California Bookwatch back issues from August 2008:
Last Days in Babylon.(Last Days in Babylon: The Exile of Iraq's Jews, The Story of My Family)(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Last Days in Babylon Marina Benjamin Free Press 1230 Avenue of Americas, New York NY 10020 141657204X, $15.00 www.simonandschuster.com LAST DAYS IN BABYLON: THE EXILE OF IRAQ'S JEWS, THE STORY OF MY FAMILY tells of the author's ...
The Cactus Eaters.(The Cactus Eaters: How I Lost My Mind and Almost Found Myself on the Pacific Coast Trail)(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... The Cactus Eaters Dan White HarperPerennial c/o HarperCollins 19 East 53rd Street, New York NY 10022-5299 9780061376931, $14.95 www.harperperennial.com The Pacific Crest Trail reaches from Mexico to Canada: a grueling ...
Web of Conspiracy.(Web of Conspiracy: A Guide to Conspiracy Theory Sites on the Internet)(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Web of Conspiracy James F. Broderick and Darren W. Miller Information Today Inc. 143 Old Marlton Place, Medford, NJ 08055 9780920965811, $19.95 www.infotoday.com Conspiracy theory websites are so prolific that it's difficult for web ...
Embracing Mind.(Embracing Mind: The Common Ground of Science & Spirituality)(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Embracing Mind B. Alan Wallace & Brian Hodel Shambhala Press Horticultural Hall, 300 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 9781590304822, $24.95, www.shambhala.com Is there a healthy middle ground shared between science and ...
Reading Comprehension.(Reader Comprehension: Strategies For Independent Learners)(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Reading Comprehension Camille Blachowicz & Donna Ogle Guilford Publications, Inc. 72 Spring Street , New York, NY 10012 9781593857554, $34.00, www.guilford.com 1-800-365-7006 In today's world, the ability to read with fluency, speed, ...
Motivating Readers in the Middle Grades.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Motivating Readers in the Middle Grades Joan Collins Linworth Books 3650 Olentangy River Road, Suite 250 Columbus, OH 43214 1586832972, $36.95, www.linworth.com The dissatisfaction of students in education begins to occur in the ...
Reframing Teacher Leadership.(Reframing Teacher Leadership To Improve Your School)(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Reframing Teacher Leadership Douglas B. Reeves ASCD Books 1730 North Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311-1714 9781416606666, $26.95, www.ascd.org The first authority for any student is their teacher. "Reframing Teacher Leadership ...
Effective Studies for Every Classroom.(Effective Study Strategies for Every Classroom: 29 Lesson Plans for Teaching Note-taking, Summarizing, Researching and Test Taking Skills)(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Effective Studies for Every Classroom Jeanne R. Mach & Collaborators Boys Town Press 14100 Crawford Street, Boy's Town, NE 68010 9781889332949, $29.95, www.boystownpress.org Proper study is essential to proper learning, and "Effective ...
Teen Girls and Technology.(Teen Girls and Technology: What's the Problem, What's the Solution?)(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Teen Girls and Technology Lesley Farmer Teacher's College Press 1234 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027 American Library Association 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611 9780838909744, $35.00, www.tcpress.com ...
Corwin Press.(books on education)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Corwin Press 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 www.corwinpress.com Marilyn L. Page's YOU CAN'T TEACH UNTIL EVERYONE IS LISTENING (9781412960151, $22.95) offers six steps for more effective classroom management, and comes from a teacher who uses ...
How to Market Your Business.(How to Market Your Business: A Practical Guide to Advertising, PR, Selling, and Direct and Online Marketing)(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... How to Market Your Business Dave Patten Kogan Page 525 South 4th Street, #241, Philadelphia, PA 19147 9780749451455, $24.95, www.kogan-page.co.uk Why do so many enormous corporations pour so many of their dollars into marketing? ...
Le Deal.(Le Deal: How A Young American, In Business, In Love, And In Over His Head, Kick-Started A Multibillion Dollar Industry in Europe)(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Le Deal J. Byrne Murphy St. Martin's Press 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010 Jane Wesman Public Relations Inc. (publicity) 322 Eight Avenue, Suite 1702, New York, NY 10001 0312359039, $24.95, www.stmartins.com, ...
