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Volume 6, Number 3 March 2011 Home | CALBW Index

Table of Contents

Reviewer's Choice Cookbook Shelf Social Issues Shelf
International Studies Shelf Interior Design Shelf Gardening Shelf
Business Shelf American History Shelf Art Shelf
Fashion Shelf Architecture Shelf Education Shelf
Needlecraft Shelf Crafts Shelf Computer Shelf
Fantasy/SciFi Shelf Writing/Publishing Shelf Science Shelf
Music Shelf Native American Shelf DVD Shelf
Anthropology Shelf Pets/Wildlife Shelf Travel Shelf
Biography Shelf Health/Medicine Shelf Psychology Shelf
Automotive Shelf Railroading Shelf Environmental Studies Shelf
Journalism Shelf Martial Arts Shelf Christian Studies Shelf
Religion/Spirituality Shelf Metaphysical Studies Shelf Photography Shelf
Military Shelf Theatre/Cinema/TV Shelf Audiobook Shelf
Mystery/Suspense Shelf Fiction Shelf Antiques/Collectibles Shelf
Sports Shelf Comix/Graphic Novel Shelf Political Science Shelf
California Shelf    


Reviewer's Choice

No Communication With the Sea
Tim Sullivan
University of Arizona Press
355 S. Euclid Avenue Suite 103, Tucson, AZ 85719
9780816528950 $19.95 www.uapress.arizona.edu

No Communication With the Sea: Searching for an Urban Future in the Great Basin comes from a journalist turned urban planner, who uses the Great Basin cities of Salt Lake and Reno to consider the evolving challenges of the American West. History combines with changing urban planning issues to offer a blend of travelogue, urban planning, and social and cultural inspection suitable for any college-level collection strong in urban planning and sociology.

Ugly As Sin
Toni Raiten-D'Antonio
Health Communications
3201 S.W. 15th Street, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442-8190
0757314651 $21.95 www.hcibooks.com

UGLY AS SIN: THE TRUTH ABOUT HOW WE LOOK AND FINDING FREEDOM FROM SELF-HATRED offers the first book to examine ugliness, how it's defined, and how it controls our lives. Research pioneered by the author offers insights into how ugliness and its perception operates in culture and lives, and how appearances and fears surrounding such affect reactions. Any general or health lending library will find this unique and intriguing.

Creative is a Verb
Patti Digh
Globe Pequot Press
Box 480, Guilford, CT 06437-0480
9781599218830 $19.95 www.globepequot.com

CREATIVE IS A VERB: IF YOU'RE ALIVE YOU'RE CREATIVE offers a fine key to honing and encouraging the creative impulse, and shows how to locate and nurture creative sparks from ordinary life. It's a fun guide for any would-be artist and teaches innovation through routines that exercise creative ideas. Any who would foster creativity and new ideas will find this packed with exercises and innovative ideas.

Girl Fly
Jo Krieter, Artistic Director
Flyaway Productions
1068 Bowdoin Street, San Francisco, CA 94134
9781456349011 $15.00 www.flyawayproductions.com

GIRL FLY: FLYAWAY PRODUCTIONS ART AND ACTIVISM APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM 2010 blends a softcover pamphlet/book format with a catalog, documenting the arts program that attracts teens with dance productions on the cutting edge of aerobics and social commentary. Students ages 13-18 use a variety of props in the course of their dance, and this piece uses color photos paired with interviews and insights on the Flyaway perspective in a fine recommendation for any collection concerned with either dance or student productions.

The Rise and Fall of the Irish Pub
Robert E. Connolly
Liffey Press
c/o Dufour Editions
Box 7, Chester Springs, PA 19425
9781905785780 $24.95 www.dufoureditions.com

The Rise and Fall of the Irish Pub provides a fine survey of the history of the Irish pub, its rise in Ireland, and its presence overseas. Of particular interest is how young people returned home from the Irish Diaspora to bring with them innovations and new ideas changing local pubs from dark places to cosmopolitan gathering places. A lovely survey, perfect for any Irish history and culture collection and many a food and wine history library.

Hating Perfection
John F. Williams
Humanity Books
c/o Prometheus Books
59 John Glenn Drive, Amherst, NY 14228-2197
9781591027324 $19.98 www.prometheusbooks.com

Hating Perfection: A Subtle Search for the Best Possible World offers fine short stories that display the everyday world as a layered experience where adversity reveals the best of perfection. Blending philosophy and ethics with short vignettes, this reveals the underlying influences on choice and worldview, and is a special recommendation for college-level philosophy collections.

Project: Happily Ever After
Alisa Bowman
Running Press
2300 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-4371
9780762439010 $22.95 www.runningpress.com

Project: Happily Ever After: Saving Your Marriage When the Fairytale Falters follows the author's own journey of a marriage gone wrong - and how she went from anger and hate to renewing her wedding vows. Her four-month project to save her marriage offers many keys to the realities of marriage improvement strategies, offering a 10-step plan readers can utilize to help their own relationships.

Straight Talk, No Chaser
Steve Harvey
Amistad Books
10 E. 53rd St., New York NY 10022-5299
9780061728990 $24.99 www.amistadbooks.com

Straight Talk, No Chaser: How to Find, keep and Understand a Man shares his insights into why men act and react how they do. From how a woman can get the most out of her man to learning how to ask men the right questions and how to get a real man to commit, this offer keys to how men think - and how women can use this knowledge to build the kind of relationship they wish.

Crash Into Me
Liz Seccuro
Bloomsbury Press
175 Fifth Avenue, Suite 315, New York, NY 10010
9781596915855 $25.00 www.bloomsburyusa.com

CRASH INTO ME: A SURVIVOR'S SEARCH FOR JUSTICE tells of a woman who received an apology letter - from the man who had raped her over twenty years earlier when she was a teen freshman. The letter brought back a carefully buried incident - and the email correspondence which ensued brought her the courage to prosecute him. Her striking memoir deserves a place in any general lending library and is a powerful testament to courage and recovery.

Rose: Love in Violent Times
Inga Muscio
Seven Stories
140 Watts St., New York NY 10013
9781583229262 $17.95 www.sevenstories.com

Rose: Love in Violent Times explores the impact of violence, war, and sexual abuse on our daily lives, and how we recover from trauma. Finding sexual empowerment in a violent culture has special challenges: ROSE considers these challenges, offering a fascinating blend of social issues analysis and health considerations that will appeal to a wide audience; from women's to social issues libraries.

Handmade Weddings
Eunice Moyle, Sabrina Moyle, Shana Faust
Chronicle Books
680 - 2nd St., San Francisco CA 94107
9780811874502 $24.95 www.chroniclebooks.com

HANDMADE WEDDINGS: MORE THAN 50 CRAFTS TO STYLE AND PERSONALIZE YOUR BIG DAY provides a lovely selection of craft options for all kinds of wedding styles, from classic to retro. Keys to choosing a theme, obtaining materials, and working within timelines accompany fifty projects taught using photos, diagrams and step-by-step directions. Any contemplating enhancing their wedding with DIY crafts needs this!

Ethics in Light of Childhood
John Wall
Georgetown University Press
3240 Prospect St. NW, Washington, DC 20007
9781589016927 $34.95 www.press.georgetown.edu

Ethics in Light of Childhood is recommended for any college-level collection strong in either ethics or childhood studies. It offers an argument for a new view of ethics using stories from real children's experiences to call for a basic restructuring of ethical thinking. Any educator or caregiver dealing with children and any college-level collection strong in ethics discussions will find this a scholarly yet exciting approach.

Divorce & Money, tenth edition
Attorney Violet Woodhouse, CFP with Dale Fetherling
Nolo Press
950 Parker St., Berkeley CA 94710
1413313140 $34.99 www.nolo.com

The tenth updated edition of Divorce & Money provides a top coverage to all the financial aspects of divorce; from how a court evaluates assets and how real estate and other property is valued in a declining market to child support issues, decisions on selling assets, and dividing debts fairly. With chapters covering every financial concern from date of separation through divorce - and including tips on what to ask an attorney - this book is simply a 'must have' for any general lending library.


The Cookbook Shelf

Yuck! The Things People Eat
Neil Setchfield
Merrell Publishers
38 High Avenue, 4th floor, Nyack, NY 10960
9781858945248 $16.95 www.merrellpublishers.com

Yuck! The Things People Eat presents over a hundred of the world's strangest dishes, captured in full color by photographer Neil Setchfield. From camel jerky and curried dog on a stick to Korean Penis Fish and dried river snake, this provides not only color visuals but written surveys of where the ingredients can be found and how they are used in different cuisines.

New Complete Cookbook
Weight Watchers
Wiley
c/o Wiley Professional Trade Group
111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774
9780470614518 $29.95 www.wiley.com

New Complete Cookbook provides a fine key to health, offering a handy spiral-bound hardcover with spine lettering to make for both easy shelf location and lay-flat kitchen use. Over 500 recipes focus on lean mats, whole grains, and fresh fruits and veggies and include keys to ingredient swaps and easy, quick cooking perfect for busy families. It makes the perfect pick for any cook who wants to speed up healthy food preparation.

Chancers and Visionaries
Keith Stewart
Wine Appreciation Guild
360 Swift Avenue, South San Francisco CA 94080
9781869620707 $50.00 www.wineappreciation.com

CHANCERS AND VISIONARIES: A HISTORY OF WINE IN NEW ZEALAND provides an outstanding, weighty discussion of New Zealand's entire wine and grape industry, from its history of social movements and brewery developments that influenced the early wine industry's development to individuals who forged new pathways in industrial winemaking techniques. CHANCERS AND VISIONARIES is a 'must have' for any interested in New Zealand's viticulture, and a pick for any serious wine history library.

A Life in Balance
Meg Wolff
Down East Books
PO Box 679, Camden, ME 04843
www.downeastbooks.com
9780892729067 $19.95 www.amazon.com

A LIFE IN BALANCE: DELICIOUS, PLANT-BASED RECIPES FOR OPTIMAL HEALTH offers a fine cookbook that combines whole foods with plant-based recipes that are simple to cook. The author's own struggles with cancer led her to a better diet plan, and her recipes and those of friends are different and diverse, offering such dishes as Jacob's Creamy Cattle Beans (blending beans and apples), Sweet & Sour Kidney Bean Soup, Gingerly Chickpeas, and much more. Vegetarian and vegan collections in particular will relish these different dishes.

Food Fest 365!
Yvan D. Lemoine
Adams Media Corporation
57 Littlefield Street, 2nd floor, Avon, MA 02322
1440506191 $21.95 www.adamsmedia.com

Food Fest 365 comes from a chef and Food Network competitor who shares recipes and food trivia alike. From how to make South of the Border Oysters and trivia about oyster celebrations to celebrating Cherry Turnover Day with a special recipe, this packs in recipes, sidebars of lively cultural and social insights, and dishes for each day of the year, packed with color photos.

Classic Southern Desserts
Editors of Southern Living
Oxmoor House
PO Box 11095, Des Moines, Iowa 50336-1095
0848733304 $29.95 www.oxmoorhouse.com

CLASSIC SOUTHERN DESSERTS: ALL-TIME FAVORITE RECIPES FOR CAKES, COOKIES, PIES, PUDDINGS, COBBLERS, ICE CREAM & MORE offers a 'best of' compendium of desserts selected from over 10,000 dessert recipes tested in Southern Living magazine's test kitchens over the past 40 years. As such it provides a top directory of favorites pairing foolproof baking tips and step-by-step techniques with color photos of every dish on facing pages. Any library strong in dessert cookbooks must have this!


The Social Issues Shelf

Economic Freedom of the World, 2010 Annual Report
James Gwartney, Joshua Hall, Robert Lawson
Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001-5403
9780889752504 $29.95 www.cato.org

Economic Freedom of the World, 2010 Annual Report is a fine guide for college-level collections strong in social issues and economics. This survey highlights basic components of economic freedoms and provides a fine index of economic freedom changes around the world. This report consists of country-by-country assessments in the form of charts documenting freedoms to trade internationally, credit market and business regulations, and more. A top pick for any college-level collection!

Safe Haven?
David W. Haines
Kumarian Press
22883 Quicksilver Drive, Sterling VA 20166
9781565493315 $27.50 www.kpbooks.com

SAFE HAVEN? A HISTORY OF REFUGEES IN AMERICA provides a fine survey of immigration and human rights, using a range of modern and historical material and the author's thirty years of experience in refugee research and policy to provide a fine survey of the American immigration process. Seven decades of immigration history identify the major ethnic and social influences on immigration policy, making this key for any college-level social issues collection.

Doing Ethics in a Diverse World
Robert Traer and Harlan Stelmach
Westview Press
2300 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19103
0813343666 $37.00 www.westviewpress.com

Deserving of ongoing mention and recommendation is Doing Ethics in a Diverse World, a college-level primer covering globalization and diversity that uses religious as well as secular positions and different traditions to discuss presumptions about international rights and ethics. From theory to action, this offers a worksheet as a framework for considering ethical challenges in a changing global community, and is a 'must' for any college-level collection strong in global perspectives.

