Skylight Books – Hotlist Winter 2011/2012 SKYLIGHT BOOKS Skylight Books is the wholesale division of McNally Robinson Booksellers. With a focus on serving Libraries and Schools in our region, we pride ourselves on personal service and local titles in combination with the price and selection of a national supplier. Like all the national library wholesalers, Skylight offers: · MARC records · Online ordering · Hotlists · Aggressive discounts In addition, Skylight offers: · Regional perspective and titles reflected in our recommendations. · Personalized service · The satisfaction of spending your tax dollars in your community. When thinking about your buying decisions, please consider us. We offer all the advantages of a national supplier while retaining the service of a local company. Thank You, Tory McNally Ph: 204-339-2093 Fax: 204-339-2094 Email: [email protected] Pg 1 Skylight Books – Hotlist Winter 2011/2012 WORKING TOGETHER Hotlist Orders Our Hotlist is produced three times a year for our Library customers and is available in print and on-line through our institutional website skylightbooks.ca. A copy of the print version is mailed to all of our Library customers. Spreadsheets by title and by author are available for download from the website or contact your Skylight representative to receive copies via email. Hotlist orders should be completed and sent by the deadline date indicated on the Hotlist hard copy and on our website. Please contact us if an extension to this deadline is required to be sure you will not miss out on our pre-publication ordering. Hotlist orders placed on-line should only contain items chosen from the Hotlist. Please place other orders separately. We appreciate your assistance. Hotlist Discount Please contact a Skylight Manager for discount schedule. Ordering Skylight accepts orders a number of different ways, allowing you our customer, to choose what works best for you. Whether it be on-line through our website, via email, fax, phone, or mail we welcome your orders. For special orders and items not listed in our database please send as much information as possible, such as title, author, isbn and edition. We will do our best to order and timely deliver any in-print title. Cancellations Skylight Books requires a minimum two months cancellation notice period for items ordered on prepublication (Hotlist) titles and rare special order product. Pricing Though we try to ensure pricing reflects the supplier’s current retail price, please note all prices are subject to change by the supplier without prior notice to Skylight Books. Prices on Skylightbooks.ca, excluding not yet released titles, are reliable. (rare exceptions do occur) Invoices and Statements A packing list and invoice are currently sent with all shipments. Invoices are net 30 days from the day of receipt of shipment. Statements are issued and mailed out on a monthly basis. Please contact your Skylight representative for invoicing discrepancies. Shipping and Delivery All orders are packed in-house by our shippers in a secure and proper manner. We currently ship using Can Par and Canada Post depending on shipment size, and destination. Please report damages or other delivery concerns to your Skylight representative within 10 days of receipt of product. Returns Please contact your Skylight representative in advance before returning product. Ensure the item is securely packed in appropriate packaging to prevent damage in transit. Product to be returned within 30 days of invoice date. Credit will be processed upon receipt of product and a copy of the credit sent to the customer. Damaged/Defective Product 1.) A replacement will be sent with next shipment or as per customer request, free of any charges. 2.) If a replacement is not warranted a credit invoice will be issued for the originally invoiced price. Return freight cost will be credited to account when an approved carrier is used. We ask returns be shipped Canada Post or Can Par. Excess shipping costs will be assessed and credited according to current Canada Post rates. Drop offs at our stores do not qualify for return freight credit. Duplicate Shipments Skylight Error – Full return. Return freight cost credited to account when approved freight carrier is used. We ask returns be shipped Canada Post or Can Par. Excess shipping costs will be assessed and credited according to current Canada Post rates. Drop offs at our stores do not qualify for return freight credit. Customer Error – Full return accepted on product received in new, unmarked condition. Return freight cost is the customer’s responsibility. Ph: 204-339-2093 Fax: 204-339-2094 Email: [email protected] Pg 2 Skylight Books – Hotlist Winter 2011/2012 HOTLIST WINTER 2011/2012 NONFICTION To facilitate fulfillment, please keep Hotlist orders separate from regular orders. Skylight Books #2-90 Market Avenue Winnipeg, MB R3B 0P3 Phone: 204-339-2093 Fax: 204-339-2094 Email: wendy @ skylight.mcnallyrobinson.ca The hottest of Canadian Manitoba Saskatchewan the Hotlist Ph: 204-339-2093 Fax: 204-339-2094 Email: [email