Financial Armageddon.(Financial Armageddon: Protect Your Future from Economic Collapse)(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Financial Armageddon Michael J. Panzner Kaplan Publishing 1 Liberty Plaza, 24th Floor, New York NY 10006 9781427797414, $16.95 www.kaplan.com The revised, updated edition of FINANCIAL ARMAGEDDON: PROTECT YOUR FUTURE FROM ECONOMIC ...
Persuasion IQ.(Persuasion IQ: The 10 Skills You Need to Get Exactly What You Want)(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Persuasion IQ Kurt W. Mortensen Amacom 1601 Broadway, New York NY 10019 0814409938, $21.95 www.amacombooks.org PERSUASION IQ: THE 10 SKILLS YOU NEED TO GET EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT comes from an author who has earned a worldwide ...
Atlantic Publishing.(MFA's How to Go to College on a Shoe String)(How to Market and Sell Your Art, Music, Photographs and Homemade Crafts Online)(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Atlantic Publishing 1405 SW 6th Avenue, Ocala, FL 34471 www.atlantic-pub.com Ann Marie O'Phelan, MFA's HOW TO GO TO COLLEGE ON A SHOE STRING (9781601380203, $24.95) is a key acquisition for any collection catering to college-bound students. It provides all ...
Dictionary of International Business Law.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Dictionary of International Business Law Lucas Otto Global Professional Publishing c/o Stylus Publishing Box 605, Herndon, VA 20172-0605 9780852976586, $40.00 www.styluspub.com The Dictionary of International Business Law ...
Subject to Change.(Subject to Change: Creating Great Products and Services for an Uncertain World)(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Subject to Change Peter Merholz, et.al. O'Reilly 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472 9780596516833, $24.999 www.oreilly.com SUBJECT TO CHANGE: CREATING GREAT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR AN UNCERTAIN WORLD provides ...
Republic of Pirates.(Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down)(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Republic of Pirates Colin Woodard Harcourt Trade 15 East 26th Street, New York NY 10010 9780146034623, $15.00 www.harcourtbooks.com Captains such as Blackbeard and Charles Vane created the 'Flying Gang' and established the Pirate ...
The Jinn from Hyperspace.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... The Jinn from Hyperspace. Martin Gardner Prometheus Books 59 John Glenn Drive, Amherst, NY 14228-2197 9781591025658, $25.95 www.prometheusbooks.com THE JINN FROM HYPERSPACE AND OTHER SCRIBBLINGS - BOTH SERIOUS AND ...
Multiplayer Gaming and Engine Coding for the Torque Game Engine.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Multiplayer Gaming and Engine Coding for the Torque Game Engine Edward F. Maurina III A.K. Peters Ltd. 888 Worcester Street Suite 230, Wellesley, MA 02482 9781568814223, $64.00 www.akpeters.com Game programmers receive an in-depth, ...
Eating the IT Elephant.(Eating the IT Elephant: Moving from Greenfield Development to Brownfield)(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Eating the IT Elephant Richard Hopkins and Kevin Jenkins IBM Press c/o Pearson Technology Group 801 East 96th Street, #300, Indianapolis, IN 46240-3759 0137130120, $29.99 www.ibmpressbooks.com EATING THE IT ELEPHANT: ...
Logic Pro 8: Tips and Tricks.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Logic Pro 8: Tips and Tricks Stephen Bennett PC Publishing Keeper's House, Merton, Thetford, Norfolk 1P25 6OH, England 9781906005061 www.pc-publishing.com Software collections strong in Logic Pro software guides must have LOGIC PRO 8 ...
Effective Java.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Effective Java, second edition Joshua Bloch Addison-Wesley 75 Arlington Street, Suite 300, Boston, MA 02116 0321356683, $49.99 www.awprofessional.com 1-800-428-5331 The first edition of EFFECTIVE JAVA offers Java programmers a deeper ...
Game Creation for Teens.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Game Creation for Teens Jason Darby CT Learning 25 Thomson Place, Boston, MA 02210 159863500X, $29.99 www.courseptr.com No programming is required for teens and other beginners to learn how to make their own computer games using ...