Light, Bright, and Damned Near White
Stephanie Rose Bird
Praeger Publishers
c/o ABC-CLIO
PO Box 1911, Santa Barbara, CA 93116-1911
9780275989545 $39.95 www.praeger.com

Light, Bright, and Damned Near White: Biracial and Triracial Culture in America adds to the 'Race and Ethnicity in Psychology' series, but is reviewed here for its wider-ranging appeal to social issues as well as psychology collections. It considers what it means to be biracial or triracial in the U.S. today and comes from an anthropologist who considers the spectrum of racial diversity and its unique challenges and prejudices. The country is experiencing a multiracial baby boom, and this volume is on the cutting edge of documenting its special impact.

The Haves and the Have-Nots
Branko Milanovic
Basic Books
c/o Perseus Books Group
11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142
9780465019748 $27.95 www.basicbooks.com

The Haves and the Have-Nots: A Brief and Idiosyncratic History of Global Inequality blends essays and light vignettes to consider inequality within and between nations and how inequality in modern times should be addressed. Chapters consider such questions as how much of our income is determined at birth, the impact of social class and location in future income, and how Americans rank in global wealth analysis. A light yet pointed observation makes this a winner for any social issues collection.

In the Wake of Hurricane Katrina
Clyde Woods, Editor
Johns Hopkins University Press
2715 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218
9780801895616 $30.00 www.press.jhu.edu

In the Wake of Hurricane Katrina: New Paradigms and Social Values assesses the cultural, social and physical damage left by Hurricane Katrina, offering essays linking the region's history and culture to public policies, social movements, and traditional neglect of the South. College-level social issues and regional American history collections will find this a wide-ranging, powerful survey of the many forces affecting the Katrina decisions in this powerful survey.

I Shall Not Hate
Izzeldin Abuelaish
Walker & Company
175 - 5th Avenue, New York NY 10010
9780802779175 $24.00 www.walkerbooks.com

I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity provides a fine survey of a Gazan doctor whose faith in peace between the Israelis and his people was shaken when Israeli shells killed three of his daughters. His fight for reconciliation only strengthened after his family tragedy - and he didn't seek revenge, but understanding on both sides.

My Los Angeles in Black & (Almost) White
Andrew Furman
Syracuse University Press
621 Skytop Road, Suite 110, Syracuse, NY 13244-5290
9780815609599 $24.95 www.syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu

My Los Angeles in Black & (Almost) White provides an account of the author's coming of age in Los Angeles in the 1970s and 80s, when half of his high school basketball teammates lived in the largely white, increasingly Jewish San Fernando Valley while the other half were blacks bussed in from inner city L.A. High school basketball blends with an autobiography covering race relationships in this fine survey, which deserves a place in California and social issues collections alike.

How Quantum Activism Can Save Civilization
Amit Goswami, Ph.D.
Hampton Roads Publishing
65 Parker St., Suite 7, Newburyport, MA 01950
9781571746375 $19.95 www.hrpub.com

How Quantum Activism Can Save Civilization: A Few People Can Change Human Evolution offers a fine blend of science and spirituality dosed heavily with social concerns, and asserts that quantum thinking is allowing us to break into new spiritual areas. It begins with the assertion that God is here - and calls for a plan of action involving applying a formula for 'quantum thinking' to a range of social issues. Spirituality, social issues and general collections will find this thought-provoking and positive.


International Studies Shelf

Interpreting the Middle East
David S. Sorenson, Editor
Westview Press
2465 Central Avenue, Boulder, CO 80301
9780813344409 $49.00 www.westviewpress.com

Interpreting the Middle East: Essential Themes is a top pick for any college-level library and offers modern approaches to comparative studies of the Middle East. It's arranged by five principal themes of a regional overview and provides a scholarly yet introductory text to the region that discusses economics as well as political change and social issues. Many an advanced high school to college-level course will appreciate this introduction.

North of the DMZ
Andrei Lankov
McFarland & Company
Box 611, Jefferson, NC 28640
9780786428397 $39.95 www.mcfarlandpub.com

NORTH OF THE DMZ: ESSAYS ON DAILY LIFE IN NORTH KOREA deserves ongoing mention and recommendation as a powerful survey describing how ordinary North Koreans live under oppression. Chapters describe the North's politics, how it affects citizens' lives, and provide fine discussion of family life, economics, and realities of the dictatorship through the eyes of defectors. Any who would understand North Koreans must have this rare insider's look at the North Korean psyche!


The Interior Design Shelf

Color Saves the Day
Lucianna Samu
Creative Homeowner
24 Park Way, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
9781580114752 $19.95 www.creativehomeowner.com

Color Saves the Day tells how to update room color schemes and decor without a lot of hassle. From understanding the latest color combination options and their alternatives to enhancing color without repainting, this pairs hundreds of actual paint colors and schemes with plenty of ideas for using color palates. The focus on either not painting or correcting unsatisfying painting results makes this a winning homeowner's title!

Green Interior Design
Lori Dennis
Allworth Press
10 E. 23rd St., New York NY 10010
9781581157451 $24.95 www.allworth.com

GREEN INTERIOR DESIGN collects under one cover the basic details for anyone wishing to create a green, sustainable interior. It's not directed to the technical architect so much as the general homeowner, so offers extensive resources, vendors who practice green behaviors, and keys to reducing waste and conservation. Homeowners will find this packed with important conservation details.


The Gardening Shelf

Cut Flowers of the World
Johannes Maree and Ben-Erik Van Wyk
Timber Press Inc.
133 S.W. Second Avenue, Suite 450, Portland, OR 97204-3527
9781604691948 $39.95 www.timberpress.com

Cut Flowers of the World: A Complete Reference for Growers and Florists provides a range of chapters key to growing and marketing flowers, from discussions of marketable flower crops and shipping techniques to modern trends in flower handling. Over 350 plant species are documented with over 800 photos in an encyclopedia reference that blends plant history and cultivation with quality criteria, care and handling, and more. A fine horticultural reference!

Out of the Scientist's Garden
Richard Stirzaker
Csiro Publishing
c/o Stylus Publishing
Box 605, Herndon, VA 20172-0605
9780643096585 $27.50 www.publish.csiro.au

Out of the Scientist's Garden: A Story of Water and Food is written for anyone who wants to understand food and water better - and how to grow crops. It comes from a scientist in the field of water and agriculture but begins with his own fruit and vegetable garden, using his scientific knowledge in a way to answer questions about the way things grow and how irrigation works.


The Business Shelf

Accounting Handbook, fifth edition
Joel G. Siegel, Ph.D., CPA and Jae K. Shim, Ph.D.
Barron's
250 Wireless, Hauppauge, NY 11788
0764162705 $39.99 www.barronseduc.com

Accounting Handbook offers a weighty new fifth updated edition to provide an in-depth overview of basic accounting principles and practices, plus an A-Z dictionary of accounting terms. Accountants, bookkeepers and any small business owner will find this a treasure trove loaded with the latest facts, from information technology in accounting and updated FASB standards to details on financial reporting methods, cost management and taxation forms, and more. Very highly recommended as a basic 'must' for any business collection!

The New Social Learning
Tony Bingham and Marcia Conner
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
235 Montgomery St., Suite 650, San Francisco CA 94104-2916
9781605097022 $18.95 www.bkconnection.com

The New Social Learning: A Guide to Transforming Organizations Through Social Media draws unusual, important connections between social media and workplace learning. Social media holds the potential to connect colleagues around the world: this guide to using these technologies to make such links makes for an outstanding survey discussing how social media can enhance collaborative efforts and knowledge sharing in the workplace. Simply outstanding!

The Good Work Guide
Nick Isles
Earthscan
earthinfo@earthscan.co.uk
9781844075577 $39.95 www.earthscan.co.uk

The Good Work Guide: How to Make Organizations fairer and More Effective provides a fine resource pinpointing how and why companies should be doing more to improve conditions for their staff. Discussions of links between high performance outcomes and improvement in work quality offer specifics on actions organizations can take to empower workers, resolve conflicts in values and ethics, and help distribute even recognition among the levels of the company. A ten-point plan for good work is supported by case histories from actual companies and organizations to back the latest business research and trends.

Deduct It! Lower Your Small Business Taxes, seventh edition
Stephen Fishman, J.D.
Nolo Press
950 Parker, Berkeley, CA 94710
1413312764 $34.99 www.nolo.com

Deduct It! Lower Your Small Business Taxes offers a fine key to maximizing business deductions legally and easily. From start-up and operating expenses to retirement plans, vehicles, hiring and meals, this teaches the basics of how to avoid IRS issues such as having a business classified as a hobby, and how to produce tax returns that are legal and take full advantage of deductions. Any general or business lending library needs this updated seventh edition packing in the latest rulings and guidelines.

Breakthrough!
Paul Kurnit and Steve Lance
Amacom
1601 Broadway, New York NY 10019-7420
0814415628 $22.95 www.amacombooks.org

BREAKTHROUGH! A 7-STEP SYSTEM FOR DEVELOPING UNEXPECTED AND PROFITABLE IDEAS offers a survey of winning business ideas and how they moved from idea to marketing. Years of watching and participating in the launch of many successful products and services contribute to this analysis which breaks the process into a 7-step program filled with specifics any business can absorb and utilize.

The New Capitalist Manifesto
Umair Haque
Harvard Business Review Press
c/o Harvard Business School Press
60 Harvard Way, Boston, MA 02163
9781422158586 $26.95 www.hbr.org/books

The New Capitalist Manifesto: Building a Disruptively Better Business comes from an economic strategist whose new vision of 'constructive capitalism' argues that the usual business model of short-term growth and long-term competition don't work. Companies instead should incorporate five new cornerstones of prosperity for new times, from developing loss advantage value chains and resilience to building marketplaces. Business collections need this different approach and model.


The American History Shelf

By Honor and Right
John C. Jackson
Prometheus Books
59 John Glenn Drive, Amherst, NY 14228-2119
9781616142193 $28.00 www.prometheusbooks.com

By Honor and Right: How One Man Boldly Defined the Destiny of a Nation provides the story of Captain John McCallen, a largely unheralded figure in American Western history who tried to represent the interests of the U.S. as the first officer to follow the Lewis and Clark Expedition. His intent to open up the Santa Fe Trail lead to his bold move of declaring the U.S. right to the Pacific Northwest. No American history collection should be without this!

The Essential American: A Patriot's Reference
Jackie Gingrich Cushman
Regnery Publishing Inc.
One Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20001
9781596986435 $21.95 www.regnery.com

The Essential American: A Patriot's Reference provides a gathering of key documents and speeches from influential leaders of America's past. It offers not only the speeches and documents but insights into those who delivered them and how they became 'essential Americans' in the process of promoting their beliefs. A bonus DVD with over 1,200 documents from American history makes this a winning recommendation for any American history reference collection.


The Art Shelf

Realistic Watercolor Portraits
Suzanna Winton
North Light Books
c/o F+W Media
4700 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, OH 45236
www.fwpublications.com
1600611524 $27.99 www.artistsnetwork.com

Any interested in producing better watercolor results will want to absorb the art techniques in REALISTIC WATERCOLOR PORTRAITS, a fine set of nine complete step-by-step demonstrations that show how to build realistic portraits. From placing an image properly and painting realistic skin tones to capturing clothing and correcting common visual issues, this is a fine lesson-in-a-book packed with color examples on every page and a format that easily lends to self-teaching.

A New World Imagined
Elliot B. Davis, et.al.
MFA Publications
465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
9780878467600 $60.00 www.mfa.org/publications

A New World Imagined: Art of the Americas provides a fine, unusual history of the arts of the Americas through the interactions of the cultures that have formed it. It proposes a new method of examining this art, considering its cultural roots and interactions and showing how the influences of foreign cultures have influenced American artists. Over two hundred artworks illustrate these interactions and provides a different history of America through its artistic perceptions. College-level arts and American history holdings alike will relish this approach!

On Line: Drawing Through the 20th Century
Connie Butler and Catherine de Zegher
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street New York, NY 10019
9780870707827 $50.00 www.moma.org

On Line: Drawing Through the 20th Century is published to accompany an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art and considers the changes affecting line drawing that become vital to modern art. Artists featured here have changed the image of line drawing into other dimensions of presentation, expanding it to include gesture, form and to blend with other artistic forms. Nearly 250 works by over 100 artists make for a powerful pick reflecting various movements over the decades in a fine survey for any arts collection.

Art of the Middle East
Saeb Eigner
Merrell Publications
740 Broadway, New York NY 10003
9781858945002 $69.95 www.merrellpublishers.com

ART OF THE MIDDLE EAST: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART OF THE ARAB WORLD AND IRAN is a 'must' not just for arts collections, but for any serious about Middle East history and culture. It offers an extensive survey of modern art of the Arab world and Iran from the mid-1950s to modern times, offering seven themed sections that juxtapose art genres with social and political observations and themes. Over four hundred color illustrations accompany a guide which includes keys to Arabic script, biographies of the 200 featured artists, and full-page color in an oversized presentation.

