civil War Shelf
The Confederate Hospitals And Their Patients
Jack D.Welsh
Mercer University Press
1400 Coleman Avenue, Macon, GA 31207
www.mupress.org
0865549710 $35.00 1-800-634-2378
The Confederate Hospitals And Their Patients: Atlanta To Opelika is a remarkable primary source of information concerning the medical care of the Confederacy during the American Civil War. The bulk of The Confederate Hospitals And Their Patients presents individual patient records of two hospitals, both of which originated in Atlanta in 1862 and moved to Vineville, Georgia before Atlanta fell, eventually closing in Opelika, Alabama. Since the gathered data is from various primary sources and some incomplete records, the precise methods of data collection and collation are described. The Confederate Hospitals And Their Patients largely focuses on the data itself, with minimal exposition, though some clarification and conclusions are included. An enthusiastically recommended reference and resource for college libraries and anyone researching Civil War medical care.
The Battle of Perryville
Robert P. Broadwater
McFarland & Company
PO Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640
www.mcfarlandpub.com
078642303X $39.95 1-800-253-2187
The Battle Of Perryville: Culmination Of The Failed Kentucky Campaign is a historic study of the South's ill-fated campaign to bring the fence-sitting border state of Kentucky into the Confederacy. The many mistakes of the campaign convinced Kentuckians that the Confederacy was incapable of defending them against the Union; among the severe losses for the South was the brutal battle of Perryville. Inexperience on both sides and the South's failure to act as a whole turned what could have been a victory into a retreat, and consigned Confederate General Braxton Bragg to be forever remembered as mediocre. The Battle Of Perryville draws upon letters, diaries, and regimental histories to relate the whole story, with black-and-white photographs, maps, and illustrations. An index allows for easy reference in this captivatingly written historical account.
DiscCookery: The DiscDrive 20th Anniversary Cookbook by Jurgen Gothe is the collective production of the great chef's most successful and favored plates in an easy-to-use format perfectly designed for home-use. Readers will grasp a complete understanding of Gothe's cooking tactics and be introduced to recipes for making many of the his tasty and delightfully decorative dishes. From Ziti with Lamb, Ham & Greens; Crepes Singhiozzando; and Butter Sauce with a Rumour of Tomatoes; to Taine of Beef with Prunes & Almonds; Half-Sweet Cocoa; and Cherry Chocolate Elk, DiscCookery is very highly recommended to all fans of the highly renowned and praised cook Jurgen Gothe as well as the general cook looking for a more interesting approach to their culinary practices.
Simply Vegetarian!
Nancy Mair
Crystal Clarity, Publishers
14618 Tyler Foote Road, Nevada City, CA 95959
www.crystalclarity.com
0916124533 $11.95 1-800-424-1055
Compiled and written by cooking instructor, professional caterer Nancy Mair, Simply Vegetarian! Easy-To-Prepare Recipes For The Vegetarian Gourmet is a collection of vegetarian recipes which all have in common a reasonably brief preparation time (15 to 50 minutes usually), except for a few cases that have a longer cooking time but that allow the chef to accomplish other tasks while the dish is in the oven. From Summer Rice Salad to Stuffed Zucchini, Maple Walnut Pie, Hungarian Noodles and so much more, the dishes offer a wide range of delights and the one-page recipes are laid out in such a manner that ingredients are not listed all at the beginning, but rather each ingredient is listed at the point in preparation in which it is added to the dish, the better to prevent mistakes. A sumptuous and enthusiastically recommended cookbook for busy vegetarians. Also highly recommended is Nancy Mair's previous cookbook, The Intimate Vegetarian.
Brownies To Die For!
Bev Shaffer
Pelican Publishing Company
1000 Burmaster St, Gretna, LS 70053
1589803825 $24.95 pelicanpub.com
Brownies To Die For! is an amazing collection of the most tasteful and delightful brownie recipes drawn from her years of experience by Bev Shaffer. From Brownie Parfaits; Orange Brownies; and Chocolate Brownies, to Chocolate Carmel Sauce; Brownie Pudding Layer Cake; and White Chocolate Round Brownies, Brownies To Die For! covers every imaginable type of the scrumptious and soft sweet treats. Brownies To Die For! is enthusiastically highly recommended to all readers with a taste for these tasty chocolate treats!
Sunday Suppers At Lucques
Suzanne Goin with Teri Gelber
Alfred Knopf
1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019
1400042151 $35.00 aaknopf.com/cooking
Sunday Suppers At Lucques: Seasonal Recipes From Market To Table provides an outstanding set of recipes from a Los Angeles restaurateur whose cooking has won her accolades since 1998. Here are over a hundred of her recipes, arranged into three-course menus organized by season. Lest you worry they are geared for professionals or restaurant owners they've been edited for home use and are divided into step-by-step preparation tips for quick and easy reproduction, and paired with color photos to encourage polished results. Be ready to use some exotic ingredients, though: Chilled Red Pepper Soup with Sumac, Basil and Lemon Yogurt and Spiced Pork Stew with Polenta, Root Vegetables and Gremolata provides plenty of flavor and require access to fennel, sumac and other spices and vegetables peculiar to more urban markets.
Hidden Kitchens
Nikki Silva & Davia Nelson
Rodale Press, Inc.
400 South Tenth St., Emmaus, PA 18098
159486313X $27.50 www.rodale.com
Recipes pepper Hidden Kitchens: Stories, Recipes, and More from NPR's The Kitchen Sisters, but Hidden Kitchens is more than just the chronicle of the beloved National Public Radio Morning Edition series. As part of the Hidden Kitchen project, two women called The Kitchen Sisters put forth an NPR hotline and asked listeners, "What food traditions are disappearing from your life? Who glues your community together through food? What should be captured and documented before it disappears or changes beyond recognition?" The response came like an avalanche. Hundreds of humorous, profound, wistful, and heart-rending true stories were submitted; the best of them are presented in Hidden Kitchens, along with recipes, color photographs, and illustrations. From food in the galleys of Great Lakes ships to a secret civil rights kitchen in Montgomery, Alabama, the stories Hidden Kitchens all have in common the zest to create great food, and through taste, help human beings connect with one another. Highly recommended.
America's Great Delis
Sheryll Bellman
Collectors Press
PO Box 230986, Portland, OR 97281
1933112077 $35.00 collectorspress.com
For an outstanding blend of history and recipes you won't want to miss America's Great Delis: Recipes And Traditions From Coast To Coast, deserving of ongoing mention as standing out from the crowd of recipes-only deli cookbooks to add an extra dash of history and vintage photos to the mix. Both black and white and color photos embellish discussions of the origins of classic deli foods around the world, from Matzo Ball Soup to Potato Latkes. A powerful visual treat blends with culinary history and some fine deli standard recipes.
The Open-Hearth Cookbook
Suzanne Goldenson with Doris Simpson
Alan C. Hood & Company, Inc.
Box 775, Chambersburg, PA 17201-0775
0911469265 $15.00 1-888-844-9433
Now in a revised edition with substantial new information since its initial publication in 1982, The Open-Hearth Cookbook is a guidebook to the classic art of cooking food in a fireplace. Chapters discuss at length how to keep the hearth clean and the cook safe, demonstrating effective techniques used in centuries past as well as today. Restaurant critic Suzanne Goldenson and former chef Doris Simpson combine their talents in relating techniques for open-hearth baking, roasting, boiling, and frying, sample recipes including soups, main dishes, scones and cakes, strategies for preparing a fireplace feast, and more. Black-and-white illustrations and a list of resources round out this superb guidebook for the adventurous chef.
Evangel Publishing House
2000 Evangel Way, Nappanee, IN 46550
1-800-253-9315 evangelpublishing.com
The Amish Country Cookbook series is sure to delight connoisseurs of homestyle traditional food made from scratch. Each volume is filled with taste-tested recipes for delicious soups, salads, breads, cakes, snacks, pies, beverages, jellies, and more. Recipes are often packed two or three to a page, ensuring a sizeable number of dishes to prepare in each volume. Retailing for $16.95 apiece, the series consists of Volume 1 (1928915205) and Volume 2 (1928915213), edited by Bob and Sue Miller, who grew up in Ohio's Amish country; Volume 3 (1928915221), edited by Bob and Sue Miller with Anita Yoder; and Volume 4 (1928915361), edited by Anita Yoder with Bob and Sue Miller. All four volumes have an individual index, as well as a brief introductory essay titled "Who Are The Amish?" that informs readers about the people, faith, and culture that engendered these wonderful recipes. A superb series certain to help the reader discover the succulent taste of country life.
Real Women Eat Chiles
Jane Butel
Northland Publishing
PO Box 1389, Flagstaff, AZ 86002
www.northlandpub.com
0873588975 $21.95 1-800-346-3257
World famous culinary author Jane Butel presents Real Women Eat Chiles, a cookbook of more than 120 chile-based recipes, with a sprinkling of profiles of women who engage in the healthy habit of eating chiles. Some were born into cultures that embrace chile; others acquired a taste for chiles while traveling abroad. Deliciously spicy dishes range from Grilled Veggie Bites with Spring Salsa to Beef Enchilada Bake, Tamale-Style Catfish, Shrimp Salad Burrito, and Spicy Hot Chocolate Mousse. Easy-to-follow instructions, cooking tips, color photographs, and nutritional information of the calories, protein, carbohydrates, fiber, fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium per serving of each recipe round out this "must-have" guide for anyone interested in cooking with chile peppers.
