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The Artist As Citizen
Joseph W. Polisi
Amadeus Press
512 Newark Pompton Turnpike, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444
1574671030 $22.95 amadeuspress.com
Dr. Joseph W. Polisi's gathering of his many expert articles and quite thoughtful speeches blend
assessments of the performing artist's leadership role in society with a healthy dose of humor and
insight, reflecting his past twenty years as president of Juilliard School. Music observations are
only a part of The Artist As Citizen: even more important are the overall discussions of the
politics behind the scenes and the role of artist and director in leading artistic movements.
Trail Of Feathers
Tahir Shah
Arcade Publishing
141 Fifth Ave., 8th Fl, NY, NY 10010
www.arcadepub.com
1559706775 $13.95 1-800-759-0190
Take a shrunken head from Peru and a feather with traces of blood and you've intrigued author
Tahir Shah, sending him on a journey through themes of flight in Peruvian folklore which also
involves a real journey to the Andes and the jungles of the Amazon in search of the legendary
'birdmen'. Trail Of Feathers: In Search Of The Birdmen Of Peru is lovely armchair traveler's guide
which is very highly recommended for adventure readers and armchair explorers.
Encyclopedia Of The Bizarre
Julie Mooney
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
151 West 19th St., New York, NY 10011
1579123996 $17.95 1-800-722-7202
You can't get a better trivia collection together than a "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" collection, and
for fans of oddities and the bizarre. With the assistance of the "Ripley's Believe It Or Not"
editorial staff, Julie Mooney's Ripley's Believe It or Not! Encyclopedia Of The Bizarre: Amazing,
Strange, Inexplicable, Weird And All True! is one of the best. Enhanced with a profusion of color
drawings, it outlines over 6,000 real oddities, from a re-creation of DaVinci's Mona Lisa from a
piece of burnt toast to a six-year-old's invention of a battery-powered dog collar that glows in the
dark. Packed from cover to cover with real-life oddities, Encyclopedia Of The Bizarre is a
recommended pick for any public library holding.
Living Beyond Loss
Froma Walsh & Monica McGoldrick, eds.
W.W. Norton
500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110
www.wwnorton.com
0393704386 $27.50 1-800-233-4830
Here's the fully revised, expanded classic on the impact of death on families, using the editors'
dual framework to outline issues of recovering from loss and how a family's loss affects different
generations and relationships. New chapters unique to this second edition of Living Beyond Loss:
Death In The Family add discussions on spirituality, gender, suicide and other traumatic deaths, as
well as discussions of loss in different cultures.
Chelsea Green Publishing
Box 428, White River Junction, VT 05001
www.chelseagreen.com
Two notable books by Chelsea Green provide consumers and ecology-minded people with fine
insights on different topics. Rob Roy's Sauna: A Complete Guide To The Construction, Use, And
Benefits Of The Finnish Bath (1931498636, $30.00) appears in a revised, expanded edition to
cover everything about the 'Finnish bath'. Homeowners seeking details receive all they need on
equipment, supplies, and instructions for maintenance, along with step-by-step building ideas
which range from masonry saunas to conventionally framed ones. Color photos thought and an
attention to history and tradition make this an excellent how-to guide. Greg Pahl's Biodiesel:
Growing A New Energy Economy (1931498652, $18.00) tells how biodiesel is already powering
tour buses for big stars and politicians alike - and explores its potential expansion to other
technologies. Greg Pahl's introduction opens with the history of biodiesel development and use,
considering its biodegradable qualities, easy production process lending to either mass production
or home small-scale production, and its potential in this country. An exciting survey of a possible
answer to some of our energy woes.
Rescue At The Top Of The World
Shawn Shallow
Paradise Cay Publications
PO Box 29, Arcata, CA 95518-0029
www.paracay.com
093983765X $14.95 1-800-736-4509
The early Arctic winter of 1897 surprised almost the entire North American whaling fleet,
trapping them in the ice and threatening 300 men with starvation. A distress call was answered by
three volunteers from the Coast Guard who trekked over 1,500 miles to reach the whalers - a
four-month odyssey detailed in Rescue At The Top Of The World. Any reader seeking true-life
adventure should look no further than Shawn Shallow's book: it keeps you on the edge of your
seat - and the story is entirely retail, detailing hardship, courage, and success. Author Shawn
Shallow re-creates the story from old journals and his smooth narrative reads like dramatic fiction
but with all the facts at hand.
Why Americans Zigzag When They Eat
Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls
Cadogan/Globe Pequot Press
www.cadoganguides.com
1860111742 $12.95 1-800-243-0495
Trivia is delightful and fun given the all-embracing focus of Why Americans Zigzag When They
Eat, a compendium of odd cultural facts and habits under one cover. The focus on different
cultural habits makes for a lively set of insights pairing history with fun. There are culinary
insights, questionable origins of chess, and much more. A perfect gift for that trivia buff who has
had primarily word histories in past, and enjoys oddities.
Bellydance
Dolphina
DK Publishing, Inc.
375 Hudson St., New York, NY 10014
0756605555 $15.00 www.dk.com
For centuries bellydance has aided in exercise for women around the world: with this focus on the
art in mind, Dolphina provides a non-impact exercise that tones, based on bellydance basics in
Bellydance. Dance routines receipt step-by-step photographic embellishment in a workout side
using different models to demonstrate the basic moves of bellydance. Highly recommended and
very "user friendly"!
Letters To The Valley
David Mas Masumoto
Heyday Books
PO Box 9145, Berkeley, CA 94709
1890771864 $19.95 heydaybooks.com
It's hard to easily categorize David Mas Masumoto's presentation Letters To The Valley: A
Harvest Of Memories: it fits neatly into 'autobiography', 'California issues', 'farm life' and 'food'
catagories of interest, yet is a synthesis of all of these themes and embraces even more topics.
Masumoto's monthly column, written in the form of letters to friends and family, has been a
regular feature in California's Fresno Bee newspaper, and here is reprinted with original
watercolors by Doug Hansen. A fine account of one farmer's increasingly threatened way of
life.
The Woodburner's Companion
Dirk Thomas
Alan C. Hood & Company
PO Box 775, Chambersburg, PA 17201
0911469249 $16.50 www.amazon.com
Thoroughly "reader friendly" and now in a newly revised and expanded edition, The
Woodburner's Company written by experienced woodburner and chimney sweep Dirk Thomas
takes the reader through all of the issues associated with using wood for fuel. Explaining the fuel
value of various woods, Dirk goes on to such issues as buying firewood, getting the most heat
from it, the environmental implications and impacts of woodburning, and woodburning safety.
With its updated technical information, this new and informative edition of The Woodburner's
Companion is a "must" resource and reference for anyone wanting to utilize wood for heating,
cooking, or the simple esthetic pleasures of a wood fire burning in the night.
Competitive Mindstorms
David J. Perdue
Apress
2560 Ninth Street, Suite 219, Berkeley, CA 94710
1590593758 $29.99 www.apress.com
Competitive Mindstorms: A Complete Guide To Robotic Sumo Using Lego Mindstorms is a
hobby guide to using the Lego Mindstorms Robotic Invention System to design, build, program,
and unleash autonomous "sumo-bot" creations for use in a robotic sumo arena. Written by
dedicated Lego Mindstorms enthusiast David Perdue, Competitive Mindstorms introduces the
reader to the sumo-bot, provides seven projects designed to give hands-on experience in three
different approaches to robotic sumo (small-and-fast class, medium class, and big-sumo
strategies), presents extensive discussions of Lego pieces and building methodology,
programming techniques, and much more. Black-and-white photographs illustrate the building
instructions in this go-to guide especially friendly to beginners but packed with valuable tips,
tricks, and techniques for the seasoned Lego Mindstorms hobbyist as well.
The Computer Shelf
Sams Publishing
c/o Pearson Technology Group
801 East 96h Street, #300
Indianapolis, IN 46240-3759
1-800-428-5331 www.mcp.com
An effective collaboration by co-authors and design experts Jason Busby, Zak Parrish, and Joel
VanEenwyk, Mastering Unreal Technology: The Art Of Level Design (0672326922, $49.99, 704
pp) knows no boundaries as it shows users how to build custom mods, maps and levels with the
Unreal engine. Its tutorial format is specifically designed and organized to give readers immediate
results through the tips and demos provided from the industry's top-level designers. Red Hat
Linux Fedora 3 Unleashed (0672327082, $49.99, 984 pp) by the team of Linux experts Billy Ball
and Hoyt Duff is perhaps the single best and most comprehensive coverage available on the
cutting edge advancements associated with Red Hat Linux. Red Hat Fedora 3 Unleashed includes
new and additional materials based on the latest release of Red Hat's Fedora Core Linux
distribution. Incorporating an advanced approach, the information presented aims to provide you
with the best and latest information about installation, configuration, system administration, server
operations and security. If you only have time for one new instruction resource and reference on
Linux, you would be well advised to make it Red Hat Linux Fedora 3 Unleashed.
Small Websites, Great Results
Doug Addison
Paraglyph Press
4015 N 78th St. #115, Scottsdale, AZ 85251
1932111905 $29.99 paraglyphpress.com
From locating free search tools for enabling a searachable web site to splitting a growing site into
two smaller sites, increasing a site's functionality, and turning casual visitors into customers, Small
Websites, Great Results is packed with refinement techniques which assumes a basic site has been
set up and is ready for customizing and tweaking. An outstanding book for small site operators,
simply packed with important resources and tips.
Addison-Wesley
75 Arlington Street, Suite 300, Boston, MA 02116
www.awprofessional.com
Three excellent professional developers' guides provide important paths for improving knowledge
and routines, offering advanced 'courses in a book' for programmers and developers who already
have the basics down and wish to learn more. Dr. Neil Roodyn's eXtreme .NET : Introducing
eXtreme Programming Techniques To .NET Developers (0321303636, $39.99) is for developer
and team leader alike: it focuses on eXtreme Programming practices with .Net-connected
technologies, discussing code enhancements, low-cost system development, and exercises in
streamlining, integration, and test-driven development options. Dr. Roodyn has been involved
with eXtreme Programming since 19999, founding an activity club and working as both instructor
and project leader: his methods are based in the world of reality, not the classroom alone. Bill
Wagner's Effective C#: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your C# (0321245660, $39.99) covers a
program similar to Java, C and C++, but with enhanced features programmers used to the older
versions may not realize. From avoiding common traps and problem functions to using both types
of C# constants for efficiency and taking maximum advantage of new interfaces and assembly
options, this technical user's guide comes from the co-founder of SRT Solutions, making his
independent expertise a 'bible in a book' for computer programmers. Elliotte Rusty Harold's
Effective XML: 50 Specific Ways To Improve Your XML (0321150406, $44.99) tells how to
become a more effective XML developer, using tools which create better XML code. Understand
API choices, schemas, and proper application methods with an outline of 50 practical applications
by a professor of computer science in New York.
Peachpit Press, Inc.
1249 Eighth St, Berkeley, CA 94710
1-800-283-9444 www.peachpit.com
Peachpit's gorgeous new titles are highly recommended pick for a range of computer users who
would be more savvy at their craft. Fred Johnson's Global Mobile: Connecting Without Wlls,
Wires Or Borders (0321278712, $15.99) is for anyone who would keep in touch regardless of
distance. Using only a laptop and a cell phone, it's possible to stay connected but how? Johnson
explains just how; from understanding how to use a cell phone's card when abroad to sending text
messages from a cell and connecting to the Internet anywhere with only a cell phone and a laptop.
Users with both will relish the easy directions. The X-Play crew and Mark Saltzman's X-Play
Insider's Gudie To Gaming (0735714355, $29.99) stems from the X-Play TV show which reviews
and features top video games. Wit and critical reviewing blend here to point out both pros and
cons of games, from how it works to glitches. Does the spark of the TV show translate well to
print? Most certainly, with a healthy dose of black and white photos and screen shots for
illustration. Jennifer Alspach's Adobe Acrobat For Windows And Macintosh (0321303-318,
$19.99) uses a visual approach to teaching Acrobat 7: it's organized like a reference and provides
clear commentary throughout using pictures rather than text. The result's a guide which makes for
easy reference and quick understanding. Two new Photoshop books are outstanding. Katrin
Eismann's Photoshop Masking & Compositing (0735712794, $54.99) addresses one of the most
complex - and least understood by casual users - aspects of Photoshop: masking. While it's an
essential foundation of the program, masking can be both confusing and under-utilized: not for
readers of Photoshop Masking & Compositing, which comes packed with color photo examples
on every page. From layering to using different tools and understanding their differences,
Photoshop Masking & Compositing is a 'bible' of basics. Jan Kabili and Colin Smith with series
editor Jack Davis present How To WOW: Photoshop For The Web (032130330X, $39.99), a
lovely refeence blend of CDRom of projects and accessories with tips on how to translate
complex web design elements to Photoshop. From pattern presets and web navigation to creating
animations to automating repetitive tasks, this packs Photoshop savvy with insights on what
makes for a powerful web effect online. Plenty of color examples throughout makes for a real
winner for all levels
Storage Networking Fundamentals
Marc Farley
Cisco Press
800 East 96th St., Indianapolis, IN 46240
1587051621 $50.00 www.ciscopress.com
Network managers and administrators needing a basic primers to storage will find Storage
Networking Fundamentals: An Introduction To Storage Devices, Subsystems, Applications,
Management, And File Systems just the ticket. Computer networking expert Marc Farley covers
the basics of this new technology, describing the entire storage device field, subsystem operations,
and data protection. From virtual storage devices to multipathing options and distributed file
systems, Storage Networking Fundamentals can as easily serve as a college-level primer as a basic
programmer's tutorial.
O'Reilly & Associates
1005 Gravenstein Highway N., Sebastapol, CA 95472
$24.95 each www.oreilly.com
Two excellent tips for consumers provide fine basic guides and are recommended picks. Brett
Mclaughlin's Home Theater Hacks (0596007043) tells how to build a quality home theater. Basic
home theater installation from scratch is covered; from understanding the specialized lingo of the
home theater industry to learning buying options, setting up the sound and screen for the best
overall experience, and tweaking the technology. Gordon Meyer's Smart Home Hacks
(0596007221) focuses on making the futuristic 'automated home' a reality. Turn on lights
automatically when entering a room, and off when exiting; send reminders of events to your cell
phone or pager, and wire the house for announcements and paging with the help of Smart Home
Hacks, which even allows you to remotely check for an empty home - and see who may be there -
while you're away.
Consider The Source
Paige Taylor & Jerri Lejeune
Upstart Books
Box 800, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538-0800
1579500951 $16.95 1-800-448-4887
Students of all pages, parents, educators and adult alike will find this basic primer on finding
reliable information on the internet teaches some very basic routines for verifying misinformation
and investigating options. Chapters are intended for use with students in grades 4-6, but Consider
The Source: Finding Reliable Information On The Internet is featured here for its important and
very basic guide to a computer-based on-line research tricks, traps, techniques and tips.
Ebay For Dummies
Marsha Collier
Wiley Publishing
111 River St., Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774
www.wiley.com
0764556541 $21.99 1-800-225-5945
Why grab up this newly updated and expanded fourth edition if you already have the last version?
Because ebay is an ever-changing, dynamic, evolving, expanding website incorporating many new
changes in recent years, and it's essential for any successful online auctioneer to have the latest
update to techniques. From bidding successfully and winning to selling successfully, collecting
money and shipping, Ebay For Dummies assumes no prior ebay experience and provides all the
details necessary to succeed.
How To Cheat At Managing Windows Small Business Server 2003
Susan Snedaker, MCSE, MCT, MBA
Daniel Bendell, Technical Editor
Syngress Publishing
800 Hingham St., Rockland, MA 02370
1932266801 $49.95 www.syngress.com
Susan Snedaker's superbly organized and presented instructional guide, How To Cheat At
Managing Windows Small Business Server 2003, is a recommended pick for any Microsoft
system engineer managing a Windows Server 2003 environment: it tells how to overcome
common problems and time drains that Exchange Server creates, such as handling user
permissions and security settings, and it also covers group policy, installing printers, managing
client computers, and more. The disaster planning portion is particularly well detailed.
Degunking eBay
Greg Holden
Paraglyph Press
4015 N. 78th Street, #115, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251
1932111999 $24.99 paraglyphpress.com
Written by seasoned computer and internet writer Greg Holden, whose previous titles include
"Internet Auctions for Dummies" and "Cliff Notes Guide to Buying and Selling on eBay",
Degunking eBay is a resource especially for eBay buyers and sellers who are high on transaction
volume, short on time, and need to make their eBay buying and selling activities as quick and
clutter-free as possible. Chapters address how to swiftly look through massive numbers of
product listings to find the right items, how to spruce up one's auction descriptions to make more
money, how to take advantage of hot trends, how to maintain excellent feedback ratings, and
much more. Designed especially to help novice to intermediate level eBay users, Degunking eBay
includes tips directly from eBay's PowerSellers, and a "Quick Degunking Sheet" at the front of the
book for easy reference. A "must-have" for anyone interested in amassing private collections from
or making money off of eBay.
Murach's Beginning Java 2 JDK 5
Doug Lowe, et al.
Mike Murach & Associates
3484 West Gettysburg, #101, Fresno, CA 93722
www.murach.com
1890774294 $49.50 1-800-221-5528
The collaborative project of seasoned Java experts Doug Lowe, Joel Murach, and Andrea
Steelman, Murach's Beginning Java 2 JDK 5 is a self-paced instructional guide designed to help
the reader learn how to write professional-quality object-oriented applications in just six chapters.
Further chapters teach graphic user interface programming with Java, as well as data access
programming, how to work with XML, and more. Designed for anyone seeking to learn the core
features of the Java language, Beginning Java 2 JDK 5 is especially ideal for readers with no
programming experience at all, or who are primarily familiar with a different language. Murach's
Beginning Java 2 JDK 5 is meant to work with Java 2 Platform, Standard edition 5.0, also called
J2SE 5.0, version 1.5.0, or just 1.5; but note that all Java versions are upwards-compatible,
therefore anything in Murach's Beginning Java 2 JDK 5 will work in future versions of JDK.
Screenshots, sample code, step-by-step instructions written in plain terms, and an index make
Murach's Beginning Java 2 JDK 5 a first-rate resource for learning Java quickly and skillfully.
Photoshop CS Down & Dirty Tricks
Scott Kelby
New Riders
c/o Pearson Technology Group
801 East 96h Street, #300, Indianapolis, IN 46240-3759
www.newriders.com
0735713537 $39.99 1-800-428-5331
From Scott Kelby (the editor of "Photoshop Magazine"), Photoshop Cs Down & Dirty Tricks is a
guide offering step-by-step walkthroughs for techniques that can create eye-catching digital
images using Photoshop - from 3D effects that don't require a 3D program to transforming
ordinary snapshots into museum-quality prints to tricks uses by professional photographers and
much more. Full-color images, quick tips on the sidebar of every page, and instructions that are
detailed down to each click of the mouse pack this user-friendly guide for amateur and
professional alike. An index allows for quick and easy lookup of various topics. A sure-fire
resource to add snap and sizzle to one's digital images!
The Photography Shelf
Eros
Jeff Marano
Te Neues Publishing Company
16 West 22nd St., New York NY 10010
www.teneues.com
3823845977 $45.00 1-800-352-0305
Photographer Jeff Marano has also been a model during the last several years: with experience on
both sides of the camera, he's in the perfect position to provide Eros, a gathering of sensual black
and white photos of beautiful men. Photos use only natural light in natural settings to capture
close-ups and shots not normally seen in more posed settings. A tasteful selection of powerful
images results.
Outdoor Photographer's Handbook
Barry Beck & Cathy Beck
Stackpole Books
5067 Ritter Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
www.stackpolebooks.com
0811731200 $16.95 1-800-732-3669
The Becks have been taking outdoor photos for 20 years and they know from sad experience the
usual photo mistakes common to outdoor photography, so their experience especially lends to a
practical guide on how to avoid common problems in Outdoor Photographer's Handbook. Both
digital and film are covered along with specific types of outdoor shots, from fishing and wildlife to
light, composition and using backgrounds effectively. Add color photos throughout as examples
and you have a very practical how-to guide.
Aperture
20 East 23rd St., New York, NY 10010
1-800-929-2323 www.aperture.org
Two outstanding new art titles are recommended picks for specialty art libraries focusing on
talented modern photographers. Jock Sturges' Jock Sturges: Notes (1931-788472, $39.95)
surveys the styles and works of a photographer who has produced and celebrated the human form
for the past decade. Jock Sturges: Notes is more than just a compilation of images, however:
Sturges discusses his interactions with the families and individuals he's worked with, and presents
both these notes and preliminary sketches in the form of Polaroids and other smaller camera
studies leading to the finished image. An outstanding, crisp connection between photographer
effort and client is created. Hellen Van Meene: Portraits (1931788-456, $35.00) presents the
Dutch photographer's striking focus on portraits of adolescents. Over fifty four-color photos,
many before published, accompany an essay by art historian/curator Kate Bush, presenting a
gorgeous, multi-cultural series of images which are strikingly posed and unforgettable.
Proof
Jim Marshall
Chronicle Books
85 Second St., 6th Floor, San Francisco CA 94105
www.chroniclebooks.com
0811843181 $40.00 1-800-722-6657
Photographer Jim Marshall captured some of the most notable musicians in historic candid shots
still remembered today: Janis Joplin with whiskey bottle and the Beatles racing across Candlestick
Park at the end of their final public performance: but what about some of his other shots. Proof
shares his contact sheets from the concerts, sessions and sittings of his more famous shots. These
contact sheets, nicely accompanied by background history and explanations of the photographic
methods and shot settings, are outstanding representations and when viewed here as a unit and
package, explain the origins of the famous works. Highly recommended.
The Health/Medicine Shelf
Omnigraphics
PO Box 625, Holmes, PA 19043
www.omnigraphics.com
Additions and updates to the 'Health Reference Series' from Omnigraphics keeps the set up to
date and relevant to library holdings. The first edition of Dawn D. Matthews and Karen Bellenir's
Hypertension Sourcebook (0780806743, $78.00) helps lay readers understand, manage and avoid
illness through recognizing the causes and risk factors associated with primary, secondary, or
pre-hypertension conditions. The distinctions between all three are covered, along with
relationships between hypertension and other common co-occurring conditions, and the
complications of high blood pressure. Sandra Judd edits the second and newly updated edition of
Breast Cancer Sourcebook (0780-806689, $78.00), a survey of early warning signs, lifestyle
influences on breast cancer, and treatment options. From risk factors to prevention, Breast Cancer
Sourcebook provides all the latest facts and research. Karen Bellenir's first edition of Smoking
Concerns (078080323X, $78.00) provides everything needed for the student or general reader
seeking practical details on the effects of tobacco use. From how nicotine affects the body to
using smokeless tobacco and sustaining a smoke-free lifestyle, there are plenty of statistics and
facts as well as insights on health policies. The second edition of Amy L. Sutton's Back And Neck
Sourcebook (0780807383, $78.00) updates details on back and neck research, including the latest
facts about pain management, treatment options, and spinal conditions.
10 Things You Need To Know Before You See The Doctor
Sheldon Lipshutz, MD
Silver Lake Publishing
3501 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026
www.silverlakepub.com
1563437813 $17.95 1-888-663-3091
Dr. Sheldon Lipshutz's advice comes from his 40+ years practicing medicine and covers all the
basics for making good decisions when seeing the doctor; from understanding health insurance
and options for second or third opinions to understanding pain management, how to spot an
unscrupulous doctor, and how to assure the right attention from hospital staff. An invaluable
guide, 10 Things You Need To Know Before You See The Doctor: A Physician's Advice From
More Than 40 Years Of Practicing Medicine is a recommended addition to family and community
library medical reading lists and reference collections.
