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The Political Economy of Ageing and Later Life
Alan Walker & Liam Foster, editors
Edward Elgar Publishing
9 Dewey Court, Northampton, MA 01060-3815
www.e-elgar.com
9781843762485, $325.00, 640pp, www.amazon.com
Collaboratively compiled and co-edited by Alan Walker (Professor of Social Policy and Social
Gerontology, University of Sheffield, UL) and Liam Foster (Lecturer in Social Work, University
of Sheffield, UK), "The Political Economy of Ageing and Later Life: Critical Perspectives" 640
page compendium comprised of thirty of the most important and influential articles and papers
on ageing and later life of the past half century. Organized in four major parts, "The Political
Economy of Ageing and Later Life: Critical Perspectives" examine policy creation and
implementation, practice and critical gerontology including both feminist and international
perspectives. Including an original introduction and key works not available in scholarly
libraries, "The Political Economy of Ageing and Later Life: Critical Perspectives" is a critical
assembly of work and will be of immense assistance to anyone looking to understand the
consequences of our ageing population on society. A seminal work of scholarship, "The Political
Economy of Ageing and Later Life: Critical Perspectives" is highly recommended for academic
library collections.
The Iowa State Fair
Kurt Ullrich
University of Iowa Press
119 West Park Road, Iowa City, IA 52242-1000
9781609382780, $25.00, www.uiowapress.org
The Iowa State Fair covers the Midwest experience in general through Iowa's state fair, and
combines black and white photos with discussion of the Fair's experiences and animals. From
Big Wheel races to fair queen contests, horses and pigs to prize-winning produce, and Iowa's best
ear of corn, this is a lovely collection of winning images of Iowa's best party, and is highly
recommended for any interested in the state and its agricultural base.
Little Hawk and Lone Wolf
Raymond C. Kaquatosh
Wisconsin Historical Society Press
816 State Street, Madison, WI 53575
9780870206504 $22.95 www.wisconsinhistory.org
Little Hawk and Lone Wolf: A Memoir is the life testimony of Raymond Kaquatosh, also known
as "Little Hawk", who was born in 1924 on Wisconsin's Menominee Reservation. He tells of
living at an Indian boarding school, his years of military service, the woman who would become
his wife, and the lessons he learned from a reservation timber wolf he befriended. Little Hawk
and Lone Wolf is an unforgettable coming-of-age tale of the Great Depression, World War II,
and postwar era, touching upon the generational connections between young people and their
elders. Highly recommended, especially for public library collections.
Best Food Writing
Holly Hughes, editor
Lifelong Books / Da Capo Press
www.dacapopress.com
c/o Perseus Book Group
250 W. 57th St., Suite 1500
New York, NY 10107
9780738217918 $15.99 www.perseusbooksgroup.com
Best Food Writing 2014 is an anthology of the past year's finest culinary essays from magazines,
newspapers, and blogs. Contributors range from award-winning writers to writer-chefs, rising
star bloggers, and bestselling authors. From celebrations of home cooking, to food-related social
issues, to a historical and contemporary scrutiny of the traditional "last meal" for prisoners on
death row, Best Food Writing 2014 is fascinating, enlightening, and enriching.
Paper Blossoms, Butterflies & Birds
Ray Marshall
Chronicle Books
680 Second Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
9781452113913 $40.00 www.chroniclebooks.com
Paper Blossoms, Butterflies & Birds is a pop-up book for all ages that can also serve as an
eye-catching centerpiece. There is no text, simply a handful of two-page spreads that, when the
book is opened and laid flat, reveal a striking arrangement of paper pop-up flowers, butterflies,
and even birds. Paper Blossoms, Butterflies & Birds adds a lovely touch of color and cheer to any
room year-round! Also highly recommended are author Ray Marshall's previous pop-up books,
including "Paper Blossoms: A Book of Beautiful Bouquets for the Table" and "Paper Blossoms
Pop-Up Notecards".
The Art Shelf
Japanese Design: Art, Aesthetics & Culture
Patricia J. Graham
Tuttle Publishing
364 Innovation Drive
North Clarendon, VT 05759-9436
9784805312506 $24.95 www.tuttlepublishing.com
Former professor and museum curator Patricia J. Graham presents Japanese Design: Art,
Aesthetics & Culture, a studious exploration of the artistic ideals that permeate Japanese culture,
from its architecture and fine objects of art to everyday utensils or snack food packaging. Full
color photography on almost every page illustrate Graham's insights into the history, traditions,
and aesthetic principles of expressions ranging from folk crafts to architecture, clothing, pottery,
woodblock printings, silk hangings and much more. A treasury for art connoisseurs as well as
students and scholars in search of inspiration, Japanese Design: Art, Aesthetics & Culture is
highly recommended.
Lion Dance Drawing
Bambang Edison Soekanto
China Books & Periodicals, Inc.
360 Swift Avenue, Suite 48
South San Francisco, CA 94080
9780835100656 $16.95 www.chinabooks.com
Lion Dance Drawing: The First Book on How to Draw the Lion Dance is an instructional guide
designed to teach artists of all skill and experience levels how to accurately draw the Lion Dance,
a beloved Chinese cultural tradition often used in parades, or to celebrate the New Year. The
festively colored lion/dragon costume requires multiple people to act as the segments of its body
and head, and is absolutely unforgettable in action! Accurately representing the details of the
costume at various viewing angles, let alone the dancer's movements, is a complex task
illuminated with multiple black-and-white sketches as well as explicit instructions. Filled with
tips, tricks, and techniques that can be applied to all sorts of drawing projects, Lion Dance
Drawing is an excellent supplementary self-teaching reference.
The Business Shelf
Own Your Future
Paul B. Brown with Charles F. Kiefer and Leonard A. Schlesinger
Amacom
1601 Broadway, New York, NY 10019
9780814434093, $22.00, www.amacombooks.org
OWN YOUR FUTURE: HOW TO THINK LIKE AN ENTREPRENEUR AND THRIVE IN AN
UNPREDICTABLE ECONOMY is based on extensive research and interviews with hundreds of
serial entrepreneurs who have begun two or more successful companies, and offers a model all
business owners of any size enterprise can use: Act. Learn. Build. Repeat. While these may seem
like basic directions, they actually pinpoint the thinking processes of successful ventures, and
provide a logical understanding of the basic elements of successfully-applied business logic. Any
looking to incorporate the flexibility of creative thinking into an organizational structure will find
the ideals sound, the applications specific, and the techniques important for any entrepreneurial
venture.
Overfished Ocean Strategy
Nadya Zhexembayeva, Ph.D.
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
235 Montgomery Street, Suite 650
San Francisco, CA 94104-2916
9781609949648, $27.95, www.bkconnection.com
Overfished Ocean Strategy: How Powering Up Innovation Can Help to Save a
Resource-Deprived World discusses how businesses need to make resource scarcity of prime
importance to survive long term. Managers are invited to eschew the throwaway mentality in
favor of longer-ranging consideration of resource allocation and management. Chapters show
how this new economy is focusing on reducing costs over spending, and display five basic
principles for innovating under such conditions. From finding value in discarded by-products to
changing habits for resource conservation, this packs in plenty of details key to both conservation
and better business practices.
Why China?
Debra Lane Wright
China Books & Periodicals, Inc.
360 Swift Avenue, Suite 48
South San Francisco, CA 94080
9780835100618 $19.95 www.chinabooks.com
Debra Wright is an American who has lived and worked in China for over eight years as an
international business consultant. She did not speak fluent Chinese when she first arrived; her
experiences as she learned to understand and adapt to Chinese business (and everyday) culture
form the heart of Why China? Finding My Way in a Land of 1.4 Billion. Wright's memoir
spotlights critical cultural differences that can torpedo attempts at Western-Chinese business
partnerships. As entertaining as it is educational, Why China? is absolutely fascinating to page
through, and an absolute "must-read" for Western business travelers! "...remember who pays for
the translator; most are hired by Chinese. They are the true boss; translators answer to them, not
the foreigners. Translators will please their boss first. Translators will usually not translate
questions or information they feel might be offensive to Chinese bosses. Anything that they judge
will 'not please the boss,' such as hard yet much required information, will be overlooked. It
never gets translated. Foreigners would do better if they could hire their own translators but this
is not always possible."
Moms Mean Business
Erin Baebler and Lara Galloway
Career Press Inc.
220 West Parkway, Unit 12
Pompton Plains, NJ 07444
9781601633507 $15.99 www.careerpress.com
Moms Mean Business: A Guide To Creating A Successful Company and Happy Life as a Mom
Entrepreneur lives up to its title as a practical "how-to" guide to time management and business
planning. "...group tasks so that you can minimize transition times. Every time we move from
one task to another, we lose valuable time because it takes our mind time to change focus. That's
why it's pretty smart to group similar tasks together so that you are tackling them one after the
other. If you need to make sales calls, set aside enough time to make them all (or at least several
in a row). You'll benefit from the practice that comes with the repetition..." Packed with
no-nonsense advice and encouragement, and emphasizing the benefits of flexibility and
adaptation while staying true to one's greatest priorities, Moms Mean Business is a "must-read"
for any mother with do-it-yourself entrepreneurial spirit!
Creating Authentic Organizations
Robin Ryde and Lisa Sofianos
Kogan Page USA
1518 Walnut Street, Suite 1100
Philadelphia, PA 19102
9780749471439 $29.95 www.koganpageusa.com
Creating Authentic Organizations: Bringing Meaning and Engagement Back to Work is a
leadership guide to empowering employees. Workers who find their jobs meaningful have an
increased sense of responsibility and adaptiveness, leading to greater productivity. "...when you
are offered the Freedom to Operate in your work environment this requires that you bring
everything that you can to solve the problems to hand. Very much like the practice of coaching,
the coach does not provide the answers to the issues that the coachee presents, rather they pose
questions that inspire deep reflection and create the freedom to respond." Emphasizing the
importance of workplace authenticity, the freedom to operate, the freedom to speak, and the
freedom to actualize, Creating Authentic Organizations offers management concepts, principles,
and team-building strategies that can be readily applied to virtually any business or non-profit
entity. Highly recommended as a supplemental resource for managers and human resources
professionals.
Supplier Relationship Management
Jonathan O'Brien
Kogan Page USA
1518 Walnut Street, Suite 1100
Philadelphia, PA 19102
www.koganpageusa.com
9780749468064 $75.00 print / $52.49 Kindle www.amazon.com
Supplier Relationship Management: Unlocking the Hidden Value in Your Supply Base is an
advanced guide to managing suppliers, particularly in large-scale businesses or growing
corporations who may have a multitude of different partners. Chapters address how to identify
one's most valuable suppliers, maximizing value of the business relationship, adapting to the
fluctuations of a global supply base, encouraging improvements in one's suppliers, and much
more. "Punitive incentives will drive certain supplier behavior around ensuring agreed
obligations are met. They will be effective and even collaborative only to the extent of meeting
these obligations and nothing beyond this. For a construction project that must be completed on
time this type of incentive is entirely appropriate. However, punitive incentives will fail to drive
a supplier to help innovate with us, instead here incentives must be more beneficial to them."
Supplier Relationship Management is an accessible yet invaluable reference for corporate
managers and executives.
The Needlecraft Shelf
Holiday Hats for Babies
Debby Ware
The Taunton Press
63 South Main Street, Newtown, CT 06470
9781627101028 $22.95 www.taunton.com
Illustrated with a wealth of full-color photography of infants wearing its festively knitted caps,
Holiday Hats for Babies: Caps, Berets & Beanies to Knit for Every Occasion offers twenty-five
adorable and memorable patterns. Familiarity with the fundamentals of knitting is presumed, but
a brief supplementary guide to knitting abbreviations, special stitches, metric conversions, and
more is included at the end. Holiday Hats for Babies, a wonderful resource of quick and easy
projects perfect including the littlest family members in any celebration!
Recreating Antique Quilts
Wendy Sheppard
Landauer Corporation
3100 NW 101st Street, Suite A
Urbandale, Iowa 50322
9781935726630 $24.95 www.landauercorp.com
Recreating Antique Quilts: Re-envisioning, Modifying and Simplifying Museum Quilts offers
ten projects for quilters of all skill and experience levels; if one can quilt and assemble two cloth
squares, then one can follow these patterns for crafting beautiful re-imagined renditions of
venerable antique quilts. Full color photography and pattern diagrams clarify the methodical
instructions for each project. Recreating Antique Quilts is a wonderful resource for creating
unforgettable holiday gifts, recommended for quilting enthusiasts.
Simple Shape Quilts
Katheryn Russi & Rose Schutte
American Quilters Society Publishing
PO Box 3290, Paducah, KY 42002-3290
9781604601398, $24.95, www.americanquilter.com
Simple Shape Quilts uses four simple shapes to build innovative modern quilt designs, making
for a perfect pick for beginners new to quilting. Here are simple squares, rectangles, and more
that are designed for easy beginning success using little more than a standard home sewing
machine. The projects have a complicated, professional feel but are designed to be visually
attractive and appealing to beginning and advanced quilters alike. The result is a presentation
pairing patterns with attractive quilt designs that beginning to intermediate quilters will
relish.
That Patchwork Place/Martingale
19021 Avenue NE, Bothell, WA 98011
www.shopmartingale.com
Dana Bolyard's IMAGINE QUILTS: 11 PATTERNS FROM EVERYDAY INSPIRATIONS
(9781604684094, $22.99) comes from a popular quilt blogger who here offers keys to
innovations, providing designs for small wall hangings to full-sized bed quilts. Each is
accompanied by step-by-step directions and a focus on unique projects that use colors
successfully, help newcomers learn to apply traditional blocks in new ways, and contain fresh
variations and inspirations for techniques. With patterns accompanied by full-color quilt photos,
this is a top pick for beginning and advanced quilters alike. Myra Harder's NAP AND NOD: 12
ADORABLE BABY QUILTS (9781604683776, $24.99) provides instructions for some 12 baby
quilts from designer Myra Harder, who teaches basic techniques and how they apply to a baby
quilt. From applique and monogrammed lettering to creating artistic quilts that can be used for
baby or for a wall hanging, this provides a range of styles, techniques and fabrics quilters can use
to create lovely quilts for tots and babies alike.
The Graphic Novel Shelf
Les Miserables
Victor Hugo, original author
Adapted by Crystal Silvermoon
Art by SunNeko Lee
English script by Stacy King
Udon Entertainment
www.udoncomics.com
Morpheus Publishing Limited
9781972925164 $19.99 www.mangaclassics.com
Part of the "Manga Classics" series drawn in the iconic style of manga (Japanese comics), Les
Miserables (the title is a French phrase meaning "The Miserable Ones") is a black-and-white
graphic novel adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel of the human struggle against
adversity. Set in France during the years after Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, the story is against
the backdrop of a suffering populace, beset by famine and unemployment, and woefully
neglected by the monarchist government. One miserable soul among many is Jean Valjean, who
was condemned to nearly two decades in prison for the crime of stealing a loaf of bread. Recently
released, he is turned away from every doorstep, and has no way to support himself - until a
merciful man of the cloth uses the priceless silver utensils of his church to offer Valjean a chance
for redemption. Yet Valjean is ever hounded by the implacable policeman Javert, and his efforts
to evade capture become more difficult when he adopts Cosette, a severely neglected young girl.
Star-crossed love, unyielding duty, and a restless populace's desperate attempts for revolution
weave a tragic tale - amid such tumultuous world, is there any ray of hope of a better life for
Valjean or Cosette? Les Miserable is as faithful to the original novel as possible, given that a
significant amount of the book's story is necessarily omitted in order to complete the saga in a
single manga volume. Highly recommended, especially for high school and public library graphic
novel collections.
