ForeWord back issues from May 2009:
BASEBALL: Batter Up.(books)(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: BASEBALL: Batter Up Work Author(s): Ron Kaplan Sports And Fitness Byline: Ron Kaplan A team that hopes to be successful needs a reliable starting nine. Each spot in the batting order comes with certain skill set, requiring a ...
Traces of Light: Photographs That Document, Report, Manipulate.(photography books)(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Traces of Light: Photographs That Document, Report, Manipulate Work Author(s): Heather Shaw Art Byline: Heather Shaw A photo is an emanation, a trace of light, a mirror, an echo. It can be used to document, to report, to manipulate, ...
International Challenges: Recession Doesnt Stop Politics.(nonfiction books)(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: International Challenges: Recession Doesnt Stop Politics Work Author(s): Karl Helicher Politics Byline: Karl Helicher Trudy Rubin, the highly respected authority on the Middle East and War in Iraq for the Philadelphia Inquirer, ...
The Elusive Gem: As Yet Unheard.
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: The Elusive Gem: As Yet Unheard Work Author(s): Shewanda Pugh Garner Fiction Byline: Shewanda Pugh Garner Perusing the shelves of my local mega-sized bookstore, I am in search of that elusive gem-a fresh voice and a fresh story. Row ...
Automobile Aesthetics.(Carchitecture: 500 Photographs, Frames, Fenders, and Fins / Cadillac at 100: Legacy of Leadership, 1902-1945, vol. 1
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Automobile Aesthetics Work Author(s): Alex Moore Art Byline: Alex Moore Except for the American woman," wrote New Yorks Museum of Modern Arts first director Alfred Hamilton Barr, Jr., "nothing interests the eye of the American man ...
Just What the Recession Ordered: Web Comics.
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Just What the Recession Ordered: Web Comics Work Author(s): Peter Gutierrez Graphic Novels Byline: Peter Gutierrez One second of your time: thats all I need.See, Im going on the assumption that youll soon flip the page since, after ...
Debut Fiction: Different Worlds.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Debut Fiction: Different Worlds Work Author(s): Andi Diehn Fiction Byline: Andi Diehn How many novels by first-time authors are published each year? Do not seek to know the answers, Grasshopper, but to understand the questions. What ...
Why we go to BEA.(BookExpo America)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Why we go to BEA Work Author(s): Heather Shaw General Byline: Heather Shaw I spent all last weekend reading for pleasure a book my mother brought home from North Carolina. Shed found it on the local table at a bookstore in the town ...
The Real Story: China, Tattoos, Indians.(China Underground / Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedia, vol. 3 / The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman )(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: The Real Story: China, Tattoos, Indians Work Author(s): Peter Skinner General Byline: Peter Skinner Those doubting whether anything truly interesting is left to explore can take hope. In China Underground (Soft Skull Press, ...
India Exposed: The Subcontinent A-Z<.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: India Exposed: The Subcontinent A-Z< Work Author(s): Clive Limpkin Abbeville Press 200 photos, Hardcover $29.95 (228pp) Travel ISBN: 9780789209948 Reviewer: Heather Shaw In 2005, retired ...
Elephant Reflections.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Elephant Reflections Work Author(s): Dale Peterson; Karl Ammann, photographer University of California Press 131 photos, Hardcover $39.95 (212pp) Nature ISBN: 9780520253773 Reviewer: Lora Schrock ...
Dream Street.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Dream Street Work Author(s): Douglas McCulloh Heyday Books Softcover $22.50 (176pp) Social Sciences ISBN: 9781597141031 Reviewer: Kristine Morris After author and photographer Douglas McCulloh won ...
The Bridge of the Golden Horn.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: The Bridge of the Golden Horn Work Author(s): Emine Sevgi Ozdamar; Martin Chalmers, Translator Serpents Tail Softcover $15.95 (320pp) Literary ISBN: 9781852429324 Reviewer: Ryan Michael Williams In ...
Far Bright Star.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Far Bright Star Work Author(s): Robert Olmstead Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Hardcover $23.95 (224pp) Literary ISBN: 9781565125926 Reviewer: Lee Gooden Robert Olmstead is the author of the ...
Madewell Brown.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Madewell Brown Work Author(s): Rick Collignon Unbridled Books Hardcover $23.95 (213pp) Literary ISBN: 9781932961652 Reviewer: Barbara Ardinger Its 1929, and fourteen black teenage boys from South ...
Repeat After Me.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Repeat After Me Work Author(s): Rachel DeWoskin Overlook Press Hardcover $23.95 (320pp) Literary ISBN: 9781590202227 Reviewer: Leeta Taylor The "me" of this time-traveling valentine to China is ...
