ForeWord back issues from November 2007:
Cookbooks Lead Us Deliciously Astray.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Cookbooks Lead Us Deliciously Astray Work Author(s): Seth McEvoy Food Byline: Seth McEvoy Humans are wired to be equally curious and distrustful---traits more suited for bygone eras when danger abounded and fear ruled the day. Yet, ...
Take Your Life into Your Own Hands: What You Need to Know about Getting and Staying Healthy.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Take Your Life into Your Own Hands: What You Need to Know about Getting and Staying Healthy Work Author(s): Kristine Morris Health Byline: Kristine Morris The United States spends more than any other country on health care, (about ...
No Place Like Home.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: No Place Like Home Work Author(s): Whitney Hallberg Health Byline: Whitney Hallberg When a person is no longer able to care for himself because of illness or disability, family members are forced to make hard decisions. In the ...
The Path to Wholeness.(psychological health books)(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The Path to Wholeness Work Author(s): Kristine Morris Health Byline: Kristine Morris Close to the Bone: Life-Threatening Illness as a Soul Journey by Jean Shinoda Bolen (Conari Press, 978-1-57324-303-2) Shinoda Bolen, the ...
The Hero Stands Accused: High Crimes, Misdemeanors and Fix-It Tickets.(Young adult review)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The Hero Stands Accused: High Crimes, Misdemeanors and Fix-It Tickets Work Author(s): Todd Mercer Young Adult Byline: Todd Mercer The new teenaged hero doesn't behave as expected and he could have a criminal record. On the other ...
Great Books For and About Great Girls.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Great Books For and About Great Girls Work Author(s): Heather Shaw Young Adult Byline: Heather Shaw Karin's close relationship with her mother is disrupted when she comes home from school one afternoon to find snorting, cynical ...
Independent Presses Open Doors to International Authors and the Authors Open Windows to the World.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Independent Presses Open Doors to International Authors and the Authors Open Windows to the World Work Author(s): Heather Shaw Multi-Cultural Byline: Heather Shaw Independent presses are the gateway and showplace for most authors ...
Fusion Feast for the Eye and Heart.(Under the Dragon: California's New Culture)(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Fusion Feast for the Eye and Heart Work Author(s): Heather Shaw Multi-Cultural Byline: Heather Shaw "It's a tourist's mistake to define the place materially," says Andrew Lam, speaking of the San Francisco Bay Area in his foreword ...
"A cafe is not a sentimental place.".(A Table for One: Under the Light of Jerusalem )(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: "A cafe is not a sentimental place." Work Author(s): Heather Shaw Multi-Cultural Byline: Heather Shaw Aharon Appelfeld is the author of more than thirty works of fiction and nonfiction. In A Table for One: Under the Light of ...
Bark on the Brig.(books about pirates)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Bark on the Brig Work Author(s): Alex Moore Columns Byline: Alex Moore "Pour, oh, pour the pirate sherry; / Fill, oh, fill the pirate glass ..." sing the rogues in The Pirates of Penzance. Filling the glass, too, with buccaneer books ...
Cao Chung Weighs the Elephant.(Editorial)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Cao Chung Weighs the Elephant Work Author(s): Heather Shaw Columns Byline: Heather Shaw Visiting Beijing this summer, I was reminded of the books I read to my children when they were little. We lived in Mexico at that time, without ...
Times of Transition: Building Up . . . Breaking Down . . . Throwing Away.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Times of Transition: Building Up . . . Breaking Down . . . Throwing Away Work Author(s): Peter Skinner History Byline: Peter Skinner A nation re-inventing itself, a nation unraveling, and a young American woman playing at ...
Creating Men Who Read.
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Creating Men Who Read Work Author(s): Elizabeth Breau Columns Byline: Elizabeth Breau Teaching reading is one of the most vital endeavors in today's schools, and boys are garnering most of the attention. Meagan, my family's ...
