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The Water Footprint of Modern Consumer Society
Arjen Y. Hoekstra
Routledge
711 - 3rd Avenue, Floor 8
New York, NY 10017-9209
9781849714273 $40.95 www.routledge.com
The Water Footprint of Modern Consumer Society is a scholarly examination of just how much
water today's society uses in everything from agriculture to the production of commercial goods,
as well as domestic uses. A "water footprint" is a measurement of just how much water is directly
and indirectly used toe create a product - for example, 1 kilogram of beef takes 15,000 liters of
water, and 1 pair of jeans takes 8,000 liters of water to produce. Such measurements can be
applied to quantify and map water use, with the goal of fostering a sustainable water ecology.
Imports of water-intensive products can be beneficial to nations where fresh water is scarce, but
this in turn creates a dependency of the water supplies of foreign nations. Chapters discuss the
water footprint of biofuels, the supply-chain water footprint of paper, how to make water use
more efficient, pitfalls to watch out for in trade, the importance of product transparency, and
much more. An absolute "must-have" reference and resource, especially for problem-solvers
confronting the twenty-first century challenges of overpopulation, desertification, and water
scarcity, The Water Footprint of Modern Consumer Society is worthy of the highest
recommendation especially for college and university library collections.
Green Bay Packers: Green, Gold and Glory
Sport Illustrated Editorial Staff
Sports Illustrated Books
Time Home Entertainment
c/o Shreve Williams Public Relations
9781618930385, $34.95, www.amazon.com
The Green Bay Packers are unique in the NFL -- they are the only professional football team in
the country to be owned by ordinary citizens and therefore will never be moved from Green Bay,
Wisconsin to any other part of the country. That's just one small part of their legend and legacy,
all of which are captured in the illustrated pages of "Green Bay Packers: Green, Gold and Glory".
This 176 page hardcover, coffee table compendium is comprised of extraordinary stories and
spectacular photographs showcasing the history of this unique football franchise, making it a
"must have" addition to all Wisconsin community and college libraries, as well as the personal
collections of every die-hard Packer fan!
Bazooka Joe And His Gang
The Topps Company
Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
115 West 18th Street, 6th fl.
NY, NY 10011
www.abramsbooks.com
9781419706325, $19.95, www.amazon.com
The Topps Company (founded in 1938) was the premier producer of a bubble gum that debuted
in 1952 and featured a mini-comic known Bazooka Joe. "Bazooka Joe And His Gang" is a 224
page, profusely illustrated compendium comprised of informed and informative essays and
information by Talley Morse (son of Bazooka Joe artist and co-creator Wesley Morse), Nancy
Morse, Kirk Taylor, and others. Readers will be treated to original Bazooka Joe jokes and
fortunes, tiny ads for mail-order merchandise of the period, preliminary sketches, advertising and
promotional images, original art from the Topps archives, and four Bazooka Joe bonus trading
cards. "Bazooka Joe And His Gang" is especially recommended to anyone for whom Bazooka
Joe and bubble gum was a part of their long ago childhood.
Top 10 For Men, new edition
Brendan McGinley & Brian Cullen
Octopus Publishing
236 Park Avenue, New York NY 10017
www.octopusbooksusa.com
9780600625872, $14.99, www.amazon.com
Every now and then a book comes along that is a perfect resource for winning bar bets. The new
edition of "Top 10 For Men" is just such a volume of obscure but very nicely packaged
information. Compiled by the team of Brendan McGinley and Brian Cullen, this compact 304
page compendium is comprised of some 250 lists organized into major sections: Animals; Sex;
TV & Film; Internet; Music; Print (my personal favorite!); Visual Arts; Video Games &
Applications; Automotive, Mechanical & Travel; Food; Drink; Global; Federal; Municipal;
Money & Business; The Natural World; Society & Humanity; Death & Disaster; ...And Then
Pirates Attack (only one list -- but it's a beauty!); General Sport; Football; Baseball; Basketball;
Hockey; Tennis; Golf; Olympics & Athletes. A pure pleasure to simply browse through, "Top 10
For Men" is highly recommended for personal and community library collections.
A Heaven of Words: Last Journals, 1956-1984
Glenway Wescott, author
Jerry Rosco, editor
University of Wisconsin Press
1930 Monroe Street, Third Floor
Madison, WI 53711-2059
9780299294243 $24.95 www.uwpress.wisc.edu
A Heaven of Words: Last Journals, 1956-1984 gathers writings from American intellectual and
novelist Glenway Wescott. From a humble origin on a simple Wisconsin farm, Wescott blazed a
keenly remarkable life, interacting with the fellow creative giants of his era and cherishing his
loves of literature and the arts. These transcripts of his day-by-day journals offer a glimpse into
his everyday life as a human being, rather than edifying him on a pedestal. Frank, honest, and
fascinating, A Heaven of Words: Last Journals, 1956-1984 is highly recommended.
Against the Grain
Lowery Sims
Monacelli Press
236 West 27th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10001
9781580933445, $45.00, www.monacellipress.com
Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft, and Design considers the evolution of
conceptual trends in modern wood making and packs in examples ranging from furniture to
sculptures and installations created since 2000 which defy neat categorization aside from their
medium. Modern wood artists have incorporated whimsical and fun elements into their
often-surprising creations, with each of these displays offering technical departures from standard
wood art works. This book accompanies an exhibit on the topic and will prove key to attendees,
but also stands alone well as a fine art title recommended for any modern arts collection.
The Quick Guide to Wild Edible Plants
Lytton John Musselman and Harold J. Wiggins
Johns Hopkins University Press
2715 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218-4363
9781421406712, $24.95, www.press.jhu.edu
The Quick Guide to Wild Edible Plants: Easy to Pick, Easy to Prepare packs in over 100 color
illustrations to accompany detailed descriptions to help readers recognize edible plants from
nettles and day lilies to wild sorrel. The authors have, for decades, taught courses on locating and
preparing local plants: this pairs recipes with insights on plant properties and provides a
peppering international dishes that use the plants, from Softstem Bulrush to Black Locust Flower
Fritters. With its in-depth coverage of a wide range of roots, flowers, stems and leaves of wild
plants to its discussions of culinary applications, this is a reference recommended for culinary
and botanical holdings alike!
The Writing/Publishing Shelf
Around The Writer's Block
Rosanne Bane
Jeremy P. Tarcher
c/o Penguin Group, USA
375 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10014-3657
www.tarcherbooks.com
9781585428717, $15.95, www.amazon.com
Writer's block is a condition, primarily associated with writing as a profession, in which an
author loses the ability to produce new work. The condition varies widely in intensity. It can be
trivial, a temporary difficulty in dealing with the task at hand or extreme condition lasting years
on end. Every novice writer and every professional author will, sooner or later, be afflicted with
'writer's block' and end up staring at a sheet of blank paper or a blank computer screen, unable to
set down a coherent idea -- or even a meaningful sentence. That's why "Around the Writer's
Block: Using Brain Science to Solve Writer's Resistance" by Rosanne Bane should be a core part
of every writer's 'how to' resource and reference collection. This deftly written, 320 page
compendium covers ever aspect and symptom of writer's block -- and what can be done to
overcome them and even avoid them in the future. Of special note is her real-world commentary
on the subject of self-sabotage. Informed, informative, practical, and thoroughly 'user friendly',
"Around the Writer's Block: Using Brain Science to Solve Writer's Resistance" will prove to be
the best investment any aspiring or professional writer can make with respect to advancing their
literary career.
Writing the Science Fiction Film
Robert Grant
Michael Wiese Productions
12400 Ventura Blvd., #1111
Studio City, CA 91604
9781615931361, $26.95, www.mwp.com
Any collection strong in screenwriting, performing arts and film will find this a solid addition,
offering insights into how to write science fiction for the genre. Classic and cult science fiction
films from Star Wars to Aliens are used to show how the genre has changed, what makes it
compelling to modern viewers, and how writers can adjust their science fiction writing to lend to
a film production. From changing a cliche plot to turn it into something fresh and different to
handling new technology and its jargon in the film environment, Writing the Science Fiction
Film is packed with insights perfect for aspiring genre writers and film producers alike, and is a
pick for film and literary collections.
A Quick Guide to Screenwriting
Ray Morton
Limelight Editions
c/o Hal Leonard Performing Arts Publishing Group
19 West 21st Street, Suite 201
New York, NY 10010
www.halleonard.com
9780879108045, $12.99, www.limelighteditions.com
A Quick Guide to Screenwriting joins others in the 'Quick Guide' series, with this gathering
together an assessment of principles key to understanding screenwriting basics. Any involved in
the art will find this blends history, business savvy, and writing insight along with specifics on
film industry requirements to teach the basics of formatting, differentiating between different
types of screenplays and their requirements, and developing a story. The attention to detail
without assumption of any prior industry knowledge makes this a fine recommendation for any
film and creative writing holding.
The Money/Finance Shelf
Money 101
Barbour Publishing
P.O. Box 719
Uhrichsville, OH 44683
9781620297483 $12.99 www.barbourbooks.com
Part of the "Bible Guides for Life" series intended for readers of all ages, Money 101 is an
accessible primer about basic money management from a Christian point of view. The values of
scripture as well as common sense are used to reinforce recommended guidelines, and budgeting
pointers are made with the importance of charitable giving or tithing to churches in mind.
Chapters cover how to set up and abide by a budget, saving and investing effectively, debt
management, when to rent or buy (especially where mortgages are concerned), insurance and
retirement concerns, and much more. "Remember, though, to account for inflation when you
think about retirement. Most financial books state 2 to 4 percent as the yearly rate of inflation. So
to really know how much your lifestyle will cost, you have to figure that in. If it costs you $1,000
a month just to keep the household running right now and if inflation is at 4 percent, then next
year it will take you ($1,000 x .04 = 40) $1,040 to run that same household." Highly
recommended, especially as a basic self-teaching resource or an educational tool for Christian
parents to share with their teenaged children.
Debt Cures II
Kevin Trudeau
Equity Press
9780982513705, $29.95, http://freemoney2013.com
Debt Cures II They Really Don't Want You to Know About teaches how to avoid debt and build
wealth and packs its pages with not just advice on avoiding debt, but what goes on with banks,
credit card lenders, and others who would profit off consumer debt. The federal government and
the lending industry aren't working for the American people, and the public needs to know what's
going on so individuals can fight the trend. Consumer advocate Trudeau here shares information
about government and debt institutions alike, offering keys to freedom that will delight any
consumer who wants a different approach to getting ahead.
Free Money
Kevin Trudeau
Equity Press
978098189709, $29.95, http://freemoney2013.com
FREE MONEY "THEY" DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT offers insights on all kinds
of sources of 'free' money, from house ownership to locating free grant money from public and
private institutions alike, and provides methods to locating this free money. From quick cash
involving getting as much as $10K in a day to life insurance specifics and locating free medical
help, this title is packed with many important strategies and resources for gaining access to
money that is, technically, 'yours' already. Highly recommended for any business or consumer
collection!
Happy Money
Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton
Simon and Schuster
1230 Avenue of the Americas, 14th fl.
New York, NY 10020
9781451665062, $25.00, www.simonandschuster.com
HAPPY MONEY: THE SCIENCE OF SMARTER SPENDING uses new research to
demonstrate that changing the way people spend as little as $5 can increase their happiness, and
provides principles that any reader can use to increase daily happiness as well as those of
customers and others. The focus on spending differently rather than earning more helps readers
focus on the money you have rather than strategies to keep increasing it, demonstrating the cost
of wealth and the kinds of behaviors that promote happiness. Five key principles to help readers
gain more happiness from their spending contribute to an important survey that should be in any
general lending library.
The International Studies Shelf
The World Through Arab Eyes
Shibley Telhami
Basic Books
c/o Perseus Books Group
11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142
www.perseusbooksgroup.com
9780465029839, $27.99, www.basicbooks.com
The World Through Arab Eyes: Arab Public Opinion and the Reshaping of the Middle East is a
'must' for any who would understand the region, and offers insights from ordinary Arabs who live
and work there. Over a decade of original public opinion polling data from six countries lend to
an examination that uses not scholarly research but experiences from everyday Arab residents to
explore politics, social issues, and attitudes on everything from the U.S. to media and individual
countries in the region. Any who would understand the Arab psyche must have this: it charts the
evolution of different perceptions and attitudes in the region and shows how Arabs have come to
view their world.
The Legacy of Tiananmen Square
Michel Corimer
Goose Lane Editions
500 Beverbrook Court, Suite 330
Fredericton, NB, Canada, E3B 5X4
9780864929027, $29.95, www.gooselane.com
The Legacy of Tiananmen Square comes from a veteran journalist who covers the history of
struggles to bring civil rights to China, and is a 'must' for any collection strong in Chinese history
and social order. Historical research blends with interviews with dissidents living in exile to trace
the events leading to social uprisings among the Chinese people, charting post-Tiananmen
Square history. This book was translated from French by Jonathan Kaplansky and updated by
Corimer to include updates to 2012, making for a strong study highly recommended for any
collection strong in Chinese history, culture and social evolution.
Asia's Unknown Uprisings V. 2
George Katsiaficas
PM Press
PO Box 23912, Oakland, CA 94623
9781604864885, $28.95, www.pmpress.org
Asia's Unknown Uprisings V.2: People Power in the Philippines, Burma, Tibet, China, Taiwan,
Bangladesh, Nepal, Thailand and Indonesia 1947-2009 provides a fine social history of uprisings
in the region, relating these uprisings to those of 1968 and providing a focus on events of the
1980s and 1990s for its second volume. It's difficult to find comprehensive histories of these
uprisings, but this offers not only accounts of events and social interactions, but places them in
perspective of world developments and major sociological theories. The result is a powerful
analysis that should be in the holdings of any college-level collection strong in Asian history: a
'must' for any who already have the prior volume.
Evolving Iran
Barbara Ann Rieffer-Flanagan
Georgetown University Press
3240 Prospect Street, NW, Washington, DC 20007
9781589019782, $26.95, www.press.georgetown.edu
EVOLVING IRAN: AN INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS AND PROBLEMS IN THE
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC is recommended for any college-level Middle East studies collection, and
provides a strong political analysis to show how and why political decisions are taken in Iran.
Any who would understand the social and political forces at work in the country need this book,
which considers post-revolutionary Iranian events and which corrects much of mainstream
media's perceptions. Students of the Middle East, in particular, will find this offers many insights
in a reasoned and well-researched consideration of everything from the election process and the
birth of a new political system to human rights issues.
Democracy in East Asia: A New Century
Larry Diamond, et.al., Editors
Johns Hopkins University Press
2715 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218-4363
9781421409689, $29.95, www.press.jhu.edu
Democracy in East Asia: A New Century is a pick for any political science collection at the
college level and offers an in-depth survey of the political climates throughout Asia, from China
and the Philippines to Thailand and Burma. A range of Asian and non-Asian authors debate the
desirability and presence of democratic forces in Asia, providing in-depth discussions that
embrace all the basic issues affecting the region. Any holding strong in Asian politics and social
issues will find this a solid, updated volume presenting the latest dynamic issues affecting the
entire region.
The Language Studies Shelf
Language Attitudes in the American Deaf Community
Joseph Christopher Hill
Gallaudet University Press
800 Florida Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002-3695
9781563685453, $80.00, www.gupress.com
Language Attitudes in the American Deaf Community offers college-level readers an analysis
that assesses cognitive, affective and behavioral types of responses toward particular language
varieties, from ASL to contact signing and Signed English. It considers social groups in the
American Deaf community and how they use and choose among these disparate signing types,
considers racial and generational issues involved in signing communication, and evaluates
different signing standards and the values they hold. The result is a unique 'must' for any
collection strong in deaf community culture and issues.
The Criminology Shelf
The Anatomy of Violence
Adrian Raine
Pantheon
c/o The Random House Publishing Group
1745 Broadway, 17th floor, New York, NY 10019
9780307378842, $35.00, www.pantheonbooks.com
THE ANATOMY OF VIOLENCE: THE BIOLOGICAL ROOTS OF CRIME belongs in science
and social issues collections alike, offering research into the biological roots of violence and
discussing the new field of neurocriminology, which applies scientific investigation to crime and
its motivations. From genetic research that shows how abnormal physiological functioning lends
to criminal activities to how killers experience conditions that lend to violence, this covers social,
legal, scientific, health, and ethical issues in one fell swoop, and is recommended for
college-level science, health and social issues holdings alike. Any collection strong in
criminology will find this a 'must'.
The Fantasy/SciFi Shelf
Burdens of the Dead
Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint, Dave Freer
Baen Books
PO Box 1188, Wake Forest NC 27588
9781451638745, $25.00, www.baen.com
Burdens of the Dead blends a vivid plot with issues of politics, magic and high drama set in an
alternate 16th century where magic is a daily part of life. Here an Italian captain., Benito must
deal with dangerous magic and the siege of Constantinople while discovering that his infant
daughter has been abducted by agents of Venice's enemy. His efforts to rescue her will place him
in conflict with his own father, who commands the evil duke's army - and the personal and
political conflicts that ensue will change his world. High drama and swift action make for a
powerful alternate history novel especially recommended for fans of military sci fi!
The Mystery/Suspense Shelf
Poisoned Pen Press
6962 E. First Ave., #103
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
www.poisonedpenpress.com
Martin Edwards's THE FROZEN SHROUD (9781564201059, $24.95) takes place on Halloween
just before the First World War, and tells of a young woman's corpse found frozen and battered.
Her ghost is said to haunt the area. Five years ago another women is killed in the same manner.
Daniel Kind, a specialist in murder history, is fascinated by the similarities between the cases, but
his fascination with history takes a frightening turn when a third murder occurs, reviving
long-cold cases and requiring professional intervention that brings two investigators in touch
with their own dangerous past secrets. A riveting mystery evolves, perfect for any mystery
library. Tina Whittle's BLOOD, ASH & BONE (9781464200939, $24.95) is for any who enjoy
the noir detective writings of Dashiell Hammett's style but who want the added bonus of a thriller
in the mix, and tells of one Tai Randolph, who seeks to escape the world of homicide
investigations by spending time in the bucolic Savannah. The only trouble is, the gun shop owner
finds trouble even there as her ex-boyfriend shows up, asks for her help, and involves her in a
case involving a stolen Civil War artifact and a new case. Murder is everywhere in her life in this
story that blends intrigue with the complexities of a relationship's evolution in a fine mystery
recommended for any mystery library.
Obsidian
c/o Penguin Group (USA)
375 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10014
www.penguin.com
Denise Swanson's NICKLED-AND-DIMED TO DEATH (9780451239426, $7.99) provides the
second book in the Devereaux's Dime Story Mystery series featuring a store owner and sleuth.
Here Devereaux Sinclair faces a complex love life and seeks to escape confusion and intrigue by
looking over the antiques her friend Elsie has to sell. When Elsie is shot, she must clear her
friend's name and investigate the real murderer in this fine mystery. C.S. Harris' WHEN
MAIDENS MOURN (9780451414229, $7.99) is the seventh in the Sebastian St. Cyr historical
mystery and is set in 1812 London, providing a gripping saga as Sebastian investigates the
murder of his new bride's good friend and finds himself immersed in an investigation that also
complicates their newfound marriage. Heather Blake's THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE
WITCHY (9780451239693, $7.99) tells of Darcy Merriweather, the Enchanted Village's newest
Wishcrafter who has become involved in a town celebration when the cake delivery boy is found
murdered. His ghost imprints on Darcy and she finds herself more than casually involved in
uncovering the truth behind his murder in this fine supernatural thriller. Kate Carlisle's A
COOKBOOK CONSPIRACY (9780451415967, $23.95) provides a new bibliophile mystery -
the latest in the series - and tells of one Brooklyn, who discovers handwritten notes and strange
symbols in a cookbook she was restoring for her sister. When the cookbook's owner is found
dead and the cookbook goes missing, she comes to believe it was more than a case of mystery
meals and her ensuing investigation probes complicated relationships in a fine, twisting story
line. Laura Alden's CURSE OF THE PTA (9780451415066, $7.99) is the fourth book in the
best-selling series and tells of PTA president Beth Kennedy, who hires a consultant after a
financial windfall, but becomes involved in a dangerous game when he's found murdered on
school property. Ella Barrick's THE HOMICIDE HUSTLE: A BALLROOM DANCE
MYSTERY (9780451239747, $7.99) provides the third book in a fine ballroom dance-based
mystery series, and tells of a dance show competition turned deadly when its producer is
murdered, involving competitor Stacy in a dangerous search for the killer. Molly MacRae's
DYEING WISHES (9780451239563, $7.99) provides a fine 'Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery' and is
second in the series that includes not just a sleuth, but her supernatural sidekick. A visit to a farm
involves Kath and her friends with two murders - including someone they know. Melissa
Bourbon's A CUSTOM-FIT CRIME (9780451417190, $7.99) is fourth in a series of mysteries
centering around a custom dressmaking shop in Texas. Here Harlow is challenged to find the
murderer of a design rival before she becomes implicated in the crime - and finds her friends and
business are both at risk in this riveting thriller. All are outstanding recommendations for any
mystery reader.
Berkeley Prime Crime
c/o Penguin Group (USA)
375 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10014
www.penguin.com
Betty Hechtman's YARN TO GO; A YARN RETREAT MYSTERY (9780425252215, $7.99)
provides an excellent title in a mystery series featuring a baker who hosts yarn retreats while
solving crime. Casey's inheritance of a yarn retreat business from her grandmother isn't the only
puzzle she's inherited: along with it comes a murder and an investigation only she can conduct.
Daryl Wood Gerber's FINAL SENTENCE: A COOKBOOK NOOK MYSTERY
(9780425258040, $7.99) provides the first in a new series featuring Jenna, owner of a cookbook
store and cafe located in a small California town. When she helps her aunt open a culinary
bookshop, she faces more than opening day challenges when her former roommate and celebrity
chef is found murdered just before they can open. Is the murder connected to the store? Virginia
Lowell's ONE DEAD COOKIE: A COOKIE CUTTER SHOP MYSTERY (9780425260692,
$7.99) provides the fourth book in the Cookie Cutter Shop mystery series, this revolving around
a batch of special cookies and a murder. It's up to baker Olivia and her best friend to uncover the
murderer in a sweet mystery filled with satisfying cookies and queries. Annette Blair's TULLE
DEATH DO US PART: A VINTAGE MAGIC MYSTERY (9780425251935, $7.99) provides
the sixth book in the mystery series which revolve around the protagonist's visions received from
the vintage clothing she handles. Here a vintage petticoat leads her to an unsolved, old mystery
and its new ramifications. Lorna Barrett's MURDER ON THE HALF SHELF: A BOOKTOWN
MYSTERY (9780425262733, $7.99) provides a lovely new story of one Tricia Miles, who finds
herself once more involved in a puzzling murder when the co-owner of a new bed-and-breakfast
is found murdered. All are satisfying mysteries perfect for any collection!
The Fiction Shelf
Sun And Sand
Max Brand
Five Star Books
295 Kennedy Memorial Drive
Waterville, ME 04901
http://gale.cengage.com/fivestar
9781432827014, $25.95, www.amazon.com
Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 - May 12, 1944) was an American author known
primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. Now brought
back into print for a new generation of appreciative readers by Five Star Books is a Max Brand
classic: "Sun And Sand: A Western Trio". This 222 page compendium is comprised of three Max
Brand western saga short stories: The Flaming Rider; Outlaw Buster; and the title piece, Sun And
Sand. Each of these thoroughly entertaining stories showcase Brand's storytelling abilities and
demonstrate why he continues some 70 years after his death to be one of America's favorite
writers of stories set in the Old West. For those to whom this will be their first introduction to
Max Brand westerns, it should be noted that an impressive listing of them published and
available from Five Star Books are also featured in "Sun And Sand". As with all of his westerns,
"Sun And Sand" is a highly recommended entertainment and will make an enduringly popular
addition for community library collections.
Trouble in Store
Carol Cox
Bethany House Publishers
11400 Hampshire Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55438
9780764209567 $14.99 www.bethanyhouse.com
Set in 1880's Arizona, Trouble in Store is a historical novel blending elements of romance,
mystery, and suspense. Melanie Ross and Caleb Nelson contest with one another for a struggling
mercantile business; at first Caleb is determined to get her out of the way by marrying her off, but
gradually Caleb realizes his growing attraction to her - he doesn't want her to marry another man.
As Melanie's sharp new ideas start to improve the store's financial outlook, she grows closer to
Caleb. But someone wants to sink their burgeoning business, even if it's at the cost of Melanie's
and Caleb's lives! Picturesque attention to detail brings the American West setting to life, in this
vivid and thoroughly enjoyable novel from prolific and popular author Carol Cox.
Escape From Paris
Carolyn Hart
Seventh Street Books
c/o Prometheus Books
59 John Glenn Drive, Amherst, NY 14228-2197
www.prometheusbooks.com
9781616147938, $13.95, www.seventhstreetbooks.com
Set in 1940s England before the German invasion, ESCAPE FROM PARIS revolves around two
American sisters in Paris who risk their lives to save a downed British airman from Nazi arrest,
realizing the danger they are in only when they read a public notice demanding that any harboring
English soldiers are to deliver them to Nazi authorities. The Gestapo sets a trap to find such
traitors, and the two sisters struggle with intrigue, danger, and romance as they find challenge
and danger in occupied Paris. Any who enjoy historical settings and powerful stories of courage
and love will find this a winning novel.
Baskerville: The Mysterious Tale of Sherlock's Return
John O'Connell
Atria Books/Marble Arch Press
c/o Simon and Schuster
1230 Avenue of the Americas, 14th fl.
New York, NY 10020
9781476730233, $15.00, www.simonandschuster.com
Baskerville: The Mysterious Tale of Sherlock's Return offers a delightful take-off on the
Sherlock Holmes tales and a focus on journalist Bertram Robinson, who meets his hero Arthur
Conan Doyle on a troop ship coming back from South Africa. He's even more delighted when
Doyle suggests they collaborate on a new story that brings the two to become not just friends, but
co-writers and adventurers, experiencing many of the mysteries intrinsic to The Hound of the
Baskervilles. Part true story and part creepy novel, Baskerville: The Mysterious Tale of
Sherlock's Return is a delightful page-turner that tells of love, companionship, and a dangerous
bog's deep secrets. Holmes fans will relish this engrossing tale.
G.P. Putnam's Sons
c/o Penguin Group USA
375 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10014
www.penguin.com
Alex Grecian's THE BLACK COUNTRY (9780399159336, $26.95) provides a follow-up story
to Grecian's prior acclaimed debut novel The Yard and tells of detective Inspector Walter Day,
who moves outside the crime scenes of London to investigate the disappearance of a young boy
and his parents in a remote coal mining town. The only evidence is a human eyeball found in a
bird's nest - but it won't remain the only evidence as he uncovers close-held town superstitions,
misfortunes, and an epidemic which threatens everyone. With mining falling apart, the town also
seems to follow as Day embarks on a race against time to uncover the heart of a deadly mystery.