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austin, original author
Adapted by Stacy King
Art by Po Tse
Udon Entertainment
www.udoncomics.com
Morpheus Publishing Limited
9781927925188 $19.99 www.mangaclassics.com
Part of the "Manga Classics" series drawn in the iconic style of manga (Japanese comics), Pride
and Prejudice is a black-and-white graphic novel adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel about
customs, courtship, and reputation among the landed gentry of England during the early 1800's.
The protagonist Elizabeth Bennet is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman. Her
mother lacks social graces and is obsessed about finding suitable husbands for each daughter -
not an easy task. Not only are sufficiently wealthy men difficult to woo given the Bennet family's
less-than-spectacular level of opulence, but not all of the Bennet daughters are agreeable to social
norms. Elizabeth herself is too strong-willed to compromise on an insincere or foolish husband,
and the youngest Bennet daughter has a shocking taste for common soldiers! When Elizabeth
meets the reserved Mr. Darcy at a ball, her reaction is anything but positive - in a social circle
where the highest importance is placed on appearances, Darcy goes out of his way to rebuff
others and be reclusive. Her opinion of him worsens when she learns that he allegedly denied a
childhood friend his rightful inheritance, and even worse, prevented Elizabeth's sickly older sister
from marrying a gentleman she loved with all her heart! Will pride and prejudice make Elizabeth
and Darcy into bitter enemies for life? Wonderfully brought to life with clean, sweeping artwork,
Pride and Prejudice is especially recommended for high school and public library graphic novel
collections.
Tales of Honor: On Basilisk Station
Based on novels by David Weber
Matt Hawkins, author
Jung-Geun Yoon, artist
Top Cow Productions, Inc.
www.tales-of-honor.com
9781632150202 $19.99 www.topcow.com
Tales of Honor is the full-color, comic book series adaptation of the popular military
science-fiction novel series by David Weber. The saga features a strong, self-sacrificing female
protagonist in Honor Harrington, a career military woman who fights to defend her home planet
from a voracious, sprawling galactic empire bent on conquest and exploitation. Tales of Honor:
On Basilisk Station collects issues #1-5 of the comic series. The story, told partly in the present
when Honor is a prisoner of war (from the seventh novel, "In Enemy Hands") and partly through
flashbacks to Honor's past (from the first novel, "On Basilisk Station"), is a dark saga of hard
choices against seemingly insurmountable odds. Honor shows exemplary military potential, yet
she lacks connections to the ruling elite. As she works to prove herself to her superiors and her
starship crew, she must contend with mistrust, constant scrutiny, the scorn of her
second-in-command (who wanted to be promoted in her stead), the arrogance of a shortsighted
weapons designer, and more. Assigned to the decrepit Basilisk Station, she is all but set up to fail
in her mission... and then things go from bad to explosively worse! Tales of Honor explores dark
issues such as interstellar war and attempted rape, but is not excessively gory or graphic, and is
suitable for older teen as well as adult readers. Highly recommended, especially for connoisseurs
of quality military science fiction.
The Audiobook Shelf
Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation
Bill Nye, author and narrator
Corey S. Powell, editor
Macmillan Audio
175 Fifth Avenue, Suite 315
New York, NY 10010
9781427252098 $39.99 www.macmillanaudio.com
Scientist, engineer, comedian, inventor, and creator-host of the Emmy Award-winning
PBS/Discovery Channel show "Bill Nye the Science Guy" presents Undeniable: Evolution and
the Science of Creation, an exploration of how the science of humanity's origins directly affects
our everyday life, and how acknowledging evolution and the workings of nature is crucial to
understanding science itself. Now in an unabridged audiobook rendition, Undeniable explains
why race doesn't really exist; the pros and cons of genetically modified food; the transformations
wrought by 4.5 billion years of time; and why the search for alien life just might find aliens here
on Earth! Thoroughly accessible to listeners of all backgrounds, Undeniable is an impassioned
defense of the scientific method - humankind's most reliable and adaptable means of
understanding the natural world as it truly is, not how dogma dictates it should be. 8 CDs, 9.5
hours.
Mary and the Giant
Philip K. Dick, author
Performed by Kate Rudd
Brilliance Corporation
PO Box 887
Grand Haven, MI 49417
9781455814404 $14.99 www.brillianceaudio.com
Mary and the Giant is the unabridged audiobook rendition of Philip K. Dick's classic novel
following a young woman in 1950s California. Mary Anne Reynolds is a free-spirited soul; she
falls passionate in love first with a middle-aged record shop owner, then with a black blues
singer. Her neighbors in the small town of Pacific Park are collectively offended by her disregard
of social norms, including their expectations of how a woman should live and who she should
date. Will Mary's amorous relationships force her to get out of town before she's metaphorically
tarred and feathered? A literary precursor to the 1960's upheval in women's everyday roles, Mary
and the Giant is an excellent selection for public library audiobook collections. 7 CDs, 7 hours 43
min. Also highly recommended is the unabridged audiobook version of Philip K. Dick's saga of
deteriorating marriage and emotional trauma, "Puttering About in a Small Land"
(9781455814442, $14.99, 9 CDs, 11 hours, 3 min.).
Winter Street
Elin Hilderbrand, author
Read by Erin Bennett
Hachette Audio
237 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017
9781478955016 $30.00 www.HachetteAudio.com
Winter Street is the unabridged audiobook adaptation of a heartwarming Christmas story. Kelley
Quinn is the father of four grown if somewhat dysfunctional children - the eldest is struggling
with guilt over his work as an unethical hedge fund manager, the second is a bartender
conducting a questionable love affair, the third is a daughter dating a commitment-shy man, and
the fourth shocked the family by joining the Marines. With three drama-prone older children, the
fourth child unreachable in Afghanistan, a second wife who's a little too affectionate with another
man in a Santa Claus suit, whiskey, a small house fire, and more craziness, who can possibly
save the family's holiday gathering? It just might be none other than Quinn's ex-wife! Winter
Street is a playfully entertaining audio adventure, especially recommended for getting into the
holiday spirit. 6 CDs, 7 hours.
The Woman Who Would Be King
Kara Cooney
Read by the author
Books on Tape
c/o Random House Audio Books
1745 Broadway, 5th floor
New York, NY 10019
www.randomhouseaudio.com
9780804128360 $45.00 www.booksontape.com
Kara Cooney (associate professor of Egyptian art and architecture, UCLA) presents The Woman
Who Would Be King, an unabridged audiobook rendition of her studious yet accessible account
of Hatshepsut, Egypt's second documented female pharaoh; her rule took place almost 1500 years
before the birth of Christ. Records indicate that Hatshepsut was a successful leader; she oversaw
a period of prolific construction. Yet twenty years after her reign, her likeness was systematically
eradicated (literally chiseled off the stone) from most but not all records of the pharaohs. How
did she obtain such power and success in the male-dominated ancient world, and why was there
an attempt to erase her memory? The Woman Who Would Be King is an extraordinary fusion of
biography, archaeology, and analysis of women's roles, highly recommended especially for
public library audiobook collections. 9 CDs, 10.5 hours.
The Corinthian
Georgette Heyer, author
Georgina Sutton, narrator
Naxos of America, Inc.
1810 Columbia Avenue, Suite 28
Franklin, TN 37064
9781843798552 $47.98 www.naxosaudiobooks.com
Superbly performed by theater actress Georgina Sutton, The Corinthian is the unabridged
audiobook version of a classic novel first published in 1940. Sir Richard Wyndham, the titular
Corinthian, is a wealthy, handsome man weary of his family's endless pressure to get married.
Yearning for an escape from the doldrums, he elopes with the plucky Penelope Creed, who is
herself evading an arranged marriage. The unusual duo form an alliance that escalates into zany
excitement, as they cross-dress, bump into escaped criminals, and even become unlikely heroes
as the situation warrants. A hint of mutual attraction grows stronger the more they work together,
in this delightfully timeless adventure! 7 CDs, 8 hours 22 min.
An Irish Doctor in Peace and at War
Patrick Taylor, author
John Keating, narrator
Macmillan Audio
175 Fifth Avenue, Suite 315
New York, NY 10010
9781427243850 $39.99 www.macmillanaudio.com
An Irish Doctor in Peace and at War is the unabridged audiobook rendition of Patrick Taylor's
novel about an Irish doctor whose dreams of marriage to his sweetheart are interrupted by World
War II. Doctor Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly is assigned to the HMS Warspite, a gigantic battleship
with a crew of twelve hundred. Fingal struggles to tend to the crew's injuries as well as the
casualties of those brought aboard... and the temptation to break his fidelity to his hometown
beloved is very strong! Contrasting the wartime violence is Fingal's more sedate life over twenty
years later, in which his deadliest challenge appears to be combating an outbreak of German
measles... until a dark secret threatens to shatter his hard-won comfort. Nuanced and enthralling,
An Irish Doctor in Peace and at War is highly recommended for public library audiobook
collections and connoisseurs of quality stories. 11 CDs, 13.5 hours.
Doctor Who: The Light At The End
Nicholas Briggs, et al.
Big Finish Productions
PO Box: PO Box 3787, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 3TF
http://www.bigfinish.com
9781781781074, $TBA, www.amazon.com
November 23rd 1963 the day that Bob Dovie's life is ripped apart. It's also a day that sets in
motion a catastrophic chain of events which forces the first eight incarnations of the Doctor to
fight for their very existence as an unknown and insidious chaos unfolds within the TARDIS,
breaking the barriers of time break apart. From suburban England through war-torn alien
landscapes and into a deadly, artificial dimension, all these Doctors and their companions must
struggle against the power of an unfathomable, alien technology. From the very beginning, it is
clear that the Master is somehow involved. By the end, for the Doctors, there may only be
darkness. "Doctor Who: The Light At The End" is a complete 'theatre of the mind' experience
starring an impressive cast of characters including five of the television Doctors (Tom Baker,
Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann) along with Louise Jameson
(Leela), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Nicola Bryant (Peri), Sophie Aldred (Ace), India Fisher (Charley
Pollard), and Geoffrey Beevers (The Master). With flawless production values, complete and
unabridged, "Doctor Who: The Light At The End" is an absolute "must" for the legions of Doctor
Who fans and will make an enduringly popular addition to community library audio book
collections.
Cat Trick
Sofie Kelly, author
Read by Cassandra Campbell
Books on Tape
www.booksontape.com
c/o Random House Audio Books
c/o The Random House Publishing Group
1745 Broadway, 5th floor, New York, NY 10019
9780553399431 $45.00 www.randomhouseaudio.com
Cat Trick is the unabridged audiobook rendition of a novel in the "Magical Cats Mystery" series,
following small-town librarian Kathleen Paulson and her two mysterious cats, Owen and
Hercules. Kathleen's cats have a preternatural talent for uncovering motives behind murder, and
the three detectives-by-necessity are on the case when hometown native turned big-shot tour
company executive turns up deceased. The victim was widely disliked, but who could have hated
his vacation package plans enough to kill him? 8 CDs, 9 hours. And who else could be on the
assassin's hit list? Also highly recommended for fans of the series is the unabridged audiobook
"Final Catcall" (9780553399462, $45.00, 8 CDs, 9 hours), a mystery that puts Kathleen and her
capricious cats between boyfriends, a relocated theater festival, and a murderous web of
blackmail and fraud!
Mortal Arts
Anna Lee Huber, author
Read by Heather Wilds
Tantor Media, Inc.
6 Business Park Road, Old Saybrook, CT 06475
9781494504915 $44.99 www.tantor.com
The unabridged audiobook adaptation of the second novel in the "Larby Darby Mystery" series,
Mortal Arts is set in 1830 Scotland, following the journey Lady Kiera Darby. Kiera travels to
Edinburgh with her family so that her pregnant sister can be close to medical care, but a lethal
mystery interrupts the family. The older brother of Kiera's longtime friend has recently been
released from an insane asylum, and a local girl has gone missing; accusations fly, and it's up to
Kiera to prove a family friend's innocence! An impressionistic period piece, Mortal Arts is a treat
for connoisseurs of historical mysteries. Also highly recommended is the first "Larby Darby
Mystery" novel, "The Anatomist's Wife".
Crave the Night
Lara Adrian, author
www.laraadrian.com
Hillary Huber, narrator
Books on Tape
www.booksontape.com
c/o Random House Audio Books
c/o The Random House Publishing Group
1745 Broadway, 5th floor, New York, NY 10019
9780385359641 $45.00 www.randomhouseaudio.com
Crave the Night: A Midnight Breed Novel is the unabridged audiobook version of an intense
paranormal romance. Nathan is one of the Breed vampires, born and raised as an elite warrior
tasked with protecting both mortals and vampires. Utterly ruthless in the execution of his duty,
Nathan is confounded when he crosses paths with a privileged woman who has been promised to
another Breed male of high status. She may be the key to uncovering the deadliest enemy Nathan
has ever faced, and to fall in love with her can only bring chaos to the Breed's rigid social order.
She knows this as surely as he does, yet her attraction is undeniable, and she finds his seductive
qualities nigh-irresistible. Crave the Night is story of white-hot passion and dangerously looming
consequences, enthusiastically recommended. 9 CDs, 11.5 hours.
Love Letters
Debbie Macomber, author
Lorelei King, narrator
Random House Audio Books
c/o The Random House Publishing Group
1745 Broadway, 5th floor, New York, NY 10019
9780553398786 $40.00 www.randomhouseaudio.com
Love Letters: A Rose Harbor Novel is the unabridged audiobook adaptation of a novel about the
healing power of love. Cedar Cove's Rose Harbor Inn bustles during the busy summer season;
proprietor Jo Marie Rose and handyman Mark Taylor spend quite a bit of time around each other,
but each has a secret in their past that prevents them from growing too close to one another.
Others have also come to Cedar Cove to confront inner obstacles - twenty-three-year-old Ellie
Reynolds is about to meet the man she's been corresponding with for months for the first time,
and Maggie and Roy Porter are hoping to salvage their floundering marriage. A story of trust, and
the difficulties of attempting to rebuild, and the heart's innermost hope, Love Letters is highly
recommended especially for connoisseurs of quality romance. 7 CDs, 9 hours.
Slimy Underbelly
Kevin J. Anderson
Brilliance Corporation
PO Box 887, Grand Haven, MI 49417
www.brillianceaudio.com
9781480584044, $19.99, www.amazon.com
There's something fishy going on in the Unnatural Quarter. Bodies are floating face-down, the
plumbing is backing up, and something smells rotten - even to a zombie detective like Dan
Shamble. Diving into the slimy underbelly of a diabolical plot, Dan comes face-to-tentacles with
an amphibious villain named Ah'Chulhu (to which the usual response is "Gesundheit!"). With his
snap-happy gang of gator-guys - former pets flushed down the toilet - Ah'Chulhu wreaks havoc
beneath the streets. While feuding weather wizards kick up storms and a gang of thieving lawn
gnomes continues their reign of terror, Dan Shamble is running out of time - before the whole
stinking city goes down the drain.... A master storyteller of the first order, In "Slimy Underbelly",
Keven J. Anderson has created a world where a zombie private eye and his ghost of a girl friend
take on all manner of 'things that go bump in the night' to solve a genuine case of 'whodunit' that
will have immense appeal to fans of a well crafted and original fantasy. This completed and
unabridged audio book edition is superbly narrated by Phil Gigante and is highly recommended
for personal and community library audio book collections. (7 CDs; 8 hours, 17 minutes).
Shuttlecock
Graham Swift
Brilliance Corporation
PO Box 887, Grand Haven, MI 49417
www.brillianceaudio.com
9781491573730, $14.99, www.amazon.com
Prentis, the narrator of this nightmarish novel, catalogs "dead crimes" for a branch of the London
Police Department and suspects that he is going crazy. His files keep vanishing. His boss subjects
him to cryptic taunts. His family despises him. And as Prentis desperately tries to hold on to the
scraps of his sanity, he uncovers a conspiracy of blackmail and betrayal that extends from his
department and into the buried past of his father, a war hero code-named "Shuttlecock" - and,
lately, a resident of a hospital for the insane. "Suttlecock" by Garham Swift, and performed by
James Wilby, is a finely crafted novel, deftly complex, solidly entertaining, and presented with
flawless production values, is very highly recommended for both personal and community library
collections.