Wayne White
Todd Oldham, Editor
Ammo
300 S. Raymond Ave, Suite 3, Pasadena, CA 91105
9781934429112 $65.00 www.ammobooks.com

WAYNE WHITE offers an oblong, oversized presentation of the works of one of the most interesting landscape painters in America, offering a rare look at his evolving career and his works in painting, printmaking and sculpture. This book serves as an exhibit of his works, offering full-size color photos of his major pieces. Any college-level arts collection specializing in contemporary American artists - especially those with a diverse range of talents to their name - will find this an exceptional presentation, worthy of acquisition.


The Fashion Shelf

Fashion: 150 Years
Charlotte Seeling
Ullmann Publishing
engels@ullmann-publishing.com
9783833155888 $69.99 www.ullmann-publishing.com

Fashion: 150 Years: Couturiers Designers Labels is not for libraries only mildly interested in fashion history: it packs in 150 years of in-depth fashion history and culture and covers all the major designers and their works. Black and white and color photos pepper every page of a volume packed with artist biographies and culture. Each artist's work and designs are discussed in context of the industry as a whole. The result is a weighty, extensive coverage perfect for serious college-level fashion design and arts history libraries.

Fashion Drawing in Vogue
William Packer
Thames & Hudson Inc.
500 - 5th Avenue, New York NY 10110
9780500275283 $29.95 www.thamesandhudsonusa.com

Fashion Drawing in Vogue provides an oversized presentation packed with the work of hundreds of artists, from Dali and Iribe to Tom Keogh and Pierre Brissaud. Their drawings reflected fashion trends and helped define the nature of fashion in the pages of Vogue since 1909, and this packs in black and white and color full-page reproductions of a range of sketches and designs. It's just drawings - and it's just an excellent survey of fashion drawing history, trends and creators.


The Architecture Shelf

Interior Graphic Standards, second edition
Corky Binggeli and Patricia Greichen
Wiley
c/o Wiley Professional Trade Group
111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774
9780470471579 $225.00 www.wiley.com

This updated second edition of a classic in architecture and commercial building is quite simply a 'must' for any serious architecture or builder's library, offering expanded coverage of residential and commercial design concerns. The latest ADA Accessibility guidelines, updated coverage of sustainable design, and new developments in commercial design and construction are covered in a weighty guide packing in keys for professionals involved with building and designing interior spaces. A top pick!


The Education Shelf

From Standards to Rubrics in Six Steps, third edition
Kay Burke
Corwin Press
2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
9781412987011 $35.95 www.corwin.com

The third updated edition of From Standards to Rubrics in Six Steps provides educators with a six-step process that makes it easier to link teaching and assessment processes with standards. Different assessments are covered in a series of templates for each step of the process, while this has been updated to help teachers with even more complex tasks. Teachers receive field-tested tools to actually applying performance measurements in meaningful manner, making this a 'must' for any serious education collection.

Dual Language Development & Disorders, second edition
Johanne Paradis, Fred Genesee, Martha B. Crago
Brookes Publishing
Box 10624, Baltimore, MD 21285-0624
1598570587 $39.95 www.brookespublishing.com

The second updated edition of Dual Language Development & Disorders: A Handbook on Bilingualism & Second Language Learning is a key acquisition for any educator working with kids who are bilingual. This second edition has been completely updated with the latest research on best practices and adds new chapters in development in internationally adopted children and common reading impairments in dual language learners. From making decisions on schooling options to applying assessment strategies to diagnose language issues, this is packed with real-world answers to common problems.


The Needlecraft Shelf

Dual Image Applique
Dilys Fronks
American Quilter's Society
Box 3290, Paducah, KY 42002-3290
9781574326734 $26.95 www.americanquilter.com

Dual Image Applique tells how to get two designs from each pattern and offers ten projects ranging from home decor to regular quilts. Each project illustrates how two designs can be achieved from one pattern, with step-by-step color photos accompanying full page photos of completed projects. Needlework libraries will find this a winner!

Patternmaking for a Perfect Fit
Steffani Lincecum
Watson Guptill Publications
c/o The Random House Publishing Group
1745 Broadway, 17th floor, New York, NY 10019
9780823026661 $24.99 www.watsonguptill.com

Patternmaking for a Perfect Fit offers a host of secrets to creating better-fitting clothes, and provides all the keys to tweaking commercial patterns to make them fit better. From altering clothing to make it fit better over time to finding solutions by creating customized sewing patterns using garments you already own and love, this packs in a host of pattern drafting tools used by fashion and costume industry professionals, and is an exceptional pick.

Mix & Match Quilts With the AccuQuilt GO!
AccuQuilt GO!
DRG
306 East Parr Road, Berne, IN 46711-1138
9781592173327 $14.95 www.drgnetwork.com

Mix & Match Quilts With the AccuQuilt GO! offers a different approach to quilts made from easy die-cut shapes. It's a quilting pattern book featuring designs cut with the AccuQuilt GO! fabric cutter, and covers traditional shapes created by the cutter, which can cut multiple layers of fabric in a fraction of the time of a traditional rotary cutter. 12 traditional and modern quilt patterns are based on shapes in the Mix & Match die set, making this a 'must' for AccuQuilt GO! owners.

S is for Scraps
Gayle Bong
Martingale & Company
19021 - 120th Avenue NE, Suite 102, Bothell, WA 98011
9781564779939 $26.99 www.martingale-pub.com

S IS FOR SCRAPS: 18 GREAT QUILTS packs in a fine survey of quilt scraps projects, presenting nearly twenty designs that provide traditional influences. Chapters teach how to look at scraps by color, contrast and types of scraps that could work with different patterns, and teach the author's special piecing techniques for using them to best advantage. Quilters will find this packed with ideas!

Circle of Nine
Janet Houts & Jean Ann Wright
Landauer Publishing
3100 - 101st St., Suite A, Urbandale, IA 50322
9780982558690 $24.95 www.landauercorp.com

CIRCLE OF NINE: 24 STUNNING AND CREATIVE QUILTS ONE UNIQUE QUILT SETTING provides a fine focus on a quilt that produces quilts of original design with endless options. Quilters can interchange blocks within setting squares and rectangles and can create unique-looking quilts by tweaking a single setting scheme. Color examples pack a fine 'must' for any quilter's collection.


The Crafts Shelf

The Big Book of Beading Patterns
Bead&Button Magazine Editors
Kalmbach Books
21027 Crossroads Circle, Waukesha, WI 53186
9780871164247 $21.95 www.kalmbachbooks.com

The Big Book of Beading Patterns offers a range of beading patterns and stitches, offering a little over a hundred patterns for beaded artwork to be created using either stitches or looms. From jewelry to wall hangings and hair enhancements, this offers a wide range of stitch patterns from animals and holiday images to geometrics. Good-size color patterns throughout make this a winner!

Carving 18th Century American Furniture Elements
Tony Kubalak
Linden Publishing
2006 South Mary, Fresno, CA 93721
9781933502328 $24.95 www.lindenpublishing.com

Carving 18th Century American Furniture Elements offers 10 step-by-step projects for furniture makers and teaches the basics in the first book ever to describe in detail how to carve historically accurate furniture motifs common to American 18th century pieces. This is packed with color photos and detail, includes diagrams and layout information, and describes each step thoroughly. Any crafter's collection strong in woodworking must have this unique how-to reference!

Making Handmade Books
Alisa Golden
Lark Books
c/o Sterling Publishing
387 Park Avenue South, New York NY 10016
9781600595875 $19.95 www.larkcrafts.com

With just a few supplies and some technical savvy you can create unique books - especially with the help of the step-by-step color photo packed MAKING HANDMADE BOOKS: 100+ BINDINGS STRUCTURES AND FORMS. From making an x-book with pockets or a concertina with tabs to pop-up cards and an origami wallet, this is packed with projects and covers not just one style but a range of handmade book forms. Any crafts collection will find these specifics a 'must'.

Papertoy Monsters
Castleforte
Workman Publishers
225 Varick Street, New York NY 10014-4381
9780761158820 $16.95 www.workman.com

PAPERTOY MONSTERS: 50 COOL PAPERTOYS YOU CAN MAKE YOURSELF! Comes with pre-scored templates for easy folding, 10 blank templates for designing your own, and steps to papertoy monster-making from over twenty top papertoy designers from around the world. Color illustrations on every page accompany steps that are as simple as pop-out, fold and glue instructions. The pop-out templates aren't suited for library lending, but any home hobbyist or crafter ages 9 and older will find this filled with fun projects.


The Computer Shelf

The Principles of Beautiful Web Design, second edition
Jason Beaird
Sitepoint
9780980576894 $39.95 www.sitepoint.com

The Principles of Beautiful Web Design appears in its second updated edition teaching a step-by-step approach to designing beautiful websites. From learning how to apply color schemes and construct layouts using grids to using typography and editing position imagery, this covers mobile devices, web pages and more and covers all the artistry in producing a visually superior web page. Packed with color examples throughout, it's an outstanding winner for any web designer's library!

Logic Pro 9 Tips and Tricks
Stephen Bennett
PC Publishing
c/o O'Reilly Media Inc
1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472
9781906005153 $19.95 www.pc-publishing.com

Logic Pro 9 Tips and Tricks offers a fine key to optimizing Logic Pro 9, offering clues to using the features which are new to Version 9. From manipulating audio timing and tempo using the Flex tool to mixing for the best results, this offers keys to the software that make the most of music technology and bring new feel to music productions. Music and computer software libraries alike will find it an excellent, hands-on pick for LogicPro 9 users.

Ubuntu Unleashed, 2011 Edition
Matthew Helmke, et.al.
Sams
c/o Pearson Technology Group
801 East 96th Street, #300, Indianapolis, IN 46240-3759
0672333449 $49.99 www.informit.com/unleashed

The 2011 edition of UBUNTU UNLEASHED covers 10.10 and 11.04 and teaches all the basics of Ubuntu, from how to install and configure it to customizing interfaces, services, and programs. Learn how to play games, learn several programming language basics, and learn how to write easy software applications in Ubuntu in a detailed book packed with code, charts and specifics. Ubuntu 10.10 also comes on DVD with the book, plus a free upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04.

Integrating CMMI and Agile Development
Paul E. McMahon
Addison-Wesley
c/o Pearson Technology Group
801 East 96th Street, #300, Indianapolis, IN 46240-3759
0321714105 $49.99 www.informit.com/svciseries

Software engineering collections at the college level will find Integrating CMMI and Agile Development packs in key details about CMMI for organizations seeking to integrate agile methods into the process. It offers guidelines for such integration, presents six detailed case studies which document the steps and how to avoid common problems, and uses the author's decades of experience in process improvement to describe the approach. Highly recommended!

The Book of PF, second edition
Peter N.M. Hansteen
No Starch Press
38 Ringold St., San Francisco CA 94103
9781593272746 $29.95 www.nostarch.com

Programmers will learn how to build a secure network using PF in this updated second edition, which covers OpenBSD 4.8, FreeBSD 8.1, and NetSD 5. This edition has been completely updated and revised and offers keys to logical written network specifications, covering how to create rule sets for different kinds of network traffic, understanding the bridging firewall, and handling redundancy. Any network programmer using PF must have this!

Droid Application Sketch Book
Dean Kaplan
Apress Inc.
233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013
9781430233589 $14.99 www.apress.com

Droid Application Sketch Book provides a fine sketch book to keep design ideas arranged in one place, packs in over 150 templates along with pages designed to jot notes and designs, and provides keys for professionals interested in Droid app ideas. Programmers will find this a fine set of gridded templates lending to drafting and notes, making this a pick for any working Droid professional.

Windows Communication Foundation 4
John Sharp
Microsoft Press
c/o O'Reilly Media
1005 Gravenstein Hwy North, Sebastopol, CA 95472
9780735645561 $54.99 www.microsoft.com/mspress

Windows Communication Foundation 4 Step by step provides programmers with a tutorial that offers hands-on examples needed to teach the basics of creating Web services for Windows-based business applications. From managing identity and working with Windows Workflow Foundation to message routing, optimization and customization options, maintaining service contracts and more, this pairs with an online book and practice files for maximum impact. Any serious computer collection needs this!

Best iPad Apps
Peter Meyers
O'Reilly Media
1005 Gravenstein Hwy North, Sebastopol, CA 95472
9781449392475 $21.99 www.oreilly.com

BEST IPAD APPS: THE GUIDE FOR DISCRIMINATING DOWNLOADERS offers keys to locating and using only the best of the latest iPad apps on the market. The App Store has thousands of options: you can view them alone without help - or you can purchase this book, packed with reviews and ratings of the best. From making movies to tracking health and planning travel, this organizes apps into easily-located chapter reviews.