Eight Dogs Named Jack: And Fourteen Other Stories From the Detroit Streets and Michigan Wilderness.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Eight Dogs Named Jack: And Fourteen Other Stories From the Detroit Streets and Michigan Wilderness Work Author(s): Joe Borri Momentum Books 29 b/w illustrations, 320 pages, Hardcover $24.95 Fiction ISBN: 9781879094796 ...
A Matter of Honor.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: A Matter of Honor Work Author(s): William C. Hammond III Cumberland House 416 pages, Hardcover $26.95 Fiction ISBN: 9781581826098 Reviewer: Peyton Moss By the end of A Matter of Honor, its young ...
Women of Magdalene.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Women of Magdalene Work Author(s): Rosemary Poole-Carter Kunati 288 pages, Hardcover $24.95 Fiction:Historical ISBN: 9781601640147 Reviewer: Aimee Houser During the nineteenth-century, asylums for ...
Touch and Go: A Memoir.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Touch and Go: A Memoir Work Author(s): Studs Terkel The New Press 16 b/w photographs, 288 pages, Hardcover $24.95 Autobiography/Memoir ISBN: 9781595580436 Reviewer: Karl Helicher "I have been an ...
Waterwalk: A Passage of Ghosts.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Waterwalk: A Passage of Ghosts Work Author(s): Steven Faulkner RDR Books 370 pages, Softcover $18.95 Fiction ISBN: 9781571431707 Reviewer: Alan J. Couture Pausing in his frenetic hurtle through a ...
The Guerilla Art Kit: Everything You Need to Put Your Message Out Into the World.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The Guerilla Art Kit: Everything You Need to Put Your Message Out Into the World Work Author(s): Keri Smith Princeton Architectural Press 70 color illustrations, 10 black and white illustrations, 144 pages, Hardcover $17.95 Art ...
Ralph Lauren.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Ralph Lauren Work Author(s): Ralph Lauren Rizzoli 12 x 15, 750 color and b/w photographs, 480 pages, Hardcover w/slipcase $135.00 Art ISBN: 9780847829903 Reviewer: Whitney Hallberg "I didn't like ...
Dancing Lives: Five Female Dancers from the Ballet d'Action to Merce Cunningham.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Dancing Lives: Five Female Dancers from the Ballet d'Action to Merce Cunningham Work Author(s): Karen Eliot University of Illinois Press 15 b/w photographs, 208 pages, Hardcover $32.95 Biography ISBN: 9780252032509 ...
The Judge: William P. Clark, Ronald Reagan's Top Hand.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The Judge: William P. Clark, Ronald Reagan's Top Hand Work Author(s): Paul Kengor, Patricia Clark Doerner, authors Ignatius Press 52 color and b/w photographs, 400 Pages, Hardcover $27.95 Biography ISBN: 9781586171834 ...
From Difficult to Disturbed: Understanding and Managing Dysfunctional Employees.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: From Difficult to Disturbed: Understanding and Managing Dysfunctional Employees Work Author(s): Laurence Miller AMACOM 256 pages, Hardcover $22.00 Business & Economics ISBN: 9780814409220 Reviewer: E. James ...
Cookie Craft: From Piping to Luster Dust.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Cookie Craft: From Piping to Luster Dust Work Author(s): Valerie Peterson and Janice Fryer Storey Publishing 160 pages, Hardcover $18.95 Food ISBN: 9781580176941 Reviewer: Johanna Draper Carlson ...
Candy in Action.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Candy in Action Work Author(s): Matthue Roth Soft Skull Press 224 pages, Hardcover $15.95 Fiction ISBN: 9781933368634 Reviewer: Elizabeth Breau The feminist call for good female role models has been ...
Guacamole Dip: From Baja...Tales of Love, Faith---and Magic.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Guacamole Dip: From Baja ...Tales of Love, Faith---and Magic Work Author(s): Daniel Reveles Sunbelt Publications 296 pages, Softcover $15.95 Fiction ISBN: 9780932653833 Reviewer: Karl Kunkel Tecate, ...
