Sept / Oct 2004 Vol. 5 / Issue 5

Preserving the Harvest

Garden, garden quite contrary -- what do I do with all these vegetables! Gardeners know that planting fruit and vegetables can be somewhat easier than reaping the bounty -- at least it seems like it to those of us who haven’t quite thought out what we are going to do with all that stuff we planted! The library offers an array of materials that can help the weekend gardener preserve the fruits (and vegetables!) of their labors!

Complete Guide to Home Canning and Preserving / United States Dept. of Agriculture

Preserving Summer’s Bounty / Susan McClure

Ball Blue Book

The Food Lover’s Guide to Canning: Contemporary recipes & techniques / Chris Rich & Lucy Clark Crawford

How to Store Your Garden Produce / Piers Warren: Organic smallholder Piers Warren shows how to store and Inside this Issue preserve your garden produce, enabling you to eat home- grown goodness all year round. The easy-to-use reference section enables you to quickly look up applicable storage From the Director’s Desk 2 and preservation techniques for the majority of plant pro- duce grown in gardens and allotments. The techniques Apple Basket / Fall Flavors 4-5 include freezing; clamping; hanging; drying; bottling; pick- ling and fermenting. On order Mysteries 6-7

Paranormal Romance 8 New Cookbook in the Spotlight

Famous Dutch Kitchen Restaurant Cookbook / Parents Page 10 Jane Stern: Part diner, part family-style restaurant, the Famous Dutch Kitchen Restaurant in Frackville, Pennsyl- Back to School 11 vania, north of Lancaster County, serves up some of the best food in this popular tourist area visited by more than Book News 12 five million people each year. Feast on turkey pot pie, ham and Inspirational Fiction 13 cabbage casserole, and delicious vegetables. The cornbread is moist, flavorful, and nearly as Heists, Capers, & Cons 14-15 sweet as cake. And top it all off with shoofly pie or the Famous Shelf News 16 Dutch Kitchen’s signature Atomic Banana Split. 2

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New in Nonfiction To Your Health!

Fond Recollection: Country life 1918-1941 / Edgar L. The Prostate Health Program / McCormick: Edgar McCormick de- Daniel W. Nixon & Max Gomez: What scribes the lives of the people who foods should you eat if you want to keep persevered with dignity in a rural your prostate healthy? How does sexual ac- northeast Ohio township during the tivity affect the health of your prostate? early decades of the 20th century. What are ways you can prevent prostate After World War II their way of life cancer? What should African-American men disappeared under the relentless ad- know about prostate cancer? What are the vance of urban sprawl and modem best alternatives to radiation and surgery in highways. As such, Brimfield is a microcosm of Amer- treating prostate cancer? What are the ica, its fate mirroring what has happened across the symptoms of an unhealthy prostate? United States. The then less populous Brimfield had a These are some of the many important questions that are truer sense of community. Neighbors knew and could answered by Dr. Daniel W. Nixon, one of America's pre- depend on one another... mier cancer research institute leaders, and Dr. Max Go- mez, the charismatic health commentator whose reports Over 40 & Getting’ are aired on NBC television stations nationwide. Stronger / Phyllis Rogers: An easy-to-learn strength training Smart Nutrients: Prevent and treat Alz- workout for adults. heimer’s and senility, enhance brain function This book is for those new to and longevity / Abram Hoffer & Morton strength training. It has chapters Walker: This book provides a detailed account on the benefits of strength train- of the most important breakthrough nutrients ing, motivation, assessment, fun- currently being studied. These nutrients in- clude niacin and vitamin C, as well as miner- damental concepts of strength als such as zinc, chromium and many others - training. Instructions are given for warm up and - each of which plays a crucial role in the cool down. The book contains 173 photographs to maintenance of mental health and the treat- illustrate the exercises and in-depth instructions ment of specific diseases. for each exercise.

Music

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific: Music from the 2001 television soundtrack. Cast included Glenn Close, Harry Connick, Jr., and Rade Sherbedgia.

American Patriot / Lee Greenwood: 10 patriotic songs in all! Includes: Pledge of Allegiance; America; God Bless America; The Star Spangled Banner.

A New Day Has Come / Celine Dion: Includes -- I’m Alive; I Surrender; A new Day Has Come, and more.

Pop Music: The Golden Era 1951-1975: Birth of the Blues / Frank Sinatra; Come On-A My House / Rosemary Clooney; Moon River / Andy Williams; Bridge Over Troubled Waters / Simon & Garfunkle; I Can See Clearly Now / Johnny Nash, & many more!

Super Hits of Swing, Volume 1: Bandstand Boogie / Les Elgart; Woodchopper’s Ball / Woody Herman; Oooh-Sahdily-Dah / Louis Prima, and many more! 4

You know autumn has arrived when that first hint of wood-smoke wafts across the evening air. Summer slowly begins to fade beneath the crisp, cool advance of the harvest season and you commence the process of canning and freezing your garden’s bounty for the winter sure to come.

For me, autumn signifies apples -- big, juicy orbs that have spent the warm months soaking up the sun. From this glorious harvest we get foods like apple pie, apple sauce, apple brown betty, fried apples, dried apples, apple butter, apple fritters, and apple cider.

The library offers a bevy of materials that will help you better enjoy the apple season. Load up your basket with these fine books!

In Praise of Apples / Mark Rosenstein: ...Join author and restaurateur Mark Apples in Fiction

Rosenstein as he journeys through early England, where apples were valued so The Orchard: A highly that cider was used as wages for many farm laborers. He'll introduce you to Memoir / Adele people who devote their lives to preserving and growing antique varieties. See how Crockett Robert- to select, plant and care for apple trees in a backyard orchard...From traditional son: is an exquisitely American harvest dishes to the finest of contemporary cuisine, learn how to make beautiful and poign- dishes and drinks including sparkling apple juice, tangy vinegar, even your own ant memoir of a Frozen Heart Applejack. Cider barbecued shrimp, roasted capon with apple butter, young woman's sin- apple fritters with calvados cream, along with sixty other unique recipes On order gle-handed struggle Apples: A country garden cookbook / Christopher Idone: From Cold Apple to save her New Eng- Soup to Roast Pork Loin with Glazed Apples to Crustless Apple Tart, these 40 reci- land farm in the pes demonstrate the versatility of the apple. Storage suggestions. Ingram depths of the Great Depression. Re-