Beatriz Williams' A HUNDRED SUMMERS (9780399162169, $26.95) follows her acclaimed
debut novel of 2012, Overseas, with a follow-up offering a Depression-era story of love and
secrets. The setting is the summer of 1938 where a New York socialite travels to her family's
coastal cottage with her mother and six-year-old sister. A whirlwind romance has left her
broken-hearted and intent on recovering when her plans are challenged by her ex-best friend and
her former fiance, who also arrive in town for the season. Gossip, betrayal, and repressed feelings
arise to challenge and confuse all of their lives in this tense novel of romance, recovery, and new
beginnings. Royce Prouty's STOKER'S MANUSCRIPT (9780399158551, $25.95) provides a
powerful story of terror, suspense and mystery as it tells of brothers who were outcasts even
before they were orphaned as infants in Romania. Even in America the Barkeley brothers can't
escape the curse that lies over them. The story begins years later, following one brother, who has
become a priest in the Midwest, and the other who has become a buyer and seller of rare books.
Both face the dangers and evils of their past when Stoker's famous Dracula manuscript emerges
with clues hidden within its pages that reveal the burial sites of Dracul family members. Will
their investigations unearth a sleeping secret best left hidden? A fine story emerges, highly
recommended for any collection strong in mysteries and horror.
The Christian Studies Shelf
Stephen M. Miller's Complete Guide To The Bible: Student Edition
Stephen M. Miller
Barbour Publishing
P.O. Box 719, Uhrichsville, OH 44683
www.barbourbooks.com
9781620298015, $9.99, www.amazon.com
Profusely illustrated throughout, "Stephen M. Miller's Complete Guide To The Bible: Student
Edition" is a 256 page compendium that is thoroughly 'reader friendly' and suitable for students
of all 66 books comprising the Holy Bible. A topical section deftly addressing key life issues
through biblical scripture; noting two ways to approach studying the Bible; helping students to
select the right Bible for them; organized into two major section (with the first being an
alphabetical presentation of theological issues ranging from anger to worship, the second being
descriptive presentations of the various books comprising the Bible as a whole), an enhanced
with the inclusion of a Search Engine Index, "Stephen M. Miller's Complete Guide To The Bible:
Student Edition" is especially recommended for both individual and group biblical study
curriculums, as well as church and community library Christian Studies reference
collections.
The Complete Introduction to The Devout Life
St. Francis de Dales, author
Fr. John-Julian, translator
Paraclete Press
PO Box 1568, Orleans, MA 02653
www.paracletepress.com
9781612612355, $26.99, www.amazon.com
Francis de Sales (21 August 1567 - 28 December 1622) was a Bishop of Geneva and is honored
as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He became noted for his deep faith and his gentle
approach to the religious divisions in his land resulting from the Protestant Reformation. He is
known also for his writings on the topic of spiritual direction and spiritual formation. Ably
translated into English by Father John-Julian, OJN (Founder of the Episcopal contemplative
monastic Order of Julian of Norwich), "The Complete Introduction to The Devout Life" is a 448
page compendium written specifically for the benefit of non-clergy Catholics and especially
addresses the demands of ordinary and secular life in a world that all too often antagonistic to
spirituality. Enhanced by Father John-Julian's erudite commentary, "The Complete Introduction
to The Devout Life" is informed, informative, thoughtful, thought-provoking, inspired and
inspiring, making it an ideal addition to academic, and church library Christian Studies reference
collections and personal reading lists.
Reaching For God
Roberta Werner
The Liturgical Press
St. John's Abbey, PO Box 7500
Collegeville, MN 56321-7500
www.litpress.org
9780814635513, $19.95, www.amazon.com
The Order of Saint Benedict (Latin name: Ordo Sancti Benedicti) is a Roman Catholic religious
order of independent monastic communities that observe the Rule of Saint Benedict. Within the
order, each individual community (which may be a monastery, a priory or abbey) maintains its
own autonomy, while the organization as a whole exists to represent their mutual interests. The
Benedictine Confederation, which was established in 1883 by Pope Leo XIII in his brief
Summum semper, is the international governing body of the order, headed by the Abbot Primate.
Members of the order generally use the initials O.S.B. after their name. "Reaching for God: The
Benedictine Oblate Way of Life" by Sister Roberta Werner, OSB, is a 176 page compendium
presenting an overview of Benedictine life and prayer designed specifically for lay readers.
Highly recommended reading, "Reaching for God: The Benedictine Oblate Way of Life" is
informed, informative, and also available in a Kindle edition ($11.19).
Seven Events That Shaped The New Testament World
Warren Carter
Baker Publishing
c/o Baker Publishing Group
6030 East Fulton, Ada, MI 49301
9780801039164, $21.99, www.bakeracademic.com
Seven Events That Shaped The New Testament World documents key moments in early
Christian history and provides an introduction to the worlds surrounding the New Testament,
narrowing its focus to seven selected key moments in the centuries before and after Jesus. It
considers the beginnings of the Christian movement, documents how religious and political
factors blended into the New Testament writings, and comes from a leading New Testament
scholar who provides a very accessible consideration of events. His style lends to a document
that is perfect for scholars and leisure readers alike, adding black and white illustrations
throughout and offering plenty of insights into the cultural mix of Greek, Roman and Jewish
experiences. No Christian library should be without this!
The Good Bishop
Phyllis Theroux
Orbis Books
PO Box 308, Maryknoll, NY 10545-0308
9781626980242, $20.00, www.orbisbooks.com
THE GOOD BISHOP: THE LIFE OF WALTER F. SULLIVAN offers a fine account of a bishop
who reflected the love of Christ while leading his church by example, visiting prisoners,
celebrating Mass with the elderly, and embracing all kinds of people. His outgoing attitude and
perspective led to his humble yet spiritual message reaching a wide audience, and is covered in a
fine religious biography that considers his Christian life, background, and many achievements.
Any collection strong in Christian biography and following the lives of leaders will find this a top
pick.
Road Trip to Redemption
Brad Mathias
Tyndale House Publishers
351 Executive Drive
Carol Stream, IL 60188
9781414363943, $14.99, www.tyndale.com
Road Trip to Redemption offers important keys to family relationships as it provides the
autobiography of Mathias' own family structure and the revelations he faced as a busy yet
contented father who notices his middle child withdrawing but receives word from God that it's
more than normal teen angst. His resulting investigation into Bethany's secret will challenge their
family and prompts a road trip across the country that brings them into the knowledge of how far
apart they drifted, and how to return to a closer structure. Any seeking inspiring stories of
revelation and family changes will find this a powerful account.
The Military Shelf
The Military Advantage 2013
Terry Howell
Naval Institute Press
291 Wood Road, Annapolis, MD 21402
www.nip.org
9780870210334, $27.95, www.amazon.com
The benefits available to active military personnel and/o to veterans are complex, originating in
the congress, signed off by the president, interpreted by the Joint Chiefs, and administered by a
bureaucracy . The benefits and the rules under which they are governed can change significantly
in a short time as underscored by the changes that have occurred as a result of the current military
drawdown and budget cuts. That's why "The Military Advantage 2013: The Military.com Guide
to Military and Veteran's Benefits" as compiled and presented by Terry Howell will prove to be
an invaluable reference for members of the military and their families. This current and
up-to-date edition covers transition assistance program changes, new veteran employment
resources, new VRAP GI Bill and other GI Bill updates, new spouse and family resources,
TRICARE fee increases, changes to military pay and survivor benefits, and a great deal more. Of
special note are the helpful tips on preparing for a transition from military to civilian status.
Simply stated, a copy of "The Military Advantage 2013: The Military.com Guide to Military and
Veteran's Benefits" should be a part of every community library collection, every military
assistance organization's reference collection, and essential reading for active military personnel
and veterans. It should also be noted that "The Military Advantage 2013: The Military.com
Guide to Military and Veteran's Benefits" is also available in a Kindle edition ($15.37).
The Birth Of The Royal Marines 1664-1802
Britt Zerbe
Boydell Press
c/o Boydell & Brewer Inc
668 Mount Hope Avenue
Rochester, NY 14620-2731
www.boydellandbrewer.com
9781843838371, $99.00, www.amazon.com
The Royal Marine Corps is the marine corps and amphibious infantry of the United Kingdom and
forms part of the Naval Service (along with the Royal Navy, Royal Fleet Auxiliary and
associated organizations). The Royal Marines were formed in 1755 as marine infantry for the
Royal Navy. However, it can trace its origins back to the formation of "the Duke of York and
Albanys maritime regiment of foot" at the grounds of the Honourable Artillery Company on 28
October 1664. "The Birth of the Royal Marines, 1664-1802" by maritime history expert Britt
Zerbe is a 294 page compendium providing an exceptionally well researched and presented
military history from its founding in 1664, through its participation in the 'Seven Years War', and
concludes in 1802 when it was made a permanent and officially sanction part of the British
military establishment. Informed and informative, "The Birth of the Royal Marines, 1664-1802"
is a seminal work of impressive scholarship and is enhanced with the inclusion of several
appendices, a select biography, and a comprehensive index, making it a strongly recommended
addition to academic library Military History reference collections in general, and British
Military history supplemental reading lists in particular.
The English Civil Wars 1642-1649
Bob Carruthers
Pen & Sword
c/o Casemate Publishers
908 Darby Road, Havertown, PA19083
www.casematepublishing.com
9781781591475, $14.95, www.amazon.com
Seven years of catastrophic civil wars raged across the British Isles and changed the course of
British politics, religion, society, and culture. The latest addition to the outstanding Pen & Sword
'Military History from Primary Sources' series, "The English Civil Wars 1642-1649" is a succinct
and profusely illustrated history of the period by Bob Carruthers. From its beginning in 1642 to
its conclusion in 1649, the detailed descriptions of the diverse fighting forces and alliances, the
battles, the trial and execution of the king, and the ascendancy of Cromwell, "The English Civil
Wars 1642-1649" provides an excellent and particularly well written overview, making it highly
recommended reading for students of 17th Century British History, and a valued addition to
academic library European Military History reference collections. It should also be noted that
"The English Civil Wars 1642-1649" is also available in a Kindle edition ($2.99).
21st Century Mahan
Benjamin F. Armstrong, editor
Naval Institute Press
291 Wood Road
Annapolis, MD 21402
9781612512433 $21.95 www.nip.org
21st Century Mahan: Sound Military Conclusions for the Modern Era collects five lesser-known
writings of Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914), a United States Navy flag officer, geostrategist,
and historian, colloquially dubbed "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth
century". His concept of "sea power", the idea that the nations with greater naval power would
exert more influence upon the world and upon history, directly affected the strategic thinking of
countries worldwide, sparking a European naval arms race in the 1890's (the U.S. participated as
well). Mahan's most famous work is "The Influence of Seapower upon History", which is not
reproduced herein; 21st Century gathers five of Mahan's other writings, with analysis by Lt. Cdr.
Benjamin F. Armstrong, USN. Armstrong offers reader-friendly introductions to Mahan's
writings, which have invaluable insights into strategic thinking. 21st Century Mahan is especially
recommended as a core volume for nautical and military shelves.
Going for Broke
James M. McCaffrey
University of Oklahoma Press
2800 Venture Drive, Norman, OK 73069
9780806143378, $34.95, www.oupress.com
GOING FOR BROKE: JAPANESE AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN THE WAR AGAINST NAZI
GERMANY provides a detailed history of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World
War II and is a pick for any in-depth collection on the topic. When the Japanese attacked Pearl
Harbor in 1941 Americans responded with patriotic fervor and thousands of volunteers,
including Japanese Americans, rushed to recruitment centers. Most Japanese Americans were
turned away and many were detailed. When the army eventually decided to admit
second-generation Japanese Americans, it created the 442nd regimental Combat Team consisting
of mostly soldiers drafted before Pearl Harbor, volunteers from Hawaii, and other recruits: their
voices fill a collection that documents their achievements and conflicts at home and abroad, and
makes for a moving story.
Osprey Publishing
4301 21st St, Suite 220B
Long Island City, NY 11101
www.ospreypublishing.com
BOLT ACTION: ARMIES OF THE SOVIET UNION (9781780960906, $24.95) is a pick for
Bolt Action players who want extensive information on the military forces of the Soviet Union
for their war gaming endeavors. Detailed army lists will enable players to construct Soviet armies
for any battle period, while sidebars of information on cost, composition, options and special
rules for each game clarify what will be involved in re-creating the scenes. Any Bolt Action
player will find this in-depth supplement involving and specific, packed with color images
throughout. Mark Stille's THE NAVAL BATTLES FOR GUADALCANAL 1942: CLASH FOR
SUPREMACY IN THE PACIFIC (9781780961545, $21.95) follows six months of battles and
major encounters in Guadalcanal in 1942, and is a pick for any military history holding seeking
specific details on this arena of engagement. This title details the experiences of both navies over
the course of time, following its impact on the Japanese Empire and U.S. forces alike. Howard
Gerrard's color illustrations accompany maps and vintage black and white photos throughout.
Douglas C. Dildy & Warren E. Thompson's F-86 SABRE VS. MiG-15: KOREA 1950-53
(9781780963198, $18.95) considers the effect of advanced jet interceptors from Soviet forces
during World War II, and is a pick for military and aviation collections alike. It follows battles
and then de cades of competition between the world's superpowers in conducting air operations
over the Middle East, Vietnam and more, and it provides a dual focus on F-86 Sabre and MiG-15
fighters in particular, pairing the history with vintage black and white and color photos
throughout. Martin Pegler's THE VICKERS-MAXIM MACHINE GUN (9781780963822,
$18.95) is for collections strong in weapons development, and tells of American inventor Hiram
maxim, who perfected the world's first self-powered machine gun, the Maxim. He had hoped the
gun would put an end to war: instead it lead to slaughters beyond past history, and served to
pioneer a new era in guns. Expert Martin Pegler provides a close inspection of how this weapon
changed battles, with vintage black and white photos capturing the action. Stephen Manning's
THE MARTINI-HENRY RIFLE (9781780965062, $18.95) follows the British Army's first
purpose-designed breechloader, which replaced the successful Snider-Enfield and offered more
accurate shooting capabilities. This rifle was introduced in the mid-1870s and changed British
fire power forever, becoming the mainstay of British forces as they operated around the world.
Any collection strong in early colonial warfare will find this specific assessment of the rifle and
its function on the battlefield to be packed with detail and insights, including many illustrations
of the rifle itself. Mark Lardas' BRITISH FRIGATE VS. FRENCH FRIGATE 1793-1814
(9781780961323, $18.95) provides a solid account of early naval battles and provides a focus on
the frigates who faught over forty battles. Marine and military history holdings alike will find this
packed with discussion of frigate technology, battles, frigate warfare and more - all enhanced
with color artwork, diagrams and vivid, historically accurate illustration. Carl Molesworth's
CURTISS P-40 LONG-NOSED TOMAHAWKS (9781780969091, $18.95) documents the
evolution of a modern fighter that would blend the handling abilities of the P-36 with much more
performance, and is a pick for aviation and military collections alike. It provides the complete
story of this evolution, from design and development through its service with the RAF, and it is
packed with vintage photos and charts throughout, making it a solid visual reference as well. All
are top picks for any military holding!
The Computer Shelf
Cloud Computing
Kris Jamsa
Jones & Bartlett Learning
5 Wall Street, Burlington, MA 01803
www.jblearning.com
9781449647391, $93.95, www.amazon.com
Cloud computing is a colloquial expression used to describe a variety of different types of
computing concepts that involve a large number of computers that are connected through a
real-time communication network (typically the Internet). Cloud computing is a jargon term
without a commonly accepted non-ambiguous scientific or technical definition. In science, cloud
computing is a synonym for distributed computing over a network and means the ability to run a
program on many connected computers at the same time. The popularity of the term can be
attributed to its use in marketing to sell hosted services in the sense of application service
provisioning that run client server software on a remote location. "Cloud Computing" by
computer expert Kris Jamsa is a superbly organized and presented 324 page compendium the
presents an articulate and 'user friendly' introduction to cloud technologies in general, and
specifics about an a service (SaaS), platform as service (PaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS),
and desktop virtualization in particular. Of special note are the real-world case studies providing
examples of moving information into the cloud. Informed and informative, "Cloud Computer" is
an excellent instructional textbook and a highly recommended addition to professional,
community, and academic library Computer Science reference collections and supplemental
reading lists.
jQuery, CSS3, and HTML5 for Mobile and Desktop Devices
Oswald Campesato
Mercury Learning and Information
www.merclearning.com
c/o International Publishers Marketing
22841 Quicksilver Drive
Dulles, VA 20166
9781938549038 $51.95 www.internationalpubmarket.com
jQuery, CSS3, and HTML5 for Mobile and Desktop Devices: A Primer lives up to its title and
then some. Intended for readers who have basic knowledge of CSS/HTML/JavaScript, jQuery,
CSS3, and HTML5 for Mobile and Desktop Devices teaches intermediate to expert programmers
how to create mobile web applications, render web pages in Android and iOS, craft 2D or 3D
graphics and animations with CSS3, and more. Methodical, "user-friendly" instructional text and
a wealth of sample code clarify this enlightening instructional text, ideal for self-study, and
further enhanced with a bonus DVD of source code and 4-color graphics. A "must-have"
reference and resource for any programmer interested in gaining greater command of and
versatility with jQuery, CSS3, and HTML5!
Network Security A Beginner's Guide, third edition
Eric Maiwald
McGraw-Hill/Osborne
c/o The McGraw Hill Companies
Two Penn Plaza, 11th Floor, NY, NY 10121-2298
9780071795708, $40.00, www.mhprofessional.com
Network Security A Beginner's Guide is written by a professional with over twenty years of
experience in the field of network security and provides a fully updated third edition of a classic
guide to include the latest threats to systems and security best practices. From defining common
security terms and assessing their meaning and response potentials in a network environment to
four basic kinds of attacks, how they are implemented, and options to protecting information and
systems, this explains the basics of how to create a security policy, manage and assess risks, and
audit a company for best practices. With its guide to real-world practice, budget considerations,
tips on applying new techniques and management skills at work, and more, this updated new
edition is a 'must' for any network security collection.
Nagios: Building Enterprise-Grade Monitoring Infrastructures for Systems and Networks, second
edition
David Josephsen
Prentice-Hall
c/o Pearson Technology Group
801 East 96th Street, #300
Indianapolis, IN 46240-3759
9780133135732, $44.99, www.informit.com/ph
Nagios: Building Enterprise-Grade Monitoring Infrastructures for Systems and Networks appears
in its second updated edition to revise and update all information related to the Nagios platform
and its tools, and is a key acquisition for any computer holding appealing to network
programmers. From learning the basics of how Nagios works to optimizing it for large-scale
enterprise applications, using it for system monitoring, and covering the basics of managing a
Nagios system, this is filled with specifics programmers can apply to virtually any scale network
operation, and is a top recommendation packed with examples on how to handle any server
system - including remote applications. A 'must' for any network programmer and libraries
catering to them.
Addison-Wesley
c/o Pearson Technology Group
801 East 96th Street, #300
Indianapolis, IN 46240-3759
www.informit.com/aw
Paul DuBois's fifth edition of MySQL (9780321833877, $49.99) continues to offer the definitive,
basic reference of using, programming and applying MySQL 5.5 and 5.6, updating all
information for these latest versions and providing important links between the program and
real-world business applications. From getting information into a database and formulating
queries to get the right feedback to the program's latest features and new opportunities, this
reference covers nearly anything a MySQL developer needs to know to write MySQL programs
using different languages, administer general MySQL applications, and optimize and customize
the program. Collections appealing to programmers will find this a powerful reference. Christian
Wenz's PHP AND MYSQL PHRASEBOOK (9780321834638, $29.99) has been updated to
include PHP 5.4, and provides a pocket-sized dictionary of key code and commands that
programmers will find a fine reference for any endeavor. It is concise, flexible, and packed with
over 100 customizable code bits to streamline the programming process: any PHP and MySQL
library will appreciate this quick reference!
Cisco Press
c/o Pearson Technology Group
801 East 96th Street, #300
Indianapolis, IN 46240-3759
www.ciscopress.com
Wendell Odom's Cisco CCNA Routing and Switching 200-120 Official Cert Guide Library
(9781587143878, $59.99) packages two powerful books in one slipcase (CCENT / CCNA
ICND1 100-101 Official Cert Guide andCCNA ICND2 200-101 Official Cert Guide), provides
reviews of techniques and content for the latest exam strategies, and provides a complete
self-study package designed to help students identify weaknesses, understand the structure and
content of the exams, and prepare adequately. Over 150 minutes of video training by the author
accompanies templates to help organize study time, discussions of network fundamentals and
basics of management, troubleshooting sections to help master this segment of the exam, and
exercises and quizzes to back up all information. The result is an extensive survey packed with
specifics and keys to success that takes the latest exam structure and synthesizes the information
in such a way that any can further their abilities and applications in the real testing environment.
Oh - in case you want the books separately - they are available. Odem's Cisco CCENT/CCNA
ICND1 100-101 (9781587143854, $39.99) stands well alone, for example, as a complete study
guide in itself and offers the same format - including 90 minutes of video mentoring from the
author - that will help any test preparer ace the intricate, complex exam. All the successful
elements contained in the library are right here for test-takers of the 100-101 version to benefit
from.
For Dummies
c/o Wiley Professional Trade Group
111 River Street
Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774
www.dummies.com
Microsoft Office 2013 For Dummies (9781118407111, $27.99) now includes a new two and a
half hour DVD to accompanying a book packed with step-by-step directions covering Office
2013 basics. From entering and working with data to handling the new Ribbon interface,
enhancing Word documents, and crunching data in Excel, this offers details about using Office's
features and incorporating shortcuts to make the entire process easier. All of the suite's new
features are covered in a book and video training program that uses real-world applications for
creating documents and manipulating data. Any who look to get up to speed quickly, especially
those new to the 2013 version, will find this set essential for self-study. Arduino For Dummies
by John Nussey (9781118446379, $24.99) is filled with real-world examples of applied Arduino
functions and is a pick for any who would learn physical computing. Electronics engineering
collections as well as computer reference holdings will find this filled with keys to building basic
circuits that control things, showing how to build easy prototypes using the hardware and
software combination that represents an Arduino-based system. The result is a multi-faceted
step-by-step introduction perfect for any who would learn Arduino's systems and potentials.
The Music Shelf
The Complete Copland
Aaron Copland & Vivian Perlis
Pendragon Press
PO Box 190, Hillsdale, NY 12529
www.pendragonpress.com
9781576471906, $80.00, www.amazon.com
Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900 - December 2, 1990) was an American composer,
composition teacher, writer, and later in his career a conductor of his own and other American
music. Instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition, in his later years he
was often referred to as "the Dean of American Composers" and is best known to the public for
the works he wrote in the 1930s and 1940s in a deliberately accessible style often referred to as
Populist and which the composer labeled his "vernacular" style. Works in this vein include the
ballets Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid and Rodeo, his Fanfare for the Common Man and
Third Symphony. The open, slowly changing harmonies of many of his works are archetypical of
what many people consider to be the sound of American music, evoking the vast American
landscape and pioneer spirit. In addition to his ballets and orchestral works, he produced music in
many other genres including chamber music, vocal works, opera and film scores. "The Complete
Copland" is a 360 page compendium enhanced with some one hundred illustrations. Co-written
by Copland and music historian Vivian Perlis, "The Complete Copland" is a comprehensive and
wonderfully detailed chronological overview of Copland's life and work. A welcome addition to
academic library 20th Century Music History reference collections, "The Complete Copland" is
also highly recommended for non-specialist general readers with an interest in learning about the
contributions of Aaron Copland to American music.
The Best Beatles Book Ever
Paul Charles
Dufour Editions, Inc.
PO Box 7
Chester Springs, PA 19425-0007
www.dufoureditions.com
9780802313560, $16.95, www.amazon.com
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. Their best-known lineup,
consisting of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, became the
greatest and most influential act of the rock era, introducing more innovations into popular music
than any other rock band of the 20th century. Rooted in skiffle and 1950s rock and roll, the
Beatles later utilized several genres, ranging from pop ballads to psychedelic rock, often
incorporating classical elements in innovative ways. In the early 1960s, their enormous
popularity first emerged as "Beatlemania", but as their songwriting grew in sophistication, they
came to be perceived by many fans and cultural observers as an embodiment of the ideals shared
by the era's sociocultural revolutions. "The Best Beatles Book Ever" by musicologist and author
Paul Charles focuses on the years The Beatles were writing and recording their music together as
a group effort. Informed and informative, "The Best Beatles Book Every" is very strongly
recommended reading for their legions of fans -- now aging Babyboomers -- and will prove to be
a popular addition to academic and community library 20th Century Music History reference
collections and supplemental reading lists.
Jazz And Machine-Age Imperialism
Jeremy F. Lane
University of Michigan Press
839 Greene Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-3209
www.press.umich.edu
9780472118816, $70.00, www.amazon.com
Although originating as a late 19th century American musical form, Jazz became very popular
very quickly in France during the first five decades of the 20th century. "Jazz and Machine-Age
Imperialism: Music, "Race," and Intellectuals in France, 1918-1945" by Jeremy F. Lane
(Associate Professor, Department of French and Francophone Studies, University of Nottingham,
UK) is a 240 page compendium which challenges the perception that jazz was easily and
universally received by white French music critics when it arrived along with American black
jazz musicians fleeing discrimination and finding a cultural home in a racially tolerant France. Of
special note is the inclusion of the author's 'Coda: Jazz After Empire'. An impressive and
extensive work of original scholarship, "Jazz And Machine-Age Imperialism" features extensive
notes, a lengthy bibliography, and a comprehensive index, making is strongly recommended for
academic library 20th Century Musicology and 20th Century French Cultural History reference
collections, as well as Jazz History enthusiast supplemental reading lists.
Grateful Dead and the Art of Rock Improvisation
David Malvinni
Scarecrow Press
4501 Forbes Blvd., Suite 200
Lanham, MD 20706
www.scarecrowpress.com
9780810882553, $45.00, www.amazon.com
Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band
was known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae,
country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long
musical improvisation. They were ranked 57th in the issue The Greatest Artists of all Time by
Rolling Stone magazine. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and
their Barton Hall Concert at Cornell University (May 8, 1977) was added to the Library of
Congress's National Recording Registry. The Grateful Dead have sold more than 35 million
albums worldwide. "Grateful Dead and the Art of Rock Improvisation" by academician and
musicologist David Malvinni is a 296 page compendium focusing on an exploration of the band's
musical signature through a targeted selection of their songs ranging from Viola Lee Blues and
Midnight Hour, to Love Light and Dark Star. Offering a philosophical framework, "Grateful
Dead and the Art of Rock Improvisation" provides an aesthetic appreciation of the musical
stylings of this legendary band. A seminal work of outstanding and original scholarship,
"Grateful Dead and the Art of Rock Improvisation" is written in a form and format that will make
it easily accessible to non-specialist general readers and fans of the Grateful Dead. "Grateful
Dead and the Art of Rock Improvisation" is a highly recommended addition to academic library
Popular Culture and 20th Century American Music reference collections and supplemental
reading lists.
