Library Bookwatch back issues from Saturday, January 1:
The First Idea.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... The First Idea Stanley I. Greenspan & Stuart G. Shanker DaCapo Press 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142 0738206806 $25.00 1-800-242-7737 How did symbols, language and information evolve from primates to modern humans? In The ...
The Biology of Transcendence.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005; ... The Biology Of Transcendence Joseph Chilton Pearce Park Street/Inner Traditions One Park St., Rochester, VT 05767 1594770166 $16.95 1-800-246-8648 It's unusual to see a survey of spiritual transcendence so linked to science that it ...
Gone but Not Forgotten.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Gone But Not Forgotten Elizabeth McLachlan NeWest Press 201-8540-109 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1E6 1896300766 $19.95 newestpress.com Gone But Not Forgotten is the true story of the history and modern disappearance of a daily ...
The Maecenas and the Madrigalist.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... The Maecenas And The Madrigalist Anthony M. Cummings American Philosophical Society 104 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106-3387 0871692538 $50.00 www.amphilsoc.org The Maecenas And The Madrigalist: Patrons, Patronage, And The ...
Understanding Charles Johnson.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Understanding Charles Johnson Gary Stornhoff University of South Carolina Press 937 Assembly St., Columbia, SC 29208 1570035628 $34.95 1-800-768-2500 Understanding Charles Johnson is a work of literary criticism that introduces the ...
Greenwood Press.(excellent literary surveys)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Greenwood Press 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 www.greenwood.com www.amazon.com Three excellent literary surveys are recommended picks for high school through college-level students: each offers a critical roundup of topics with plenty of facts and ...
The Undergraduate's Companion to Arab Writers and their Web Sites.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... The Undergraduate's Companion To Arab Writers And Their Web Sites Dona S. Straley Libraries Unlimited 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 1591581184 $29.95 www.lu.com The Undergraduate's Companion To Arab Writers And Their Web ...
New Explorer Dictionary of American Writers.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... New Explorer Dictionary Of American Writers Merriam-Webster Editors Federal Street Press PO Box 281, Springfield, MA 01102 www.federalstreetpress.com 1892859653 $12.98 www.amazon.com Over a thousand articles cover writers' ...
Grasping for the Wind.(Video Recording Review)(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Grasping For The Wind John Whitehead, host Vision Video PO Box 540, Worcester, PA 19490-0540 MP7390 $39.99 1-800-523-0226 An innovative, provocative, viewer engaging seven-part series, Grasping For The Wind explores the search for ...
Dropping in on Picasso.(Video Recording Review)(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Dropping In On Picasso Crystal Productions PO Box 2159, Glenview, IL 60025-6159 www.crystalproductions.com 1562903136 $29.95 1-800-255-8629 Dropping In On Picasso is one of the newest additions to the outstanding Crystal Video ...
The Grateful Dead Movie.(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... The Grateful Dead Movie Monterey Media Inc. 566 St. Charles Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360-3901 1569942390 $29.95 1-800-424-2593 The Grateful Dead Movie is a two-disc DVD showcasing the famous rock-and-roll band. Disc 1 (132 minutes) offers the ...
MPI Media Group.(DVD Collection )(Video Recording Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... MPI Media Group 16101 SD. 108th Avenue, Orland Park, IL 60467 www.mpimedia.com Two outstanding classic DVD sets are recommended gift picks for any fan of movies and classic TV. The Casebook Of Sherlock Holmes DVD Collection (0788-606050, $39.98) gathers ...
T'ai Chi for Health.(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... T'ai Chi for Health Yang Long Form with Terence Dunn Koch Vision 411 Video Information (publicity) 22 Harbor Park Drive, Port Washington, NY 11050 1417227974 $19.98 kochvision.com T'ai Chi instructor Terence Dunn ...
Wintersongs.(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Wintersongs Kitka Diaphonica Recordings Rock Paper Scissors (publicity) 1201 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland, CA 94612 CD-2004 $16.98 www.kitka.org Kitka is a remarkable women's vocal ensemble of eight sophisticated ...
Journey of the Heart.(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Journey Of The Heart Anna E. Kravis Baby Rose Music PO Box 1449, Melville, NY 11747-0249 BR 108 $TBA www.annaekravis.com Journey Of The Heart is a compilation of eleven original songs by Anna E. Kravis, each of which focuses on ...
Touch the Earth.(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Touch The Earth Derrik Jordan Worldsoul Records c/o The Creative Service Company 4360 Emerald Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80918 W0037 $15.00 www.derrikjordan.com Touch The Earth is a CD album showcasing the ...
Genius Loves Company.(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Genius Loves Company Ray Charles Concord Records 270 North Canon Dirve, #1212 Beverly Hills, CA 90210 CCD-2248-2 $TBA 1-800-551-5299 Ray Charles is a legend of 20th Century American music. Genius Loves Company showcases ...
