ForeWord back issues from March 2007:
Travels in Imagination.(Column)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Travels in Imagination Work Author(s): Alex Moore Columns Byline: Alex Moore Aurora aimed her sunrise-pearled beams at the east portico of San Lorenzo at Naples, Italy, gilding the fourteenth-century church in a halo of awe. The ...
Religion Publishing: A Vital Part of the Public Policy Debate.(Editorial)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Religion Publishing: A Vital Part of the Public Policy Debate Work Author(s): Eugene Schwartz Religion Byline: Eugene Schwartz Religion publishing remains a profitable business opportunity for publishers large and small, as well as ...
The View from Above: The Role of Religion and Society.
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The View from Above: The Role of Religion and Society Work Author(s): Henry L. Carrigan Religion Byline: Henry L. Carrigan In the United States at least, the old joke runs that friends should avoid talking about two topics at parties ...
What's in Your Window?
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: What's in Your Window? Work Author(s): Larry Carpenter Religion Byline: Larry Carpenter Among Christian publishers, many discussions center around how the general market has finally "discovered" Christian products. I wouldn't say ...
Flash Points: Publishers Both Spark and Illuminate Religion Debates.
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Flash Points: Publishers Both Spark and Illuminate Religion Debates Work Author(s): G. Jeffrey MacDonald Religion Byline: G. Jeffrey MacDonald As the early years of the twenty-first century unfold, America is grappling with one ...
Worlds of Words: Picture Books Tempt New Readers.
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Worlds of Words: Picture Books Tempt New Readers Work Author(s): Elizabeth Breau Children's Books Byline: Elizabeth Breau Folktales, fairy tales, and stories about creatures both real and imaginary may seem timeless to adult readers ...
Grendel Returns.(Children's review)(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Grendel Returns Work Author(s): Elizabeth Breau Children's Books Byline: Elizabeth Breau British Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo retells the epic saga Beowulf (Candlewick Press, 978-0-7636-3206-9) in language that brings the ...
The Privileged Three: Travel Books Fawn Over France, Italy, and Ireland.
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The Privileged Three: Travel Books Fawn Over France, Italy, and Ireland Work Author(s): Seth McEvoy Travel Books Byline: Seth McEvoy Certain nations are so disproportionally endowed with natural assets and beauty as to make one ...
Ideas You Got: Where To Go In '07.(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Ideas You Got: Where To Go In '07 Work Author(s): Seth McEvoy Travel Books Byline: Seth McEvoy Unlike a few centuries ago, there is very, very little yet to discover on this planet, a fact that spurs NASA applications every day. ...
Travel Tales.(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Travel Tales Work Author(s): Whitney Hallberg Travel Books Byline: Whitney Hallberg When young newlyweds Tony and Maureen Wheeler left London in a 65 minivan in 1972 for an overland trip to Asia, they didn't plan to start one of the ...
Travels Terrestrial and Cosmic.(Brazil Through the Eyes of William James: Letters, Diaries, and Drawings, 1865-1866)(Mark Twain in Paradise: His Voyages to Bermuda)(The Man Who Flew into Space from his Apartment )(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Travels Terrestrial and Cosmic Work Author(s): Peter Skinner Columns Byline: Peter Skinner In this unlikely trio of travelers, youthful philosopher-scientist William James and seasoned journalist Mark Twain travel but do not ...
Fractured Tales: Malnutrition for the Soul.(Column)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Fractured Tales: Malnutrition for the Soul Work Author(s): Margery Cuyler Columns Byline: Margery Cuyler The other day I visited a local chain and an independent bookstore in search of two picture-book versions of my favorite classic ...
The Heirs of Muhammad: Islam's First Century and the Origins of the Sunni-Shia Split.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The Heirs of Muhammad: Islam's First Century and the Origins of the Sunni--Shia Split Work Author(s): Barnaby Rogerson Overlook Press 413 pages, Hardcover $27.95 Religion ISBN: 9781585678969 Reviewer: David ...