Left of the Dial
David Ensminger
PM Press
PO Box 23912, Oakland, CA 94623
9781604866414, $20.00, www.pmpress.org
LEFT OF THE DIAL: CONVERSATIONS WITH PUNK ICONS features interviews by musical
journalist and musician David Ensminger with some of punk music's most famous figures, from
Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys to Dave Dictor of MDC, and provides a fine survey of punk
music's political sentiments and cultural traditions. Punk music advocated social justice, created
different insights into values and social issues, and used music to change worlds. Ensminger used
key graphics from his large punk flyer collection to add visuals along with photos by Ben Desoto
shot during the punk and hardcore movements, making for a fine and outstanding
recommendation for any contemporary music history holding and many a social issues shelf.
Detroit Rock City
Steve Miller
Da Capo Press
c/o Perseus Books Group
11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142
www.perseusbooksgroup.com
9780306820656, $16.99, www.dacapopress.com
DETROIT ROCK CITY: THE UNCENSORED HISTORY OF ROCK 'N ROLL IN
AMERICA'S LOUDEST CITY comes from an investigative journalist and Detroit native who
conducted over 200 interviews with musicians and promoters to provide an oral history of
Detroit's evolving music scene. It's a pick for Detroit and music history collections alike, offering
a vivid portrait of an American city and its many musical styles and musicians; from punk rocker
Iggy Pop to Alice Cooper's unlikely audience in the form of inmates from a hospital for the
criminally insane. Political, social and musical changes are surveyed in a powerful
recommendation for any popular music collection.
The Cookbook Shelf
The Global Vegan Family
Brian P. McCarthy
Lantern Books
128 Second Place, Brooklyn, NY 17231
www.lanternbooks.com
9781590564158, $22.00, www.amazon.com
Veganism is the dietary practice of abstaining from the use of animal products as food, as well as
an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of sentient animals. A follower of
veganism is known as a vegan. "The Global Vegan Family Cookbook" is an outstanding 368
page compendium of 'kitchen cook friendly' vegan recipes compiled by professional chef Brian
P. McCarthy. There are vegan recipes for every dining occasion and range from appetizers,
soups, salads, dressings, and sides, to breakfast, entrees, beverages, breads and pastries. Of
special note is the chapter devoted to vegan recipes for sauces, dips and spreads. Enhanced with
the inclusion of a glossary, conversion charts, abbreviations, a protein list, and a comprehensive
index, "The Global Vegan Family Cookbook" will prove to be an enduringly popular addition to
personal, family, and community library cookbook collections.
You Still Won't Believe It's Gluten-Free
Roben Ryberg
Lifelong Books
c/o Perseus Books Group
11 Cambridge Center
Cambridge, MA 02142
www.perseusbooksgroup.com
9780738216690, $18.99, www.amazon.com
Wheat allergy is a rare allergy which typically presents itself as a food allergy, but can also be a
contact allergy resulting from occupational exposure to the gluten properties of wheat. Like all
allergies, wheat allergy involves immunoglobulin E and mast cell response. Typically the allergy
is limited to the seed storage proteins of wheat, some reactions are restricted to wheat proteins,
while others can react across many varieties of seeds and other plant tissues. Twenty-seven
potential wheat allergens have been successfully identified. The most severe response is
exercise/aspirin induced anaphylaxis attributed to one omega gliadin that is a relative of the
protein that causes celiac disease. Other more common symptoms include nausea, urticaria,
atopy. It is critical for those who have an allergy to wheat that they consume only gluten free
meals. "You Still Won't Believe It's Gluten-Free: 200 More Delicious, Fool-Proof Recipes You
and Your Whole Family Will Love" by Roben Ryber (founder of Miss Roben's Gluten-Free
Foods) is a 312 page compendium comprised of thoroughly 'kitchen cook friendly' recipes for
gluten free dishes that will please any palate and satisfy any appetite. The recipes range from
Coffee Cake Muffins; Pumpkin Bread; Chicken Pot Pie; and Roast Beef with Red Wine and
Mushrooms; to Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes; Stir-Fried Cabbage; Chocolate Cake; Fresh
Cranberry Salad; and a No-Cook Pizza Sauce. Strongly recommended for personal, family, and
community library cookbook collections, it should also be noted that "You Still Won't Believe
It's Gluten-Free: 200 More Delicious, Fool-Proof Recipes You and Your Whole Family Will
Love" is also available in a Kindle edition ($10.44). Also highly recommended is Roben Ryberg's
"The Ultimate Gulten-Free Cookie Book" (9780738213767, pb., $16.95; Kindle edition
($9.99).
Eats
Mary Rolph Lamontagne
Advantage Publishers Group
PO Box 1090, Poway, CA 92074-1090
c/o Dalyn Miller PR
9781599323862 $29.99 www.pgw.com
Eats: Enjoy All the Seconds is a full-color, softcover cookbook that emphasizes several positive
dimensions of a good meal: healthy food created from fresh ingredients that don't bust one's
kitchen budget. Featuring recipes designed to ensure that one's healthy ingredients are fully used
up, Eats categorizes its offerings by ingredient color (Greens, Whites, Yellows), and each
showcased food has a "master recipe" with guidelines for transforming a basic dish into a flexible
array of intriguing alternate recipes. From poached plums to avocado and watermelon gazpacho
to lamb and sweet potato curry, mushroom and chickpea fries and more, Eats is a delightful array
of offerings accessible to cooks of all skill and experience levels. A medley of tips concerning
the health benefits of various ingredients, storage suggestions, and "green fingers" gardening
advice round out this superb cookbook for personal use or gift-giving.
The Grilling Book
Adam Rapoport, editor
Andrews & McMeel
1130 Walnut Street
Kansas City, MO 64106-2109
www.andrewsmcmeel.com
9781449427528, $45.00, www.amazon.com
Grilling season is upon us once again. That's why drawn from the pages of the ever elegant Bon
Appetit gourmet dining magazine and deftly compiled by Adam Rapoport, "The Grilling Book"
is as timely as it is an invaluable resource. Showcasing more than 350 thoroughly 'user friendly'
recipes and handsomely illustrated throughout with more than 100 full-color photographs, "The
Grilling Book" offers a full spectrum of cuisines suitable for the family grill. The recipes are
nicely organized and presented: Chicken, Burgers and Dogs, Beef, Pork, Lamb, Fish, Shellfish,
Vegetables, Flatbreads and Pizza, Sids and Salads, Sauces, and even Drinks. Of special note is
the opening chapter on Grill Prep which will prove extraordinarily useful for the grilling novice.
From exotic delicacies such as Malaysian Wings with Tumeric and Lemongrass; to such staple
fare as Sirloin Steak with Chopped Salad, This 432 page compendium of superbly presented
recipes is a core addition to personal, family, and community library Cookbook collections! It
should also be noted that "The Grilling Book" is also available in a Kindle edition ($9.34).
Crock-Pot The Original Slow Cooker: Comfort Food Diet Cookbook
Publications International
7373 North Cicero Avenue
Lincolnwood, IL 60712
www.pubint.com
9781450808969, $5.99, www.amazon.com
A Crock-Pot is a counter top electrical cooking appliance that is used for simmering, which
requires maintaining a relatively low temperature compared to other cooking methods (such as
baking, boiling, and frying) for many hours, allowing unattended cooking of pot roast, stews,
soups, "boiled" dinners and other suitable dishes. The Crock-Pot Comfort Food Diet Cookbook
illustrates and showcases 200 thoroughly 'kitchen cook friendly' recipes that have 500 or less
calories per serving. The recipes range from Cheese Grits with Chiles and Bacon; Butternut
Squash-Apple Soup; Middle Eastern Beef and Eggplant Stew; and Italian-Style Sausage with
Rice; to Curry Chicken with Mango and Red Pepper; Bean Ragout with Cilantro-Cornmeal
Dumplings; Wild Rice and Dried Cherry Risotto; and Parmesan Potato Wedges. A full
nutritional analysis accompanies each recipe. An ideal cookbook for anyone having to watch
their weight but craving dishes that will please the palate while satisfying the appetite,
"Crock-Pot The Original Slow Cooker: Comfort Food Diet Cookbook" is a very strongly
recommended addition to personal, family, and community library cookbook collections.
Grilling, Grilling & More Grilling!
Dror Pilz
Imagine Publishing
c/o Charlesbridge Publishing
85 Main Street, Watertown, MA 02472
www.imaginebks.com
9781936140916, $18.95, www.amazon.com
There's just something about cooking on the grill and summer that goes so well together! There is
such an enormous cornucopia of dishes that can be prepared on the backyard grill, and it's
cookbooks like "Grilling, Grilling & More Grilling!" are such welcome additions to personal,
family, and community library cookbook collections. Superbly illustrated throughout with
full-color photographs by Danya Weiner and expertly compiled by Dror Pilz, the recipes range
from a Mozzarella, Pesto & Grilled Vegetable Sandwich; a Sauteed Cherry Tomato & Garlic
Bruschetta; and Asian Style Bok Choy; to Hamburger Napolitano; Chicken Satay Skewers with
Peanut Sauce; and Smoked Beef Spare Ribs. There are even desert recipes such as Cinnamon
Pear Kabobs and Grilled Bananas with Chocolate! Every recipes in this 144 page compendium is
clearly laid out enabling even the most novice of family chefs to produce superbly prepared
dishes that will please any palate and satisfy any appetite!
Mango & Mint
Nicky Garratt
PM Press
PO Box 23912, Oakland, CA 94623
www.pmpress.org
9781604863239, $17.95, www.amazon.com
A vegan recipe is one that excludes any animal product. Vegan dishes are to be found pretty
much every culture around the globe. "Mango & Mint: Arabian, Indian, and North African
Inspired Vegan Cuisine" is a 256 page compendium compiled by vegetarian Nicky Garratt and is
comprised of an impressively diverse collection of thoroughly 'kitchen cook friendly' vegan
recipes guaranteed to please any palate and satisfy any appetite. The recipes range from such
exotic dishes as Poori (from India); Ajvar (Turkish); and Donuts in Syrup (Lebanese) to such
substantial fare as Stuffed Peppers (Arabian); Eggplant and Chickpeas (North African); and
Grilled Vegetables in Oil (Mediterranean). Of special note is the section devoted to 'Recycled'
featuring terrific recipes utilizing leftovers. Enhanced with a section of full-color photographs of
finished dishes, "Mango & Mint: Arabian, Indian, and North African Inspired Vegan Cuisine"
will prove to be a very highly prized and special addition to personal, family, and community
library cookbook collections.
Nile Style, expanded edition
Amy Riolo
Hippocrene Books, Inc.
171 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016
www.hippocrenebooks.com
9780781813075, $18.95, www.amazon.com
Now in a newly expanded edition, "Nile Style: Egyptian Cuisine and Culture" is a 240 page
compendium showcasing an amazing diversity of Egyptian dishes. Nicely illustrated throughout
with both black/white and full-color photography, "Nile Style" provides authentic recipes for
dishes associated with festivals, ceremonies and celebrations both ancient and modern. The
thoroughly 'kitchen cook friendly' recipes range from Egyptian Whole Wheat Pita Bread; Citrus
Green Bean Salad; Macaroni with Meat and Bechamel Sauce; and Sweet Fritters Topped with
Syrup; to Lamb Pita Sandwiches; Double Chocolate Baklava; Egyptian Bread Pudding; and
Macerated Dates with Apricots and Raisins. Enhanced with a glossary of ingredients common to
Egyptian cuisine; a buyer's guide; a bibliography; a general index, and a recipe index, "Nile
Style" is an enthusiastically recommended addition to personal, family, and community library
ethnic cookbook collections.
Franny's: Simple Seasonal Italian
Andrew Feinberg, et al.
Artisan Books
c/o Workman Publishing Company
225 Varick Street
New York, NY 10014-4381
www.artisanbooks.com
9781579654641, $35.00, www.amazon.com
Franny's is an enduringly popular restaurant located in Brooklyn, New York. In "Franny's: Simple, Seasonal, Italian", the culinary team of Andrew Feinberg, Francine Stephens, and Melissa Clark have created 376 page compendium of simple but elegant Italian dishes that will enable even the most novice of kitchen cooks to prepare meals to rival any 5 Star restaurant. The recipes range from Tomato and Cranberry Bean Soup with Pumpkin, Escarole, and Parmigiano-Reggiano; Spaghetti with Artichokes; Extra-Virgin Olive Oil and Sea Salt Pizza; and Caramel Gelato; to Fried Green Tomatoes with Anchovy Mayonnaise; Red Rice Salad with Cherry Tomatoes, Cucumbers, and Corn; and Sugar Snap Peas with Ricotta, Mint, and Lemon. Of special note is the chapter devoted to cocktails and other drinks appropriate for an Italian cuisine. Enhanced with full color photographs throughout, "Franny's: Simple Seasonal Italian" is strongly recommended for personal, professional, and community library ethnic cookbook collections.
Greek Revival from the Garden
Patricia Moore-Pastides
University of South Carolina Press
718 Devine Street
Columbia, SC 29208
9781611171907 $27.95 www.sc.edu/uscpress
Full-color photography on almost every page enhances Greek Revival from the Garden: Growing
and Cooking for Life, a sumptuous cookbook that incorporates healthy lifestyle tips. Author
Patricia Moore-Pastides presents Mediterranean diet recipes that are accessible to cooks of all
skill and experience levels, as well as a "growing" sections filled with tips, tricks, and techniques
especially for organic gardeners. Recipes include "Zucchini, Almond, and Minto Pesto over
Pasta", "Garlicky, Lemony Hummus", "Cabbage, Walnut, and Cranberry Salad", "Parsleyed
Meatballs in Cinnamony Tomato Sauce", and much more. Greek Revival from the Garden makes
an excellent giftbook for anyone who loves gardening or preparing healthful food!
Gourmet French Macarons
Mindy Cone
Front Table Books
c/o Cedar Fort, Inc.
2373 West 700 South
Springville, Utah 84663
9781462112197 $24.99 www.cedarfort.com
Featuring full-color photography of sumptuous delicacies on practically every other page,
Gourmet French Macarons is a specialty cookbook filled with over 75 recipes for specially
designed macarons (soft, sandwich cookies with delicious filling). Step-by-step instructions walk
cooks of all skill and experience levels through basic macaron preparation, creating cookies with
vibrant colors or fun shapes, techniques, templates, and much more. The recipes range from
macarons that look like rainbows on clouds, to adorable animal face sandwich cookies, to a
macaron that resembles a small-scale wedding cake. Highly recommended especially for budding
gourmet chefs looking to add a special touch to an internationally popular dessert!
Octopus Publishing
236 Park Avenue
New York NY 10017
Kay Plunkett-Hogge & John Vincent's LEON: FAMILY & FRIENDS (9781840916195, $29.99)
provides the latest book from the LEON team and packs in over 200 recipes divided into three
unusual sections: Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday. Advice includes how to encourage young
children to cook, and how to incorporate evening time in the family. Would-be teen cooks also
get their own section: "10 Things You Should Know How to Cook Before You Leave Home".
From feeding family and friends to make-ahead meals and more, this pairs family photos, stories
and recipes with a focus on food's connection to tradition and home. And with such fare as
Henry's Meatballs with Herb Salad or Lychees with Fresh Ginger & Sherry, there's plenty of
variety to enjoy! Any cookbook collection will find this an inviting addition. Alain Coumont &
Jean-Pierre Gabriel's LE PAIN QUOTIDIEN COOKBOOK (9781845337483, $29.99) comes
from a pioneer promoting organic food cookery and presents over 100 of the author's recipes for
breads, soups, main courses, and dishes for all meals. It opens with a focus on bread-baking,
providing recipes for world-famous breads and providing insider tips on everything from
achieving the right crust to creating sourdough starter. Baking bread at home is the first key to
embracing the 'slow life' which involves better foods produced at a slower pace. Accompanying
the bread recipes are ideas for sandwiches made with the fresh breads - then accompanying
dishes which build meals from whole grains and healthy choices. Add color photos and
commentary reinforcing the idea of slower foods and natural cooking and you have a fine book
for any whole foods cook.
The Southern Vegetarian Cookbook
Justin Fox Burks & Amy Lawrence
Thomas Nelson Publishers
PO Box 141000, Nashville, TN 37214
9781401604820, $24.99, www.thomasnelson.com
THE SOUTHERN VEGETARIAN COOKBOOK: 100 DOWN-HOME RECIPES FOR THE
MODERN TABLE is for any who want to use vegetarian dishes as either a mainstay or a side
dish accompanying meat, and comes from self-trained home cooks who seek new ways of cutting
back on meat consumption. The authors lost a combined 100 pounds in the course of putting
together these recipes, focusing on a diet of grains and vegetables and updating traditional
Southern fare. The result is a bright, appealing cookbook highly recommended for any Southern
cook who wants healthier, vegetable-based dishes based on familiar appealing fare.
Andrews McMeel Publishing
1130 Walnut Street
Kansas City, MO 64106-2109
www.andrewsmcmeel.com
Bon Appetit's THE GRILLING BOOK: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE FROM BON APPETIT
(9781449427528, $45.00) is no light reference: it packs in over four hundred pages of reference
on grilling techniques, tips and recipes and illustrates every one with step-by-step color photo
instructions to cover not just grilling, but the basics of preparing foods for the grill, from
butterflying a bird to making pizza crust. Everything from gourmet sauces and rubs to a fancy
Lobster Paella or a tastier burger are included in a book packed with fresh new ideas, tried and
tested techniques, and tips for successful grilling whether it be for a party or for a family. If only
one grilling book were to be included in a collection - this would be a top contender! Brigit
Binns's THE NEW WINE COUNTRY COOKBOOK: RECIPES FROM CALIFORNIA'S
CENTRAL COAST (9781449419127, $35.00) offers a lovely survey of California history and
culinary developments based on local and natural foods from around the state. Don't expect these
dishes to be familiar regional specialties, either; Binns creates her own original dishes such as
Seared and Braised Feta-Stuffed Chicken Thighs with White Wine and Green Olives and uses
insights from local winemakers to pair her dishes with coastal California wines as well as wines
from other regions of the world. The result is a lovely cookbook that incorporates California
culinary culture and ingredients: perfect for California and regional American cookbook
collections looking for something different.
From a Polish Country House Kitchen
Anne Applebaum & Danielle Crittenden
Chronicle Books
680 Second Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
9781452110554, $40.00, www.chroniclebooks.com
From a Polish Country House Kitchen: 90 Recipes for the Ultimate Comfort Food began with a
family's acquisition of a falling-down Polish manor house in 1988 as Communism fell in the
country. The house had been confiscated and abandoned: they began rebuilding it - and author
Anne Applebaum was forced to make do with local, fresh ingredients from the Polish
countryside around her. Color photos by Bogdan and Dorota Baily accompany a fine survey of
modern Polish flavors and cooking and celebrates this country with dishes such as
Orange-Saffron Rum Cake, Roast Chicken with Clementines, and Eggplant Cavier. The result is
a satisfying collection of unique dishes highly recommended for any ethnic food collection; even
those which have traditional Polish cookbooks but who seek more modern touches and
interpretations.
200 Easy Mexican Recipes
Kelley Cleary Coffeen
Robert Rose
120 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 800
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4P 1E2
9780778804369, $24.95, www.robertrose.ca
200 EASY MEXICAN RECIPES: AUTHENTIC RECIPES FROM BURRITOS TO
ENCHILADAS provides a fine assembly of basic Mexican dishes any American cook can
reproduce with a minimum of spices and ingredients, and tells how to use simple recipes to
produce authentic Mexican creations. From Tex-Mex favorites to adaptations of traditional
Mexican cuisine, this covers everything from specialty breads to fresh Baja Fish Tacos and Spicy
Grilled Vegetables, and is a top recommendation for any general cookery collection.
The Yankee Chef
Jim Bailey
Schiffer Publishing
4880 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, PA 19310
9780764341915, $34.99, www.schifferpublishing.com
The Yankee Chef: Feel Good Food for Every Kitchen packs in over five hundred New
England-based recipes in a top pick recommended for any American cookbook holding. Color
photos and lively discussions accompany recipes gathered from three generations of Yankee
chefs, offering a satisfying blend of traditional, classic comfort food dishes and innovations on
themes. The simple fare combined with culinary and regional insights makes The Yankee Chef
deserving of ongoing recommendation for any basic cookbook collection.
Diners, Drive-Ins, Dives: Funky Finds in Flavortown
Guy Fieri
Morrow
c/o HarperCollins Publishers
10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022-5299
www.williammorrow.com
9780062244659, $21.99, www.harpercollins.com
Diners, Drive-Ins, Dives: Funky Finds in Flavortown comes from a popular television show and
provides the third entry in his series, offering behind-the-scenes insights into restaurants and their
fare. The focus is on original chef creations and roadside stands, offering a book that acts as both
a travel guide to diners (complete with a color foldout map that shows the location of each diner
in this book) and a recipe guide for any who want something new, tested, and wide-ranging.
From a Cioppino fish stew tweaked by a third-generation-owned restaurateur in Santa Cruz to
Lauer-Kraut Burgers and a Potato and Cheese Pan-Fried Pierogi, this is packed with flavorful
finds that will earn it a place in cookbook and travel collections alike.
The Business Shelf
Internet Marketing
Herschell Gordon Lewis
Racom Communications
150 North Michigan Avenue, #2800
Chicago, IL 60601
978193199252 $19.95 www.racombooks.com
Internet Marketing: Tips, Tricks, and Tactics lives up to its title with a wealth of straightforward
tips to taking full advantage of the Internet to promote one's business. Chapters discuss the pros
and cons of various tools, including mailing lists, pay-per-click advertising, sensible rules for
emails to businesses, and warnings that the Internet is one of the most price-driven markets
around (because any consumer can look up competing offers with just a few clicks). "If ever the
'KISS' principle ('Keep It Simple, Stupid') applies, it applies right here. Extended payments? Let
them argue that out with their credit card source. Shipping and handling charges? Build them in,
because 'Free shipping' has been tested and retested so many times that the concept, at least
through this decade and possibly well into the next, is a no-brainer. Problems in arithmetic are
automatic response-suppressors. So whether you try for an immediate close or ask them to 'Click
here,' simplicity is next to godliness." An index and a few black-and-white email or
advertisement images to demonstrate key points round out this brief but invaluable reference and
resource, highly recommended especially to professional marketers and small business
entrepreneurs who wear a promoter's hat (among many others).
Successful E-Mail Marketing Strategies
Arthur Middleton Hughes and Arthur Sweetser
Racom Communications
150 North Michigan Avenue, #2800
Chicago, IL 60601
9781933199160 $49.95 www.racombooks.com
Successful E-Mail Marketing Strategies from Hunting to Farming describes strategies to
effectively promote one's product or service without resorting to unpopular e-mail "spamming".
As the titular metaphor suggests, instead of "hunting" for sales by sending out millions of emails,
marketing efforts should instead focus on using email to cultivate positive relationships with
subscribers, also know as "farming". Chapters discuss useful tips, tricks, and techniques, from
crafting attention-grabbing subject lines, to determining how much email is enough, to adding an
interactivity component to one's emails, viral marking, and much more. A solid resource packed
with useful ideas, Successful E-Mail Marketing Strategies is an excellent choice for college
library Business shelves, and a "must-have" for marketing professionals everywhere in today's
increasingly technology-driven world.
The Truth About Negotiations
Leigh Thompson
FT Press
c/o Pearson Technology Group
801 East 96th Street, #300
Indianapolis, IN 46240-3759
www.ftpress.com
9780136007364, $22.99, www.amazon.com
Negotiation is a dialogue between two or more people or parties, intended to reach an
understanding, resolve point of difference, or gain advantage in outcome of dialogue, to produce
an agreement upon courses of action, to bargain for individual or collective advantage, to craft
outcomes to satisfy various interests of two people/parties involved in negotiation process.
Negotiation is a process where each party involved in negotiating tries to gain an advantage for
themselves by the end of the process. Negotiation is intended to aim at compromise. Negotiation
occurs in business, non-profit organizations, government branches, legal proceedings, among
nations and in personal situations such as marriage, divorce, parenting, and everyday life. The
study of the subject is called negotiation theory. Professional negotiators are often specialized,
such as union negotiators, leverage buyout negotiators, peace negotiators, hostage negotiators, or
may work under other titles, such as diplomats, legislators or brokers. "The Truth About
Negotiations" by Leigh Thompson (J. Jay Gerber Distinguished Professor of Dispute Resolution
and Organizations, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University) is a 224 page
instruction guide that covers every aspect of the negotiation process. Of special note is the
commentary on responding to temper tantrums and repairing broken trust. Offering a wealth of
practical, real-world tips, tricks and techniques, "The Truth About Negotiations" is the perfect
introduction to the skills required for successful negotiations in business or any other area of life.
Highly recommended reading for anyone charged with the responsibility of conducting any form
of negotiation, it should be noted that "The Truth About Negotiations" is also available in a
Kindle edition ($10.19) and as an unabridged audio book ($17.95).
Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton
Peter Fretwell and Taylor Baldwin Kiland
Naval Institute Press
291 Wood Road
Annapolis, MD 21402
9781612512174 $27.95 www.nip.org
How did the American POW's imprisoned at the "Hanoi Hilton" not only survive, but also
continue to perform well at their careers after the end of their internment? Lessons from the
Hanoi Hilton: Six Characteristics of High-Performance Teams is a business leadership guide
grounded upon what can be learned from six bedrock principles of POW culture. Chapters focus
on the personal characteristics that drive successful teamwork, and draw lessons from training
methods used by both Navy SEALs and Olympic athletes. Six principles for defining and
enacting a mission form the core of Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton, an invaluable advice book
especially for any newly promoted businessperson.
Keeping Up with the Quants
Jinho Kim
Harvard Business Review Press
c/o Harvard Business School Press
60 Harvard Way, Boston, MA 02163
9781422187258, $27.00, www.hbr.org/books
Keeping Up with the Quants: Your Guide to Understanding and Using Analytics is
recommended for reference and business shelves alike, and provides an introduction covering
why everyone needs analytical skills. Managers especially need to make sense of a range of data
that could affect decisions, and this book reviews tools for improving an understanding of data
analytics and applying this to decision-making processes. From formulating a hypothesis to
interpreting analytical results and communicating these results in an organizational structure, this
provides a key coverage perfect for professionals who want a better grounding in understanding
and applying data results to business goals.