cently discovered by the author's Request these titles through MORE interlibrary loan! daughter, it tells the story of Adele • The Backyard Orchardist / Stella Otto: A complete guide to growing fruit "Kitty" Robertson, young and ener- trees in the home garden. A Benjamin Franklin Award Book. Named in honor getic, but unprepared by her Radcliffe of America's most cherished publisher/printer, the Benjamin Franklin Award education for the rigors of apple farm- recognizes excellence in independent publishing. ing in those bitter times. Alone at the end of a country road, with only a • Cider, Hard and Sweet: History, traditions, and making your own / Great Dane for company, plagued by Ben Watson: A culinary history of the oldest drink in America, plus informa- debts, broken machinery, and killing tion on making and cooking with cider. Fresh, or "sweet," cider is an American frosts, Kitty revives the old orchard after years of neglect. Every day is a institution, as much a fall tradition as Halloween. And recent years have seen struggle, but every day she is also the resurgence of "hard" (alcoholic) cider after decades of obscurity. Once the rewarded by the beauty of the world drink of choice in England and the Americas, cider was also integral to early and the unexpected kindness of American cooking. Now this delightful, fizzy drink is finding its way back into neighbors and hired workers. markets and onto menus as a refreshing alternative... œœœœœThis title was given five stars on Amazon.com! • Cider: Making, using, and enjoying sweet and hard cider / Annie Proulx and Lew Nichols: Discover the pleasure of making and drinking fresh cider with this complete, classic guide. Apple Recipes & Facts Online: www.bestapples.com • A Basket of Apples: Recipes and paintings from a country orchard / www.michiganapples.com Val Archer: A charmingly illustrated collection of recipes, botanical informa- www.usapple.org tion, and lore about everyone's favorite fruit--the apple. Filled with sumptuous www.applejournal.com/index.htm ideas for muffins, pies, soups, salads, and ciders, as well as useful planting information and bits of prose. Apple Pie Perfect: 100 delicious and decidedly different recipes for Amer- ica’s favorite pie / Ken Haedrich 5

Let the flavors of fall infuse your culinary repertoire this season!

Explore Fall Cooking through Library Staff Recommended -- yum! MORE Interlibrary Loan* This particular title was a real winner according to several library staff members (myself included). We’re still trying out recipes we found in Maple Syrup Cookbook / Ken this awesome cookbook! Haedrich: [This book] offers a reper- Request it through MORE interlibrary loan. toire of 95 recipes featuring maple syrup as the sweetening ingredient. In Big Book of Casseroles: 250 recipes for addition to the classic breakfast reci- serious comfort food / Maryana pes, there are starters: Orange Maple Vollstedt: Bubbling cheese, golden bread Chicken Wings and Maple Creamy crumbs, tender vegetables, and succulent Fondue. Entrees: Crispy Maple Spare- meats-what's not to like about casseroles? ribs and Maple Vinegar Roasted Pork. Baked goods: Maple Comfort food just doesn't get any cozier, or Cream Biscuits and Winter Squash Spoon bread. And, of more convenient. Now, thanks to Maryana course, desserts: Tawny Maple Cheesecake, Maple Ginger Vollstedt, busy cooks don't have to call up Ice Cream, and the classic Sugar on Snow. Plus bever- Mom in order to make delicious one-dish meals ages, butters, relishes, and more. for family and friends. The Big Book of Casseroles boasts over 250 recipes (including low-fat and vegetarian dishes), plus handy planning, In Celebration of Autumn / Helen freezing, and storage tips. For hot-from-the-oven dinners equally at Thompson: For anyone who remem- home in the dining room or on the kitchen table, cooks need look no bers roasting pumpkin seeds on an further than The Big Book of Casseroles, because serious comfort food early fall evening, In Celebration of never goes out of style. Autumn offers a wealth of cozy reflec- tions and homespun activities...Ingram

How I Flunked Boiling Eggs by Cheryl Richter Farmer’s Market Cookbook: Sea- sonal recipes made from nature’s A new cookbook was added to the library collection sev- freshest ingredients / Richard eral months ago entitled, Deviled Eggs, by Debbie Moose. Ruben: [This book] will guide the I checked out the book, of course, because I love deviled home cook through the ripening sea- eggs and wanted to expand my culinary horizons. sons and serve as a road map allowing him or her to navigate any local market Well, during the course of reading the first chapter, I learned that I - be it farm stand or grocer's aisle. Chef Richard Ruben have been boiling eggs all wrong. I always bring the water up to a offers dozens of simple, elegant recipes that celebrate the boil, add the eggs and cook them for fifteen minutes. WRONG! Ac- gifts of nature's cycle from spring (fiddlehead fern risotto; cording to the author, I am supposed to bring the water to a boil, re- fried green tomatoes; lamb marinated in tropical juice; move the pan from the heat, put the eggs into the water and let them rhubarb and almond crisp) to summer (strawberry tomato ‘steep’ for fifteen minutes. This method is suppose to keep the out- salsa; chilled cucumber/mint soup; grilled chicken breast sides of the yolks from turning green, and also helps them to retain with summer squash; lemon verbena sorbet) to autumn their bright yellow color. Well, that makes sense, I thought. Deter- (ginger butternut soup; curried brussels sprouts; venison mined to try this new-fangled way of boiling eggs, I picked out one of the authors deviled eggs recipes and made my way out to the kitchen. sausage stew; crisp apple towers). Ruben also provides additional information on the origin and proper selection of It turned into a disaster! I had followed the directions exactly, but produce, hints for putting up flavored vinegars and oils, when I tried to remove the shell from the eggs, the whites adhered to and historical facts about food. them! I wound up with more egg whites on the shells than was wrapped around the yolks! And those yolks! They were a bright, pretty Autumn at the Farmers’ Market / Gail Greco orange all right, but their consistency reminded me of superballs -- Country Harvest: A celebration of autumn / Linda bouncy, slightly oily, and, well, squidgy! Yuck! There was nothing I Burgess could do but throw them in the trash! What a waste! I retrieved more eggs from the refrigerator and proceeded to boil them MY way. They Many Blessings Cookbook: A celebration of harvest, came out perfect -- the shells practically fell off themselves, and as for home, and country cooking / Jane Watson Hopping green yolks, I couldn’t detect evidence of the dreaded color.

*All of these titles are available through MORE in- I learned a hard-boiled lesson that day. Doing a thing right may not be terlibrary loan. Request them from the library to- right for everyone. As for boiling eggs, well, I may have flunked the day. Placing holds through MORE is fast, easy, and test, but earned an A anyway -- my boiled-not-steeped deviled eggs gives you access to materials that do not belong to were delicious! your local library’s collection. 6

Seasonal Fare! A Woman’s Adventure Tale by Helen Fielding It’s a crime not to get into the spirit of the upcoming season by reading holiday mysteries. Emily Toll gets readers ready for If you’ve ever fantasized about being an international spy fall with the latest installment in her Booked for Travel mystery of adventure and romance, then Helen Fielding’s latest series, Fall Into Death. Authors Monica Ferris, Joanne novel will be right up your alley! This book was a fun, Fluke, Lauren Berensen, and tip their pens to fast, and exciting read that kept me up way past my bed- Christmas with the release of their latest titles, Crewel Yule, time! You won’t believe how Olivia Joules evolves from Sugar Cookie Murder, Jingle Bell Bark, and A Christmas an over-imaginative journalist who is desperate to regain Visitor. Request any of these titles at the library -- you’ll be her journalistic integrity into a charming yet very capable reading them in no time! spy. She makes you believe that she can save the world, get the guy, and regain the respect of her peers! Enjoy! Fall Into Death / Emily Toll (5/04 ISBN: 0425196941) Olivia Joules and the Overactive Sugar Cookie Murder / Joanne Fluke (10/04 ISBN: 075820681X) Imagination / Helen Fielding: Move

