[bksvol-discuss] New Books (95) for 08-12
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- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:12:45 -0700
=====FICTION, 22
AS YOU LIKE IT, BY JOSEPH PAPP AND ROBERT KEAN TURNER AND JAMES
HAMMERSMITH AND DAVID SCOTT KASTAN AND DAVID BEVINGTON AND WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE
This wisely funny comedy, which contains some of Shakespeare's loveliest
poetry, contrasts a court's world of envy and rivalry with a forest's
world of compassion and harmony.
Excellent Quality, 120 Pages
History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106725/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553212907/
AWAKE, BY ELIZABETH GRAVER
From the acclaimed author of "The Honey Thief" comes this remarkable
portrayal of personal freedom, the kind that is imperceptible to the
naked eye but as real and affecting as the bright sun on a crisp day.
Excellent Quality, 290 Pages
Disability-Related, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106269/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0156030020/
A LONGING FOR THE LIGHT, BY LEWIS HYDE AND VICENTE ALEIXANDRE
Vicente Aleixandre presents a collection of poems in English and Spanish.
Excellent Quality, 280 Pages
Poetry, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106728/
BALTHAZAR (THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET #2), BY LAWRENCE DURRELL
"Balthazar", is the second volume of Durrell's "The Alexandria Quartet",
set in Alexandria, Egypt, during the 1940s. The events of each lush and
sensuous novel are seen through the eyes of the central character L.G.
Darley, who observes the interactions of his lovers, friends, and
acquaintances.
Excellent Quality, 255 Pages
History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106245/
BEGINNER'S GREEK: A NOVEL, BY JAMES COLLINS
Peter Russell finally meets the woman of his dreams on a flight from New
York to LA. Her name is Holly. She gives Peter her phone number on a
page of 'The Magic Mountain', but in his room that night Peter finds the
page is inexplicably, impossibly, enragingly... gone.
Excellent Quality, 451 Pages
Romance, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106659/
BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ: THE STORY OF FRANZ BIBERKOPF, BY EUGENE JOLAS
AND ALFRED DOBLIN
"Berlin Alexanderplatz" is one of the masterpieces of modern European
literature and the first German novel to adopt the technique of James
Joyce. It tells the story of Franz Biberkopf, who, on being released
from prison, is confronted with the poverty, unemployment, crime and
burgeoning Nazism of 1920s Germany.
Excellent Quality, 378 Pages
History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106667/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0826477895/
BURNED, BY DAVID HAGBERG
Patty and David Monroe have flown to Moscow to repair a business deal
which has gone bad--when it suddenly turns nightmarish.
Excellent Quality, 336 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106468/
CALIGULA AND THREE OTHER PLAYS, BY STUART GILBERT AND ALBERT CAMUS
'One word to tell the reader what he will not find in this book.
Although I have the most passionate attachment for the theater, I have
the misfortune of liking only one kind of play, whether comic or tragic.
Excellent Quality, 144 Pages
History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106730/
CRY ME A RIVER, BY T. R. PEARSON
In "Cry Me a River", his sixth novel, Pearson writes of murder and its
consequences in a small Southern town. By the book's end we of course
know who did it and why, but the greater pleasure lies in Pearson's
humorous investigation into carnal relations, sexual jealousy, men and
women, the mean, the low-down, and the dead.
Excellent Quality, 260 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106255/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0805022007/
GIVE US THIS DAY, BY R. F. DELDERFIELD
Weaving the fortunes of the patriarchal Adam Swann and his family into
the pageantry of English history in the years following Queen Victoria's
Diamond Jubilee of 1897, this sweeping historical novel takes Swann's
four sons and daughter into the perilous reaches of government, commerce
and the army.
Excellent Quality, 768 Pages
History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106679/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0786709138/
GOD'S GYM, BY JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN
"God's Gym" is the first story collection in more than a decade from one
of our most celebrated American authors. "God's Gym" features stories
that explore issues of strength and faith, fate and belief.