ADA Complete Guide To Carb Counting
Hope S. Warshaw, et.al.
American Diabetes Association
1701 North Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311
1580402038 $16.95 www.diabetes.com
Hope Warshaw, MMSc, RD, CDE, BC-ADM, is a nationally recognized expert on diabetes and
has written numerous books on the topic, while Karmeen Kulkarni, MS, RD, CDE, BC-ADM
works at the Diabetes Center in Salt Lake City. In a newly published second edition, ADA
Complete Guide To Carb Counting, these two experts update information on carb counting,
provide the very latest insights on how to practice carb counting more effectively, explain how to
count using both food labels and restaurant menus, and teach the reader just how to figure out
strategies for eating ranging from meal plans to challenges away from home. Especially
recommended for the diabetic, ADA Complete Guide To Carb Counting would make an excellent
addition to any weight conscience dieter's reference collection.
Multiple Sclerosis
T. Jock Murray, OC, MD
Demos Medical
386 Park Avenue South, #201, New York, NY 10016
1888799803 $29.95 www.amazon.com
Plenty of facts appear in a great many medical guides to multiple sclerosis; but Dr. T. Jock
Murray's Multiple Sclerosis: The History Of A Disease is one of the few to provide an accurate
and accessible history of the disease. This is a survey of individuals who suffered with MS
centuries before it had a name, of the discoveries and management techniques which eventually
led to its diagnosis and treatment, and of the medical science which contributed a better
understanding of MS. A 'must' for any serious health collection.
Prickly Pear Cactus Medicine
Ran Knishinsky
Healing Arts Press
1 Park St., Rochester, VT 05767
www.innertraditions.com
0892811498 $9.95 1-800-246-8648
The pricky pear cactus may become a herbal superstar if Ran Kniskinsky, a professional health
researcher, has anything to say about it: his Prickly Pear Cactus Medicine: Treatments For
Diabetes, Cholesterol, And The Immune System points out this plant has long been a stable in
diets and has been used as a remedy for many common ailments for a long time. Chapters
document its use in the treatment of diabetes, its importance in treating obesity, and its
applications as an immune system enhancer. Prickly Pear Cactus Medicine is a unique and
invaluable contribution to alternative medicine reference collections.
Overdosed America
John Abramson, MD
HarperCollins
10 E. 53rd St, New York, NY 10022-5299
www.harpercollins.com
0060568526 $24.95 1-800-242-7737
How do pharmaceutical companies mislead doctors and distort medical knowledge and facts to
sell more drugs to consumers? Overdosed America: The Broken Promise Of American Medicine
is no mere tabloid report. Expertly written by Harvard Medical School clinical faculty member
and family practitioner Dr. John Abramson, it's backed with professional experience and
education. Chapters cover how drug/medical device companies fund up to 80% of clinical
research, how experts who write guidelines are being paid by the drug companies whose products
they are recommending, and more. An eye-opening expose.
The Body Sculpting Bible Express Men's Edition
James Villepigue & Hugo Rivera
Hatherleigh Press
5-22 46th Avenue, Suite 200, Long Island City, NY 11101
www.bodysculptingbible.com
1578261848 $15.95 1-800-528-2550
The Body Sculpting Bible Express Men's Edition is an exercise guide featuring a 21-minute
express workout designed specifically to tone and sculpt the body. The Men's Edition focuses
especially upon building muscles, and the "eating for health and fitness" advice is tailored toward
the needs of the male body. Copious black-and-white photographs, explicit instructions focusing
on technique and form, and trainer's tips instruct the reader in simple exercises with dumbell rolls
as well as machine exercises involving equipment. A 21-day challenge offering recommended
exercises will get the reader started in body sculpting, and notes on proper diet and nutrition help
round out this excellent fitness resource especially for men with limited time.
The Seitai Method
Kuniaki Imoto, Ph.D.
Kodansha America, Inc.
575 Lexington Avenue, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10022
www.kodansha-intl.com
4770029977 $19.95 1-800-451-7556
The Seitai Method: A Holistic Approach To Staying Healthy Through Stretching And Body
Alignment is a guide for self-use. Step by step instructions and a wealth of black-and-white
photographs walk the reader through Seitai techniques, exercises based on a combination of
traditional Japanese healing therapies that treat the skeletal frame and muscles of the body in
order to remove any factors that weaken or obstruct the body's innate healing power. Written by
an author with fifty years of personal experience with Seitai, The Seitai Method can be applied as
self-treatment to a number of problems, including headache, stiff shoulders, mental stress,
constipation, and more. A summary by symptoms chart recommends Seitai exercises and hot
moist towel treatment for various parts of the body, in response to common ailments. An
inexpensive and easy-to-use resource for getting in touch with the healing power of one's own
body.
The Sports Shelf
Pete Rose
David Jordan
Greenwood Press
88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
www.greenwood.com
0313328757 $29.95 1-800-225-5800
Pete Rose was one of baseball's greatest hitters, but his off-field actions cast a dark light on his
achievements, leading to investigations into his gambling and a lifetime banishment from the game
which even barred him from induction into the Hall of Fame. His story is told in Pete Rose: A
Biography, a hard-hitting sports biography which presents the nature of his lasting legacy and his
post-baseball life.
1001 Golf Holes You Must Play Before You Die
Jeff Barr, general editor
Ronnie Sellers Productions
PO Box 818, Portland, ME 04104
1569065853 $34.95 1-800-625-3386
1001 Golf Holes You Must Play Before You Die is a massive compendium of truly great golf
courses in America, Canada, Germany, England, Australia, the Philippines, and more nations
worldwide. Illustrated throughout with stunning full-color photographs of these optimum courses,
1001 Golf Holes You Must Play Before You Die offers a brief description of each one. A
gorgeous treasury for golf enthusiasts, captivating simply to play through and a superb starting
point for dedicated golfers seeking to experience the best of the best - many courses are in a
variety of American states, so American readers should have no trouble selecting great locations
for golf within their home state. A course index and a designer index round out this breathtaking
compendium.
Ivan R. Dee
1332 N. Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60622
1-800-462-6420 www.ivanrdee.com
Two baseball guides provide very different portraits of the sport. Marvin Miller's A Whole
Different Ball Game: The Inside Story Of The Baseball Revolution (1566635993, $18.95)
provides an 'inside' story of baseball - and a new afterword by author Miller. For more than a
century the owners of baseball franchises conducted their business like baron owners, with players
as serfs: this began changing in the mid-1960s, and today club owners have a new type of
relationship with players. Miller helped end the old system which linked athletes to single teams:
A Whole Different Ball Game outlines his influence and baseball history. Will Carroll's Saving The
Pitcher: Preventing Pitching Injuries In Modern Baseball (1566635-780, $24.95) provides a
detailed, in-depth analysis of pitching injuries and how to prevent them, based on pitching coach
Tom House's professional experience. This is no casual survey of method: it analyzes pitcher arm
health as a whole, discusses the prevention and treatment of common pitching injuries, and is
grounded in much research.
The Business Shelf
It Pays To Be Paranoid
Christopher Eiben
Agate
1501 Madison St., Evanston, IL 60202
1932841024 $14.95 agatepublishing.com
Just when does paranoia pay off? When it can be used to recognize and avoid foreseeable
mistakes in business: that's the message of It Pays To Be Paranoid: Securing Business Success By
Preparing For The Worst, which helps readers spot problems stemming from misappropriation of
funds, cyber-fraud, workplace accidents and more. Chapters provide plenty of case histories and
come from a veteran legal investigator and business consultant whose own in-depth case analyses
serve as models of understanding.
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
235 Montgomery St. #650, San Francisco Ca 94104-2916
www.bkconnection.com
Stan Davis and David McIntosh's The Art Of Business: Make All Your Work A Work Of Art
(1576753026, $19.95) advises businesspeople and consumers alike to view their jobs and work as
an art piece. When taking such a viewpoint, aesthetic observation becomes embedded in one's
work and will improve performance and profitability. Chapters discuss different views of business
performance versus artistic output, provides plenty of examples on how ideas of 'artistic flow' can
encourage creative problem-solving, and does an excellent job of melding business and art
concepts for a smoothly-functioning set of improvement ideas. John Perkins' Confessions Of An
Economic Hit Man (157-6753018, $24.95) provides the author's personal odyssey as he moved
from being a National Security Agency promoter of policies for US corporations to being an
advocate for oppressed people. His role as an 'economic hit man' led to implementation to secret
schemes to funnel oil dollars back to the US, and other methods of imperial control of foreign
governments: a fascinating survey of economic prowess wielded against other nations makes for
riveting reading. Consumers, take note: Michael Finney's Michael Finney's Consumer
Confidential: The Money-Saving Secrets They Don't Want You To Know (157675300X, $14.95)
is on your side. There are many industry 'secrets' entreprenuers, small business owners, and
consumers wanting the best "bang for their buck" would benefit from; ranging from buying cars
for less than invoice, to obtaining the lowest hotel rates ever. Finney's personal finance advice is
based on tested fact and is entirely on the consumer's side, exposing scams, wrong doings, and
bargains to be gained alike.
Business Without Boundaries
Don Mankin & Susan G. Cohen
Jossey-Bass, Inc.
989 Market Street, 5th floor, San Francisco, CA 94103-1741
www.josseybass.com
0787959111 $35.00 1-800-225-5945
There are plenty of general management advise titles on the market today, but a few stand out
from the crowd as specific guides for working establishments - and Don Mankin and Susan G.
Cohen's Business Without Boundaries: An Action Framework For Collaborating Across Time,
Distance, Organization, And Culture is one of them. With more and more business being
conducted virtually, mechanisms for collaborative success in virtual e-business and corporate
environments becomes all the more important: that's where Business Without Boundaries comes
in, helping managers with real-world examples and principles for successful virtual collaboration.
An excellent, action-packed advice guide.
Globe Pequot Press
PO Box 480, Guilford, CT 06437
www.globepequot.com
$17.95 Each 1-800-243-0495
Two revised, updated classics for home-based businesses provide specifics for aspiring start-up
companies, ranging from the initial decision of what kind of business to begin, to locating buying
and selling resources. Jocelyn Peake's How To Start A Home-Based Antiques Business
(0762734450) has been revised and updated by Bob Brooke, and provides the latest specifics on
everything from pricing and displaying antiques to locating products in yard sales and through
specific types of dealers. All the nuts and bolts are here, from common business savvy to antiques
issues such as determining authenticity of pieces and offering different payment methods.
Georganne Fiumara's third edition of How To Start A Home-Based Mail Order Business
(076272501X, $17.95) imparts author Fiumara's own experiences and advice on running a
successful home-based mail order business. From database and telemarketing strategies to
determining the best way to sell and price a service, How To Start A Home-Based Mail Order
Business is packed with practical tips.
Strategic Business Letters And E-Mail
Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts
Houghton Mifflin
222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116
www.hmco.com
0618448330 $19.95 1-800-225-3362
Tired of developing perfect business letter and email models, only to lose them in the morass of
inbox materials? Frustrated about imparting the right tone and point in a business letter? Use
Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts' Strategic Business Letters And E-Mail's series of sequencing steps to
write a draft, design for visual impact, and create a winning letter model which can be used as a
proven template of success. Letters are grouped by subject such as Customer Relations or Media
Relations, and outline just why some messages succeed while others fail.
Kogan Page US/Stylus Publishing
PO Box 605, Herndon, VA 20172-0605
1-800-232-0223 www.styluspub.com
These excellent new titles teach the basics of workplace communication, market research and
business plan development. Theo Theobald and Cary Cooper's Shut Up And Listen!: The Truth
About How To Communicate At Work (0749440244, $19.95) provides an excellent honest
approach to workplace communication, addressing the problems of trying to be heard in a busy
business environment. From learning communication strategies through common ad techniques
and translating them to workplace environments to understanding the basics of effective written
and oral English, Shut Up And Listen comes packed with practical tips. Robin J. Birn's The
Effective Use Of Market Research: How To Drive And Focus Better Business Decisions
(074944200X, $32.50) appears in its updated fourth edition to put market research into a
practical world of results. Case studies put theory to work, from using information in a structured
research or business setting to assessing research criteria and getting the most from the
information segments which are critical. Edward Blackwell's How To Prepare A Business Plan
(0749441917, $24.95) is still one of the best books available in a sea of business plan guides.
Why? It updates a prior best-seller and provides clear explanations, breaking the entire process
into easily-digested segments, from producing cash-flow forecasts to planning company
expenditures and incoming monies. The small business case studies are particularly well done.
Paul Barrow's Raising Finance: A Practical Guide To Starting, Expanding & Selling Your
(07-49442603, $29.95) covers the basics of starting, expanding then selling a business. Chapters
cover all the essentials, from start-up financing versus growth and equity funding to grooming a
business for a successful sale. All are excellent basic guides.
Play To Win
David La Piana with Michaela Hayes
Jossey-Bass, Inc.
989 Market Street, 5th floor, San Francisco, CA 94103-1741
www.josseybass.com
0787968137 $32.00 1-800-225-5945
Play To Win: The Nonprofit Guide To Competitive Strategy describes the value of using
competition in furthering the mission of a nonprofit organization. While not denigrating the
advantages of collaborative strategies, Play to Win gives the reader useful tools for mining the
benefits of a competitive stance, including means to assess a nonprofit's position in the
marketplace, how to develop winning competitive strategies, step-by-step directions for leaders to
effectively compete for limited resources, and much more. Written by the founder and senior
manager La Piana Associates, a consulting firm specializing in problems and strategies unique to
nonprofit organizations, Play To Win is highly recommended reading for the leadership of any
nonprofit determined to stand out from the crowd.
Guerrilla Marketing In 30 Days
Jay Conrad Levinson & Al Lautenslager
Entrepreneur Press
2445 McCabe Way, Suite 400, Irvine, CA 92614-6244
1932531297 $19.95 1-800-462-6420
Best-selling marketing author Jay Conrad Levinson and award-winning marketing/PR consultant
Al Lautenslager combine their talents in Guerrilla Marketing In 30 Days, a condensed
quick-learning guide that compacts Levinson's acclaimed "Guerrilla Marketing" series into a
single, potent instructional tool. Organized into 30 lessons, complete with summaries and sample
activities, Guerrilla Marketing In 30 Days presents difficult skills, useful tools, and proven
strategies explained step-by-step. An absolute must-have for anyone who needs to learn the
marketing trade or sharpen their skills quickly, from professional marketers for large companies to
small business owners who need to step up and get the word out ASAP. Highly
recommended.
The Metaphysical Studies Shelf
Llewellyn
PO Box 64383, St. Paul, MN 55164
www.llewellyn.com
Llewellyn provides a host of tarot, wicca and ritual titles for new age spiritual practitioners,
offering both basic kits and advanced spells. Beginners will welcome Janet Berres' Tarot Kit For
Beginners (0738705063, $19.95), a book/card set designed for newcomers. This is no everyday
kit: the guidebook was written by the former president of the International Tarot Society and card
layouts and clear explanations allow beginners to get the most from their initial efforts. Raymond
Buckland's Practical Candleburning Rituals (0875420486, $9.95) presents a treatise by one of the
leading authorities on magic in the U.S. Practical Candleburning Rituals presents easy candle rites
of spells and rituals for everyday use. Everyday Sun Magic (0738704687, $12.95) by Dorothy
Morrison presents over one hundred diverse spells, chants and rituals based on capturing the
energy of the sun. From celebrations to games and party ideas, Wicca celebrants receive a fine
handbook.
Haunted San Francisco
Rand Richards, Editor
Heritage House
PO Box 194242, San Francisco CA 94119
hhprincon@aol.com
1879367041 $14.95 www.amazon.com
It's hard to know where to place Haunted San Francisco: Ghost Stories From The City's Past: at
once a history, a travelogue, an account of spiritual mystery and a fine collection of ghost stories,
it will appeal to readers of all these genres with two dozen stories spanning nearly a century and a
half and embracing some of the most famous ghosts and places of the San Francisco area.
Anticipate a lively set of stories perfect for browsing and steeped in San Francisco traditions and
biographies of some of the city's colorful characters.
Ghosts Among Us
Leslie Rule
Andrews & McMeel
4520 Main St., Kansas City, MO 64111
www.amuniversal.com
0740747177 $14.95 1-800-851-8923
Enthusiasts of the supernatural will find a winning presentation in Ghosts Among Us: True Stories
Of Spirit Encounters, a survey of true-life haunting experiences and paranormal encounters
blended with black and white photos of haunted sites. Ghosts Among Us is no mere re-iteration of
legend but presents personal first-hand reports and stories chart events from across the U.S.
Author Leslie Rule is also the daughter of true-crime author Ann Rule, which helped foster her
interest in mysteries of the supernatural.
A Wiccan Formulary And Herbal
A.J. Drew
New Page Books
PO Box 687, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417
www.newpagebooks.com
1564147827 $19.99 1-800-227-3371
Wicca and new age followers will find A Wiccan Formulary And Herbal a wonderful reference
addition: a set of home remedies, herbal cures, recipes for incense and oils, and more. Methods
featured are based in science and applications more than rituals: from plant herbals and tinctures
to kitchen witchery, here are all the practical formulas for making real 'magic'.
The Railroading Shelf
The Willing Servant
David Ross
Tempus/Trafalgar Square
PO Box 257, Howe Hill Road, North Pomfret, VT 05053-0257
www.trafalgarsquarebooks.com
0752429868 $45.00 1-800-423-4525
The rail steam locomotive was invented by a Cornish man in 1804, changing not only the nature
and speed of travel, but becoming popular around the world to foster industrial growth in Britain,
Europe and beyond: it even influenced the formation of the USA and Canada into unified nations.
Surprisingly, David Ross' The Willing Servant: A History Of The Steam Locomotive is the first
history of how the steam railroad spread around the world. From its initial design, construction
and use to its final days, The Willing Servant: A History Of The Steam Locomotive includes a
healthy multidisciplinary approach in considering the steam train's impact on the world.
Playing With Trains
Sam Posey
Random House
1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019
www.atrandom.com
1400061784 $22.95 1-800-726-0600
Why do grown men play with trains? In Playing With Trains: A Passion Beyond Scale,
sportswriter and Grand Prix racing legend Sam Posey deftly examines the world of model
railroading, in the process blending autobiography with insights into the lure and attraction of
model railroading. Posey traveled around the world getting to know top modelers: his examines
the nostalgic love of trains and how it translates into model railroading, using his own enjoyment
and first-person insights as a foundation.
The Criminology Shelf
Soft Targets
Michael L. Varando
Pelican Publishing
1000 Burmaster St., Gretna, LA 70053
www.pelicanpub.com
1589801989 $16.95 1-800-843-1724
Women are typically easy targets for violent predators. In Soft Targets: A Woman's Guide To
Survival, veteran police detective Michael L. Varando offers up truly invaluable lessons from his
work on the front line of crime scene investigation, using case studies from his career to advise
women on how to avoid becoming 'soft targets' for predators. From date rape to purse-snatching
and kidnapping, chapters discuss why and how predators choose their targets - and what makes
them 'soft' and desirable over others.
Crime School: Money Laundering
Chris Mathers
Firefly Books Ltd.
4 Daybreak Lane, Westport, CT 06880
www.fireflybooks.com
1552979938 $16.95 1-800-387-5085
Since 9/11 a direct link has been drawn between money laundering and terrorism; yet few links
have been drawn to just how money laundering operates. Enter Chris Mathers' Crime School:
Money Laundering, a title specific to the history and how-tos of money laundering, how crimes
are executed and detected, and how the operation links organized crime to terrorism. Mathers is a
former R.C.M.P. undercover operator and an international authority on money laundering: he is
the perfect author for this in-depth expose.
Going To Trial
Daniel I. Small, editor
American Bar Association
750 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611
1570737231 $99.95 1-800-285-2221
Now in a newly updated second edition, Going to Trial: A Step-by-Step Guide To Trial Practice
And Procedure is a step-by-step walkthrough published by the American Bar Association.
Describing the unique features of each procedural step of the trial from filing suit and jury
selection to post-trial motions and the closing argument, Going to Trial includes sample
reproducible forms and point-by-point bulletins that break down sometimes complex steps to their
simplest basics. A 3 1/2" high density floppy diskette, formatted for the PC, offers 60 text files
(Microsoft Word 6.0) that correspond to the 60 numbered forms in Going To Trial. This is the
definitive resource for aspiring and practicing attorneys and a "must-read" for anyone who needs
to know precisely what is involved.
The Gaming Shelf
Beyond The Supernatural
Kevin Siembieda
Palladium Books
12455 Universal Dr., Taylor, MI 48180
1574570838 $24.95 palladiumbooks.com
Now in an expanded second edition, Beyond The Supernatural is a role playing game by Kevin
Siembieda that is set in the modern world where the heroes include ordinary people as well as
those with the gift of paranormal abilities. This is also a world of shadowy horror, strange
creatures and dark magic. This 256-page role gaming compendium features extensive
backgrounding and a lush setting; 14 psychic character classes including Fire Walker, Ghost
Hunter, Medium, Psi-Mechanic, and Psychic Sensitive; 42 occupations (including Professional
Psychic and Psychic Investigator); more than one hundred psychic abilities; The Lazlo Society and
Lazlo Agency; as well as entities, fiends, and creatures of darkness. Beyond The Supernatural is a
strongly recommended addition to any dedicated role gamer collection, this fantasy role-playing
game offers easy to learn rules to get even the most novice player up and running quickly.
Charles River Media
10 Downer Avenue, Hingham, MA 02043
1-800-382-8505 www.charlesriver.com
Surprisingly, Ed Byrne's Game Level Design (1584503696 $49.95) is the first comprehensive
guide to level design for those looking at careers and plan ideas for modern computer and video
games. Surprising because with so many books on computers and gaming on the market, you'd
think the topic would have received in-depth attention before. Ed Byrne is currently lead designer
at Zipper Interactive: his gaming and computer background lends technical savvy to a fine
introduction to the level design process, covering everything from approaches and team issues to
popular tools. Whether you're a novice or intermediate, Game Level Design holds all the
fundamental concepts and definitions needed, along with interviews with designers working at
creating games. For further enlightenment on computer game design, choose Penny Baillie-de
Byl's Programming Believable Characters For Computer Games (1584503238, $54.95), a
book/cd combo packed with sample code, data exercises, shareware, and an open source game
engine the book is based on. Higher-level AI is the focus here, for developing the believable
characters that can learn and express emotions: chapters reveal pathfinding, decision trees, and
more systems for creating such believable characters, providing step-by-step creation of a 3D
animated character through theory reinforced by exercise. Programmers will find this an excellent
hands-on game development reference. Staffan Bjork and Jussi Holopainen's Patterns In Game
Design (1584503548, $49.95) will reach game designers at all levels with choices possible in all
types of computer games. The focus here is on 'gameplay': structures of player interaction within
the game system, and with other players: chapters examine both the theory behind game
development and pattern choices, and the structure of the actual patterns themselves, based on
what aspect of 'gameplay' they cover. Add a cd-rom of pattern collections from the book, slides,
and PDF versions in card form and you have a wide-ranging presentation game programmers will
ind essential.
The Essential Guide To Geocaching
Mike Dyer
Fulcrum Publishing
16100 Table Mountain Parkway, #300, Golden, CO 80403
www.fulcrum-books.com
1555915221 $12.95 1-800-992-2908
Both beginning and experienced geocachers can learn the basics of navigation, outdoor safety and
geocaching games through this survey of an outdoor activity all ages can enjoy. 'Geocaching' uses
a GPS receiver and map, compass and computer access to locate a 'virtual cache'. The better you
hone your GPS navigational skills, the more quickly a cache can be located. A 'cache' is a hidden
location where players can leave a variety of 'treasure' and clues - geocaching is a fun concept and
Mike Dyer's The Essential Guide To Geocaching: Tracking Treasure With Your GPS provides all
the basics.