The Pirate's Daughter.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The Pirate's Daughter Work Author(s): Margaret Cezair-Thompson Unbridled Books 392 Pages, Hardcover $24.95 Fiction ISBN: 9781932961409 Reviewer: Dawn Goldsmith Two generations of women lose their ...
Surrender Bay: A Nantucket Love Story.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Surrender Bay: A Nantucket Love Story Work Author(s): Denise Hunter Thomas Nelson 320 pages, Softcover $14.99 Fiction ISBN: 9781595542571 Reviewer: Whitney Hallberg Samantha "Sam" Owens left ...
Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped Work Author(s): Alan Grant, adapter; Cam Kennedy, illustrator Tundra Books 64 pages, Softcover $11.95 Graphic Novel ISBN: 9780887768439 Reviewer: Lance Eaton ...
Safe Dieting for Teens: Second Edition.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Safe Dieting for Teens: Second Edition Work Author(s): Linda Ojeda Hunter House 144 pages, Softcover $12.95 Health ISBN: 9780897935029 Reviewer: Naomi Millan Health and self-image issues affecting ...
Literary Genius: 25 Classic Writers Who Define English & American Literature.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Literary Genius: 25 Classic Writers Who Define English & American Literature Work Author(s): Joseph Epstein, editor; Barry Moser, illustrator Paul Dry Books 25 b/w illustrations, 246 pages, Softcover $18.95 Literary ISBN: ...
Journalism of the Highest Realm: The Memoir of Edward Price Bell, Pioneering Foreign Correspondent for the Chicago Daily News.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Journalism of the Highest Realm: The Memoir of Edward Price Bell, Pioneering Foreign Correspondent for the Chicago Daily News Work Author(s): Jaci Cole and John Maxwell Hamilton, editors Louisiana State University Press 4 b/w photographs, 424 ...
Ticket to Exile: A Memoir.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Ticket to Exile: A Memoir Work Author(s): Adam David Miller Heyday Books 256 pages, Softcover $14.95 Autobiography/Memoir ISBN: 9781597140652 Reviewer: KaaVonia Hinton "I would like to get to know ...
Watergate Prosecutor.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Watergate Prosecutor Work Author(s): William H. Merrill Michigan State University Press B/w photographs, 225 pages, Hardcover $24.95 Autobiography/Memoir ISBN: 9780870138058 Reviewer: Karl Helicher ...
Digital Dharma: A User's Guide to Expanding Consciousness in the Infosphere.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Digital Dharma: A User's Guide to Expanding Consciousness in the Infosphere Work Author(s): Steven R. Vedro, author; Jennifer Hadley, illustrator Quest Books 19 b/w illustrations, 220 pages, Softcover $16.95 Mind, Body & Spirit ...
Riding Into Your Mythic Life: Transformational Adventures with the Horse.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Riding Into Your Mythic Life: Transformational Adventures with the Horse Work Author(s): Patricia Broersma New World Library 272 pages, Hardcover $23.95 Mind, Body & Spirit ISBN: 9781577315742 Reviewer: Bobbye ...
Listen Again: A Momentary History of Pop Music.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Listen Again: A Momentary History of Pop Music Work Author(s): Eric Weisbard, editor Duke University Press 26 b/w illustrations, 336 pages, Hardcover $79.95, Softcover $22.95, 978-0-8223-4041-6 Music ISBN: 9780822340225 ...
Maiden Rock.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Maiden Rock Work Author(s): Mary Logue Bleak House 240 pages , Hardcover $24.95, Softcover $14.95, 978-1-932557-60-2 Mystery ISBN: 9781932557596 Reviewer: Donna Russo Morin Once upon a time, the ...