Excellent Quality, 179 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106218/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0618515259/
GREAT BOOKS FOR BOYS, BY KATHLEEN ODEAN
BOOKS THAT WILL MAKE BOYS WANT TO READ! Parents, grandparents, teachers,
and librarians--we need a tool that guides us to the books that will
inspire boys to read and keep them coming back for more.
Excellent Quality, 391 Pages
Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106716/
HAVE YOU SEEN ME?, BY ELIZABETH GRAVER
The title story is winner of the Drue Heinze Literature Prize, 1991. 10
short stories: Around the World, Have You Seen Me?, Yellow Tent, The
Blue Hour, Scraps, The Boy Who Fell Forty Feet, The Experimental Forest,
The Body Shop, Music for Four Doors, and The Counting Game.
Excellent Quality, 172 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106213/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0822936828/
HIDING PLACE, BY JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN
A man lay dead in a parking lot. Tommy didn't kill him, but the police
will shoot first and ask questions later.
Excellent Quality, 158 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/105348/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/039589798X/
LAST STANDS: NOTES FROM MEMORY, BY HILARY MASTERS
An affecting and exquisitely drawn family portrait by the son of poet
Edgar Lee Masters.
Excellent Quality, 229 Pages
Nonfiction, Poetry, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106254/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0870744925/
ROBERT FROST: THE YEARS OF TRIUMPH 1915-1938, BY LAWRANCE THOMPSON
Robert Frost: The Years of Triumph, 1915-1938. Volume two of Thompson's
Frost biography receives a Pulitzer Prize despite the controversy raised
by Thompson's less-than-sympathetic portrait of this American literary
giant.
Excellent Quality, 744 Pages
Nonfiction, Poetry, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106479/
SHELLEY: THE PURSUIT, BY RICHARD HOLMES
Shelley: The Pursuit is a most apt title as this is indeed a biography
that goes on the chase to bring together all manner of opinions; both
contemporary and historical to weave together the short chaotic life of
the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Excellent Quality, 828 Pages
Nonfiction, Poetry, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106560/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0525202870/
THE ART OF UNCONTROLLED FLIGHT, BY KIM PONDERS
A stunning literary debut about a woman - an Air Force pilot - torn
between duty and desire.
Excellent Quality, 183 Pages
Military, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106001/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060786086/
THE DOCTOR'S WIFE, BY ELIZABETH BRUNDAGE
From the outside, the Knowles family appeared to have it all: a loving
marriage, two beautiful children, a home in an idyllic part of the
countryside in upstate New York.
Excellent Quality, 340 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/98306/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0670033162/
THE LAST GOOD KISS, BY JAMES CRUMLEY
An unforgettable detective story starring C.W. Sughrue, a Montana
investigator who kills time by working at a topless bar.
Excellent Quality, 244 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106351/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0394759893/
THE RASCAL KING, BY JACK BEATTY
The nationally acclaimed, award-winning biography of "the Kingfish of
Massachusetts" and an epic of urban politics and Irish America.
Excellent Quality, 569 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106718/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0201175991/
TUCKER PEAK: A JOE GUNTHER NOVEL, BY ARCHER MAYOR
To its visitors, the resort area Tucker Peak is Vermont personified:
small, thinly populated, a fun place to ski all day and party all night.
To its owners, it is on the ropes, hemorrhaging money. Their plan:
expand and spend a fortune on the gamble. But two problems quickly arise.
Excellent Quality, 300 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/104337/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0892967242/
=====NONFICTION, 61
2009 ARTIST'S & GRAPHIC DESIGNER'S MARKET®, BY FROM THE EDITORS OF
WRITER'S DIGEST BOOKS
This essential guide gives creatives completely updated contact and
submission information for more than 1,500 art markets such as greeting
card companies, magazine and book publishers, galleries, art fairs, ad
agencies and more.
Publisher Quality
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106321/
2009 CHILDREN'S WRITER'S & ILLUSTRATOR'S MARKET®, BY ALICE POPE
The 2009 edition of this essential market guide offers more than 650
listings for book publishers, magazines, agents, and art
representatives, and contains exclusive interviews with well-respected
and award-winning authors and illustrators.
