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Nonprofit Meetings, Minutes & Records
Anthony Mancuso
Nolo Press
950 Parker Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
www.nolo.com
9781413324785, $39.99, PB, 208pp, www.amazon.com
Nonprofits have basic corporate responsibilities they must take seriously -- or risk the unwanted
attention of the IRS who, as a government agency, has the power to shut them down and even
hold their leadership at risk for criminal indictment. "Nonprofit Meetings, Minutes & Records:
How to Properly Document Your Nonprofit's Actions" by Anthony Mancuso (who is a California
attorney and a corporations and limited liability company expert) provides everything needed to
hold meetings and properly document actions taken by board members and anyone else having
dealings in behalf of the nonprofits. "Nonprofit Meetings, Minutes & Records" includes
resolutions to: call, notice, and hold meetings of directors and members; appoint officers and
elect directors; take action by written consent; set up a corporate records book, and more.
"Nonprofit Meetings, Minutes & Records" also provides a wealth of useful tips and advice on
how to do important tasks, such as organizing records, preparing meeting folders and taking
minutes, in short, everything necessary to create a paper trail and avoid trouble with the IRS.
Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, "Nonprofit Meetings, Minutes & Records"
is an ideal instructional guide and reference for non-specialist general readers working with or for
a nonprofit organization. While especially and unreservedly recommended for all nonprofit
organization, community, and academic library reference collections, it should be noted that
"Nonprofit Meetings, Minutes & Records" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle,
$23.99).
Simply Stargazing
Jonathan Poppele
Adventure Publications
330 Garfield Street South, Cambridge, MN 55008
www.adventurepublications.net
9781591935810, $9.95, Spiral Bond, 28pp, www.amazon.com
To gaze skyward is to be filled with wonder. You might find yourself asking questions like, "Is
that bright object a planet or a star? What does the constellation Perseus look like? When's the
next meteor shower?" Find these answers and more in Simply Stargazing. The tabbed booklet is
simple and convenient to use, with full-color photographs and illustrations. Topics are organized
by season for quick and easy identification, as Jonathan Poppele offers observation tips and
instructions on everything from the moon, planets, and deep-sky objects to the ecliptic and the
zodiac. Six full-sky charts make locating constellations a snap at any time of year. Plus, you'll
learn about spotting planets, meteor showers, and more and a timetable for meteor showers
further enhances your knowledge of stargazing. Tear-resistant spiral bound pages help to make
"Simply Stargazing: Your Guide to the Stars, Moon, and Night Sky" durable for nighttime
outings. This is the perfect, pocket-sized, night sky identification reference and is especially
recommended for beginning students of astronomy as well as non-specialist general readers
looking up at a night time sky and wanting to know more about what they are seeing.
Walking
Henry David Thoreau
Tilbury House, Publishers
12 Starr Street, Thomaston, ME 04861
www.tilburyhouse.com
9780884486138, $16.95, HC, 128pp, www.amazon.com
The summation of Henry David Thoreau's life's work, "Walking" was published posthumously in
1862, and became a seminal influence in the modern environmental movement and is no less
relevant today than 150 years ago. "Walking" is recognized by most scholars as Thoreau's "other"
masterpiece -- basically "Walden" in a more concise form. In his introduction of this new edition
from Tilbury House Publishers, Adam Tuchinsky (Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and
Social Sciences at the University of Southern Maine and an Associate Professor of History)
accessibly and engagingly unpacks the Thoreau essay's nineteenth-century associations,
highlights the startling modernity of its sentiments, and reveals why Thoreau remains the
towering figure in the history of American nature writing. Exquisite contemporary nature
photographs curated by Denise Froehlich grace this handsome edition, making it an especially
and unreservedly recommended addition for both community and academic library collections. It
should be noted for the personal reading lists of students and non-specialist general readers with
an interest in the subject that "Walking" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle,
$8.98).
The Cookbook Shelf
Seriously Good Freezer Meals
Karrie Truman
Robert Rose Inc.
www.robertrose.ca
9780778805915 $24.95 amazon.com
Seriously Good Freezer Meals: 150 Easy Recipes to Save Your Time, Money & Sanity lives up
to its title as a superb compendium of meals designed to be home-cooked in sizeable quantities,
frozen, then thawed and served as needed. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced meal plan
programs teach the reader how to prepare 7 to 50 meals in a single day. Freezer-friendly recipes
include Almond Lemon Poppyseed Muffins, Rosemary Brown Sugar Pork Chops, Cashew
Mushroom Fried Rice, Buffalo Ranch Roasted Cauliflower and Broccoli, Sun-Dried Tomato
Basil Pesto-Quiche, and much more. Each recipe includes step-by-step directions to "make it
now", "make it a freezer meal", or "cook from frozen" for each item, as well as a "bulk and batch
guide" listing ingredient quantities needed to create different amounts from each dish, from 1
batch (6 servings), to 2, 3, 4, and 5 batches (30 servings). Tips, tricks, and full-color photographs
of each mouthwatering delight round out this "must-have" especially for busy household cooks!
Highly recommended.
Cook Well Eat Well
Rory O'Connell
Gill Books
c/o Dufour Editions, Inc.
PO Box 7, 124 Byers Road, Chester Springs, PA 19425-0007
www.dufoureditions.com
9780717175642, $45.00, HC, 288pp, www.amazon.com
Rory O'Connell is founder of the Ballymaloe Cookery School with his sister Darina Allen and
one of its most-loved teachers. He worked for many years with Myrtle Allen as chef at
Ballymaloe House in Cork as well as with Alice Waters at Chez Panisse in California. In his
thirty years of teaching he has taught many of the current stars of the British and Irish cooking
scene, including Thomasina Miers, Rachel Allen and Stevie Parle. In "Cook Well Eat Well" he
draws upon his years of experience and expertise to showcase recipes for seasonal, balanced
three-course meals that are ideal for elegant eating and entertaining. Each individual meal caters
for 4-6 people, and one of the meals is entirely meat-free. In addition, every season gets a menu
for entertaining a large group of people - from a summer alfresco lunch to a Christmas feast.
Complete meals can be replicated for elegant entertaining, or individual dishes can be tried for
simple and pleasing lunches or dinners. Beautifully illustrated, "Cook Well Eat Well" is inspiring
to browse through and thoroughly 'kitchen cook friendly' to plan meals with, making it an
elegant, immediate and enduringly popular addition to personal and community library cookbook
collections.
Cook Share Eat Vegan
Aine Carlin
Mitchell Beazley
c/o Octopus Publishing
236 Park Avenue, New York NY 10017
www.octopusbooksusa.com
9781784724122, $24.99, HC, 240pp, www.amazon.com
With a very special emphasis on great flavors and fresh, seasonal dishes that don't rely on
substitutes or hard-to-source ingredients, Aine Aine's style of cooking and her compilation of
recipes in "Cook Share Eat Vegan" will have an immense and enduring appeal ranging from
vegan-cooking enthusiasts to those simply wanting to dabble now and then. In "Cook Share Eat
Vegan", Aine has created what amounts to the ultimate vegan bible, with 118 recipes that prove
there's a place for plant-based food at every table. Beautifully and profusely illustrated
throughout, the thoroughly 'kitchen cook friendly' dishes range from Sweet Potato Gratin with a
Panko Lemon Crumb; Watermelon, Watercress & Cucumber Salad; Wasabi-Dusted Popcorn;
and Green Bean Summer Rols with a Spicy peanut Dipping Sauce; to Quinoa & Cannellini Bean
Soup; Chocolate chia Oatmeal Cookies; Coffee Celebration Cake; and Vegan Pavlova with
Poached Rhubarb & Vanilla Yogurt. Enhanced with the inclusion of an informative introduction
(My Vegan Kitchen); The Basics; What's in My Pantry?; and Food for Friends, "Cook Share Eat
Vegan" will prove to be an outstanding and enduringly popular addition to personal, family, and
community library Vegan Cookbook collections. It should be noted for the personal reading lists
of vegans that "Cook Share Eat Vegan" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle,
$9.99).
The Gardening Shelf
Low-Maintenance Vegetable Gardening
Clare Matthews
CompanionHouse Books
c/o Fox Chapel Publishing Company
1970 Broad Street N., East Petersburg, PA 17520
www.FoxChapelPublishing.com
9781620082478, $19.99, PB, 224pp, www.amazon.com
An dedicated gardener and an experienced garden designer, Clare Matthews has written
"Low-Maintenance Vegetable Gardening: Bumper Crops in Minutes a Day Using Raised Beds,
Planning, and Plant Selection" specifically for those who wish to spend less time in the garden
while getting more results from there efforts! "Low-Maintenance Vegetable Gardening"
demystifies the growing of fruit and vegetables and shows that, with the right approach, it can be
done successfully as a weekend project or slotted into a busy week. "Low-Maintenance
Vegetable Gardening" explains simple short cuts and unusual low maintenance strategies that
really work. "Low-Maintenance Vegetable Gardening" is filled with inspirational color
photography from her own weekend vegetable garden where the principles promoted in this
instructional guide have been tried, tested and proven. "Low Maintenance Vegetable Gardening"
will have a special and particular appeal to the complete novice planning a new vegetable garden
as well as the more experienced gardener who is looking to save time and increase productivity.
Filled with fantastic images and sound horticultural advice, "Low-Maintenance Vegetable
Gardening" is an indispensable guide for anyone with limited time who still wants to achieve
high yields from their vegetable plot. Thoroughly 'user friendly' in organization and presentation,
"Low-Maintenance Vegetable Gardening" is especially recommended for personal and
community library Gardening instructional reference collections.
The Health/Medicine Shelf
Shortcuts in Esthetic Dentistry
Ronaldo Hirata
Quintessence Publishing
www.quintpub.com
9788578891114, $248.00, HC, 688pp, www.amazon.com
"Shortcuts in Esthetic Dentistry" by Ronaldo Hirata is a clinically driven textbook that focuses on
the difficulties of esthetic restorative dentistry with the aim of revealing simple and practical
solutions to common questions and problems. Each individual chapter is organized into a series
of questions the reader may have; "Shortcuts in Esthetic Dentistry" then answers these questions
in detail using scientific evidence and case presentations. "Shortcuts in Esthetic Dentistry"
presents streamlined procedures step by step and provides numerous tips on how to implement
the concepts described. Restoration strategies include guidance on recontouring, stratification
schemes, layering techniques, characterization, occlusal concepts, and more. Accessible and
minimalist in its approach, this deceptively thorough instructional textbook demystifies
contemporary esthetic dentistry and outlines simple and effective solutions for clinical practice.
Clinicians will find themselves referring back to this text long after the first read-through for
quick, easy-to-find answers and solutions to some of esthetic dentistry's most common problems.
Featuring some 3,588 illustrations, "Shortcuts in Esthetic Dentistry" covers such issues as:
Dental Bleaching: Concepts and Bleaching Substances; Composite Resins and Adhesive
Systems: The Material; Esthetic Restorations and Anterior Makeovers; Esthetic Restorations and
Sculpture in Posterior Teeth; Inlays and Onlays: Partial Restorations in Composites and
Ceramics. Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, "Shortcuts in Esthetic Dentistry"
is an ideal textbook and an unreservedly recommended for both college and university library
Health/Medicine instructional reference collections in general, and Dentistry supplemental
studies reading lists in particular.
Tragedy, Trials and Triumphs
Alan Donald Hewson
Rosenberg Publishing
c/o International Specialized Book Services
920 Northeast 58th Avenue, Suite 300, Portland, OR 97213
www.isbs.com
9780994562760, $49.95, HC, 304pp, www.amazon.com
"Tragedy, Trials and Triumphs: Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Australia in the Twentieth
Century" by obstetrician and gynaecologist Alan Donald Hewson is a thoughtful and perceptive
overview of the history of the development of obstetrics and gynaenocology in Australia from the
beginning of the twentieth century. It contains myriads of little known facts on the revolution in
this discipline during the 20th century, which saw childbirth in Australia change from the
dreadful, dangerous, and frightening experience of the 19th century into the cocooned safety of
today where Australia is now the safest place in the world to bear a child. Dr. Hewson weaves his
own 60 year journey in obstetrics into the national narrative to provide a fascinating read. The
reader will not only learn a great deal about the science and art of obstetrics, but also the personal
issues faced by every conscientious obstetrician. Dr. Hewson rose from a humble background to
become one of the most influential doctors to have graduated with the first wave of those
admitted to Sydney University post-WWII. He achieved national prominence in both his own
discipline of obstetrics and the wider medical community. His career included not only obstetrics
and gynaecology, but many aspects of formal education, medical politics, and third world
medicine, administration, and nursing education. Enhanced for the reader with the inclusion of
159 photos and diagrams, "Tragedy, Trials and Triumphs" is an impressively informative and
exceptionally well presented historical study that is unreservedly recommended for community
and academic library Health & Medicine collections and supplemental studies reading lists.
