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Evidence Explained, third edition
Elizabeth Shown Mills
Genealogical Publishing Company
3600 Clipper Mill Road, Suite 260, Baltimore, MD 21211
www.genealogical.com
9780806320403 $59.95 hc / $32.95 Kindle amazon.com
Now in an updated and revised third edition, Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from
Artifacts to Cyberspace is an invaluable reference not only for genealogists, but also for
historians, scientists, librarians, college students and professors, anyone and everyone who draws
upon primary sources and records, including a guidelines for citing a vast array of sources not
discussed in other citation manuals. These sources include cemetery records; census records;
church records; national government records; published maps, leaflets and videos; broadcasts and
miscellany on the world wide web; and much more. Evidence Explained goes the extra distance
in identifying information that should be recorded not just in the publication stage, but also in the
much earlier research stage, in order to preserve details crucial to evaluating the validity or
potential bias of the source. With its emphasis on proper citation, clarification, and evaluation,
Evidence Explained is an absolute "must-have" for college library collections, highly
recommended.
Holidays Around The World, sixth edition
Pearline Jaikur, editor
Omnigraphics
615 Griswold, Suite 901, Detroit, MI 48226
www.omnigraphics.com
9780780816190, $177.00, 1500pp, www.amazon.com
In a newly updated and expanded sixth edition,"Holidays Around The World" is a
comprehensive reference guide from Omnigraphics that covers more than 3,500 observances.
Featuring both secular and religious events from many different cultures, countries, and ethnic
groups, "Holidays Around The World" includes contact information for the events. Enhanced
with the inclusion of multiple appendices with background information on world holidays;
extensive bibliography; and multiple indexes, "Holidays Around The World" is especially and
unreservedly recommended for both community and academic library reference collections.
Life in the Marble Palace
Clifford B. Stearns
www.cliffordstearns.com
Friesen Press
www.friesenpress.com
9781460287606 $29.99 hc / $5.99 Kindle amazon.com
Life in the Marble Palace (In Praise of Folly) is by former Congressman Cliff Stearns, reflecting
on his 24 years of service in Congress (he represented Florida's 6th district from 1989 to 2013).
Stearns calls for much-needed change in the American political process, including the severe
need for campaign finance reform. Candid, insightful, and at times openly critical of Stearns'
colleagues, Life in the Marble Palace is a "must-read" blend of memoir and advocacy, highly
recommended. "It was never intended that the President could force through his own legislation
without Congress's intervening and reaction. Today, Congress pretty much follows the
President's desires almost as leadership worship, except when his party is not in power. Isn't his
job to mainly be sure that the law of the land is enforced and enact a legal foreign policy - and
nothing else?"
The Writing/Publishing Shelf
The Copyright Handbook, thirteenth edition
Stephen Fishman, J.D.
Nolo Press
950 Parker Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
www.nolo.com
9781413324266, $49.99, PB, 448pp, www.amazon.com
Copyright is a legal right created by the law of a country that grants the creator of an original
work exclusive rights for its use and distribution. This is usually only for a limited time. The
exclusive rights are not absolute but limited by limitations and exceptions to copyright law,
including fair use. A major limitation on copyright is that copyright protects only the original
expression of ideas, and not the underlying ideas themselves. Now in a fully updated thirteenth
edition, "The Copyright Handbook: What Every Writer Needs to Know" fully lives up to its full
title and provides writers with all the information needed to protect their work from
infringement, plagiarism, counterfeiting, or unauthorized exploitation. Compiled, written,
organized and presented by Stephen Fishman (who has dedicated his career as an attorney and
author to writing useful, authoritative and recognized guides on taxes and business law for
entrepreneurs, independent contractors, freelancers and other self-employed people, as well as
books on copyright law and the public domain) shows writers how to: register literary work;
maximize copyright protection; transfer ownership of copyright; avoid infringement; deal with
infringers; understand the "fair use" rule; obtain permission to use copyrighted work; profit from
copyright. Of special note is the inclusion of downloadable forms and that "The Copyright
Handbook" comes with an invaluable web site enabling writers to keep current with legal updates
on copyright law and access informative copyright podcasts. Simply stated, "The Copyright
Handbook" is an essential, core addition to personal, professional, community, and academic
library Writing/Publishing instructional reference collections and supplemental studies reading
lists. It should be noted that this new edition of "The Copyright Handbook: What Every Writer
Needs to Know" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $23.17).
The Dragon Grammar Book
Diane Mae Robinson
www.dianemaerobinson.com
Privately Published
9781988714011 $12.99 pbk / $3.99 Kindle amazon.com
Award-winning author and writing instructor Diane Mae Robinson presents The Dragon
Grammar Book: Grammar for Kids, Dragons, and the Whole Kingdom, an English grammar
guidebook created to be thoroughly accessible to readers of all ages and backgrounds. The
fantasy and dragon motif adds a dash of tongue-in-cheek spice to the straightforward, user-
friendly descriptions of English grammar rules complete with a wealth of examples. "Participles
are adjectives ending in 'ing' or 'ed.' [...] A participle phrase is a phrase that contains a participle
and modifies the subject of the sentence. A dangling participle is when the participle modifies the
wrong thing. [...] (Wrong) 'Rushing to catch the dragon, Petra's sword fell out of its sheath.'" The
Dragon Grammar Book is an excellent tutorial or refresher for writers everywhere, and highly
recommended especially for public and school library college collections, as well as personal
reading lists.
Writing Wrongs: Common Errors in English
Robert M. Martin
Broadview Press
c/o FedEx Trade Networks
555 Riverwalk Parkway, Tonawanda, NY 14150
www.broadviewpress.com
9781554813919, $19.95, PB, 352pp, www.amazon.com
"Writing Wrongs: Common Errors in English" by Robert M. Martin (who after many years
retired as a Professor of Philosophy at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada) is a concise
and thoughtful guide to common errors in English. "Writing Wrongs" covers frequently confused
and misused words along with problems of grammar, punctuation, and style, and offers a brief
and up-to-date guide to major citation styles. Though it provides guidelines and
recommendations for usage, "Writing Wrongs" acknowledges the evolution of language over
time and the fact that different contexts have different rules -- it is not narrowly prescriptive. A
friendly, flexible, and easy-to-read reference, "Writing Wrongs" will be useful to students and
general readers alike, making it unreservedly recommended for the personal reading lists of
aspiring writers, as well as community and academic library English language and writing
instructional reference collections.
How To Publish Your Nonfiction Book, second edition
Rudy Shur
Square One Publishers
115 Herricks Road, Garden City Park, NY 11040
www.squareonepublishers.com
9780757004308, $18.95, PB, 252pp, www.amazon.com
Rudy Shur began his work in publishing as a field representative for Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company and William C. Brown Publishing Company. He later founded Avery Publishing Group, where he was responsible for the acquisition of over 1,000 titles, many of which became bestsellers. Currently, he is the publisher at Square One in Garden City Park, New York. Now in a fully updated and significantly expanded second edition, Rudy Shur draws upon his years of experience and expertise to provide aspiring writers—who may have a great idea for a nonfiction book, but often don't know a thing about getting it published—with practical answers to such questions as: Where do you start?; What should you send?; and Are some book publishers better than others?, in the pages of "How to Publish Your Nonfiction Book: A Complete Guide to Making the Right Publisher Say Yes". Providing an insider's knowledge of how publishing companies operate in this era of publishing as a rapidly changing industry, this new edition of "How to Publish Your Nonfiction Book" starts off by helping writers define their book's category, audience, and marketplace so that you know exactly where your book "fits in". Writers are guided in choosing the best publishing companies for their particular book and in writing a winning submission package. Then using the Square One System, "How To Publish Your Nonfiction Book" explains exactly how to submit a package so that chances for success are optimized while minimizing time, cost, and effort. Also included is a special section on contracts that will turn legalese into plain English, allowing even the most novice of writers to be a savvy player in the publishing business. Most importantly, "How To Publish Your Nonfiction Book" will help neophyte writers to avoid the most common errors that so often prevent them from reaching their publishing goals. Impressively written, organized and presented, "How To Publish Your Nonfiction Book" is extraordinarily 'user friendly' and an absolute 'must' for anyone wanting to write (and have published!) a nonfiction book -- and an essential, core addition to personal, professional, community, and academic library Writing/Publishing instructional reference collections.
The Education Shelf
Literacy Essentials
Regie Routman
Stenhouse Publishers
480 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101-3451
www.stenhouse.com
9781625310378, $54.67, PB, 482pp, www.amazon.com
Regie Routman is a mentor teacher, coach, and author who works side-by-side with teachers and
principals in diverse schools and districts. She is dedicated to increasing and sustaining reading
and writing achievement across the curriculum for all learners. She draws upon her years of
experience and expertise in "Literacy Essentials: Engagement, Excellence and Equity for All
Learners" to address a fundamental question: How do we ensure that all students are engaged
each day in meaningful, challenging, and joyful work and have equal opportunity to learn?.
Routman's response is that such an outcome is only possible within a culture of empowerment in
which all students and teachers feel encouraged and supported to let their voices be heard,
explore their passions and interests, develop deep knowledge, and become their fullest and truest
selves. Based on her ongoing teaching, leading, and coaching in diverse schools and districts,
Regie offers K-12 teachers and leaders practical, easy-to-implement tools to help students
develop as self-determining readers, writers, and learners including: Take Action sections with
specific suggestions for authentically teaching, assessing, and learning; Extensive research that is
easily accessible and actionable; Personal stories that connect to literacy teaching and learning;
Rich online resources including a comprehensive lesson plan, an easy-to-use study guide,
downloadable Appendices, and more. "Literacy Essentials: Engagement, Excellence and Equity
for All Learners" is exceptionally well written, organized and presented, making it an ideal and
unreservedly recommended addition to school district, college, and university library Teacher
Education instructional reference collections and supplemental studies reading lists.
Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension Program: Grades K-1
Joyce VanTassel-Baska & Tamra Stambaugh
Prufrock Press
PO Box 8813, Waco, TX 76714-8813
www.prufrock.com
9781618217240, $39.95, PB, 175pp, www.amazon.com
The Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension Program targets reading comprehension skills in
high-ability learners by moving students through an inquiry process from basic understanding to
critical analyses of texts, using a field-tested method developed by the Center for Gifted
Education at William & Mary. Students in grades K-1 will learn to comprehend and analyze any
reading passage after completing the activities in Jacob's Ladder, Grades K-1 by Joyce
VanTassel-Baska (Professor Emerita at The College of William and Mary where she founded the
Center for Gifted Education) and Tamra Stambaugh (Assistant Research Professor in Special
Education and Executive Director of Programs for Talented Youth, Vanderbilt University).
Specifically developed for students in grades K 1, "Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension
Program: Grades K" includes stories and ladder tasks carefully selected for young children to
develop oral communication and listening skills in addition to the other ladder goals. This level
provides stories focused on picture analysis, read alouds, classics, and original works. Also very
highly recommended for school district in service teacher training programs, as well as college
and university library Teacher Education instructional reference collections, is the companion
title scheduled for release by Prufrock Press in April 2018, "Jacob's Ladder Reading
Comprehension Program: Grades 1-2" (9781618217264, $39.95, PB, 176pp).
Fast and Effective Assessment
Glen Pearsall
ASCD
1703 North Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311-1714
www.ascd.org
9781416625339, $31.95, PB, 211pp, www.amazon.com
If teachers dramatically reduced the amount of time they spend reviewing and correcting student
work, would that result in better student learning? That's the question Glen Pearsall ( a teacher at
Eltham High School and a board member of the Curriculum Assessment Authority in Victoria,
Australia), addresses while sharing dozens of classroom-tested strategies that lessen teachers'
workload while increasing students' class participation and improving their understanding in
"Fast and Effective Assessment: How to Reduce Your Workload and Improve Student Learning".
Classroom teachers will learn how to: Refine their classroom questioning techniques to
continually check students' progress and provide instant feedback; Encourage students to
internalize learning goals so they better understand what is expected of them; Use fast, formative
assessment strategies to check and correct during class time; Modify traditional
summative-testing strategies to monitor student progress in a formative way; Speed up the
correction process via student self-proofing, representative sampling, and helpful technology
tools; Engage students in becoming actively involved in assessing their own work. Drawing from
his own experience as a teacher and coach, Pearsall offers a compendium of practical, real-world
advice in the form of techniques that are both effective and sustainable in the everyday
classroom. The result is smarter assessment for both teachers and students. Exceptionally well
organized and effectively presented, "Fast and Effective Assessment" is unreservedly
recommended for school district, college, and university library Teacher Education instructional
reference collections and supplemental studies reading lists.