Deploying Cisco Wide Area Application Services.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Deploying Cisco Wide Area Application Services Zach Seils and Joel Christner, CCIEs Cisco Press 800 East 96th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46240 1597054949, $70.00 www.ciscopress.com Deploying Cisco Wide Area Application Services ...
Network Analysis and Circuits.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Network Analysis and Circuits M. Arshad Infinity Science Press 11 Leavitt Street, Hingham, MA 02043 9781934015193, $69.95 www.infinitysciencepress.com College-level teachers needing a textbook for electronic circuit analysis will ...
Dungeons and Desktops.(Dungeons and Desktops: The History of Computer Role-playing Games)(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Dungeons and Desktops Matt Barton AK Peters Ltd. 888 Worcester Street, Suite 230, Wellesley, MA 02482 9781568814117, $39.00 www.akpeters.com Computer role-playing games have moved the traditional board game to the desktop, and ...
Navigating the Missouri.(Navigating the Missouri: Steamboating on Nature's Highway 1819-1935)(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Navigating the Missouri William E. Lass Arthur H. Clark Company 2800 Venture Drive, Norman, OK 73069 9780576023554, $45.00 www.ahclark.com NAVIGATING THE MISSOURI: STEAMBOATING ON NATURE'S HIGHWAY 1819-1935 offers a complete history ...
Buffalo Bill on Stage.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Buffalo Bill on Stage Sandra K. Sagala University of New Mexico Press MSC04 2820, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 97131-0001 9780826356274, $29.95 www.unmpress.com Before he became famous as a performer in his Wild West ...
Let Us Build Us a City.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Let Us Build Us a City Donald Harington The Toby Press PO Box 8531, New Milford, CT 06776-8531 9781592642038, $14.95 www.tobypress.com Award-winning author Donald Harington originally published Let Us Build Us a City in 1986; now in ...
Color Atlas of Small Animal Anatomy: The Essentials.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Color Atlas of Small Animal Anatomy: The Essentials Thomas O. McCracken and Robert A. Kainer with David Carlson Blackwell Publishing 2121 State Avenue, Ames, IA 50014-8300 www.blackwellpublishing.com 1-800-216-2522 0781743915, $60.00 ...
Historic Photos of El Paso.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Historic Photos of El Paso Sandra Fye Turner Publishing 200 4th Avenue North, Suite 950, Nashville, TN 37219 9781596524309, $39.95, www.turnerpublishing.com With over four centuries of history, El Paso is an iconic city of Texas ....
RFK.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... RFK Paul Fusco Aperture 547 West 27th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10001 9781597110792, $50.00, www.aperture.org Robert F. Kennedy was in line to become the president of the United States in 1968. But it wasn't to be. "RFK" is a ...
Simple Lighting Techniques for Portrait Photographers.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Simple Lighting Techniques for Portrait Photographers Bill Hurter Amherst Media Box 586, Buffalo, NY 14226 9781584282334, $34.95 www.AmherstMedia.com Photographers often spend thousands on the latest lighting and photography gadgets ...
Parapsychology and the Skeptics.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Parapsychology and the Skeptics Chris Carter Paja Books c/o Sterling House 7436 Washington Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15218 9781585011087, $18.95, www.pajabooks.com Could the existence of psychic power have ground in ...
William Blake's Sexual Path to Spiritual Vision.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... William Blake's Sexual Path to Spiritual Vision Marsha Keith Schuchard Inner Traditions One Park Street, Rochester, VT 05767 9781694772115, $19.95 www.InnerTraditions.com William Blake's reputation as a poet and artist was born from ...
Otherworldly Maine.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Otherworldly Maine Noreen Doyle Down East P.O. Box 679, Camden, ME 04843 9780892727469, $15.95, www.downeast.com When one thinks of Maine, they think of a state known for its fishing - not a state known for the paranormal ....
Awakening the Energy Body.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Awakening the Energy Body Kenneth Smith Bear & Company c/o Inner Traditions One Park Street, Rochester, VT 05767 9781591430841, $15.00 www.bearandcompanybooks.com Both psychology and new age libraries will find much of ...