Spark
John Twelve Hawks, author
Read by Scott Brick
Random House Audio Books
c/o The Random House Publishing Group
1745 Broadway, 5th floor
New York, NY 10019
9780553399066 $40.00 www.randomhouseaudio.com
Spark is the unabridged audiobook version of a dark thriller novel with a remorseless villain
protagonist. Jacob Underwood is a contract assassin working for the Special Services Section of
DBG, a voracious multinational conglomerate. A motorcycle accident has left him with Cotard's
syndrome, a mental illness which causes him to believe he is dead - nothing more than an amoral
empty "Shell". His latest assignment is to eliminate a young woman who has seemingly
disappeared, and who is suspected of stealing either money or sensitive corporate information
from DBG. A tangled web of ruthless machinations lurk underneath this assignment, that will
push Jacob to his cognitive as well as physical limits, in this suspenseful edge-of-one's seat saga!
9 CDs, 11 1/2 hours.
The Motherf*er with the Hat
Stephen Adly Guirgis, author
Performed by Chris Rock, et. al.
L.A. Theatre Works
681 Venice Boulevard, Venice, CA 90291
9781580819343 $29.95 www.latw.org
An audiobook performance featuring the original Broadway cast (Chris Rock as Ralph D., Bobby
Cannavale as Jackie, Elizabeth Rodriguez as Veronica, Annabella Sciorra as Victoria, and Yul
Vazquez as Cousin Julio), The Motherf*er with the Hat is the next best thing to witnessing this
profanely hysterical, award-winning dark comedy play in person. Jackie is a former drug dealer
recently released from prison; he burns to be with his drug-addict girlfriend Veronica, but just as
the two are about to jump into bed, Jackie spots a hat that he knows is not his. Who is the
"motherf*er with the hat" that Veronica has been sleeping with? A fractiously hilarious tangle
ensues! 2 CDs, 1 hour 33 min.
Hachette Audio
237 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017
www.hachetteaudio.com
Sandra Brown's THE SILKEN WEB (9781476927471, $25.00) is narrated by January LaVoy,
whose New York-based voice, stage and TV background meshes perfectly with the story of
family connections, romance, and a web of lies that threatens to destroy three individuals and
posits some dangerous choices to Kathleen, who must take either family or the love of her life.
With its powerful story and engrossing audio version, The Silken Web draws listeners into a web
of intrigue and love, and enjoys the best features of LaVoy's evocative, winning voice. It's audio
romance at its best. James Patterson's KISS THE GIRLS (9781619694132, $18.00) receives a
fine narration by Michael Kramer, who brings to life the involving saga of the second thriller in
the Alex Cross series. Familiarity with the first is highly recommended for a smooth segue to this
story, where a reporter investigating a series of murders is killed in Lo Angeles and in a
seemingly-unrelated mystery cross-country, a lovely medical intern vanishes. Alex Cross doesn't
know if he's investigating one murder or two clever killers following the same modus operandi in
this riveting murder mystery/thriller. Marcia Clark's THE COMPETITION (9781478927228,
$30.00) pairs January LaVoy's evocative voice, seasoned by nears on stage and TV, with the
thriller revolving around a L.A. district attorney Rachel Knight, who investigates a terrible high
school massacre that has students murdered and others identified as killers. Two women team up
to solve a case that just doesn't make sense in this engrossing thriller. Nicholas Sparks's THE
BEST OF ME (9781478900719, $20.00) is set in the spring of 1984, when two high school
sweethearts fall in love. In typical Romeo and Juliet style, they come from different sides of the
tracks and their love defies their small town roots. Predictably, events will tear them apart.
Unpredictably, twenty-five years later, events will bring them back together. Pair an evocative
story with Sean Pratt's experienced narrative voice and you have a drama that will be widely
appreciated by listeners looking for love stories. James Patterson and Michael White team up for
PRIVATE DOWN UNDER (9781619698499, $26.00) which tells of Craig Gisto and a team
attending a fancy launch party when a stabbed, gunshot Asian man staggers into the event. It's a
terrible murder in a wealthy community; but that's only the tip of the iceberg as non-stop action
narrated in Michael White's vivid voice creates an audio that's hard to stop listening to!
The Library CD Shelf
Alex Skolnick's Planetary Coalition
Global Music Project
c/o Rock Paper Scissors (publicity)
511 West 4th Street, Suite 2
Bloomington, IN 47404
$TBA www.rockpaperscissors.biz
Metal and jazz guitar player turned global music networker Alex Skolnick presents Alex
Skolnick's Planetary Collection, an incredible, cross-cultural acoustic music CD showcasing the
talents of twenty-seven musicians across the breadth of five continents. A truly global fusion,
Planetary Coalition carries a strong, positive message of community and kinship through the
shared joy of musical harmony. An absolute "must-have" for multicultural music and library CD
collections! The tracks are "Island in the Sky" (6:28), "Salto" (5:30), "Passage to Pranayama"
(8:16), "Taksim Square" (5:51), "Playa La Ropa" (4:03), "Django Tango" (5:07), "Old World
Dance" (6:19), "Alla La K'E" (2:13), "Back to the Land" (6:00), "Mojito" (5:01), "Rock of
Ramallah" (4:37), "Negev Desert Sunset" (4:45), "Return of the Yi People" (4:53), and "Sleeping
Gypsy" (5:54).
Jazz Carnatica
Arun Ramamurthy Trio
www.arunramamurthy.com
Privately Published
c/o Rock Paper Scissors (publicity)
511 West 4th Street, Suite 2
Bloomington, IN 47404
$TBA www.rockpaperscissors.biz
Jazz Carnatica is a unique fusion of South Indian Classical music and jazz, by the performing trio
of Arun Ramamurthy (violin), Sameer Gupta (bass), and Perry Wortman (drums), with guest
artists Marc Cary (piano), Trina Basu (violin), and Akshay Anantapadmanabhan (mridangam).
Jazz Carnatica transforms millennia-old classical pieces with a fine balance between traditional,
rhythmic rigor and artistic creativity, staying true to the enduring spirit of Indian devotional
music. The result is a captivating and inspirational listening experience, worthy of the highest
recommendation for multicultural music collections. The tracks are "Dhanasri" (5:25), "Maha G"
(7:20), "4th Dimension" (8:53), "Simple Joys" (9:06), "Darbari Kanada" (3:40), "Govardhana"
(7:56), "Delusions" (8:47), "Conception" (7:07), "Revati" (6:22).
Songs of Time Lost
Piers Faccini & Vincent Segal
Six Degrees Records
www.sixdegreesrecords.com
c/o Press Junkie PR
$12.98 CD / $9.49 MP3 www.amazon.com
Songs of Time Lost is the first joint music album of vocalist/guitarist Piers Faccini and cellist
Vincent Segal, who have known one another for twenty-five years. Their collaboration
transcends boundaries of musical style, a unique virtuoso fusion to surprise and delight. A
musical treasure and an excellent gift for connoisseurs, Songs of Time Lost is highly
recommended. The tracks are "Jesce Sole", "The Closing Of Our Eyes", "Cammina Cammina",
"Cradle to the Grave", "Quicksilver Daydreams of Maria", "Villanella Di Cenerentola", "A Half
of Me", "Mange Pou Le Coeur", "Cicerenella", "Wenn Ich Mir, Was Wunschen Durfte",
"Everyday Away From You", "Dicitencello Vuje", and "Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor".
Originals
Quinn DeVeaux and the Blue Beat Review
QDV Records
QuinnDeVeaux.com
c/o Press Junkie PR
9901 Brodie Lane, Suite 160, PMB 221
Austin, TX 78748
www.pressjunkiepr.com
$TBA CD / $8.99 MP3 www.amazon.com
Originals is an album of upbeat songs by soul artist Quinn DeVeaux, created for and played by
the Blue Beat Review. Individual songs are inspired by Quinn's steadfast friends, thoughts on
human mortality, and his wish to create music his beloved grandmother could dance to. Quirky,
creative, and performed with superlative fluidity, Originals is a unique treasure worthy of
extended appreciation. The tracks are "Lil 45", "Tara Jean", "Pale Angel", "Left This Town",
"How Many Teardrops", "Hey Right On", "Lil Papa", "So Easy", "Rain Drops", "Kids on Fire",
"Cruel", and "One".
Voices from Heaven
Runar Halonen and Tron Syversen
Privately Published
www.tronmusic.com
c/o The Creative Service Company
4360 Emerald Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80918
$14.95 CD / $8.99 download www.thecreativeservicecompany.com
Norwegian new age keyboardist Tron Syversen and vocalist Runar Halonen present Voices from
Heaven, a therapeutic recording with wordless vocals. Voices from Heaven resonates with
empathetic, ambient rejuvenation. An album that embraces the healing power of music, Voices
from Heaven is blissfully beautiful, encouraging relaxation of the body and mind. Highly
recommended, especially for shedding the stress of a long day. The tracks are "Voices in
Heaven's Cathedral" (16:13), "Voices for Mother Earth" (18:22), and "Voices of Dreams"
(18:32). Listeners yearning for more are also encouraged to investigate "Voices from Heaven
Volume 2" ($14.95).
Purple Reggae
Radio Riddler
Mita Records
c/o Press Junkie PR
9901 Brodie Lane, Suite 160, PMB 221
Austin, TX 78748
$TBA www.pressjunkiepr.com
Purple Reggae is the debut album of Radio Riddler, a team name for the duo of Frank Benbini
and Fast Leiser. Together, they have created a tribute to all things reggae in general, and the
performer Prince in particular. A wide variety of featured performers lend their talents to this
expressive, diverse, and adventurous collection, especially recommended for enthusiasts of the
genre! The tracks are "Let's Go Crazy (ft. Suggs)", "Take Me With U (ft. Deborah Bonham)",
"The Beautiful Ones (ft. Frank Benbini)", "Computer Blue (ft. Naim Cortazzi)", "Darling Nikki
(ft. Frank Benbini)", "When Doves Cry (ft. Citizen Cope)", "I Would Die 4 U (ft. Sinead
O'Connor)", "Baby I'm A Star (ft. Beverley Knight)", and "Purple Rain (ft. Ali Campbell)".
Na Lojinha De Eu Me Sinto Milionario (At The Dollar Store, I Feel Like A Millionaire)
Paulo Padilha
Boranda Producoes
boranda.com.br
c/o FlipSwitch (publicity)
PO Box 2207, Bloomington, IN 47404-2207
$TBA CD / $8.99 MP3 www.amazon.com
Na Lojinha De Eu Me Sinto Milionario (At The Dollar Store, I Feel Like A Millionaire) is a
Portuguese-language music album blending samba and Brazilian pop, with a light splash of other
styles such as reggae. The double-guitar and bass form the core, enriched with additional
elements and Paulo Padilha's personable vocals. The result is a vibrantly flowing experience,
especially recommended for international music collections! The tracks are "Eu e minhas ideias
geniais", "Na Lojinha de l real", "Guia Facil para Lidar com Pessoas Dificeis", "Eu sou ela
amanha", "Serrei as pernas da mesa", "Escanteio", "Partido baixo", "So me trai - intro",
"Summertime", "Pre-pago pai de santo", "Tapa", "Si Mi Re La", "Aio no oio".
putalittlemoreloveintheworld
Bob Sima
Privately Published
c/o Conscious Media Relations (publicity)
$15.00 CD / $10.00 digital www.bobsima.com
An album embodying consciousness and spiritual growth, putalittlemoreloveintheworld lives up
to its title with its soulful, inspiring tracks. Bob Sima sings his compositions in perfect attunement
to his acoustic guitar, creating a fluid celebration of the love that makes the world go 'round.
Wonderfully uplifting, putalittlemoreloveintheworld also makes an excellent gift. The tracks are
"I Am", "putalittlemoreloveintheworld", "Breathe", "Book of Love", "I Am Here", "Queen of the
Forest", "Grand Design", "Happening For You", "Bit My Tongue", and "Center of You, Center of
Me".
The Library DVD Shelf
Growing Cities
First Run Features
630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1213
New York, NY 10036
$24.95 www.firstrunfeatures.com
Growing Cities is a documentary DVD about urban farmers, activists, and ordinary people
working to help America feed itself in an unorthodox manner - by growing food within cities.
Some cultivate food in their backyards to stretch their own food budget; others are actively
teaching their children to eat healthier, and still others are searching for new ways to practice
sustainable agriculture in the twenty-first century. Bonus features include four shorts ("Ultra
Fresh Goat's Milk", "Back to the Roots", "Squirrel for Lunch", and "Blooper Reel"). Educational
and inspirational, Growing Cities is a choice pick for high school classroom and public library
DVD collections. 93 min., with optional English SDH captions and Spanish subtitles. Also
highly recommended is award-winning filmmaker Daniel Karslake's "Every Three Seconds" (100
min., $24.95), an eye-opening documentary about five ordinary people who each decided to step
up and personally combat the social problems of hunger and extreme poverty, changing the world
for the better one person at a time.
The Allergy Fix
A Dreamfilm Documentary
Bullfrog Films, Inc.
PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547
1941545157 $250.00 www.bullfrogfilms.com
Licensed for public performance, The Allergy Fix is a documentary about food allergies. Food
allergies are when an individual's immune system regards food proteins as a hostile invader,
triggering reactions that can range from uncomfortable to lethal. More than three times as many
children have food allergies now, compared to twenty years ago. Despite a wealth of research, the
cause of most food allergies is unknown, though evidence exists to support a variety of
hypotheses. Traditionally, the only sure way to cope with food allergies is through complete
avoidance of the problematic foods, or immediate medical intervention if food allergens are
accidentally consumed ("cross-contamination" is a serious threat for those with life-threatening
food allergies, who typically cannot risk eating at restaurants). Could there be ways to prevent
food allergies from developing, or even cure them? The Allergy Fix examines practices ranging
from giving peanuts to babies to the use of parasitic worms, and explores why Amish farm
families have so few allergies. Fascinating, educational, and informative, The Allergy Fix is
especially recommended for public library DVD collections. 43 min., SDH captions.
Powerpoint Presentation series
Crystal Productions
1812 Johns Drive
Glenview, IL 60025-1581
$14.95 each www.crystalproductions.com
Three inexpensive "Powerpoint Presentation" art DVDs from Crystal Productions are excellent
"how-to" instructionals for self-study or classroom instruction; each program is divided into
"slides" and can be potentially be presented on a whiteboard, or viewed on students' computers.
Gail Price's "Tempera Painting & Techniques" (9781562907893) demonstrates the basics of
color mixing and color values when using tempera paint as a medium, as well as how a simple
ruler, protractor, or other found objects can create the basic frame for vibrant paintings, from still
life to landscapes. Wet-into-wet painting methodology is also covered, as is egg tempera
painting. Gail Price's "Drawing with Charcoal & Pastels" (9781562907976) walks viewers
through the different types of charcoal and pastels, and reveals how they are used to create
artwork ranging from still life to figures, animals, and much more. Arthur Turner's "Color
Perceptions" (9781562907990) focuses especially upon color phenomena, including proportion
of colors, hue, value, intensity, figure-ground relationships, luminosity, and iridescence. All three
are highly recommended especially for school library DVD collections!
Who Shot My Father?
A film by Liora Amir Barmatz
SISU Home Entertainment
340 W 39th St., 6th fl
New York, NY 10018
$24.95 www.sisuent.com
Who Shot My Father? is a documentary about the unsolved murder of Israeli Air Force Attache
Colonel Joe Alon, who was killed in Washington DC in the year 1973. His daughters still work
to uncover the truth; Who Shot My Father? includes interviews with FBI agents, Mossad chiefs,
a former American Air Force Chief Commander, and details about Alon's courageous and dutiful
life. Who Shot My Father? is a truly unforgettable real-life mystery. 72 min., Hebrew and
English with English subtitles. Also highly recommended is the DVD "Zubin Mehta: Zubin and
I" (66 min., English and Hebrew with English subtitles) by Ori Sivan, an extraordinary portrait of
the brilliant and talented maestro of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra.