The Education Shelf
The Common Core
Maureen McLaughlin & Brenda J. Overturf
International Reading Association
PO Box 8139, Newark, DE 19714-8139
www.reading.org
9780872078154, $32.95, www.amazon.com
The ability to read with ease and comprehensive is a core essential to success and should be a
skill set instilled as early as possible in students Kindergarten through 5th grade. It is so
important that Federal 'No Child Left Behind' standards were created to insure reading
proficiency in grade school children. "The Common Core: Teaching K-5 Students to Meet the
Reading Standards" is the collaborative work of Maureen McLaughlin (Professor of Reading
Education, east Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania) and Brenda J. Overturf (Literacy
Consultant) is a 206 page compendium comprised of two major sections: 'The Evolution of the
Common Core Standards' and 'Teaching the Common Core State Standards for Reading'. Of
special note are the occasional 'Essential Resources' lists. Timely, 'user friendly', and practical,
"The Common Core: Teaching K-5 Students to Meet the Reading Standards" is highly
recommended for academic library "Education Studies" instructional reference collections, and
would prove a welcome and valued curriculum supplement for student teachers.
Starting With Science
Marcia Talhelm Edson
Stenhouse Publishers
477 Congress Street, Suite 4B
Portland, ME 04101-3451
www.stenhouse.com
9781571108074, $19.00, www.amazon.com
The minds of young children are naturally curious about the world around them. That makes
them perfect candidates for teaching them the skills of inquiry and analysis that will stand them
in good stead throughout their academic careers and life in general. "Starting With Science:
Strategies for Introducing Young Children to Inquiry" by Marcia Talhelm Edson (Clinical
Assistant Professor, School of Education, Boston University) is a 149 page instructional
compendium the explains what inquiry-based science is; how preschool, kindergarten, and
primary grade teachers can incorporate inquiry-based science into their classroom curriculums
(even when confronted with budget cuts); what the roles of children, teachers, and the
environment play in inquiry-based science programs. Of special note is the commentary on
effective instructional strategies when implementing inquiry-based science into a school
curriculum. Deftly written, accessible organized, and effectively presented, "Starting With
Science: Strategies for Introducing Young Children to Inquiry" is highly recommended reading
and a critically important addition to professional and academic library Educational Instruction
reference collections and supplemental reading lists.
Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Focus on Preschoolers
Carol Copple, Sue Bredekamp, Derry Koralek, and Kathy Charner, editors
National Association for the Education of Young Children
1313 L. Street NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005-4101
9781928896968 $29.00 www.naeyc.org
The National Association for the Education of Young Children presents Developmentally
Appropriate Practice: Focus on Preschoolers, a guide carefully designed especially for instructors
of preschool-aged children, featuring selections chosen by expert educators and articles from the
NAEYC's award-winning, peer-reviewed journal, "Young Children". Chapters include a
summary of physical, social/emotional, cognitive, and literacy development in preschool-aged
children; guidelines for developmentally-appropriate curriculums with examples; advice for
planning a curriculum with goals in mind; and much more. "Besides environmental print, the
literacy-rich classroom includes a well stocked library corner and writing center, displays of
children's writing, and theme-related literacy props (e.g., menus, order pads, signs) in play areas.
Seeing print used for such purposes and increasingly making use of it in various ways are
important components of preschool literacy learning." As user-friendly as it is brimming with
expertise, Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Focus on Preschoolers is a "must-have" for
preschool teachers, homeschoolers who instruct preschool students, and early childhood
educational reference shelves. Highly recommended.
Youth, Education, and Marginality
Kate Tilleczek and H. Bruce Ferguson, editors
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3C5
9781554586349 $38.99 wlupress.wlu.ca
Youth, Education, and Marginality: Local and Global Expressions is an anthology of scholarly
essays by learned authors scrutinizing the problems faced by young people who mare
marginalized in schools - whether due to ethnicity, poverty, sexual orientation, or other factors.
In addition to delineating the challenges confronting marginalized youth, Youth, Education, and
Marginality also opens a dialogue with critiques about initiatives to improve the ongoing
situation. Sample essays include "The Unique Status of Marginalization: The Birth of
Youth-Empowering Parents", "Marginalized Youth in Education: Social and Cultural
Dimensions of Exclusion in Canada and the United Kingdom", "Does Special Education
Marginalize Young People?: The Need for Evidence-Informed Practices", and many more.
Youth, Education, and Marginality explores a social issue directly impacting the development of
the next generation worldwide, and is highly recommended especially for college library
Educational Studies reference collections and reading lists.
Teaching Twos and Threes
Deborah Falasco
Redleaf Press
10 Yorkton Court
St. Paul, MN 55117-1065
www.redleafpress.org
9781605541327, $34.95, www.amazon.com
With the expansion of preschool and daycare programs for the children of working parents, the
education of children 2 and 3 years of age is of critical important. "Teaching Twos and Threes: A
Comprehensive Curriculum" by preschool education specialist Deborah Falasco (lead teacher for
the two- and three-year-old program at the Vassar College laboratory Wimpfheimrer Nursery
school) is a superbly organized and presented 280 page compendium comprised of 'user friendly'
activities and program ideas for engaging and interesting 2 and 3 year olds in a variety of learning
activities that are as entertaining as they are developmentally instructive. Of special note is the
chapter devoted to 'Cooking Experiences and Mealtime Success'. Enhanced with illustrations,
templates and examples of weekly curriculum planning sheets, 'Art and Other Recipes', 'Songs
and Chants', and a useful Index, "Teaching Twos and Threes" is a highly recommended for
homes schooling parents, as curriculum supplement for daycare and preschool programs, as well
as an important addition to academic library Childhood Education reference collections and
supplemental reading lists.
When Writing With Technology Matters
Carol Bedard & Charles Fuhrken
Stenhouse Publishing
477 Congress Street, Suite 4B
Portland, ME 04101-3451
9781571109378, $20.00, www.stenhouse.com
When Writing With Technology Matters provides teachers with theory that supports the
applications of technology in the classroom - and provides tested strategies for blending this
technology into the English Language Arts curriculum. It considers the development of critical
thinking, collaboration and empowerment that come from the curriculum and discusses how
these goals can all be enhanced through the proper application of technology, showing teachers
how to create a classroom environment that uses technology to allow students to become more
effective writers. Step-by-step projects provide all the basics and can be used as formulas for
success or samples for teachers planning their own technology-based projects. Education
collections concerned with integrating technology with classroom goals will find this a top
pick.
The Travel Shelf
Moon Colorado
Steve Knopper
Moon Publications
c/o Avalon Travel
1700 Fourth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
9781612381213, $19.99, www.roadtripusa.com
Moon Colorado offers the author's inside information on where to go, what to see, and how to get
around the state, to choosing among the state's ski resorts. Trip strategies include short and long
tours, adventure experiences such as ice fishing, mountain biking to restaurants, and more. The
book's logical division by areas of the state makes it easy to locate activities and advice for
specific regions. Any destination-oriented collection covering travel to Colorado will find this a
fine addition.
Bradt Guides
1st Floor IDC House, The Vale
Chalfont St Peter, Bucks, England, SL9 9RZ
www.bradtguides.com
Catriona Rainsford's The Urban Circus: Travels with Mexico's Malabaristas (9781841624440,
$16.99) is a fine armchair read for any interested in Mexican culture and journeys and charts the
author's two-year adventure across Mexico as she encounters a band of traveling street
performers, or malabaristas, and learns circus skills and street entertainment culture. Humor,
insights, and fun encounters with the different byways and cultures that is Mexico offer readers a
lively survey that considers the nation's peoples, social issues, and underground worlds. Readers
who enjoy accounts of circus life in general will also find this a unique story, packed with lively
insights and accounts. Tom Chesshyre's A TOURIST IN THE ARAB SPRING (9781841624754,
$16.99) began a year after the first uprisings of the Arab Spring when author Tom Chesshyre
traveled as a tourist across Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. His is adventure travel writing at its best,
charting journeys sometimes arduous and frightening, and offering discussions and encounters
with all kinds of people, from preachers and smugglers to rebel soldiers. The result is a fine story
that armchair readers will find involving, revealing the cultures and everyday lives of a wide
range of peoples.
Italian Ways
Tim Parks
W. W. Norton & Company
500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110
9780393239324, $25.95, www.wwnorton.com
ITALIAN WAYS: ON AND OFF THE RAILS FROM MILAN TO PALERMO provides a new
Italian travel book suitable for any who are interested in either journeys via train in general or
Italian society in particular, and uses the author's train rides from urban to rural Italian byways to
argue that it's the Italian train system which best represents Italy in the 21st century. His
reflection on the history of rail travel in the country and how politics and social issues influence
the train's culture and progress blends a fine travel account with background history key to any
who would ride the Italian rails and understand their history. Lively writings offering insights
into Italian culture and psyche make for a powerful story for any who want more insights and
background.
The Needlecraft Shelf
500 Simply Charming Designs For Embroidery
E & G Craft Company Editors
Fox Chapel Publishing Company
1970 Broad Street N.
East Petersburg, PA 17520
www.FoxChapelPublishing.com
9781574215090, $14.99, www.amazon.com
Embroidery is the art or process of forming decorative designs with hand or machine
needlework. "500 Simply Charming Designs For Embroidery" is an lavishly illustrated, 88 page
compendium of thoroughly 'user friendly' monograms and motifs that can enable even the most
novice of needlecrafters into creating appealing, attractive, cute and delightful embroidered
images. Of special note is the instructive information on embroider basics and fifteen basic
stitches. Enhanced with a photo gallery of finished projects, "500 Simply Charming Designs For
Embroidery" is an enthusiastically recommended addition to personal and community library
Needlecraft reference collections.
Knit Your Socks on Straight
Alice Curtis
Storey Publishing
210 Mass MoCA Way
North Adams, MA 01247
9781612120089 $16.95 www.storey.com
Spiral-bound to lay flat for ease of use, Knit Your Socks on Straight: A New and Inventive
Technique with Just Two Needles is a step-by-step guide to knitting creative and comfortable
socks. An introduction helps acclimate beginning to intermediate knitters to the techniques used,
and each of the twenty sock patterns has step-by-step instructions that can be adjusted for a wide
range of sizes. Pattern notes and full-color photography embellish this hands-on knitting guide,
perfect for practical use or for creating memorable, handmade gifts. Highly recommended!
Star Trek Cross-Stitch
John Lohman
Gallery Books
c/o Simon and Schuster
1230 Avenue of the Americas, 14th fl.
New York, NY 10020
9781476718668, $19.99, www.simonandschuster.com
STAR TREK CROSS-STITCH: EXPLORE STRANGE NEW WORLDS OF CRAFTING
provides needleworkers with a fun collection of some thirty cross-stitch projects made by Star
Trek fans and perfect for gift-giving ideas. From tote bags to pillows, this profiles fan creations
and also includes pattern images, photos of finished results, and many alternate patterns. The
projects range from images of classic Trek objects to quotable phrases and even tribbles. The
result is a fun array of whimsical Trek ideas
perfect for any Trekkie.
C&T Publishing
1651 Challenge Drive
Concord, CA 94520-5206
www.ctpub.com
Jona Giammalva's The Essential A-line: Make 17 Flirty Skirts from 1 Basic Pattern
(9781607056690, $26.95) comes from a seamstress who tells how to make an A-line skirt from a
single pattern using 17 variations to make skirts in a range of sizes. Color photos throughout
accompany step-by-step instructions in a fine guide packed with keys to producing A-Line style
skirts with a range of 'tweaks' so they all look differently appealing. It's extraordinary to see some
seventeen variations created from one simple pattern: it comes printed on both sides so one will
need to trace the pattern to use it; but the clear photos and directions leave nothing to wonder.
Any sewer who likes skirts in general and the basic A-Line in particular will love this book.
Simply Retro with Camille Roskelley: Fresh Quilts from Classic Blocks (9781607056843,
$22.95) offers quilters new ideas on traditional quilting, exploring modern print combinations
and showing how to use precuts, yardage and scraps to supersize blocks or create alternative
block arrangements. From using simple half-square triangles to creating big sizes and unique
pattern combinations, this is a fine collection of ideas for any who would do something different
with traditional quilting approaches as a background.
Designing Fashion Accessories
Marta Rodriguez Hidalgo and Gabriel Martin Roig
Schiffer Publishing
4880 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, PA 19310
9780764342158, $45.00, www.schifferpublishing.com
Designing Fashion Accessories: Master Class in Professional Design uses photos, illustrations,
sketches, and insights from professional designers to document trends in fashion manufacture
and design, and is a pick for any serious needleworker interested in charting fashion accessories,
their construction, and their art. From hats to purses and beyond, each consideration includes a
materials list and tools along with a history of the accessory and its changing fashion impact.
While any arts collection strong in fashion design will want to include this, it's the needleworker
with an interest in fashion products who will also find it an inspiration and a revealing
history.
Gooseberry Patch Stitching for the Kitchen
Gooseberry Patch
Sixth&Spring Books
161 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 1301
New York, NY 10013
9781936096572, $22.95, www.sixthandspringbooks.com
Gooseberry Patch Stitching for the Kitchen offers a set of stitching projects teaching how to
stitch aprons, casserole covers, tea cozies, hot pads and napkins, and is a fine pick for any
looking to blend gift-giving stitching projects with kitchen-specific, useful items. Recipes,
artwork and two 28" x 40" pattern sheets are packed into a handy book filled with projects to
appeal to all levels of needleworker and any with an affection for cooking and entertaining.
Happy Endings
Mimi Dietrich
Martingale & Company
19021 Avenue NE, Bothell, WA 98011
9781564775009, $24.99, www.martingale.com
Happy Endings: Finishing the Edges of Your Quilt teaches how to finish a quilt and is a
recommendation for beginners and experienced quilters alike. New ideas cover quilt backings,
battings, bindings and more, offering a new section on quilt borders and new creative ideas for
finishing edges. Patterns, step-by-step color illustrations, and fun finishing techniques make for a
fine collection of ideas perfect for any quilter who wants to produce polished borders and
finishing touches.
The Science Shelf
Nutritionism
Gyorgy Scrinis
Columbia University Press
61 West 62nd Street, NY, NY 10023-7015
http://cup.columbia.edu
9780231156561, $32.95, 368 pp., www.amazon.com
Nutritionism is an alleged paradigm that assumes that it is the scientifically identified nutrients in
foods that determine the value of individual food stuffs in the diet. It is the idea that the
nutritional value of a food is the sum of all its individual nutrients, vitamins, and other
components. In "Nutritionism: The Science and Politics of Dietary Advice", Gyorgy Scrinis
(Lecturer in Food Politics, School of Land and Environment, University of Melborne, Australia)
provides a science-based framework and terminology for analyzing the characteristics and
consequences of nutritionism. "Nutritionism: The Science and Politics of Dietary Advice"
documents how nutritionism has aligned the demands and perceived needs of consumers with the
commercial interests of food manufacturers and corporations. Professor Scrinis offers an
alternative paradigm for assessing the healthfulness of foods that privileges food production and
processing quality, cultural-traditional knowledge, and sensual-practical experience, and
promotes less reductive forms of nutrition research and dietary advice. "Nutritionism: The
Science and Politics of Dietary Advice" is an impressive work of detailed scholarship and highly
recommended for academic library Health & Medicine reference collections. It should also be
noted that "Nutritionism: The Science and Politics of Dietary Advice" is also available in a
Kindle edition ($17.59).
Unexpected Expectations
Leonard M. Wapner
CRC Press
6000 NW Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300
Boca Raton, FL 33487
9781568817217, $39.95, www.crcpress.com
Unexpected Expectations: The Curiosities of a Mathematical Crystal Ball explores how
paradoxical challenges revolving around math expectation often prompts a reexamination of
basic math premises, and considers those paradoxes associated with math expectations. Any with
a basic algebra background will appreciate this discussion of probability theory, the laws of
probability, and applications of mathematical expectation value to results and decision making.
College-level readers will find these discussions range from scientific to philosophical and
provide a lively discourse embracing everything from quantum mechanics to game theory.
The Pets/Wildlife Shelf
Health and Nutrition for Dogs and Cats
David G. Wellock
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group
4501 Forbes Blvd., Suite 200
Lanham, MD 20706
9781442220867 $36.00 www.rlpgbooks.com
Written in plain terms to be accessible to pet owners everywhere, Health and Nutrition for Dogs
and Cats: A Guide for Pet Parents is a practical, no-nonsense demystification of how to properly
care for one's pet. From the basics of how to select quality pet foods (lately commercial pet foods
have seen an explosion of grain and other unsavory ingredients, which do not provide any
nutritional or beneficial value to dogs or cats), tailoring the diet of one's pet to its specific needs,
allergies in pets, precautions to take against pet parasites, and more. Health and Nutrition for
Dogs and Cats is not a comprehensive pet health resource; it focuses primarily on
nutrition-related issues, not first aid for injuries or other medical matters such as vaccination
schedules. Yet the in-depth, user-friendly guideline are an absolute "must-read" for any current or
prospective pet owner! Highly recommended. "Words such as premium, ultra, and holistic are
powerful lures, promises of a quality level too often undelivered in terms of your pet's nutrition...
a pet food manufacturer can package the absolute lowest quality pet food ever produced and
legally label it as ultra or super or premium or holistic pet food, or use any of the descriptors in
whatever combination they prefer."
Get the Ball Rolling
Dianna L. Stearns, M.A., CPDT-KA, CDBC, CATT
Dogwise Publishing
403 South Mission Street
Wenatchee WA 98801
9781617811111 $24.95 www.dogwisepublishing.com
Spiral-bound to lay flat or wrap its cover around for ease of use, Get the Ball Rolling: A Step by
Step Guide to Training for Treibball is a training manual for dog owners interested in the sport of
Triebball, in which one's dog is expected to perform various tasks with a fitness balls (usually
lightweight, brightly colored, and inflatible). These tasks usually tap into the dog's herding
instincts and training, and the dog is expected to perform off-leash, at an increasing distance from
its handler. Treibball can be practiced for simple canine (and human) exercise, or as training for a
canine sport. Chapters offer step-by-step instructions for dog owners of all backgrounds through
beginner, intermediate, and advanced Treibball training tips, tricks, techniques, and tactics,
including clicker training methods. A copy of the Sanctioned Trial and Competition Rules of the
American Treibball Association, a glossary, and an index round out this "must-have" manual for
anyone interested in trying out a canine sport that channels their beloved pet's natural herding
instincts into a fun challenge!
The Backyard Sheep
Sue Weaver
Storey Publishing
210 Mass MoCA Way
North Adams, MA 01247
www.storey.com
9781603429672, $16.95, www.amazon.com
"The Backyard Sheep: An Introductory Guide to Keeping Productive Pet Sheep" by Sue Weaver
is a 224 page instructional guide to every aspect and factor in having a pet sheep from choosing
the breed of sheep best suited to a particular climate, facility and purpose; to housing and feeding
issues; identifying and treating illnesses; breeding ewes; sheering; and milking. Of special note is
the instructive commentary on making sheep milk based cheese and yogurt. Informed,
informative, very nicely illustrated, and thoroughly 'user friendly', "The Backyard Sheep: An
Introductory Guide to Keeping Productive Pet Sheep" is practical, comprehensive, and highly
recommended for personal and community library Pets/Wildlife reference collections.
Wiley-Blackwell
350 Main Street
Malden, MA 02148
www.wiley.com/go/vet
Sarah Wolfensohn and Maggie Lloyd's HANDBOOK OF LABORATORY ANIMAL
MANAGEMENT AND WELFARE (9780470655498, $64.99) is a 'must' for any collection
strong in laboratory animal management and veterinary science, and appears in its fourth updated
edition to update and reorganize all chapters and recommendations. It's designed with lay-flat
binding with side lettering to lend to easy laboratory and library use alike, it covers principles
applicable to all species as well as specific groups, and this new edition includes changes in
European legislation, adds new chapters on ethical considerations, and provides new information
on environments for lab animals. The result is a solid pick for any collection concerned with
laboratory and testing conditions. The fourth updated edition of Simon Platt and Natasha Olby's
BSAVA MANUAL OF CANINE AND FELINE NEUROLOGY (9781905319343, $149.99)
includes a companion DVD and provides a fine coverage of the latest diagnostic procedures and
clinical presentations of neurological diseases, expanding and adding to developments in the
field and addressing the genetics and biology of common diseases. Discussions of breed
associations and breeding policies, traditional Chinese approaches to medicine, and
advancements in imaging technology provide vets and their offices with a key reference that
offers the latest insights on changes in the field. A 'must' for any practice!
The Technology Shelf
Information Warfare and Electronic Warfare Systems
Richard A. Poisel
Artech House
685 Canton Street, Norwood, MA 02062
9781608077052, $129.00, www.artechhouse.com
Information warfare is the latest battle in the new war arena around the world and this book
represents the first to address this style of warfare and communication electronic warfare's
special challenges. It surveys EW system performance, presents results if system simulations, and
provides engineers and researchers working in defense and aerospace with a survey of the
properties of information communication systems, theory, and changes. Any practicing electronic
warfare engineer will find this filled with key details essential for understanding the entire
process and its military applications.
Understanding Smart Sensors, third edition
Randy Frank
Artech House
685 Canton Street, Norwood, MA 02062
9781608075072, $139.00, www.artechhouse.com
The third updated edition of Understanding Smart Sensors provides a complete and authoritative
summary of the latest applications affecting smart sensors, and here presents a completely
expanded, revised edition offering new material on everything from sensor fusion and wireless
technologies to cloud sensing. Charts, diagrams and figures accompany discussions of the latest
research and development in smart sensor technology, providing engineers with a solid
discussion on microelectronics and its applications. Professionals will appreciate the technical
in-depth discussions, the resource guide and glossary of key terms, and the blend of history and
science that assure a complete understanding of the evolution and future of smart sensor
technologies. A 'must' for any electronics engineering collection.
Antennas and Site Engineering for Mobile Radio Networks
Bruno Delorme
Artech House
685 Canton Street, Norwood, MA 02062
9781608077038, $129.00, www.artechhouse.com
Antennas and Site Engineering for Mobile Radio Networks provides electronics engineers with
the first book to discuss specific antennas for commercial and private mobile radio networks, and
offers descriptions of specific antennas used in mobile phone networks, how they operate,
antenna site engineering specs and challenges, and the math and physics needed to understand all
facets of antennas and site engineering. Explanations and real-world applications help antenna
professionals make the best decisions on deployment and applications, making for a complete,
solid reference.
The Judicial Studies Shelf
The Power of Habeas Corpus in America
Anthony Gregory
Cambridge University Press
32 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10013-2473
9781107036437 $99.00 hc
9781107617773 $TBA pbk www.cambridge.org
The Power of Habeas Corpus in America: From the King's Prerogative to the War on Terror is a
scholarly, academic study of one of the most crucial and fundamental American rights - a
guarantee against unlawful detention, the right that a person under arrest must be brought before
a judge or into court, or released if there is insufficient cause to be detained. Chapters scrutinize
how the interpretation and execution of the principle of habeas corpus has evolved in American
law from colonial days, when the basic principle was inherited from English common law, to
President Abraham Lincoln's temporary suspension of habeas corpus (due to the pressures of the
Civil War), its use during the World Wars (with particular note to President Roosevelt's
internment of Japanese-Americans), to "Obama's Legal Black Hole", in which American citizens
designated "enemy combatants" can be held indefinitely without trial. Appendices dissecting
notable court cases, a historical term chart, a selected bibliography, and an index round out this
"must-have" for judicial and legal studies shelves, worthy of the highest recommendation
especially for college and university libraries.
Gender & Justice
Sally J. Kenney
Routledge
711 - 3rd Avenue, Floor 8
NY, NY 10017-9209
c/o MM Book Publicity
2817 West End Avenue, Suite 126-274
Nashville, TN 37203
9780415881449, $37.95, www.routledge.com
A person's gender influences every aspect of their public as well as personal life. This
socio-biological fact is reflected in the laws of every culture and every society we have record of.
"Gender and Justice: Why Women in the Judiciary Really Matter" by Sally J. Kenney (Professor
of Political Science, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana) is a 328 page compendium
comprise of descriptively analytical assessments focused on significant gender based legal issues
arising from the geographical jurisdictions, court decisions, and judicial figures drawn from the
legal systems of North America and Europe. In this impressive work of seminal scholarship,
Professor Kenney documents and articulates a persuasive case for the value a gender analysis of
legal systems and decisions, as well as there being more politically and judicially astute women
appointed to the bench. Informed, informative, and enhanced with the inclusion of extensive
notes, a substantial bibliography, and a comprehensive index, "Gender & Justice" is very strongly
recommended as a core addition to academic library Gender Studies reference collections.
Genetic Resources, Equity and International Law
Camena Guneratne
Edward Elgar Publishing
9 Dewey Court, Northampton, MA 01060-3815
9780857934949, $150.00, www.e-elgar.com
Genetic Resources, Equity and International Law joins other college-level contributions in the
'New Horizons in Environmental and Energy Law Series' and provides an in-depth, scholarly
analysis of existing international law as it pertains to genetic resources and manipulation around
the world. Different approaches to handling intellectual property rights and genetic materials are
analyzed in chapters that document sustainable development efforts, legal ramifications, and
issues of equity and resource management. Students and scholars in environmental and genetic
studies to legal professionals will find this offers a fine analysis of current international law
developments based on the interactions between scholars and lawyers, and will welcome the
in-depth focus on genetic resources and accompanying rights issues.
Signposts
Sally E. Hadden & Patricia Hagles Minter, Editors
University of Georgia Press
330 Research Drive, Athens, GA, 30602-4901
9780820344997, $26.95, www.ugapress.org
SIGNPOSTS: NEW DIRECTIONS IN SOUTHERN LEGAL HISTORY studies southern legal
heritage and is a recommendation for collections strong in regional legal history and Southern
culture alike. Contributors provide some seventeen essays by both established and rising scholars
that consider new directions in southern legal history across time, locales and more. They explore
everything from civil rights, succession, reapportionment, prohibition, legal institutions and their
evolution, and more, and they provide much food for thought in social issues areas. The result is
a scholarly collection recommended for any library strong in regional American history in
general and Southern history and culture in particular.
The Social Issues Shelf
America's Education Deficit and the War on Youth
Henry A. Giroux
Monthly Review Press
146 West 29th Street, Suite 6W
New York, NY 10001
9781583673447 $16.95 www.monthlyreview.org
Social critic and educator Henry A. Giroux presents America's Education Deficit and the War on
Youth, a scathing indictment of the myriad deleterious manners in which American society is
failing the impoverished, the disabled, minorities and especially young people. Giroux
particularly warns against growing influence of religious, market-worshiping, and other forms of
fundamentalism, and the current trends in American society toward glorifying cruelty (not only in
popular media, but also in public policy that slashes food stamps and other benefits from the
desperately poor who need it most). The "school-to-prison pipeline", in which youthful
indiscretions such as dress code violations, doodling on desks, spitwads, or food fights are
criminalized - sometimes even as charged misdemeanors with fines and possible jail time -
reinforces a disturbing trend in America's de facto war on young people, culminating in for-profit
prisons and notorious "kids for cash" scandals, in which warped laws and values make it
lucrative to send young people to jail for any excuse whatsoever. Awareness of the systemic
problems in American society is the first step toward combating them, and to this end America's
Education Deficit and the War on Youth does not disappoint.
