Internet Bookwatch back issues from Wednesday, October 1:
Let's Talk Turkey.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Let's Talk Turkey Rosemarie Ostler Prometheus Books 59 John Glenn Drive, Amherst, NY 14228-2197 9781591026259, $18.95 www.prometheusbooks.com LET'S TALK TURKEY: THE STORIES BEHIND AMERICA'S FAVORITE EXPRESSIONS adds to the literary ...
X Doesn't Mark the Spot.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... X Doesn't Mark the Spot Ed Butts Tundra Books 75 Sherbourne Street, 5th Floor, Toronto, ON M5A 2P9 Canada 9780887768088, $12.95 www.tundrabooks.com Anyone who has dreamed of becoming rich overnight will relish this easy reader ...
How to Get Rich As a Televangelist or Faith Healer.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... How to Get Rich As a Televangelist or Faith Healer Bill Wilson Paladin Press 7077 Winchester Circle, Boulder CO, 80301 9781581606546, $25.00, www.paladin-press.com When P. T. Barnum stated that "there's a sucker born every ...
For the Love of the Packers.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... For the Love of the Packers Frederick C. Klein, author Mark Anderson, artist Triumph Books The Pontiac Building, 542 South Dearborn Street, Suite 750, Chicago, Illinois 60605 9781600781360, $16.95 www.triumphbooks.com For ...
Royal Jewels.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Royal Jewels Diana Scarisbrick, et al. The Vendome Press 1334 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021 Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (distribution) 115 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011 9780865651937, $75.00, www.abramsbooks.com, ...
Building Dry-Stack Stone Walls.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Building Dry-Stack Stone Walls Rob Gallagher, Sean Malone, Joe Piazza Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 4880 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, PA 19310 9780764330568, $29.99, www.schifferbooks.com Stone walls are a mainstay of landscaping for homes ...
When Technology Fails.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... When Technology Fails Matthew Stein Chelsea Green Publishing Company PO Box 428, White River Junction, VT 05001-0428 9781933392455, $35.00, www.chelseagreen.com, 1-800-639-4099 Everyone has experienced the abrupt interruption of their ...
Classic Country Music Trivia Quiz.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Classic Country Music Trivia Quiz Mark Knickelbine Quiz Master Books c/o Big Earth Publishing 923 Williamson Street, Madison, WI 53703 9781934553077, $16.95, www.bigearthpublishing.com Country music has been with people ...
Interpersonal Communication.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Interpersonal Communication Kristen Campbell Eichhorn, et al. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company 4050 Westmark Drive, Dubuque, IA 52002 9780757548574, $160.00, www.kendallhunt.com Being able to inform, persuade, influence, query, and ...
The Philosophy of Sex and Love.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Philosophy of Sex and Love Alan Soble Paragon House 1925 Oakcrest Avenue Ste 7, St. Paul, MN 55113-2619 9781557788757, $19.95, www.paragonhouse.com What makes many of us tick and what continues the species, Sex and Love are two ...
Consciousness.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Consciousness Alexander Smit Epigraph c/o Monkfish 27 Lamoree Road, Rhinebeck, NY 12572 9780979882814, $18.95, www.monkfishpublishing.com What is real reality? "Consciousness: Talks About That Which Never Changes" is an ...
Chasing the Sun.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Chasing the Sun Edward Joseph Beverly Sunstone Press PO Box 2321, Santa Fe, NM 87504-2321 9780865346031, $34.95, www.sunstonepress.com The wild west has captivated the hearts of millions of Americans. "Chasing the Sun: A Reader's ...
The Chicago/Latino Literary Prize.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Chicago/Latino Literary Prize Stephanie Fetta, editor Arte Publico Press University of Houston, 452 Cullen Performance Hall, Houston, TX 77204-2004 9781558855113, $21.95, www.artepublicopress.com A wide sampling of thoughts and ...
The Aunt Lute Anthology of U.S. Women Writers, volume two.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Aunt Lute Anthology of U.S. Women Writers, volume two Lisa Maria Hogeland & Shay Brawn, editors Aunt Lute Books PO Box 410687, San Francisco, CA 94141 9781879960770, $45.00, www.auntlute.com Women have been writing throughout ...
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Explained.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Explained Paramhansa Yogananda Crystal Clarity Publishers 14618 Tyler Foote Road, Nevada City, CA 95959 9781565892279, $16.95, www.crystalclarity.com Poetry can mean many things, but occasionally, the ...
Children's Literature and Learning.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Children's Literature and Learning Barbara A. Lehman Teachers College Press 1234 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027 9780807748237, $22.95, www.tcpress.com If a child doesn't enjoy the book they are reading, then they'll see little ...
