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Southern Comforts: Rooted in a Florida Place
Sudye Cauthen
University of Georgia Press
330 Research Drive, Athens, GA 30602-4901
9781930066588, $29.95 www.ugapress.org
Sudye Cauthen is a fifth-generation Floridian who blends memoir, oral history and cultural
geography to consider the vanishing elements of a place she holds dear. Southern Comforts:
Rooted in a Florida Place is a recommended pick for any library strong on Florida history and
culture, surveying the roots of changes to tradition and sense of place and considering
archaeology as well as history in the process.
Madison Avenue Maxi
DaCapo Press
Eleven Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142
9780786720385, $22.00 www.dacapopress.com
In Madison Avenue Maxi, the wife of a movie star provides an inherently fascinating and
engagingly personal memoir of the life and times of the family dog, a miniature dachshund she
and her husband adopted, and offers up whimsical, fun anecdotes on how to dog became a part of
their fast-paced, globe-trotting lifestyle. Any general-interest library strong in books about pets
and stars will find it a fun leisure choice indeed.
Merriam-Webster references
Federal Street Press
25-13 Old Kings Highway North #277, Darien, CT 06820
www.federalstreetpress.com
Two exceptionally affordable student desk references are top picks for both libraries and home
collections, offering new editions of essential print resources students can consult time and again.
High school, college students and all adults will benefit from WEBSTER'S THESAURUS FOR
STUDENTS, NEW EDITION (9781596950234, $2.99), a resource for students seeking the best
words for writing projects. Each entry consists of a brief definition plus synonyms and antonyms,
with over 85,000 words listed in an easy alphabetical arrangement. WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY
FOR STUDENTS SPECIAL ENCYCLOPEDIC EDITION, NEW EDITION (9781596950221,
$3.49) is another vastly revised, updated budget offerings with words specific to students in
second through sixth grades - and many a home collection. The updated word list relates to
current expert research and provides an added section of additional information, all of which has
been updated for 2007 and includes maps, discussions of world geography and politics, and
more. Both are top picks to be gained for less than the price of a restaurant drink.
Study Smarter, Not Harder
Kevin Paul, MA
Self-Counsel Press Inc.
1704 North State Street, Bellingham, WA 98225
9781551807416, $17.95 www.self-counsel.com 1-800-663-3007
Now in an updated second edition marking the tenth anniversary of its publication, Study
Smarter, Not Harder is a straightforward self-teaching guide to expanding one's memory, firing
up one's brain, and learning the tips, tricks, and techniques to study with maximum effectiveness
and minimum time expenditure. From learning the art of study reading (which is very different
from "speed reading"!), to the importance being aware of one's own alertness cycle and the point
of mental diminishing returns, harnessing the #1 study skill of the ability to focus, and more,
Study Smarter, Not Harder absolutely lives up to its title. Highly recommended not only for high
school and college students, but also anyone preparing for a new career.
Flyfisher's Guide To Wisconsin & Iowa
John Motoviloff
Wilderness Adventures Press, Inc.
45 Buckskin Road, Belgrade, MT 59714
9781932098365, $28.95 www.wildadvpress.com 1-800-925-3339
Whether fishing creeks, rivers, ponds, or lakes, Wisconsin and Iowa offer some of the best
fly-fishing sport in the nation. "Flyfisher's Guide To Wisconsin & Iowa" by fishing and hunting
expert John Motoviloff is a 600-page compendium of information covering more than 275 of the
best fly-fishing waters for trout, steelhead and salmon, small-mouth bass, and all of the other
warm water species to be found throughout Wisconsin and in the Northeast region of Iowa.
"Flyfisher's Guide To Wisconsin & Iowa" provides illustrated and detailed descriptions of the
various waters, the fish, and is profusely illustrated with maps throughout. The text is enhanced
further with listings for sporting goods outlets, guides and outfitter resources, restaurants and
lodging resources, campgrounds, airports, car rentals, and even hospitals. Anyone planning a
fly-fishing expedition anywhere in Wisconsin or the adjoining northeast areas of Iowa would be
very well advised to obtain a copy of "Flyfisher's Guide To Wisconsin & Iowa" as an instructive,
take-a-long reference and guide for their fishing trip itinerary.
Outdoor Navigation with GPS
Stephen W. Hinch
Wilderness Press
1200 Fifth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710-1306
9780899974453, $16.95 www.wildernesspress.com 1-800-443-7227
Now in an updated second edition, Outdoor Navigation with GPS is a no-nonsense guide to basic
GPS navigation skills, useful for all kinds of outdoor activities ranging from hiking, mountain
biking, and fishing to geocaching, outdoor photography, canoeing/kayaking, and any other
activity involving the negotiation of wild terrain. Written in a jargon-free style accessible to
readers of all backgrounds, chapters cover how to program waypoint coordinates and reach them,
prepare for and recover from disaster, read topographic maps, and much more. Black-and-white
photographs and diagrams illustrate this "must-have" for outdoorsmen in the modern age.
Laura Ingalls Wilder, Farm Journalist: Writings from the Ozarks
Laura Ingalls Wilder, author
Stephen W. Hines, editor
University of Missouri Press
2910 LeMone Boulevard, Columbia, MO 65201
9780826217714, $34.95 www.umsystem.edu/upress 1-800-828-1894
Now in a revised edition that adds forty-two additional articles and restores passages previously
omitted from other articles, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Farm Journalist: Writings from the Ozarks
assembles essays written by Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957), which originally appeared in the
"Missouri Ruralist" between 1911 and 1924. Best known for her classic novel "Little House on
the Prairie", which she would later publish in 1935, Wilder was also seasoned in political,
relationship, and practical matters. Her essays range from how women could be equal partners
with their husbands, how they should stay true to their new freedoms including the recently won
right to vote, how to maintain traditional family values in a rapidly changing world, and much
more, as well as relatively mundane tasks such as raising chickens and managing one's time. New
articles in this edition include "Making the Best of Things", "Economy in Egg Production",
"Spic, Span, and Beauty", "Magic in Plain Foods", and more. A singularly wonderful portrait of a
beloved woman's wisdom; though Wilder was indeed a product of her time, many of the insights
contained are truly transcendent. Highly recommended.
The Real Estate Shelf
Profits in Buying & Renovating Homes
Lawrence Dworin
Craftsman Book Company
6058 Corte del Cedro, Carlsbad, CA 92009
9780934041577, $19.75 www.craftsman-book.com 1-800-829-8123
Written by spec rehab professional Lawrence Dworin, Profits in Buying & Renovating Homes is
an in-depth guide to buying, repairing, and selling fixer-upper homes. Chapters cover how to
determine costs and profit before buying, repairs and improvements that are absolutely necessary
for any job, which upgrades charm buyers the most, and much more. Profits in Buying &
Renovating Homes does not focus on real estate finance per se, but rather the nuts and bolts of
when and how to fix structural and mechanical problems, add rooms, correct defects, and so on.
Step-by-step instructions and black-and-white photographs make Profits in Buying & Renovating
Homes easy to follow and use. A "must-read" for anyone interested in the spec rehab
business.
The Writing/Publishing Shelf
Writing As A Small Business
Nash Black
Outskirts Press, Inc.
10940 South Parker Road, #515, Parker, CO 80134
9781432716257, $19.95 www.outskirtspress.com 1-888-672-6657
Earning a living as a professional writer is a business. Writing freelance is the equivalent of
being a self-employed small business owner and operator. As such, meticulous attention must be
made to how that business is structured, operated, and kept track of. Failure to keep aware of the
proverbial 'bottom line' can lead to financial and professional disaster. Enter Nash Black's
196-page instructional guide and reference "Writing As A Small Business" covers what every
aspiring (and practicing) professional author needs to know about the financial side of their work
including whether or not to incorporate or operate as a sole proprietorship, the keeping and
storage of financial records, filling out state and federal tax forms, avoiding audits, handling
advances with respect to royalties, grants and gratuities; safeguarding the computer from hackers
and online viruses, and generally protecting the financial rights and aspects of a written work --
before and after publication. Enhanced with bibliographies of thematically appropriate
informational resources on the subject of the economics of professional writing, a glossary of
terms, and an index, "Writing As A Small Business" is a critically important, thoroughly 'user
friendly', instructional guide that should be on the personal reference shelf of every aspiring
writer seeking to financially support themselves and their loved ones through their writing
regardless of the genre, category, or discipline they are writing in and for.
Good Writing for Journalists
Angela Phillips
Sage Publications
2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-2218
9781412919173, $39.95 www.sagepub.com 1-800-818-7243
Written by journalist and college teacher Angela Phillips, Good Writing for Journalists is a
no-nonsense guide to improving the quality of one's nonfiction writing. Chapters cover genres
ranging from profile writing and interviews to direct reporting, news analysis, investigation,
sports writing, personal and opinion columns, "lifestyle" writing, and more. A large portion of
Good Writing for Journalists is devoted to sample journalistic pieces that exemplify positive and
memorable qualities, all the better to see Phillips' teachings in use. Enthusiastically
recommended especially for journalism students and majors.
ACTS Of Teaching
Joyce Armstrong Carroll & Edward E. Wilson
Teacher Ideas Press
PO Box 6926, Portsmouth, NH 03802-6926
9781591585176, $45.00 www.teacherideaspress.com 1-800-225-5800
The art of writing is a learned skill honed through practice. Now in an extensively updated and
significantly expanded second edition, "ACTS Of Teaching: How To Teach Writing" by
academicians Joyce Armstrong Carroll and Edward E. Wilson (both of whom are Co-Directors
of Abydos Learning International) is a 501-page compendium of instruction on all aspects of the
art and craft of teaching aspiring authors how to write effectively regardless of the genre or
discipline they are writing in or for. After an informed and informative introduction, "ACTS Of
Teaching: How To Teach Writing" is dived into two primary sections dealing with 'Process' and
'The Theory and Pedagogy'. An overview of writing as a process beings with 'Prewriting: More
Than the Beginning', continues on with 'Writing and Organizing', 'Writing as a Social Act',
'Grammar and Correcting', 'Grammar through Revision', Grammar through Reformulation',
'Postwriting and Publishing', and 'Assessment'. "ACTS Of Teaching: How To Teach Writing"
continues with a major and detailed chapter on the way the brain works in the writing process,
before going on to address such issues as 'Learning How to Learn', 'Early Literacy', 'Research',
and 'Writing as a Mode of Learning. Enhanced with an extensive and extended bibliography,
"ACTS Of Teaching: How To Teach Writing" also features nine highly relevant appendices (note
especially the first one offering a List of Genres), and a comprehensive index. "ACTS Of
Teaching: How To Teach Writing" is note only very highly recommended as an educational
curriculum guide and supplement for the teaching of writing in a college or university level
course, it is also invaluable reading for any aspiring writer seeking to become as effective as they
can be within the demands of any scientific discipline, literary genre, or commercial enterprise
they might find themselves working in.
Off the Page
Carole Burns, editor
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110
9780393330885, $14.95 www.wwnorton.com
Off the Page: Writers Talk About Beginnings, Ending, and Everything in Between is an
anthology of interviews with a diversity of authors describing the creation process of a literary
work. Joyce Carol Oates begins and ends her writing process creating and reworking the
beginning of a book; A.S. Byatt assembles a novel from "blocks of color"; and E.L. Doctorow
crafts a story from a specific and compelling image that often springs to mind without context.
From the intersection of sex, love, and literature (Martin Amis insists that good sex is impossible
to write about!) to the reader's part in the creative process (or at least, the effect that readers'
imagined reaction has on the mind of the author), Off the Page runs the gamut of influences and
effects upon the evolution of a book. Originally typed directly on interviewer Carole Burns'
computer as she listened to the interviewees and posted in real-time on the Web, Off the Page is
undeniably authentic in his honest portrayal of the authors' mission to write literature worth
reading.
The American History Shelf
Welfare and Charity in the Antebellum South
Timothy James Lockley
University Press of Florida
University of Florida, 15 Northwest 15th Street, Gainesville, FL 32611-2079
9780813031736, $59.95 www.upf.com 1-800-226-3822
Welfare and Charity in the Antebellum South is a scholarly examination of public welfare efforts
in the American South prior to the Civil War, and a much-needed counterbalance to studies of
such issues during the period that tend to focus upon the urban centers of the North. In the
nineteenth century, private acts of charity were almost exclusively meted out to whites, ranging
from the founding of state-supported schools, orphanages, and health care to food relief efforts.
Because of these charitable works, the poor whites of the south had less resentment of the rich,
and as a group they were more willing to risk their lives in military service along with the rich
slaveholders as the Civil War threatened. Welfare and Charity in the Antebellum South includes
careful comparisons between the upper and lower South, between urban and rural areas, and
between welfare efforts in the South and the North, as well as correcting the myth that Northern
charity was more widespread. A welcome addition to American History shelves and reference
collections, especially recommended for college libraries.
Jacksonian And Antebellum Age
Mark R. Cheathem, editor
ABC-CLIO
PO Box 1911, Santa Barbara, CA 93116-1911
9781598840179, $85.00 www.abc-clio.com 1-800-368-6868
No segment of America's two-hundred year old history has been more colorful and critical than
the years between the election of Andrew Jackson to be the first populist president of the United
States and the advent of the American Civil War. The latest volume in the ABC-Clio 'Perspective
in American Social History' series, "Jacksonian And Antebellum Age: People And Perspectives"
offers an informed and informative survey of America during a time of westward expansion,
increasing conflicts with Native Americans, the coming of the Industrial Revolution, and the
emerging abolitionist movement. Enhanced with occasional black-and-white illustrations, the
text is composed of contributions by accomplished historians and academicians under the skilled
editorship of Mark R. Cheathem (Assistant Professor of History, Southern New Hampshire
University), the nine articles comprising "Jacksonian And Antebellum Age" cover such issues as
African American Revolutionaries; Presidential Politics and Social Scandal; Children and
Culture; The Jacksonian Frontier; women, Taverns, and Travel; Religious Sects and Social
Reform; New England Industry and Workers; Native American Politics and Removal; and Slave
Traders. Enhanced with lists of primary documents, references, a bibliography, and an index,
"Jacksonian And Antebellum Age" is an impressive and recommended addition to school and
community library American History reference collections in general, and supplemental reading
lists for non-specialist general readers with an interest in the issues and personalities of
Jacksonian Era in particular.
The Economics Shelf
Optimal Monetary Policy Under Uncertainty
Richard T. Froyen & Alfred V. Guender
Edward Elgar Publishing
9 Dewey Court, Northampton, MA 01060-3815
9781845429645, $270.00 www.e-elgar.com 1-800-390-3149
The ancient Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting times" is particularly apt for economists,
investors, and governmental policy makers for today's problematically volatile economic climate.
In "Optimal Monetary Policy Under Uncertainty", academicians and economists Richard T.
Froyen (University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill) and Alfred V. Guender (University of
Canterbury, New Zealand) have collaborated on presenting an informed and informative survey
of optimal monetary policy literature arising during the 1970s and 1980s as a groundwork for
understanding current market and other economic influences on such germane issues as
discretion versus commitment, target versus instrument rules, and the delegation of policy
making authority within the private and public sectors. With meticulous attention to scholarship
and objectivity, the text for "Optimal Monetary Policy Under Uncertainty" is divided into two
parts: 'Imperfect Information, Responses to Shocks, and Credibility Issues' and "Recent
Developments in Monetary Policy'. Enhanced with extensive references and a comprehensive
index, "Optimal Monetary Policy Under Uncertainty" is a thoughtful and thought-provoking
body of work that is very strongly recommended for professional, academic, corporate, and
governmental economic reference collections and supplemental reading lists.
The Cookbook Shelf
Techniques of Healthy Cooking
Culinary Institute of America
Wiley
111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774
9780470052327, $65.00 www.wiley.com
Americans are seeking ways to avoid weight gain but want tasty food in the process, so
successful chefs and foodservice pros need to adjust their techniques and methods to reflect this
revised approach, and the newly updated guide to healthy cooking TECHNIQUES OF
HEALTHY COOKING is one place to start. The latest information on ingredients, menu
planning and more reviews all the basics, current dietary guidelines, recommendations, and more,
teaching both the basics of healthy cooking and reflecting the latest research findings. It's not a
guide for casual cooks, but for the college-level foodservice pro who will find over 150 food
photos and step-by-step techniques discussions to be invaluable keys to healthy cooking from
scratch.
The Art of Scottish-American Cooking
Kay Shaw Nelson
Pelican Publishing Company
1000 Burmaster Street, Gretna, LA 70053-2246
1589803868, $21.00 www.pelicanpub.com
Any interested in Scottish cuisine and home cooking ne4eds THE ART OF
SCOTTISH-AMERICAN COOKING in their collection. It packs in details on unique Scottish
creations and American adaptations of traditional dishes alike, comes from a Scottish-American
author and lecturer, and reflects more than four hundred years of Scottish food and drink in the
U.S. and Canada. Recipes offer a diverse blend of traditional and contemporary take-offs and are
outstanding creations, easy to reproduce and perfect for libraries specializing in ethnic
cuisine.
Weight Watchers All-Time Favorites
Weight Watchers
Wiley Publishers
111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030
9780470169995, $29.95 www.wiley.com
Any following the Weight Watchers system knows how important and key are the meal plans -
which is why the ALL-TIME FAVORITES collection of some 200 'best' recipes from their test
kitchens is so important. From Lamb and Vegetable Skewers to Double-Cheese Polenta with
Mushroom sauce and Cauliflower Parmesan, a peppering of color photos enhances very easy and
appealing dishes packed with nutrition details.
Viva Chocolate!
Marilyn Noble
Rio Nuevo Publishers
PO Box 5250, Tucson, AZ 85703
9781933855103, $12.95 www.rionuevo.com
If there's anything that unites boys and girls, men and women from every walk of life into
enthusiastic agreement it is a love of chocolate in all of its forms and formats. What might not be
so well known is that in addition to being the basis for chocolate, the cocoa plant is utilized as a
source of flavoring for a great many of the dishes associated with the traditional cuisines of
Central America, Mexico, and the American Southwest. Part of the outstanding 'Cook West'
series from Rio Nuevo Publishers, "Viva Chocolate!" by chocolateer Marilyn Noble is a
compendium of fifty very special recipes based upon the qualities of chocolate and range from
simple indulgences to 'decadent desserts'. From Chocolate Stuffed French Toast with Orange
Marmalade Sauce; to Chocolate Pear Cake; to Chocolate Zabaglione Crepes with Cherry Port
Reduction; to Traditional Mexican Hot Chocolate, the thoroughly 'kitchen cook friendly' recipes
comprising "Viva Chocolate!" will grace any dining occasion and satisfy the palate of all true
chocolate connoisseurs. Nicely illustrated with full color photographs of completed dishes,
featuring an informatively useful chapter on 'The Basics' for novice chefs, and enhanced with the
addition of two appendices ('Working with Chocolate' and 'Resources', "Viva Chocolate!" is
enthusiastically recommended for both personal and community library specialty cookbook
collections.
The Nut Gourmet
Zel Allen
The Book Publishing Company
PO Box 99, Summertown, TN 38483
9781570671913, $19.95 www.thefarm.org/businesses/bpc.html 1-800-695-2241
Nuts come in an incredible variety and are to be found as integral elements of every ethnic
cuisine on the planet this side of the Eskimos. "The Nut Gourmet: Nourishing Nuts For Every
Occasion" by Zel Allen is an amazing compilation of recipes that incorporate nuts in appetizers,
breakfast dishes, soups, salads, main dishes, grains and legumes, sauces, sandwiches, vegetable
dishes, relishes and condiments, spreads and dips, smoothies and beverages, desserts and
confections. Beginning with a roster of great advice for the novice kitchen cook about the health
benefits of nuts, buying and storing nuts, tips and tricks with their use, nut measurement
equivalents, and 'The Nutcracker's Toolbox', "The Nut Gourmet" goes on to feature simply
wonderful recipes that range from Pistachio Pea Pate; Poppy Seed Dressing; Sesame Nut Patties;
and African Peanut Soup; to Raisin Walnut Bread; Cheezy Tofu Spread with Pine Nuts; Nutty
No-Bake Pie Crust; and Very Berry Parfait with Macadamia Nuts. Enhanced for the novice with
the color photography illustrations and the inclusion of a glossary, a resources list, and nutrition
tables for nuts, "The Nut Gourmet" is an ideal and enthusiastically recommended specialty
addition to personal and community library cookbook collections.
The Farmer's Wife Comfort Food Cookbook
Lela Nargi
Voyageur Press
380 Jackson Street, Suite 200, St. Paul, MN 55101
9780760329245, $14.95 www.mbipublishing.com 1-800-458-0454
Life without the occasional consumption of 'comfort food' would be a difficult proposition even
at the best of times. From 1911 to 1939 the Minnesota based magazine 'The Farmer's Wife'
focused on the lives of hard-working rural women and offered its readers sound advice for
carrying out their various farm and household tasks -- including the feeding of their families.
Now more than 300 of the very best and most popular of those recipes have been compiled and
edited by Lela Nargi in a spiral bound cookbook (allowing it to rest openly on a kitchen counter
or table) allowing modern home-makers to replicate the meals that graced the dining tables of
their grandmothers. After an informative chapter on 'How To Use This Book--Read This First'
and 'A Few Basics', the recipes are organized into chapters specific to Light Fare - Sandwiches
and Snacks; Soups; Egg Dishes; Cheese Dishes; Noodles and Rice; Stews and Casseroles; Meat
and Fish; Vegetables; Sweets; and Drinks'. An Index allows for the quick and easy location of
individual recipes and menu building. With occasional black-and-white illustrations from the
original pages of the magazine, the menus and recipes range from Tomato Toast; Baked Creole
Rice; Lemon Carrots; and Meat Pie; to Corn Pudding; Oven Fried Potatoes; Squash and Apple
Casserole; and Honey Cheese Crumb Pie. One especially nice touch is that each recipe carries the
date of the magazine issue in which it appeared. A thoroughly delightful volume for browsing,
"The Farmer's Wife Comfort Food Cookbook" is an enthusiastically recommended addition to
personal and community library kitchen cookbook collections!
Norene's Healthy Kitchen
Norene Gilletz
Whitecap Books
20 Maud Street, Suite 306, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5V 2M5
Lisa Ekus Public Relations (publicity)
57 North Street, Hatfield, MA 01038
9781552858028, $29.95 www.whitecap.ca
Being healthy and staying that way is a perennial concern for us all. In addition to exercise and
good sanitary practices, to ward off illness, to minimize the impact of illness when it occurs, and
to recover as rapidly as possible from injuries of any kind, good nutrition cannot be
overemphasized. "Norene's Healthy Kitchen: Eat Your Way To Good Health" by culinary
consultant, cooking teacher, food lecturer, and freelance food writer Norene Gilletz (who is also
one of Canada's leading kosher cookbook authors), is a compendium of more than six hundred
recipes, each of which is guaranteed to be as kitchen cook friendly as it is nutritious and
delicious. This is a 511-page volume of superbly presented recipes for everything from appetizers
to dessert. Of special note is the first part 'Things You Want to Know' addressing such issues as
the Glycemic Index, mail-planning tips for diabetics, the use of salt and salt substitutes, food
storage tips, kitchen equipment, grilling, food safety, pan sizes and conversion, substitutions for
both cooking and baking, and basic 'Nutritional Analysis' tips. From a Curried Carrot and
Cashew Soup; to a Spicy Steakhouse Salmon; to Chicken Fajitas; to Sugar-Free Meringue
Cookies, "Norene's Healthy Kitchen" is an ideal and highly recommended addition to the
cookbook collections for anyone concerned with kosher dining, weight-loss management,
diabetes, smart-carb diets, and glycemic indices.