Vocabulary in a SNAP
Angela B. Peery
Solution Tree
555 North Morton Street, Bloomington, IN 47404
www.solution-tree.com
9781945349058, $37.95, PB, 264pp, www.amazon.com
Developing a vocabulary is a core and essential aspect of true literacy. "Vocabulary in a SNAP:
100+ Lessons for Secondary Instruction" by education consultant, author, classroom teacher
Angela B. Peery offers one hundred effective, practical, and fun classroom vocabulary exercises
that take 20 minutes or less. Designed specifically for middle school and high school teachers of
grades 6-12, each mini-lesson can be easily modified to fit a curriculum and students' needs.
"Vocabulary in a SNAP " is a reliable resource for refining classroom instruction and strengthen
students' vocabulary, their interest in reading, and their likelihood of success in the 21st century.
"Vocabulary in a SNAP" shows how to increase vocabulary for high school and middle school
students by: Exploring more than 100 short, memorable mini-lessons for teaching vocabulary
that can be adapted to fit diverse curricula; Obtaining suggestions for scaffolding and
accelerating each short vocabulary activity to meet students' individual needs; Targeting
vocabulary words with the most crucial root words, prefixes, and suffixes in the English
language to best employ instructional time; Finding helpful resources on how to teach
vocabulary, such as websites and applications; Gaining research-based vocabulary learning
strategies used in the mini-lessons. Impressively 'user friendly' in organization and presentation,
"Vocabulary in a SNAP" is unreservedly recommended for school district, college, and university
library Teacher Education instructional reference collections and supplemental studies lists. It
should be noted for the personal reading lists of classroom teachers and non-specialist general
readers with an interest in the subject that "Vocabulary in a SNAP" is also available in a digital
book format (Kindle, $36.99).
The Parenting Shelf
Parenting is Forever
Elizabeth Green
UWA Publishing
c/o International Specialized Book Services
920 Northeast 58th Avenue, Suite 300, Portland, OR 97213
www.isbs.com
9781742589565, $34.99, PB, 440pp, www.amazon.com
Believe and trust in your children. But most of all, be kind. Parents ask, 'Why are children so
anxious?', 'Has my child got autism?' 'How do I calm a screaming baby, yelling child or angry
teenager?' and 'What can I do when my child wants to die?' Anxiety, autism, ADHD, and
learning problems make school hard. Depression, self-harm, cyberbullying and eating disorders
are part of our complex lives. Stress, busyness, and a digital world have changed parenting.
"Parenting is Forever: A Paediatrician's Tips For Parents, Teachers And Carers" reflects the
ongoing conversations of pediatrician, Dr. Elizabeth Green, with those who care for children. It is
influenced by her experience as a parent and from helping more than 30,000 families over
twenty-five years. Dr. Green shares her practical tips for navigating the developmental stages of
childhood. From before birth, through early childhood and adolescence to adulthood. Parenting is
not a competition. It's okay to fail and try again. That's what makes us better parents.
Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, "Parenting is Forever " is an invaluable
resource, especially for new parents and parents of children with behavioral issues. Thoroughly
'parent friendly' in tone and commentary, "Parenting is Forever" will prove to be an enduringly
appreciated and valued addition to personal reading lists and community library Parenting
instructional reference collections.
The Biography Shelf
The Woman Who Fought an Empire
Gregory J. Wallance
Potomac Books, Inc.
c/o University of Nebraska Press
22841 Quicksilver Drive, Dulles, VA 20166-2012
www.potomacbooksinc.com
9781612349435 $32.95 hc / $27.96 Kindle amazon.com
The Woman Who Fought an Empire: Sarah Aaronsohn and Her Nili Spy Ring is the biography of
Sarah Aaronsohn (1890-1917), a member of the Nili Spy Ring, a network of Jewish spies that
smuggled vital information to British forces, hastening the end of the Ottoman Empire. The
daughter of Romanian-born Jewish settlers in Palestine, Sarah witnessed firsthand the horrific
mass slaughter of the Armenian genocide perpetrated by the Ottomans. Believing that only the
defeat of the Ottoman Empire could protect Palestinian Jews from a similar fate, she joined the
Nili spy ring and eventually became the organization's leader. She would pay for her courage
with her life, when the Turks intercepted a carrier pigeon and crushed the spy ring; after days of
torture, she killed herself to protect her secrets. Her legacy was contested long after her death;
Jewish settlers regarded Nili survivors harshly for years, yet over time Sarah came to be regarded
as a war hero. A bibliography and an index round out this expertly researched, thoroughly
accessible biography of a courageous and capable woman. Highly recommended, especially for
public and college library biography collections.
Piercing the Horizon
Sunny Tsiao
Purdue University Press
504 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2058
www.thepress.purdue.edu
9781557537911 $29.95 amazon.com
Thoroughly accessible to readers of all backgrounds, Piercing the Horizon: The Story of
Visionary NASA Chief Tom Paine is a biography of Thomas O. Paine (1921-1992), the man who
would serve as the third administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA). Under his direction, seven Apollo flights orbited the Earth, five visited the moon, and
the first of twelve men set foot on the moon. In 1985, Paine would answer the call of the Regan
administration to chair America's first-ever National Commission on Space. Author Sunny Tsiao
(who has over thirty years' experience in aerospace and defense, including service as a Space
Shuttle mission training instructor) offers a unique behind-the-scenes glimpse not only into
Paine's life, but also into the evolution of the "space race". Notes, a bibliography, and an index
around out this engaging saga of literally reaching for the stars. Piercing the Horizon is highly
recommended, especially for public and college library biography shelves.
Alastair Denniston
Joel Greenberg
Pen & Sword Books
c/o Casemate
1940 Lawrence Road, Havertown, PA 19083
www.casematepublishers.com
9781526709127 $50.00 hc / $10.17 Kindle amazon.com
Alastair Denniston: Code-breaking From Room 40 to Berkeley Street and the Birth of GCHQ is
the expertly researched biography of the man who created and led the British intelligence
organization best known for cracking the Nazi's codes in World War II, although its operations
stretch back to the First World War, and its legacy continues to this day. Author and historian
Joel Greenberg draws the reader into the complex world of intelligence, cryptography, and
politics. Written with a scholar's attention to detail, yet accessible to readers of all backgrounds,
Alastair Denniston is highly recommended especially for public and college library Biography
collections as well as personal reading lists.
Life: A Temporary Title
Irit Amiel, author
Anna Blasiak, translator
Vallentine Mitchell
International Specialized Book Services
920 Northeast 58th Avenue, Suite 300, Portland, OR 97213
www.isbs.com
9781910383476, $18.95, PB, 138pp, www.amazon.com
Born in 1931 to a secular Jewish family in Poland, Irit Amiel grew up in the city of Czestochowa
with its significant Jewish community of 30,000. She survived the Second World War having
escaped from the ghetto and living under false Aryan papers, in various places. In the autumn of
1945 and at the age of 14, she set on a brave journey to the Middle East. She escaped from
Europe via illegal smuggling routes and displaced persons camps in Germany, Italy, and Cyprus,
finally reaching Eretz Israel in December 1947. She settled in a kibbutz and participated in the
joint effort of building the country with native Israelis and Shoah survivors. There she met the
love of her life, a charming Israeli Palmachnik of Moroccan heritage, Chuzy Amiel. Together
they started a new life and raised a family. Only when her grandchildren reached their teens was
she ready to tell her story, understanding her experiences are unique and that the passage of time
will erase the memories of yesterday. Irit talks to herself throughout this intensely personal
memoir, and in her unique style of writing each chapter is both part of the whole and an
individual story at the same time. In this way her individual voice becomes the voice of her
generation. Ably translated into English by Anna Blasiak for an American readership, "Life: A
Temporary Title" is a simply extraordinary and inherently moving true life story that is especially
and unreservedly recommended for both community and academic library Contemporary
Biography collections in general, and Holocaust Studies supplemental reading lists in
particular.
The American History Shelf
The Commanders
Robert M. Utley
University of Oklahoma Press
2800 Venture Drive, Norman, OK 73069
9780806159782 $29.95 www.oupress.com
The Commanders: Civil War Generals Who Shaped the American West chronicles the military
history of the post-Civil War West with particular emphasis on the contributions of seven
military leaders who served as major generals for the Union in the Civil War, then progressed to
commanding the U.S. Army's western departments. The seven leaders, each of whom has a
chapter dedicated to them, are Christopher C. Augur, George Crook, Oliver O. Howard, Nelson
A. Miles, Edward O.C. Ord, John Pope, and Alfred H. Terry. Some of them are well-known
today; others have been largely overlooked by history. All played pivotal roles in the subjugation
of American Indian tribal groups, and postwar army doctrine. Notes, a bibliography, and an index
round out this thoroughly accessible study, highly recommended especially for public and college
library American History shelves.
American Sea Power in the Old World
William N. Still Jr.
Naval Institute Press
291 Wood Road, Annapolis, MD 21402
9781591146186 $24.95 www.nip.org
American maritime historian William N. Still Jr. presents American Sea Power in the Old World:
The United States Navy in European and Near Eastern Waters, 1865-1917, a studious, in-depth
military history of the U.S. Navy in Europe and the Near East from the end of the Civil War to
America's declared entry into World War I in 1917. Here are true-life stories of individual ships,
detached units, and special squadrons; as well as the new navy's response to the Turkish Crisis
(1889-1895) and the evacuation of thousands of refugees, American tourists, Armenians, Jews,
and Italians after Italy entered WW I on the side of the Allies. Scholarly, attentive to detail, yet
thoroughly accessible to readers of all backgrounds, American Sea Power in the Old World is
highly recommended and a welcome contribution to public and college library collections.
Organized Labor and the Black Worker, 1619-1981
Philip S. Foner
Haymarket Books
PO Box 180165, Chicago, IL 60618
www.haymarketbooks.org
9781608467877, $22.00, PB, 520pp, www.amazon.com
Synopsis: The late Philip S. Foner (1910-1994) was an American historian and professor who
taught and lectured all over the world. He wrote and edited more than a hundred books, including
the ten-volume "History of the Labor Movement in the United States" and "The Black Panthers
Speak". In the pages of "Organized Labor and the Black Worker, 1619-1981", Professor Foner
deftly traces the radical history of Black workers' contribution to the American labor movement.
Now brought back into print for the benefit of a new generation of readers, "Organized Labor and
the Black Worker, 1619-1981" is an extraordinary and comprehensive history that should be a
part of every community, college, and university library American Labor History collection in
general, and Black Studies reading lists in particular.
The Great Water
Matthew R. Thick, editor
Michigan State University Press
1405 South Harrison Road, Suite 25, East Lansing, MI 48823-5245
http://msupress.org
9781611862676, $26.95, PB, 298pp, www.amazon.com
Michigan's location among the Great Lakes has positioned it at the crossroads of many worlds.
Its first hunters arrived ten thousand years ago, its first farmers arrived about six thousand years
after that, and three hundred years ago the French expanded into the territory. "The Great Water:
A Documentary History of Michigan" by Matthew R. Thick (who is a Lecturer for the
Department of History at the University of Michigan - Flint and an Adjunct History Instructor at
Delta College and Lansing Community College) is a small sample of the words of Michigan's
people as presented in a collection of stories, letters, diary entries, news reports, and other
documents that give personal insights into important aspects of Michigan's history. Designed to
provoke thought and discussion about Michigan's past, the documents in this reader are
expressions of past ideas, markers of change, and windows into the lives of the people who lived
during well-known events in Michigan history. An impressively informative work of original
scholarship, "The Great Water" is an ideal and unreservedly recommended addition to
community, college, and university library Michigan History collections and 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 "The Great Water" is also
available in a digital book format (Kindle, $21.95).
