California Bookwatch back issues from January 2009:
The Hidden Treasures of Timbuktu.(The Hidden Treasures of Timbuktu: Rediscovering Africa's Literary Culture)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... The Hidden Treasures of Timbuktu John O. Hunwick and Alida Jay Boye Thames & Hudson 500-5th Avenue, New York NY 10110 9780500514214, $50.00 www.thamesandhudsonusa.com THE HIDDEN TREASURES OF TIMBUKTU: REDISCOVERING AFRICA'S LITERARY ...
You: Being Beautiful.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... You: Being Beautiful Michael F. Roizen MD & Mehmet C. Oz, MD The Free Press 1230 Avenue of Americas, New York NY 10020 1416572341, $26.99 www.simonandschuster.com Most people believe beauty revolves around beauty products or ...
Mad Dinner.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Mad Dinner MAD Actar Distribution 158 Lafayette Street, 5th Floor, New York NY 10013 8496954218, $49.95 www.amazon.com Any collection strong in Chinese culture, art, and architecture will love MAD DINNER. Its structure, focus and ...
Don't Sleep, there are Snakes.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes Daniel L. Everett Pantheon Books c/o Random House 1745 Broadway, 17th floor, New York, NY 10019 9780375425028, $26.95 www.pantheonbooks.com Linguist Daniel Everett lived with a small tribe of ...
Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photographs.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photographs Deborah Willis and Kevin Merida Amistad c/o HarperCollins 10 East 53rd Street, New York NY 10022 9780061733093, $26.95 www.amidstadbooks.com Deborah Willis is a photo historian ...
Crime Victim's Guide to Justice, 3rd Edition.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Crime Victim's Guide to Justice, 3rd Edition Mary L. Boland, Attorney at Law Sphinx Legal c/o Sourcebooks PO Box 4410, Naperville, IL 60567-4410 1572486554, $22.95 www.sphinxlegal.com If you've been a crime victim you have ...
Confident Parents Remarkable Kids.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Confident Parents Remarkable Kids Bonnie Harris, M.S.Ed Adams Media 57 Littlefield Street, Avon, MA 02322 1598694715, $12.95 www.adamsmedia.com Parents seeking a better way of improving a child's behavior will find this an excellent ...
A Year in Fashion.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... A Year in Fashion Pascal Morche Prestel 900 Broadway Suite 603, New York NY 10003 9783791339467, $29.95 www.prestel-usa.com Over seven hundred pages pack in nearly four hundred color illustrations in A YEAR IN FASHION, a lovely gift ...
Fashion Inside Out.(Fashion Inside Out: Daniel V's Guide to How Style Happens from Inspiration to Runway and Beyond)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Fashion Inside Out Daniel Vosovic Watson-Guptill Publications 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003-9535 www.wgpub.com, 1-800-451-1741 9780823032174, $29.95 www.watsonguptill.com FASHION INSIDE OUT: DANIEL V'S GUIDE TO HOW ...
Influence.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Influence Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen Razorbill c/o Penguin Publishing Group 345 Hudson Avenue, New York NY 10014 9781595142108, $35.00 www.razorbillbooks.com Two actresses and designers provide a powerful blend of ...
Building Patterns.(Building Patterns: The Architecture of Women's Clothing)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Building Patterns Suzy Furrer Apparel Arts 2325 Third St. #406, San Francisco, CA 94107 9781424343539, $80.00 www.apparel-arts.com Building Patterns: The Architecture of Women's Clothing is a step-by-step guide to the craft of ...
China Style.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... China Style Sharon Leece Periplus Editions c/o Tuttle Publishing 364 Innovation Drive, North Clarendon, VT 05759-9436 0794605532, $39.95 www.tuttlepublishing.com Chinese art, architecture and design has a long history and ...
