California Bookwatch back issues from June 2008:
Year of the Fires.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Year of the Fires Stephen J. Pyne Mountain Press Box 2399, Missoula, MT 59806 9780878425440, $16.00 www.mtnpress.com YEAR OF THE FIRES: THE STORY OF THE GREAT FIRES OF 1910 is a 'must' for any college-level collection strong in ...
Tales from the Galley.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Tales from the Galley Doreen Armitage Harbor Publishing Box 219, Madeira Park, BC V0N 2H0 Canada 9781550174380, $39.95 www.harbourpublishing.com TALES FROM THE GALLEY: STORIES OF THE WORKING WATERFRONT provides a fine collection of ...
Boundaries in Human Relationships.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Boundaries in Human Relationships Anne Linden Crown House Publishing 6 Townbridge Drive, Suite 5, Bethel, CT, 06810-2858 9781845900762, $29.95, www.crownhouse.co.uk Boundaries are invaluable for any relationship, and the key to ...
B as in Beirut.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... B as in Beirut Iman Humaydan Younes Interlink Books 46 Crosby Street, Northampton, MA 01060-1804 9781566567091, $15.00, www.interlinkbooks.com The debut novel of Iman Humaydan Younes is a grand piece of fiction in "B as in Beirut" ....
Tee to Green.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Tee to Green David A. Goslin with Mary Beth McGirr Quill Driver Books 1254 Commerce Avenue, Sanger, CA 93657 9781884956737, $14.95 www.quilldriverbooks.com 1-800-497-4909 Many never get around to enjoying the sport of golf until later ...
The Aesthetic Sense of Life.(The Aesthetic Sense of Life: A Philosophy Of The Everyday)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... The Aesthetic Sense of Life Bruce Fleming University Press of America c/o Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4501 Forbes Blvd., Suite 200, Lanham, MD 20706 9780761839163, $25.00 www.univpress.com 1-800-462-6420 While ...
Children with Spina Bifida: A Parent's Guide.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Children with Spina Bifida: A Parent's Guide Marlene Lutkenhoff, R.N., M.S.N., editor Woodbine House 6510 Bells Mill Road, Bethesda, MD 20817 9781890627775, $21.95 www.woodbinehouse.com 1-800-843-7323 Now in an updated second edition ...
Best Chicken Recipes.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Best Chicken Recipes Cooks Illustrated America's Test Kitchen 17 Station Street, Brookline, MA 02445 1933615230, $35.00 www.cooksillustrated.com America's Test Kitchen roasted some 40 chickens to find a foolproof recipe for roast ...
Cuisines of Portuguese Encounters.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Cuisines of Portuguese Encounters Cherie Y. Hamilton Hippocrene Books 171 Madison Avenue, New York NY 10016 0781811813, $29.95 www.hippocrenebooks.com The entire Portuguese-speaking world is embraced under one cover in an unusual ...
Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen.(Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen: Recipes from My Family to Yours)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen Trisha Yearwood Clarkson Potter Publishers c/o The Crown Publishing Group 1745 Broadway, #B1, New York, NY 10019-4305 9780307381378, $29.95 www.crownpublishing.com GEORGIA COOKING IN ...
Managing Diverse Classrooms.(Managing Diverse Classrooms: How to Build On Student's Cultural Strengths)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Managing Diverse Classrooms Carrie Rothstein-Fisch and Elise Trumbull ASCD 1703 North Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311-1714 9781416606246, $25.95 www.ascd.org 1-800-933-2723 The United States continues to grow more diverse by ...
CSI Expert! Forensic Science for Kids, Grades 5-8.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... CSI Expert! Forensic Science for Kids, Grades 5-8 Karen K. Schulz, author David Parker, illustrator Prufrock Press PO Box 8813, Waco, TX 76714-8813 9781593633127, $17.95 www.prufrock.com 1-800-998-2208 Designed for ...
Tools for Matching Readers to Texts.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Tools for Matching Readers to Texts Heidi Anne E. Mesmer The Guilford Press 72 Spring Street, New York, NY, 10012 9781593855970, $25.00, www.guiford.com Correctly pegging the reading level for readers is an invaluable technique to ...
