The Bookwatch back issues from April 2008:
Zero Days.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Zero Days Barbara Egbert Wilderness Press 1200-5th Street, Berkeley, CA 94710-1306 9780899974385, $15.95 www.wildernesspress.com In 2004 the authors began a six-month journey to hike the length of the pacific Crest Trail with their ...
Where Men Hide.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Where Men Hide James B. Twitchell Columbia University Press 61 West 62nd Street, New York, NY 10023-7015 9780231137355, $19.95 www.columbia.edu/cu/cup Ken Ross' black and white photos pepper an excellent survey of male habitats and ...
The Way of the Explorer.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The Way of the Explorer Dr. Edgar Mitchell with Dwight Williams New Page Books Box 687, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417 9781564149770, $16.99 www.newpagebooks.com In February 1971 Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell sensed the deliberate ...
Key Porter Books.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Key Porter Books Six Adelaide Street East, 10th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5C 1H6, Canada www.keyporter.com Two excellent picks offer parents a fine set of activities guides perfect for sharing in play. Dr. Roni Cohen Leiderman and Dr. Wendy Masi's 365 ...
The Musician's Guide to the Road.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The Musician's Guide to the Road Susan Voelz Billboard Books c/o Watson-Guptill 770 Broadway, New York NY 10003 9780823077762, $16.95 Touring musicians and those wishing a glimpse into the experiences of an artist's life ...
Greenwood Press.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Greenwood Press 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 www.greenwood.com 1-800-225-5800 The two-volume collaborative work of Scott Schinder and Andy Schwartz, ICONS OF ROCK: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE LEGENDS WHO CHANGED MUSIC FOREVER (9780313338465, $175.00) ...
A Life in Pictures: Herbert von Karajan.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A Life in Pictures: Herbert von Karajan Jurgen Otten Amadeus Press c/o Hal Leonard 19 West 21st Street Suite 201, New York NY 10010 9781574671651, $49.95 www.hallleonard.com HERBERT VON KARAJAN: A LIFE IN PICTURES is a ...
Edge of the Sublime.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Edge of the Sublime Jamie Bennett Hudson Hills Press Box 205, Manchester, VT 05254 1555952844, $50.00 www.hudsonhills.com American enamelist Jamie Bennett established an international reputation in 1986 when he produced a line of ...
Cisco Networking Simplified, 2nd Edition.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Cisco Networking Simplified, 2nd Edition Jim Doherty, Neil Anderson & Paul Della Maggiora Cisco Press 800 East 96th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46240 1587201992, $39.99 www.ciscopress.com Cisco reference libraries and those catering to ...
Networking with Microsoft Windows Vista.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Networking with Microsoft Windows Vista Paul McFedries Que Publishing c/o Pearson Technology Group 801 East 96th Street, #300, Indianapolis, IN 46240-3759 0789737779, $39.99 www.quepublishing.com Computer libraries strong ...
Software Teamwork.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Software Teamwork Jim Brosseau Addison-Wesley 75 Arlington Street, Suite 300, Boston, MA 02116 0321488903, $39.99 www.awprofessional.com SOFTWARE TEAMWORK: TAKING OWNERSHIP FOR SUCCESS is a practical guide to improving the human ...
Digital Astrophotography.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Digital Astrophotography Stefan Seip RockyNook 26 West Mission Street Suite 3, Santa Barbara, CA 93101-2432 9781933952161, $29.95 www.rockynook.com DIGITAL ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY: A GUIDE TO CAPTURING THE COSMOS covers all the basics of ...
Exploding Disk Cannons, Slimemobiles and 32 Other Projects for Saturday Science.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Exploding Disk Cannons, Slimemobiles and 32 Other Projects for Saturday Science Neil A. Downie Johns Hopkins University Press 2715 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218 0801885078, $19.95 www.press.jhu.edu Laser light shows, the ...
Maxwell's Equations and the Principles of Electromagnetism.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Maxwell's Equations and the Principles of Electromagnetism Richard Fitzpatrick Infinity Science Press 11 Leavitt Street, Hingham, MA 02043 9781934015209, $69.95 www.infinitysciencepress.com College-level and advanced electromagnetism ...
Before Dallas.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Before Dallas Nicholas P. Cafardi Paulist Press 997 Macarthur Boulevard, Mahwah, NJ 07430 0809105802, $27.95 www.paulistpress.com The American Catholic church faces its greatest challenges from the clergy sexual abuse scandal and its ...
Bear/Inner Traditions.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Bear/Inner Traditions One Park Street, Rochester, VT 05767 www.innertraditions.com John Michell's THE DIMENSIONS OF PARADISE: SACRED GEOMETRY, ANCIENT SCIENCE, AND THE HEAVENLY ORDER ON EARTH (1594771987, $16.95) describes the new science of a geometrical ...