A Thousand Deaths Plus One.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: A Thousand Deaths Plus One Work Author(s): Sergio Ramirez; Leland H. Chambers, translator McPherson & Company Hardcover $25.00 (296pp) Literary ISBN: 9780929701875 Reviewer: Peyton Moss Originally ...
Yankee Invasion.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Yankee Invasion Work Author(s): Ignacio Solares; Timothy G. Compton, translator Scarletta Press Softcover $14.95 (300pp) Literary ISBN: 9780979824944 Reviewer: Lee Gooden Yankee Invasion is a new ...
Jump.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Jump Work Author(s): Tim Maleeny Poisoned Pen Press Hardcover $24.95 (250pp) Mystery ISBN: 9781590585740 Reviewer: Edward Morris This is one hilarious yarn, even though bloodshed begins with the ...
Bright Dark Madonna.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Bright Dark Madonna Work Author(s): Elizabeth Cunningham Monkfish Books Hardcover $26.00 (400pp) Religion ISBN: 9780979882876 Reviewer: Barbara Ardinger At last-Elizabeths Celtic Mary Magdalen has a ...
Mirandas Big Mistake.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Mirandas Big Mistake Work Author(s): Jill Mansell Sourcebooks Softcover $14.00 (496pp) Romance ISBN: 9781402218323 Reviewer: Monica Carter Bestselling British writer Jill Mansell delivers another ...
Save the Whales Please.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Save the Whales Please Work Author(s): Konrad Karl Gatien and Sreescanda Kunati Hardcover $24.95 (432pp) Fiction ISBN: 9781601641656 Reviewer: Barbara Ardinger Written by two men who hold masters ...
The Printed Picture.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: The Printed Picture Work Author(s): Richard Benson The Museum of Modern Art Hardcover $60.00 (308pp) Art ISBN: 9780870707216 Reviewer: Heather Shaw Humans have been interested in making more than ...
Breathing in the Fullness of Time.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Breathing in the Fullness of Time Work Author(s): Willliam Kloefkorn University of Nebraska Press Hardcover $22.95 (244pp) Autobiography/Memoir ISBN: 9780803219328 Reviewer: Aline Soules Nothing ...
High: Confessions of an International Drug Smuggler.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: High: Confessions of an International Drug Smuggler Work Author(s): Brian ODea Other Press Softcover $14.95 (368pp) Autobiography/Memoir ISBN: 9781590513101 Reviewer: Clark Isaacs Brian ODea was ...
Jim: The Authors Self-Centered Memoir On the Great Jim Brown.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Jim: The Authors Self-Centered Memoir On the Great Jim Brown Work Author(s): James Toback Rat Press Softcover $25.00 (138pp) Autobiography/Memoir ISBN: 9780981805634 Reviewer: Clark Isaacs A ...
Love As Always, Kurt: Vonnegut As I Knew Him.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Love As Always, Kurt: Vonnegut As I Knew Him Work Author(s): Loree Rackstraw; Kurt Vonnegut and Joe Petro III, illustrators Da Capo Press Hardcover $25.00 (288pp) Biography ISBN: 9780306818035 Reviewer: Carol ...
Love in Condition Yellow: A Memoir of an Unlikely Marriage.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Love in Condition Yellow: A Memoir of an Unlikely Marriage Work Author(s): Sophia Raday Beacon Press Hardcover $23.95 (216pp) Autobiography/Memoir ISBN: 9780807072837 Reviewer: Robin Farrell Edmunds ...
Objectively Speaking: Ayn Rand Interviewed.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Objectively Speaking: Ayn Rand Interviewed Work Author(s): Marlene Podritske and Peter Schwartz, editors Lexington Books Hardcover $34.95 (270pp) 978-0-7391-3194-7; Softcover $29.95 (270pp) 978-0-7391-3195-4< Biography ...
Strange Telescopes: Following the Apocalypse from Moscow to Siberia.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Strange Telescopes: Following the Apocalypse from Moscow to Siberia Work Author(s): Danile Kalder The Overlook Press Hardcover $26.95 (416pp) Autobiography/Memoir ISBN: 9781590202265 Reviewer: Alan J. Couture ...
Westhope: Life as a Former Farm Boy.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Westhope: Life as a Former Farm Boy Work Author(s): Dean Hulse University of Minnesota Hardcover $19.95 (168pp) Autobiography/Memoir ISBN: 9780816665129 Reviewer: Aline Soules What has happened in ...
The Dream Encyclopedia.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: The Dream Encyclopedia Work Author(s): James R. Lewis Visible Ink Press Softcover $24.95 (450pp) Body, Mind & Spirit ISBN: 9781578592166 Reviewer: Kristine Morris From Abraham, "one of the most ...
