California Bookwatch back issues from December 2008:
What on Earth Happened?(What on Earth Happened?: The Complete Story of the Planet, Life, and People from the Big Bang to the Present Day)(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... What on Earth Happened? Christopher Lloyd Bloomsbury USA 5th Avenue, New York NY 10010 1596915838, $45.00 www.bloomsburyusa.com How old is the universe, and when did life begin? Who discovered writing and how did human culture ...
The Year We Disappeared.(The Year We Disappeared: A Father - Daughter Memoir)(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... The Year We Disappeared Cylin Busby & John Busby Bloomsbury 175-5th Avenue, 8th Floor, New York NY 10010 1599901412, $17.99 www.bloomsburyusa.com THE YEAR WE DISAPPEARED--A FATHER-DAUGHTER MEMOIR tells of a police officer gunned down ...
Held in the Light.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Held in the Light Anne Morrison Welsh and Joyce Hollyday Orbis Books PO Box 308, Maryknoll, NY 10545 9781570758027, $20.00 www.orbisbooks.com In 1965 devout Quaker Norman Morrison immolated himself on the steps of ...
Titanic's Last Secrets.(Titanic's Last Secrets: The Further Adventures of Shadow Divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler)(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Titanic's Last Secrets Brad Matsen Twelve Books c/o Hachette Publishing Group 237 Park Avenue, New York NY 10017 0446582050, $27.99 www.twelvebooks.com After their successful investigation of the truth about a sunken Nazi ...
Lowcountry Hurricanes.(Low Country Hurricanes: Three Centuries of Storms at Sea and Ashore)(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Lowcountry Hurricanes Walter J. Fraser Jr. University of Georgia Press 330 Research Drive, Athens, GA 30602-4901 0820328669, $24.95 www.ugapress.org LOWCOUNTRY HURRICANES: TREE CENTURIES OF STORMS AT SEA AND ASHORE offers a fine ...
Roadside Geology of Connecticut and Rhode Island.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Roadside Geology of Connecticut and Rhode Island James W. Skehan Mountain Press Publishing Box 2399, Missoula, MT 59806 0878425470, $26.00 www.mountainpress.com Any library strong in U.S. regional geology and any collection with a ...
Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba Tom Gjelten Viking Press 375 Hudson Street, New York NY 10014 9780670019786, $27.95 www.penguin.com In 1862 a businessman in Cuba with little experience in rum opened a small distillery hoping to ...
Dixie Emporium.(Dixie Emporium: Tourism, Foodways, and Consumer Culture in the American South)(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Dixie Emporium Anthony J. Stanonis University of Georgia Press 330 Research Drive, Athens, GA 30602-4901 0820331694, $24.95 www.ugapress.org Any collection strong in regional American tourism, food, and in Southern culture will ...
The GPS Handbook.(The GPS Handbook: A Guide for the Outdoors)(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... The GPS Handbook Robert I. Egbert & Joseph E. King Burford Books 32 Morris Avenue, Springfield, NJ 07081 1580801498, $16.95 www.burfordbooks.com The revised, updated edition of the original 2003 GPS HANDBOOK: A GUIDE FOR THE OUTDOORS ...
Ice Bears and Kotick.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Ice Bears and Kotick Peter Webb Sheridan House 145 Palisade Street, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522 9781574092646, $17.95 www.sheridanhouse.com Fans of sailing and nautical adventuring will relish ICE BEARS AND KOTICK, a true story of a ...
Cato Supreme Court Review 2007-2008.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Cato Supreme Court Review 2007-2008 Ilya Shapiro, editor Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20001 9781933995175, $15.00 www.cato.org Contributors to Cato's seventh volume of the Cato Supreme Court Review, an ...
Crime Victim's Guide to Justice.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Crime Victim's Guide to Justice Mary L. Boland, Attorney Sphinx Legal c/o Sourcebooks Box 4410, Naperville, IL 60567-4410 1572486554, $22.95 www.sphinxlegal.com If you've been the victim of crime you have rights and ...