Publisher Quality
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106308/
2009 GUIDE TO LITERARY AGENTS®, BY CHUCK SAMBUCHINO
Now, more than ever, in a market glutted with aspiring writers and a
shrinking number of publishing houses, writers need someone familiar
with the publishing scene to shepherd their manuscript to the right person.
Publisher Quality
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106418/
2009 POET'S MARKET®, BY FROM THE EDITORS OF WRITER'S DIGEST BOOKS
Share your poems with others by submitting them for publication with the
help of this comprehensive reference of submission guidelines, contact
names, and publishing specifications. Completely updated, the book
contains hundreds of listings of editors and agents who may be open to
seeing your work, tips from the places who may publish your poems,
advice from the best creative minds in the field, and profiles of the
best poets writing today.
Publisher Quality
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106285/
2009 PHOTOGRAPHER'S MARKET®, BY FROM THE EDITORS OF WRITER'S DIGEST BOOKS
With 1,500 market listings, 2009 Photographer's Market is the essential
resource for freelance photographers looking to market their work.
Publisher Quality
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106410/
2009 SCREENWRITER'S & PLAYWRIGHT'S MARKET®, BY ROBIN MIZELL AND
CHARLES GALVIN AND EMILY HOFERER AND CHUCK SAMBUCHINO
New in our Market Books line of bestselling reference guides for writers
and creative professionals comes the Screenwriter's & Playwright's Market.
Publisher Quality
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106393/
2009 WRITER'S MARKET®, BY ROBERT LEE BREWER
Covering all genres from romance to mystery to horror, this resource
helps writers prepare their submissions and sell their work.
Publisher Quality
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106316/
60 SECOND ORGANIZER 2ND EDITION, BY JEFF DAVIDSON
With sixty simple, immediate techniques, he shows you how to get your
workplace organized, streamline your workday, and boost your
productivity and job satisfac
Publisher Quality
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106292/
ARTISTS OF THE FLOATING WORLD: CONTEMPORARY WRITERS BETWEEN CULTURES, BY
ROB BURTON
Burton examines the fiction of four contemporary multicultural writers:
Kazuo Ishiguro, Bessie Head, Bharati Mukherjee, and Salman Rushdie. His
analysis centers on the unique ways in which each of the authors
explores and articulates a literal and metaphorical "floating world" in
which the boundaries between various binary opposites are blurred.
Excellent Quality, 142 Pages
Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106672/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0761835989/
A CLINICAL HANDBOOK PRACTICAL THERAPIST MANUAL, BY DONALD MEICHENBAUM
This comprehensive training manual for mental health professionals
presents almost all that is known about the assessment and treatment of
PTSD. In over 600 pages, Dr.
Excellent Quality, 566 Pages
Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body, Professional and Technical
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106727/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0969884001/
BARRON'S SAT SUBJECT TEST IN LITERATURE 2007, BY CHRISTINA MYERS-SHAFFER
Comprehensive preparation for this test formerly called SAT II:
Literature's presented here with seven practice tests, two diagnostic
tests, and three interpretive skills practice sets.
Excellent Quality, 472 Pages
Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/105263/
BASEBALL: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF POPULAR CULTURE, BY EDWARD J. RIELLY
Looks at American society through the prism of its favorite pastime,
discussing the game and surrounding issues of race relations, writing,
drug abuse, entertainment, and the change from rural to urban society.
Excellent Quality, 377 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Sports
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/105257/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1576071030/
BAYOU FAREWELL: THE RICH LIFE AND TRAGIC DEATH OF LOUISIANA'S CAJUN
COAST, BY MIKE TIDWELL
"Bayou Farewell" is the richly evocative chronicle of the author's
travels through a place and a way of life that are vanishing virtually
before our eyes. Thanks to human hands, the storied Louisiana coast was
eroding, subsiding, and joining the Gulf of Mexico --- making it the
fastest disappearing landmass on Earth.
Excellent Quality, 350 Pages
Nonfiction, Travel, Outdoors and Nature
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106499/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0375420762/
BEYOND THE MIRACLE WORKER: THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF ANNE SULLIVAN MACY AND
HER EXTRAORDINARY FRIENDSHIP WITH HELEN KELLER, BY KIM E. NIELSEN
Re-examination of the life and work of Anne Sullivan Macy, Helen
Keller's legendary teacher.