The Lebanese Cookbook
Hussien Dekmak
Hippocrene Books, Inc.
171 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016
9780781812085, $29.95 www.hippocrenebooks.com 1-212-685-4371
Regional and ethnic cookbooks are always prized additions to any personal or community library
cookbook collection. "The Lebanese Cookbook" is a superbly illustrated, organized, and
presented compilation of recipes highlighting and showcasing the culinary traditions and dishes
of Lebanon. Comprising more than 100 authentic, delicious, nutritious, step-by-step recipes,
"The Lebanese Cookbook" will enable event the most novice kitchen cook to turn out perfect
meals reflecting the Lebanese type Mediterranean cuisine with its emphasis on fresh vegetables,
olive oil, garlic, fish, lamb, chicken, and whole grains. Of special note are the chapters devoted to
Barbecues; Doughs, Rice, Sauces and Pickles; as well as Desserts and Drinks. With recipes
ranging from Fattoush (Toasted Bread Salad); to Foul Medames (Fava Beans with Garlic and
Garbanzo Beans); to Daoud Basha (Meatballs with Pine Nuts and Tomato Sauce); to Lahma
Meshwi (Grilled Lamb on Skewers), "The Lebanese Cookbook" is an especially recommended
addition to any ethnic cookbook shelf.
Food Made Fast: Desserts
Williams-Sonoma
Oxmoor House
PO Box 11095, Des Moines, Iowa 50336-1095
9780848731434, $17.95 www.oxmoorhouse.com 1-888-859-8056
Featuring an impressive diversity of recipes by award-winning pastry chef and cookbook author
Elinor Klivans, "Food made Fast: Desserts" is a compilation of fabulous, elegant, sophisticated,
but thoroughly 'kitchen cook friendly' delicacies that would crown any meal, celebrate any
occasion, please any palate, and satisfy any appetite. Each of these desserts is beautifully
illustrated with the full-color photography of Jeff Tuck and Kevin Hossler. The individual
desserts are organized into three main sections: 30 Minutes Start to Finish; 15 Minutes Hands on
Time; and Make More to Store. They range from an Italian Affrogato; Pears Poached in White
Wine; Chocolate Mocha Mousse; and Plum Sorbet; to a Lemon Pudding Cake; Blueberry
Streusel Galette; Hot Fudge Parfaits; and a Chocolate Icebox Cake. Of special note are the
occasional 'Cook's Tips' sidebars; 'The Smarter Cook' commentary; and 'The Well-Stocked
Kitchen' advisory. Published under the general editorship of Williams-Sonoma founder Chuck
Williams, "Food Made Fast: Desserts" is highly recommended for community library cookbook
collections in general, and the personal reference collections for time-stressed family chefs in
particular!
You've Got It Made
Diane Phillips
Harvard Common Press
535 Albany Street , Boston, MA 02118
9781558323513, $14.95 www.harvardcommonpress.com 1-888-657-3755
"You've Got It Made: Deliciously Easy Meals To Make Now & Bake Later" by Diane Phillips
comprises a compendium of 150 high-quality and culinarily interesting recipes that can be made
ahead of time and then frozen or refrigerated until needed. Each individual recipe features a
one-paragraph introduction, a serving size estimate, a list of ingredients, 'Make It Now'
step-by-step directions, and a "Bake it Later" series of instructions. Each recipe is also presented
with a 'Variation' and 'Diva Notes' relevant to that particular dish. After a 'Do-Ahead Strategies'
chapter, recipes themselves are grouped into sections on Appetizers and Small Bites; Pasta and
Grain Bakes; Hot Dish; The Main Dish: Meat; The Main Dish: Poultry; The Main Dish: Sea
Food; On the Side; and Desserts. With recipes ranging from Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp with Many
Basting Sauces; Old-Fashioned Mac and Cheese with Variations; French Toast Cobblers; and
Mom's Old-Fashioned Meat Loaf; to Green Chile, Monterey Jack, and Chorizo-Stuffed Chicken
Breasts with Salsa Verde; Baked Salmon and Spinach Casserole; Baked Stuffed Chipotle-Maple
Sweet Potatoes; and Maple Praline Pumpkin Cheesecake Streusel Bars, "You've Got It Made" is
an ideal and thoroughly 'kitchen cook friendly' addition to any family or community library
cookbook collection.
Diabetic Cooking
Publications International
7373 North Cicero Avenue, Lincolnwood, IL 60712
1412726271, $15.99 1-847-676-3470
Spiral bound with sturdy covers, "Diabetic Cooking" is a combination of three cookbooks
(Snacks, Main Dishes, Desserts) in one. Focusing upon recipes appropriate for diabetics, this is
one of Publication International's series of cookbooks that showcase the theme of 'Favorite Brand
Name' high lighting the use of brand name products as an integral part of the ingredients to be
used in the various dishes. Superbly illustrated throughout with full color photography, the
recipes (and some photos) are drawn from companies and organizations that include the almond
Board of California; Cabot Creamery Cooperative; Del Monte Corporation; Dole Food
Company; Equal (sweetener); the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,
Bureau of Seafood and Aquaculture; Glucerna (Ross Products, a Division of Abbott
laboratories); Guiltless Gourmet; The Hershey Company, Masterfood USA; the Minnesota
Cultivated Wild Rice Council; Mrs. Dash; the National Honey Board; the National Watermelon
Promotion Board; NatraTaste (Stadt Holding Corporation); and the Wheat Foods Council. The
three primary sections are divided by tabs, while the spiral binding allows for the cookbook to be
laid out flat upon a kitchen counter. Each recipe is provided with 'Nutrients per Serving' and
'Dietary Exchange' information. The dishes themselves range from a Chutney Cheese Spread;
Inside-Out Turkey Sandwiches; and Grilled Flank Steak with Horseradish Sauce; to Vegetable
Lasagna; Chocolate-Almond Meringue Puffs; and Fresh Strawberry Cream Pie. Exceptionally
'kitchen cook friendly', "Diabetic Cooking" is a welcome and strongly recommended addition to
personal, family, and community library cookbook collections in general, and the culinary
reference shelf of anyone having to cope with diabetes in particular.
Breakfast In Bed
Carol Frieberg
Sasquatch Books
119 South Main Street, Suite 400, Seattle, WA 98104-2555
9781570615474, $19.95 www.sasquatchbooks.com 1-800-775-0817
Having a gourmet quality breakfast in bed is one of life's true luxuries. Now with Carol
Frieberg's "Breakfast In Bed: More Than 150 Recipes For Delicious Morning Meals" anyone can
enjoy such delightful decadence. Each dish is thoroughly 'kitchen cook friendly' and simple in its
preparation. The recipes are drawn from the menus of elegant west-coast bed-and-breakfasts and
other inns, presenting the very best of breakfast menu favorite fare. All of them are simply
delicious palate pleasing and appetite satisfying, ranging along the whole spectrum of breakfast
entrees. The recipes range from French Breakfast Puffs (Abigail's, Victoria, British Columbia);
Chocolate Zucchini Rum Cake (Hammons House Inn Bed & Breakfast, Sonora, California); and
Blueberry Sourdough Cobbler (Chambered Nautilus, Seattle, Washington); to South of the
Border Crustless Quiche (Salisbury House, Seattle, Washington); Apple Cider Syrup (Hilltop
Bed 7 Breakfast, Ferndale, Washington); and Baked Breakfast Apples (Glendeven Inn & Gallery,
Little River, California).
A Fistful Of Lentils
Jennifer Felicia Abadi
Harvard Common Press
535 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118
9781558322196, $16.95 www.harvardcommonpress.com 1-888-657-3755
Showcasing more than 125 recipes that celebrate and represent Syrian-Jewish culinary traditions
of the Mideast, "A Fistful Of Lentils: Syrian-Jewish Recipes From Grandma Fritzie's Kitchen" by
Jennifer Felicia Abadi also includes family anecdotes, religious and historical lore, and her
original artwork. Of special note are the uses of spices in these recipes that range from Baba
Ganush (Eggplant Dip with Sesame Paste); Lift Meh'lee (Fried Turnips); and Shanech b'
Limoneh (Creamed Lemon Spinach with Chickpeas); to Fassouley b' Chuderah (Vegetarian Bean
Stew with Cinnamon and Tomato Paste); Kibbeh fil Seeniyah b'Lah'meh (Meat-filled Bulgur
Pie); Dja'jeh Burd'aan b'Teen (Orange Chicken with Golden Raisins and Figs); and Mish Mosh
M'raba (Syrian Apricot Jam). Of special note is the Menu Planning Guide. Enhanced with the
inclusion of an equivalents chart, a glossary of Syrian-Arabic terms, a resource section for
specialty grocery and spice stores, a bibliography, and an index, "A Fistful Of Lentils" is an
especially recommended addition for personal and community library Ethnic Cookbook reference
collections.
Best Of The Best From South Carolina Cookbook
Gwen McKee 7 Barbara Moseley
Quail Ridge Press
PO Box 123, Brandon, MS 39043
9781893062887, $16.95 www.quailridge.com 1-800-343-1583
Some of the finest, most authentic, and culinarily unique recipes to be found are in local and
regional cookbook collections. Quail Ridge Press is famous within knowledgeable circles for
their state-specific cookbook anthologies that select the very best of recipes from favorite
cookbooks published within the geographical and culinary traditions of a particular state. Such is
the case with Gwen McKee and Barbara Mosely's "Best Of The Best From South Carolina
Cookbook" which showcases true dinner table treasures taken from a series of diverse cookbooks
who hold one thing in common -- they were all published within the confines of South Carolina.
From Beverages and Appetizers, to Pies and Other Desserts, the recipes range from Sweet Potato
Muffins (Catering to Charleston); Street party Grape Salad (Cooking Carley Style); Broccoli Rice
Casserole (A Taste Through Time); and Venison Meatballs (Family Treasures); to Crabmeat
Stuffing (A Collection from Summerville Kitchens); Chicken Parmigiana (Go-o-od Goodies
from Good Hope's Good Cooks); Red Velvet Cake (Bountiful Blessings); and Half-Way Cookies
(Gracious Goodness: Christmas in Charleston). One especially nice feature of "Best Of The Best
From South Carolina Cookbook" is its 'Catalog of Contributing Cookbooks" which provides a
succinct description and ordering information for those cookbook enthusiasts who would like to
seek out what else is offered in addition to the selected or representative recipes from that
particular source. There's even a one-page 'South Carolina Timeline' that presents chronological
highlights of the state from 1521 to 2005. Dedicated cookbook collectors while want to visit the
Quail Ridge Press website for their complete and extensive list of 'Best of the Best' state oriented
cookbooks. Spiral bound so as to lay out flat upon a kitchen counter, and thoroughly 'kitchen
cook friendly' in the presentation of the individual recipes, "Best Of The Best From South
Carolina Cookbook" is an enthusiastically recommended addition to any personal or community
library cookbook collection!
The Criminology Shelf
The Mafia and the Machine
Frank R. Hayde
Barricade Books, Inc.
185 Bridge Plaza North, Suite 308-A, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
9781569803363, $22.00 www.barricadebooks.com 1-800-592-6657
Law enforcement officer Frank R. Hayde presents The Mafia and the Machine: The Story of the
Kansas City Mob, the mesmerizing true story of the Mafia's influence in Kansas City politics
during the course of the twentieth century. Mob infiltration in the police department, the
Democratic Party, the Teamsters Union, and more manifested as terror spread on election days,
"licensed" and "protected" criminal rackets, and eruptions of violence. Mob activity was a daily
part of Kansas City life for decades. Efficiently researched and told with a sense of excitement
sure to intrigue readers of all backgrounds, The Mafia and the Machine is a highly recommended
contribution to American history and criminal history shelves.
Murder City
Michael Lesy
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110
9780393330595, $15.95 www.wwnorton.com 1-800-233-4830
Professor of literary journalism Michael Lesy presents Murder City: The Bloody History of
Chicago in the Twenties, is a true crime anthology that lives up to its title -- and then some!
Written in attention-grabbing prose for readers from all walks of life, Murder City intersperses its
seventeen gritty murder stories with a handful of vintage black-and-white photographs. An
excellent addition to true crime shelves and highly recommended reading for true crime buffs
and students of Windy City history!
The Religion/Spirituality Shelf
Irreligion
John Allen Paulos
Hill & Wang
c/o Farrar Straus Giroux
18 West 18th Street, New York NY 10011
0809059193, $20.00 www.fsgbooks.com
IRRELIGION: A MATHEMATICIAN EXPLAINS WHY THE ARGUMENTS FOR GOD
JUST DON'T ADD UP considers God from a logical standpoint, examining the author's own
irreligious worldview and providing chapters that refute the twelve arguments most often placed
for believing in God. Adding a dose of humor along with insight keeps this from becoming a
scholarly analytical piece, this making it a recommended pick not just for spiritual libraries, but
for general-interest collections.
Mending a Torn World
Maura O'Neill
Orbis Books
Box 308, Maryknoll, NY 10545-0308
9781570757266 $20.00 www.maryknoll.org
MENDING A TORN WORLD: WOMEN IN INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE explores the
main obstacles and beliefs of women in five major religions, covering different kinds of
behaviors, spiritual concerns, common conflicting viewpoints in different religions, and more. It's
a dialogue which explores similarities and differences alike, and is an essential recommendation
for not just spirituality holdings, but for women's studies libraries at the college level, and for
those strong in philosophy as well. Chapters include many statements from different levels of
each belief system, from the common woman to religious leaders.
The Secret of Divine Civilization
'Abdu'l-Baha, author
Marzieh Gail, translator in consultation with Ali-Kuli Khan
Baha'i Publishing
2427 Bond Street, University Park, IL 60466-3101
9781931847513, $10.00 www.BahaiBooksUSA.com 1-800-705-4925
The Secret of Divine Civilization is the classic Baha'i religious text written by 'Abdu'l-Baha,
literally "Servant of the Glory", the title accepted by the 'Abbas Effendi (1844-1921), the eldest
son and appointed successor of Baha'u'llah, the prophet and founder of the Baha'i faith.
Imprisoned since age nine, 'Abdu'l-Baha spent his life largely incarcerated or in exile with his
father due to the will of the Ottoman Empire. Encapsulating a lifetime of devotion to
Baha'u'llah's teachings, The Secret of Divine Civilization embodies the Baha'i Faith and its
creeds that there is one God, one human race, and one evolving religion. Presented in an
affordable and compact paperback size, The Secret of Divine Civilization is an absolute
"must-read" for anyone seeking to learn more about the roots and core essence of the Baha'i
Faith.
Storms Over Genesis
William H. Jennings
Fortress Press
c/o Augsburg Fortress Publishers
100 Fifth Street, Suite 600, Minneapolis, MN 55402-1210
9780800662110, $17.00 www.augsburgbooks.com 1-800-328-4648
Written by William H. Jennings (Professor of Religion Emeritus, Muhlenberg College) Storms
Over Genesis: Biblical Battleground in America's Wars of Religion is the amazing true story of
conflicting and controversial interpretations over the first three chapters of Genesis in the
Christian Bible. Opening with the New Revised Standard Version of Genesis 1-3, so that the
reader may evaluate the source material directly, Storms Over Genesis examines the views of
fundamentalists, modernists, Catholics, Protestants, Jews, feminists, and more concerning these
passages, while striving to illuminate core concerns fundamental to all who critically regard this
text. An enlightening study that also reveals just how hotly disputed religious passages can
be.
The Serpent Handlers
Fred Brown and Jeanne McDonald
John F. Blair, Publisher
1406 Plaza Drive, Winston-Salem, NC 27103
9780895873521, $15.95 www.blairpub.com 1-800-222-9796
The Serpent Handlers: Three Families and Their Faith tells the stories of three families of the
Signs Followers faith - a branch of Christianity originating in 1910, whose members take Mark
16: 17-18 as a central tenet of their belief. Known for the sensational aspects of their belief -
picking up poisonous snakes, drinking strychnine, and speaking in tongues - Signs Followers
have often been negatively portrayed by the media, and . Journalist Fred Brown earned their trust
through longstanding respect, and offers The Serpent Handlers as a counterbalance. Great pains
have been taking to present the stories of the serpent handlers in their own words, without
extraneous or editorializing, though each individual's memoir is prefaced by with a summary of
who he or she is and his or her role in the movement. A "must-read" primary source highly
recommended for anyone interested in learning more about Signs Followers and their faith.
The Environmental Studies Shelf
The Governance of Western Public Lands
Martin Nie
University Press of Kansas
2501 West 15th Street, Lawrence, KS 66049
9780700615582, $39.95 www.kansaspress.ku.edu 1-785-864-4154
Martin Nie (associate professor of natural resource policy in the College of Forestry and
Conservation, University of Montana) presents The Governance of Western Public Lands:
Mapping Its Present and Future, a big-picture survey of the history and future of America's public
lands, with especial attention paid to the contentious debate concerning how they should be used,
and to what extent their wildlife should be protected. Examining both individual case studies
(such as that of conflict over the forests in southeast Alaska) and broader general dilemmas of
opposing viewpoints concerning national resource management, The Governance of Western
Public Lands offers a balanced, serious-minded assessment of both present and future needs.
"Experimentation could help ground some of the ideological debates discussed... We could use a
few concrete cases to examine the virtues and drawbacks of trying something different on our
public lands. Experimentation might thus give a strong shot of pragmatism to public land politics
by rejecting sweeping generalities and abstract theorizing in favor of more practical experience
and empirical knowledge. Instead of hypotheticals, we could focus our attention on the outcome
of a particular project." Highly recommended.
The Literary Shelf
Tales from Shakespeare
Charles and Mary Lamb and Joelle Jolivet
Abrams Image
115 West 18th Street, New York NY 10011
9780810994539, $17.95 www.abramsimage.com
Joelle Jolivet is an internationally-acclaimed illustrator while Charles and Mary Lamb are known
for the 1700s prose adaptations of Shakespeare's plays. They join forces in the finely illustrated
TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE, a collectible for all ages pairing lovely prose retellings of
plays with Jolivet's beautiful drawings. Stories pack in the best of modern and traditional worlds
in a selection of highly recommended works.
Fowles' The French Lieutenant's Woman
William Stephenson
Continuum
80 Maiden Lane Suite 704, New York NY 10038
9780826490094, $14.95 www.continuum-books.com
Joining others in the 'Reader's Guide' series for supplemental literary study is this focus on THE
FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN, a novel often assigned as a complex modern classic for
college-level audiences. College-level collections will find this an excellent starting point for
classroom debates and discussions of the novel, offering analysis of key themes, social issues,
and critical points of interest.
Mechademia Volume 2: Networks of Desire
Frenchy Lunning, editor
University of Minnesota Press
111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290, Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520
9780816652662, $19.95 www.upress.umn.edu
The Mechademia series is an extraordinary anthology of original essays by scholars, artists, and
fans discussing the popular culture of Japanese animation, manga, and their derivative fan-works,
as gathered from an annual forum. Mechademia Volume 2: Networks of Desire especially
focuses upon sexual and gender issues and subtexts present in manga and anime - although,
despite the provocative cover image of a nude girl bound in ropes, most of the manga and anime
examples discussed are emphatically not pornographic. Sample essays include "Shojo Manga!
Girls Comics! A Mirror of Girls' Dreams", "Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction Writers: New Narrative
Themes or the Same Old Story?", "The Animalization of Otaku Culture", "Between the Child
and the Mecha", and much more. A handful of black-and-white animation stills and other
photographs illustrate this welcome contribution to Japanese popular culture studies.
The Anthropology Shelf
Ethnic Identity In Nahua Mesoamerica
Frances F. Berdan, et al.
University of Utah Press
1795 East South Campus Drive, #101, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9402
9780874809176, $50.00 www.uofupress.com 1-800-773-6672
Over the past couple of decades there has been a virtual explosion of informative data on and
about the pre-Columbian native populations of Central and South America. A seminal work of
dedicated academic scholarship, "Ethnic Identity In Nahua Mesoamerica: The View From
Archaeology, Art History, Ethnohistory, And Contemporary Ethnography" is the collaborative
effort of a team of researchers and academics that includes Frances F. Berdan (Professor of
Anthropology, California State University - San Bernardino); John K. Chance (Professor of
Anthropology, Arizona State University); Alan R. Sandstrom (Professor of Anthropology and
Chair of the Department of Antrhopology, Indiana University - Purdue University at Fort
Wayne); Barbara L. Stark (Professor of Anthropology, School of Human Evolution and Social
Change, Arizona State University); James Taggart (Lewis Audenreid Professor at Franklin and
Marshall College); and Emily Umberger (Professor of Art History, Arizona State University). A
compilation of eight major papers ranging from Professors Stark and Chance's 'Diachronic and
Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Mesoamerican Ethnicity', to Professors' Sandstrom and
Berdan's "Some Finish Thoughts and Unfinished Business", provides the reader with a
multifaceted, multidisciplinary survey on Mexico's Nahuas population's ethnic identity, history,
and social conditions drawing upon perspectives provided by archaeological researches,
contemporary ethnographical studies, historical overviews, and art appreciation. Enhanced with
the inclusion of figures, tables, notes, reference citations, and an index, "Ethnic Identity In Nahua
Mesoamerica" is an impressively informed and informative contribution which is confidently
recommended for academic library reference collections, as well as Native American Studies,
Mexican History, and Nahua Ethnographic Studies supplemental reading lists.
The Business Shelf
The Point of the Deal
Danny Ertel and Mark Gordon
Harvard Business School Press
60 Harvard Way, Boston, MA 02163
9781422102336, $26.95 www.HBSPress.org
Why do business deals fall apart, and how do strategists and deal-makers fail? THE POINT OF
THE DEAL: HOW TO NEGOTIATE WHEN YES IS NOT ENOUGH goes beyond the usual
business focus on getting the deal to examine what makes it work or causes it to fail. From a
different focus on using the deal as a means and not the end goal to considering behaviors after
the deal has been signed, THE POINT OF THE DEAL follows through where other books end,
using strategies from different businesses and even different countries to show how a different
focus on implementation processes leads to success. Business libraries, especially those catering
to managers, need this.
One Year to an Organized Life
Regina Leeds
DaCapo Press
11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142
9781600940569, $16.95 www.dacapopress.com
An organized life lends to more time, less aggravation, better health and more - and professional
organizer Regina Leeds here provides a set of guidelines to help even the most disorganized
reader gain control over time management. These are organized in a series of weekly and
monthly plans to streamline everyday life challenges, from making a home space more efficient
to organizing travel, business and finances. Consumer collections will find it invaluable.