The Pets/Wildlife Shelf
Heavy Horses
Diana Zeuner
Shire Publications
c/o Parkwest Publications
PO Box 20261, NY, NY 10025-1512
http://www.parkwestpubs.com/
0747806020 $16.00 1-646-215-9003
Heavy horses played important roles in the development of western economies, toiling in mines, at
mills, and on farms - but since the invention of the tractor, their popularity and usefulness has
waned. Heavy Horses features the various breeds and their modern agricultural usefulness, with
color photos throughout. A lovely, if not slim, title.
The American Quarter Horse
Steven D. Price
The Lyons Press
PO Box 480, Guilford, CT 06437
www.lyonspress.com
1592282725 $17.95 1-800-836-0510
The American Quarter Horse Association has participated in producing The American Quarter
Horse: An Introduction To Selection, Care, And Enjoyment, a virtual 'bible' of detail on the
American quarter house, packing in details for all levels of riders and owners from novices to
professionals. From an introductory history of the breed to detailed tips on selecting a horse,
stabling, grooming and health, black and white and color photos throughout supplement all the
basics needed to own or assess a quarter horse. The American Quarter Horse is an essential
reference and a "must" for owners and riders of this remarkable animal.
There's A Bobcat In My Backyard!
Jonathan Hanson
University of Arizona Press
355 South Euclid Avenue, Suite 103, Tucson, AZ 85719-6654
www.uapress.arizona.edu
0816521867 $16.95 1-800-426-3797
The subtitle of Jonathan Hanson's There's A Bobcat In My Backyard! is 'Living with and Enjoying
Urban Wildlife'. The regional focus is the Southwest, where nature is very close to human
inhabitants. Author and urban wildlife expert Hanson should know: he is a veteran naturalist and
his background lends to a discussion of how readers can live alongside wildlife peacefully - and
can learn from the experience. Turn a backyard into a miniature wildlife refuge through thoughtful
choices of food, water and habitat, cope with unwanted denizens, and learn to enjoy birds and
mammals alike.
Dr. Fisher's Life On The Ark
Lester E. Fisher, DVM
Racom Communications
815 Ridge Ave., Evanston, IL 60202
0970451563 $26.95 www.amazon.com
Similar in scope and approach to the UK vet's James Herriot are Dr. Lester Fisher's stories of zoo
encounters gleaned from wild animal experiences from around the world. From an alligator in his
back yard to vet school excitement to caring for 2,000 carrier pigeons during World War II and
beyond, Dr. Fisher doesn't stay still long, traveling the world in search of zoo animals in need,
whether it be Africa or India. The result is a lively and fun read for wild animal fans and
enthusiasts in Dr. Fisher's Life On The Ark: Green Alligators, Bushman, And Other
"Hare-Raising" Tales From America's Most Popular Zoo And Around the World.
Guide To Backyard Birds
Julie R. Mancini & Pamela L. Hidgon
Barrons
250 Wireless Rd., Hauppage, NY 11788
www.barronseduc.com
0764126873 $16.95 1-800-645-3476
Beginning birders intrigued by birds and their traits will welcome the introductory Guide To
Backyard Birds, which packs in advice from how to feed them and arrange a yard for maximum
attraction to employing regional charts to discern popular birders in the area, or locate Web sites
that offer more details on wild birds. Bright color photos accompany tips on everything from how
to behave when observing birds to what kinds of seed to buy.
Why Birds Do That
Michael Furtman
Willow Creek Press
PO Box 147, Minocqua, WI 54548
www.willowcreekpress.com
1595430598 $15.95 1-800-850-9453
There are thousands of books on the market describing bird habits, habitats, natural history, but
dedicated birdwatchers should never overlook Michael Furtman's Why Birds Do That: 40
Distinctive Bird Behaviors Explained & Photographed. This impressively "user friendly", informed
and informative title is a bird of another feather, going beyond the usual observation description
to probe the 'why' behind the behavior. Gorgeous color photos by Steve & Dave Maslowski
accent the survey, which covers 40 distinctive bird behaviors and illustrates them with
photographic evidence.
Winging It
Catherine Coulter, et al.
University of New Mexico Press
1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
www.unmpress.com
0826330681 $19.95 1-800-249-7737
The collaborative work of Catherine Coulter, Cynthia Lucina Coulter, James Coulter, Vivian
Coulter, Jennifer Owings, Entire families and all ages with Southwest residence or affiliation will
discover a treasure trove of detail in Winging It: A Beginner's Guide To Birds Of The Southwest,
an ideal guidebook, especially for the novice birdwatcher, to birds of the Southwest pairing
realistic. Enhanced with lovely drawings by Jennifer Owings Dewey, along with photos and
discussions of birds, kids, and birdwatching, covering such issues as how to attract birds to
making hummingbird nectar or identifying birds, all the basics are here, with a Southwest
orientation. Highly recommended!
Frogs
David Badger
Voyageur Press
PO Box 338, Stillwater, MN 55082
089658674X $19.95 1-800-888-9653
If frogs are the attraction, don't miss natural history writer David Badger's Frogs, which profiles
over fifty frogs selected for their unusual qualities. There are over 3,950 species in the world, so
it's unlikely even the most avid frog fan will have seen many of these fascinating photos. But
Frogs isn't just a coffee table picture book; it pairs photos by John Neterton with David Badger's
non-technical facts and observations, making for an outstanding result.
Ruffing It
Mardi Richmond & Melanee L. Barash
Alpine Publications, Inc.
PO Box 7027, Loveland, CO 80537
www.alpinepub.com
157779009X $21.95 1-800-777-7257
Ruffing It: The Complete Guide To Camping With Dogs is a straightforward guide for pet owners
who are outdoor enthusiasts. From how to protect your dog from common hazards (including the
importance of training one's pet not to drink from rivers or streams - they can get as sick as you
can from from waterborne diseases! Instead, bring plenty of filtered water for the dog to drink
too) to basic first aid, needed supplies, training for life out in the rough, and more.
Black-and-white photographs and simple illustrations add a visual touch to this indispensible
guide packed with advice on where to go, fun activities to do, getting along with wilderness
creatures, and much more. A "must-have" for anyone looking forward to the joy of camping with
a beloved pet.
DogFriendly.com's Unites States And Canada Dog Travel Guide
Tara Kain
DogFriendly.com, Inc.
6454 Pony Express Trail, #33-233, Pollock Pines, CA 95726
www.dogfriendly.com
0971874239 $19.95 1-877-475-2275
Superbly organized and presented, DogFriendly.com's Unites States And Canada Dog Travel
Guide by dog travel expert Tara Kain lists thousands of "dog friendly" accommodations in all 50
states and the provinces of Canada regardless of dog breed or size. Enhanced with easy-to-use
"Highway Guides" for major highways and interstates, as well as a "Coastal Beach Guide" citing
hundreds of dog-friendly beaches, and more than 40 "City Guides" with dog-friendly attractions,
parks, outdoor restaurants, and more, DogFriendly.com's Unites States And Canada Dog Travel
Guide is the complete reference for lodging, attractions, dining, parks and beaches to enjoy with
your canine companion. This newly updated and expanded second edition is wonderfully portable
and would serve as the only necessary planning guide to take along your dog no matter where you
need or want to travel throughout North America.
The Self-Help Shelf
Teen Quest
Randy Beck
Goblin Fern Press
3809 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI 53705
www.GoblinFernPress.com
1591965357 $12.95 1-888-670-2665
Teen Quest: A Journey In The Pursuit Of Personal Excellence For Teens And Young Adults by
Randy Beck (President and founder of the "Cross the Line" Personal Development Corporation"
is a 91-page compendium of self-help advice and self-improvement exercises specifically designed
to educate young readers on some universal truths and basic realties of developing and
maintaining successful relationships and life choices. Strongly recommended to the attention of
teen counselors, teachers, and parents, the "do-it-yourself" format is equally appropriate for
individual teen readers as a personal study course, as it is a useful text for a small group
counseling program.
Life 2.0
Rich Karlgaard
Crown Business
1745 Broadway, #B1, NY, NY 10019
www.crownpublishing.com
1400046076 $24.95 1-800-726-0600
Where is happiness located in life? In Life 2.0: How People Across America Are Transforming
Their Lives By Finding The Where Of Their Happiness, author Rich Karlgaard used his own
personal and professional midlife crisis as a foundation for considering the roots of the American
dream of continuous upward mobility - and how it is present in modern times. Karlgaard fell in
love with flying at age 45: he combined his newfound flying skills with a mission to fly around the
country gaining insights into American happiness. Life 2.0 is filled with case histories with some
surprising insights.
Shambhala Publications, Inc.
300 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02115-4544
www.shambhala.com
Despite our best efforts it's easy to remain unhappy and to feel unfulfilled: if only we could
identify those elements which can't be changed in life, and accept them! That's the message of
David Richo's Five Things We Cannot Change And The Happiness We Find By Embracing Them
(1590302095, $18.95), which identifies five 'givens' of life and relationships, showing how to
acknowledge and accept these 'givens' and move on. While most apply to relationships, the larger
view applies these same givens to other life circumstances. Add a healthy dose of religious
insights on many levels and you have a fine self-help guide to peace of mind. Michael Carroll's
Awake At Work: 35 Practical Buddhist Principles For Discovering Clarity And Balance In The
Midst Of Work's Chaos (1570629838, $21.95) blends Eastern philosophy, work issues and
Buddhist principles in a wide-ranging guide using common workplace hassles and issues to
explore conflict resolution. From cultivating stillness to pacifying and equating cynicism with
personal courage and honesty, Awake At Work holds a myriad of spiritual insights paired to
everyday work scenarios.
The Gardening Shelf
The Essential Garden Design Workbook
Rosemary Alexander
Timber Press
133 S.W. Second Avenue, Suite 450, Portland OR 97204-3527
0881926647 $34.95 1-800-327-5680
The Essential Garden Design Workbook is a highly detailed design workbook especially intended
for serious home gardeners, students of design, and professionals. Expertly written by Rosemary
Alexander (the founder and principal of The English Gardening School), The Essential Garden
Design Workbook is illustrated cover-to-cover with simple diagrams and sections of full color
photographs. Individual chapters deftly cover necessary research and preparations, how to
develop the initial design, what to take into account when finalizing the garden layout plan,
creating a planting plan, visualizing and constructing the design, and a host of minor details. The
Essential Garden Design Workbook is highly recommended as a detailed instructional for learning
to blend individually creative instincts with practical necessities to create truly memorable
gardens.
Perennial Gardener's Design Primer
Stephanie Cohen & Nancy Ondra
Storey Books
210 Mass MoCa Way, N. Adams, MA 02147
1580175430 $24.95 www.storey.com
Perennials may be put in their place using an organized design pattern and Stephanie Cohen's
teaching background blends with nursery owner Nancy Ondra's experience with rare plants to
make for an excellent set of design tips in Perennial Gardener's Design Primer. Here are 20 plans
for different kinds of gardens, along with designer tips, checklists, and a list of recommended
reliable perennials. Color photos and plenty of diagrams and charts pack life into a recommended
gardener's planning guide.
Seeds Of Wealth
Henry Hobhouse
Shoemaker & Hoard Publishers
c/o Avalon Publishing Group
245 West 17th Street, 11th floor, New York, NY 10011-5300
www.shoemakerhoard.com
1593760442 $25.00 1-800-788-3123
Gardening history and trivia enthusiasts will welcome Henry Hobhouse's gorgeous Seeds Of
Wealth: Four Plants That Made Men Rich, presenting four essays examining the social
consequences of exploiting timber, tobacco, rubber and the wine grape. These are cash crops
central to world interests for centuries: all have had a major impact on the world - and all have
been largely ignored. Each essay provides an exciting history which surveys the plant's evolution
in human affairs. Hobhouse has long been a reporter and Seeds Of Wealth is scholarly yet
accessible and highly recommended for the non-specialist general reader with an interest in
agriculture and its role in creating prosperity.
The Secret Teachings Of Plants
Stephen Harrod Buhner
Bear & Company
c/o Inner Traditions International
One Park Street, Rochester, VT 05767
www.innertraditions.com
1591430356 $18.00 1-800-246-8648
World-wide traditions largely recognize the importance of plant medicines and the direct
perception of nature through the 'intelligence of the heart' - and modern science is proving that
over half the heart is comprised of neural cells. In The Secret Teachings Of Plants: The
Intelligence Of The Heart In The Direct Perception Of Nature, Stephen Buhner explores the idea
of a heart-centered mode of perception, relating this to learning the medicinal uses of plants from
the plants themselves. Science and spirituality blend in an intriguing ecological assessment of what
the plant world can teach us.
Creating And Planting Alpine Gardens
Rex Murfitt
B.B. Mackey Books
PO Box 475, Wayne, PA 19087
1893443078 $22.50 mackeybooks.com
Award-winning rock gardener Rex Murfitt presents Creating And Planting Alpine Gardens: How
To Build Small Rock Gardens And Work With Alpine Plants, a guide to the challenges and
rewards of raising Alpine plants, especially in lowland climates. Alpine plants evolved on high,
windy sites and do not adapt well to hot summers or moist soil - to survive, they need top-quality
drainage, good light, protected rock crevices, and gritty soil. Able to thrive in limited growing
space, can be raised in rock gardens, raised beds, containers, or other variations; Creating And
Planting Alpine Garens walks the reader through the details of what preparations to make, and
what pitfalls to watch out for. Black-and-white photographs with some sections of inset color
photographs illustrate this hands-on, easy-to-use guide for gardeners at all levels of
experience.
Color Your Garden
Jill Billington
Watson-Guptill
770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003
www.watsonguptill.com
0823007596 $29.95 1-800-451-1741
Every gardener wishes for a colorful garden, but many controversies surround building one.
Author Jill Billington was an artist before she became a garden designer, so she comes from a
different perspective than most gardening books provide, matching an eye for color with planting
design details. Her love of plants blends well with an artist's eye and provides a beautifully-done
guide in Color Your Garden that is very highly recommended for gardeners and landscapers from
novice beginners to seasoned professionals.
Garden Insects Of North America
Whitney Cranshaw
Princeton University Press
41 William Street, Princeton, NJ 08540
0691095612 $29.95 1-800-777-4726
If it's only one book on garden pests you seek for your collection, make it Whitney Cranshaw's
Garden Insects Of North America: The Ultimate Guide To Backyard Bugs. Color photos packed
throughout make for a weighty paperback which is the most comprehensive, yet the most
user-friendly, big bible going. Over 1,420 bugs from fruit flies to borers, aphids to bees, are
covered, organizing them not by bug but by plant area affected for quick reference, and by taxa
within that. The latest pest management tips for each are here, too, along with all key stages of
insect life. Cranshow is a professor and specialist at Colorado State University: his guide should
be a standard not just for public library reference collections, but any avid home gardner's
bookshelf.
Botany For Gardeners
Brian Capon
Timber Press
133 S.W. Second Avenue, Suite 450, Portland OR 97204-3527
0881926558 $19.95 1-800-327-5680
Now in a newly revised edition, Botany For Gardeners is an instructional, scientific text written
specifically in everyday language for gardeners, horticulturalists, and lay people. Author Brian
Capon, a former professor of botany with thirty years' experience, explains how plants are
structured, how they adapt to their environment, how water is transported from soil to leaves,
why minerals, air, and light are important for healthy plant growth, how plants reproduce, and
much more. Black-and-white diagrams and color photographs illustrate this superb self-teaching
tool for the truly dedicated gardening enthusiast.
The Architecture Shelf
Skyscrapers
Andres Lepik
Prestel
900 Broadway, #603, NY, NY 10003
www.prestel.com
3791331558 $35.00 1-888-463-6110
Andres Lepik's Skyscrapers is an oversized presentation fitting to its subject of skyscrapers,
providing tall full-page photos of technological monuments to accompany discussions of major
world skyscraper icons and their backgrounds. An exciting survey of the past, present and future,
Lepik's Skyscrapers earns a place in any serious architectural library.
The American History Shelf
Scenes Of Visionary Enchantment
Dayton Duncan
University of Nebraska Press
233 N. 8th St., Lincoln, NE 68588-0255
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu
0803217242 $22.00 1-800-755-1105
There have been a great many fine books published in the last year on Lewis and Clark. One of
the very best of those books is Dayton Duncan's Scenes Of Visionary Enchantment: Reflections
On Lewis And Clark and richly deserves ongoing recommendation beyond the famous
expedition's anniversary date. Presenting Duncan's retracing of the Corps of Discovery's route
from St. Louis to the Pacific and back - four different times in the past twenty years, his
travelogue commentary provides keen insights on people and places seen along the way,
emphasizing why Lewis and Clark's discoveries remain so important today.
Lewis & Clark Revisited
Reg MacGregor
University of Washington Press
PO Box 50096, Seattle, WA 981455096
www.washington.edu/uwpress/
0295983434 $29.95 1-206-543-4050
Another classic guide to Lewis and Clark which stands out from the crowd, Lewis And Clark
Revisited: A Photographer's Trail follows the famed explorer's route and packs in a wealth of
black and white photos of the Lewis and Clark experience. Almost ten years ago photographer
Reg MacGregor began his journey following the Lewis and Clark route, photographing the
country along the way. Highly recommended for both simple browing and serious study, Lewis
And Clark Revisited provides a fine - often thought-provoking - set of images reflecting a
much-changed land since the original expeditions.
The Fate Of Corps
Larry E. Morris
Yale University Press
Box 209040, New Haven, CT 06520-9040
www.yalebooks.com
0300102658 $30.00 1-800-987-7323
OK, it's another Lewis and Clark title - but with a big difference: The Fate Of The Corps: What
Became Of The Lewis And Clark Explorers After The Expedition doesn't rehash or re-follow the
expedition: it discusses the ultimate fate of the thirty-plus members of the Corps of Discovery
which constituted Lewis and Clark's force. Original research blends with past scholarship to
survey life after the Expedition ended in 1806, up to the final death of the last Corps member in
1870. Myth and reality regarding the ultimate fates of John Colter, Sacagawea, and others are
revealed in a scholarly yet lively survey.
Exploring With Lewis And Clark
James J. Holmberg, editor
University of Oklahoma Press
4100 28th Avenue, NW, Norman, OK 73069
www.oupress.com
080613674X $45.00 1-800-627-7377
Strongly recommended for academic library collections as an American History primary resource,
Exploring With Lewis And Clark: The 1804 Journal Of Charles Floyd presents a journal of
expeditionary writings by Sergeant Charles Floyd, one of the first three men enlisted in Lewis and
Clark's Corps of Discovery. Born in 1782, Floyd kept a precise diary of the expedition, yet he
sadly succumbed to a ruptured appendix and became the only member to die during this epic
journey of discovery, losing his life near present-day Sioux City. Exploring with Lewis and Clark
photographically reproduces the pages Floyd wrote in his own handwriting, a typeface transcript
for easy reading, extensive historical and context notes, and a thoughtfully informative
introduction. Skillfully edited by James Holmberg and illustrated with a handful of photographs
and artwork, Exploring With Lewis And Clark is a superbly presented primary source of
American history, and an impressive contribution to the study of the Lewis & Clark expedition
that is not to be missed.
Art Deco New York
David Garrard Lowe
Watson-Guptill
770 Broadway, New York NY 10003
www.watsonguptill.com
0823002845 $40.00 1-800-451-1741
Art Deco New York is more than just another presentation of samples: it's a rich history which
focuses on the major hallmarks of the design evident throughout New York City, and also
considers the underlying social and political movements which helped create and foster them. Art
Deco New York holds the ability to appeal to two audiences: art deco students, and New Yorkers
who would understand some of the foundation works of their city. Color and black and white
photos throughout lends to a rich presentation.
Building The Loom City
S. Ardis Abbott
Dorrance Publishing
701 Smithfield Street, 3rd Floor, Pittsburgh, Pa 15222-3906
0805961356 $15.00 1-800-788-7654
The Industrial Revolution is one of the turning points of American history, and the period just
prior to the 19th century saw mechanized inventions advance by leaps - as seen in Rockville,
Connecticut, a former leading woolen textile manufacturing center. Immigrant and mill worker
history contributes to this survey of how a small village changed to turn itself into such a
producer. An intriguing story of how change was achieved, Building The Loom City: Rockville,
Connecticut, 1821-1908 is a welcome and highly recommended addition to American History
reference collections.
Small Town
Granville Hicks
Fordham University Press
2546 Belmont Avenue, University Box L, Bronx, NY 10458-5172
0823223574 $26.00 fordhampress.com.
Granville Hicks (1901-1982) wrote reviews, essays, novels, and works of literary history and
criticism for more than fifty years. In 1946 Hicks wrote Small Town in which he gave his readers
a fascinating and timeless portrait of life in the rural crossroads of Grafton, New York. This was a
small community to which had had moved after being fired for his left-wing political views from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In Small Town, Hicks combined hand-crafted ethnography
research with his personal reflections on the qualities of small town life as they were being
threatened by post-war encroachments by spreading cities and expanding suburbs. Hicks
eloquently defined the essential qualities of small town community life and linked to hem to the
best features of American popular and political culture. Long out of print and highly
recommended reading for students of twentieth century American culture and history, this new
edition of Small Town is enhanced for a new generation of readers with an informed and
informative introduction by Warren F. Broderick and a preface by Ron Powers.
Jefferson And Madison On Separation Of Church And State
Lenni Brenner, editor
Barricade Books
185 Bridge Plaza North, Suite 308-A, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
1569802734 !6.95 barricadebooks.com
Jefferson And Madison On Separation Of Church And State: Writings On Religion And
Secularism is painstakingly compiled and professionally edited by historian, journalist, lecturer and
freethinker Lenni Brenner. In today's political climate of red states and blue states, neo-cons and
the religious right, "family values" and federally funded "faith-based" initiative, prayer in public
schools and moves to constitutionally deny gay marriage, a renewed look at the thoughts and
comments by two of our most influential founding fathers on the subject of religion and the state
is both timely and needed. The selections comprising this highly recommended reference for
politicians, clergy, and non-specialist general readers with a stake in the separation of church and
state, draw from correspondence between Thomas Jefferson and James Madison and other
notable figures of early American history including George Washington, John Adams, Thomas
Law, John Jay, Tom Paine, William Bradford, and the Marquis de Lafayette. Of special note are
two appendices in which the timelines of Jefferson and Madison's lives are presented, and a
"Scholar's Afterword" which traces the history of religion in American politics from the Civil War
to the present day. Urgently recommended reading!
The Judaic Studies Shelf
The Yellow Star
Gerhard Schoenberner
Fordham University Press
2546 Belmont Avenue, Bronx, NY 10458
0823223906 $35.00 1-800-247-6553
Revised, updated, and expanded since its initial publication in 1960, and back in print in the
United States after 30 years, The Yellow Star: The Persecution Of The Jews In Europe,
1933-1945 is the first photographic account of the Holocaust. The black-and-white images clearly
illustrate the horror of Hitler's final solution: starvation, mass theft, mass murder. A disturbing and
shocking account to page through, The Yellow Star supplements its images with plain text
explaining the extent and methodology of genocide perpetrated by the Nazi regime. A sober and
vital reminder of the atrocities humanity is capable of, and the need to prevent the Holocaust from
happening again.
Building Jewish In The Roman East
Peter Richardson
Baylor University Press
One Bear Place, #97363, Waco, TX 76798-7363
www.baylorpress.com
1932792015 $39.95 1-800-710-3217
Building Jewish In The Roman East is a scholarly study of ancient Jewish archaeology in the
Mediterranean, particularly in small rural villages in Galileein the early Roman period, the
development of synagogues as "Jewish associations", and the rush of construction under Herod
the Great in the first century BCE. Extensively researched chapters scrutinize tombs, the historical
significancd of Biblical events such as Jesus' protest in the Temple Precincts, architectural
transitions from synagogues and house churches to purpose-built churches, and much more. An
inset selection of color plates rounds out this fascinating, unique, and in-depth examination of
historic Jewish architectural designs and motives.