Reaching Every Reader.(Reaching Every Reader: Instructional Strategies in the Library for Grades K-5 Second Edition)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Reaching Every Reader Pat Miller Linworth Books 3650 Olentangy River Road, Suite 250, Columbus, Ohio 43214 1586832840, $39.95 www.linworth.com Literacy is flat out one of the most important skills in the modern world today, and to be ...
The Best and the Worst of Leadership.(The Best and the Worst of Leadership: Essential Learning for Emerging Readers)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... The Best and the Worst of Leadership Harry J. Martin, Ph.D. & Dennis F. Lekan, Ed.D. Adams Busienss & Professional c/o Beaver's Pond Press 7104 Ohms Lane, Suite 101, Edina, MN 55439 9781592982103, $23.95 www.BeaversPondPress.com ...
Corwin Press.(Young adult review)(Children's review)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Corwin Press 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 www.corwinpress.com Harvey F. Silver, et.al.'s Math Tools Grades 3-12 (9781412957823) collection of tools for math instruction promotes an active learning style, incorporating four tested learning ...
More Than Darwin.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... More Than Darwin Randy Moore and Mark D. Decker Greenwood Press 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 9780313341557, $85.00 www.greenwood.com MORE THAN DARWIN is encyclopedia of the people and places revolving around the ...
Introduction to Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Introduction to Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering A.J. Nair Infinity Science Press 11 Leavitt Street, Hingham, MA 02043 9781934015162, $69.95 www.infinitysciencepress.com College-level collections strong in genetic engineering ...
Flight from Intimacy.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Flight from Intimacy Janae B. Weinhold, Ph.D. & Barry K. Weinhold, Ph.D. New World Library 14 Pamaron Way, Novato, CA 94949 9781577316053, $14.95 www.newworldlibrary.com If a person has trouble being close to others, is a ...
Choices in Breast Cancer Treatment.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Choices in Breast Cancer Treatment Kenneth D. Miller, M.D. The Johns Hopkins University Press 2715 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218-4363 9780801886850, $18.95 www.press.jhu.edu 1-800-537-5487 It's a great sign of the times ...
Parkinson's Disease.(Biographies of Disease series)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Parkinson's Disease Nutan Sharma Greenwood Publishing Group 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 9780313342172, $45.00 www.greenwood.com 1-800-225-5800 Part of the "Biographies of Disease" series, Parkinson's Disease is a ...
Blood Matters.(Blood Matters: From Inherited Illness to Designer Babies, How the World and I Found Ourselves in the Future of the Gene)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Blood Matters Masha Gessen Harcourt Publishers 15 East 26th Street, New York NY 10010 9780151013623, $25.00 www.harcourt.com BLOOD MATTERS: FROM INHERITED ILLNESS TO DESIGNER BABIES, HOW THE WORLD AND I FOUND OURSELVES IN THE FUTURE ...
Euthanasia.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Euthanasia Jennifer Fecio McDougall and Martha Gorman ABC-CLIO Box 1911, Santa Barbara, CA 93116-1911 9781598841213, $55.00 www.abc-clio.com The second updated edition of EUTHANASIA is a recommended pick for high school to ...
Monday Morning Choices.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Monday Morning Choices David Cottrell Collins c/o HarperCollins 10 East 53rd Street, New York NY 10022 9780061451911, $19.95 www.harpercollins.com The premise is simple here: change your Monday, change your life--and here ...
Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare Daniel Marston and Carter Malkasian, Editors Osprey Publishing 443 Park Avenue South Suite 806, New York NY 10016 9781846032813, $27.95 www.ospreypublishing.com Insurgency, terrorism and bloodshed ...
Weekend Kitchen Makeovers.(Weekend Kitchen Makeovers: Illustrated Techniques and Stylish Solutions)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Weekend Kitchen Makeovers Paul Ryan with Bridget Bradley Lark Books Sterling Publishing Company 387 Park Avenue South, New York NY 10016 1579909183, $17.95 www.sterlingpub.com WEEKEND KITCHEN MAKEOVERS: ILLUSTRATED ...
