Devin Watson

Michael Wiese Productions

3940 Laurel Canyon Blvd.,--Suite 1111, Studio City, CA 91604

9781932907605, $24.95, www.mwp.com

Fear is an art in itself. "Horror Screenwriting: The Nature of Fear" discusses horror films and critically analyzes this genre that is either loved or hated by so many viewers. Covering everything from...]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Personal+Finance+for+Dummies%2c+sixth+edition.-a0214529659Personal Finance for Dummies, sixth edition

Eric Tyson

John Wiley & Sons

111 River St., Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774

9780470506936, $21.99, www.dummies.com

Wise money management is easier than one would think. "Personal Finance for Dummies" is the sixth edition of this volume of Dummies book, seeking to help readers better manage their money for prosperity now and...]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Accompany+Them+With+Singing.-a0214529658Accompany Them With Singing

Thomas G. Long

Westminister John Knox Press

100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, KY 40202-1396

9780664233198, $24.95, www.wjkbooks.com

It is the final remembrance of one's time on Earth. "Accompany Them With Singing: The Christian Funeral" discusses the modern Christian funeral and what it means. Evaluating how longstanding traditions...]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Gospel+of+Matthew.-a0214529657The Gospel of Matthew

Lawrence R. Farley

Conciliar Press

PO Box 76, Ben Lomond, CA 95005-0076

9780982277072, $22.95, www.conciliarpress.com

There is no religion more closely related to Christianity than Judaism. "The Gospel of Matthew: Torah for the Church" discusses the Gospel of Matthew, which the author describes as the most profoundly Jewish book of the New...]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Junk+News.-a0214529656Junk News

Tom Fenton

Fulcrum Publishing

4690 Table Mountain Drive, Suite 100, Golden, CO 80403

9781555916695, $14.95, www.fulcrumbooks.com

Too many news networks seem to have abandoned news in favor of entertainment. "Junk News: The Failure of the Media in the 21st Century" is one journalist's criticism, emphasizing his disgust with how modern news ignores the...]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Maimonides.-a0214529655Maimonides

David Hartman

The Jewish Publication Society

2100 Arch Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103

9780827609112, $22.00, www.jewishpub.org

One of the great post-Biblical Jewish philosophers, "Maimonides: Torah and Philosophic Quest" discusses his writings and how they had a certain duality of piety through tradition and law, and piety through one's own...]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Fixing+Failed+States.-a0214529654Fixing Failed States

Ashraf Ghani & Clare Lockhart

Oxford University Press

198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016-4314

9780195398618, $16.95, www.oup.com

Democracy means nothing if the government collapses after it's formed. "Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding A Fractured World" discusses countries in danger of collapsing or have collapsed...]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Slant+Room.-a0214529653Slant Room

Michael Eden Reynolds

The Porcupines Quill

68 Main St, Erin Ontario N0B 1T0

9780889843226, $16.95, www.johnsteins.com

Something profoundly Canadian, "Slant Room" is a collection of poetry from Michael Eden Reynolds, a man born and raised and in love with his home country of Canada. His poetry reflects on the many aspects of his country from the urban...]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Approaches+to+Teaching+Hurston's+Their+Eyes+Were+Watching+God+and...-a0214529652Approaches to Teaching Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God and Other Works

John Lowe, editor

Modern Language Association

26 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10004-1789

9781603290449, $19.75, www.mla.org

Zora Neale Hurston is one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance, modern educators are sometimes confused on how to teach her work. "Approaches to Teaching...]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Cato+Supreme+Court+Review.-a0214529651Cato Supreme Court Review

Cato Institute

1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20001

9781935308157, $15.00, www.cato.org

The supreme court is perhaps the most powerful group of people in the country. "Cato Supreme Court Review: 2008-2009" is a scholarly criticism of the last year of supreme court cases, discussing the decisions of the courts against these very...]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Stuff+to+Spy+For.-a0214529650Stuff to Spy For

Don Bruns

Oceanview

61 Paradise Road, Ipswich, MA 01938

97819333515229, $25.95, www.oceanviewpub.com

The spy game is not for everyone. "Stuff to Spy For" tells the story of James and Skip as they are pulled into the spy game, formerly being wage slaves with nothing to look forward to. Originally welcoming the change of pace, James and Skip soon...]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Rise.-a0214529649The Rise