HTML5 and CSS3
Brian P. Hogan
Pragmatic Programmers
P.O. Box 293325, Lewisville, TX 75029-3325
sales@pragmaticprogrammer.com
9781934356685 $33.00 www.pragprog.com

HTML5 and CSS3: Develop with Tomorrow's Standards Today discusses the future of web development and how to get up to speed on the new HTML5 elements, APIs and CSS3 features. From learning how to embed audio and video into pages without using Flash to storage without cookies, this provides programmers with specific keys to success and offers hands-on tutorial projects for each HTML5 and CSS3 feature covered.

Data Integration Blueprint and Modeling
Anthony David Giordano
IBM Press
c/o Pearson Technology Group
801 East 96th Street, #300, Indianapolis, IN 46240-3759
www.mcp.com
0137084935 $59.99 www.ibmpressbooks.com

Data Integration Blueprint and Modeling: Techniques for Scalable and Sustainable Architecture is a recommended pick for any collge-level information technology collection, and presents a solution for businesses who rely on analytics and need a key for data integration. This provides programmers and business managers with an approach for designing and building data integration pieces to reduce costs and enhance quality, covering project lifecycles, activities, and managing technical and business data components. From the role of configuration management in data integration to identifying data quality criteria, this is filled with specific approaches and keys to business and information technology success.


The Fantasy/SciFi Shelf

Atlantis and Other Places
Harry Turtledove
ROC Books
c/o Penguin Publishing Group
375 Hudson St., New York NY 10014-3658
9780451463647 $24.95 www.penguin.com

Atlantis and Other Places: Stories of Alternate History follows up on his earlier trilogies and tells of an Earth in which the American East coast has broken away from the mainland to form the eighth continent of Atlantis. From a quest for a near-extinct bird to an enchanted German castle, this offers a range of stories of ancient eras and alternate history experiences, covering time and creating unexpected twists and turns of plot.

Spaceships and Politics
Leslie Dale Feldman
Lexington
c/o Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
4501 Forbes Blvd. Suite 200, Lanham MD 20706
9780739120453 $27.95 www.lexingtonbooks.com

Spaceships and Politics: The Political Theory of Rod Serling packs in a fine examination of the political themes in The Twilight Zone, where Serling uses fantasy and the supernatural to explore political ideas, ethics and values. His use of aliens to understand the human psyche made for an original, contemplative show analyzed here in a fine general survey perfect for science fiction and general collections alike.

A Hard Day's Knight
Simon R. Green
Ace
c/o Penguin Publishing Group
375 Hudson St., New York NY 10014
9780441019700 $25.95 www.penguin.com

A Hard Day's Knight provides another novel of the Nightside and represents the eleventh book in the series that features P.I. John Taylor, who has a talent for supernatural troubles. Here he has fallen into possession of the dangerous weapon Excalibur, and must consult the last knights of Camelot to learn its secrets in this tense thriller, packed with humor plus satisfying mystery and fantasy combined. Any general lending library will find it a gem!

Among Others
Jo Walton
TOR Books
175 - 5th Avenue, New York NY 10010
9780765321534 $24.99 www.tor-forge.com

AMONG OTHERS provides a compelling coming of age story with a fantasy twist, and should be on the shelves of any reader interested in magic and hope. The protagonist was raised by a half-mad mother who dabbled in magic, grew up in Wales where spirits abound, and is sent to a boarding school in England where magic doesn't exist. Her attempt to perform a bit of magic in an attempt to find friends backfires in this moving story, highly recommended for any fantasy collection.

The Agent Gambit
Sharon Lee & Steve Miller
Baen Books
Box 1403, Riverdale, NY 10471
9781439134078 $12.00 www.baen.com

The Agent Gambit tells of two fugitives on the run who join forces to elude common enemies and stay alive - even as they try not to kill each other. Two novels in the Liaden universe series include AGENT OF CHANGE and CARPE DIEM under one cover, making this a special pick for newcomers who want to receive sequential stories that make sense.

The Weird World of Eerie Publications
Mike Howlett
Feral House
1240 W Sims Way #124, Port Townsend, WA 98368
9781932595871 $32.95 www.feralhouse.com

The Weird World of Eerie Publications captures the world of a horror magazine that brought blood and gore to American newsstands from 1965 through 1975. It reproduces gory covers, reviews the history of the publication and its originator Myron Fass, a megalomaniac publisher who popularized terror, and provides a presentation packed with oversized full-page color photos and artwork from the magazine. Comics, graphic novel and horror collections alike will consider this a 'must have' reference!

Shadowheart
Tad Williams
DAW Books
c/o Penguin Publishing Group
375 Hudson St., New York NY 10014
9780756406400 $27.95 www.dawbooks.com

SHADOWHEART represents the 4th volume of Shadowmarch, and is a recommended as a series addition for any library seeing popularity with the prior titles. Here Southmarch Castle is about to be caught between two enemies, with its two main defenders trapped far from home. Add a powerful new force awakening beneath the castle and you have an absorbing, riveting new saga, hard to put down!


The Writing/Publishing Shelf

How to Publish a Kindle Book with Amazon.com
Cynthia Reeser
Atlantic Publishing
1405 SW 6th Avenue, Ocala, FL 34471
9781601384041 $24.95 www.atlantic-pub.com

How to Publish a Kindle Book with Amazon.com provides a complete guide on publishing a Kindle book, from reviewing the history of electronic publishing and the Kindle to pros and cons between print and digital books. The entire field of on-demand publishing and eBook formatting is surveyed in an essential, key acquisition for any would-be author who wishes to understand the next generation of Web book publishing, and for any general library collection.

Pyrotechnics on the Page
Ralph Fletcher
Stenhouse Publishers
9781571107831 $19.00 www.stenhouse.com

Pyrotechnics on the Page: Playful Craft That Sparks Writing draws important links between play and student writing, showing how language play can lend new life to writing efforts. From the developmental importance of language play and how to use a writer's notebook to encourage students to explore verbal pyrotechnics to idioms, expressions, and word inventions, this provides a fine survey paired with over twenty new craft lessons to encourage classroom and student participation in the process. Education and literary shelves alike will appreciate this!

The Write Start
Jennifer Hallissy
Shambhala Publications
Horticultural Hall
300 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115
9781590308370 $17.95 www.shambhala.com

THE WRITE START: A GUIDE TO NURTURING WRITING AT EVERY STAGE, FROM SCRIBBLING TO FORMING LETTERS AND WRITING STORIES is a 'must' for any creative writer's collection. It provides an inspirational writing 'how to' offering keys to instructing a child on the basics of writing and is intended for parents seeking to support writing efforts at home. The author worked with hundreds of parents and children and includes over fifty playful activities involving games, crafts and writing exercises. While this could also have appeared in our 'Education' section, it's reviewed here for its more general appeal to general lending collections and parents, as well as educator's libraries.

Euphemania
Ralph Keyes
Little, Brown
9780316056564 $24.99 www.hachettebookgroup.com

EUPHEMANIA: OUR LOVE AFFAIR WITH EUPHEMISMS explores the history, culture and literature of euphemisms, offering a lively discussion tracing the origins and changing usage of language. Politics, doublespeak and social commentary blend in a hilarious, pointed and fun literary and social assessment filled with examples and perfect for any general lending library.

The Productive Writer
Sage Cohen
Writer's Digest Books
4700 East Galbriath Road, Cincinnati, OH 45236
9781582979953 $16.99 www.writersdigest.com/books

The Productive Writer: Tips & Tools to Help You Write More, Stress Less & Create Success makes for a fine key to taking control of writing. It teaches systems, strategies and psychology to set goals, create a workable writing schedule, and organize thinking, and it also discusses how to increase publication and cash flow. Any writer who would increase productivity and organization needs this!


The Science Shelf

Lab-On-A-Chip
Yehya H. Ghallah and Wael Badawy
Artech House
685 Canton St., Norwood, MA 02062
1596934182 $119.00 www.artchhouse.com

Lab-On-A-Chip: Techniques, Circuits, and Biomedical Applications joins others in the 'Integrated Microsystems Series' and is a top pick for college-level technical collections strong in biomedical engineering and Microsystems. It discusses cell properties, sensing techniques for Lab-on-a-Chip, using circuits and Microsystems, and more. A logical progression lends to a basic understanding of lab-on-a-chip and provides practical applications to biomedical engineering processes.


The Music Shelf

Rip Your Own
Casey Kim
Course Technology
20 Channel Center St., Boston, MA 02210
9781598635836 $24.99 www.courseptr.com

Rip Your Own: Digitizing Your Records and Tapes is for any owner of old LPs or cassettes who would like a step-by-step guide to digitizing music on a budget. From a review of tools involved and how to find them to using software to clean up tape hiss, pops and clicks, this is a powerful guide for any music fan who wants the basics of how to convert old formats to MP3, iPods and other modern devices.

The Big Payback
Dan Charnas
New American Library
375 Hudson St., New York NY 10014
9780451229298 $24.95 www.penguin.com

THE BIG PAYBACK: THE HISTORY OF THE BUSINESS OF HIP-HOP details the volatile history of the hip-hop industry through its key players - money managers, executives, and those who had the insights to take a marginal urban subculture's music and change it into a mainstream money-maker. From early recording successes of Sugar Hill Records and Grandmaster Flash to the rise of gangsta rap and rap stars making multimillions, this chronicles the behind-the-scenes business deals of the rap and hip-hop industries, making it a pick for music and business collections alike.

I'm in the Band
Sean Yseult
Soft Skull Press
9781593762995 $22.95 www.softskull.com

I'M IN THE BAND: BACKSTAGE NOTES FROM THE CHICK IN WHITE ZOMBIE is a 'must' for any collection specializing in alternative rock. It blends a memoir with an insider's history of the rise of the rock band White Zombie, offering key insights from one of the few women musicians to make it in metal rock, and it follows the band's rise from New York in the 1980s to arena headliners during the nineties. Author Sean Yseult was the only woman in White Zombie - and the entire metal scene - from 1986 to 1996: her blend of eleven years of tour diaries, flyers and personal photos makes for a powerful, colorful visual and verbal survey.

Viva Coldplay!
Martin Roach
Omnibus Press/Music Sales Corp
237 Park Avenue South, New York NY 10010
9781849385466 $19.95 www.omnibuspress.com

The band Coldplay sold nearly five million units with their first album and went on to become a smash hit: author Martin Roach here provides a history from their early record to their later hits, exploring the band's members, developments, politics and struggle to retain artistic control of their music. From industry rumors to tracks that became singles, VIVA COLDPLAY provides an outstanding survey suitable for any modern rock music history holding.

Pro Tools 8: Course Clips
Steve Wall
Course Technology
1598639897 $29.99 www.courseptr.com

Pro Tools 8: Course Clips provides a satisfying DVD-ROM course offering a new, visual approach to learning the basic features of Pro Tools 8. This DVD-ROM allows for working through a production to absorb the basic concepts of producing a song, offering over three hours of movie tutorials and including production techniques, shortcuts, key commands and more. Both computer and music students will find this a winning survey.

Hollywood Musicals
Ken Bloom
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishing
151 West 19th St., New York NY 10011
9781579128487 $40.00 www.bdlev.com

HOLLYWOOD MUSICALS: THE 101 GREATEST SONG-AND-DANCE MOVIES OF ALL TIME celebrates Broadway musicals and comes from a musical theater expert who celebrates over a hundred of the most popular musical movies in an oversized pictorial tribute that begins in 1927 and continues to the present. Each film is featured with commentary about its historical and cultural importance, information on the film's creators and cast, and more. A 'must' for any collection seeking a visual guide to musicals.


The Native American Shelf

Building One Fire
Chadwick Corntassel Smith and Rennard Strickland with Benny Smith
University of Oklahoma Press
2800 Venture Drive, Norman OK 73069
9781616589608 $24.95 www.oupress.com

BUILDING ONE FIRE: ART + WORLD VIEW IN CHEROKEE LIFE comes from Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation Chad Smith and scholar Rennard Strickland, who provide an examination of Cherokee art through Cherokee philosophy. Suitable for general arts collections and especially for Native American holdings is this survey of the underlying meaning and representation of One Fire in Cherokee history and art. Native collections will find this riveting and powerful.


The DVD Shelf

Element: Power Yoga
Ashley Turner
Anchor Bay Entertainment
No ISBN $14.98 www.anchorbayent.com/fitness

ELEMENT: POWER YOGA comes from a celebrity yoga instructor who is one of the few yoga teachers to also hold a masters degree in counseling psychology. Her hour-long program thus weaves yoga with psychology, offering physical exercise blended with mind strength. It begins with a warmup series and moves into power abdominal poses, and is filmed on location overlooking the Pacific Ocean.


The Anthropology Shelf

Filipino Tattoos
Lane Wilcken
Schiffer
4880 Lower Valley Road, Atglen PA 19310
9780764336027 $39.99 www.schifferbooks.com

FILIPINO TATTOOS: ANCIENT TO MODERN provides an outstanding history and survey of Filipino tattoo art, offering pages packed with detail, color photos, and background going all the way back to ancient times and specific niches and regions of the country. There's simply nothing like it on the market, making this a top recommendation for a range of collections, from arts libraries and collections on Filipino history and culture to any interested in tattoos and new design options.