Every Landlord's Property Protection Guide
Ron Leshnower
Nolo Press
950 Parker Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
9781413307009, $29.95 www.nolo.com 1-800-955-4775
Renting out a property, be it commercial or residential, can be a profitable dream come true or a
financial and legal nightmare come to pass. An indispensable, invaluable, reliable, and 'user
friendly' instruction guide of step-by-step procedures and advice by attorney Ron Leshnower,
"Every Landlord's Property Protection Guide: 10 Ways To Cut Your Risk Now" covers all of the
most commonly encountered kinds of legal troubles that renting a property to a tenant can give
rise to. More specific in scope than some general 'how to' manual for making money as a
landlord, "Every Landlord's Property Protection Guide" focuses on the legal aspects of everything
from fair housing laws to property conditions like mold. Leshnower draws upon his years of
experience and expertise to provide a month-by-month plan that can be adopted and customized
by any landlord for any property so as to avoid damaging law suits while protecting their
financial investment both short-term and long-term. The reader will learn how to obtain the
correct kind of insurance for their particular property, lower the risk of crime with respect to their
property, adhere to municipal, state, and federal property laws, and abide by the legal restrictions
and mandates when hiring help or acquiring a tenant. Whether a novice property owner or an
experienced professional, "Every Landlord's Property Protection Guide", enhanced with the
inclusion of an accompanying CD, qualifies as an essential reference and guide to renting
property lawfully and profitably.
The Parenting Shelf
Parenting After Divorce
Philip M. Stahl, Ph.D.
Impact Publishers, Inc.
PO Box 6016, Atascadero, CA 93423-6016
9781886230842, $17.95 www.impactpublishers.com www.rebuilding.org
Forensic psychologist and high-conflict divorce specialist Philip M. Stahl, Ph.D. presents
Parenting After Divorce: Resolving Conflicts and Meeting Your Children's Needs, now in a
revised and updated second edition. Grounded firmly in real-life experience rather than overly
idealistic assumptions, Parenting After Divorce covers how to amicably share custody, the
importance of keeping the child out of the middle of conflict, the need to take care of oneself (or
else one will be in no shape to look after children), dealing with the courts, and much more.
Real-world examples help to clarify the key points discussed in this highly accessible and
enthusiastically recommended advice guide for divorced parents everywhere.
How We Make Our Kids Angry
Roger Cross
InterVarsity Press
PO Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 605151426
9780830833658, $16.95 www.ivpress.com 1-800-843-9487
Written by father of three Roger Cross, who served thirty-eight years of ministry to tens of
thousands of kids through Youth for Christ, How We Make Our Kids Angry: Suggestions for
Parents Who Want to Change is a parenting guide about respecting children while
simultaneously providing them with the boundaries they need. Though addressed to Christian
parents, How We Make Our Kids Angry is about principles of good parenting universal to all
faiths. Chapters discuss the perils of expecting kids to fill adult roles, unjustly pressuring a child
to fulfill one's own fantasies, playing favorites, and other behaviors that may not be
unconsciously done but are none the less harmful. "Consider and Respond" questions at the end
of each chapter round out this thoughtful parenting book grounded in practical wisdom.
"Understand the difference between discipline and punishment. The difference has to do with
motives. The motive of punishment is to make sure the child experiences pain for stepping over
the line. Discipline, while it usually involves some kind of pain (a swat, being grounded,
privileges withheld, etc.) is motivated by correcting and improving behavior. Punishment can
often be administered in anger, while discipline is more controlled and measured."
The Biography Shelf
Tracy W. McGregor
Philip P. Mason
Wayne State University Press
The Leonard N. Simons Building, 5959 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202-3489
9780814333761, $49.95 http://wsupress.wayne.edu 1-800-978-7323
Tracy W. McGregor: Humanitarian, Philanthropist, and Detroit Civic Leader is the biography of
the charitable Tracy W. McGregor, whose positive influence (and that of his wife, Kathryn
Whitney McGregor) on Detroit from 1890 to the 1930s continues today amid public buildings
and the workings of a charitable foundation. The McGregors avoided newspaper interviews or
public exposure as much as possible; Tracy W. McGregor: Humanitarian, Philanthropist, and
Detroit Civic Leader pieces together information about the couple from the archival collections
of a variety of Michigan universities and libraries, as well as the Library of Congress. From
McGregor's successful political campaigns to reform political, judicial, and educational
institutions to their establishment of mental health, correctional, and health care facilities and
more, Tracy W. McGregor: Humanitarian, Philanthropist, and Detroit Civic Leader is a worthy
tribute to a man who was determined to make Detroit a better place to live.
Life With Mae
Neal Shine
Wayne State University Press
The Leonard N. Simons Building
4809 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201-1309
9780814332986, $24.95 http://wsupress.wayne.edu 1-800-978-7323
Written by the late Neil Shine, longtime editor and former publisher of the Detroit Free Press,
Life With Mae: A Detroit Family Memoir is the true story of daily life in Detroit as well as a
biography of the author's strong-willed and spirited mother Mae. Born in 1909 in a small Irish
town, Mae worked as a housekeeper at fourteen, and saved enough money for a one-way ticket to
the United States by age eighteen. Life With Mae recounts her quirks, enthusiasm, protection,
and love, as well as her identification with and compassion for the poor and downtrodden. An
inspirational memoir and tribute.
The Butterfly Garden
Chip St. Clair
Health Communications, Inc.
3201 S.W. 15th Street, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442-8190
9780757306952, $15.95 1-800-441-5569
The Butterfly Garden: A Memoir is the true-life story of author Chip St. Clair, who survived a
bitterly abusive and life-threatening childhood overshadowed by the menace of a physically
abusive father. Eventually he learned a shocking truth; the man he called "Dad" was an escaped
child killer who had fled justice for over two decades, and one of America's Most Wanted.
Forced to turn his father in rather than risk allowing him to harm any more children, Chip St.
Clair subsequently dedicated himself to protecting children and keeping child predators behind
bars. A grim true crime story that at its heart deals with roots, identity, and cultivating the will to
make a better future no matter what horrors lie in the past.
The Needlecraft Shelf
Quilter's Workbook
Landauer Editors
Landauer Corporation
3100 - 101st Street, Urbandale, IL 50322
0979371104, $26.00 www.landauercorp.com
A three-hole compact binder format lends to individual use and easy lay-flat application, while
spine lettering makes QUILTER'S WORKBOOK quick and easy to locate on a home bookshelf.
This handy quilter's workbook can be rearranged to suit individual needs: it comes with
color-coded tab dividers, poly-vinyl pouches to store fabric swatches and patterns, and is
designed to fit into a purse or bag for take-along shopping consultation. With its compact format
and reference charts of blocks and processes, quilters - especially beginners, will find this an
essential pick.
Favorite Applique Quilts
Mimi Dietrich
Martingale & Company
20205 - 144th Avenue NE, Woodinville, WA 98072-8478
9781564776792, $26.95 www.martingale-pub.com
Mimi Dietrich has built a 20-year career as an applique artist, and here shares some favorite
quilts both new and old. 13 of her quilt designs are updated with new fabrics, colors and settings
and provide fine patterns perfect for beginners as well as experienced quilters. From classic
applique to new methods, Mimi's title will attract any library strong in either quilt or applique
needlework references, packing bright color examples with easy step-by-step instruction.
Uniquely Felt
Christine White
Storey Publishing
210 MassMoca Way, North Adams, MA 01247
9781580176736, $24.95 www.storey.com
Felt holds all kinds of potential for unique creations: add water and soap and you can create all
kinds of items, or use cobwebbing techniques to make scarves, shawls and more. UNIQUELY
FELT is not your typical applique guide: it offers crafters a fine set of projects based on felt and
water use, and explains all techniques options, from traditional applications to needlework, 3-D
seamless, cobweb and more. Large-size color photos blend with color sidebars of information
and easy step-by-step detail for nearly fifty projects demonstrating a range of options for felt. A
'must' for any serious needlework library, this goes far beyond the typical felt/applique
approach.
Knitting Patterns for Dummies
Kristi Porter
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5773
9780470045565, $19.99 www.wiley.com 1-800-225-5945
Knitwear designer Kristi Porter presents Knitting Patterns for Dummies, a worthy addition to the
exemplary "For Dummies" series of guides designed to make their subject matter thoroughly
accessible to beginners. Chapters address how to choose the right yarn and needles, common
stitches and pattern shapes, how to measure one's gauge, read a pattern, and understand garment
sizing, proper care of completed knitted creations, and much more. A handful of color plates and
an assortment of black-and-white diagrams illustrate this step-by-step guide, enthusiastically
recommended as a top-notch self-teaching resource.
The Christian Studies Shelf
Before the Thunder Rolls
Dale Beaver
Judson Press
PO Box 851, Valley Forge, PA 19482-0851
9780817015213, $13.00 www.judsonpress.com 1-800-458-3766
The true-life testimony of former Motor Racing Outreach chaplain Dale Beaver, Before the
Thunder Rolls: Devotions for NASCAR Fans is part retrospective memoir, part devotional.
Beaver offers spiritual insights, as well as enthralling true anecdotes about individual races and
crew members including Dale Jarrett, Ward Burton, Tony Stewart, Ryan Newman, Jimmy
Spencer and more. "The electricity in the race day air is more than addictive - it is downright
hypnotic! Typically I rise early on those mornings to gather a group of television production
workers for a predawn devotion and prayer service... For a few moments we recognize God's
presence with us, pray for each other, and read a portion of Holy Scripture." 'Pit Notes' at the
close of each chapter ask the reader hard questions and offer ways in which to open one's soul
more fully to God. An abiding expression of deepest faith, and also a respectful tribute to the
many people who make NASCAR possible.
The Churches Of Egypt
Gawdat Gabra & Gertrud J. M. van Loon
The American University in Cairo Press
c/o International Publishers Marketing
22841 Quicksilver Drive, Dulles, VA 20166
9789774161063, $59.95 www.internationalpubmarket.com 1-800-758-3756
Profusely and beautifully illustrated throughout with the color images by Egyptian photographer
Sherif Sonbol, and deftly edited by editor, publisher and lecturer Carolyn Ludwig, "The Churches
Of Egypt: From The Journey Of The Holy Family To The Present Day" the collaborative work of
Gawdat Gabra (former director of the Coptic Museum and a Visiting Professor of Coptic Studies
at Claremont Graduate University) and Gertrud J. M. van Loon (research expert in Coptic Art
and Archaeology). Superbly organized and presented by regional classifications, the Christian
churches of Egypt depicted and showcased include those in the Coptic Orthodox, Greek
Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Armenian Orthodox traditions, as well as what are
described as 'Ruined Churches. From The Cathedral of te Holy Virgin in Port Said, Lower Egypt,
to The Tomb of Ibrahim and Girgis al-Guhari in Old Cairo, to The Monastery of the Archangel
Gabriel in Fayyum, Upper Egypt, to Churches in Luxor Temple and Karnak Temple in Luxor,
"The Churches Of Egypt" is a truly extraordinary volume that with the inclusion of a Glossary,
Notes, Bibliographic References, Bibliography, and Index, make it a welcome and
enthusiastically recommended addition to personal and academic library collections, as well as
being an especially appropriate 'Memorial Fund' acquisition selection for community
libraries.
Reconciliation
Robert Morneau
Orbis Books
PO Box 308, Maryknoll, NY 10545-0308
9781570757136, $10.00 www.orbisbooks.com
Written by Robert Morneau (Auxiliary Bishop and Vicar General of the Diocese of Green Bay,
Wisconsin), Reconciliation is a discussion of Catholic spirituality, holy sacrament and the mercy
of Jesus Christ created to inspire, instruct, and uplift. Chapters discuss principles and sacrament
of reconciliation, the suffering caused by sin, the far-reaching implication's of God's forgiveness,
and much more. "For some individuals, a monthly confession helps foster a sensitivity to God's
grace and human sin... For others, bi-monthly or quarterly confession will be a routine that keeps
them in touch with God's mercy. Still others make it a practice of celebrating the sacrament
during Lent and Advent. Much depends upon one's self-awareness in light of God's daily call and
on the sensitivity of one's conscience." A deeply moving tract of timeless and transcendent
concepts of Catholic spirituality.
The Psychology Shelf
Handbook Of Depression in Children And Adolescents
John R. Z. Abela & Benjamin L. Hankin, editors
Guilford Publications, Inc.
72 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012
9781593855826, $65.00 www.guilford.com 1-800-365-7006
Expertly compiled and deftly edited by John R. Z. Abela (Associate professor and William
Dawson Scholar in the Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, McGill University, and
Director of the Cognitive Behavior Therapy Clinic, Montreal Children's Hospital) and Benjamin
L. Hankin (Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of South Carolina), the "Handbook Of
Depression in Children And Adolescents" is a compilation of contributions by some of the
foremost scientist-practitioners working in the field of juvenile depression, its origins and
treatments. Utilizing a framework of developmental psychopathology, the "Handbook Of
Depression in Children And Adolescents" divides the articles into five major sections:
Introduction and Epidemiology of Depression; Etiology of Depression; Treatment of Depression;
Prevention of Depression; and Special Populations. Presenting an impressive body of seminal
studies, and enhanced with both an Author Index and a Subject Index, the "Handbook Of
Depression in Children And Adolescents" is a core and strongly recommended addition to both
professional and academic library Psychology & Psychiatry reference collections and
supplemental reading lists.
Inner City Books
Box 1271, Station Q, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4T 2P4
www.innercitybooks.net 1-416-927-0355
Daryl Sharp is a Zurich-trained analyst, publisher of Inner City Books, and the author of fifteen
titles in the 'Studies in Jungian Psychology' series. In a two-volume celebration of the
contributions of pioneer psychologist C. G. Jung, Daryl Sharp has written "Jung Uncorked: Rare
vintages from the Cellar of Analytical Psychology", which offers a new generation of readers
with selected passages from Jung's writings, together with Sharp's own experiential
commentaries on their psychological significance and contemporary relevance. The first volume
of "Jung Uncorked" (9781894574211, $25.00) explicates and comments on essays from Jung's
'Collected Works', volumes 1-9. The second volume of "Jung Uncorked" (9781894574228,
$25.00) covers excerpts taking from Jung's Collected Works' volumes 9ii to 18. Covering and
representing Jung's wide ranging interests and contributions, there are chapters in both volumes
of "Jung Uncorked" that deal with one essay from each volume of the eighteen individual
volumes comprising Jung's 'Collected Works'. "Jung Uncorked: Volumes 1 & 2" is a welcome
and strongly recommended addition to personal, professional, and academic library Psychology
& Psychiatry reference collections and supplemental reading lists.
The Pets/Wildlife Shelf
Getting in T-touch With Your Puppy
Linda Tellington-Jones
Trafalgar Square Publishing
c/o Independent Publishers Group
814 North Franklin Street, Chicago, IL 60610
www.ipgbook.com 1-800-888-4741
9781570763724, $14.95 www.horseandriderbooks.com
Animal expert Linda Tellington-Jones fostered a new pet training method decades ago, which
has evolved into an international program teaching positive 'no force' routines for influencing dog
behavior and willingness to learn. Her Getting in T-touch With Your Puppy outlines the basic
contentions of her Puppy School program and offers step-by-step instruction in her famous
T-touch circles, including bodywork which has been scientifically proven, to teach exercises
geared to showing puppies specific tasks. Dog owners who need to train will find the instruction
specific and useful.
Venomous Animals Of The World
Steve Backshall
The Johns Hopkins University Press
2715 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218-4363
9780801888335, $35.00 www.press.jhu.edu 1-800-537-5487
Every year people are attacked by animals whose bite carries poison that can cripple and kill.
While these creatures (including snakes, spiders, marine life, mammals, amphibians, frogs, birds,
and centipedes) are justifiably to be feared and respected, they can also be inherently fascinating
for the beauty, their lifestyle, and their contributions to the ecosystems and habitats where they
dwell. A coffee table style book that is impressively illustrated throughout with full color
photography, "Venomous Animals Of The World" by naturalist, adventure, wildlife expert, and
conservationist Steve Backshall provides the non-specialist general reader with a descriptive
account of more than sixty animals whose toxins are the most lethal and evolved in response to
the need to both attack and defend within the animal kingdom. Informed and informative,
"Venomous Animals Of The World" offers such observations as poisons being classified
ingested toxins while venoms are injected toxins; the pharmaceutical industry has been able to
use animal toxins as the basis for many beneficial drugs; and so much more. With the cited
animals being presented and organized according to being found in Europe, North American,
Latin America, Africa, Australasia, and Asia, and enhanced with a concluding chapter on 'The
Future for Venomous Wildlife', a bibliography for further study, appendices, and an index,
"Venomous Animals Of The World" is a welcome and recommended addition to school and
community library Pets & Wildlife reference collections and Wildlife Studies supplemental
reading lists.
Martes: Taxonomy, Ecology, Techniques, and Management
Gilbert Proulx, Harold N. Bryant, and Paul M. Woodard, editors
Provincial Museum of Alberta
University of Alberta Press
Ring House 2, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2E1
0773253726, $34.95 www.uap.ualberta.ca
Martes: Taxonomy, Ecology, Techniques, and Management is an scholarly amalgamation of
essays garnered from the Second International Martes Symposium concerning the small North
American mammals commonly known as martens or fishers. Individual essays include "Maternal
den attendance patterns of female American martens", "Interactions among marten prey
availability, vulnerability, and habitat structure", "Improved trapping standards for marten and
fisher", "Socio-economic aspects of marten management", and much more. Extensive research,
tables, diagrams, and statistics form the foundation of this professional-level species study,
intended for fellow experts in the field. "We recommend the following procedures to ensure that
disturbance at dens is minimized. Do not approach a den or set up a camera until the female
leaves the area. Do not use artificial lighting systems to illuminate the scene. If possible, set up
cameras in the opposite direction from which the female leaves the vicinity of the den site. Set
cameras and sensors at least 20 m from the den structure. Minimize the number of people
involved in establishing the camera station and, to the extent possible, avoid human activity in
the immediate vicinity of the den."
The Art Shelf
The Elephant and the Lotus
Philippe Truong
MFA Publications
465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
9780878467174, $85.00 www.mfa-publications.org
Independent scholar and curator Philippe Truong provides a key text for any college-level art
library strong in Asian ceramics in THE ELEPHANT AND THE LOTUS: VIETNAMESE
CERAMICS IN THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON. Over two hundred objects from the
collection are profiled in a gathering of wares from throughout Vietnam, analyzed by the expert
author and representing the first complete published catalog of this collection.
An Artist's Handbook: Materials and Techniques
Margaret Krug
Harry Abrams Inc.
115 West 18th Street, New York NY 10011
0810994011, $29.95 www.abramsbooks.com
Every art studio needs a guide to essential drawing and painting materials and how to use them,
making AN ARTIST'S HANDBOOK a key acquisition not just for college-level art libraries and
individual artists, but for general-interest holdings where patrons would understand the historical
and modern techniques the artist needs to master in all media, from sketches to oil and acrylic
paints. It's the only in-depth 'materials and techniques' guide oriented to modern art students and
should be considered a staple acquisition.
The Jesuits And The Arts 1540-1773
John. W. O'Malley, S.J., Gauvin Alexander Bailey, Giovanni Sale, S.J.
Saint Joseph's University Press
5600 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131-1395
0916101525, $70.00 www.sju.edu/sjupress/
The Jesuit Order of the Roman Catholic church are well known for their missionary work and
their theological contributions to Catholicism. Less well known is the Jesuit contribution to
western art as patrons and cultural emissaries. Now to acknowledge, describe, and evaluate the
Jesuit legacy to the arts is the coffee-table style compendium of information and examples
compiled, edited, captioned, and with commentary by the team of John W. O'Malley, S.J.;
Gauvin Alexander Bailey, and Giovanni Sale, S.J., "The Jesuits And The Arts 1540-1773" is a
477-page art history providing an informed and informative historical overview of the subject.
Enhanced with more than 476 full color, high resolutions images of Jesuit buildings, paintings,
sculpture, theatrical sets, and music from around the world, scholars and non-specialist readers
alike will be able to learn from the twelve essays (some of them translated into English for the
first time) of leading specialists throughout Europe, the United States, and South America of the
contributions individual Jesuits and the Jesuit Order have made with respect to the design and
construction of church architecture, their commissions of paintings and sculptures, their
contributions to music, and their conflicts within and without in the pursuit of artistic excellence
and a distinctive Jesuit style. Providing a seminal body of specialized history, "The Jesuits And
The Arts 1540-1773" is an important and enthusiastically recommended addition to personal,
academic, and ecclesiastical Art History, Jesuit Studies, and Catholic Church History reference
collections and supplemental reading lists.
Manuel Neri: The Figure In Relief
Bruce Nixon
Hudson Hills Press
PO Box 205, 74-2 Union Street, Manchester, VT 05254
1883124255, $65.00 www.hudsonhills.com
Next to art being drawn upon cave walls, sculpture is the oldest enduring art form known to man.
Manuel Neri is a master of this particular medium of artistic expression and in "Manuel Neri:
The Figure In Relief" by Bruce Nixon (an independent scholar and former editor-in-chief of
'Artweek', a monthly art newspaper based in California) has compiled and provides captioning
and commentary for a colorful survey of the relief sculptures and related drawings of this
complex sculptor, drawn from more than twenty-five years of work beginning with his earliest
figures created in the 1950s and 1960s. Neri's ability to create and depict the figural form in a
variety of media ranging from plaster and clay to bronze and marble documents him as a master
sculptor in a tradition that stretches back for centuries. "Manuel Neri: The Figure In Relief" is a
welcome and seminal addition to Art History collections in general, and 20th Century Sculpture
reference collections in particular.
The Painted Valley
Christopher Armstrong and H.V. Nelles
University of Calgary Press
2500 University Drive, N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
9781552382073, $54.95 www.uofcpress.com 1-800-565-3770
Compiled by history professor emeritus Christopher Armstrong and Canadian history professor
H.V. Nelles, The Painted Valley: Artists Along Alberta's Bow River, 1845-2000 is a gathering of
artworks of the beautiful Bow River valley in Alberta, Canada, as drawn by both local and
visiting artists. Black-and-white as well as color plates illustrate this broad survey of works
reflecting a variety of historical periods, artistic styles, and points of view. The extensive text
offers a thoughtful discussion of works by European topographers, military artists, painters
commissioned by the Canadian Pacific Railway, modernists, abstractionists, and much more. An
index rounds out this reasoned, historically informed, and highly literary blend of landscape art
and its appreciation.
Gothic Fantasies
Anne Sudworth
AAPL Artists' and Photographers' Press Ltd.
Church Farm House, Wisley, Surrey GU23 6QL
Sterling Publishing Company (distribution)
387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016-8810
9781904332565, $29.95 www.aappl.com info@appl.com
Gothic Fantasies: The Paintings of Anne Sudworth is a hauntingly beautiful fantasy artbook
featuring the full color illustrations of Anne Sudworth, along with a very few accompanying
poems or notes for certain images. Most scenes are nocturnal; many portray the timeless mystery
of forests, graveyards, or stone circles, and a few are of magical beasts such as unicorns or
dragons standing guard over the land. All have a sense of mystery and wonder, embodying the
sensual allure of darkness. Enthusiastically recommended for fans of fantasy art.