John Wiley & Sons
111 River St., 4th fl., Hoboken, NJ 07030
www.wiley.com/culinaryandhospitality
The latest updated new edition of Betty Crocker Cookbook: Everything You Need To Know To Cook Today (0764568779, $29.95) is a winner: it packs in over 1,000 easy recipes, enhances them with 300 color photos, includes new chapters on casseroles and quick dishes, and further flags fast recipes which can be completed in less than 20 minutes. Attention to low-fat dishes and explanations of common problems and how to solve them round out a basic primer which should be the first item of choice for any beginning cook and many an advanced home cook too! Tony Hill's The Spice Lover's Guide To Herbs & Spices (0764597396, $19.95) is an IACP Cookbook Award finalist and goes way beyond similar-named herb and spice guides. Tony Hill owns Seattle's World Merchants Spice, Herb & Teahouse: here his expertise lends to a survey of the spices based on his world travels and in-depth knowledge of culinary history and lore. Definitions of spice characteristics, color photos of spices and herbs, and recipes provide plenty of explanation on spice or herb characteristics and why they work in particular dishes. It's these extensive explanations which set Spice Lover's Guide To Herbs & Spices apart from all others.
Recipes From Wine Country
Tony De Luca
Whitecap Books
351 Lynn Avenue, North Vancouver, BC, Canada, V7J 2C4
www.whitecap.ca
1552856054 $39.95 1-888-980-9852
Chef Tony de Luca's Recipes From Wine Country showcases his culinary approach through demonstrating the simplicity of creating a perfectly synchronic beauty in combination of wine and food for a true gourmet appreciation granted during a meal. Featuring 108 color pictures, Recipes From Wine Country successfully projects the great beauty that author Tony de Luca uses as a focal point, blending these wonderful pictures to grant the recipe each preceding recipe. Recipes From Win Country is a welcome contribution to kitchen cookbook collections and one which is very strongly recommended for wine connoisseurs, as well as the aspiring chef or restauranteur.
The Library Science Shelf
Books Every Child Should Know
Nancy Polette
Libraries Unlimited
88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
1591583543 $35.00 www.lu.com
Books Every Child Should Know: A Literary Quiz Book by educator Nancy Polette is an ably written and thoroughly entertaining collection of games, quizzes, cryptograms, word searches, scavenger hunts, plays and more, drawing their inspiration from classic children's books. As an interesting approach to many landmarks in children's literature, Books Every Child Should Know informs its young readers of more in-depth and observational intricacies of their favorite stories in a fun and active way. Books Every Child Should Know is very highly recommended to all classroom teachers and homeschooling parents as a curriculum supplement, as well as to public library children's book collections for its engaging format for use with children of all ages.
Demonstrating Results
Rhea Joyce Rubin
ALA Editions
PO Box 932501, Atlanta, GA 31193-2501
0838935605 $45.00 www.alastore.ala.org
Demonstrating Results: Using Outcome Measurement In Your Library by independent library consultant Rhea Joyce Rubin has as its primary focus library evaluations through outcome measurement. Demonstrating Results covers such issues as enhancing library programs using evaluation techniques; the use and customization of fourteen step-by-step work forms addressing the unique needs of library systems; gathering and interpreting statistically accurate data for the purpose of demonstrating outcomes; measuring, evaluating, and presenting of outcomes for fund raising purposes. Demonstrating Results utilizing case examples and is enhanced with a "Toolkit" that includes tips on creating evaluations, coding data, and selecting samples. Demonstrating Results is a welcome and informative addition to Library Science reference collections.
The NextGen Librarian's Survival Guide
Rachel Singer Gordon
Information Today
143 Old Marlton Pike, Medford, NJ 08055
1573872563 $29.50 www.infotoday.com
The NextGen Librarian's Survival Guide by Rachel Singer Gordon (former Head of Computer Services at the Franklin Park Public Library and currently Consulting Editor to the Book Publishing Division of Information Today, Inc.) is an informed and informative introduction to the coming of Generation-X professionals to community and academic library career positions, as well as an in-depth reference creating stability in such library staff positions. Providing aspiring librarians an easy-to-follow structure, The NextGen Librarian's Survival Guide follows a format consisting of chapters dedicated to Next Generation Librarianship; Surviving Library School; Surviving the Job Hunt; Surviving Entry-Level Positions; Moving Forward; Image, Stereotypes, and Diversity; Connections; Work/Life Balance; Transforming the Profession; and a conclusive Note to Library Administration. A welcome and seminal addition to professional and academic Library Science collections, The NextGen Librarian's Survival Guide is a well-crafted reference-guide enabling an expert understanding of the library field of study and career positioning.
The Virtual Reference Desk
R. David Lankes, et al.
Neal-Schuman Publishers
100 William St., #2004, NY, NY 10038
1555705553 $75.00 neal-schuman.com
Collaboratively edited by team of R. David Lankes (Director of the Information Institute of Syracuse), Eileen G. Abels (Associate Professor at the College of Information Studies), Marilyn Domas White (College of Information Studies, University of Maryland); and Saira N. Haque (Doctoral Student, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University), The Virtual Reference Desk is a wide-ranging and comprehensive introduction and survey of digital services that have grown to be an integral part of academic and community library systems. Among the issues included are teens and chat reference, interpersonal communication, staff training for Web service, establishing performance targets, managing services on a round the clock and daily basis, online communities and forums, professional resources, and more. The Virtual Reference Desk is indispensable for librarians and library systems offering online services to their patrons.
The Librarian's Guide To Developing Christian Fiction Collections For Young Adults
Barbara J. Walker
Neal-Schuman Publishers
100 William Street, Suite 2004, New York, NY 10038-4512
1555705456 $55.00 neal-schuman.com
The Librarian's Guide To Developing Christian Fiction Collections For Young Adults by Barbara J. Walker (Library Manager, Nancy Carson Library, North Augusta, South Carolina) among the most well written and "user-friendly" works guiding the reader through a complete and thorough process enabling better subject matter, greater satisfaction and an overall education for future independence on making important decisions for library choices. The Librarian's Guide To Developing Christian Fiction Collections For Young Adults is the perfect addition to a librarians personal or professional book collection and is also highly recommended for university Library School reference collections.
The Librarian's Internet Survival Guide Irene E. McDermott
Information Today
143 Old Marlton Pike, Medford, NJ 08055
1573872350 $29.50 www.infotoday.com
Compiled from her "Internet Express" column for Searcher magazine, The Librarian's Internet Survival Guide: Strategies For The High-Tech Reference Desk by Irene E. McDermott is an informed and informative introduction to the modern internet and the spectrum of resources which it offers contemporary librarians. Introducing readers to tactics and strategies collected and developed over the years by McDermott, The Librarian's Internet Survival Guide insightfully informs librarians of the invaluable particulars which only years of experience may bring to light in integrating and utilizing a high-tech reference resource. Now in a newly updated and expanded second edition, The Librarian's Internet Survival Guide is very highly recommended to all librarians and library science students wanting a greater grasp on the limitless possibilities of internet usage in the course of library operations and services.
The Environmental Studies Shelf
Skinny Streets And Green Neighborhoods
Cynthia Girling & Ronald Kellett
Island Press
1718 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20009
1559633379 $35.00 www.islandpress.org
Expertly and knowledgeably co-authored by Cynthia Girling (Director and Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of British Columbia) and Ronald Kellett (Professor of Landscape Architecture and Director of the Neighborhoods LAB in the Design Centre for Sustainability at the University of British Columbia) Skinny Streets And Green Neighborhoods: Design For Environment And Community is an innovative modern introduction and study of urban planning and ecology that deftly provides the reader with an exceptional selection of proven methods for solving generally difficult problems for community landscapes in urban areas. Inclusive of in-depth analysis with years of experience in the urban planning, with an excellent selection of design strategies for opportune placement of plant life for the essential betterment of the environment. An outstanding contribution to Environmental Studies and Urban Studies reference collections, Skinny Streets And Green Neighborhoods is very strongly recommended for all students of ecological design within the context of an urban environment.
Magpies And Mayflies
Derek Madden et al
Heyday Books
PO Box 9145, Berkeley, CA 94709
1597140031 $16.95 heydaybooks.com
Very highly recommended, Magpies And Mayflies: An Introduction To Plants And Animals Of The Central Valley And Sierra Foothills is knowledgeably co-authored by Derek Madden, Ken Charters and Cathy Snyder. An invaluable resource for ecological explorers of (and casual visitors to) the central valley and Sierra Foothills. Magpies And Mayflies is a perfectly "user friendly", informed and informative guide to flora and fauna of the fields and hills of the beautiful and endless Sierra area.