A Father's Legacy
Cedar Fort, Inc.
2373 West 700 South
Springville, Utah 84663
$12.99 www.cedarfort.com
A Father's Legacy (24 min. 25 sec.) is a DVD about how fathers can use sports to teach their
children not only about games, but about life itself. There is far more to sports than simply
winning or a chance at going pro; character-building, self-improvement, and learning to
appreciate everyday joys are all things that fathers can teach their children on the playing field. A
Father's Legacy is an excellent resource for physical education classrooms or for parents and
children to share at home, and includes interviews/footage from renowned athletes and coaches
including LaVell Edwards, Kyle Whittingham, Bronco Mendenhall, Haloti Ngata, Brandon
Doman, Vai Sikahema, Chad Lewis, Paul Kruger, Jimmer Fedette, and more. Also highly
recommended is the DVD "Grit: The True Story of Steve Young" (24 min. 26 sec.), a DVD
about multiple MVP award-winning football quarterback Steve Young, and the secrets to
greatness that he learned from his beloved father.
The Blu-ray Shelf
Agatha Christie's Poirot, Series 13
Acorn Media
c/o RLJ Entertainment
9781621722182 $5.99 DVD
9781621722199 $59.99 Blu-ray www.acornonline.com
Available in both DVD and 1080p Blu-ray formats, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Series 13 presents
the final five feature-length television adaptations featuring Agatha Christie's quirky Belgian
sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Presented in their original UK broadcast television order, the five
mysteries are "Elephants Can Remember", "The Big Four", "Dead Man's Folly", "The Labours of
Hercules", and "Curtain: Poirot's Last Case", based on the story Christie wrote when she feared
for her own survival and the subsequent legacy of the Poirot character, during the dark days of
World War II. Bonus features include a 19-minute interview with lead actor David Suchet, and a
photo gallery. A captivating "must-have" for fans of Christie's classic works, enthusiastically
recommended for public library DVD or Blu-ray collections as well! 3 discs, 462 min., SDH
subtitles.
The Christian Studies Shelf
The Power of Children
Margaret Y. MacDonald
Baylor University Press
One Bear Place, #97363
Waco, TX 76798-7363
9781481302234 $49.95 www.baylorpress.com
Margaret Y. MacDonald (Dean of Arts, St. Mary's University in Halifax) presents The Power of
Children: The Construction of Christian Families in the Greco-Roman World, a scholarly
analysis of Christian teachings about children, in the historical context of everyday life in the
Roman world. Scrutinizing the New Testament's household codes (Colossians 3:18-4:1;
Ephesians 5:21-6:9; 1 Timothy 2:8-15, 5:1-2, 6:1-2; Titus 2:1-10), The Power of Children
especially focuses upon how they affected children and parenting. MacDonalds puts forth
evidence that the social divisions of the era (between wives and husbands, children and parents,
or slaves and masters) were more complicated within the context of Christianity. Christian
principles curbed sexual abuse, fomented the practice of pseudo-parenting, and encouraged the
teaching roles of both men and women in a family context. This Christian perspective, which
resisted the old ways with a new viewpoint that placed greater value on children, had lasting
repercussions on evolving social mores. Extensive notes and an index round out this thoughtful,
well-researched treatise.
Orbis Books
Box 302, Maryknoll NY 10545-0302
www.orbisbooks.com
Terrence J. Rynne's JESUS CHRIST PEACEMAKER (9781626980976, $25.00) considers the
nonviolence of Jesus and its teachings to church and world alike, and uses the Gospels to
consider the evolving image of Jesus as Peacemaker. More than an assessment of the morals
involved, this considers how God calls people to a life of nonviolence and peace, how Jesus
symbolized these beliefs and laid the foundation for nonviolent responses to a violent world, and
why politics and Christianity meet when discussing Jesus's real purposes. The result is a powerful
survey highly recommended for any Christian or social issues collection. Veronica Mary Rolf's
JULIAN'S GOSPEL: ILLUMINATING THE LIFE & REVELATIONS OF JULIAN OF
NORWICH (9781626980945, $30.00) provides a fine biography reconstructing the life of Julian
of Norwich, a 14th-century mystic, and blends history, theology and cultural insights to portray a
Julian who spoke not only to peoples of his times, but whose words continue to offer
inspirational and religious insight to modern Christians. Collections strong in women's issues and
Christian life and history will find this an absorbing study on many levels, combining fascinating
early Christian historical insights with a focus on their meaning for modern audiences. The result
is a survey highly recommended for any Christian collection strong in scholarly yet accessible
writings.
The Judaic Studies Shelf
A Guide to the Complex
Shlomo M. Brody
Maggid Books
c/o Koren Publishers Jerusalem Ltd.
PO Box 8531, New Milford, CT 06776-8531
9781592643516 $29.95 www.korenpub.com
Even though A Guide to the Complex: Contemporary Halakhic Debates adopts a scholarly tone,
with copious notes and references to the philosophy and teachings of individual rabbis, technical
terminology is not used in excess, and Hebrew words are almost always defined next to their
English equivalents. As a result, this survey of debates on serious issues and ethical dilemmas is
thoroughly accessible to readers of all faiths and backgrounds. Author and Rabbi Shlomo M.
Brody, well-known for his popular "Ask the Rabbi" column in "The Jerusalem Post", presents a
straightforward anthology of interpretations of Jewish law concerning issues ranging from
contraception and abortion, to prayers for the terminally ill ("May I pray for the death of a
relative who is suffering greatly?"), cruelty to animals ("Is foie gras kosher?"), adopting foreign
rituals ("May one place a memorial wreath at a military funeral?"), female rabbinic ordination,
Yom Kippur prohibitions ("May one wear Crocs?") and much more. Often, different notable
rabbis have held conflicting opinions on such topics throughout history; A Guide to the Complex
examines these different points of view and the reasoning behind them, as well as noting those
cases when individual consultation and careful consideration of specific circumstances is
especially warranted. An absolute "must-have" for any serious-minded Judaic Studies shelf, or
for readers who wish to learn more about interpretations of Jewish law.
In the Narrow Places
Erica Brown
Maggid
c/o The Toby Press
PO 8531, New Milford, CT 06776-8531
9781592643400, $22.95, 150pp, www.amazon.com
Synopsis: Dr. Erica Brown is one of the foremost Jewish educators of our time. In her latest
book, "In the Narrow Places", she brings her extraordinary teaching skills to the subject of the
Three Weeks, the period of mourning commemorating the destruction of the First and Second
Temples. For each day of the Three Weeks, she presents a short, inspirational essay based on
biblical texts followed by a kavana, a spiritual focus that involves reflection, imagination or
action to transform these somber days of remembrance into a period of introspection and spiritual
growth. Alongside the traditional prophecies of doom and consolation traditionally read during
the Three Weeks, "In the Narrow Places" offers a new process for rebuilding and a re-affirmation
of hope. As informed and informative as it is inspired and inspiring, "In the Narrow Places" is
highly recommended and instructive reading. Enhanced with a 'Glossary of Hebrew and Aramaic
Terms', "In the Narrow Places" would make an enduringly valued and appreciated addition to
personal and academic Judaic Studies supplemental reading lists.
The Koren Jerusalem Bible
English text revised and edited by Harold Fisch
Koren Publishers Jerusalem Ltd.
PO Box 8531, New Milford, CT 06776-8531
9789653010550 $49.95 www.korenpub.com
The Koren Jerusalem Bible is a bilingual edition of the sacred text. Each two-page spread has
Hebrew on the right, and an English translation by the respected Professor Harold Fisch on the
left. This revised edition also includes a transliteration of all names appearing in the Bible, and a
cross-reference index of the standard English version of the Biblical names. The Koren
Jerusalem Bible is the definitive centerpiece of both private and public library Judaic Studies
shelves.
The Cookbook Shelf
Vegan Casseroles
Julie Hasson
Running Press
c/o Perseus Book Group
250 W. 57th St., Suite 1500
New York, NY 10107
9780762448845 $20.00 www.runningpress.com
Illustrated with full-color photography of many of its delicacies, Vegan Casseroles: Pasta Bakes,
Gratins, Pot Pies, and More is a treasury of vegan "comfort food" recipes, perfect for family
dining or festive entertainment! Animal product-free dishes include Jambalaya, Zucchini Basil
Casserole with Buttery Crumb Topping, Blueberry Peach Skillet Pie, Mujadara, and much more.
An introduction with recommendations for selecting vegan ingredients rounds out this excellent
addition to any and every vegan cookbook collection. "Not all sugars are vegan, as cane sugar is
sometimes filtered through bone char (from animals). Beet sugar (granulated white and brown)
and organic sugars are processed without the use of bone char."
100 Best Quick Gluten-Free Recipes
Carol Fenster
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
215 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10003
9780544263710 $16.99 www.hmhpub.com
Illustrated with a handful of color photographs, 100 Best Quick Gluten-Free Recipes lives up to
its title as a no-nonsense compendium of easy-to-prepare, gluten-free dishes. 100 Best Quick
Gluten-Free Recipes is a must-have for those with gluten intolerance (who are advised to prepare
their own food to avoid endemic cross-contamination in restaurants and packaged food products),
but one doesn't have to be gluten-intolerant to appreciate mouth-water dishes such as
Cranberry-Orange Scones with Orange Glaze; Hazelnut-Quinoa Salad; Swiss Steak; Shrimp,
Sausage, and Pineapple Skewers; No-Cook Chocolate Cheesecake and much more. An extensive
introduction to gluten-free cooking, including recommendations for gluten-free and dairy-free
ingredients, rounds out this excellent, user-friendly cookbook.
Cooking with Ancient Grains
Maria Baez Kijac
Adams Media Corporation
57 Littlefield Street, 2nd floor, Avon, MA 02322
9781440579561 $19.99 www.adamsmedia.com
Illustrated with full-color photography of many of its sumptuous dishes, Cooking with Ancient
Grains: 75 Delicious Recipes for Quinoa, Amaranth, Chia, and Kaniwa lives up to its title as a
compendium of user-friendly recipes for these four gluten-free grains. From Janina's Papaya
Shake with Chia to Seven-Vegetable Salad with Quinoa and Kaniwa, Argula and Radicchio
Salad with Goat Cheese, Red Quinoa Risotta with Porcini Mushrooms, Chocolate Triangles with
Quinoa Flour, and more, Cooking with Ancient Grains is a treasury of unusual, flavorful, and
healthy delights!
Mexican Flavors
Hugh Carpenter & Teri Sandison
Andrews McMeel Publishing
1130 Walnut Street, Kansas City, MO 64106-2109
www.andrewsmcmeel.com
9781449453664, $35.00, www.amazon.com
Compiled by the Mexican culinary experts Hugh Carpenter and Teri Sandison, "Mexican
Flavors: Contemporary Recipes from Camp San Miguel" is a wonderfully illustrated, 224 page
compendium of recipes and commentary carefully organized and presented in eleven chapters
beginning with 'Flavor Building Blocks' and 'Core Recipes', and ending with 'Desserts to Win
Friends' and 'Drinks to Refresh and Elevate the Spirit'. Replete with kitchen cook friendly recipes
ranging from a Tangerine-Serrano Salsa and a Watermelon Relish, to Mushroom Enchiladas with
Salsa Mexicana and Cream; Coconut-Ancho Soup with Mushrooms; Lobster with Mexican
Accents; Mexican Chili with Lamb and Black Beans; and Garlic Bread Scented with Cumin. Of
special value for American kitchens is the inclusion of the section 'Metric Conversions and
Equivalents'. "Mexican Flavors: Contemporary Recipes from Camp San Miguel" is an
enthusiastically commended addition to personal, professional, family, and community library
Ethnic Cookbook collections.
Indian For Everyone
Anupy Singla
Surry Books
c/o Agate Publishing
1328 Greenleaf Street, Evanston, IL 60202
www.agatepublishing.com
9781572841628, $35.00, www.amazon.com
Compiled by Indian cuisine expert Anupy Singla, "Indian for Everyone: The Home Cook's Guide
to Traditional Favorites" is a beautifully illustrated, 288 page compendium comprised of
thoroughly 'kitchen cook friendly' recipes organized and presented in sections devoted to Street
Foods as Snacks; Vegetable Stir Fries; Lentil and Bean Soups, Vegetable Curries; Poultry, Mead,
and Seafood; Breads; and Desserts. Of special note is the basic information for beginners on
'Getting Started' -- covering basic tools of the trade, Indian spices and herbs, the Fridge and the
Pantry. Enhanced with an opening chapter on 'The Basics' (spice blends, chutneys, shortcuts, and
beverages), "Indian for Everyone: The Home Cook's Guide to Traditional Favorites" is a
complete and invaluable addition to personal, professional, family, and community library Ethnic
Cookbook collections! It should be noted that "Indian for Everyone: The Home Cook's Guide to
Traditional Favorites" is also available in a Kindle edition ($16.99).
Sweet Treats for the Holidays
Norene Cox
Front Table Books
c/o Cedar Fort, Inc.
2373 West 700 South, Springville, Utah 84663
9781462114184 $18.99 www.cedarfort.com
Illustrated with full-color photography of every goodie, Sweet Treats for the Holidays lives up to
its title with a plethora of edible holiday-themed desserts, made from simple store-bought candy,
cookies, frosting, etc. No baking is required to create these charming, delightful, and artistic
recipes such as Graveyard Pudding Cups (for Halloween), Dreidel Meringue Pops (for
Hanukkah), North Pole Ice Cream Sammies (for Christmas), Muhindi Waffles (for any time of
year), and much more. Many of the brightly colored morsels will appeal to young people, making
Sweet Treats for the Holidays an excellent choice for a holiday or rainy-day cooking project that
parents and children can engage in together. Highly recommended!
Best of Bridge Holiday Classics
The Editors of Best of Bridge
Robert Rose Inc.
120 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 800
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4P 1E2
www.robertrose.ca
9780778804871, $29.95, www.amazon.com
"Best of Bridge Holiday Classics: 225 Recipes for Special Occasions" is a nicely illustrated, 306
page compendium comprised of thoroughly 'kitchen cook friendly' recipes for dishes that will
please any palate, satisfy any appetite, and be appropriate for any and all dining occasions
including parties, brunches, buffets, formal holiday dinners, and even food gifts for the holiday
season. Of special note is the chapter of recipes for those inevitable Leftovers! From a Shrimp
and Crab Quiche; a Sun Dried Tomato Dip; a Frosted Waldorf Salad; and Seafood Scallop
Shells; to English Spiced Beef; Garlic and Herb-Crusted Rack of Lamb; Wild Rice and
Artichoke Hearts; and Chocolate-Mocha Cheesecake, here are dishes as elegant as they are
nutritious. Spiral bound so it will lay out flat on a kitchen table or counter, "Best of Bridge
Holiday Classics: 225 Recipes for Special Occasions" is very highly recommended for personal,
family, and community library Cookbook collections.
365 Vegan Smoothies
Kathy Patalsky
Avery Books
c/o Penguin Group USA
375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014
www.us.penguingroup.com
Trina Kaye Organization
9781583335178, $20.00, www.amazon.com
A smoothie (the name comes from the smooth property of the emulsion) is a blended and
sometimes sweetened beverage made from fresh fruit (fruit smoothie), vegetables and in special
cases can contain chocolate or peanut butter. In addition to fruit, many smoothies include crushed
ice, frozen fruit, honey or contain syrup and ice ingredients. They have a milkshake-like
consistency that is thicker than slush drinks. They can also contain milk, yogurt or ice cream.
Smoothies are often marketed to health conscious people, and some restaurants offer add-ins
such as soy milk, whey powder, green tea, herbal supplements, or nutritional supplement mixes.
