Internet Bookwatch back issues from Saturday, November 1:
By A Maine River: A Year of Looking Closely.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... By A Maine River: A Year of Looking Closely Thomas Mark Szelog & Leeman Szelog Down East Books PO Box 679, Camden, ME 04843 9780892727803, $24.95 www.downeast.com Blend regional Americana, a nature tribute to a local area, and ...
Road Bike Maintenance.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Road Bike Maintenance Guy Andrews Falcon Guides c/o Globe Pequot Press Box 480, Guilford, CT 06437 9780762747467, $19.95 www.falcon.com Any who ride a bike, whether experienced racers or newcomers to a bike, will find ...
Wine Appreciation Guild.(Good Wine Bad Language Great Wineyards: Wine Characters of Australia)(Good Wine Bad Language Great Vineyards: Wine Characters of New Zealand)(Africa Uncorked: Travels in Extreme Wine Territory)(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Wine Appreciation Guild 360 Swift Avenue, South San Francisco, CA 94080 www.wineappreciation.com Photographer Esmeralda Wood's GOOD WINE BAD LANGUAGE GREAT WINEYARDS: WINE CHARACTERS OF AUSTRALIA (0977514706, L12.00 UK) and GOOD WINE BAD LANGUAGE GREAT ...
Living Will.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Living Will M. Dianne Godkin The University of Alberta Press Ring House 2, University of Alberta Edmonton, AB, Canada, T6G 2EI 0888644949, $24.95, www.uap.ualberta.ca No one is immortal, and the best way to deal with the ...
East of the Storm.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... East of the Storm Hanna Davidson Pankowsky Texas Tech University Press PO Box 41037, Lubbock, TX 79409-1037 9780896726277, $19.95, www.ttup.ttu.edu Expecting social justice and sanctuary in Stalinist Russia ranged from simple, ...
So Why Have You Never Been Married?(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... So Why Have You Never Been Married? Carl Weisman New Horizon Press PO Box 669, Far Hills, NJ 07931-0669 9780882823263, $14.95, www.newhorizonbookspress.com Pressure into marriage is common in society, but why would some take their ...
Projected History Volume One 1929-1930.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Projected History Volume One 1929-1930 Phillip W. Stewart, editor PMS Press PO Box 1496, Crestview, FL 32536 9780979324383, $26.95 www.pmspress.com Projected History: A Catalog of the U.S. National Stories Released by Universal ...
Brett Favre: A Packer Fan's Tribute.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Brett Favre: A Packer Fan's Tribute Tom Kertscher Cumberland House Publishing 431 Harding Industrial, Nashville, TN 37211 9781581826838, $24.95 www.cumberlandhouse.com As Brett Favre's era comes to an end at Green Bay this third ...
Wisconsin Quilts.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Wisconsin Quilts Ellen Kort, author Revised by Maggi McCormick Gordon Krause Publications 700 East State Street, Iola, WI 54990-0001 9780896895928, $34.99, www.fwpublications.com, 1-800-726-9966 Needlecrafts in general, ...
Say It Like Obama.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Say It Like Obama Shel Leanne The McGraw Hill Companies Two Penn Plaza, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10121-2298 www.books.mcgraw-hill.com 9780071615891, $21.95, 1-877-833-5524 It was his speech at the Democratic Convention in ...
The Old Farmer's 2009 Almanac.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... The Old Farmer's 2009 Almanac Robert B. Thomas The Old Farmer's Almanac 1121 Main Street, Dublin, NH 03444 00784516, $6.95, www.almanac.com The Farmers almanac has been an American tradition since the days of Benjamin Franklin. "The ...
Variety Is The Spice Of Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Variety Is The Spice Of Life Ernest A. Seemann Elderberry Press 1393 Old Homestead, 2nd floor, Oakland, OR 97462 9781934956014, $19.95, www.elderberrypress.com For more than a millennium, the German language and culture has given ...