Brilliant Strokes.(Brilliant Strokes: Chinese Paintings from the MacTaggart Art Collection)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Brilliant Strokes Ka Bo Tsang University of Alberta Press Ring House 2, University of Alberta Edmonton AB Canada T6G 2E1 1551952165, $29.95 www.uap.ualberta.ca BRILLIANT STROKES: CHINESE PAINTINGS FROM THE MACTAGGART ART ...
Sentimental Journey: The Art of Alfred Jacob Miller.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Sentimental Journey: The Art of Alfred Jacob Miller Lisa Strong Amon Carter Museum c/o University of Oklahoma Press 2800 Venture Drive, Norman, OK 73069 9780833601051, $45.00 www.oupress.com Alfred Jacob Miller was the ...
The Art of Frank Howell.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... The Art of Frank Howell Michael French Doubleday & Company 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 c/o The Random House Publishing Group 9780385322348, $35.00 www.randomhouse.com Frank Howell died in 1997, shortly after this ...
Black Velvet Masterpieces.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Black Velvet Masterpieces Carl Baldwin and Caren Anderson Chronicle Books 680-2nd Street, San Francisco CA 94107 9780811862073, $24.95 www.chroniclebooks.com Deserving of ongoing mention is this stunning gathering of black velvet ...
Handmade Nation.(Handmade Nation: The Rise, DIY, Craft, and Design)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Handmade Nation Faythe Levine and Cortney Heimerl Princeton Architectural Press 37 East 7th Street, New York NY 10003 9781568987673, $24.95 www.papress.com Today's craft world is now a linked culture of punk, artistic technique, and ...
Faberge's Eggs.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Faberge's Eggs Toby Faber Random House c/o The Random House Publishing Group 1745 Broadway, 17th floor, New York, NY 10019 www.randomhouse.com, 1-800-726-0600 9781400065509, $30.00 www.atrandom.com The Faberge ...
Confident Color.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Confident Color Nita Leland North Light Books c/o F&W Publications 4700 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, OH 45236 1600610128, $29.99 www.fwpublications.com CONFIDENT COLOR: AN ARTIST'S GUIDE TO HARMONY, CONTRAST AND UNITY ...
Seals: The U.S. Navy's Elite Fighting Force.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Seals: The U.S. Navy's Elite Fighting Force Mir Bahmanyar with Chris Osman Osprey Publishing 443 Park Avenue South, New York NY 10016 9781846032264, $29.95 www.ospreypublishing.com In their 25 years of existence the U.S. Navy SEALs ...
Medieval Knights: The Age of Chivalry.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Medieval Knights: The Age of Chivalry Jose Sanchez Toledo Casemate 1016 Warrior Road Suite C, Drexel Hill, PA 19026-4818 9788496527898, $45.95, www.casemate.com Author Jose Toledo is an analyst and expert on Classical Antiquity and ...
The Long Descent.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... The Long Descent John Michael Greer New Society Publishers PO Box 189, Gabriola Island, BC V0R 1XO Canada 9780865716094, $18.95 www.newsociety.com Is our present industrial society on the same downward spiral path as those of ...
The Clean Tech Revolution.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... The Clean Tech Revolution Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder Collins Business c/o Harper Collins 10 East 53rd Street, New York NY 10022 9780060896249, $15.95 www.harpercollins.com From top trends in clean technology to companies ...
Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies Jim Collins and Jerry L. Porras HarperBusiness c/o Harper Collins 10 E. 53rd Street, New York NY 10010 00060566108, $27.50 www.harpercollins.com Now, more than ever, ...
Everything I Know About Business I Learned at McDonald's.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Everything I Know About Business I Learned at McDonald's Paul Facella with Adina Genn McGraw-Hill c/o The McGraw Hill Companies Two Penn Plaza, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10121-2298 www.books.mcgraw-hill.com, 1-877-833-5524 ...
The Principles of Project Management.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... The Principles of Project Management Meri Williams Sitepoint 48 Cambridge Street Collingwood VIC Australia 3066 9780980285864, $39.95 www.sitepoint.com Project managers new to the business receive an excellent primer on running ...