Crewel Yule / Monica Ferris (10/04 ISBN: 0425198278) over 007, a stunning, sexy-and decidedly female-new player has entered the world Jingle Bell Bark / Lauren Berenson (9/04 ISBN: 1575667584) of international espionage. Her name is

A Christmas Visitor / Anne Perry (10/04 ISBN: 0345476700) Olivia Joules (that’s "J.O.U.L.E.S. the unit of kinetic energy") and she's ready to take America by storm with charm, style, and her infamous Overactive Imagination.

How could a girl not be drawn to the allur- ing, powerful Pierre Ferramo-he of the hooded eyes, impeccable taste, unimagin- able wealth, exotic international homes, and dubious French accent? Could Ferramo really be a major terrorist bent on the world’s destruction, hiding behind a smokescreen of fine wines, yachts, and actresses slash models? Or is it all just a product of Olivia Joules’s over- active imagination?

Join Olivia in her heart-stopping, hilarious, nerve-frazzling quest from hip hotel to eco-lodge to underwater cave, by light aircraft, speedboat, helicopter, and horse, in this witty, contemporary, and utterly unputdownable novel...

New Mystery Series Debut by Leslie Caine A Domestic Bliss Mystery

Death By Inferior Design: It was a great opportunity, a beautiful day, Fans of Diane Mott Davidson will be delighted to hear that and a perfect setting: home designer the 12th installment in her Goldy Bear culinary mystery series is Erin Gilbert was headed to a lovely Crestview, Colorado, neighborhood to being released in late October! engage in a friendly little design con- Double Shot: The governor of Colo- test with her nearest and less-than- rado has commuted the prison sentence dearest competitor, the unspeakably of Goldy Schulz's ultra-handsome, ultra- handsome Steve Sullivan. Erin would charming, ultra-wealthy, ultra-venal ex- do a room in one home. Across the husband, Dr. John Richard Korman, street, Steve would do another. Be- otherwise known to Goldy as the Jerk. tween Gilbert and Sullivan, may the He's released, and soon afterward Goldy best eye win. becomes the victim of threats, rumors, and violence. Neither designer could suspect that Then there's a murder and suspicion rearranging two spaces on a winter weekend would set off an uproar in the neighborhood--of centers on Goldy. Suddenly, she is faced quirky homeowners, passionate secrets, and marriages in with the challenge of running her suc- need of extreme makeovers. Looking for a friend in this per- cessful catering business while fending ilously unhinged environment, Erin wants to think that Steve off two persistent detectives. Caught in might turn from competitor to ally. . . . But somewhere be- a web of secrets and lies that could tear her family apart, Goldy tween her faux wall finish and her custom window treat- must use all of her considerable powers of detection to find the ments, Erin is in for a shock: It seems that a killer has cre- real killer before she herself becomes a target. On order ated this designing job just for her! On order 7 These mysteries are due to be published in September and October, 2004. If you see a title that interests you, please request it at the library and we’ll see what we can do!

September Author Title Series or Character Subgenre Beverly Barton As Good As Dead Non-series title Psycho. Suspense Laura Childs The Jasmine Moon Murder Tea Shop Mystery Theodosia Browning Amateur Sleuth #5

forensic anthropologist Beverly Connor Dead Guilty Diane Fallon 2nd in series Patricia Cornwell Trace Kay Scarpetta Medical Examiner Forensic #13 James D. Doss The Witch’s Tongue Charlie Moon Ute Tribal Investigator #9 Tracy Dunham Wishful Sinful New Series Tal Jefferson Attorney Southern Legal Mystery Martha Grimes The Winds of Change Richard Jury Scotland Yard Detective Police Procedural #19 Iris Johansen Blind Alley Eve Duncan Forensic Sculpture Forensics Thriller #4 Elsa Klensch Live at 10:00, Dead at 10:15 Sonya Iverson Newsmagazine producer Amateur Sleuth #1 Michael McGarrity Slow Kill Kevin Kerney Santa Fe Chief of Police Police Procedural #9 Tim Myers Booked for Murder Lighthouse Inn mystery Amateur Sleuth #5 Lev Raphael Tropic of Murder Nick Hoffman English Professor Academic Mystery #6 Sidney Sheldon Are You Afraid of the Dark? Non-series title Suspense Thriller Alexander McCall Smith The Sunday Philosophy Club Isabel Dalhousie Scottish-American philosopher Amateur Sleuth #1 October Author Title Series or Character Subgenre Susan Wittig Albert The Tale of Hill Top Farm Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter Celebrity Sleuth #1 Deborah Crombie In a Dark House Superintendent Duncan Kincaid Police Procedural Elaine Flinn Tagged for Murder Molly Doyle Antiques Dealer Amateur Sleuth #2 David Handler The Burnt Orange Sunrise Mitch Berger film critic Amateur sleuth #4 Erin Hart Lake of Sorrows Cormac Maguire archeologist Mystery Suspense #2 Diana Killian Verse of the Vampyre Poetic Death Mystery Amateur Sleuth #2 Ralph M. McInerny Green Thumb Notre Dame Mystery Ecclesiastical cozy #8 Deborah Morgan Four on the Floor Antique Lover’s Mystery Professional Sleuth #4 Robert B. Parker Melancholy Baby Sunny Randall Professional Sleuth #4

Cristina Sumners Thieves Break In A Devine Mystery Ecclesiastical cozy #2 Margaret Truman Murder at Union Station Capitol Crimes series Police Procedural #20 Dying to Call You Dead End Job Mystery Amateur Sleuth #3

We can’t wait! The following is a forecast of popular mysteries due out in November & December 2004 and January - April, 2005. Warning! If waiting for the next book by your favorite author gives you hives, please read no further! November 2004: January 2005: • Holy Guacamole / Nancy Fairbanks • Cat’s Eyewitness / Rita Mae Brown • Body Wave / Nancy J. Cohen • Dating is Murder / Harley Jane Kozak • Buried Stuff / Sharon Fiffer February 2005: December 2004: • Death of a Bore / M.C. Beaton • Access Denied / March 2005: • The Cat Who Went Bananas / Lilian Jackson Braun • The Flaming Luau of Death / Jerrilyn Farmer • Tool & Die / Sarah Graves • Countdown / Iris Johansen • By Order of the President / W.E. B. Griffin April 2005: • Death of the Party / Carolyn G. Hart 8