Excellent Quality, 299 Pages
Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/102992/
BLACK ODYSSEY: THE CASE OF THE SLAVE SHIP AMISTAD, BY MARY CABLE
In August of 1839, what appeared to be a listless "pirate ship",
unidentified by any flag, was spotted off the North Atlantic coast of
the United States. On board were thirty barely clad black men, all of
whom wore cutlasses, and two white men -- Spanish slave owners with an
incredible story to tell.
Excellent Quality, 192 Pages
History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106685/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0140046941/
BOOK OF MIGRATIONS: SOME PASSAGES IN IRELAND, BY REBECCA SOLNIT
Travel and history intermingle in this elegant reflection on identity
and memory. In her journey through Ireland, author Rebecca Solnit
portrays in microcosm a history made up of great tides of invasion,
colonization, emigration, nomadism, and tourism.
Excellent Quality, 192 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Travel, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106265/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1859841864/
BOWMAN'S STORE: A JOURNEY TO MYSELF, BY JOSEPH BRUCHAC
The author shares in this memoir how he came to fully understand, and
eventually claim, his Native American heritage, despite his
grandparents' unspoken pact to never discuss Grandpa's Abenaki blood.
Excellent Quality, 318 Pages
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/105270/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1584300272/
BY THE SWORD: A HISTORY OF GLADIATORS, MUSKETEERS, SAMURAI,
SWASHBUCKLERS, AND OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS, BY RICHARD A. COHEN
By the Sword is an epic history of sword fighting--a science, an art,
and, for many, a religion that began at the dawn of civilization in
ancient Egypt and has been an obsession for mankind ever since.
Excellent Quality, 544 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Sports
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106452/
CHALLENGER 7, BY COREA MURPHY
A reading instruction book for adults at the pre-GED level, intended to
develop critical reading, writing, and reasoning skills.
Excellent Quality, 237 Pages
Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106747/
CHIEF: MY LIFE IN THE LAPD, BY DARYL F. GATES AND DIANE K. SHAH
"Chief" is the biographical account of an ex-Police Chief, Daryl F.
Gates, giving a birds eye view of the world of crime as part of the Los
Angeles Police Department.
Excellent Quality, 372 Pages
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106663/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/055307301X/
COUNTRY OF LANGUAGE, BY SCOTT R. SANDERS
Scott Russell Sanders argues that people need to find a sense of
"at-homeness" in the natural world because moments of interaction with
the nonhuman world restore sanity and courage in the face of life's trials.
Excellent Quality, 140 Pages
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106503/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1571312307/
CRACKING THE AP EUROPEAN HISTORY EXAM, 2009 EDITION, BY PRINCETON REVIEW
Scoring high on the AP European History Exam is very different from
earning straight A's in school.
Excellent Quality, 443 Pages
Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/105260/
CRACKING THE AP PSYCHOLOGY EXAM, 2009 EDITION, BY PRINCETON REVIEW
Scoring high on the AP Psychology Exam is very different from earning
straight A's in school. We don't try to teach you everything there is to
know about psychology--only the strategies and information you'll need
to get your highest score.
Excellent Quality, 298 Pages
Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/105261/
CRACKING THE SAT LITERATURE SUBJECT TEST, 2007-2008 EDITION, BY
PRINCETON REVIEW
The Princeton Review realizes that acing the SAT Literature Subject Test
is very different from earning straight A's in school.
Excellent Quality, 246 Pages
Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/105262/
DON'T WORRY, MAKE MONEY: SPIRITUAL AND PRACTICAL WAYS TO CREATE
ABUNDANCE AND MORE FUN IN YOUR LIFE, BY RICHARD CARLSON
Richard Carlson provides one hundred new strategies for living more
fully and worrying less as a means of attracting more wealth and
abundance in our lives.