The Secrets to Succeeding in Network Marketing.(The Secrets to Succeeding in Network Marketing: How to Achieve Financial Success Selling Network Marketing Products and Services)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... The Secrets to Succeeding in Network Marketing Jonathan Street Atlantic Publishing Company 1405 SW 6th Avenue, Ocala, FL 34474-7014 9781601380197, $24.95 www.atlantic-pub.com THE SECRETS TO SUCCEEDING IN NETWORK MARKETING: HOW TO ...
Future Savvy.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Future Savvy Adam Gordon Amacom 1601 Broadway, New York NY 10019 0814409121, $24.95 www.amacombooks.org Why do some business predictions come true while others miss the mark entirely? What do companies need to clearly assess their ...
Themes for Inclusive Classrooms: Lesson Plans for Every Learner.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Themes for Inclusive Classrooms: Lesson Plans for Every Learner Laverne Warner, et.al. Gryphon House 10726 Tucker Street, Beltsville, MD 20705 97808765900041, $29.95 www.ghbooks.com Teachers who have developing young children as well ...
Emergent Curriculum in Early Childhood Settings from Theory to Practice.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Emergent Curriculum in Early Childhood Settings from Theory to Practice Susan Stacey Redleaf Press 10 Yorkton Court, Saint Paul MN 55117 9781933653419, $29.95 www.redleafpress.org College-level teaching libraries as well as teachers ...
Assessing Critical Skills.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Assessing Critical Skills Jon Mueller Linworth Books 3650 Olentangy River Road Suite 250, Columbus, OH 43214 1586832824, $44.95 www.linworth.com Library media specialists learn the process and value of designing assessments that ...
Corwin Press.(nonfiction books)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Corwin Press 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 www.corwinpress.com Jill A. Lindberg, Michele Flasch Ziegler and Lisa Barczyk's COMMON-SENSE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT: TECHNIQUES FOR WORKING WITH STUDENTS WITH SIGNIFICANT DISABILITIES (9781412958196, ...
Not Fit for a Dog!(Not Fit for a Dog!: The Truth about Manufactured Dog and Cat Food)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Not Fit for a Dog! Michael W. Fox, B. Vet. Med., Ph.D., D.Sc., M.R.C.V.S., et. al. Quill Driver Books 2006 South Mary, Fresno, CA 93721 1884956831, $25.00 www.quilldriverbooks.com NOT FIT FOR A DOG! THE TRUTH ABOUT MANUFACTURED ...
What Philosophy Can Tell You About Your Cat.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... What Philosophy Can Tell You About Your Cat Steven D. Hales, Editor Open Court PO Box 300, Peru, IL 61354 0812696522 , $14.95 www.opencourtbooks.com Libraries strong in either popular philosophy applications or pets will find What ...
Restraint and Handling of Wild and Domestic Animals.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Restraint and Handling of Wild and Domestic Animals Murray Fowler Wiley-Blackwell 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148 0813814324, $120.00 www.wiley.com/wiley-blackwell The third updated edition of Restraint and Handling of Wild and ...
Healing the Rift.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Healing the Rift Leo Kim Cambridge House Press 115 West 29th Street, New York NY 10001 9780978721329, $24.95 www.camhousepress.com Most U.S. people believe in a spiritual dimension--yet most also believe in science, and there's a gap ...
Prophet's Daughter.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Prophet's Daughter Erin Prophet The Lyons Press 246 Goose Lane, Guilford, CT 06437 www.lyonspress.com, 1-800-836-0510 9781599214252, $24.95 www.globepequot.com In early 1990 in response to the apocalyptic prophecies of her ...
Feminine Mysteries in the Bible.(Feminine Mysteries in the Bible: The Soul Teachings of the Daughters of the Goddess)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Feminine Mysteries in the Bible Ruth Rusca Bear & Company c/o Inner Traditions One Park Street, Rochester, VT 05767 9781591430889, $15.00 www.bearandcompanybooks.com Feminine Mysteries in the Bible: The Soul Teachings of ...