The World History Shelf
The History of Modern Spain
Adrian Shubert & Jose Alvarez Junco, editors
Bloomsbury Press
175 Fifth Avenue, Suite 315, New York, NY 10010
www.bloomsbury.com
9781472591982, $108.00, 504pp, www.amazon.com
Collaboratively compiled and co-edited by Adrian Shubert (Professor of History at York
University, Toronto, Canada) and Jose Alvarez Junco (Professor of History at the Universidad
Complutense de Madrid, Spain), "The History of Modern Spain: Chronologies, Themes,
Individuals" is a comprehensive examination of Spain's history from the beginning of the 19th
century to the present day. Bringing together an impressive group of leading figures and
emerging scholars in the field from the UK, Canada, the United States, Spain and other European
countries, "The History of Modern Spain" combines a strong and clear political narrative with
chapters exploring a wide range of thematic topics, such as gender, family and sexuality, nations
and nationalism, empire, environment, religion, migrations and Spain in world history. "The
History of Modern Spain" also includes a series of biographical sketches of influential Spaniards
from intellectual, cultural, economic and political spheres which provides an interesting,
alternative way into understanding the last 220 years of Spanish history. Enhanced for academia
with the inclusion of a glossary, a chronology and a further reading list, "The History of Modern
Spain" should be considered essential reading for all students of the modern history of Spain.
While unreservedly recommended for both community, college, and university 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 "The History of Modern Spain" is also available in a
paperback edition (9781472591975, $36.95) and in a digital book format (Kindle, $15.65).
Atlas of Empires
Peter Davidson
CompanionHouse Books
c/o Fox Chapel Publishing Company
1970 Broad Street N., East Petersburg, PA 17520
www.FoxChapelPublishing.com
9781620082874, $19.99, PB, 240pp, www.amazon.com
In Peter Davidson is a freelance writer and has been, among other things, a restorer of antiquities
from around the world, a writer and director of documentaries on World War II and related
subjects for the History Channel, and a tutor on the Politics, Philosophy and History degree at
Birkbeck College, University of London. In "Atlas of Empires: The World's Great Powers from
Ancient Times to Today", Davidson tells the story of how and why the great empires of history
came into being, operated and ultimately declined, and discusses the future of the empire in
today's globalized world. Featuring 60 beautiful and detailed maps of the empires' territories at
different stages of their existence and organized thematically to reflect the different driving
forces behind empires throughout history (such as faith, nomadic culture, nationhood and
capitalism), each individual section discusses the rise and fall of the empires that existed in a
region: their government and society, wealth and technology, war and military force, and
religious beliefs. From the earliest empires of the Sumerians and the Pharaohs to the modern
empires of the USSR and the European Union, "Atlas of Empires" is a compelling story that
reveals how empires are created and organized, how later empires resolve the problems of
governance faced by earlier empires, and how the political and cultural legacies of ancient
empires are still felt today. On a par with the late English historian Edward Gibbon's "The Rise
and Fall of the Roman Empire", Davidson's "Atlas of Empires" is especially recommended for
the personal reading lists of dedicated history buffs, and should be considered an essential and
core addition to both community and academic library World History collections and
supplemental studies lists.
God's City: Byzantine Constantinople
Nic Fields
Pen & Sword Books
https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk
9781473895089, $39.95, HC, 296pp, www.amazon.com
Scholars and historians have long debated whether Byzantium was a Greek or Roman city,
familiar or hybrid, barbaric or civilized, Oriental or Western? In the late eleventh century
Constantinople was the largest and wealthiest city in Christendom, the seat of the Byzantine
emperor, Christ's vice-regent on earth, and the center of a predominately Christian empire,
steeped in Greek cultural and artistic influences, yet founded and maintained by a Roman legal
and administrative system. Despite the amalgam of Greek and Roman influences, however, its
language and culture was definitely Greek. Constantinople truly was the capital of the Roman
empire in the East, and from its founding under the first Constantinus to its fall under the
eleventh and last Constantinus the inhabitants always called themselves Romaioi, Romans, not
Hellenikes, Greeks. Over its millennium long history the empire and its capital experienced many
vicissitudes that included several periods of waxing and waning and more than one 'golden age'.
Its political will to survive is still eloquently proclaimed in the monumental double land walls of
Constantinople, the greatest city fortifications ever built, on which the forces of 'barbarism'
dashed themselves for a thousand years. Indeed, Byzantium was one of the longest lasting social
organizations in history. Very much part of this success story was the legendary Varangian
Guard, the elite body of axe-bearing Northmen sworn to remain loyal to the true Christian
emperor of the Romans. There was no hope for an empire that had lost the will to prosecute the
grand and awful business of adventure. The Byzantine empire was certainly not of that stamp.
Exceptional historical scholarship at its very best, "God's City: Byzantine Constantinople" by Nic
Fields (a freelance author and researcher based in southwest France, specializing in ancient
military history) is impressively informative and expertly written, organized and presented.
While unreservedly recommended for both community and academic library World History
collections in general, and Byzantium History supplemental studies lists in particular, it should
be noted for the personal reading lists of students, academia, and non-specialist general readers
with an interest in the subject that "God's City: Byzantine Constantinople" is also available in a
digital book format (Kindle, $23.97).
The Cinderella Campaign
Mark Zuehlke
Douglas & McIntyre
c/o Harbour Publishing
PO Box 219, Madeira Park, BC, Canada, V0N 2H0
www.douglas-mcintyre.com
9781771620895 $37.95 amazon.com
The twelfth installment of the Canadian Battle Series, The Cinderella Campaign: First Canadian
Army and the Battles for the Channel Ports is an in-depth study of how the First Canadian Army
(a.k.a. the "Cinderella Army"), assigned to the left flank of the Allied advance toward German
near the close of World War II, undertook the arduous task of opening the Channel ports from Le
Havre to Ostend in Belgium. They battled fierce German resistance on the way to the ports, and
confronted entrenched fortresses upon arrival. This "Cinderella Campaign", waged with scant
supplies, was pivotal to ending the war before Christmas. Extensive notes, a bibliography, and an
index round out this detailed yet accessible chronicle, highly recommended especially for college
and public library military history shelves.
The Fiction Shelf
The Black Rocks of Morwenstow
John Wilcox
Magna Large Print
c/o Ulverscroft Large Print (USA), Inc.
PO Box 1230, West Seneca, NY 14224-1230
www.ulverscroftusa.com
9780750545464, $35.50, HC, Large Print, 384pp, www.amazon.com
The year is 1832 and great change and reform are sweeping England, but 23-year-old Joshua
Weyland is languishing in Key West, USA. He was third mate on the schooner Jessica, which
had run aground in suspicious circumstances and the skipper has been arrested on charges of
deliberately wrecking his ship. Josh is desperate to get back to England to marry his fiance, so he
ships as second mate on a small brig bound for Bristol. But when the ship founders on rocks off
the coast of Cornwall, it's clear it's been deliberately wrecked, and it's just a question of time
before they seize the cargo -- can Joshua stop them? Now in a large print edition from Magna,
"The Black Rocks of Morwenstow" by John Wilcox is a superbly crafted and unfailingly
entertaining read from cover to cover. Certain to be an enduringly popular addition to community
library Historical Fiction collections, "The Black Rocks of Morwenstow" is especially
commended to the attention of readers requiring a large print format.
The Last Ride
Les Savage, Jr.
Sagebrush Large Print Westerns
c/o Ulverscroft Large Print (USA), Inc.
PO Box 1230, West Seneca, NY 14224-1230
www.ulverscroftusa.com
9781785413940, $29.99, PB, Large Print, 252pp, www.amazon.com
Pothook Marrs is the day cook at the Cattleman's Rest, a small cafe in Dallas. He was once a
top-hand cowboy and expert roper. He was also a mavericker, suspected of mavericking after it
was outlawed in Texas. Above all, he was believed to have shot his best friend in the back. He
had been arrested, tried, convicted, and sent to prison, and he had escaped. He was just a youth
then, and time has changed how he looks, although it cannot hide the scars from the rope burns
on his hands. A deftly crafted and gripping story from beginning to end, "The Last Ride"
showcases author Les Savage's total master of a narrative driven western novel replete with
unexpected plot twists and a truly riveting conclusion. Especially appropriate for personal
reading lists and community library collections, this large print edition of "The Last Ride" is very
strongly recommended.
The Killing Of Jericho Slade
Paxton Johns
Linford Western Library
c/o Ulverscroft Large Print (USA), Inc.
PO Box 1230, West Seneca, NY 14224-1230
www.ulverscroftusa.com
9781444834154, $20.99, PB, Large Print, 256pp, www.amazon.com
When Jericho Slade, the five-year-old son of Senator Morton J. Slade, is killed in Dodge City
during a botched bank robbery, someone's neck is bound to be stretched. One of the gang, Billie
Flint, makes a likely suspect -- but when Born Gallant drifts into Dodge and sees the innocence
on the accused's face as he is being escorted to the gallows by the town sheriff and his deputy, he
reacts impulsively and snatches young Flint from certain death. Setting out to hunt down the real
killer of the child, Gallant will soon learn that being the hero does not always mean doing what's
right. An original and riveting western by a master of the genre, and replete with unexpected plot
twists and turns, this large print edition of Paxton Johns' "The Killing Of Jericho Slade" is
unreservedly recommended for community library collections and the personal reading lists of
dedicated western action/adventure fans.
Ms Ice Sandwich
Mieko Kawakami
Pushkin Press
www.pushkinpress.com
9781782273301, $13.95, PB, 96pp, www.amazon.com
A novella is a text of written, fictional, narrative prose normally longer than a short story but
shorter than a novel, somewhere between 7,500 and 40,000 words. Mieko Kawakami is a master
of the novella format and "Ms Ice Sandwich" is her latest literary work which is ably translated
into English for an American readership by Louise Heal Kawai. A boy is obsessed with a woman
who sells sandwiches. He goes to the supermarket almost every day, just so he can look at her
face. She is beautiful to him, and he calls her "Ms Ice Sandwich", and endlessly draws her
portrait. But the boy's friend hears about this hesitant adoration, and suddenly everything
changes. His visits to Ms Ice Sandwich stop, and with them the last hopes of his childhood. A
moving and surprisingly funny tale of growing up and learning how to lose, it is no overstatement
to assert that "Ms Ice Sandwich" is Mieko Kawakami at her very best. While very highly
recommended, especially for community and academic library Contemporary Literary Fiction
collections, it should be noted for personal reading lists that "Ms Ice Sandwich" is also available
in a digital book format (Kindle, $11.99).
The Gift: The Amish of Hart County
Shelley Shepard Gray
Avon Inspire
c/o HarperCollins Publishers
10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022
www.harpercollins.com
9780062469144, $12.99, 272pp, www.amazon.com
The Schwartz family is happy to be spending Christmas on their new farm in Hart County. But
when Susanna Schwartz hears gunshots that causes her buggy to overturn, and then her little
sister falls through a wooden bridge into the icy creek, it becomes clear from these dangerous
"accidents" that someone wants them gone. Neil Vance has been heartbroken ever since his
parents lost their family farm. He knows it's not the Schwartz family's fault, but he can't help but
be resentful. Until he meets Susanna. She is kind-hearted and bold, and Neil can't stop thinking
about her pretty green eyes. Neil thinks the accidents are just that, but Susanna's father is
convinced the Vance family is responsible. Susanna refuses to believe Neil would do anything to
harm her. She's fallen in love with him and knows he is a good man. But her family is ready to
pack up and move, and time is running out to uncover the truth before someone gets hurt...or
worse. A simply riveting and thoroughly entertaining read from cover to cover, "The Gift: The
Amish of Hart County" is an especially and unreservedly recommended addition to community
library General Fiction collections. For the personal reading lists of author Shelley Shepard Gray,
"The Gift: The Amish of Hart County" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $8.99)
while librarians should note that "The Gift: The Amish of Hart County" is available in a
hardcover edition (William Morrow, 9780062697851, $25.99, 272pp).
The Night Child
Anna Quinn
Blackstone Publishing
31 Mistletoe Road, Ashland, OR 97520
www.BlackstoneAudio.com
9781538434345, $24.99, HC, 240pp, www.amazon.com
Nora Brown teaches high school English and lives a quiet life in Seattle with her husband and
six-year-old daughter. But one November day, moments after dismissing her class, a girl's face
appears above the students' desks. Twenty-four hours later, while on Thanksgiving vacation, the
face appears again. Shaken and unsteady, Nora meets with neurologists and eventually, a
psychiatrist. As the story progresses, a terrible secret is discovered -- a secret that pushes Nora
toward an even deeper psychological breakdown. All the more impressive when considering that
"The Night Child " is author Anna Quinn's debut novel, this original and compelling story deftly
examines the impact of traumatic childhood experiences and the fragile line between past and
present. Exquisitely nuanced and profoundly intimate, "The Night Child" is a compelling novel
of resilience, hope, and the capacity of the mind, body, and spirit to save itself despite all odds.