Suddenly Psychic: A Skeptic's Journey.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Suddenly Psychic: A Skeptic's Journey Work Author(s): Maureen Caudill Hampton Roads 280 pages, Softcover $16.95 Paranormal ISBN: 9781571745019 Reviewer: Carol Lynn Stewart An intense spiritual ...
The Civil War 100: The Stories Behind the Most Influential Battles, People and Events In the War Between the States.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The Civil War 100: The Stories Behind the Most Influential Battles, People and Events In the War Between the States Work Author(s): Michael Lee Lanning Sourcebooks 100 b/w photographs and illustrations, 352 pages, Hardcover $24.95 ...
Incomplete Knowledge.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Incomplete Knowledge Work Author(s): Jeffrey Harrison Four Way Books 80 pages, Softcover $14.95 Poetry ISBN: 9781884800733 Reviewer: Melanie Drane In seeking to make sense of the world, Western ...
The Memory Palace of Isabella Stewart Gardner.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The Memory Palace of Isabella Stewart Gardner Work Author(s): Patricia Vigderman Sarabande Books 39 b/w images, 152 pages, Softcover $15.95 Art ISBN: 9781932511437 Reviewer: Beth Hemke Shapiro The ...
Russian Art and the West: A Century of Dialogue in Painting, Architecture, and the Decorative Arts.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Russian Art and the West: A Century of Dialogue in Painting, Architecture, and the Decorative Arts Work Author(s): Rosalind P. Blakesley and Susan E. Reid, editors Northern Illinois University Press 32 b/w illustrations, 256 pages, Hardcover ...
Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life Work Author(s): Kingsley M. Bray University of Oklahoma Press 24 b/w photographs and illustrations, 528 pages, Hardcover $34.95 Biography ISBN: 9780806137858 Reviewer: Deborah Donovan ...
The Fourth Horseman: One Man's Mission to Wage The Great War in America.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The Fourth Horseman: One Man's Mission to Wage The Great War in America Work Author(s): Robert Koenig Public Affairs 8 b/w photographs, 336 pages, Hardcover $26.00 Biography ISBN: 9781586483722 Reviewer: Karl ...
Mechademia 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Mechademia 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga Work Author(s): Frenchy Lunning, Editor University of Minnesota Press 13 color and 32 b/w photographs, 184 pages, Softcover $19.95 Culture ISBN: 9780816649457 ...
Cavorting With Strangers: Great Ideas and Their Champions---Paris.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Cavorting With Strangers: Great Ideas and Their Champions---Paris Work Author(s): F. Patrick Butler Cypress House 542 pages, Softcover $19.95 Fiction ISBN: 9781879384712 Reviewer: Joe Taylor "It ...
Conjugal Love.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Conjugal Love Work Author(s): Alberto Moravia, Marina Harss, translator Other Press 152 pages, Softcover $14.00 Fiction ISBN: 9781590512210 Reviewer: Jennifer Shahade In this novel, the Italian ...
The Morning Tree.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The Morning Tree Work Author(s): Austin Reams Mimbrez Publishers 256 pages, Softcover $14.95 Fiction ISBN: 9780977275007 Reviewer: Aime Merizon The Bible story that is the basis for the Christian ...
The Secret Ever Keeps.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The Secret Ever Keeps Work Author(s): Art Tirrell Kunati 352 pages, Hardcover $24.95 Fiction ISBN: 9781601640048 Reviewer: Carol Haggas "Learning the truth about yourself doesn't necessarily make ...
Valentine: A Love Story.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Valentine: A Love Story Work Author(s): Chet Raymo Cowley Publications 1 b/w map, 292 pages, Hardcover $19.95 Fiction ISBN: 9781561012862 Reviewer: Aimee Houser The origins of Valentine's Day are a ...
The Weight of Smoke.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The Weight of Smoke Work Author(s): George Robert Minkoff McPherson & Company 392 pages, Hardcover $24.95 Fiction ISBN: 9780929701806 Reviewer: Peyton Moss The first novel of a trilogy about the ...