Schiffer Publishing.(books about ghosts)(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Schiffer Publishing 4880 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, PA 19310 www.schifferbooks.com Three outstanding new 'Ghost' titles are top picks for any collection strong in ghost accounts and spirit exposes. Dr. Hans Holzer's THE SPIRIT CONNECTION (9780764328923, ...
Corwin Press.(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Corwin Press 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 www.corwinpress.com Current research shows a positive relationship between successful professional learning communities and student achievement, and Shirley M. Hord and William A. Sommers's Leading ...
Spiritual Relationships.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Spiritual Relationships Paramhansa Yogananda Crystal Clarity Publishers 14618 Tyler Foote Road, Nevada City, CA 95959 9791565892248, $8,85 www.crystalclarity.com Learn how to attract better friendships and mates using the ancient ...
Remembering in a World of Forgetting.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Remembering in a World of Forgetting William Stoddart World Wisdom Inc. 1501 E. Hillside Drive, Bloomington, IN 47401 9781933316468, $21.95 www.worldwisdom.com REMEMBERING IN A WORLD OF FORGETTING: THOUGHTS ON TRADITION AND ...
A Christian Pilgrim in India.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A Christian Pilgrim in India Harry Oldmeadow World Wisdom Inc. 1501 E. Hillside Drive, Bloomington, IN 47401 9781933316451, $22.95 www.worldwisdom.com A CHRISTIAN PILGRIM IN INDIA: THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY OF SWAMI ABHISHIKTANANDA ...
American Juries: The Verdict.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... American Juries: The Verdict Neil Vidmar & Valerie P. Hans Prometheus Books 59 John Glenn Drive, Amherst, NY 14228-2119 9781591025887, $32.95 www.prometheusbooks.com While the right to a trail by jury of peers is a basic American ...
Commander in Chief.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Commander in Chief Geoffrey Perret Farrar Straus Giroux 19 Union Square West, New York NY 10003 9780374531270, $15.00 www.fsgbooks.com COMMANDER IN CHIEF: HOW TRUMAN, JOHNSON, AND BUSH TURNED A PRESIDENTIAL POWER INTO A THREAT TO ...
Wars of the Americas, 2nd Edition.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Wars of the Americas, 2nd Edition David F. Marley ABC-CLIO Box 1911, Santa Barbara, CA 93116-1911 9781598841008, $195.00 www.abc-clio.com WARS OF THE AMERICAS: A CHRONOLOGY OF ARMED CONFLICT IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE appears in its ...
Nutrition by the Numbers.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Nutrition by the Numbers Christopher E. Ramsden, MD Applied Nutritional Biochemistry 1136 Bellewood Square, Atlanta, GA 30338-4047 9780979651502, $18.95 www.nql.com Nutritional biochemistry is here provided in a language any lay ...
Do No Harm.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Do No Harm Stewart Justman Ivan R. Dee Publisher 1332 North Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60622-2694 1566636272, $26.00 www.ivanrdee.com DO NO HARM: HOW A MAGIC BULLET FOR PROSTATE CANCER BECAME A MEDICAL QUANDARY explores a modern ...
10 Steps to Better Living with Diabetes.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... 10 Steps to Better Living With Diabetes Ginger Kanzer-Lewis, RN, BC, EDM, CDE American Diabetes Association 1701 North Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311 1580402593, $16.95 www.diabetes.org When a person is first diagnosed with ...
Acupressure Taping.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Acupressure Taping Hans-Ulrich Hecker, MD and Kay Liebchen, MD Healing Arts Press c/o Inner Traditions Box 388, Rochester, VT 05767 1594771480, $16.95 www.HealingArtsPress.com Any who suffer from chronic pain know that ...
The Professional Bartender's Handbook.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The Professional Bartender's Handbook Valerie Mellema Atlantic Publishing Company 1405 SW 6th Avenue, Ocala, FL 34471 9780910627955, $21.95 www.atlantic-pub.com Collections catering to culinary professionals, especially bartenders, ...
Little Box of Quilter's Chocolate Desserts.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Little Box of Quilter's Chocolate Desserts That Patchwork Place Martingale & Company 20205-144th Avenue, NE, Woodinville, WA 98072-8478 9781564777959, $19.95 www.martingale-co.com Pair chocolate dessert recipes with the ...
Tibetan Cooking.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Tibetan Cooking Elizabeth Esther Kelly Snow Lion Publications 605 West State Street, Box 6483, Ithaca, NY 14850 1559392622, $19.95 www.snowlionpub.com TIBETAN CUISINE is the first book of Tibetan cuisine ...
Getting a Job in Architecture and Design.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Getting a Job in Architecture and Design David W. Patterson W.W. Norton & Company 500-5th Avenue, New York NY 10010 9780393732177, $25.00 www.wworton.com Some designers look for jobs and some get good ones, so any collection catering ...