Evolution Of The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
Lee Botts & Paul Muldoon
Michigan State University Press
1405 South Harrison Road, Suite 25, East Lansing, MI 48823-5202
0870137522 $34.95 msupress.msu.edu
Written by the founder of the Lake Michigan Federation and the Executive Director at the Canadian Environmental Law Association, Evolution Of The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement is a scholarly discussion of the Canadian- American partnership regarding the Great Lakes, the negotiation behind the Great Lakes Agreement and its evolution, the transformation of the Great Lakes Regime, and more. In addition to the detailed and heavily researched survey of history that forms the main text, the entire Great Lakes Agreement of 1972 and its 1978 revision, along with copious notes, round out this down-to-earth environmental history. An excellent reference, as accessible to lay readers as well as students and professionals in environmental studies.
The Poetry Shelf
Beyond
John Niemirovich
American Literary Press
8019 Belair Road, Suite 10, Baltimore, MD 21236
www.americanliterarypress.com
1561679054 $14.95 1-800-873-2003
To be truly memorable, poetry must speak to the spirit as well as the mind's eye of the reader. Beyond is a lyrical collection of intimate poetry from the mathematical mind of John Niemirovich. A Dream Dissolving: The biosphere with seething life doth teem;/The stars are burst and formed anew to gleam/Within the cold and limitless expanse/While fragile man bestirs within his dream.
Left Out In The Rain
Gary Snyder
Shoemaker & Hoard Publishers
c/o Avalon Publishing Group
245 W 17th St, 11th fl, NY, NY 10011
www.shoemakerhoard.com
1593760906 $15.00 1-800-788-3123
Left Out in the Rain is a free-verse poetry collection by Gary Snyder, winner of the Pulitzer Prize among other awards. In his twenties, he labored as a forester and logger; one of his experienced co-workers told him, "If you're gonna work these woods, don't want nothing that can't be left out in the rain." That phrase became the title and binding theme of Left Out In The Rain, which examines human experiences in relation to the environment that encompasses them. The diversity of the often brief verses makes each one linger in the mind as bright flicker of momentary insight, in this compilation highly recommended for poetry enthusiasts. The Taste: I don't know where it went / Or recall how it worked / What one did / What the steps were / Was it hands? / Or the words and the tune? / All that's left / Is a flavor / That stays
Battles And Lullabies
Richard Michelson
University of Illinois Press
1325 South Oak St, Champaign, IL 61820
www.rmichelson.com
0252073037 $18.95 www.uillinois.com
Battles And Lullabies is an eclectic anthology of intuitive poetry from the children's book author Richard Michelson. Readers will be delighted by Michelson's vivid descriptions and situational indications. Where I Sat What I Ate: I sat between/Bubbeh/and Aunt Bet/I Never had a prayer//Bubbeh fingered/her forearm/the five numbers/burnt there/and//that's how I learned/to count/Aunt Bet//told lies about boys/who had loved her/when she was/a young coquette/I sat//like the silence/between train whistles/and dreamt//of the first woman/who taught me to dance/She was so beautiful/I never had a chance//Her skin was/ as smooth as/her silence/I sat//like a boy mid-bath/between curiosity and/my own nakedness/I sat//between Bubbeh/and Aunt Bet/Between spoonfuls of regret/I ate//from this you shouldn't know/and/may you never forget.
The Sleep Accusations
Randall Watson
Eastern Washington University Press
705 West First Ave, Spokane, WA 99201
1597660035 $15.95 www.amazon.com
Winner of the 2004 Blue Lynx Prize for Poetry, The Sleep Accusations is an eclectic, intimate, and highly recommended collection of the greatest poetry from the intriguing and intuitive works by Randall Watson. A Dog's Life: I love the morning rain./I am like a dog in the street/with my ears up./It's as if I've been out all night/and I am hungry./I can hear the one who feeds me/calling me home.
The Portable Famine
Rane Arroyo
University of Missouri-Kansas City
5101 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MS 64110
1886157537 $13.95 www.umkc.com
The Portable Famine is an eclectic collection of the great poet Rane Arroyo's most astute and memorable work. Among other great poets of modern day, Arroyo depicts an incredible perspective of the human condition, American mentality, and his intimate encounters with life itself. Mayberry, RFD: Not even one illegal Mexican/in the body shop? No Guatemalan/maid at One Hour Motel? Not//a Puertorriquena owning/a Tex-Mex restaurant? How/white is white? Poor Opie,//taught to fear jalapeρos./Even in imaginary America,/America has to be imagined.
Riverfall
Simmons B. Buntin
Dufour Editions
PO Box 7, Chester Springs, PA, 19425
1903392470 $19.95 dufoureditions.com
Simmons B. Buntin diligently presents Riverfall as a showcase of his poetic skills, and his true appreciation of the beauty in nature that is always surrounding him. Readers will feel contentment while reading Riverfall, as Buntin poetically gives back to nature a beautiful thanks for its beautiful being. A highly recommended read for poets and students of nature alike, Riverfall is sure to delight its readers no matter which genre preference they might have. If A Spider Can: She spills her golden silk against the wind:/miles of drifting line//are free until, latching the broken reeds,/she is anchored. Perhaps the delicate//spider will catch a black fly, or a moth./Perhaps midge or brown darter.//But in that chaotic beauty of web, the light/geometry of thread and wind,//there is more. she eyes the red-winged/blackbird. Her silver orbs focus on belted//kingfisher. She dances madly/on thoughts of gallinule.//Beyond the sawgrass a boy leans/against the wind as his kite climbs://if the golden twine is long enough/perhaps he can tangle a gull.//Perhaps he'll snare the arcing jest.
Lampblack & Ash
Simone Muench
Sarabande Books
2234 Dundee Road, Suite 200, Louisville, KY 40205
193251127X $13.95 sarabandebooks.org
Lampblack & Ash is an emotionally engaging collection of metaphorically intense poetry by Simone Muench delving deep into the intricacies of the poet's ever resplendent mind. As Lampblack & Ash progresses, readers will find their minds entranced by the poise, flow and infecting linguistics of Muench. Elegy For The Unsaid (after Neruda): In this mouth I gather darkness, an aria,/rosewater tongue, tympanic bone,/a poem more quiet than quietness,/a bronze song, something undone, salvia,/a crushed butterfly./It is the blood on a light bulb, the seventh sadness,/a fluctuation that closes oceans and eyes./The vermilion and solitary luminary/shimmies and singes the feathers of the aviary.//Moon, the clock's word, dear country, ruin, rain.
The Sports Shelf
The Best Of Baseball Digest
John Kuenster, editor
Ivan R. Dee
1332 N. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60622
1566636558 $29.95 www.ivanrdee.com
Baseball fans who have a literary love of the sports will appreciate over sixty years of classic baseball stories by the game's leading writers and players in The Best Of Baseball Digest. This is no light treatment: over a hundred articles gathered from issues from the 1940s to modern times appear here, along with over eighty photos: many of them rare. Relive the major plays, players and events of the baseball world in a powerful 'you are there' account; one of the best baseball collections available.
The Education Shelf
First Time Up
Brock Dethier
Utah State University Press
7800 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322
0874216206 $22.95 www.usu.edu/usupress
First Time Up: An Insider's Guide For Composition Teachers by Brock Dethier (Coordinator of Advanced Composition at Utah State University) is an in-depth and instructive presentation reflecting the values which may be placed on effectively teaching composition in the classroom for first-time writing instructors. Tactfully written in an encouraging, humorous, yet appropriately informative manner, First Time Up documents the often difficult experience of teaching contemporary college students and recommends what processes would be most appropriate in dealing with student maturity and academic preparedness issues. As a truly well written, experienced based, and "user friendly" guide First Time Up is to be given high praise and is very strongly recommended reading -- especially for novice English teachers and professors of college level students.
60 Strategies For Improving Reading Comprehension In Grades K-8
Kathleen Feeney Jonson
Corwin Press
2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
0761988386 $34.95 corwinpress.com
60 Strategies For Improving Reading Comprehension In Grades K-8 by literary expert Kathleen Feeney Jonson is an inclusive and easy-to-use reference of sixty distinctive and "kid friendly" classroom instruction strategies which enable the teaching of what is the most difficult piece of the process of teaching reading comprehension. Providing the classroom teachers with grade-level recommendations, goals for each strategy, step-by-step instructions, graphics and examples of student work, and directions for modifying strategies for different grade levels, 60 Strategies For Improving Reading Comprehension In Grades K-8 is very strongly recommended -- especially to all teachers of lower-level and elementary students looking for a an adaptable reference and guidebook for the easiest and most effective approaches to teaching reading comprehension at the primary school level.
Building A Knowledge Base In Reading
Jane Braunger & Jan Patricia Lewis
International Reading Association
PO Box 8139, Newark, DE 19714-8139
0872075753 $22.95 www.reading.org
Now in an expanded and updated second edition, Building A Knowledge Base In Reading is knowledgeably compiled and effectively co-authored by Jane Braunger (Senior Research Associate at the Strategic Literacy Initiative/WestEd in Oakland, CA) and Jan Patricia Lewis (the School of Education at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA). This completely "user-friendly" exploration is a highly researched study of children's comprehension and understanding of the curriculum and general education they receive. Introducing the reader to the implications granted to all students at every level, teacher resources for the translation of particulars into the classroom practice and summaries of the research presented in each chapter to help with putting together the ideas, Building A Knowledge Base In Reading acts a not only an outstanding guide and curriculum development resource, but a truly indispensable companion recommended to all novice classroom teachers struggling with addressing their students literacy needs and how best to approach the teaching process with respect to reading instruction.