Expertly compiled by vegan authority Kathy Patalsky, "365 Vegan Smoothies: Boost Your
Health With a Rainbow of Fruits and Veggies" is a 336 page compendium comprised of one
superb and thoroughly 'kitchen cook friendly' recipes after another -- enough for every day of the
year before repeating! These are smoothies that anyone -- vegan or non-vegan -- will enjoy
anytime and every time of the year. Very highly recommended for personal, family, and
community library cookbook collections, it should be noted that "365 Vegan Smoothies: Boost
Your Health With a Rainbow of Fruits and Veggies" is also available in a Kindle edition
($13.00).
The Pollen Family Table
Corky, Lori, Dana, and Tracy Pollan
Scribner
c/o Simon and Schuster
1230 Avenue of the Americas, 14th fl., NY, NY 10020
www.simonsays.com
9781476746371, $30.00, www.amazon.com
The collaborative effort of the female members of the Pollan family, "The Pollan Family Table:
The Best Recipes and Kitchen Wisdom for Delicious, Healthy Family Meals" is a colorfully
illustrated, 352 page compendium showcasing an amazing diversity of kitchen cook friendly
recipes that will please any palate and satisfy any appetite. Ideal for the novice family cook, "The
Pollan Family Table: The Best Recipes and Kitchen Wisdom for Delicious, Healthy Family
Meals" starts off with invaluable basic information on key ingredients for a well stocked pantry
of cabinet, essential cooking tools, explanations of basic cooking terms, and useful commentary
on cooking techniques, tricks, and short cut. The recipes that follow range from a Hunter's
Chicken Stew with Tomatoes and Mushrooms; a Bistro Burger with Caramelized Onions;
Panfried Tofu with Chimichurri Sauce; and Cheese Tortellini with Butternut Hash and Toasted
Hazelnuts; to Jalapeno, Pork, and Hominy Chili; Mediterranean Salad with Seared Tuna; Roasted
Balsamic Haricots Verts with Slivered Almonds; and a Raspberry Pudding Cake. Encyclopedic
in scope, "The Pollan Family Table: The Best Recipes and Kitchen Wisdom for Delicious,
Healthy Family Meals" will prove to be an enduringly popular addition to personal, family, and
community library cookbook collections.
Mexican Flavors
Hugh Carpenter & Teri Sandison
Andrews McMeel Publishing
1130 Walnut Street, Kansas City, MO 64106-2109
9781449453664, $35.00, www.amuniversal.com
MEXICAN FLAVORS: CONTEMPORARY RECIPES FROM CAMP SAN MIGUEL provides
an inspirational survey from Hugh Carpenter's cooking school located in an artistic mountain
community north of Mexico City, and includes recipes form an American's perspective for
Americans who would re-create them at home. Ingredients are thus readily available at any
supermarket and feature innovations on classic Mexican cuisine, form a Banana Salsa with Four
Variations to Mexican Seafood Risotto and a Kahlua Chocolate Cake with Strawberry Coulis.
Pack these innovations with mouth-watering images and you have a fine guide for any interested
in innovative Mexican fare.
Provence Food and Wine
Francois Millo and Viktorija Todorovska
Agate
1328 Greenleaf Street, Evanston, IL 60202
9781572841518, $19.95, www.agatepublishing.com
Provence Food and Wine: The Art of Living packs in nearly fifty recipes to accompany photos of
the French Provencal countryside, discussing its wines and regional dishes and serving as an
introduction to the region's culinary history and traditions. Consider this a mouth-watering
pairing of images, cookbook, and wine consideration that offers travelers many resources for
visiting and discussions (accompanied by recipes) exploring Provence's cuisine. With its
wide-ranging investigations and applications, this is a fine guide for either foodies traveling to
France or at-home cooks just beginning to look at Provence dishes.
The Ginger & White Cookbook
Tonia George, Emma Scott, & Nicholas Scott
Mitchell Beazley
c/o Octopus Publishing
236 Park Avenue, New York NY 10017
9781845339012, $24.99, www.octopusbooksusa.com
The Ginger & White Cookbook is a fine guide for any interested in good cooking, and presents
nearly a hundred recipes from its restaurant in its first cookbook pairing baked goods with main
courses. From a Coronation Chicken Sandwich originally created in Britain for Queen Elizabeth's
coronation in 1953 and consisting of shred chicken, apricot and ginger chutney, and yogurt to an
unusual Cauliflower Soup with Blue Cheese and Chutney, this is packed with unusual flavors
and pairings that work well together, and is a recommendation for any cookbook collection.
The Wine Shelf
Timeless Bounty
Thomas Pellechia
Burford Books, Inc.
101 East State Street, #301, Ithaca, NY 14850
9781580801751 $18.95 www.burfordbooks.com
Illustrated with beautiful color photography, Timeless Bounty: Food and Wine in New York's
Finger Lakes is a tribute to the culinary and wine traditions of the Finger Lakes region of New
York, which are directly connected to the region's agricultural bounty. From the story of
Reverend William Bostwick, who planted the first grape crop in Hammondsport in 1829, to Dr.
Konstantin Frank, who successfully grew vinifera grapes in the region, to modern-day produce
growers and winemakers, Timeless Bounty is as much a historical chronicle as it is a celebration.
The "locavore" movement (emphasizing locally grown food) is also covered, and a handful of
recipes from area restaurateurs rounds out this gourmet and wine connoisseur's treasure.
The American History Shelf
Women and the Texas Revolution
Mary L. Scheer, editor
University of North Texas Press
PO Box 311336, Denton, TX 76203-1336
9781574415773 $16.95 www.unt.edu/untpress
Women and the Texas Revolution is an anthology of scholarly essays by historians and
researchers, examining the roles that women played during the Texas Revolution (also known as
the Texas War of Independence), in which Texas broke away from Mexico's colonial authority
and became its own republic. Writings include "Continuity, Change, and Removal: Native
Women and the Texas Revolution", "Traveling the Wrong Way Down Freedom's Trail: Black
Women and the Texas Revolution", "Two Silver Pesos and a Blanket: The Texas Revolution and
the Non-Combatant Women Who Survived the Battle of the Alamo", and much more. An index
rounds out this erudite and insightful contribution to American History shelves, highly
recommended for public and college library collections.
Reno, Las Vegas, and the Strip
Eugene P. Moehring
University of Nevada Press
Mail Stop 0166, Reno, NV, 89557-0166
9780874179552 $34.95 www.unpress.nevada.edu
Reno, Las Vegas, and the Strip: A Tale of Three Cities is a historical study of the Nevada cities
of Reno and Las Vegas since 1945, focusing on the years after 1970. The growth of corporate
gaming, tourist resorts that blossomed into mega-extravaganzas, and a culture that shifted to
allow for increased personal leisure and a stable middle class all shaped the cities' economic
development. Urban development issues, rather than social history, is the primary scrutiny of this
erudite, well-reasoned, and meticulous history. "Aside from reigniting the periodic debate about
the virtues of higher education and economic diversification, the Great Recession [of 2009],
more than any previous economic slowdown, affected every gaming property and building
project in the Las Vegas metropolitan area." Reno, Las Vegas, and the Strip is an excellent
contribution to American History shelves with a focus on urban studies.
Beyond the Burning Bus
Phil Noble
NewSouth, Inc.
PO Box 1588, Montgomery, AL 36102
9781603060103 $19.95 www.newsouthbooks.com
Thoroughly accessible to readers of all backgrounds, Beyond the Burning Bus: The Civil Rights
Revolution in a Southern Town is the true story of Anniston, Alabama, a small industrial city
nestled between Birmingham and Atlanta. In 1961, the specter of racial violence threatened the
peaceful town, when the Ku Klux Klan firebombed a Freedom Riders bus. A handful of civic
leaders, both black and white, realized that the tide of history was turning, and worked together
to unite the community. They created a Human Relations Council to end Jim Crow segregation
laws and customs. Because of their work, the toll of racial violence and misery was much lower
in Anniston than in many other cities during the 1960's. Author Phil Noble, who was a
Presbyterian Minister in Anniston and participated in the Council, offers his testimony of that
pivotal area. Backed with research yet told from a personal perspective, Beyond the Burning Bus
is a welcome addition to American History with a focus on the civil rights era, and highly
recommended.
County Capitols
Arthur L. Rusch, author
With an essay by Jason Haug
South Dakota State Historical Society Press
900 Governors Drive, Pierre, SC 57501-2217
9780985290504 $29.95 www.sdshspress.com
Illustrated with black-and-white photography of historic courthouses throughout, County
Capitols: The Courthouses of South Dakota is as much about the history of these storied edifices
as their architecture. During the pioneer era, South Dakota communities competed fiercely for
designation as a county seat (and access to railroad lines); such a distinction improved the odds
that a town would flourish, and raised local land values. Land speculators especially had a vested
interest in ensuring a courthouse would be established near their own property. This conflict of
interest led to "courthouse fights" between rival communities, ranging from bidding wars to
midnight excursions to steal county records, or even the destruction of nascent courthouses!
County Capitols devotes two or more pages to each of dozens of courthouses, recounting the
often colorful tales behind their creation and use, and makes an excellent addition to South
Dakota state history shelves.
The World History Shelf
The Patriotic Consensus
Jody Perrun
University of Manitoba Press
301 St. John's College
Winnipeg, MB, Canada, R3T 2M5
9780887557491 $31.95 www.uofmpress.ca
When World War II raged, Winnipeg was Canada's fourth-largest city, and far from united; it had
strong class divisions and a history of political protest. The war had a profound effect upon the
entire city - nearly one in ten Canadians served in uniform, and others supported the war effort
through initiatives such as the Victory Loan campaigns or calls for voluntary community service.
The Patriotic Consensus: Unity, Morale, and the Second World War in Winnipeg examines the
Canadian home front and the cultural tug-of-war between the unifying effect of shared sacrifice
and the divisiveness of deep-seated ideological divides. Author and history teacher Jody Perrun
puts forth a persuasive argument that wartime societal cohesion was especially strengthened by
two factors - the burden of shared sacrifice, and both official and unofficial information
management. A bibliography and an index round out this thoughtful, heavily researched and
lucidly presented historical scrutiny.
Pepper, Silk & Ivory
Marvin Tokayer and Ellen Rodman, PhD
Gefen Publishing House
86 Cedarhurst Ave, Suite 134, Cedarhurst, NY, 11516
Meryl L. Moss Media Relations, Inc. (publicity)
9789652296474 $24.95 www.gefenspublishing.com
Rabbi Marvin Tokayer and television producer Ellen Rodman, PhD present Pepper, Silk & Ivory:
Amazing Stories about Jews and the Far East, a historical examination of an oft-overlooked
chapter in Jewish history - interactions between Jewish people and the Far East. Amazing stories
about unconventional Jewish individuals and institutions who influenced eastern history include
those of "Two-Gun Cohen" (the "Uncrowned Jewish King of China" who served as a general in
the Chinese Army), Beate Sirota Gordon (who refused to leave the room or relent until the
Japanese Constitution included rights for women and children), a synagogue in Burma that had
126 Torahs, and much more. The anecdotal, storytelling style makes Pepper, Silk & Ivory a
thoroughly accessible browse for readers of all backgrounds. A handful of black-and-white
photographs and an index round out this fascinating and welcome addition to Judaic Studies and
World History shelves.
The Civil War Shelf
The Early Morning of War
Edward G. Longacre
University of Oklahoma Press
2800 Venture Drive, Norman, OK 73069
9780806144986 $29.95 www.oupress.com
The Early Morning of War: Bull Run, 1861 is an in-depth historical analysis of the first major
military campaign of the American Civil War. Federals presumed the battle would be quick and
decisive, but when the Confederates retaliated with a powerful counterattack, both sides soon
realized that the Civil War would be longer, deadlier, and costlier than any of them imagined.
First Bull Run (also known as First Manassas) was a turning point in tactics, weaponry, and the
American way of war, with reverberations that would continue to the turn of the twentieth
century. Notes, an extensive bibliography, and an index round out this heavily researched and
meticulously presented contribution to Civil War shelves, especially the collections of academic
libraries.
Civil War Chicago
Theodore J. Karamanski and Eileen M. McMahon, editors
Ohio University Press
215 Columbus Road, Suite 101
Athens, OH 45701
9780821420843 $29.95 www.ohioswallow.com
Also available as an ebook, Civil War Chicago: Eyewitness to History assembles little-known
literature written by those who observed the American Civil War and its effects on the city of
Chicago, Illinois firsthand. Skillfully edited by two expert history professors, Civil War Chicago
gathers primary sources ranging from court cases to sanitary condition reports, accounts of
rioting, and even the drive to continue sporting events amid the ominous shadow of war. Even
though Chicago largely supported the Union war effort, emancipation, and strict treatment of the
South's civilians, Civil War Chicago vividly portrays the city's divisions and conflicts - between
Lincoln supporters and Copperheads (Northern Democrats who opposed the war and advocated a
peace settlement with the Confederacy), between whites and blacks, between workers and
managers, between natives and new arrivals. An excellent addition to public and college library
Civil War shelves.
The Metaphysical Studies Shelf
Celtic Tree Magic
Danu Forest
Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
2143 Wooddale Drive
Woodbury, MN 55125
9780738741017 $17.99 www.llewellyn.com
Practicing Druid witch and Celtic shaman Danu Forest presents Celtic Tree Magic: Ogham Lore
and Druid Mysteries, a guide to the ogham tradition of Celtic spiritual practice. Chapters instruct
the reader how to make salves, tinctures, ointments, and green crafts; perform ogham divinations,
charms and spells; the healing attributes and magical correspondences of ogham's twenty-five
trees; create wands and other magical tools; and much more. "Divination is the act of accessing
spirit or divine wisdom for application and guidance in the everyday world... However, the power
to change and act in relation to fate and circumstances is always in the hands of the seeker. No
divination technique ever presents the future as if it is carved ins tone. As such, it is a tool for
advice that suggests layers of meaning." An index rounds out this thoughtful, user-friendly
resource, especially recommended for those with an interest in botanical lore and ancient spiritual
traditions.
Timothy Leary: The Harvard Years
James Penner, Editor
Bear Company
c/o Inner Traditions International, Ltd.
One Park Street, Rochester, VT 05767
9781620552353, $19.95, www.innertraditions.com
Timothy Leary: The Harvard Years offers a new collection of Leary's research from 1960 to
1965; a period of time when LSD could be legally researched. It collects rare articles form
Leary's days as a Harvard professor of psychology, includes writings from the Harvard psilocybin
Project and other experiments, and represent the heyday of early psychedelic researchers and
their approaches to the spiritual, religious and therapeutic applications of LSD. The result is a
fine collection that publishes not only his works of the times, but a selection of controversial
articles published after his dismissal from Harvard, making for a powerful gathering of
influential pieces recommended for any studying Leary's works.
Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
2143 Wooddale Drive, Woodbury, MN 55125
www.llewellyn.com
Bridget Benson's WE WALK BESIDE YOU ALWAYS: COMFORTING MESSAGES FROM
YOUR LOVED ONES IN THE AFTERLIFE (9780738737492, $14.99) comes from an Irish
medium who here shares true stories of the afterlife and spirit connections, and use her own
experiences and those of her clients to consider a wide range of afterlife possibilities, from those
of children and animals to experiences of those who have taken their own lives. With its haunting
discussions of connections after death, this is a survey new age readers will find specific and
thought-provoking. Alexandra Chauran's CLAIRVOYANCE FOR BEGINNERS: EASY
TECHNIQUES TO ENHANCE YOUR PSYCHIC VISION (9780738739151, $13.99) covers the
steps needed to move from clairvoyant beginner to expert, and provides an instructional that
shows how to get started and how to enhance clairvoyance with eyes open or closed. From
meditation and conscious dreaming to psychometry, omens, visions and more, this includes
symbol dictionary and discussion of the ethics involved in clairvoyance even as it reviews the
basics for developing one's talents.
