The Bookwatch back issues from September 2008:
The Power of a Positive Attitude.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The Power of a Positive Attitude Roger Fritz Amacom 1601 Broadway, New York NY 10019 0814410138, $15.00 www.amacombooks.org Attitude affects all facets of our lives, from how we handle stress and communicate at work to how we view ...
The iPod & iTunes Handbook.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The iPod & iTunes Handbook Contel Bradford Atlantic Publishing 1405 SW 6th Avenue, Ocala, FL 34471 9781601381224, $24.95 www.atlantic-pub.com Apple has revolutionized the digital music industry with its iPod and iTunes systems and ...
O'Reilly.(www.oreilly.com)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008 ... O'Reilly 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472 www.oreilly.com JavaScript was developed in a hurry before it could be refined, and thus has more 'bad parts' than most programming languages. Senior JavaScript architect at Yahoo! Douglas ...
Agile Adoption Patterns: a Roadmap to Organizational Success.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Agile Adoption Patterns: a Roadmap to Organizational Success Amr Elssamadisy Addison-Wesley c/o Pearson Education 801 East 96th Street, 3rd floor, Indianapolis, IN 46240-3759 www.awprofessional.com 1-800-428-5331 ...
IT Governance.(IT Governance: A Manager's Guide to Data Security and ISO 27001/ ISO 27002)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... IT Governance Alan Calder & Steve Watkins Kogan Page 525 South 4th Street #241, Philadelphia, PA 19147 9780749452711, $90.00 www.koganpage.com IT GOVERNANCE: A MANAGER'S GUIDE TO DATA SECURITY AND ISO 27001/ISO27002 is a top pick for ...
Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS3.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS3 Stephanie Sullivan and Greg Rewis New Riders 1249--8th Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 0321508971, $49.99 www.newriders.com Dreamweaver is the leading web authoring tool and CSS is the recommended method ...
Designed Maps: A Sourcebook for GIS Users.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Designed Maps: A Sourcebook for GIS Users Cynthia A. Brewer ESRI Press 380 New York Street, Redlands, CA 92373-8100 978'589481602, $39.95 www.esri.com/esripress College-level libraries strong in either cartography or GIS mapping ...
Top Secret: The Truth behind Today's Pop Mysticisms.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Top Secret: The Truth Behind Today's Pop Mysticisms Robert M. Price Prometheus Books 59 John Glenn Drive, Amherst, NJ 14228-2119 9781591026082, $24.95 www.prometheusbooks.com Millions have or have read THE SECRET, a spiritual survey ...
Secrets of Antigravity Propulsion.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Secrets of Antigravity Propulsion Paul A. LaViolette, Ph.D. Bear & Company c/o Inner Traditions Box 388, Rochester, VT 05767 9781591430780, $24.00 www.bearandcompanybooks.com The secret history of antigravity ...
The Complete Book of Chart Rectification.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The Complete Book of Chart Rectification Carol A. Tebbs, M.A., C.A.P. Llewellyn Worldwide 2143 Wooddale Drive, Woodbury, MN 55125-2989 9780738713083, $34.95 www.llewellyn.com Astrologer Carol Tebbs solves the long-standing astrology ...
Of Parrots and People.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Of Parrots and People Mira Tweti Viking Press c/o The Penguin Publishing Group 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014 9780670019694, $25.95 www.penguin.com Some 50 million parrots are kept as pets in this country, yet their ...
TFH.(www.tfh.com)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008 ... TFH One TFH Plaza, Third and Union Avenues, Neptune City NJ 07753 www.tfh.com If you've ever seen your aquarium fish look hungry for more, then Michael R. Hellweg's Culturing Live Foods: A Step-by-Step Guide for Culturing One's Own Food for the ...
Face to Face.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Face to Face Rick Sammon O'Reilly 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472 9780596515744, $34.99 www.oreilly.com Rick Sammon is known for his travel and adventure photo guides, but FACE TO FACE offers something different: ...
Lighting for Photography: Techniques for Studio and location Shoots.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Lighting for Photography: Techniques for Studio and location Shoots Dr. Glenn Rand Amherst Media Box 586, Buffalo, NY 14226 9781584282266, $34.95 www.amherstmedia.com Learn how to control light effectively to make for more striking ...