Bravo! Teacher
Sandra Harris
Eye On Education
6 Depot Way West Larchmont, NY 10538
1596670126 $29.95 eyeoneducation.com
Bravo! Teacher: Building Relationships With Actions That Value Others by Sandra Harris is an informed and informative instructional guide to reinforce the constructive teacher mentality that helps to create a positive and securing teacher-to-student relationship. After an excellent introduction ("Make the Most of a Moment"), Bravo! Teacher is organized into chapters that include "Actions that Uphold High Standards--Point to the Stars"; "Actions that re Empower-Less is More"; ("Actions that Demonstrate Respect for All--Every Individual is Important"; "Actions that Support All Students--Rekindle the Inner Spirit"; "Actions that Challenge the Imagination--Participate in Discovery"; Actions that Demonstrate Culturally Responsive Teaching--The Mosaic of Moral Purpose"; "Actions that are Courageous--Fragile Blossoms in the Snow"; and concludes with "Relationships: The True Thread. Enhanced with a special section on "References", this is an impressive collection of helpful "user-friendly" reference material. Bravo! Teacher assists the reader to gain the knowledge and feel for students as many well-experienced teachers took years to obtain. Also highly recommended for those entering the teaching profession from Eye on Education are What Great Teachers Do Differently: 14 Things That Matter Most by Todd Whitaker; Classroom Motivation From A To Z: How To Engage Your Students In Learning by Barbara R. Blackbum; and Great Quotes For Great Educators by Todd Whitaker and Dale Lumpa.
Teaching On Solid Ground
Dominic Belmonte
Corwin Press, Inc.
2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 1320-2218
www.corwinpress.com
1412924634 $24.95 1-800-818-7243
Teaching On Solid Ground: Nuance, Challenge, And Technique For The Emerging Teacher by classroom educational expert Dominic Belmonte (Director of Teacher Preparation for the Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching) is an informed and informative guide to creating an ultimate comfort-zone for teachers not content with their empowering position. As an introduction to the teaching in general, Teaching On Solid Ground includes a "user-friendly " basis that consists of fifteen ways to master classroom pacing, tone, undertone, and behavior, five sample lessons using Socratic Seminar, inquiry sciences, and Magic Math Box, reflective approaches to important challenges, including high-stakes tests, bridging the achievement gap, and helping students deal with tragedy. Teaching On Solid Ground really is an overall "reader friendly" reference and guide for becoming an ideal and appropriate teacher, very strongly recommended to all teachers, new and experienced, for its exclusive ability to relate to its readers and its deeply accurate reasoning for taking its recommended approaches.
The Educator's Guide To Preventing And Solving Discipline Problems
Mark Boynton & Christine Boynton
ASCD
1703 North Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311-1714
1416602372 $23.95 www.ascd.org
The Educator's Guide To Preventing And Solving Discipline Problems by former principles and teachers and current educational consultants Mark and Christine Boynton is a remarkable exploration of the many issues that educators are faced with in their everyday questioning of disciplinary action, and which steps may be more or less appropriate than others. Expertly written, The Educators Guide To Preventing And Solving Discipline Problems offers an excellent analysis of child psychology. The Educators Guide To Preventing And Solving Discipline Problems is very strongly recommended for all teachers or elementary level educators for its informative and easy-to-follow instructional content.
The Development Of Political Attitudes In Children
Robert D. Hess & Judith V. Torney
Transaction Publishers
390 Campus Drive, Somerset, NJ 08873
0202308324 $29.00 transactionpub.com
The Development Of Political Attitudes In Children knowledgeable co-written by Robert D. Hess (Lee L. Jacks Professor Emeritus of Child Education at Stanford University) and Jaan Valsiner (Professor and Chair of the Department of Human Development, University of Maryland) is an outstanding study based upon a study done with 12,000 elementary schoolchildren to determine the children's political development based upon the general theory of socialization, considering the factors of social class, intelligence, teacher attitude, and religious membership. As an intellectual and highly informative analysis of what causes one's political standing later in life, The Development Of Political Attitudes In Children helps to enlighten the reader of the many constructs of child psychology, what a child's greatest influences are, and how well certain constructs might more easily be retained throughout life. The Development Of Political Attitudes In Children is very strongly recommended to all elementary level teacher reference collections, as well to the reference libraries of child counselors and psychologists.
Active Learning
Pat Hollingsworth & Gina Lewis
Crown House Publishing
4 Berkely Street, Norwalk, CT 06850
1904424597 $27.95 www.chpus.com
Deftly co-authored by Pat Hollingsworth (Director of University School at the University of Tulsa) and Gina Lewis (third grade teacher at the University school at the University of Tulsa) Active Learning: Increasing Flow In The Classroom is an innovative and easy-to-apply guide for teachers to enriching their classroom's learning. Filled with interesting and creative ideas intended to give the classroom a more at-ease feel with an eager desire to learn from the children. Active Learning is very strongly recommended to all public and private school classroom teachers for grades preschool through twelfth grade.
Tough Love For Schools
Frederick M. Hess
The AEI Press
1150 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
0844742112 $25.00 www.aei.org
Tough Love For Schools: Essays On Competition, Accountability, And Excellence by Frederick M. Hess (Director, Educational Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute) is an engaging and thought-provoking collection of essays analyzing the actualities and radical ideals of what might possibly fuel a public school's productivity. Using such theoretical tactics or concepts as that which indicts greatest profit as the most positive reinforcement for K-12 faculty and many other rather conceptual strategies for creating a more enthusiastic and effective atmosphere for learning and teaching. Tough Love For Schools is an outstanding theoretic workbook/reference very strongly recommended reading for all K-12 public school teachers searching for a new, more innovative concepts with which they might apply in their classrooms and curriculums.
The Story Road To Literacy
Rita Roth
Teacher Ideas Press
c/o Libraries Unlimited
88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
1591583233 $30.00 www.lu.com
Drawing upon her more than 40 years of professional classroom experience, Rita Roth offers an new and insightful exploration of the most efficient and effective teaching form for children in The Story Road To Literacy. Informing the reader on how best to teach a child reading, writing, speaking, listening and thinking, The Story Road To Literacy acts as an informed and informative instructional guide filled from cover to cover with diverse and practical strategies, as well as proven tactics to properly educate students and children for such fundamental academic skills. The Story Road To Literacy is a very strongly recommended addition to the library reference collections of all elementary K-5 teachers, as well to new parents and homeschooling parents, wanting for a "head-start" on their child's educational performance.
Pivotal Response Treatments For Autism
Robert L. Koegel & Lynn Kern Koegel
Brookes Publishing Company
PO Box 10624, Baltimore, MD 21285
www.brookespublishing.com
1557668191 $39.95 www.amazon.com
Knowledgeably co-authored by Robert L. Koegel (Director of the Koegel Autism Center, University of California, Santa Barbara) and Lynn Kern Koegel (Director of Clinical Services at the Koegel Autism Center) Pivotal Response Treatments For Autism: Communication, Social, And Academic Development is an informed and informative study of the tactics and strategies employed to improve the learning and comprehensive cognitive understanding of autistic children. Exploring ways to improve children's academic performance, advance children's communication and language skills, foster social interactions and friendships with typically developing peers, reduce disruptive behaviors, aid early identification and intervention, and reduce ritualistic behaviors and broaden children's interests, Pivotal Response Treatments For Autism is highly informative and very strongly recommended to all parents, teachers, and counselors of autistic children.
Getting Choice Right
Julian R. Betts & Tom Loveless
Brookings Institution Press
1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036
0815753322 $19.95 www.brookings.com
Deftly co-edited by Julian R. Betts (Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of California, San Diego) and Tom Loveless (Senior Fellow in Governance Studies and Director of the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution), Getting Choice Right: Ensuring Equity And Efficiency In Education Policy is an informed and scholarly study the includes numerous and knowledgeable contributors regarding the involvement of political education on racism, ethnicity, religious segregation, and judgement for the K-12 levels of education. Exploring the "no child left behind" act and everything it is meant to accomplish, Getting Choice Right enlightens the reader on how choice works to reflect community interest in the potential benefits of new school options and how to obtain them while avoiding choice's potential harm. Getting Choice Right is very strongly recommended to all non-specialist general readers with an interest in educational reforms, as well as K-12 faculty members and education policy makers.
Future-Focused Leadership
Gary Marx
ASCD
1703 North Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311-1714
1416602194 $26.95 www.ascd.org
Future-Focused Leadership: Preparing Schools, Students, And Communities For Tomorrow's Realities by Gary Marx (President, Center for Public Outreach, Vienna, Virginia) is an intricate and detailed study and philosophical outlook on various strategies and understandings of organizing schooling facilities, students and environmentally involved citizens for a greatly potential driven future for not only youth, but as well the general community. Exploring the realities of social direction as varying trends and outside influences take a community through differing involvements and activities, Future-Focused Leadership informs both educators and community leaders of what best may suit the pursuit and education of their potential future leaders. Future-Focused Leadership is very strongly recommended to educators, school counselors, and building principles and school board members.