Encyclopedia of Ancient Literature.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Encyclopedia of Ancient Literature James Wyatt Cook Facts on File c/o Infobase Publishing 132 West 31st Street, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10001 9780816064755, $70.00, www.factonfile.com The art of story telling is as old as ...
Conrad's Trojan Horses.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Conrad's Trojan Horses Tom Henthorne Texas Tech University Press PO Box 41037, Lubbock, TX 79409-1037 9780896726338, $40.00, www.ttup.ttu.edu Joseph Conrad is one of the twentieth century's most beloved literary figures, "Conrad's ...
Words of Love and Love of Words.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Words of Love and Love of Words Albrecht Classen, editor Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies PO Box 874402, Tempe, AZ 85287-4402 9780866983952, $65.00 Love and Art are an inseparable couple and have been throughout ...
The Essential Tawfiq al-Hakim.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Essential Tawfiq al-Hakim Denys Johnson Davies, editor The American University in Cairo Press 420 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018 International Publishers Marketing (distribution) PO Box 605, Herndon, VA 20172-0605 ...
Porter: Collected Stories and Other Writings.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Porter: Collected Stories and Other Writings Katherine Anne Porter Darlene Harbour Unrue, editor The Library of America 14 East 60th Street, New York, NY 10022 9781598530292, $40.00 www.loa.org The Library of America ...
Herman Melville.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Herman Melville Harold Bloom, editor Chelsea House Publishers 132 West 31st Street, New York, NY 10001 9780791096215, $45.00 The great artists of the world commonly go unnoticed during their lifetimes. "Herman Melville" looks at the ...
The Emerald Angel.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Emerald Angel Wilma L. Derksen Herald Press 616 Walnut Avenue, Scottsdale, PA 15683-1999 9780836193954, $11.99 There's something that few people do, but everyone is capable of. "The Emerald Angel" tells of Ava and her ...
Inherited Sins.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Inherited Sins Paula Paul University of New Mexico Press 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 9780826344960, $18.95, www.unmpress.com With friendship, comes sharing the burden of the friend. "Inherited Sins" is a ...
The Four Lost Men.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Four Lost Men Arlyn & Matthew J. Bruccoli, editor The University of South Carolina Press 1600 Hampton Street, 5th Floor, Columbia, SC 29208 9781570037337, $21.95, www.sc.edu/uscpress Thomas Wolfe's literary classic "The Four Lost ...
The Jewel of Gresham Green.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Jewel of Gresham Green Lawana Blackwell Bethany House 11400 Hampshire Ave., S. Bloomington, MN 55438 9780764205118, $13.99, www.bethanyhouse.com In fleeing from problems, one often finds more. "The Jewel of Gresham Green" tells ...
Blood Brothers.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Blood Brothers Rick Acker Kregel Publications PO Box 2607, Grand Rapids, MI 49501 Glass Road Public Relations (publicity) danielle@glassroadpr.com 9780825420078, $14.99, www.glassroadpr.com Family is supposed ...
Martha, Jack, & Shanco.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Martha, Jack, & Shanco Caryl Lewis Parthian c/o Dufour Editions PO Box 7, Chester Springs, PA 19425 9781905762316, $19.95, www.parthianbooks.co.uk The relationship between brothers and sisters is a unique one, unlike any ...
The Priesthood of Science.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Priesthood of Science William Leiss Cangrade Books c/o University of Ottawa Press 542 King Edward, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada 9780776606774, $22.95, www.uopress.uottawa.ca Genetic engineering can solve many of the ...
Stealing Trinity.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Stealing Trinity Ward Larsen Oceanview Publishing 2817 West End Avenue, Suite 126-274, Nashville, TN 37203 9781933515175, $24.95, www.oceanviewpub.com Ward Larsen debut novel "The Perfect Assassin" demonstrated his ability to write a ...
Church Booty.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Church Booty Carol Manley The University of West Alabama's Livingston Press University of West Alabama, Station 22, Livingston, AL 35470 9781604890099, $15.95, www.livingstonpress.uwa.edu Church to some communities is more than a ...
The Next Big Investment Boom.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Next Big Investment Boom Mark Shipman Kogan Page 525 South 4th Street, #241, Philadelphia, PA 19147 9780749451042, $18.50, www.koganpage.com The stock market is indeed a lucrative venue to make one's fortune, but one has to be ...
The Credit Derivatives Handbook.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Credit Derivatives Handbook Greg N. Gregoriou & Paul Ali, editors McGraw Hill 2 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10121-2298 9780071549523, $95.00, www.mhprofessional.com Credit derivatives are used by countless investors and bankers, but ...