The Philosophy Shelf
PLOTINUS Ennead I.1: What is the Living Thing?
Gerard O'Daly
Parmenides Publishing
3753 Howard Hughes Parkway, #200, Las Vegas, NV 89169
www.parmenides.com
9781930972988, $42.00, PB, 227pp, www.amazon.com
Gerard O'Daly is Emeritus Professor of Latin at University College London and former Dean of
its Faculty of Arts and Humanities. His research has concentrated on philosophy and literature in
late antiquity, and his books include Plotinus' Philosophy of the Self (1973), Augustine's
Philosophy of Mind (1987), The Poetry of Boethius (1991), Augustine's City of God: A Reader's
Guide (2004), and Days Linked by Song: Prudentius' Cathemerinon (2012). Several of his
articles are collected in Platonism Pagan and Christian: Studies in Plotinus and Augustine
(2001). Now he has written "PLOTINUS Ennead I.1: What is the Living Thing? What is Man?:
Translation with an Introduction and Commentary", a succinct and concentrated analysis of key
themes in Plotinus' psychology and ethics. It focuses on the soul-body relation, discussing
various Platonic, Aristotelian, and Stoic views before arguing that there is only a soul-trace in the
body (forming with the body a "compound"), while the reasoning soul itself is impassive and
flawless. The soul-trace hypothesis is used to account for human emotions, beliefs, and
perceptions, and human fallibility in general. Its problematic relation to our rational powers, as
well as the question of moral responsibility, are explored. Plotinus develops his original and
characteristic concept of the self or "we," which is so called because it is investigated as
something common to all humans (rather than a private individual self), and because it is
multiple, referring to the reasoning soul or to the "living thing" composed of soul-trace and body.
Plotinus explores the relation between the "we" and consciousness, and also its relation to the
higher metaphysical entities, the Good, and Intellect. Impressively informative, thoughtful and
thought-provoking, "PLOTINUS Ennead I.1: What is the Living Thing?" is an especially and
unreservedly recommended addition to community and academic library Philosophy collections
in general, and Plotinus supplemental studies reading lists in particular.
The Theatre/Cinema Shelf
What You Don't Learn in Film School
Shane Stanley
www.shanestanley.net
Privately Published
www.whatyoudontlearninfilmschool.com
9781976986468, $19.99, PB, 199pp, www.amazon.com
In the words of Emmy Award winner Shane Stanley -- "Many film makers have never been
taught the key fundamentals that only come from real-life experience, trial and error when
producing motion pictures. Knowing how and where to apply these elements is crucial to ensure
getting the most bang for your buck whether your budget is twenty grand or two million. I'm here
to share what I've learned in my three decades working as an editor, camera-man, writer,
producer, and director to help save you valuable time and money. Learn how to prepare your
project from concept to delivery and avoid unnecessary setbacks that will cripple your production
and minimize its chances of success in the worldwide marketplace." In "What You Don't Learn
in Film School: A Complete Guide to (Independent) Filmmaking", Stanley draws upon his years
of experience and expertise to provide aspiring film makers in-depth, no holds barred look at
making movies from 'concept to delivery' in today's ever-evolving climate while breaking down
the dos and don'ts of independent film making. Aspiring film makers will learn invaluable
industry secrets from top to bottom and discover the truth about independent film distribution as
the lid is torn off the many myths surrounding sales agents and today's release platforms that are
certain to open reader's eyes - and ruffle a few feathers! Impressively informative, exceptionally
well written, organized and presented, "What You Don't Learn in Film School" is an iconoclastic
and invaluable course of 'real world practical' instruction and directly usable information that is
unreservedly recommended as a film school curriculum textbook, as well as professional,
community, and academic library Cinema Technology collections and supplemental studies lists.
It should be noted for personal reading lists of film students and non-specialist general readers
with an interest in the subject that "What You Don't Learn in Film School" is also available in a
digital book format (Kindle, $8.99).
The Education Shelf
Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty, second edition
Paul C. Gorski
Teachers College Press
1234 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027
www.tcpress.com
9780807758793, $29.95, PB, 256pp, www.amazon.com
Now in a fully updated and expanded second edition, "Reaching and Teaching Students in
Poverty: Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap" continues to be an influential book that
describes the knowledge and skills teachers and school administrators need to recognize and
combat bias and inequity that undermine educational engagement for students experiencing
poverty. This new edition: Offers a research-informed alternative to popular simplistic
approaches that undermine genuine efforts at educational equity; Outlines evidence-based
strategies, policies, and practices that strengthen the educational success of students experiencing
poverty; Incorporates vignettes to help readers reflect on key points and apply the Equity Literacy
framework to classroom- and school-based scenarios; Embraces an intersectional approach to
recognizing how class and poverty interact with race, gender, language, (dis)ability, and other
dimensions of identity and experience; and includes an updated Poverty and Class Awareness
Quiz. Impressively informative and accessibly written, organized and presented, "Reaching and
Teaching Students in Poverty" is an especially recommended addition to both college and
university library Teacher Education instructional reference collections. It should be noted for
personal reading lists that "Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty" is also available in a
digital book format (Kindle, $16.17).
Differentiation and the Brain, second edition
David A. Sousa & Carol Ann Tomlinson
ASCD
1703 North Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311-1714
www.ascd.org
9781945349522, $34.95, PB, 240pp, www.amazon.com
Students are becoming more academically and culturally diverse, making it more important than
ever to shift away from a one-size-fits-all approach and toward differentiated instruction. Now in
a fully updated and expanded second edition, "Differentiation and the Brain: How Neuroscience
Supports the Learner-Friendly Classroom " will help teachers to create truly effective,
brain-friendly classrooms for all learners. David A. Sousai (who is an international consultant in
educational neuroscience) and Carol Ann Tomlinson (who is a faculty member at the University
of Virginia's Curry School of Education, where she is the William Clay Parrish Jr. Professor and
chair of the Department of Educational Leadership, Foundations, and Policy) share an array of
updated differentiated instruction examples, scenarios, and exercises, as well as the latest
educational psychology research from cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and pedagogy.
Readers will learn more about teaching diverse learners using brain-based learning strategies:
Explore how the brain learns and approaches to differentiated instruction; Sharpen their
knowledge of developmental cognitive neuroscience and educational psychology to teach the
best content in the best possible way; Use the knowledge of educational neuroscience
(neuroeducation) to benefit the students they teach; Design and implement strategies for effective
differentiated instruction; Create a positive and productive learning environment that supports
diversity in the classroom. Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, "Differentiation
and the Brain" is an especially recommended addition to school district, college, and university
library Teacher Education collections and supplemental studies lists. It should be noted for
personal reading lists that "Differentiation and the Brain" is also available in a digital book
format (Kindle, $24.07).
Dare to be Different
Will Ryan
Crown House Publishing
81 Brook Hills Circle, White Plains, NY 10605
www.crownhousepublishing.com
9781785832765, $19.95, PB, 220pp, www.amazon.com
Will Ryan has worked in schools in Rotherham, South Yorkshire for over 30 years as a teacher,
head teacher and Local Authority adviser. As a head teacher he led a school that prized itself on
genuine pupil creativity. While it is presented to the reader as a fable with fictitious characters,
"Dare to be Different: A Leadership Fable About Transformational Change In Schools" is based
on real schools: schools in which Will Ryan has worked with leaders and teachers who, by
applying their deeply held educational beliefs, accelerate learning and provide exciting learning
opportunities for their pupils. What Ryan has done is to condense and interweave his forty-three
years worth of accumulated experience of going in and out of the UK's best classrooms into
"Dare to be Different in which the reader will find: At least one-hundred-and-eighteen tips that
are based around exciting primary practice and which should make the hairs tingle on the neck of
the most wizened school inspector; At least forty-five significant ideas that will strengthen
leadership and have the capacity to transform your school as a learning community: A minimum
of fifty quotations that will make the reader think about how our most inspirational leaders create
inspirational teachers who get an inspirational response from their learners; Compelling pieces of
evidence to demonstrate that primary school teachers are doing a fabulous job -- despite what any
politician or tabloid reporter would proclaim. Exceptionally well written, organized and
presented, "Dare to be Different" is unreservedly recommended for both community and
academic library Educational Studies collections and supplemental reading lists. It should be
known for the personal reading lists of students, teachers, and non-specialist general readers with
an interest in the subject that "Dare to be Different" is also available in a digital book format
(Kindle, $16.49).
Leading Change Together
Eleanor Drago-Severson & Jessica Blum-DeStefano
ASCD
1703 North Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311-1714
www.ascd.org
9781416624974, $30.95, PB, 176pp, www.amazon.com
In "Leading Change Together: Developing Educator Capacity Within Schools and Systems",
Eleanor Drago-Severson (Professor of Education Leadership and Adult Learning and Leadership,
and director of the PhD Program in Educational Leadership, at Teachers College, Columbia
University) and Jessica Blum-DeStefano ( Adjunct Instructor at Bank Street College of
Education) share an expertise that has evolved from their many decades of research and work
with educators and show classroom teachers how to: Deepen their understanding of adult
development and its role in systemic and schoolwide change and educational improvement;
Connect theory to practice with developmentally oriented structures and strategies that enhance
collaboration, communication, and feedback; Support individual and, organizational growth with
a differentiated approach to leadership and capacity building; Build trust, capacity, collegiality,
and sustainability with developmental practices that meet adult needs. Whether working in a
school, district, university, educational institution, or other learning organization, educators will
learn how to infuse leadership, collaboration, communication, and capacity building with a deep
understanding of individuals' experiences and capacities -- and how they influence our day-to-day
work. "Leading Change Together" is an effective and practical instructional guide explaining
how classroom teachers as well as their adult learner students can effect tremendous change in
schools and systems. While especially and unreservedly recommended for school district,
college, and university library Teacher Education instructional reference collections, it should be
noted for personal reading lists that "Leading Change Together" is also available in a digital book
format (Kindle, $28.22).
A Teacher's Guide to Flexible Grouping and Collaborative Learning
Dina Brulles & Karen L. Brown
Free Spirit Publishing
6325 Sandburg Road, Suite 100, Minneapolis, MN 55427-3674
www.freespirit.com
9781631982835, $42.99, PB, 200pp, www.amazon.com
Grouping learners purposefully throughout the school day based on their needs and the
curriculum remains the single best way to differentiate instruction. The collaborative project of
Dina Brulles (who is a; school administrator and the Gifted Education Director at Arizona's
paradise Valley unified School District) and Karen L. Brown (who is a former elementary-school
gifted specialist and is currently an education consultant and a gifted program mentor at
Arizona's paradise Valley unified School District), "A Teacher's Guide to Flexible Grouping and
Collaborative Learning: Form, Manage, Assess, and Differentiate in Groups" is a thoroughly
'user friendly' guide that will help classroom teachers to expertly utilize flexible grouping and
differentiation strategies to respond to their students' diverse learning needs, abilities, and
interests. Included are methods for creating groups based on assessment data, planning group
lessons and tiered assignments, engaging learners at all levels, supporting personalized learning,
grading collaborative work, and communicating with parents about the benefits of groupwork
and productive struggle. Digital content contains all forms from the book and a PDF
presentation. A free online PLC/Book Study Guide is available at freespirit.com/PLC, making "A
Teacher's Guide to Flexible Grouping and Collaborative Learning" is unreservedly recommended
for school district, college, and university library Teacher Education instructional reference
collections and supplemental studies lists.
PE Metrics, third edition
SHAPE America
Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc.
PO Box 5076, Champaign, IL 61820-5076
www.HumanKinetics.com
9781492526667, $69.00, PB, 360pp, www.amazon.com
Founded in 1885, SHAPE America -- Society of Health and Physical Educators is the nation's
largest membership organization of health and physical education professionals. Now in a fully
updated and expanded third edition, "PE Metrics: Assessing Student Performance Using the
National Standards & Grade-Level Outcomes for K-12 Physical Education", aligns with SHAPE
America's National Standards and Grade-Level Outcomes for K-12 Physical Education, was
created by SHAPE America and its writing team, and was reviewed by researchers and teachers
with expertise in assessment. The result is a text that PE teachers can use with confidence as they
develop physical literacy in their students. Featuring 130 ready-to-use assessments for
kindergarten through grade 12 (65 elementary, 43 middle school, and 22 high school);
Worksheets, checklists, and rubrics that support the assessments; Guidance on creating deftly
crafted assessments for any lesson or unit, the assessments comprising "PE Metrics" are aligned
with the three SHAPE America lesson planning books for elementary, middle, and secondary
school and dovetail with SHAPE America's The Essentials of Teaching Physical Education. The
assessments can be used as they are, or can be modified, or used as samples in creating
assessments that are best suited to a particular needs. Thoroughly 'user friendly' in organization
and presentation, "PE Metrics" is an especially and unreservedly recommended for professional,
school district, college, and university library Physical Education instructional reference
collections and supplemental studies reading lists.