Bubbe Meises: Jewish Myths, Jewish Realities.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Bubbe Meises: Jewish Myths, Jewish Realities Ronald H. Isaacs KTAV Publishing House 930 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306 9781602800328, $19.95 www.ktav.com Bubbe Meises or 'old wives tales' provide a range of Jewish myths and ...
How to Hear the Voice of God.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... How to Hear the Voice of God Susan Shumsky, DD New Page Box 687, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417 1601630100, $16.99 www.newpagebooks.com An accompanying meditation cd reinforces the message in HOW TO HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD, a guide to ...
Science, Evolution, and Creationism.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Science, Evolution, and Creationism National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine The National Academies Press 500 Fifth Street, NW, Box 285, Washington, DC, 20055 9780309105866, $12.95, www.national-academies.org How did life ...
Orbis Books.(Religious books)(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Orbis Books Box 308, Maryknoll, NY 10545 www.orbisbooks.com Terrence Rynne's GANDHI & JESUS: THE SAVING POWER OF NONVIOLENCE (9781570757662, $20.00) provides a thought-provoking exploration of the life of Jesus and the teachings of Gandhi, contrasting the ...
Violent Partners.(Violent Partners: A Breakthrough Plan for Ending the Cycle of Abuse)(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Violent Partners Linda G. Mills, J.D., Ph.D. Basic Books c/o Perseus Publishing Group 387 Park Avenue South, New York NY 10016-8810 9780465045778, $26.95 www.basicbooks.com VIOLENT PARTNERS: A BREAKTHROUGH PLAN FOR ENDING ...
Your Brain: The Missing Manual.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Your Brain: The Missing Manual Matthew MacDonald Pogue Press c/o O'Reilly & Associates 1005 Gravenstein Highway, Sebastopol, CA 95472 9780596517786, $24.99 www.missingmanuals.com Science meets self-help in a survey for ...
Bread, Body, Spirit.(Bread, Body, Spirit: Finding the Sacred in Food)(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Bread, Body, Spirit Alice Peck, editor Sky Light Paths Publishing PO Box 237, Sunset Farm offices, Rt.4, Woodstock, VT 05091 9781594732423, $19.99, www.skylightpaths.com You are what you eat, as the old proverb goes. "Bread, Body, ...
ADHD: Living Without Brakes.(Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder)(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... ADHD: Living Without Brakes Martin L. Kutscher, MD Jessica Kingsley Publishers 400 Market Street #400, Philadelphia, PA 19106 9781843108733, $22.95 www.jkp.com From the wide range of ADHD symptoms and common difficulties parents face ...
Painless Childbirth.(Painless Childbirth: An Empowering Journey Through Pregnancy and Birth)(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Painless Childbirth Giuditta Tornetta Cumberland House Publishing 431 Harding Industrial Drive, Nashville TN 37211 9781581826401, $16.95 www.cumberlandhouse.com PAINLESS CHILDBIRTH: AN EMPOWERING JOURNEY THROUGH PREGNANCY AND BIRTH ...
Women, Work, and Autoimmune Disease.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Women, Work, and Autoimmune Disease Rosalind Joffe and Joan Friedlander Demos 386 Park Avenue South Suite 301, New York NY 10016 1932603689, $18.95 www.demoshealth.com Over seventy percent of autoimmune diseases occur in women, most ...
8 Weeks to Maximizing Diabetes Control.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... 8 Weeks to Maximizing Diabetes Control Laura Hieronymus, MSED, APRN, BC-ADM, CDE and Christine Tobin, RB, MBA, CDE American Diabetes Association 1701 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311 1580402798, $16.95 www.diabetes.org In ...
Special Forces At War.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Special Forces At War Shelby L. Stanton Zenith Press c/o MBI Publishing Company 380 Jackson Street, Suite 200, St. Paul, MN 55101 www.mbipublishing.com 1-800-458-0454 9780760334492, $40.00 www.zenithpress.com ...
Agents of Bioterrorism.(Agents of Bioterrorism: Pathogens and Their Weaponization )(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Agents of Bioterrorism Geoffrey Zubay, et.al. Columbia University Press 61 West 62nd Street, New York, NY 10023-7015 9780231133470, $27.50 www.columbia.edu/cu/cup Bioterrorism has been written up in the news as a threat but too few ...