Behind Every Man.(Behind Every Man: The Story of Nancy Cooper Russell)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Behind Every Man Joan Stauffer University of Oklahoma Press 2800 Venture Drive, Norman, OK 73069 9780806139524, $19.95 www.oupress.com After Nancy Cooper married Charlie Russell in 1895 she helped turn him from a common ranch hand ...
Searching for Dad.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Searching for Dad Byron Ricks Brown Books 16200 North Dallas Parkway #170, Dallas, TX 75248 9781934812129, $17.95 www.brownbooks.com Author Byron Ricks shares his story about the challenges he faced and who he became growing up ...
Flory: A Miraculous Story of Survival.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Flory: A Miraculous Story of Survival Flory A. Van Beek HarperOne c/o HarperCollins 10 East 53rd Street, New York NY 10022 9780061176142, $23.95 www.harpercollins.com In 1939 as Nazi forces became a reality, the Jewish ...
Quiet, Please: Dispatches from a Public Librarian.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Quiet, Please: Dispatches from a Public Librarian Scott Douglas Da Capo Press c/o Perseus Book Group 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142 9780786720910, $25.00 www.dacapopress.com Librarians are known for their ...
Undercover.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Undercover John W. Schilling AMACOM c/o American Management Association 1601 Broadway, New York NY 10019 0814474500, $24.00 www.amacombooks.org UNDERCOVER also deserves mention for any library strong in business, ...
Memories of a Southern Woman of Letters.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Memoirs of a Southern Woman of Letters Grace King Pelican Publishing 1000 Burmaster, Gretna, LA 70053 9781589800656, $30.00 www.pelicanpub.com Grace King's memoir of life in New Orleans from the Civil War to the Depression traces the ...
Outlaw Journalist: The Life and Times of Hunter Thompson.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Outlaw Journalist: The Life & Times of Hunter Thompson William McKeen W.W. Norton 500--5th Avenue, New York NY 10110 9780393061925, $27.95 www.wwnorton.com Any collection strong in the works or life of Hunter S. Thompson will relish ...
Not My Turn to Die.(Not My Turn to Die: Memoirs of a Broken Childhood in Bosnia)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Not My Turn to Die Savo Heleta Amacom 1601 Broadway, New York NY 10019 0814401651, $22.00 www.amacombooks.org NOT MY TURN TO DIE: MEMOIRS OF A BROKEN CHILDHOOD IN BOSNIA tells of the author's struggle for life in 1996, just after the ...
Your Own, Sylvia.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Your Own, Sylvia Stephanie Hemphill Alfred Knopf c/o The Random House Publishing Group 1745 Broadway, 17th floor, New York, NY 10019 9780375837999, $15.99 www.randomhouse.com/teens While this verse interpretation of poet ...
How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries Kathy Lynn Emerson Perseverance Press c/o John Daniel & Company PO Box 2790, McKinleyville, CA 95919 9781880284926, $14.95 www.danielpublishing.com/perseverance Any library catering ...
Hachette Audio.(www.hachetteaudio.com)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Hachette Audio 237 Park Avenue, New York NY 10017 www.hachetteaudio.com Alice Sebold's THE ALMOST MOON (1600240305, $39.98) receives three-time Oscar nominee Joan Allen's fine professional acting voice as it tells of Clair and Helen, a parent and child ...
Brilliance Audio.(Audiobook review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Brilliance Audio c/o Brilliance Corporation PO Box 887, Grand Haven, MI 49417 www.brillianceaudio.com 1-800-854-7859 Actor Scott Brick's excellent film performance background lends drama to his reading of Stephen J. Cannell 's story of Truit ...
Penguin Audio.(Audiobook review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Penguin Audio 375 Hudson Street, New York NY 10014 www.penguin.com Veteran audio narrator George Guidall provides a tense story of a CIA agent who returns to the fold restless, recovering from wounds from his last job, and facing new Taliban terrorist ...
The Gardener's Bedside Reader.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The Gardener's Bedside Reader Kari Cornell, Editor Voyageur Press 380 Jackson Street #200, Saint Paul, MN 55101 9780760326572, $27.95 www.voyageurpress.com Any gardener seeking a bedside companion will relish this reader which pairs ...
Mix n Match Meals in Minutes For People With Diabetes, second edition.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Mix n Match Meals in Minutes For People With Diabetes, second edition Linda Gassenheimer American Diabetes Association 1701 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311 1580402895, $16.95 www.diabetes.org Busy schedules and lack of ...