The Instructional Leader's Guide To Informal Classroom Observations
Sally J. Zepeda
Eye On Education
6 Depot Way W, Larchmont, NY 10538
159667010X $29.95 eyeoneducation.com
The Instructional Leader's Guide To Informal Classroom Observations by Sally J. Zepeda (Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator in the Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy in the University of Georgia) is an uncommonly useful and informative study of principals, chairs, teacher leaders, and other instructional leaders intended as a tool for helping those leaders (and anyone who aspires to a leadership post within an educational facility or institution) succeed in classroom visitations and other informal classroom observations. As an in-depth study of classroom innovation and exploration, The Instructional Leader's Guide To Informal Classroom Observations educates the reader on the most efficient and effective tactics for observational and educational observations, and how one might take the most from such an experience. The Instructional Leader's Guide To Informal Classroom Observations is very strongly recommended to all public or private education executives, school board members, building principles, student-teacher supervisors, and community selected individuals required to make classroom observations on the quality of the teaching taking place.
Ten Thousand Democracies
Michael B. Berkman & Eric Plutzer
Georgetown University Press
3240 Prospect Street NW, Washington, DC 20007
1589010760 $26.95 www.georgetown.edu
Knowledgeably co-authored by Michael B. Berkman (Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science at the Pennsylvania State University) and Eric Plutzer (Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Pennsylvania State University) Ten Thousand Democracies: Politics And Public Opinion In America's School Districts is an intricate revelation of the truths behind the power of special interest groups ranging from trade unions to senior citizen organizations in contemporary American education in general, and public school districts in particular. As many people are unaware of what correlations belong to race, age, and homeowner status and the amount of support given to academic accomplishments or facilities, Ten Thousand Democracies will open the reader's eyes to the many intricate facts regarding which groups have what potential, interests, facets, finances etc. A groundbreaking study of impeccable scholarship, Ten Thousand Democracies is very highly recommended reading for both educators, education policy makers, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in their community's public education system, and will serve as an excellent reference for research and information for students of contemporary American political science and public education.
Teaching Adult English Language Learners
Richard A. Orem
Krieger Publishing Company
PO Box 9542, Melbourne, FL 32902-9542
www.krieger-publishing.com
1575242192 $23.75 1-800-724-0025
Part of Krieger's "Professional Practices Series in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning" and specifically intended for faculty and students in adult education graduate programs and other "Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages" preparational programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels targeting mature learners, Teaching Adult English Language Learners by ESL educator Richard A. Orem presents core information about policy, second language acquisition theory and research, methods and materials for teaching adult English Language learners, program design, and cross-cultural issues that effect learning in adult ESL classes. Teaching Adult English Language Learners also addresses the context within which adult ESOL teachers to work and in which adult ESOL programs function. Teaching Adult English Language Learners is a substantive and strongly recommended addition to professional and academic library Adult Education and ESL reference and resource collections.
The Pets/Wildlife Shelf
On Talking Terms With Dogs
Turid Rugaas
Dogwise Publishing
PO Box 2778, Wenatchee, WA 98801
1929242360 $12.95 www.dogwise.com
On Talking Terms With Dogs: Calming Signals by international dog trainer and behaviorist Turid Rugaas is a truly "user-friendly" guide to understanding and communicating with your dog. Introducing its readers to many conceptual tactics and subtle tendencies which might imply the dog's desires, On Talking Terms With Dogs is an invaluable reference for dog owners who truly wish to help their friend to an ultimate happiness. On Talking Terms With Dogs is very strongly recommended to all dog owners, especially those highly devoted and owners of multiple canine companions.
Understanding Sharks
Erich Ritter
Krieger Publishing Company
PO Box 9542, Melbourne, FL 32902-9542
www.krieger-publishing.com
1575242699 $59.50 1-321-724-9542
Understanding Sharks: The Fascinating Behavior Of A Threatened Hunter by shark behavior expert Erich Ritter (and which is competently translated into English by Valerie Haecky), provides an in-depth documentation of expert observations and documented understanding of the shark's behavioral engagements in their natural aquatic habitats. One of the world's leading shark experts, Erich Ritter. introduces the reader to biological, behavioral, habitual and instinctual concepts which modern zoological science has come to grasp in terms of this remarkable sea-creature. Understanding Sharks has invaluable commentary regarding what may be situationally appropriate when in a confrontation with a shark. Understanding Sharks is very strongly recommended to all students of aquatic biology, shark behavior, as well as non-specialist general readers who frequent coastal areas where there are sharks in the water.
Shock To The System
Catherine O'Driscoll
Dogwise Publishing
PO Box 2778 701B Poplar, Wenatchee, WA 98807
www.dogwisepublishing.com
1929242298 $21.95 1-800-776-2665
Catherine O'Driscoll presents Shock To The System: The Facts About Animal Vaccination, Pet Food And How To Keep Your Pets Healthy as an informed and informative study of the truths of stress and vaccinations and how such things may actually be the cause of illness in our pets. Readers will be enlightened as Shock To The System is one of the greatest analysis of modern realizations in pertinence to animal health. Shock To The System is very strongly recommended reading to all pet owners for its informational and "user friendly" information on all the elements of basic pet care.
Woof
Elliott Erwitt
Chronicle Books
85 2nd Street, San Francisco CA 94105
0811851125 $22.95 chroniclebooks.com
Elliott Erwitt loves to take photos of dogs all kinds of dogs doing all kinds of things and Woof is a reflection of his passion for the animal, providing black and white shots of dogs in or near water, on land, on display, at play, and more. An outstanding, artistic celebration of the canine which dog and art lovers will find a satisfying blend of diverse images.
Amphibians And Reptiles Of Pakistan
Muhammad Sharif Khan
Krieger Publishing Company
PO Box 9542, Melbourne, FL 32902-9542
0894649523 $145.00 1-800-724-0025
Illustrated with full color photography throughout, Amphibians And Reptiles Of Pakistan is an extensive compendium of nearly 40 years of research. Intended especially for reptile keepers, zoos, and natural history travelers in Pakistan, Amphibians And Reptiles Of Pakistan offers basic locality, identification details, natural history, and distribution information with maps; the natural history includes compiled notes on each species' feeding habits and life cycle. The stunning photography and meticulous guides to the different families, including a step-by-step key to simplify the identification process, makes determining the species of a reptile of Pakistan as straightforward as possible. A superb scientific reference, unmatched in quality concerning its subject of expertise.
Horse Housekeeping
Margaret & Michel Korda
Collins/HarperCollins
10 E. 53rd St., New York NY 10022-5299
0060573082 $26.95 harpercollins.com
Understand what you're getting into by owning a horse before it ever hits your pasture with Horse Housekeeping: Everything You Need To Know To Keep A Horse At Home. From setting up the barn and checking fencing to understanding feeding requirements, common health issues, and even how weather affects the horse, the authors provide a thorough, basic coverage for newcomers to the horse world. Adding interest to the practical information are stories about horses which offer case histories and often funny reflections.
The Health/Medicine Shelf
You Don't Look Sick!
Joy H. Selak & Steven S. Overman
The Haworth Medical Press
10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904
0789024489 $29.95 haworthpress.com
You Don't Look Sick!: Living Well With Invisible Chronic Illness by Joy H. Selak and Steven Overman (Director of Musculoskeletal Planning in Seattle, Washington, as well as Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington Medical School) is a professional by accessible guide to the being diagnosed with a chronic illness. Enhanced with an easy-to-use structure, You Don't Look Sick! follows the guidelines of: Part I: Getting Sick; Time To Cry; Three Strikes; Snake in the Mist; Still Time; The Stuck Car: Dr. Overman on Getting Sick; Part II: Being Sick; Disabled, but Not Invalid; Pain; The Squeaky Wheel; The Ladies Who Lunch; The Athlete and the Coach: Dr. Overman on Being Sick; Part III: Living Well; Stepping Out of the Box; Joy's Top Ten List for Living Well, Even While Sick, A Gift of Grace; Natural High; Weaving the Web of Wellness: Dr. Overman on Living Well; Epilogue. Chronic Illness Care: Is There a Cure? Dr. Overman on Chronic Illness Care; concluding thereafter with a resourceful appendix including Discussion Questions for Book Clubs or Support Groups followed up with resources and a kind word of reflection from each author. You Don't Look Sick! is very highly recommended to anyone with a chronic illness, support groups for the chronically ill, as well as family members and the medical personnel treating a diagnoses of chronic illness.
Beyond The Hippocratic Oath
John B. Dossetor
The University of Alberta Press
Ring House 2, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, T6G 2E1
0888644531 $39.95 www.uap.ualberta.ca
Beyond The Hippocratic Oath: A Memoir On The Rise Of Modern Medical Ethics by John B. Dossetor (Professor Emeritus in Medicine at the University of Alberta) is an engaging and knowledgeably written documentation of one mans career, marked by many medical innovations in the western world over the last few decades. The author has experienced a perpetually interesting life of discovery and breakthrough, and Dossetor presents this as an engaging story of medical progress. Beyond The Hippocratic Oath explores little-known ethical debates that accompanied the positive medical advances, and created dilemmas for many scientists in the 1980's, as well as many other intriguing occurrences in which he played a significant role. Very strongly recommended, Beyond The Hippocratic Oath is a highly encouraged read for students of medicine, ethics, and medical history, as well as non-specialist general readers with an interest in any of these topics.