The Fantasy/SciFi Shelf
Deathstalker Coda
Simon R. Green
ROC Books
375 Hudson St., New York NY 10014
0451460111 $23.95 1-800-847-5515
Fans of Simon R. Green's "Deathstalker" series will find the latest a 'must have' conclusion to the
series: here Owen Deathstalker has survived his confrontation with the Terror - only to discover
its real, shocking identity. To stop his former love, he must prevent her transformation even as
political forces vie for power. Deathstalker Coda is a highly recommended pick and essential
reading for any prior Deathstalker fan.
Baen Books
PO Box 1403, Riverdale, NY 10471
www.baen.com
Each month Baen produces a host of moving science fiction stories: most based around political
or alternative history plots, all with high adventure and good characterization. Leo Frankowski
and Dave Grossman's The War With Earth (0743498771, $6.99) tells of a rich planet lacking the
basics for life: colonists moved from Earth against their will and live underground, mining the
largess but not enjoying its richness. Add a war fought in virtual reality and you have a different
kind of adventure. James P. Hogan's The Anguished Dawn (0743498763, $7.99) tells of a
near-dead Earth where the poles have shifted and few survivors remain - except for a Saturn
colony determined to preserve Earth's culture. A bid for freedom and the return of civilization
involves a return to earth with the hopes of a new beginning. Fred Saberhagen's Rogue Berserker
(0743498739, $22.00) tells of a quest for revenge and one Harry Silver, who faces economic ruin
until a wealthy human offers him a new ship in return for a new Berserker encounter. Revenge is
sweet, Silver finds as kidnapping of his family by a Berserker once more involves him in conflict.
C.J. Cherryh, Mercedes Lackey, Nancy Asire and Leslie Fish's Sword Of Knowledge
(0743498755, $24.00) tells of an empire overwhelmed by the army and hostile wizards of its
oppressors - unless a small group of philosopher-scientists can convince the rulers of Sabis to
build the deadly new weapon, the cannon. In hardcover under one cover for the first time is a
fantasy which is gripping and fast-paced. David Drake, Eric Flint and Jim Baen: three powerhouse
writers working together in The World Turned Upside Down (0743498747, $24.00), a strong
gathering of stories presented by editors who found them influential in their own careers. Stories
come from a range of sources, from Analog in the 1930s to major works over the decades. David
Weber and Keith Laumer work together on Bolo! (0743498720, $25.00) the story of 'humanity's
warriors' who have proved immortal fighting machines and lethal artificialintelligences. Bolos
never quit - and Bolo! Proves some intriguing stories of Bolo/human symbiosis.
Chaosium
895 B St. #423, Hayward, CA 94541
www.chaosium.com
The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana By Daniel Harms (1568821190, $17.95) came out some time ago
and is now in its second revised edition, but deserves ongoing recommendation as a 'staple' for
any Lovecraft fan or serious collection. The new second edition has been extensively revised and
adds over a hundred fifty new pages and numerous new entries. The entire arrangement is
designed to provide a handy A-Z reference of Lovecraftian horror themes, personalities, settings,
and history. Sandy Petersen, et.al.'s Shadows Of Yog-Sothoth (1568821743, $23.95) offers a
seven-part campaign revealing details of the Silver Twilight, an international organization devoted
to releasing the dread Cthulhu of Lovecraft fame. Game players who enjoyed Call Of Cthulhu will
relish this detailed roleplaying extension, which adds to the Call Of Cthulhu line. Nine modern
variations of Cthulhu stories are packed into The Stars Are Right! (1568821778, $23.95), a
gathering of new voices who contribute nine disturbing tales and roleplaying settings for gamers.
Richard Watts and other contributors provide strong settings and black and white drawings
throughout lend atmosphere and spooky intrigue to the results. Highly recommended picks for the
avid Lovecraft horror fan, all.
DAW Books Inc.
375 Hudson St., New York NY 10014
www.dawbooks.com
Two new arrivals provide series contributions to fans who harbor an affection for detailed science
fiction scenarios and complex plots. Jude Fisher's The Rose Of The World (0756401879, $23.95)
contributes Book 3 to her 'Fool's Gold' series, presenting a world influenced by powerful magic
disrupted by the greed of a great sorcerer. Loosed into the world, the Rosa Eldi is regaining lost
memories, while her male counterpart awakens to life. Her dangerous powers are made the more
questionable by her ignorance of how to use them, injecting an uncertainty into the world's
survival. C.J. Cherryh's Destroyer (0756402530, $24.95) contributes the third book to her
"Foreigner" series: set two years since a starship's mission, the Phoenix is almost home with a
peaceful first contact with aliens to its credit - only to find 'home' has been changed by a
dangerous civil war. Is there no rest for the weary? A solid addition to a successful series.
The Psychology Shelf
On Human Nature
Edward O. Wilson
Harvard University Press
79 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138
www.harvard.edu
0674016386 $18.95 1-800-448-2242
If Edward O. Wilson's On Human Nature sounds familiar, it's because this printing represents the
25th anniversary of the original classic that gave birth to the field of evolutionary psychology.
Adding a new preface to this edition, Wilson reflects on how he came to write the book which
would led to a political, religious and scientific uproar. A seminal, groundbreaking, informative,
thought-provoking, enduringly valuable, and highly recommended read.
The Antidepressant Solution
Joseph Glenmullen, MD
The Free Press
1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020
www.simonsays.com
0743269721 24.00 1-800-223-2336
Early last year the FDA issued warnings about the dangers of antidepressant use in both adults
and teens: Harvard psychiatrist Joseph Glenmullen has studied the use of antidepressants for much
of his career, has prescribed them for patients, and in his The Antidepressant Solution: A
Step-by-Step Guide To Safely Overcoming Antidepressant Withdrawal, Dependence, And
"Addiction" reveals further dangers of such drugs. So how can patients decrease dependency and
danger? From changing doses to tapering off completely, chapters provide a logical program, not
just a caution, making it a practical guide for any interested in getting away from antidepressant
use.
Cogwheels Of The Mind
A.W.F. Edwards
Johns Hopkins University Press
2715 N. Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218
www.press.jhu.edu
0801874343 $25.00 1-800-537-5487
Few may known about the Venn diagram -- a basic concept of three overlapping circles that
intersect to create eight distinct areas, used for business strategy, medicine, computer science and
physics alike. Cogwheels Of The Mind: The Story Of Venn Diagrams is expertly written by
statistician and geneticist A.W.F. Edwards who covers the history of the Venn diagram, its use,
and its presence in a range of disciplines.
Ethics In Plain English
Thomas F. Nagy
American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242
www.apa.org/books
1591472016 $39.95 1-800-368-5777
Now in an updated second edition wholly rewritten to be made consistent with updated standards
of the newly revised APA Ethics Code (2002), Ethics In Plain English: An Illustrative Casebook
For Psychologists is a resource especially intended for psychologists. Describing how to apply the
principles of the Ethics Code of the American Psychological Association to ethical dilemmas
commonly encountered. From issues of privacy and confidentiality, to regulations concerning
advertising and public statements, to standards for education, training, research and publication,
and much more, Ethics In Plain English breaks down the required expectations in to practical and
easily understandible terms. Gray boxes highlight points that go straight to the heart of the matters
discussed, such as "Never pay, give gifts to, or compensate a newspaper reporter, radio or TV
reporter, Internet journalist, or any other journalist in the print or electronic media in return for an
interview endorsing or promoting your work in a news story", "If you review or screen the work
of others, resist the temptation to use the newly submitted information for any purpose
whatsoever", and "Enough is enough! Do not provide endless therapy if the patient does not need
it, is not being helped in some way, or, even worse, is being harmed by continuing to see you (e.g.
financially, by fostering overdependence, or some other way)". An absolute must-read for
practicing and aspiring psychologists.
Transitions In Dying & Bereavement
Moira Cairns, et al.
Health Professions Press
Box 10624, Baltimore, MD 21285-0624
1878812920 $44.95 healthpropress.com
Co-written by professional counseling staff members Moira Cairns, Marney Thompson, Wendy
Wainwright and sanctioned by the Victoria Hospice Society, Transitions In Dying &
Bereavement: A Psychosocial Guide For Hospice And Palliative Care walks the reader through
the stages that chronically ill and dying individuals and their families must progress through, from
diagnosis to death to bereavement. The most effective interventions for easing stress and
confusion are clearly explained, along with sample dialogues that reveal the issues and challenges
at each step. Chapters include notes on multicultural and interdenominational perspectives on
death and dying, perspectives on body image, intimacy, and sexuality in the dying, ways to help
alleviate feelings of anxiety, fear, burnout, denial, and powerlessness, ways to help in planning for
death, and much more. A must-read for aspiring or practicing hospice counselors.
The Islamic Studies Shelf
The Receding Shadow Of The Prophet
Ray Takeyh & Nikolas K. Gvosdev
Praeger Publishers
88 Post Road, Westport, CT 06881
0275976297 $24.95 www.praeger.com
September 11th increased fears of a powerful Islamic tide rising to destabilize Muslim countries;
yet past experience proved such concerns unfounded, and while Islam has become an ideology of
wrath, it's failed to unique Islamic nations with any major reforms or campaigns. The Receding
Shadow Of The Prophet: The Rise And Fall Of Radical Political Islam surveys radical political
Islam's successes and failures in the modern world, offering penetrating views of how they've
failed, and how their emphasis on violence frightens potential allies. Ray Takeyh is a professor,
Gvosdev and editor: their book provides penetrating examples.
The Wolves Of Islam
Paul Murphy
Brasseys Inc./Potomac Books
22841 Quicksilver Drive, Dulles, VA 20166-2019
www.potomacbooksinc.com
1574888307 $27.95 1-800-775-2518
In 2004 schoolchildren were massacred in a horrifying murder scene in Russia which shook the
world and was led by one Shamil Basayev, leader of the terrorist Wolves. Paul Murphy's The
Wolves Of Islam: Russia And The Faces Of Chechen Terror deftly examines the disaster and the
terrorist group connected to it and other terrorist actions in the region, providing the author's
counterterrorist insider's viewpoint in analyzing the faces of Chechen terrorism and Islamic
insurgent forces at work in the region. The result is an impressively involving, frightening,
informative, and thought provoking survey of immense importance.
The Military Shelf
Hugh Lauter Levin Association
9 Burr Rd., Westport, CT 06880
www.HLLA.com
Two weighty, outstanding new military titles are simply not to be missed: not for the casual
reader, they are gorgeous in-depth and oversized histories packed with detail. Take Tom Beard's
The Coast Guard (0883631164, $75.00), for example: the Foundation for Coast Guard History
worked with Beard to produce a magnificent survey from a team of historians and scholars, active
and retired officers, and writers. Over 350 pages of text pair with lovely color photos packing in a
handsome history which even includes a medallion-inlaid display cover. Even weightier and more
impressive is Colonel Raymond K. Bluhm Jr.'s U.S. Army: A Complete History (088363113X,
$75.00), presented by an Army officer who served in senior positions, active duty, and various
positions for thirty years. Nearly 1,000 pages of history provides about the only history the Army
will ever need, serving as both a reference and a military history cornerstone. Official Army
chronologies provide year-by-year and daily summations of significant Army encounters and
battles from the early Colonies to modern times, packing key historical entries with expanded
sidebar commentary and articles by leading historians. U.S. Army: A Complete History is much
more than an encyclopedia of summaries: the detail is quite packed with analysis and history and
the illustrations are, again, magnificent. Both are powerful coverages, highly recommended.
Wastrels Of Defense
Winslow T. Wheeler
Naval Institute Press
291 Wood Rd., Annapolis, MD 21402
www.navalinstitute.org
159114938X $28.95 1-800-233-8764
How does Congress sabotage U.S. security? Wastrels of Defense: How Congress Sabotages U.S.
Security is no sensationalist title: it's written by a veteran National Security Advisor to four
senators and backed by years of political insider interactions. His is a damning expose arguing that
since 9/11, Congress has endangered the nation's security by diverting money from war-fighting
accounts to pay for state interests. Meticulous documentation of such actions makes this a
winning title not limited to one party or philosophy, but to an overall analysis of Congressional
failures.
Reich Of The Black Sun
Joseph P. Farrell
Adventures Unlimited Press
PO Box 74, Kempton, IL 60946
www.adventuresunlimitedpress.com
1931882398 $16.95 1-815-253-6390
In Reich Of The Black Sun: Nazi Secret Weapons & The Cold War Allied Legend, author and
iconoclast Joseph Farrell provides intriguing answers to a series of hitherto unasked questions:
Why were the Allies worried about an atom bomb attack by the Germans in 1944? Why did the
Soviets threaten to use poison gas against the Germans? Why did Hitler insist in 1945 that holding
Prague could win the war for the Nazis? Why did General George Patton's Third Army race to
control the Skoda Works at Pilsen in Czechoslovakia instead of heading for Berlin? Why did the
American army not test the uranium bomb it dropped on Hiroshima? Why did the Luftwaffe fly a
non-stop round trip mission to within twenty miles of New York City in 1944?. Reich Of The
Black Sun is a simply fascinating and thoughtfully engaging historical treatise that reveals the
Nazis fascination with the occult, alternative physics, as well as new energy sources and
weaponry. Inherently thought provoking reading, Reich Of The Black Sun draws upon a wealth
of documentation and an "alternative history" discourse that is as thoughtful as it is thought
provoking. Very highly recommended reading and a seminal addition to personal and academic
World War II historical studies collections.
The Tank Killers
Harry Yeide
Casemate
2114 Darby Road, Havertown, PA 19083
1932033262 $32.95 1-610-853-9131
The Tank Killers: A History of America's World War II Tank Destroyer Force is an exciting
history of the American Tank Destroyer Force (TD) in North Africa, Italy, and the European
Theater during World War II, and the men who served in those battalions. Drawing heavily upon
internal records and interviews with survivors, author and international affairs analyst Harry Yeide
presents the none-too-pretty details of the TD's missions, recounting the saga of the TD from its
inception in 1941 until the end of the war in 1945. The invaluable battlefield contribution of the
TD gets the in-depth treatment it deserves in this compelling and extensively researched
history.
50 Battles: 5,000 Years Of Conflict
Jay Kimmel
CoryStevens Publishing
15350 NE Sandy Boulevard, Portland, OR 97230
0942893050 $25.00 corystevens.com
50 Battles: 5,000 Years Of Conflict is a military history atlas that scrutinizes over 50 conflicts that
changed the world, from the era of Troy to the Iraqi War of 2003. Illustrated in black-and-white
with a confluence of maps, 50 Battles: 5,000 Years Of Conflict traces the progression, deciding
factors, costly mistakes, and other historical details of each battle. A fascinating resource to
browse for non-specialist general readers and military historians alike.
The Writing/Publishing Shelf
The ABC's Of POD
Dehanna Bailee
Blue Leaf Publications
PO Box 20, Huntersville, NC 28070
www.BlueLeafPub.com
0975509527 $8.95 http://dehanna.com
POD stands for "publish on demand" and is an industry that sprang up with the advent of desktop
publishing to provide a service for authors seeking to publish their own work, but who could not
afford the costs involved with traditional publishing practices. There are now dozens of POD
companies offering a variety of services to transform a manuscript into a published book, and a
variety of charges for these services. The key distinguishing feature of POD publication is the
ability to print one book at a time as ordered by the buyers. This eliminates traditional minimum
print runs, book storage costs and associated inventory costs overhead. The ABC's Of POD: A
Beginners Guide To Fee-Based Print-on-Demand Publishing by POD expert Dehanna Bailee is an
ideal introduction hallmarked with straightforward, easy-to-read chapters featuring "think spot"
questions by section. There are more than forty additional exploratory inquires, a glossary,
supplementary recommended reading selections, and invaluable lists of "Other tips and Ideas" and
"Questions to ask present authors". If you are an aspiring author wanting to self-publish, then give
a careful reading to Dehanna Bailee's The ABC's Of POD. Then visit Dehanna Bailee's online
"POD Database" at http://dehanna.com.
Writing And Publishing Personal Essays
Sheila Bender
Silver Threads
3738 Carmel View Road, San Diego, CA 92130
www.silver-threads.org
189306705X $19.95 1-858-794-1597
The essay and the memoir are forms of self-expression and often intended as a kind of literary
legacy by their authors. Occasionally an obscure essayist will become widely known and find their
writings among the ranks of recognized literature for subsequent generations of readers. Or to put
it another way, the personal essay is a serious form of literature, collections of which achieve a
lasting presence, and even influence, from one generation of readers to another. In Writing And
Publishing Personal Essays, by poet, essayist, author, teacher, and publisher Sheila Bender shares
a practical wealth of "tips and techniques" that she has used to help provide her students with the
skills and confidence to become published writers. Among the benefits provided aspiring writers is
a powerfully encouraging inducement to begin writing down their thoughts and observations
using the essay as their vehicle; specifically useful, step-by-step instructions for writing eight
different categories of personal essays; workable techniques for receiving and utilizing critical
feedback; proven tips for getting essays published; as well as an extensive listing of additional
resources for the dedicated essayist. There is even a roster of contributors that have helped Sheila
Bender to make Writing And Publishing Personal Essays an invaluable and instructive resource
for novice essayists, and offer even more experienced writers an extensive refresher along with a
few ideas that might be new to them. Highly recommended reading for all aspiring authors
regardless of their chosen formats for literary expression.
The Agents Directory
Rachel Vater
Emmis Books
1700 Madison Road, 2nd floor, Cincinnati, OH 45206
1578601444 $19.99 emmisbooks.com
In The Agents Directory: Everything You Need To Know To Sell Your Book Or Script by
editor-turned-agent Rachel Vater is a veritable compendium of insider information on what a
literary agent does, instructions on how to tell a good agent from a bad one, and practical advice
on how to approach an agent by mail or at a writer's conference. Avoiding agencies that won't
accept new writers or who will charge novice writers money up-front just to read their
manuscript, The Agents Directory focuses upon identifying the best literary and script agents who
are looking for new author clients. Each individual listing is complete with detailed, up-to-date
information about what type of work that particular agent accepts, other authors represented,
recent sales, contract information, and submission guidelines. With detailed instructions for
writing query letters (complete with examples), a bonus directory of American and Canadian
writing conferences, an an extensive list of writer's organizations, The Agents Directory is the the
ideal guidebook and instructional reference for aspiring writers wanting to get their work
published as profitably as possible.
The Well-Fed Writer: Back For Seconds
Peter Bowerman
Fanove Publishing
3713 Stonewall Circle, Atlanta, GA 30339
0967059852 $19.95 wellfedwriter.com
Peter Bowerman's first book on professional writing, The Well-Fed Writer was published in 2000
and established him as an expert in the field. Now he has published The Well-Fed Writer: Back
For Seconds. With 95% new content, this is no mere revision, but an original and "user friendly"
step-by-step blueprint for selling what you write. The emphasis is upon marketing, promoting,
cold-calling, and building up a freelance writing business. Aspiring freelancers will learn how to
build up a writing clientele in smaller markets; how to start-up an effective and profitable
part-time business as a freelance writer; learn to remove anxiety and fear from doing sales and
marketing for what they write; learn the techniques of innovative marketing campaigns using
direct mail, e-mail, and faxes; develop a mindset that will endure and thrive in economic good
times and bad times; develop potent strategies for networking success; discover how to write
profitable for unusual and niche markets; even how to team up with fellow writers for
co-authored projects. The Well-Fed Writer: Back For Seconds is enhanced further with specific
sections on "Being a More Effective and Creative Writers"; self-publishing; answers to frequently
asked questions about writing for profit; and writing/marketing resources for the successful
freelancer. If you are serious about wanting to earn from what you write, then give a complete
and careful reading to Peter Bowerman's The Well-Fed Writer: Back For Seconds.
Bookstore Tourism
Larry Portzline
Bookshop Junkie Press
PO Box 6067, Harrisburg, PA 17112-6067
www.bookstoretourism.com
0975893408 $10.00 1-717-541-0710
Bookstore Tourism: The Book Addict's Guide To Planning & Promoting Bookstore Road Trips
For Bibliophiles & Other Bookshop Junkies by author and bibliophile Larry Portzlne is a
combination tour guide, planner, and celebration of the independent bookstore. The result of the
author's campaign of innovative grassroot efforts to promote and support independent bookstores
through identifying them as a tourist destination and crating a new travel niche specifically
designed for booklovers, Bookstore Tourism is as much fun as it is informational and is a superbly
conceived and executed tool for the promotion of reading, literacy, travel, tourism, independent
bookstores, and a shared love of books. There is also a very special serendipity with respect to
Bookstore Tourism. It is an ideal reference and resource for authors and small press publishers
seeking to create their own book tours, establish bookstore events within the community of
independent bookstores across the nation. Of special note and value are the appendices providing
contact information for national bookseller associations; regional bookseller associations;
American literary and book festivals; a listing of books about books, bookstores, and reading
groups; and state-by-state resource listings for agencies and bureaus dealing with the arts,
economic development, history, libraries, and tourism. One of the most inexpensive and useful
book oriented resources, the 104-page Bookstore Tourism is enthusiastically recommended for
bibliophiles, authors, publishers, and booklovers everywhere.
Letters Of Credit
Walter Tracy
David R. Godine
PO Box 450, Jaffrey, NH 03452
www.godine.com
1567922406 $19.95 1-800-344-4771
Typesetting has evolved from a hands-on metalworking skill to one generated by photos and
computers - and the changing methods shows no signs of stability. Walter Tracy's Letters Of
Credit: A View Of Type Design traces the movement from hot metal production to computers,
arguing the letter forms themselves are always in a state of flux, no matter what their delivery
system. Tracy has fifty years of professional experience as head of type design: his analysis
criticizes type-design aesthetics and identifies common elements of hype and misinformation in the
industry.
Publishing Confidential
Paul B. Brown
Amacom
1601 Broadway, NY, NY 10019
www.amacombooks.org
0814472265 $14.95 1-800-250-5308
Paul B. Brown's Publishing Confidential: The Insider's Guide To What It Really Takes To Land A
Nonfiction Book Deal deserves ongoing mention as an exceptional reference on what it takes to
get a nonfiction book published and marketed. Brown has written many other successful business
books and his background as former reporter for Business Week, Forbes, and other notable
industry reference magazines lends to a guided survey of the entire publishing industry and its
marketing politics.
The Education Of A Typographer
Steven Heller, editor
Allworth Press
10 E. 23rd St. #510, NY, NY 10010
www.allworth.com
1581153481 $19.95 1-800-491-2808
It's important to learn the elements of type before embarking on an exploration of graphic design:
that's what makes Steven Heller's The Education Of A Typographer so important. Essays,
interviews, and course syllabi explore the basics of teaching and learning typography, with writing
by top designers and educators providing insights on the finer points of typography. Discussions
cover everything from how to choose type among the hundreds of choices available to common
elements of sloppy typographical choices, how to identify and eliminate them, and understanding
typographic delivery to different audiences.
Forms Folds Sizes
Poppy Evans
Rockport Publishers
33 Commercial St., Gloucaster MA 01930
1592530540 $30.00 www.rockport.com
Any graphic designer working with forms and folds or the written word will find Poppy Evans'
Forms Fold Sizes a 'must' for properly designing everything from brochures and envelopes to
laying out the written word. Here are informed and informative discussions of type measures,
postal standards, typography - virtually everything needed to graphically translate the written
word properly, whether it be to page, envelope, or folder. Forms Folds Sizes is an essential guide
and strongly recommended for professional and academic Graphic Arts collections, as well as the
publisher reference resource shelf.