Looks.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Looks Gordon L. Patzer, Ph.D. Amacom 1601 Broadway, New York NY 10019 0814480543, $23.00 www.amacombooks.org College-level collections strong in social science, business and psychology alike will appreciate LOOKS: WHY THEY MATTER ...
The World's Business Cultures and How to Unlock Them.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The World's Business Cultures and How to Unlock Them Barry Tomalin and Mike Nicks Thorogood c/o Stylus Publishing P.O. Box 605, Herndon, VA 20172-0605 1854183699, $24.95 www.thorogoodpublishing.co.uk Why do business ...
Optimizing Luck.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Optimizing Luck Thomas Meylan and Terry Teays Davies-Black Publishers 1055 Joaquin Road, 2nd Floor, Mountain View, CA 94043 978089106226, $27.95 www.daviesblack.com Disasters happen and the key to business success often lies in being ...
The Traveler's Web.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The Traveler's Web Randolph Hock CyberAge Books c/o Information Today, Inc. 143 Old Marlton Pike, Medford, NJ 08055 9780910965750, $19.95, www.infotoday.com 1-800-300-9868 Any traveler knows the internet is packed with ...
Authenticating Ancient Indian Artifacts.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Authenticating Ancient Indian Artifacts Jim Bennett Collector Books P.O. Box 3009, Paducah, KY 42002-3009 9781574325553, $29.95 www.collectorbooks.com Any collection strong in Native American history, studies or early artifacts ...
Complete Price Guide to Watches, 2008.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Complete Price Guide to Watches, 2008 Richard E. Gilbert, Tom Engle, Cooksey Shugart Tinderbox c/o Collector Books Box 3009, Paducah, KY 42002-3009 1574325922, $29.95 www.tinderboxpress.com Thousands of price changes in ...
A Guide Book of Lincoln Cents.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A Guide Book of Lincoln Cents Q. David Bowers Whitman Publishing 2101 Clairmont Road Suite C. Atlanta, GA 30329 0794822649, $19.95 www.whitmanbooks.com Coin collectors who are gathering Lincoln cents have lots to work with and ...
At Knit's End.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... At Knit's End Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Highbridge Audio Books 201 Sixth Street SE, Suite 220, Minneapolis, MN 55414 9781598875201, $19.95 www.highbridgeaudio.com AT KNIT'S END: MEDITATIONS FOR WOMEN WHO KNIT TOO MUCH is narrated by the ...
Penguin Audio.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Penguin Audio 375 Hudson Street, New York NY 10014 www.penguin.com Robertson Dean lends an experienced and smooth voice to this story of Mark in Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins's The Jesus Chronicles: Mark's Story (9780143142478, $34.95), who about to ...
Brilliance Audio.(Audiobook review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Brilliance Audio PO Box 887, Grand Haven, MI 49417 www.brillianceaudio.com Ed Greenwood's DARK LORD (1423348915, $38.95) provides an excellent narration by veteran Christopher Lane as it tells of author Rod, who finds himself trapped in his own world after ...
Fifth Horseman.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Fifth Horseman James Patterson and Maxine Paetro Time Warner Audio 135 West 50th Street, New York NY 10020 1600242525, $14.98 www.twbookmark.com/audiobooks Carolyn McCormick's background as an actress lends drama and style to her ...
Hachette Audio.(New Day New You: Devotions for Enjoying Everyday Life, The Naming of the Dead)(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Hachette Audio 237 Park Avenue, New York NY 10017 www.hachetteaudio.com Joyce Meyer's NEW DAY NEW YOU: DEVOTIONS FOR ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE (1600240348, $29.98) receives Sandra McCollom's fine voice as it provides a review of daily strategies for keeping ...
Abraham's Journey.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Abraham's Journey Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik KTAV 930 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306 9781602800045, $25.00 www.ktav.com ABRAHAM'S JOURNEY is the ninth in the series MeOtzar HoRav: Selected Writings of Rabbi ...
Jack Kerouac's American Journey.(Jack Kerouac's American Journey: The Real-Life Odyssey of ''On the Road'')(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Jack Kerouac's American Journey Paul Maher Jr. DaCapo Press c/o Perseus Book Group 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142 1560259914, $16.00 www.thundersmouthpress.com JACK KEROUAC'S AMERICAN JOURNEY: THE REAL-LIFE ...
An Actor's Work.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... An Actor's Work Konstantin Stanislavski Routledge 270 Madison Avenue, New York NY 10016 9780415422239, $35.00 www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com Jean Benedetti provides the modern translation of this classic text on actor training, a ...
Techniques in Large Animal Surgery, 3rd Edition.(Brief article)(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Techniques in Large Animal Surgery, 3rd Edition Dean A. Hendrickson Blackwell Publishing 2121 State Avenue, Ames, IA 50014-8300 0781782554, $100.00 www.blackwellpublishing.com College-level collections strong in vet science will find ...