Epilepsy And Pregnancy
Stacey Chillemi & Blanca Vazquez
Demos Medical Publishing
386 Park Avenue South, NY, NY 10016
1932603158 $16.95 demosmedpub.com
Expertly co-authored by Stacey Chillemi (H.O.P.E. Mentor for the Epilepsy Foundation and epileptic mother) and Blanca Vazquez (Director of Clinical Trials and Outpatient Services at the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at New York University) Epilepsy And Pregnancy: What Every Woman With Epilepsy Should Know is an informed and easily accessible reference for all women who have epilepsy and are any of one of the stages of their pregnancy. Epilepsy And Pregnancy provides an superb presentation for everything epileptic women must know about having children, including fertility, pregnancy risks to mother and fetus, nutrition and keeping fit, expectations during pregnancy, fetal development, and labor and delivery. An invaluable addition to personal and community library Health & Medicine collect-ions, Epilepsy And Pregnancy is truly an invaluable reference for all women wishing for more information on the risks of childbirth and care with epilepsy.
Strength In Caring
Mark Matloff
Outskirts Press
10940 S Parker Rd, 515, Parker CO 80134
1598001620 $18.95 outskirtspress.com
Strength In Caring: Giving Power Back To The Alzheimer's Caregiver by experienced psychologist Mark Maltoff is an informed and informative guide to understanding the nature and condition of Alzheimer's disease. With Strength In Caring the reader will learn of ways to cope with the situation of discovering a loved one's diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, including how to prevent self-blame, self-pity, depression, hopelessness, anger, anxiety and guilt. Strongly recommended reading, Strength In Caring is the perfect addition to any practicing psychologist's reference library, as well as the reading lists for members of a family with a loved one who is diagnosed with Alzheimers.
Walk For Your Life!
Marie Dmers
Vital Health Publishing
PO Box 152, Ridgefield, CT 06877
www.vitalhealthbooks.com
1890612499 $16.95 1-877-848-2665
In Walk For Your Life!: Restoring Neighborhood Walkways To Enhance Community Life, Improve Street Safety And Reduce Obesity, author Marie Demers draws upon her more than twenty-five years experience as a health researcher, an epidemiology, as well as her background in psychology, biology, and anthropology, and worldwide travels to create a comprehensive and utterly persuasive argument in favor of creating safe, health inducing, walkways in urban and suburban locales so that men and women of all ages and health conditions can obtain the undeniably benefits of regular exercise through the simple means of walking. Indeed, Demers lays out a clear and convincing case for the restoration of a "walkable" environment that would have the additional social benefits of enhancing community life while addressing the current obesity epidemic. Walk For Your Life! is "must" reading for anyone seeking to establish the opportunity for more mobile, healthy inducing, pleasurable opportunities and conditions in their community allowing them to walk their way into a better physical, mental, and emotional condition.
The American History Shelf
Shapers Of The Great Debate At The Constitutional Convention Of 1787
Joseph C. Morton
Greenwood Press
PO Box 5007, Westport, CT 06881-5007
0313330212 $75.00 www.greenwood.com
The US Constitution has been under nearly constant attack since its inception, so it's important that modern readers understand not only its contents, but the debates which raged during its creation. Shapers Of The Great Debate At The Constitutional Convention Of 1787: A Biography Dictionary joins others in the 'Shapers of the Great American Debates' series by Greenwood, providing an unusual series of over fifty biographies for each delegate involved in the Convention. This approach uses biography to consider the backgrounds, underlying influences, and political and social pressures of the shapers of the Constitution, providing invaluable information on its underlying influences.
High Drama
Daniel & Beth R Barrett
Western Reflections Publishing
219 Main Street, Montrose, CO 81401
www.weternreflectionspub.com
1932738185 $19.95 1-800-993-4490
High Drama: Colorado's Historic Theatres expertly co-authored by Daniel and Beth R Barrett is an intriguing historical survey and account of the Colorado mining revolution including fledgling "boomtown" communities, and the awkward confluence of miners, their demand for diversion, and the appearance of theaters. High Drama details the significance of entertainment to America's western pioneers in the youth of the country, as well as an accurate background story of many of the principle theaters and the acting talents they showcased. Strongly recommended as a unique contribution to Colorado history, as well as being of particular interest for student of the theatrical arts and history in the frontier west, High Drama is an excellent and recommended general read.
Permeable Border
John J. Bukowczyk, et al.
University of Calgary Press
2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB, Canada, T2N 1N4
1552382168 $34.95 www.uofcpress.com
A perfectly unified co-authorship of John J. Bukowczyk (Professor of History and Director of the Canadian Studies Program at Wayne State University in Detroit), Nora Faires (Associate Professor of History and Women's Studies at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo), David R. Smith (History Instructor and Academic Advisor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) and Randy Williams Widdis (Professor of Geography at the University of Regina) who have expertly collaborated to present an informed and informative history of the Great Lakes significance in America's modern trade in the Preamble Border: The Great Lakes Basin As Transnational Region, 1650-1990. A work of impeccable scholarship and painstaking research, Preamble Border is a seminal benchmark reference for the significant activity on the Great Lakes for trade between its most active years of 1650 and 1990. A work of impressive originality and very strongly recommended to any reader with an interest in the history of the Great Lakes region, Permeable Border is an excellent documentation of the Great Lakes trading patterns and influences.
The Music Shelf
A Change Is Gonna Come
Craig Werner
University of Michigan Press
839 Greene St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
0472031473 $22.95 press.umich.com
A newly revised, expanded, and updated edition, A Change Is Gonna Come: Music, Race, And The Soul Of America by Craig Werner (Professor of Afro-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin) is an informative and "reader friendly" survey of forty years worth of music and events in African-American history which played such an influential role in shaping the path of the American popular culture. Professor Werner manages to present an engaging and knowledgeable perspective of Afro-American music's intimate connection with its composers, performers, and audiences, while carving a vivid picture of the political credit it deserves. Very strongly recommended for Black Studies, Music History, and American Popular Culture library collections, A Change Is Gonna Come is both the perfect scholarly reference and an ideal nostalgic documentation of the history of African-American influence upon their own ethnic musical traditions.
Opera: The Basics
Denise Gallo
Routledge
270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016
0415970725 $16.95 taylorandfrancis.com
Opera: The Basics by Denise Gallo (Senior Music Specialist at The Library of Congress and Adjunct Professor, Music History Division, The Catholic University of America) is an 207-page introductory reference for all performers, music, styles and performances of the generationally popular musical genre of opera. As a detailed and "user friendly" guide through the intricacies of opera, Opera: The Basics is divided into two easy-to-follow sections: Terms and Topics, and Genres, Styles and Scores. An ideal addition to academic and community library Music Studies collections, Opera: The Basics is very strongly recommended to all newcomers of the opera scene, as well as long term fans of the opera, as any reader is sure to take from this book.
The Way Of Taiko
Heidi Varian
Stone Bridge Press
PO Box 8208, Berkely, CA 94707
188065699X $18.95 stonebridge.com
The Way Of Taiko by Heidi Varian is the translation of information that will enable American readers to understand and enjoy (even participate in) the sacred art and practice of ethnic Japanese drum music known as "Taiko". Providing a wealth of general information documenting "Taiko", The Way Of Taiko engagingly informs the reader of many of the great intricacies in this specialized music, and is inclusive of many expressive and artistic pictures to give the reader an accurate idea of what "Taiko" truly is. The Way Of Taiko is very highly recommended to all enthusiasts of the eastern philosophies and arts, especially those musically inclined, as well as students of Japanese culture.
Music And Ideas
Claude V. Palisca
University of Illinois Press
1325 South Oak St, Champaign, IL 61820
www.press.uillinois.edu
0252031563 $35.00 1-800-545-4703
Written in an engaging and comfortable style for the non-specialist reader, Music And Ideas In The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries is a fascinating history of how musicians and musicologists were caught up amid warring ideas about religion, science, education, economy, and government in the era of the Reformation. Chapters discuss "Humanist Reaction to Polyphony", "Music and Scientific Discovery", "Ancient and Modern: Styles and Genres", and much more. Researched at length, with an eye toward the musical revelations that transformed human understanding, Music And Ideas In The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries is a perfect balance of scholarly expertise, historical scrutiny, and wry human interest.
Singing In The Saddle
Douglas B. Green
Vanderbilt University Press
VU Stn. B 351813, Nashville, TN 37235
www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com
0826515061 $25.95 1-615-343-2446
A seminal work of detailed scholarship, Singing In The Saddle: The History Of The Singing Cowboy by music historian and performer Douglas B. Green is an informative and inherently interesting history of a specialized segment of American popular culture. Enhanced with photographic and liturgical documentation of western music from the early days of vaudeville and radio to its modern revival in film, television, and country music venues. Providing an historical basis of appreciation for this distinctive cultural music genre, Singing In The Saddle provides a plethora of engaging and endlessly fun information and is very highly recommended for all readers with an interest in western cowboy culture, music, movies, and literature.