Para · `nor · mal: (adj) Not scientifically explainable Ro · `mance: (noun) A love story

What happens when you put paranormal and romance together? Tales to Make You Shiver...with Delight! You get a story that gives you both shivers of delight and dread. To be classified as a Paranormal, the romance story must contain Midnight Pleasures / Amanda Ashley, et al. (Anthology): preternatural elements such as ghosts, psychics, magic,witches, Includes the following novellas: Darkfest / Amanda Ashley - vampires, shape-shifters, devils and demons, and werewolves. - Phantom Lover / Sherrilyn Kenyon -- Under Her Spell / Maggie Shayne -- A Wulf's Curse / Ronda Thompson With the popularity of such paranormal authors as Linda Hamilton (Anita Blake, vampire slayer), (Sookie Stackhouse, I Thirst for You / Susan Sizemore: He appears out of psychic waitress), and MaryJanice Davidson (Betsy Taylor, vampire the dark desert night - a huge, dangerous stranger who princess), the Paranormal Romance subgenre has become quite sparks desire and fear in her like she's never known. Jose- popular with readers. What better time to try out this type of phine Elliot knows only that her captor's name is Marcus otherworldly romance than during the season of all hallow’s eve! Cage, and that he's on the run. But who is chasing him, and why? Is Marcus protecting her by taking her hostage...or is The following romance Paranormal Romance Series he planning to use her to buy his own freedom? And why, authors are known for their above all, is she so inexorably drawn to him, body and paranormal writing Series: Dark-Hunter (Immortals) soul...? Paranormal Romance Writers tendencies: Author: Sherrilyn Kenyon

Type: Vampire Slayers Walk in Moonlight / Rosemary Laurey: When Dixie • Laura Marie Altom Books: LePage inherits her great-aunts' home in Surrey England, she doesn't expect to find ghosts, murder, and witches • Amanda Ashley • Night Pleasures abounding. It's not the attempts on her life that bother her. • Rebecca Brandewyne • Night Embrace* • Susan Carroll It's not even that her aunts were named witches. It's the • Dance with the Devil handsome vampire, Christopher Marlowe, that teaches her • Carla Cook • Kiss of the Night the real meaning of culture shock. Paranormal Romance Writers • Emma Craig • Night Play* Kiss of the Night / Sherrilyn Kenyon: Wulf is an an- • Mary Janice Davidson • Seize the Night* • Christine Feehan cient Viking warrior with a useful but extremely aggravating power-amnesia. No one who meets him in person can re- • Tracy Fobes Series: Dark Series member him 5 minutes later. It makes it easy to have one- • Nancy Gideon Author: Christine Feehan night stands, but hard to have a meaningful relationship, • Susan Grant Type: Carpathians: A Carpathian is a and without true love he can never regain his soul. When • Katherine Greyle being of timeless existence known as he finally meets Cassandra, the one woman who can re- • Lori Handeland vampyr/vampire, [more specifically member him, she turns out to be the princess of the cursed described, the "place" between first Paranormal • Melanie Jackson race he's sworn to hunt-and forbidden to him... bitten and full vampire] with lifetimes Romance Writers Dara Joy • spanning centuries dating back to • Julie Kenner pre-viking origins. Killing Moon / Rebecca York: (Third in the Werewolf • Susan Krinard Books: trilogy: Witching Moon and Edge of the Moon)

• Tess Mallory • Paranormal Romance on a lighter note: • Casey Michaels • You Slay Me / Katie MacAlister: The first book in a • Julie Miller • Dark Gold sexy, humorous paranormal thriller series featuring Aisling • Karen Marie Moning • Grey, an apprentice Guardian, and her sometimes boy- • Kathleen Nance • Dark Challenge friend, sometimes foe Drake Vireo, wyvern (leader) of one • Stobie Piel • of the four dragon septs. Aisling finds her true calling when • Lynsay Sands • Dark Legend she travels to Paris to deliver a medieval object that is part • Catherine Spangler • Dark Guardian of a set sought after for the power it wields. There she • Maggie Shayne • Dark Symphony meets the handsome Drake, a man who is not at all what • Rhonda Thompson • The One and Only (Anthology he seems. Implicated in the circumstances of two murders,

contains Dark Descent)* Aisling, the demon she summons for help (and subse- Major publishers of quently can’t get rid of) named Jim, and Drake find them- • Dark Melody Paranormal Romance: selves caught up in a web of lies and confusion that could • Dark Destiny* • Love Spell (Imprint of well result in the demon lords of hell ruling the mortal *Request through MORE interlibrary loan Dorchester Pub.) world. Paranormal Romance Writers On order • Jove Publishing For more information go online to: • Berkley Publishing • Harlequin http://paranormalromancewriters.com/ • ImaJinn Books Excellent site to satisfy your hunger for Paranormal Romance! • Bantam Books • Zebra Books www.romance-ffp.com/index.htm • St. Martins Press Futuristic, Fantasy and Paranormal (FF&P) • Leisure Books • Avon 9 The following Romance titles will be published in September and October. If you see a title that interests you, please request it and we’ll see what we can do! Try www.fictiondb.com for more!

September Author Title Type Beverly Barton As Good As Dead Romantic Suspense Sandy Blair A Man in a Kilt Historical / Scotland Barbara Bretton Chances Are Women’s Fiction Lisa Cach Come To Me Romantic Fantasy Janet Chapman Tempting the Highlander Time Travel Heather Graham The Presence Paranormal Suspense Iris Johansen Blind Alley Eve Duncan series Mystery Suspense Suzann Ledbetter Ahead of the Game Romantic Suspense Linda Francis Lee Sinfully Sexy Contemporary Romance Merline Lovelace Untamed Historical Romance Debbie Macomber 44 Cranberry Point Contemporary Cedar Cove, #4 Kasey Michaels The Butler Did It Regency Romance Christina Skye Code Name: Princess Romantic Suspense October Author Title Type Stephanie Bond Whole Lotta Trouble Mystery Romance Connie Brockway My Pleasure Historical The Rose Hunters series Emily Carmichael The Cat’s Meow Fantasy Romance Jane Graves Light My Fire Contemporary DeMarco Bro. #4 Joan Hohl Someday Soon Women’s Fiction

Stef Ann Holm Pink Moon Women’s Fiction Brenda Joyce The Prize Historical Romance Shirley Jump The Bride Wore Chocolate Contemporary Sophie Kinsella Shopaholic & Sister Mainstream Susan Krinard Shield of the Sky Fantasy Romance Linda Francis Lee Simply Sexy Contemporary Romance Debbie Macomber When Christmas Comes Holiday Susan Mallery Someone Like You Contemporary Romance

Fern Michaels Family Blessings Mainstream Nora Roberts Northern Lights Romantic Suspense