The Psychology Shelf
Saving Talk Therapy
Enrico Gnaulati
Beacon Press
24 Farnsworth Street, Boston, MA 02210
www.beacon.org
9780807093405, $27.95, HC, 264pp, www.amazon.com
Beginning with a discussion of the historical development of talk therapy, in "Saving Talk
Therapy: How Health Insurers, Big Pharma, and Slanted Science are Ruining Good Mental
Health Care", Enrico Gnaulati (a clinical psychologist based in Pasadena, California) dissects the
factors that have undermined traditional psychotherapy today. Psychotropic drugs, if no longer
thought of as a magical cure, are still over-prescribed and shunt health-care dollars to drug
corporations. Managed-care companies and mental health "carve outs" send health-care dollars to
administrators, drive many practitioners away, and over-burden those who remain. Drawing back
the curtains on CBT (cognitive behavior therapy), Dr. Gnaulati shows that while it might be
effective in the research lab, its findings are of limited use for the people's complex, real-world
emotional problems. "Saving Talk Therapy" is a passionate and deeply researched case for
in-depth, personally transformative psychotherapy that incorporates the benefits of an
evidence-based approach and psychotropic drugs without over-relying on them. Exceptionally
well researched, written, organized and presented, "Saving Talk Therapy" is an extraordinarily
informative and thoroughly 'reader friendly' in tone, content, and commentary. While very highly
recommended for both community and academic library Psychology/Psychiatry and
Health/Medicine collections, it should be noted for the personal reading lists of students,
academia, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject that "Saving Talk
Therapy" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $26.99) and as a complete and
unabridged audio book (Dreamscape Media, 9781520095592, $24.99, CD).
Psychotherapeutic Traction
Henry Kellerman
American Mental Health Foundation
PO Box 3, Riverdale, NY 10471-0003
http://americanmentalhealthfoundation.org
9781590565728, $25.00, PB, 208pp, www.amazon.com
Henry Kellerman, Ph.D., is the author of many related books of importance including, from The
American Mental Health Foundation, Anatomy of Delusion; Group Psychotherapy and
Personality: A Theoretical Model; Personality: How It Forms; and There's No Handle on My
Door: Stories of Patients in Mental Hospitals. Among his other books are The Psychoanalysis of
Symptoms; Dictionary of Psychopathology; Sleep Disorders: Insomnia and Narcolepsy; The 4
Steps to Peace of Mind; Love Is Not Enough: What It Takes to Make It Work; and the
coauthored two-volume Psychopathology and Differential Diagnosis. Via the metaphorical
ignition and forward movement of the therapeutic process, in "Psychotherapeutic Traction:
Uncovering the Patient's Power-theme and Basic-wish" Dr. Kellerman takes the reader on a
journey through his decades of work with patients: reaching to their power-themes. These keep
the individual's personality organized, so that resulting behavior can fulfill basic-wishes. Five
compelling Case Histories make "Psychotherapeutic Traction" an extraordinary and highly
recommended read not only for professionals, but for non-specialist general readers interested in
the difficult-and-rewarding work of the psychotherapeutic process as well. Exceptionally well
written, organized and presented, "Psychotherapeutic Traction" should be a part of every college
and university library Psychology/Psychiatry reference collection and supplemental studies
reading list.
Mentalligence
Kristen Lee
Health Communications, Inc.
3201 S.W. 15th Street, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442-8190
www.hcibooks.com
9780757320576, $15.95, PB, 264pp, www.amazon.com
A leading expert on resilience and behavioral science, Dr. Kristen Lee is a clinician who has
developed a new psychology of thinking model based upon his more than twenty years of clinical
practice, the latest neuroscience, and her own research findings. "Mentalligence: A New
Psychology of Thinking--Learn What It Takes to be More Agile, Mindful, and Connected in
Today's World" is a guide that will help the reader build meta-awareness by emphasizing an
impact-driven rather than a performance-obsessed mindset, and adopt a model of 'collective
efficacy' that is less I-focused and more we-focused, to facilitate positive social impact at a time
when it's desperately needed. This is what psychologists call 'The Good Life' -- living mindfully
and consciously. Rather than falling for predominant definitions of 'success' that leave us boxed
in, depleted, and oblivious to ways we can work together, "Mentalligence" helps us find the
thinking and behavioral agility to work towards better outcomes for all. Exceptionally well
written, organized and presented, "Mentalligence" is unreservedly recommended for both
community and academic library Psychology and Self-Help collections. It should be noted for the
personal reading lists of students, academia, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in
the subject that "Mentalligence" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $7.32).
The American History Shelf
The Light Shines from the West
Robert C. Baron
Fulcrum Publishing
4690 Table Mountain Drive, Suite 100, Golden, Colorado 80403
9781682751640 $29.95 www.fulcrumbooks.com
The Light Shines from the West: A Western Perspective on the Growth of America examines the
history of America from the 1800's to the present, with emphasis on how the West shaped
America's culture, sociology, environment, and politics. Chapters examine the roles of Native
Americans; mass migration from Eastern America; Women of the West; the rural West; the
economic history of the West; and much more. Notes, a bibliography, and an index round out this
excellent history, researched with scholarly drive yet thoroughly accesible to readers of all
backgrounds. Highly recommended, especially for public and college library American History
collections.
Forty Years of American Life
Thomas Low Nichols
Stackpole Books
5067 Ritter Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055-6921
www.stackpolebooks.com
National Book Network (distribution)
www.nbnbooks.com
9780811737456 $21.95 pbk / $5.99 Kindle amazon.com
Forty Years of American Life, 1821-1861 is an autobiographical history of America in the forty
years prior to the Civil War. Author Thomas Low Nichols, a former medical student turned
journalist, was frustrated by severe restrictions of freedom of speech, violence, and extreme
partisanship stemming from the war. He departed for England and wrote of the the America he
remembered, before war and civil unrest divided the nation. Part of the "Stackpole Classics"
series, Forty Years of American Life is a welcome contribution to public and college library
American History and Biography shelves, highly recommended.
The Story of Latino Protestants in the United States
Juan Francisco Martinez
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
2140 Oak Industrial Drive, NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505
www.eerdmans.com
9780802873187, $28.00, PB, 240pp, www.amazon.com
"The Story of Latino Protestants in the United States" by Juan Francisco Martinez (who is a
fifth-generation American Latino Protestant and a Professor of Hispanic Studies and Pastoral
Leadership at the Fuller Theological Seminary) is groundbreaking study that provides a broad
historical overview of Latino Protestantism in the United States from the early nineteenth century
to the present. Beginning with a description of the diverse Latino Protestant community and a
summary of his own historiographical approach, Professor Martinez then examines six major
periods in the history of American Latino Protestantism, paying special attention to key social,
political, and religious issues (including immigration policies, migration patterns, enculturation
and assimilation, and others) that framed its development and diversification during each period.
Professor Martinez then concludes by outlining the challenges currently facing Latino Protestants
in the United States and considering what Latino Protestantism might look like in the future.
Offering vital insights into key leaders, eras, and trends in Latino Protestantism, Professor
Martinez's work will prove an invaluable resource for all who are seeking to understand this
rapidly growing US demographic. An impressive work of seminal scholarship that will also have
a definitive appeal for academicians and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the
subject, "The Story of Latino Protestants in the United States" is unreservedly recommended for
both community and academic library Hispanic American History and Christian Studies
collections.
The World History Shelf
Koh-i-Noor
William Dalrymple & Anita Anand
Isis Large Print
c/o Ulverscroft Large Print (USA), Inc.
PO Box 1230, West Seneca, NY 14224-1230
www.ulverscroftusa.com
9781785414855, $35.50, HC, 264pp, www.amazon.com
On 29 March 1849, the ten-year-old maharaja of Punjab was compelled to hand over great riches
to the British, including perhaps the single most valuable object on the subcontinent -- the
celebrated Koh-i-Noor diamond, aptly called the Mountain of Light. The history of the
Koh-i-Noor that was then commissioned by the British may have been one woven together from
gossip of Delhi bazaars, but it was to be become the accepted version. Only now is it finally
challenged, freeing the diamond from the fog of mythology that has clung to it for so long. The
resulting history is one of greed, murder, torture, colonialism and appropriation told through an
impressive slice of south and central Asian history. It ends with the jewel in its current
controversial setting -- in the crown of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Author William
Dalrymple is a Scottish historian and writer, art historian and curator, as well as a prominent
broadcaster and critic. With the publication of this large print edition of "Koh-i-Noor: The
History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond" he has produced a definitive and inherently
fascinating history that will prove to be an immediate and enduringly popular addition to
community and academic library collections, as well as the personal reading lists of academicians
and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject.
The Civil War Shelf
Curious And Unusual Civil War Stories
Rex T. Jackson
Heritage Books
5810 Ruatan Street, Berwyn Heights, Maryland 20740
www.heritagebooks.com
0788457802, $22.50, PB, 202pp, www.amazon.com
Horrific and unforgettable battles like Gettysburg, Antietam, and Shiloh are well documented,
but many other lesser-known events took place during the American Civil War as well. Some of
them are strange, unusual, or obscure, yet they are all equally important. Civil War buffs and
American History students curious about a homegrown conflict that harvested more than 700,000
lives will find ample sustenance here to appease their appetites. For instance, in the pages of
"Curious And Unusual Civil War Stories" by historian Rex T. Jackson can be found a Union and
Confederate conflict that occurred in the English Channel, while another engagement that
predates Bull Run holds the distinction of being the first significant land battle of the Civil War,
and still another involves a land fortification which surrendered solely to the inland navy -- it
would not happen again throughout the war. Numerous photographs, additional illustrations,
bibliographies, and index to full names and places enhance the value of this work for both the
non-specialist general reader and the academic community, making "Curious And Unusual Civil
War Stories" and especially and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, community,
and academic library American Civil War History collections and supplemental studies reading
list.
The Generals of Shiloh
Larry Tagg
Savas Beatie
PO Box 4527, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
www.savasbeatie.com
9781611213690, $32.95, HC, 312pp, www.amazon.com
Most writers of military history stress strategy and tactics at the expense of the character of their
subjects. Larry Tagg remedies that oversight with "The Generals of Shiloh: Character in
Leadership, April 6-7, 1862", a unique and invaluable study of the high-ranking combat officers
whose conduct in April 1862 helped determine the success or failure of their respective armies,
the fate of the war in the Western Theater and, in turn, the fate of the American union. The
readers is presented with detailed background information on each of general officer, coupled
with a thorough account of each man's actions on the field of Shiloh and, if he survived that
battle, his fate thereafter. Many of the great names tossed up by civil war are found here in this
early battle, from U. S. Grant, William T. Sherman, and Don Carlos Buell, to Albert S. Johnston,
Braxton Bragg, and P. G. T. Beauregard. Many more men, whose names crossed the stage of
furious combat only to disappear in the smoke on the far side, also populate these pages. Every
one acted in his own unique fashion and in a manner worthy of study. This marriage of character
("the features and attributes of a man") with his war record, offers new insights into how and why
a particular soldier acted a certain way, in a certain situation, at a certain time. An invaluable and
impressively informative study, "The Generals of Shiloh" is an extraordinary and unreservedly
recommended addition to the growing library of American Civil War literature. While an
especially commended addition to both community and academic library Civil War collections, it
should be noted for the personal reading lists of students, academia, and the non-specialist
general reader with an interest in the subject that "The Generals of Shiloh" is also available in a
digital book format (Kindle, $9.99).
The Fiction Shelf
Lonely Is The Gunfighter
Steve Hayes
Linford Western Library
c/o Ulverscroft Large Print (USA), Inc.
PO Box 1230, West Seneca, NY 14224-1230
www.ulverscroftusa.com
9781444835571, $20.99, PB, 264pp, www.amazon.com
Morgan 'Coop' Cooper is a man with a tragic past and an uncertain future. Drifting into the town
of Rocas Rojas, his trail crosses with that of enigmatic saloon owner Lorna Rutledge. They hit it
off immediately - but there is more to Lorna than meets the eye. Almost before he knows it, Coop
finds himself teamed up with a gunman named Gospel Curtis, and robbing a gold train at Deep
River Gorge. Another deftly crafted gem of a western action/adventure novel by a master of the
genre, Steve Hayes' "Lonely Is The Gunfighter" in this large print edition from Linford Western
Library is unreservedly recommended for both the personal reading lists of dedicated western
buffs, and community library Western Fiction collections.