The Religion/Spirituality Shelf
Practical Interfaith
Rev. Steven Greenebaum
Skylight Paths Publishing
Sunset Farms Offices, Route 4
PO Box 237, Woodstock, VT 05091
9781594735691 $16.99 www.skylightpaths.com
Practical Interfaith: How to Find Our Common Humanity as We Celebrate Diversity presents the
Interfaith movement as a path to religious and spiritual fulfillment. A central tenet of the
non-denominational Interfaith movement is that there is more than one way to connect with God.
Author Rev. Steven Greenebaum gives testimony drawn from personal life experience, both his
own and those of the members of the community he founded, the Living Interfaith Church.
Chapters address why being part of the Interfaith movement does not need conflict with the
practice of own spiritual tradition, how to set the bedrock foundation of an Interfaith community
and choose the right minister, the theology of the Interfaith movement, and more. "There appears
to be a rather strange disease rampant these days. The disease manifests itself in the belief that
anyone who disagrees with us is challenging our personhood. This disease, a pandemic in our
politics as well as along our spiritual pathways, contributes mightily to making listening to
another person's point of view all but impossible. If I accept the notion that any movement from
my core beliefs dehumanizes me, then I can't afford to give an inch." An excellent, thoughtful,
and deeply respectful resource.
The Memoir Shelf
My Wild Life
Ronald H. Wauer
Texas Tech University Press
PO Box 41037
Lubbock, TX 79409-1037
9780896728851 $39.95 www.ttupress.org
My Wild Life: A Memoir of Adventures within America's National Parks is the true-life
testimony of author Ronald H. Wauer, who worked in America's national parks as a seasonal
ranger for thirty-two years until his retirement in 1989. Black-and-white photography of these
magnificent parks and their wildlife intersperses Wauer's tales of research projects, flying
squirrels and gray owls at Crater Lake; prairie falcons and sidewinders at Death Valley; mountain
lions and cave swallows at Big Bend, and much more. A treasury of unforgettable stories that
nature lovers everywhere are sure to enjoy, My Wild Life is highly recommended.
The Photography Shelf
Unseen London
Mark Daly, text
Peter Dazeley, photography
Frances Lincoln Publishers
74-77 White Lion Street
Islington, London, N1 9PF
9780711235519 $50.00 www.franceslincoln.com
Unseen London is a striking coffee-table book filled with gorgeous, full-color photography of the
interiors of some of London's most historic, iconic, and beloved buildings, including Tower
Bridge, Battersea Power Station, Big Ben, Old Bailey, and much more. Mark Daly's learned
commentary enlightens readers about the history, purpose, and evolution of these edifices, many
of which are still in use today. A feast for the eyes of casual browsers are studious historians
alike, Unseen London is an unforgettable image treasury, highly recommended.
Thames & Hudson
500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110-0017
www.thamesandhudsonusa.com
William A. Ewing's LANDMARK: THE FIELDS OF LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPH
(9780500544334, $65.00) packs in images by a host of modern landscape photographers to
illustrate the expanding field of environmental landscape art. Photographer and curator Ewing
has here selected some 240 photos by over 100 photographers which represent an original
viewpoint about the environment. Ten themes lend to a coverage of different aspects of nature
and landscapes, with artistic and socially conscious photographic representations providing a
satisfying blend of art and environmental consciousness. The result is a powerful collection of
diverse approaches to landscape photography, highly recommended for photography and arts
holdings alike! Kristen Lubben edits MAGNUM CONTACT SHEETS (9780500544310,
$75.00), a weighty title that is being published in compact form. Lest one question the meaning
of 'compact', it should be noted that the original 2011 edition was 11 1/2" x 13 2/3", while this
compact edition is 9 3/4" x 11 3/4". The focus is on how Magnum photographers capture and edit
their shots, with discussions supplemented by some 139 contact sheets representing the work of
nearly seventy photographers. From press cards and notebooks to publications, these images are
accompanied by texts by the photographers or their expert representatives, and represent some of
the best images and works of modern times.
Amherst Media
175 Rano Street, Suite 200
Buffalo, NY 14207-2176
www.amherstmedia.com
Kay W. Eskridge's SULTRY, SWEET, OR SASSY: LIGHTING AND POSING FOR
BOUDOIR PHOTOGRAPHY (9781608957217, $27.95) shows how to celebrate sensuality and
how to capture it on film, and covers both studio posing and work in a client's home. From
assessing a client's figure and how it can create thrilling results to using better lighting and
understanding the basics of style, this covers everything from silhouettes to wraparound lighting
and gives all the basics of arranging a studio shot for maximum exposure. Glenn Rand's and Tim
Meyer's SHAPING LIGHT: USE LIGHT MODIFIERS TO CREATE PROFESSIONAL
STUDIO AND LOCATION PHOTOGRAPHS (9781608957057, $27.95) deserves ongoing
recommendation as a fine blend of light physics and photographic application, and teaches all the
basics of tools and techniques photographers can use to shape light and create exceptional results.
From light ratios and refinement tools to working with softboxes, umbrellas, and under different
lighting conditions, this is a fine basic coverage. Billy Pegram's LIGHT A MODEL: STUDIO
AND LOCATION LIGHTING FOR FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY (9781608957095, $27.95)
comes from a veteran fashion shooter who reveals many of his tips and techniques for fashion
shoots. From modifying light and using its qualities for added results to blending lighting with a
commercial or artistic purpose in mind, this provides an excellent survey for any would-be
fashion modeler.
The Self-Help Shelf
Total Leadership
Stewart D. Friedman
Harvard Business Review Press
60 Harvard Way
Boston, MA 02163
http://hbr.org/books
9781625274380 $22.00 totalleadership.org
Now with a new preface by executive, award-winning educator, and author Stewart D. Friedman,
Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life is a guide to improving one's leadership
skills, both in business and to improve the quality of one's personal life. The central principles
are to act with authenticity, adhere to integrity, and be creative. "Even in the most intimate
relationships - perhaps especially in them - it's critical for you to keep channels of
communication open to remain aware of expectations and how they change as life evolves. No
matter how well you think you know a person, you never fully know about his or her
expectations until you ask." The accessible text includes exercises that the reader can engage in
to cultivate his or her confidence, eloquence, and imagination. An excellent career and self-help
resource!
The Theatre/Cinema Shelf
Pumpkin Cinema
Nathaniel Tolle
Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
4880 Lower Valley Road
Atglen, PA 19310
9780764347238 $24.99 www.schifferbooks.com
Illustrated with black-and-white or color photography of many different movie posters/press kit
images/film scenes, Pumpkin Cinema: The Best Movies for Halloween is a recommended
compendium of 100 of the best movies for Halloween viewing, from silent era classics to foreign
films to comedy, animation, science fiction and more (though a great many of the showcased
cinematics are some form of horror). Some are popular blockbusters; others are little-known, but
all are choice picks for getting into the Halloween mood - or for thrills and chills at any time of
the year! Movies are listed in alphabetical order by title, each with a brief synopsis and a few
paragraphs of more extensive description (avoiding an excess of spoilers, naturally). Shorter
summaries of Halloween-themed television episodes round out this holiday horror connoisseur's
treasury!
The Fiction Shelf
Sweetwater Blues
Raymond L. Atkins
Mercer University Press
1400 Coleman Avenue
Macon, GA 31207-0001
9780881465075 $18.00 www.mupress.org
Sweetwater Blues is an original novel about survivor's guilt and the search for redemption.
Rodney Earwood and Palmer Cray grew up together in the hills of northern Georgia. They were
best friends, all but brothers, until shortly after their graduation from Sweetwater High. A deadly
driving accident claimed Rodney's life, leaving Palmer to struggle with the legal, moral, and
personal ramifications of his greatest failure. His efforts to find meaning in life after tragedy
leads him to encounter other individuals on the fringes of society - a meth dealer named Cheddar,
a junkyard owner named Ottis Lee, a coffee-can addict named Bay-Annette, and Rodney's own
mother, now afflicted with Alzheimer's. Heart-touching and soulful, Sweetwater Blues is a story
of the human quest for hope, highly recommended.
False Cargo
L. Ron Hubbard
Galaxy Press
7051 Hollywood Boulevard, Suite 200
Hollywood, CA 90028
www.goldenagestories.com
9781592122677 $9.95 www.galaxypress.com
Part of the "Stories of the Golden Age" series from Galaxy Press, False Cargo is an novel
reprinting one of L. Ron Hubbard's classic tales from the golden era of pulp fiction, along with a
bonus short story "Grounded". Hired by Lloyd's insurance company to oversee the voyage of the
vessel "Barclay" from Hawaii to San Diego, Skipper Brent Calloway becomes entangled in an
illegal operation to sink the ship and collect insurance money! Can he survive the machinations
of the remorseless murderer Spike O'Brien and protect the ship's vulnerable passengers, one of
whom is the beautiful sister of Brent's close friend? False Cargo is a suspenseful, action-packed
high-seas adventure!
The Sports Shelf
The Paul Hornung Scrapbook
Paul Hornung and Chuck Carlson
Triumph Books
triumphbooks.com
c/o Independent Publishers Group
814 North Franklin Street
Chicago, IL 60610
9781600789939 $30.00 www.ipgbook.com
Illustrated with color photography of Hornung himself as well as a vast private collection of
memorabilia, The Paul Hornung Scrapbook is an autobiographical portrait of one of the most
talented football players of the 20th century, Hall of Fame running back Paul Hornung (b. 1935).
Hornung played his entire career for the Green Bay Packers, winning four NFL titles and the first
Super Bowl. A candid, fascinating true-life testimony, the Paul Hornung Scrapbook is a special
treasure for Packers fans.
Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc.
PO Box 5076, Champaign, IL 61820-5076
www.humankinetics.com
Reed Ferber & Shari Macdonald's RUNNING MECHANICS AND GAIT ANALYSIS
(9781450424394, $45.00) is dedicated to injury prevention and covers almost three hundred
peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts and clinical research related to gait and injury in athletes.
College-level readers interested in athletic biomechanics and assessing and preventing common
injuries will find this detailed analysis of running biomechanics directed to professionals working
with overuse injuries. A video library features some 33 clips and is available for additional
reference, while real-world clinical examples help health professionals and coaches alike apply
the latest information to their own work with runners. Charles M. Tipton edits HISTORY OF
EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY (9780736083690, $119.00), a reference for exercise physiology
researchers and practitioners that compiles a comprehensive text gathering primary ideas and
work done in exercise physiology for hundreds of years. It integrates ideas of biological and
physiology research with the overall goals and objectives of exercise, focuses on significant
contributions, and pairs illustrations and photos with discussions that offer visual and written
approaches to the field. It packs in tables, charts, bibliographic references, and plenty of detail
and it's filled with important insights for any who want to better understand the technical
relationship between exercise and the body's functioning, making it a pick for sports and health
collections alike.
The Language Studies Shelf
Signs and Wonders
Tracy Ann Morse
Gallaudet University Press
800 Florida Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002-3695
9781563686016, $45.00, www.gupress.gallaudet.edu
Signs and Wonders: Religious Rhetoric and the Preservation of Sign Language is recommended
for any collection strong in Deaf community issues, and focuses on the role of religion in the
development and history of the American Deaf community. It's a semi-scholarly treatment that
traces the frequent use of religious rhetoric by Deaf members to support sign language, and it
analyzes Gallaudet's use of religious references in his speeches and presentations, considers
different religious perspectives of the manualist and oralist trains of thought surrounding sign
language, and examines this rhetoric in churches and other places deaf people congregate. The
result is an intriguing survey packed with insights on sign language's underlying influences,
especially recommended for college-level readers.
The Autism Shelf
The Wonderful World of Work
Jeannette Purkis
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
400 Market Street, Suite 400, Philadelphia, PA 19106
9781849059190, $29.95, www.jkp.com
The Wonderful World of Work: A Workbook for Aperteens is recommended here for its
step-by-step examination of different aspects of employment which begin at Step One: why
would you even want a job? Each chapter considers a different aspect of employment that covers
all the basis, from what to put on a resume when you have no work experience to how to handle
job interviews. It's reviewed here so that parents and educators don't miss the invaluable
opportunity to use this guidebook as a starting point for helping Asperger teens enter the
workplace: it's a treasure trove linking Asperger syndrome habits and concerns with the wider
requirements of daily living.
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Inc.
400 Market Street, Suite 400
Philadelphia, PA 19106
www.jkp.com
Brenda Dater's PARENTING WITHOUT PANIC: A POCKET SUPPORT GROUP FOR
PARENTS OF CHILDREN AND TEENS ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM (ASPERGER'S
SYNDROME) (9781849059411, $19.95) provides parents with exercises and advice that address
top concerns over Asperger's, and is based on her experience as a support group leader and parent
of a child on the spectrum. It covers everything for what to do immediately following diagnosis
to behaviors, holidays and friendships, homework, and how parents can raise a healthy
Asperger's child while looking after their own mental health needs. The result is a solid survey
filled with supportive information paired with recommendations parents can easily follow. Bill
Nason's THE AUTISM DISCUSSION PAGE: ON THE CORE CHALLENGES OF AUTISM
(9781849059947, $24.95) provides a fine survey of the overall core challenges associated with
autism, and synthesizes information into a series of approaches for supporting children with these
conditions. It's based on posts from an online community page, is arranged by subject for quick
reference, and provides a basic survey of common coping methods and autism experiences in the
world. Bill Nason's THE AUTISM DISCUSSION PAGE: ON ANXIETY, BEHAVIOR,
SCHOOL, AND PARENTING STRATEGIES: A TOOLBOX FOR HELPING CHILDREN
WITH AUTISM FEEL SAFE, ACCEPTED, AND COMPETENT (97817849059954, $24.95)
provides a fine survey of some key areas of stress in handling and raising autistic children, and is
directed to parents who want to hone techniques that help their children feel safe and accepted.
Teaching and mentoring techniques for such children offer daily living strategies that work,
based on posts from the online community page and arranged by subject for easy reference. From
promoting independence and understanding the links between emotion and learning to addressing
self-injurious behaviors and destructive patterns, this provides parents with a wealth of ideas for
improving an autistic children's life and approach to it.
The Education Shelf
Tools for Teaching Writing
David Campos and Kathleen Fad
ASCD
1703 North Beauregard Street
Alexandria, VA 22311-1714
9781416619048 $39.95 www.ascd.org
Tools for Teaching Writing: Strategies and Interventions for Diverse Learners in Grades 3-8 is a
guide for classroom educators that recognizes both the ongoing student literacy crisis, and the
challenges of strictly limited teaching time. Chapters are packed with thirty step-by-step writing
reproducible worksheets and graphic organizers, strategies that can be adjusted to the needs of
struggling readers or those learning English as a second language, progress monitoring forms,
parent resources, and much more. Emphasis is placed upon eight core assets to writing well:
focus, coherence, organization, development of ideas, voice, word choice, conventions, and
presentation. Tools for Teaching Writing is a superb supplementary resource, highly
recommended for elementary, middle grade, and junior high educators everywhere.
Meeting Wise
Kathryn Parker Boudett and Elizabeth A. City
Harvard Education Press
8 Story Street, 1st floor
Cambridge, MA 02138
9781612506944 $26.95 www.harvardeducationpress.org
Kathryn Parker Boudett (director of the Data Wise Project, Harvard Graduate School of
Education) and Elizabeth A. City (executive director of the Doctor of Education Leadership
Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education) present Meeting Wise: Making the Most of
Collaborative Time for Educators, a resource that focuses upon how skillful and efficient
meeting planning in schools (from elementary schools to colleges) can become a fundamental
building block for overall educational improvement. Chapters address how a "Meeting Wise
Checklist" can streamline business without accidentally overlooking crucial needs, foundational
and recurring setup tasks (such as setting group norms), strategies for participation including
conflict management, and much more. "When you have the most significant personal authority in
the room (for example, you're the principal in a room full of teachers [...]), your role as a
[meeting] participant can be tricky. The key is being aware of the fact that what you do or say has
the power to sway the direction of the meeting and potentially undermine the facilitator's ability
to do his or her job... First, choose carefully where you sit. Try not to sit at the head of the table,
which would reinforce your authority. Also, avoid speaking first, since your comments are likely
to influence the conversation in a particular direction." Highly recommended especially for
educators; Meeting Wise is also an extremely useful resource for any career professional.