On Tarzan.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... On Tarzan Alex Vernon University of Georgia Press 330 Research Drive, Athens, GA, 30602-4901 9780820332055, $22.95, www.ugapress.org, 1-800-266-5842 Only Superman and Batman have had a stronger and more enduring impact on 20th ...
Braided Lives.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Braided Lives June Bingham Straus Historical Society c/o Syracuse University Press 1600 Jamesville Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210 www.SyracuseUniversityPress.syr.edu 9780980125023, $24.95, 1-800-365-8929 Marriage ...
The Jews and American Comics.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... The Jews and American Comics Paul Buhle The New Press 38 Greene Street, New York, NY 10013 9781595583314, $29.95, 208 pp., www.thenewpress.com Comic strip history and the Jewish influence on comic strip writers and artists are the ...
Night Vision: Art of Urban Exploration.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Night Vision: Art of Urban Exploration Troy Paiva Chronicle Books 680--2nd Street, San Francisco CA 94107 9780811863384, $24.95 www.chroniclebooks.com Urban Exploration is the art of sneaking into abandoned or off-limits factors, ...
Historic Photos of Theodore Roosevelt.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Historic Photos of Theodore Roosevelt Stacy A. Cordery Turner Publishing Company 200 4th Avenue North, Suite 950, Nashville, TN 37219 (615) 255-2665, www.turnerpublishing.com 9781596523364, $39.95, 206 pp. For American ...
Amherst Media.(wedding photography books)(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Amherst Media Box 586, Buffalo, NY 14226 www.amherstmedia.com Damon Tucci's STEP-BY-STEP WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY: TECHNIQUES FOR PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS (9781584282372, $34.95) covers all the basics of assuring wedding shots are given meaningful, poignant ...
The Canon EOS Digital Rebel Xsi/450d Companion.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... The Canon EOS Digital Rebel Xsi/450d Companion Ben Long O'Reilly 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472 9780596520861, $24.99 www.oreilly.com Unlike other camera guides to the Canon, The Canon EOS Digital Rebel ...
Historic Photos of Ronald Reagan.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Historic Photos of Ronald Reagan Turner Publishing Company 200 4th Avenue North, Suite 950, Nashville, TN 37219 9781596524361, $39.95, 197 pages, www.turnerpublishing.com Some leaders are memorialized by their actions, popularity, or ...
Damanhur: Temples Of Humankind.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Damanhur: Temples Of Humankind Silvia Buffagni CoSM Press 542 West 27th Street, NY, NY, 10001 North Atlantic Books (distributor) 1435 Fourth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 www.northatlanticbooks.com, 1-800-788-3123 ...
Best of the Widener Collection.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Best of the Widener Collection John C. Hemment, photographer Eclipse Press 3101 Beaumont Centre Circle, Lexington, KY 40591-9003 9781581501940, $24.95 www.eclipsepress.com 1-800-866-2361 Best of the Widener Collection is an ...
Natalie Scott: A Magnificent Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Natalie Scott: A Magnificent Life John W. Scott Pelican Publishing Company 1000 Burmaster Street, Gretna, LA 70053-2246 978158905804, $25.00 www.pelicanpub.com Natalie Scott was one of the best newspaperwomen in America and ...
Father Flanagan of Boys Town.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Father Flanagan of Boys Town Hugh Reilly & Kevin Warneke Boys Town Press 14100 Crawford St., Boys Town, NE 68010 9781889322995, $14.95, www.boystownpress.org Too often children are left to fend for themselves, and it takes a noble ...
The Billionaire Who Wasn't.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... The Billionaire Who Wasn't Conor O'Clery Public Affairs 250 West 57th Street, Suite 1321, New York, NY 10107 9781586486426, $15.95, www.publicaffairsbooks.com So often the rich seek to only get richer, getting more money to pad their ...
Dream Homes.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Dream Homes Joyce Zonana The Feminist Press 365 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5406, New York, NY 10016 9781558615731, $15.95, www.feministpress.org What is home, really? "Dream Homes: From Cairo to Katrina, An Exile's Journey" tells of the ...