The Same Night Awaits Us All
Hristo Karastoyanov, author
Izidora Angel, translator
Open Letter Books
c/o University of Rochester
Lattimore Hall 411, Box 270082, Rochester, NY 14627
www.openletterbooks.org
9781940953687, $15.95, PB, 310pp, www.amazon.com
Hristo Karastoyanov is a multi-award winning contemporary Bulgarian novelist, playwright, and
political essayist whose work has been translated into English, Turkish, and German. All seven
of his novels have been shortlisted for the prestigious Helikon Award. His award winning novel
"The Same Night Awaits Us All" has now been ably translated into English for an American
readership by Izidora Angel. "The Same Night Awaits Us All" is the story of a military coup in
June of 1923, that established Aleksandar Tsankov as the new leader of Bulgaria. His fascist
policies (especially aimed at the Bulgarian Communist Party) led to the failed September
Uprising and an extended period of martial law. At that same time, Geo Milev (one of Bulgaria's
most beloved poets) started a politically charged literary magazine with Georgi Sheytanov, a
notorious anarchist on the run. Eighteen months later, the government assassinated both of them,
although Milev's body wouldn't be found for another thirty years. In this multilayered historical
novel Hristo Karastoyanov deftly deconstructs this period, blending an adventurous tale of
resistance with current-day reflections on what this period meant to Bulgaria and the world.
While especially and unreservedly recommended for community and academic library
Contemporary Literary Fiction collections, it should be noted for personal reading lists that "The
Same Night Awaits Us All" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $12.95).
The Vain Conversation
Anthony Grooms
University of South Carolina Press
718 Devine Street, Columbia, SC 29208
www.sc.edu/uscpress
9781611178821, $27.99, HC, 256pp, www.amazon.com
Inspired by true events, "The Vain Conversation" by Anthony Grooms reflects on the 1946
lynching of two black couples in Georgia from the perspectives of three characters: Bertrand
Johnson, one of the victims; Noland Jacks, a presumed perpetrator; and Lonnie Henson, a
witness to the murders as a ten-year-old boy. Lonnie's inexplicable feelings of culpability drive
him in a search for meaning that takes him around the world, and ultimately back to Georgia,
where he must confront Jacks and his own demons, with the hopes that doing so will free him
from the grip of the past. Although a work of fiction, "The Vain Conversation" seeks to advance
the national dialogue on race relations. With complexity, satire, and sometimes levity, he
explores what it means to redeem, as well as to be redeemed, on the issues of America's race
violence and speaks to the broader issues of oppression and violence everywhere. Of special note
is the foreword is provided by American poet, painter, and novelist Clarence Major, as well as an
afterward written by T. Geronimo Johnson. As engaging and entertaining as it is thoughtful and
thought-provoking, "The Vain Conversation" is an especially and unreservedly recommended
addition to both community and academic library Contemporary American Literary Fiction
collections. It should be noted for personal reading lists that "The Vain Conversation" is also
available in a digital book format (Kindle, $17.99).
The Anarchist
John Smolens
Michigan State University Press
1405 South Harrison Road, Suite 25, East Lansing, MI 48823-5245
http://msupress.org
9781611862683, $19.95, PB, 336pp, www.amazon.com
On a stifling afternoon in September 1901, a young anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, waits in line to
meet President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. Czolgosz's right
hand is wrapped in a handkerchief and held across his chest as though it were in a sling. But the
handkerchief conceals a .32-caliber revolver. When the president greets him, Czolgosz fires two
shots. The nation quickly plummets into fear and anger. A week later, a rioting mob attempts to
lynch McKinley's assassin, and across the country, political dissidents such as the notorious
Emma Goldman are arrested. Driven by a sense of duty and his love for a beautiful Russian
prostitute, Czolgosz's confidant, Moses Hyde, infiltrates an anarchist group as it sets in motion a
deadly scheme designed to push the country into a state of terror. "The Anarchist" by John
Smolens is a deftly crafted novel that brilliantly renders a haunting and belligerent
twentieth-century landscape teeming with corrupt politicians, dissidents, and immigrants eager
for a fresh start in an America where every allegiance is questioned, and every hope and
aspiration comes at a price. An inherently fascinating and consistently engaging novel from
beginning to end, "The Anarchist" is an especially recommended addition to both community and
academic library Literary Fiction collections. It should be noted for personal reading lists that
"The Anarchist" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $15.95).
The Money/Finance Shelf
Personal Finance in Your 20s and 30s For Dummies
Eric Tyson, MBA
For Dummies
c/o Wiley Professional Trade Group
111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774
http://www.dummies.com
9781119431411, $19.99, PB, 336pp, www.amazon.com
Millennials often confront economic uncertainty and student debt that those who came before
them haven't had to deal with so substantially. This new financial responsibility can be
intimidating, and many people are unsure where to begin. "Personal Finance in Your 20s & 30s
For Dummies" by personal finance author, counselor, and writer Eric Tyson will help Millennials
to be confident about managing their finances and get on a clear path toward financial security.
Tyson shows students and recent grads how to make smart financial decisions in order to pay off
student loans, avoid any additional debt, and create a solid plan to ensure their financial success.
From avoiding common money mistakes to making informed investment choices, "Personal
Finance in Your 20s & 30s For Dummies" also covers: Building a foundation through smart
spending and saving; Renting, buying, or selling a house; Filing taxes the right way; Protecting
finances and identity in the digital world. "Personal Finance in Your 20s and 30s For Dummies"
is exceptional 'user friendly' in organization and presentation, making it an ideal instructional
guide for millennials in search of financial security. While unreservedly recommended for
college and community library Money/Finance instructional reference collections, it should be
noted for personal reading lists that "Personal Finance in Your 20s and 30s For Dummies" is also
available in a digital book format (Kindle, $7.99).
The Judicial Studies Shelf
Opposing the Adverse Expert, second edition
Stephen D. Easton
American Bar Association
321 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60610
https://www.americanbar.org
9781641050333, $180.00, PB, 952pp, www.amazon.com
Now in a completely updated second edition, "Opposing the Adverse Expert: A Comprehensive
Guide for Every Stage of Litigation" by trial attorney Stephen D. Easton is a step-by-step guide to
investigating, evaluating, and opposing the adverse expert in civil cases. "Opposing the Adverse
Expert" outlines tactics attorneys can use to gather information about the adverse expert, both in
the discovery process and on your own to: take effective expert depositions; evaluate the adverse
expert's analysis of the key issues; move to exclude his testimony; conduct devastating
cross-examinations of incorrect experts; make the most of your voir dire, opening statement, and
closing argument; and even to advocate powerfully about expert issues on appeal. It should be
noted that purchasers of "Opposing the Adverse Expert" gain access to the American Bar
Association website, which includes checklists that can be put to immediate use in a legal
courtroom-based practice, outlines for expert depositions and cross-examinations, nationwide
charts of expert witness law, and state outlines with numerous citations to key expert witness
rules, cases, and pattern jury instructions. Comprehensive, exceptionally well organized and
presented, "Opposing the Adverse Expert" is a critically important and core addition to
professional reference collections, and an ideal law school curriculum textbook, and an essential,
unreservedly recommended addition to law firm and academic library Judicial Studies
instructional reference collections.
The Science Shelf
A Wilder Time
William E. Glassley
Bellevue Literary Press
c/o NYU School of Medicine
550 First Ave., OBV A612, New York, NY 10016
www.blpress.org
Consortium Books Sales & Distribution (distributor)
9781942658344, $17.99, PB, 224pp, www.amazon.com
William E. Glassley is a geologist at the University of California, Davis, and an emeritus
researcher at Aarhus University, Denmark, focusing on the evolution of continents and the
processes that energize them. Greenland, one of the last truly wild places, contains a treasure
trove of information on Earth's early history embedded in its pristine landscape. Over numerous
seasons, Glassley and two fellow geologists traveled there to collect samples and observe rock
formations for evidence to prove a contested theory that plate tectonics, the movement of Earth's
crust over its molten core, is a much more ancient process than some believed. As their research
drove the scientists ever farther into regions barely explored by humans for millennia (if ever)
Glassley encountered wondrous creatures and natural phenomena that gave him unexpected
insight into the origins of myth, the virtues and boundaries of science, and the importance of
seeking the wilderness within. An invitation to experience a breathtaking place and the
fascinating science behind its creation, "A Wilder Time: Notes from a Geologist at the Edge of
the Greenland Ice " is nature writing at its informative and inspirational best and unreservedly
recommended for both community and academic library collections. It should be noted for
personal reading lists that "A Wilder Time" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle,
$13.80).
Polarization in Electromagnetic Systems, second edition
Warren Stutzman
Artech House
685 Canton Street, Norwood, MA 02062
www.artechhouse.com
9781630811075, $179.00, HC, 352pp, www.amazon.com
Warren L. Stutzman has been with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at
Virginia Tech for more than 40 years and is currently an emeritus professor. He founded the
Virginia Tech Antenna Group. He is also a Fellow of the IEEE. Now in a completely revised and
expanded second edition of an Artech House classic, "Polarization in Electromagnetic Systems"
by Professor Stutzman presents the principles of polarization as applied to electromagnetic
systems. "Polarization in Electromagnetic Systems" emphasizes the concepts needed for
functional aspects of systems calculations and device evaluation. Readers find up-to-date
coverage of applications in wireless communications. The fundamentals of polarization are
explained, including the principles of wave polarization, and polarization state representations.
"Polarization in Electromagnetic Systems" accessibly explores partially polarized waves, and
includes details about un-polarized waves, degree of polarization, and stokes parameters
representation. An impressive volume of instructional scholarship and cutting edge technology,
"Polarization in Electromagnetic Systems" is a very highly recommended and core addition to
professional, college, and community library Technology collections in general and
Electromagnetic Systems supplemental studies reading lists in particular.
The Physics of Energy
Robert L. Jaffe & Washington Taylor
Cambridge University Press
One Liberty Plaza, Fl. 20, New York, NY 10006
www.cambridge.org
9781107016651, $79.99, HC, 894pp, www.amazon.com
The collaborative publication of Robert L. Jaffe (Orningstar professor of Physics, MIT) and
Washington Taylor (Professor of Physics and Director of the Center for Theorectical Physics,
MIT), "The Physics of Energy" provides a comprehensive and systematic introduction to the
scientific principles governing energy sources, uses, and systems. A comprehensive and
definitive textbook, "The Physics of Energy" deftly traces the flow of energy from sources such
as solar power, nuclear power, wind power, water power, and fossil fuels through its
transformation in devices such as heat engines and electrical generators, to its uses including
transportation, heating, cooling, and other applications. The flow of energy through the Earth's
atmosphere and oceans, and systems issues including storage, electric grids, and efficiency and
conservation are presented in a scientific context along with topics such as radiation from nuclear
power and climate change from the use of fossil fuels. Exceptionally well organized and
presented, "The Physics of Energy" is the perfect textbook on the subject for students, scientists,
engineers, energy industry professionals, and non-specialist general readers who have some
mathematical and scientific background and wish to understand energy systems and issues
quantitatively. An ideal curriculum textbook, "The Physics of Energy" is an especially and
unreservedly recommended addition to community, college, and university library collections. It
should be noted for students that "The Physics of Energy" is also available in a digital book
format (eTextbook, $52.42).
The Technology Shelf
Smart Grid Redefined
Subramanian Vadari
Artech House
685 Canton Street, Norwood, MA 02062
www.artechhouse.com
9781630814762, $159.00, HC, 370pp, www.amazon.com
Subramanian Vadari is the founder and president of Modern Grid Solutions and an affiliate
professor at the University of Washington. He received his M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. in electrical
engineering from the University of Washington. In "Smart Grid Redefined: Transformation of
the Electric Utility" he draws upon his years of experience and expertise in the utility field to
create a practical and thoroughly 'user friendly' resource guides for professionals involved in the
evolution of the Smart Grid and offers insights into distribution automation, storage, and
microgrid. "Smart Grid Redefined" specifically highlights the journey to electric utility 3.0 and
provides solid examples and includes real-world case studies. Readers find guidance on new
energy storage solutions and electric value chain disruptors. Professionals also learn how to
overcome challenges related to integrating supply and demand diversity. Impressively
informative and exceptionally well written, organized and presented, "Smart Grid Redefined" is
an especially and unreservedly recommended addition to professional, college, and university
library Technology and Power Engineering collections in general, and Smart Grid supplemental
studies reading lists in particular.