Issac Ben Jacob & Sarah Fishberg

Frontier Publishing

c/o Adventures Unlimited

303 Main St., PO Box 74, Kempton, IL 60946

9781931882873, $17.95, www.adventuresunlimitedpress.com

What do the faithful do when their own church strays from the faith? "The Rise: Sauniere's Magical Workings and the Penitential Movement in Europe" is a religious...]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Wolf+at+Twilight.-a0214529648The Wolf at Twilight

Kent Nerburn

New World Library

14 Pamaron Way, Novato, CA 94949

9781577315780, $14.50, www.newworldlibrary.com

What is the plight of the modern Native American? "The Wolf at Twilight: An Indian Elder's Journey Through a Land of Ghosts and Shadows" is a combination novel and memoir from Kent Nerbern reflecting on the on the challenges of the...]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Andrews+McMeel+Publishing.-a0214529647Andrews McMeel Publishing

118 Walnut Street, Kansas City, MO 64106

www.andrewsmcmeel.com

Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman's LUST AND OTHER USES FOR SPARE HORMONES (0740785443, $12.99) offers a fine collection of comic strips from the Zits library, pairing black and white with color surveys of a teen's evolving relationships with parents and peers alike. Any parent who has a teen...]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Tundra.-a0214529646Tundra

Chad Carpenter

Andrews McMeel Publishing

118 Walnut Street, Kansas City, MO 64106

0740785435, $16.99 www.andrewsmcmeel.com

Chad Carpenter's TUNDRA comes from an award-winning cartoonist who shares his quirky look at nature ala Gary Larson. From talking snowmen to bears who love to startle the food before they eat it, this is a lovely collection especially...]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Nature+of+Cities.-a0214529645The Nature of Cities

Jennifer S. Light

Johns Hopkins University Press

2715 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218

0801891361, $60.00 www.press.jhu.edu

THE NATURE OF CITIES: ECOLOGICAL VISIONS AND THE AMERICAN URBAN PROFESSIONS 1920-1960 charts the rise and fall of the conservation movement linked to urban and rural transitions where America changed from an...]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Superior+Wife+Syndrome.-a0214529644The Superior Wife Syndrome

Carin Rubenstein

Touchstone Books

1230 Avenue of Americas, New York NY 10020

9781416566786, $26.00 www.simonandschuster.com

The Superior Wife Syndrome: Why Women Do Everything So Well and Why - for the Sake of Our Marriages - We've Got to Stop provides case histories of wives and husbands to support the idea that modern wives tend to do...]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Osprey.-a0214529643Osprey

400 Hahn Road, Westminster, MD 21157

www.ospreypublishing.com

Osprey's fine guides to battles, wars and military history are top picks for any serious military library. American history holdings as well will welcome Ron Field's THE SEMINOLE WARS: 1818-58 (9781846034619, $17.95), a survey of the equipment, history and organization of the world's military forces. It...]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Japanese+Intelligence+in+World+War+II.-a0214529642Japanese Intelligence in World War II

Ken Kotani

Osprey

443 Park Avenue South, New York NY 10016

9781846034251, $24.95 www.ospreypublishing.com

Japanese Intelligence in World War II comes from a Japanese scholar who provides a reassessment telling how the Japanese used information from the Soviets, the Chinese and others in planning Japanese strategy and tactics....]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Lone+Soldiers.-a0214529641Lone Soldiers

Herb Keinon

Devora Publishing

40 East 78th Street, Suite 16D, New York, NY 10021

9781934440605, $27.95, www.devorapublishing.com

What drives people to drop it all and join a foreign military? "Lone Soldiers: Israel's Defenders From Around the World" delves into the men and women who leave their home countries to travel around the world and join the...]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Poisoned+Pen+Press.-a0214529640Poisoned Pen Press