Modern Spiritual Masters.(Modern Spiritual Masters: Writings on Contemplation and Compassion)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Modern Spiritual Masters Robert Ellsberg, Editor Orbis Books PO Box 308, Maryknoll, NY 10545-0308 www.orbisbooks.com, 1-800-258-5838 9781570757884, $18.00 www.maryknoll.org Any spiritual library needs Robert Ellsberg's ...
Jesus and the Feminists: Who Do They Say That He Is?(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Jesus and the Feminists: Who Do They Say That He Is? Margaret Elizabeth Kostenberger Crossway Books 1300 Crescent Street, Wheaton, IL 60187 1581349599, $19.99 www.crossway.org The scholarly work of feminists on the person of Jesus ...
Aurora Crossing.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Aurora Crossing Karl H. Schlesier Texas Tech University Press Box 41037, Lubbock, TX 79409-1037 9780896726369, $27.95 www.ttup.ttu.edu This novel of the Nez Perces tells of one Seton who has been reared first in an Anglo township in ...
Just After Sunset.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Just After Sunset Stephen King Scribner 1230 Avenue of Americas, New York NY 10020 1416584080, $28.00 www.simonandshcuster.com 13 short stories represent the latest and greatest of Stephen King, offering up his first short story ...
Where Serpents Sleep.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Where Serpents Sleep C.S. Harris Obsidian c/o Penguin Publishing Group 375 Hudson, New York NY 10014 9780451225122, $23.95 www.penguin.com This new Sebastian St. Cyr mystery is set in 1812 London and revolves around the ...
Green Monster.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Green Monster Rick Shefchik Poisoned Pen Press 6962 E. 1st Avenue #103, Scottsdale, AZ 85251 9781590585245, $24.95 www.poisonedpenpress.com After winning a second World Championship the Boston Red Sox have finally ...
Notable Moments of Women in Music.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Notable Moments of Women in Music Jay Warner Hal Leonard Books 7777 West Bluemound Road, Milwaukee WI 53213 9781423429517, $19.95 www.halleonard.com 'Pioneering' and 'innovative' are just two words describing women who shaped modern ...
The Spirit of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... The Spirit of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Various Artists Daniel Ho Productions 914 Westwood Blvd. #813, Los Angeles, CA 90024 No ISBN, $15.00, www.danielho.com If you like Hawaiian slack key guitar and or mellow vocals, you need to ...
American Folk Songs: A Regional Encyclopedia.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... American Folk Songs: A Regional Encyclopedia Norm Cohen Greenwood Press 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 9780313340482, $149.95 www.greenwood.com AMERICAN FOLK SONGS is a 'must' for any library: it provides a range of lyrics to ...
John Lennon: The Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... John Lennon: The Life Philip Norman Ecco 10 East 53rd Street, New York NY 10022 9780060754013, $34.95 www.eccobooks.com For over a quarter century Philip Norman's bestselling SHOUT! has been considered the definitive survey of the ...
Re-Make/Re-Model: Becoming Roxy Music.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Re-Make/Re-Model: Becoming Roxy Music Michael Bracewell DaCapo Press 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142 9780306814006, $17.95 www.dacapopress.com The story of how Bryan Ferry invented the rock band Roxy Music makes for an ...
How to Cook Everything.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... How to Cook Everything Mark Bittman John Wiley & Sons 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030 9780764578656, $35.00 www.howtocookeverything.com How do you update a title long considered a home cook's classic 'Bible'? The author began ...
Martha Stewart's Cooking School.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Martha Stewart's Cooking School Martha Stewart Clarkson Potter Publishers c/o The Crown Publishing Group 1745 Broadway, #B1, New York, NY 10019-4305 www.randomhouse.com, 1-800-726-0600 9780307396440, $45.00 ...