Concept And Study For The Violinist
Mikhail Lobko
Mel Bay
PO Box 66, Pacific, MO 63069
0786673451 $14.95 www.melbay.com
Concept And Study For The Violinist: The Lobko Method by academician and master violinist Mihail Lobko is an informed and informative introductory study mapping out the technical and intricate understandings of Lobko violin methodology. Expanding the knowledge and instructively teaching the reader of effective and easy-to-follow techniques for the violin, Concept And Study For The Violinist is an exclusive perspective of the art of violin playing. Concept And Study For The Violinist is very highly recommended for its rare and invaluable concept of the art to all aspiring and performing violinists searching for a effective approach to learning and performing with the violin.
Classic American Popular Song
David Jenness & Don Velsey
Routledge
270 Madison Ave., New York NY 10016
0415970563 $34.95 www.routledge-ny.com
Classic American Popular Song: The Second Half-Century, 1950-2000 is a college-level survey of what happened to American popular music post 1950: it continues the story of classic songwriters from Porter and Rodgers to Johnny Mercer and Fred Kander, exploring the ongoing (and sometimes surprising) popularity of their works over the decades and considering both the quality of pop song after 1950 and the efforts of writers who worked in an established yet fading musical style. From traditions maintained in popular song to the evolution of American song styles, colleges will find this a fine addition.
Young People's Concerts
Leonard Bernstein
Amadeus Press
512 Newark Pomton Turnpike, Pomton Plains, NJ 07444
1574671022 $22.95 amadeuspress.com
Young People's Concerts by composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein is an outstanding and much-appreciated reprint of the author's definitive description of his inspirational appreciation and joy for music. Presented in an expansive and highly descriptive context, Young People's Concerts offers an easy to understand perspective of all forms and categories of music, instilling a similar construct into the readers enjoyment of diverse musical traditions and presentations. Very strongly recommended as informed and informative read, Young People's Concerts is the perfect addition to every personal, academic, and community library music appreciation reference collection and reading list.
Mastering The Art Of Performance
Stewart Gordon
Oxford University Press
198 Madison Avenue, NY, NY 10016
www.oup.com
0195177436 $24.95 1-800-451-7556
Master music teacher Stewart Gordon presents Mastering The Art Of Performance: A Primer For Musicians, an in-depth guide for musicians to striving for unparalleled excellence in their performances. Mastering The Art Of Performance does far more than simply identify and describe problems associated with performance; it offers a wealth of practical solutions. From easy-to- follow self-test and warmup exercises, to how to accurately conceptualize and schedule reasonable goals, to tips for managing stage fright, dealing with repetition and drill, and much more, Mastering The Art Of Performance is a personable problem-solving guide drawn directly from the author's years of experience. Enthusiastically recommended for amateur and professional musical performers from all walks of life.
The Metaphysical Studies Shelf
Whispers From The Woods
Sandra Kynes
Llewellyn Publications
PO Box 64383, St. Paul, MN 55164-0383
www.llewellyn.com
0738707813 $17.95 1-800-843-6666
Whispers From The Woods: The Lore & Magic Of Trees is an informed and informative guide to the spiritual, mystical, and metaphysical aspect of trees. Chapters discuss the basics of Celtic Ogham and tree calendars, the role of trees in ritual and spellwork, how to incorporate trees in one's meditative practice, and much more. The second half of Whispers From The Woods is an alphabetical catalog of dozens of common tree species, from Alder, Elm, and Hickory to Oak, Spruce, and Yew. Each entry discusses how the species is perceived in folklore, ritual, and pagan beliefs, and a list assigns each species special connections to specific zodiac signs, gods and goddesses of world mythology, celestial bodies, and the like. An in-depth guide like no other for wiccans, pagans, and students of metaphysics.
The Jobs/Careers Shelf
My Job Went To India
Chad Fowler
Pragmatic Bookshelf
9650 Strickland Road, Suite 103-255, Raleigh, NC 27615
www.pragmatic.programmer.com
0976694018 $19.95 1-800-699-7764
Any working in the computer industry knows outsourcing overseas is a big trend and My Job Went To India (And All I Got Was This Lousy Book): 52 Ways To Save Your Job is a vital survey of how an employed computer person's active job can vanish overseas tomorrow. The company changes, technology changes, economy changes and ways a computer professional can add value to his job has also changed. If you haven't adapted My Job Went To India is for you: it's about making choices in skills levels which add value to a job which can't easily be duplicated for less, overseas and it talks about both skills and marketing services. A top-rated pick, My Job Went To India is recommended beyond the computer industry for any observing the outsourcing trend in corporate American businesses.
The Graphic Design Business Book
Tad Crawford
Allworth Press
10 East 23rd St., Suite 510, NY NY 10110
1581154305 $24.95 www.allworth.com
Design pros face many special obstacles in setting up a business, from locating and managing the right studio to developing an effective, specialized portfolio, using a web site's special marketing powers, and bringing in clients. Learn how to set up and run a successful design business using leading experts in the field with The Graphic Design Business Book, which teaches graphic artists all the basics for promoting their talents. Chapters are business-oriented in general scope but also provide many specifics unique to the graphic design venture.
The Woodworking Shelf
The Deck Book
Melissa Cardona
Schiffer Publications
4880 Lower Valley Rd, Atglen, PA 19310
0764322842 $19.95 schifferbooks.com
Other deck books show how to design or maintain a deck: The Deck Book: Inspiration Design Ideas by Melissa Cardona and Hickory Dickory Decks goes beyond most in covering literally hundreds of custom-built decks; not just a few designs. Over 300 color photos show wood and composite decks from small to huge; from traditional to innovative, and plain decks versus those with built-ins and railings, gazebos and more. Plenty of homeowners consider adding a deck to enhance a home: few books provide a range of design and material options as does The Deck Book.
Furniture You Can Build
Joe Hurst-Wajszczuk
The Taunton Press
PO Box 5506, Newton, CT 06470-550
1561587966 $19.95 www.amazon.com[
Furniture You Can Build: Projects That Hone Your Skills by expert carpentry and craftsman Joe Hurst-Wajszczuk provides a definitive understanding of woodworking and craftsmanship of particular pieces collectively compiled to assist one the novice carpenter in bettering and furthering their skills as a woodworker. Introducing readers to simple, yet beautiful and impressive pieces, Furniture You Can Build deftly showcases and provides step-by-step instructions for creating desks, bookcases, beds, blanket boxes and more. Furniture You Can Build is very highly recommended to all so-it-yourself weekend enthusiasts and hobbyists looking for woodworking projects that will easily enable them to follow and produce the pristine pieces they see laid out in the pages of this impressive "how to" guide.
Custom Wooden Music Boxes For The Scroll Saw
Rick Longabaugh & Karen Longabaugh
Fox Chapel Publishing Company
1970 Broad Street North, East Petersburg, PA 17520
www.FoxChapelPublishing.com
1565233018 $19.95 1-800-457-9112
Custom Wooden Music Boxes For The Scroll Saw is a pattern guide for intermediate to advanced woodworkers seeking to create intricate and beautiful wooden music boxes. A brief "getting started" section walks the reader through such woodworking and scroll saw techniques as cutting the frame, assembling turntable projects, applying the proper finish, and more. The bulk of Custom Wooden Music Boxes For The Scroll Saw is devoted to full-size patterns ideal for creating over 45 music box projects. Sample themes from the patterns include angels, horses, kids' music boxes, holiday music boxes, romantic music boxes, and Victorian music boxes. Each pattern has numerous notes, clarifying tips, and assembly suggestions. An excellent project manual for creating heartfelt keepsakes.
The Parenting Shelf
Awesome Foods For Active Kids
Anita Bean
Hunter House Publishers
PO Box 2914, Alameda, CA 94501-0914
089793475X $16.95 hunterhouse.com
Awesome Foods For Active Kids: The ABC's Of Eating For Energy And Health by Anita Bean is an amazing, "kitchen cook friendly" introduction into the world of good eating for kids when they need it the most. As Awesome Foods For Active Kids introduces its readers to many fun and healthy tips to eating right for kids between five and sixteen, it also gives over a hundred recipes and weight management tips sure to help your child stay fit. Awesome Foods For Active Kids is very strongly recommended for all kids under 16 as well as parents looking for a good reference for their children's involvement in an active and healthy dietary plan that they will enjoy both in flavor and in play.
Family Writes
Joel & Peggy Epstein
Capital Books
c/o International Publishers Marketing
22841 Quicksilver Dr., Dulles, VA 20166
1933102063 $15.95 capital-books.com
Family Writes: Parenting With Pens, Pencils, And PCs by Joel Epstein (Professor at the Missouri Institute of Mental Health, a division of the University of Missouri's School of Medicine) and Peggy Epstein (English schoolteacher and freelance writer) is an informed and informative guide for parents on how to effectively and actively make a difference in their children's education. As mother and son present the ideals of a child's general education, as well as the interests of a child, they also educate the reader on how to create a constructive and intimate bond between child and self. Family Writes is very highly recommended to all parents and mentor figures building an understanding of their role in the child's life, and how to be a positive influence for the child.