Blessings of the Burden
Alan R. Burt
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
2140 Oak Industrial Drive, NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49505
9780802868602 $26.00 www.eerdmans.com
Blessings of the Burden: Reflections and Lessons in Helping the Homeless is the testimony of
social worker Alan R. Burt, who has strived to aid the homeless for the past nineteen years, and
now serves as the director of an organization that works to help the homeless of Cape Cod. A
faithful Christian, Burt speaks not only of his personal and spiritual experiences working on
behalf of those most in need, but also of cost-effective approaches that have successfully
improved dire situations. Blessings of the Burden pays homage to the religious mission to serve
the poor and the suffering, in the name of Jesus Christ, but its primary focus is on the
humanitarian work, not on the religious beliefs of those who undertake it. One particularly
eye-opening moment comes from Burt's interview of Rick Presbrey, who opened the NOAH (No
Other Alternative Housing) Shelter: "'What the community forgets, or wants to forget, is that the
NOAH Shelter was opened because of the community's failure to provide enough affordable
housing. The NOAH Shelter is not the cause of homelessness on Cape Cod. The cause of
homelessness is the low-paying jobs and lack of housing that is affordable because costs are
driven up by seasonal renters and second-home buyers.'" A profound and highly recommended
account of individual and group efforts to fight a serious and enduring social ill, Blessings of the
Burden is highly recommended.
Who Owns the Future?
Jaron Lanier
Simon & Schuster
1230 Avenue of the Americas, 14th fl.
New York, NY 10020
9781451654967, $28.00, www.simonandschuster.com
WHO OWNS THE FUTURE? examines the effects network technologies have had on our
economy, arguing that the rise of digital networks such as Facebook and Google has led to
recession and all but destroyed the middle class. Thanks to digital changes more industries face
even more challenges to success - but there is an alternative that would allow technology's
benefits to stabilize the middle class and allow it to grow, and this book focuses on these
possibilities. Examination of recent ventures consider how the modern digital revolution has
centralized wealth rather than benefiting society as a whole. The vision of a new model for a
more humanistic economy makes for an engrossing survey of future choices and how technology
can be purposely used to build a better social structure.
America 3.0
James C. Bennett and Michael J. Lotus
Encounter Books
900 Broadway, Suite 601, New York, NY 10003
9781594036439, $25.99, www.encounterbooks.com
America 3.0: Rebooting American Prosperity in the 21st Century-Why America's Greatest Days
Are Yet to Come offers an optimistic view of the future, maintaining that the country is set to
enter its greatest era of prosperity yet, and using a combination of historical, political and social
analysis to support this contention. Chapters present America's transition points as representing
America 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0. The focus is more closely on the tradition between the present (2.0) and
the future (3.0), considering the pattern of the last major transition the nation experienced from
small to big business and small to big worlds, and blending traditional cultural comparisons and
insights with surveys of the accompanying social and political processes which will herald the
new era. A fascinating survey, America 3.0 belongs in social issues and political studies
collections alike.
The Johns Hopkins University Press
2715 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218-4363
www.press.jhu.edu
Donald B. Kraybill, et.al.'s THE AMISH (9781421409146, $29.95) is no light treatment of the
Amish people, but an in-depth survey from three authors who spent over twenty-five years
researching Amish history, religion and culture. It uses archival material, oral history, and
interviews to provide an in-depth survey of Amish society and provides intriguing chapters
exploring how they have interacted with the forces of modern society to create a culture that has
enabled them to thrive in America. Charts and black and white illustrations pepper an exploration
of faith, gender, family relationships, government and civil social behaviors, and much more,
offering an in-depth coverage highly recommended for any studying Amish culture. Valerie
Weaver-Zercher's THRILL OF THE CHASTE: THE ALLURE OF AMISH ROMANCE
NOVELS (9781421408910, $24.95) reveals the blossoming cottage publishing industry of
Amish fiction. In 2012 there was one Amish romance published every four days - and this is the
first book to analyze this growing trend in romance fiction and consider its roots in popular
culture and literature. Romance novels with Amish protagonists are discussed in chapter that
research and interview readers, publishers and authors alike to consider the roots of an Amish
romance and what makes it different from the genre as a whole. While literary collections will be
the most likely purchasers of THRILL OF THE CHASTE, it's reviewed here for its importance to
any social issues holding, as well.
Corrupted Culture
Vincent Ryan Ruggiero
Prometheus Books
59 John Glenn Drive, Amherst, NY 14228-2197
9781616147495, $19.00, www.prometheusbooks.com
CORRUPTED CULTURE: REDISCOVERING AMERICA'S ENDURING PRINCIPLES,
VALUES, AND COMMON SENSE presents a strong case for restoring the traditions and values
associated with Western views of human nature. In this view such nature is imperfect but holds
much potential for goodness and wisdom: this analysis considers today's social problems in light
of these long-held values and advocates the root causes of a culture in decline and how the
downfall can be reserved. College-level collections will find this survey of cultural trends in
America makes for a powerful account.
The Psychology Shelf
Ungifted
Scott Barry Kaufman
Basic Books
c/o Perseus Books Group
11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142
www.perseusbooksgroup.com
9780465025541, $29.99, www.basicbooks.com
UNGIFTED: INTELLIGENCE REDEFINED explores the latest research in genetics and
neuroscience and considers changes in the world of cognitive psychology and social development
as he considers the world of special abilities in children and how traditional assessments of gifted
and ungifted children lack in accuracy and diagnosis. Scott Barry Kaufman was himself deemed
'ungifted', sent to a school for learning disabled students, and told he would never achieve
greatness. UNGIFTED is his answer to the failures of a system, documenting the science of
assigning labels to children and revealing the psychology of achievement that often fails to take
the individual into account. Kaufman is a professor at NYU and received his PhD in psychology
from Yale, so he's in the perfect position to comment authoritatively about the labels of 'gifted'
and 'ungifted' and how they evolve. Any health or education collection needs this.
Internet Sex Offenders
Michael C. Seto
American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
www.apa.org/books
9781433813641, $69.95, www.amazon.com
A sex offender is a person who has committed a sex crime. What constitutes a sex crime differs
by culture and legal jurisdiction. Most jurisdictions compile their laws into sections, such as
traffic, assault and sexual. The majority of convicted sex offenders have convictions for crimes
of a sexual nature; however, some sex offenders have simply violated a law contained in a sexual
category. Some of the crimes which usually result in a mandatory sex-offender classification are:
a second prostitution conviction, sending or receiving obscene content in the form of SMS text
messages (sexting), relationship between young adults and teenagers resulting in corruption of a
minor (if the age between them is greater than 1,060 days; if any sexual contact was made by the
adult to the minor, child molestation has occurred). If sexual conduct occurred, unlawful sexual
conduct involving a minor has occurred. Other serious offences are sexual assault, statutory rape,
bestiality, child sexual abuse, incest, rape, and sexual imposition. With the coming of the
internet, sexual predators are able to expand their operations, especially against minors. "Internet
Sex Offenders" by academician and registered clinical psychologist Michael C. Seto is a 320
page compendium that provides an extensive and detailed examination of the internet's impact on
sexual offenders and predators. Beginning with an overview of online sexual offending, "Internet
Sex Offenders" continues with chapters on child pornography, solicitation, etiology, online
offender characteristics, the connection between online and contact offending, risk assessment,
and intervention. Of special note is the final chapter: Conclusions and Future Directions.
Enhanced with the inclusion of four resource sections (Juvenile Prostitution, trafficking and Sex
Tourism; Assessment of Online Offenders; Treatment; Glossary of Technical Terms), an
extensive reference listing, and a comprehensive index, "Internet Sex Offenders" is an important
work of seminal scholarship and a highly recommended addition to professional and academic
library Psychological Studies reference collections in general, and Sexual Predator/Offender
supplemental reading lists in particular.
The Health/Medicine Shelf
Arthritis and You
Naheed Ali, M.D.
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group
4501 Forbes Blvd., Suite 200
Lanham, MD 20706
www.rlpgbooks.com
9781442219014, $36.00, www.amazon.com
Arthritis is a form of joint disorder that involves inflammation of one or more joints. There are
more than one hundred different forms of arthritis. The most common form, osteoarthritis
(degenerative joint disease), is a result of trauma to the joint, infection of the joint, or age. Other
arthritis forms are rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and related autoimmune diseases.
Septic arthritis is caused by joint infection. The major complaint by individuals who have
arthritis is joint pain. Pain is often a constant and may be localized to the joint affected. The pain
from arthritis is due to inflammation that occurs around the joint, damage to the joint from
disease, daily wear and tear of joint, muscle strains caused by forceful movements against stiff
painful joints and fatigue. "Arthritis and You: A Comprehensive Digest for Patients and
Caregivers" by Dr. Naheed Ali is a 364 page compendium presenting medical information on
these various types of arthritis and their symptoms. Dr. Ali also providing both traditional and
alternative arthritis treatment options and the role of caregivers with respect to helping someone
with an arthritic condition. Of special note is Dr. Ali's commentary on the mental aspects of this
serious medical condition. Enhanced with the inclusion of appendices (including arthritis related
links, arthritis organizations, and a list of specialized arthritis clinic), a glossary, extensive notes,
a substantial bibliography, and a comprehensive index, "Arthritis and You: A Comprehensive
Digest for Patients and Caregivers" is recommended for clinical and community library Health &
Medicine reference collections, as well as the personal reading list for the non-specialist general
reader with an interest in understanding what arthritis is and what can be done about it. It should
also be noted that "Arthritis and You: A Comprehensive Digest for Patients and Caregivers" is
also available in a Kindle edition ($28.49).
Healing Lyme Disease Coinfections
Stephen Harrod Buhner
Healing Arts Press
c/o Inner Traditions International, Ltd.
One Park Street, Rochester, VT 05767
www.innertraditions.com
9781620550083, $19.95, www.amazon.com
Lyme disease (Lyme borreliosis) is an infectious disease caused by at least three species of
bacteria belonging to the genus Borrelia. Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in
the Northern Hemisphere. Early symptoms may include fever, headache, fatigue, depression, and
a characteristic circular skin rash called erythema migrans (EM). Left untreated, later symptoms
may involve the joints, heart, and central nervous system. In most cases, the infection and its
symptoms are eliminated by antibiotics, especially if the illness is treated early. Delayed or
inadequate treatment can lead to more serious symptoms, which can be disabling and difficult to
treat. "Healing Lyme Disease Coinfections: Complementary and Holistic Treatments for
Bartonella and Mycoplasma" by herbal medicine expert Stephen Harrod Buhner is a superbly
organized and presented 512 page compendium that focuses on the complex synergy between
infection's impact on the body and effective natural holistic methods applying herbs and
vitamin/mineral supplements to the conditions, symptoms and damages that lyme disease gives
rise to. Informed, informative, and very highly recommended for community and academic
library Health/Medicine reference book collections, "Healing Lyme Disease Coinfections" should
be considered essential reading for the non-specialist general reader with concerns about lyme
disease with respect to themselves or a family member.
Spare Parts
Renee C. Fox and Judith P. Swazey
Transaction Publishers
10 Corporate Place South, Piscataway, NJ 08854
9781412851572, $29.95, www.transactionpub.com
SPARE PARTS: ORGAN REPLACEMENT IN AMERICAN SOCIETY features a new
introduction by the author as it considers medical history and new major developments in the
field of organ replacement from the 1980s to the beginning of the 1990s. College-level readers
will appreciate the survey of biomedical advances, social and cultural changes in the perception
of organ transplantation, and the history of the Jarvik-7 artificial heart in the U.S. Descriptions
are based on primary data gained from interviews, participant observation, and analysis of
medical journals and newspapers alike, with a new introduction reviewing some recent
developments in the field. Any health or social issues collection needs this.
Step-by-Step Tapping
Sue Beer & Emma Roberts
GAIA
c/o Octopus Publishing
236 Park Avenue, New York NY 10017
9781856753289, $16.99, www.octopuspublishing.com
Step-by-Step Tapping provides in-depth coverage of EFT, or Emotional Freedom Technique, and
covers a self-help tool that provides any reader with an easy tool linking mental problem areas
with acupressure points on the body. The connections between the two can help reconnect
mind/body messages, and offers clear opportunities for restoring health and happiness by
applying EFT tapping techniques. There's no complexity in these procedures, and all that's
required is an awareness of mind/body links and how to use them, to make this a powerful pick
for self-help health and alternative health collections alike.
Tai Chi - The Perfect Exercise
Arthur Rosenfeld
Da Capo Press
c/o Perseus Books Group
11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142
www.perseusbooksgroup.com
9780738216607, $19.99, www.dacapopress.com
Ordinarily Tai Chi - The Perfect Exercise: Finding Health, Happiness, Balance, and Strength
would have been featured in our Sports section for its martial arts focus - but it's reviewed here
so that health holdings won't miss its important connection between tai chi and overall physical
and mental wellbeing. It comes from a tai chi master and Taoist monk who considers the martial
art form, explains its connections to building optimal health, and shows how it can become a part
of daily life. Beginners and advanced readers are provided with physical exercises to try on their
own, presented in order of difficulty for a graded learning process, and receive understanding on
how it helps lower blood pressure, helps with sleep, and heightens immune system response,
among other attributes. No health collection should be without this.
The Photography Shelf
A Russian American Photographer in Tlingit Country
Sergei Kan
University of Oklahoma Press
2800 Venture Drive, Norman, OK 73069
www.oupress.com
9780806142906, $39.95, www.amazon.com
The Tlingit are an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast of America. Their name for
themselves is Lingit, meaning "People of the Tides" The Tlingit are a matrilineal society that
developed a complex hunter-gatherer culture in the temperate rainforest of the southeast Alaska
coast and the Alexander Archipelago. An inland subgroup, known as the Inland Tlingit, inhabits
the far northwestern part of the province of British Columbia and the southern Yukon Territory
in Canada. Knowledgeably compiled by Tlingit cultural expert Sergei Kan, and the newest
addition to the 'Charles M. Russell Center Series on Art and Photography of the American West'
from the University of Oklahoma Press, "A Russian American Photographer in Tlingit Country:
Vincent Soboleff in Alaska" is a 288 page compendium showcasing 104 duotone and 33
black-and-white photos taken by Vincent Soboleff in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Each
flawlessly reproduced image is accompanied by an informative caption. Of special note is Sergei
Kan's informed and extended introduction. Enhanced with two pages of references and an index,
"A Russian American Photographer in Tlingit Country: Vincent Soboleff in Alaska" a work of
considerable scholarship and highly recommended for academic library Native American and
History of Photography reference collections in general, and to non-specialist general readers
with an interest in Tlingit culture in particular.
Porch Dogs
Nell Dickerson
John F. Blair, Publisher
1406 Plaza Drive
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
9780895875976 $29.95 www.blairpub.com
Porch Dogs is a unique coffee-table photography book; each full-color, full-page image shows a
beloved family pet relaxing upon a porch (or in a yard, or in a shop, or at the docks...). All
manners of dog breeds are on display, in these sometimes heart-touching, sometimes humorous
images that dog fanciers everywhere can thoroughly appreciate and enjoy. Each photograph has a
brief caption putting the dog and its chosen setting in context, but Porch Dogs is primarily lets
each picture speak for itself. For example, one striking image shows a hunting dog sitting next to
a leaning rifle, with the caption "Memphis is a 'gun dog' because the gun cannot hunt without her.
It's up to Memphis to nose, search, point, and retrieve. What good is that gun without a dog?"
Highly recommended especially as a giftbook for canine aficionados!
New York City of Trees
Benjamin Swett
The Quantuck Lane Press
c/o W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
500 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10110
9781593720520 $29.95 www.wwnorton.com
New York City of Trees is a delight of arboreal photography. Every two-page spread features a
gorgeous, full-color image of a species of tree growing in New York on the right, and a single
page of text about the tree species' history on the left. Dozens of different New York trees are
profiled in all, each with its own unique story to tell. A treat for nature lovers and a delight for
casual browsing, New York City of Trees makes a fine giftbook, or visitor's souvenir!
Alvarado's Pin-Up Nudes
Robert Alvarado
Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
4880 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, PA 19310
9780764344442, $34.99, www.schifferpublishing.com
Alvarado's Pin-Up Nudes offers a second collection of Alvarado's pin-up photography and
provides full-page color portraits exploring his penchant for costuming, texture, and adding
humor and color to his images of females. It's these techniques which set his pin-up nudes apart
from traditional works and other contemporary artists, offering styling and themes that transform
and expand the vision of what a pin-up art form can be. This volume celebrates the extent of his
recent pin-up nudes and creates an inviting, unique assembly that any arts holding will find a fine
addition.
The iPad for Photographers, second edition
Jeff Carlson
Peachpit Press
c/o Pearson Technology Group
801 East 96th Street, #300
Indianapolis, IN 46240-3759
9780321907479, $24.99, www.peachpit.com
The iPad for Photographers appears in an updated second edition to provide keys to using iPad
and iPad mini tablets for photographers working in the field who want to forego the usual laptop.
The lightweight iPad more readily lends to field work and provides a large screen, plenty of apps,
and online access to sharing work when in the field. Novices to professionals will find this an
in-depth discussion of how to apply iPad basics to photography, from taking shots and importing
and exporting them to arranging images in the field, assigning keyword tags, and editing photos
on the go. It's been fully updated with new tricks and tips, and is a 'must' for any who would use
their iPad in the field!
The Environmental Studies Shelf
Water: Security, Economics and Governance
R. Quentin Grafton, Jamie Pittock, Maree Tait, & Chris White, editors
Tilde University Press
www.tup.net.au
c/o International Publishers Marketing
22841 Quicksilver Drive
Dulles, VA 20166
9780734611413 $59.95 www.internationalpubmarket.com
Water: Security, Economics and Governance is a scholarly reference and resource of selected
essays, Australian and international case studies, and constructive approaches to worldwide
problems concerning water security (ensuring that human beings have enough water to fill their
needs), water economics (examining how market failures can exacerbate water insecurity), and
water governance (or the lack thereof). As the global population rises and fresh water becomes
more scarce, enabling effective water economics and water governance to provide water security
to all who need it becomes more and more crucial. Water: Security, Economics and Governance
is an absolutely crucial stepping stone toward a sustainable future, worthy of the highest
recommendation, especially for public and college library Environmental Studies shelves.
The Fast-Changing Arctic
Barry Scott Zellen, editor
University of Calgary Press
2500 University Drive, N.W.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
www.uofcpress.com
9781552386460, $41.95, www.amazon.com
Climate change is now an undeniable fact and affects every aspect of our civilization -- including
international security issues. Compiled and edited by Arctic security specialist Barry Scott Zellen
"The Fast-Changing Maritime Arctic: Defense and Security Challenges in a Warmer World", is a
250 page compendium comprised of sixteen original articles on how the thawing of the Arctic is
impacting security issues on a global scale. The contributed articles are deftly organized into four
major sections: Arctic Climate Change: Strategic Challenges and Opportunities; Cooperation and
Conflict: Paths Forward; Regional Perspectives; and Concluding Observations. Of special note
are the Foreword "Witnessing an Arctic Renaissance" by Alaskan Lieutenant Governor Mead
Treadwell and the Afterword, "Think Again - The Arctic", by Lawson W. Brigham
(Distinguished Professor of Geography and Arctic Policy, University of Alaska, Fairbanks). This
outstanding anthology of seminal scholarship will prove to be a critically important contribution
to professional, governmental, NGO, community, and academic library Environmental Studies
reference collections.
Combating Climate Change: An Agricultural Perspective
Manjit S. Kang and Surinder S. Banga, Editors
CRC Press
6000 NW Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300
Boca Raton, FL 33487
9781466566705, $99.95, www.crcpress.com
College-level collections strong in agricultural studies won't want to miss this collection of
articles discussing the impact of climate change on plant pathogens and diseases. Contributors
come from scientists around the world and cover everything from global food security to
agricultural changes, the development of more efficient food crops, and genetic mitigation of
climate change effects through developing climate-resistant crops. Many issues related to
agriculture's latest challenges are surveyed in a powerful collection that is technical, specific, and
discusses how human intervention on agricultural production can mitigate the rigors of climate
change. These articles will prove key to any student of agriculture, and should be in every
college-level agricultural studies program.
The Philosophy Shelf
Philosophy and Melancholy
Ilit Ferber
Stanford University Press
1450 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1124
www.sup.org
9780804785204, $24.95, www.amazon.com
Melancholia is a mood disorder of non-specific depression, characterized by low levels of both
enthusiasm and eagerness for activity. Walter Bendix Schonflies Benjamin (15 July 1892 - 26
September 1940) was a German literary critic, philosopher, social critic, translator, radio
broadcaster and essayist. Combining elements of German idealism or Romanticism, historical
materialism and Jewish mysticism, Benjamin made enduring and influential contributions to
aesthetic theory and Western Marxism, and is associated with the Frankfurt School. Among his
major works as a literary critic are essays on Goethe's novel Elective Affinities; the work of
Franz Kafka and Karl Kraus; translation theory; the stories of Nikolai Leskov; the work of
Marcel Proust and perhaps most significantly, the poetry of Charles Baudelaire. He also made
major translations into German of the Tableaux Parisiens section of Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du
mal and parts of Proust's la recherche du temps perdu. Benjamin committed suicide in Portbou
at the French - Spanish border while attempting to escape from the Nazis. "Philosophy and
Melancholy: Benjamin's Early Reflections on Theater and Language" by Ilit Ferber is a 264 page
compendium offering informed and informative commentary on Benjamin's early writings in
general, and the concept of melancholy within his writings in particular. An impressive work of
articulate scholarship, "Philosophy and Melancholy: Benjamin's Early Reflections on Theater and
Language" is a highly recommended and welcome addition to academic library Philosophical
Studies reference collections and an important critique for students of Walter Benjamin's life and
work.
Splendor Of The True
James S. Cutsinger
State University of New York Press
State University Plaza
Albany, NY 12246-0001
www.sunypress.edu
9781438446103, $27.95, www.amazon.com
Frithjof Schuon (June 18, 1907 - May 5, 1998) was born to German parents in Basel,
Switzerland. He is known as a philosopher, metaphysicist and author of numerous books on
religion and spirituality. Schuon is recognized as an authority on philosophy, spirituality and
religion, an exponent of the Religio Perennis, and one of the chief representatives of the
Perennialist School. Though he was not officially affiliated with the academic world, his writings
have been noticed in scholarly and philosophical journals, and by scholars of comparative
religion and spirituality. Criticism of the relativism of the modern academic world is one of the
main aspects of Schuon's teachings. In his teachings, Schuon expresses his faith in an absolute
principle, God, who governs the universe and to whom our souls would return after death. For
Schuon the great revelations are the link between this absolute principle - God - and mankind.
The newest addition to the outstanding SUNY series in Western Esoteric Traditions, "Splendor
of the True: A Frithjof Schuon Reader" by James S. Cutsinger (Professor of Theology and
Religious thought, University of South Carolina) is a 370 page compendium comprised of
selected and translated (from the original French) writings of Frithjof Schuon. Deftly organized
into five major sections: Religion & Tradition; The Perennial Philosophy; Human Nature and
Destiny; Sacred Art and Symbolism; and Spirituality, "Splendor of the True" provides the
contemporary reader with a full and articulate introduction to Schuon's thought and perspectives.
Enhanced with an informed and informative introduction by Professor Cutsinger, "Splendor of
the True" is a highly recommended addition to academic library Religious Studies and 20th
Century Philosophy Studies reference collections.
The Human Eros
Thomas M. Alexander
Fordham University Press
2546 Belmont Avenue
University Box L
Bronx, NY 10458-5172
9780823251216 $35.00 www.fordhampress.com
The Human Eros: Eco-Ontology and the Aesthetics of Existence is an extensive philosophical
treatise, drawing upon the contemplations of John Dewey, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George
Santayana, and Native American traditions. Author Thomas M. Alexander (Professor of
Philosophy, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale) postulates that humans have the need to
experience meaning and value, or "Human Eros." Cultures are describes as environments or
"spiritual ecologies" which have the potential to cultivate Human Eros. Nature plays a key role in
sustaining human cultural exisenct, yet Western philosophy is lacking in models that take
ecological thinking into account. With the concept of "eco-ontology", Alexander searches for
ways to better incorporate the role of Nature into the human search for meaning, beginning with
acknowledging the power that Nature has over Being. A call to incorporate Dewey's philosophy
into a pragmatic and ecological philosophy, The Human Eros is an in-depth read for intermediate
to advanced students in philosophy, and an excellent addition to university and graduate school
philosophy libraries.
The Politics of Survival
Lara Trout
Fordham University Press
2546 Belmont Avenue
University Box L, Bronx, NY 10458-5172
9780823232963, $26.00, www.fordhampress.com
The Politics of Survival: Pierce, Affectivity, and Social Criticism is a pick for any collection
strong in American philosophy and political structure and focuses on the reflections of Peirce and
discussions of social justice. Trout provides college-level philosophy students with a fine account
of how Peirce's philosophy rises above his personal prejudices to provide tools for analyzing and
criticizing those who believe they hold no prejudices. Chapters consider the juxtaposition of
sociology, philosophy, and psychology as they analyze Charles S. Peirce's philosophy and its
impact on social criticism as a whole.
The Wire and Philosophy
David Bzdak, et.al., Editors
Open Court Publishing Company
70 East Lake Street, Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60601
9780812698237, $19.95, www.opencourtbooks.com
The Wire and Philosophy: This America, Man joins over seventy others in the Popular Culture
and Philosophy series and is a pick for philosophy and TV and film collections alike,
documenting the evolution of HBO's The Wire and how the five-season, sixty-episode dramas
has achieved an enduring fame. Over twenty philosophers who are fans of the show reveal its
underlying philosophical issues and explore different facets of The Wire's culture in a lively
treatment that offers many links between traditional philosophical thought and modern TV and
film culture. The result will fascinate a wide audience and is a strong pick for any film
holding.
The Native American Studies Shelf
Great Basin Indians
Michael Hittman
University of Nevada Press
Mail Stop 0166
Reno, NV, 89557-0166
9780874179095 $65.00 www.unpress.nevada.edu
Michael Hittman (professor emeritus of anthropology, Long Island University) presents Great
Basin Indians: An Encyclopedic History, an omnibus scrutiny of the prehistory, history, culture,
geography, religion, intertribal relations, notable individuals, and more concerning Native
American tribes of the Great Basin. Drawing upon a wide diversity of sources including archives,
interviews, and even recent results from DNA and gender studies, Great Basin Indians distills
scholarly knowledge while highlighting important terms in bold for easy cross-reference. An
absolute "must-have" for public and college library Native American Studies shelves!