Complete Guide to Medicaid and Nursing Home Costs.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Complete Guide to Medicaid and Nursing Home Costs Atlantic Publishing 1405 SW 6th Avenue, Ocala, FL 34471 9781601381538, $24.95 www.atlantic-pub.com With more baby boomers joining an aging population, it's more important than ever for libraries ...
The Body Toxic.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Body Toxic Nena Baker North Point Press 18 West 18th Street, New York NY 10011 0865477078, $24.00 www.fsgbooks.com THE BODY TOXIC: HOW THE HAZARDOUS CHEMISTRY OF EVERYDAY THINGS THREATENS OUR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING is a winning ...
Getting Whole, Getting Well.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Getting Whole, Getting Well Iris R. Bell Morgan James 1225 Franklin Ave, Suite 325, Garden City, NY 11530 9781600373879, $14.95, www.gettingwhole.com The side effects of the drugs to treat chronic illness can be as bad as the illness ...
Living With Progressive Multiple Sclerosis.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Living With Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Patricia K. Coyle & June Halper Demos Medical Publishing 386 Park Avenue South, Suite 301, New York, NY 10016 9781932603477, $24.95, www.demosmedpub.com Multiple Sclerosis can make life seem ...
Get On It!(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Get On It! Jane Aronovitch, Miriane Taylor, & Colleen Craig Ulysses Press PO Box 3440, Berkeley, CA 94703 9781569755891, $14.95, www.ulyssespress.com A Bosu balance trainer doesn't appear to be much, but with the right ingenuity, it ...
The Independent Medical Transcriptionist.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Independent Medical Transcriptionist Donna Avila-Weil & Mary Glaccum Rayve Productions PO Box 726, Windsor, CA 95492 9781877810046, $54.95, www.rayvepro.com Transcriptionists can make quite the living establishing themselves in ...
Improving Speech & Eating Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Improving Speech & Eating Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Maureen A. Flanagan AAPC PO Box 23173, Shawnee Mission, KS 66283-0173 9781934575239, $21.95, www.asperger.net Many things that are simply elementary to most ...
Strengthen Your Mind, Volume Two.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Strengthen Your Mind, Volume Two Kristin Einberger & Janelle Sellick Health Professions Press PO Box 10624, Baltimore, MD 21285-0624 9781932529425, $32.95 www.healthpropress.com 1-888-337-8808 Strengthen Your Mind, Volume Two: ...
The 10 Best-Ever Anxiety Management Techniques.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The 10 Best-Ever Anxiety Management Techniques Margaret Wehrenberg W.W. Norton 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110 9780393705560, $17.95, www.wwnorton.com Anxiety taken to the extreme can be a disabling disability, but one that can ...
The Change Cycle.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Change Cycle Ann Salerno & Lillie Brock Berrett-Koehler Publishers 235 Montgomery Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94104-2916 9781576754986, $19.95, www.bkconnection.com Life never sits still, so neither does business. "The ...
Being with Dying.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Being with Dying Joan Halifax Shambhala 300 Massachusetts Ave, Boston, MA 02115 9781570624698, $22.95, www.shambhala.com Death is as much a part of life as living, but most people do not fear life. "Being with Dying: Cultivating ...
Turn it Up!(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Turn it Up! Jeffery Spencer Health Communications, Inc. 3201 S.W. 15th Street, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 9780757306181, $15.95, www.hcibooks.com Top of the line performance isn't something restricted solely to Olympic athletes. "Turn ...
Open Your Heart with Martial Arts.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Open Your Heart with Martial Arts Alex Sternberg Dream Time 6860 Gulfport Avenue South Suite 950, South Pasadena, FL 33707 9781601660138, $14.95, www.dreamtimepublishing.com There's more to martial arts than defending against or ...
East Asian Multilateralism: Prospects for Regional Stability.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... East Asian Multilateralism: Prospects for Regional Stability Kent E. Calder & Francis Fukuyama, Editors Johns Hopkins University Press 2715 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218 9780801888496, $25.00 www.press.jhu.edu Basic changes ...
Mistaking Africa.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Mistaking Africa Curtis Keim Westview Press c/o Perseus Books Group 2465 Central Avenue, Boulder, CO 80301 9780813343860, $32.00, www.perseusacademic.com 'Spearchuckers' who dance around fires, elephants and lions ...
Africa in World Politics.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Africa in World Politics John W. Harbeson & Donald Rothchild Westview Press 2465 Central Avenue, Boulder, CO 80301 97808133443648, $42.00, www.westviewpress.com Africa south of the Sahara is usually wrongfully ignored when it comes ...