Mothers Without Citizenship.(Mothers Without Citizenship: Asian Immigrant Families and the Consequences of Welfare Reform)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Mothers Without Citizenship Lynn Fujiwara University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290, Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 9780816650767, $22.50 www.upress.umn.edu Lynn Fujiwara (assistant professor in the Department of ...
Analyzing Urban Poverty.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Analyzing Urban Poverty Rosario C. Giusti de Perez and Ramon A. Perez ESRI Press 380 New York Street, Redlands, CA 92378-8100 9781589481510, $29.95 www.esri.com/esripress The two architect/authors involved in ANALYZING URBAN POVERTY ...
Kicking the Carbon Habit.(Kicking the Carbon Habit: Global Warming and the Case for Renewable and Nuclear Energy)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Kicking the Carbon Habit William Sweet Columbia University Press 61 West 62nd Street, New York NY 10023 9780231137119, $19.95 www.columbia.edu/cu/cup Most books discussing environmental management and conservation focus on cutting ...
The Other Game.(The Other Game: Lessons from How Life is Played in Mexican Villages)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... The Other Game Phil Dahl-Bredine & Stephen Hicken Orbis Books Box 308, Maryknoll, NY 10545 9781670757808, $19.00 www.maryknoll.org THE OTHER GAME: LESSONS FROM HOW LIFE IS PLAYED IN Mexican VILLAGES provides examples on religion and ...
Domestic Violence, 2nd Edition.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Domestic Violence, 2nd Edition Margi Laird McCue ABC-CLIO Box 1911, Santa Barbara, CA 93116-1911 9781851097791, $55.00 www.abc-clio.com Joining others in the 'Contemporary World Issues' series is a newly updated edition of DOMESTIC ...
Human Resource Transformation.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Human Resource Transformation William J. Rothwell, et. al. Davis-Black Publishing 1055 Joaquin Road, 2nd Floor, Mountain View, CA 94043 97800891062516, $34.95 www.daviesback.com In 1998 the authors identified key business trends which ...
The Turnaround Kid.(The Turnaround Kid: What I Learned Rescuing America's Most Troubled Companies)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... The Turnaround Kid Steve Miller Collins HarperCollins 10 East 53rd Street, New York NY 10022 9780061251276, $25.95 www.harpercollins.com THE TURNAROUND KID: WHAT I LEARNED RESCUING AMERICA'S MOST TROUBLED COMPANIES ...
Internet Riches.(Internet Riches: The Simple Money-making Secrets of Online Millionaires)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Internet Riches Scott Fox Amacom 1601 Broadway, New York NY 10019-7420 0814409954, $17.95 www.amacombooks.org E-business consultant Scott Fox reveals strategies he's used to build million-dollar internet enterprises in INTERNET ...
America Gone Wild.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... America Gone Wild Ted Rall Andrews McMeel Publishing 4520 Main Street, Kansas City, MO 64111 0740760459, $12.95 www.andrewsmcmeel.com Deserving of ongoing mention is a fine collection packed with humorous political ...
Boneyard Volume 3.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Boneyard Volume 3 Richard Moore NBM 40 Exchange Place, Suite 1308, New York NY 10005 1561635154, $12.95 www.nbm.com Richard Moore's spoof of horror cliches continues with BONEYARD V. 3, a fine full-color graphic novel packed with ...
Miles in Love.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Miles in Love Lois McMaster Bujold Baen Books 1230 Avenue of Americas, New York NY 10020 1416555226, $29.00 www.baen.com At first glance Bujold fans might be enthusiastic at yet another addition to the Vorkosigan world--but actually ...
Digital Photography from the Ground Up.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Digital Photography from the Ground Up Juergen Gulbins Rocky Nook 26 West Mission Street Suite 3, Santa Barbara CA 93101 9781933952178, $34.95 www.rockynook.com Digital photography is covered in a bare-bones, basic guide for novices ...