Bird Medicine
Evan T. Pritchard
Bear & Company
c/o Inner Traditions International, Ltd.
One Park Street, Rochester, VT 05767
9781591431589, $18.00, www.bearandcompanybooks.com
BIRD MEDICINE: THE SACRED POWER OF BIRD SHAMANISM is a pick for new age and
Native American holdings alike, and blends scholarly research with over 200 firsthand accounts
of bird encounters from traditional Native Americans and their descendants. Chapters explore the
spiritual traditions of birds in Native cultures, synthesize beliefs between tribes to consider how
different birds hold different spiritual meaning and impact, and consider how shamans have the
ability to travel inside of birds - even after death. The result is a powerful set of bird sign
interpretations that any can apply to their own beliefs.
Women and Ledger Art
Richard Pearce
University of Arizona Press
355 South Euclid Avenue, Suite 103
Tucson, AZ 85719-6654
9780816521043, $24.95, www.uapress.arizona.edu
Women and Ledger Art: Four Contemporary Native American Artists covers a style of art
traditionally created by men to document the lives of male warriors on the Plains. Over the last
forty years the ledger art form has been adopted by Native female artists who are turning stories
of women's lives into ledger-style pictures. Author Richard Pearce focuses on four such modern
artists and their works, offering in-depth discussions to accompany their images. Native
American and arts holdings alike, as well as libraries concerned with women's history and issues,
will find this a unique contribution to these fields.
Indian Tribes of Oklahoma: A Guide
Blue Clark
University of Oklahoma Press
2800 Venture Drive, Norman, OK 73069
9780806140612, $19.95, www.oupress.com
Indian Tribes of Oklahoma: A Guide blends scholarship with Native organ traditions to provide a
fine story of each Indian tribe of Oklahoma. Each entry summarizes the tribe's history, culture,
and blends their origin tales with archaeological research to consider their evolution and
attributes. From tribal websites and bibliographical recommendations to photos of prominent
tribal members and overviews of tribal achievements, this is a fine and well-detailed survey for
any interested in Oklahoma Native American history.
The Audiobook Shelf
On the Genealogy of Morals
Friedrich Nietzsche, author
Ian Johnston, translator
Duncan Steen, narrator
Naxos of America, Inc.
1810 Columbia Avenue, Suite 28
Franklin, TN 37064
9781843796848 $34.98 www.naxosaudiobooks.com
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was a German philosopher and author who challenged how
people viewed morality, religion, and the role of the individual. After his death, his ideas were
notoriously cherry-picked by the Nazis, who ignored his strong criticisms of anti-Semitism, his
cautions against excessive nationalism, and his pride in his alleged Polish heritage; Nietzsche
would very likely have abhorred the Holocaust, and despised the misuse of his name. On the
Genealogy of Morals is one of Nietzche's more accessible works, now available in unabridged
audiobook format. Ian Johnston's brand new translation clarifies Nietzsche's continued
evaluations of the meaning of morality, originally published a year after his morality treatise
"Beyond Good and Evil". In On the Genealogy of Morals, Nietzsche searches for an
understanding of morality that is not dependent on Judeo-Christian tradition, questioning past
philosophers for their unthinking reliance on the Bible. The very notion of morality has the
potential for manipulating the populace, in manners that can breed weakness or feeble minds,
especially when talented, intelligent individuals are not expected to (or forbidden to) think for
themselves. Critical and unrelenting, On the Genealogy of Morals is a classic of philosophy,
highly recommended especially for public and college library audiobook collections. 5 CDs, 6
hours 33 min.
The Plot to Save Socrates
Paul Levinson, author
Mark Shanahan, narrator
Listen & Live Audio
PO Box 817
Roseland, NJ 07068
9781593160746 $24.95 www.listenandlive.com
The Plot to Save Socrates is the unabridged audiobook adaptation of Paul Levinson's
thought-provoking work of science fiction. In the year 2042, a young graduate student named
Sierra stumbles upon evidence that legendary philosopher Socrates might have escaped his
historical execution - by traveling through time! So begins a time-twisting adventure that will
take Sierra and her classical scholar boyfriend Max from era to era. But just who is trying to save
Socrates, and could rescuing Socrates ultimately be detrimental to human history? A lively cast
of historical figures populates this epoch-bending adventure, highly recommended especially for
fans of alternate history novels! 7 CDs, 10 hours.
The Black Moth
Georgette Heyer, author
Julian Rhind-Tutt, narrator
Naxos of America, Inc.
1810 Columbia Avenue, Suite 28
Franklin, TN 37064
9781843797593 $59.98 www.naxosaudiobooks.com
Dashingly performed by award-winning actor Julian Rhind-Tutt, The Black Moth is the
unabridged audiobook rendition of Georgette Heyer's debut novel, written when she was only
seventeen. When the suave Jack Carstares is wrongly accused of cheating at a card game, he
must flee for his life - but he returns later under the pretense of being a highwayman. He is an
adventurer at heart rather than a robber, destined to become entangled with the plight of a
damsel, the machinations of a Duke, the threat of a duel and two high-stakes kidnappings!
Composed with flair and panache, The Black Moth is a classic that withstands the test of time,
highly recommended for audiobook connoisseurs and public library collections. 9 CDs, 11 hours
38 min.
Look Back in Anger
John Osborne, author
Directed by Rosalind Ayres
L.A. Theatre Works
681 Venice Boulevard
Venice, CA 90291
9781580819145 $29.95 www.latw.org
Look Back in Anger is an audiobook on CD of the full-cast performance of a classic play set in
the United Kingdom, during the social turmoil of the 1960's; the iconically abrasive and restless
lead figure of Jimmy Porter was the original source of the colloquialism "angry young man".
Jimmy is virtually impoverished, barely making enough money from his candy stall and jazz
trumpet playing to scrape by; he vociferously vents his frustrations on his wife, a woman from an
upper-class background. Jimmy's furious temper are merciless words threaten to destroy
everyone around him - his wife, her actress friend, and an amiable boarder who tries to help keep
the peace. A thought-provoking glimpse into the darker side of human interactions and morality,
Look Back in Anger is a compelling tale, vividly brought to life through the artistry of five
immensely talented actors. Highly recommended. 2 CDs, 2 hours 23 min.
Black Towers To Danger
L. Ron Hubbard
Galaxy Press
7051 Hollywood Boulevard, Suite 200
Hollywood, CA 90028
www.galaxypress.com
9781592122356, $12.95, www.amazon.com
L. Ron Hubbard was a master storyteller in the golden age of pulp magazines. Galaxy Press is
dedicated to bringing Hubbard's amazing stories to life in vivid audio book theatrical
productions. One of their latest efforts is Hubbard's "Black Towers To Danger" which originally
appeared in the pages of the October 1936 issue of "Five Novels Monthly". This audio
production is superbly enhanced with music and sound effects augmenting a talented multicast
performance under the dramatic narration of R. F. Daley. The unabridged, 2 CD, two hour
'theatre of the mind' experience features the story of Bill Murphy, a wildcat oil driller in the wilds
of Venezuela), Marcia Stewart (owner of a rival oil drilling outfit who is led to believe Bill
murdered her father), and a roster of rogues, villains, friends, and the local military. The action is
non-stop with many a cliff-hanger plot twist. Pure audio book entertainment at its best and
hallmarked by flawless technical production values, "Black Towers To Danger" is an
enthusiastically recommended action/adventure for personal and community library audio book
collections. It should also be noted that "Black Towers To Danger" is also available in a
paperback edition (9781592122578, $9.95, 132 pp).
Protector
Diana Palmer, author
Eric G. Dove, narrator
Brilliance Corporation
PO Box 887
Grand Haven, MI 49417
9781455816576 $29.99 www.brillianceaudio.com
Protector is the unabridged audiobook adaptation of Diana Palmer's blend of intrigue and
romance. Hayes Carson is a Texan obsessed with righteous revenge; he suspects that Minette
Raynor provided the illegal drugs that killed his brother, and he won't let her go unpunished.
Minette is an undercover DEA agent hampered not only by Hayes' investigation, but also her own
growing attraction to him. Yet her lawful duty is dangerous and her cover could be jeopardized -
at her darkest hour, Hayes may be the only one who can save her life! Enthralling from beginning
to end, Protector is a solidly character-driven drama, highly recommended. 7 CDs, 7 hours 30
min.
Massacre Pond
Paul Doiron, author
Hentry Leyva, narrator
Macmillan Audio
175 Fifth Avenue, Suite 315
New York, NY 10010
9781427235183 $39.99 www.macmillanaudio.com
Massacre Pond is the unabridged audiobook adaptation of award-winning author Paul Doiron's
cryptic murder mystery. When the carcasses of ten moose are found butchered on the estate of
wealthy animal-rights activist Elizabeth Morse, at first it appears to be simply a protest over the
potential job losses from her plan to buy timberland for a new national park. But then evidence of
a ruthless murder is discovered amid the animal slaughter. The strikingly beautiful Maine woods
contrast against a killer's ugly agenda in this tightly written novel, superbly performed by Henry
Leyva. 8 CDs, 10 hours.
Holy Orders
Benjamin Black, author
John Keating, narrator
Macmillan Audio
175 Fifth Avenue, Suite 315
New York, NY 10010
9781427231673 $39.99 www.macmillanaudio.com
Set in 1950's Ireland, a nation rigidly under the control of the Catholic Church, Holy Orders is
the unabridged audiobook rendition of a grim murder mystery, part of a series of novels featuring
the dogged investigator Quirke. When the close friend of Quirke's daughter is murdered, Quirke
works with Inspector Hackett to find out why... and runs into opposition at every turn, as the
church works ruthlessly to protect its own interests above all others, including that of Justice.
Quirke's knowledge of pathology puts him in a unique position to untangle the darkest of secrets,
in this dark and suspenseful saga. 8 CDs, 9.5 hours.
Relaxation Techniques series
John Lentz, D.Min.
Crown House Publishing
6 Trowbridge Drive Suite 5
Bethel, CT 06801
$14.95 each www.crownhousepublishing.com
Licensed therapist and ordained minister John D. Lentz presents the Relaxation Techniques
series of audio CDs, designed to help the listener relieve stress, improve awareness, master
unruly emotions, and encourage the body's natural healing. Each CD is designed for repeat use,
as often as the listener needs to ingrain their calming wisdom and master their techniques. An
excellent choice for personal use or gift-giving to over-stressed friends, the Relaxation
Techniques series is highly recommended. Individual CDs in the series are "Relaxation
Techniques for Cooling Anger" (9781935810100, 31 min.), "Relaxation Techniques for
Reclaiming Natural Sleep" (9781935810094, 40 min.), "Relaxation Techniques for Healing
Allergies" (9781935810087, 27 min.), "Relaxation Techniques for Healing Migraine Headaches"
(9781935810117, 43 min.), "Relaxation Techniques for Relieving Loneliness" (9781935810124,
32 min.), and "Relaxation Techniques for Healing from Trauma" (9781935810131, 30
min.).
Tempted by a Cowboy
Vicki Lewis Thompson, author
Arika Rapson, narrator
Tantor Media, Inc.
2 Business Park Road, Unit 2
Old Saybrook, CT 06475
9781452613475 $19.99 www.tantor.com
The second novella of the "Perfect Man" series by popular, prolific, and award-winning romance
author Vicki Lewis Thompson, Tempted by a Cowboy is now available as an unabridged
audiobook on CD. Astrid Lindberg is the heir of a billionaire family, yet she has a personal
passion for taking care of horses, and strives to follow her calling as a veterinarian. Her parents
expect her to marry a wealthy gentleman, but her wandering eyes return to the handsome,
salt-of-the-earth rancher Fletcher Grayson. Grayson is one of her own clients; common sense
advises against mixing business and pleasure... yet a chance accident that brings her to tend to
Grayson's horses in the early morning hours sparks an attraction that overwhelms prudence!
Mature themes are present in this sizzling hot love story, enthusiastically recommended
especially for fans of the genre. 2 CDs, 2.5 hours.
Happy This Year!
Will Bowen
Brilliance Audio
PO Box 887, Grand Haven, MI 49417
9781469278513, $24.99, www.brillianceaudio.com
Happy This Year! The Secret to Getting Happy Once and for All is read by the author and
teaches how to align thoughts, words and actions to achieve better personal achievement in and
satisfaction with life. The goal is to achieve an attitude change that transforms self and images of
success: Will Bowen is the founder of A Complaint Free World, a nonprofit that has affected
people around the world, and which promotes lifestyle changes and tools for happiness. Any
self-help or achievement-oriented collection will find this an inspirational and fine pick,
strengthened by the author's own fine narration of his words.
Random House Audio Books
c/o The Random House Publishing Group
1745 Broadway, 5th floor
New York, NY 10019
www.randomhouseaudio.com
Arte Johnson, known for his work on TV's Laugh In, narrates Carl Hiaasen's BAD MONKEY
(9780739385142, $40.00), an outstanding thriller which tells of Andrew Yancey's investigation
of a boating accident which may be murder. But first he must handle a cast of characters, from a
newly ex-lover to a voodoo witch, a new love, and a bad monkey. The outline of the saga is a
mystery but what Hiaasen does with it turns it into a fun tale packed with twists, turns, and
characters that come alive in audio. Any collection seeing popularity with Hiaasen's work will
find BAD MONKEY a winner! Jim Gaffigan's DAD IS FAT (9780804147996, $32.00) is
narrated by the author in an unabridged production which brings to life a comic account of five
children, a two-bedroom apartment in New York City, and fun experiences surrounding too
many children and too little space. It's a hilarious and fun story that any audio listener will relish,
commenting on parenthood and relationships.
The Library CD Shelf
The Other Side of the Air
Jayme Stone
www.jaymestone.com
Privately Published
c/o Rock Paper Scissors (publicity)
511 West 4th Street, Suite 2
Bloomington, IN 47404
$TBA www.rockpaperscissors.biz
Banjoist, composer, and world traveler Jayme Stone presents The Other Side of the Air, a
symphonic album of the combined efforts of multiple talented individuals playing everything
from the trumpet to stringed instruments to flute, oboe, and more, while Jayme's banjo lends its
unique and distinctive melody. Drawing inspiration from musical traditions around the globe,
The Other Side of the Air carries a fresh sense of exploration, adventure, and wonder. Highly
recommended, especially for public library music collections. The tracks are "Radio Wassoulou"
(3:24), "The Cinnamon Route" (4:27), "Sing It Right" (4:55), "A Poet In Her Own Country"
(4:40), "Soundiata" (4:59), "Alexander Island" (1:14), "Debussy Heights" (5:57), "Movement
One" (7:28), "Movement Two" (5:11), "Interlude" (1:40), "Movement Three" (7:01), and
"Tennessee Waltz" (4:38).
Turn Turn Turn
Dan Zanes & Elizabeth Mitchell
Festival Five Records, LLC
323 Dean St., Brooklyn, NY 11217
www.festivalfive.com
$13.00 CD / $8.99 MP3 www.amazon.com
Grammy-winner Dan Zanes and Grammy-nominee Elizabeth Mitchell present Turn Turn Turn, a
collaborative music album for listeners of all backgrounds. Some tracks are original creations;
others are joyful performances of classic American folk songs. An upbeat, positive-minded
listening experience, Turn, Turn, Turn evokes fond memories and pleasant feelings. Highly
recommended! The tracks are "Sail Away Ladies", "Honeybee", "Coney Island Avenue", "So
Glad I'm Here", "Turn! Turn! Turn!", "Now Let's Dance", "When You're Smiling", "Raccoon and
Possum", "Hot Weather Music", "Wim Wam Waddle", "In The Sun", "My Creole Belle",
"Shine", "Train Is A-Coming", and "When I Get Home".
Bliss of Being
The Pure Heart Ensemble
RichHeart Music, BMI
419 Creekside Drive
Asheville, NC 28804
www.richheartmusic.com
c/o The Creative Service Company (publicity)
4360 Emerald Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
www.thecreativeservicecompany.com
$13.37 CD / $8.99 MP3 www.amazon.com
Bliss of Being is a beautiful music CD collaboration from The Pure Heart Ensemble (New Age
pianist Richard Shulman, cellist Adriana Contino, flutist Kate Steinbeck, vocalist Dielle Ciesco,
and crystal bowl player Bob Hinkle). Together, they have created an expression of exuberant joy,
that reminds the listener of the divine spark that gives life to all. Bliss of Being is a treasure for
anyone who enjoys uplifting New Age music to experience, and makes an excellent gift for any
occasion! The tracks are "The Bliss of Healing", "Beginning the Journey", "Remembering the
Goal", "Transition to a New Way", "Heading Home", "The Journey Deepens", "Remembering
the Bliss", "New Openings", "Divine Connection", "Resting in God", "Loving All", and "When
We Go Home We Go Together".
Transitions
Atropolis
Cumba Mela
Press Junkie PR
9901 Brodie Lane
Suite 160, PMB 221
Austin, TX 78748
$TBA cumbamela.com
"Atropolis" is the electronic-themed musical persona of Adam Partridge, an expert in
multi-instrument music composition and ethnomusicology who embraces the DJ culture.
Transitions is the second album by Atropolis. A number of guest performers add their vocals or
unique instrumental talents to Atropolis' tracks. In keeping with Atropolis' love of music around
the world, Transitions embraces a wide medley of different cultural stylings, smoothly shifting
from one vivid experience to the next in an unpredictable yet always thoroughly enjoyable flow.
The tracks are "Urban Chief", "Spring Heat", "Pomporaso" with Boogat, "Adjust", "Which Way
To Go" with Carol C., "Unsure", "Una Mezcla Costena" with Darwin Escorcia, "Together",
"Reza Por Mi" with Lido Pimienta, "Realizations", "El Pacifico" with Brent Arnold, and
"Transitions".
The Shimmering Land
Meg Bowles
Kumatone
c/o The Creative Service Company
4360 Emerald Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
www.thecreativeservicecompany.com
$12.83 CD / $5.99 MP3 www.amazon.com
The Shimmering Land is an ambient, New Age album by synthesist and licensed psychoanalyst
Meg Bowles. The instrumental music engenders a sensation of mystery, wonder, and admiration
for the transient yet beautiful flare of life amid the unimaginable vastness of the cosmos. Meg's
original songs are as fantastic as they are creative, in this treasury of melodious inspiration. The
tracks are "Undulant Sea" (7:01), "The Sweetness of Mist" (8:50), "Venus Rising" (14:22), "Into
the Gloaming" (9:16), "Beneath the Radiant Stars" (10:50), and "Nightwalk Across the Isle of
Dream" (9:48).
The Library DVD Shelf
Dare To Cook with Chef Tom Small series
Bennet Watt HD Productions, Inc.
13021 - 244 Avenue SE
Issaquah, WA 98027
$24.95 each www.Bennett-Watt.com
Hosted by professional gourmet chef Tom Small, the "Dare To Cook" series of DVDs offers
easy-to-follow lessons for cooks of all skill and experience levels. Techniques are meticulously
demonstrated, with meticulous instructions. "Gourmet Food Preservation" (9781604900743)
covers pickled vegetables, dairy concerns, preserving in oil, freezing, preserving in alcohol, and
vinegars; "Canning Basics" (9781604900736) covers water bath canning, pressure canning,
freezing, and safety concerns; "Thanksgiving Ready to Serve in 5 1/2 Hours" (9781604900774)
covers a wealth of tips, tricks, and techniques to conserving time while preparing a culinary feast;
"Seafood Basics" (9781604900767) covers cooking with shellfish, fish, sauces, beer batter &
breading mixes, grilling/smoking, and more; and "Barbecue & Grilling" (9781604900750) covers
rubs, sauces, four ways to barbecue pork sirloin, two ways to barbecue pork loin, grilling,
smoked brisket, and chicken in marinade. All the DVDs in the series are region free, and worthy
of the highest recommendation for aspiring and practicing cooks, as well as for public library
"how-to" DVD collections!
Missions that Changed the War: Germany's Last Ace
Narrated by Gary Sinise
Athena
c/o Acorn Media Group
8515 Georgia Avenue, Suite 620
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3403
9781598288315 $49.99 www.acornonline.com
Originally broadcast on the Military Channel in 2011, Missions that Changed the War:
Germany's Last Ace is a four-part documentary about three of the most successful and important
fighter pilots involved in the air battles over Germany during World War II. Lt. Col. Hubert
Zemke, Lt. Robert Rankin, and Luftwaffe squadron commander Gunther Rall are each profiled
through original footage, analysis from military experts, and never-before-seen interviews.
Particular focus is given to May 12, 1944, the day that Nazi armaments minister Albert Speer
determined that Germany had lost the war. A 22-minute interview with historian Dr. Kurt Braatz
and a 16-page viewer's guide round out this engrossing, information-packed DVD set,
enthusiastically recommended for military aviation buffs as well as public library
collections.
Midsomer Murders Set 22
Acorn Media Group
8515 Georgia Avenue, Suite 620
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3403
9781598289886 $49.99 www.acornonline.com
Also available as a 2-disc Blu-ray set ($59.99), Midsomer Murders is a 4-disc DVD collection of
the demonstrably popular and long-lived British murder mystery television series inspired by the
novels of Caroline Graham. Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby (played by Neil Dudgeon)
and his enthusiastic partner Detective Sergeant Ben Jones (played by Jason Hughes) solve four
perplexing and terrible crimes amid the picturesque village setting of Midsomer County. The
collected episodes are "The Sleeper under the Hill", "The Night of the Stag", "A Sacred Trust",
and "A Rare Bird", plus a bonus 34-minute "Midsomer Murders in Conversation" segment.
Midsomer Murders is a series oriented toward mature viewers; in Set 22, "A Sacred Trust" has
sexual situations and "The Sleeper under the Hill" has disturbing images. Any connoisseur of
British murder mysteries is sure to enjoy this latest installment of the enthralling, intelligently
written, and superbly performed "Midsomer Murders" programs! 372 min. plus bonus, SDH
subtitles, widescreen. Also enthusiastically recommended for fans of the genre to savor are
Midsomer Murders Series 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 ($59.99 for each set), which Acorn has recently
repackaged as individual series sets on DVD, in their original U.K. broadcast order, with SDH
subtitles!
The Host
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
$34.98 www.TheHostTheFilm.com
The Host is an unnerving movie based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer, author of the wildly
popular "Twilight Saga". An unseen, unknown enemy is making its move on humanity - by
moving into their bodies, seizing control of their minds, and erasing all memories from their
brains! Melanie Stryder (played by Saoirse Ronan) is torn between this terrifying threat and the
need to protect the people she loves most, as a terrifying invasion (epidemic?) sweeps the nation!
Bonus features include deleted scenes, a feature commentary with Stephenie Meyer, the
screenwriter/director Andrew Niccol, and producer Nick Wechsler. The Host is available in an
ultimate "anytime, anywhere" edition that includes Blu-ray, DVD, digital copy, and Ultraviolet (a
format that adapts well to streaming and downloading), all in one package. An absolute
"must-see" for Twilight fans, The Host is a solidly entertaining and thought-provoking film. 2
hours 6 min.
Between Us
A film by Dan Mirvish
Monterey Media Inc.
566 St. Charles Drive
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360-3901
9781569943717 $26.95 www.montereymedia.com
Between Us is a dark comedy about the toll of dysfunctional relationships, exacerbated by
conflicts over money, sex, and children. Grace and Carlo are New York newlyweds who visit
their friends Sharyl and Joel in the Midwest. Sharyl and Joel are wealthy, but bitterness beneath
the surface is rending their marriage apart. A few years later, both couples reunite in New York,
but the dynamics have swung radically in the opposite direction. Thought-provoking, witty, and
with a razor edge to its biting humor, Between Us is absolutely unforgettable. Bonus features
include a commentary track, deleted scenes, a visual effects reel, and a glimpse behind the
scenes. 90 min., closed-captioned, widescreen, rated R for language and some sexual
reference.
Creating Circular Art
Peggy Flores
Crystal Productions
1812 Johns Drive
Glenview, IL 60025-1581
9781562906887 $29.95 www.crystalproductions.com
Creating Circular Art is a hands-on, how-to DVD guide to creating art based on drawing circles
with a protractor. Featuring radial designs, paper arrow templates, creative applications of
rulers/protractors/triangles, the use of symmetry with multiple geometric shapes, mandala art,
how to create works resembling Celtic design, and much more, Creating Circular Art illustrates
its ideas and techniques with easy-to-follow examples. Educational, inventive, and inspirational,
Creating Circular Art is enthusiastically recommended for artists of all skill and experience
levels, as well as library and art school DVD collections.
Healing Through Movement: Pilates Head to Toe
Zayna Gold
Boston Body Barre
c/o 411 Video Information (publicity)
PO Box 1223
Pebble Beach, CA 93953
$19.95 www.411videoinfo.com
Award-winning Pilates expert and creator of the Boston Body Barre certification programs Zayna
Gold presents Healing Through Movement: Pilates Head to Toe, a full-body DVD workout
created especially to aid those with autoimmune digestive disorders such as Crohn's, colitis,
celiac, and IBS. Healing Through Movement is accessible to viewers of all fitness levels, and
features exercises that improve muscle tone, prevent bone loss, and strengthen the core and back
muscles. Divided into a standing full-body sculpt workout and a mat-based session, Healing
Through Movement is an invaluable, easy-to-use, and highly recommended resource especially
for anyone seeking the healing benefits of exercise. 45 min.
Quick Fit with Andrea Metcalf
Acacia
8515 Georgia Avenue, Suite 650
Silver Spring, MD 20910
9781621721048 $19.99 www.acacialifestyle.com
Certified personal trainer Andrea Metacalf, bestselling author of "Naked Fitness", presents Quick
Fit, a DVD program of no less than thirty five-minute routines that one can easily mix-and-match
into a workout tailored to one's personal tastes! Cardio, strength training, and Pilates figure
prominently among the five-minute routines (some of which previously appeared in the programs
"Keeping Fit: Strength, Cardio, and Pilates"). A user-friendly workout DVD that invites variety,
creativity, and the personal joy of a satisfying exercise session even when one is short on time,
Quick Fit with Andrea Metcalf is enthusiastically recommended. 150 min., widescreen.
'Ellen Barrett Live' workouts
Ellen Barrett
No ISBN, $15.00 each, www.ellenbarrett.com
Ellen Barrett's DVD workouts offer up small pieces of exercise - each workout is about 30-45
minutes - but are designed to produce quick results, blending yoga and Pilates with dance moves
for maximum, fun enjoyment. ELLEN BARRETT LIVE: FUSION FLOOR WORKOUT is done
on a mat with no standing exercises, no props, and no shoes: it provides a complete workout with
moves building strength. SLEEK SCULPT EXPRESS graduates to hand weights and offers
choreographed movements designed to help muscles work naturally into other movements.