Excellent Quality, 223 Pages
Nonfiction, Self-Help, Religion and Spirituality, Business and Finance
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103287/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0786863218/
DSM-IV-TR CASEBOOK, BY MICHAEL B. FIRST AND JANET B. W. WILLIAMS AND
ANDREW E. SKODOL AND ROBERT L. SPITZER
This casebook for students, clinicians, and related professionals
presents a selection of real clinical vignettes which illustrate the
concepts and terminology found in the DSM-IV-TR.
Excellent Quality, 561 Pages
Nonfiction, Professional and Technical
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106721/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1585620580/
ECOLOGY OF WISDOM: WRITINGS, BY ARNE NAESS
A founder of the Deep Ecology Movement, Arne Naess' has produced
articles on environmentalism that have provided unmatched inspiration
for ecologists, philosophers, and activists worldwide.
Excellent Quality, 344 Pages
Nonfiction, Science, Outdoors and Nature
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106690/
FROM THE HEART OF A CHILD AND OTHER LESSONS TO LIVE BY, BY BILL O'HEARN
From the Heart of a Child, a book that Dennis Waitley characterized as
"Inspiring... a message that will help readers soar to the heights of
their true potential, " was written by Bill O'Hearn to touch the heart
of the child within all of us.
Excellent Quality, 144 Pages
Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106731/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0962616109/
GREAT BOOKS FOR GIRLS, BY KATHLEEN ODEAN
Completely revised and updated with nearly 300 new titles, this volume
remains a valuable tool for anyone who wants to help shape the literary
life of a young girl.
Excellent Quality, 419 Pages
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106734/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0345450213/
GROWING WOODLAND PLANTS, BY ELEANOR G. BIRDSEYE AND CLARENCE BIRDSEYE
The authors explain the interrelationships of trees, wildflowers, ferns,
bacteria, and the soil of woodlands; suggest ways of preparing both
large and small wildflower gardens; and describe when, where, and how to
gather woods plants.
Excellent Quality, 227 Pages
Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106735/
GROWING A READER FROM BIRTH: YOUR CHILD'S PATH FROM LANGUAGE TO
LITERACY, BY DIANE MCGUINNESS
From cooing in the crib to first words and sentences, to stories and
the final big leap into reading and writing, "Growing a Reader from
Birth" reviews the latest research revealing just how much infants,
toddlers, and preschoolers know and can express from the early months on.
Excellent Quality, 272 Pages
Nonfiction, Parenting and Family
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106665/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0393058026/
HéLèNE CIXOUS: LIVE THEORY, BY SUSAN SELLERS AND IAN BLYTH
This text introduces students to the work of contemporary French writer
Hélène Cixous. It begins with an examination of her theory of feminine
writing and goes on to explore its manifestations in her fictional and
theatrical writing, philosophical essays, and approach to literary
criticism.
Excellent Quality, 166 Pages
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106486/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0826466796/
HOOP ROOTS, BY JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN
While presenting a memoir of discovering basketball, novelist Wideman
(U. of Massachusetts-Amherst) reveals much about the origins of black
basketball in the US.
Excellent Quality, 242 Pages
Nonfiction, Sports, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106681/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0395857317/
IT AIN'T CHEATING IF YOU DON'T GET CAUGHT: SCUFFING, CORKING, SPITTING,
GUNKING, RAZZING, AND OTHER FUNDAMENTALS OF OUR NATIONAL PASTIME, BY DAN
GUTMAN AND LEW BURDETTE
Stories of how people cheat at baseball.
Excellent Quality, 211 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Sports
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/105265/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0140116524/
LAUNCHING OF MODERN AMERICAN SCIENCE, 1846-1876, BY ROBERT V. BRUCE
To American science, 1846 brought the Smithsonian Institution, the Yale
Scientific School, and the arrival of Louis Agassiz; and 1876 brought
the American Chemical Society and Johns Hopkins University.
Excellent Quality, 450 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Science
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106021/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0394553942/
LIFE'S PHILOSOPHY: REASON AND FEELING IN A DEEPER WORLD, BY ARNE NAESS
Venerable Norwegian philosopher Naess (emeritus, U. of Oslo) reflects on
some themes that have proved important in his life, particularly those
in which emotions are the point of departure and the focus of the whole.