Santiago's Children.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Santiago's Children Steve Reifenberg University of Texas Press 2100 Comal Street, Austin, TX 78722 9780292717428, $24.95, www.utexaspress.com The lessons of life are never laid out as if they were in a book. "Santiago's Children: ...
Mary's Voyage.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Mary's Voyage Mary Caldwell & Matthew M. Douglas Sheridan House 145 Palisade Street, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522 9781574092677, $19.95, www.sheridanhouse.com Circling around the world is a feat in itself, doing it with your entire family ...
Steamboat Springs.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Steamboat Springs Marcellus Samuel Merrill, author David Merrill Primus, editor Western Reflections Publishing Company PO Box 1149, Lake City, CO 81235 9781932738643, $14.95 www.westernreflectionspub.com 970-994-0110 David ...
Floyd Patterson: A Boxer and a Gentleman.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Floyd Patterson: A Boxer and a Gentleman Alan H. Levy McFarland & Company PO Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640 9780786439508, $35.00, www.mcfarlandpub.com 1-800-253-2187 Written by history professor Alan H. Levy, Floyd Patterson: A Boxer ...
Mary Elizabeth Garrett: Society and Philanthropy in the Gilded Age.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Mary Elizabeth Garrett: Society and Philanthropy in the Gilded Age Kathleen Waters Sander The Johns Hopkins University Press 2715 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218-4363 9780801888700, $45.00, www.press.jhu.edu 1-800-537-5487 ...
Thomas Ewing Jr. Frontier Lawyer and Civil War General.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Thomas Ewing Jr. Frontier Lawyer and Civil War General Ronald D. Smith University of Missouri Press 2910 LeMone Boulevard, Columbia, MO 65201 9780826218063, $44.95 www.umsystem.edu/upress 1-800-828-1894 Thomas Ewing Jr. Frontier ...
Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder Stew Magnuson Texas Tech University Press Box 41037, Lubbock, TX 79109-1037 9780896726345, $29.95 www.ttup/ttu.edu THE DEATH OF RAYMOND YELLOW THUNDER AND OTHER TRUE STORIES FROM THE NEBRASKA-PINE ...
Quelch's Gold.(Quelch's Gold: Piracy, Greed, and Betrayal in Colonial New England)(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Quelch's Gold Clifford Beal Potomac Books 22841 Quicksilver Drive, Dulles, VA 20166 9781597972338, $16.95, www.potomacbooksinc.com A victim of something he didn't understand, a sad fate indeed. "Quelch's Gold: Piracy, Greed, and ...
Israel and the Legacy of Harry S. Truman.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Israel and the Legacy of Harry S. Truman Michael J. Devine, Robert P. Watson, & Robert J. Wolz Truman State University 100 East Normal Street, Kirksville, MO 63501-4221 9781931112802, $28.95, tsup.truman.edu One of the first ...
Copts in Michigan.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Copts in Michigan Eliot Dickinson Michigan State University Press 1405 South Harrison Road, Suite 25 Manly Miles Building, East Lansing, MI 48823-5202 9780870138249, $12.95, www.msupress.msu.edu There are many people and many ...
For Members Only.(For Members Only: A History and Guide to Chicago's Oldest Private Clubs)(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... For Members Only Lisa Holton Lake Claremont Press PO Box 711, Chicago, IL 60690 9781893121287, $18.95, www.lakeclaremont.com One could walk down a Chicago street and pass many of them, never knowing they passed an important part of ...
Stagecoaches Across the American West 1850 to 1920.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Stagecoaches Across the American West 1850 to 1920 John A. Sells Hancock House Publishers 1431 Harrison Avenue, Blaine, WA 98230-5005 9780888396051, $ 44.95, 336 pp., www.hancockhouse.com The stagecoach is an iconic symbol of the ...