New in Women’s Fiction: Southern Style Hissy Fit / Mary Kay Andrews: Keeley Murdock's wedding to A. J. Jernigan should have been the social event of the season. But when she catches her fiancé doing the deed with her maid of honor at the country club rehearsal dinner, all bets are off. And so is the wedding. Keeley pitches the hissy fit of the century, earning herself instant notoriety in the small town of Madison, Georgia. Even worse is the financial pressure A.J.'s banking family brings to bear on Keeley's interior design busi- ness. But riding to the rescue -- in a vintage yellow Cadillac -- is the redheaded stranger who's purchased a failing local bra plant. Will Mahoney hires Keeley to redo the derelict antebellum mansion he's bought. Her as- signment: decorate it for the woman of his dreams -- a woman he's never met. Only a designing woman like Keeley Murdock can find a way to clear her name and give her cheating var- mint of an ex-fiancé the comeuppance he so richly deserves. And only Mary Kay Andrews can deliver such deli- cious social satire. With Hissy Fit, she's created a story as outrageous, dishy, and true as Savannah Blues and Little Bitty Lies. On order 10

How to Talk so Kids Will Listen & Listen so Kids Dealing with Food Aller- Will Talk / Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish: Here is gies / Janice Vickerstaff the bestselling book that will give you the know-how Joneja: A food allergy is an you need to be more effective with your children--and immune system response to a more supportive of yourself. Enthusiastically praised food that the body mistakenly by parents and professionals around the world, the believes is harmful. Chemicals down-to-earth, respectful approach of Faber and released by the immune sys- Mazlish makes relationships with children of all ages tem to protect the body trigger less stressful and more rewarding. Now, in this Twen- allergic reactions — varying tieth Anniversary Edition, these award-winning ex- widely from mild rashes to life- perts share their latest insights and suggestions based upon feedback threatening anaphylactic shock. they've received over the years. Often difficult to diagnose, food allergies can be life- time afflictions — with no treatment other than The Sacred Flight of the Teenager: A parent’s avoiding the offending food. Dealing with Food Aller- guide to stepping back and letting go / Susan gies presents up-to-date information on current diag- Smith Kuczmarski: Parents discover how to help nostic methods and treatment options. An authority their teenagers accept themselves, become independ- on food allergies and intolerances, the author de- ent, and grow into responsible adults with this guide scribes the effects of food allergies on the skin, mu- to the journey every child takes through adolescence cous membranes, and respiratory and digestive into adulthood. tracts; discusses treatment by allergists and other healthcare professionals; and empowers readers to manage their food allergies. Illustrations, charts, and tables are included. Who’s Raising Your Child?: Battling the market- ers for your child’s heart and soul / Laura J. KidShape: A practical pre- Buddenberg & Kathleen M. McGee: Marketers are scription for raising healthy, relentlessly pursuing our children. Trying to imprint fit children / Naomi Neufeld: their brand image on kids as young as two, they are It’s in the news: American chil- advertising to children not only through the mass dren are too fat and this is result- media but over the Internet, in school, on the street, ing in an alarming increase in even at slumber parties!...This book explores today’s type 2 “adult onset” diabetes in hyper-commercialized society and the damage it is children under the age of 12. Dr. doing to our children as they grow from toddlers to Naomi Neufeld recognized this teens...Parents looking for help will find it here. The authors offer more than two decades ago timely advice to parents on how to mitigate the effects of a materialis- when she began seeing an increasing number of tic, poisonous culture, and to raise kids who care less about things and overweight children in her office as a pediatric endo- more about people. crinologist...The KidShape© program she founded is a family-based weight-management program that A Winner By Any Standard / Rob Garofalo, has helped thousands of young people lose weight Jr.: A one-of-a-kind life manual consisting of 52 one- by learning how to make healthy choices about eat- per-week challenges. It promotes among teens such ing and activity. Included are “The truths behind the ideals as optimism, gratitude, self-belief, a strong myths about food,” “Seven lessons for fit families,” work ethic, a sense of wonder, originality and humil- fun exercises, and healthy recipes. ity. All the ideals upon which future success is built...success by society's standards and success as a 365 Activities for Fitness, Food, human being. and Fun for the Whole Family / Julia E. Sweet: This book features activities that will hoist young spuds Let the Baby Drive: Navigating the road of new off the couch and get them partici- motherhood / Lu Hanessian: This insightful, pating in games, exercises, and deeply poignant and often hilarious narrative about healthy recipes they will love. Best the first years of motherhood inspires new mothers of all, the activities are designed to to follow their baby's cues and trust their own in- be fun for the whole family, stincts. In letting her baby drive, the author didn't strengthening family bonds as well hand over the keys, but she let him navigate while as improving everyone's health. she steered--and got to know him. Empathy bred understanding, a kind of two-way mirror that allowed them to learn from each other. This is not a "how-to" book but rather a "why-to" book that speaks to the human spirit about love, fear and letting go. 11

Learning to Read There is nothing that can be more exciting to a child than learning to read! But as parents we can some- times be overwhelmed by the prospect of helping our children learn how. Let the library help you take some of the guess-work out of the process by offering these instructional materials!

Phonemic Awareness Activities for Early Reading Success / Wiley Blevins: Phonemic awareness—the under- standing that words are made up of sounds—is essential to a child's early reading success. With this book, children gain this awareness through engaging, easy to teach activities.

Phonics from A to Z (Grades K-3) / Wiley Blevins: Everything you wanted to know about phonics but were afraid to ask! This practical handbook, written by an early reading specialist, will show you how to build engaging, effective phonics practice into your reading-writing program. Lots of ready-to-use lessons, word lists, games and learning center ideas.

One Little Sound - Fun with Phonics and Numbers / Hap Palmer: Audio CD -- Here's a fun musical way for chil- dren to learn about reading, writing, and mathematics. Phonics and numbers are presented in a meaningful context of colorful rhymes and stories. Through hand and finger motions, full body movement, and opportunities for verbal expres- sion, children are fully engaged in the learning process. The songs focus on the relationship between letter symbols (the alphabet) and sounds of the English language (phonemes). The songs also encourage children to search for relationships, order and predictability as they work with numbers. Contains the following learning songs: Chickadee and Chipmunk; Bop 'til We Drop; Marching Around the Alphabet; Ayee I Owe You; Mary and Marvin; Bounce!; Follow Along; One Little Sound; D-O-G Walkin' the Dog; Celebrate the Day; How Many Are Here?; The Secret Word.

Learning Sight Words is Easy (Grades K-2) / Mary Rosenberg: Put kids on the path to reading with fun, reproduci- ble activities that teach the top 100 sight words! Each easy-to-manage activity is tailor-made to teach specific sight words, strengthen reading skills, and expand vocabulary.