Playing Tennis After 50.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Playing Tennis After 50 Kathy Woods & Ron Woods Human Kinetics Box 5076, Champaign, IL 61825-5076 0736072446, $17.95 www.humankinetics.com Whether you're over 50 and new to tennis or returning to the game after a long break, PLAYING ...
The Sports Lover's Guide to Recovery.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... The Sports Lover's Guide to Recovery Andrew L. Dieden Hazelden Center City, MN 55012-0176 9781592854851, $14.95 www.hazelden.org Sports fans seeking a tactical approach to sobriety will find a set of concrete tips from a recovering ...
Remember The AFL.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Remember The AFL Dave Steidel Clerisy Press 1700 Madison Road, Cincinnati, OH 45206 9781578603237, $29.95, www.clerisypress.com Football is America's single most viewed and popular sport. In 1959, eight wealthy businessmen who were ...
Crafting Jewish.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Crafting Jewish Rivky Koenig Artscroll/Shaar Press 4401 Second Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11232 Marcus Wynn Group (publicity) 222-44th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 9781422608173, $29.99, www.craftingjewish.com ...
Revolving Architecture.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Revolving Architecture Chad Randl Princeton Architectural Press 37 E. 7th Street, New York NY 10003 9781568986814, $35.00 www.papress.com REVOLVING ARCHITECTURE: A HISTORY OF BUILDINGS THAT ROTATE, SWIVEL AND PIVOT explores the ...
Zen Architecture.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Zen Architecture Paul Discoe & Alexandra Quinn, authors Roslyn Banish, photographer Gibbs Smith, Publisher PO Box 667, Layton UT 84041 9781423600091, $40.00, www.gibbs-smith.com The principles of Zen Buddhist philosophy as ...
Interdimensional Universe.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Interdimensional Universe Philip Imbrogno Llewellyn 2143 Wooddale Drive, Woodbury, MN 55125-2989 9780738713472, $17.95 www.llewellyn.com Over the author's thirty years of investigation into UFOs, collecting case studies and ...
The Chemical Choir: A History of Alchemy.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... The Chemical Choir: A History of Alchemy P.G. Maxwell-Stuart Continuum 80 Maiden Lane Suite 704, New York NY 10038 9781847251480, $24.95 www.continuum-books.com New age libraries and any interested in spiritual topics will find THE ...
Magic Words: A Dictionary.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Magic Words: A Dictionary Craig Conley Weiser Books 500-3rd Street, Suite 230, San Francisco CA 94107 9781578634347, $24.95 www.redwheelweiser.com Any interested in the words and philosophy of Wicca and magic will find MAGIC WORDS a ...
The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft & Wicca.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... The Encyclopedia Of Witches, Witchcraft & Wicca Rosemary Ellen Guiley Facts On File, Inc. c/o Infobase Publishing 132 West 31st Street, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10001 www.factsonfile.infobasepublishing.com 9780816071036, ...
A Place of Refuge: Maynard Dixon's Arizona.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... A Place of Refuge: Maynard Dixon's Arizona Thomas Brent Smith & Donald J. Hagerty Tucson Museum of Art c/o University of Oklahoma Press 140 North Main Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701 9780911611366, $40.00 www.oupress.com The ...
The Man Who Made Vermeers.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... The Man Who Made Vermeers Jonathan Lopez Harcourt Inc. 215 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10003 9780151013418, $26.00 www.harcourtbooks.com Deserving of ongoing mention is the story of a man whose lifetime of disappointment led him ...
The Loggia of Raphael.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... The Loggia Of Raphael Nicole Dacos Abbeville Press 137 Varick Street, Suite 504, New York, NY 10019-1105 9780789210043, $125.00, www.abbeville.com Any list of Grand Masters of the western art world will include the name of Raphael ...