The Pets/Wildlife Shelf

Pathogenesis of Bacterial Infections in Animals, fourth edition
Carlton L. Gyles, et.al., Editors
Wiley-Blackwell
350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148
9780813812373 $199.99 www.wiley.com/wiley-blackwell

The fourth updated edition of Pathogenesis of Bacterial Infections in Animals is a 'must' for any college-level veterinary or science collection, and covers the major bacterial pathogens of animals. From clinical images and a review of pathogenesis to cellular and molecular level changes, this offers medical microbiologists and vets alike a fine survey packed with charts, references, and insights on controlled clinical trials and results.

Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, eighth edition
National Research Council
National Academies Press
500 - 5th St NW, Washington DC 20055
9780309154000 $19.95 www.national-academies.org

The eighth updated edition of Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals provides a strong winner, offer detailed and technical chapters assessing the housing, storage, veterinary care and use of laboratory animals of all kinds. College-level collections strong in animal research will find this a 'must': it provides a solid guide covering the handling and obligations of specialists, covering non-invasive and invasive methods of research as well as environments. A top, technical pick for any researcher's collection!

Stolen World
Jeannie Erin Smith
Crown
c/o The Random House Publishing Group
1745 Broadway, 17th floor, New York, NY 10019
9780307381477 $25.00 www.crownpublishing.com

STOLEN WORLD: A TALE OF REPTILES, SMUGGLERS, AND SKULDUGGERY offers an eye-opening account spanning some five decades and six continents, telling of the criminal world of wildlife smuggling and illegal animal trafficking. From the evolution of world endangered species laws to smugglers who provided rare animals to many zoos and institutions, this is an eye-opening history of animal smugglers and schemers recommended for both general collections and wildlife issues holdings alike.

100 Birds to See Before You Die
David Chandler & Dominic Couzens
Thunder Bay Press
10350 Barnes Canyon Road, San Diego, CA 92121
1592239587 $19.95 www.thunderbaybooks.com

100 Birds to See Before You Die: The Ultimate Wish List for Birders Everywhere celebrates unusual birds of the world, pairing color photos with discussions of their unique oddities. While many of these strange birds won't be accessible to the ordinary birder living in a set area, the book does offer both a travel map of places and a fine armchair natural history read, packing in plenty of history and details on each selected bird. General as well as science holdings will appreciate its colorful approach and eye-catching title and cover.

Rewilding the World
Caroline Fraser
Picador USA
175 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1800, New York, NY 10010
9780312655419 $18.00 www.picadorusa.com

Rewilding the World: Dispatches from the Conservation Revolution provides the first definitive account of a crusade to battle environmental destruction and the extinction of species at the hand of man, and is an inspirational offering for any lending library concerned with wildlife preservation. It discusses applied rewilding plans to save species by restoring habitats, reviving migration corridors, and allowing animals to live at peace with people, and it's an inspirational and positive contrast to all the negative extinction crisis titles on the market that seem to offer no hope for the future. This book does - and documents real-world success stories!

Aggressive Behavior in Dogs
James O'Heare
Dogpsyche
c/o Dogwise Publishing
403 S. Mission St., Wenatchee, WI 98801
www.dogwise.com
9780973836929 $59.95 www.dogpsych.com

AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR IN DOGS: A COMPREHENSIVE TECHNICAL MANUAL FOR PROFESSIONALS should be in every dog professional's collection: it provides a comprehensive, technical manual on assessing the behavior and behavior change programs for dogs. From undersocialization and single-subject designs used in the experimental analysis of behaviors to behavior change programming, this packs in bibliographies for reference, assessment sheets, and everything the professional trainer needs to assess and handle dog aggression. Few other surveys contain the technical, in-depth assessment of this guide.


The Travel Shelf

Homeopathic Guide for Travelers, revised edition
Ravi Roy and Carola Lage-Roy
North Atlantic Books
Box 12327, Berkeley, CA 94712
9781556439360 $16.95 www.northatlanticbooks.com

Homeopathic Guide for Travelers: Remedies for Health and Safety offers a revised edition of an original that sold over 70,000 copies in German, and offers a guide for health on the road from short jaunts to long treks or business travel. All issues a vacationer might encounter along the way, from altitude sickness to jetlag and infectious diseases, are covered with a homeopathic perspective added.

Stairway Walks in San Francisco
Adah Bakalinsky with Marian Gregoile
Wilderness Press
2204 First Avenue South #102, Birmingham, Al 35233
9780899976372 $17.95 www.wildernesspress.com

Hundreds of stairways traverse San Francisco's 42 hills, exploring scenic vistas and linking neighborhoods, and this covers them all, offering detailed maps of neighborhoods, discussing directions and sights to be seen, and outlining the hidden cul-de-sacs of the City. San Francisco residents who want to know their own city better will find this a winner, as well!

Prodigal Daughter
Myrna Kostash
University of Alberta Press
King House 2, Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6G 2E1
9780888645340 $34.95 www.uap.ualberta.ca

PRODIGAL DAUGHTER: A JOURNEY TO BYZANTIUM provides a fine historic narrative of one woman's journey through the Balkans as she searches for the real Demetrius. Questioning her inherited religion, she embarks upon a personal and spiritual journey that begins in Canada and takes her to the Balkans. History, memoir and travelogue blend in a vivid personal journey of discovery.


The Biography Shelf

Sexual Outlaw, Erotic Mystic
Vere Chappell
Weiser Books
500 - 3rd St, #230, San Francisco CA 94107
9781578634767 $21.95 www.redwheelweiser.com

Sexual Outlaw, Erotic Mystic: The Essential Ida Craddock tells of a woman persecuted for her sex education and spirituality ways in the late 1800s. Craddock became an occult scholar in her thirties, teaching courses on viewing sex as a sacred act and experiencing sex through nightly visits with her angelic husband Soph. New age and biography libraries will find her life makes for fascinating reading.

Jackie As Editor
Greg Lawrence
Thomas Dunne Books
c/o St. Martin's Press
175 - 5th Avenue, New York NY 10010-7848
9780312591939 $25.99 www.thomasdunnebooks.com

JACKIE AS EDITOR: THE LITERARY LIFE OF JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS tells of how at age 46, one of the most famous women in the world went to work for the first time in her life. Interviews with over 125 of her former collaborators and publishing co-workers compliment a fine biography of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, documenting how over the last third of her life, she mastered a new job and fostered over 100 books through powerhouse publishing firms Viking and Doubleday. Highly recommended not just for fans of Jackie, but for collections strong in women's issues, biography, and publishing industry history.

William and Kate: A Royal Love Story
Christopher Andersen
Gallery Books
c/o Simon & Schuster
1230 Avenue of Americas, New York NY 10020
9781451621457 $26.00 www.simonandschuster.com

William and Kate: A Royal Love Story is a recommendation for any general lending library where interest in the Royal Family is prevalent. Prince William and Kate Middleton's storybook romance and the mystery surrounding their relationship is revealed in a fine survey of their courtship. New information on threats to their lives and how Kate won her prince after their breakup makes for a fine, involving and highly recommended account.

A Voice from Old New York
Louis Auchingcloss
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
222 Berkeley St., Boston MA 02116
9780547341538 $25.00 www.hmhbooks.com

A Voice from Old New York: A Memoir of My Youth provides a fine autobiography of a man who tackles New York society as it relates to his own experiences. His experiences with those both within and outside of New York's upper class makes for a fine and lively survey perfect for any interested in New York history and culture in general or Louis Auchingcloss in particular.

William & Kate
James Clench
Sterling Publishing Company
387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016-8810
9781402787843 $19.95 www.sterlingpublishing.com

William & Kate: A Royal Love Story follows Prince William and Kate Middleton's fairytale romance and tells of how a middle class girl and fellow student caught Prince William's eye - and more. Bridging the social differences between their families and learning to enter royalty with no prior background was a challenge - one Kate appears to have mastered. Color photos of the couple throughout make this an appealing winner!

The Memory Palace
Mira Bartok
Free Press
c/o Simon & Schuster
1230 Avenue of Americas, New York NY 10020
9781439183311 $25.00 www.simonandschuster.com

THE MEMORY PALACE: A MEMOIR provides an outstanding memoir of the author's life with a brilliant but mentally ill mother, Norma Bartok, and their volatile relationship. Norma's severe schizophrenia created a dangerous childhood for Mira and her sister: they were neglected and were filled with frightening stories based on their mother's perceptions of dangers. After Norma attacked her daughters when, as adults, they insisted she get treatment, they changed their names and cut off all communication with her. Mira Bartok's vivid memoir of living with and handling mental illness makes for a moving read any general lending library will appreciate.


The Health/Medicine Shelf

Fitness and Exercise Sourcebook, fourth edition
Laura Larsen, Editor
Omnigraphics
Box 31-1640, Detroit, MI 48231-1640
9780780811423 $95.00 www.omnigraphics.com

The fourth updated edition of Fitness and Exercise Sourcebook provides updated information about the health benefits of physical activity, discussing guidelines for physical fitness at all age levels and including the latest information about physical activity for all levels, including those with chronic diseases or disabilities. From the health benefits of physical activity for guidelines for fitness and fitness safety, this packs in a range of topics key to any health library.

101 More Favorite Play Therapy Techniques
Heidi Gerard Kaduson and Charles E. Schaefer, Eds
Jason Aronson
4501 Forbes Blvd. #200, Lanham, MD 20706
9780765708007 $49.95 www.rowmanlittlefield.com

101 More Favorite Play Therapy Techniques packs in over a hundred meaningful play therapy techniques and comes form therapies that are contributors' favorites. These are techniques that provide variations on basic play therapy methods and often offer new directions for focus. This isn't just a collection of play therapy instructionals, but includes therapist discussions on the pros and cons of each approach, so psychotherapists will find this packed with keys ideas and useful applications.

The Threat of Pandemic Influenza
Stacey L. Knobler, et.al., Editors
National Academies Press
500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001
0309095042 $49.00 www.national-academies.org

The Threat of Pandemic Influenza: Are We Ready offers a workshop summary culled from the Forum on Microbial Threats and offers technical charts and graphs and discussion on the various possibilities of pandemic influenza and the safety and management of antivirals and processes to contain it. From strategies to control avian influenza in birds and mammals to best practices in public health management, this is packed with key details suitable for any college-level collection strong in world health issues and management.

Geriatric Dosage Handbook, 16th edition
Todd P. Semia, MS, PharmD, BCPS, AGSF, et.al.
Lexi-Comp
1100 Terex Rd., Hudson OH 44236
9781591952855 $55.95 www.lexi.com

The 16th updated edition of Geriatric Dosage Handbook should be on the shelves of any serious medical reference library. It includes monitoring guidelines, offers an A-Z encyclopedia reference that includes adverse reactions, drug interactions, stability, dosage and more, and this update offers 25 new drug monographs and many updates to appendix content. A top reference for any practicing physician or nurse's library!

Basics of the U.S. Health Care System
Nancy J. Niles
Jones & Bartlett
40 Tall Pine Drive, Sudbury, MA 01776
9781449615192 $59.95 www.jbpub.com

Basics of the U.S. Health Care System provides students with a fine introduction to the health care industry, offering activities and reviews key to understanding the major concepts of health care operations. Each chapter includes review exercises, web resources, and an attention to detail of concepts basic to the U.S. system, making this a strong recommendation not just for health collections, but for college-level classroom text assignment.

Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Family Medicine, third edition
Jeannette E. South-Paul, et.al.
McGraw-Hill Medical Publishig Group
1221 Avenue of the Americas, 45th Floor, New York, NY 10020
0071624368 $75.00 www.mcgraw-hillmedical.com

The third updated edition of Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Family Medicine provides a powerful evidence-based coverage of diseases and syndromes commonly seen in clinical practice, and provides an arrangement by lifespan for quick and easy consultation. From alternative treatments where appropriate to charts, tables, and consideration of conservative therapies and patient education, this packs in a wealth of practical clinical detail any college-level health collection will find important. It's an easily-used guide to a range of primary care concerns, and essential for not just students but for practicing family physicians and their staff.

Master the Boards USMLE Step 2 CK
Conrad Fischer, MD
Kaplan Publishing
1 Liberty Plaza, 24th floor, New York, NY 10006
www.kaplanpublishing.com
9781607146537 $44.99 www.kaplanpublishing.com

Master the Boards USMLE Step 2 CK offers a fine test preparation guide which should be considered 'essential' for any medical collection. It's the only illustrated, one-volume book that compiles all the basic tested concepts for the Step 2 Clinical Knowledge board exam, and highlights exam tips, cases, knowledge, and courses of action. Any preparing for this medical exam simply MUST have this reference!