The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates Work Author(s): Peter T. Leeson Princeton University Press Hardcover $24.95 (296pp) Business & Economics ISBN: 9780691137476 Reviewer: Karl Helicher ...
Primal Management: Unraveling the Secrets of Human Nature to Drive High Performance.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Primal Management: Unraveling the Secrets of Human Nature to Drive High Performance Work Author(s): Paul Herr AMACOM Hardcover $25.00 (288pp) Business & Economics ISBN: 9780814413968 Reviewer: Barry ...
Parentonomics: An Economist Dad Looks at Parenting.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Parentonomics: An Economist Dad Looks at Parenting Work Author(s): Joshua Gans The MIT Press Hardcover $22.95 (240pp) Family & Relationships ISBN: 9780262012782 Reviewer: Andi Diehn What do you get ...
Whos Your Mama? The Unsung Voices of Women and Mothers.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Whos Your Mama? The Unsung Voices of Women and Mothers Work Author(s): Yvonne Bynoe, editor Soft Skull Press Softcover $15.95 (288pp) Family & Relationships ISBN: 9781593762391 Reviewer: Christine Canfield ...
An American Trilogy: Death, Slavery, and Dominion on the Banks of the Cape Fear River.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: An American Trilogy: Death, Slavery, and Dominion on the Banks of the Cape Fear River Work Author(s): Steven M. Wise Da Capo Press Hardcover $26.00 (304pp) History ISBN: 9780306814754 Reviewer: Deirdre Sinnott ...
Dread: How Fear and Fantasy Have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to Avian Flu.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Dread: How Fear and Fantasy Have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to Avian Flu Work Author(s): Philip Alcabes PublicAffairs Hardcover $26.95 (336pp) History ISBN: 9781586486181 Reviewer: Deirdre Sinnott ...
Famine: A Short History.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Famine: A Short History Work Author(s): Cormac O Grada Princeton University Press Hardcover $27.95 (344pp) History ISBN: 9780691122373 Reviewer: Harold Cordry Regarded as Irelands premier economic ...
Future Scenarios: How Communities can Adapt to Peak Oil and Climate Change.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Future Scenarios: How Communities can Adapt to Peak Oil and Climate Change Work Author(s): David Holmgren Chelsea Green Softcover $12.00 (144pp) Nature ISBN: 9781603580892 Reviewer: Luise Bolleber ...
Going Green: True Tales From Gleaners, Scavengers, and Dumpster Divers.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Going Green: True Tales From Gleaners, Scavengers, and Dumpster Divers Work Author(s): Laura Pritchett, editor University of Oklahoma Press Softcover $19.95 (240pp) Nature ISBN: 9780806140131 Reviewer: Andi ...
What We Leave Behind.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: What We Leave Behind Work Author(s): Derrick Jensen and Aric McBay Seven Stories Press Softcover $24.95 (480pp) Nature ISBN: 9781583228678 Reviewer: Karl Kunkel Our current way of life cannot ...
The End of the West.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: The End of the West Work Author(s): Michael Dickman Copper Canyon Softcover $15.00 (96pp) Poetry ISBN: 9781556592898 Reviewer: Fleda Brown The End of the West, Michael Dickmans exuberant first book, ...
Of This World: New and Selected Poems 1955-2006.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Of This World: New and Selected Poems 1955-2006 Work Author(s): Joseph Stroud Copper Canyon Softcover $18.00 (196pp) Poetry ISBN: 9781556592850 Reviewer: Fleda Brown Forty years of writing are ...
When She Named Fire: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by American Women.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: When She Named Fire: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by American Women Work Author(s): Andrea Hollander Budy, editor Autumn House Press Softcover $29.95 (409pp) Poetry ISBN: 9781932870268 Reviewer: Erica ...
The Birth of Modern Politics: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams and the Election of 1828.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: The Birth of Modern Politics: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams and the Election of 1828 Work Author(s): Lynn Hudson Parsons Oxford University Press Hardcover $24.95 (272pp) Political Science ISBN: 9780195312874 ...
The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity Work Author(s): Soong-Chan Rah InterVarsity Press Softcover $15.00 (180pp) Religion ISBN: 9780830833603 Reviewer: Henry L. Carrigan ...
Darwins Lost World: The Hidden History of Animal Life.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Darwins Lost World: The Hidden History of Animal Life Work Author(s): Martin Brasier Oxford University Press Hardcover $34.95 (288pp) Science ISBN: 9780199548972 Reviewer: Barry Silverstein ...
Beyond Success: Redefining the Meaning of Prosperity.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Beyond Success: Redefining the Meaning of Prosperity Work Author(s): Jeffrey L. Gitterman AMACOM Hardcover $21.95 (240pp) Self Help ISBN: 9780814413364 Reviewer: Barry Silverstein With scores of ...