Applications of Modern RF Photonics
Preetpaul Singh Devgan
Artech House
685 Canton Street, Norwood, MA 02062
www.artechhouse.com
9781630811594, $159.00, HC, 236pp, www.amazon.com
Photonics is the physical science of light (photon) generation, detection, and manipulation
through emission, transmission, modulation, signal processing, switching, amplification, and
detection/sensing. Optoelectronics is the study and application of electronic devices and systems
that source, detect and control light, usually considered a sub-field of photonics. "Applications of
Modern RF Photonics" by Preetpaul Singh Devgan (who is a Senior Electrical Engineer, Air
Force Research Laboratory) offers a unique new resource presents applications of modern RF
photonic systems that use RF photonic components for commonly used signal processing
systems. "Applications of Modern RF Photonics" provides insight into how a variety of systems
work together, including RF down conversion, analog to digital conversion, RF oscillators, and
frequency identification. A comparison of analog versus digital systems is presented. Readers
find in-depth coverage of analog delay lines using RF photonics, various system architectures,
and details about RF photonic component performance. Signal processing utilizing RF photonics
and the need for down conversion is discussed. The many advancements in analog delay line
performance are explained, including those in photodetector, optical fibers, and optical and
amplifier modulators. Expertly written, accessibly organized, enhanced with a six page List of
Acronyms and a seven page Index, "Applications of Modern RF Photonics" is an essential and
very highly recommended addition to both college and university library Applied Technology
collections in general, and Optoelectronics supplemental studies reading lists in particular.
The Jewelry Shelf
Diamond Handbook, third edition
Renee Newman GG
International Jewelry Publications
9780929975535, $19.95, PB, 168pp, www.amazon.com
Now in a fully updated third edition, "Diamond Handbook: How to Identify & Evaluate
Diamonds" is an essential instructional guide and manual for jewelry professionals and serious
diamond buyers with comprehensive information on new developments in diamond grading,
treatments, synthetic diamonds, imitations, branded diamonds and fancy-color diamonds. Using
close-up photos, the "Diamond Manual" shows how to make visual judgments about clarity,
transparency, brilliance and cut quality and provides the trade reader virtually all the essential
information needed to buy and sell diamonds profitably. Of special note is the new chapter on
how to distinguish transparent and black diamond imitations from real natural diamonds. While
the chapter on synthetic diamonds has eleven new pages, seven of which are photo pages that
help trade members identify HPHT and CVD-grown diamonds with magnification, fluorescence
and crossed Polaroid filters. Photos and information have been updated in the chapters on fancy
color diamonds, diamond fluorescence, diamond treatments, recutting diamonds and antique cuts
& jewelry. While unreservedly recommended for professional, community, and academic library
instructional reference collections, this latest edition of the "Diamond Handbook" will prove to
be indispensable for members of the jewelry industry, as well as the diamond jewelry consuming
public.
The Business Shelf
Navigating Global Business: A Cultural Compass
Simcha Ronen & Oded Shenkar
Cambridge University Press
One Liberty Plaza, Fl. 20, New York, NY 10006
www.cambridge.org
9781107090613, $120.00, HC, 390pp, www.amazon.com
The collaborative project of Simcha Ronen (Professor of Organizational Behavior, Tel Aviv
University) and Oded Shenkar (Ford Motor Campny Chair in Glboal Business Management and
Professor of Management and Human Resources, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State
University), "Navigating Global Business: A Cultural Compass" deftly integrates and synthesizes
all available country cluster studies into a nested meta-structure accompanied by eco-cultural
correlates that distinguish amongst clusters. The broad range of analyses will appeal to
researchers and practitioners, seasoned multi-firm executives, those in small firms seeking
internationalization, and anyone intrigued by the greater question of human diversity.
"Navigating Global Business: A Cultural Compass" covers key work-related cultural dimensions
for much of the world, and includes examples of applications in most business areas. Also
exhibited are the correlates of culture, some of which, such as language and religion, speak to the
origin of cultural variations in addition to illustrating key variants of the global terrain. Finally,
"Navigating Global Business: A Cultural Compass" examines how patterns might have changed
over time, providing a rigorous and realistic assessment of the fruits of globalization. A superbly
crafted, organized and presented work of sterling scholarship, "Navigating Global Business: A
Cultural Compass" is unreservedly recommended as a core addition to corporate, community and
academic library Business Management instructional reference collections and supplemental
studies reading lists. It should be noted for students, business managers, academia, and
non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject that "Navigating Global Business: A
Cultural Compass" is also available in a paperback edition (9781107462762, $64.99) and in a
digital book format (Kindle, $42.59).
The Mystery/Suspense Shelf
The Cat of the Baskervilles
Vicki Delany
Crooked Lane Books
2 Park Avenue, 10th floor, New York, NY 10016
www.crookedlanebooks.com
9781683314714, $26.99, HC, 304pp, www.amazon.com
Legendary stage and movie star Sir Nigel Bellingham arrives on Cape Cod to star in a stage
production of The Hound of the Baskervilles put on by the West London Theater Festival. When
Sir Nigel, some of the cast, and the director visit the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop at 222 Baker
Street, Gemma Doyle realizes that Sir Nigel is not at all suited to the role. He is long past his
prime and an old drunk to boot. The cast, in particular the much younger actor who previously
had the role, are not happy, but the show must go on. Before the play opens, Leslie Wilson,
mother of Gemma's best friend Jayne, arranges a fundraising afternoon tea to be catered by Mrs.
Hudson's Tea Room. The tea is a huge success, but when it's time to leave, Sir Nigel has gone
missing -- only to be found at the bottom of the rocky cliff, dead. Along with the dead body,
Gemma finds evidence incriminating Leslie Wilson. When the police, in the presence of
handsome detective Ryan Ashburton and suspicious detective Louise Estrada, focus their
attention on Leslie despite the numerous other suspects, the game is once again afoot and it's
again up to the highly perceptive Gemma and the ever-confused but loyal Jayne to clear Jayne's
mother's name. Another deftly crafted title in the 'Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery' series by
Vicki Delany, "The Cat of the Baskervilles" is a pure treat for dedicated mystery buffs by a true
master of the genre. While unabashedly and unreservedly recommended for community library
Mystery/Suspense collections, it should be noted for personal reading lists that "The Cat of the
Baskervilles " is also available in a paperback edition (9781683318064, $15.99) and in a digital
book format (Kindle, $7.80).
The Enemy Within
Edward Marston
Magna Large Print
c/o Ulverscroft Large Print (USA), Inc.
PO Box 1230, West Seneca, NY 14224-1230
www.ulverscroftusa.com
9780750545402, $35.50, HC, 366pp, www.amazon.com
In 1917, Wally Hubbard is serving a long sentence for arson in the Pentonville Prison. But after
befriending and tricking one of the officers, Hubbard makes an audacious escape. Inspector
Marmion, the detective who originally arrested Hubbard, is warned to watch his back, but it
seems that Hubbard has another target in his murderous sights. However, the investigation is
mired in confusion. The identities of killer and victim are increasingly ambiguous. The
multiplying manhunts, as well as Marmion's concern for his injured and withdrawn son Paul,
leave the detective desperate and perhaps with too many threads to untangle. Now in a large print
edition from Magna, "The Enemy Within" by Edward Marston is a simply riveting read by a
master of the genre and will prove to be a welcome and enduringly popular addition to
community library Mystery/Suspense collections, as well as the personal reading lists of
dedicated mystery buffs.
A Necessary Evil
Abir Mukherjee
Pegasus Books
80 Broad Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10004
www.pegasusbooks.com
9781681776712, $25.95, HC, 384pp, www.amazon.com
The fabulously wealthy kingdom of Sambalpore is home to tigers, elephants, diamond mines, and
the beautiful Palace of the Sun. But when the heir to the throne is assassinated in the presence of
Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant 'Surrender-Not' Banerjee, they discover a kingdom riven
with suppressed conflict. Prince Adhir was a modernizer whose attitudes (and romantic
relationships) may have upset the more religious elements of his country, while his brother, who
is now in line to the throne, appears to be a feckless playboy. As Wyndham and Banerjee
desperately try to unravel the mystery behind the assassination, they become entangled in a
dangerous world where those in power live by their own rules -- and those who cross their paths
pay with their lives. They must find a murderer, before the murderer finds them. A carefully
crafted and inherently riveting read from beginning to end, "A Necessary Evil" clearly showcases
author Abir Mukherjee's master of the mystery genre with a novel that is certain to be an
enduringly popular addition to community library Mystery/Suspense collections. It should be
noted for personal reading lists that "A Necessary Evil" is also available in a digital book format
(Kindle, $12.99).
The Last Stand
Mickey Spillane
Hard Case Crime
http://www.hardcasecrime.com
9781785656866, $29.99, HC, 288pp, www.amazon.com
When legendary mystery writer Mickey Spillane died in 2006, he left behind the manuscript of
one last novel he'd just completed: "The Last Stand". He asked his friend and colleague (and
fellow Mystery Writers of America Grand Master) Max Allan Collins to take responsibility for
finding the right time and place to publish this final book. Now, on the hundredth anniversary of
Spillane's birth, his millions of fans will at last get to read "The Last Stand", together with a
second never-before-published work, this one from early in Spillane's career: the feverish crime
novella "A Bullet For Satisfaction". A tarnished former cop goes on a crusade to find a
politician's killer and avoid the .45-caliber slug with his name on it. A pilot forced to make an
emergency landing in the desert finds himself at the center of a struggle between FBI agents,
unsavory fortune hunters, and members of the local Indian tribe to control a mysterious find that
could mean wealth and power - or death. These two substantial new works are filled from cover
to cover with Spillane's muscular prose and the gorgeous women and two-fisted action the author
was famous for, topped off by an introduction from Max Allan Collins describing the history of
these lost manuscripts and his long relationship with the writer who was his mentor, his hero, and
for much of the last century the bestselling author in the world. An absolute 'must read' for all
dedicated mystery buffs and the legions of Mickey Spillane fans, "The Last Stand" is
unreservedly recommended for all community library Mystery/Suspense collections. It should be
noted for personal reading lists that "The Last Stand" is also available in a digital book format
(Kindle, $7.99).
The Biography Shelf
The Geraldo Show: A Memoir
Geraldo Rivera
BenBella Books
10300 N. Central Expressway, STE 400, Dallas, TX 75204
www.benbellabooks.com
9781944648909, $26.95, HC, 380pp, www.amazon.com
One of America's most enduring broadcasters, Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalist
Geraldo Rivera is a Fox News correspondent-at-large and host of breaking news specials, the
Geraldo Rivera Reports. He also provides weekly reporting and commentary for FNC's Fox and
Friends and Hannity. A native New Yorker outraged by the terror attacks of 9/11, he left CNBC's
Rivera Live to become a FNC senior war correspondent, reporting live from Afghanistan
beginning with the initial siege on Osama bin Laden's Tora Bora hideout, and broke the news ten
years later that the terror mastermind had finally been killed by SEAL Team 6. He has reported
extensively on the Arab - Israeli conflict and other armed conflicts around the globe, including
the 2003 invasion of Iraq, one of eleven extended assignments there. Rivera began his
forty-eight-year television career at WABC-TV in New York where he presented a series
exposing the deplorable conditions at the Willowbrook State School for residents then described
as mentally retarded. These historic reports are credited with helping end the nation's policy of
warehousing the developmentally disabled. "The Geraldo Show: A Memoir" is his personal
autobiography and will prove to be a 'must read' for his legions of fans'. Candidly insightful and
impressively informative, "The Geraldo Show: A Memoir" is an especially recommended
addition to both community and academic library Contemporary American Biography
collections. It should be noted for personal reading lists that "The Geraldo Show: A Memoir" is
also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $25.60).