Brooklyn Storefronts.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Brooklyn Storefronts Paul Lacy W.W. Norton 500--5th Avenue, New York NY 10110 9780393330021, $17.95 www.wwnorton.com Any New York library or collection strong in New York architecture or retail will find photographer Paul lacy has ...
Rhythms of Modern Life: British Prints 1914-1939.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Rhythms of Modern Life: British Prints 1914-1939 Clifford S. Ackley MFA Publications 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 9780878467259, $37.50 www.mfa-publicatons.org College-level art libraries strong in British prints will find ...
Merrell Publishing.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Merrell Publishing 740 Broadway, Suite 1202, New York, NY 10003 www.merrellpublishers.com Leslie Geddes-Brown's THE WATER GARDEN (9781858944104, $49.95) provides a lovely survey of water used in garden design, and comes from a gardens expert who celebrates ...
San Francisco Art Deco.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... San Francisco Art Deco Michael F. Crowe and Robert W. Bowen Arcadia Publishing 420 Wando Park Blvd., Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 0738547344, $19.99 www.arcadiapublishing.com The Art Deco period began in the mid 1920s and lasted for 20 ...
Immigration at the Golden Gate.(Immigration at the Golden Gate: Passenger Ships, Exclusion, and Angel Island)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Immigration at the Golden Gate Robert Eric Barde Praeger Publishers 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 9780313347825, $49.95 www.praeger.com IMMIGRATION AT THE GOLDEN GATE: PASSENGER SHIPS, EXCLUSION, AND ANGEL ISLAND draws ...
Gables and Fables.(Gables and Fables: A Portrait of San Francisco's Pacific Heights)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Gables and Fables Anne Bloomfield and Arthur Bloomfield Heyday Books Box 9145, Berkeley, CA 94709 9781597140560, $19.95 www.heydaybooks.com Part historical piece and part gossip, GABLES AND FABLES: A PORTRAIT OF SAN FRANCISCO'S ...
California's Day of the Grizzly.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... California's Day of the Grizzly William B. Secrest Word Dancer Press 1254 Commerce Way, Sanger, CA 93657 1884995535, $25.00 www.quilldriverbooks.com Collections strong in California history or natural history will relish CALIFORNIA'S ...
California Residential Foreclosures.(California Residential Foreclosures: The Complete Guide to Equity Purchases and the Laws Governing Distress Sales)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... California Residential Foreclosures Fred Crane Zyrus Press PO Box 17810, Irvine, CA 92623 9781933990231, $19.95, www.zyruspress.com Real Estate is one of the true ways for one to truly make themselves a millionaire--"California ...
How to Be a Working Actor.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... How to Be a Working Actor Mari Lyn Henry & Lynne Rogers Back Stage Books/Watson-Guptill 770 Broadway, New York NY 10003 0823088952, $19.95 www.watsonguptill.com The 'survival guide' for working actors has been completely updated and ...
Adventure & Applique.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Adventure & Applique Suzanne Marshall American Quilter's Society Box 3290, Paducah, KY 42002-3290 9781574329476, $26.95 www.AmericanQuilter.com Award-winning quilter Suzanne Marshall shares her applique techniques and ...
At the Grammys.(At the Grammys!: Behind the Scenes at Music's Biggest Night)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... At the Grammys Ken Ehrlich Hal Leonard 19 West 21st Suite 201, New York NY 10010 1423430735, $29.95 www.halleonard.com AT THE GRAMMYS! BEHIND THE SCENES AT MUSIC'S BIGGEST NIGHT comes from a behind-the-scenes author who has ...
The Opera Companion.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... The Opera Companion George Martin Amadeus Press 19 West 21st Street, Suite 201, New York NY 10010 9781574671681, $19.95 www.amadeuspress.com Any opera fan and any library catering to them--even to beginning music lovers--will ...
Framing The Future.(Framing The Future: How Progressive Values Can Win Elections And Influence People)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Framing The Future Bernie Horn Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc. 235 Montgomery Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94104-2916 9781576754597, $24.95 www.bkconnection.com 1-800-929-2929 A central theme in Framing The Future: How ...