The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook, fifth edition
Edmund J. Bourne, Ph.D.
New Harbinger
5674 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94609
9781572248915 $24.95 www.newharbinger.com

The fifth updated edition of The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook has been thoroughly updated with the latest anxiety research and medications and includes new techniques that have been proven effective for treatment of anxiety. The worksheet format teaches skills needed to manage anxiety, offering self-help readers a range of proven, tested control methods. From relaxation techniques to making exercise and diet changes, this offers skills for preventing and coping with panic attacks and is key for any serious health collection.

First Aid for the USMLE Step 1, 2011
Tao Le, Vikas Bhushan, Juliana Tolles
McGraw-Hill Professional
1221 Avenue of the Americas, 45th Floor, New York, NY 10020
0071742301 $45.00 www.mcgraw-hill.com

First Aid for the USMLE Step 1, 2011 provides a fine student-to-student guide packed with advice from students who aced the 2010 exam, and offers a format filled with frequently tested facts, a 24-page insert of images, student ratings of over three hundred review products on the market, and charts, graphs and formulas. Any taking the USMLE medical exam will find this packs in keys for review, cramming and test preparation in an update which includes the latest test-taking advice from students who passed.

State of the World's Vaccines and Immunization, third edition
Cathy Needham, Editor
World Health Organization/Stylus Publishing
Box 605, Herndon, VA 20172-0605
9789241563864 $30.00 www.styluspub.com

The third updated edition of State of the World's Vaccines and Immunization deserves a place in any health collection strong in world health issues and global health systems. It provides an updated analysis of the world's vaccines and immunization stocks, considering global goals and standards for measuring them, differences in approaches between industrialized and non-industrialized nations, international development assistance programs, and more. World health and social issues collections will find this invaluable.

Full: A Life Without Dieting
Michael A. Snyder, MD, FACS
Hay House
Box 5100, Carlsbad, CA 92018-5100
9781401929053 $19.95 www.hayhouse.com

Full: A Life Without Dieting comes from a bariatric surgeon who teaches how to reject diets based on restrictions and complete lifestyle changes. Instead he promotes weight-control strategies rooted in physiology and understanding the feel and effects of 'fullness', showing how to sustain weight loss regardless of dietary habits, and how to be satisfied with less food. Learn five steps of digestion to gain control of dietary behavior in this different, recommended dieter's guide.

Body By Design
Kris Gethin
Touchstone Books
c/o Simon & Schuster
1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020
9781451602173 $24.99 www.simonandschuster.com

BODY BY DESIGN: THE COMPLETE 12-WEEK PROGRAM TO TRANSFORM YOUR BODY FOREVER comes from the editor in chief of the fitness site Bodybuilding.com, and presents a 12-week diet and exercise program packed with thousands of successful results. It teaches how to get motivated, exercise for maximum results, and how to understand differences between action and ideal. It's a 'must' for any general lending library strong in bodybuilding and diet plans.

Providing Good Care at Night for Older People
Diana Kerr and Heather Wilkinson
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
400 Market St. #400, Philadelphia, PA 19106
9781849050647 $32.95 www.jkp.com

Providing Good Care at Night for Older People: Practical Approaches for Use In Nursing and Care Homes offers night staff and managers with keys to the skills needed to deliver appropriate care during the night. All issues involved in caring for older people at night are considered, from continence and nutrition to medication, night-time checking, pain management and more. From the impact of dementia on eating and drinking to the use of assistive technology, this is packed with field-tested observations and idea - and should be in any medical provider's collection.

The New Sonoma Diet
Dr. Connie Guttersen, RD, PhD
Sterling Publishing Company
387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016-8810
9780402781186 $22.95 www.sterlingpublishing.com

The New Sonoma Diet deserves ongoing recommendation as a fine diet plan promoting not just weight loss but increased energy. This has been completely updated and simplified with new 'power foods' and recipes ranging from breakfast Fruit & Nut Energy Bars to White Bean Ratatouille. Tips on understanding the overall diet plan and applying meals to the plan make this a fine diet cookbook and survey.


The Psychology Shelf

The Handy Psychology Answer Book
Lisa J. Cohen, PhD
Visible Ink Press
43311 Joy Road #414, Canton MI 48187-2075
9781578592234 $21.95 www.visibleink.com

The Handy Psychology Answer Book: Your Smart Reference features over 1,000 answers to questions on how the human mind and psychology work, and covers the basic history and fundamentals of psychology and how people deal with life and daily issues. From happiness and weather to marriage, how genetics influence happiness, and the psychological challenges of pregnancy, this offers a quick reference perfect for any interested in psychology.

The Mindful Therapist
Daniewl J. Siegel
W. W. Norton
500 - 5th Avenue, New York NY 10110
9780393706451 $27.95 www.wwnorton.com

THE MINDFUL THERAPIST: A CLINICIANS GUIDE TO MINDSIGHT AND NEURAL INTEGRATION explores what it means to be mindful and how to cultivate this state in a therapeutic relationship. Strategies involve cultivating a mindful presence in a physician's persona and professional life alike, making for an ongoing recommendation for any college-level psychology holding.


The Automotive Shelf

Woodward Avenue
Robert Genat
CarTech
39966 Grand Avenue, North Branch, MN 55056
9781932494914 $34.95 www.cartechbooks.com

Detroit's Woodward Avenue was the country's cruising and street racing center between the 1950s and 60s - and it even became the unofficial test track for testing cars produced by Detroit engineers. WOODWARD AVENUE: CRUISING THE LEGENDARY STRIP is thus packed with stories about those who cruised the street during the times, and features images of prototype cars and legendary cruisers alike. Auto fans will find this an outstanding pick packed with color and history.


The Railroading Shelf

Alco Locomotives
Brian Solomon
Voyageur Press
400 First Avenue North, #300, Minneapolis, MN 55401
9780760333389 $40.00 www.voyageurpress.com

ALCO LOCOMOTIVES covers the trains which operated from 1901 to 1969, pairing full-page color photos in an oversized presentation with the first in-depth history of this company's steam and diesel locomotives. It deserves ongoing, repeat recommendation as a top train pick. Train buffs will relish the details and coverage of the design and development of Alco locomotives, and a history that documents the creation, rise and fall of the Alcos.

The Flying Scotsman
David McIntosh
Ian Allan Publishing
Riverdene Business Park, Hersham, Surrey KT12 4RG, UK
9780711035331 $16.95 www.ianallanpublishing.co.uk

The Flying Scotsman offers a paperback-sized hardcover survey considering the legendary Flying Scotsman locomotive, the most famous in the world. It was the first to complete the London-Edinburgh run non-stop and the first steam engine to be recorded at 100 miles per hour. When it was retired in 1963 the Flying Scotsman was bought privately and restored to eventually take a worldwide tour to Australia, and is currently being restored by the National Railway Museum. This book captures all these high points and is packaged in a small landscape size to make it a top pick for any steam rail buff.


The Environmental Studies Shelf

Hot
Mark Hertsgaard
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
222 Berkeley St., Boston MA 02116
9780618826124 $25.00 www.hmhbooks.com

HOT: LIVING THROUGH THE NEXT FIFTY YEARS ON EARTH comes from a journalist and author who has covered climate change for over twenty years for leading publications around the world - but when he became a father he learned that climate change had arrived a century earlier than forecast. HOT explores how to cope with worsening climate change for the rest of our lives and is the first to explore practical responses to the new era of global warming. It's a top pick for any who would understand the global warming crisis on a more personal level than most science books offer, and is a top pick for any general lending library.


The Journalism Shelf

Gray Lady Down
William McGowan
Encounter Books
900 Broadway #601, New York NY 10003
9781594034862 $25.95 www.encounterbooks.com

GRAY LADY DOWN: WHAT THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE NEW YORK TIMES MEANS FOR AMERICA provides a powerful survey that stands alone well and in its role as a sequel to COLORING THE NEWS. Journalist William McGowan here asks who is responsible for squandering the New York Times - and considers how the Times' unhealthy obsessions with pop culture and counterculture trends have placed it at odds with the values of the American mainstream. An intriguing, critical analysis makes this a pick for any journalism or sociology collection.


The Martial Arts Shelf

Martial Arts and Philosophy
Graham Priest and Damon Young, Editors
Open Court
70 East Lake St. #300, Chicago, IL 60601
9780812696844 $21.95 www.opencourtbooks.com

Martial Arts and Philosophy: Beating and Nothingness provides a fine survey covering the philosophical undercurrents of martial arts training and competition. Chapters designed to appeal to martial artists offer a series of questions on the philosophical, spiritual and sociological nature of martial arts and its connections to violence and peace alike. Contributors are also practitioners of the fighting arts, so make for informed reflection for even newcomers to either martial arts or philosophy.


The Christian Studies Shelf

Concise Encyclopedia of Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites
Donald B. Kraybill
Johns Hopkins University Press
1615 N. Charles St., Baltimore MD 21218
0801896576 $35.00 www.press.jhu.edu

Concise Encyclopedia of Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites covers religious communities that include over 200 different groups, offering over three hundred short entries providing details on topics of interest to their religions. It gathers the groups under one cover, reviewing their beliefs and cultural practices and offering a fine broad overview arranged with quick searches and information. Any spirituality collection and many a general lending library will find this a key reference for any interested in Anabaptist groups.

This Sacred Moment
Albert Haase, O.F.M.
InterVarsity Press
Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515-1426
9780830835430 $15.00 www.ivpress.com

THIS SACRED MOMENT: BECOMING HOLY RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE offers a small but challenging book from a spiritual director who tells how to become 'holy' in the midst of everyday life. All situations hold potential for calling upon holiness: this provides keys to practices that help discern God's daily message. Any spirituality collection will relish this message!

The Narnia Code
Michael Ward
Tyndale House Publishers
351 Executive Drive, Carol Stream, IL 60188
9781414339658 $13.99 www.tyndale.com

THE NARNIA CODE: C.S. LEWIS AND THE SECRET OF THE SEVEN HEAVENS provides a fine scholarly analysis of Narnia by a Christian scholar who reveals the key behind Lewis' seven fantasy adventures. The focus is on Lewis' mind and perceptions in a title that reveals how his lifelong passions have contributed to a series largely regarded as a Christian mainstay of belief and courage. Any library strong in scholarly Christian analysis in general and C.S. Lewis in particular will find this an intriguing survey.

Blood Kin of Jesus
Kenneth Hanson, Ph.D.
Council Oak Books
2 W. 6th St., Ste. 262, Tulsa, OK 74119
9781571782243 $25.00 www.counciloakbooks.com

BLOOD KIN OF JESUS considers what actually happened to the family of Jesus and fills in gaps in popular knowledge. Jesus' brothers and heirs headed a messianic movement in Jerusalem that grew after his death: this movement changed Judaism - and is barely acknowledged today. Maps and history blend in a fine religious survey of what happened to Jesus' blood kin following his crucifixion. Spirituality collections will find this a powerful survey.

One Life
Scot McKnight
Zondervan Publishing House
5300 Patterson Avenue, S.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49530
9780310277668 $14.99 www.zondervan.com

ONE LIFE: JESUS CALLS/WE FOLLOW offers a detailed analysis on what Jesus meant when he announced the arrival of God's kingdom and considers why his message had an impact on his listeners. Any Christian library will find this a thoughtful, personal survey that uses the concept of one life to explore how to live life at its best. A fine survey, this will reach many general readers with its important message.

Frank Sheed & Maisie Ward: Spiritual Writings
Selected by David Meconi, S.J.
Orbis Books
Price Bldg, Box 302, Maryknoll, NY 10545
9781570758874 $20.00 www.orbisbooks.com

Frank Sheed & Maisie Ward: Spiritual Writings belongs in any spirituality library concerned with modern Catholicism. It tells of a literary couple who founded Sheed & Ward publishers, who wrote numerous books on catholic history and spirituality, and whose writings come to life in this collection: "Our minds cannot take God's inner life by storm; we shall see as much as he gives us light to see."

God and the Art of Happiness
Ellen T. Charry
William B. Eerdmans Publishing
2140 Oak Industrial Drive NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505
9780802860323 $35.00 www.eerdmans.com

God and the Art of Happiness offers a survey of the connections between God and personal happiness throughout the history of Christian thought, from Saint Augustine to the 18th century, and explores changing perceptions of the nature of happiness in the Bible. This theological exploration of Christian life provides a winning survey of heaven's attractions, Christian fears of being too happy this side of paradise, and what theology has to say about the matter. Any Christian collection will find it blends spiritual and philosophical concerns in an excellent, warm survey.


The Religion/Spirituality Shelf

Divine Love
Jeff Levin and Stephen G. Post, Editors
Templeton Press
300 Conshohocken, West Conshohocken PA 19428
9781599472492 $34.95 www.templetonpress.org

DIVINE LOVE: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE WORLD'S RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS provides a fine survey of the world's major faith traditions and the connections between their faiths - which boils down to the concept of divine love. Here eight religious scholars consider the concept of divine love and offer a comparative inquiry of God as a manifestation of this divinity. Highly recommended!