What Did You Do Before Dying?(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: What Did You Do Before Dying? Work Author(s): Patricia K. Batta Lillimar Publishing 240 pages, Softcover $9.95 Mystery ISBN: 9780979788307 Reviewer: Edward Morris Coping with grief and the sudden ...
No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations Work Author(s): David Wilcove Island Press 10 maps and figures, 240 pages, Hardcover $24.95 Nature ISBN: 9781559639859 Reviewer: Christine ...
Tough Little Beauties: Selected Essays and Other Writings.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Tough Little Beauties: Selected Essays and Other Writings Work Author(s): Stephanie Mills Ice Cube Press 190 Pages, Softcover $16.95 Nature ISBN: 9781888160307 Reviewer: Elizabeth Millard "The ...
Kids Rule! Nickelodeon and Consumer Citizenship.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Kids Rule! Nickelodeon and Consumer Citizenship Work Author(s): Sarah Banet-Weiser Duke University Press 30 b/w illustration, 312 pages, Hardcover $79.95, Softcover $22.95, 978-0-8223-3993-9 Television ISBN: 9780822339762 ...
The Philosophy of Science Fiction Film.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The Philosophy of Science Fiction Film Work Author(s): Steven M. Sanders, editor University Press of Kentucky B/w illustrations, 240 pages, Hardcover $35.00 Film ISBN: 9780813124728 Reviewer: Henry L. Carrigan ...
Russians in Hollywood, Hollywood's Russians: Biography of an Image.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Russians in Hollywood, Hollywood's Russians: Biography of an Image Work Author(s): Harlow Robinson Northeastern University Press 28 b/w illustrations, 304 pages, Hardcover $29.95 Film ISBN: 9781555536862 ...
Beloved Idea.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Beloved Idea Work Author(s): Ann Killough Alice James Books 80 Pages, Softcover $14.95 Poetry ISBN: 9781882295654 Reviewer: Keya Kraft Disentangling the complicated intersections of faith and ...
Complex Sleep.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Complex Sleep Work Author(s): Tony Tost University of Iowa Press 122 pages, Softcover $16.00 Poetry ISBN: 9781587296215 Reviewer: Lisa Bower As the choreographer of Complex Sleep's verbal ...
Little Boat.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Little Boat Work Author(s): Jean Valentine Wesleyan University Press 80 pages, Hardcover $22.95 Poetry ISBN: 9780819568502 Reviewer: Leeta Taylor Serious poets seldom write loud jokes, but the ...
North Northeast: New England Scenes.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: North Northeast: New England Scenes Work Author(s): Rennie McQuilkin, author, Illustrated by Sarah McQuilkin Antrim House (www.AntrimHouseBooks.com) 136 pages, Hardcover $30, Softcover $20.00, 978-0-9770633-3-8 Poetry ...
Undid in the Land of Undone.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Undid in the Land of Undone Work Author(s): Lee Upton New Issues Poetry & Prose 81 pages, Softcover $14.00 Poetry ISBN: 9781930974722 Reviewer: Camille-Yvette Welsch In Upton's fifth book of poetry, ...
The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot Work Author(s): Naomi Wolf Chelsea Green Softcover $13.95, 176 pages Politics ISBN: 9781933392790 Reviewer: Todd Mercer Suppose one ...
The Next Justice: Repairing the Supreme Court Appointments Process.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The Next Justice: Repairing the Supreme Court Appointments Process Work Author(s): Christopher L. Eisgruber Princeton University Press 272 pages, Hardcover $27.95 Politics ISBN: 9780691134970 Reviewer: Deirdre ...
A Book is Born: 24 Mom Authors Tell All.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: A Book is Born: 24 Mom Authors Tell All Work Author(s): Nancy C. Cleary, et al. Wyatt-MacKenzie 54 b/w illustrations, 272 pages, Hardcover $24.00 Self Help ISBN: 9781932279504 Reviewer: Olivia Boler ...