The Three Boys and Other Buddhist Folktales from Tibet.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The Three Boys and Other Buddhist Folktales from Tibet Work Author(s): John S. Major, editor; Yeshi Dorjee, illustrator University of Hawai'i 15 line drawings, 226 pages, Softcover $17.95 Fiction ISBN: 9780824830793 ...
Mystic Seafood: Great Recipes, History, and Seafaring Lore from Mystic Seaport.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Mystic Seafood: Great Recipes, History, and Seafaring Lore from Mystic Seaport Work Author(s): Jean Kerr with Spencer Smith Globe Pequot 92 b/w illustrations, 224 pages, Softcover $16.95 Food ISBN: 9780762741373 ...
The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved: Inside America's Underground Food Movements.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved: Inside America's Underground Food Movements Work Author(s): Sandor Ellix Katz Chelsea Green Publishing 400 pages, Softcover $20 Food ISBN: 9781933392110 Reviewer: Erik ...
Identity Envy-Wanting to Be Who We're Not: Creative Nonfiction by Queer Writers.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Identity Envy---Wanting to Be Who We're Not: Creative Nonfiction by Queer Writers Work Author(s): Jim Tushinski and Jim Van Buskirk, editors Harrington Park Press 266 pages, Hardcover $44.95, Softcover $19.95, 978-1-56023-587-3 Gay ...
The Cult of Pharmacology: How America Became the World's Most Troubled Drug Culture.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The Cult of Pharmacology: How America Became the World's Most Troubled Drug Culture Work Author(s): Richard DeGrandpre Duke University Press 286 pages, Softcover $24.95 Health ISBN: 9780822338819 Reviewer: ...
How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace Work Author(s): Paul D. Blanc University of California Press 10 b/w photographs, 379 pages, Hardcover $50.00, Softcover $19.95, 978-0-520-24882-3 Health ...
The Self-Hypnosis Diet: Use the Power of Your Mind to Reach Your Perfect Weight.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The Self-Hypnosis Diet: Use the Power of Your Mind to Reach your Perfect Weight Work Author(s): Steven Gurgevich and Joy Gurgevich Sounds True 256 pages, Hardcover with audio CD $21.95 Health ISBN: 9781591794752 ...
Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora Work Author(s): Stephanie E. Smallwood Harvard University Press 282 pages, Hardcover $29.95 History ISBN: 9780674023499 Reviewer: KaaVonia ...
More Day to Dawn: Thoreau's Walden for the Twenty-first Century.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: More Day to Dawn: Thoreau's Walden for the Twenty-first Century Work Author(s): Sandra Harbert Petrulionis and Laura Dassow Walls, editors University of Massachusetts Press 264 pages, Softcover $24.95 Literary Criticism ...
Adventures in Darkness: The Summer of an 11-Year-Old Blind Boy.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Adventures in Darkness: The Summer of an 11-Year-Old Blind Boy Work Author(s): Tom Sullivan Nelson Books 240 pages, Hardcover $24.99 Autobiography/Memoir ISBN: 9780785220817 Reviewer: Joe Taylor In ...
The Road Washes Out in Spring: A Poet's Memoir of Living Off the Grid.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The Road Washes Out in Spring: A Poet's Memoir of Living Off the Grid Work Author(s): Baron Wormser University Press of New England 199 pages, Hardcover $24.95 Autobiography/Memoir ISBN: 9781584656074 ...
Melody of Vengeance.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Melody of Vengeance Work Author(s): Michael A. Black; Tim Faurote, illustrator Echelon Press 22 b/w illustrations, 261 pages, Softcover $12.99 Mystery ISBN: 9781590804971 Reviewer: Donna Russo Morin ...