While very highly recommended for community library Contemporary General Fiction
collections, it should be noted for personal reading lists that "The Night Child" is also available
in a digital book format (Kindle, $5.24). Librarians should be aware that there is also a complete
and unabridged audio book edition "The Night Child" (Blackstone Audio, 9781538422366,
$34.95, CD).
Uncertain Weights and Measures
Jocelyn Parr
Goose Lane Editions
500 Beverbrook Court, Suite 330, Fredericton, NB, Canada, E3B 5X4
www.gooselane.com
9780864929822, $22.95, PB, 384pp, www.amazon.com
The place is Moscow. The year is 1921. Tatiana and Sasha meet in a bookstore the night it is
bombed. In the aftermath of the explosion, Sasha grabs Tatiana's hand and together they run to
safety. They fall in love. A promising young scientist, Tatiana follows her mentor, Dr. Bekhterev,
to the Institut Mozga, established to study the source of genius. She thrives in the state-sponsored
research institute, but Sasha, an artist, feels left behind in this new world where his art seems
without place or function. A rift between them grows. When Bekhterev suddenly dies, Tatiana is
prompted to speculate about the shadowy circumstances of his death. Disconcerted and unable to
find answers to her questions, she plunges into doubt - about her work as a scientist, her naivete
about the Revolution, her faith in the state, and her relationship with Sasha. "Uncertain Weights
and Measures" is a story that takes place in the heady days of post-Revolution Russia, when
belief in a higher purpose was everything. Novelist Jocelyn Parr vividly captures the ambiance of
1920s Moscow and the frisson of real-life events while also spinning a captivating tale of a love
torn apart by ideology and high-stakes politics. The result is a novel that is unreservedly
recommended for both community and academic library Contemporary Literary Fiction
collections. It should be noted for personal reading lists that "Uncertain Weights and Measures"
is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $19.95).
The Graphic Novel Shelf
Sharks: A 400 Million Year Journey
Ted Rechlin
Rex Tooth Studios
www.rextooth.com
c/o Farcountry Press
PO Box 5630, Helena, MT 59604
www.farcountrypress.com
9781591522133, $19.95, HC, 96pp, www.amazon.com
In "Sharks: A 400 Million Year Journey", author and illustrator Ted Rechlin visually presents an
inherently fascinating and impressively informative epoch-spanning evolutionary adventure
Sharks in the format of a life-science graphic novel adventure. Sharks have been cruising our
planet's waters for some 400 millions years. They even pre-date the dinosaurs. In "Sharks: A 400
Million Year Journey", Rechlin deftly weaves a captivating history of strange and ancient shark
species while sharing insights into the distant past of life on Earth. The engaging and
action-packed art teaches readers of all ages how these legendary ocean dwellers got their start
and how they developed into the sharks we know today. Educational, fascinating, and beautifully
produced, "Sharks: A 400 Million Year Journey" is a memorable introduction to the history of
sharks for budding marine biologists, graphic novel fans, and all enthusiasts of these ancient apex
predators of the deep. Certain to be an enduringly popular addition to both school and community
library Pets/Wildlife collections, "Sharks: A 400 Million Year Journey" is unreservedly
recommended.
Hercules: Wrath of The Heavens
Jean-David Morvan, author
Looky, illustrator
Titan Comics
https://titan-comics.com
9781785855863, $19.99, PB, 144pp, www.amazon.com
A stunningly illustrated, science fiction retelling of the Hellenic legend of Hercules and his 12
labors by multi award-winning writer, Jean-David Morvan and featuring the unique artwork of
self-taught French comic book illustrator Looky, "Hercules: Wrath of The Heavens" takes place
when a seemingly endless war rages across the galactic frontier. Hercules is a one half-human,
half-god super-soldier who faces his greatest enemy in the form of his own demons in a complex
tale of truth, redemption and revenge. An inherently fascinating and unrelentingly entertaining
read from cover to cover, "Hercules: Wrath of The Heavens" will leave the reader looking
eagerly toward the next installment of the adventures of Hercules as reinterpreted by the team of
Movan and Looky! While unreservedly recommended for community library graphic novel
collections, it should be noted for personal reading lists that "Hercules: Wrath of The Heavens" is
also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $14.99).
The Chronicles of Corum: The Knight of Swords
Michael Moorcock, author
Mike Baron, author
Mike Mignola, illustrator
Titan Comics
https://titan-comics.com
9781782763253, $24.99, HC, 112pp, www.amazon.com
Michael John Moorcock is an English writer, who while having published literary novels, is
primarily known for his science fiction and fantasy. He is best known for his 'sword & sorcery'
novels about the character Elric of Melnibone, who was a seminal influence on the field of heroic
fantasy in the 1960s and 1970s. Another of his action/adventure fantasy characters is Prince
Corum Jhaelen. In "The Chronicles of Corum: The Knight of Swords" the Vadhagh prince of the
scarlet robe embarks on an epic journey of fate and vengeance through all the fifteen planes of
Earth, even to the very center of Time-the still, blue city of Tanelorn. Superbly adapted by author
Mike Baron to a graphic novel format that is exquisitely illustrated by Mike Mignola, Michael
Moorcock once again weaves stunning blend of magic, heroism, and wonder for a whole new
generation of appreciative readers. While especially and unreservedly recommended for personal
and community library graphic novel collections, it should be noted that "The Chronicles of
Corum: The Knight of Swords" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $12.99).
The True Death of Billy the Kid
Rick Geary
NBM Publishing
160 Broadway, Ste. 700, East Wing, New York, NY 10038
www.nbmpub.com
9781681121345, $15.99, HC, 56pp, www.amazon.com
One of the great folk legends of the Wild West, William H. Bonney, alias Bill the Kid, went from
cowboy and rancher's gunslinger to a pure outlaw, forever dodging justice in New Mexico before
it was even a state. On the one hand, he was charming, fun-loving, often present at social events,
quite appealing to the ladies. Also conversant in Spanish, "Billito" was popular with the Spanish
speaking crowd. On the other hand, he had no compunction to coldly kill a man, a sheriff, a
deputy -- anyone who got in the way of his rustling cattle or horses for an illicit living. He also
proved hard to keep in jail once he was caught. It is probably his daring escapes from jails that
made him most famous, and this is the main subject of this graphic novel biography, which traces
his story up through his death by a gunshot in the pitch darkness, fired by lawmen obsessed with
getting rid of him. Written and illustrated by Rick Geary, "The True Death of Billy the Kid" is an
unabashedly entertaining read from cover to cover and will prove to be an enduringly popular
addition to personal and community library graphic novel collections.
It's a Van Goof
Andre Franquin
Cinebook Ltd.
www.cinebook.com
c/o National Book Network (dist.)
www.nbnbooks.com
9781849183659, $11.95, PB, 48pp, www.amazon.com
The latest addition to Andre Franquin's graphic novel cartoon 'Goomer Goof' series, "It's a Van
Goof" continues the calamitous actions and adventures of one of the world's most accident prone
characters. As for his best friend, his girlfriend, and assorted associates, to work in the same
building as a walking disaster like Gomer is no picnic. Between his 'fun' chemistry experiments
and his attempts at amateur rocketry, no one is spared, be it co-workers, secretaries, bosses,
neighbors. In "It's a Van Goof" we also discover that he's just as dangerous outside of work: day
at the beach or in the country, weekend between friends or romantic outing - there's nowhere safe
from the undisputed master of the goof! Laugh-out-loud funny from cover to cover, "It's a Van
Goof" is very highly recommended and certain to be an enduringly favorite addition to personal
and community library Comix/Graphic Novel collections. For the personal reading lists of the
legions of Van Goof fans, it should be noted that "It's a Van Goof!" is also available in a digital
book format (Kindle, $7.55).
The Theatre/Cinema/TV Shelf
Becoming John Wayne
Larry Powell & Jonathan H. Amsbary
McFarland & Company
PO Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640
https://mcfarlandbooks.com
9781476664132, $35.00, PB, 193pp, www.amazon.com
"Becoming John Wayne: The Early Westerns of a Screen Icon, 1930-1939" by Larry Powell
(Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Alabama-Birmingham) and Jonathan
H. Amsbary (Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Alabama-Birmingham)
exploring the early westerns of John Wayne from his first starring role in the The Big Trail
(1930) to his breakthrough as the Ringo Kid in John Ford's Stagecoach (1939). "Becoming John
Wayne" traces the actor's transformation from Marion Mitchell Morrison, movie studio prop
man, into John Wayne, a carefully crafted film persona of his own invention that made him
world famous. Wayne's years of training went well beyond honing his acting skill, as he
developed the ability to do his own stunts, perfected his technique as a gun handler and became
an expert horseman. While especially and unreservedly recommended for community and
academic library American Cinematic History collections in general, and John Wayne
supplemental studies lists in particular, it should be noted for the personal reading lists of all
dedicated John Wayne fans that "Becoming John Wayne" is also available in a digital book
format (Kindle, $18.99).
The Lone Ranger on Radio, Film and Television
Ed Andreychuk
McFarland & Company
PO Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640
https://mcfarlandbooks.com
9780786499724, $29.95, PB, 188pp, www.amazon.com
The Lone Ranger has endured as an iconic figure in American popular culture, from his 1933
premier as a radio serial hero through a highly-rated television series (1949-1957) to a 2013
feature film. Created by script writer Fran Striker and radio station owner George W. Trendle, the
character was meant to embody courage, fair play and honesty, and writers had to adhere to
specific guidelines: "he never smokes ... he uses precise speech ... he never shoots to kill." The
popularity of the Ranger, along with his great horse Silver and his Indian companion Tonto
inspired later crime fighting duos like Batman and Robin, and The Green Hornet and Kato. "The
Lone Ranger on Radio, Film and Television" by western film buff and historian Ed Andreychuk
examines the Lone Rancher franchise in detail, providing summaries and production details of
the original radio episodes. An inherently fascinating read from beginning to end, "The Lone
Ranger on Radio, Film and Television" will prove to be an enduringly popular addition to both
community and academic library Television History and Popular Culture collections. An absolute
'must read' for the legions of Lone Ranger fans, it should be noted that "The Lone Ranger on
Radio, Film and Television" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $15.99).
The Cookbook Shelf
Mildreds Vegan Cookbook
Daniel Acevedo & Sarah Wasserman
Mitchell Beazley
c/o Octopus Publishing
236 Park Avenue, New York NY 10017
www.octopusbooksusa.com
9781784723736, $29.99, HC, 256pp, www.amazon.com
Veganism is both the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products, particularly in diet,
and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. Bursting with clever
ideas for feasts with family and friends, as well as for delicious, simple everyday meals,
"Mildreds Vegan Cookbook" is comprised of punchy flavored, satisfying dishes with a dash of
urban cool and a refreshing take on the conventional stereotype of vegan food. Beautifully
illustrated throughout with mouthwatering full color photography, the vegan dishes themselves
range from Pan-Fried Girolles with Vegan Hollandaise; Butternut Squash and Pistachio Borek;
Brazilian Black Bean Soup with Raw Corn Salsa; and Malaysian Red Curry with Toasted
Macadamia Nuts and Mango; to Grilled Courgettes with Almond and Pine Nut Pesto; Roast
Pumpkin with Savoury Sages and Pumpkin Seed Granola; Smoked Chilli Jam; and Bourbon
Barbecue Sauce. Inspiring to plan menus with and a thoroughly 'kitchen cook friendly' experience
to prepare and service for any and all dining occasions, "Mildreds Vegan Cookbook" is
unreservedly recommended and will prove to be an enduringly popular addition to personal,
family, and community library Vegan/Vegetarian cookbook collections.