The Women's Studies Shelf
Arab Women's Lives Retold
Nawar Al-Hassan Golley, editor
Syracuse University Press
1600 Jamesville Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210
9780815631477, $22.95 www.SyracuseUniversityPress.syr.edu 1-800-365-8929
Edited by Associate Professor of English Nawar Al-Hassan Golley, Arab Women's Lives Retold:
Exploring Identity Through Writing is an anthology of literary essays by diverse authors that
examine a broad selection of late twentieth-century autobiographical writings by Arab women
novelists, poets, and artists. Sample discussions include "Arab Women Write the Trauma of
Imprisonment and Exile", "To Undo What the North Has Done: Fragments of a Nation and Arab
Collectivism in the Fiction of Ahdaf Soueif", "Yasmina, an Autodiegetic Character: Herstory and
History", and much more. An extensive list of references and an index round out this welcome
contribution to twentieth-century literary criticism shelves.
The Health/Medicine Shelf
The Acupressure Atlas
Bernard C. Kolster MD and Astrid Waskowiak, MD
Healing Arts Press
c/o Inner Traditions
One Park Street, Rochester, VT 05767
9781594772078, $24.95 www.healingartspress.com
An oversized format to this title might prove a shelving challenge to some collections but
compensates by making for a great display item in THE ACUPRESSURE ATLAS, pairing
step-by-step color photos of technique with anatomy pointers and therapy keys. From massage
points to healing pressure potentials, THE ACUPRESSURE ATLAS offers far more insights on
home how-to basic health care than most titles and an emphasis on visuals which makes for
infallible applications.
A Short History of the American Stomach
Frederick Kaufman
Harcourt
15 East 26th Street, New York NY 10010
9780151011940, $23.00 www.harcourtbooks.com
American eating patterns run to extremes and ordinarily are blamed on modern living, but
Frederick Kaufman provides a history of American dining to prove we've been this way from
Mayflower to modern times. From secret Puritan purges to diet gurus of the 19th century, food
fads and fanaticism - A Short History of the American Stomach offers a lively, close look at
dietary habits, patterns, and fallacies alike, using a lively tone to make it accessible not just to
high school and college libraries, but especially for general-interest collections interested in
culinary history and health.
Relics of Eden
Daniel J. Fairbanks
Prometheus Books
59 John Glenn Drive, Amherst, NY 14228-2197
9781591025641, $24.95 www.prometheusbooks.com
RELICS OF EDEN: THE POWERFUL EVIDENCE OF EVOLUTION IN HUMAN DNA adds
to the debates and literature on evolutionary processes and deserves a place in any college-level
science collection, offering DNA-based evidence supporting human evolution. From the latest
DNA analysis and research linked to archaeological evidence to religious fallacies, RELICS OF
EDEN offers much food for thought.
Workouts in a Binder for Swimmers, Triathletes and Coaches
Nick Hansen and Eric Hansen
Velo Press
1931382743, $29.95 www.velopress.com
Athletes seeking new or modified routines for swimming will find this a treasure trove of tips,
packaging waterproof pages for pool deck use and oversized flap pages for holding workouts
upright with 100 new workouts that blend strokes, drills and endurance-building routines. It's the
perfect gift item for the athlete looking to the pool to improve prowess and routines.
Principles of Transgender Medicine and Surgery
Randi Ettner, Stan Monstrey, A. Evan Eyler, editors
The Haworth Press, Inc.
10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580
9780789032683, $89.95 www.HaworthPress.com 1-800-429-6784
Principles of Transgender Medicine and Surgery is a scholarly medical text assembled from
meticulously didactic essays by a wide variety of authors. Each chapter focuses upon a different
aspect of transgender medical care, from "The Etiology of Transsexualism" to "Mental Health
Issues", "Reproduction and Fertility Issues for Transpeople", "Surgery: Male-to-Female Patient",
"Surgery: Female-to-Male Patient", and much more. A highly technical resource written
especially for medical professionals in the field, Principles of Transgender Medicine and Surgery
lives up to its title and is an absolute "must-have" for anyone in the practice.
A Consumer's Guide to Mental Health Services
Jeffrey K. Edwards, Ed.D. and Anthony W. Heath, Ph.D.
The Haworth Press, Inc.
10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580
9780789032676, $17.95 www.HaworthPress.com 1-800-429-6784
Therapy experts Jeffrey K. Edwards, Ed.D. and Anthony W. Heath, Ph.D. combine their wisdom
in A Consumer's Guide to Mental Health Services: Unveiling the Mysteries and Secrets of
Psychotherapy, a book that solidly lives up to its title. Written in plain terms for readers of all
backgrounds, A Consumer's Guide to Mental Health Services discusses the different models for
the causes of mental health problems, the types of services available, absolute "need to know"
issues about ethics, credentials, and payments, and much more. "The research for and against
medication is varied, and generally written from points of view - really opinions - rather than
from any straightforward, easy-to-make-sense-of facts. Two camps, those on the biological side
and those on the talk-therapy side, have research showing effectiveness of their "product" as well
as reasons why their point of view is most trustworthy. They also demonstrate why the other
side's point of view is not... You should always discuss your medicine with your prescribing
clinician, ask for potential side effects, what the medication does and how it works, how long you
will be taking it, what foods you should avoid, and how alcohol or other drugs affect the
medication. Medications are powerful treatments, and they can be potentially dangerous or
addictive in some cases. Be informed and treat them with respect." Highly recommended, and an
absolute "must-have" for any individual who may be in need of mental health services.
Headaches: A Cleveland Clinic Handbook
Robert S. Kunkel, M.D.
Cleveland Clinic Press
9500 Euclid Avenue, NA32, Cleveland, OH 44195
9781596240193, $9.95 www.clevelandclinicpress.com 1-216-444-1158
Medical doctor Robert S. Kunkel has specialized in treading headache patients for forty years.
Headaches: A Cleveland Clinic Handbook presents his decades of experience in plain terms for
readers of all backgrounds. From the different types of headaches (including migraine, tension,
and cluster), to truths and myths about headache remedies, promising new drugs for headache
sufferers, how specialists design treatment plans that work, and more, Headaches: A Cleveland
Clinic Handbook lives up to Cleveland Clinic's sterling reputation as the go-to publisher for
health and medical information. Highly recommended.
The Super Antioxidant Diet And Nutrition Guide
Robin Jeep, Richard Couey, Sherie Pitman Ellington
Hampton Roads Publishing Company
1125 Stoney Ridge Road, Charlottesville, VA 22902
9781571745476, $19.95 www.hrpub.com 1-800-766-8009
The collaborative work of culinary expert Robin Jeep, nutrition expert Richard Couey, and
health/nutrition writer Sherie Pitman Ellington, "The Super Antioxidant Diet And Nutrition
Guide: A Health Plan For the body, Mind, And Spirit" is a single volume course of informed
instruction specifically designed for the non-specialist general reader seeking to maximize their
physical health, well-being, and disease prevention. Enhanced with the inclusion of 171 gourmet
quality recipes rich in antioxidant factors, "The Super Antioxidant Diet And Nutrition Guide"
will enable anyone to naturally attain and maintain their ideal weight, develop a natural desire for
healthy foods, learn how to reduce stress and increase physical energy, enhance memory and
mental clarity, strengthen their body's immune system, slow down the aging process, and
maintain the highest quality of life they can. In addition to 'kitchen cook friendly' recipes ranging
from an Indian Vegetable Curry, to Pomegranate Poached Pears with Berry-Berry Sauce, to a
Tofu-Vegetable Chili, "The Super Antioxidant Diet And Nutrition Guide" also features meal
plans, step-by-step instructions to consistently achieving improved health, a plan for moderate
physical fitness, and practical advice for working for (and achieving) personal growth. Nicely
organized into major sections dealing with Reclaiming Health, Vibrant Cuisine (with a section of
full-color photographs), and a 'Journey to Wholeness', "The Super Antioxidant Diet And
Nutrition Guide" concludes with extensive Endnotes and a Resources section, making it an ideal
and strongly recommended addition to personal, family, and community library Health &
Medicine reference collections and supplemental reading lists.
Relieving Pelvic Pain During and After Pregnancy
Cecile Rost, PT
Hunter House Publishers
PO Box 2914, Alameda, CA 94501-2914
9780897934800, $16.95 www.hunterhouse.com 1-800-266-5592
Physiotherapist Cecile Rost presents Relieving Pelvic Pain During and After Pregnancy: How
Women Can Heal Chronic Pelvic Instability, a straightforward guide written for patients and
their health care providers. Black-and-white diagrams illustrate simple exercises that have
successfully relieved pelvic pain and its related symptoms for the author herself as well as ninety
percent of her clients. Chapters discuss recommendations for preventing pelvic pain and
dysfunction, tips on what to expect during and after delivery, pelvic exercises including
symmetry exercises, stabilization exercises, and pelvic-floor exercises, and advice especially for
therapists discussing everything from risk factors to post pregnancy care. In addition to exercises,
Relieving Pelvic Pain During and After Pregnancy also has invaluable recommendations for
preventing or reducing strain, such as illustrated step-by-step instructions for physically picking
up one's child from bed ("Stand diagonally in relation to the bed. Legs are turned slightly
outward. Bend at the knees and hips into a semisquatting position while keeping the spine
straight. Position the baby as close to you as possible. Then pick the baby up and straighten your
knees and hips while still keeping your back straight.") An absolute "must-have" for current and
aspiring mothers, especially recommended as a baby shower gift.
The Judaic Studies Shelf
Poyln
Yehiel Yeshaia Trunk, author
Anna Clarke, translator
Piotr Wrobel and Robert M. Shapiro, translators
University of Toronto Press
10 St. Mary Street, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4Y 2W8
9780802093301, $40.00 www.utppublishing.com 1-800-565-9523
Despite its subtitle, Poyln: My Life Within Jewish Life in Poland, Sketches and Images is not an
art book; it is the firsthand testimony of Polish Jewish author Yehiel Yeshaia Trunk. Originally
published during the years spanning 1944 to 1953, Polyn is the story of the Polish Jewish
community against the background of Nazi genocide - there are tales of Hassidic patricians,
Talmudists, Orthodox rabbis, Hasidic tsadikim, merchants, artisans, ordinary workers, and much
more. Now available in a full English translation for the first time, Poyln is the beginning of a
multi-volume treasure of Yiddish culture and history, especially recommended for public library
collections.
Days of Purpose, Days of Fullfillment
Cheryl Gunsher
Devora Publishing
c/o Pitspopany Press
40 East 78th Street, Suite 16D, New York, NY 10021
9781932687446, $21.95 www.devorapublishing.com 1-800-232-2931
Days of Purpose, Days of Fulfillment is a unique anthology of brief moral tales in the tradition of
Aesop, yet steeped in the wisdom of the Torah to create unique parables reflecting Jewish life.
The resulting personal stories of growth and development are ideal for all ages, worth of adult
reflection and study yet also ideal for reading to young people at bedtime. Some of the parables
read like fairy tales, and some read more like prayers or psalms: "I need to feel Your presence in
my life, dear Lord. I yearn for the comfort of Your warm and glowing light. When my mind
becomes still, I can focus my awareness on You, dear God. When I move away from the
distractions around me, I can bring consciousness of You into my heart."
The Interior Design Shelf
Glass House
C. J. Petersen
Hearst Books
c/o Sterling Publishing Company
387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016-8810
9781588165053, $50.00 www.sterlingpublishing.com 1-800-805-5489
Simply stated, windows can make or mar the interior design of any home or office. Part of the
'House Beautiful' series of interior design manuals and references, "Glass House: The Art Of
decorating With Light" by interior design expert C. J. Petersen is a beautifully illustrated,
superbly organized, and articulately presented instruction manual that will provide non-specialist
general readers with a sound grounding in design basics when it comes to utilizing and
maximizing windows to provide the element of light to increase the attractiveness of individual
rooms. An invaluable compendium of practical advice, tips, tricks and techniques, "Glass House
covers everything from using bay windows to open up small kitchens; to using a cast glass
banister insert as an element of sophistication for an otherwise ordinary architectural feature; to
pairing door panes with transoms to brighten confined entry halls; to the use of skylights over
kitchen work areas for added illumination; to utilizing glass blocks for shower enclosures; to
choosing French doors for their architectural design flare; and so much more. Of special note are
the illustrated sections covering art glasswork techniques ranging from sandblasting, to fusing, to
beveling. A thoroughly 'user friendly' manual of superbly illustrated ideas and examples, "Glass
House" is an enthusiastically recommended and practical addition to personal, professional, and
community library Interior Design reference collections and supplemental reading lists.
Grand Master Baths
Janice Costa
Creative Homeowner Press
24 Park Way, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
9781580113885, $19.95 www.creativehomeowner.com 1-800-631-7795
Impressively illustrated with more than 300 full color photographs, "Grand Master Baths" by
interior design expert Janice Costa showcases the most popular styles and finishes for tubs,
showers, hardware, vanities and tile for modern American bathrooms. The examples she draws
upon provide a wealth of ideas for maximizing existing space, choosing just the right fixtures,
and making the most of storage. "Grand Master Baths" also informative provides tips, tricks and
techniques for using light, water and sound to create the ultimate bath experience. From such
simple steps as installing a new showerhead and a well-positioned potpourri, to more elaborate
elements such as piped-in audio, or a customized two-person supershower, "Grand Master Baths"
covers it all and covers it well. Whether browsing for ideas or as a practical resource for a
complete bathroom design overhaul, "Grand Master Baths" will prove to be an invaluable and
thoroughly 'user friendly' reference for interior design professionals and non-specialist general
homeowners alike!
The Antiques/Collectibles Shelf
Decorative Plates Identification & Value Guide
Jim & Susan Harran
Collector Books
Box 3009, Paducah, KY 42002-3009
9781574325638, $29.95 www.collectorbooks.com
Collections strong in specialty identification and values guides need DECORATIVE PLATES
IDENTIFICATION & VALUE GUIDE, a survey of English, German, American and other
European plates which includes notes on their marks, makers, and changing values. Excellent
detailed color photos pack a survey strong in both history and values, appealing to any library
catering to collectors.
100 Greatest American Stamps
Janet Klug and Donald J. Sundman
Whitman Publishing
3101 Clairmont Rd Suite C, Atlanta, GA 30329
0794822487, $29.95 www.whitmanbooks.com
Any library strong in stamp collecting, whether it be a specialty collection or a general-interest
lending library, will find the oversized presentation of 100 GREATEST AMERICAN STAMPS
to be a gorgeous presentation which packs in illustrations and history to survey American stamp
history from pre-Revolutionary to modern times. An eye-catching coffee table presentation packs
in over a hundred pages of colorful stamps and stories and makes for a reference which will
appeal to history buffs and collectors alike, with its market values, information on print
quantities, and catalog references.
A Celebration of Limerick's Silver
John R. Bowen & Connor O'Brien
The Collins Press
c/o Dufour Editions, Inc.
PO Box 7, Chester Springs, PA 19425-0007
9781905172559, $79.95 www.dufoureditions.com 1-800-869-5677
Collaborative compiled and deftly co-edited by John R. Bown and Connor O'Brien, "A
Celebration of Limerick's Silver" is a superbly illustrated history of the creations of Limerick
silversmiths and goldsmiths. Utilizing new research showcasing the achievements and artistry of
a now obscure group of craftsmen, "A Celebration of Limerick's Silver" provides a proper
appreciation for contemporary readers and scholars of some of Ireland's greatest treasures created
by such luminaries as John Bucknor, Robert Smith, Collins Brehon, Maurice Fitzgerald, and
Joseph Johns. Providing an informed and informative history and a detailed directory of the
goldsmiths and allied trades of Limerick down to the present day, "A Celebration of Limerick's
Silver " is an indispensable addition to professional and academic library Irish Cultural History,
Celtic Art Studies, and Irish Metalworking History reference collections and supplemental
reading lists.
The Travel Shelf
Hidden Coast Of California
Ray Riegert
Ulysses Press
PO Box 3440, Berkeley CA 94703-3440
9781569755952, $19.95 www.ulyssespress.com 1-800-377-2542
There are enduring reasons why California has been a premier tourist destination for more than a
hundred years. A compact, easily portable, 550-page travel guide specifically focused on its
Pacific shoreline communities and environs, "Hidden Coast Of California" by travel expert Ray
Riegert is a superbly organized and comprehensive compendium of information that includes
recommended historic inns, scenic drives, beaches and parks, weekend getaways, prospecting
opportunities for gems and precious metals, and even whale-watching! Covering the sights and
recreational opportunities of San Diego, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Monterey, San Francisco,
and Mendocino, "Hidden Coast Of California" is illustrated with occasional maps, peppered with
traveler tips, provides an 'Outdoor Adventure Symbols' chart for ease of use, and so much more.
Of special note is the opening chapter covering a variety of issues ranging from California coast
geology, Native Americans, coastal plant life, animals (both on land and in the ocean), a calendar
of events, visitor centers, traveling with children, disabled and senior travelers, women traveling
alone, foreign travelers, camping, permits and more. Now in an expanded and updated eleventh
edition, "Hidden Coast Of California" is the ideal resource for planning itineraries and for taking
maximum advantage of what California has to offer travelers and vacationers along it's
spectacular coastline. Also very highly recommended for both personal and community Travel
Guide reference collections is Ray Riegert's companion book from Ulysses Press: "Hidden
Southern California: 10th Edition" (9781569755396, $19.95).
Blarney Castle
Mark Samuel & Kate Hamly
Cork University Press
c/o Stylus Publishing, Inc.
22883 Quicksilver Drive, Sterling, VA 20166-2012
9781859184110, $39.00 www.styluspub.com 1-800-232-0223
Co-authored by archaeologist and architectural historian Mark Samuel and freelance writer and
archaeology enthusiast Kate Hamlyn, "Blarney Castle: it's History, Development And Purpose" is
a comprehensive, informative, and nicely illustrated guide to Ireland's famed Blarney Castle,
including its history and the three families who owned it. The castle's role within Gaelic society
in general and the clan organization in particular, is especially informative. The detailed history
of the Mac Carhty Muskerry clan, the Jeffereys and the Colthursts, with respect to their
successive relationship to the castle is fully described. A welcome addition to personal,
community, and academic library Irish History reference collections and supplemental reading
lists, "Blarney Castle" is especially recommended to the attention of non-specialist general
readers with an interest in Irish history, the Blarney Castle, and its most famous feature -- the
Blarney Stone.
Trails of the Triangle
Allen de Hart
John F. Blair, Publisher
1406 Plaza Drive, Winston-Salem, NC 27103
9780895873491, $13.95 www.blairpub.com 1-800-222-9796
Now in an updated and expanded second edition, Trails of the Triangle: Over 400 Trails in the
Raleigh / Durham / Chapel Hill Area is an excellent guide to trails within a 50-mile radius of the
Triangle area in North Carolina. Written by veteran hiker Allen de Hart, Trails of the Triangle
includes trails meant especially for equestrians, in-line skaters, cyclists, and the physically
impaired, as well as many other gorgeously beautiful or serenely remote hiking spots.
Black-and-white maps and photographs, as well as practical evaluations of the difficulties and
unique features of each trail enhance this excellent guide for anyone interested in experiencing
the natural wonder of the Triangle area.
The Poetry Shelf
Corinna A-Maying the Apocalypse
Darcie Dennigan
Fordham University Press
2546 Belmont Avenue, University Box L, Bronx, NY 10458-5172
9780823228577, $18.95 www.fordhampress.com 1-800-247-6553
Prizewinning poet Darcie Dennigan presents Corinna A-Maying the Apocalypse, an anthology of
original, free-verse works given to a diversity of rhythms, structures, and syntax, often giving a
glimpse of the world through eyes ranging from those of a tremulous child to haunted people to
clam diggers and much more. At times darker realities such as violence against women are
touched upon. An evocative, at times gut-wrenching collection. "Orienteering in the Land of the
New Pirates": The New Pirates are men who, as infants, / told their moms Keep your milk and
went and suckled gas pumps. // In towns of peril and experience, were the twelve-year olds /
shrugging It's an island all around and no water. // Coming home to dark houses to moms saying,
Baby / they turned our lights off. // ConEd turned their lights off. And ConEd turned / their stove
off, turned their heat off. And Citgo / sucked the gas from their car. Citgo sucked back the gas
from the car as they drove."
Measured By Stone
Sam Hamill
Curbstone Press
321 Jackson Street, Willimantic, CT 06226
9781931896405, $13.95 www.curbstone.org
Measured By Stone is an anthology of free-verse poetry by Sam Hamill, essayist, translator, and
Director of Poets Against War. The verses range from quiet contemplation to lyrical tributes to
great poetry writers to distilled reflections of classic Zen wisdom. A highly accessible and
immersive philosophical tour. "Sweeping the Garden": August dust settles / on all the tiger lilies,
/ bonsai larch and elm, / on maple and mugo pine: / dust of this world, dust of that. // Weeding
the garden, / no dust mote on the mirror- / nothing to reflect. / The days begin to shorten. /
Tonight the stars will be clear.
The Comix/Graphic Novel Shelf
Image Comics: The Road to Independence
George Khoury
TwoMorrows
10407 Bedfordtown Drive, Raleigh NC 27614
9781893905719, $34.95 www.twomorrows.com
In 1992 seven artists left their top-selling Marvel Comics titles to form a new company named
Image Comics: a company which allowed them fewer editorial restraints and censorship. IMAGE
COMICS: THE ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE celebrates this company, uses interviews and art
from the company's founders, and includes discussions with and examples from many comic
creators over the last fifteen years who have helped make the imprint a lasting, notable company.
Any library strong in graphic novel or comics history needs this.
Princess Ai: Rumors from the Other Side
Tokyopop
5900 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2000, Los Angeles, CA 90036
c/o Viz Communications Inc.
295 Bay Street, San Francisco, CA 94133
9781427808226, $9.99 www.viz.com 1-800-394-3042
Princess Ai: Rumors from the Other Side is an anthology of twelve short manga-style stories by a
diversity of international authors, each offering a different take on the characters of the popular
"Princess Ai" manga series about a winged girl with a virtually magical singing voice, and the
young man who falls in love with her. The art styles range from wondrously beautiful to
humorously comedic, and the themes tend to be romantic with a touch of bittersweet wistfulness.
Recommended for readers 13 or older due to mild gore, moderately mature language and
non-sexual/nondescript nudity, Princess Ai is ultimately a heart-touching complement to an
emotionally moving romantic series.
Neon Genesis Evangelion Angelic Days: Volume 6
Fumino Hayashi
Viz Communications Inc.