The Only Pure Thing: A Stuart Clay Mystery.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The Only Pure Thing: A Stuart Clay Mystery Work Author(s): Patrick Hyde Beckham Publications 267 pages, Softcover $14.95 Mystery ISBN: 9780931761614 Reviewer: Alan J. Couture Grisly murders are ...
Guiding Parents, Succeeding Children: Reflections on Raising Children in 79 Articles by a Parent, Therapist, Teacher, Coach.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Guiding Parents, Succeeding Children: Reflections on Raising Children in 79 Articles by a Parent, Therapist, Teacher, Coach Work Author(s): Tom McNair SP & A Press 272 pages, Softcover $14.95 Parenting ISBN: 9780978626136 ...
A Suburban Mom: Notes from the Asylum.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: A Suburban Mom: Notes from the Asylum Work Author(s): Meredith O'Brien; Jana Christy, illustrator Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing 8 illustrations, 304 pages, Softcover $16.00 Parenting ISBN: 9781932279511 Reviewer: ...
An Alchemist with One Eye on Fire.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: An Alchemist With One Eye on Fire Work Author(s): Clayton Eshleman Black Widow Press 114 pages, Softcover $15.95 Poetry ISBN: 9780976844952 Reviewer: Anne-Marie Oomen If readers want to escape from ...
Next Life.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Next Life Work Author(s): Rae Armantrout Wesleyan University Press 88 pages, Hardcover $22.95 Poetry ISBN: 9780819568205 Reviewer: Erica Wright The publication of a poet's selected poems is often ...
The Planetary Tambourine.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The Planetary Tambourine Work Author(s): Steven Nightingale Black Rock Press 104 pages, Hardcover $22.95, Softcover $14.95, 978-1-891033-32-2 Poetry ISBN: 9781891033339 Reviewer: Jeff Gundy What ...
A Poetry Criticism Reader.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: A Poetry Criticism Reader Work Author(s): Jerry Harp and Jan Weissmiller, editors University of Iowa Press 155 pages, Softcover $19.95 Poetry ISBN: 9780877459958 Reviewer: Camille-Yvette Welsch Poet ...
Wallowing in Sex: The New Sexual Culture of 1970s American Television.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Wallowing in Sex: The New Sexual Culture of 1970s American Television Work Author(s): Elana Levine Duke University Press 29 b/w photographs, 312 pages, Hardcover $79.95, Softcover $22.95, 978-0-8223-3919-9 Television ...
Hidden in Plain Sight: Getting to the Bottom of Troubling Emotions.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Hidden in Plain Sight: Getting to the Bottom of Troubling Emotions Work Author(s): Barry Grosskopf VanderWyk & Burnham 336 pages, Softcover $16.95 Psychology ISBN: 9781889242293 Reviewer: E. James Lieberman ...
Buddhist Goddesses of India.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Buddhist Goddesses of India Work Author(s): Miranda Shaw Princeton University Press 135 color and b/w illustrations, 720 pages, Hardcover $35.00 Religion ISBN: 9780691127583 Reviewer: Leah Samul ...
The General's Lady: God's Faithfulness to a Military Spouse.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The General's Lady: God's Faithfulness to a Military Spouse Work Author(s): Charlene Curry Believe Books 20 photographs, 230 pages, Softcover $14.99 Religion ISBN: 9780978742874 Reviewer: Margaret Cullison ...
The New Brothers Grimm: And Their Left Behind Fairy Tales.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The New Brothers Grimm: And Their Left Behind Fairy Tales Work Author(s): David T. Morgan Mercer University Press 192 pages, Softcover $10.00 Religion ISBN: 9780881460360 Reviewer: David Priess ...
Smarts: Are We Hardwired for Success?(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Smarts: Are We Hardwired for Success? Work Author(s): Chuck Martin, Peg Dawson, and Richard Guare AMACOM 240 pages, Hardcover $21.95 Self Help ISBN: 9780814409060 Reviewer: Vicki Gervickas That ...