A Heavenly Craft
Daniel De Simone, editor
George Braziller
171 Madison Ave., NY, NY 10016
0807615366 $50.00 1-800-233-4830
Author Daniel De Simone is curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection at the Library of
Congress, and his background lends well to an authoritative survey of 19th and 20th century
scholarship on early woodcuts in hand-printed books. Other experts join in the production of A
Heavenly Craft: The Woodcut In Early Printed Books with articles considering major woodcut
book editions, from religious texts to period productions around the world. Add a healthy dose of
color reproductions and fine close-ups and you have a seminal contribution to publishing history
collections and supplemental reading lists -- as well as a specialty art library 'must'.
Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript
Cynthia Laufenberg
Writer's Digest Books/F&W Pub.
4700 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, OH 45236
www.writersdigest.com
1582972907 $19.99 1-800-289-0963
Create appropriate, notable submissions for publication, from proposals and cover letters to
complete manuscripts, using Cynthia Laufenberg's invaluable informational guide. Now in an
updated and expanded second edition, Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript is a 'must' for
any writer aspiring to publication. Especially valuable are the tips on common mistakes made in
the usual submission process, whether it be the initial query letter or the completed work.
The Education Shelf
Learn Math And Have Fun
Teora USA, LLC
KSB Promotions (publicity)
2 Wisconsin Circle, Suite 870, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
1594960097 $7.95 1-800-431-1579
A superbly organized and presented activity book for preschoolers, Learn Math And Have Fun
provides a wealth of clever and varied games, puzzles, and challenges that will keep young
children happily occupied for hours with the additional benefit of learning and practicing math
concepts while having fun. Enhanced with colored pictures on every page, children four and up
are invited to spot the differences, put things together, count, add, subtract, observe, color after
breaking the color code, write following a pattern, learn to count to ten, and more. A perfect
classroom curriculum supplement, Learn Math And Have Fun would also be appropriate for
homebound rainy day fun as well long road trip distractions while traveling. Also very highly
recommended from Teora USA is Amazing Games: Activities For Smart Kids Ages 6-10
(1594960070 $7.95).
Adventures Of Charte School Creators
Terrence E. Deal & Guilbert C. Hentschke
Scarecrow Eduction
4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, MD 20706
www.scarecroweducation.com
1578861667 $32.95 1-800-462-6420
The collaborative work of academicians Terrence E. Deal (former Irving R. Melbo Scholar,
Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California) and Guilbert C. Hentschke
(Cooper Chair in Education, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California),
Adventures Of Charter School Creators: Leading From The Ground Up is a seminal work in the
areas of comparative education, educational reform, and academic leadership. The subjects are
individual educational entrepreneurs who created charter school from scratch. Here are stories of
failure and success, victories and defeats. Included are "education amateurs" such as an Episcopal
priest working in the Pico-Union community of Las Angles; a corporate attorney in Miami; a
manpower training specialist in East Saint Louis; the chief financial officer of a major African
American church in New York City; and a retired military officer in North Carolina. There are
also represented a number of experienced school teachers and school administrators as well.
Arising from these stories are examinations of relevant issues the impact of entrepreneurial
leadership upon school leadership, the differences between leadership in autonomous start-up
charters and relatively dependent traditional schools, and what distinguishes charter school
leadership from that more typically associated with traditional school leadership. Adventures Of
Charter School Creators: Leading From The Group Up is an impressive work of considered
scholarship and a highly recommended contribution to the on-going national dialogue over the
advantages and disadvantages of charter schools within private and public education reform
movements.
The Culturally Proficient School
Randall B. Lindsey, et al.
Corwin Press, Inc.
2455 Teller Rd., Thousand Oaks, CA 1320
www.CorwinPress.com
0761946829 $30.95 1-800-818-7243
Co-written by expert educators and researchers Randall B. Lindsey, Laraine M. Roberts, and
Franklin CampbellJones, The Culturally Proficient School: An Implementation Guide For School
Leaders offers practical strategies for improving educational performance in schools through
cultivating cultural proficiency among educators - the ability to understand and take into account
the multicultural backgrounds of students when striving to give them the best opportunities to
learn. The Culturally Proficient School includes reflective activities for individuals and groups, an
explanation of how to steer meetings away from combative debates toward something more
constructive for building cohesion and solving problems, behaviors associated with culturally
proficient leadership particularly as applicable to school leaders, professional development
activities, and more. A highly recommended adaptive guide especially for an increasingly mobile
and multicultural era.
The American Schoolhouse Reader
45th Parallel Concepts Limited
PO Box 1436, Houlton, ME 04730
www.americanschoolhousereader.com
0974761508 $39.95 1-506-325-9663
A three volume hardcover set, The American Schoolhouse Reader is a colorized children's reading
collection drawn from post-Victorian American sources originally published from 1890 to 1925.
Book I offers a unique pictorial alphabet book (with some digraphs) derived from a 1913 primer.
The engaging text presents the sounds of the letters through amusing and clever picture
associations making it ideal as a curriculum supplement for preschool through first grade
beginners. Book II is a collection of charming, child-friendly reading exercises whose beautifully
colored illustrations will capture the attention of emerging readers from Kindergarten through
second grade. Book III showcases interesting stories about nature and life in the 1910's and
1920's with illustrations for these character building stories specifically intended for young readers
second grade through fourth garde. The American Schoolhouse Reader is a very highly
recommended three volume series that will be of immense interest for classroom instructors and
homeschool teachers wanting to supplement their usual reading instruction curriculum with
material that is time tested, illustrated in full color, and imbued with character building
values.
Using Data To Assess Your Reading Program
Emily Calhoun
ASCD
1703 North Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311-1714
http://www.ascd.org
0871209683 $34.95 1-800-933-2723
Using Data To Assess Your Reading Program discusses in detail how schools and district teams
can use action research to evaluate elementary students' progress in reading, analyze the quality of
instruction in reading and writing skills, and make changes that improve student performance.
Written by the director of the Phoenix Alliance, an institution that aids school, district, and state
staff in the study of the effects of curriculum and instruction on student learning, Using Data To
Assess Your Reading Program covers studying teacher or school-assigned indicators of student
performance, results of norm-referenced and criterion-referenced tests, assessing dynamic aspects
of one's reading curriculum, and more. A CD-ROM with downloadable versions of Microsoft
Excel (a leading spreadsheet software) table shells presented throughout the book, which may be
freely used as templates or distributed througout one's school, rounds out this expertly created
guide to both gathering raw data about student literacy, accurately evaluating it, and determining
what most needs to be done.
The Library Science Shelf
100 Ready-To-Use Pathfinders For The Web
A. Paula Wilson
Neal-Schuman Publishers
100 William St., #2004, NY, NY 10038
1555704905 $75.00 neal-schuman.com
An ideal "how to" instructional guide and reference for anyone needing quick, easy-to-navigate
tools for getting information from the World Wide Web, 100 Ready-To-Use Pathfinders For The
Web: A Guidebook And CD-ROM by Paula Wilson (technology columnist for "Public Libraries")
offers authoritative, practical, effective, "user friendly" and customizable pathfinders for a wide
range of subjects. These pathfinder techniques are presented in a uniform format listing essential
print and electronic materials (encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, sourcebooks, online
databases, periodicals, websites, primary sources, etc.). The electronic templates provide spaces
for inserting local information such as library logos, links to the online catalog, programs and
events, local agencies and organizations, specific collection in highlights, and so much more.
Enhanced with an accompanying CD-ROM reproducing all 100 pathfinders in two separate
versions (Cascading Style Sheets for easy conversion and adaptation to any library website and as
Word Documents for creating print handouts) 100 Ready-To-Use Pathfinders For The Web will
enable school and community librarians to effective serve the needs and interests of their students
and patrons.
The Accidental Library Manager
Rachel Singer Gordon
Information Today, Inc.
143 Old Marlton Pike, Medford, NJ 08055
www.infotoday.com
1573872105 $29.50 1-800-300-9868
Whether employed in an academic, corporate, or community library, in order to advance their
professional careers, most librarians will encounter supervisory or managerial responsibilities. The
Accidental Library Manager by librarian, computer expert and webmaster Rachel Gordon
provides support and background designed to be of specific and practical utility for new library
managers, aspiring library managers, and those who find themselves thrust into unanticipated
library management positions. The Accidental Library Manager provides informative instruction
into being more effective in a library supervisory or management positions, as well as how to
think about library sectional or specialty work in terms of the goals of the larger institution. A
wide range of library staff comments on supervisory successes and failures, strengths, weaknesses,
and styles are included. The Accidental Library Manager is an invaluable addition to Library
Science collections and "must" reading for any librarian seeking to advance in the practice and
profession of library management.
The Poetry Shelf
Cowboy Poetry
Ray Meyers
Tate Publishing, LLC
127 East Trade Center Terrace, Mustang, OK 73064
www.tatepublishing.com
1933148209 $13.95 1-888-361-9475
Cowboy Poetry: Of Legends In Frozen Time is a showcase compilation of the poetry of Ray
Meyers, a man who was born, raised, and lives on the same ranch in Carroll County, Iowa, that
his
grandfather has settled in 1867. An avid fan of cowboy poetry, Ray Meyers raises shorthorn
cattle, and quarter horses making him as authentic a cowboy poet has could ever be asked for.
With lyrical verse (some of which are of epic quality) revealing a cowboy's yearning for
wide-open spaces, starlit nights, and independence, Cowboy Poetry is populated with memorable
characters and a prairie life of memorable beauty and illuminating imagery. There are even a few
black-and-white photos and some cowboy recipes! Cowboy Poets: How are cowboy poets
made?/They don't suddenly just appear,/Now I can't speak for all the rest;/But this is what
happened here.//My teachers name was Isaia,/This old sister really had wit,/Her off-time hobby
was yodeling;/She taught me poetry in Sophomore Lit.//Soon I'd chosen a favorite poet,/Now he
wrote in the sixteenth century,/His words were an intrigue with thoughtful depth;/As he told us of
early gentry.//The robes he wore would seem strange to us,/He was no cowboy so don't fear;/He
wrote poems of kingdoms and romance;/His "Nom-de-plum" was William Shakespeare.//Years
progressed and I gained experience,/From the laughter and tragedy of life;/"You should write a
book with all your stories."/Was the suggestion of my wife.//I consistently read in the Cattle
Country News,/The stories by Mad Jack Hanks,/He wrote stories and poems, He did cartoons
too./Mad Jack I extend you my thanks.//I was inspired while reading Cowboy Poetry,/That was
authored by T. L. Bush./So I put my stories to rhythm and rhyme:/My leap of faith was really a
push.//But the poet whom I most respected,/Whose words flowed and never went slack;/And he
wrote many stories of cowboy ways:/ He's the poet called Baxter Black.//That pretty well tells the
story of how,/A cowboy poet grew midst Iowa corn;/He went from reading to writing in rhythm
and rhyme:/And that's how this poet was born. Keep your rope coiled, Cowboy Poet, Ray
Meyers.
The Maverick Room
Thomas Sayers Ellis
Graywolf Press
2402 University Avenue, Suite 203, Saint Paul, MN 53114
1555974147 $14.00 graywolfpress.org
The debut collection of poetry by Thomas Sayers Ellis (co-founder of The Dark Room Collective,
a gathering place for young African American poets), The Maverick Room showcases a new and
original voice in American poetry, one marked by inner-city youth culture energy that is part
lyrical narrative, part "Parliament Funkadelic", a blind of chaos and control through the sheer and
simple power of words. The Roll Call: Any half-decent rapper/Can conjure the dead,//Can reach
into graves/And accuse God//Of Indian-giving./The trick is ancestral,//No more magic than
memory's/Hidden strings & chains.//Trust me,/We haven't forgotten a name.//Say them. Raise
your hands./Holler at me!
The Cookbook Shelf
Log Cabin Cooking
Barbara Swell
Native Ground Music
109 Bell Road, Asheville, NC 28805
www.nativeground.com
1883206251 $5.95 1-800-752-2656
A slender 65-page compendium of pioneer era recipes, Log Cabin Cooking by Barbara Swell also
offers tips on hearth cooking, food insults, pioneer dining etiquette, kitchen provers, cake
superstitions, jump rope rhymes, and "Biscuit Sayings". Readers will learn how to make a
"squashaphone" and "Make-Do Cooking". Enhanced with period photography, the recipes in this
little gem of a cookbook range from Sour Dough Bread, to Dandelion Salad, to Poor Man's
Pudding, to Dried Sweet Apple Schnitz. Also very highly recommended are two other old-time
cookbooks by Barbara Swell: Take Two & Butter 'em While They're Hot!: Heirloom Recipes &
Kitchen Wisdom (1883206324, $5.95) and Secrets Of The Great Old-timey Cookbooks: Historic
Recipes, Lore & Wisdom (1883206375, $5.95).
The Gourmet Burger
Paul Gayler, author
Gus Filgate, photographer
Gibbs Smith, Publisher
PO Box 667, Layton UT 84041
www.gibbs-smith.com
1586854623 $24.95 1-800-748-5439
Written and compiled by Paul Gayler (the executive chef of the prestigious Lanesborough hotel of
London's Hyde Park), The Gourmet Burger is a cookbook that elevates the simple burger to an
edible art form. Full-color photographs by Gus Filgate, and Gayler's methodical instructions teach
the reader to create mouth-watering meals, from Bengali Chicken Burger with Cucumber and
Tomato Achar, and Asian guacamole, to Pumpkin Couscous Burger in Pitas, to the Big Apple
Deli Burger with Swiss Cheese and Barbecue Coleslaw, and so many more. The creations in
Gourmet Burger use taste-tested applications of flavor, texture, spices, breads, vegetables and
much more to maximum effect, in this recommended high-class kitchen resource for gourmets in
general and burger lovers in particular.
Asian Tapas
Christophe Megel & Anton Kilayko
Tuttle Publishing
c/o Periplus Editions
364 Innovation Drive, North Clarendon, VT 05759-9436
0794603149 $24.95 tuttlepublishing.com
Co-written by an executive chef, Asian Tapas: Small Bites, Big Flavors is a beautiful recipe book
that blurs cultural lines in its presentation of exciting flavors from Bali, Malaysia, Thailand,
Vietnam, Japan, China, and more. From Flaky Cashew Nut Puff Pastry Squares, to Summer
Green Tea Noodles with Mussels, to Spicy Crab Salad Sandwiches and more, the preparations
within combine traditional ingredients to create inventive and mouth-watering, succulent dishes.
Each recipe is accompanied by a full-page color photograph that captures the dish with the
precision of a skilled artist. A beautiful, captivating compendium recommended for kitchen cooks
of all skill and experience levels who want to try preparing something a little different.
Cocktail Art/Liquid Kitchen
Kyle Branche
Privately Published
22630 Claredon Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
1-818-225-8009 kbranche@earthlink.net
Two unusual "how to" books by bartending expert Kyle Branche on the fine art of mixing drinks
are now out on CD. Enhanced with a bonus chapter on "The Ritual of Absinthe Today", Liquid
Masters (072254000228, $19.95) is a veritable information log and reference guide designed to
serve the professional bartender, the commercial beverage manager, and the dedicated home
entertainer. Defining more than 700 terms within the Categorical Drink Code, Liquid Masters also
covers organics and infusions, Liqueur/Schnaps specific gravity tables, foods to pair with spirits,
and a series "reader friendly" chapters of discussion topics along with more than 120
industry-related websites. The Hotel Of Naughty Cocktails (072254000-327, $29.95) has an
interior designed as if it were the floors of an hotel instead of chapters. There are "Rooms" instead
of drink categories, and Scene numbers to go along with each cocktail. From "Martini for your
Thoughts", to "Naughty Cars and Liquid Guitars", to "What is that Purple Thing?", to
"Aphrodisacs", there is a beverage among the almost 5000 drink entries for every taste and
occasion. If you aspire to a professional level of bartending skills, then these are two highly
recommended as the best "how to" bartending books available in a CD format.
From A Baker's Kitchen
Gail Sher
Marlowe & Company
c/o Avalon Publishing Group
245 West 17th Street, 11th floor, New York, NY 10011-5300
1569243867 $15.95 1-800-788-3123
Now in a special twentieth anniversary edition, Gail Sher's From A Baker's Kitchen is a classic
essential "how to" reference and recipe collection for home bakers interested in learning to make
professional-quality bread. Individual chapters address all of the basic methods and principles
involved in bread making (including molding, slitting, glazing, baking, and storage), steps for the
Sponge Method, recipes for breads of various grains, "quick breads" such as corn breads, biscuits,
gingerbreads, and muffins, and more. Careful attention to instructional detail distinguishes this
time-tested, "must-have" instructional cookbook for breadmakers of all skill and experience
levels.
A Swedish Kitchen
Judith Pierce Rosenberg
Hippocrene Books
171 Madison Ave., NY, NY 10016
www.hippocrenebooks.com
0781810590 $24.95 1-212-685-4371
Judith Pierce Rosenberg's A Swedish Kitchen: Recipes And Reminiscences is no ordinary recipe
collection, but a collection of stories of Swedish culinary and cultural heritage, supplemented with
recipes from Rosenberg's Swedish roots. What's the difference between this and a cookbook?
Reminiscences of life in Sweden revolve around food, with such succulent descriptions as have
not been seen since the late food writer James Beard's works. The first hundred pages are devoted
to these descriptions but if you wish recipes alone, it's easy to go to the second part of the book,
with its lightly color-coded page edges. Don't skip the first part, though - you'd be skipping the
heart of a wonderful collection in A Swedish Kitchen.
New Cook Book: Bridal Edition
Better Homes and Gardens
Meredith Books
1716 Locust St., Des Moines, IA 50336
www.meredithbooks.com
0696222116 $29.95 1-800-678-8091
Featuring more than 1,200 recipes and enhanced with some 700 photos, the New Cook Book:
Bridal Edition from Better Homes and Gardens offers a culinary wealth of menu ideas for
romantic dinners, holiday meals, and parties with friends -- as well as palate pleasing, appetite
satisfying family meals at home. There is a guide to wines, cheeses, and contemporary cocktails,
as well as tips and techniques that will provide even the most novice of kitchen cooks with a
feeling of accomplished expertise. Of special note is the practical advice for putting on a big
holiday dinner. From Pomegranate Martinis; White Bean Dip; Chocolate Caramel Bars; and
Chicken Fried Steak; to One-Pot Spaghetti; Taco Salad; Meatball Soup; and Broccoli-Carrot
Stir-Fry, the New Cook Book: Bridal Edition has "kitchen cook friendly" recipes and ideas for
virtually every dining occasion!
In Praise Of Tomatoes
Ronni Lundy
Lark Books/Sterling Publishing Co.
387 Park Avenue South, NY, NY 10016
www.sterlingpub.com
1579904211 $19.95 1-800-805-5489
Take recipes presented by cookbook author Ronni Lundy with Early Girl Eatery expert John
Stehling, add garden tips and folklore, and give the package a lovely dose of color photos and you
have In Praise Of Tomatoes: Tasty Recipes, Garden Secrets, Legends & Lore, a vivid celebration
of the tomato in food and drink. The gardener-grower/cook will be especially pleased by a lovely
mix of garden lore and recipes.
Wolfgang Puck Makes It Easy
Wolfgang Puck
Rutledge Hill Press
PO Box 14100, Nashville, TN 37214
1401601804 $34.99 1-800-251-4000
Wolfgang Puck's name is synonymous with 'outstanding' here on the West Coast, with his Spago
signature restaurants now enjoying a number of locations; so Wolfgang Puck Makes It Easy
comes backed with a professional chef's kitchen savvy and culinary insights and is packed with
tips and recipes honed by restaurant experience. The focus here is refreshing: it's on ingredients
the ordinary cook finds readily in the kitchen, and quality equipment which can streamline the
process. Add color photos throughout, and you have a real winner.
King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion
King Arthur Flour
Countryman Press
PO Box 748, Woodstock, VT 05091
www.countrymanpress.com
0881506591 $29.95 1-800-245-4151
If it's only one cookie 'bible' cookbook needed, The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion: The
Essential Cookie Cookbook surely rates high in the competition: like the "Fannie Farmer" and
"Joy of Cooking", it packs in lots of recipes tested by professionals who know how to bake - over
400 cookie recipes. Variations are offered on nine basic cookie types, from brownies and oatmeal
to shortbread, biscotti and decorated cookies. Recipes are prefaced with commentary and notes
by the King Arthur kitchen staff and while some come with color photos, most don't need them. A
'must' for cookie fans seeking tested, no-fail recipes in abundance!
Fantastic Food With Splenda
Marlene Koch
M. Evans & Company, Inc.
216 East 49th St., New York, NY 10017
www.mevans.com
1590770218 $21.95 1-800-462-6420
Splenda is that neo-sugar substitute which is derived from sugar but without the 'bad stuff'
diabetics must avoid, making it a fine substitute in cooking. The few cookbooks on the market
devoted to Splenda, however, usually focus on its applicability to desserts: finally there's a title
which covers a wider range of uses, from Chai Tea to French Toast and Bourbon Chicken, in
Fantastic Food With Splenda: 160 Great Recipes For Meals Low In Sugar, Carbohydrates, Fat,
And Calories. Each recipe concludes with a diabetic exchange note plus a list of carbs, fat and
other results. There's a wide range of dishes, from chutneys and main courses to jams and sweet
sauces. It's the variety of dishes which makes Marlene Koch's cookbook exceptional.
Harvard Common Press
535 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118
www.harvardcommonpress.com
If you typically associate slow cooker cookbooks with stews and pot roasts and little else, it's time
to take another look at the 350 recipes packed into Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann's Not
Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook (1558322-450, $16.95), a treasure trove exploring all the
potential available in a slow cooker pot. From choosing fresh ingredients over packaged to using
the cooker for breakfast, lunch and dinner alike, Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook
features hundreds of dishes from corned beef and cabbage to chilis, soups, and even original
inventions not to be found elsewhere. Maybe it's vegetarian main dishes you seek from the slower
cooker's repertoire: if so, Robin Robinson's Fresh From The Vegetarian Slow Cooker
(1558322566, $14.95) is the choice for you. From bean dishes to vegetarian chilis, vindaloo and
more, even to miso dishes and 'pot roast', the hearty dishes in Vegetarian Slow Cooker emphasize
main courses. Author James Villas' Biscuit Bliss (155832223X, $14.95) shares the best of his
personal recipe favorites and investigations of biscuit recipes across the country. Biscuit fans will
relish a collection of many regional recipes hard to find elsewhere, from Spiced Pumpkin to
Olive-Pimiento and many more.
Cooking For Kings
Ian Kelly
Walker & Company
104 - 5th Avenue, New York NY 10011
www.walkerbooks.com
0802714366 $26.00 1-800-289-2553
For an excellent blend of biography and cookbook, choose Cooking For Kings: The Life Of
Antonin Careme, The First Celebrity Chef, a survey of the life of the first known celebrity chef
Antonin Careme and his recipes. The cook's own memoirs are used to trace his rise from an
abandoned child to becoming one of the greatest cooks in Paris. Careme was more than a chef: he
invited chef's tools, he cooked for kings and noblemen, and he even made Napoleon's wedding
cake. His marriage of food with glamour made him a notable figure - as well as the first chef to
become rich by publishing cookbooks. This is a lively history recommended for food fans.