Seeing Red, revised and updated
Jennifer Simmonds
New Society Publishers
PO Box 189
Gabriola Island, BC, Canada, V0R 1X0
9780865717602 $19.95 www.newsociety.com
Now in a revised and updated edition, Seeing Red: An Anger Management and Anti-Bullying
Curriculum for Kids is a resource especially for educators of elementary and middle grade
children. The offered curriculum is meant to be shared weekly in a confidential space with a
consistent group. Activities can be adjusted according to the ages of one's students. The
fundamental purpose is to teach young people healthy ways to deal with provocation and teasing,
to control their emotions, be aware of hair-triggers, take responsibility for mistakes, and much
more. Seeing Red includes an extensive anti-bullying component, including material specific to
cyber-bullying and learning about social media. A user-friendly resource compatible with
classroom activities or homeschooling, Seeing Red is highly recommended.
Proven Programs in Education: Science, Technology & Mathematics (STEM)
Robert E. Slavin, Editor
Corwin Press
2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-2218
9781483351266, $25.95, www.corwin.com
Proven Programs in Education: Science, Technology & Mathematics (STEM) adds to the 'Proven
Programs in Education' series, providing edited, updated selections of top articles - here covering
the STEM process. From best practices which have been validated by research to an international
perspective unusual in an educational compilation, this offers a wealth of sources suitable for
STEM teachers and their classrooms; all backed by evidence-based practices, not theory. What's
not to like?
Doing the Right Thing for Children
Maurice Sykes
Redleaf Press
10 Yorkton Court, St. Paul, MN 55117-1065
9781605542966, $24.95, www.redleafpress.org
Doing the Right Thing for Children: Eight Qualities of Leadership is for educators who want to
absorb eight core leadership values and apply them to the education of young children, and it
uses stories of successful applications to challenge educators to become leaders in early
childhood education. It teaches the skills and habits of such leadership and shows how to use it in
either classroom or individual teaching pursuits, and it uses the author's years of coaching leaders
to discuss important connections between leaders and the education process as a whole. The
result is applied coaching at its best, and a 'must' for educators!
Creative Play the Steiner Waldorf Way
Christopher Clouder & Janni Nicol
Octopus Publishing
236 Park Avenue, New York NY 10017
9781856753517, $14.99, www.octopuspublishing.com
Creative Play the Steiner Waldorf Way: Expertise and Toy Projects for your 2-4-year-old
provides advice for parents on how to develop a child's creativity through creative play, showing
how to let a child develop according to the Steiner theory, which helps them evolve holistically.
Each chapter discusses a different piece of a child's development process, summarizing the
Steiner theory and how it connects to this process. Tips on how to make some 20 toys from
natural materials and how to incorporate them into a child's play makes for a fine survey highly
recommended for crafts and education collections alike, as well as gatherings for parents and
educators.
The Social Issues Shelf
Hatred, Lies, and Violence in the World of Islam
Raphael Israeli
Transaction Publishers
10 Corporate Place South, Piscataway, NJ 08854
9781412854009, $39.95, www.transactionpub.com
Hatred, Lies, and Violence in the World of Islam comes from one of the leading scholars in the
field of Muslim and Middle Eastern studies and here uses original documents - many in local
languages - to document the sources of lies and myths regarding Israel and its neighboring
nations. It considers how social and religious ideologies and myths spread, it examines political
changes and the Islam world, and it considers the evolution and perpetuation of lies and violence
in Islam nations. The result is a solid scholarly analysis that belongs in the collections of any
college concerned with Middle Eastern or Islamic affairs.
The Archaeology Shelf
The Great Archaeologists
Brian Fagan, Editor
Thames & Hudson
500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110-0017
9780500051818, $50.00, www.thamesandhudsonusa.com
The Great Archaeologists considers the history of archaeology and how scientists date relics and
discover lost civilizations from evidence, and blends two centuries of research and excavation
from around the world into a discussion of objects of the past. Chapters include personal
accounts, photos and original drawings which supplement field notes and images, and offer a
running history of the men and women explorers who created and contributed to the field of
archaeology, making this a pick for science and general-interest readers alike.
The Science Shelf
A Concise History of Solar and Stellar Physics
Jean-Louis Tassoul and Monique Tassoul
Princeton University Press
41 William Street, Princeton, NJ 08540
9780691165929 $29.95 http://press.princeton.edu
A Concise History of Solar and Stellar Physics examines the evolution of the scientific discipline
of astronomy from ancient times to modern-day discoveries. The reader's familiarity with the
basics of calculus and physics is presumed; college students, scholars, and scientists will find A
Concise History of Solar and Stellar Physics enlightening. Mathematical equations, occasional
graphs, and a few black-and-white photographs illuminate the scientific principles in the text
(and the pioneering researchers who developed them)! Appendices and an index round out this
excellent resource especially recommended for college library astrophysics shelves.
The Human Age
Diane Ackerman
W. W. Norton & Company
500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110
9780393240740, $27.95, www.wwnorton.com
THE HUMAN AGE: THE WORLD SHAPED BY US provides a fine set of questions about
how the wilderness, animals, habitats and nature of the world have changed human biology. It
comes at the arrival of a new era, when mankind's impacts are moving from local and worldwide
levels to planetary and geologic scales, and it considers the extent of humankind's impact on
nature and the consequences of its actions. Here is the intersection of ecology, psychology and
geology; all wound up in a package packed with insights on mankind's evolutionary impact.
Science and philosophy readers will find it particularly accessible.
The Fantasy/SciFi Shelf
Wood Sprites
Wen Spencer
Baen Books
PO Box 1188, Wake Forest NC 27588
9781476736716, $25.00, www.baen.com
WOOD SPRITES provides a new sequel to TINKER, and it's recommended that readers pursue
the first for a smooth transition before turning to this latest story. (Those who don't will surely
find themselves looking to TINKER for another fine read!) Here two gifted students, twins
Louise and Jillian, have always felt alone in their world. But they're nine when they discover they
have four siblings still in cryogenic storage at a fertility center - embryos slated to be destroyed.
When war erupts on Elfhome and riots begin in New York, the twins must hone their powers
over science and magic to save not just their world, but everything surrounding it. Solid action
and a blending of two universes are cemented by believable, engrossing protagonists in this
winning tale.
The Music Shelf
Piano for Dummies, third edition
Adam Perlmutter, author
For Dummies
c/o Wiley Professional Trade Group
111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774
http://www.dummies.com
9781118900055, $24.99, www.amazon.com
"Piano for Dummies" is a condensed, simplified piano self instruction guide for adults who have
some piano experience and background and desire to improve their skills further. Supplemented
by a helpful list of accompanying audio tracks available at, www.dummies.com/go/piano that
demonstrate 95 music examples, "Piano for Dummies" presents compacted piano instruction
material in six main sections with 20 chapters. These include Getting Started with Piano,
Deciphering Squiggles on Paper to Create Sound, One Hand at a Time, Living in Perfect
Harmony, Technique Counts for Everything, and the Part of Tens. All this material is
comfortably compressed and presented in logical sequences that progress from the small
components and building blocks to the big picture. Musical examples from well-known songs,
classical music, jazz, and other styles are used for teaching, each example is headed with a
blackened track number to point out the appropriate audio resource. Black and white
illustrations, standard notation, and using signpost symbols as reminders are all enhanced
learning techniques employed. "Piano for Dummies" can assist purchasing or choosing a piano or
keyboard, finding a good teacher, and improving technique, learning and piano performance
skills. In addition, chapter 19 lists 10 suggested ways to supplement "Piano for Dummies" for
those who want to explore further. "Piano for Dummies" is a well-organized, effectively
presented, streamlined resource for adult keyboard students/performers who want to take their
skills to the next level.
Sites of Popular Music Heritage
Edited by Sara Cohen, Robert Knifton, Marion Leonard, and Les Roberts, editors
Routledge
711 - 3rd Avenue, Floor 8, New York, NY 10017-9209
9780415824507 $125.00 www.routledge.com
Sites of Popular Music Heritage: Memories, Histories, Places is an anthology of scholarly essays
by learned authors, examining the challenges and conflicts involved in attempting to preserve a
cultural record of popular music. Sometimes amateur collectors step up to archive music that is
snubbed by more established institutions, but what is the overall effect on the world's musical
legacy? Individual writings include "Popular Music and the 'Problem' of Heritage", "'Still Here?':
A Geospatial Survey of Welsh-Language Popular Music", "Engaging Nostalgia: Popular Music
and Memory in Museums", "Why I Didn't Go Down to the Delta: The Cultural Politics of Blues
Tourism" and much more. An index rounds out this thoughtful, studious collection, especially
recommended for college library Music Studies shelves.
Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Volume One
Ton an Bergeyk
Mel Bay Publications
PO Box 66, Pacific, MO 63069
9780786685950, $26.99, www.melbay.com
Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Volume One comes with three CDs of instruction which support a fine
guide to fingerstyle guitar techniques, and comes from a musician who makes the style effortless.
Six jazz pieces are taught through CD and a book of musical notations in different tunings, with
each piece teaching a different fingerstyle technique. The result is a recommendation for any who
like jazz music and who seek a fingerstyle instructional pairing CD with book.
The Travel Shelf
Lonely Planet Publications
150 Linden Street, Oakland CA 94607
www.lonelyplanet.com
Kerry Christiani's MALLORCA TRAVEL GUIDE (9781742207506, $21.99) is packed with
recommendations for journeying around Mallorca, and is especially recommended for
independent travelers looking to make the most of outdoor activities and tours outside the beaten
path. From wildlife to travel with children, chapters cover where to stay and what to eat and do,
include small maps and color-coded sidebars of special regional recommendations, and discuss
what is worth seeing. The result is a top pick for any independent traveler planning a journey to
Mallorca. Sarah Baxter's THE BEST PLACE TO BE TODAY: 365 Things to Do and the Perfect
Day to Do Them (9781743601655, $19.99) offers a year's worth of daily adventures for those
who want to travel on an experience basis. These inspirations offer the opportunity for advance
planning and cover everything from festivals and sporting events to natural and seasonal
phenomena, and they come with eye-catching color photos throughout. At-a-glance information
covers the event, country, 'why now', dates or approximate months, and where the event takes
place. Most travel books cover a country and include such events along the way; but for those
who would plan a trip based on the event itself, this approach can't be beat; especially since it
offers the opportunity for long-range planning.
Our World Tour
Mario Dirks
Rocky Nook
802 East Cota Street, 3rd Floor
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
9781937538361, $44.95, www.rockynook.com
Our World Tour: A Photographic Journey Around the Earth comes from a photographer and tells
of the journey he undertook when camera manufacturer Sigma sent him on a year-long
assignment to photograph the most beautiful places on earth. He spent some 50 weeks visiting
some 77 cities, 48 countries, and 6 continents, and his photos - over three hundred of them - pack
a fine account pairing global sights with a travel diary and notes on the photo process. While Our
World Tour would seem a pick for travel collections, the addition of many photographic insights
makes for an exceptional presentation highly recommended for any involved in photography or
travel.
The Writing/Publishing Shelf
2015 Writer's Market
Robert Lee Brewer, Editor
Writer's Digest Books
c/o F+W Media
700 East State Street, Iola WI 54945
9781599638409, $29.99, www.writersdigest.com
The 2015 Writer's Market appears in its 94th annual updated edition - and in case you wondered
why can update would be needed, be advised that each edition represents the many changes of
policy, editorial needs, and contacts that represent a changing, dynamic writer's market. The
focus here is not just on getting published, but getting paid for one's writing. New editorial
material covers the changing business of writing and promotions, from pitching an idea to agents
and editors and building readers to obtaining freelance writing work through social media. The
pay rate chart has been updated, there are lists of professional writing groups and sample query
letters, and everything has been updated to reflect the latest information, making this a winning
guide for any who want to make a living by writing.
The Literary Studies Shelf
The Woman in the Window
Russell Scott Valentino
Ohio State University Press
180 Pressey Hall, 1070 Carmack Road
Columbus, OH 43210-1002
9780814212677 $54.95 www.ohiostatepress.org
Russell Scott Valentino (professor and chair of the Department of Slavic Languages and
Literatures, Indiana University of Bloomington) presents The Woman in the Window:
Commerce, Consensual Fantasy, and the Quest for Masculine Virtue in the Russian Novel, a
literary analysis that presents a new way to examine the construction of virtue as depicted in
Russian literature. As a new type of economic world destabilized and transformed Russia from
the early nineteenth century onward, authors grappled with the question: how could a
self-interested commercial man be perceived as a socially upstanding, masculine character or
protagonist? Among the various classic works scrutinized are Gogol's "Dead Souls", Nabokov's
"Lolita", and DeLillo's "Cosmopolis". Notes, a bibliography/filmography, and an index round out
this studious and worthy contribution to literary studies shelves.
Rebel Souls
Justin Martin
DaCapo Press
c/o Perseus Book Group
250 W. 57th St., Suite 1500, New York, NY 10107
www.perseusbooksgroup.com
9780306822261, $27.99, www.dacapopress.com
REBEL SOULS: WALT WHITMAN AND AMERICA'S FIRST BOHEMIANS fills a gap in the
literature about Whitman's connection to New York City's Pfaff's Saloon, a basement bar which
contributed vastly to his growth as a notable poet. From how his 'circle of Bohemians' developed
from this root to how the bar fostered an atmosphere of growth and change, this documents a key
social elements in what was to become a literary revolution, and finally places one of Whitman's
key influences in proper perspective. No collection covering Whitman's life and development
would be complete without this coverage.
The Quotable Stoic
Michael Lipsey
Lost Coast Press
155 Cypress Street, Fort Bragg, CA 95437
9781935448235, $11.95, www.cyprsshouse.com
The Quotable Stoic - A Book of Original Aphorisms provides a concise collection of quotes that
represent 'truth condensed into a few words that express much'. Early aphorisms were
inscriptions in verse carved into tombstones and more; but they evolved over the centuries into
witty, satirical observations of life. Mark Twain excelled in them, as one modern example - and
this book organizes a range of aphorisms from over the years into categories, giving them new
life and fun. From chapters on manners and attitudes, to wealth and vanity, these are fine literary
pieces that deserve a place in literature and general-interest holdings alike.
The Mystery/Suspense Shelf
The Darling Dahlias and the Silver Dollar Bush
Susan Wittig Albert
Berkeley Prime Crime
c/o Penguin Group (USA)
375 Hudson Street, 4th floor, New York, NY 10014
9780425260609, $25.95, www.penguin.com
The Darling Dahlias and the Silver Dollar Bush returns to the small town of Darling, Alabama in
the 1930s where the women of a garden club are facing the local bank's sudden closure in 1933.
Everything is tough; but hardest of all is a plan hatched by business leaders to print a new form
of temporary money to keep the town afloat: a plan that backfires when the first printing
vanishes. A host of events steeped in satisfying small town interrelationships and intrigue makes
for a lovely mystery.
The Fashion Shelf
Fashion Prints in the Age of Louis XIV
Kathryn Norberg and Sandra Rosenbaum, Editors
Texas Tech University Press
PO Box 41037, Lubbock, TX 79409-1037
9780896728578, $45.95, www.ttupress.org
Fashion Prints in the Age of Louis XIV: Interpreting the Art of Elegance is recommended for
college-level arts collections strong in fashion history, and examines the attire of men and
women in Paris between 1678 and 1710: an era replete with high fashion examples. Usually such
prints are presented for their visual impact and aren't accompanied by in-depth history or critical
review: not so here, in a book which blends art history, costume history, French culture, and
more to explore what these prints represent about 17th century fashion culture. Over a hundred
illustrations accompany one of the most in-depth coverages in print, offering a pairing of colorful
pictures and fashion observations key to any arts history holding.