The Fantasy/SciFi Shelf
The Rending and the Nest
Kaethe Schwehn
Bloomsbury Press
175 Fifth Avenue, Suite 315, New York, NY 10010
www.bloomsbury.com
9781632869722, $26.00, HC, 304pp, www.amazon.com
When 95 percent of the earth's population disappears for no apparent reason, Mira does what she
can to create some semblance of a life: She cobbles together a haphazard community named
Zion, scavenges the Piles for supplies they might need, and avoids loving anyone she can't afford
to lose. She has everything under control. Almost. Four years after the Rending, Mira's best
friend, Lana, announces her pregnancy, the first since everything changed and a new source of
hope for Mira. But when Lana gives birth to an inanimate object--and other women of Zion
follow suit--the thin veil of normalcy Mira has thrown over her new life begins to fray. As the
Zionites wrestle with the presence of these Babies, a confident outsider named Michael appears,
proselytizing about the world beyond Zion. He lures Lana away and when she doesn't return,
Mira must decide how much she's willing to let go in order to save her friend, her home, and her
own fraught pregnancy. "The Rending and the Nest" author Kaethe Schwehn uses a fantastical,
post-apocalyptic landscape to ask decidedly human questions: How well do we know the people
we love? What sustains us in the midst of suffering? How do we forgive the brokenness we find
within others -- and within ourselves? A deftly crafted and inherently riveting read from
beginning to end, "The Rending and the Nest" is very highly recommended for community
library Science Fiction & Fantasy collections. It should be noted for personal reading lists that
"The Rending and the Nest" is also available in a paperback edition (9781635571943, $11.99)
and in a digital book format (Kindle, $9.99).
The Art Shelf
Mastering Colored Pencil
Lisa Dinhofer
The Monacelli Press
6 West 18th Street, #2C, New York, NY 10011
www.monacellipress.com
9781580934923, $25.00, PB, 160pp, www.amazon.com
Colored pencils are inexpensive, easy to use, and a mobile medium for producing beautiful
works of visual art. The wide variety of vibrant color choices among the major manufacturers
feature, at a recent count, more than fifty different reds in the colored pencil spectrum of
Prismacolor, Faber-Castell, and Derwent. The base of the pencils vary as well: wax, watercolor,
pastel, and graphite. These can be interchanged or mixed together. The effects that can be
achieved are limitless. A work in pencil can be a drawing, a watercolor, or an oil painting. A wax
pencil can sketch, can draw, can paint. A watercolor pencil can do the same. The drawing can be
transparent as a loose wash or as dense as an oil on canvas. Artists can work as small as a postage
stamp or as large as a wall. "Mastering Colored Pencil: An Essential Guide to Materials,
Concepts, and Techniques for Learning to Draw in Color" an instructional guide and manual that
is illustrated throughout with professional artist Lisa Dinhofer's fresh and sophisticated artwork
and includes more than twenty-five step-by-step demonstrations, thoughtful exercises, workbook
templates, and specific assignments that are sure to help every artist achieve striking results with
pencils. Enhanced with the inclusion of a special exhibition section includes work, technique
descriptions, and insights from seven additional contemporary artists, "Mastering Colored
Pencil" is a complete and comprehensive instructional that is especially and unreservedly
recommended for the personal reading lists of aspiring artists, as well as an being an immediate
and enduringly popular addition to art school, community, college, and university library
Contemporary Art reference collections and supplemental studies reading lists.
Howardena Pindell: What Remains To Be Seen
Naomi Beckwith, et al.
Prestel Publishing
900 Broadway, Suite 603, New York, NY 10003
www.prestel.com
9783791357379, $60.00, HC, 276pp, www.amazon.com
Born in middle-class Philadelphia in the 1940s, Howardena Pindell came of age during the Civil
Rights movement. As an African-American woman artist, making her way in the world provided
Pindell with source material to inspire her work. Profusely illustrated throughout, "Howardena
Pindell: What Remains To Be Seen" deftly examines every facet of Pindell's impressive career to
date. Since the 1960s, she has used materials such as glitter, talcum powder, and perfume to
stretch the boundaries of traditional canvas painting. She has also infused her work with traces of
her labor, such as obsessively affixing dots of pigment and circles made with an ordinary hole
punch tool. After a car crash in 1979 left her with short-term amnesia, Pindell's work looked
beyond the painting studio to explore a wide range of subjects, including the personal and
diaristic as well as the social and political. This impressively informative monograph al
highlights Pindell's work with photography, film, and performance. Excerpts from the artist's
writing, in particular her critique of the art world and her responses to feminism and racial
politics, provide prescient commentary in light of conversations around equality and inclusion
today. Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, "Howardena Pindell: What Remains
To Be Seen" is an extraordinary and unreservedly recommended addition to personal,
community, and academic library Contemporary American Art History collections in general,
and Howardena Pindell supplemental studies reading lists in particular.
The Parenting Shelf
Raising Independent, Self-Confident Kids
Wendy L. Moss & Donald A. Moses, MD
American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242
www.apa.org/books
9781433828256, $19.95, PB, 248pp, www.amazon.com
One of the hardest parts of parenting is knowing when to let your child struggle, and even fail, in
order to learn and grow, and when to intervene. In "Raising Independent, Self-Confident Kids:
Nine Essential Skills to Teach Your Child or Teen", Wendy Moss (a licensed clinical
psychologist and certified school psychologist) and Dr. Donald Moses (a psychiatrist who
specializes in the treatment of adolescents and young adults) deftly examine the key skills parents
need to help their kids emerge as confident, and capable adults. Throughout "Raising
Independent, Self-Confident Kids" parents will discover ways to build their child's confidence,
decision making abilities, tolerance for frustration, patience, and self-sufficiency. Lessons and
examples are soundly based on professional experience and illustrate how to teach skills such as
self-monitoring, understanding social cues, using technology, and recognizing opportunities for
growth, even in life's more stressful moments. True-to-life stories and conversation-starters
demonstrate specific ways parents can empower children to think for themselves, and learn to
meet life's challenges head-on. Impressively 'real world practical' in scope, organization and
presentation, "Raising Independent, Self-Confident Kids" is an extraordinarily 'user friendly'
instructional that is very highly recommended for both community and academic library
Parenting collections. It should be noted for the personal reading lists of parents and
non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject that "Raising Independent,
Self-Confident Kids" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $18.93).
Grandmothering
Linda Eyre
Familius
1254 Commerce Way, Sanger, CA 93657
www.familius.com
9781945547904, $18.99, PB, 343pp, www.amazon.com
Grandmothers make the best cookies and give the best hugs, but there's so much more to being
the kind of grandmother who leaves a legacy that stands the test of time. In the pages of
"Grandmothering: The Secrets to Making a Difference While Having the Time of Your Life "
author and grandmother Linda Eyre shares her own secret formula for teaching grandchildren
values, building meaningful connections with them, and giving them grit and resilience in an
ever-changing world. Broken into short, digestible chapters for quick reading, this guidebook is
filled with time-tested advice and stories from a panel of grandmothers, plus an appendix of easy,
delicious recipes to feed a crowd at your next family reunion. Impressively informative, inspired
and inspiring, "Grandmothering" is thoroughly 'reader friendly' in organization and presentation
making it an ideal and highly recommended addition to personal reading lists, as well as
community library Parenting instructional reference collections.
The Graphic Novel Shelf
Star Scouts: The League of Lasers
Mike Lawrence
First Second
175 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10010
9781626722811 $14.99 www.firstsecondbooks.com
Star Scouts: The League of Lasers is a full-color, science fiction graphic novel that will appeal to
all ages. Young Avani has been invited to join the prestigious Star Scouts, but to earn a place in
their ranks she must survive the imitation challenge. Stranded on a remote planet, Avani must
contend with the methane atmosphere, unfriendly frog-like inhabitants, and the challenge of
simply obtaining enough food and water to survive. Then she learns that her personal arch-
nemesis, Pam, is stranded with her! Hazardous and exciting from cover to cover, Star Scouts:
The League of Lasers is a grand adventure, highly recommended for both personal and public
library graphic novel collections.
Scarlett Hart: Monster Hunter
Marcus Sedgwick and Thomas Taylor
First Second
175 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10010
9781626720268 $14.99 www.firstsecondbooks.com
Scarlett Hart: Monster Hunter is a full-color graphic novel that will appeal to readers of all ages,
from middle grades to adult. Scarlett Hart is the orphaned, strong-willed daughter of two
legendary monster hunters. She desires to follow in their footsteps, with the aid of her loyal
butler and a multitude of gadgets to use against mummies, hounds, zombies, and much more! But
could her archrival Count Stankovic run her out the business by seizing all the monster-catching
rewards for himself? As more monsters proliferate in the city, Scarlett must to get to the bottom
of the sudden infestation before it's too late! A thrilling, high-energy adventure from cover to
cover, Scarlett Hart: Monster Hunter is highly recommended.
The Audiobook Shelf
Food: What the Heck Should I Eat?
Written and read by Mark Hyman, MD
Hachette Audio
1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104
www.HachetteAudio.com
9781478985389 $30.00 amazon.com
Now in an unabridged audiobook version, Mark Hyman, MD (director of the Cleveland Clinic
Center for Functional Medicine) presents Food: What the Heck Should I Eat?, a close study of
food that focuses on evidence-based nutrition - what modern science and nutritional studies tell
us about different food groups, and how to select a diet ideal for maintaining optimal weight and
good health. Chapters scrutinize individual food groups, and debunk lingering myths about
specific foods. With its solid foundation on medicine and the science of nutrition, Food: What
the Heck Should I Eat? is worthy of the highest recommendation for individuals, families, cooks,
meal planners, and public library collections. A PDF of supplemental materials is included in the
audiobook presentation. 9 CDs, 10.5 hours.
The Sun Does Shine
Anthony Ray Hinton with Lara Love Hardin
Read by Kevin R. Free
Macmillan Audio
175 Fifth Avenue, Suite 315, New York, NY 10010
9781427293053 $39.99 www.macmillanaudio.com
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row is the unabridged audiobook
biography of Anthony Ray Hinton, a black man who was arrested in 1985 and sentenced to death
for a crime he did not commit. For three years, he languished in despair and anger on death row
at Holman State Prison. As time passed, he resolved to find a way to live on death row. For
twenty-seven years he worked to transform himself and his fellow prisoners. He founded a prison
book group, and with the help of civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson, Hinton won his release in
2015, after spending thirty years on death row. The Sun Does Shine is a story of hope, and the
will to do better by oneself and others no matter how dire one's situation. Highly recommended,
especially for personal and public library audiobook collections. 8 CDs, 9.5 hours.
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Philip K. Dick, author
Tanya Elby, et al., narrators
Brilliance Corporation
PO Box 887, Grand Haven, MI 49417
www.brillianceaudio.com
9781543661040, $19.99, MP3 CD, www.amazon.com
Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 - March 2, 1982) was an American science fiction
writer. Dick explored philosophical, social, and political themes in his novels with plots
dominated by monopolistic corporations, alternative universes, authoritarian governments, and
altered states of consciousness. Dick also wrote more than one hundred short stories over the
course of his career, each as mind-bending and genre-defining as his longer works. This audio
book edition of "Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams" collects ten of the best of those stories. In
"Autofac," Dick shows us one of the earliest examples (and warnings) in science fiction of
self-replicating machines. "Exhibit Piece" and "The Commuter" feature Dick exploring one of
his favorite themes: the shifting nature of reality and whether it is even possible to perceive the
world as it truly exists. And "The Hanging Stranger" provides a thrilling, dark political allegory
as relevant today as it was when Dick wrote it at the height of the Cold War. Strange, funny, and
powerful, the stories in this collection highlight a master at work, encapsulating his boundless
imagination and deep understanding of the human condition. Flawlessly produced, with each
adapted story having an informative introduction, "Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams" is an
extraordinary and very highly recommended addition to personal and community library audio
book collections -- and an absolute 'must listen' for the legions of PKD fans. 6 hours, 56
min.
Protected
Claire Zorn
Narrated by Anushka Paris-Carter
Recorded Books, LLC
270 Skip Jack Road, Prince Frederick, MD 20678
9781501982804 $TBA www.recordedbooks.com
Reaching out to both a teenage and an adult audience, Protected is the unabridged audiobook
rendition of a powerful novel about grief and the difficult journey toward healing. Hannah is a
teenaged girl distraught by the death of her older sister. Her father is injured, her mother is
severely depressed, and she struggles to cope day in, day out at school. But Hannah has begun to
feel a stir of hope inside, and she can't express why. Protected is an emotionally moving story,
made especially memorable by the performance of narrator Anushka Paris-Carter, and is highly
recommended for personal and public library audiobook collections. 6 CDs, 6 hours.
Between Riverside and Crazy
Stephen Adly Guirgis
Starring John Cothran, Seamus Dever, Ana Ortiz, and Larry Powell
L.A. Theatre Works
681 Venice Boulevard, Venice, CA 90291
9781682660645 $29.95 www.latw.org
Between Riverside and Crazy is an audiobook recording of a full-cast performance of an award-
winning Off-Broadway comedy-drama play about a retired, widower policeman Walter "Pops"
Washington, his ex-felon son, and others living in a sprawling, rent-controlled apartment. Walter
is pursuing a lawsuit against the police department because he was accidentally shot by another
cop; will ripples his lingering feud destroy the family life he is attempting to rebuild? Masterfully
performed, Between Riverside and Crazy is a thoughtful take on the shifting power dynamic
between landlords, tenants, police, and civilians, and is highly recommended for both personal
and public library audiobook collections. 2 CDs, 1 hour 45 min.