Dining Car To The Pacific
William A. McKenzie
University of Minnesota Press
111 Third Ave. S. #290, Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520
0816645620 $24.95 upress.umn.edu
Travelers on the Northern Pacific Railway got much more than a ticket to travel when they chose
to ride: they often received gourmet dining in the dining car, as William A. McKenzie illustrates in
his Dining Car to the Pacific: The "Famously Good" Food of the Northern Pacific Railway. The
Northern's service was widely regarded as the best in the industry - and source materials from
railroad records of the 1860s blends with memoirs of meals to recreate the experience - complete
with over 150 recipes used on the line, many developed for or by Northern Pacific. McKenzie's
nearly thirty years as a PR manager and corporate historian for the railroad lends expertise to his
review and organization of the company's archival records for this lovely survey, while his wife
Violet tested and modified the dishes for use at home.
The Library CD Music Shelf
Uprooting
Warsaw Village Band
World Village
c/o Rock, Papter, Scissors
Box 1788, Bloomington, IN 47402-1788
www.worldvillagemusic.com
468036 $TBA rockpaperscissors.biz
Founded in Poland in 1997, The Warsaw Village Band is composed of young musicians who play
a kind of hard-core folk music that employs fiddles, hurdy-gurdies, trumpets, drums, zithers, jew's
harps, as well as lively female vocals. With a total running time of 43:14, the sixteen pieces
comprising this energetic fusion based on traditional Polish musical elements and the modern
sounds of turntable specialists was expertly recorded on April 21, 2004 and May 14-17, 2004.
Uprooting is especially commended to personal and community library multinational/multicultural
CD music collections.
Canyon Records
3131 W. Clarendon, Phoenix, AZ 85017
www.canyonrecords.com
Canyon Records, a premier producer and publisher of Native American music, has just released to
impressive pow-wow recordings an an invaluable ceremonial peyote recording to the large and
continuingly expansive Native American music catalog. Hallmarked by a a flawless recording
technology at on-site performances, these outstanding presentations include Pow-Wow Songs
Recorded Live In Browning (CR-6379, running time 75:30) by the group Young Grey Horse;
Back In The Day (CR-6373, running time 59:52) by Blackstone who were recorded live at the
Twenty-Nine Palms; and A Tradition Continues: Harmonized Peyote Songs (CR-6377, running
time 57:59) by Yankton Dakota tribal member Gerald Wayne Primeaux, drawing upon his family's
five generation of Peyote singers and songmakers. With the twenty-four peyote songs and the two
healing songs comprising this unique recording, listeners will enjoy harmonized singing with
gourd and drum showcasing songs of prayer, honor and blessings, blended with gentle sounds of
nature. All three of these enthusiastically recommended recordings are ideal for personal and
community library CD Music collections, and especial additions to academic Native American
Studies reference resource materials collections as well.
Esperanza
Young & Rollins
Bolero Records
18653 Ventura Blvd., Suite 314, Tarzana, CA 91356
www.bolero-records.com
BOL7114 $16.98 1-818-888-1059
The music and performances of Dan Young & Lawson Rollins combines their passion for the
guitar with the precision of European classical music and the enthusiasm of experimentation to
capture in a musical language the seduction of the ballad and the romance of exotic locales.
Flawlessly performed and recorded, the eleven pieces of diverse musical rhythms and emotional
intensities of this highly recommended CD recording include Firedancer (4:16); Spanish Nights
(4:55); Twanee (2:31); Sandstorm (4:28); Ritual (5:53); Play On (3:48); Nowhere To be Found
(3:33); Mirage (5:59); Cottonwood Canyon (4:42); the title piece Esperanza (3:47) and concludes
with a 1:07 reprise of Esperanza.
Spirit Of Love
Maya & Sage
Spirit Singer Productions
c/o The Creative Service Company
4360 Emerald Drive, Colorado Spring, CO 80918
SSP-0285-2 $15.98 www.MayaSage.com
Very highly recommended listening and an ideal addition to New Age CD music collections. Spirit
Of Love is a diverse and impressive compilation of New Age music that blends chant with world,
pop, and dance. Maya's mantras and lyrics, along with her guitar and piano keyboard work are
wonderfully embellished with the unique harmonies of Sage's use of percussion, didgeridoo, Celtic
harp, Native American flute, electric guitar, harmonica, and keyboards. Enhanced with special
guest musicians Silvia Nakkach, Geoffrey Gordon, Craig Owens, and Gary Reginia, Spirit Of
Love offers 64 minutes of music showcasing spiritually refreshing, mind healing, emotionally
rewarding listening in eleven distinctive pieces that range from Heaven's Rain; Utopia; and Wild
Companions; to Ancestor's Breath; Lakshmi Ma; and Celebration.
The Audiobook Shelf
Cary Grant: A Biography
Marc Eliot
Books On Tape, Inc.
Box 25122, Santa Ana, CA 92799-5122
library.booksontape.com
1415917256 $TBA 1-800-541-5525
Cary Grant: A Biography is an unabridged audiobook biography of legendary Hollywood leading
man and hearthrob, Cary Grant. His story is a fascinating one, marked by his own desire to keep
his private life to himself, separate from the "Cary Grant" persona touted by directors and movie
studios. A thorough examination of all aspects Grant's life, from early life, personal foibles, and
ambiguous sexuality to the unique combination of charisma, talent and luck that earned him more
than thirty-five years of stardom, Cary Grant: A Biography is the definitive biography for fans and
serious scholars alike. 10 cassettes, 15 hours 30 min.
The Life Of Mozart
Edward Holmes
Tantor Media
114 East Mill Rock Road, Old Saybrook, CT 06475
1400100984 $39.99 www.tantor.com
Edward Holmes (a schoolfellow and contemporary of John Keats) wrote and published the first
complete account of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, basing his biography upon Mozart's own letters
and personally written memoirs. The Life Of Mozart was written long before the significance of
Mozart's work and impact upon European classical music was fully realized. As a biographer,
Edward Holmes managed to nonetheless reveal that unique composer and performer's character
and genius, his personal and professional struggles, his influence on music beginning as a child
prodigy and continuing through his accomplishments as a young and often troubled man whose
life was to prove all too brief. Expertly narrated by David Case and strongly recommended for
academic and community library audiobook collections, this Tantor Media audiobook edition is
complete and unabridged on 10 CDs offering a total running time of 11 hours, 45 minutes.
Girl Underground
Morris Gleitzman, author
Mary-Anne Fahey, narrator
Bolinda Publishing, Inc.
PO Box 307, Shelton, CT 06484
www.bolinda.com
1740935268 $28.00 1-888-235-2019
Girl Underground is an unabridged audiobook on CD, written by one of Australia's most beloved
authors, about a girl who just wants a peaceful life and to keep her parents out of prison. But a
boy makes her an offer she "cannot" refuse, the two of them must team up and form a desperate
plan to rescue two kids from a desert detention centre. The stakes are high; if they fail then at the
very least they might wind up in the same centre indefinitely - or worse! Skillfully narrated by
Mary-Anne Fahey, Girl Underground is an engaging story for all ages about meeting seemingly
impossible challenges and helping friends in dire need. 3 CDs, 3 hours 30 minutes.
Homegrown Democrat
Garrison Keillor
HighBridge Audio
33 Sixth St., Menneapolis, MN 55402
1565119282 $22.95 highbridgeaudio.com
Popular writer, essayist, and host of "A Prairie Home Companion", Garrison Keillor combines his
quiet humor with keen observations of American life and politics in Homegrown Democrat: A
Few Plain Thoughts From The Heart Of America. With his usual flair for narrative storytelling,
Keillor's latest release combines personal reminiscence with political commentary spiced with a
humorous meditation. Flawlessly recorded, completely unabridged, and with a running total of 4
hours, 30 minutes, this four disk audiobook CD is a "must" for the legions of Keillor fans who
will enjoy and value his descriptions of the democratic values so characteristic of the
hard-working, God-fearing people of Lake Wobegon where all the men are strong, the women are
good looking, and the children are above average.
The Bible As The Root Of Western Literature
Professor Adam Potkay
Recorded Books, LLC
270 Skip Jack Road, Prince Frederick, MD 20678
www.recordedbooks.com
1402539118 $TBA 1-800-638-1304
The latest in The Modern Scholar series, The Bible As The Root Of Western Literature: Stories,
Poems And Parables is a college-level instructional resource on audio CD, designed to give
listeners a literary and historical overview of the Bible, from Genesis to the Book of Revelation,
along with a basic understanding as to how the Bible has influenced literary traditions of the West.
Questions discussed include "What, in literary terms does a given Biblical story mean?" and "How
has a given story been interpreted by literary critics from centuries past to the modern day?"
Award-winning English professor Adam Potkay spells out the interweaving between the Biblical
text and roots of literature in this unique tool ideal for self-study and review, and also useful for
students of the Bible seeking to reinforce their basic understanding of the texts. 7 CDs, 14
hours.
Sammy's Hill: A Novel
Kristin Gore
Books On Tape, Inc.
Box 25122, Santa Ana, CA 92799-5122
www.librarybooksontape.com
1415913056 $TBA 1-800-541-5525
Sammy's Hill: A Novel is the library edition audiobook of the debut novel of Kristin Gore, a veru
skilled comedy writer and the daughter of former vice-president Al Gore. A lively and sometimes
satirical saga set on Capitol Hill as seen through the eyes of Samantha Joyce, a twenty-six year
old health care analyst to Ohio Junior Senator Robert Gary. A hard-working heroine, Sammy has
next to no time for friends, let alone a relationship, but between lobbying and late-night dinners
she meets a bachelor who proclaims his love for her. How can love fit into seventy-plus hour
workweeks, let alone family demands and fending off the advances of her best friend's slimy
boyfriend? A delightful tongue-in-cheek story that blends love, politics and hard choices into a
fulfilling whole. 9 cassettes, 13 hours.
Brilliance Corporation
Box 887, Grand Haven, MI 49417
www.brillianceaudio.com
Brilliance's leisure listens are always best bets for commuters or audio fans. Barbara Delinsky's
Twilight Whispers (1596002-972, $26.95) appears on cd and enjoys Kathy Garver's excellent and
vivid voice as it tells of the complex story of three powerful families joined by marriage - and
murder. CD listeners will also appreciate John and Diana Hagee's What Every Man Wants In A
Woman/What Every Woman Wants In A Man (1596003707, $26.95), enjoys a dual narration by
veterans J. Charles and Sandra Burr who each read the respective sexes' perspectives of how to
grow deeper in love through acknowledging common goals of romance. Science fiction buffs will
welcome another Anne McCaffrey's 'dragonriders'-based novel by different author Todd
McCaffrey in Dragonsblood (1596008903, $26.95): veteran Dick Hill narrates the story of two
women who become allies in their race against a mysterious fatal illness striking dragons. The son
of the dragon fantasies proves he's as adept as his mother in creating a gripping adventure. Terry
Goodkind's Chainfire (1590863119, $29.95) will appeal to listeners already familiar with the prior
8 books in the 'Sword of Truth' series: 6 cassettes provide the story of a victim's struggle to
survive and his confrontation with the very forces of evil. Narrator Jim Bond's been reading for
almost twenty-five years, whether it's Midwest talk shows or audio narrations: his voice lends
drama to the ongoing saga.
Random House Audio
1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019
www.randomhouse.com/audio
Four excellent new audio packages for leisure listeners combine professional, lively readers with
excellent, tested writers. Richard North Patterson's new Conviction (0739301349, $26.95)
receives Patricia Kalember's evocative, dramatic reading - perhaps enhanced by her extensive film,
TV and theater background - as it tells of one Rennell Price, who has 59 days to live until he's
executed for a murder he didn't commit. It's up to attorney Terri Paget to save him and she probes
a dangerous world in her efforts to prove him innocent. Dean Koontz and Kevin J. Anderson's
Frankenstein Book 1: Prodigal Son (0739317113, $29.95) receives John Bedford Lloyd's bold
and brisk style as it tells of a dangerous killer who stalks the streets, lacks humanity, and involves
a cynical female detective determined to track him down. Add conspiracy and a near-immortal
race of killers to the mix and you have a tense plot brought to life by veteran actor/narrator John
Bedford Lloyd. John Grisham's new novel The Broker is out (0739316443, $27.95), and when
paired with Dennis Boutsikaris' award-winning performing voice, it's going to prove one of his
most gripping thrillers ever. An outgoing President grants a last-minute pardon to a notorious
Washington power broker in response to CIA pressure - and a game of intrigue, espionage, and
smuggling evolves which involves various world political factions in a struggle. Packed with
intrigue and exciting back-and-forth drama. Lisa Gardner's Alone (0739313061, $27.50) receives
Holter Graham's involving reading as it tells of a hostage standoff and a moment of violence
which connects three very different lives. A tense thriller comes to life under reader Graham's
treatment.
The Fiction Shelf
The River Love
Margaret Hay Van Damm
Mayhaven Publishing
PO Box 557, Mahomet, IL 61853
www.mayhavenpublishing.com
1878044788 $24.95 1-866-586-4493
Prize-winning author Margaret Hay Van Damm presents The River Love, a saga set in the
provincial dwelling of Middleborough, Mississippi. The River Love is a novel about two sisters
whose lives are about to change in dramatic ways. One refuses to admit her broken heart; the
other yearns for an Irish Setter more than another man in her life. Yet the eccentric pair will soon
come to realize that love itself courses as a stream around their existences, and flows toward a
future neither one of them dared to fear or hope for. A relaxing story that perfectly captures the
quiet splendor of daily life and powerful interpersonal bonds.
The Hunting/Fishing Shelf
Building Classic Salmon Flies
Ron Alcott, author
Arleigh D. Richardson III, editor
Frank Amato Publications
PO Box 82112, Portland, OR 97282
1571883398 $29.95 amatobooks.com
Written by leading salmon fly tyer and designer Ron Alcott, who has contributed to such
reknowned journals as "American Angler and Fly Tyler", "Atlantic Salmon Journal" and "The
Flyfisher", Building Classic Salmon Flies is a guide for featherwing salmon fly tyers of all
experience levels. Full color photographs and detailed instructions showcase a wide variety of
lures so skillfully done as to approach the realm of art. An extensive primer to fly tying describes
the meaning of basic terminology, ideal proportions, materials most often used, and more. A
superb addition to salmon fly-fishing reference libraries, and spiral bound for easy practical use in
the field.
Net Results
Bob Riepenhoff
University of Wisconsin Press
1930 Monroe Street, Madison, WI 53711
www.uwpress.wisc.edu
0299198448 $19.95 1-800-621-2736
Bob Riepenhoff is an expert angler , the outdoor editor for the "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and
author of the column called "Riepenhoff on Local Lakes. Net Results: Great Fishing Spots In
Southern Wisconsin is a compilation of forty-three of his columns covering fifty-four lakes in
southern Wisconsin. Enhanced with contour maps for each of the lakes (maps which also feature
the locations of boat landings and the fish species present in each lake), the reader is taken on a
kind of tour with Riepenhoff artfully describing his fishing experiences and methods, descriptive
information on fish species, fish stocking, lake and fishery management, special regulations, and
public access. Drawing upon the expertise of the most skilled anglers in Wisconsin who have
guided Riepenhoff through his angling adventures on local lakes, Net Results will enhance any
fisherman's experience from the most novice beginning to the most seasoned veteran angler
seeking to fish the waters of southern Wisconsin's local lakes. Enthusiastically recommended
reading!
The Art Shelf
Persian Painting
Sheila R. Canby
Interlink Publishing Group
46 Crosby St, Northampton, MA 01060
1566565731 $19.95 interlinkbooks.com
Persian Painting is a concise and fully illustrated account of Persian painting from 1300 to 1900.
40 black-and-white and 50 color photographs of brilliant and historical works of art spring off the
page, offering a dazzling glimpse into six centuries of Iranian history. Starting wieht a discussion
of the materials and tools used by Persian artists, Persian Painting explores the context, stylistic
development, and historical background behind the draughtsmanship and cultural themes of
Persian miniature painting, in terms accessible to the lay reader or beginning art student. A
welcome contribution to art history shelves.
Devotion Splendor
Christina M. Nielsen
The Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60603-6110
0295984589 $16.95 1-312-443-3600
Devotion Splendor: Medieval Art At The Art Institute Of Chicago catalogues over fifty medieval
objects from the Art Institute of Chicago, including works from the early Christian era to the later
Middle Ages. Black-and-white and some color photographs of priceless historical artworks draw
the reader into a rich collection of vivid and beautiful works. An introduction offers and overview
of medieval art for each century, and each photograph of an art object has an accompanying text
segment describing its history, original use, artistic themes, and other significant features.
Showcased items include a Siculo-Arabic Casket that once served as a reliquary, a double-sided
manuscript leaf of sixth-century pope Saint Gregory, an embroidered retable and altar frontal, and
much more. A captivating collection of artistic treasures.
Matisse: His Art and His Textiles
Ann Dumas, et al.
Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
100 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011
www.abramsbooks.com
1903973465 $65.00 1-800-759-0190
The collaborative publishing project of art historians and expeters Ann Dumas, Jack Flam, Remi
Labrusse, and Hilary Spurling, Matisse: His Art And His Textiles is a stunning, full-color artbook
showcasing how Henri Matisse, an artist descended from weavers, was influenced by his personal
collection of vivid textiles - Persian carpets, Arab embroideries, African wall hangings, cushions,
curtains, patterned screens, backcloths and more. Over 100 of Matisse's artworks along with
numerous colorful fabrics, displayed as the catalogue of an exhibition at the Musee Matisse, the
Royal Academy of Arts in London, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The text
explores the connection that Matisse had to beautiful textile works, though the latter half of
Matisse: His Art And His Textiles is devoted entirely to breathtaking paintings, sketches, and art
objects. An enthusiastically recommended addition to library collections and art shelves.
Claude Raguet Hirst
Martha M. Evans
Columbus Museum of Art
c/o Hudson Hills Press
PO Box 205, 74-2 Union Street, Manchester, VT 05254
0918881544 $45.00 hudsonhills.com
Claude Raguet Hirst: Transforming The American Still Life is an artbook focusing on the
hyper-realistic still life works of Claude Raguet Hirst (1855-1942), a female artist who created
works to appeal to men and women, as opposed to her professional collegues who often painted
primarily for a male audience. Written by a guest curator and expert of Hirst's work, Claude
Raguet Hirst: Transforming The American Still Life describes Hirst's life and the themes behind
her works in detail, illustrated with the paintings themselves in glorious full color, as well as some
black-and-white images. Pictures of cherished books left half-open, reading glasses resting on the
pages as a makeshift bookmark, come across with such a vivid impression that it appears as
though the reader will be coming back any minute. A beautiful and recommended contribution to
library collections and personal artbook shelves.
Olbinski: Posters for Performing Arts
Richard Wilde, introduction
Nahan Editions/Patinae, Inc.
c/o National Book Network
4270 Boston Way, Lanham, MD 20706
www.patinae.com
1878768042 $50.00 1-800-462-6420
Olbinski: Posters For Performing Arts is a splendid, full-color gallery Rafal Olbinski's artworks,
originally created from to draw attention to performing arts, from bullfighting to jazz to circus
performances and more. The allegorial images, some of which play upon classic artworks or
themes, and span the latter third of the twentieth century to the modern day. A brief introduction
offers a few pages of insight into Olbinski, but the rest of Olbinski: Posters For Performing Arts is
entirely given over to the brilliant works themselves. Highly recommended for library and personal
artbook collections.
21st Century Ceramics
Bill Hunt
The American Ceramic Society
735 Ceramic Place, Westerville OH 43081
1574982230 $49.95 www.ceramics.org
21st Century Ceramics In The United States & Canada is a contemporary artbook featuring
sculptures, vases, plates, and more artistic ceramic creations. Introductions by various artists and
full-color photographs showcase the stunning array of brilliant pieces, from historical-style to
unique original and modern works. A welcome addition to modern art books and art treasury
shelves, whether for personal collections or public libraries.
Parrish Blue
Media Artists Inc.
c/o Crystal Productions
PO Box 2159, Glenview, IL 60025-6159
www.crystalproductions.com
DV2671-W $39.95 1-800-255-8629
Especially renowned for his distinctive use of color, Maxfield Parrish was one of the most popular
and influential American artists and illustrators of early twenty-century America. Shortly after his
death in 1967, his son, Maxfield Parrish, Jr. and the other most influential American illustrator and
artist of the time, Norman Rockwell, presented their understanding of the man who clearly
dominated the popular arts of his day and whose work was to be found in a wide range of forums
that included library mural paintings, magazine covers, decorative prints, book illustrations,
notecards, and even advertisements. Parrish Blue was the film that captured those conversations
and insights as viewers are introduced to the life and work of a most remarkable artist. This
27-minute, full color DVD edition is from newly discovered "answer print" and although clearly
reflects the age of the master print through scratches and grain, it is nonetheless enthusiastically
recommended viewing for anyone with an interest in American art history in general, and the
enduringly popular works of Maxfield Parrish in particular!
The Woodworking Shelf
The Art Of Segmented Wood Turning
Malcolm Tibbetts
Linden Publishing Company
2006 South Mary, Fresno, CA 93721
www.lindenpub.com
0941936864 $25.95 1-800-345-4447
Expertly written by Malcolm Tibbets (a professional wood turner specializing in segmented
turning), The Art of Segmented Wood Turning: A Step-by-Step Guide is a how-to manual meant
especially for readers with some woodworking experience. Engineering and mathematical
knowledge is not required, but familiarity with woodworking machinery and basic lathe-turning
skills are presumed. The Art Of Segmented Wood Turning walks the reader through basic tips,
tricks, and techniques, from knowing the properties of wood to stave construction to lamination
skills, building portholes, and much more. Full-color illustrations throughout reveal sample
projects and more masterpieces possible with skill and practice. The images of creations are
beautiful simply to page through, and the instructions are written in a down-to-earth, no-nonsense
style that is easy to grasp quickly. Highly recommended for woodworkers seeking to raise the bar
of their personal expertise.
The Literary Shelf
Cosmographical Glasses
Constance C. Relihan
Kent State University Press
PO Box 5190, Kent, OH 44242-0001
www.kentstateuniversitypress.com
0873388119 $29.95 1-330-672-8097
Cosmographical Glasses: Geographic Discourse, Gender, And Elizabethan Fiction, by Constance
C. Relihan (Hargis Professor of English, Auburn University, Alabama) examines the ways in
which sixteenth-century English texts such as traveler's reports, ethnographic studies, and
geographic guides, provided the foundation for how fictional prose of the period envisions the
locations in which its tales are set. Professor Relihan views this nonfictional discourse as central
to how the fictional prose of the period imagined cultural identity, framed fictional purposes, and
employed gender identity. A number of prose romances and novella collections are informatively
analyzed revealing the selected texts as reflections of social and cultural realities of early modern
England. Cosmographical Glasses is inherently fascinating reading and especially recommended to
the attention of historians, literary scholarship with respect to the history of the novel, and
non-specialist general readers with an interest in 16th and 17th century English literature.
Persea Books
853 Broadway, #604, NY, NY 10003
www.perseabooks.com
Who is Laura Riding Jackson? To find out, begin with Elizabeth Friedmann's The Laura Riding
Jackson Reader (089-2552638, $21.95): Jackson was an important American poet and thinker,
and the The Laura Riding Jackson Reader provides a very well rounded selection of her works,
offering key texts from the range of her works; from early writings to major works and including
four complete stories and her preface to her 1938 Collected Poems. An excellent literary survey,
this segues perfectly into Friedmann's A Mannered Grace: The Life Of Laura Riding Jackson
(0892553-006, $37.50): a fine in-depth biography analyzing one of the most enigmatic figures in
American and British modern literature. Jackson earned her reputation as a poet, but had
renounced poetry more than forty years before she won an award for her achievements. She is
popularly known as Robert Graves' muse, but devoted most of her life to Schuyler Jackson,
whom she married. From her politics and family life to her literary world, biography Elizabeth
Friedmann recreates her influences and ideals.