Excellent Quality, 210 Pages
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106250/
LITERARY SUBVERSIONS: NEW AMERICAN FICTION AND THE PRACTICE OF
CRITICISM, BY JEROME KLINKOWITZ
Klinkowitz' comprehensive Introduction provides the clearest, liveliest
explosion to date of the technical and critical developments in the art
of the novel over the past two decades.
Excellent Quality, 218 Pages
History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106268/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0809312093/
LOSING MY RELIGION: HOW I LOST MY FAITH REPORTING ON RELIGION IN
AMERICA--AND FOUND UNEXPECTED PEACE, BY WILLIAM LOBDELL
Lobdell's journey of faith -- and doubt -- is a book about life's
deepest questions that speaks to everyone: the author understands the
longings and satisfactions of the faithful, as well as the unrelenting
power of doubt.
Excellent Quality, 292 Pages
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106266/
MAD DOGS AND AN ENGLISHWOMAN: TRAVELS WITH SLED DOGS IN CANADA'S FROZEN
NORTH, BY POLLY EVANS
Polly Evans had a mission: to learn everything possible about the
howling, tail-wagging world of sled dogs. Fool's errand? Or the
adventure of a lifetime? The intrepid world traveler was about to find out.
Excellent Quality, 304 Pages
Nonfiction, Sports, Travel
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106675/
MAIMONIDES, BY SHERWIN B. NULAND
Moses Maimonides was a great physician, a dazzling Torah scholar, a
community leader, and a philosopher whose greatest work attempted to
reconcile scientific knowledge with faith in God. The bestselling author
of "How We Die" focuses on this greatest of rabbis.
Excellent Quality, 256 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106246/
PRAYERS THAT BRING CHANGE, BY KIMBERLY DANIELS
Use the authority God has given you to move to the next level in your
prayer life with this collection of proclamation prayers by best-selling
author Kimberly Daniels.
Excellent Quality, 169 Pages
Nonfiction, Self-Help, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100209/
SAMUEL JOHNSON, BY WALTER JACKSON BATE
The first great modern biography of Johnson, it confirms that his
statements and judgments on literature, politics, religion, behavior -
on all human experience - are as relevant in our age as when they were
first uttered.
Excellent Quality, 659 Pages
Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106026/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0151792607/
SIXTY THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU TURN SIXTY, BY RONNIE SELLERS
Sixty Things To Do When You Turn Sixty is a collection of essays that
speaks to the reader who has or will soon turn 60.
Excellent Quality, 370 Pages
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106726/
SON OF THE WILDERNESS: THE LIFE OF JOHN MUIR, BY LINNIE M. WOLFE
All who have admired Muir's ruggedly individualistic lifestyle, and
those who wish a greater appreciation for the history of environmental
preservation in America, will be enthralled and enlightened by this
splendid biography.
Excellent Quality, 380 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Outdoors and Nature
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106752/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0299186342/
SOVIET FOREIGN POLICY, 1917-1941, BY GEORGE F. KENNAN
The purpose of this treatise is to give a brief account of Soviet
foreign policy from the moment of the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917
to the involvement of the Soviet Union in the Second World War, in June,
1941.
Excellent Quality, 191 Pages
History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106516/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0882757490/
TALKING RIGHT: HOW CONSERVATIVES TURNED LIBERALISM INTO A TAX-RAISING,
LATTE-DRINKING, SUSHI-EATING, VOLVO-DRIVING, NEW YORK TIMES-READING,
BODY-PIERCING, HOLLYWOOD-LOVING, LEFT-WING FREAK SHOW, BY GEOFFREY NUNBERG
A captivating, indignant, witty story of the "Great Re-labeling" of US
language and thought from a master linguist, broadcaster and popular
intellectual.
Excellent Quality, 265 Pages
History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106477/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1586483862/
TARA AND THE PLACE OF IRISH KINGS: A MEMOIR BASED ON THE WRITINGS AND
LIFE OF TARA OWEN, JUNE 18, 1973 - OCTOBER 24, 2001, BY VANESSA DAVIS
GRIGGS AND GAIL JOSEPH OWEN
Tara Owen was born with cystic fibrosis (CF). A beautiful young woman,
she fought courageously to live life on her own terms. She continued to
fight for over 28 years, until a tragic error brought her battle to an end.