For the Older Reader: Vocabulary Enhancement

Words, Words, Words: Ready-to-Use games and activities for vocabulary building, Grades 7-12 / Jack Umstatter: Divided into 30 thematic units, the book offers four different ready-to-use activities for each group of words, including crossword puzzles, magic squares, jumbles, word finds, concealed quotations, and riddles. Perfect as quick time- fillers, competitions, quizzes, extra-credit as- signments, or SAT/ACT preparation, these ac- tivities can be used both with individual stu- dents or the entire class. Includes a time- saving, easy-to-use answer key.

Learning to Read Online Help www.tampareads.com/phonics/phonicsindex.htm Links to 56 phonics and phonemic awareness worksheets 12 A Memoir is in Your Future!

Senate Republican Leader and decorated veteran Bob Dole is publishing a World War II memoir entitled, A Veteran Re- Harlequin Unveils New Romance Imprints! members . It will be released by HarperCollins in late 2005. A Veteran Remembers will be Senator Dole's most personal • HQN Books: This imprint will publish mainstream romance book to date. Drawing upon the letters he exchanged with his single-titles that offer a broad range of romantic family during the war, his own memories and opinions, as well fiction. It debuts in August, 2004. as the words and actions of other veterans, Dole will frame the Titles: mindset of his generation. In the unvarnished, straight-talking September: The Butler Did It / Kasey style for which he's known, Senator Dole describes the battles Michaels; The Stone Prince / Gena Showalter in which he fought and the grave wounds he received; his long but triumphant recovery; and his vision of America. October: Honey and the Hired Hand / Joan While you wait, try these other titles by Robert Dole: Johnston; Someone Like You / Susan Mallery; Night’s Edge / Maggie Shayne, Barbara Hambly Great Political Wit: Laughing (almost) all the way to the & Charlaine Harris White House A word of warning! Watch for reissues with this imprint!

• Next (AKA Primetime): This imprint will offer heroines Great presidential wit: -- I wish I was in this book who have some life experience under their belt (read, older, though you won’t find the word mentioned on Harle- quin’s guidelines page!) According to Harlequin’s guide- lines, “These stories will be warm, entertaining and some- times even inspiring and will feature women facing a wide variety of life stages...These stories will end in a happy and satisfying manner, though not necessarily in a romantic resolution. These will be novels for which romance is a piece of the pie, rather than the whole one.” This imprint is similar to Women’s Fiction genre. In Other Publishing News… To give you an idea what the new NEXT imprint will be like, Harlequin recommends the following titles: Angry Housewives The Harry Potter phenomena has generated great interest with film Eating Bon Bons / Lorna Landvik; Step Ball Change / Jeanne makers in turning children’s novels into the next great blockbuster. Ray; Don't Know How She Does It / Allison Pearson; and The Not-So-Perfect Man / Valerie Frankel. Twentieth Century Fox has signed a deal with Walden Media NEXT titles have not yet been announced. However, they will to make five children's novels into movies. The films will be be offered in a four-book-a-month series. based on the following books: Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo, Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson, • Silhouette Bombshell: This imprint features a heroine The Giver by Lois Lowry, Nim's Island by Wendy Orr, and who is smart, savvy, and sexy. She always Biblionauts by Adam Mortimer. These are in addition to The saves the day when put in precarious and often Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe which is currently in high-stakes situations. According to Harlequin’s production. It has an expected release date in U.S. theaters of writing guidelines, “It is the heroine’s ability to December, 2005. The cast includes Tilda Swinton, James McA- get herself and others out of those situations voy and Rupert Everett. that drives the plot and ultimately provides the thrilling and often unpredictable reading experi- Alcon Entertainment plans to release the coming-of-age ad- ence. Each book will also contain an exciting venture The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants in 2005. romance subplot, and, in the end, the heroine This film is based on Ann Brashares' bestselling novel of the always gets her man!” Think Sidney Bristow of same title about a special 16th summer in the lives of four Alias fame and you have a Silhouette Bombshell heroine. lifelong friends. It will be directed by Emmy Award-nominated These books are NOT romance. Rather, they offer ac- Ken Kwapis of Malcolm in the Middle fame. The screenplay is tion adventure with a romantic twist! by Delia Ephron (You've Got Mail) and Elizabeth Chandler This imprint is similar to Action Adventure fiction. (What a Girl Wants). The film stars Alexis Bledel, Amber Tam- Titles for Silhouette Bombshell: blyn, America Ferrara and Blake Lively as four 16-year-old best July: Daughter of Destiny / Lindsay McKenna; Proof / Justine friends who are separated for the first time. On a last shop- Davis; Get Blondie / Carla Cassidy; Code Name: Dove / Judith ping trip together, the girls find a pair of thrift-shop jeans that Leon fits each of them perfectly and they decide to use these "magic" pants as a way of keeping in touch over the months August: Kiss of the Blue Dragon / Julie Beard; Alias / Amy J. ahead, each girl wearing the jeans for a week to see what luck Fetzer; A.K.A. Goddess / Evelyn Vaughn; Urban Legend / Erica they bring her before sending them on to the next. Orloff

September: A Perfect Cover / Maureen Tan; Exposed / Kathe- The Walt Disney Studios plans to develop and produce films rine Garbera; Exception to the Rule / Doranna Durgin; Body based on Judy Blume's books for young people. The films will Double / Vicki Hinze begin with Deenie, Blume's bestseller about a young woman's struggles to define herself independently from the dreams and expectations her parents have for her. 13

New Titles in Inspirational Christian Fiction Anticipated Reads

No Dark Valley / Jamie Langston Turner: When Celia Coleman’s grandmother dies, she must Silenced: The wrath of return to the small town she hoped never to see again. Her memories of her grandmother’s home God Descends / Jerry and church—and of her own behavior there—are not happy ones. The man next door is struggling Jenkins: Enter the con- with guilt over his own past, and Celia wants nothing to do with him. In this masterfully written, tinuing story of double inspiring story of reconciliation, both will come to recognize the vastness of God’s grace. agent Paul Stepola as he

works to protect his fellow The Awakening: A novel of discovery / Angela Hunt: Recovering from the isolation of caring believers from the govern- for her recently deceased mother, Aurora Norquest begins to experience bewildering dreams. As ment that is trying to she seeks to understand the voices that fill her sleeping hours, she learns that her mother has eliminate Christians. The hidden a secret . . . Aurora is aided in her understanding by Philip Cannon, the neighbor who underground church is in shows more than a friendly interest. With love as his ally, Philip helps her to discern between truth mortal peril following the & falsehood, the voice of guilt and the voice of God. apocalyptic events in Los Grace will Lead Me Home (Dorsetville series, #3)/ Katherine Valentine: The small New England Angeles, which have only town of Dorsetville is filled with the type of eccentric characters reminiscent of those who once cast further suspicion endeared a nation to the television show, Mayberry. In this third installment of this popular series, upon Christians. Mean- the town is a flutter. Back at St. Cecilia's rectory, the housekeeper, Mrs. Norris, has quit in a huff. while, Paul struggles with To Father James's horror, the rectory quickly takes on the look of a college dorm. Father Dennis how to tell his family could lend a hand but since his cooking show, The Fat Friar, has started to gain popularity, he's about his newfound faith more concerned about fan mail than his priestly duties. Nellie Anderson and Harry Clifford are without raising the suspi- about to tie the knot-that is if someone can find the missing wedding invitations. Bungling, Deputy cions of his ruthless fa- Hill has been left in charge when the sheriff comes down with the flu, but can the town survive ther-in-law. A gripping, until he returns? Meanwhile, Father James tries to help an ex-convict learn to cope on the outside. futuristic thriller that will Valerie Kilbourne, a single mother tries to find the money for a very expensive operation to pre- keep you glued to the vent her twin daughter's blindness. And Lori Peterson, who has had her share of tragedies, will be page. (Underground asked to face another; yet through the harrowing ordeal re-avow that God's love is ever present. Zealot)