Minimalist Lighting.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Minimalist Lighting Kirk Tuck Amherst Media Box 586, Buffalo, NY 14226 9781584282303, $34.95 www.amherstmedia.com Learn how to create professional lighting results with minimal lighting equipment, from selecting small, computerized, ...
Night & Low-Light Photography.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Night & Low-Light Photography Jill Waterman Amphoto Books c/o Watson-Guptill 1745 Broadway, New York NY 10019 0817432418, $29.95 www.amphotobooks.com Photographing after dark is a challenge to many and plenty of books ...
50 Photographers You Should Know.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... 50 Photographers You Should Know Peter Stepan Prestel 500 Broadway Suite 603, New York NY 10003 9783791340180, $19.95 www.prestel.com From Diane Arbus and Robert Capa to Dorothea Lange and Hiroshi Sugimoto, 50 Photographers You ...
MFA Highlights: Photography.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... MFA Highlights: Photography Anne E. Havings, et.al. MFA Publications 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 9780878466764, $22.50 www.mfa-publications.org This latest volume in the MFA Highlights series offers over a hundred photos ...
Historic Photos of Christmas In Chicago.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Historic Photos Of Christmas In Chicago Rosemary K. Adams Turner Publishing Company 200--4th Avenue North, Suite 950, Nashville, TN 37219 9781596525092, $39.95, www.turnerpublishing.com Christmas in Chicago has long been a very ...
Baby Scrapbook.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Baby Scrapbook Katie Daynes & Fiona Watts, editors Usborne c/o EDC Publishing PO Box 470663, Tulsa, OK 74146-6515 $19.99, www.edcpub.com, 1-800-475-4522 Every parent will want to remember the outstanding details and ...
"I Am Innocent!".(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... "I Am Innocent!" Jay Robert Nash Da Capo Press c/o Perseus Books Group 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142 9780306815607, $24.95 www.dacapopress.com Collections strong in general interest, law, or social issues will ...
Post Carbon Cities.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Post Carbon Cities Daniel Lerch Post Carbon Press PO Box 917, Sebastopol, CA 95473 9780976751052, $30.00 www.postcarbonpress.com POST CARBON CITIES: PLANNING FOR ENERGY AND CLIMATE UNCERTAINTY provides local governments in the U.S ....
America's Nuclear Wasteland.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... America's Nuclear Wasteland Max S. Power Washington State University Press Box 645910, Pullman, WA 99164-5910 9780874222951, $19.95 www.wsupress.wsu.edu Cold-War era nuclear operations and weapons production produced the legacy of ...
Gay America.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Gay America Linas Alsenas Harry Abrams 115 West 18th Street, New York NY 10011 9780810994874, $24.95 www.abramsyoungreaders.com GAY AMERICA: STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY is billed as the first gay history book published specifically for ...
Conflict Between India and Pakistan: An Encyclopedia.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Conflict Between India and Pakistan: An Encyclopedia Peter Lyon ABC-CLIO Box 1911, Santa Barbara, CA 93116 9781576077122, $85.00 www.abc-clio.com Joining others in the 'Roots of Modern Conflict' titles is this stand-alone ...
Potomac Books Inc.(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Potomac Books Inc. 22841 Quicksilver Drive, Dulles, VA 20166 9781597970839, $24.95 www.potomacbooks.com AFTER THE TALIBAN could easily have been featured in our Military Shelf section but is reviewed here for its wider-ranging importance to any ...
Why I Became An Atheist.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Why I Became An Atheist John W. Loftus Prometheus Books 59 John Glenn Drive, Amherst, NY 14228-2197 9781591025924, $19.95 www.prometheusbooks.com Both spirituality and general-interest lending libraries will welcome WHY I BECAME AN ...
Ancestral Grace.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Ancestral Grace Diarmuid O'Murchu Orbis Books Walsh Bldg, Box 308, Maryknoll, NY 10545 9781570757945, $22.00 www.maryknoll.org ANCESTRAL GRACE: MEETING GOD IN OUR HUMAN STORY offers a synthesized history of humankind from ...