Smoky Joe's Cafe.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Smoky Joe's Cafe Bryce Courtenay Bolinda Publishing, Inc. PO Box 307, Shelton, CT 06484 1740306899 $40.00 www.bolinda.com When Thommo returns to Australia from a tour of duty in the Vietnam War, he finds his fellow Aussies hold him ...
Echoes.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Echoes Danielle Steel Books On Tape, Inc. Box 25122, Santa Ana, CA 92799-5122 www.librarybooksontape.com 1415913315 $TBA 1-800-541-5525 Echoes is the audiobook version of a generational saga of love, war, faith and ...
Ford Tough.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Ford Tough David Magee Penton Overseas, Inc. 2470 Impala Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92008 www.pentonoverseas.com 1591254760 $18.95 1-800-748-5804 Ford Tough: Bill Ford And The Battle To Rebuild America's Automaker is the story ...
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Dress Your Family In Corduroy And Denim David Sedaris Time Warner Audiobooks 135 W. 50th St., New York, NY 10020 1586215027 $31.98 www.amazon.com Dress Your Family In Corduroy And Denim is an audiobook anthology of personal essays on ...
Classic Liqueurs.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Classic Liqueurs Cheryl Long & Healther Kibben Sibyl Publications 1007 SW Westwood Drive, Portland, OR 97239 www.sibylbooks.com 1889531065 $10.95 1-800-240-8566 The collaborative work of Cheryl Long and Heather Kibby, ...
Harcourt Publishers.(wines guides )(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Harcourt Publishers 15 E. 25th Street, New York NY 10010 harcourtbooks.com www.ozclarke.com Two excellent new Oz Clarke wines guides are recommended picks for wine buyers; especially novices who need clear instruction and guidelines for understanding the ...
Southwest Slow Cooking.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Southwest Slow Cooking Tammy Biber & Theresa Howell Northland Publishing PO Box 1389, Flagstaff, AZ 86002 www.northlandpub.com 0873588568 $16.95 1-800-346-3257 Over a hundred slow-cooked, kitchen-tested recipes have been ...
Vanilla.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Vanilla Tim Ecott Grove Press 841 Broadway, New York NY 10003 www.groveatlantic.com 0802117759 $24.00 1-800-788-3122 Vanilla is one of the most popular flavoring spices in the world and is even a major ingredient in ...
Flavors of Greece.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Flavors Of Greece Rosemary Barron Interlink Publishing Group 46 Crosby St., Northampton, MA 01060 www.interlinkbooks.com 1566565200 $27.95 www.amazon.com Culinary author Rosemary Barron is also a chef and founder of her ...
Aprovecho.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Aprovecho Teresa Cordero-Cordell & Robert Cordell Hippocrene Books 171 Madison Ave., New York Ny 10016 www.hippocrenebooks.com 0781810264 $24.95 1-212-685-4371 Mexican-American food combines the cuisines of two countries ...
Collectors Press.(Retro food titles )(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Collectors Press PO Box 230986, Portland, OR 97281 1-800-626-5420 www.collectorspress.com Three new 'Retro' food titles provide fun gatherings of curious concoctions and fun foods. Kathy Casey's Retro Food Fiascos (1888054883, $16.95) provides some zany ...
Pie.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Pie Ken Haedrich Harvard Common Press National Book Network. dist. 535 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118 www.harvardcommonpress.com 155832254X $24.95 1-888-657-3755 Other pie cookbooks on the market range from ...
The PDQ Vegetarian Cookbook.(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... The PDQ Vegetarian Cookbook Donna Klein HP Books 375 Hudson Street, NY, NY 10014 1557884382 $18.95 www.penguin.com PDQ stands for "pretty darn quick" and vegetarian veteran Donna Klein's The PDQ Vegetarian Cookbook is specifically ...
The Story of Corn.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... The Story Of Corn Betty Fussell University of New Mexico Press MSC01 1200 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 www.unmpress.com 0826335926 $24.95 1-800-249-7737 Food historian Betty Fussell's ...
Whitecap Books.(Eating My Words )(Chef's Salad )(culinary titles)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Whitecap Books 351 Lynn Avenue, N. Vancouver, NC, V7J 2C4, Canada Two very different, excellent culinary titles from Whitecap Books are highly recommended picks. Eve Johnson's Eating My Words (1552855058, $16.95) provides a whimsical, revealing collection of essays ...
Out of the Kitchen.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Out Of The Kitchen Jeannette Ferrary John Daniel & Company PO Box 2790, Kinleyville, CA 95519 www.danielpublishing.com 1880284782 $15.00 1-800-662-8351 Storyteller and food fan Jeanette Ferrary's memoir packs in humor and ...