Retro Recipes from the '50s and '60s
Addie Gundry
St. Martin's Griffin
175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010
www.stmartins.com
9781250146328, $19.99, PB, 240pp, www.amazon.com
A beautifully and profusely illustrated compendium of truly nostalgic recipes, "Retro Recipes
from the '50s and '60s: 103 Vintage Appetizers, Dinners, and Drinks Everyone Will Love"
compiled and presented by Addie Gundry serves up 'yesteryear' recipes associated with the rise of
a post-World War II home entertainment culture made for prettier, more complex food. With
French influence from Julia Child, and elegant aspirational figures like Jacqueline Kennedy,
suburban dinner parties went glamourous, including the emergence of backyard barbecues,
fondues gathering everyone around a table, and cocktail parties. With each recipe being paired
with a full-color, full-bleed finished dish photo, the 'kitchen cook friendly' dishes range from
Three Cheese Souffles; Old-Fashioned Potato Salad; Slow Cooker Green Bean Casserole; and
Turkey Tetrazzini; to Classic Corn Pudding; Beef Wellington; Hot Milk Cake; and a Vodka
Gimlet. A pleasure to browse through and inspiring to plan menus with, "Retro Recipes from the
'50s and '60s: 103 Vintage Appetizers, Dinners, and Drinks Everyone Will Love" is also
available in a digital book format (Kindle, $9.99) and an especially recommended addition to
family and community library cookbook collections.
Breakfast Is Served
Laura Ascari & Elisa Paganelli
Mitchell Beazley
c/o Octopus Publishing
236 Park Avenue, New York NY 10017
www.octopusbooksusa.com
9781784723378, $14.99, HC, 144pp, www.amazon.com
While acknowledged to be 'the most important meal of the day', all too often the breakfast menu
is a traditionally restricted one. Now anyone tired of the usual breakfast fare can forget such
attempts at variety as poached eggs and avocado on toast, because they will find "Breakfast is
Served" is cookbook that will inspire even the most novice of kitchen cooks with new breakfast
and brunch recipes drawn from around the world. From Canada for Pumpkin Pie and Ecuador for
Bolon de Verde, to Lebanon for Labneh and Germany for Pumpernickel, these thoroughly 'user
friendly' recipes take inspiration from the four corners of the globe to make sure that weekend
breakfasts and brunches are no longer stereotyped and repetitive dishes. Aspiring cooks will learn
how to make the perfect Pain au Chocolat, delight friends with colorful doughnuts, or indulge in
comforting Miso Soup. From a sociable brunch with friends, to the ultimate hangover cure, to
meals that fill you up all day, to indulgent sweet treats, there's a recipe in the pages of "Breakfast
Is Served" for every morning occasion. While highly and unreservedly recommended for family
and community library cookbook collections, it should be noted that "Breakfast Is Served" is also
available for personal cookbook reference lists in a digital book format (Kindle, $8.99).
The Dirty Vegan Cookbook
Catherine Gill
Hatherleigh Press
c/o The Hatherleigh Foundation
62545 State Highway 10, Hobart, NY 13788
www.hatherleighpress.com
9781578267125, $20.00, PB, 224pp, www.amazon.com
A writer, blogger, and holistic vegan chef who specializes in natural and health foods, Cath4erine
Gill's draws upon her experience and expertise in "The Dirty Vegan Cookbook: Your Favorite
Recipes Made Vegan" lets even the most novice of kitchen cooks to prepare delicious vegan
cuisine that anyone and everyone can enjoy, and showcases the sheer variety of amazing recipes
you can create, all while remaining vegan. Providing healthy, vegan alternatives to the sorts of
delicious comfort foods that everyone craves, "The Dirty Vegan Cookbook" makes it easier than
ever to live the vegan lifestyle, featuring delicious recipes that use common ingredients available
in any grocery store. Features over 100 rich, indulgent recipes ranging from Vegan Ravioli
Dippers; Avocado and "Bacon" Cheesy Cheddar Bread Ring; and S'mores Pancakes; to "Steak"
Tips and Sweet Potatoes; Italian Wedding Soup; and Vegan Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter
Blossoms, "The Dirty Vegan Cookbook" is a compendium of more than one hundred palate
pleasing, appetite satisfying, easy to prepare dishes that will be enjoyed by vegans and
non-vegans alike! Beautifully illustrated throughout, "The Dirty Vegan Cookbook" is
unreservedly recommended for personal, family, and community library collections. It should be
noted that "The Dirty Vegan Cookbook" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle,
$9.99).
Vegan for One
Ellen Jaffe Jones with Beverly Lynn Bennett
http://vegcoach.com
The Book Publishing Company
PO Box 99, Summertown, TN 38483
www.BookPubCo.com
9781570673511, $17.95, PB, 160pp, www.amazon.com
Nicely illustrated and thoroughly 'user friendly' in organization and presentation, "Vegan for One:
Hot Tips and Inspired Recipes for Cooking Solo" showcases essential strategies for the single
vegan cook, including how to set up a kitchen for one, plan exciting meals and menus, shop for
fresh produce, choose the right tools and equipment, trim prep time, and save money. Both
neophytes and experienced cooks will benefit from the valuable tips for extending the shelf life
of produce, determining which canned goods and packaged items to buy, and transforming
leftovers into appetizing meals. Cooking solo doesn't mean cutting corners when it comes to
flavor and satisfaction. With more than 100 eye-appealing, innovative recipes perfectly portioned
for singles, "Vegan for One" proves that cooking and eating alone can be both pleasurable and
gratifying with dishes ranging from Sweet Cinnamon Baked Tortilla Chips; Taco Salad;
Portobello Mushroom Burgers; and Indian-Style Millet; to Tuscan Tempeh with Onion and Bell
Pepper; Nut Butter Cookies; Tropical Chia Pudding Parfait; and Fruit Galette for One. "Vegan
for One" will prove to be an enduringly popular and appreciated addition to personal and
community library vegan cookbook collections.
The Music Shelf
Rhinestones and Twanging Tones
Jim Washburn & Mac Yasuda
Hal Leonard Performing Arts Publishing
PO Box 13819, Milwaukee, WI 53213
www.halleonardbooks.com
9781495088131, $29.99, HC, 256pp, www.amazon.com
Country may be the plainspoken music of rural America, but it certainly got gussied up on its
way to the hit parade. In "Rhinestones and Twanging Tones: The Look and Sound of Country
Music" the team of Jim Washburn (a published expert on music and popular culture) and Mac
Yasuda (one of the world's foremost guitar experts and collectors) show in glittering detail how
most classic country stars traded in their overalls for sequined and spangled outfits that shone
from a mile away, and strummed guitars that were often just as ornately bedecked, or customized
by decades of road wear. These musical accouterments demanded attention, and certainly
captivated young country fan Mac Yasuda as he was growing up in Japan. A Hank Snow record
set Yasuda on a musical path that led to him becoming friends with many of his heroes and
performing alongside them on the Grand Ole Opry stage. Along the way, he amassed the unique
collection shared here of their signature guitars and suits (most of the latter made by the famed
"rodeo tailor" Nudie), including ones played and worn by Hank Snow, Porter Wagoner, Jim
Reeves, Ferlin Husky, and other classic country stars. Those include Snow's famed "Snow Job"
custom Martin D-45, Hank Thompson's Paul Bigsby-modified Gibson SJ-200, Carl Smith's Gay
guitar, and others, depicted here in lavish detail. "Rhinestones and Twanging Tones" is a unique
bundling of the sartorial and six-stringed equipage that defined the look and sound of a
generation of country music. Beautifully and profusely illustrated throughout, "Rhinestones and
Twanging Tones" offers a unique perspective on the evolution of country music performers and
performances. Certain to be an enduringly popular addition to personal, community, and
academic library Popular Culture and Music History collections, "Rhinestones and Twanging
Tones" is unreservedly recommended.
The Audiobook Shelf
Desperate Remedies
Thomas Hardy, author
Read by Anna Bentinck
Naxos of America, Inc.
1810 Columbia Avenue, Suite 28, Franklin, TN 37064
9781781981108 $89.98 www.naxosaudiobooks.com
The debut novel of author Thomas Hardy, originally published in 1871, Desperate Remedies is a
classic Victorian novel now available in a "Naxos Complete Classics" unabridged audiobook
rendition, superbly performed by BBC Radio professional Anna Bentinck. Set in the Victorian
era, the story follows the impoverished young woman Cytheria Graye, who by necessity takes a
job for the wealthy and eccentric Miss Aldclyffe. Aldclyffe deliberately grooms and pressures
Cytheria into a love affair and potential engagement with her charismatic steward Aeneous
Manston, but malicious secrets lurk beneath the surface. Did Aeneous' previous wife truly perish
in an accidental fire? A tangled tale of love, lust, crime, and blackmail, Desperate Remedies is as
captivating today as it was nearly 150 years ago. Highly recommended, especially for public
library audiobook collections. 14 CDs, 17 hours 41 min. 48 sec.
Noumenon
Marina J. Lostetter, author
Celesta Ciulla, narrator
Recorded Books, LLC
270 Skip Jack Road, Prince Frederick, MD 20678
www.recordedbooks.com
ASIN: B0748W35GS, $35.95, CD, www.amazon.com
In 2088, humankind is at last ready to explore beyond Earth's solar system. But one uncertainty
remains: Where do we go? Astrophysicist Reggie Straifer has an idea. He's discovered an
anomalous star that appears to defy the laws of physics and proposes the creation of a deep-space
mission to find out whether the star is a weird natural phenomenon or something manufactured.
The journey will take eons. In order to maintain the genetic talent of the original crew,
humankind's greatest ambition - to explore the furthest reaches of the galaxy - is undertaken by
clones. But a clone is not a perfect copy, and each new generation has its own quirks, desires, and
neuroses. As the centuries fly by, the society living aboard the nine ships (designated "Convoy
Seven") changes and evolves, but their mission remains the same: to reach Reggie's mysterious
star and explore its origins - and implications. A mosaic novel of discovery, "Noumenon" is
comprised of a series of vignettes over the space of the interstellar expedition journey to and
from their objective that examines the dedication, adventure, growth, and fear of having your
entire world consist of nine ships in the vacuum of space. The men and women, and even the AI
called ICC, must learn to work and live together in harmony, as their original DNA is
continuously replicated and they are born again and again into a thousand new lives. With the
stars their home and the unknown their destination, they are on a voyage of many lifetimes - an
odyssey to understand what lies beyond the limits of human knowledge. Impressively narrated by
Celesta Ciulla, this complete and unabridged audio book edition of Marina J. Lostetter's superbly
crafted and unfailingly entertaining science fiction saga is unreservedly recommended for
community library collections and should be considered a 'must' for all dedicated science fiction
fans. (15 Hours, 5 Minutes, 12 CDs).
The Library CD Shelf
A Piano Story
Jim Pearce
JimPearceMusic.com
Oak Avenue Publishing
$TBA CD / $9.49 MP3 amazon.com
Pianist and synthesist Jim Pearce, whose credentials include composing and recording music for
more than 300 television shows, presents A Piano Story, his first new age/neo-classical album
(he has previously created seven jazz recordings and won numerous award competitions). A
piano story revels in the depth and breadth of the acoustic piano, enhanced with highlights of
synthesizer sounds, cello, violin, percussion, cymbals, and woodwinds. The result is a mind-
expanding soundscape that evokes a resonating atmosphere, promoting contemplation and
insight. A Piano Story is highly recommended for neo-classical connoisseurs, public library
collections, and gift-giving. The tracks are "Tender Story", "Uplifting Piano", "The Old
Neighborhood", "Beautiful Moment", "A Leap of Heart", "Preludial Moon", "The Years Gone
By", "Deep In Your Eyes", "Hymn to Rain", "Ecstatic Musing", "Twilight Reverie", "My Heart Is
Yours", "Clouds and Bicycles", "Dark Mood Sets", "You Are My Sun and Moon", and "Hope
Breaks Out".
Acoustic Music Seminar Selections from 2012-2016
Seminar created by Mike Marshall
Privately Published
www.adventure-music.com
$15.99
Acoustic Music Seminar Selections from 2012-2016 is a music album of songs featuring
highlights from the first five years of an artist development program created by Mike Marshall
for young musicians at the Savannah Music Festival. In each year of the program, young music
artists have the opportunity to workshop their original compositions, receive professional
mentoring, and showcase their creations. Acoustic Music Seminar Selections from 2012-2016
brims with vibrant, blossoming talent from a diversity of budding creators, and is enthusiastically
recommended especially for acoustic connoisseurs and public library music collections. The
tracks are "Expatiation", "Gas Station Caviar", "Legend of the Ear", "Mona", "Paradise Fell",
"Bubbles", "Seaweed", "Bourbon Barrel", "Mr. & Mrs. Wilson", "Ill at Ease", "Dislocation", and
"Untitled 8".