Reuven Firestone.(An Introduction to Islam for Jews )(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Reuven Firestone Jewish Publication Society 2100 Arch Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia PA 19103 9780827608641, $18.00 www.jewishpub.org Islam has been explored in many a book, but this is directed to the Jewish reader--and as such, An ...
Hidden Adult.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... The Hidden Adult Perry Nodelman Johns Hopkins University Press 2715 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218-4363 0801889804, $35.00 www.press.jhu.edu THE HIDDEN ADULT: DEFINING CHILDREN'S LITERATURE surveys the plots, themes, ...
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue John McWhorter Gotham Books c/o Penguin Publishing Group 375 Hudson Street, New York NY 10014-3658 9781592403950, $22.50 www.penguin.com Genetic and linguistic research by author John ...
Home Massage.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Home Massage Suzette Hodnett & Chuck Fata Touch Communications Home Massage 6444 East Spring Street, Long Beach, CA 90815 9780981691107, $21.95, www.tchomemasasge.com Human beings are genetically wired so that touch is one of the five ...
Insight Yoga.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Insight Yoga Sarah Powers Shambhala Publications, Inc. 300 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02115-4544 9781590305980, $24.95, www.shambhala.com Yoga is an enduringly popular form of exercise and meditation whose antiquarian origins ...
Remembering Yesterday, Caring Today.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Remembering Yesterday, Caring Today Pam Schweitzer and Errollyn Bruce Jessica Kingsley Box 960, Herndon, VA 20172-0960 9781843106494, $45.00 www.jkp.com REMEMBERING YESTERDAY, CARING TODAY: REMINISCENCE IN DEMENTIA CARE -- A GUIDE TO ...
Florence Nightingale: Making of An Icon.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Florence Nightingale: Making of An Icon Mark Bostridge Farrar Straus Giroux 18 West 18th Street, New York NY 10011 0374156654, $35.00 www.fsgbooks.com Florence Nightingale was homeschooled to be a Victorian lady but chose instead to ...
Amarcord: Marcella Remembers.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Amarcord: Marcella Remembers Marcella Hazan Gotham Books c/o Penguin Publishing Group 375 Hudson Street, New York NY 10014 9781592403882, $27.50 www.penguin.com Marcella Hazan has been credited with introducing Italian ...
Who Are You: The Life of Pete Townshend.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Who Are You: The Life of Pete Townshend Mark Wilkerson Omnibus Press 257 Park Avenue South, New York NY 10010 9781847727046, $29.95 www.omnibuspress.com This new edition of the classic biography of Who rocker Pete ...
Understanding Screenwriting.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Understanding Screenwriting Tom Stempel Continuum 80 Maiden Lane, New York NY 10038 9780826429391, $23.42 www.continuumbooks.com UNDERSTANDING SCREENWRITING: LEARNING FROM GOOD, NOT-QUITE-SO-GOOD, AND BAD SCREENPLAYS is more than ...
The Legs Are the Last to Go.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... The Legs Are the Last to Go Diahann Carroll Amistad c/o HarperCollins 10 East 53rd Street, New York NY 10022 9780060763268, $24.95 www.amidstadbooks.com Hollywood has no use for a woman over forty--but actress Diahann ...
More Dream Homes.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... More Dream Homes Andreas von Einsiedel and Johanna Thornycroft Merrell Publishers Limited 740 Broadway, Suite 1202, New York, NY 10003 1858943779, $39.95 www.merrellpublishers.com College-level libraries strong in interior design will ...
Jill Butler.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Jill Butler Skirt! c/o Globe Pequot Press Box 480, Guilford, CT 06437 9781599212906, $24.95 www.globepequot.com/skirt Fine photos and original ideas mark a guide to expressing unique artistic sentiments through home decor. From ...