6962 E. 1st Ave #103, Scottsdale, AZ 85251

www.poisonedpenpress.com

Peter May's CHINESE WHISPERS (9781590586082, $24.95) represents the sixth of the China thrillers and centers around the Beijing Ripper and one Li Yan, head of the city's serious crime squad who is determined to stop the Ripper. With the aid of American pathologist Margaret Campbell, Li...]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Murder%2c+She+Wrote%3a+A+Fatal+Feast.-a0214529639Murder, She Wrote: A Fatal Feast

Jessica Fletcher & Donald Bain

Obsidian

375 Hudson St., New York NY 10014

9780451227966, $22.95 www.penguin.com

Murder, She Wrote: A Fatal Feast provides the newest novel in the series and comes from a mystery author who is facing more than holiday blues. Jessica's struggle with writer's block and a new novel's deadline leads...]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Blackwork.-a0214529638Blackwork

Monica Ferris

Berkeley Prime Crime

375 Hudson St., New York NY 10014

9780425229903, $24.95 www.penguin.com

BLACKWORK: A NEEDLECRAFT MYSTERY is a powerful survey continuing Monica Ferris' best-selling Needlecraft Mystery series. Here it's Halloween and Betsy Devonshire, owner of a needlework shop and a part-time sleuth, finds murder mixes too easily with...]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Arctic+Blue+Death.-a0214529637Arctic Blue Death

R. J. Harlick

Rendezvous Crime

c/o Napoleon & Company

235-1173 Dundas Street, East, Toronto, ON M4M 3P1

9781894917972, $16.95, www.napoleoncompany.com

Where there are people, there is crime. "Arctic Blue Death" is a story of murder in the arctic, as Meg Harris's father vanishes off the face of the planet. Suspecting the worst, she...]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Raw+Food+for+Real+People.-a0214529636Raw Food for Real People

Rod Rotondi

New World Library

14 Pamaron Way, Novato, CA 94949

9781577316732, $24.95 www.newworldlibrary.com

Any library strong in vegan food coverage will find a fine survey in Raw Food for Real People, covering living vegan food and offering dozens of recipes tested I nth author's own began restaurants and adapted for home use. Also...]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/America's+Test+Kitchen.-a0214529635America's Test Kitchen

17 Station St, Brookline, MA 02445

www.americastestkitchen.com

The Complete America's Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook (1933615559, $39.95) collects ten years from the hit TV show and offers favorite recipes from the show under one cover. From the best blueberry scones and brownies to pasta, bean stews, steak tacos and more, this packs in color photos with...]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Love+Soup.-a0214529634Love Soup

Anna Thomas

W.W. Norton

500 - 5th Avenue, New York NY 10110

9780393332575, $22.95 www.wwnorton.com

LOVE SOUP: 160 ALL-NEW VEGETARIAN RECIPES packs in new dishes by the author of The Vegetarian Epicure, offering many innovative, delicious dishes for main dishes and comfort food. Anyone can cook a pot of soup: this covers the basics of soup cooking to take...]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/My+New+Orleans%3a+The+Cookbook.-a0214529633My New Orleans: The Cookbook

John Besh

Andrews McMeel Publishing

118 Walnut Street, Kansas City, MO 64106

0740784137, $45.00 www.andrewsmcmeel.com

MY NEW ORLEANS: THE COOKBOOK is the chef author's celebration of his boyhood home and coming of age in the bayous, and offers insights into the making of his recipes and food. It's also a photographic survey of the...]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Complete+Chile+Pepper+Book.-a0214529632The Complete Chile Pepper Book

Dave DeWitt & Paul w. Bosland

Timber Press

133 S.W. 2nd Ave Suite 450, Portland, OR 97204-3527

9780881929201, $29.95 www.timberpress.com

The Complete Chile Pepper Book: A Gardener's Guide to Choosing, Growing, Preserving and Cooking provides detailed profiles of the 100 most popular chile varieties, from growing them and handling...]]>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Why+Italians+Love+to+Talk+About+Food.-a0214529631Why Italians Love to Talk About Food

Elena Kostioukovitch

Farrar, Straus, Giroux

18 West 18th St., New York NY 10011

9780374289942, $35.00 www.fsgbooks.com

WHY ITALIANS LOVE TO TALK ABOUT FOOD is published in English for the first time and provides a fine food and culinary survey of Italy's major regions. From how popular dishes emerged to specialty tastes, eating...]]>