The Coming Storm (Heirs of Montana, #2) / Tracie Peterson: With the love of her life missing in Reunion (Redemption the Montana wilderness, a young woman must manage a ranch on her own. 1870 Montana ranch- series, #5) / Karen Kings- ing proves to be a hard life for Dianne Chadwick. Her fiancé, Cole Selby, has yet to return from his bury & Gary Smalley: This journey east. Unbeknownst to her, he has been captured by Indians, and Takes-Many-Horses, who touching story allows us to also loves Dianne, must decide whether or not to let him live. When her uncle is attacked by a see into the lives of the grizzly, Dianne is left to care for his family and manage the ranch. Can she hold on to her faith and Baxter family as Erin and ride out the storm? Sam attempt to adopt a The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Down / Neta Jackson (The Yada Yada Prayer Group, #1)) child. As the family looks

forward to a heartwarming Daughter of Liberty (American Patriot, #1) / J.M. Hochstetler: Mystery. Intrigue. Mistaken iden- reunion they find out that tities. Twenty-year-old Elizabeth Howard is living a life of secrets and lies. Torn between her par- Mr. and Mrs. Baxter have ents, her loyalty to the opposition against the repressive policies of the British colonial ministry, a secret that could change and the love of a British Major, Elizabeth learns to follow the leading of her Lord instead of her their lives forever. own willful heart.

Flash Point / Sally John (In a Heartbeat, #2) For the Twenty- She’s Out of Control / Kristin Billerbeck Something Reader!

Beauty for Ashes / Dorothy Clark Christian Fiction takes on An Undivided Heart / Vonette Bright & Nancy Moser Chick Lit in this sequel to What a Girl Wants! Give this new sub-genre a try! 14

Admit it, sometimes we all like living on the wild side of the law -- experienced vicariously through the character of a good crime film that is! Rooting for the bad guy can be devilishly fun! Following is a listing of heist, caper and con films guaranteed to satisfy the little devil that sits on everyone’s shoulder from time to time.

Heist Films

Heist (2001) Gene Hackman The Score (2001) Robert De Niro Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) Nicholas Cage Hot Rock (1972) Robert Redford [heist/caper] Thomas Crown Affair (1999) Pierce Brosnon / Rene Russo Ocean’s Eleven (2001) George Clooney [heist/caper] The Italian Job (2003) Mark Wahlberg Three Kings (1999) George Clooney [heist/caper] (1998) George Clooney / Jennifer Lopez [heist/caper] The Usual Suspects (1995) Kevin Spacey Defining the Genre Entrapment (1999) Sean Connery / Catherine Zeta-Jones Caper film: Money Train (1995) Wesley Snipes / Woody Harrelson [heist/caper] Dark-comedy . Payback (1999) Mel Gibson [Heist/con] The caper story is distinguished from the straight crime story by elements of humor, adventure, or unusual Caper Films cleverness or audacity.

Ruthless People (1986) Bette Midler / Danny DeVito Heist film: Disorganized Crime (1989) Hoyt Axton / Fred Gwynne a heist film focuses on The Great Train Robbery (1979) Sean Connery [caper/heist] -- the elaborate planning and execution of a robbery, Sneakers (1992) Robert Redford -- often on the assembly of a team that collaborates on A Fish Called Wanda (1988) John Cleese / Kevin Kline the planning and execution of the plan. Trapped in Paradise (1994) Nicholas Cage Big Trouble (2002) Tim Allen / Rene Russo Team usually consists of: Bandits (2001) Bruce Willis / Billy Bob Thornton [crime spree caper] the mastermind safecracker Confidence Game Films assorted confidence men and, in the age of the computer, a computer expert. The Flim-Flam Man (1967) George C. Scott / Michael Serrazin The Sting (1973) Paul Newman / Robert Redford Some of the best heist films rely more on showcasing Catch Me if You Can (2002) Leonardo Di Caprio / Tom Hanks the character flaws of the plotters: MatchStick Men (2003) Nicholas Cage -- back stabbing -- paranoia Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1998) Steve Martin / Michael Cain -- betrayal Heartbreakers (2001) Sigourney Weaver

Confidence (2003) Edward Burns The best heist films are those that can successfully weave all of these elements together.

Confidence game film: A film that involves the planning and execution of some elaborate confidence game. The allure of this type of film is: 1. In its ability to keep the audience off-balance -- Who’s conning whom? -- Will the con succeed? -- Where will plot twist and turns lead? 2. The excitement of watching the plan unfold

A confidence game is usually (but not always) undertaken by a team of grifters (those who swindle by means of deception or fraud.) 15

Paper Moon / Joe David Brown: Previously published as Addie Donald E. Westlake: Master of the Caper Genre Pray, this book was the basis for the 1973 film Paper Moon that A.K.A. Richard Stark and Tucker Coe starred Tatum O’Neal and Ryan O’Neal. (Large Print edition)

King Con / Stephen J. Cannell: Raised in a world of flimflams, John Dortmunder Caper/Heist Series: come-ons and con-jobs, Beano Bates has done so well he's #1 The Hot Rock earned a spot on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List. But his lucky #2 Bank Shot streak vanishes after a card game in which he scams a cool eighty #3 Jimmy the Kid grand from a notorious Mafia don -- who retaliates by having #4 Nobody’s Perfect Beano nearly beaten to death. #5 Why Me? For the first time in his legendary career, Beano wants more than #6 Good Behavior a big score -- he wants justice. Aided by a beautiful, no-nonsense #7 Drowned Hopes female prosecutor and a legion of crafty cousins, all accomplished #8 Don’t Ask grifters, Beano, the king of the cons, puts together the ultimate #9 What’s the Worst That Could Happen? #10 Bad News swindle -- a well-planned sting of strategy, skill and deception. The target is America's most feared mob kingpin and his psycho- #11 The Road to Ruin pathic brother. And in this game, winner takes all! Titles in red are available at the library. Others may be re- quested through interlibrary loan. Matchstick Men / Eric Garcia Saw the movie? Read the book!