The Cult of the Presidency.(The Cult of the Presidency: America's Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... The Cult of the Presidency Gene Healy Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20001 9781933995151, $22.95 www.cato.org THE CULT OF THE PRESIDENCY: AMERICA'S DANGEROUS DEVOTION TO EXECUTIVE POWER emphasizes that ...
The Real McCain.(The Real McCain: Why Conservationists Don't Trust Him - And Why Independents Shouldn't)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... The Real McCain Cliff Schecter PoliPoint Press 80 Liberty Ship Way Suite 22, Sausalito, CA 94965 9780979482298, $14.95 www.p3books.com Any interested in current affairs and politics will find THE REAL MCCAIN: WHY CONSERVATIONISTS ...
The Economics of Socialism After World War Two: 1945-1990.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... The Economics of Socialism After World War Two: 1945-1990 J. Wilczynski Transaction Publishers 35 Berrue Circle, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8042 0202362280, $29.95 www.transactionpub.com College-level collections strong on socialist and ...
The Triumph of Capitalism.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... The Triumph of Capitalism Robert A. Degen Transaction Publishers Rutgers University, 35 Berrue Circle, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8042 9781412806893, $39.95 www.transactionpub.com 1-888-999-6778 Capitalism is the world's socioeconomic ...
Language for a New Century.(Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia and Beyond)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Language for a New Century Tina Chang, Nathalie Handal and Ravi Shankar, Editors W.W. Norton 500--5th Avenue, New York NY 10110 0393332381, $27.95 www.wwnorton.com LANGUAGE FOR A NEW CENTURY: CONTEMPORARY POETRY FROM THE MIDDLE EAST, ...
Isherwood on Writing.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Isherwood on Writing Christopher Isherwood University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South Suite 290, Minneapolis, MN 55401 9780816646937, $25.95, www.upress.umn.edu A pioneer for openly homosexual writers, Christopher Isherwood ...
Sams.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Sams 800 East 96th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46240 www.informit.com/sams The 2008 edition of Andrew and Paul Hudson's FEDORA UNLEASHED (0672329778, $49.99) presents an in-depth survey of Fedora 8, and is a recommended pick for any Linux or advanced ...
Emergent Design.(Emergent Design: The Evolutionary Nature of Professional Software Development)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Emergent Design Scott L. Bain Addison-Wesley 501 Boylestown, #900, Boston MA 02116 0321509366, $49.99 www.netobjectives.com EMERGENT DESIGN: THE EVOLUTIONARY NATURE OF PROFESSIONAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT is for college-level libraries ...
C++ GUI Programming with QT4.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... C++ GUI Programming with QT4 Jasmin Blanchette and Mark Summerfield Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ 0132354160, $59.99 www.trolltech.com The fact that this is the ONLY official best-practice guide to QT 4 programming makes it a ...
Essential Linux Device Drivers.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Essential Linux Device Drivers Sreekrishnan Venkateswaran Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ 0132396556, $44.99 www.trolltech.com This detailed guide to writing Linux device drivers is a solid acquisition for collections strong in ...
The MySpace.Com Handbook.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... The MySpace.Com Handbook T. Brian Chatfield Atlantic Publishing Group 1405 SW 6th Avenue, Ocala, FL 34417 9781601381217, $24.95 www.atlantic-pub.com MySpace began as a forum for kids but has expanded far beyond, allowing adults to ...
Let Us C.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Let Us C Y.P. Kanetkar Infinity Science Press 11 Leavitt Street, Hingham, MA 02043 9781934015254, $54.95 www.infinitysciencepress.com The 8th updated edition of a classic considered a foundation work in C programming is now ...
Programming for Chemical Engineers.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Programming for Chemical Engineers Raul Raymond A. Kapun, Jr. Infinity Science Press 11 Leavitt Street, Hingham, MA 02043 9781934015094, $69.95 www.infinitysciencepress.com Chemical engineering students and industry pros receive an ...
Flea Market Trader 17th Edition.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Flea Market Trader 17th Edition Collector Books P.O. Box 3009, Paducah, KY 42002-3009 9781574325829, $15.95 www.collectorbooks.com Thousands of items with current values in full color are featured in a fine survey ...