Holy Ignorance
Olivier Roy
Columbia University Press
61 West 62nd Street, New York, NY 10023-7015
9780231701266 $27.50 www.cup.columbia.edu

HOLY IGNORANCE: WHEN RELIGION AND CULTURE PART WAYS provides an outstanding scholarly survey from one of the world's most distinguished analysts of political Islam. Here he considers the modern disconnection between faith and social identity and how fundamentalist religions grow from the secularization of societies. Connections between fundamentalist growth and cultural influence make this a powerful college-level pick for both spirituality and social issues collections alike.


The Metaphysical Studies Shelf

The Joy Factor
Susan Smith Jones, PhD
Conari Press
65 Parker St., Unit 7, Newburyport, MA 01950
9781573244787 $16.95 www.redwheelweiser.com

THE JOY FACTOR; 10 SACRED PRACTICES FOR RADIANT HEALTH offers a fine link between physical and spiritual fulfillment, and comes from a natural health practitioner who offers keys to liberating personal joy. Research blends with spiritual insights in chapters that consider visualization, meditation, and the healing powers of joy. Case histories abound in this recommendation for any new age library.

Virtual Reality: Consciousness REALLY Explained, third edition
Jerome Iglowitz
Jerrysplace
9780984528509 $42.16 www.amazon.com

Any interested in a lengthy discussion of the nature of reality, human perception, and consciousness must have the vastly expanded third edition of Virtual Reality: Consciousness REALLY Explained. It probes the connections between the brain and human perception, represents some fifty years of the author's research on the topic, and blends math, science, philosophy and theories of consciousness into a unified approach. How can a biological organism truly know the nature of space, time and reality? No light discourse, this book is slightly over 600 pages in length: the logical progression moves from the first hundred pages offering an introductory primer on the topic to the author's in-depth analysis and thoughts which include consciousness, spirit, soul and the nature of consciousness. Rich, weighty and involving, this is a solid pick for new age and philosophy collections alike, probing an array of interconnected scientific and philosophical topics few others touch with such detail. Highly recommended!

Psychedelic Healing
Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D.
Healing Arts Press
c/o Inner Traditions
One Park Street, Rochester, VT 05767
9781594772504 $16.95 www.healingartspress.com

Psychedelic Healing: The Promise of Entheogens for Psychotherapy and Spiritual Development explores the latest research on psychedelics, along with their use in indigenous cultures through history for shamanic rituals. Guidelines for working with entheogens are provided in a fine analysis of psychotherapy and psychedelic healing, and make for a fine new age shelf addition for any collection strong in new age healing alternatives.

Meditation for the Love of It
Sally Kempton
Sounds True
Box 80110, Boulder CO 80306
9781604070811 $19.95 www.soundstrue.com

Meditation for the Love of It: Enjoying Your Own Deepest Experience offers an exceptionally clear survey of the process and benefits of meditative practices, and is a fine pick for any new age and many a general library. It uses some forty years of the author's experience teaching and meditating and shows how to connect inner longings and energy to the meditative process. From understanding and working with kundalini to twenty practices for bringing peace into life, this is a powerful pick for a range of libraries - more accessible and inviting than many on the subject.

Remote Viewing Secrets
Joseph McMoneagle
Hampton Roads Publishing
9781571741592 $18.95 www.hrpub.com

REMOTE VIEWING SECRETS: THE HANDBOOK FOR DEVELOPING AND EXTENDING YOUR PSYCHIC ABILITIES provides a fine survey of a scientific protocol to develop and extend the ability of remote viewing so that ordinary people can learn to do what psychics do. In effect it teaches readers how to become remote viewers, and comes from an author who learned remote viewing in the U.S. Army and participated in its Stargate program. Exercises and anecdotes supplement keys to developing personal psychic abilities in this fine guide.


The Photography Shelf

Image Makers, Image Takers, expanded edition
Anne-Celine Jaeger
Thames & Hudson
500 - 5th Avenue, New York NY 10110
9780500288924 $34.95 www.thamesandhudsonusa.com

Image Makers, Image Takers reveals how some of the best photographers from art, fashion, documentaries, advertising and other worlds create their most memorable products, and explores what it is that businesses and galleries seek when they choose an image. This expanded edition includes five new interviews, a new chapter on web and digital photo promotion, and packs in over 240 images that consider the works and promotion of the most famous photos. Very highly recommended for any general or professional photography library.

Understanding and Controlling Strobe Lighting
John Siskin
Amherst Media
170 Rano St., Suite 200, Buffalo, NY 14207
9781608952427 $34.95 www.amherstmedia.com

Understanding and Controlling Strobe Lighting: A Guide for Digital Photographers tells photographers how to choose the right strobe light sources and modifiers for different results, and how to use them on a shoot. From the basics of strobe lighting gear and how to build a portable and diverse lighting kit to getting the right exposure with strobe lighting, this covers all kinds of basic and special effects and teaches techniques for creating outstanding images.

Welcome to Oz 2.0
Vincent Versace
New Riders
c/o Pearson Technology Group
801 East 96th Street, #300, Indianapolis, IN 46240-3759
0321714768 $49.99 www.newriders.com

Welcome to Oz 2.0: A Cinematic Approach to Digital Still Photography with Photoshop is packed with keys to approaching digital photography cinematically, and teaches how to use camera in conjunction with cinematic ideas and Photoshop to create superior still images. From practicing 'image harvesting' to discovering bokeh and how to control how the eye sees an image, this is packed with clear color photo examples of concepts that go far beyond the usual Photoshop guide. Very highly recommended!


The Military Shelf

Go the Distance
Major Sam McGrath
Osprey Publishing
4402 - 23rd St. Suite 219, Long Island City, NY 11101
9781849084505 $17.95 www.ospreypublishing.com

Go the Distance: Total Mind and Body Fitness with 6 Aspirational Challenges comes from the former head of the British Army's Paratrooper Qualification and Selection Course, a troop known worldwide for their especially grueling qualifying trials. The regimen is 7 days of 8 tests of physical and mental endurance which concludes a test given at the end of a 20-week training program, and GO THE DISTANCE offers lessons from these tests so that a person of average fitness can achieve new heights.

Summer Thunder
Matt Spruill
University of Tennessee Press
293 Communications Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-0325
1572337273 $29.95 www.utpress.org

SUMMER THUNDER: A BATTLEFIELD GUIDE TO THE ARTILLERY AT GETTYSBURG stands out from the many titles covering the Battle of Gettysburg, offering a fine resource to visitors to the national military park. The author's commentary blends with excerpts from the Official Records and other primary sources and explores the park, its history, and how to understand the battles that happened there. From artillery used on both sides to events, this is a 'must' take-along and research key for any visitor to Gettysburg.

Give Me Tomorrow
Patrick K. O'Donnell
DaCapo Press
c/o Perseus Group
11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142
9780306818011 $26.00 www.dacapopress.com

GIVE ME TOMORROW: THE KOREAN WAR'S GREATEST UNTOLD STORY - THE EPIC STAND OF THE MARINES OF GEORGE COMPANY offers a detailed survey on the sixtieth anniversary of the year of the Korean War's start, and surveys a company's seemingly impossible mission and victories which have remain untold until now. It's based on over a hundred interviews and supported with primary source materials, and offers a personal approach to battle experience that make for a stunning 'must' for any military history collection.

Black & Bulletproof
Marcus Hardie
New Horizon Press
Box 669, Far Hills, NJ 07931-0669
9780882823461 $24.95 www.newhorizonpressbooks.com

BLACK & BULLETPROOF: AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN WARRIOR IN THE ISRAELI ARMY tells the true story of a young black American man from the gangs of Los Angeles who wound up serving in the Israeli Defense forces. His journey, his involvement in a religion that would set him on course for Israel, and his evolving Jewish faith would make for an eye-opening journey in this blend of autobiography and Israeli military insights.

The German Wars
Michael A. Palmer
Zenith Press
c/o Quayside Publishing Group
400 First Avenue North, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55401
9780760337806 $29.00 www.zenithpress.com

THE GERMAN WARS: A CONCISE HISTORY, 1859-1945 provides a fine survey of how a nation came to be recognized for its military supremacy - despite losing two world wars. Michael Palmer provides an analysis of German military might that discusses their strategic failures, bad assumptions, and how their method of superior warfare became outdates. Chapters describe major battles of Germans and offer fine strategic analysis perfect for military history holdings.

U.S. Aerial Armament in World War II
William Wolf
Schiffer
4880 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, PA 19310
9780764336584 $69.99 www.schifferbooks.com

U.S. Aerial Armament in World War II: The Ultimate Look V. 3 follows the author's previous 'Ultimate Look' volumes on the B-29, B-18 and B-25, continuing his definitive history of U.S. aerial armament in World War II and using his extensive library, microfilm archives and technical manuals to cover a range of weaponry and bombs. From an entire chapter on guided missiles to special weapons, this pairs photos, diagrams, charts and more in a technical coverage recommended for any serious military collection.


The Theatre/Cinema/TV Shelf

Gilbert and Sullivan
Carolyn Williams
Columbia University Press
61 West 62nd Street, New York, NY 10023-7015
9780231148047 $35.00 www.cup.columbia.edu

College-level collections strong in stage analysis and social commentary on the arts will find GILBERT AND SULLIVAN an outstanding pick, offering a survey of the comic operas they produced and their social impact. From her analysis of how anxiety drives some characters and reflects social conflict to the use of magic in The Sorcerer, this is a recommendation for any college-level course in Gilbert in Sullivan, and for readers who would receive a fine reinterpretation of their works and impact.

The Art of Tron Legacy
Nachie Castro, Editor
Disney Editions
114 - 5th Avenue, New York NY 10011
9781423131496 $40.00 www.disney.com/tron

Any fan of Disney's Tron will love this keepsake book which celebrates and explains the creation of the movie. Changes made from the 1982 version to the Legacy movie involved employing ground-breaking filmmaking techniques mixing live action, 3-D photos and computer-generated images: TRON: LEGACY is thus a far different creation and provides a truly epic adventure captured here in an oversized photo-packed presentation explaining both the movie and its technical creation.

Independent Film Distribution, second edition
Phil Hall
Michael Wiese Productions
12400 Ventura Blvd. #1111, Studio City, CA 91604
9781932907858 $24.95 www.mwp.com

Independent Film Distribution: How to Make A Successful End Run Around the Big Guys appears in a second updated edition to pack in keys to success. It provides range of interviews with filmmakers, distributors, festival programmers and critics alike, offering a well-rounded assessment of the elements of film success. Case studies and commentary blend in chapters covering changing film standards and world views, changing opinions about the film festival circuit's effectiveness, and much more. No independent small filmmaker should be without this 'bible' of facts.

Horror Film Aesthetics
Thomas M. Sipos
McFarland & Company
Box 611, Jefferson, NC 28640
9780786449729 $35.00 www.mcfarlandpub.com

Horror Film Aesthetics: Creating the Visual Language of Fear deserves ongoing recognition as a basic study of how cinematic tools have been used to create horror in film. From defining the horror genre and aesthetic uses to chapters covering framing, photography, lighting and sound, this is a specific coverage from a script reader and actor who has extensive experience in film. Very highly recommended for any college-level collection strong in film analysis in general and the horror genre in particular.

Casting Revealed
Hester Schell
Michael Wiese Productions
12400 Ventura Blvd. #1111, Studio City, CA 91604
9781932907872 $20.95 www.mwp.com

CASTING REVEALED: A GUIDE FOR FILM DIRECTORS covers all the basics of casting for film, video and performing artists, and explains all the steps involved, from filing union paperwork and posting audition requests to running casting sessions. Learn all the basics of contacting agents, assessing actors for roles, and reasonable expectations of actors in a practical guide packed with practical tips.


The Audiobook Shelf

The Outlaws
W.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV
Penguin Audio
c/o The Penguin Publishing Group
375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014
9780142428832 $44.95 www.penguin.com

The Outlaws receives a fine narration by Jonathan Davis, whose narrative skills enhance the story of a disbanded special agent whose career seems over then the President dies. But Castillo's journey away from politics only begins his career in the intelligence community, and soon he's immersed in a dangerous investigation involving a dangerous biohazard and international intrigue. Audio libraries will find this a satisfying, involving thriller packed with twists and turns that come to life under audio.

Heartstone
Phillip Margolin
Brilliance Audio
PO Box 887, Grand Haven, MI 49417
1611061040 $19.99 www.brillianceauido.com

HEARTSTONE receives an exceptional performance by Mel Foster, whose Audie award-winning voice and background in acting lends high drama and tension to the superior story of a perfect couple involved in a terrible, fatal evening. Their brutal slayings will not only rock a small town, but opens the door for a killer's rampage in this fine murder mystery, recommended for any audio lending library.

The Book of Murray
David M. Bader
Highbridge Audio Books
201 Sixth Street SE, Suite 220, Minneapolis, MN 55414
9781615735181 $19.95 www.highbridgeaudio.com

THE BOOK OF MURRAY: THE LIFE, TEACHINGS, AND KVETCHING OF THE LOST PROPHET MURRAY receives a fine reading by Yash Kimmelfarb, who brings to life the funny and different survey contrasting modern Judaism and the ancient Israelites. The source for timeless teachings are presented in a biblical text 'unearthed from a golf course in South Florida' and makes for a hilarious survey.