Tall Stories Omnibus 5
Alan Lloyd-Smith
Continuum
PO Box 1321, Harrisburg, PA 17105
www.continuumbooks.com
0826415954 $14.95 1-800-561-7704
College-level literary classes studying various forms of fiction will find Alan Lloyd-Smith's
introduction perfect for a review of the gothic literary genre. Chapters analyze the structure and
facets of what makes American gothic, considers key texts and major themes, and includes quotes
from some of the major works in the field. Many a high school student will find Tall Stories
Omnibus 5: American Gothic Fiction: An Introduction to be a welcome and informative
study.
The Native American Shelf
Kill The Indian, Save The Man
Ward Churchill
City Lights Publishers
261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94133
0872864340 $15.95 www.amazon.com
From 1880 to 1980 the families of Native Americans were cruelly disrupted by the United States
and Canadian governments who forcibly removed children from their homes and relocated them in
residential schools. The stated goal of this intrusive and brutal governmental program was to "kill
the Indian to save the man". Half of the children died in this process of cultural remodeling
refashioning aboriginal children into the clothing, hairstyles, attitdudes, and langauges of the
larger white culture, and those who survived were often left permanently scarred resulting in
alcoholism, suicide, and the transmission of trauma to succeeding generations down to the present
day. A core contribution to Native American Studies curriculums and academic library reference
collections, Ward Churchill (a Keetowah Cherokee and Professor of American Indian Studies,
University of Colorado, Boulder) clearly lays out this unhappy chapter in Native American history
with considerable detail and expertise in Kill The Indian, Save The Man: The Genocidal Impact
Of American Indian Residential Schools.
The World History Shelf
Historical Atlas Of The Celtic World
Angus Konstam
Mercury Books
c/o International Publishers Marketing
22841 Quicksilver Dr, Dulles, VA 20166
www.internationalpubmarket.com
1904668011 $25.00 www.amazon.com
Beautiful, full-color illustrations and photographs on every page enhance the Historical Atlas Of
The Celtic World, an in-depth history of the Celtic culture in Europe from its earliest beginnings
to its highlights and exquisite artworks to the modern day. Museum professional Angus Konstam
applies his knowledge in history and archaeology to seamlessly survey the course of Celtic history
and reveal the richness of Celtic heritage and legacy - "Although the last true vestiges of Celtic
culture died out in the medieval period, elements of Celtic ways survived into the early modern
era." A timeline helps put events in sequence, in this captivating and absorbing study of an ancient
civilization.
Landscape Design In Eighteenth-Century Ireland
Finola O'Kane
Cork University Press
c/o Stylus Publishing, Inc.
22883 Quicksilver Drive, Sterling, VA 20166-2012
185918362X $75.00 1-800-232-0223
Landscape Design In Eighteenth-Century Ireland: Mixing Foreign Trees With The Natives is a
fascinating, in-depth study of the eighteenth-century landscapes around Dublin and the gardens of
the region, as well as the political, monetary, and aesthetic appreciation influences that led their
owners to create them. Chapters focus especially upon Robert Molesworth's lanscape of
Breckdenston, the landscape of Castletown House, Carton Demesne's work which introduced
foreign trees, and the school at Frescati. Part environmental history, part narrative of the lives and
decisions of wealthy individuals, part studious assessment of the ambitious large-scale projects
that changed the nature of the countryside, Landscape Design In Eighteenth-Century Ireland is an
absorbing and detailed scrutiny. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white as well as color
images, paintings, diagrams and photographs, Landscape Design in Eighteenth-Century Ireland is
virtually unique in its theme of discussion yet delves into its subject matter with such depth as to
eclipse rival attempts.
Cartographica Extraordinaire
David Rumsey and Edith M. Punt
ESRI Press
380 New York Street, Redlands, CA 92373-8100
www.davidrumsey.com
1589480449 $79.95 www.amazon.com
David Rumsey's historical map collection is strong on North and South American images of the
18th and 19th centuries, and holds over 150,000 items, from maps and atlases to supporting
documents. Parts of the Rumsey Collection is available on the web - and now available in
Cartographica Extraordinaire: The Historical Map Transformed, an oversized collection of
selected maps which tell distinct stories of how areas became civilized and how cartographic
science has changed perceptions of land value and land use. The color photos are juxtaposed and
displayed perfectly in a lovely survey of the historical map's history and transformation, making
Cartographic Extraordinaire simply a 'must' for any college-level collection.
Life, Myth, And Art In Ancient Rome
Tony Allan
Getty Publications
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 500, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1682
0892368217 $19.95 www.getty.edu
Author Tony Allan draws upon his experience and expertise as the editor of Time-Life's "History
of the World" and as the author of the twenty-volume series "Myth and Mankind" to provide
readers with Life, Myth, And Art In Ancient Rome, a richly illustrated volume that explores the
unique dichotomy of Roman culture that creating crowning achievements of Western civilization
on the one hand, and their darker, barbaric, bloody politics and pastimes on the other. The Roman
culture was one of just government and impartial legal institutions juxtaposed with slavery,
conspiracy, superstition, and savagery. Full-color photographs of architectural sites, artifacts,
mosaics, paintings, statues, and art objects enhance an informed and informative text, hallmarked
with sidebars offering key information on specific sites or topics within each thematically
organized chapter. Life, Myth, And Art In Ancient Rome is an especially recommended
acquisition for school and community library World History collections.
Ancient Rome
Christopher S. Mackay
Cambridge University Press
40 West 20th Street, NY, NY 10011-4211
www.cambridge.org
0521809185 $35.00 1-800-872-7423
Knowledgeably written by Christopher S. Mackay, an accomplished associate professor of history
who has published numerous articles on all periods of Roman history, Ancient Rome: A Military
And Political History is a comprehensive political history ancient Rome from the city's origins
during the Italian Iron Age to the deposition of its last emperor in A.D. 476. From Rome's growth
and conquest to pressures and invasion that eventually destroyed its empire, to how it came to
adopt Christianity as its state religion and the lasting influence of that legacy, Ancient Rome is
extraordinarily fascinating and compelling reading. Written in terms as engaging to the lay reader
as the professional historian, Ancient Rome is a dynasty-by-dynasty account that spreads out what
history tells of feuds, assassinations, war, enforced peace, and military transformations in the
legendary Roman Empire.
The Money/Finance Shelf
Your Credit Score
Liz Pulliam Weston
Prentice Hall
200 Old Tappan Road, Old Tappan NJ 07675
0131486039 $17.95 awprofessional.com
One of the most critically important aspects of sound financial planning is the establishment and
maintenance of a sound credit rating. But sometimes "things happen" that result in damage to a
credit rating. In Your Credit Score: How To Fix, Improve, And Protect the 3-Digit Number That
Shapes Your Financial Future, personal finance journalist Liz Pulliam Weston provides the reader
with a complete and accessible plan for improving a credit score that has been damaged through
error, neglect, or debt load. Readers will learn what a FICO score is and why it's so important to
their financial well being both short term and long term. Readers will learn how to lighten debt
loads, cut credit card rates, review their credit history, improve their credit rating, save money,
and employ a credit rating to their best personal and professional advantage. No personal or
community library Money/Finance Management reference collection can be considered
comprehensive or up-to-date without the inclusion of Liz Weston's Your Credit Score!
Get A Life
Ralph Warner
Nolo Press
950 Parker Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
www.nolo.com
1413300847 $24.99 1-800-955-4775
Now in an updated fifth edition, Get A Life: You Don't Need A Million To Retire Well is a
straightforward guide to enjoying one's retirement. Get A Life especially focuses upon financial
considerations, but chapters also address such matters as interests to pursue upon retirement,
health and fitness issues, how to cultivate friendships (it is unfortunately common for widows and
widowers to quickly lose contact with former friends who are coupled), how to avoid living in a
nursing home if at all possible, and much more. Chapters dealing with economic needs address
how much retirement savings is enough, where to earn a source of income after 65, how to save
enough, an investment guide for "savvy peasants" (including why investing in precious metals
such as gold and silver is a bad idea), and more. A strongly recommended guide packed
cover-to-cover with useful tips for aging gracefully.
Strategies In Personal Finance
Keith V. Smith & Jane A. Smith
Purdue University Press
1207 South Campus Courts, Bldg. E, West Lafayette, IN 47907
www.thepress.purdue.edu
1557533474 $49.95 1-800-933-9637
Written by expert business and financial consultants Keith and Jane Smith, Strategies In Personal
Finance: Basic Investment Principles For Today And Tomorrow is a guide especially for ordinary
families. Stressing the importance of using careful preparation to ward away financial chaos or
retirement disaster, Strategies In Personal Finance presents basic tools and strategies in layman's
terms, from how to read a financial statement to basic measures of return and risk to how to
construct, revise and protect an optimum investment portfolio for one's needs, to estate planning
concers and more. Written in plain terms for the non-specialist general reader, Strategies In
Personal Finance spells out its points with charts, tables, and graphs throughout and is especially
recommended for families in need of a solid and reliable retirement plan.
The Budget Kit
Judy Lawrence
Dearborn Trade
30 S. Wacker Dr. #2500, Chicago, IL 60606-7841
www.dearborntrade.com
079318794X $18.95 1-800-245-2665
Plenty of folks know budgeting is an important skill: but just how to go about creating and
managing one is often the crux of their financial problems - and Judy Lawrence's The Budget Kit:
The Common Cents Money Management Workbook is the "budget maker friendly" solution.
Learn how to organize and maintain daily and monthly financial records, plan finances even with
irregular funds, and reduce debt through a kit which is in its fourth edition and which includes
software to back up the budgeting principles within.
The Theatre/Cinema/TV Shelf
The Magic Behind The Voices
Tim Lawson & Alisa Persons
University Press of Mississippi
3825 Ridgewood Rd, Jackson, MS 39211
www.upress.state.ms.us
1578066964 $25.00 1-800-737-7788
The biographies, anecdotes, credit listings and photos of actors who served as the voices for
popular cartoon characters are packed into The Magic Behind The Voices: A Who's Who Of
Cartoon Voice Actors, making it a fine survey of voice actors and their work. Even a decade ago,
many in the profession didn't even consider voice actors to be 'real actors': Magic Behind The
Voices provides excellent insights from early cartoon voices down to the animation of modern
times.
Michael Wiese Productions
11288 Ventura Blvd. #621, Studio City, CA 91604
1-800-833-5738 www.mwp.com
For exciting titles from Michael Wiese Productions demonstrate the fact that if it's
professional-level film guides and industry how-to references which are needed for a collection,
this publisher's holdings is the place to go. That's not to say that Michael Wiese produces just for
the film pro, but that the titles are top-notch, professional-level coverages. Take Catherine
Lorenze's Dream Gear: Cool & Innovative Tools for Film, Video & TV Professionals
(094118885X, $29.95): many a consumer will relish an in-depth approach to innovative tools for
film, video and TV, even though professional audiences are the target. Chapters assess the pros
and cons of camcorders, film systems, dolly kits and more. While many of the items are intended
for professional use, consumers will find much to consider in the model-specific insights and
assessments, and will learn a great deal about film industry production in the process. Black and
white photos on every page feature equipment, usage and stage examples, and more. Christina
Hamlett's Could It Be A Movie?: How To Get Your Ideas From Out Of Your Head And Up On
The Screen (0941188949, $26.95) is for the aspiring screenwriter who faces a stumbling block in
translating ideas into film. From identifying the strength of a plot idea and whether it could
translate to a hit movie to locating hot markets for particular styles of film and adapting
pre-existing material for feature-length screenplay, Could It Be A Movie? comes packed with
ideas. Phil Hall's The Encyclopedia Of Underground Movies: Films From The Fringes Of Cinema
(0941188957, $26.95) discusses the little-known world of' underground cinema' - films which
rarely find their way to audiences or media attention. Chapters select underground movies to
feature, from Rod Serling's 'Children' to underground documentaries, and survey such topics as
what makes a film enter the 'digital underground', and what makes for a 'collector film'.
Filmmakers who edit films won't want to miss the professional tips of Bruce Mamer with Jason
Wllace in Digital Editing With Final Cut Pro 4 (0941188914, $31.95). Final Cut Pro first saw
light in 1988 and was immediately applauded as a software that would allow independent
filmmakers to produce professional results on slim budgets, and the latest version can handle
either film or 24-frame video. Use Bruce Mamer and Jason Wallace's Digital Editing to
understand all integrated features of the program, apply it with professional technique, and
understand particular segments of its more complex features.
Video Hound's Groovy Movies
Irv Slifkin
Visible Ink
43311 Joy Rd, #414, Canton, MI 48187
1678591554 $24.95 www.amazon.com
Compiled by Irv Slifin, VideoHound's Groovy Movies: Far-out Films of the Psychedelic Era
features over 200 of the most entertaining, extreme works in cinematic history include weird and
wacky films of the psychedelic era, from wacky spy films to horror and science fiction. Over a
hundred films are considered, with black and white photos throughout detailing the most amusing,
unusual productions of 1965-75.
Pitching Hollywood
Jonathan Koch & Robert Kosberg
Quill Driver Books
1831 Industrial Way, #101, Sanger, CA 93657
1884956319 $12.95 1-800-497-4909
In Pitching Hollywood: How to Sell Your TV and Movie Ideas, movie buffs and aspiring film
makers will learn what appeals to Hollywood and what doesn't, from locating and developing a
marketable idea and avoiding troublesome ones to locating the right folk to pitch to and
protecting an idea. These are all basic questions for TV and movie writers. Two successful
producers, Jonathan Koch and Robert Kosberg (with the assistance of Tanya Meurer Norman)
reveal their insider's knowledge and secrets, creating an essential guide to the industry.
ECW Press
2120 Queen St. East #200, Toronto, Ontario Canada M4E 1E2
www.ecwpress.com
Watch out for it: here comes the companion book to the show Angel with Nikki Stafford's Once
Bitten: An Unofficial Guide To The World Of Angel (1550226-541, $17.95), providing exclusive
interviews with the show's cast and crew and packing in a history of the series, its changes, and its
cultural impact. The interviews form the meat of this unofficial guide to the Angel world, which is
a recommend pick for prior Angel fans. Stafford also works with Robyn Burnett in Uncovering
Alias: An Unofficial Guide (1550226533, $17.95), including a centerfold of color photos and an
important survey of the show which supplements the drama. From cast member biographies and a
map of Rambaldi artifacts to a trivia quiz, cast photos, and a history of each episode, Uncovering
Alias is the perfect guide for any Alias TV fan.
Vanity Fair
Mira Nair, et.al.
Newmarket Press
18 E. 48th St., New York NY 10017
www.newmarketpress.com
1557046379 $19.95 1-800-669-3903
No, this isn't Thackery's original classic, but a screenplay of his novel, packed with 140 color
photos, original costume designs, and examples from other movies and photos which served as
inspiration for the film. As much for film production students as for Thackery scholars, Vanity
Fair covers the mechanics of translating a classic novel to the screen.
GGC Publishing
5107 - 13th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011
www.GoGardner.com
Three excellent television production guides are top picks to understanding the industry and its
successes. Dee LaDuke's Making Great Television: Four Essential Ingredients (1589650182,
$24.95) pinpoint the four common successful elements of great television series. What do Mary
Tyler Moore Show, Sporanos and others have in common? All narrow down to four basic
ingredients, which executive producer and pilot producer LaDuke covers in detail. Gareth
Gardner, Ph.D.'s Guide To Multimedia And Animation Studies (1589650204, $49.95) is quite
simply an industry directory which shouldn't be missed; especially in this fully updated second
updated edition. Listings of multimedia and animation jobs, services, and studios include web
sites, phones and fax numbers, areas of specialization, and a brief paragraph with enough
description to present the heart of the organization's intentions. Garth Gardner, Ph.D.'s Colleges
For Multimedia And Animation (1589650190, $39.95) appears in its fourth updated edition and is
a recommended pick for the high school student, college grad or other would-be students who
wish to pursue a career in either computer graphics or animation. These are newer fields which
are still defining themselves and many colleges have only recently begun to offer degree and
advanced programs in this area: listings in Colleges For Multimedia And Animation include
admission requirements, financial aid details, an overview of courses and curriculum and
more.
The Nautical Shelf
Sheridan House
145 Palisades St., Dobbs Ferry, NY 19522
1-888-743-7425 www.sheridanhouse.com
These excellent techniques oriented guides will reach sailors and boat owners with practical
applications. The 5th edition of Boat Data Book by Ian Nicholson (15740-91972, $35.00) is a
treasure trove of detail for any interested in refitting, repairing or maintaining powerboats and
sailboats. There are more tables in the new fifth edition of Boat Data Book, newly added
information on the latest mechanical developments and improvements, and the same attention to
measurements and detail as in prior editions. Peter Nielsen's Sailpower: Trim And Techniques For
Cruising Sailors (1574091778, $34.95) provides a reference on sail trim for all sailors; not just
racers. Chapters discuss the basics of sail construction, maintenance, and trim tips; from the
standard details on how to balance a boat and keep moving in light air to heavy weather tactics.
Bryon D. Anderson covers The Physics Of Sailing Explained (1574091700, $19.95), for sailors
who wish to probe the actual science of sailing in more detail. Cruiser and races alike learn how
sails, keels and hulls work together and why different tactics work in different situations. Tony
Crowley's The Lo-Tech Navigator (1574091913, $17.95) is for any sailor who wants to be less
dependent on modern technology for navigation: instead, find latitude and longitude through the
Pole Star, detect sea currents using nothing but a kettle, and make a compass from a tin lid. Most
of the tools involve little more than basic equipment and observational skills, and the illustrated
projects in Lo-Tech Navigator tell how to make and use simpler traditional navigation
devices.
The Antiques/Collectibles Shelf
Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
4880 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, PA 19310
www.schifferbooks.com
Blue Ridge China was produced by Southern Potteries of Erwin, Tennessee from 1938-1957, so
their run time was limited; yet these patterns remain both popular and collectible; and Frances and
John Ruffin's Blue Ridge China Treasures (0764321-625, $34.95) is the reference of choice for
collectors interested in this maker and patterns. From pattern numbers, matching glassware, and
original rubber stamps used at the pottery to suggested prices and color photos packed onto every
page for easy identification, Blue Ridge China Treasures is, itself, a treasure. Den Six's Lotus
Depression Glass & Far Beyond (0764321633, $29.95) features many diverse works from the
Lotus Glass Company of Ohio, which decorated glass blanks from some of the best known glass
companies in this country. Over 200 images, mostly from original catalog pages and ads,
accompany a history of the company and its techniques. Add current market values and you have
an excellent, specific collector's reference. One might think Nancy Schiffer's gorgeous Hawaiian
Shirts: Dress Right For Paradise (07643-21439, $39.95) would've been better featured in a
fashion or a cultural column: not so: this is a book for designers and collectors alike, going
beyond pretty photos to list values and histories. Over 1,000 color photos detail Hawaiian textile
designs, discussing manufacturer labels and designs. Artists and textile collectors alike will find it
packed with lovely diversity detailing the range of the Hawaiian style. All are highly recommended
picks.
Civil War Collector's Encyclopedia
Francis A. Lord
Dover Publications
31 E. 2nd St., Mineola, NY 11501
www.doverpublications.com
0486436608 $24.95 1-800-223-3130
Any serious collector of Civil War arms, uniforms and equipment should consider the Civil War
Collector's Encyclopedia: Arms, Uniforms And Equipment Of The Union And Confederacy as an
indispensable reference and core guide in this specialized are of military antiques and collectibles
with noted authority Francis A. Lord covering almost everything to do with Civil War
memorabilia, from equipment to uniforms on all sides. Over three hundred photos and drawings -
many from Lord's own holdings - accent a guide organized by memorabilia categories for quick
browsing. If it sounds familiar, the Civil War Collector's Encyclopedia comes with a history: it's a
reprint of an original 1963 work - and has lost none of its importance or relevance over time, as
it's packed with history and collectibility insights more than values.
Collector Books
PO Box 3009, Paducah, KY 42002-3009
www.collectorbooks.com
Collector Books has invaluable and subject-specific values guides which simply aren't found
elsewhere, packing in color photos which lend to identification along with the latest updated
values. James Flanagan's The Big Book Of Cigarette Lighters: Identification & Values
(1574324-098, $29.95), for example, presents good- sized and clear photos of all kinds of
lighters, from Occupied Japan models to cases and decorative lighters. Dates, values and written
description accompany each clear photo. Bill Edwards and Mike Carwile's Standard Encyclopedia
Of Opalescent Glass: Identification & Values (1574324-241, $29.95) appears in its fifth updated
edition to provide updated values along with excellent-quality color photos of opalescent glass
pieces. Aptly written descriptions often include the authors' assessments of how glass pieces were
made. Marcia Sparkles Brown's Coro Jewelry: A Collector's Guide--identification & Values
(1574324128, $29.95) also excels in larger photos - four to a page, for both books - in full color
which make it a snap to identify jewelry pieces with certainty. Accompanying each color picture
are values and written descriptions. Wonderful, lasting references, all.
The Environmental Studies Shelf
Tending Fire
Stephen J. Pyne
Island Press
1718 Connecticut Ave. #300 NW, Washington, DC 20009
1559635657 $25.00 1-800-828-1302
Each summer wildfires destroy American communities and wreck havoc - yet there are 'good'
fires, too: those which restore habitats and strike habitats which rely on them for ecological
balance. How to cope? Stephen Pyne is an expert on fire, having spent fifteen seasons fighting
fires in the Grand Canyon: he outlines in Tending Fire: Coping With America's Wildland Fires, a
new paradigm for viewing American wildland fires, discussing the history of fires and human
habitats around the world, and contrasting the pros and cons of current fire politics in the last
decade.
The Library Video/DVD Shelf
Jennifer Kries' Pilates Methods
Koch Vision
411 Video Information (publicity)
22 Harbor Park Drive, Port Washington, NY 11050
$14.98 each www.kochvision.com
The Jennifer Kries' Pilates Methods DVD exercise series blends Pilates, yoga and dance in dancer,
choreographer, and physical fitness instructor Jennifer Kries' own unique and nationally popular
style. Perfect Mix (1417227753, 59 minutes) is a total body workout combining many different
elements for good health and includes core conditioning moves to provide a concentrated
abdominal and lower body workout, along with an energizing cardio session aimed at reducing
body fat and increasing stamina including a yoga-based rejuvenation workout to release tension
and promote flexibility. 3 Dimensional Toning (141722777X, 65 minutes) focuses on lifting and
shaping the upper and lower body. Workouts include a Pilates-based routine to create a lean,
straight and limber figure, along with Core Conditioning moves to create flat abs, a defined
buttocks and sculpted legs and thighs without high impact aerobics. Precision Pilates
(1417227796, $50 minutes) concentrates on improving posture and sculpting muscles with
workouts that include Pilates movements that shape muscles for stronger, firmer arms and chest, a
deep muscle workout for the lower body, and a yoga-based workout that integrates stretching
techniques and classical dance. Each DVD allows for music-only segments and individual camera
options, affording the viewer additional, more personalized approaches to using the program.