Etched in Purple.(Etched in Purple: One Soldier's War in Europe)(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Etched in Purple Frank J. Irgang Potomac Books 22841 Quicksilver Drive, Dulles VA 20166 9781597972048, $17.95 www.potomacbooksinc.com Any collection strong in World War II memoir needs ETCHED IN PURPLE: ONE SOLDIER'S WAR ...
Military to Civilian: Resumes and Letters.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Military to Civilian: Resumes and Letters Carl S. Savino, Major and Ronald L. Krannich, Ph.D. Impact Publications 9104 Manassas Drive Suite N, Manassas Park, VA 20111 1570232679, $21.95 www.impactpublications.com Transitioning to the ...
Arabic Tattoos.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Arabic Tattoos Jon Udelson Mark Batty Publisher 36 West 27th Street, Penthouse, New York NY 01018 9780977985081, $17.95 www.markbattypublisher.com Islam prohibits tattooing, but there's been an increase in the types and number of ...
Defining Landscape.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Defining Landscape Oh Chi Gyun Hudson Hills Press Box 205, Manchester, VT 05254 193443504X, $50.00 www.hudsonhills.com Any art library or collection strong in Impressionist painting or Asian and Western works needs DEFINING ...
Islamic Geometric Patterns.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Islamic Geometric Patterns Eric Broug Thames & Hudson 500 - 5th Avenue, New York NY 10110 9780500287217, $21.95 www.thamesandhudsonusa.com Islamic patterns come from ancient practitioners who used traditional measurements to create ...
Spin Fishing Basics.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Spin Fishing Basics Francis P. Pandolfi and Jono Pandolfi Burford Books 32 Morris Avenue, Springfield, NJ 07081 1580801501, $12.95 www.burfordbooks.com Any interested in the introductory basics of spin fishing, whether from a library ...
Martingale & Company.(quilting books)(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Martingale & Company 20205 - 144th Ave NE, Woodinville, WA 98072-8478 www.martingale-pub.com Any who would try machine applique may find it a daunting task initially, but Sharon Pederson's book Machine Applique for the Terrified Quilter (9781564778208, ...
The Best of Knitter's Guy Knits.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... The Best of Knitter's Guy Knits XRX Books Box 965, Sioux Falls, ID 57101-0965 9781933064093, $19.95 www.knittinguniverse.com 25 knits from Knitter's Magazine provide hats, mittens, gauntlets and more in ...
Alter Ego: The Best of the Legendary Comics Fanzine.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Alter Ego: The Best of the Legendary Comics Fanzine Roy Thomas and Bill Schelly, editors Two Morrows 10407 Bedfordtown Drive, Raleigh, NC 27614 1893905888 , $21.95 www.twomorrows.com In 1961 Jerry Bails and Roy Thomas launched ALTER ...
Los Angeles River.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Los Angeles River Ted Elrick and the Friends of the L.A. River Arcadia Publishing 420 Wando Park Blvd., Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 0738547182, $19.99 www.arcadiapublishing.com Any California library strong in Southern California history ...
Arcadia Publishing.(history books)(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Arcadia Publishing 420 Wando Park Blvd., Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 www.arcadiapublishing.com Carol A. Jensen and the East Contra Costa Historical Society's BRENTWOOD (0738558257, $19.99) gathers fine vintage photos culled from local archives and collections ...
Berkeley Bohemia.(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Berkeley Bohemia Ed Herny, Shelley Rideout and Katie Wadell Gibbs Smith Publisher Box 667, Layton, UT 84041 1423600851, $24.99 www.gibbs-smith.com Berkeley, California is well known today for its liberal and free thinking student ...
When You Are Engulfed in Flames.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... When You Are Engulfed in Flames David Sedaris Hachette Audio 237 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017-0010 1600241824, $34.98 www.hachetteaudio.com The author performs a gripping series of four live recordings of a new book of essays ...
Blood Noir.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Blood Noir Laurell K. Hamilton Brilliance Audio c/o Brilliance Corporation PO Box 887, Grand Haven, MI 49417 159737895X, $46.95 www.brillianceaudio.com Cynthia Holloway provides a moving, absorbing and charged reading to ...