The Inner Circle
Brad Meltzer
Hachette Audio
237 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017-0010
9781607886761 $39.98 www.hachetteaudio.com

THE INNER CIRCLE is narrated by Scott Brick, who lends a smooth and consistent voice to Brad Meltzer's latest novel of intrigue. Scott has narrated Meltzer's previous novels and his voice is a winner here, spicing the story of a man on the run, a mysterious national treasure, and a coded puzzle that leads Beecher White on an investigation of intrigue, danger and discovery.


The Mystery/Suspense Shelf

Mr. Monk on the Road
Lee Greenberg
Obsidian
c/o Penguin Publishing Group
375 Hudson St., New York NY 10014
9780451232113 $22.95 www.penguin.com

MR. MONK ON THE ROAD is based on the USA Network TV series created by Andy Breckman and provides the fun and intriguing mystery surrounding a compulsive detective's adventures. This is Goldberg's eleventh book in the popular series and tells of a series of minor crimes that draws Monk into an intriguing investigation perfect for any mystery library in general and Mr. Monk viewers and fans in particular.

Negative Image
Vicki Delany
Poisoned Pen Press
6962 E. First Ave Suite 103, Scottsdale, AZ 85251
9781590587881 $24.95 www.poisonedpenpress.com

NEGATIVE IMAGE provides a fine Constable Molly Smith novel and tells of a famous photographer's visit to a resort, which turns to his last visit when he's found murdered. Suspicion falls on his assistant - but Constable Molly Smith has her doubts - and also has her hands full with other troubles in the British Columbia mountain town in this riveting mystery.

Berkeley Prime Crime
375 Hudson St., New York NY 10014
www.penguin.com

Krista Davis' THE DIVA COOKS A GOOSE (9780425238257, $7.99) tells of a holiday meal gone awry when murder hits the table. An unwanted girlfriend becomes the victim of foul play and Sophie finds more than a thief on her doorstep in a fine presentation which pairs recipes and organizing tips with a culinary drama. Sheila Connolly's A KILLER CROP (9780425238264, $7.99) tells of Meg's mother's visit during harvest season - a visit with an underlying purpose. When an English professor who is an old friend of her mother is found dead, it's up to Meg to discover her mother's secret and prove her innocence. Laura Childs' BEDEVILED EGGS (9780425238233, $7.99) tells of three women who bond after losing their husbands, opening their own cafe - only to find they are hot on the tail of a murderer. Small town intrigue blends with a fine Cackleberry Club mystery for newcomers and old fans alike. B.B. Haywood's TOWN IN A LOBSTER STEW (9780425240014, $7.99) includes lobster-based recipes as it provides a fine Maine setting and the story of Candy, who runs a farm with her father and solves mysteries on the side. Here Memorial Day brings a Lobster Stew Cook-Off and murderous competition. Jenn McKinlay's BUTTERCREAM BUMP OFF (9780425239247, $6.99) provides a fine pick and a new series that tells of the owners of Fairy Tale Cupcakes Bakery, a business rival, and a mother facing murder charges. A fine and tense plot evolves. Julie Hyzy's BUFFALO WEST WING (9780425239230, $7.99) provides an excellent White House Chef mystery that includes recipes for a complete presidential menu as a new First Family moves into the White House and a mysterious box of take-out chicken involves executive chef Olivia Paras in a fine investigation. All are top library recommendations!


The Fiction Shelf

The Package
Sharon Dunn
Annie's Attic/DRG
3006 East Parr Rd, Berne, IN 46711
9781596353374 $19.99 www.anniesmysteries.com

THE PACKAGE provides a fine mystery revolving around one Annie, who leaves her Texas home to travel to Maine to settle her grandmother's estate. Her discovery of items in her grandmother's attic results in a series of adventures and mysteries as Annie and member of the Hook and Needle Club embark upon an intriguing investigation. Any mystery collection - especially those seeing popularity with the Needlework series - will relish this!

The Laws of Magic
Greg Fowlkes
Fictional Press
9781935774204 $12.95 www.ficitonalpress.com

THE LAWS OF MAGIC provides fantasy and fiction collections alike with a fine story and tells of an aspiring lawyer whose degree is actually from the best school of magic in the country. His caseload tends to be that of witches and vampires - who are struggling against demons and others. From truly special prosecutions to conjuring a demon in court - this is packed with intrigue and adventure and is a pick for any general lending library.

The Border Lords
T. Jefferson Parker
Dutton
375 Hudson, New York NY 10014
9780525952008 $26.95 www.penguin.com

The Border Lords provides a fine novel of suspense telling of four men found dead in a home, and a deadly link to a drug cartel in Mexico. ATF agent Sean is undercover when he vanishes, leaving Charlie Hood to gather evidence of his friend's undercover quest and mission. This crime novel goes beyond most mysteries in providing cat-and-mouse intrigue from page one till the end, and is perfect for any mystery collection.

Strategic Moves
Stuart Woods
Putnam
9780399157110 $25.95 www.penguin.com

Strategic Moves provides a fine Stuart Barrington novel and opens with Barrington enjoying a dinner, when his boss joins him and hands him a check for a million dollars. His undercover connections have brought his law firm a lucrative client - one whom only Stuart can handle. Add intrigue, murder, humor and tension and you have an outstanding addition to any mystery collection!

Caribou Island
David Vann
HarperCollins
10 E. 53rd St., New York NY 10022-5299
9780061875724 $25.99 www.harpercollins.com

CARIBOU ISLAND tells of a marriage falling apart on a small island on an Alaskan lake - and a couple working to rebuild their life. Their efforts to build a cabin together will push them further apart in this fine novel of a relationship gone awry set against the backdrop of the Alaskan wilderness. Any general lending library will appreciate the power and passion of this novel!


The Antiques/Collectibles Shelf

Character & Novelty Clocks & Watches
Jim & Merlyn Collings
Collector Books
Box 3009, Paducah, KY 42002-3009
9781574326901 $29.95 www.collectorbooks.com

Character & Novelty Clocks & Watches: Identification & Values provides an outstanding collection of items, with pages packed with color photos throughout and the latest clock and watch values. From comic watches and famous personalities to animated shelf clocks, these are fine presentations any clock or watch collector will find key to valuing and building a collection.

A Guide Book of Franklin & Kennedy Half Dollars
Rick Tomaska
Whitman Publishing
3101 Clairmont Rd Suite C, Atlanta, GA 30329
9780794832438 $19.95 www.whitmanbooks.com

A Guide Book of Franklin & Kennedy Half Dollars provides a fine official guide to the latest values and grading of these half dollars. Over the past 20 years Rick Tomaska has established himself as an expert in Proof coins: his guide packs in history with grading and value tips, includes good-sized photos for identification purposes, and makes for a key reference for any serious coin collector.


The Sports Shelf

Super Stock
Larry Davis
CarTech
39966 Grand Avenue, North Branch, MN 55056
9781934709481 $29.95 www.cartechbooks.com

SUPER STOCK: DRAG RACING THE FAMILY SEDAN tells of an era of automotive history where ordinary Americans participated in races at local drag strips and in American streets, using their family cars as racers. This retells the era of the super stock car, offers hundreds of black and white and color photos of famous cars and drivers, and reveals the rules, motivation and stories of races. Libraries will find this a solid winner!

The Classic Motor Racing Circuits of Europe
David Venables
Ian Allan Publishing
Riverdene Business Park, Molesey Road, Hersham, Surrey KT12 4RG, UK
9780711034815 $39.95 www.ianallanpublishing.co.uk

The Classic Motor Racing Circuits of Europe offers a fine survey of Europe's most famous motor racing circuits. From Brooklands and La Mans to Imola and Monza, this covers the history, origins and development of each track, famous races held at each, and the teams that operated at the tracks. Vintage black and white photos packed throughout enhance the history and make this a 'must' for any serious automotive history collection.

Total Skiing
Chris Fellows
Human Kinetics
Box 5076, Champaign, IL 61825-5076
0736083650 $24.95 www.humankinetics.com

TOTAL SKIING is a ski instruction manual in book form and offers a proven pyramid approach for improving movement, fitness, techniques and more. Color step-by-step photos cover exercise routines, training, different tactics for all-mountain training and more, making this a 'must' for any skier who wants in-home training and a methodical program for skiing improvement.


The Comix/Graphic Novel Shelf

Shazam!
Chip Kidd
Abrams Comic Arts
9780810995963 $35.00 www.abramscomicarts.com

SHAZAM! THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE WORLD'S MIGHTIEST MORTAL pairs color photos throughout by Geoff Spear with a fine survey for the 70th anniversary of Shazam, gathering all the Shazam collectibles under one cover for the first time, in one volume. Toys, ephemera, and artwork come together in a fine reference documenting thirteen years of merchandise - many rare, one-of-a-kind items never seen before. Very highly recommended for libraries strong in comics and graphic novels, the arts, and collectibles alike.

Carmine Infantino
Jim Amash with Eric Nolen-Weathington
TwoMorrows Publishing
10407 Bedfordtown Dr., Raleigh NC 27614
1605490253 $26.95 www.twomorrows.com

Carmine Infantino: Penciler, Publisher, Provocateur provides an outstanding survey of a publishing visionary whose alternative fantasy visions changed the comics industry. He defined the Silver Age of comics, co-created the modern Flash, fired up the Batman franchise, and directed DC Comics through one of its most creative periods. No comics history collection should be without this definitive survey, which packs in extensive interviews with black and white comic art.


The Political Science Shelf

23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism
Ha-Joon Chang
Bloomsbury Press
9781608191666 $25.00 www.bloomsburypress.com

23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism argues that many make assumptions about technology and value that are simply wrong - and that 'facts' are less factual than presented. Ha-Joon Chang teaches economics at the University of Cambridge: his book documents the secret, underlying facts about capitalism and invites readers to question the assumptions behind hype and mis-information. Any business or political science collection - as well as many a general lending library - needs his wide-ranging discussion of business virtues, fallacies, and realities.

If We Can Put a Man on the Moon...
William D. Eggers & John O'Leary
Harvard Business Press
60 Harvard Way, Boston MA 02163
9781422166369 $24.95 www.harvardbusiness.org/press

If We Can Put a Man on the Moon... Getting Big Things Done in Government provides an inspiring assessment covering how government can turn big ideas into results. The author argue that partisan squabbles is causing failures in American values and response systems - and more importantly, they review over seventy-five government undertakings in the U.S. and abroad to pinpoint what it takes to bring a public-sector initiative from idea to finished result. A damning - and hopeful - assessment evolves in a recommendation for general and political shelves alike!

Kabuki Democracy
Eric Alterman
Nation Books
387 Park Avenue South, New York NY 10016
9781568586595 $14.99 www.nationbooks.org

KABUKI DEMOCRACY: THE SYSTEM VS. BARACK OBAMA comes from a Nation news columnist who asks why Obama has been unable to delivery on his 2008 campaign promises. His failures have been more due to a political system that halts true democratic reform, argues Eric Alterman: chapters pinpoint how this works, revise and update Alterman's 2010 essay on the subject, and analyzes all aspects of the political system to show how government structures have blocked Obama from carrying out his democratic promises. Any political science collection strong in modern democratic process analysis needs this!


The California Shelf

Death in California
David Kulczyk
Craven Street Books/Linden Publishing
2006 S. Mary, Fresno CA 93271
9781884995576 $15.95 www.cravenbooks.com

DEATH IN CALIFORNIA: THE BIZARRE, FREAKISH, AND JUST CURIOUS WAYS PEOPLE DIE IN THE GOLDEN STATE pairs regional history with a fine survey of death in California from early pioneers to modern times. From 14 tourists who died over Vernal fall in Yosemite National Park to a jet crash in a Bay Area kitchen, this is packed with irony and strange circumstances and is perfect for any general California lending library.

With Anza to California 1775-1776
Pedro Font, O.F.M., author
Translated and edited by Alan K. Brown
The Arthur H. Clark Company
2800 Venture Drive, Norman, OK 73069
9780870623752 $55.00 www.ahclark.com 1-800-842-9286

Volume 1 of the "Early California Commentaries" series, With Anza to California 1775-1776: The Journal of Pedro Font, O.F.M. is a new English translation of the writings of Franciscan missionary Fray Pedro Font, who accompanied Juan Bautista de Anza during his Spanish colonizing expedition of 1775-76 that blazed a trail from Arizona to California and founded a presidio at San Francisco Bay. Font's newly discovered field journal has been added to this excellent, updated edition of a classic primary historical source - a number of details and insights in this journal were excluded in the later two "official" versions that Font prepared after the expedition was concluded. Maps and relief profiles drawn by Font, as well as new maps prepared by modern-day translator and editor Alan K. Brown, enhance this invaluable addition to California history shelves. Highly recommended, especially for college library collections.


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