The Olmecs.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... The Olmecs Richard A. Diehl Thames & Hudson 500--5th Avenue, New York NY 10110 0500021198 $39.95 1-800-233-4830 Surprisingly enough, academician and scholar Richard Diehl's The Olmecs: America's First Civilization is the first ...
Global History.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Global History David W. Del Testa, et.al., editors ME Sharpe Inc. 80 Business Park Dr., Armonk, NY 10504 0765680432 $325.00 1-800-541-6563 Outstanding in its scope and presentation the 4-volume set, Global History: Cultural ...
'A Great Effusion of Blood'?(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... 'A Great Effusion of Blood'? Mark D. Meyerson, et al. University of Toronto Press 10 St. Mary Street, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4Y 2W8 0802087744 $65.00 1-800-565-9523 Compiled by academicians Mark D. Meyerson, Daniel ...
Lordship, Reform, and the Development of Civil Society in Medieval Italy: The Bishopric of Orvieto, 1100-1250.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Lordship, Reform, And The Development Of Civil Society In Medieval Italy David Foote University of Notre Dame Press 310 Flanner Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556 www.undpress.nd.edu 0268028729 $25.00 1-800-621-2736 An ...
NESFA Press.(science literature)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... NESFA Press PO Box 809, Framingham, MA 01701 www.nesfapress.com Two outstanding new titles are recommended picks for discriminating, seasoned fans of science. Fans of Lois McMaster Bujold already know how hard it has been to obtain her Falling Free ...
Harry Potter and Philosophy.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Harry Potter And Philosophy David Baggett & Shawn Klein Open Court Press 332 South Michigan Avenue, #1100, Chicago, IL 60604 www.opencourtbooks.com 0812694554 $17.95 www.amazon.com Harry Potter's put the spell on millions ...
Edenborn.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Edenborn Nick Sagan Putnam 375 Hudson Street, NY NY 10014-3657 www.penguin.com 0399151869 $19.95 1-800-847-5515 Fans of Sagan's debut novel Idlewild will find Edenborn a suitable follow-up: it's set in the future when a ...
Orphanage.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Orphanage Robert Buettner Warner Aspect 1271 Avenue of Americas, NY NY 10020 www.twbookmark.com 0446614297 $6.99 1-800-759-0190 In Robert Buettner's original and highly recommended science fiction novel Orphange, ...
Baen Books.(political science fiction)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Baen Books 1230 Avenue of Americas, NY NY 10020 1-800-223-2336 www.baen.com Three exciting new science fiction dramas are recommended picks for fans of political science fiction and fantasy. Esther Friesner's Turn The Other Chick (07434-88571, $20.00) ...
Ace Books.(high-quality science fiction)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Ace Books 375 Hudson Street, New York NY 10014 www.penguin.com www.amazon.com Ace is a leading publisher of high-quality science fiction: you can pretty much bet that if it appears under the Ace imprint, it'll be worth reading, and two new releases are no ...
Stolen Water.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Stolen Water W. Hodding Carter Atria Books 1230 Avenue of Americas, NY NY 10020 0743474066 $24.00 simonsays.com Hodding Carter loves the Everglades and Stolen Water: Saving the Everglades from Its Friends, Foes, and Florida reflects ...
The Art of French Beaded Flowers.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... The Art Of French Beaded Flowers Carol Benner Doelp Lark Books c/o Sterling Publishing Company 387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016-8810 www.larkbooks.com 1579904262 $24.95 1-800-805-5489 Even the most ...
Junior Knits.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Junior Knits Debbie Bliss Trafalgar Square PO Box 257, Howe Hill Road, North Pomfret, VT 05053 www.trafalgarsquarebooks.com 1570763003 $24.95 1-800-423-4525 Needlecraft author Debbie Bliss is a top knitware designer who ...
Silhouettes in Cross Stitch.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Silhouettes In Cross Stitch Julie Hasler David Porteous Editions c/o Parkwest Publications 451 Communipaw Ave., Jersey City, NJ http://www.parkwestpubs.com/ 1870586336 $14.95 1-646-215-9003 Cross stitch lends ...
American Quilters Society.(quilter's guides )(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... American Quilters Society PO Box 3290 Paducah, KY 42002-3290 www.americanquilter.com Two new quilter's guides offer very specific advice and approaches for both novice and experienced quilters. Joan Waldman's Quilt Savvy Embroidery Stitches (157432862X, ...
Martingale & Company.(quilter's guides )(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Martingale & Company 20205--144th Avenue, NE, Woodinville, WA 98072-8478 www.martingale-pub.com Four lovely new quilter's guides provide excellent new tips and projects for a levels of quilter. Robin Strobel's Quilter's Bounty (1584775275, $24.95) tells ...