Drum Distillery
James Asher and Arthur Hull
james-asher.co.uk
villagemusiccircles.com
Privately Published
$TBA CD / $11.49 MP3 amazon.com
Drum Distillery is an instrumental album featuring the collaboration of professional drummer
James Asher (who regularly performs with multiple bands in the UK) and Arthur Hull, who is
well-known in America as a drum circle facilitator. The result is rich collection of rhythms
ranging into tone from soul-charging percussive to thoughtful and atmospheric. Drum Distillery
is a unique showcase of the wide range of emotions that drumming can convey, and is highly
recommended for both personal and public library music collections. The tracks are "Circadian
Spirals", "Helix Rising", "As We Grow Forward", "Giving Thanks", "Breathdub", "Mystic
mambo", "Guarana Gazelles", "Billy Bravado", "Sandless Desert", "Absorbing the Moment",
"Deep Valleys", "Global Samba", and "Infiniterium".
The Library DVD Shelf
Reclaiming Life
Paraclete Press
PO Box 1568, Orleans, MA 02653
www.paracletepress.com
9781640600638 $69.95
Reclaiming Life Faith, Hope, and Suicide Loss is a DVD providing first-hand testimonies and
theological insights into the world-shattering experience of losing a loved one to suicide. Kay
Warren and Marjorie Antus speak openly about the deaths of their children; and Fr. Ronald
Rolheiser (President of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio) shares insights from years
of service to families devastated by this tragedy. Reclaiming Life is profound, uplifting, and
highly recommended, especially for public library and church DVD collections. 90 min.
The Multimedia Shelf
Moonlight In Empty Rooms
Heidi Breyer
www.heidibreyer.com
Winterhall Records
www.moonlightalbum.com
$TBA CD / $9.49 MP3 amazon.com
Moonlight In Empty Rooms: A Musical Study of the Art of Alexander Volkov is a double CD-
DVD of musical pieces by talented composer Heidi Breyer, inspired by the artwork of her
husband, world renowned realist painter Alexander Volkov. Moonlight In Empty Rooms
ensorcells the senses with mellifluous piano and violin, drawing the listener on a transcendental
journey. A choice pick for connoisseurs of original artistry, Moonlight In Empty Rooms is highly
recommended for both personal and public library collections. The tracks are "Unfinished
Conversation", "Autumn Snowfall", "Autumn in Bruges", "Christian's Workshop", "Moonlight In
Empty Rooms", "Eastertide", "Rainy Day", "The Sound And The Fury", "Winter Rose", "Half
Hour Before Spring", "Faith", and "End Of Summer".
The Science Shelf
Particle Physics Brick by Brick
Ben Still
Cassell Illustrated
c/o Firefly Books Ltd.
www.fireflybooks.com
9781844039340, $24.95, PB, 176pp, www.amazon.com
Dr Ben Still is a Physicist at the University of London. Alongside his research career, Ben has
been an advocate of new methods of communicating physics. He has worked with artists,
designers, and illustrators to show complex physics research topics in a new light. With the
publication of "Particle Physics Brick by Brick" Dr. Still draws upon his experience and expertise
to use LEGO blocks to create a uniquely visual and clear depiction of the way our universe is put
together. It turns out that this is offers a perfect and 'student friendly' introduction to the
enigmatic and fascinating world of Quantum Physics. "Particle Physics Brick by Brick" starts
with the Big Bang, and along the way, the constructs and interactions within and among atoms
and sub-atomic particles, and the forces that play upon them, are clearly explained, with each
LEGO block representing a different atomic or sub-atomic particle. The different colors and sizes
denote what that particle is and its relationship with the other 'building blocks'. Each individual
chapter is presented in digestible chunks, using toy building blocks to illustrate the ideas and
experiments that have led to some of the biggest discoveries of the past 150 years. Soon readers
will be able to construct every element in the Universe using a box of LEGO and Dr. Still's
"Particle Physics Brick by Brick", making it an ideal and unreservedly recommended addition to
both community and academic library General Science collections, as well as Particle Physics
supplemental studies reading lists.
Electrical Engineering Experiments
G. P. Chhalotra
Mercury Learning
22841 Quicksilver Drive, Dulles, VA 20166
www.merclearning.com
9781683921141, $49.95, PB, 274pp, www.amazon.com
Specifically written and designed to be a hands-on guide for labs, the hobbyist, or for the industry
professional, "Electrical Engineering Experiments" by G.P. Chhalotra covers instructions and
methods for doing experiments with currents and magnetism. "Electrical Engineering
Experiments" includes 49 separate experiments on electricity, magnetism, currents, voltage,
generators, transformers, relays, alternators, resistance, gaps, and more. Each individual
experiment covers: the object, method, result, and questions with answers on the experiment
under discussion. Of special note is a separate chapter at the end of the "Electrical Engineering
Experiments" has over 175 questions with answers to test the reader's knowledge of electricity
and electronics. Exceptionally well organized, "Electrical Engineering Experiments" is an ideal
and very highly recommended for personal, professional, highschool, community, college, and
university library Science & Technology collections and supplemental studies reading lists. It
should be noted for students and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject that
"Electrical Engineering Experiments" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle,
$29.95).
Particle Physics: An Introduction
Robert Purdy
Mercury Learning
22841 Quicksilver Drive, Dulles, VA 20166
www.merclearning.com
9781683921424, $49.95, PB, 418pp, www.amazon.com
Professor Robert Purdy is a lecturer in Physics at the University of Leeds. He has taught modules
in classical mechanics, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, nuclear physics, particle physics,
quantum field theory, and mathematics for physicists. In the pages of "Particle Physics: An
Introduction" he draws upon his years of experience and expertise to designed as a brief
introduction to the fundamental particles that make up the matter in our universe. Numerous
examples, figures, and simple explanations enable general readers and physics students to
understand complex concepts related to the universe. Selected topics include atoms, quarks,
accelerators, detectors, colliders, string theory, and more. Impressively informative, expertly
organized and presented, "Particle Physics: An Introduction" is an ideal textbook choice for a
college or university library physics curriculum and unreservedly recommended for community
and academic library Science instructional reference collections and supplemental studies reading
lists. It should be noted for students and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the
subject that "Particle Physics: An Introduction" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle,
$21.95).
The Military Shelf
Operation Fall Weiss
Stephan Janzyk
Pen & Sword Books
9781473894617, $32.95, HC, 184pp, www.amazon.com
While the fledgling German paratroop operations in Belgium and the Netherlands in 1940, and
on Crete in 1941, attracted worldwide attention, what is not as well known is that the use of
paratroopers was planned for the invasion of Poland in 1939, in an act that began the Second
World War. This has given rise to the myth that Adolf Hitler wanted to keep this new, and
hitherto little-known, branch of the armed services secret for future projects. However, on several
occasions the men of Parachute Regiment 1 were sat ready in their Ju52 transport planes, fully
equipped and ready to go. "Operation Fall Weiss: German Paratroopers in the Poland Campaign,
1939" by Stephan Janzyk (who is an officer in the parachute regiment, and who has been
interested in military history for many years, particularly the formation and early years of the
German paratrooper units) deftly and informatively describes the role of the German paratroopers
in the Polish campaign using war diaries, maps, contemporary documents and photographs --
including those from various private collections around the world. A remarkably informative and
invaluable contribution to the growing library of World War II history collections, "Operation
Fall Weiss" is extraordinary and unreservedly recommended for both community and academic
library collections and supplemental studies reading lists. It should be noted for the personal
reading lists of dedicated military history buffs that "Operation Fall Weiss" is also available in a
digital book format (Kindle, $9.99).
SAS Zero Hour
Tim Jones
Frontline Books
c/o Casemate
1940 Lawrence Road, Havertown, PA 19083
www.casematepublishers.com
9781526713513, $22.95, PB, 224pp, www.amazon.com
Britain's elite Special Air Service Regiment, the SAS, is one of the most revered and feared
special-ops units in the world. Its high-profile operations include the spectacular storming of the
Iranian Embassy in London on 5 May 1980 and the hunt for Osama bin Laden in southern
Afghanistan following 9/11. The regiment has become a byword for the highest possible
standards in both conventional and unorthodox methods of warfare. But where did it all begin? In
"SAS Zero Hour: The Secret Origins of the Special Air Service", military historian and SAS
expert Tim Jones tackles this fascinating question from a fresh perspective. It is commonly held
that the regiment was the brainchild of just one man, David Stirling. While not dismissing
Stirling's considerable contribution to the regiment's genesis, Jones's insightful investigation
identifies all of the major factors that played a part in shaping the SAS, including the role of such
notables as Dudley Clarke, Archibald Wavell and Claude Auchinleck, among others. Drawing
extensively on primary sources, as well as reassessing the more recent regimental histories and
memoirs, "SAS Zero Hour" is an illuminating, provocative, informed and informative account of
how this renowned regiment came into being. While unreservedly recommended as an addition
to community, college, and university library Military History collections in general, and SAS
History supplemental studies lists, it should be noted for students and military history buffs that
"SAS Zero Hour" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $13.77).
The Gardening Shelf
Beginner's Garden
Alex Mitchell
IMM Lifestyle Books
c/o Fox Chapel Publishing Company
1970 Broad Street N., East Petersburg, PA 17520
www.FoxChapelPublishing.com
9781504800983, $16.99, PB, 160pp, www.amazon.com
Aimed at complete beginners, "Beginner's Garden: A Practical Guide to Growing Vegetables &
Fruit without Getting Your Hands Too Dirty" by journalist, author and dedicated gardener Alex
Mitchell, deftly de-mystifies the gardening process with sound practical and seasonal advice, lots
of hints and tips for successful growing, delicious recipes, and fun weekend projects to help you
make the most of your outdoor area, however small. A completely new kind of gardening book,
"Beginner's Garden" is especially ideal for first-timers who have busy working lives but still want
to grow their own produce -- without spending all weekend digging! Profusely illustrated and
thoroughly 'user friendly' in organization and presentation, "Beginner's Garden" will prove to be
an enormously popular and appreciated addition to personal and community library Gardening &
Horticulture instructional reference collections.
The Psychology Shelf
Indigenous Healing Psychology
Richard Katz
Healing Arts Press
Inner Traditions International, Ltd.
One Park Street, Rochester, VT 05767
www.innertraditions.com
9781620552674, $29.95, PB, 480pp, www.amazon.com
Connecting modern psychology to its Indigenous roots to enhance the healing process and
psychology itself, "Indigenous Healing Psychology: Honoring the Wisdom of the First Peoples"
by Richard Katz (Professor Emeritus at the First Nations University of Canada and an adjunct
professor of psychology at the University of Saskatchewa) shares the healing wisdom of the
Indigenous people Professor Katz has worked with, including the Ju/'hoansi of the Kalahari
Desert, the Fijians of the South Pacific, Sicangu Lakota people, and Cree and Anishnabe First
Nations people. :Indigenous Healing Psychology" explains how Indigenous perspectives can help
create a more effective model of best practices in psychology and explores the vital role of
spirituality in the practice of psychology and the shift of emphasis that occurs when one
understands that all beings are interconnected. An exceptionally informative and inherently
fascinating read from beginning to end, "Indigenous Healing Psychology" would be an
appropriate and unreservedly recommended addition to both community and academic library
Alternative Medicine, Psychology, and Spirituality collections and 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 "Indigenous Healing Psychology" is also available in a
digital book format (Kindle, $20.99).
The Jobs/Careers Shelf
The Instant Company Secretary
David Martin
Thorogood
c/o Stylus Publishing, Inc.
22883 Quicksilver Drive, Sterling, VA 20166-2012
www.styluspub.com
9781854189004, $116.00, PB, 400pp, www.amazon.com
"The Instant Company Secretary: An A-Z Guide to Duties and Responsibilities" by David M.
Martin (who runs his own successful consultancy and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of
Secretaries, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the Institute of Directors)
deals with the latest requirements regarding Registers of Persons of Significant Control. It
provides essential practical, easily accessible advice and guidance to the wide range of important
company secretarial duties and regulations that must be adhered to. The refreshing no-nonsense
approach tackles these challenges making it an indispensable and practical guide to the whole
range of issues with which the person performing the legally required duties of the Company
Secretary must comply. The duties covered in "The Instant Company Secretary" include:
Compliance by the company and its officers with all statutory and other regulatory requirements;
Maintenance of the statutory records and filing data with Companies House within specified time
limits; Interfacing with the shareholders or guarantors, convening general meetings, drafting and
recording resolutions, dealing with shares etc.; Servicing board meetings and compiling the
legally required minutes; Providing a company-wide focal point for legal matters and
interpretation, and a logical point of contact for third parties; Providing the board with accurate
and timely advice; Anti-bribery; Modern slavery; Gender pay reporting; Tax evasion legislation.