Europe's Coming Demographic Challenge.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Europe's Coming Demographic Challenge Nicholas Eberstadt & Hans Groth American Enterprise Institute 1150 Seventeenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036 9780844772004, $15.00, www.aei.org It's a fact of life. People get old. And with ...
Nights in the Pink Motel.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Nights in the Pink Motel Robert Earle Naval Institute Press 291 Wood Road, Annapolis, MD 21402 9781591142256, $34.95 www.navalinstitute.org 1-800-233-8764 Nights in the Pink Motel: An American Stranger's Pursuit of Peace in Iraq is ...
Democracy and the Rise of Women's Movements in Sub-Saharan Africa.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Democracy and the Rise of Women's Movements in Sub-Saharan Africa Kathleen M. Fallon The Johns Hopkins University Press 2715 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218-4363 9780801890086, $50.00 www.press.jhu.edu 1-800-537-5487 ...
The Wicca Handbook.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Wicca Handbook Eileen Holland Publicity Department Weiser Books 65 Parker Street, Suite 7, Newburyport, MA 01950-4600 9781578634385, $16.95 www.redwheelweiser.com 1-800-423-7087 The Wicca Handbook is more than a guide ...
Modern Spiritual Masters.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Modern Spiritual Masters Robert Ellsberg, editor Orbis Books Walsh Bldg, PO Box 308, Maryknoll, NY 10545 9781570757884, $18.00, www.orbisbooks.com Spirituality is not dead and many writers have put their pen to motivating the ...
Tai Chi Dynamics.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Tai Chi Dynamics Robert Chuckrow YMAA Publication Center PO Box 480, 23 N. Main Street, Suite C, Wolfeboro, NH 03894 9781594391163, $20.95, www.ymaa.com Tai Chi helps many people relax and meditate--but why does it do what it does? ...
A Meeting of Mystic Paths.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A Meeting of Mystic Paths Justin O'Brien Yes International Publishers 1317 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105-2602 0936663146, $16.95, www.yespublishers.com Could the five millenniums old art of Yoga be key to better understanding ...
Selfless Spirit, Selfish Ego.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Selfless Spirit, Selfish Ego John Cord Blue Dolphin Publishing PO Box 8, Nevada City, CA 95959 9781577332299, $12.95, www.bluedolphinpublishing.com Is it all really the same God? "Selfless Spirit, Selfish Ego: The Way to Everlasting ...
Shamans of the World.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Shamans of the World Nancy Connor, editor Sounds True PO Box 8010, Boulder, CO 80306-8010 9781591799573, $22.95, www.soundstrue.com Left unspoiled by the outside world, cultures develop their own belief systems and medicine ....
Nil Sorsky: The Authentic Writings.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Nil Sorsky: The Authentic Writings David M. Goldfrank, editor Cistercian Publications The Liturgical Press St. John's Abbey, PO Box 7500, Collegeville, MN 56321-7500 9780879073213, $39.95 www.litpress.org 1-800-858-5450 ...
Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms Will Richardson Corwin Press 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 9781412959728, $28.95 www.corwinpress.com Use the Web to help students study more effectively ...
12 Brain/Mind Learning Principles in Action, 2nd Edition.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... 12 Brain/Mind Learning Principles in Action, 2nd Edition Renate Nummela Caine, et. al. Corwin Press 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 9781412961073, $38.95 www.corwinpress.com The 2nd edition of 12 Brain/Mind Learning ...
100+ Educational Strategies To Teach Children of Color.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... 100+ Educational Strategies To Teach Children of Color Jawanza Kunjufu African American Images PO Box 1799, Chicago Heights, IL 60412 9781934155110, $14.95, www.africanamericanimages.com Different upbringing brings different ...
The Grammar Detective.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Grammar Detective Gillian Hanson Continuum Press 80 Maiden Lane, Suite 704, New York, NY 10038 9780826498076, $14.95, www.continuum-books.com The English language is a complex and complicated thing, almost like a mystery. "The ...
Writing Intervention Kit for High School.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Writing Intervention Kit for High School Nancy Dean Maupin House 2416 NW 71 Place, Gainesville, FL 32653 9781934338346, $299.00, www.maupinhouse.com Writing is a valuable skill no matter what career one is planning to go into ....
If Holden Caulfield Were in My Classroom.(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2008 ... If Holden Caulfield Were in My Classroom Bernie Schein Sentient Publications 1113 Spruce Street, Boulder, CO 80302 Booth Media Group (publicity) 1386 Nightshade Road, Carlsbad, CA 92011 9781591810766, $18.95, ...