Rich Dad's Advisors: Guide to Investing in Gold and Silver.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Rich Dad's Advisors: Guide to Investing in Gold and Silver Michael Maloney Hachette Audio 237 Park Avenue, New York NY 10017 1600245072, $24.98 www.hachetteaudio.com As financial markets swing wildly investors often turn to ...
More Than It Hurts You.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... More Than It Hurts You Darin Strauss Penguin Audio 375 Hudson Street, New York NY 10014 9780143143338, $39.95 www.penguin.com Arthur Morey, a Harvard attendee and off-Broadway actor, lends a firm and gripping voice to this story of a ...
Perfect Poison.(Audiobook review)(Brief review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Perfect Poison M. William Phelps Brilliance Audio Box 887, Grand Haven, MI 49417 1423349245, $38.95 www.brillianceaudio.com J. Charles lends an experienced voice--experienced in theatre, radio, TV and ...
Pictorial Guide to Costume Jewelry.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Pictorial Guide to Costume Jewelry Ariel Bloom Collector Books Box 3009, Paducah, KY 42002-3009 9781574325799, $29.95 www.collectorbooks.com Any collector of costume jewelry needs this identification and values guide, and libraries ...
Skill-Based Story Cards: Biographies.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Skill-Based Story Cards: Biographies Remedia Publications 15877 North 76th Street, #120, Scottsdale, AZ 85260 REM 1072B, $72.13, www.rempub.com, 1-800-826-4740 The ability to read fluently and comprehensively is a life-long skill that is ...
The Best 368 Colleges, 2009 Edition.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... The Best 368 Colleges, 2009 Edition Robert Franek, with Tom Meltzer, et.a. Princeton Review c/o Random House 2315 Broadway, New York NY 10024 9780375428722, $21.95 www.randomhouse.com What are colleges REALLY like? This ...
Corwin Press.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Corwin Press 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 www.corwinpress.com Secondary classroom teachers and collections catering to them will find Cheryl M. Rose & Carolyn B. Arline's UNCOVERING STUDENT THINKING IN MATHEMATICS GRADES 6-12 (9781412943770, ...
Mrs. Charles Darwin's Recipe Book.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Mrs. Charles Darwin's Recipe Book Dusha Bateson & Weslie Janeway Glitterati Inc. 225 Central Park West, Suite 305, New York, NY 10014 The Lisa Ekus Group (publicity) 57 North Street, Hatfield, MA 01038 9780980155730, ...
150 Things to Make with Roast Chicken and 50 Ways to Roast It.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... 150 Things to Make With Roast Chicken and 50 Ways to Roast It Tony Rosenfeld Taunton Press Box 5506, Newtown, CT 06470-5506 9781561588459, $14.95 www.taunton.com Roast two chickens on Sunday and have a week of various meals using ...
The Story of Sushi.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... The Story of Sushi Trevor Corson Harper Perennial 10 East 53rd Street, New York NY 10022 9780060883515, $14.95 www.harperperennial.com Any fan of sushi will find fascinating this history of sushi around the world, which covers ...
Baked: New Frontiers in Baking.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Baked: New Frontiers in Baking Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito Stewart, Tabori & Chang 115 W. 18th Street, New York NY 10011 9781584797210, $29.95 www.stcbooks.com Not all bakers want to re-do traditional recipes--the authors left ...
Terrine.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Terrine Stephane Reynaud Phaidon 180 Varick Street, 14th Floor, New York NY 10014 9780714848488, $29.95 www.phaidon.com Home cooks seeking new entertainment options will find the terrine a strong possibility: here over 100 recipes ...
Cooking from the China's Fujian Province.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Cooking from China's Fujian Province Jacqueline M. Newman Hippocrene Books 171 Madison Avenue, New York NY 10016 078181183X, $29.95 www.hippocrenebooks.com 200 easy recipes explores China's Fujian province in southeastern China, ...