Excellent Quality, 193 Pages
Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/99923/
THE 200 BEST HOME BUSINESSES SECOND EDITION, BY KATINA Z. JONES
This completed revised and update 2nd edition profiles 200 of the best
and most profitable businesses that you can run from your home
Publisher Quality
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106288/
THE 250 QUESTIONS EVERYONE SHOULD ASK ABOUT BUYING FORECLOSURES, BY LITA
EPSTEIN
Whether you're looking to buy foreclosed property as an investment-or as
your dream home, The 250 Questions Everyone Should Ask About Buying
Foreclosures provides you with the essential questions and answers
including how to: Decide if a
Publisher Quality
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106307/
THE 250 ESTATE PLANNING QUESTIONS EVERYONE SHOULD ASK, BY LITA EPSTEIN
How can you provide a financially sound future for your loved ones while
avoiding estate planning or even making a will? Are you unsure about how
to effectively plan for the disposition of your assets?
Publisher Quality
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106325/
THE 250 JOB INTERVIEW QUESTIONS, BY PETER VERUKI
Why do you want this job? Why should I hire you? Why do you want to
leave your current job?Do you have convincing answers ready for these
important questions?
Publisher Quality
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106417/
THE 25 SALES SKILLS, BY STEPHAN SCHIFFMAN
Top-rated sales trainer Schiffman delivers the inside scoop on what the
professors don't know--or refuse to teach. he covers everything form
office etiquette to handling negotiations for deals.
Publisher Quality
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106293/
THE 3 A.M. EPIPHANY, BY BRIAN KITELEY
It is a dark and stormy night. You have been staring at a blank screen
for four hours. Nothing is passing from your head to your fingers,
frozen in place on the keyboard.
Publisher Quality
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106413/
THE ACTOR'S SCENEBOOK, BY EVA MEKLER AND MICHAEL SCHULMAN
Here is wonderful, up-to-date material for scene study, selected from
the best plays from recent theater seasons.
Excellent Quality, 374 Pages
Nonfiction, Professional and Technical
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106722/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553263668/
THE BASIC WRITINGS OF C. G. JUNG, BY C. G. JUNG AND VIOLET STAUB DE LASZLO
In exploring the manifestations of human spiritual experience both in
the imaginative activities of the individual and in the formation of
mythologies and of religious symbolism in various cultures, C. G. Jung
laid the groundwork for a psychology of the spirit.
Excellent Quality, 552 Pages
Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106714/
THE FATE OF LIBERTY: ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND CIVIL LIBERTIES, BY MARK E. NEELY
One of America's leading authorities on Lincoln wades straight into this
controversy, showing just who was jailed and why, even as he explores
the whole range of Lincoln's constitutional policies.
Excellent Quality, 275 Pages
History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106504/
THE INSIDER'S GUIDE TO NEPAL, BY BRIAN TETLEY
The insider's guide book of Nepal provides travel information such as
tourist attraction spots, restaurants, hotels, and much more.
Excellent Quality, 212 Pages
Nonfiction, Travel
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/105268/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1556501854/
THE LITERARY 100: A RANKING OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL NOVELISTS,
PLAYWRIGHTS, AND POETS OF ALL TIME, BY DANIEL S. BURT
Burt (literature, Wesleyan University) updates his 2001 edition of the
one hundred most influential writers of all time, adding twenty-five to
the list. To decide on whom to include, Burt polled both other scholars
and students.
Excellent Quality, 557 Pages
Nonfiction, Reference
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/105267/
THE WILDERNESS WARRIOR: THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND THE CRUSADE FOR AMERICA,
BY DOUGLAS BRINKLEY
Setting aside more than 230 million acres of wild America for posterity
between 1901 and 1909, Roosevelt made conservation a universal endeavor.
This crusade was the greatest U.S. presidential initiative between the
Civil War and World War I.