The Second Nine Months: A Memoir.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The Second Nine Months: A Memoir Vicki Glembocki DaCapo LifeLong Press c/o Perseus Book Group 2300 Chestnut #200, Philadelphia, PA 19103 97807388211015, $24.00 www.dacapopress.com When the author's daughter Blair was born ...
The Alpha Factor.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The Alpha Factor Wes Ball Westlyn Publishing www.thealphafactor.com 9780980003109, $27.95, answers@ballgroup.com To become more profitable, companies need to become less vulnerable to competitive pressures. The Alpha Factor is based ...
The Complete Guide to Writing Web-Based Advertising Copy to Get the Sale.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The Complete Guide to Writing Web-Based Advertising Copy to Get the Sale Vickie Taylor Atlantic Publishing 1405 SW 6th Avenue, Ocala, FL 34471-0640 9781601382320, $24.95 www.atlantic-pub.com Web copywriters are in high demand and web ...
Amacom.(www.amacombooks.org)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Amacom 1601 Broadway, New York NY 10019 www.amacombooks.org Most companies still believe they can save a lot of money by outsourcing jobs overseas--but when does the money issue become offset by other issues? The new, revised expanded edition of Ron Hira ...
American Quilter's Society.(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008 ... American Quilter's Society Box 3290, Paducah, KY 42002-3290 www.AmericanQuilter.com The traditional little sunbonnet figure familiar to so many takes on new life in this set of original designs of appliqued and embroidered sunbonnet figures who appear in ...
Martingale & Company.(www.martingale-pub.com)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Martingale & Company 20205--144th Avenue NE, Woodinville, WA 98072-8478 www.martingale-pub.com Nancy Mahoney's block patterns in Applique Quilt Revival (9781584776222, $26.95) come from the 1930s and update classic patterns from the Depression era. Some ...
Frida Kahlo: Song of Herself.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Frida Kahlo: Song of Herself Salomon Grimberg Merrell Publishers 1858944384, $22.95 www.merrellpublishers.com The Mexican folk artist Frida Kahlo's life is well known yet she remains an enigma: here psychiatrist and Kahlo expert Salomon ...
Regional Greek Cooking.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Regional Greek Cooking Dean and Catherine Karayanis Hippocrene Books Inc. 171 Madison Avenue, New York NY 10016 0781811465, $24.95 www.hippocrenebooks.com Plenty of other cookbooks cover Greek cooking: what makes this extraordinary ...
Health Physics in the 21st Century.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Health Physics in the 21st Century Joseph John Bevelacqua Wiley-VCH c/o John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5773 www.wiley.com 1-800-225-5945 9783527408221, $170.00 www.wiley-vch.de ...
Understanding Lasers, third edition.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Understanding Lasers, third edition Jeff Hecht Wiley c/o John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5773 9780470088906, $69.95 www.wiley.com College-level libraries strong in science and technology titles ...
Applied Electromagnetics Using QuickField and Matlab.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Applied Electromagnetics Using QuickField and Matlab James R. Claycomb Infinity Science Press 11 Leavitt Street, Hingham, MA 02043 9781934015124, $69.95 www.infinitysciencepress.com College-level courses on electromagnetism as well as ...
Neuroengineering the Future: Virtual Minds and the Creation of Immortality.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Neuroengineering the Future: Virtual Minds and the Creation of Immortality Bruce F. Katz Infinity Science Press 11 Leavitt Street, Hingham, MA 02043 9781934015186, $49.95 www.infinitysciencepress.com Computer and science collections ...
The Privatization of Space Exploration.(The Privatization of Space Exploration: Business, Technology, Law and Policy)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The Privatization of Space Exploration Lewis D. Solomon Transaction Books 300 McGaw Drive-Raritan Center, Edison, NJ 08837 9781412807593, $39.95, www.transactionpub.com 1-888-999-6778 THE PRIVATIZATION OF SPACE EXPLORATION: BUSINESS, ...
Adam's Ancestors.(Adam's Ancestors: Race, Religion and the Politics of Human Origins)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Adam's Ancestors David N. Livingstone Johns Hopkins University Press 2715 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218 0801888131, $35.00 www.press.jhu.edu ADAM'S ANCESTORS: RACE, RELIGION & THE POLITICS OF HUMAN ORIGINS provides both ...