John James Audubon.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... John James Audubon Richard Rhodes Alfred A. Knopf 1745 Broadway, 17th fl, NY, NY 10019 www.aaknopf.com 0375414126 $30.00 1-800-726-0600 Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Richard Rhodes has done it again: produced a ...
Princeton University Press.(Jacques Henri Lartigue: The Invention Of An Artist )(Christpher Wilmarth: Light And Gravity)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Princeton University Press 41 William St., Princeton, NJ 08540 1-800-777-4726 www.pup.princeton.edu As a young boy Jacques Henri Lartigue used photography to record his life, capturing both family and interests. His art evolved to produce a vivid set of ...
Taschen Publishers.(art history)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Taschen Publishers 6671 Sunset Blvd. #1508, Los Angeles, CA 90028 www.taschen.com www.amazon.com Two outstanding art titles are rich in illustration and unusual art history. Max Allan Collins, George Hagenauer and Steven Heller's Men's Adventure Magazines ...
Allworth Press.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Allworth Press 10 East 23rd St. #510, NY, NY 10010 1-800-491-2808 www.allworth.com Maria Piscopo's Graphic Designer's And Illustrator's Guide To Marketing And Promotion (1581153635, $19.95) is a powerfully comprehensive guide to the field, creating an ...
Frozen Music.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Frozen Music Gil Garcetti Balcony Press 512 E. Wilson #213, Glendale, CA 91206 189044927X $125.00 www.amazon.com The oversized duotones of Gil Garcetti's photos in Frozen Music are presented in an oversized folio-type format to ...
Sand Mansions.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Sand Mansions Norman Gilliland NEMO Productions Box 260079, Madison, WI 53726-0079 097150931X $24.95 sandmansions.com Set in 1876, Sand Mansions is the story of a fugitive gold prospector whose poor navigational skills lead him to a ...
The Journey of the Flame.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... The Journey Of The Flame Walter Nordhoff Heyday Books PO Box 9145, Berkeley, CA 94709 1890771589 $14.95 heydaybooks.com A simply superb reproduction of the 1933 Houghton Mifflin edition of Walter Nordhoff's The Journey Of The Flame, ...
Revising Romance.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Revising Romance Melanie Dugan Sumach Press 1415 Bathurst Street, Suite 202, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5R 3H8 1894549341 $16.95 sumachpress.com Freelance journalist Melanie Dugan presents Revising Romance, an original novel about an ...
Welsh Rabbit.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Welsh Rabbit Douglas Carstens Carstens Press PO Box 55, Tipp City, OH 45371 0975538209 $12.95 www.amazon.com Welsh Rabbit is a novel of two opposites struggling to get along. A grizzled veteran cop stripped of his sergeant stripes ...
Misadventures & Merfolk.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Misadventures & Merfolk Kelly Reno Reeds Press PO Box 701, Montrose, CA 91021 1891437011 $14.95 www.Mer-folk.com Misadventures & Merfolk is an inventive novel about a travel writer who visits the British Isles and finds a seaside ...
Storm Force to Narvik.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Storm Force To Narvik Alexander Fullerton McBooks Press 520 North Meadow St., Ithaca, NY 14850 www.mcbooks.com 1590130928 $13.95 1-888-266-5711 Book one of the Nicholas Everard World War II saga, Storm Force To Narvik is ...
Cookie Lily.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Cookie Lily Mary Troy Southern Methodist University Press Texas A&M University Press, dist. Box 750414, Dallas, TX 75275-0415 0870744917 $22.50 1-800-826-8911 Cookie Lily is a collection of nine short stories and one ...
The 2005 Entertainment Sourcebook.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... The 2005 Entertainment Sourcebook Association of Theatrical Artists Applause Books 151 W. 46th St., New York NY 10036 www.applausepub.com 1557836361 $35.00 1-800-637-2852 The Association of Theatrical Artists and ...
Never Coming to a Theater Near You.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Never Coming To A Theater Near You Kenneth Turan Public Affairs 250 West 57th St. #1321, NY, NY 10107 www.publicaffairsbooks.com 1586482319 $25.00 1-877-782-1234 A relatively few Hollywood productions get all the publicity ...
The DC Comics Encyclopedia.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... The DC Comics Encyclopedia Phil Jiminez, et.al. DK Publishing 375 Hudson St, NY, NY 10014-3657 075660592X $40.00 www.dk.com Here's the perfect item of choice for that comic book fan who has all the issues: a definitive, color-packed ...
Boneyard Volume Three.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Boneyard Volume Three Richard Moore NBM 555 8th Avenue, #1202, NY, NY 10018 1561634050 $9.95 nbmpublishing.com Boneyard Volume Three is the third graphic novel in Richard Moore's horror spoof. Following the adventures of a fairly ...