SUPER FAST BODY BLAST furthers the efforts, using a range of motions to work the body
while providing easy joint movements. The three together provide a powerful workout set that is
especially highly recommended for any with injuries or special exercise requirements. They go
where few workout programs go, and are designed to be easy on the body.
The Blu-ray Shelf
Prime Suspect
Helen Mirren
Acorn Media Group
8515 Georgia Avenue, Suite 620
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3403
9781621720645 $119.99 www.acornonline.com
Prime Suspect: The Complete Collection collects the entire, award-winning British police drama,
originally created by crime writer Lynda La Plante and broadcast on "Masterpiece Theatre" and
"Mystery!", on Blu-ray. Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren plays the role of Detective Jane
Tennison, a relentless officer beset on all sides by problems - horrific crimes to solve, callous
sexism from her co-workers, and the whispers of her personal demons. The gritty realism and
all-too-human characterizations lend a strong sense of depth to these dark, captivating, and
feature-length mysteries. Behind-the-scenes specials and a photo gallery round out this excellent
addition to British drama and mystery collections, worthy of the highest recommendation for
connoisseurs of the genre. hours plus bonus, 9 mysteries on 7 Blu-ray discs, approx 25 hours plus
bonus, SDH subtitles.
The Poetry Shelf
Skinned
Antjie Krog
Seven Stories Press
140 Watts Street
New York, NY 10013
9781609804633 $23.95 www.sevenstories.com
Skinned is a hardcover collection of the works of one of South Africa's best-known and widely
beloved poets Antjie Krog. The poems range from brief, free-verse affairs to an epic poem based
on the life of Lady Anne Barnard of Scotland, who lived in a castle at Cape Town with her
husband from 1797 to 1802. Many of the poems were penned with apartheid was strict state
policy, yet voices from those who lived in South Africa well before colonial forces arrived.
Changeable, thought-provoking, and mind-opening, Skinned is highly recommended. "Free from
the Tyranny of One": dare light slip so soft / dare sand reel so free // dare skin say so much / in
this search for an identity?"
Poems
Charles Dickens
Trafalgar Square Publishing
PO Box 257, Howe Hill Road
North Pomfret, VT 05033
www.trafalgarbooks.com
9781847493026, $14.95, www.amazon.com
Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social
critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally
regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life, his works enjoyed
unprecedented fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was broadly acknowledged
by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular. What are less
well known to the reading public is that he was also a poet. Now his poetry has been collected
and made available to a new generation of readers by Trafalgar Square Publishing with "Poems",
a 134 page compendium showcasing this master storyteller's gift for poetic expressions ranging
in diverse forms and across an impressive spectrum of subjects. "Poems" is very highly
recommended for personal, community, and academic library Poetry collections in general, and
supplemental reading lists for students of Charles Dickens writings in particular.
Voices of the Future
Presented by Etan Thomas
Haymarket Books
PO Box 180165, Chicago, IL 60618
9781608462711, $18.00, www.haymarketbooks.org
Voices of the Future comes from an NBA star who created an opportunity for young poets to
openly express their thoughts on all kinds of social issues, gathering the results in this volume to
provide encouragement for kids to write about the issues and ideas that concern them the most.
Anticipate a collection that identifies the poet and the poet's age, and organizes all poems by
subject, from President Obama to racism, police brutality, and relationships. Voices of the Future
is a project designed to encourage young people to express themselves and this book is a
powerful portrait of that expression, highly recommended for literary, social issues and student
collections alike.
The Civil War Shelf
Lincoln and Reconstruction
John C. Rodrigue
Southern Illinois University Press
1915 University Press Drive
SIUC Mail Code 6806
Carbondale, IL 62901
9780809332533 $19.95 www.siupress.com
President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in office before the end of the American Civil War,
yet his plans for the postwar reconstruction may have had more impact than previously thought.
Lincoln and Reconstruction examines Lincoln's wartime reconstruction initiatives, as well as his
writings and speeches pertaining to the topic. Author John C. Rodrigue (professor of history,
Stonehill College) has composed a thoughtful, critical, and detailed analysis of Lincoln's views
and efforts, noting that Lincoln concerned himself with the challenges of reconstruction from the
inception of the Civil War. Lincoln and Reconstruction is an excellent pick especially for public
and college library American History or Civil War shelves.
General Grant and the Rewriting of History
Frank P. Varney
Savas Beatie
PO Box 4527
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
9781611211184 $32.95 www.savasbeatie.com
General Grant and the Rewriting of History: How the Destruction of General William S.
Rosecrans Influenced Our Understanding of the Civil War challenges popular preconceptions
about the Civil War, and especially of the famous Union General Ulysses S. Grant, who went on
to be a two-term President of the United States. Grant's memoirs are often taken as a definitive
historical accounting - but memoirs are only as accurate as the man who pens them. Historian
Frank P. Varney has spent years critically comparing Grant's memoirs with a wealth of other
primary sources, and has come to an astonishing conclusion: while Grant was undoubtedly a
great general, he was also skilled at manipulating the truth for his own benefit, and nursed
grudges with a vengeance. General Grant and the Rewriting of History examines evidence that
Grant made biased reports, falsified official documents, and lied to an army court of inquiry.
Grant particularly targeted Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans for character assassination, and to a
dramatic extent succeeded; to this day, Rosecrans is infamous for a battlefield breakdown that
very likely never happened, since the only sources of it are from unreliable informants, who are
flatly contradicted by other accounts. General Grant and the Rewriting of History is not only an
invaluable addition to Civil War studies and reference shelves, but also a sharp caution against
putting too much blind faith in any one person's testimony, memoir, or historical accounting.
Highly recommended.
The American History Shelf
Seat of Empire
Jeffrey Stuart Kerr
Texas Tech University Press
PO Box 41037
Lubbock, TX 79409-1037
9780896727823 $39.95 www.ttupress.org
Seat of Empire: The Embattled Birth of Austin, Texas is the fascinating true story behind the
founding of Austin. In 1838, Texas vice president Mirabeau B. Lamar envisioned the
construction of a prosperous city amid natural wilderness. Lamar's quest to make Austin a reality
would prompt a legendary political battle between Lamar and Sam Houston, hero of San Jacinto
and well-known throughout the Republic of Texas. Threats from the Comanche nation and the
Mexican army as well as the challenges of frontier trailblazing also endangered the nascent city.
Thoroughly accessible to lay readers and historians alike, Seat of Empire is highly recommended
especially for public and college library American History collections.
Florida Under Five Flags, fifth edition
Rembert W. Patrick
University Press of Florida
University of Florida
15 Northwest 15th Street
Gainesville, FL 32611-2079
9780813044903 $14.95 www.upf.com
Originally published in 1945 and now in its fifth edition, Florida Under Five Flags chronicles the
history of Spanish, French, British, American, and Confederate rule over the Sunshine State.
Written by Professor of History Rembert W. Patrick (1909-1967), is a lively distillation of the
highlights of Florida's political, cultural, and demographic revolutions. The result is a page-turner
history, thoroughly accessible to readers of all backgrounds, ideal for public and college library
state history collections. Highly recommended!
Learning Las Vegas
Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
Museum of New Mexico Press
c/o Gulotta Communications Inc.
341 Lexington Street, Newton, MA 02466
9780890135785, $39.95, www.amazon.com
Before there was a gambling mecca in Nevada called Las Vegas, there was an ethnic community
in New Mexico called Las Vegas. "Learning Las Vegas: Portrait of a Northern New Mexican
Place" by landscape historian Elizabeth Barlow Rogers (founding president of New York City's
Central Park Conservancy and Foundation for Landscape Studies) is a 284 page compendium
showcasing the cultural legacy, history, and people of this New Mexican community. Beautifully
illustrated with full color photography, this is a case study in how the town's history can be
viewed as two combined and yet distinctive populations: Hispanic and Anglo. Of special note is
that this community located in the southernmost range of the Rocky Mountains is home to some
900 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. A unique and seminal work, "Learning
Las Vegas: Portrait of a Northern New Mexican Place" would well serve as a template for similar
studies of other distinctive American communities. Informed and informative, ""Learning Las
Vegas: Portrait of a Northern New Mexican Place" is especially recommended for academic
library reference collections in general, and the supplemental reading lists for students of Urban
Community Conservancy and Restoration Studies.
John Wilkes Booth: Beyond the Grave
W.C. Jameson
Taylor Trade Publishing
4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200
Lanham, MD 20706
9781589798311 $22.95 www.rowman.com
Award-winning author and John Wilkes Booth descendant W.C. Jameson presents John Wilkes
Booth: Beyond the Grave, the latest in his far-reaching "Beyond the Grave" series re-examining
notable outlaws of history. John Wilkes Booth: Beyond the Grave suggests the possibility that
Booth, the notorious assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, was never captures and executed;
instead, another man was apprehended in Booth's place, while Booth continued his acting career,
married, and had children. The evidence supporting this theory is largely circumstantial; Jameson
draws upon papers and diaries from private collections to make his case, as well as offer a new
window into the mind of a President-killer. Regardless of whether one believes the central
premise, John Wilkes Booth: Beyond the Grave is a captivating perspective, thoroughly
accessible to lay readers and historians alike.
Woodward Avenue
Robert Genat
CarTech Inc.
39966 Grand Avenue
North Branch, MN 55056
www.cartechbooks.com
9781613250914, $29.95, www.amazon.com
Back in the 50's and early 60's one of the favorite pastimes of the younger generation was to
cruise their cars up and down a fashionable street -- especially on a Saturday night. This
happened routinely in just about every city and every suburb large or small. "Woodward Avenue:
Cruising the Legendary Strip" by Robert Genat is a profusely illustrated compendium by Robert
Genat that celebrates this American cultural custom as it was on Woodward Avenue in Detroit,
Michigan. A 160 page compendium of stories about the races, the hot rods, and 'Detroit Iron',
during a golden age of American automotive dominance, "Woodward Avenue" is a terrific
celebration and memorial of a 20th Century American pastime now long gone and never to be
seen again.
America 1933
Michael Golay
Simon and Schuster
1230 Avenue of the Americas, 14th fl.
New York, NY 10020
9781439196014, $26.99, www.simonandschuster.com
AMERICA 1933: THE GREAT DEPRESSION, LORENA HICKOK, ELEANOR
ROOSEVELT, AND THE SHAPING OF THE NEW DEAL comes from a celebrated historian
who focuses on Lorena Hickok's journalistic contributions to Roosevelt's administration during
the Great Depression, and is a special recommendation for any collection strong in Depression
history and analysis of American history. Its focus on the New Deal and how it was reported and
charted places Lorena Hickok's contributions in the limelight - as they should be - and provides
documentation of how millions of Americans experienced the Depression. A powerful account,
this will appeal to general-interest, American history and American political studies holdings
alike.
Yellowstone National Park Past and Present
Suzanne Silverthorn & I-Ting Chiang
Schiffer Publishing
4880 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, PA 19310
0764341758, $24.99, www.schifferbooks.com
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK PAST AND PRESENT is a 'must' for any with an
interest in America's national park history in general and Yellowstone's evolution and
development in particular, and is packed with vintage and contemporary photos throughout its
discussion. From its natural wonders to the development of tourism and attention to preserving
Yellowstone's natural wonders, this title surveys all of Yellowstone's management, challenges,
and beauty and synthesizes all in an oversized title designed to reveal all of the park's many
wonders. Any American history collection, especially those strong in national park
developments, will find this a lovely addition.
The World History Shelf
Place and Replace
Adele Perry, Esyllt W. Jones, and Leah Morton, editors
University of Manitoba Press
301 St. John's College
Winnipeg, MB, Canada, R3T 2M5
9780887557408 $34.95 www.uofmpress.ca
Place and Replace: Essays on Western Canada is an anthology of sixteen erudite,
interdisciplinary essays about how best to define and understand western Canada, whether from a
historical, cultural, or political point of view. Essays include "Examining the Future of First
Nations Agriculture by Exploring the Implications of the Manitoba Indian Agricultural Program",
"Railways, Racism, and Chineseness on the Prairies", "The Importance of Place: Or, Why We're
Not Post-Prairie", "Defining Prairie Politics: Campaigns, Codes, and Cultures", and many more.
An index rounds out this thoughtful, scholarly cross-examination of regional and national
identity.
Scattered
Diana Howansky Reilly
University of Wisconsin Press
1930 Monroe Street, Third Floor
Madison, WI 53711-2059
www.uwpress.wisc.edu
9780299293406, $24.95, www.amazon.com
The forced relocation of civilian populations based on ethnicity has been well known since
biblical times beginning with the removal of the Jewish population to Babylon with the fall of
Jerusalem. The European aftermath of World War II saw a continuation of what was to later
become known as 'ethnic cleansing' with the compulsory relocation of Poland's Ukrainian by the
newly installed communist government as part of a Soviet-Polish population exchange
code-named 'Operation Vistula'. "Scattered: The Forced Relocation of Poland's Ukrainians after
World War II" by Diana Howansky Reilly is a 192 page compendium providing a detailed (and
sometimes chilling) history of the events as experienced by three siblings, Petro, Leania and
Hania Pyrtej. A seminal work of impressive research drawing upon interviews and archival
materials, "Scattered" is a work of impeccable scholarship that is written with the dynamic
narrative of a novel. Informed and informative, "Scattered" is highly recommended for
community and academic library collections. It should also be noted that "Scattered" is available
in a Kindle edition ($17.95).
The Crafts Shelf
Nails, Nails, Nails!
Madeline Poole
Chronicle Books
680 Second Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
9781452119021, $14.95, www.chroniclebooks.com
NAILS, NAILS, NAILS! 25 CREATIVE DIY NAIL ART PROJECTS comes from a Los
Angeles-based stylist who provides 25 nail art projects that range from stripes and printers to
glitter, and outlines professional nail-art techniques in the process. Chapters provide step-by-step
photos, provide notes on when one can do one's own nails and when one should use a helping
hand, and provides lovely shots of finished nails to help readers understand the entire design and
its results. Any who would produce winning nails will find this an artistic 'must'.
The Art Shelf
Space: Currencies in Contemporary African Art
Thembinkosi Goniwe, editor
Unisa Press
c/o International Specialized Book Services
920 Northeast 58th Avenue, Suite 300
Portland, OR 97213
www.isbs.com
9781868886807, $46.00, www.amazon.com
Curated by Thembinkosi Goniwe and Melissa Mboweni, the exhibition Space: Currencies in
Contemporary African Art was held at Museum Africa in Newtown (Johannesburg, South
Africa), from May to July 2010. The exhibit featured 25 artists, 4 art collectives, and 6 writers
whose work provided creative and intellectual dialogue, which in personal and intimate ways
animates imaginative and reflective engagement with social matters and human experiences in
contemporary Africa and the diaspora. Compiled and edited by Thembinkosi Goniwe, "Space:
Currencies in Contemporary African Art" is a 172 page compendium comprised of essays that
include the following: Debating and Framing Space: Currencies in Contemporary African Art;
Imagined Communities; African Art as a Source of Knowledge; Comfortable Contradictions:
South Africa, Africa, and the Marketplace; Curating Contemporary African Art: Questions of
Mega-Exhibitions and Western Influences; The Scars of Dissipation: Memory, Catharsis, and the
Search for the Aesthetic. Superbly and profusely illustrated in full color, "Space: Currencies in
Contemporary African Art" is very highly recommended for personal and academic library
African Art reference collections and supplemental reading lists.
Modern Nature
Erin B. Coe, et al.
Thames & Hudson, Inc.
500 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY 10110-0017
www.thamesandhudsonusa.com
9780500093740, $40.00, www.amazon.com
Georgia Totto O'Keeffe (November 15, 1887 - March 6, 1986) was an iconic American
artist. Born near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, O'Keeffe first came to the attention of the New York art
community in 1916. She made large-format paintings of enlarged blossoms, presenting them
close up as if seen through a magnifying lens, and New York buildings, most of which date from
the same decade. Beginning in 1929, when she began working part of the year in Northern New
Mexico - which she made her permanent home in 1949 - O'Keeffe depicted subjects specific to
that area. O'Keeffe has been recognized as the Mother of American Modernism. She first honed
her remarkable skills as an artist wile summering at Alfred Stieglitz's family estate at Lake
George in upstate New York. It is this early time period in her career as an artist that is the
subject of "Modern Nature: Georgia O'Keeffe and Lake George", a superbly illustrated, 200 page
compendium enhanced with commentaries by the team of Erin B. Coe (Chief Curator of the
Hyde Collection), Gwendolyn Ownes (former consultant curator and assistant director of the
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, Canada), and Bruce Robertson (Professor of Art
History, University of California, Santa Barbara). Informed, informative, and showcasing
flawlessly reproduced paintings, "Modern Nature: Georgia O'Keeffe and Lake George" will
prove to be a welcome and popular addition to personal, community, and academic library 20th
Century American Art History reference collections and supplemental reading lists.
The Gardening Shelf
Back to Eden
Frank W. Porter
Orange Frazer Press
PO Box 214
Wilmington, OH 45177
9781939710000 $20.00 www.orangefrazer.com
Featuring full-color photographs every few pages, Back to Eden: Landscaping with Native Plants
is a gardening and landscaping guide written especially for Americans living east of the
Mississippi River (in both the northeastern and the southeastern parts of the nation). Chapters
walk the reader through selecting optimal plant species, cultivating a garden of native plants,
warding off pests, even the option of creating a rain garden. A brief history of human efforts to
identify and cultivate native plants rounds out this hands-on, reader-friendly guide,
enthusiastically recommended for gardeners of all skill and experience levels. "How can you
begin to create a native plant landscape? You can start by planting a butterfly garden. You can
build a rain garden or a small pond that will not only prevent runoff but attract wildlife. You can
replace non-native species in your flowerbeds. You can replace much of your lawn with
low-maintenance groundcovers. And you can learn from others and share what you learn."
The Cutting Garden
Sarah Raven
Frances Lincoln Publishers
74-77 White Lion Street
Islington, London, N1 9PF
9780711234659 $29.95 www.franceslincoln.com
Winner of "Best Specialist Gardening Book" from the Garden Media Guild, The Cutting Garden:
Growing & Arranging Garden Flowers lives up to its title with methodical, easy-to-follow
instructions, captivatingly illustrated with full-color photography throughout. Chapters instruct
the reader in the basics of cultivating a garden for all seasons, and the fine art of flower arranging
to please aesthetic sensibilities. "Remember that a flower arrangement doesn't have to be in a
conventional vase. Create romantic globes with billowing flowers and branches of foilage; or
construct enormous swags and medallions to hang inside or out." Detailed, plant-by-plant listings
of need-to-know information about flowers especially suitable for cutting and arrangements, as
well as in-depth descriptions of specific flower arrangements suited to different seasons fill this
truly beautiful, hands-on guide, sure to prove invaluable to amateur and professional gardeners
alike!
My 100 Favourite Herbs
Margaret Roberts
Struik Publishers
c/o International Publishers Marketing
22841 Quicksilver Drive
Dulles, VA 20166
www.randomstruik.co.za
9781431702442 $27.00 www.internationalpubmarket.com
Featuring striking full-color photography on virtually every page, My 100 Favourite Herbs is a
guide to growing herbs for use in cooking, home medication, cosmetics, and more. Each herb has
a variety of possible uses listed, along with tips and tricks for cultivation or companion planting.
For example, the "Feverfew" planet can be used to make a moth-repellent free of toxic
chemicals, or bait for snails and slugs. A most enjoyable browse from cover to cover, My 100
Favourite Herbs is enthusiastically recommended, especially for gardeners of all skill and
experience levels - even green thumbs cooped up in the big city, who may not have room for
more than a simple windowsill garden!
The Political Science Shelf
Statebuilding
Timothy Sisk
Polity
c/o Blackwell Publishing
350 Main Street
Malden, MA 02148
9780745661582 $59.95 www.blackwellpublishing.com
Part of the "War and Conflict in the Modern World" series, Statebuilding is a scholarly analysis
of creating competent, legitimate, and sustainable institutions of governance, particularly in the
wake of civil war. Author Timothy Sisk (Professor of the Josef Korbel School for International
Studies, University of Denver) scrutinizes means to aid a nascent state's ability to integrate social
differences, manage conflicts and resources, set national priorities. Whether a global
statebuilding enterprise can successfully craft peaceful, just, democratic, and stable nation-states
is as yet unknown; Statebuilding offers information, tools, and positive ideas gleaned from
hard-learned lessons to aid in the process. "Several findings resonate in the experience to
promote rule of law. The first is that countries emerging from conflict inevitably face difficult
decisions on transitional justice, both in terms of the extent and nature of prosecution of war-time
atrocities but also the often selective and incomplete nature of such prosecutions... The second is
that many practitioners, at least, recognize that the now-common model of a Truth and
Reconciliation Commision, the mechanism used in democratizing Chile or
post-war/democratizing South Africa, is not a one-size-fits-all solution that can be dropped into
other social contexts." Statebuilding is an absolute "must-have" for college and university library
political studies shelves, worthy of the highest recommendation.
The Forgotten Conservative
John M. Pafford
Regnery Publishing, Inc.
One Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
9781621570370 $27.95 www.regnery.com
The Forgotten Conservative: Rediscovering Grover Cleveland examines the principles, political
thinking, and legacy of Stephen Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), well-known as the only
American president who has ever served two non-consecutive terms. Although Cleveland was a
Democrat, his beliefs and ideals will sound familiar to modern-day conservatives. President
Cleveland cut taxes at every opportunity, championed limits on federal power, vetoed more bills
than all his predecessors combined (most often on the grounds that Congress was either spending
too much, or acting in absence of a clear Constitutional mandate), and held that men should look
to their neighbors and communities for charity when needed, rather than becoming dependent on
the government. At the end of Cleveland's second term, the Democratic party turned notably
more progressive, yet Cleveland's ideals and policies remain part of a historical legacy that
resonates with American conservatives over a century later. The Forgotten Conservative is an
excellent addition to Political Science shelves; liberals and conservatives alike will find this
portrait of a strong-willed and resilient national leader fascinating from cover to cover.
The Comix/Graphic Novel Shelf
Science: A Discovery in Comics
Margaret de Heer, author/artist
NBM Publishing
160 Broadway, Suite 700 East Wing
New York, NY 10038
9781561637508, $19.99, www.nbmpublishing.com
"Science: A Discovery in Comics" is a well-organized, witty presentation of the history of
science in graphic novel form. Starting as a guided chronological tour, hosted by figures of
author Margaret and spouse Yiri, "Science a Discovery in Comics" takes the enthralled reader
from Archimedes and the ancient Greeks to quantum theory and modern times, all in comic
format. Easy to read, simple graphic explanations help present complex history, theory, and
practices of science, making the vast, intimidating subject accessible to junior high students and
adults. Subject areas presented include Chemistry, Astronomy, Physics, Biology, Geology, and
Quantum Theory. A fascinating example of this ambitious treatment is an illustrated comparison
between the classical world view of science and the quantum world view, on page 171: This pairs
and compares determinism with non-determinism, the universe viewed as a machine vs. the
universe viewed as an organic system, incompatible opposites vs. complementary opposites,
objective observation vs. subjective participation, and reductionism vs. holism. Each "ism" is
illustrated by a simple example, and the sense of vast comparison is efficiently and correctly
conveyed, with charm, humor, and style. "Science A Discovery in Comics" is part of an
educational graphic novel series by the author, with an earlier title explaining Philosophy through
human history. For easy access to a difficult area of study, try reading "Science a Discovery in
Comics." You will find both knowledge and entertainment in abundance.
Star*Reach Companion
Richard Arndt
TwoMorrows Publishing
10407 Bedfordtown Drive
Raleigh, NC 27614
9781605490519 $27.95 www.twomorrows.com
Star*Reach Companion is a historical chronicle of the 1970's independent comic magazine that
had tremendous lasting influence on the modern comic industry. Great comic creators including
Dave Stevens, Frank Brunner, Barry Windsor-Smith, Ken Steacy, Davie Sim, and many more
gained crucial exposure in this legendary magazine. A wealth of interviews and a handful of
comic stories (some in black and white, some in color) from Star*Reach and its sister magazine
Imagine round out this excellent contribution to comics history and reference shelves. Highly
recommended!
Zombillenium
Arthur de Pins
NBM Publishing
160 Broadway, Ste. 700, East Wing
New York, NY 10038
9781561637348 $14.99 www.nbmpublishing.com
Zombillenium is an oversized, hardcover graphic novel in full-color with a tongue-in-cheek
horror theme. The Zombillenium amusement park is the ultimate job creation station for
monsters of every stripe - vampires, werewolves, mummies, zombies, skeletons and more! When
an ordinary man named Aurelian, driven to the brink of murderous rage over his wife's infidelity,
is accidentally killed and turned into an unknown breed of monster, at first he thinks he's just
having a really terrible day. But at Zombillenium, the contracts are for eternity - and the penalty
for breaking them is immolation! "What were you thinking of this morning when you slipped that
revolver into your pocket? Huh? Kill your wife's lover? Being hired at Zombillenium is never an
accident!" Aurelian's only friend at his new job is the intern Gretchen, a natural-born witch with
hard-to-control magic powers. Can he adapt to his new carnival life - and can Zombillenium
adapt to stiff competition from other theme parks? Even the dead are subject to tough economic
times, in this wry, brisk-paced, and character-driven genre deconstruction that readers of all ages
and backgrounds will thoroughly enjoy! Highly recommended, especially for public library
graphic novel collections.
07-Ghost, Volume 5
Yuki Amemiya and Yukino Ichihara
Viz Media LLC
295 Bay Street
San Francisco, CA 94133
9781421549989 $9.99 www.viz.com
Volume five of the 07-Ghost continues the skillful English translation of an action-packed,
black-and-white manga (Japanese comic) series, faithfully presented with its artwork "unflipped"
(in the original right-to-left reading order, rather than mirrored to mimic American comics). Set
in a mysterious world only partly analogous to our own, the story centers upon Teito Klein, a boy
with an unknown past who has resolved to become the master of an immensely powerful artifact,
called the Eye of Mikael. In volume five, Ayanami's Imperial Army has taken the Eye of Mikael
from Teito. Determined not to give up, Teito undergoes the Bishop Examination; at stake are the
travel privileges he will need to reclaim the eye. But the duties and powers that Bishops have
over shepherded mortal souls are not to be trifled with; to prove himself worthy Teito must face
challenges both within and without, including a personal confrontation with... Ayanami? A
strong, emotionally moving story evolves.