295 Bay Street, San Francisco, CA 94133
9781413903621, $9.99 www.viz.com 1-800-394-3042
Intended for readers age thirteen to adult, the sixth and final volume of Neon Genesis Evangelion
Angelic Days concludes Fumino Hayashi's alternate-universe take on the popular Japanese
animated show and its characters with an array of short stories set at varying times in the
characters' lives. Though the world of Angelic Days is less bleak than that of the anime, and its
protagonists are less dysfunctional than their psychologically traumatized anime versions, they
still have their own personal demons to confront. On-again off-again couple Misato and Kaji
have to ask themselves just how they came to drift apart; Ritsuko Akagi grapples with her love
for a man who can never love her in return; Hikari and Toji try to make a long-distance
relationship work; and Shinji and Asuka face an uncertain future. Angelic Days eschews
dramatic mecha battles or mystical confrontations for the complexities of relationships and
everyday growing up, yet is all the more fitting a finale for it. Also highly recommended are
Neon Genesis Evangelion Angelic Days volumes 1-5.
Rod Espinosa's New Alice in Wonderland
Rod Espinosa
Antarctic Press
7272 Wurzbach Suite 204, San Antonio, TX 78240
9780976804383, $14.95 www.antarctic-press.com
Collecting the comic issues of "New Alice in Wonderland" #1-4, Rod Espinosa's New Alice in
Wonderland is a full-color graphic novel adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic fantasy novel for
all ages. Drawn in Espinosa's manga-inspired style (sometimes called "Amerimanga"), Alice's
adventures are quite faithful to the source material and a true joy to experience. A delightful way
to rekindle childhood memories or spark young people's interest in the classics, drawn with the
natural warmth and stylistic flair to be expected from the comic author of "The Courageous
Princess". Especially recommended for children's library collections.
Krazy and Ignatz
George Herriman, author
Bill Blackbeard, editor
Fantagraphics Books
7563 Lake City Way, NE, Seattle, WA 98115
9781560978879, $19.95 www.fantagraphics.com 1-800-657-1100
Krazy and Ignatz: A Ragout of Raspberries is a full-size, full-color collection of classic Krazy
and Ignatz comic strips originally published in 1941-1942, including all of the Sunday strips. At
its heart a love triangle (the ostensibly gender-less Krazy Kat loves Ignatz Mouse, Ignatz would
throw bricks at Krazy when not tolerating Krazy's unrequited affection, and Offisa Pup loved
Krazy and would throw Ignatz in jail to protect Pup's beloved). Many of the strips presented have
been out of print since their original newspaper run. Brilliant, dreamlike, surreal, yet often
surprisingly astute in their moments of cultural commentary, Krazy and Ignatz is enthusiastically
recommended as a beautiful resurrection of America's comic strip heritage.
The Humor Shelf
All the Rage: The Boondocks Past and Present
Aaron McGruder
Three Rivers Press
c/o The Crown Publishing Group
1745 Broadway, 17th floor, New York, NY 10019
9780307352668, $16.95 www.crownpublishing.com 1-888-523-9292
All the Rage: The Boondocks Past and Present is more than just the latest collection of the
politically charged, African-American culture-centric newspaper comic strip - it also gathers a
massive assortment of interviews with comic creator, writer and cartoonist Aaron McGruder, and
even prints some of the most controversial strips for the first time. Young, unsmiling radical
leftist Huey gives his cynical take on everything from McDonald's ridiculous attempts to emulate
hiphop culture to high-level political hypocrisy, while his gangsta-wannabe little brother Riley
represents the aspect of modern rap culture that is blindly obsessed criminality: "Man, I'd never
steal music off the internet... it's easier to just steal it from the store." No cow is too sacred in All
the Rage; there are jabs galore for the more questionable aspects of black and white culture alike.
The interviews reveal a passionate side to McGruder, embedded in his desire to do more than
make his readers laugh; he also wants to make them think, and in that All the Rage is a
resounding success. Highly recommended.
The Political Science Shelf
Encyclopedia of Women and American Politics
Lynne E. Ford
Facts On File, Inc.
c/o Infobase Publishing
132 West 31st Street, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10001
9780816054916, $85.00 www.factsonfile.infobasepublishing.com 1-800-322-8755
Part of the Facts on File Library of American History series, Encyclopedia of Women and
American Politics is a solid reference packed cover to cover with alphabetical entries of female
leaders, organizations and social issues of particular importance to women, and much more. A
wealth of quick-reference appendices (such as a list of firsts for women in U.S. politics), a quick
list of entries, a bibliography, and an index round out this solid and accessible resource. Highly
recommended especially for high school, college and public library shelves.
Revolutionary Peace through Ethnic Studies
Jose Hernandez Alvarez
Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company
4050 Westmark Dr., PO Box 1840, Dubuque, Iowa 52004-1840
9780757506956, $39.95 www.amazon.com
Revolutionary Peace through Ethnic Studies is a groundbreaking study by Jose Hernandez
Alvarez (a professor in the Department of Africana and Puerto Rican/Latino Studies at Hunter
College, City University of New York for eighteen years) that seeks to isolate the unique
elements that distinguish a "culture of war" - one that tends toward violence and force to resolve
disputes - from a "culture of peace" - one that tends toward negotiation and cooperation to
resolve disputes. Searching through the annals of history, Revolutionary Peace through Ethnic
Studies reviews the positive and negative lessons to be learned from Spanish colonialism and
empire-building, Latin American syncretism, Caribbean isolation, twentieth-century American
history and much more. Eschewing partisan politics, such as heavy-handed tendencies to
browbeat conservative vs. liberal or assimilationist vs. multicultural points of view into the
reader's brain, Revolutionary Peace through Ethnic Studies instead gradually leads the reader to
the big questions: How can nation-states improve domestic harmony in the present day? How can
the United States best serve as a leader for world peace? A welcome and much-needed addition
to modern political science shelves, especially recommended for college library collections, that
deserves to be required reading for aspiring politicians - especially in America's modern era of
demographical shift toward an increasingly Latino population.
The Mystery/Suspense Shelf
The Critic: The Second of the Enzo Files
Peter May
Poisoned Pen Press
6962 East First Avenue Suite 103, Scottsdale, AZ 85251
9781590584583, $24.95 www.poisonedpenpress.com
Gil Petty, a world-renowned wine critic, went missing during a tasting tour and his body is
discovered three years later on a cross in a French vineyard. It's up to Scottish forensic expert
Enzo Macleod to re-open the old case to discover the heart of winemaker envy, competition, and
the roots of a unique style of wine murderer in THE CRITIC, a mystery packed with unexpected
twists and turns which is perfect for any public lending library strong in mystery writings.
The First Wave
James R. Benn
Soho Press
853 Broadway, New York, NY 10003
9781569474716, $24.00 www.sohopress.com
Sequel to the Dilys Award-nominated "Billy Boyle", The First Wave: A Billy Boyle World War
II Mystery is a hard-boiled historical mystery novel. Set in 1942 Algeria, when the Allies are on
the brink of liberating the nation from the grip of the Vichy French regime, Irish-American
ex-cop and personal investigator of General Dwight D. Eisenhower Billy Boyle arrives with the
first wave of American troops to land on the Beer Green invasion beach. Amid the fog of war,
Boyle must solve a series of murders among American and French forces, and rescue a woman
he has come to love from the renegade Vichy collaborators who have kidnapped her! Told in
gritty first person, The First Wave is an action-packed yet soulful adventure, enthusiastically
recommended for fans of the genre in general and Benn's previous work in particular.
The Fiction Shelf
The Dragons of the Storm
George Robert Minkoff
McPherson & Company
PO Box 1126, Kingston, NY 12401
9780929701813, $24.95 www.mcphersonco.com 1-800-613-8219
The sequel to "The Weight of Smoke", The Dragons of the Storm continues the "In the Land of
Whispers" saga of historical novels set in the earliest days of colonial America. The struggling
settlement of Jamestown suffers from famine, sickness, mutiny, and the threat of war with
Powhatan and his tribe. Captain John Smith, forcibly made a member of the Powhatan, has taken
severe injury from a stingray and lies ill; alchemist and mariner Jonas Profit tells Smith of the
amazing circumnavigational voyage of Francis Drake to ease Smith's suffering. An absorbing
saga of human greed, determination, and the struggle to survive against bitter odds, The Dragons
of the Storm follows John Smith's dedication to lead the colony to success, a journey that will pit
him against both mortal enemies and the enigma of his own destiny.
Trail of the Red Butterfly
Karl H. Schlesier
Texas Tech University Press
PO Box 41037, Lubbock, TX 79409-1037
9780896726178, $27.95 www.ttup.ttu.edu 1-800-832-4042
Written by anthropology teacher Karl H. Schlesier, Trail of the Red Butterfly is a unique
historical novel partly based on the 1804 accounts of trader Jean Valle, who lived amid Cheyenne
camps near the Black Hills during the winter and told amazing stories of horse-raiding upon
Spanish settlements to the renowned Lewis and Clark. Depicting events through Cheyenne eyes,
Trail of the Red Butterfly weaves the incredible saga of a culture's determination to survive.
Created with acute attention to nineteenth Century historical detail and Cheyenne customs, Trail
of the Red Butterfly is highly recommended as an original jewel of Western Fiction.
The Metaphysical Studies Shelf
Secret Societies of America's Elite
Steven Sora
Inner Traditions
One Park Street, Rochester, VT 05767
0892819596, $20.00 www.innertraditions.com
SECRET SOCIETIES OF AMERICA'S ELITE: FROM THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR TO
SKULL AND BONES discusses secret associations which have succeeded in freeing the U.S.
from foreign domination and which have used their powers to further their own unique purposes.
Such secret societies are commonly viewed as being from the past but actually they still play key
roles in the ruling families and politics of modern democracy in America, and so this book
deserves a place on the shelves of both new age libraries and collections serious about politics
and American history.
The Druid Magic Handbook
John Michael Greer
Weiser Books
500 - 3rd Street Suite 230, San Francisco, CA 94107
9781578633975, $19.95 www.redwheelweiser.com
THE DRUID MAGIC HANDBOOK: RITUAL MAGIC ROOTED IN THE LIVING EARTH is
the first manual of magical practice in Druidry, a branch of the Pagan movement, and provides
strategies for practicing Druids on how to practice ritual magic to reach specific goals. Chapters
focus on 'applied magic' plans but don't require readers to adhere to a particular set of symbols.
Making this a fine New Age library acquisition.
The Metaphysical Book Of Gems And Crystals
Florence Megemont
Healing Arts Press
c/o Inner Traditions International, Ltd.
One Park Street, Rochester, VT 05767
9781594772146, $24.95 www.innertraditions.com 1-800-246-8648
Florence Megemont has been a practicing lithotherapist since 1995 and given lectures and
workshops throughout Europe on the beneficial utilization of gemstones through their physical,
healing, and astrological properties. She draws upon her many years of experience and expertise
in "The Metaphysical Book Of Gems And Crystals" to provide the reader with an informed and
illustrated examination of more than seventy precious and semiprecious mineral stones, along
with instructions for maintaining and recharging their powers, using their basic vibratory patterns
to therapeutically treat various human disorders in general, and utilizing gems in color therapy
and the harmonization of chakras in particular. "The Metaphysical Book Of Gems And Crystals"
is a unique, seminal, and thoroughly 'user friendly' instructional reference, making it a very
highly recommended addition to personal, academic, and community library Metaphysical
Studies and Alternative Medicine reference collections and supplemental reading lists.
The Native American Shelf
Art From Fort Marion
Joyce M. Szabo
Publicity Department
University of Oklahoma Press
2800 Venture Drive, Norman, OK 73069
9780806138831, $49.95 www.oupress.com 1-800-627-7377
The prisoner-of-war confinement of American plains Indians within a Florida military prison is
one of the lesser known incidents of 19th century struggle between Native Americans and the
expanded United States. Compiled with commentary by Joyce M. Szabo (Professor of Art
History, University of New Mexico), "Art From Fort Marion: The Silberman Collection" offers
superbly reproduced full color Native American images depicting traditional life events and
prison experiences of Cheyenne and Kiowa prisoners of war confined at Fort Marion, Florida,
during the 1870s. The 120 color images are drawn from the Silberman Collection and provides
vivid depictions through art and photography of the living conditions and survival strategies the
Native Americans (taken from the wide-open southern plains of the American West) to their
confinement in the humid environs of Florida. A comprehensive, scholarly, analytical, informed
and informed presentation, "Art From Fort Marion" showcases a singularly unique visual art
form of Native American expression and is very strongly recommended for personal, academic,
and community library Native American History and Native American Art reference collections
and reading lists.
History of the Cherokee Indians
Emmet Starr
Genealogical Publishing Company
3600 Clipper Mill Road, Suite 260, Baltimore, MD 21211
9780806317298, $60.00 www.genealogical.com 1-800-296-6687
Originally published in 1921, History of the Cherokee Indians reprints a reference originally
created "for the purpose of perpetuating some of the facts relative to the Cherokee tribe, that
might otherwise be lost," in the words of author Emmet Starr. The result is a straightforward
history of the Cherokee tribe with especial attention upon the 1800's, an assortment of primary
source writings, and thoroughly extensive genealogies of old Cherokee families. Genealogists
and anyone tracing Cherokee ancestry are sure to find History of the Cherokee Indians especially
illuminating; other readers curious about a more general history of the tribe will also find a
wealth of insightful information about the Cherokee's conflicts with other tribes, adoption of its
constitution, emigrations, treaties, and much more. A handful of black-and-white photographs
illustrate this solid historical and genealogical accounting.
Indian Tribes Of The Northwest
Reg Ashwell & David Hancock
Hancock House Publishers
1431 Harrison Avenue, Blaine, WA 98230-5005
0888396198, $9.95 www.hancockhouse.com 1-800-938-1114
Co-authored by Native American historians and enthusiasts Reg Ashwell and David Hancock,
"Indian Tribes Of The Northwest" is a beautifully illustrated, 95-page, descriptive compilation of
information identifying the Native American tribes grouped regionally and ethnically into
American Northwest, Plateau Tribes, and the Athapaskan. The Northwest Coast tribes include
the Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Kwakiutl, Bella Coola, Nootka, and Coast Salish. The Plateu
Tribes are comprised of the Interior Salish and the Kootenay. The Athapaskan Tribes are the
Chilcotin, Carrier, Sekani, Tahitan, Beaver, Kaska, and Slave. The photography is beautiful and
the text provides an informed and informative overview. Also very highly recommended for
personal, academic, and community library Native American Studies reference collections from
Hancock House Publishers is Reg Ashwell and David Hancock's "Coast Salish: The Art And
Culture" (0888396201, $9.95). Students, librarians, and non-specialist general readers with an
interest in Native American tribal culture, art and history would be well advised to visit the
Hancock House Publishers website at www.hancockhouse.com for a complete listing of all of
their superbly produced and inexpensive Native American titles.
The Gardening Shelf
Shade
Keith Wiley
Timber Press
133 S.W. Second Avenue, Suite 450, Portland OR 97204-3527
9780881928952, $19.95 www.timberpress.com 1-800-327-5680
Almost every gardener in every horticultural zone must deal with the problems and possibilities
of growing plants under shade or semi-shade conditions. "Shade: Ideas And Inspirations For
Shady Gardens" by horticulturist and garden designer Keith Wiley provides a profusely
illustrated compilation of shade tolerant plants and gardening ideas that can transform any shaded
garden into a visual paradise of flourishing plant life. "Shade" covers the full spectrum of garden
shade conditions from dappled to partial to full shading in every size of garden plot. All of the
characteristics of shade loving plants are addressed, along with how to use them with
companions to create striking designs. Also addressed are the practicalities of preparing, planting
and maintaining a shade garden. Enhanced with a directory of shad-loving plants, and drawing
upon his many years of experience and expertise, Keith Wiley's "Shade" is a complete and
comprehensive single volume reference that is as 'user friendly' as it is innovative and inspiring.
No personal, horticultural department, plant nursery, or community library Gardening Reference
collection should be without a copy of Keith Wiley's "Shade"!
Big Book Of Garden Designs
Marianne Lipanovich & Tom Wilhite
Sunset Books
80 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025
9780376031891, $19.95 www.sunset.com 1-800-643-8030
Gardening is an exercise in creative horticulture that when done well gives as much attention to
esthetics as it does all the other elements contributing to a healthy garden. Fundamental to
considerations of a garden's esthetic appearance is its design which can be either formal or
informal. Offering more than 110 complete landscaping plans covering a wide range of garden
spaces, the "Big Book Of Garden Designs", co-authored by garden design and landscaping
experts Marianne Lipanovich and Tom Wilhite, provides even the most novice gardener with
practical ideas with respect to specialty gardens, flower gardens, garden beds and borders, sitting
spots in a garden, and passage ways. From first impressions and curb appeal, to a horticulturally
customized back yard, the "Big Book Of Garden Designs" offers a wonderful combination of
practical ideas, inspirations, and examples. Beautifully illustrated throughout, and featuring a
chapter on Climate Zones that includes maps and descriptions, the "Big Book Of Garden
Designs" is one of the newest additions to the Sunset Books gardening series and a welcome
addition to personal and community do-it-yourself gardening guide reference collections.
Roots Demystified
Robert Kourik
Metamorphic Press
c/o Chelsea Green Publishing Company
PO Box 428, White River Junction, VT 05001-0428
9780961584832, $25.00 www.chelseagreen.com 1-800-639-4099
Gardening expert Robert Kourik is the author of ten books addressing topics that have ranged
from drip irrigation, environmentally-sound homes, edible landscaping, and lavender. Now he
turns his attention to the necessity of health roots (and thereby healthy plants) for successful
gardening and agriculture. Superbly written and thoroughly 'user friendly', "Roots Demystified"
is profusely enhanced with twenty-five illustrative graphics showcasing extraordinary
illustrations of excavated root systems in their entirety. A compendium of practical,
comprehensive, and exceptionally well organized information, advice, tips, and observations that
will benefit novice gardeners and seasoned professionals alike, "Roots Demystified" is an
excellent and strongly recommended addition to personal, professional, academic, and
community library Gardening/Agriculture/Horticulture reference collections and supplemental
reading lists.
The Education Shelf
Corwin Press
2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
www.corwinpress.com
Teachers and college-level education courses will find refreshing an excellent a survey of
coaching techniques in Bonnie M. Davis' How to Coach Teachers Who Don't Think Like You
(9781412949101), which encourages teachers to write about and discuss their practices. Coaches
can use literacy strategies to train across content areas and improve learning styles: her samples
of teaching writing and student work come from such coaching and provides specifics from
coaches across the country to show how coaching interacts with and works in the education
world. An essential teacher's guide to growth and understanding - and flexibility - builds applied
techniques for the real world classroom. Walter B. Roberts Jr.'s WORKING WITH PARENTS
OF BULLIES AND VICTIMS (9781412951043) is also perfect for college-level libraries
appealing to educators, and for working professionals in the field: it explores common concerns
of parents of both victims and bullies, and reveals an eight-point plan for talking to such parents.
From setting realistic expectations for behavioral changes to helping parents talk to their
children, lessons are for administrators and teachers alike and use case study examples to
reinforce real-world solutions. Gilberto Conchas and Louie Rodriguez's SMALL SCHOOLS
AND URBAN YOUTH: USING THE POWER OF SCHOOL CULTURE TO ENGAGE
STUDENTS (9781412939348, $24.95) is an excellent survey of the cultural and structural
features of small schools in two major urban cities. This narrowed focus allows for an analysis of
school culture and student involvement on a macroscopic level, creating a fine sociological
investigation suitable for both education and sociology libraries. Frank Sennett's
FUNDRAISING: 50 PROVEN STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL FUNDRAISERS
(9781412949828, $22.95) is an excellent, basic handbook offering new approaches to traditional
fundraising efforts. From ethical issues and common fundraising mistakes to lists of potential
partners and sponsors and tips on grantwriting, here's a series of action-packed options schools
and educators will appreciate. Randi Stone's BEST PRACTICES FOR TEACHING SCIENCE:
WHAT AWARD-WINNING CLASSROOM TEACHERS DO (9781412924573) packs in tested
'best practices' for teaching science to elementary, middle and high school classrooms.
College-level educator's libraries will appreciate the gathering of tips specific for science, which
includes discussions of technology, independent study options, model lessons in science, and
inquiry-based ideas along with reinforcing activities.
The Mountain Men
Steve Boga
High Noon Books
c/o Academic Therapy Publications
20 Commercial Boulevard, Novato, CA 94949-6191
#8401-X, $19.95 www.atpub.com 1-800-422-7249
High Noon Books specializes in providing classroom teachers with high-interest, low-vocabulary
reading materials specifically designed to appeal to students ages 9 and older who are reluctant
readers due to either a lack of reading skills or a psychological aversion to reading based upon
past experiences in a classroom setting. "The Mountain Men" is five volume series of novels
based upon the lives of real people and were written specifically for just such reluctant readers by
Steve Boga that will prove especially popular and of interest to male students. Each handy
paperback title is devoted to a particular historic character associated with the explorers and
trappers who labored in the American West and became legends in popular western lore. The
titles comprising this outstanding series include Jed Smith: California the Hard Way (seeking to
reach California through desert storms and burning thirst), Jim Bridger: The Last Mountain Man
(a daring trip up the Missouri River), Abe Moss: A Winter in the Rockies (fighting off wolves
and surviving a Rocky Mountain snow storm), Joe Meek Becomes a Mountain Man (alone in the
mountains and surviving by sheer courage and wit), and John Colter (who as a teenager talked
himself into being allowed to join the Lewis and Clark expedition). Mixing historical details with
action and adventure, "The Mountain Men" is a very strongly recommended addition to school
library collections and remedial reading instruction curriculums.
Informal Learning and Field Trips
Leah M. Melber, Ph.D.
Corwin Press, Inc.
2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-2218
9781412949804, $27.95 www.corwinpress.com 1-800-818-7243
Written by veteran educator and current assistant professor Leah M. Melber, Ph.D., Informal
Learning and Field Trips: Engaging Students in Standards-Based Experiences Across the K-5
Curriculum is a solid resource for educators and professionals to helping their helping K-5
students get the most out of a field trap. Chapters cover learning-centered activities for subjects
ranging from language arts to math, science, social studies and fine art; guidelines for developing
classroom activities that correspond with the field trip; ways to support English Language
Learners and special education students; tips for bringing museum-type activities to the
classroom when a trip is not possible; and much more. Step-by-step procedures, a wealth of
resources, and solid wisdom garnered from hands-on practical experience make for an invaluable
supplement to any K-5 teacher's reference collection.
Vouchers And Public School Performance
Martin Carnoy, et al.
Economic Policy Institute
1333 'H' Street NW, Suite 300, East Tower, Washington, DC 20005
9781932066296, $11.95 www.epi.org
The collaborative work of Martin Carnoy (Vida Jacks Professor of Education, Stanford
University), Frank Adamson (Stanford University's School of Education), Amita Chudgar
Assistant Professor, Michigan State University's College of Education), Thomas Luschei
(Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Florida State University) and
John Witte Professor, Department of Political Science and the Robert M. La Follette School of
Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison), "Vouchers And Public School Performance:
A Case Study Of The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program" is a 75-page study of the voucher
plan employed by the urban school district of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and offers data supporting
an outcome of improved student performance in their public elementary schools. The study of the
voucher plan targeted at low-income students since 1990 and known as the Milwaukee Parental
Choice Program, provides a model of what can be applied to other urban school districts
elsewhere in the country. "Vouchers And Public School Performance" is a highly recommended
and seminal contribution to the growing body of information and data relevant to the use of
vouchers in public schools to affect and promote student academic success.