Healing into Possibility: The Transformational Lessons of a Stroke.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Healing into Possibility: The Transformational Lessons of a Stroke Work Author(s): Alison Bonds Shapiro New World Library Softcover $14.95 (256pp) Self Help ISBN: 9781932073249 Reviewer: Harold Cordry ...
Honor Yourself: The Inner Art of Giving and Receiving.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Honor Yourself: The Inner Art of Giving and Receiving Work Author(s): Patricia Spadaro Three Wings Press Softcover $14.95 (240pp) Self Help ISBN: 9780981603308 Reviewer: Kristine Morris According to ...
My Diva: 65 Gay Men on the Women Who Inspire Them.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: My Diva: 65 Gay Men on the Women Who Inspire Them Work Author(s): Michael Montlack, editor University of Wisconsin Hardcover $24.95 (322pp) Social Sciences ISBN: 9780299231200 Reviewer: Elizabeth Millard ...
The Practical Cyclist: Bicycling for Real People.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: The Practical Cyclist: Bicycling for Real People Work Author(s): Chip Haynes New Society Publishers Softcover $14.95 (192pp) Sports ISBN: 9780865716339 Reviewer: Karl Kunkel Dust off the bike, put ...
A Son of the Game: A Story of Golf, Going Home, and Sharing Lifes Lessons.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: A Son of the Game: A Story of Golf, Going Home, and Sharing Lifes Lessons Work Author(s): James Dodson Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Hardcover $24.95 (304pp) Sports ISBN: 9781565125063 Reviewer: Jeff Friend ...
The Mad Ones: Crazy Joe Gallo and the Revolution at the Edge of the Underworld.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: The Mad Ones: Crazy Joe Gallo and the Revolution at the Edge of the Underworld Work Author(s): Tom Folsom Weinstein Books Softcover $24.95 (240pp) True Crime ISBN: 9781602860810 Reviewer: Shewanda Pugh Garner ...
Alex and Lulu: Two of a Kind.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Alex and Lulu: Two of a Kind Work Author(s): Lorena Siminovich Templar Books Hardcover $14.99 (32pp) Children's Picture Book ISBN: 9780763644239 Reviewer: Kaitlyn Moore Children often struggle with ...
The Mysteries of Beethovens Hair.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: The Mysteries of Beethovens Hair Work Author(s): Russell Martin and Lydia Nibley Charlesbridge Publishing Hardcover $15.95 (120pp) Middle Readers:Nonfiction ISBN: 9781570917141 Reviewer: Heather Shaw ...
Global Shift: How a New Worldview is Transforming Humanity.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Global Shift: How a New Worldview is Transforming Humanity Work Author(s): Edmund J. Bourne Noetic Books/New Harbinger Special Note ISBN: 9781572245976 Reviewer: E. James Lieberman Beyond Reason. What is a ...
Faces from the Land.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Faces from the Land Work Author(s): Ben and Linda Marra Abrams Special Note ISBN: 9780810983359 Reviewer: Heather Shaw Faces from the Land. The year after Ben and Linda Marra married, they went to a powwow ....
Notes on Cooking: A Short Guide to an Essential Craft.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Notes on Cooking: A Short Guide to an Essential Craft Work Author(s): Lauren Braun Costello and Russell Reich RCR Creative Press Special Note ISBN: 9780972425513 Reviewer: Matt Sutherland Kitchen Craft. A ...
The Roots of Morality.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: The Roots of Morality Work Author(s): Maxine Sheets-Johnstone Penn State University Press Special Note ISBN: 9780271033921 Reviewer: E. James Lieberman Moral Massage. Creativity requires wonder and space: "A ...
Mexican Modern: New Food from Mexico.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Mexican Modern: New Food from Mexico Work Author(s): Fiona Dunlop Interlink Books Special Note ISBN: 9781566567442 Reviewer: Matt Sutherland Tierra de Maz. Perhaps no regional cuisine is more dependent on one ...
India Exposed: The Subcontinent A-Z.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: India Exposed: The Subcontinent A-Z Work Author(s): Clive Limpkin Abbeville Press 200 photos, Hardcover $29.95 (228pp) Travel ISBN: 9780789209948 Reviewer: Heather Shaw In 2005, retired ...
Stay Away from Rat Boy.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Stay Away from Rat Boy Work Author(s): Laurie Lears; Illustrated by Red Hansen Albert Whitman & Company Hardcover $16.99 (32pp) Children's Picture Book ISBN: 9780807567890 Reviewer: Heather Shaw ...
Daddy, Papa, and Me.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Work Title: Daddy, Papa, and Me Work Author(s): Lesla Newman; Illustrated by Carol Thompson Ten Speed Press Board books $7.99 (7pp) Children's Picture Book ...