Courage & Craft: Writing Your Life Into Story.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Courage & Craft: Writing Your Life Into Story Work Author(s): Barbara Abercrombie New World Library 176 pages, Softcover $14.95 Self Help ISBN: 9781577316015 Reviewer: Christine Canfield "You will ...
A Call for Heresy: Why Dissent Is Vital to Islam and America.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: A Call for Heresy: Why Dissent Is Vital to Islam and America Work Author(s): Anouar Majid University of Minnesota Press 280 pages, Hardcover $24.95 Religion ISBN: 9780816651276 Reviewer: David Priess ...
Haggadah Illuminated.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Haggadah Illuminated Work Author(s): Even Caredio, author; Guglielomo Bigi Benaja, illustrator Pelican Publishing Company 87 color illustrations, 96 pages, Hardcover $19.95 Religion ISBN: 9781589804951 ...
Jesus and Psychology.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Jesus and Psychology Work Author(s): Fraser Watts, editor Templeton Foundation Press 224 pages, Softcover $19.95 Relationships ISBN: 9781599471242 Reviewer: Aimee Sabo Biblical scholarship isn't ...
Train Time: Railroads and the Imminent Reshaping of the United States Landscape.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Train Time: Railroads and the Imminent Reshaping of the United States Landscape Work Author(s): John R. Stilgoe University of Virginia Press 12 b/w illustrations, 288 pages, Hardcover $29.95 Travel ISBN: 9780813926681 ...
Bird, Bird, Bird! (A Chirping Chant).(Children's review)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Bird, Bird, Bird! (A Chirping Chant) Work Author(s): April Pulley Sayre, author; Gary Locke, illustrator Northword 38 color illustrations, 32 pages, Hardcover $16.95 Children's Picture Book ISBN: 9781559719780 ...
The Little Elephant with the Big Earache.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The Little Elephant with the Big Earache Work Author(s): Charlotte Cowan, author; Elaine Garvin, illustrator Hippocratic Press 33 color illustrations, 32 pages plus instruction card, Hardcover $17.95 Children's Picture Book ...
The Moon and the Night Sweepers.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: The Moon and the Night Sweepers Work Author(s): Mai S. Kemble Red Cygnet Press 32 color illustrations, 32 pages, Hardcover $15.95 Children's Picture Book ISBN: 9781601080134 Reviewer: Troy-Michelle Reinhardt ...
My Imagination.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: My Imagination Work Author(s): Katrina Estes Hill, author; Alvina Kwong, illustrator KRBY Creations 30 color illustrations, 32 pages, Hardcover $15.95 Children's Picture Book ISBN: 9780974571560 Reviewer: ...
Playing by the Rules: A Story about Autism.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Playing by the Rules: A Story about Autism Work Author(s): Dena Fox Luchsinger, author; Julie Olson, illustrator Woodbine House Color illustrations, 32 pages, Hardcover $16.95 Children's Picture Book ISBN: 9781890627836 ...
When the Shadbush Blooms.(Children's review)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: When the Shadbush Blooms Work Author(s): Carla J.S. Messinger and Susan Katz, authors; David Kanietakeron Fadden, illustrator Tricycle Press Color illustrations, 32 pages, Hardcover $15.95 Children's Picture Book ISBN: ...
Caring for Myself.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Caring for Myself Work Author(s): Christy Gast and Jane Krug, authors; Kotoe Laackman, photographer Jessica Kingsley Publishers 75 color photographs, 96 pages, Hardcover $19.95 Middle Readers:Nonfiction ISBN: ...
Charlotte Bakeman Has Her Say.(Young adult review)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Work Title: Charlotte Bakeman Has Her Say Work Author(s): Mary E. Finger, author; Kimberly Rose Batti, illustrator Little Pear Press 19 b/w illustrations, 96 pages, Hardcover $16.00 Middle Readers:Fiction ISBN: 9780974691121 ...