Cornerstones of Strong Schools
Jeffrey Zoul and Laura Link
Eye On Education
6 Depot Way West, Larchmont, NY 10538
9781596670686, $34.95 www.eyeoneducation.com 1-888-299-5350
Cornerstones of Strong Schools: Practices for Purposeful Leadership lives up to its title with its
recommendations and experiences-tested practices for school principals, as well as specific
leadership strategies ideal for fostering an optimum learning environment. Chapters discuss how
to affirm success and acknowledge failure (including teacher underperformance), the value of
being a visible principal, building positive relationships with teachers and handling the teacher
evaluation process, the importance of requiring behavior adjustments before belief adjustments
when instituting a new change, and much more. "Involving parents in their child's learning is
another critical way we affirm the performance of our students. One of the most successful ways
we have accomplished this is through our student-led conferences. In these conferences students,
rather than teachers, take the lead in showing and telling their parents what they have learned by
a given point in the school year... The number one benefit we have discovered from student-led
conferences is the extent to which students become accountable for their own education." Highly
recommended especially for public and private school leaders.
Ladders To Literacy
Angela Notari-Syverson, et al.
Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company
PO Box 10624, Baltimore, MD 21285-0624
9781557669131, $49.95 www.brookespublishing.com 1-800-638-3775
Now in a fully updated and significantly expanded second edition, "Ladders To Literacy" is the
collaborative work of Angela Notari-Syverson (Senior Researcher, Washington Research
Institute, Washington), Rollanda E. O'Conner Professor of Education, School of Education,
University of California, Riverside), and Patricia F. Vadasy Senior Research, Washington
Research Institute, Seattle). "Ladders To Literacy" is spiral bound, single volume, early
childhood oriented language and arts literacy program that provides classroom teachers with
more than sixty culturally sensitive, developmentally appropriate student activities which have
been successfully tested for a decade under research and practical conditions alike. Organized
into three major sections (Print/Book Awareness Skills; Metalinguistic Awareness Skills; Oral
Language Skills), "Ladders To Literacy" provides the foundation for children to master key
elements of the reading process successfully. Enhanced with field-tested games, crafts, role plays,
etc., this newly revised edition also incorporates links between the activities and Head Start
Recommended Outcomes; a scope-and-sequence chart for teachers to utilize in selecting which
activities to employ each month; eleven new and creative activities; 'Tips for Teachers' reflecting
advances in classroom education practices; activities strengthening the home-school link
(including photocopiable handouts for parents enabling them to assist their children at home);
and modifications for children with various disabilities. Of special note are the informal
observation guidelines, structured performance samples, and literacy checklist. "Ladders To
Literacy" is an especially recommended, 'user friendly', and core curriculum supplement for
preschool, Headstart, elementary school, and homes-schooling language and arts literacy
instructional programs.
The Jobs/Careers Shelf
150 Best Jobs For A Better World
Laurence Shatkin, et al.
JIST Publishing
8902 Otis Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46216-1033
9781593574765, $16.95 www.jist.com 1-800-648-5478
For more and more people today, it's not enough to simply have a job in order to pay the bills,
that job must also contribute to making the world a better place to live in and to pass on to our
children. Based on governmental research data and part of the 'Best Jobs' series from JIST
Publishing, "150 Best Jobs For A Better World" is the collaborative project of career counselor
and expert Laurence Shatkin in cooperation with the editorial staff of JIST Publishing, a premier
publishing house that specializes in publishing descriptive guidebooks in the field of jobs and
careers. "150 Best Jobs For A Better World" lives up to its title as a compendium of the one
hundred 'best jobs' characterized by their pay rates, growth potential, and 'most available'
openings. These descriptive job entries are organized according to interests, education, earnings,
compatible personality types, and more. Each job entry also provides details about what can be
earned, what the responsibilities are, what training is required, what skills are needed to qualify,
and what working conditions are to be expected. Replete with charts, the jobs themselves are
organized alphabetical for easy access by the reader. A core and essential addition to both job
center and community library Job & Career reference collections, the only recommendation for
the next edition of "150 Best Jobs For A Better World" is to make it 151 and thereby allowing for
the inclusion of the occupation of Book Reviewer to this roster of desirable jobs for a better
world!
NCLEX-PN
Barbara J. Irwin, Patricia A. Yock, Judith A. Burckhardt
Kaplan Publishing
1 Liberty Plaza, 24th floor, New York, NY 10006
9781427796813, $25.00 www.kaplanpublishing.com 1-800-223-2336
Nursing is one line of work that can't be outsourced to another country, that is a 'growth industry'
as the American population ages, and is both constantly demanding and in constant demand. But
to be a nurse takes more than graduating from nursing school -- it also requires being able to pass
a nursing licence examination and becoming certified. For those aspiring nurses who wish to
become licenced Practical Nurses, Kaplan Publishing's "NCLEX-PN; Strategies For The
Practical Nursing Licensing Exam - 2009 Edition" offers a compilation of practical, effective
test-taking tools to substantial and successful aid aspiring nurses to pass their licencing exams.
The collaborative work of Barbara J. Irwin (National Curriculum Director for Nursing Programs
at Kaplan, Inc.), Patricia A. Yock (formerly the Director of the Practical Nursing Program at
Front Range Community College), and Judith A. Burckhardt (Executive Director of Nursing,
Kaplan Inc.), "NCLEX-PN" offers 145 exam-style questions; detailed answer explanations;
complete review of all question formats; up-to-date information on the latest test plan; critical
thinking strategies; and an online practice resource. "NCLEX-PN" is a thoroughly 'user friendly'
test exam preparation manual and strongly recommended for any nursing student preparing for
their Practical Nurse licencing test.
The Military Shelf
Naval Firepower
Norman Friedman
Naval Institute Press
291 Wood Road, Annapolis, MD 21402
9781591145554, $69.95 www.navalinstitute.org 1-800-233-8764
Battleships are floating platforms for artillery barrages that often proved key and essential
components of successful ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore military engagements. They were also to
prove vulnerable to submarine and air attacks. Now the combat history and gunnery capability of
these massive ships of war is fully explored in "Naval Firepower: Battleship Guns And Gunnery
In The Dreadnaught Era" by naval historian and analysts Norman Friedman. The focus is on the
guns that made battleships the lords of the sea in their heyday. Replete with historic
black-and-white photographs of these ships, and a profusion of interior drawings depicting
aspects of the guns and their munitions, "Naval Firepower" begins with notes on the units of
measurement, abbreviations, and an informative introduction, followed by chapters on gunnery
problems, range-keeping, shooting and hitting, tactics used in 1904 to 1914, the impact of World
War I on battleship operations and developments during the years of 1914 to 1918, the era
between the two wars, battleship gunnery during World War II, battles ships of the German navy,
the Us navy and the US Navy at War, as well as chapters on the battleships of the Japanese,
French, Italian, and Russian navies. Of special note is the appendices on "Propellants, Guns,
Shells and Armour". Enhanced with extensive notes, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index,
"Naval Firepower" is a model of military scholarship and a very highly recommended addition to
personal, academic, and community library Military History and Naval History reference
collections.
Historic Photos of World War II: Volume 2
Bob Duncan
Turner Publishing Company
200 - 4th Avenue North, Suite 950, Nashville, TN 37219
9781596524224, $39.95 www.turnerpublishing.com
Compiled, edited, and captioned by Bob Duncan (County Historian and Director of the Maury
County Archives, Columbia, Tennessee), " Historic Photos of World War II: Volume 2 -- Pearl
Harbor to Japan" is a coffee-table book style compendium of full-page black-and-white historic
photos of battle scenes from the Pacific Theatre. Visually documenting one of the epic saga's of
the twentieth century, this photos were drawn from both public archives and private collections.
Collectively they depict the struggle, sacrifice, and horrors of war in the Pacific. They also
document the courage, resolve, and determination of the American soldiers, marines, sailors, and
airmen who fought a determined, aggressive, and relentless enemy to liberate the captive peoples
of the Pacific nations free from their Japanese overlords. "Historic Photos of World War II:
Volume 2" is a welcome and highly recommended addition to personal, academic, and
community library Military History, Photography, and 20th Century History reference
collections. Also very highly recommended is Bob Duncan's earlier work, "Historic Photos of
World War II: Volume 1 -- North Africa to Germany" (Turner Publishing, 2007).
Vietnam Zippos
Sherry Buchanan
University of Chicago Press
1427 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
9780226078281, $25.00 www.press.uchicago.edu/presswide/ 1-800-621-2736
The Vietnam War had many facets for those who served in that theatre of military combat from
1965 to 1973. One of the unique memorabilia associated with the conflict were the Zippo brand
cigarette lighters that were ubiquitous among the American troops. Drawing from the collection
of Bradford Edwards, Sherry Buchanan (an independent scholar, author, and expert on both
Asian and Vietnamese contemporary art, history and culture) has created "Vietnam Zippos", a
volume of images of Zippo brand lighters used and personalized by members of the American
armed forces. Zippos lighters were visible associated with the burning of grass huts as part of
search-and-destroy missions, they were used as engraved symbols of social protest, and often
became a kind of talisman for American GIs during their hazardous tours of duty in that
increasingly unpopular conflict. Beginning with a Timeline that begins in 1965 and ends in 1990
(when Vietnam Zippos were sold to tourists at Saigon Street Stalls), "Vietnam Zippos" is a
fascinating and specialized military cultural history that is a unique and recommended
contribution to the growing library of Vietnam War histories, biographies, and scholarly
studies.
Intrepid Warriors
Colonel Bernd Horn, editor
The Dundurn Group
3 Church Street, Suite 500, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5E 1M2
University of Toronto Press (distribution)
10 St. Mary Street, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4Y 2W8
9781550027112, $39.95 www.dundurn.com www.utppublishing.com
Colonel Bernd Horn presents Intrepid Warriors: Perspectives on Canadian Military Leaders, an
anthology of essays by diverse authors, profiling notable Canadian military commanders.
Especial attention is paid to those who distinguished themselves amid the dangerous fog of war.
Offering insights into successful leadership styles, approaches, and behaviors, as well as
emphasizing how crucial a courageous leader is to a successful military outcome, Intrepid
Warriors is a first-rate survey of character elements vital to military command as well as of
heroic individuals.
The Library DVD Shelf
ADV Films
5750 Bintiff Drive, Suite 210, Houston, TX 77036
$29.98 Each www.advfilms.com
Collections strong in anime and manga will want these fine new publications from ADV which
reflect a powerful Fall collection of hits. The first volume in 'Live to Kill', RED GARDEN
(702727122729) is set in modern New York and offers up a vivid supernatural thriller with a fine
story of a series of strange suicides, amnesia, and mysterious red butterflies. Volume 1 of
XENOSAGA, the anime series inspired by the video game for PlayStation2, is XENOSAGA:
ENTER THE GNOSIS (702727178429) and tells of an abandoned Earth, the embattled crew of a
spaceship fighting to defend a mysterious monolith, and an evil Gnosis which will stop at
nothing. Intrigue and fine science fiction action will delight both prior fans of the Xenosaga
series and complete newcomers. VENUS VERSUS VIRUS (702727173721) first aired on
Japanese TV in January 2007, is based on the hit manga series, and offers a new series packed
with supernatural action. Demons, ghosts, and a power-girl from Venus Vanguard interact in a
vivid story of hell, heaven and the dark forces among mankind called Virus. PUMPKIN
SCISSORS (702727151224) is a collaborative effort between Gonzo and AIC, and is based on
the six-volume manga series of the same name. Here in the aftermath of the Great War one Alice
Malvin is charged to take command of an elite team where tanks are attacked with handguns. Her
mission is to expose corrupt power lords - but her discovery of an alien military technology
challenges her mission. All are top picks for any DVD library strong in manga or anime.
'Spiral Fitness' DVD
Rob Moses and David Carradine
David Nakahara Enterprises www.spiralfitness9.com
Three new DVDs introduce the concept of martial arts, healing and fitness combined, offering
instructional keys to using the Spiral Fitness concept and the Sphere Knot Energy Stick or spiral
wand. Start with SPIRAL FITNESS: BEGINNINGS ($14.98), a 60-minute introductory program
which teaches basic concepts and movements; progress further with SPIRAL FITNESS: THE
BASICS ($14.98), which builds on the basics presented in BEGINNINGS and blends in moves
from dance and kung fu, then move to SPIRAL FITNESS: NINE PALMS ($19.98), an 80-minute
extended program covering flexible movement's connections to thinking and spirituality. All are
outstanding, especially when viewed progressively as a unit guide to the spiral fitness concept,
and are fine picks for new age fitness libraries.
InControl
Karen Armstrong
$19.95 www.collagevideo.com
INCONTROL offers nearly 30 minutes of pelvic exercises designed to exercise and improve the
pelvic floor muscle group, offering two routines in nine- and twelve-minute sets of exercises
which are done with a minimum of equipment (the advanced routine does require an exercise
ball and resistance band). Charts, diagrams and clear directions explain the physiology of the
muscle exercises and how each muscle exercised affects the key organs it supports. An excellent
addition, INCONTROL is especially recommended for women's health libraries from public to
college levels.
Dance Lessons 101
Shawn Trautman
Xpress Innovations www.411videoinfo.com
Shawn Trautman's dance routines are extensive and comprise some 25 titles of dance lesson
DVDs, so the release of his latest ballroom dancing video DANCE LESSONS 101 is a fine
opening to any who would learn to dance at home, but who shy away from ballroom dances. It's a
fine beginner's guide to ballroom, swing, Latin and country dance lessons and provides a clear set
of instructions with step-by-step moves and practice music. 2 hours of details packed on a
ballroom dancing DVD make this a top pick for any at-home ballroom dancer wannabe.
Baywatch Beach Body Workout
Lauren Jones
Rodale
$14.98 www.rodale.com
Lauren Jones has been the star of Baywatch, a cheerleader, and more: her BAYWATCH BEACH
BODY WORKOUT provides nearly an hour of fat-burning exercises specially designed to get a
gal into a swimsuit, and is shot on a Malibu beach emphasizing swimsuit-oriented workouts.
From lunges and squats to pushups, Lauren provides a full cardio workout in segments which are
designed to tone muscles and be worked in short bursts, covering head to toe. Any seeking a
beachwear body will find this a fine at-home exercise program.
Drop It With Dance
Tabitha D'Umo
Prevention
$14.98 www.prevention/com
Prevention Magazine is the nation's leader in health, and DROP IT WITH DANCE comes with
the magazine's acclaim and features a dance expert's tree fun, ten-minute, high-energy dance
routines designed to drop weight and exercise the whole body through dance and music. From
hip-hop and 90s Jams to warm-up and cool down and beyond, a progressive instructional DVD
packs in movements and tips on how to get the most from her fat-busting workout program.
Perfect for at-home exercisers.
Macbeth
William Shakespeare
Union Station Media
$26.98
Under the lively acting of Sam Worthington and the Union Station group comes a retelling of a
classic in contemporary style packed with high drama. Here Macbeth is henchman to a crime
boss, and the story is told by teenage witches whose prophecies drive his life. It's presented in
letterbox, comes with a featurette which includes interviews with the actors and closed
captioning, and is a fine pick for any library interested in bringing the classics to life with a
contemporary twist.
Anchor Bay Entertainment
235 East 22nd Street, Suite 1S, New York NY 10010
$14.98 Each www.starzmedia.com
The first two DVDs in the Element, The Mind and Body Experience collection are out and
ELEMENT: BALLET CONDITIONING (013131635198) and ELEMENT: YOGA FOR
BEGINNERS (013131636099) are top picks for consumers interested in tailoring ballet and yoga
to exercise and conditioning workout routines. Instructor Elsie Gulan has over 18 years
experience in dance education and provides unique, challenging workouts with lovely
background settings. The new DANCE WORKOUT FOR DUMMIES (03131634993) provides
some 44 minutes of two 20-minute workouts packed with tips and definitions of workout jargon,
this appealing specifically to newcomers to the workout world with an easy tutorial. Jennifer
Galardi's new DVD DANCE OFF THE INCHES: HIP HOP DANCE PARTY (013131534795)
offers up a high-energy dance-based workout of 44 minutes based about ten moves used in three
quick dance routines. An initial warm-up leads to three hiphop dance party dances, and comes
from a professional dancer and fitness expert based in Los Angeles. Crunch gets down and dirty
with two new workouts: CRUNCH: BELLY, BUTT AND THIGHS BOOT CAMP and
CRUNCH: CARDIO GO-GO DANCE, which offers high-impact cardio workouts taking users
through four levels of increasing difficulty. Crunch L.A. instructor Teri Ann Krefting is drill
sergeant in this 41-minute muscle toning set of drills perfect for exercise libraries. Two excellent
'Ten Minute Solution' DVDs are fine workouts for specific purposes. 10 MINUTE SOLUTION:
PRENATAL PILATES (013131534191) and 10 MINUTE SOLUTION: TONE TROUBLE
ZONES (013131534290, $16.98) each provide quick, easy solutions to help time-crunched
women to get in exercise workouts. Views can mix and match the ten-minute workouts on each
DVD each time they use them for added variety. All are top picks for any DVD library strong on
workout options.
Docurama Films
$26.95 each www.docurama.com
Actress Daphne Zuniga directs and narrates the vivid TED: THE FUTURE WE WILL CREATE,
a survey of a range of legendary minds who join resources to build new innovative ideas such as
Google or new technologies. Every year since 1984, for our days, a group of brilliant world
minds share new ideas to influence the future: TED: THE FUTURE WE WILL CREATE
captures the best of TED 2006 and offers many eye-opening views of this group's participants
and influence. The 2007 world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, THE DEVIL CAME ON
HORSEBACK offers up an analysis and expose of the genocide in Darfur as seen through the
eyes of a former U.S. Marine Captain who served as an unarmed military observer with the
African Union. His photos and first-hand observations provides a wild ride into the heart of
Darfur society, politics, and social issues and will prove a striking addition to any film library
strong in African history and society. Director Michael Apted's MARRIED IN AMERICA 2 is a
DVD providing a fine second installment about marriage in the 21st century, providing new
analysis of marriage vows and why people stay together. These are excellent DVDs any
general-interest library will wish for.
HBO Video
$24.98 Each www.homeboxoffice.com
Two excellent new social issues DVDs are top picks for lending libraries at the public and
college levels alike. ALICE DAY MEMORIES: HOME FROM IRAQ offers the first full-length
documentary from Attaboy Films surveying the survivors of debilitating memories and injuries in
Iraq. Interviews with ten soldiers and marines reveals their feelings and concerns, juxtaposing
with an analysis of the physical and emotional costs of war. LITTLE ROCK CENTRAL: 50
YEARS LATER shares the stories and experiences of both black and white students surveying
the special challenges of classrooms and racial issues. Both are excellent choices libraries will
find popular lends.
Razor Fitness
4401 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 210, Los Angeles, CA 90010
$14.99 Each www.razorfitness.com
Exercise libraries will relish Eva Vondar's MAUI PILATES - ABS MADE EASY provides
viewers with a very basic Pilates program which is easily followed and requires no special fitness
equipment. This 55-minute DVD can be done either in a progressive series or as bits and pieces,
with chapters offering options for either approach. Traditional Pilates mat exercises offer detailed
instructions which even account for lower back sufferers, and comes from a dance and fitness
instructor. Eva Barash's intermediate yoga workout LIVINGROOM YOGA offers up 48 minutes
of strengthening fitness routines which use systematic bodily exercises and include special
movement and breathing techniques. It's easy to turn a living room into a private exercise room
with this yoga instructional, perfect for home users.
Poof: You're a Magician!
Curtis Eugene Lovell II
$19.95 www.magicofcurtis.com
Any who would learn basic magic and any DVD library catering to the general public will find
this an excellent set of tricks ranging from challenging demos of 'miracles' which should not be
tried at home to everyday parlor tricks anyone can do. Lovell dreamed of becoming a magician
since the age of seven, and his step-by-step instructional brings that magic alive for all ages.
'Dance Sampler' DVDs
$19.99 Each www.shawntrautman.com
Dance instructor Shawn Trautman's Dance Collection offers three fine 'Dance Sampler' DVDs to
help viewers learn new routines: SLOW AND ROMANTIC, BALLROOM & LATIN and
COUNTRY WESTERN - all devised for beginners with very little or no dance experience. Each
90-minute set focuses on four popular, most-requested dances and offer easy step-by-step
instruction, making it easy to absorb and apply lessons. The 'Dance Sampler' set can be used
individually or as a group: either way, libraries strong in dance instructional DVDs will find
these 'must' acquisitions.
Prevention Fitness DVDs
Prevention
$14.98 Each www.presention.com/shop
Two excellent sets of short ten-minute 'express' workouts power two new Prevention fitness
DVD instructionals, which are highly recommended picks for libraries strong in DVD lending
and exercise. SHORTCUTS TO BIG WEIGHT LOSS (9780766232563) and BETTER BELLY
YOGA (9780766231207) each come with an unusual option beyond different exercise routines:
the option to choose instruction with or without music, which can aid vastly in learning new
routines. Prevention contributing fitness editor Chris Freytag demonstrates three basic workouts
on his DVD plus a warm-up and cool-down session, offering options for working with or without
weights. BETTER BELLY YOGA comes from personal trainer Desiree Barlett, who holds a
degree in kinesiology and a minor in dance, and offers a warmup and three yoga segments which
focus on belly and back. Both are excellent step-by-step demonstrations.
Pride and Prejudice: The Special Edition
Directed by Simon Langton
Starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle
A&E/WGBH
c/o SSA Public Relations
16027 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 206, Encino, CA 91436
0767038266, $39.95 www.AandE.com www.pbs.org ellen_dockser@wgbh.org
Pride and Prejudice: The Special Edition is a 2-DVD set of the Arts & Entertainment movie
adaptation of Jane Austen's classic romantic comedy - a novel that has never gone out of print.
Directed by Simon Langton, also known for his work in "Upstairs, Downstairs", Pride and
Prejudice follows the passionate and strong-willed Elizabeth Bennet, one of five unmarried
daughters living in the countryside of 19th century England. In an era when a securing a wealthy
or powerful marriage is the primary task of a young woman, Elizabeth's headstrong independence
threatens her family's stability; her romantic sparring with Darcy forms the heart of this sweeping
tale. Now digitally remastered for improved picture and sound quality, presented in anamorphic
widescreen (2.35:1) for the first time in the U.S., and including extras such as a
behind-the-scenes featurette and a collectible 8-page booklet, Pride and Prejudice: The Special
Edition is the definitive media representation of a romance that transcends its setting.