MPI Media Group
16101 S. 108th Av, Orland Park, IL 60467
www.mpimedia.com
DVD viewers will find much to like about MPI Media Group's latest batch of new releases: there's
something for everyone, here. Leisure viewers who recall the original television cult soap opera
shows Dark Shadows will be delighted that MPI is systematically releasing the entire series on
DVD. Dark Shadows Collection 16 (0788606174) is the latest package, offering 50 complete
episodes plus bonus interviews on a 4-disc package. Here Quentin Collins and servant Beth are
trying to rescue vampire Barnabas from a chained coffin. Complexity and intrigue increase as
Quentin discovers his ghost is menacing Collinwood in the 20th century, leaving David Collins to
at death's door. Fans of Westerns aren't left in the cold with Last Ride Of The Dalton Gang
(0788605763): this Western drama tell of Jesse James and the Daltons, who are heading for
trouble when they turn from law and order to robbing trains. The Dalton Gang robbed numerous
trains and murdered: in their last plot townspeople rose up against them. A fast-paced drama stars
Cliff Potts, Randy Quaid and others. Celebrate Black History month with two ready-made DVDs
of black history. Voyage Of La Amistad: A Quest For Freedom (0788606336) is narrated by
Alfre Woodard, with Charles Durning and Brock Peters adding dramatic flair to the story of a
slaver ship of 53 abducted Africans who are to be sold into slavery. Their revolt led to a rebellion
and temporary freedom before they were captured and jailed for murder and piracy. A well-done
drama evolves - a real-life story of a battle for freedom. Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream
(0788605992) presents King's speech plus bonus features on the march to Washington from
Newsreel in 1963, and the march in 1983 20 years later. Excellent packages, all.
The Travel Shelf
San Francisco As You Like It
Bonnie Wach
Ulysses Press
PO Box 3440, Berkeley, CA 94703-3440
www.ulyssespress.com
1569753873 $14.95 1-800-377-2542
Over twenty tailor-made tours of San Francisco are outlined for specialty tourists, from food fans
to shopaholics. This isn't your normal tourist's view of the city. At the heart of San Francisco As
You Like It: 23 Tailor-Made Tours for Culture Vultures, Shopaholics, Neo-Bohemians, Famished
Foodies, Savvy Natives & Everyone Else lies its small neighborhoods and long-lasting shops and
restaurants which often are hidden from casual visitors. Add a healthy dose of humor and you'll
find a tour to suit all kinds of visitor - and even the San Francisco native.
The Treasures And Pleasures Of Thailand And Myanmar
Ron Krannich & Caryl Krannich
Impact Publications
9104-N Manassas Dr., Manassas Park, VA 20111-5211
www.impactpublications.com
1570232032 $21.95 1-703-361-7300
Want to plan a shopping expedition to Thailand and Myanmar? Sure, most travel guides include
shopping in their pages - but few offer the narrowed focus of Ron and Caryl Krannich's Impact
Guides The Treasures And Pleasures Of Thailand And Myanmar: Best Of The Best In Travel And
Shopping, which exclusively promotes the idea of travel-shopping. The neighborhoods of these
countries are packed with local craftspeople, factories, shopping centers, studios and more: find
out where they all are, learn the key regional tools for shopping in these countries and effectively
bargaining, and receive specific tips on how to buy jewelry and services in a strategy-based
shopper's dream guide.
Cruising The Anime City
Patrick Macias & Tomohiro Machiyama
Stone Bridge Press
PO Box 8208, Berkeley, CA 94707
www.stonebridge.com
1880656884 $16.95 1-800-947-7271
Cruising The Anime City: An Otaku Guide To Neo Tokyo is a guide written especially for
hardcore Japanese animation fans, video game players, and the like who want to know what to
expect if they visit Tokyo in person - or who just want to armchair travel and imagine shopping!
A street-smart guide in plain English, brightly illustrated with full-color photographs throughout,
Cruising The Anime City discusses where to get the best deals on Japanese comics, where to find
collectible toys, how to avoid cell-phone scams when crusing games from pachinko to porno and
everything in between, a guide to finding memorabilia relating to one's favorite idol singer, and
much more. Though basic travel information (lodging concerns, roadmaps and the like) is
deliberatetly left up to more traditional guides, Cruising The Anime City is a "must-have" for the
collector who needs to know "the" hottest shopping spots in Tokyo!
Wilderness Press
1200 - 5th St., Berkeley, CA 94710
www.wildernesspress.com
Three new arrivals were so important we just had to fit 'em in as quickly as possible: San
Francisco Bay Area residents will find them essential. You don't have to be a local resident,
however, to find John Vonhof's Fixing Your Feet: Prevention And Treatments For Athletes
(089997354X, $17.95) essential: any athlete will find prevention easier than fixing, and Fixing
Your Feet covers all the basics of foot care for the outdoors person; from socks and shoes to the
causes, prevention and treatment of common problems from blisters to tendon injuries. Learn
from athletes' experiences what works and what doesn't. Local residents will find David
Weintraub's Afoot & Afield San Francisco Bay Area (0899972918, $16.95) is an outdoors hiker's
treasure trove: covering as far north as Calistoga and as far south as San Jose, it packs in over
100 trips from short walks to miles-long treks. Black and white photos throughout, maps, and
candid assessments of each trip make for a practical guide. Take a backcountry drive with Tony
Hugel's California Coastal Byways (0899973590, $18.95), a pocket-sized book which fits neatly
into the car glovebox and provides an overview of the entire state's most scenic drives, from
desert to ocean. From maps and written directions to recommended stops along the way, fifty top
destinations for scenic drives are suggested.
Bird Man And The Lap Dancer
Eric Hansen
Pantheon
1245 Broadway, New York NY 10019
www.pantheonbooks.com
0375421262 $24.00 1-800-726-0600
If it's an entertainingly bizarre travelogue of encounters you wish, with fun and funny
commentary, look no further than Eric Hansen's The Bird Man And The Lap Dancer: Close
Encounters With Strangers, a survey of both strange locales and odd personalities. Hansen reveals
a fascinating synthesis of the peoples and places experienced over a twenty-five year period of
travels around the world: individual chapters provide engaging first-person 'you are there'
experiences which armchair travelers will love.
Escape To Nature Without Roughing It
Constance Jones, editor
Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc.
1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019
1400013712 $19.95 www.fodors.com
As the baby boomers grow older, their appreciation for nature and the outdoors may not fade, but
the appreciation for a king-size bed in the process may take precedence over camping out. Turn
to Fodor's Escape To Nature Without Roughing It: 250 Hand-picked Resorts, Inns, And Lodges
In Amazing Natural Settings for an excellent get-away guide: it covers the entire USA and
Canada, it covers all kinds of 'wilderness' from seashore and mountains to farmlands, and it
provides recommendations of lovely lodges, farmhouses, and rural hotels. These are more than
just listings: extensive descriptions of both accommodation and environment nearby include
prices, amenities, payment options and more.
Pineapple Press
PO Box 3889, Sarasota, FL 34230
www.pineapplepress.com
Two excellent Florida guidebooks offer advance planners plenty of practical tips. Kevin M.
McCarthy's St. Johns River Guidebook (1561643149, $14.95) aptly describes history, surveys
major towns and wildlife, and gives a first-person tour down the scenic St. Johns River waterway
to involve both armchair readers and boat enthusiasts in a fine adventure. Black and white photos
supplement the easy blend of travel and history to make for lovely, inviting, leisure reading. J.
Wills Burke's Streets Of Key West (1561643173, $16.95) is a recommended pick for Key West
residents, visitors, and fans who love to learn local history through street names and colorful past
residents. A 1929 plat map shows block divisions while the rise and fall of Key West over the
decades is charted in lively chapters packed with local color and walking tour observations. The
result is a colorful piece of Florida history which shouldn't be missed.
Lonely Planet
150 Linden St., Oakland, CA 94607
www.lonelyplanet.com
Lonely Planet's weighty guidebooks are packed chock full of details for take-along totes; but that
doesn't mean they're limited to destination-bound travelers getting on the plane. There's plenty to
invite the armchair traveler making plans: take David Monagan's Jaywalking With The Irish
(1740595971, $14.99), for example: no world traveler himself, Monagan is a middle-aged
American father who has long dreamed of relocating from the USA to Ireland, land of his fathers.
His funny Jaywalking With The Irish describes his family's encounters in Ireland, the cultural
shocks which greeted them, and their many discoveries. A fun leisure read for any with an
affection for Ireland and its peoples. Heading to nearby France? Don't forget to pack Nicola
Williams, et.al.'s France (1740599233, $24.99): almost a thousand pages tells how to find one's
way in town or city, how to understand underlying history and culture in regional France, and
where to eat and sleep. An affectionate view of both byways and popular places. Brazil by Regis
St. Louis, et.al. (1741040213, $26.99) pairs tailored itineraries with highlights and practical travel
details, offering an expanded Carnaval chapter, plenty of background history and local color, and
the usual travel tips for eating and sleeping. Ditto New Zealand by Paul Smitz, et.al.
(1740597664, $24.99): plenty of maps, articles by specialists, a cultural review and tips on getting
around New Zealand make for the perfect take-along tote, with over 700 pages packed with
detail.
The Language Studies Shelf
Routledge Dictionary Of Latin Quotations
Jon R. Stone
Routledge
270 Madison Ave., NY, NY 10016
www.routledge.com
0415969093 $17.95 1-800-634-7064
Completing a multi-volume set 'Latin for the Illiterati' but standing well on its own too is Jon R.
Stone's The Routledge Dictionary Of Latin Quotations: The Illiterati's Guide To Latin Maxims,
Mottoes, Proverbs And Sayings, a conclusion to a trilogy which offers a treasure trove of Latin
quotes, proverbs and maxims gathered from disciplines ranging from philosophy and rhetoric to
politics and science. Professor Stone teaches philosophy and religious studies at CSU Bakersfield:
his background lends to a solid reference in affordable paperwork.
The Complete Musical Spanish
Stacey Tipton
Musical Linguist
13205 - 9th Ave, NW, Seattle, WA 98177
www.musicalspanish.com
0970682921 $49.99 1-866-297-2128
The Complete Musical Spanish: Learn Through Pop Music set (which includes Book, CD-ROM,
Cassette, and Audio CD Set) is to be especially commended for its unusual format and approach,
which provides over 50 lessons based on 10 songs. Spanish grammar becomes easy when set to
activities, quizzes and music: a cd/cd-rom and booklet provide simple lessons designed to help
students learn Spanish quickly. Songs are no slouches but are widely recognized, popular tunes
like La Bamba. The Complete Musical Spanish is enthusiastically recommended for Spanish
Language studies from beginners to advanced.
The Music Studies Shelf
Tosca's Prism
Deborah Burton, et al.
Northeastern University Press
360 Huntington Avenue, 416 CP, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
1555536166 $47.50 1-800-666-2211
Collabortively edited by Deborah Burton, Susan Vandiver Nicassio, and Agostino Ziino (all of
whom are professors of music history and experts in their fields of academia), Tosca's Prism:
Three Moments Of Western Cultural History is an anthology of scholarly essays by learned
authors concerning the opera "La Tosca", a classic tale of love, lust, jealousy, and politics which
first premiered in 1900 and draws upon the historical events succeeding the fall of the Roman
republic. Contributed essays scrutinize La Tosca's impact and legacy with regard to circa 1800,
circa 1900, and circa 2000. Extensive notes and music excerpts highlight the thoughtful
discussions concerning La Tosca, ranging from "Who Is Tosca?" to "Tosca Act II and the Secret
Identity of F#" to "The Protagonists and the Principal Phases of the Roman Republic of 1798 to
1799". This is an invaluable contribution to opera history, and most especially recommended for
performing arts libraries, performers, and individual connoisseurs seeking to better understand La
Tosca.
The Art Of Downloading Music
Steve Levine
Sanctuary Publishing
c/o Publishers Group West
www.sanctuarypublishing.com
1860746187 $9.95 www.amazon.com
Beginners confused by the terminology yet lured by the promise of downloading now have a
simple, user-friendly manual to the entire idea and process: Steve Levine's The Art Of
Downloading Music. A small, truly pocket-sized paperback covers all the basics: how does
downloading work, what kind of sound quality can be expected from a download, how to transfer
downloaded music from computer to cd, and how to use an iPod. A big 'plus' in The Art Of
Downloading Music is the illustrations - charts and screen shots - plus the easy
question-and-answer format which painlessly reveals answers.
Brother Ray
Ray Charles & David Ritz
Da Capo Press
11 Cambridge Ctr, Cambridge, MA 02142
0306814315 $16.95 1-800-242-7737
Fans of the late Ray Charles will delight in this classic autobiography of the legend, which is
reprinted in a new edition including co-author David Ritz's essay on Charles' last days. If it's only
one Ray Charles book you're buying, and you want an in-depth set of insights into his life and
thoughts, it should be Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story. Competing Ray Charles biographical
titles provide photos; but it is this highly recommended memoir which provides his personal story
in his own voice and from his own perspective.
All The Stops
Craig R. Whitney
Public Affairs
250 West 57th St. #1321, NY, NY 10107
www.publicaffairsbooks.com
1586482629 $17.95 1-877-782-1234
For centuries pipe organs were the most complex mechanisms the human race had devised, but
only a handful of books have surveyed its history. In All The Stops: The Glorious Pipe Organ And
Its American Masters, Craig Whitney, NY Times Journalist and editor, focuses on the history of
the American pipe organ and its fans, surveying both master organ builders and players alike. An
excellent history is revealed in a specialty item which will appeal beyond the classical crowd.
Escaping the Delta
Elijah Wald
Amistad Books
10 E. 53rd St., NY, NY 10022-5299
0060524278 $14.95 amistadbooks.com
Another book about blues musician Robert Johnson? Yes, and it's worth reading because
Escaping The Delta: Robert Johnson And The Invention Of The Blues goes beyond just another
biographical sketch of Johnson to probe how blues moved beyond its delta roots. There have been
other histories of the blues, but this is the first to link Johnson's legacy to the evolution of the
genre as a whole, showing how the music was transformed not just by Johnson but by his white
listeners, who changed him from an obscure Mississippi guitarist to a legend. If the title sounds
familiar, it's because this is a new paperback edition - but wait, there's more: a bonus cd which
includes a rare first take of Johnson's 'Traveling Riverside Blues' - the only sing missing from the
famous Sony 'complete recordings' set.
Voices Of Latin Rock
Jim McCarthy & Ron Sansoe
Hal Leonard
151 W. 46th St., 8th Fl, NY NY 10036
www.halleonard.com
063408061X $24.95 1-800-637-2852
Voices Of Latin Rock: The People And Events That Shaped The Sound represents the first time
the rise of Latin rock has been charted in its own book, from its early days in San Francisco's
neighborhoods to its modern popularity. One could almost call this a history of Carlos Santana
and his band members, too: Carlos contributes the foreword, while members of his group play
prominent roles throughout; though other bands are also covered from Malo to Azteca. The
history of Latin rock music is as much about the rise of Latino culture in America as it is about
music: packed with black and white and color photos throughout and backed by interviews,
observations and analysis, Voices Of Latin Rock charts both the movement and its key
players.
The Needlecraft Shelf
Wow! Wool-on-Wool Folk-Art Quilts
Janet Carija Brandt
Martingale & Company
20205 - 144th Ave. NE, Woodinville, WA 98072-8478
www.martingale-pub.com
1564775917 $27.95 1-800-426-3126
The revised, expanded edition of the classic quilter's guide to quilting with wool is a real winner:
thirteen projects focus on folk-art motifs, designs are made for penny rugs, petal rugs and more,
and directions include both hooking and appliqu‚ing, even down to dyeing wool. With all the
techniques at your fingertips for using wool material effectively, Wow! Wool-on-Wool Folk-Art
Quilts is a lovely winner.
Dyer's Companion
Dagmar Klos
Interweave Press
201 East 4th Street, Loveland, CO 80537
www.interweave.com
1931499519 $19.95 1-800-645-3675
Any crafter who works with fibers and fabric and is interested in custom dye work will consider
this little spiral-bound book an essential reference packing in everything from dyeing recipes to
disposal advice and a color section of color-graduated yarn samples. The Dyer's Companion is no
mere 'how to tye dye' craft book, but a serious fabric artist's guide to working with color in
diverse materials.
The Science Shelf
Many Skies
Arthur Upgren
Rutgers University Press
100 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8099
http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu
0813535123 $24.95 1-800-446-9323
Emeritus astronomy professor Arthur Upgren presents Many Skies: Alternative Histories Of The
Sun, Moon, Planets And Stars, an imaginative discussion of how bodies in the night sky could just
as easily have been arranged in very different ways. Exploring scenarios such as if the Earth had
multiple moons, or rings like Saturn, or if the Sun were a double-star or triple-star system, Many
Skies contemplates how different theologies, astrologies, and methods of tracking time would
have evolved. Many Skies also scrutinizes how human interferences such as light pollution is
changing the night sky, and warns that increased satellites displaying products will change the
appearance of Earth's atmosphere. A vivid and contemplative account, as appealing,
understandable, and enjoyable for lay readers as for experts in the field.
Science And Politics In The International Environment
Nekil E. Harrison & Gary Bryner, Eds.
Rowman & Littlefield
4720 Boston Way, Lanham, MD 20706
www.rowmanlittlefield.com
074252020X $32.95 1-800-462-6420
Compiled and edited by the team of Nekil E. Harrison and Gary Bryner, with a special focus upon
the science surrounding environmental issues and controversies, Science And Politics In The
International Environment is an original gathering of case studies linking environmental science
and political policy-making, drawing on essays from all disciplines in the process of explaining
how science and politics interact to create, determine and influence policy structures. The result is
an excellent collaboration between scholars from the natural and social sciences and a highly
recommended addition to academic Environmental Studies collections and environmental activist
reading lists.
The Jobs/Careers Shelf
How To Escape Lifetime Security And Pursue Your Impossible Dream
Kenneth Atchity
Helios Press
10 E. 23rd Street, #510, NY, NY 10010
1581153856 $16.95 heliospress.com
Seeking more creative, satisfying work? Then Kenneth Atchity's How To Escape Lifetime
Security And Pursue Your Impossible Dream is the book for you. It tells how to make 'impossible
dreams' come true in the work world, and how to make healthy career changes. Firsthand
anecdotes and practical advice blend in a guide which covers everything from overcoming
negative peer pressure and redefining the meaning of 'success' to making the most of income and
savings. How To Escape Lifetime Security And Pursue Your Impossible Dream is a dreamer's
'bible'!
Impact Publications
9104 Manassas Dr. #N, Manassas Park VA 20111
www.impactpublications.com
Four fine job-hunter's guides from Impact's blossoming job seekers library offers excellent and
basic references. Wendy S. Enelow's The $100,000+ Job Interview: How To Nail The Interview
And Get The Offer (1570232229, $19.95) is for the management seeker looking to land a
$100K+ a year job. One of America's top executive career transition coaches uses sample
interviews and question examples to show what kinds of points are raised in a high-level interview
situation - and how to assure success for executives on the move. Wilson L. Walker's The
NCO-ER Leadership Guide (1570232245, $14.95) uses basic Army principles to equate business
with the
military. Would-be Army participants receive a lesson on leadership in the force, showing how to
use Army values to become a better leader, how to choose a leadership style, and more. An
excellent recommendation for military professionals and retirees. Ron and Caryl Krannish, Ph.D.s
offer two new titles: I Want To Do Something Else, But I'm Not Sure What It Is (1570232164,
$15.95), which examines different self-assessment approaches and identifies major interests which
could equate to careers, and 201 Dynamite Job Search Letters (1570232326, $19.95), which
appears in its fifth updated edition to include tailor-made job search letters for today's new job
market. All three of these "user friendly" books are recommended picks for basic public library
holdings.
New World Library
14 Pamaron Way, Novato, CA 94949
1-800-972-6657 newworldlibrary.com
Christine Arena's Cause For Success: 10 Companies That Put Profit Second And Came In First
(1577314573, $14.95) is an outstanding business guide which offers fine insights into a new
paradigm for business success in the 21st century. 10 companies that put profits second to come
in first through improving world problems are profiled in a set of case histories illustrating
business cooperation, fair trade values, and bridging economic gaps. An inspirational link between
solving world problems and corporate health and success. Maggie Craddock's The Authentic
Career: Following The Path Of Self-discovery To Professional Fulfillment (1577314387, $14.95)
stands out among the morass of career guides received daily: it provides a logical process of
thinking and action to logical paths of self-discovery and professional and career goals, with
chapters pinpointing individual roles and cycles, and the impact of group or business roles and
cycles.
Adams Media
57 Littlefield St., Avon, MA 02322
www.adamsmedia.com
Martin Yate is one of the country's top advocates for working professionals; so if you're a
working professional looking for a new position, you can't get any better advice than from his
Knock 'em Dead 2005: The Ultimate Job Seekers Guide (1593371063, $14.95), from putting a
powerful resume together and handling an interview to actually impressing an interviewer with
your answers. Everything from an employer's hidden agenda behind their questions to presenting
weaknesses in the best light is imparted with a 'real-world' touch applicable to the most
demanding situations. George Ochoa and Melinda Corey's The 100 Best Trends 2005: Emerging
Developments You Can't Afford To Ignore! (1593370989, 14.95) is the pick to make if you wish
to think about future trends, and it isn't just about business either: trends in the arts,
demographics, health and politics are all packed into a guide which charts the trends currently
shaping the future. Marketing specialists, suppliers, entrepreneurs: any who would understand
future lifestyle choices, health trends and more must have these two career guides for 2005.
1000 Best Job Hunting Secrets
Diane Stafford & Moritza Day
Sourcebooks Inc.
1935 Brookdale Road, #139, Naperville, IL 60563
www.sourcebooks.com
1402202180 $12.95 1-800-432-7444
All levels of job-seeker will benefit from Diane Stafford and Moritza Day's 1000 Best Job Hunting
Secrets, an employment seeking guide which covers everything from keeping information
confidential and tailoring a resume to a search to rejoining the workforce after an absence and
gaining a second interview. The inclusion of key words to gain impact, discussions of how to
discuss past experience for maximum effect, and learning an employer's needs make for important
basics.
The Automotive Shelf
Electric Dreams
Caroline Kettlewell
Carroll & Graff
245 West 17th St., NY, NY 10011-5300
www.avalonpub.com
0786712716 $24.00 1-800-788-3123
Berkeley graduate Eric Ryan's journey to North Carolina to an improvised high school where his
encounter with Harold Miller would lead to an electric car's design and development would
change his life. Electric Dreams: One Unlikely Team Of Kids And The Race To Build The Car Of
The Future documents how an unlikely band of kids would build the car of the future in the heart
of NASCAR country, beating the odds to win a high school competition. An exciting and true
story of determination and true grit - and fast cars.
Electric And Hybrid Cars
Judy Anderson & Curtis D. Anderson
McFarland & Company
PO Box 611, Jefferson, NC 28640
www.mcfarlandpub.com
0786418729 $45.00 1-800-253-2187
Electric cars are typically seen as a modern invention: in fact, they were among the first vehicles
on the road: in the car's early days a third were electric, and they competed strongly with gas cars.
In Electric And Hybrid Cars: A History, Judy and Curtis Anderson collaborate to provide the
reader an illustrated history of electric and hybrid cars, surveying not only the history of their
construction and promotion, but the political and social controversies which have surrounding
their development and use.
The Car And Its Future
Kaitlen Jay Exum
Lynn M. Messina, editors
The H.W. Wilson Company
950 University Avenue, Bronx, NY 10452
www.hwwilson.com
0824210379 $50.00 1-800-367-6770
The fifth title in a six-book "The Reference Shelf 2004" series, The Car And Its Future is a
compilation of informed and informative articles drawn from respected publications, and
additional article abstracts, as well as a bibliography of other sources. Enhanced with a
bibliography, a listing of websites, "Additional Periodical Articles with Abstracts", and a
comprehensive index, The Car And Its Future is accessibly organized into six major sections: Life
Behind the Wheel; Marketing and Design; Traffic and Safety; Insurance and Auto Repair; The
Auto Industry: A Global Perspective; and Alternative Fuels. The result is a well-rounded,
non-biased, and substantively instructive overview that will hold special interest and value for
academia and the the interested non-specialist general reader alike.
The only immortality that I know isn't carved in some stone monument. It's the thoughts and
memories recorded in the human heart, echoing down from one generation to another. If you
want to be remembered, then write down your experiences, your dreams, and the adventure that
is your life.
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Diane C. Donovan, Editor
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