The Europeans
Henry James, author
Read by Adam Sims
Naxos of America, Inc.
1810 Columbia Avenue, Suite 28, Franklin, TN 37064
www.naxosaudiobooks.com
9781781981061 $41.98 amazon.com
First published in 1878, The Europeans is a classic short novel adapted into unabridged
audiobook format. The story follows the culture shock between wealth elites on either side of the
Atlantic Ocean. After her marriage to a German prince collapses Baroness Eugenia Munster
travels to America along with her brother. The two have a profound impact on their American
cousins, the Wentworths. Sparks of romance fly, yet the Europeans' more fanciful and frivolous
lifestyle clashes drastically with that of the more serious and puritanical Americans. A
lighthearted comedy-of-manners with memorable descriptions of mid-19th-century upper-class
New England life, The Europeans is highly recommended for both personal and public library
audiobook collections. 6 CDs, 6 hours 6 min.
The Library CD Shelf
Mountains Made of Shadow, Anthems Made of Light
Dan Kennedy
www.dankennedy.us
Privately Published
$15.99 CD / $9.49 MP3 amazon.com
Mountains Made of Shadow, Anthems Made of Light is a new age, solo piano album by New
England composer and pianist Dan Kennedy. The songs flow freely, creating a diffused
soundscape that stirs the imagination. Mountains Made of Shadow, Anthems Made of Light is a
treasure for solo piano connoisseurs, highly recommended for both personal and public library
music CD collections. The tracks are "Chilly Morning", "Give It All Away", "Wintergreen",
"Backstory", "Souvenirs", "After The Heartache Is Gone", "California", "Ennio", "Wildflower",
"Implying Flying", "Allelu", and "The Fire Within".
Serenity II
Michael Kollwitz
www.MichaelKollwitz.com
Privately Published
$15.00 CD / $9.49 MP3 amazon.com
Serenity II: More Peaceful Music on the Chapman Stick is a full hour of serene music crafted on
the Chapman Stick, a stringed, electric, polyphonal instrument created by Emmett Chapman and
considered to be part of the guitar family. Inspired by the book "Steps to Knowledge: The Book
Of Inner Knowing" by Marshall Vian Summers, these songs soothe the spirit and inspire the
mind with their drifting beauty. Highly recommended. The tracks are "The Presence", "Wrapped
in Love", "Climbing The Mountain", "Clear Passage", "Live and Let Live", "The Balance", "Blue
Skies", "Pure Signal", "Welcome Home", "A Greater Purpose", "One With Nature", "Shaman's
Cave", "Easy Does It", "Breaking Free", "Beyond The Clouds", and "Way Of Knowledge".
Subdina
Eva Salina, voice
Peter Stan, accordion
Vogiton
$TBA www.evasalina.com
Subdina: A Portrait of Vida Pavlovic is a music CD by singer Eva Salina in honor of Serbian
Roma singer Vida Pavlovic. Salina presents her own interpretations of Vida's body of recorded
work. Written in both Romanes and Serbian, these songs tell of the hardships of poverty,
migration, domestic abuse, and marginalization. Beautiful, profound, and passionate, Subdina is
highly recommended especially for personal and public library international music collections.
The tracks are "Pusti Me Da Zivim", "E Laute Basalen Taj Roven", "Ostala Je Pesma Moja",
"Cerma Devla Cirikli", "Namarma Dileja", "Aven, Aven Romalen", "E Dadeci Cajori", and
"Ostala" (feat. Demiran Cerimovic).
After the Rain
Neil Tatar
https://neiltatar.com
Tatar Associates
$17.99 CD / $9.49 MP3 amazon.com
Guitarist and pianist Neil Tatar presents a relaxing, instrumental music journey in his new album
After the Rain. The songs stir the imagination, crafting an atmosphere of contemplation and
wonder. After the Rain is highly recommended, especially for personal and public library music
CD collections. The tracks are "Gentle Steps", "Sunsets", "Reflections", "When I Was Young",
"Rush Pond", "Night Walk", "Freedom", "Welcome Home", "After the Rain", and "Sidwalk
Jam".
Monika Herzig's Sheroes
Monika Herzig
Whaling City Sound
www.whalingcitysound.com
Naxos (distribution)
$15.99 amazon.com
Monika Herzig's Sheroes is a jazz album featuring all-women, first-class talented performers
from around the world. The compositions are largely original with a few covers. Monika Herzig's
Sheroes is an amazing listening experience, brimming with passion for the performance, and
highly recommended especially for connoisseurs of the genre. The tracks are "Time Again,
D.B.", "Bubbles', "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "Nancy Wilson Portrait", "Song for C.C.",
"Just Another Day at the Office", "The House of the Rising Sun", "Wayning", "Cantos", and "I
am a Superstar".
The Library DVD Shelf
Extraordinary Ordinary People
Directed by Alan Govenar
First Run Features
630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1213, New York, NY 10036
$24.95 www.firstrunfeatures.com
Extraordinary Ordinary People is a documentary about folk and traditional arts in America,
including dancing, quilting, woodcarving, and especially music. Particular focus is placed upon
one of the least known programs of the National Endowment for the Arts: the National Heritage
Fellowship, which has been awarded annually since 1982. Here are portraits of the men and
women who earned the fellowship for contributing to American art and culture, from Bill
Monroe and B.B. King to Passamaquoddy basket weavers and Peking Opera singers. A
thoroughly engaging documentary, Extraordinary Ordinary People is especially recommended for
public library collections. 84 min.
Love, Lies & Records
Acorn Media
c/o RLJ Entertainment
www.us.RLJEntertainment.com
$39.99 www.acornonline.com
Love, Lies & Records is an interpersonal drama set in a British register office, where people
register milestones in their lives - births, marriages, and deaths. Senior Registrar Kate Dickenson
has to balance her complicated personal life with the mental toll of her job. Worse, a co-worker
jealous of Kate's promotion threatens to publicly reveal an indiscretion Kate had, which could
jeopardize Kate's job and family life! Love, Lies & Records is tongue-in-cheek witty, thought-
provoking, heartwarming, and highly recommended. Bonus materials include a behind-the-
scenes featurette and a cast Q&A. 6 episodes on 2 DVDs, 360 min. plus bonus, SDH subtitles,
widescreen.
The Military Shelf
Brotherhood in Combat
Jeremy P. Maxwell
University of Oklahoma Press
2800 Venture Drive, Norman, OK 73069
www.oupress.com
9780806160061 $29.95 hc / $24.95 Kindle amazon.com
In 1948, President Harry Truman issued an executive order to desegregate the American military.
Brotherhood in Combat: How African Americans Found Equality in Korea and Vietnam
examines the integration of the American military during the Korean and Vietnam wars. Drawing
upon oral histories from black and white soldiers and marines, Brotherhood in Combat studies
racial tensions (which were more prevalent in rear units than the front lines), the difference in
perspective between black soldiers who voluntarily served in Vietnam and those who were
drafted, and the long-term social impact of the bonds of brotherhood that formed between
soldiers of different races. Notes, a bibliography, and an index rounds out this excellent analysis,
written with scholarly precision yet thoroughly accessible to readers of all backgrounds. Highly
recommended, especially for public and college library Military History and African-American
Studies shelves.
Electronic Warfare Signal Processing
James Genova
Artech House
685 Canton Street, Norwood, MA 02062
www.artechhouse.com
9781630814601, $129.00, HC, 300pp, www.amazon.com
Now retired from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Electronic Warfare Division, James
Genova is a prominent expert in the field of electronic warfare who draws upon his experience
and expertise in "Electronic Warfare Signal Processing" to produce an authoritative new resource
presents anti-ship missile (ASM) electronic protection (EP) techniques designed to enhance
accurate target classification currently being developed by personnel from the People's Republic
of China and other nations. "Electronic Warfare Signal Processing" provides a comprehensive
introduction to modern electronic warfare (EW) in an era of information warfare (IW). It also
explores the capabilities of coherent radar and digital signal processing to rapidly and accurately
classify targets. Both naval and air electronic EW are covered in this resource. "Electronic
Warfare Signal Processing" gives insight into modern EW as an information battle and includes
guidance on properly testing the effectiveness of electronic attack (EA) systems. Exceptionally
well written, organized and presented, "Electronic Warfare Signal Processing" is an
indispensable and unreservedly recommended addition to both college and university library
Military Science collections in general, and Electronic Warfare supplemental studies reading lists
in particular.
French Warships in the Age of Sail 1626-1786
Rif Winfield & Stephen S. Roberts
Seaforth Publishing
c/o Naval Institute Press
291 Wood Road, Annapolis, MD 21402
www.nip.org
9781473893511, $76.95, HC, 464pp, www.amazon.com
The origins of a permanent French sailing navy can be traced to the work of Cardinal Richelieu
in the 1620s, but a virtually new Marine Royale had to be re-created by Colbert from 1661.
Thereafter, Louis XIV's navy grew rapidly to become the largest and most powerful in the world,
at the same time establishing a reputation for the quality of its ship design that lasted until the
end of the Age of Sail. "French Warships in the Age of Sail 1626-1786: Design, Construction,
Careers and Fates" by naval historian Rif Winfield with the assistance of Stephen S. Roberts is
the first comprehensive listing of these ships in English, and follows the pattern set by its
companion volume, "British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction,
Careers and Fates" in providing an impressive depth of information. Profusely illustrated with
b/w illustrations and ship construction images, "French Warships in the Age of Sail 1626-1786"
is impressively informative and comprehensive, making it an ideal and unreservedly
recommended for personal, community, college, and university library Naval History collections
and supplemental studies reading lists.
U-Boat 977
Heinz Schaffer
Naval Institute Press
291 Wood Road, Annapolis, MD 21402
www.nip.org
9781784382490, $29.95, HC, 224pp, www.amazon.com
As is accurately described in the full title, "U-Boat 977 : The True Story of The U-boat that
Escaped to Argentina" is the story of U-977, the German submarine that escaped to Argentina at
the end of World War II. Before surfacing near the west coast of Africa, the vessel had spent a
remarkable sixty-six days submerged. When it was first published in 1953, opinions were sharply
divided between those who deplored the apparent extolling of a vicious form of warfare, and
those who found Heinz Schaeffer's account a revealing picture of the German navy's training and
methods. Heinz Schaffer joined the German navy at the very beginning of World War II after a
boyhood spent mostly in small sailing boats. In 1944, Heinz Schaeffer took command of a new
submarine, U-977. It was to be his last command. In "U-Boat 977" Schaffer vividly depicts the
grueling aspects of a submariner's life. In the final months of the war, Schaeffer and his crew
came under constant attacks from Allied aircraft and surface ships. With an informative
introduction by Heinz Schaffer, "U-Boat 977" is an invaluable and appreciated contribution to
the growing library of World War II memoirs and biographers, making this new edition very
highly recommended for the personal reading lists of dedicated military history buffs, as well as
both community and academic library WWII Military History collections and supplemental
studies reading lists.
The Native American Studies Shelf
Apacheria
W. Michael Farmer
TwoDot
c/o The Globe Pequot Press
246 Goose Lane, Suite 200, Guilford, CT 06437
www.globepequot.com
9781493032792, $18.95, PB, 216pp, www.amazon.com
Compiled and written by W. Michael Farmer (who has combined over ten years of research into
nineteenth century Apache history and culture with his personal southwest living experiences to
fill his stories with a genuine sense of time and place), "Apacheria: True Stories of Apache
Culture 1860-1920" is a compendium of brief essays, illustrative art, and photography from often
obscure historical and ethnological studies of Apache history, life, and culture in the last half of
the nineteenth century. These snippets of history and culture provide insights into late nineteenth
century Apache culture, history, and supernatural beliefs as the great western migration after the
Civil War swept over the Apache bands in the late nineteenth century resulting in immense
pressure for their cultures to change or vanish. Impressively informed and informative,
exceptionally thoughtful and thought-provoking, and providing an inherently fascinating read
from cover to cover, "Apacheria" is unreservedly recommended addition to both community and
academic library Native American collections in general, and Apache Culture supplemental
studies lists. It should be noted for the personal reading lists of students, academia, and
non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject that "Apacheria" is also available in
a digital book format (Kindle, $17.99).