Foyle's War: Set 4
Acorn Media Group
801 Roeder Road, Suite 700, Silver Spring, MD 20910
AMP-9462, $59.99 www.acornmedia.com 1-800-949-8670
The fourth volume of the acclaimed British mystery series "Foyle's War", the continuing story of
police detective Christopher Foyle (admirably portrayed by Michael Kitchen) plays out in the
English countryside and coastal village against the background of World War II during the years
1942 and 1943. Four episodes comprise this boxed set and confront Foyle with crimes of
home-grown violence, opportunism, and murder arising from historically accurate by often
overlooked homefront issues such as endemic gambling, bootleg alcohol, women in the
workforce, and experiments in biological warfare. As with all BBC productions, there is
meticulous attention paid to background detail, costuming, and plot points. Superbly enacted,
these are fascinating and entertaining mysteries which play fair with the viewer from beginning
to end. One word of caution -- be sure to view the four episodes (Invasion; Bad Blood; Bleak
Midwinter; Casualties Of War) in their proper order because of the recurrences of some support
characters. For those new to this simply outstanding series, they will be driven to seek out and
watch the previous three boxed set volumes of "Foyle's War".
Dragons and Rings
Steve Mitchell
Reality Entertainment
PO Box 91, Foresthill, CA 95631
DVD, $24.95 www.reality-entertainment.com
Dragons and Rings is an absorbing DVD tour of metaphysical mysteries ranging from ancient
stone monuments to dragon lore, crop circles, UFOs, and more. Did an elder human race have
sophisticated access to inter-dimensional reality hundreds of thousands of years ago? Are we
alone in the universe, or are other civilizations just beyond our fingertips? Enhanced with the
spiritual music of Soul Path and other Reality Entertainment artists, this delving into quantum
theory and paranormal phenomena is sure to intrigue and delight occult studies enthusiasts. 75
minutes, color.
Jeff Cooper's Defensive Pistolcraft Tape Series
Jeff Cooper
Paladin Press
7077 Winchester Circle, Boulder, CO 80301
805966053738, $59.95 www.paladin-press.com 1-800-392-2400
Jeff Cooper's Defensive Pistolcraft Tape Series collects all four volumes of instructional videos
(originally produced in 1986) by Jeff Cooper, a.k.a. "The father of modern defensive pistolcraft",
into a two-DVD set packaged in one economical case. Volume 1: Defensive Pistol Handling
delineates the five elements of practical shooting and the four safety rules of firearm handling;
Volume 2: Pistol Readiness Marksmanship instructs the viewer in the basics of making one's
pistol ready, dry-firing, and shooting positions, loading techniques, malfunction clearance,
"reading your target", and more; Volume 3: Mindset discusses confronting psychological
obstructions to defensive pistol use; and Volume 4: Ammo: Power of the Pistol provides
information about pistol caliber, ammunition choice, and stopping power. A highly
recommended plain-talk tutorial; though firearm design has evolved since the 1980's, the
psychological issues involved in using one for self-defense are as pertinent today as they were
then, making Jeff Cooper's Defensive Pistolcraft Tape Series an absolute "must-have" for anyone
who would responsibly use a handheld gun for self-defense. 2 DVDs, 200 minutes.
The American Ruling Class
John Kirby, et al.
Bullfrog Films, Inc.
PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547
DVD $295.00 www.bullfrogfilms.com 1-800-543-3764
Offering unique insights into modern American class structure, "The American Ruling Class" is
an informative, compelling, and strongly recommended examination of how an elite American
oligarchy, an integrated political and economic superstructure perpetuates itself, how it recruits
its initiates, how it stays in control of American governmental, educational, and commercial
organizations, and how it influences the American 'body politic' to abide by the interests of the
ruling class -- even when they run counter to the middle class, the working class, and the
underclass. Featured are interviews with an impressive roster of notable men and women,
including Robert B. Altman, James A. Baker II, Bill Bradly, Harold Brown, Hodding Carter III,
William T. Coleman Jr., Walter Cronkite, Barbara Ehrenreich, Vartan Gregorian, Doug
Henwood, Mike Medavoy, Joseph S. Nyre., John Perkins, Samuel Peabody, Pete Seeger,
Lawrence H. Summres, Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr., William Howard Taft IV, Kurt Vonnegut, and
Howard Zinn. We follow two bright young men, one of whom takes the corporate road to success
while the other one considers doing something more altruistic and self-fulfilling. Each is guided
by Lewis Lapham as they are introduced to the 'movers and shakers', the American equivalent of
'powers behind the throne' who collectively determine the course of American political and
economic policies at the highest levels of responsibility -- along with a few cultural watchdogs
and commentators like folksong singer and political activist Pete Seeger. Dramatic, superbly
produced and directed, thoughtful and thought provoking, "The American Ruling Class" offers a
candor rarely glimpsed by ordinary citizens into who really calls the shots in America during
these opening years and decades of the 21st Century.
Love*Com The Movie
Kitaji Ishikawa, director
Viz Media
295 Bay Street, San Francisco, CA 94133
1934244090, $24.98 www.viz.com 1-800-394-3042
Based on the manga by Aya Nakahara, Love*Com The Movie is a subtitled Japanese high school
romance movie following the unusually tall Risa Koizumi. She feels humiliated about her height
when compared to Atsushi Otani, the shortest guy in class; both Risa and Atsushi have bad past
experiences of being rejected because of their respective heights. Yet as their friendship
develops, their feelings for one another start to grow - is it possible to overcome past hurt and
insecurity in the genesis of a new relationship? A host of special features including original
Japanese trailers and some amusing short films round out this feel-good love story. 100 minutes,
color, Japanese language with English subtitles.
Excellent Cadavers
First Run Features
630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1213, New York, NY 10036
FRF-913065D, $29.99 www.firstrunfeatures.com
"Excellent Cadavers" is how the bodies of Mafia-assassinated prosecutors, judges, and other
members of Italian and Sicilian society were referred to when the judicial killings began in the
1970s. Based upon the book by Italian-American author Alexander Stille and drawing upon the
work of Sicilian photojournalist Letizia Battaglia, this superbly produced and presented 92
minute documentary chronicles the efforts of two courageous Italian prosecutors whose work in
the 1980s to expose and imprison the leadership and the membership of the Sicilian Cosa Nostra
ultimately led to the 'Maxi-Trials' held in Palermo in a heavily-protected underground bunker the
size of a football filed where hundreds of Mafia defendants, ranging from street soldiers to Dons,
were tried and convicted. "Excellent Cadavers" is an informed and informative, making it 'must
viewing' for academicians, criminologists, and the general public with an interest in organized
crime generally, and the Sicilian Cosa Nostra in particular.
Razor Fitness
947 Hamilton Ave., Menlo Park, CA 94025
411 Video Information (publicity)
PO Box 1223, Pebble Beach, CA 93953
www.razorfitness.com www.jenniferkries.com www.411videoinfo.com
Two new DVDs by dancer, choreographer, Pilates teacher, and yoga practitioner Jennifer Kries
presents two excellent DVDs worthy of inclusion in any fitness buff's DVD library. New Body!
Pilates Beginner Mat Workout (1595524134,, $14.99, 45 min.) offers easy-to-follow instructions
for the Pilates novice. The only equipment needed is a suitable Pilates mat for the 35 minute
main workout, and a simple "magic circle" Pilates aid for the ten-minute total body toning bonus
section. New Body! Pilates Beginner Mat Workout is a great way to get started reaping the
rewards of regular Pilates exercises: improved core strength, fitness, flexibility, posture, and
much more. Yin Yoga (1595524126,, $14.99, 75 min.) offers three complete yoga workouts that
emphasize stretching and mind-body attunement. Shot in high definition yet compatible with
regular DVD players, Yin Yoga is an ideal enhancement to traditional heating yoga that sculpts
body muscles, because Yin Yoga focuses upon going deeper within oneself to tap the calming
power of stillness. A quiet, gentle resource for cultivating inner peace and perfect for cooling
down after more intense physical workouts.
Confessions of an Event Planner
Dena Marie Modica
Learning ZoneXPress
PO Box 1022, Owatonna, MN 55060
1571756361, $79.95 www.learningzoneexpress.com 1-888-455-7003
Confessions of an Event Planner is a simple DVD introduction to the career of being an event
planner, ideal for showing to school students. Intended for viewers in grade 6 and up (including
adults!), Confessions of an Event Planner reveals the business world of Dena Marie Modica,
Director of Sales and Marketing for Solera Restaurant and Event Center, via interviews and
behind-the scenes footage. Topics covered include the necessary education and training to get
into the business, the salary range for the career, long-term career outlook, types of event
planners that exist, pros and cons of the job, and more. Enthusiastically recommended for public
library collections as well as high school Career Day DVD showings.
JTV Productions
PO Box 1367, Orem, UT 84059
411 Video Information (publicity)
PO Box 1223, Pebble Beach, CA 93953
www.JTVfitness.com www.411videoinfo.com
Registered nurse, professional fitness model, and Exercise Physiology expert Kristy Rowberry
presents two DVD workouts designed to strengthen the body and get in shape. "Kristy's Body
Toning" ($19.99, 70 min.) is a low impact regimen created especially to reshape and sculpt one's
body. Divided into nine workouts focusing on warming up, lunges, push ups, inner thighs,
abdominals, crossover, upper body, outer thighs and glutes, and glutes and hamstrings, Kristy's
Body Toning is an excellent addition to personal fitness libraries, requiring no equipment beyond
a simple floor mat. "Kristy's Cardio Combat" ($19.99, 60 min.) is a high-intensity aerobic
workout that blends energetic cardio training and kickboxing moves into a fun and fat-burning
experience. No equipment is required. Kristy's infectious enthusiasm carries both DVDs, making
them worthy additions to any fitness buff's DVD library.
Women's Health Perfect Body Workout
Amy Dixon
Rodale Press, Inc.
400 South Tenth Street, Emmaus, PA 18098-0099
9780766234000, $14.98 www.rodale.com 1-800-527-8200
Women's Health Perfect Body Workout with Amy Dixon is a solid fitness DVD designed
especially to help women burn calories with high energy cardio moves based on various sports,
strength training to the tone the body, core moves to improve the abs, and a bonus yoga athletic
stretch segment. The only required equipment is a few inexpensive items: 5-pound hand weights,
floor mat, towel, and remote control. Led by L.A.-based celebrity trainer and "Women's Health"
magazine contributing editor Amy Dixon, Women's Health Perfect Body Workout lives up to its
title and is an excellent addition to any woman's DVD workout regimen. 69 minutes, color.
Pearl Diver
Monterey Media Inc.
566 St. Charles Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360-3901
9781569944226, $24.95 www.montereymedia.com 1-800-424-2593
Winner of Best Feature Film at the East Lansing Film Festival among a host of other festival
awards, Pearl Diver is a DVD that blends elements of a family drama with a tragic murder
mystery. When two sisters lose their mother to murder, the loss haunts them for twenty years -
until a farming accident uncovers the sense of trauma they have kept hidden since that horrific
night. Yet hope can be found in facing the truth despite its most terrible realities, in this
singularly powerful, emotionally moving feature. 97 minutes.
Perception
A film by Irving Schwartz
Empire Pictures
c/o First Run Features
630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1213, New York, NY 10036
www.empirepicturesusa.com info@empirepicturesusa.com
DVD $26.98 www.firstrunfeatures.com
"Coyote Ugly" actress Piper Perabo stars as Jen Marshall in the DVD Perception, a dramatic
movie following the troubled Jen when she moves back to New York City from Los Angeles.
Her temperamental personality alienates those who try hardest to become close to her; yet after
suffering a traumatic event she yearns to bring the very people she spurned back into her life.
When is friendship too far gone to reclaim? Deceptive reality itself can be recipe for disaster in
this taut and profound reflection on human isolation in the twenty-first century. 102 minutes,
color.
Marathon Challenge
WGBH Boston Video
c/o SSA Public Relations (publicity)
16027 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 206, Encino, CA 91436
9781593757946, $19.95 www.ssapr.com shop.wgbh.org
As seen on public television, Marathon Challenge is a special from the educational program
NOVA following thirteen ordinary men and women who give their all to complete Boston's
greatest test of stamina and endurance: the 26-mile Boston Marathon. But how does an ordinary,
sedentary person get in shape for such a grueling competition? Thirteen individuals devote
themselves to a nine-month regimen designed specifically for preparing for the Boston Marathon,
in this true-life saga of human drama that also explores the scientific biomechanics of fitness.
What happens to the hearts and muscles of couch potatoes who transform themselves into
long-distance runners, and what risks do they face in the process? An amazing documentary of
the trials, tribulations, and wonders experienced by rookie athletes, enhanced by special DVD
features such as printable material for educators, closed captioning, and described video for the
visually impaired. 54 minutes, color.
Core Rhythms Dance Exercise Program: Starter Pack
Jaana Kunitz and Julia Powers
DanceSport Videos, LLC
9323 Stevens Rd. Suite A, Santee, CA 92071
411 Video Information (publicity)
PO Box 1223, Pebble Beach, CA 93953
DVD $39.95 www.CoreRhythms.com
Core Rhythms Dance Exercise Program: Starter Pack is an economically priced four-DVD
workout set with bonus Kick Start DVD, featuring exercise routines created by international
dance champions Jaana Kunitz and Julia Powers. The award-winning interactive Kick Start DVD
has a slower tempo and instructs the user in the three basic moves of the workout; the 45-minute
Full Workout DVD shows every dance step from the front and back and offers an easy-to-use
Help button for quickly calling up tips; the Quick Workout DVD packs a useful Merengue and
Samba workout into a 20 minutes; the Latin Dance Made Easy DVD introduces the viewer to the
basic steps for Salsa, Merengue and Rumba suitable for use in dance clubs; and The Great Eating
Guide DVD offers a seven-day menu with healthy tips on which foods to enjoy and which to
avoid. Offering both work on core muscle groups and a solid cardio workout, Core Rhythms
Dance Exercise Program: Starter Pack is just what any new aficionado of Latin Dance can use to
turn his or her passion into pounds shed!
Kirov Ballet
V.I.E.W. Video
34 East 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010
0803022039, $19.98 www.view.com 212-674-5550
Kirov Ballet: Classic Ballet Night Mixed Program captures an evening of live performances by
the stars of the world-renowned Kirov Ballet Company, as they perform the highlight scenes of
the most famous classic ballet dances. A celebration of the "Soviet Style" of ballet, which
focuses acutely upon technique, elegance, and classical tradition, Kirov Ballet is a treasury
further enhanced with a wealth of bonus features, such as biographies of the performers and a
bonus video performance. An unforgettable gallery of highlights, as performed by one of the best
troupes in existence. 88 minutes.
10 Minute Solution Fat Blasting Latin Dance Mix
Stella Sandoval
Anchor Bay Entertainment
1699 Stutz Drive, Troy, MI 48084
DVD $14.98 www.anchorbayentertainment.com
A worthy addition to the much-needed "10 Minute Solution" DVD exercise series for busy
women (and men!), 10 Minute Solution Fat Blasting Latin Dance Mix offers a medley of Latin
dance workouts, each ten minutes long. These 10-minute routines can be done individually or
successively in any combination; they are "Fat Burning Cha Cha", "Salsa Slim Down", "Hot
Cardio Mix", "Merengue Grooves", and "Tango Toning Twist". Led by Stella Sandoval, a fitness
professional of 17 years experience, 10 Minute Solution Fat Blasting Latin Dance Mix is
especially recommended for the workout libraries of anyone who finds themselves tapping a toe
to catchy Latin rhythms. 54 minutes, color.
The Dance Shelf
Gotta Tango
Alberto Paz & Valorie Hart
Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc.
PO Box 5076, Champaign, IL 61820-5076
9780736056304, $27.95 www.HumanKinetics.com 1-800-747-4457
The Tango was a slightly salacious dance that had its origins in the barrios of Argentina and went
on to achieve widespread popularity in the dance halls of Europe and America in the early
decades of the 20th Century -- a popularity in ball room dancing that persists to this day.
Profusely illustrated and with an accompanying DVD, "Gotta Tango: Argentine Tango
Anywhere, Anytime" is the collaborative work of Tango experts and instructors Albert Paz and
Valorie Hart. Offering (quite literally) a step-by-step instruction guide, "Gotta Tango" is the ideal
do-it-yourself manual for men and women wanting to master and then excel in their performance
of this Latin American dancing tradition. All of the concepts, techniques, flourishes and flairs
associated with the Tango are covered in depth and in detail. This book/DVD combination is the
perfect format and forum for instruction for the novice dancer (as well as a perfect brush up
resource for even experienced Tango dancers coming back to the dance after an absence) and is
enthusiastically recommended for personal, dance school, and community library instructional
reference collections.
The Fashion Shelf
As Seen In Vogue
Daniel Delis Hill
Texas Tech University Press
PO Box 41037, Lubbock, TX 79409-1037
9780896726161, $36.95 www.ttup.ttu.edu 1-800-832-4042
No fashion magazine was more popular or had a larger impact upon the clothing styles of
American women than 'Vogue'. Part of the Texas Tech University Press 'Costume Society of
American' series, "As Seen In Vogue: A Century Of American Fashion In Advertising" by
fashion expert and historian Daniel Delis Hill has drawn from this seminal fashion periodical's
more than 600 fashion adds for a century-long overview beginning with the magazine's founding
in 1893 through ten decades to 1993. Superbly illustrated throughout with black-and-white
photos of advertisements showcasing the changes in fashion styles and the growing
sophistication of the American Fashion Industry down through the years, "As Seen In Vogue"
also discusses and documents the evolution witnessed within its pages of the evolution in
American fashion, American society, and American culture. A fascinating and specialized
history, "As Seen In Vogue" is a seminal and unique work of scholarship that makes it a critically
important, informed and informative contribution recommended for personal, professional,
academic, and community library reference collections and American Fashion History
supplemental reading lists.
The Architecture Shelf
The Big Book Of Home Plans
Hanley Wood
One Thomas Circle, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005
1931131368, $12.95 www.hanleywood.com 1-877-447-5450
A residential house is the homeowner's single largest investment and, optimally, should suit the
homeowner's personal style, needs, preferences, and geographic realities of the landscape upon
which it rests. The diversity of styles and designs for homes is essentially limited only by the
imaginations of the architects. "The big Book Of Home Plans" showcases more than five
hundred of the most impressive home designs available today and range across an impressive
variety of styles and landscape designs. Each home is presented with single succinctly descriptive
paragraph, a color photograph of the finished structure, architectural floor plans, an 'info block'
naming such things style, square footages, numbers of bedrooms, bathrooms, with, depth, and
foundation (when there is a basement). Of special note is the inclusion of an online search
address. The individual house plans are nicely organized into Starter Homes (up to 1,999 square
feet); Move-Up Homes (between 2,000 and 2,999 square feet); Family Homes (between 3000
and 3,999 square feet); and Luxury Homes (over 4,000 square feet). The final section is devoted
to Outdoor Living (landscape plans). Enhanced with 'Order Your Plans Today' instructional
advice and directions (including qualifying for a $600 rebate on Home Plans), "The Big Book Of
Home Plans" is perfect for browsing through by aspiring homeowners seeking to secure just the
right kind of architecturally designed home for them -- and will prove invaluable reference and
resource for architects, building contractors, real estate professionals as well.
An Architectural Guidebook to Portland
Bart King
Oregon State University Press
101 Waldo Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-6407
9780870711916, $22.95 http://oregonstate.edu/dept/press 1-800-426-3797
Now in an updated and expanded second edition reflecting Portland's growth in the twenty-first
century, An Architectural Guidebook to Portland is teacher Bart King's guide to the amazing
buildings that distinguish Portland, Oregon as a place worthy of sightseeing. From 19th-century
cast-iron front buildings to the Old Town and Chinatown to the breathtaking downtown bridges
and much more, An Architectural Guidebook to Portland is sure to intrigue architecture
enthusiasts, Portland tourists, and armchair travelers alike. Black-and-white photographs
illustrate this blend of historic preservation and history vignettes, which features over 250
separate entries.
The Audiobook Shelf
Hachette Audio
www.twaudiobooks.com
Anthony Heald's fine stage and acting skills include many Broadway credits, so if you're an avid
theatre-goer his voice on James Patterson's CAT AND MOUSE (160024128X, $17.98) may
sound familiar, spicing a vivid and fast-paced story of a murderer who has come to slay a family
only to find competition with another murderer with the same goals. A fast-paced, vivid murder
mystery thriller evolves, perfect for libraries catering to fans of either Patterson or audio thrillers.
Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins' THE NUCLEAR JIHADIST: THE TRUE STORY OF
THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS SECRETS AND HOW WE
COULD HAVE STOPPED HIM (1600241298, $39.98) is a key title nonfiction audio collections
must have: it tells the story of Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of the 'Islamic bomb', and the
methods he used to obtain his information. In adding the knowledge of intelligence authorities
and how they could have stopped him, this goes a step further and proves a gripping report fueled
by Bob Craig's powerful reading.
Dark of the Moon
John Sandford
Penguin Audio
375 Hudson Street, New York NY 10014
9780143148212, $29.95 www.penguin.com
Eric Conger's voice has earned him a Golden Earphones Award and much acclaim, and it's easy
to see why when pursuing DARK OF THE MOON, a masterpiece of crime investigation. A
house's explosion, murders, and a personal vendetta combine to create a gripping thriller with
many unexpected twists and turns of plot to keep readers guessing. Another fine Sandford thriller
general-interest audio libraries will find a popular lend: this appears abridged but listeners
seeking the unabridged version (9780143142508, $39.95) also will appreciate Conger's voice and
rendition.
George's Secret Key to the Universe
Lucy & Stephen Hawking
Simon & Schuster Audio
1230 Avenue of Americas, New York NY 10020
0743571614, $29.95 www.simonsays.com
This unabridged cd is directed to younger audiences, but it'd be a shame to limit its
recommendation to children's audio collections alone, and so is reviewed here as a top pick for
all ages. Hugh Dancy provides a vigorous reading spiced with science notes read by Stephen
Hawking as it discusses facts about black holes in the context of a science fiction adventure.
When George's pet pig breaks into the yard next door, George meets his new neighbors, who are
involved in science, and uncovers a secret key to understanding the universe. His journey to the
edge of the solar system will lead him into danger in this gripping adventure.
At First Sight
Nicholas Sparks
Time Warner Audio
1271 Avenue of Americas, New York NY 10020
1600242545, $14.98 www.twaudiobooks.com
Jeremy has long been certain he'll never leave New York City, love again, nor become a parent:
now he's living in North Carolina, engaged, and anticipating a new family - until a mysterious
email challenges their new marriage. Romance and heartbreak come to life under narrator David
Aaron Baker's smooth and excellent reading, certain to appeal to any audio library where
romance is of interest.
How I Spent My Summer Holidays
W.O. Mitchell, author and narrator
BTC Audio Books
c/o Goose Lane Editions
500 Beverbrook Court, Suite 330, Fredericton, NB, Canada, E3B 5X4
9780864924759, $29.95 www.gooselane.com 1-888-926-8377
Read aloud by Canadian author and CBC Radio personality W.O. Mitchell, How I Spent My
Summer Holidays is an abridged coming-of-age audiobook with grim and serious overtones.