Won't Get Fooled Again.(Won't Get Fooled Again: A Voter's Guide to Seeing through the Lies, Getting Past the Propaganda and Choosing the Best Leaders)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Won't Get Fooled Again Joseph H. Boyett Amacom 1601 Broadway, New York NY 10019-7420 0814409318, $24.00 www.amacombooks.org WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN: A VOTER'S GUIDE TO SEEING THROUGH THE LIES, GETTING PAST THE PROPAGANDA, AND CHOOSING ...
The Last Crusade.(The Last Crusade: Americanism and the Islamic Reformation)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The Last Crusade Michael A. Palmer Potomac Books 22841 Quicksilver Drive, Dulles VA 20166 9781597971652, $17.95 www.potomacbooksinc.com THE LAST CRUSADE: AMERICANISM AND THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION is a pick for not just Middle East ...
Distracted.(Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Distracted Maggie Jackson Prometheus Books 59 John Glenn Drive, New York NY 14228-2197 9781591021235, $25.95 www.prometheusbooks.com Attention span builds cultures, connections and social structure--yet it's something lacking in the ...
Renewing America's Food Traditions.(Renewing America's Food Traditions: Saving and Savoring the Continent's Most Endangered Foods)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Renewing America's Food Traditions Gary Paul Nabhan, Editor Chelsea Green Publishing Box 428, White River Junction, VT 05001 9781833392899, $35.00 www.chelseagreen.com RENEWING AMERICA' FOOD TRADITIONS: SAVING AND SAVORING THE ...
Military Spouse's Complete Guide to Career Success.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Military Spouse's Complete Guide to Career Success Janet I. Farley Impact Publications 9104 Manassas Drive Suite N, Manassas Park, VA 20111 1570232695, $17.95 www.impactpublications.com Military spouses often sacrifice personal career ...
Osprey Publishing.(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Osprey Publishing 443 Park Avenue South, New York NY 10016 9781846033100, $18.95 www.ospreypublishing.com Leonid Krylov and Yuriy Tepsurkaev's SOVIET MIG-15 ACES OF THE KOREAN WAR (9781846032998, $22.95) joins others in Osprey's 'Aircraft of the Aces' ...
Meditations at Sixty: One Person, under God, Indivisible.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Meditations at Sixty: One Person, Under God, Indivisible Eliyahu Safran KTAV Publishing 930 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306 9781602800380, $25.00 www.ktav.com Judaism offers many insights into the relationships between body and ...
Master of the Delta.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Master of the Delta Thomas H. Cook Harcourt Inc. 15 East 26th Street, New York NY 10010 9780151012541, $24.00 www.harcourt.com Jack Branch has returned to his father's Delta estate to teach at the local high school. During his class ...
Uneasy Relations.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Uneasy Relations Aaron Elkins Berkeley Prime Crime 375 Hudson Street, New York NY 10014 9780425221761, $23.95 www.penguin.com Before the last Neanderthal left the planet, he co-existed with his cousin Homo sapiens: did they get ...
The Unraveling of Violeta Bell.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The Unraveling of Violeta Bell C.R. Corwin Poisoned Pen Pres 6962 E. First Avenue #103, Scottsdale, AZ 85251 9781590585016, $24.95 www.poisonedpenpress.com Newspaper librarian Maddy never gives story ideas to her newspaper: her job ...
Corwin Press.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Corwin Press 2465 Teller Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 www.corwinpress.com The second edition of Alfred Posamentier and Sephen Krulik's PROBLEM-SOLVING STRATEGIES FOR EFFICIENT AND ELEGANT SOLUTIONS GRADES 6-12: A RESOURCE FOR THE MATHEMATICS TEACHER ...
The Musician's Handbook: A Practical Guide to Understanding the Music Business.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The Musicians Handbook: A Practical Guide to Understanding the Music Business Bobby Borg Billboard Books c/o Watson-Guptill 770 Broadway, New York NY 10003 9780823099702, $19.95 www.watsonguptill.com This revised edition ...
Caliphate.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Caliphate Tom Kratman Baen Books Box 1043, Riverdale, NY 10471 1416555455, $24.00 www.baen.com It's the 22nd century, and Europe has bee turned over to Moslems, atheism has been exterminated, homosexuals are killed, and Christians ...
Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials: A Multiple Allegory.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials: A Multiple Allegory Leonard F. Wheat Prometheus Books 59 John Glenn Drive, Amherst, NY 14228-2197 9781591025894, $19.95 www.prometheusbooks.com Philip Pullman's HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy is a ...