The Pets/Wildlife Shelf
My Dog's Journal
Michael Powell
Spruce
c/o Octopus Publishing
236 Park Avenue, New York NY 10017
9781846014758, $12.99, www.octopuspublishing.com
MY DOG'S JOURNAL: PUPPY MILESTONES... TRAINING TACTICS... DOGGY IQ AND
MORE includes UK illustrator Gemma Correll's fun drawings and provides an activity album
that will serve as a personal record of one's dog. It blends the journal format with a training
manual and scrapbook, includes advice on how to keep a dog healthy, and adds activities ranging
from dog games and makeovers to video ideas to capture his fun moments. Add blank pages for a
dog's photos and you have a fun, appealing collection.
The Little Book of Corgi Charm
Trevor Davies
Spruce
c/o Octopus Publishing
236 Park Avenue, New York NY 10017
9781845014765, $9.99, www.octopuspublishing.com
The Little Book of Corgi Charm: Words of Cheer from the World's Smiliest Dog gathers fifty
corgi dog photos and pairs them with positive sayings and fun observations representing the
'corgi philosophy'. It's intended as part inspirational gift book and part celebration of the corgi
breed, and will make a fun gift for any corgi owner; especially those who like engaging animal
pictures.
The Biography Shelf
W. W. Norton & Company
500 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10110
www.wwnorton.com
Two fine explorations of American history are provided in these paperback reprints of two
classics by Joseph P. Lash, originally published in the early 1970s: ELEANOR AND
FRANKLIN (9780393349757, $17.95 print / $9.99 Kindle) and ELEANOR: THE YEARS
ALONE (9780393349764, $15.95 print / $9.99 Kindle). The author encountered Eleanor
Roosevelt when he was a student and political activist: from their encounter sprung an
association that lasted for decades as a professional friendship. His two discussions uses letters
and papers in the presidential library in New York to follow Eleanor's life; from her beginning as
an orphan and the evolution of a relationship with Franklin to her transition to a public role and
political figure and, finally, her years after Franklin's death. While the volumes stand powerfully
on their own, they are especially valuable works when considered as a set for either biography or
American history collections.
The Military Shelf
Operation Thunderclap and the Black March
Richard Allison
Casemate Publishers
908 Darby Road
Havertown, PA19083
9781612002651 $34.95 www.casematepublishing.com
Thoroughly accessible to readers of all backgrounds, Operation Thunderclap and the Black
March: Two World War II Stories from the Unstoppable 91st Bomb Group tells of Operation
Thunderclap, the Allies' offensive launched in February 1945 during World War II. These were
deep-penetration air raids that placed extraordinary demands on bomber crews. The divergent
stories of two B-17 crew members are the central focus; one crew member flew 31 missions until
the end of the war, and other was shot down during his first combat mission and taken prisoner,
but survived the deadly Black March of 6,000 Allied POWs, one-quarter of whom died to the
elements, disease, starvation, and exhaustion. A vivid portrayal of the horrors of war through the
eyes of brave soldiers, Operation Thunderclap and the Black March is a welcome addition to
World War II history shelves.
Canine Warrior
John C. Burnam
Lost Coast Press
155 Cypress Street, Fort Bragg, CA 95437
9781935448242 $28.95 www.cypresshouse.com
Author John C. Burnam, Master Sergeant, U.S. Army (Ret.) served in the military as a German
shepherd scout-dog handler during the Vietnam War. During and after the war, he gained a
tremendous appreciation for the dogs' keen senses; their smell, hearing, and sight were far more
acute than those of humans, enabling them to find enemy ammunition and supplies as well as
camouflaged tunnel entrances. Service dogs saved countless American lives by enabling
American troops to avoid ambushes and booby traps. Canine Warrior: How a Vietnam Scout
Dog Inspired a National Monument tells the true stories of war dogs in the combat zones of
Vietnam. The loyalty of these animals would eventually be honored with a national monument,
in part due to the efforts of Burnam and other colleagues who respect the dogs' bravery and
faithful service. A fascinating, heavily researched, and at times keenly personal testimony of the
soldier-and-dog teams of Vietnam, Canine Warrior is highly recommended.
The Psychology Shelf
Psychological Practice With Women
Carolyn Zerbe Enns, Joy K. Rice, Roberta L. Nutt, eds.
Marketing Department
American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242
www.apa.org/books
9781433818127, $69.95, 304pp, www.amazon.com
Collaboratively compiled and edited by the team of Carolyn Zerbe Enns (Professor of
Psychology, Cornell Collge), Joy K. Rice (Clinical Psychologist and Emerita Professor at the
University of Wisconsin - Madison), and Roberta L. Nutt (Training Director of the Counseling
Psychology Doctoral program, University of Houston), "Psychological Practice With Women:
Guidelines, Diversity, Empowerment" is a 304 page compendium is comprised of ten major
scholarly articles presenting and illustrating practice guidelines for working with diverse groups
of women. Drawing on psychological, multicultural, and feminist research, the individual papers
consider many of the unique concerns of specific groups of women, including Black/African
American women; Latinas; lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women; Asian-Pacific Islander
women; Native women; women with disabilities; and women in transnational and international
contexts. Ample case studies apply the guidelines, emphasizing how practitioners can use clients
strengths and resilience to promote empowerment. Enhanced with a comprehensive Index,
"Psychological Practice With Women: Guidelines, Diversity, Empowerment" is an important and
highly recommended addition to academic library Psychology/Psychiatry Studies collections in
general, and Feminist Psychology Studies supplemental reading lists in particular.
The Mathematics Shelf
Fractal Geometry, third edition
Kenneth Falconer
Wiley
c/o Wiley Professional Trade Group
111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774
www.wiley.com
9781119942399, $60.00, www.amazon.com
A fractal is a natural phenomenon or a mathematical set that exhibits a repeating pattern that
displays at every scale. If the replication is exactly the same at every scale, it is called a
self-similar pattern. Fractals can also be nearly the same at different levels. Fractals also includes
the idea of a detailed pattern that repeats itself. Fractals are different from other geometric figures
because of the way in which they scale. Doubling the edge lengths of a polygon multiplies its
area by four, which is two (the ratio of the new to the old side length) raised to the power of two
(the dimension of the space the polygon resides in). Likewise, if the radius of a sphere is doubled,
its volume scales by eight, which is two (the ratio of the new to the old radius) to the power of
three (the dimension that the sphere resides in). But if a fractal's one-dimensional lengths are all
doubled, the spatial content of the fractal scales by a power of two that is not necessarily an
integer. This power is called the fractal dimension of the fractal, and it usually exceeds the
fractal's topological dimension. As mathematical equations, fractals are usually nowhere
differentiable. Now available in a fully updated and expanded third edition, "Fractal Geometry:
Mathematical Foundations and Applications" by Kenneth Falconer (University of St. Andrews,
UK) is a 400 page introduction to the complex mathematical science of fractal geometry.
Enhanced with the inclusion of fourteen pages of References and a comprehensive Index,
"Fractal Geometry: Mathematical Foundations and Applications" will prove an ideal textbook for
either undergraduate or graduate level curriculums and a core addition to academic library
Advanced Mathematics reference collections. It should be noted that "Fractal Geometry:
Mathematical Foundations and Applications" is also available as an eTextbook ($46.92).
The Native American Studies Shelf
The Edge of the Woods
Jon Parmenter
University of Manitoba Press
301 St. John's College
Winnipeg, MB, Canada, R3T 2M5
9780887557668 $29.95 www.uofmpress.ca
The Edge of the Woods is a scholarly examination of the Iroquois nation, called "Iroquoia",
during the 16th and 17th centuries. Although the time period covered involves the resounding
impact of Euopean colonization, this history especially focuses upon Iroquoia, drawing both
upon Iroquois oral history and the latest archaeological findings. "Evidence suggests that Iroquois
traders, whose freedom to travel and trade was guaranteed by League 'covenants' with New
France and New York, had acquired intimate knowledge of both the Albany and Montreal
markets by the late 1670s. After obtaining high-quality pelts from the north shore of Lake
Ontario and the St. Lawrence valley, Iroquois hunters exchanged some locally to French traders,
either in Montreal or 'in the bush.'" Maps, figures, and exhaustive notes round out this extremely
studious text, ideal for college library Native American Studies shelves.
American Indians in U.S. History, second edition
Roger L. Nichols
University of Oklahoma Press
2800 Venture Drive, Norman, OK 73069
9780806143675 $24.95 www.oupress.com
Now in a revised second edition with more focus placed upon Native American social, economic,
and cultural issues, American Indians in U.S. History is a concise, scholarly survey of American
Indians from prehistory to the twenty-first century. The saga of American Indian tribes is divided
into four main eras: pre-colonial, colonial, during the United States' rise to power as a nation, and
1900 onward. Both Euro-American and tribal sources form the basis of this serious-minded
chronicle of war, genocide, cultural suppression, resistance, and survival. "...One observer
denounced those who favored legalizing tribal ceremonies as 'idiotic, exceedingly stupid, and
ignorant.' Yet, during the 1930s, as they came to realize that most Indian religions encouraged
family stability and abstinence from alcohol, some health-care workers and bureaucrats changed
their minds. As a result, these pan-tribal religious groups came to be seen as helping to improve
reservation life, and gradually whites recognized some Native healers as having legitimate places
in their communities." Highly recommended, especially for public and college library history and
Native American Studies shelves.
The Women's Studies Shelf
Changing the Game
Joanne L. Goodwin
University of Nevada Press
Mail Stop 0166, Reno, NV, 89557-0166
9780874179606 $27.95 www.unpress.nevada.edu
Changing the Game: Women at Work in Las Vegas, 1940-1990 explores a historical change in
Las Vegas that reflected evolving cultural attitudes toward women in America. As the Las Vegas
hotel and casino industry expanded in the 1940s, more and more women entered the local
workforce - for the next fifty years, a notably greater proportion of Las Vegas women worked
than the proportion of American working women as a whole. Changing the Game looks at both
the microcosm of individual women's efforts to earn economic success, and how their work
experience foreshadowed trends in the American labor force. Topics discussed include the
challenges of balancing work with family responsibilities, the unionization of service workers,
and especially the desegregation of the labor force by sex and race. Notes and an index round out
this studious, analytical evaluation, especially recommended for American History and Women's
Studies shelves.
The Political Science Shelf
The Secret Coalition
Gary A. Donaldson
Carrel Books
c/o Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
307 West 36th Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10018
9781631440007 $34.95 print
www.skyhorsepublishing.com
Also available as an ebook, The Secret Coalition: Ike, LBJ, and the Search for a Middle Way in
the 1950s is the history of an American era of political compromise. In the 1950's, the American
President Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower was a moderate Republican, who resisted the reactionary
elements of his own party, and the Senate leader was the Democrat Lyndon "LBJ" Johnson, a
consummate "horse trader" skilled at the art of negotiation. Both men believed in working
together; both were willing to partly compromise their ideals for the greater good. They shaped
the 1950's as a time of political moderation, well worth studying given today's extreme political
polarization, to the brink of holding America's credit rating hostage. Researched with scholarly
precision, yet accessible to readers of all backgrounds, The Secret Coalition includes extensive
notes, a bibliography, and an index. A welcome contribution to American History and Political
Science shelves.
Immigration and the Border
David L. Leal and Jose E. Limon, editors
University of Notre Dame Press
310 Flanner Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556
9780268013356 $46.00 www.undpress.nd.edu
Immigration and the Border: Politics and Policy in the New Latino Century is an anthology of
essays by learned authors concerning a modern hot-button topic - the current and ongoing "fourth
wave" of immigration to America, which is primarily Latino. A political backlash against
unauthorized immigration, so strong as to be felt by all Latino-Americans including those who
are lawful citizens, is currently ongoing. Immigration and the Border directly addresses the facts
driving these crucial social issues. Individual writings include "The Political Consequences of
Latino Immigrant Transnational Ties", "U.S. and Mexican Schools as Regulators of Dropout
Rates for Chicano Students", "Indecent Proposal? The Rise and Success of Arizona Propositions
200", "Latino Youth Activists in the Age of Globalization", and much more. Immigration and the
Border is an invaluable repository of information, and a welcome contribution to public and
college library shelves.
The Large Print Shelf
High Noon in Snake Ridge
Scott Connor
Ulverscroft Large Print (USA), Inc.
PO Box 1230, West Seneca, NY 14224-1230
9781444819922 $20.99 www.ulverscroftusa.com
Part of the Linford Western Library series, High Noon in Snake Ridge is a large-print paperback
packed with Old West adventure. When Matthew Jennings returns to Snake Ridge to reconcile
with his family, he is alarmed to find his brother dead. He accepts a job as deputy town marshal
to facilitate the hunt for his brother's murderer, but the apparent evidence points to the one man
that Matthew cannot imagine to be the killer - Matthew's own father! Worse, a bloodthirsty
outlaw delivers Matthew an ultimatum to leave town by noon or die, setting the stage for a lethal
showdown! High Noon in Snake Ridge is especially recommended for fans of the genre, as well
as public library Western and Large Print collections.
The Health/Medicine Shelf
Pilates for Breast Cancer Survivors
Naomi Aaronson, MA, OTR/L, CHT, CPI, CET and Ann Marie Turo, OTR/L
Demos Health
11 West 42nd Street, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10036
9781936303571 $21.95 www.demoshealth.com
Professional occupational therapists Naomi Aaronson and Ann Marie Turo present Pilates for
Breast Cancer Survivors: A Guide to Recovery, Healing, and Wellness, a step-by-step resource to
to improving one's fitness level, flexibility, and endurance while relieving cancer treatment side
effects such as lymphedema, fatigue, depression, peripheral neuropathy (damage to the nerves
that can affect sensation or movement), osteoporosis, and upper extremity impairment.
Black-and-white photography demonstrates the movements and exercises that anyone can
perform, at the gym or in the privacy of their own home. An excellent, user-friendly guide for
therapists and laypeople alike, Pilates for Breast Cancer Survivors is also available as an
ebook.
The Biology Shelf
The Genetics and Biology of Sexual Conflict
William R. Rice and Sergey Gavrilets, editors
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
500 Sunnyside Boulevard
Woodbury NY 11797-2924
9781621820598 $135.00 www.cshlpress.com
The Genetics and Biology of Sexual Conflict is a scholarly anthology of essays written and
edited by professional biologists about the principles that drive the biology of sexual conflict in
nature, and their role in the evolution of animal species. Writings include "The Evolution of
Sexually Antagonistic Phenotypes", "Sexual Conflict, Life Span, and Aging", "Sex Chromosome
Drive", "Infanticide as Sexual Conflict: Coevolution of Male Strategies and Female
Counterstrategies", "Is Sexual Conflict an 'Engine of Speciation'?" and much more. Extensive
research, citations, and an index underscore this cutting-edge scientific compendium, especially
recommended for college library biology collections.
The 2015 Calendar Shelf
AQS 2015 Wall Calendar
American Quilter's Society
PO Box 3290, Paducah, KY 42002-3290
9781604601589, $12.95, www.americanquilter.com
AQS 2015 Wall Calendar pairs a vivid monthly picture of an outstanding quilt production with
the usual wall calendar format replete with fill-in squares for easy dates and inspirational images,
and is a pick for any quilter who wants a new inspiration per month. These thirteen quilts are
award winners from the annual American Quilter's Society quiltweek contest in Kentucky, so
they are exceptional representations of a quilter's advanced achievements.
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Diane C. Donovan, Editor
Midwest Book Review
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