Excellent Quality, 940 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106811/
ULYSSES ON THE LIFFEY, BY RICHARD ELLMANN
The author of modern biographies lucidly disentwines the narrative,
ethical, aesthetic, and ultimate levels of James Joyce's masterpiece
Ulysses. Much of the evidence is internal, but he also makes the first
use of some important indications by Joyce himself.
Excellent Quality, 208 Pages
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106532/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0571098827/
UNDERSTANDING MEDIA: THE EXTENSIONS OF MAN, BY MARSHALL MCLUHAN
In a new introduction to this edition of Understanding Media, Harper's
editor Lewis Lapham reevaluates McLuhan's work in the light of the
technological as well as the political and social changes that have
occurred in the last part of this century.
Excellent Quality, 366 Pages
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106010/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0262631598/
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ALIBI, BY TERI WOODS
Two men think they've found the perfect opportunity--a chance to rob the
stash house of Simon Shuller, one of Philadelphia's biggest drug lords.
But their plans are spoiled when one of Shuller's men catches them as
they break into the stash house.
Publisher Quality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/99277/
A DRAGON-LOVER'S TREASURY OF THE FANTASTIC, BY MARGARET WEIS
Dragons are monsters, mages, heroes, horrors. Dragons thrill our dreams
and haunt our legends.
Publisher Quality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106733/
CONSIDER THE LOBSTER AND OTHER ESSAYS, BY DAVID FOSTER WALLACE
Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone? What is John
Updike's deal, anyway? And what happens when adult-video starlets meet
their fans in person?
Publisher Quality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106732/
CULT INSANITY: A MEMOIR OF POLYGAMY, PROPHETS, AND BLOOD ATONEMENT, BY
IRENE SPENCER
Life for Irene Spencer was a series of devastating disappointments and
hardships.
Publisher Quality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106759/
MAKING BABIES: A PROVEN 3-MONTH PROGRAM FOR MAXIMUM FERTILITY, BY JILL
BLAKEWAY AND SAMI S. DAVID
MAKING BABIES offers a proven 3-month program designed to help any woman
get pregnant. Fertility medicine today is all about aggressive surgical,
chemical, and technological intervention, but Dr. David and Blakeway
know a better way.
Publisher Quality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106758/
THE ETERNAL PRISON, BY JEFF SOMERS
Avery Cates is a wanted man. After surviving the worst bioengineered
disaster in history, Cates finds himself incarcerated - in Chengara
Penitentiary.
Publisher Quality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106760/
THE HUNTED, BY BRIAN HAIG
New York Times-bestselling author Brian Haig delivers a thriller
inspired by a true story about one man running between two countries,
trying desperately to escape his past.
Publisher Quality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106757/
=====TEENS & CHILDREN, 5
CHEETAHS (NATURE'S CHILDREN), BY ALIA SMITH
Describes the physical features, habits, and natural environment and
future of this the fastest animal on Earth.
Excellent Quality, 48 Pages
Children's Books, Nonfiction, Animals, Outdoors and Nature
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/105808/
OH, THE COLORS, BY ASHLEY WOLFF
Perfect for native Spanish speakers learning English, or vice versa,
this traditional Spanish folk song is brought to life by bestselling
illustrator Ashley Wolff's striking artwork.
Publisher Quality
Children's Books, Poetry
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/87117/
SONG FOR THE BASILISK, BY PATRICIA A. MCKILLIP
As a child, Rook had been taken in by the bards of Luly, and raised as
one of their own. Of his past he knew nothing -- except faint memories
of fire and death that he'd do anything to forget.
Excellent Quality, 314 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/105520/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0441004474/
TRAITOR IN WILLIAMSBURG, BY ELIZABETH MCDAVID JONES
Felicity Merriman is alarmed when mysterious notices appear in
Williamsburg, falsely accusing her friend Fiona's father of helping the
British. With the Revolution heating up, Felicity knows the accusations
will bring danger to Fiona's family.
Excellent Quality, 182 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/106719/
WORLD SERIES HEROES, BY AMY GOEHNER AND CATHY WOLF AND RICHARD DEITSCH
Children's book about baseball players who have made spectacular plays
during the World Series.
Excellent Quality, 34 Pages
Children's Books, History, Nonfiction, Sports
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/105264/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1886749280/
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