Unique, comprehensive, thoroughly 'reader friendly' in organization and presentation, "The
Instant Company Secretary" is an extraordinary and highly recommended addition to
professional, corporate, community, and academic library Business Management collections and
supplemental studies lists. It should be noted for personal reading lists that "The Instant
Company Secretary" is available in a digital book format (Kindle, $40.61).
Mastering Stand-Up
Stephen Rosenfield
Chicago Review Press
814 North Franklin Street, Chicago, IL 60610
www.chicagoreviewpress.com
9781613736920, $16.99, PB, 272pp, www.amazon.com
"Mastering Stand-Up: The Complete Guide to Becoming a Successful Comedian" is an
entertaining and sharply written guide by Stephen Rosenfield (who is a pioneer in the field of
teaching comedy and founder of the American Comedy Institute, a premier stand-up comedy
school in the United States, in 1989) is specifically intended for both beginners breaking into
comedy and professionals seeking to improve their sets and advance their careers. "Mastering
Stand-UP' examines the work of great comedians such as Louis C.K., Jerry Seinfeld, Eddie
Izzard, Moms Mabley, Hannibal Buress, Sarah Silverman, Richard Pryor, and more as a means
of illustrating the most important techniques of performing and writing stand-up. In the pages of
"Mastering Stand-Up", Rosenfield deftly lays out a clear plan for achieving success, candidly
explaining what works, what doesn't, and why. Of special note is the inclusion of a 12-item
"Successful Comedian's To-Do List". An absolutely essential instructional guide and reference
for anyone aspiring to a career as a comedian, "Mastering Stand-Up" is an especially and
unreservedly recommended addition to both community and academic library Performing Arts
collections. It should be noted for personal reading lists that "Mastering Stand-Up" is also
available in a digital book format (Kindle, $9.99).
The Poetry Shelf
The President of Planet Earth
David Wheatley
Wake Forest University Press
PO Box 7333, Winston-Salem, NC 27109
www.wfu.edu/wfupress
9781930630833, $15.95 PB, 176pp, www.amazon.com
'It's War': Man against man. / Man against sheep. / Sheep against man. / Sheep against grass. /
Sheep against sheep. / Mountain against sky. / Grass against mountain. / Sheep against sky. / Sky
against nothing. David Wheatley is an accomplished poet whose previous collections are Thirst
(1997; Rooney Prize for Irish Literature), Misery Hill (2000), Mocker (2006) and A Nest on the
Waves (2010). His work has appeared in numerous anthologies, including The Penguin Book of
Irish Poetry, and has been awarded a variety of prizes, including the Vincent Buckley Poetry
Prize and first prize in the Friends Provident National Poetry Competition. "The President of
Planet Earth" is his latest (and arguably his best yet) anthology of original verse and one that is
unreservedly recommended for personal reading list, as well as both community and academic
library Contemporary Poetry collections. It should be noted that "The President of Planet Earth"
is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $9.99).
The Business Shelf
The Young Adult's Guide to Starting a Small Business
Jim Kim, editor
Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc.
1405 S.W. 6th Avenue, Ocala, FL 34471
www.atlantic-pub.com
9781620231616, $19.95, PB, 180pp, www.amazon.com
Aptly compiled by Jim Kim, "The Young Adult's Guide to Starting a Small Business: 101 Ideas
for Earning Cash on Your Own Terms" is a thoroughly 'user friendly' guide showcasing 101
specific and 'real world practical' ideas for teens and young adults to starting their own
money-making business. "The Young Adult's Guide to Starting a Small Business" covers options
such as pet sitting, babysitting, and tutoring in great detail. Aspiring young entrepreneurs will
learn how to use the Internet to help them make money with options such as surveys, advertising,
blogs, and social media. "The Young Adult's Guide to Starting a Small Business" not only covers
how to make one's own money, but it also teaches how to save it and how to make it grow by
creating a budget, all presented specifically with teens and young adults in mind. "The Young
Adult's Guide to Starting a Small Business" contains inspiring stories from young adults who
have started their own businesses. "The Young Adult's Guide to Starting a Small Business" as
their instructional guide any teenager or young adult can start making money on their own terms
without having to depend on their parents. While "The Young Adult's Guide to Starting a Small
Business" is unreservedly recommended, it should be noted for school and community librarians
that "The Young Adult's Guide to Starting a Small Business" is also available in a library binding
edition (9781620232316, $32.95). For the personal reading lists it should be noted that "The
Young Adult's Guide to Starting a Small Business" is also available in a digital book format
(Kindle, $18.93).
Do Good
Anne Bahr Thompson
Amacom Books
1601 Broadway, New York, NY 10019
www.amacombooks.org
9780814438398, $27.99, HC, 288pp, www.amazon.com
Good works are no longer optional for any company seeking to become success in a competitive
marketplace. For many businesses, success comes in unexpected ways. For example: Toms grew
into a $600 million company by giving away 35 million pair of shoes. Patagonia's profits have
climbed year after year even as it funnels heavy investments into sustainability. And it's not just
millennials rewarding companies with causes. In every age group, people commit to brands that
show good citizenship. From CVS's destocking cigarettes to Chipotle's ethical sourcing, people
want to see fair employment practices, social responsibility, and charitable giving-and they
quickly call out negligence. Based on extensive research with thousands of consumers, "Do
Good: Embracing Brand Citizenship to Fuel Both Purpose and Profit" by Anne Bahr Thompson
(who was named one of the 2018 Top Thought Leaders in Trust) documents this sea change and
explains how to embed social consciousness into a company's DNA. Packed with examples and
original data, the five-step model highlights the new rules of business: TRUST: Deliver on
promises; ENRICHMENT: Make daily life easier or more inspiring; RESPONSIBILITY: Treat
people and the environment with respect; COMMUNITY: Mirror values shared by customers,
employees, and partners; CONTRIBUTION: Make a difference in the world. Buyers today
demand more than half-hearted pledges. By actively linking great brands with higher purposes,
companies capture both markets and hearts. As informed and informative as it is thoughtful and
thought-provoking, "Do Good" is an invaluable and unreservedly recommended addition to
corporate, community, and academic library Business Management instructional reference
collections and supplemental studies lists. It should be noted for the personal reading lists of
corporate managers, MBA students, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the
subject that "Do Good" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $9.99).
The Art Shelf
A Chronology of Art
Iain Zaczek, editor
Thames & Hudson, Inc.
500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110-0017
www.thamesandhudsonusa.com
9780500239810, $29.95, HC, 288pp, www.amazon.com
Most surveys of the history of art are divided into historic periods, artistic schools, and
movements. In reality, movements and artists' careers overlap and intertwine, reacting to events
in the world around them. By prioritizing a purely chronological approach, "A Chronology of
Art" illuminates these relationships from a fresh perspective and places the developments of the
art world into context with one another. Structured around a central timeline covering Ancient &
Medieval, Renaissance & Baroque, Rococo & Neoclassicism, Romanticism & Beyond, and The
Modern Era, "A Chronology of Art" features lavish illustrations of artworks, together with
commentaries, and lively "In Focus" features with information about the social, stylistic,
technical, political, and cultural events of each period. This approach reveals little- known
connections: the most illustrious Neoclassical painting (David's Oath of the Horatii) was
executed just a couple of years after one of the best-known Romantic scenes (Fuseli's The
Nightmare); and American artist James Whistler, who had attended West Point Military
Academy, was creating his finest work in Europe at the very time when his homeland was being
torn apart by civil war. Beautifully and profusely illustrated with 350 images, "A Chronology of
Art" is an inherently fascinating and impressively informative study that is unreservedly
recommended for personal, community, and academic library Art History collections and
supplemental studies reading lists.
Pictographs
Mishibinijima
The Porcupine's Quill
http://porcupinesquill.ca/index.html
9780889844056, $24.95, PB, 208pp, www.amazon.com
In "Pictographs", Ojibway artist James Simon Mishibinijima brings to life the legends of his
people passed down to him by generations of his tribal and clan Elders. In this simply
outstanding collection of his pictographic drawings, each individual image tells its own particular
story, silently communicating lessons of harmony, interconnectedness and peace. Unique and an
inherently fascinating read from cover to cover, "Pictographs: The Graphic Art of James Simon
Mishibinijima" is an uncommon and very special addition to personal, community, and academic
library Canadian Art History collections in general, and Ojibway art and cultural history
supplemental reading lists in particular.
The Philosophy Shelf
Philosophical Imagination and the Evolution of Modern Philosophy
James P. Danaher with Wiliam K. Pottinger
Paragon House
3600 Labore Road, Suite 1, St. Paul, MN 55110-4144
www.paragonhouse.com
9781557789303, $17.95, PB, 184pp, www.amazon.com
Throughout modern history, the philosophical imagination has created the philosophical
perspectives of modern materialism, rationalism, empiricism, phenomenalism, historicism,
existentialism, pragmatism, hermeneutics, and feminism. Although these schools of thought have
their origin in the imagination, we all too often believe these perspectives give us access to truth
itself, rather than being ways to make sense of our experience. Truth as something to know will
always be relative to the imagination and the perspectives it creates. However, another notion of
truth as something to be has emerged over the history of philosophical thought from Socrates to
the present that is not relative to the changing perspectives of truth as something to know.
"Philosophical Imagination and the Evolution of Modern Philosophy" by James P. Danaher
(Professor of Philosophy, Nyack College) offers a narrative of how the modern mind evolved
through the philosophical imaginations of certain individuals who provided new perspectives in
order to make sense of emerging data and circumstances of which the inherited philosophical
perspectives of the day were unable to explain. Unreservedly recommended for both academia
and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject, "Philosophical Imagination and
the Evolution of Modern Philosophy" is a critically important and unreservedly recommended
addition to personal, community, and academic library Contemporary Philosophy collections. It
should be noted for personal reading lists that "Philosophical Imagination and the Evolution of
Modern Philosophy" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $9.95).
The Native American Studies Shelf
Black Elk
Joe Jackson
Picador USA
175 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1800, New York, NY 10010
www.picadorusa.com
9781250141255, $20.00, PB, 640pp, www.amazon.com
"Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary" is the definitive biographical account of Black
Elk (December 1, 1863 - August 19, 1950), a figure whose dramatic life converged with some of
the most momentous events in the history of the American West. Born in an era of rising
violence between the Sioux, white settlers, and U.S. government troops, Black Elk killed his first
man at the Little Bighorn, witnessed the death of his second cousin Crazy Horse, and traveled to
Europe with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. Upon his return, he was swept up in the
traditionalist Ghost Dance movement and shaken by the Massacre at Wounded Knee. But Black
Elk was not a warrior, instead he accepted the path of a healer and holy man, motivated by a
powerful prophetic vision that he struggled to understand. In "Black Elk: The Life of an
American Visionary", author and biographer Joe Jackson has deftly crafted a truly epic Native
American biography, restoring our understanding of Black Elk in the context and richness of his
times. "Black Elk" reveals a life of heroism and tragedy, adaptation and endurance, in an era of
permanent crisis on the Great Plains. While an absolute 'must' for both community and academic
library Native American Biography collections and supplemental studies lists, it should be noted
for personal reading lists that "Black Elk" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle,
$9.99).
The Religion/Spirituality Shelf
On Religion
Benjamin Constant
Translated by Peter Paul Seaton, Jr.
Liberty Fund, Inc.
11301 N. Meridian Street, Carmel, IN 46032-4564
9780865978966 $30.00 hc
9780865978973 $14.50 pbk www.libertyfund.org
Benjamin Constant (1767-1830) was a Swiss-French political activist, author, and philosopher,
who among many other ideals, drew a distinction between "Liberty of the Ancients" in which the
people directly participated in politics, and "Liberty of the Moderns" where people elected
representatives, since greater population sizes made direct participation by all people impossible.
