Firefly Books.

Firefly Books

155 East 34 St,., #5B, NY, NY 10016

www.fireflybooks.com

So you've bought your first dog and are training and feeding it: next on the list of things to do with your new pet comes grooming, and Eileen Geeson's Ultimate Dog Grooming (1552978737, $29.95) holds just the ticket to success. This isn't one person's opinion piece for several breeds: top international dog groomers have contributed to Ultimate Dog Grooming and cover all kinds of breeds and grooming routines, whether it be for the home pet or the show ring. Step-by-step illustrations in color and including line drawings provide very clear examples of how to groom over 170 breeds. Author Eileen Geeson has been a dog groomer for over 30 years and has bread different champion dogs, while material added by co-authors and industry pros Barbara Vetter and Lia Whitmore round out her already-impressive credentials. John Jennings' Bark Canoes: The Art And Obsession Of Tappan Adney (1552977-331, $35.00) covers the nearly-lost art of building native bark canoes. Any with light knowledge of these canoes might not realize that were it not for the efforts of one Edwin Tappan Adney, the art might have been lost completely: using calculations and notes made during interviews with Native builders, he built precise 1 to 5 scale models of Native and for trade canoes, accurate to minute detail. Author John Jennings is a history professor specializing in the frontier history of the Canadian-American west: his account is packed with color photos and in-depth detail. Another kind of nearly-lost treasure is covered in Robert F. and Jenifer Marx's Treasure Lost At Sea (1552978729, $24.95), blending shipwreck history with accounts of exciting underwater treasure hunts and discoveries. Robert F. Marx is a distinguished marine archaeologist who has actively participated in hundreds of underwater wreck excavations; his associate and wife Jenifer G. Marx has joined him in contributing to over thirty books and hundreds of articles and scientific reports. Treasure Lost At Sea is no scholarly tome, however, but an exciting survey of underwaterdiscoveries the general reader will relish. Revlon's Unforgettable Color: Makeup With Confidence (15529-7670X, $24.95) provides a two-fold survey of hair coloring: it opens with a survey of Revlon's history of color and innovation, the moves to chapters color-coded by color which offer beauty advice, step-by-step application and treatment hints, and more. Women seeking concrete advice could do no better than to consult the maker of one of the most famous coloring brands in the world.