Everything But the Squeal.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Everything But the Squeal John Barlow Farrar, Straus & Giroux 18 West 18th Street, New York NY 10011 0374150109, $25.00 www.fsgbooks.com EVERYTHING BUT THE SQUEAL: EATING THE WHOLE HOG IN NORTHERN SPAIN tells of John Barlow's ...
Under Pressure.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Under Pressure Thomas Keller Artisan 225 Varick Street, New York NY 10014-4381 9781579653514, $75.00 www.artisanbooks.com UNDER PRESSURE: COOKING SOUS VIDE introduces American cooks to a fine foolproof cooking method of packing food ...
Cooking in the South With Johnnie Gabriel.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Cooking in the South With Johnnie Gabriel Johnnie Gabriel Thomas Nelson Publishers PO Box 141000, Nashville, TN 37214 9781401604059, $24.99 www.thomasnelson.com Cooking in the South With Johnnie Gabriel is an outstanding survey from ...
I Like You.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... I Like You Amy Sedaris Grand Central Publishing 237 Park Avenue, New York NY 10017 0446696773, $15.99 www.HachetteBookGroupUSA.com I LIKE YOU: HOSPITALITY UNDER THE INFLUENCE covers everything from the moderate use of drugs in a ...
One-Dish Vegetarian Meals.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... One-Dish Vegetarian Meals Robin Robertson Harvard Common Press 535 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118 9781558323704, $14.95 www.harvardcommonpress.com Over a hundred stews, soups and casseroles for the author's favorite vegetarian meals ...
Best of America's Test Kitchen 2009.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Best of America's Test Kitchen 2009 America's Test Kitchen 17 Station Street, Brookline, MA 02445 9781933675332, $35.00 www.americastestkitchen.com If you want a cookbook so foolproof that it recipes have been tested time and again to assure ...
BakeWise.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... BakeWise Shirley O. Corriher Scribner 1230 Avenue of Americas, New York NY 10020 1416560785, $40.00 www.simonandschuster.com BAKEWISE: THE HOWS AND WHYS OF SUCCESSFUL BAKING is a highly recommended pick for home cooks who like to ...
Anything But Chardonnay.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Anything But Chardonnay Laura Holmes Haddad Stewart, Tabori & Chang 115 West 18th St, New York NY 10011 9781584796619, $19.95 www.stcbooks.com If you're a wine drinker who believes wine falls into either the 'chardonnay or cabernet' ...
The Best Slow & Easy Recipes.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... The Best Slow & Easy Recipes Editors of Cook's Illustrated America's Test Kitchen 17 Station Street, Brookline, MA 02445 1933675249, $35.00 www.cooksillustrated.com The editors of Cook's Illustrated magazine have created a book ...
Spain: A Culinary Road Trip.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Spain: A Culinary Road Trip Mario Batali with Gwyneth Paltrow Ecco Press 10 East 53rd Street, New York NY 10022 9780061560934, $34.95 www.harpercollins.com This companion to the online PBS series needs no TV introduction to make for ...
Digital Infrared Photography.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Digital Infrared Photography Cyrill Harnischmacher Rocky Nook 26 West Mission Street Suite 3, Santa Barbara, CA 93101-2432 9781933952352, $24.95 www.rockynook.com As far back as the 1960s photographers have experimented with analog ...
Visions of Paradise.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Visions of Paradise National Geographic Books 1145-17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036-4688 9781426203381, $35.00 www.ngs.org What is 'heaven on Earth'? National Geographic photographer answers came back varied and surprising with a ...
Posing Techniques for Glamour Photography.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Posing Techniques for Glamour Photography Rolando Gomez Amherst Media PO Box 586, Buffalo, NY 14226 9781584282389, $34.95 www.amherstmedia.com Learn how to design flattering poses suitable to each subject and personality through this ...
Country Garden Quilts.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Country Garden Quilts Kaffe Fassett Taunton Press PO Box 5506, Newton, CT 06470-5506 9781600850486, $24.95 www.taunton.com 20 new quilts are profiled in Kaffe Fassett's latest collection which represents a ten-year partnership ...