protected] Pg 3 Skylight Books – Hotlist Winter 2011/2012 THE 10 BEST OF EVERYTHING: Third Edition Nathaniel Lande This deluxe, entertaining dream guide showcases the experience and savoir-faire of such luminaries as Prince Charles on architecture, Arnold Palmer on favorite golf courses, Bob Ellsasser, head of the esteemed Country Walkers, on the best walks and hiking tours, and Baron Philip de Rothschild on the best vintages. Scores of experts name the 10 best islands, poshest pubs and polo clubs, best things to do on Sundays in the world's best cities, and a treasure trove of musts for the high-end traveler or anyone who aspires to be. But there are simple pleasures that fit even the humblest budget here, too, including top-rated 'burgers, flea/antique markets on several continents, and awe-inspiring cathedrals. TRAVEL 1st Printing 50,000 National Geographic 480 Pages 9781426208676 $24.95 HC APRIL 2012 100 PLACES THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR CHILD'S LIFE Keith Bellows This evocative book provides all you need to create life-changing vacations around the world with your kids. You won't find rote itineraries or windy, discursive text, lists of museums and landmarks, festivals and events. Instead, you'll get slice-of-life, age appropriate experiences in special places that offer life experiences and peeks into different cultures. TRAVEL 1st Printing 25,000 National Geographic 272 Pages 9781426208591 $18.95 TP Original MARCH 2012 100 UNDER 100: The Race to Save the World Leslie Scott Scientists estimate that the total biodiversity on Earth is between 10 million and 100 million species. Of these, just over 1.6 million and counting have actually been catalogued and described. One percent, or 16,306, of those species are threatened with extinction, about one-fifth of them critically. Of this group, some have vanishingly small populations in the double or single digits. A few species, including the Pinta Island giant tortoise and the Yangtze giant softshell turtle, sit squarely on the border of extinction in the wild with a population of one. In 100 Under 100, Scott Leslie tells the fascinating stories of species in far-flung places nobody ever hears about, like the northern hairy-nosed wombat, the Gorgan mountain salamander or the Irrawaddy river shark. Closer to home are the Vancouver Island marmot, the Wyoming toad and the Devil’s Hole pupfish. Leslie also tells stories of hopeful progress, as some of the rarest of the rare are back from the brink of extinction through the dedicated efforts of people around the world. NATURE & ENVIRONMENT 1st Printing 5000 in Canada Collins 304 Pages 9781443404280 $24.99 TP Original APRIL 2012 Ph: 204-339-2093 Fax: 204-339-2094 Email: [email protected] Pg 4 Skylight Books – Hotlist Winter 2011/2012 1001 INVENTIONS: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Civilization, Third Edition Salim T. Al-Hassani 1001 Inventions: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Civilization takes readers on a journey through years of forgotten Islamic history to discover one thousand fascinating scientific and technological inventions still being used throughout the world today. Take a look at all of the discoveries that led to the great technological advances of our time; engineering, early medicinal practices, and the origins of cartography are just a few of the areas explored in this book. HISTORY 1st Printing 7500 National Geographic 352 Pages 9781426209345 $33.00 HC FEBRUARY 2012 30 YEARS OF THE GAME AT IT'S BEST Gare Joyce Some sports seem to have a natural home. Soccer in Brazil, rugby in New Zealand, cricket in India. And Canada’s game? Why hockey, of course. But it wasn’t always that way. By 1982, the Soviets had won every World Junior Hockey Championship except one, while Canada had earned only a single bronze medal. And then Hockey Canada launched the Programme of Excellence, a national development system designed to help put together teams that would be able to square off against the Soviets. The result was immediate. To everyone’s surprise, when Canada took gold in 1982 the American hosts didn’t even have a copy of “O Canada” to play during the championship ceremony. But after that, no one would be surprised by a Canadian win. This Boxing Day will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the program that brought hockey fans many glorious memories and made household names of several of our players. Richly illustrated, Thirty Years of the Game at Its Best takes readers on a year by-year retrospective, with each tournament’s story told from the perspectives of the players, coaches, and journalists who were there. SPORTS Viking Canada 256 Pages 9780670065943 $39.00 HC OCTOBER 2011 4 FEET TALL AND RISING Shorty Rossi Luigi Francis Shorty Rossi, the tough-talking, fedora-wearing star of Animal Planet’s hit show Pit Boss, may stand only four feet tall but that hasn’t stopped him from living large, becoming a successful businessman and an outspoken advocate for pit bulls, the most misunderstood breed of dog in the world.