When twelve-year-old Hugh spends his summer in a small prairie town, he and his friends
discover a secret cave housing an escaped "mental hospital" patient. They form a connection with
the hidden rum-runner and former war hero; yet when events take a murderous turn, Hugh must
leave his childhood behind forever. An engaging prairie novel, perfectly captured just as it was
originally broadcast on CBC Radio, and highly recommended. 3 hours, 3 CDs.
Undulation Exercises
Anita Boser, LMP, CHP
Vital Self, Inc.
c/o Atlas Books (distribution)
30 Amberwood Pkwy., Ashland, OH 44805
9780979617911, $29.95 www.undulationexercises.com 425-765-2713
Undulation Exercises is a 4 CD audiobook featuring step-by-step exercises designed to improve
flexibility and fluidity of the spine, as well as relieve pain and help mobility, in as little as 10
minutes a day or less. Disc 1 teaches the listener what undulation is, why it works, and how to
use it for optimum results; disc 2 offers beginning exercises to stimulate inactive muscles; disc 3
has intermediate exercises ideal for developing one's core; and disc 4 has advanced mastery level
exercises. A total of 52 exercises comprise this excellent fitness supplement, self-published by
author Antia Boser, LMP, CHP, enthusiastically recommended for listeners of all experience and
fitness levels. 4 CDs, 4 1/2 hours.
Love Only Once
Johanna Lindsey, author
Laural Merlington, narrator
Brilliance Corporation
PO Box 887, Grand Haven, MI 49417
9781423350873, $29.95 www.brillianceaudio.com 1-800-854-7859
Love Only Once: A Malory Novel is the unabridged audiobook presentation of bestselling author
Johanna Lindsey's passionate romance novel. Regina Ashton, niece to Lord Edward and Lady
Charlotte Malory and blessed with her family line's sumptuous beauty, has been abducted by the
handsome, golden-haired rogue Nicholas Eden. Enraged by her kidnapping, yet also inflamed
with passion for Nicholas, Regina's determination to make him pay with his heart and wed her -
yet Nicholas' willingness to love has been hurt by a painful hidden secret in his past. A steamy
tale of love, desire, entrancement and clashing wills. 7 CDs, 8 hours.
A Miracle of Catfish
Larry Brown, author
Tom Stechschulte, narrator
Recorded Books, LLC
270 Skip Jack Road, Prince Frederick, MD 20678
9781428160590, $123.75 www.recordedbooks.com 1-800-638-1304
A Miracle of Catfish is an unabridged audiobook presentation of a countryside novel by Larry
Brown, which he completed and sent to his editor shortly before his unfortunate death in 2004.
Young Jimmy feels alienated from his cold and distant father, and tries to find a friend in
next-door neighbor Cortez who has started to truck in catfish for his new pond. But Cortez is
plagued with a tangled mess of difficulties: his contentious daughter has a son with Tourette's;
his farm hand might be a murderer; and he keeps a terrible secret hidden away in the barn.
Additional notes on the story's ending are included, in this modern-day classic that continues
Brown's traditional themes of coping with isolation and loneliness, as narrated and performed by
professional actor Tom Stechschulte. 15 CDs, 17 1/2 hours.
How to Stop Smoking and Stay Stopped for Good
Gillian Riley, author
Jerome Pride, narrator
Bolinda Publishing, Inc.
48 Oxford Woods, Falmouth, ME 04105-3401
9781921334948, $84.95 www.bolinda.com 1-888-235-2019
Now in a fully revised and updated edition, How to Stop Smoking and Stay Stopped for Good is
the complete and unabridged audiobook version of a straightforward guide to quitting the
expensive and health-destroying addiction that is cigarette smoking - without losing weight!
Read by award-nominated narrator Jerome Pride, and featuring tracks every five minutes for easy
bookmarking, How to Stop Smoking and Stay Stopped for Good walks the listener through the
facts surrounding tobacco addiction, and walks him or her through a simple, tested, effective
quitting procedure. Tips and tricks for dealing with moments of stress or boredom when one is
most tempted to smoke (or overeat!) distinguish this excellent guide to quite literally improving
one's health. 5 CDs, 5 hours 20 min.
The Library Science Shelf
Beyond Picture Books
Barbara Barstow, Judith Riggle, Leslie Molnar
Libraries Unlimited
88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
9781591585459, $75.00 www.greenwood.com www.lu.com
One of the primary tasks of teachers, librarians, and parents is to facilitate the transition of young
children from picture books to more sophisticated reading materials so that reading skills can
continue to expand and improve. Now in a thoroughly updated and expanded third edition,
"Beyond Picture Books: Subject Access To Best Books For Beginning Readers" continues to be
the ideal reference for developing reading lists and library collections that will encourage
independent reading skills in children ages 5 to 8. The collaborative efforts of Barbara Barstow
(the retired Head of Youth Services, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Ohio), Judith Riggle
storyteller, former children's librarian, and retired director of the Avon Lake Public Library
(Ohio), and Leslie Molnar (Youth Services Assistant Manager and Selection head at Cuyahoga
County Public Library and former chair of the Association for Library Service to the Children's
Notable Children's Books Committee), "Beyond Picture Books" is a 645-page compendium
packed from cover to cover with succinctly descriptive entries of recommended titles. Beginning
with a brief preface laying out the selection criteria used, followed by the history of the Gesisel
award and a listing of the winners for 2006 and 2007, and a roster of 200 titles currently in print
and deemed especially outstanding, "Beyond Picture Books" provides a 116-page Subject Guide;
402-pages of Annotated Bibliography; a 30-page Title Index; a 30-page Illustrator Index; and
concludes with a 34-page Series Index. Clearly, "Beyond Picture Books" is an essential and
comprehensive addition to school and community Children's Literature reference collections for
librarians, classroom teachers, and parents working with children preschool through third
grade.
Building Digital Libraries
Terry Reese & Kyle Banerjee
Neal-Schuman Publishers
100 William Street, Suite 2004, New York, NY 10038-4512
9781555706173, $75.00 www.neal-schuman.com 1-866-672-6657
School and community libraries are now an integral part of the telecommunication revolution
that is exemplified by the now ubiquitous presence of internet informational resources and online
databases. "Building Digital Libraries: A How-To-Do-It Manual For Libraries" is co-authored by
Terry Reese (Digital Production Unit Head for Oregon State University Libraries) and Kyle
Banerjee (Digital Services Program Manager for the Orbis Cascade Alliance in Eugene Oregon
and a key architect of Oregon State's electronic documents repository) who draw upon their many
years of experience and expertise to provide librarians and staff members with a detailed,
organized, non-technical instruction guide through every step of the process for creating,
organizing, and maintaining local repositories of information, records, and other forms of data.
Covering the fundamental basics as well as the logistics of designing, constructing, and
maintaining digital products using in-house content, all of the relevant tools, approaches, and
third-party resource technologies are addressed, along with the role of metadata and standards,
sharing data, systems operability, digital rights management, and more. A complete single
volume manual, "Building Digital Libraries" is a welcome and strongly recommended reference
for inclusion into Library Science curriculums and library staff on-site training programs.
The Photography Shelf
The Polaroids
Andre Kertesz
W.W. Norton
500 - 5th Avenue, New York NY 10110
9780393065640, $35.00 www.wwnorton.com
Published in conjunction with gallery shows across the U.S. is ANDRE KERTESZ: THE
POLAROIDS, which considers the photographer's final works - some 80 colored Polaroid's
capturing his unique use of light. Kertesz pioneered photojournalistic techniques: his inspirations
produced a revolutionary body of work and their representation here makes this a fine pick for
any library strong in photographer history.
The Sadness Of Men
Philip Perkis
The Quantuck Lane Press
c/o W.W. Norton & Company
500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110
9781593720346, $45.00 www.quantucklanepress.com
Featuring an informative introduction by art critic Max Kozloff, "The Sadness Of Men" is a
280-page compendium showcasing a fifty-year retrospective of the black-and-white photography
Philip Perkins -- a gifted photographer whose work is little known outside professional circles
within which he is greatly respected for his ability to capture memorable images through a
camera's lens with his artist's eye. The images are 125 duotone photographs taken primarily
throughout Mexico, New York, Turkey, and Israel, and range from an image of a solitary figure
suspended from a crane above Coney Island, to a black road in a stark white landscape, to dogs
barking in the streets of Las Juntas. An impressive body of work and especially recommended to
students of photography and aspiring visual artists, "The Sadness Of Men" will aptly serve to
bring a talented and heretofore obscure world-class photographer to the attention of a whole new
generation of appreciative viewers.
The Railroading Shelf
Chicagoland Commuter Railroads
Patrick C. Dorin & Andrew T. Roth
Iconografix
PO Box 446, Hudson, WI 54016
9781583881903, $32.95 www.iconografixinc.com 1-800-289-3504
Commuter railroads have been a key element to the grow and prosperity of American
Midwestern cities for the more than a century. Co authored by railroad experts Patrick C. Dorin
(Superior, Wisconsin) and Andrew T. roth (Belvidere, Illinois), "Chicagoland Commuter
Railroads: Metra & Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District" is a profusely illustrated
history of suburban rail passenger train services that played a critically important role in the grow
of the Chicago Metro area. Beginning with a succinct review of the various commuter services
that crisscrossed Chicago and its suburbs before the development of the Regional Transit
Authority, "Chicagoland Commuter Railroads" continues with providing detailed information
about the routes, train frequency, passenger numbers, and physical equipment associated with the
commuter railroad. While most of the illustrations are historical black-and-white photographs, of
special note is the Color Photo Gallery wonderfully showcasing individual commuter trains. A
welcome and seminal contribution to Railroading reference collections in general, and
Midwestern Commuter Train History in particular, "Chicagoland Commuter Railroads" is
especially recommended for academic and community reference collections, as well as the
private collections of railroading enthusiasts and history buffs.
The Gaming Shelf
The Basics Of Winning Poker
Avery Cardoza
Cardoza Publishing
5473 South Eastern Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89119
1580421962, $4.95 www.cardozapub.com 1-800-577-9467
Avery Cardoza is one of the best poker players to every game along the Vegas Strip. He is also
the publisher of one of the most impressive and 'user friendly' series of instructional books
readily available to aspiring poker players. Beginning with "The Basics Of Winning Poker"
readers will be able to quickly and competently acquire a basic knowledge of playing all the
primary variations of the world's most popular card game including Hold'em, 7-Card Stud, Draw
Poker, Omaha, and more. Readers are also instructed in the basics concerning cash games,
tournaments, and online poker strategies, including betting, payoffs, and winning play strategies.
Offering a quick and easy guide to the basic rules of play, "The Basics Of Winning Poker" also
covers home games, cardroom play, and casino games. Of special note is what Cardoza has to
advice novice poker players about money management strategies. Enhanced with illustrations
and examples, as well as a Poker Glossary, "The Basics Of Winning Poker" provides virtually all
of the information anyone would need to sit down at a game and have a great (and profitable)
time. Also very highly recommended is Avery Cardoza's companion titles "The Basics Of
Winning Hold'em Poker" (1580421644, $4.95) which specifically focuses on Limit and No Limit
play for the most popular version of the game seen on television and played at such world class
tournament events.
The World History Shelf
When Asia Was the World
Stewart Gordon
DaCapo Press
2300 Chestnut Street #200, Philadelphia, PA 19103
0306815567, $26.00 www.dacapopress.com
Before Marco Polo and other noted world explorers there was cultural and commercial trade
around the world: Asia had its own explorers, traders and travelers who crossed the globe to
exchange ideas. Research scholar Stewart Gordon has traveled the world to examine original
texts in science, history, philosophy and sociology to create WHEN ASIA WAS THE WORLD,
and here provides an Asian focus unique in the world of Western focuses on exploration. His
stories of travelers and explorers of Asia provides a compelling, lively account perfect not just
for high school and college collections, but for general-interest lending libraries strong in history
and culture, especially Asian history.
Holy Vikings
Carl Phelpstead
Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies
Arizona State University
PO Box 872508, Tempe, AZ 85287-2508
www.asu.edu/clas/acmrs/publications/mrts/catalo.html
9780866983884, $46.00 mrts@asu.edu
Meticulously researched and informatively presented, "Holy Vikings: Saints' Lives In The Old
Icelandic Kings' Sagas" by academician and historian Carl Phelpstead (Senior Lecturer in English
Literature at Cardiff University) provides an informed and articulate biographical survey and
history of the royal saints recorded in the Old Icelandic kings' sagas which were felt by church
scholars and prelates to be improperly secular or profane and not 'proper' recordings of the saint's
lives. "Holy Vikings" makes an impressive and persuasive argument that the theoretical concepts
first developed by Mikhail Bakhtin provide modern scholars and academia with fresh, perceptive,
and defensible insights into the role of hagiography with respect to traditional Icelandic
saga-writing, and involve varied generic conventions in order to depict the Viking aristocracy
and kings as 'holy' or 'sacred' in their eras. After an informed introduction to the texts that form
the basis for the discussion, specific chapters address the genre of Icelandic sagas, as well as
three of the major sagas themselves. Of special note is the chapter on 'Saints' Lives and Saga
Origins', followed by Professor Phelpstead's conclusions on the subject matter addressed.
Enhanced with Abbreviations, a Bibliography, and an Index, "Holy Vikings" is a seminal and
significant contribution to Viking Studies and Icelandic History reference collections and reading
lists. Also very highly recommended from Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies for these
academic library collections and translated into English by Robert E. Bjork is "A Viking Slave's
Sage: Jan Fridegard's Trilogy of Novels about the Viking Age - Land of Wooden Gods, People of
the Dawn, and Sacrificial Smoke" (9780866983754, $43.00).
The Bolsheviks in Power
Alexander Rabinowitch
Indiana University Press
601 North Morton Street, Bloomington, IN 47404-3797
9780253349439, $34.95 www.iupress.indiana.edu 1-800-842-6796
Written by Russian and Soviet historian Alexander Rabinowitch (Professor Emeritus of History,
Indiana University Bloomington), The Bolsheviks in Power: The First Year of Soviet Rule in
Petrograd is an in-depth historiography of the Bolshevik Party's first year in power after the
revolution of November, 1917 that so profoundly affected Soviet history and politics throughout
the twentieth century. The Bolsheviks in Power denies the entrenched view that the party's severe
ideology immediately changed the Soviet political system into one of brutal authoritarianism;
rather, it is revealed that the Bolsheviks struggled to hold on to power amidst a sea of political,
social, economic, and military crises, causing the oppressive regime that rose from it to appear
virtually ad hoc. Issues discussed include the swift decline and fall of moderate Bolsheviks; the
creation of the ruthless Cheka, the Bolshevik-Left SR alliance, and much more. Enthusiastically
recommended as an addition to college library world history shelves.
The Music Shelf
The Miles Davis Reader
Frank Alkyer, Editor/Compiler
Hal Leonard
19 West 21st Street, Suite 201, New York NY 10010
142343076X, $24.95 www.halleonard.com
Any avid fan of jazz musician Miles Davis and any music library catering to this audience needs
THE MILES DAVIS READER. With so many biographies and music coverages on Miles
available, why the need for yet another? Because it collects some sixty years worth of articles,
interviews, news reports, police reports and record reviews, plumbing almost every type of
written record on Davis and providing a selection of the best writings revealing the man and his
music. This reader surveys Miles throughout his career and is a key addition, not to be
missed.
This Business of Concert Promotion and Touring
Ray D. Waddell, Rich Barnet, Jake Berry
Billboard Books/Watson-Guptill
770 Broadway, New York NY 10003
0823076873, $24.95 www.watsonguptill.com
THIS BUSINESS OF CONCERT PROMOTION AND TOURING: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO
CREATING, SELLING, ORGANIZING AND STAGING CONCERTS provides new
cutting-edge career paths in the notoriously difficult music industry, which has been virtually
transformed by digitalization and online copying. Promoters of music have kept industry secrets
to success tightly to themselves - until now. Here's a book for any looking to become involved in
the music industry and for business pros seeking an edge: from ads and promotion to managing
performers, gaining publicity and venue staffing, here are all the keys to industry success and the
secrets which fuel such successes.
Messiaen's Contemplations of Covenant and Incarnation
Siglind Bruhn
Pendragon Press
PO Box 190, Hillsdale, NY 12529
9781576471296, $36.00 www.pendragonpress.com 1-518-325-6100
German-born Musicologist and concert pianist Siglind Bruhn presents Messiaen's
Contemplations of Covenant and Incarnation: Musical Symbols of Faith in the Two Great Piano
Cycles of the 1940s, a scholarly, hermeneutic analysis of two spiritually motivated instrumental
compositions by renowned composer Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992): "Visions de l'Amen" for
two pianos (1943) and "Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus" for piano solo (1944). Part one offers
the main aspects of Messiaen's Catholic religious environment, while parts two and three
meticulously dissect the movements in both pieces, as well as their thematic material, structure,
and musical as well as spiritual function. A perfect melding of theology and musical criticism (as
opposed to literary criticism).
The Buddhist Studies Shelf
A Truthful Heart
Jeffrey Hopkins
Snow Lion Publications
PO Box 6483, Ithaca, NY 14851
9781559392907, $14.95 www.SnowLionPub.com 1-800-950-0313
Written by Jeffrey Hopkins, who served as the interpreter for the Dalai Lama for a decade, and
featuring a foreword by the Dalai Lama himself, A Truthful Heart: Buddhist Practices for
Connecting with Others is a guide to developing a more compassionate outlook, and therefore
improve one's ability to project love and accomplish positive endeavors. Chapters guide the
reader in using Buddhist meditations (including the Dalai Lama's favorite!) and visualizations, as
well as offering vignettes from the author's own life. A welcome resource not only for Buddhist
practitioners and those curious about the faith, but also for any reader regardless of religion
seeking surcease from anger and pain, and desiring an increase of love and compassion within
the world at large.
The Science Shelf
Prometheus Books
59 John Glenn Drive, Amherst, NY 14228-2197
www.prometheusbooks.com
Major astronomical discoveries have their histories in many popular books for lay readers - but
what about oddities and spectral 'ghosts' that have led scientists to different conclusions over the
decades? Astronomer Richard Baum provides a lively survey of these wonders and ideas in The
Haunted Observatory: Curiosities from the Astronomer's Cabinet (9781591025122, $28.00),
from the legendary 'mountains of Venus' to strange objects seen near the sun. These legends,
speculations and science ideas which proved faulty are as intriguing as the astronomical theories
which stood the test of time, and provide both college-level students of astronomy and lay
readers alike with a vivid exploration recommended both for general-interest and school
collections. Kristine Larsen's STEPHEN HAWKING: A BIOGRAPHY (9781591025740,
$16.95) comes from a physicist and astronomer who examines noted physicist Stephen Hawkins'
personal and professional life, emphasizing his contributions, his life, and his special physical
challenges. From Hawking's early lack of focus as a college student to the evolution of his
groundbreaking work, this biographical coverage is key reading for any interested in correlating
his science with his life.
The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volume 12: Cumulative Index
Kathleen W. Dorman, editor
Science History Publications
PO Box 1240, Sagamore Beach, MA 02562-1240
0881353914, $49.95 www.shpusa.com
The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volume 12: Cumulative Index is the final volume in the exhaustive
"Papers of Joseph Henry" reference series, which collects the many original writings of Joseph
Henry when he made a scientific name for himself in the 1800's and established the Smithsonian
Institution, and survived the Civil War, all while advocating the virtues of philanthropy, history,
and scientific thinking. As a cumulative index, Volume 12 consists entirely of 300+ pages of
alphabetical entries, each listing in which pages of what volumes a given topic appears. An
extremely handy and easy-to-use reference, Volume 12 is a must-have for libraries, universities,
and private scholars who already possess volumes 1-11 of this seminal series.
The Social Issues Shelf
Becoming a Woman
Richard F. Docter, Ph.D.
Haworth Press Inc.
10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580
9781560236672, $24.95 www.haworthpress.com
BECOMING A WOMAN: A BIOGRAPHY OF CHRISTINE JORGENSEN offers a more
studied examination of the state of transsexuality than most biographies offer, focusing on the
sociology and science issues as much as the biographical factors involved. Thus BECOMING A
WOMAN, with its scholarly approach, becomes much more the item of choice for the
college-level health or sociology library than for the general-interest collection, with its chapters
on psychology, social interactions, and Jorgensen's struggles within larger contexts of social
definitions. An excellent guide for college-level holdings specializing in alternative social
issues.
Our Gods Wear Spandex
Christopher Knowles
Red Wheel/Weiser/Conari Publishers
65 Parker Street, Suite 7, Newburyport, MA 01950
9781578634064, $19.95 www.redwheelweiser.com
The histories of American comic book heroes and who defined them considers both the social
and mythical impact and influences on these heroes, arguing that fantastic characters aren't just
entertainment, but deities for modern technological society. From the occult origins of such
characters to the attraction magic and the occult has held over all, this analysis earns a place not
only on the shelves of New Age libraries, but for any collection strong in social issues, myths,
and the needs of modern society.
The International Studies Shelf
Guacamole Dip: From Baja Tales of Love, Faith and Magic
Daniel Reveles
Sunbelt Publications
1256 Fayette Street, El Cajon, CA 92020-1511
9780932653659, $14.95 www.sunbeltpub.com
Any who would understand Mexican culture and social issues will find at once poignant,
moving, and revealing Guacamole Dip, an expose of daily life in the border town of Tecate. His
vignettes are folksy, fun and often provide both a light-hearted and alternately serious look at
Mexican and Mexican-American culture and issues, juxtaposing tales with views of changing
border life between Mexico and the U.S. Any collection strong in Mexican or Mexican-American
immigrant issues will find this an attractive, popular lend whether at the college or general
lending library level.
The Sports Shelf
Wilderness Press
1200 Fifth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710-1306
www.wildernesspress.com 1-800-443-7227
Two excellent boulder-climbing books for the San Francisco Bay area in the Wilderness Press
'SuperTopo' series are top picks offering unique, specific boulder-climbing opportunities. Chris
Summit's BAY AREA BOULDERING (0976523531) includes over 700 boulder problems with
in a 1.5 hour drive of San Francisco, from coastal to inland challenges. Over 50 color photos of
the Bay Area's best includes not only topos and detailed descriptions for each problem, but tips
on where to eat and stay around the destinations. Matt Wilder's YOSEMITE VALLEY
BOULDERING (0976523523) covers one of the best granite bouldering areas in the world, and
is written for any who would boulder in the Valley. Beginner and advanced boulder climbers
receive assessments of common and new problems, along with photo diagrams, descriptions to
get you right to it, and how to travel to Yosemite in general. Any collection strong in California
sports travel needs these two very specific bouldering travel guides.
The Fantasy/SciFi Shelf
Starship: Mercenary
Mike Resnick
PYR
c/o Prometheus Books
59 John Glenn, Amherst, NY 14228-2119
9781591025993, $25.00 www.pyrsf.com
It's 1968 of the Galactic Era, some 3,000 years from Earth's future, and a human-created
Republic is in the midst of war. A rescued rogue captain finds himself a key player in the
conflict, becoming a mercenary ship forming some unusual partnerships which may ultimately be
at odds with his goals and self-interest. Military science fiction at its best, STARSHIP:
MERCENARY represents Book 3 in a fast-paced series.
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