Gone in 60 Seconds / M.C. Bolin [film novelization] Stand-Alone titles: Put A Lid On It: Career thief, Meehan is The Great Train Robbery / Michael Crichton sitting in jail, denied parole and awaiting sen-

Big Trouble / Dave Barry tencing. Until a chance to alter his fate pre- sents itself in the form of a clandestinely dis- Ocean’s Eleven: A Novel / Dewey Gram [film novelization] patched representative of the president's re-

If Tomorrow Comes / Sidney Sheldon election campaign. All Meehan has to do is come up with a workable plan to steal an The Fool’s Run / John Sandford: On the cutting edge of high- incriminating videotape from the upstate-New tech corporate warfare, two state-of-the-art con artists find the York estate of an eccentric millionaire. He noose tightening--when their ultimate con turns against them. must put together a team up to the challenge

The Empress File / John Sandford: Get stung by con artists while the clock is furiously ticking. Kidd and LuEllen... Smoke: One minute Freddie Urban Noon was Style: a burglar, a gentleman, and a liar. The next

he was something else: Invisible. It all started Out of Sight / Elmore Leonard: Jack Foley was busting out of Florida's Glades Prison when he ran head-on into in a secret research lab where two scientists with a shotgun. Suddenly the world-class gentle- were getting rich proving that cigarettes are man felon was sharing a cramped car trunk with a disarmed good for you. Then Freddie broke in, swal- federal marshal -- whose Chanel suit cost more than the take lowed a pair of experimental formulas, and from Foley's last bank job -- and the chemistry was working vanished in a puff of smoke. Which would overtime. Here's a lady Jack could fall for in a big way, if she have been a boon for his burglary career (except you can't weren't a dedicated representative of the law that he breaks wear shoes, and there's nowhere to hide the loot), if every- for a living. And as soon as she escapes, he's already missing one didn't see an angle in it. Now a crooked cop wants her. But there are some seriously bad men and a major score Freddy. Criminals want Freddy. And the Tobacco Research waiting for Jack in Motown. And there's a good chance that Institute wants Freddy. For America's best invisible thief, when his path crosses Karen's again, she's going to be there things are getting hazardous indeed: one false step, and for business, not pleasure. Freddy Noon goes up in smoke. The Big Bounce Now a major motion picture starring Owen Wilson! Nonfiction Titles On The Subject! Film was based on this book!

Stick Flim-Flam Man: How con games work / M. Allen Henderson

Hoaxes and Scams: A compendium of deceptions, ruses, and swindles / Carl Sifakis

Black Hat: Misfits, criminals, and scammers in the Internet age / John Biggs Nonfiction Titles Getting Thin and Loving Food: 200 Easy

Recipes to Take You Where You Want to Big Book of Boy Stuff / Bart King: The Big Book of Boy Be / Kathleen Daelemans: The author returns, Stuff has all the important information that boys just have with more than 200 super-simple recipes that put to know...This big, thick, durable book includes fascinating flavor first, plus hundreds of culinary and motiva- chapters on gross stuff, magic, emergencies, fireworks, tional secrets to help you achieve your healthiest games, experiments, jokes, activities, insults, pets, flying weight while keeping you "Henry-the-Eighth things, and, of course, duct tape. No boyhood is complete happy and satisfied." From pleasurable power without a copy! breakfasts like Oatmeal-Orange Raisin Bars, to Now What?: 90 days to a new life direction / Laura meals like Cashew Chicken, Skirt Steak Fajitas, Berman Fortgang: In Now What?, pioneering life coach Thai Shrimp, and Stir-Fried Ginger Pork, to sumptuous desserts like Laura Berman Fortgang shares the process that she has Dark Chocolate Soufflé Cake and Strawberry Cheesecake Mousse, used so successfully with hundreds of clients to help them Kathleen's food combines down-to-earth practicality with vibrant fla- make major changes in their lives. Whether it's moving on vors. Crammed with candid advice, task-oriented tips, and success from a dead-end job, discovering an entirely new creative stories from Kathleen's many fans, Getting Thin and Loving Food! outlet, or answering the age-old question: "What am I gives you everything you need to jumpstart your new lifestyle and meant to do with my life?"-this book shows how to identify keep you motivated - and laughing - along the way. what's missing in life, and how to set a clear course for realizing new dreams.

Our Mothers’ War: American women at home and at History Buffs Rejoice! the front during World War II / Emily Yellin: Our Mothers' War is a stunning and unprecedented portrait of The Quotable Founding Fathers / Melton F. women during World War II, a war that forever trans- Buckner A Treasury of 2,500 Wise and Witty Quota- formed the way women participate in American society. tions from the Men and Women Who Created America: Never before has the vast range of American women's ex- No group is quoted—and misquoted—more often than perience during this pivotal era been brought together in America’s founders...Year in and year out, teachers one book. Now, Our Mothers' War re-creates what Ameri- and political buffs look to their wisdom to illuminate can women from all walks of life were doing and thinking, the issues. How much easier it would be to find every on the home front and abroad. key quote by the founders in a single source. The High Schools in Crisis: What every parent should Quotable Founding Fathers, edited by Buckner F. Mel- know / Ellen Hall & Richard Handley: This book ex- ton, Jr., provides just that source—a compilation of some 2,500 quotes summing up the wit and wisdom of the founders. poses the degree of rage today's teenagers feel and how our nation's schools are failing them, not just academically, Churchill’s Folly: How Winston Churchill created but in just about every way imaginable. Hall and Handley modern Iraq / Christopher Catherwood: As Brit- propose practical techniques, procedures, and core values ain's colonial secretary in the 1920s, Winston Churchill that can make high school a safe learning environment made a mistake with calamitous consequences. Scholar once again. Drawing from their many years of experience and adviser to Tony Blair's government, Christopher administering a high school that provided a safe and fulfill- Catherwood chronicles and analyzes how Churchill cre- ing learning environment, they introduce readers to teach- ated the artificial monarchy of Iraq after World War I, ing techniques, administrative policies, and design ideas thereby forcing together unfriendly peoples under a that encourage students to speak out, express their in- single ruler. domitable idealism, and feel welcome and accepted. The Grand Idea: George Washington’s Potomac and the race to the West / Joel Achenbach: The Grand Idea is the story of Washington's ambitions for the brand-new republic that he had fought so hard to create. His western journey culminates in a breathtak- ing scheme: Washington, with the help of Thomas Jefferson, will transform the Potomac River into a com- mercial artery that will link the new West to the old East. Worried that the newborn country was so frag- mented that it might literally split into two separate and rival nations, he uses the skills he learned as a young backwoods surveyor to come up with his river plan. The future of the Union, Washington believes, depends on the Potomac route to the West, which will bind the coun- try to one enterprise.

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