Beyond the Plain and Simple: A Patchwork of Amish Lives.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Beyond the Plain and Simple: A Patchwork of Amish Lives Work Author(s): Pauline Stevick; Freiman Stolzfus, illustrator Kent State University Press 17 b/w illustrations, 160 pages, Hardcover $22.95 Spirituality ISBN: ...
The Divine Matrix: The Pure Space Where All Things Begin.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The Divine Matrix: The Pure Space Where All Things Begin Work Author(s): Gregg Braden Hay House 13 color illustrations, 256 pages, Hardcover $24.95 Spirituality ISBN: 9781401905705 Reviewer: Margaret Cullison ...
Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify and Energize Your Life, Your Home and Your Planet.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify & Energize Your Life, Your Home & Your Planet Work Author(s): Norma Lehmeier Hartie Lingham Press 299 pages, Softcover $19.95 Spirituality ISBN: 9780977963300 ...
Baseball and the Media: How Fans Lose in Today's Coverage of the Game.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Baseball and the Media: How Fans Lose in Today's Coverage of the Game Work Author(s): George Castle University of Nebraska Press 288 pages, Softcover $24.95 Sports ISBN: 9780803264694 Reviewer: Ron Kaplan ...
A Guide to New Zealand Waterfalls.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: A Guide to New Zealand Waterfalls Work Author(s): Johnny T. Cheng Story Nature Press 280 color photographs, maps, and illustrations, 288 pages, Softcover $24.95 Travel ISBN: 9780976955191 Reviewer: Bryce ...
She's Such a Geek: Women Write About Science, Technology, and Other Nerdy Stuff.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: She's Such a Geek: Women Write about Science, Technology, & Other Nerdy Stuff Work Author(s): Annalee Newitz and Charlie Anders, editors Seal Press 256 pages, Softcover $14.95 Women ISBN: 9781580051903 ...
Masters of the Renaissance: Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and More.(Sound recording review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Masters of the Renaissance: Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and More Work Author(s): Jim Weiss Greathall Productions 78 minutes, 1 CD $14.95 Art ISBN: 9781882513888 Reviewer: Robin Farrell Edmunds ...
Faith and Politics: How the "Moral Values" Debate Divides America and How to Move Forward Together.(Sound recording review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Faith and Politics: How the "Moral Values" Debate Divides America and How to Move Forward Together Work Author(s): John Danforth Listen & Live Audio 10 hours, 8 CDs $29.95 Politics ISBN: 9781593160890 ...
The First Music.(Children's review)(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The First Music Work Author(s): Dylan Pritchett; Erin Bennett Banks, illustrator August House Color illustrations, 32 pages, Hardcover $16.95 Children's Picture Book ISBN: 9780874837766 Reviewer: Jeanne M ....
Rickity and Snickity at the Balloon Fiesta.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Rickity and Snickity at the Balloon Fiesta Work Author(s): Patricia Derrick; J-P Loppo Martinez, illustrator Animalations 17 color illustrations, 32 pages, Hardcover $18.95 Children's Picture Book ISBN: 9781933818115 ...
The Deep Cut.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The Deep Cut Work Author(s): Susan Rosson Spain Marshall Cavendish 218 pages, Hardcover $16.99 Middle Readers:Fiction ISBN: 9780761453161 Reviewer: Jeanne M. Lesinski This tale of bravery and ...
Diary of a Would-be Princess.(Children's review)(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Diary of a Would-be Princess Work Author(s): Jessica Green Charlesbridge Publishing 240 pages, Hardcover $15.95 Middle Readers:Fiction ISBN: 9781580891660 Reviewer: Robin Slaw "Mrs. Bright says we ...
Frederick Douglass: Young Defender of Human Rights.(Children's review)(Book review)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Frederick Douglass: Young Defender of Human Rights Work Author(s): Elisabeth P. Myers; Cathy Morrison, illustrator Patria Press B/w illustrations, 116 pages, Hardcover $15.95, Softcover $9.95, 978-1882859-58-90 Middle ...