Hunting The American West.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Hunting The American West Richard C. Rattenbury Boone and Crockett Club 250 Station Drive, Missoula, MT 59801-2753 9780940864603, $49.95, www.booneandcrockettclub.com During the 1800s, the American West was a magnet for men who hunted ...
Oklahoma: A History.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Oklahoma: A History W. David Baird and Danney Goble University of Oklahoma Press 2800 Venture Drive, Norman, OK 73069 9780806139104, $24.95, www.oupress.com 1-800-627-7377 Historians and college professors W. David Baird and Danney ...
Yankees in Michigan.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Yankees in Michigan Brian C. Wilson Michigan State University Press Manly Miles Building, Suite 25 1405 South Harrison Road, East Lansing, MI 48823-5245 9780870138256, $12.95, www.msupress.msu.edu Part of the "Discovering ...
The Birth of American Tourism.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... The Birth of American Tourism Richard H. Gassan University of Massachusetts Press PO Box 429, Amherst, MA 01004 9781558496651, $29.95 www.umpress.usmass.edu 1-800-537-5487 The Birth of American Tourism: New York, the Hudson Valley, ...
Martingale & Company.(books on quilting)(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Martingale & Company 20205--144th Avenue NE, Woodinville, WA 98072-8478 www.martingale-pub.com Learn how to work with curves to produce circle quilts, and absorb the latest tricks for cutting and sewing circles using eight example projects ranging from ...
Watson-Guptill.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Watson-Guptill 770 Broadway, New York NY 10003 www.watsonguptill.com Anyone can learn to crochet, as the Chicks With Sticks Nancy Queen & Mary Ellen O'Connell show in Chicks with Sticks Guide to Crochet (082300676X, $17.95), an introduction consisting of ...
Ribbon Treasures from Celia's Garden.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Ribbon Treasures from Celia's Garden Faye Labanaris American Quilter's Society Box 3290, Paducah, KY 42002-3290 9781574329582, $26.95 www.americanquilter.com Learn how to create three-dimensional blossoms working with ribbons with ...
The Prayer Shawl Companion.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... The Prayer Shawl Companion Janet Bristow & Victoria A. Cole-Galo The Taunton Press P.O. Box 5506, Newtown, CT 06470 9781600850035, $19.95, 172 pp., www.taunton.com Have you received, given or heard of a prayer shawl? Would you like ...
Sew Fabulous Fabric.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Sew Fabulous Fabric Alice Butcher & Ginny Farquhar, authors David & Charles c/o F&W Publications 4700 Gallbraith Road, Cincinnati, OH 45236 9780715328583, $22.99, 128 pp., www.mycraftivity.com Not so crafty when it comes ...
Beyond the Block.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Beyond the Block Linda K. Johnson & Jane K. Wells American Quilter's Society P.O. Box 3290, Paducah, KY 42002-3290 (800) 626.5420, www.AmericanQuilter.com 978157432959, $26.95, 96 pp., www.amazon.com Quilting is an ...
Knitting 200 Q&A.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Knitting 200 Q&A Rita Taylor Barron's 250 Wireless Boulevard, Hauppauge, NY 11788 9780764161377, $18.99, www.barronseduc.com Knitting continues to be one of the most widespread and popular of the needlecraft pastimes. Designed for ...
Expanding Architecture Design as Activism.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Expanding Architecture Design as Activism Bryan Bell and Katie Wakeford, authors Metropolis Books c/o Distributed Art Publishers (distributor) 155 Sixth Avenue, 2nd floor, New York, NY 10013-1507 9781933045788, $34.95 www.artbook.com ...
Roots of Home.(Roots of Home: Our Journey to a New Old House)(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Roots of Home Russell Versaci The Tauton Press, Inc. P.O. Box 5506, Newtown, CT 06470-5506 9781561588671, $45.00, 265 pp. Interior designers and their clients explore the interior and exterior housing design styles for ideas they can ...