Dan Spiegle: A Life In Comic Art
John Coates with Dan Spiegle
TwoMorrows Publishing
10407 Bedfordtown Drive
Raleigh, NC 27614
www.twomorrows.com
9781605490496, $14.95, www.amazon.com
"Dan Spiegle: A Life In Comic Art" is an illustrated history of one of the most respect men in the
select field comic book artists. For more than sixty years he has turned out quality work
beginning with the Hopalong Cassidy newspaper strips, to his 34 year tenure on Dell and Gold
Key comic book adaptations of TV and movie shows, to his work in the 1980s on DC comic
titles, to his artwork for Dark Horse titles. The commentary is in the form of an extended Q&A
session between John Coates and Spiegle. The result is a fascinating, informed, informative, and
highly recommended overview and an amazing professional history that will have enormous
appeal to Spiegle's legion of fans.
The Biography Shelf
Nelson: The Sword Of Albion
John Sugden
Henry Holt & Company
175 Fifth Avenue, Suite 400
New York, NY 10010-7725
www.henryholt.com
9780805078077, $45.00, www.amazon.com
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, KB (29 September 1758 - 21 October 1805) was a British
flag officer famous for his service in the Royal Navy, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars.
He was noted for his inspirational leadership and superb grasp of strategy and unconventional
tactics, which resulted in a number of decisive naval victories. He was wounded several times in
combat, losing one arm and the sight in one eye. Of his several victories, the best known and
most notable was the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, during which he was shot and killed. "Nelson:
The Sword of Albion" by John Sugden is the second volume of a two-volume biography of one
of Britain's most revered naval heroes. As with the first volume, "Nelson: A Dream Of Glory"
(published in 2013, and available in Pimlico paperback edition, 9781845951917, $18.03),
"Nelson: The Sword Of Albion" is a masterpiece of detailed and documented biographical
research but written with all the dramatic flair of an historical novel, making it strongly
recommended for both academic and community library collections. It should also be noted that
"Nelson: The Sword Of Albion" is also available in a Kindle edition ($24.99).
Senator Richard B. Russell and My Career as a Trial Lawyer
Charles E. Campbell
Mercer University Press
1400 Coleman Avenue
Macon, GA 31207-0001
9780881464320 $35.00 www.mupress.org
Senator Richard B. Russell and My Career as a Trial Lawyer: An Autobiography is the true story
of author Charles E. Campbell, with particular emphasis on his lifelong career in law, a calling he
pursued ever since high school. As a University of Georgia student, Campbell agreed to become
a member of Senator Russell's staff only on the condition that Campbell be permitted to attend
law school at night. Campbell worked for Russell from 1966 until Russell's death in 1971, and
earned an appointment as Russell's aide in the process. He had a front-row seat to history in the
making, including the Washington riots following Martin Luther King Jr.'s murder, Russell's
dealings with his friend and colleague Lyndon Johnson, and Russell's final vote by proxy to help
Senator Robert Byrd defeat Senator Edward Kennedy for the post of assistant Democratic leader
in the Senate. Yet Russell's passion burned brightest for trial law, and continued to shine
throughout the course of his career. Vivid and accessible to readers of all backgrounds, Senator
Richard B. Russell and My Career as a Trial Lawyer is insightful and engaging from cover to
cover. "In my opinion, no change in the practice of law during the last forty years has been more
damaging to the profession than the shocking disappearance of ethics, professionalism, and
civility. All of this is not the fault of attorneys, as American society in general has become less
civil."
The Making of Markova
Tina Sutton
Pegasus Books
80 Broad Street, 5th Floor, NY, NY 10004
www.pegasusbooks.us
9781605984568, $39.95, www.amazon.com
Dame Alicia Markova (1 December 1910 - 2 December 2004) was an English ballerina and a
choreographer, director and teacher of classical ballet. Most noted for her career with Sergei
Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and touring internationally, she was widely considered to be one of
the greatest classical ballet dancers of the 20th century. She was the first British dancer to
become the principal dancer of a ballet company and, with Dame Margot Fonteyn, is one of only
two English dancers to be recognized as a prima ballerina assoluta. She was a founder dancer of
the Rambert Dance Company, The Royal Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, and was
co-founder and director of the English National Ballet. An true and international star in the 20th
century world of ballet, "The Making of Markova: Diaghilev's Baby Ballerina to Groundbreaking
Icon" is an informed and informative, 682 page biography by Tina Sutton. Born Lilian Alica
Marks, this remarkable and justifiably ambitious woman dealt with an enormous range of
responsibilities and difficulties ranging from the care of her mother and sisters in a wartime
England, to a pervasive anti-Semitism, to managing her own career and finances in an era where
women rarely did. Informed and informative, "The Making of Markova: Diaghilev's Baby
Ballerina to Groundbreaking Icon" is highly recommended for community and academic library
20th Century Biography, as well as the personal reading lists for non-specialist general readers
with an interest in the history of the ballet.
The Empress Has No Clothes
Joyce M. Roche
Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc.
235 Montgomery Street, Suite 650
San Francisco, CA 94104-2916
www.bkconnection.com
9781609946364, $18.95, www.amazon.com
"The Empress Has No Clothes: Conquering Self-Doubt to Embrace Success" is the personal
memoir of Joyce Roche who has achieved considerable success in her chosen career of business
management. She has served as CEO of Girls Incn; President of Carson Products Company (now
part of L'oreal); was the first African-American Vice President of Avon Products; and the
recipient of the 2006 'Women of Power' Legacy awarded by 'black Enterprise Magazine. She
currently sits on the boards of four Fortune 500 companies and a number of non-profit
organizations. A women who has led a remarkable life in the corporate world, "The Empress Has
No Clothes" is a 240 page deftly written autobiography and the story of how she rose from
humble beginnings to earn an ivy League MBA but despite all her successes in the business
world had to wrestle with the chronic feeling of inadequacy and 'feeling like a fraud' when
tackling the tough problems and business decisions upon which so much depended for herself
and other. Candid, thoughtful, and thought-provoking, "The Empress Has No Clothes" is highly
recommended reading and an excellent addition to business school and community library
American Biography collections. It should also be noted that "The Empress Has No Clothes" is
also available in a Kindle edition ($7.99).
Mad for Speed
Elsa A. Nystrom
McFarland & Company
PO Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640
www.mcfarlandpub.com
9780786470938, $39.95, www.amazon.com
From 1905 to 1915, Joan Newton Cuneo was famous for being America's top female racer and an
advocate for more and better roads, as well as the benefits of driving for women. "Mad for
Speed: The Racing Life of Joan Newton Cuneo" by Elsa A. Nystrom (Professor of History,
Kennesaw State University, Georgia) is a 232 page biography of a remarkable women that
includes her family history, her marriage to (and divorce from) Andrew Cuneo, her life in New
York society, her interest in and involvement with automobile racing, her partnership with her
race car mechanic Louis Disbrow, her racing victories, her remarriage and her death. Of special
note is the chapter on Joan Cueneo's female car racing and auto tour rivals. A work of impressive
and deftly written scholarship, "Mad For Speed" is a valued contribution to academic library
Women's Studies and 20th Century Automobile Racing History reference collections. A
remarkable woman who led a remarkable life, "Mad for Speed" is also available in a Kindle
edition ($14.74).
The Railroading Shelf
Old Time Railroad Stories
Michael Gillespie, editor
Great River Publishing
W987 Cedar Valley Road
Stoddard, WI 54658
9780971160255 $19.95 www.greatriver.com
Illustrated with a handful of vintage black-and-white photographs, Old Time Railroad Stations:
An Anthology of True Adventures, Humorous Tales, and High Melodrama Written by Those
Who Lives the Era collects classic, eye-opening stories (possibly embellished, but grounded
firmly in real-life events) about railroads and the people who run and ride on them. Each story is
by a different author, ranging from anonymous tales to an article from the New York Times to
heartrending stories about the dangers of rail travel. A brief introduction to each tale by high
school teacher Michael Gillespie puts the events in historical context. Thoroughly accessible to
readers of all backgrounds, Old Time Railroad Stories is a treat for trainspotters, railroading
aficionados, and rail-curious casual browsers, highly recommended.
50 Ways To A Better-Looking Layout
Jeff Wilson
Kalmbach Publishing Company
21027 Crossroads Circle
Waukesha, WI 53186
www.kalmbachbooks.com
9780890248195, $19.95, www.amazon.com
A fundamental part of the model railroading experience is the creation of a realistic miniaturized
layout that reflects urban, suburban, and rural settings through which the model trains will pass.
In "50 Ways To A Better-Looking Layout", model train expert Jeff Wilson has compiled a series
of 'user friendly' do-it-yourself projects to specifically improve a model train layout's buildings,
scenery, vehicles, rolling stock, and trackside features. From model open boxcars, to improved
structure roofs, to renumbered locomotives, to model weed-grown tracks, these projects will
enhance any model train layout. Of special note are the instructional guide on creating 3-D signes
from stir sticks!. "50 Ways To A Better-Looking Layout" is a welcome and highly recommended
addition to model railroading enthusiast reference collections.
The Antiques/Collectibles Shelf
Miller's Antiques Encyclopedia, new edition
Judith Miller, general editor
Mitchell Beazley
c/o Octopus Publishing
236 Park Avenue, New York NY 10017
www.octopusbooksusa.com
9781845337698, $50.00, www.amazon.com
Judith Miller is an acknowledged world-class expert when it comes to antiques. Among her many
accomplishments in this field is being a co-founder of Miller's Antiques Price Guide which is
considered a fundamental reference for sellers and collectors. Now in a new and completely
up-to-date edition, "Miller's Antiques Encyclopedia" is a definitive and profusely illustrated, 592
page compendium comprised of detailed antiques accessibly organized into succinct categories
ranging from Furniture, Ceramics, Jewelry, and Art Nouveau, to Dolls, Glass, Toys, Games, and
more. The work of some four experienced antiques consultants under the general editorship of
Judith Miller, "Miller's Antiques Encyclopedia" is an extraordinary and important reference for
professional, community, and academic library Antiques/Collectibles collections.
The Parenting Shelf
Co-Parenting 101
Deesha Philyaw and Michael D. Thomas
New Harbinger Press
5674 Shattuck Avenue
Oakland, CA 94609
coparenting101.org
9781608824632 $16.95 www.newharbinger.com
Formerly married couple Deesha Philyaw and Michael D. Thomas draw upon their real-life
experience as co-parents to present Co-Parenting 101: Helping Your Kids Thrive in Two
Households after Divorce. The plain-terms advice covers the basics of making divorce as
amicable as possible, including the options of using mediators or collaborative divorce; the
"musts" and "must-nots" of co-parenting; never-married and noncustodial parents; fifteen things
that one can do for one's children spite of an uncooperative ex; and much more. "While a highly
detailed plan can certainly benefit even congenial co-parents, it is ideal for co-parents who find
themselves disagreeing more than they agree or for situations where there is hostility and
resistance to sharing custody. A detailed plan also allows you to stipulate arrangements for the
children at different ages, recognizing that as they get older, certain aspects of your co-parenting
situation may need to change." Co-Parenting 101 is an absolute "must-have" for any separating,
divorcing, or divorced couple with children, worthy of the highest recommendation.
The Theatre/Cinema Shelf
Dada, Surrealism, and the Cinematic Effect
R. Bruce Elder
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3C5
9781554586257 $85.00 wlupress.wlu.ca
Filmmaker, critic, and teacher R. Bruce Elder presents Dada, Surrealism, and the Cinematic
Effect, a companion to his earlier volume "Harmony and Dissent", about the early reception of
cinema among the intellectual community, including art theorists, philosophers, cultural
theorists. The common belief is that the first film critics disdained the plebeian nature of early
cinema, yet Dada, Surrealism, and the Cinematic Effect challenges this assumption with evidence
of a different reception. Some writers of the early cinematic era had envisioned it as a new art of
untapped potential, with the ability to superbly reflect day-to-day life. This more positive view
was especially widespread among critics whose passions included the foremost fields of art,
particularly the Dada and Surrealist movements. Extensively researched and heavily annotated
with an index, Dada, Surrealism, and the Cinematic Effect is especially recommended for cinema
history shelves.
The Geology Shelf
Geologic History of Florida
Albert C. Hine
University Press of Florida
University of Florida
15 Northwest 15th Street
Gainesville, FL 32611-2079
9780813044217 $39.95 www.upf.com
Full-color photographs, charts, and maps intersperse Geologic History of Florida: Major Events
That Formed the Sunshine State, an excellent instructional text discussing Florida's natural
history. Although Geologic History of Florida will prove particularly useful to students of Earth
history and geology, the text is quite "user-friendly" and accessible to readers of all backgrounds.
The "Essential Points to Know", "Essential Terms to Know", "Keywords", and "Essential
References to Know" following each chapter will aid immensely in gaining quick mastery of the
subject matter. Geologic History of Florida is an excellent classroom text, and a worthy
contribution to public, high school, or undergraduate college library collections.
The Nautical Shelf
Saltwater Leadership
RADM Robert O. Wray Jr., USN
Naval Institute Press
291 Wood Road
Annapolis, MD 21402
9781612512129 $22.95 www.nip.org
Naval Academy graduate and former nuclear engineer of surface ships Robert O. Wray Jr.
presents Saltwater Leadership: A Primer on Leadership for the Junior Sea-Service Officer, a
resource written especially for young officers. Offering an overview of leadership studies, advice
drawn from 380 senior seagoing officers, and a five-step process to improving one's leadership
skills that can be customized to suit personal needs, Saltwater Leadership is practical, sage, and
enlightening. "Regardless of what model you choose - regardless of what kind of action plan you
write - take an hour of your busy life and make a plan for the rest of your life... as some of my
seagoing friends have (correctly) noted, 'A failure to plan is a plan to fail.'" Highly recommended,
especially for anyone with aspirations to become an officer in the Navy.
The Sports Shelf
NIAAA's Guide To Interscholastic Athletic Administration
Michael L. Blackburn, et al.
Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc.
PO Box 5076, Champaign, IL 61820-5076
www.HumanKinetics.com
9781450432771, $49.00, www.amazon.com
NIAAA stands for the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association, an
organization that provides leadership programs, resources, and services in order to fulfill their
mission statement of improving and providing high-quality athletic opportunities for students.
The collaborative editorial effort of Michael L. Blackburn, Eric Forsyth, John r. Olson, and Bruce
Whitehead, the "NIAAA's Guide To Interscholastic Athletic Administration" is a 408 page
informational and instructional compendium designed to give those new to athletic
administrative duties and responsibilities a practical, 'real world' introduction and is organized
into four major sections: Leadership Orientation; Operational Process; Financial Matters; and
Physical Assets. Of special note is the introduction by Eric Forsyth and John Olson, 'Challenges
in Today's Interscholastic Sport Administration'. Enhanced with the inclusion of References and
a comprehensive Index, "NIAAA's Guide To Interscholastic Athletic Administration" is an ideal
curriculum textbook on the subject and should be a part of every academic library
Sports/Athletics reference collection.
The Literary Studies Shelf
Slavery in American Children's Literature, 1790-2010
Paula T. Connolly
University of Iowa Press
119 West Park Road
Iowa City, IA 52242-1000
www.uiowapress.org
9781609381776, $42.50, www.amazon.com
Pro-slavery and anti-slavery sentiments were embedded in children's literature as a way of
conditioning young readers to either accept or reject that institution in American culture and
society. But this phenomena has never been rigorously studied until now with the publication of
"Slavery in American Children's Literature, 1790-2010" by Paula T. Connolly (Associate
Professor of English, University of North Carolina at Charlotte). This 270 page compendium of
seminal scholarship examines both well known and obscure antebellum children's literature, then
goes on to provide an instructive overview of the changes in children's literature with respect to
slavery as reflected by an evolving context of American racial politics from the post-civil war
Reconstruction era through the Civil Rights era, and into contemporary times of the 21st century.
Enhanced with the inclusion of extensive notes, a substantial bibliography, and a comprehensive
index, "Slavery in American Children's Literature, 1790-2010" is unique, informed, informative,
and very highly recommended addition to academic library American History, Black Studies, and
American Literary History reference collections. It should also be noted that "Slavery in
American Children's Literature, 1790-2010" is available in a Kindle edition ($34.00).
Daphne du Maurier at Home
Hilary Macaskill
Frances Lincoln Publishers
74-77 White Lion Street
Islington, London, N1 9PF
9780711233720 $40.00 www.franceslincoln.com
Illustrated throughout with both black-and-white vintage and modern-day color photographs,
Daphne du Maurier at Home is a coffee table book offering an in-depth glimpse into the life and
influences of Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989), the British author of globally beloved books such
as "Rebecca", "Jamaica Inn", "Frenchman's Creek", and more. Journalist and travel writer Hilary
Macaskill takes the reader on a tour of the homes that du Maurier lived in, the people and
countryside of Cornwall that inspired her first novel, and the interplay of events that inspired one
of her readers, a young major in the Grenadier Guards, to meet and eventually marry her. An
index rounds out this wonderful complement to du Maurier's literary works, thoroughly
accessible to literary scholars and casual browsers alike!
The Architecture Shelf
The Architecture of McKim, Mead, and White 1879-1915
Allan Greenberg and Michael George
Taylor Trade Publishing
4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200
Lanham, MD 20706
9781589798182 $19.95 www.rowman.com
The Architecture of McKim, Mead, and White 1879-1915 gathers black-and-white reproductions
of plans, elevations, and details of works by the well-known architectural firm led by Charles
Follen McKim, William Rutherford Mead, and Stanford White, known for creating some of the
most beloved and memorable buildings in America. Their national landmarks include the Boston
Public Library, Pennsylvania Station in New York, and the campus of Columbia University. A
brief introduction discusses these legendary architects and the principles guiding their works, but
most of The Architecture of McKim, Mead, and White 1879-1915 is devoted entirely to full-page
diagrams and renditions. These historic, fine-detail architecture illustrations are an invaluable
reference and resource especially recommended for college and university library
collections.
The Mathematics Shelf
An Introduction To Partial Differential Equations With MATLAB, second edition
Matthew P. Coleman
CRC Press
6000 NW Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300
Boca Raton, FL 33487
www.crcpress.com
9781439898468, $89.95, www.amazon.com
A differential equation is a mathematical equation for an unknown function of one or several
variables that relates the values of the function itself and its derivatives of various orders.
Differential equations play a prominent role in engineering, physics, economics, and other
disciplines. Now in an expanded second edition, "An Introduction to Partial Differential
Equations with MATLAB" by academician Matthew P. Coleman (Fairfield University, Fairfield,
Connecticut) is a 683 page compendium providing students with a detailed and accesible
tradement of Partial Differential Equations (PDE) and their applications. Readers will require a
basic knowledge of multivariable calculus. "An Introduction To Partial Differential Equations
With MATLAB" features problem-solving exercises, proofs, extended challenges, and MATLAB
exercises. Of special note is the MATLAB code for tables and figures accessible on Professor
Coleman's website. "An Introduction To Partial Differential Equations With MATLAB" will
prove an excellent academic textbook and is highly recommended for college and university
library Applied Mathematics reference collections.
Isosurfaces
Rephael Wenger
CRC Press
Suite 300
6000 NW Broken Sound Parkway NW
Boca Raton, FL 33487
9781466570979 $89.95 www.crcpress.com
Isosurfaces: Geometry, Topology & Algorithms is an advanced mathematical text focused upon
isosurfaces - three-dimensional representations of continuous functions (or scalar fields) that
have a domain of 3D space. Such functions and their representations are an invaluable tool for
solving real-world engineering problems, among other quandaries. "Two well-established
procedures in medical imaging produce extensive scalar field data. Computer tomography (CT)
scanners send beams of radiation through a person and measure the amount of radiation that
arrives at various detectors... Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners measure changes in a
magnetic field caused by excited hydrogen nuclei in water. Mathematical transformations map
these measurements to water density values at sample points within the person." Diagrams,
figures, and some full-color illustrations help illuminate the meticulous theories and definitions.
A bibliography and index round out this scholarly text, highly recommended for professionals
working with isosurface models or graduate school mathematics shelves.
The Reference Shelf
The Manual To Online Public Records, third edition
Michael Sankey and Cynthia Hetherington
BRB Publications
PO Box 27869
Tempe, AZ 85285
9781889150604 $22.50 www.brbpublications.com
Now in an updated third edition, The Manual To Online Public Records is a hands-on, how-to
guide to extracting the information one needs from public records in America,
including/especially online records. Chapters teach the reader how to quickly evaluate online
sites (especially ones that charge for their services) and identify which sites have little or no
value; tips and tricks for more efficient searches; an outline of which reference sources are
entirely free (keeping in mind that some unscrupulous "research" businesses can and will charge
customers for free information), and more. A state-by-state directory of some of the most
common, useful public record sources and vendors, complete with websites, rounds out this
excellent, easy-to-use resource especially recommended for genealogy researchers.
The Holocaust Studies Shelf
The Unwritten Diary of Israel Unger
Carolyn Gammon and Israel Unger
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3C5
9781554588312 $24.99 wlupress.wlu.ca
Part of the "Life Writing Series" of Wilfrid Laurier University Press, The Unwritten Diary of
Israel Unger is the true-life memories of Holocaust survivor Israel Unger, one of only a handful
of Polish Jews to survive to the end of World War II in the city of Tarnow, down from a
population of 25,000 at the start of the Nazi occupation. Chapters recount the hardships Unger
endured as one of nine people who hid for two years in an attic crawl space, emerging only to
forage for food at night, a situation similar (but not identical) to that of Holocaust victim Anne
Frank. Yet the end of the war did not bring safety to Polish Jews; anti-Semitism, false
accusations of the "blood libel" myth, and possible collaboration by the authorities prompted
multiple postwar murders of repatriated Jews. The deadly Kielce pogrom was one of Poland's
most vicious postwar massacres. To protect their children, Israel's parents sent him and his
brother as "orphans" to France. The Unger family was eventually reunited, but struggled with an
uncertain future, until they obtained papers granting them the opportunity to emigrate to Canada
in 1951. Although The Unwritten Diary of Israel Unger spans nations and continents, the threat
of persecution and the shadow of the Holocaust remain ongoing themes, culminating full circle
when Unger speaks of searching through records of the Holocaust (and the brave people who
resisted it), including a visit to his birth house. An erudite, honest, and thought-provoking
personal testimony, The Unwritten Diary of Israel Unger is a welcome contribution to public and
college library Holocaust Studies shelves, highly recommended.
The Origins and Onset of the Romanian Holocaust
Henry Eaton
Wayne State University Press
4809 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48201-1309
http://wsupress.wayne.edu
9780814338728, $29.95, www.amazon.com
The Holocaust was the mass murder or genocide of approximately six million Jews during World
War II, a program of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi Germany, led by Adolf Hitler
and the Nazi Party, throughout German-occupied territory. Of the nine million Jews who had
resided in Europe before the Holocaust, approximately two-thirds were killed. Over one million
Jewish children were killed in the Holocaust, as were approximately two million Jewish women
and three million Jewish men. A network of over 40,000 facilities in Germany and
German-occupied territory were used to concentrate, hold, and kill Jews and other victims. These
are grim statistics and most attention in books and films about the Holocaust focus on Germany.
Lesser known is the massive killings inflicted upon the Romanian Jews that took place in
Romania shortly after Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union and was significantly abetted by
antisemitic Romanians. "The Origins and Onset of the Romanian Holocaust" by Henry Eaton (a
retired associate professor of history with the University of North Texas) is a 224 page
compendium detailing a national tragedy arising from Romania's history of antisemitism.
Informed and informative, "The Origins and Onset of the Romanian Holocaust" is a significant
and highly recommended addition to Holocaust Studies supplemental reading lists and academic
library 20th Century Romanian History reference collections.
The Bookstore Accessories Shelf
Peter Pauper Press, Inc.
202 Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
www.peterpauper.com
A good bookstore has more to offer than just books! A good bookstore is also an excellent source
for such non-book (but book related) items as bookmarks, note cards, journals, calendars, weekly
planners and activity kits. To fill these bookstore inventory needs some publishers must be
acknowledged as premier leaders. Chief among them is the Peter Pauper Press. Founded in 1928,
is one of America's leading publishers of fine gift books, humor books, compact references,
travel guides, unique journals, quality stationery, holiday cards, and innovative children's activity
books. They publish approximately 100 books and ancillary products per year.
Among their newest releases are "Chevron Note Cards" (9781441313706, $8.99), a premium
boxed stationery set that is comprised of 14 quality stock cards measuring 3-1/2 inches x 5
inches, and 15 matching designer envelopes. Each card is blank allowing personal messages.
Two other outstanding note card sets are "Typewriter Note Cards" (9781441313614, $8.99) and
"Whistling Owls Small Boxed Holiday Cards" (9781441311832, $10.99).
One of the latest Peter Pauper Press activity kits is their "Origami Animals Kit"
(9781441311405, $5.99) that provides step-by-step instructions for six fun projects: Elephant,
Fox, Horse, Jumping Frog; Mouse; and Pig. Included are 36 sheets of premium origami paper in
unique patterns. Featured are illustrations by Martha Day Zschock and a handy carrying
handle.
Among their newest journals is the "Camouflage Journal" (9781441305473, $10.00) whose cover
replicates the military's 'MultiCam' pattern and provides 160 lightly-lined pages for personal
entries ranging from making notes, to recording thoughts, sketches, quotations, etc. The journal
itself is six inches wide and eight inches high. Of special note is the elastic band admirably
serves as a book mark or to keep the journal closed.
Peter Pauper Press is known for their weekly planners and engagement calendars. A superb
example of the latter is their Obsidian 2014 Compact Engagement Calendar (9781441311160,
$12.99) whose cover is designed after a 17th century, French. elaborate gold-tooled, raised
embossing appearance. Covering 16 months (September 2013 - December 2014), there are pages
in the back providing space for recording contact information for family and friends, as well as
writing down personal notes. 5 Inches by 7 inches, a hardback binding, an elastic band place
holder, and an inside back cover pocket capable of holding receipts, tickets, postcards, etc. make
this an invaluable management tool.
A truly beautiful addition to their address book series is their "Feathers Address Book"
(9781441310026, $8.99) with its unique cover design portraying an array of peacock feathers
with iridescent highlights, Pocket sized, 160 pages, an attached elastic band, and with a
concealed wire binding, there is also an inside back cover pocket for holding business cards or
notes, this is an elegantly designed and enduringly useful compendium for all manner of contact
information.
A cornucopia of book marks are offered by the Peter Pauper Press ranging from a traditional
"Never Judge a Book by Its Movie" (a beaded bookmark in a clear plastic protective sleeve and
measuring 2-1/2 inches wide by 7-1/8 inches high) to "Calligraphy i-clips" (a set of 8 laminated
i-clips packaged in a clear plastic sleeve with each individual clip measuring 3/4 inch wide and 1
inch high) folded.
Whether for individual and personal gift giving, libraries and library support groups looking for
project incentive and award prizes, or management needing to stock up a bookstore's inventory
with book related quality merchandise, the Peter Pauper Press web site at www.peterpauper.com
is a very highly recommended resource.
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
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Midwest Book Review
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