Babies By The Bay
Michelle L Keene & Stephanie S Lamarre
Wildcat Canyon Press
c/o Council Oak Books
2105 E 15th St, Suite B, Tulsa, OK 74104
1885171862 $19.95 www.amazon.com
Expertly co-authored by Michelle L. Keene (Executive with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) and Stephanie S. Lamarre (Active member in various North Bay parenting groups) Babies By The Bay: The Insiders Guide To Everything From Doctors And Diapers To Playgrounds And Preschools In The San Francisco Bay Area is a thoroughly "user friendly" reference to everything necessary to know for San Francisco, San Mateo, Marin, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, and Alameda with additional information on the counties Napa, Sonoma and Santa Cruz. A "must-have" for any parent of the Bay area, Babies By The Bay really covers every given ground for having a child and taking proper care with cost efficient and intelligible techniques and reference to every imaginable necessity. Babies By The Bay is very strongly recommended to all mothers of the Bay area.
Help For Worried Kids
Cyntia G. Last
The Guilford Press
72 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012
1572308583 $14.95 www.guilford.com
Help For Worried Kids: How Your Child Can Conquer Anxiety And Fear by clinical psychologist Cynthia G. Last is an informed and informative instructional documentation for parents with troubled children, seeking valid aide in their children's lives with out the immediate help of professionals. As the ideal reference for struggling parents, Help For Worried Kids enlightens readers on many of the helpful tactics for solving frequent issues that children have with anxieties and fears. Very highly recommended for its informative introduction and in-depth analysis of all the information a worried parent needs, Help For Worried Kids is the ideal addition for all child and family psychologists and parents alike.
Same Homework: New Plan
Sally G. Hoyle
Child & Family Press
440 First Street, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001-2085
1587600730 $11.95 www.cwla.org
Same Homework: New Plan by Sally G. Hoyle (licensed psychologist for Clinic Psychology from The Ohio State University) is the ultimate guidance for parents and young students struggling children trying to make the grade. As an introduction and exploration of what tactics and other strategies might best work for each individual, Same Homework: New Plan provides a well-researched and highly informative mapping of how to establish a homework routine that is tailored to the reader's child's learning style and family's needs, how to help a child manage and overcome organizational problems, how to make friends of teachers, how to utilize inexpensive office supplies, high-tech gadgets, and easy-to-follow activities to boost self-confidence and independent learning skills, and how to implement personal organizational planning. Same Homework: New Plan is very strongly recommended to all parents, regardless of their child's educational grade status.
The Healthy Lunchbox
Marie McClendon & Christy Shauck
Small Steps
c/o American Diabetes Association
1701 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311
http://store.diabetes.org
1580402402 $12.95 smallstepspress.com
Fast foods are a part of today's modern busy world but they are leading to obesity and diabetes in kids and adults alike. Still, they serve their purpose in being fast can healthier foods compete? Parents receive new ways to keep their child's lunchbox healthy in The Healthy Lunchbox: How To Plan, Prepare & Pack Stress-Free Meals Kids Will Love. Work with new ideas and modify old favorites with chapters that also involve kids in the process, from a food interview to supermarket selections. The second section provides recipes for creating healthy lunches and snacks, including special diet accommodations. Exchange and nutrition info for all recipes completes this planner.
Penton Overseas, Inc.
1958 Kellogg Ave., Carlsbad, CA 92008
1-800-748-5804 pentonoverseas.com
New from Penton Overseas, Inc. presents four new thirty-minute audio CDs in their "Teach Your Baby" series: Teach Your Baby French (1591256615, $9.95); Teach Your Baby German (1591256623, $9.95); Teach Your Baby Italian (1591256631, $9.95); and Teach Your Baby Spanish (1591256-64X, $9.95). These CDs are each designed to assist your baby, ages three and under, in the process of learning an alternative language during the most opportune time in their new life by using key strategies for simple, effective, and proven methods for linguistic education. Teaching counting, colors, body parts, animals, clothes and more, these superbly produced "Teach Your Baby" language instruction CDs thoroughly cover many aspects of concepts, objects, and other comprehensive studies such as time and greetings. These "Teach Your Baby" CDs are very highly recommended for all new parents, and is are an especially encouraged buy for those wishing to expand their child's potential communication and linguistic skills as a gate to their overall future potential and intelligence.
The Computer Shelf
Murach's ASP.NET 2.0 Programming With VB 2005
Anne Boehm & Doug Lowe
Mike Murach & Associates
3484 West Gettysburg, Suite 101, Fresno, CA 93722
1890774324 $52.50 www.murach.com
Murach's ASP.NET 2.0 Programming With VB 2005 deftly co-authored by computer experts Anne Boehm and Doug Lowe provides a expansive reference and guide for the 2.0 version of ASP.NET programming software. Presented in an easy-to-use format, Murach's ASP.NET 2.0 Programming With VB 2005 educates readers with paired pages so developers may set their own pace when reading, complete applications and their interacting components, teaches the development of the way modern programmers should be using Visual Studio, and consists of an exclusive five chapter section on database programming. Murach's ASP.NET 2.0 Programming With VB 2005 is very highly recommended for all users of any full edition of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or the Visual Web Developer Express Edition or for any aspiring web designer/programmer searching for a greater understanding of the software before purchase.
O'Reilly Publishers
1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472
www.oreilly.com
Preston Gralla's PC Pest Control: Protect Your Computers From Malicious Internet Invaders (0596009267, $24.95) covers all kinds of PC pests, from adware to viruses, Torjans, and pop-ups. This not only identifies the characteristics of common invaders it tells how to prevent attacks. From locating and installing free anti-spyware programs to customizing cookie handling and dealing with worms, this assumes no prior knowledge and comes packed with preventative tips which are simple and inexpensive to employ. The color edition of David Pogue's Garageband 2: The Missing Manual (0596100-353, $24.95) provides in color a best-selling reference to GarageBand 2 from Apple. True to the other 'missing manual' guides are the surveys of GarageBand's plug-ins, its newest features, its Mac operations, and its enhancements. Such a book surely should have come with GarageBand 2 so make this your program 'bible'. Jessica Mantaro's FrontPage 2003: The Missing Manual (059600950X, $29.95) is also an important key to understanding: FrontPage 2003 is a powerful web-building program with many features and facets, but nobody claims it's intuitive, and the learning curve can be great. From nesting layers and layout tables to assigning pages and categories, FrontPage 2003: The Missing Manual is particularly strong in addressing advanced functions and streamlining capabilities. Alan Beaulieu's informative Learning SQL (05960-07272, $34.95) is a primer to SQL's language, from using tables and working with sets of data to handling conditional logic statements with CASE and understanding string generation. Eric T. Peterson's Web Site Measurement Hacks: Tips & Tools To Help Optimize Your Online Business (0596009887, $24.95) is designed with website operators in mind, providing the insights on how to use measurement and analysis software to assess a website. From banner ad and email campaign results to using data to guide design decisions and using retail analytics to track performance, a range of web tools are surveyed in a fine guide recommended for all web site owners. O'Reilly's new 'Theory in Practice' titles are certain to become computer course picks: they provide basic keys to understanding and are perfect for courses as well as for practicing industry professionals seeking to hone their skills. Matthew Doar's Practical Development Environments (0596007965, $39.95) presents advice on development environments for small to medium projects and groups. From building and testing tools to packaging releases and documentation, Practical Development Environments discusses platform-dependent issues, system testing, tool integration and more.
Prentice Hall
One Lake Street, Upper Saddle River NJ 07458
www.prenhallprofessional.com
OpenOffice.org 2.0 may be free, but it's anything but substandard: Robin Roblimo Miller's Point & Click Openoffice.org! (0131879928 $29.99) explores the features of this powerful program and shows how to use existing skills to make the most of it. From creating Flash slide shows for the web to using sophisticated database structures and using Firefox, the instructions also come with OpenOffice 2.0 for Windows and Linux systems alike plus the latest Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email software for easy installation and tasks. An easy, outstanding guide to an easy, outstanding program. The weighty C# For Programmers by Harvey M. Dietel and Paul J. Dietel (013-1345915, $59.99) appears in its updated second edition to provide a powerful and comprehensive guide over 1,300 pages worth for any programming in C#. You must be a programmer with a solid background in C++, Java, or other high-level languages: this handbook applies the Dietel signature live-code approach to teaching programming and explores the C# language and its new options. Use it to understand the Dietels' approach to object-oriented programming, then build next-generation windows and web applications. Michael Jang's Linus Patch Management: Keeping Linux Systems Up To Date (0132366754, $44.99) provides Linux users with complete patches for all kinds of environments: a feature Linux administrators will find essential. Here are patching solutions for Fedora, Debian and other distributions, covering all kinds of tools and applications. Whether you're updating networks and configuring clients or working with apt commands, if you're a Linux administrator, you must have this patch reference on hand.
How To Backup Your Windows Computer
Thomas Sinclair, Director
Shaun Snapp, Producer
IntroAnalytic
1400 Oak Creek Road #207, Palo Alto, CA 94304
DVD $58.00 www.introanalytic.com
Very strongly recommended to all owners and users of Windows based computer processors, How To Backup Your Windows Computer is an instructional DVD guide to the intr