Building New Brunswick.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Building New Brunswick John Leroux Goose Lane Editions 500 Beverbrook Court, Suite 330, Fredericton, NB, Canada, E3B 5X4 9780864925046, $50.00, www.gooselane.com, 1-800-565-9523 It is the architecture of a city that makes it ...
ACE Guide To Construction Costs: 2009 Edition.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... ACE Guide To Construction Costs: 2009 Edition Craftsman Book Company 6058 Corte del Cedro, Carlsbad, CA 92009 9781588550927, $55.95, www.craftsman-book.com, 1-800-829-8123 Creating a profitable bid and coming in at or under budget require an ...
The Guardian Building.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... The Guardian Building James W. Tottis Wayne State University Press The Leonard N. Simons Building 4809 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201-1309 9780814333853, $50.00, http://wsupress.wayne.edu A building can be as much of a ...
Edge of the Sublime.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Edge of the Sublime Jamie Bennett Hudson Hills Press Box 205, Manchester, VT 05254 9781555952846, $50.00 www.hudsonhills.com Any authoritative jewelry art library needs EDGE OF THE SUBLIME, a collection of enamels by American enamel ...
All Art is Propaganda: Critical Essays.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... All Art is Propaganda: Critical Essays George Orwell, author George Packer, compiler Harcourt Books 215 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10003 9780151013555, $25.00 www.harcourtbooks.com George Orwell was a fine essayist ...
China: 3,000 Years of Art & Literature.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... China: 3,000 Years of Art & Literature Jason Steuber, Editor Welcome Books 6 West 18 Street, New York, NY 10011 9781599620305, $60.00 www.welcomebooks.com Any library strong in Chinese art or literature, especially those seeking a ...
In Contemporary Rhythm: The Art of Ernest L. Blumenschein.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... In Contemporary Rhythm: The Art of Ernest L. Blumenschein Peter H. Hassrick and Elizabeth J. Cunningham University of Oklahoma Press 2800 Venture Drive, Norman, OK 73069 9780806139487, $34.95 www.oupress.com, 1-800-627-7377 Any ...
The Printed Picture.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... The Printed Picture Richard Benson The Museum of Modern Art 11 W. 53 Street, New York, New York 10019 (212) 708-9449, www.moma.org 9780870707216, $60.00, 308 pages, 326 color illustrations The technological evolution of ...
Painting at the Edge of the World.(Painting at the Edge of the World: The Watercolours of Tony Foster)(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Painting at the Edge of the World Tony Foster University of Washington Press PO Box 50096, Seattle, WA 98145-5096 Goldberg McDuffie Communications (publicity) 444 Madison Avenue, Suite 3300, New York, NY 10022 ...
Paris: City Of Art.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Paris: City Of Art Jean-Marie Perouse de Montclos The Vendome Press 1334 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021 Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (distributor) 115 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011 9780865651951, $95.00, ...
Courbet.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Courbet Segolene Le Men Abbeville Press 137 Varick Street, Suite 504, New York, NY 10019-1105 9780789209771, $135.00, www.abbeville.com, 1-800-343-4499 The nineteenth century French realist painter Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) is by ...
1-2-3 Draw Dogs.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... 1-2-3 Draw Dogs Freddie Levin Peel Productions 9415 NE Woodridge Street, Vancouver, WA 98664 9780939217649, $8.99, www.peelbooks.com Tons of books tackle drawing of the human form, but few tackle man's best friend. "1-2-3 Draw Dogs: ...
Mexican Silver Jewelry Details.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Mexican Silver Jewelry Details Leslie Pina Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 4880 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, PA 19310 9780764330810, $89.99, www.schifferbooks.com There is far more to Mexican silver artifacts than belt buckles and bracelets ....
Final Cut Pro for Avid Editors, 3rd Edition.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Final Cut Pro for Avid Editors, 3rd Edition Diana Weynand Peachpit Press 1249--8th Street, Berkeley CA 94710 0321515390, $49.99 www.peachpit.com Part of the Apple-certified training series, Final Cut Pro for Avid Editors is for film ...