Black Elk, Lakota Visionary
Harry Oldmeadow
World Wisdom
1501 East Hillside Drive, Bloomington, IN 47401
www.worldwisdom.com
9781936597604 $19.95 pbk amazon.com
Black Elk, Lakota Visionary: The Ogala Holy Man & Sioux Tradition is an in-depth biographical
scrutiny of the life and work of Black Elk (1863-1950), a famous medicine man and holy man of
the Ogala Lakota Native American tribe. Chapters explore Black Elk's legacy, especially the
book "Black Elk Speaks" (which is the most widely-read Native American testimonial of the last
century), his mystical visions, his controversial perspective of Catholicism, and his lifelong
efforts to preserve and revive traditional Sioux beliefs and practices. An index of photographic
plates, an extensive list of sources, and an index round out this studious, extensively researched
and analytically presented account, highly recommended especially for public and college library
Native American Studies shelves.
The Music Shelf
Over and Over
Olivier Julien & Christophe Levaux, editors
Bloomsbury Press
175 Fifth Avenue, Suite 315, New York, NY 10010
www.bloomsbury.com
9781501324888, $110.00, HC, 208pp, www.amazon.com
From the Tin Pan Alley 32-bar form, through the cyclical forms of modal jazz, to the more recent
accumulation of digital layers, beats, and breaks in Electronic Dance Music, repetition as both an
aesthetic disposition and a formal property has stimulated a diverse range of genres and
techniques. From the angles of musicology, psychology, sociology, and science and technology,
"Over and Over: Exploring Repetition in Popular Music" reassesses the complexity connected to
notions of repetition in a variety of musical genres. Collaborative compiled and co-edited by
Olivier Julien (who is a lecturer in the history and musicology of popular music at
Paris-Sorbonne University, France) and Christophe Levaux (who is a postdoctoral researcher at
the University of Liege, Belgium), "Over and Over" explores the wide-ranging forms and use of
repetition ranging from large repetitive structures to micro repetitions in relation to both specific
and large-scale issues and contexts. "Over and Over" brings together a selection of original texts
by leading authors in a field that is, as yet, little explored. Aimed at both specialists and
neophytes, "Over and Over" sheds important new light on one of the fundamental phenomena of
music of our times. Enhanced for academia with the inclusion of a list of abbreviations and
contractions, a list of music examples, figures, and tales, a listing of contributors and their
credentials, a twenty page listing of references, and a six page index, "Over and Over" is a
critically important work of outstanding collective scholarship and very highly recommended for
college and university library Musicology collections and supplemental studies reading lists.
The Photography Shelf
Zoe Leonard: Survey
Bennett Simpson, et al.
DelMonico Books
c/o Prestel Publishing
900 Broadway, Suite 603, New York, NY 10003
www.prestel.com
9783791357317, $60.00, HC, 312pp, www.amazon.com
From aerial landscapes to the Alaskan wilderness, American cities to natural history museums,
there are few subjects that Zoe Leonard has not tackled in her 30-year career. Working primarily
in photography and sculpture, Leonard consistently confronts the realities of change, love, and
loss. Published in association with The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, "Zoe
Leonard: Survey" brings audiences up to date on her impressive body of work and accompanies a
long-awaited retrospective exhibition of her work. "Zoe Leonard: Survey" features images and
examinations from every one of Leonard's major series, including her early aerial and museum
photographs, her landmark works (Strange Fruit and Analogue) and her most recent works, "In
the Wake." Of special note is the inclusion of essays by erudite and insightful contributors which
range from the critical to the personal, including explorations of sexual politics, immigration, and
family. Breathtaking in scope and bringing together every facet of Leonard's oeuvre, "Zoe
Leonard: Survey" celebrates Leonard's unflinching eye and her intimate art. Showcasing an
extraordinary artist and her extraordinary body of work, "Zoe Leonard: Survey" is unreservedly
recommended for personal, community, and academic library collections Photography & Art
collections.
The Sociology Shelf
Transitive Cultures
Christopher B. Patterson
Rutgers University Press
106 Somerset St., 3rd Floor, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu
9780813591902, $99.95, HC, 256pp, www.amazon.com
Texts written by Southeast Asian migrants have often been read, taught, and studied under the
label of multicultural literature. But what if the ideology of multiculturalism (with its emphasis
on authenticity and identifiable cultural difference) is precisely what this literature resists?
"Transitive Cultures: Anglophone Literature of the Transpacific" by Christopher B. Patterson
(Assistant Professor of Humanities and Creative Writing at Hong Kong Baptist University) offers
a new perspective on transpacific Anglophone literature, revealing how these chameleonic
writers enact a variety of hybrid, transnational identities and intimacies. Examining literature
from Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines, as well as from Southeast Asian migrants in
Canada, Hawaii, and the U.S. mainland, "Transitive Cultures" considers how these authors use
English strategically, as a means for building interethnic alliances and critiquing ruling power
structures in both Southeast Asia and North America. Uncovering a wealth of texts from queer
migrants, those who resist ethnic stereotypes, and those who feel few ties to their ostensible
homelands, "Transitive Cultures" challenges conventional expectations regarding diaspora and
minority writers. A seminal work of outstanding scholarship, "Transitive Cultures" is especially
and unreservedly recommended for college and academic library Contemporary Sociology
collections, as well as the supplemental studies reading lists in Asian American Studies, Literary
Studies, Cultural Studies, Race and Ethnic Studies. It should be noted for students, academia, and
non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject that "Transitive Cultures" is also
available in a paperback edition ( 9780813591865, $29.95) and in a digital book format
(eTextbook, $29.95).
The Religion/Spirituality Shelf
Vindicating the Vixens
Sandra Glahn, editor
Kregel Publications
2450 Oak Industrial Drive, NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505
www.kregel.com
9780825444135, $22.99, PB, 304pp, www.amazon.com
"Vindicating the Vixens: Revisiting Sexualized, Vilified, and Marginalized Women of the Bible"
by Sandra Glahn (who is a Professor in Media Arts/Worship and Pastoral Ministries at Dallas
Theological Seminary) will enable the reader to gain a greater understanding of gender in the
Bible through the eyes of a diverse group of evangelical scholars who assert that Christians have
missed the point of some scriptural stories by assuming the women in them were "bad girls". Did
the Samaritan woman really divorce five husbands in a world where women rarely divorced even
one? Did Bathsheba seduce King David by bathing in the nude? Was Mary Magdalene really a
reformed prostitute? While many have written studies of the women in the Bible, "Vindicating
the Vixens" is a new kind of biblical study -- one in which an international team of male and
female scholars look afresh at vilified and neglected women in the Bible. The result is a new
glimpse into God's heart for anyone, male or female, who has limited social power. Of special
note for academia is the inclusion of a list of the contributors and their credentials, as well as a
sixteen page Bibliography. "Vindicating the Vixens" is an impressively informative and
inherently fascinating read that is unreservedly recommended for community, seminary, and
academic library Biblical Studies collections and supplemental studies reading lists.
The Agriculture Shelf
The Nordic Tractor
Justin Roberts
5m Publishing
c/o International Specialized Book Services
920 Northeast 58th Avenue, Suite 300, Portland, OR 97213
www.isbs.com
9781910456750, $32.95, HC, 192pp, www.amazon.com
"The Nordic Tractor: The History and Heritage of Volvo, Valmet and Valtra" by freelance writer,
photographer, and farm machinery historian Justin Roberts deftly traces the history of tractor
production in Sweden and Finland. The story of the mechanized farm tractor goes back over 200
years to the 19th century when the industrial revolution was sweeping across Britain, and Sweden
wanted to establish their own manufacturing powerhouses. This was an exciting and fast moving
time for engineering and "The Nordic Tractor" traces the ups, downs, and eventual demise of
some of the first manufacturers working to serve the particular needs of the agricultural and
forestry industries in this densely forested and rock strewn region of Northern Europe. "The
Nordic Tractor" looks in-depth at the companies who emerged from the early turmoil, and how
they developed their products based on the widespread technological advances of the time to
create a tractor industry unique to the region. Today, Valtra-now owned by AGCO-stands
proudly as the last remaining agricultural tractor maker in Scandinavia, but "The Nordic Tractor"
shows where their roots lie in the establishment and history of companies such as Bolinder,
Munktells, Volvo, and Valmet, who all stood out as being major players in the Nordic region.
Enhanced with the inclusion of more than 100 photos (many of which have never been published
before), "The Nordic Tractor" will have a special appeal to those with a specific interest in
Nordic tractors, Nordic engineering, and general Nordic history, as well as the general tractor
enthusiast and farm machinery history buff. While certain to be an immediate and enduringly
popular addition to both community and academic library Agricultural Machinery History
collections and supplemental studies lists, it should be noted for personal reading lists that "The
Nordic Tractor" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $29.99).
The Political Science Shelf
Political Communication in Action
David L. Helfert
Lynne Rienner Publishers
1800 30th Street, Suite 314, Boulder, CO 80301
www.rienner.com
9781626376816 $32.00 amazon.com
Political Communication in Action: From Theory to Practice is a scholarly analysis of the art,
science, and profession of political communication - effectively getting one's political message
out to a targeted audience or the general public, the better to sway opinions, votes, or donations
in favor of a political candidate, a governmental policy, or even the decisions of a for-profit or
non-profit corporation. Chapters discuss the tools of political communication, how political
communication can be made effective, political speeches, television advertising, political
communication in the internet age, political communication in times of or response to a crisis,
and much more. "The nearly toxic partisan atmosphere in our [American] national government
has drastically changed the tone of political communication... What this means is that political
communicators - whether they are working for an elected official, trying to get someone elected
to office, or conveying a message to the public about an issue - are likely going to become part of
a partisan messaging machine. I think the best we can hope for is that, as they craft political
messages, they will maintain some sense of perspective and avoid crossing the line into dishonest
communication." Political Communication in Action is a "must-read" for aspiring or practicing
professionals in the field, and highly recommended especially for public and college library
Political Science collections.
The Holocaust Studies Shelf
Dirty Jewess
Silvia Fishbaum
Urim Publications
c/o Lambda Publishers
527 Empire Boulevard, Brooklyn, New York 11225
www.UrimPublications.com
9789655242775, $24.95, HC, 200pp, www.amazon.com
Born in post-Holocaust, communist Czechoslovakia, Silvia Fishbaum has devoted her life to the
commemoration of the Holocaust and her childhood art tutor and Holocaust survivor, Ludovit
Feld. She is a member of the Czech and Slovak Jewish Historical Society and is affiliated with
the Holocaust museum and Tolerance Center in Glen Cove, New York. In 2012, Fishbaum was
the keynote speaker at the Holocaust Memorial commemoration and the opening for the
exhibition of a private collection of Ludovit Feld's art. "Dirty Jewess: A Woman's Courageous
Journey to Religious and Political Freedom " is her personal story her courageous journey
towards religious and political freedom, all while coming of age in post-Holocaust, communist
Czechoslovakia. In "Dirty Jewess" she recalls her experience as a child of Holocaust survivors,
living as a refugee in Rome, and finally realizing her dream of becoming a successful American
citizen. Silvia Fishbaum's life behind the iron curtain is a universal tale of humanity, resilience,
and overcoming adversity. Of special note is that she weaves together her mother's testimony of
Auschwitz with the testimony of her childhood art tutor, Ludovit Feld (who was a victim of
Mengele's infamous experiments) to create a compelling and layered life narrative. A critically
important contribution to the growing library of Holocaust survivors personal memoirs and
autobiographies, "Dirty Jewess" is especially and unreservedly recommended for both
community and academic library collections, as well as the personal reading lists of both
academia and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject.
Prisoners of the Sumatra Railway
Lizzie Oliver
Bloomsbury Press
175 Fifth Avenue, Suite 315, New York, NY 10010
9781350024120 www.bloomsbury.com
Prisoners of the Sumatra Railway: Narratives of History and Memory is an in-depth, scholarly
study of the experiences of British prisoners of war (POWs) who were forced to construct a
railway across Sumatra, an island in Western Indonesia. This railway was also known as the
Pekanbaru Death Railway due to the ill treatment and horrific mortality rate suffered by its
POWs and forced workers, which included 6,500 Dutch (mostly Indo-European), 1,000 British,
and 300 POWs from America, Australia, and New Zealand, and over 120,000 Indonesian (mostly
Javanese) forced workers. Memoirs from Sumatra, including meticulous recollections from
former POWs, post-war statements, diaries, notebooks, and letters, as well as explorations of
life-writing from POWs held captive at the railway, transgenerational responses in Britain, notes,
a bibliography, and an index distinguish this exceptional contribution to public and college
library world history and military history collections. Highly recommended.
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