On Religion: Considered in Its Source, Its Forms, and Its Developments is the first full-length
English translation of Constant's massive study on humanity's religious forms and development,
originally published in five volumes between 1824 and 1831. Constant appraises religion with
the eye of scientist, but not dispassionately so. On Religion was written in the aftermath of the
French Revolution, a time when Constant sought to convince partisans of the new order that
religious impulses were a natural impulse, and to attempt to purge all religion would only bring
suffering. At the same time, Constant chastised religious reactionaries and perceived
"spirituality" unfettered to find new ways of expression as the future. On Religion also embraces
a central tenet of liberalism: the separation of church and state. On Religion is as invaluable a
read today as it was hundreds of years ago, and this edition enhanced with an extensive index is
highly recommended especially for public and college library collections.
Stories with Intent, second edition
Klyne R. Snodgrass
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
2140 Oak Industrial Drive, NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505
www.eerdmans.com
9780802875693, $58.00, HC, 912pp, www.amazon.com
Now in an updated and expanded second edition, "Stories with Intent: A Comprehensive Guide
to the Parables of Jesus" offers pastors and students a comprehensive and accessible guide to
Jesus' parables. Klyne Snodgrass (Professor Emeritus of New Testament at North Park
Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois) deftly explores in vivid detail the historical context in
which these stories were told, the part they played in Jesus' overall message, and the ways in
which they have been interpreted in the church and the academy. Professor Snodgrass begins by
surveying the primary issues in parables interpretation and providing an overview of other
parables (often neglected in the discussion) from the Old Testament, Jewish writings, and the
Greco-Roman world. He then groups the more important parables of Jesus thematically and
offers a comprehensive treatment of each, exploring both background and significance for today.
This tenth anniversary edition includes a substantial new chapter that surveys developments in
the interpretation of parables since the book's original 2008 publication. Featuring bibliographies
of both primary and secondary sources, an index of authors, and an index of ancient sources,
"Stories with Intent" continues to be a seminal work of outstanding biblical scholarship and
unreservedly recommended for church, seminary, community, and academic library
Contemporary Christian Studies collections.
The Mystery/Suspense Shelf
In the Shadow of Agatha
Leslie S. Klinger, editor
Pegasus Books
80 Broad Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10004
www.pegasusbooks.com
9781681776309, $25.95, HC, 356pp, www.amazon.com
Debuting in 1920, Agatha Christie is a legendary mystery author with worldwide sales in the
billions and whose last novel was published in 1976, giving her a career longer than even Conan
Doyle's forty-year span. What is not generally known by mystery enthusiasts in general, and
Agatha Christie fans in particular, is that her success was made possible by writers like Anna
Katherine Green in America; L. T. Meade, C. L. Pirkis, the Baroness Orczy, and Elizabeth
Corbett in England; and Mary Fortune in Australia that made publishers willing to publish the
works of women crime-writers. Authors who followed them, such as Patricia Wentworth,
Dorothy Sayers, and, of course, Agatha Christie would not have thrived without the bold, fearless
work of their predecessors -- and the genre would be much poorer for their absence. So while
Agatha Christie may still reign supreme, it is important to remember that she did not ascend that
throne except on the shoulders of the women who came before her (and inspired her) and who
are now removed from her shadow once and for all by this superb new anthology of their
mysteries deftly compiled and edited by Leslie S. Klinger. While unreservedly recommended for
community libraries and the personal reading lists of dedicated mystery buffs, it should be noted
for academia and college/university libraries that "In the Shadow of Agatha" is enhanced with the
inclusion of a four page Bibliography. For personal reading lists there is also a digital book
edition of "In the Shadow of Agatha" (Kindle, $12.99).
The Judicial Studies Shelf
A Handbook on Aviation Law
George McKeegan & William Ranieri
ABA Publishing
c/o American Bar Association
321 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60610
https://www.americanbar.org
9781634259538, $92.00, PB, 208pp, www.amazon.com
The collaborative work of aviation law experts George McKeegan and William Ranieri, "A
Handbook on Aviation Law" is a thoroughly 'user friendly' handbook that is replete with
interesting and provocative accident accounts and liability outcomes, many of which are the
subject of significant court cases. "A Handbook on Aviation Law" includes (but is not limited to)
acts of terrorism, slip and falls on airport premises, baggage and cargo loss, cancellation and
delay, refusal to transport, aircraft turbulence, communicable diseases, and more. The legal
outcomes and rationales of these cases are included and explained. The topics covered with "A
Handbook on Aviation Law" include: Montreal and Warsaw Conventions; Airport security;
Accidents and attacks; Discrimination; Product liability issues; Emotional support animals;
Drones ; and Communicable diseases. Thoroughly up to date and impressively comprehensive,
"A Handbook on Aviation Law" is unreservedly recommended for professional, community, and
academic library collections and Aviation Law supplemental studies reading lists.
The Pets/Wildlife Shelf
Bear: Myth, Animal, Icon
Wolf D. Storl
North Atlantic Books
2526 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley, CA 94704-2607
www.northatlanticbooks.com
9781623171636, $21.95, PB, 320pp, www.amazon.com
Since the beginning of human history, bears have been regarded as animals of great power.
Ethnobotanist and cultural anthropologist Wolf Storl has spent years in the wilderness with bears,
and in "Bear: Myth, Animal, Icon" draws upon his many years of experience and expertise to
explore the fascinating relationship between bears and humans, including the history, mythology,
healing lore, and biology of this formidable creature. Storl takes the reader from the bear caves of
the Neanderthals to the bear-worshipping Siberian tribes of today, from the extinct cave bear to
the modern teddy bear. Bears were traditionally seen as a kind of "forest human" under whose
shaggy fur a king or a god was hidden, he explains. Vividly illustrating the power of myths and
fairy tales to reveal more than scientific treatises about the true nature of beings (especially in the
case of bears) Storl restores this magnificent animal to its rightful place at the forefront of the
human imagination as well as among the dwellers of the forest. An inherently fascinating and
impressively informative study, "Bear: Myth, Animal, Icon" is an extraordinary and unreservedly
recommended addition to both community and academic library Pets/Wildlife collections in
general, and Ursine Studies supplemental reading lists in particular. It should be noted for the
personal reading lists of students and non-specialist general readers with an interest the subject
that "Bear: Myth, Animal, Icon" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $14.99).
The Environmental Studies Shelf
Invaders of the Great Lakes
Karen R. Hollingsworth, author
Wildlife Forever, editor
Adventure Publications
www.adventurepublications.net
9781591937708, $6.95, PB, 152pp, www.amazon.com
"Invaders of the Great Lakes: Invasive Species and Their Impact on You" is handy, full-color
guide by Wildlife Forever spotlights 44 aquatic invasive species which are divided into three
categories: invertebrates, plants, and fish. "Invaders of the Great Lakes" provides details on how
these invasive species live, grow, reproduce, and spread. "Invaders of the Great Lakes" also
reveals how these invasive species impact people, the environment, and the economy. "Invaders
of the Great Lakes" also offers tips for stopping aquatic hitchhikers, features QR Codes that link
to web pages with even more details, as well as other important information. Armed with this
knowledge, the reader can then help to protect our inland waters collective referred to as the
Great Lakes, including keeping favorite fishing spots and lakeshores healthy. Impressively
informative, profusely illustrated, thoroughly 'user friendly' in organization and presentation,
"Invaders of the Great Lakes" is an extraordinary 'pocket size' field guide that is highly
recommended for personal, community, and academic library collections.
The Library Science Shelf
Information Systems: Process and Practice
Christine Urquhart, Faten Hamad, Dina Tbaishat, and Alison Yeoman, editors
Facet Publishing
www.facetpublishing.co.uk
9781783302413 $87.10
Information Systems: Process and Practice is an anthology of scholarly essays by expert authors
about library and information architecture. Written especially for professionals in the field, with
analysis of methods, tools, techniques, and trends, Information Systems offers theory and
supporting case studies. Individual writings include "Workflow analysis and process mapping in
US academic libraries", "The enterprise website and its information structures", "Increasing
social connection through a community-of-practice-inspired design", and much more.
Information Systems: Process and Practice is an excellent reference and resource, highly
recommended especially for Library Science collections.
The Gun Shelf
Armed in America
Patrick J. Charles
Prometheus Books
59 John Glenn Drive, Amherst, NY 14228-2197
www.prometheusbooks.com
9781633883130 $28.00 / $12.99 amazon.com
Historian and legal scholar Patrick Charles presents Armed in America: A History of Gun Rights
from Colonel Militias to Concealed Carry, an unbiased and nonpartisan history of the lawful
right to bear arms and the gun-rights movement in America, from the inception of the Second
Amendment to the rise and evolution of the National Rifle Association, to the modern day.
Armed in America is a "must" read for anyone who wants to learn about the facts and history
surrounding this contentious issue, unclouded by the shrill rhetoric of either side, and is a "must-
have" for public and college library collections. Highly recommended.
The Criminology Shelf
Supermax Prison
Larry L. Franklin & Rakesh Chandra, MD, JD
History Publishing Company, LLC
PO Box 700, 15 Heyhoe Woods Road, Palisades, New York 10964-0700
www.historypublishingco.com
9781933909837, $19.95, PB, 240pp, www.amazon.com
Collaboratively written by Larry L Franklin (who is the author of "The Rita Nitz Story: A Life
without Parole" published by Southern Illinois University Press; "Cherry Blossoms & Barron
Plains: A woman's journey from mental illness to a prison cell," published by Chipmunka
Publishing Company) and Dr. Rakesh Chandra (who provided input based upon his years of
experience and expertise working with mentally ill inmates in a supermax prison setting),
"Supermax Prison: Controlling The Most Dangerous Criminals" provides a penetrating look at
the violence that swept prisons in the 1980's and 1990's and the organizational structure
mirroring the Mafia that erupted in them. The inmates had to make a choice between joining a
gang that offered protection, friendships, financial rewards, access to drugs and other contraband
or serving as a lone inmate in a dangerous, even lethal world. The worst in this violent world
were sent to the Illinois supermax prison called Tamms. "Supermax Prison" the inherently
fascinating and illustrative story of life in that prison. Impressively informative, exceptionally
well written, organized and presented, ""Supermax Prison: Controlling The Most Dangerous
Criminals" is very highly recommended for both community and academic library Penology
Studies collections. It should be noted for the personal reading lists of students, academia, and
non-specialist readers with an interest in the subject that ""Supermax Prison: Controlling The
Most Dangerous Criminals" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $8.99).
Crescent City Crimes
Charles Cassady Jr.
Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
4880 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, PA 19310
www.schifferbooks.com
9780764354083, $16.99, PB, 160pp, www.amazon.com
In the first 200 years of New Orleans history, the Crescent City has earned a reputation for sin,
temptation, intrigue, lawlessness, ritual-magic, and ghosts. Step back in time to the city's first few
crime-stained centuries from 1718 - 1918 to explore the classic tales of mischief, mayhem, and
skullduggery comprising "Crescent City Crimes: Old New Orleans 1718 - 1918" compiled by
Charles Cassady Jr. Arranged by topic appreciative readers will be compelled to find out whether
the heart of Dixie truly beats with wicked rhythms; Meet a cast of rascals and ruffians in the era
of American piracy and smuggling; Discover legendary sorcery and unspeakable rumors
surrounding Voodoo and ghosts; Examine ritual violence, as well as the largest mass-lynching
ever on US soil and a unique red-light district. Deftly combining historical fact and popular
folklore, "Crescent City Crimes: Old New Orleans 1718 - 1918" is an inherently fascinating read
from cover to cover, making it an unreservedly recommended and enduringly popular addition to
personal reading lists, as well as both community and academic library American History
collections in general, and the History of New Orleans supplemental studies lists in
particular.
No Hope for Heaven, No Fear of Hell
James C. Kearney, Bill Stein, and James Smallwood
University of North Texas Press
1155 Union Circle #311336, Denton, TX 76203-5017
www.untpress.unt.edu
9781574417111 $21.95 pbk / $20.85 Kindle amazon.com
No Hope for Heaven, No Fear of Hell: The Stafford-Townsend Feud of Colorado County, Texas,
1871-1911 is a meticulously researched chronicle of the blood-soaked family feud that festered in
Texas for decades after the close of the Civil War. Here are true-life stories of ruthless
assassination, gun battles, revenge, juries and law enforcement turning a blind eye, and long-
lasting bitterness. No Hope for Heaven, No Fear of Hell is absolutely compelling from cover to
cover, and an invaluable addition to public and college library collections, highly
recommended.
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