Daily Book Picks December 2007

December 28:

Evermore: A Novel of the Darkyn by Lynn Viehl (Penguin Group (USA) Evermore: A Novel of the Darkyn (Signet Eclipse)

Humanlandscapes by P. Milller (www.frescobooks.com) Humanlandscapes: Interpreting the Human Form

Johnny Ryan's XXX Scumbag Party (Fantagraphics Books) Johnny Ryan's XXX Scumbag Party

Noble Lies by Charles Benoit (Poisoned Pen Press) Noble lies

Souled Out?: How Blacks Are Winning and Losing in Sports by Shaun Powell (Human Kinetics Publishers ) Souled Out?: How Blacks Are Winning and Losing in Sports

The Natural
by Bernard Malamud, Kevin Baker, Kevin Baker (Introduction) (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) The Natural

The Quantum Connection by Travis S. Taylor (Baen Books) The Quantum Connection (Warp Speed)

The Way to Black Belt: A Comprehensive Guide to Rapid, Rock-Solid Results by Lawrence Kane, Dan Anderson, Kris Wilder (YMAA Publication Center ) The Way to Black Belt: A Comprehensive Guide to Rapid, Rock-Solid Results
 

December 27:

The Ghost by Robert Harris (Simon & Schuster) The Ghost: A Novel

Nureyev by Julie Kavanagh (Pantheon Books) Nureyev: The Life

The Sound Of Butterflies by Rachel King (William Morrow) The Sound of Butterflies: A Novel

When The Tide Rises by David Drake (Baen) When the Tide Rises (Lt. Leary)

Collector's Guide To Kriegsmarine by Christopher Ailsby (Casemate) A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO THE KRIEGSMARINE (Collectors Guide to)

Where Have All The Soldiers Gone? by James J, Sheehan (www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com) Where Have All the Soldiers Gone?: The Transformation of Modern Europe

The 47th Samurai by Stephen Hunter (Simon & Schuster) The 47th Samurai: A Bob Lee Swagger Novel

The Boys From Dolores by Patrick Symmes (Pantheon Books) The Boys from Dolores: Fidel Castro's Classmates from Revolution to Exile

December 26:

Tae Kwon Do, 2nd Edition: The Korean Martial Art
by Richard Chun (YMAA Publication Center ) Tae Kwon Do, 2nd Edition: The Korean Martial Art

Service Included by Phoebe Damrosch (William Morrrow) Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter

Acceptance & Commitment For Anxiety Disorders (with CD Rom) by George H. Eifert, PH.D and John P. Forsyth, PH.D. (New Harbinger Publications) Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: A Practitioner's Treatment Guide to Using Mindfulness, Acceptance, And Values-Based Behavior Change Strategies

The Long Embrace by Judith Freeman (Pantheon Books) The Long Embrace: Raymond Chandler and the Woman He Loved

Anthony And Cleopatra by Colleen McCullough (Simon & Schuster) Antony and Cleopatra: A Novel

A Free Life by Ha Jin (Pantheon Books) A Free Life: A Novel

A Vineyard In Tuscany by Ferenc Mate (www.norton.com) A Vineyard in Tuscany: A Wine Lover's Dream

The Last Great Fight by Joe Layden (St. Martin's Press) The Last Great Fight: The Extraordinary Tale of Two Men and How One Fight Changed Their Lives Forever (St Martins Press)

December 21:

The Swing Voter Of Staten Island by Arthur Nersesian (www.akashicbooks.com) The Swing Voter of Staten Island (Akashic Urban Surreal)

Micro Trends by Mark J. Penn (Twelve/Hachette Book Group) Microtrends; the Small Forces Behind Tomorrow's Big Changes

Silver & Stone: Profiles of American Indian Jewelers by Mark Bahti (Treasure Chest Books ) Silver & Stone: Profiles of American Indian Jewelers

Unmarketable by Anne Elizabeth Moore (www.thenewpress) Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing, and the Erosion of Integrity

Cries and Whiskers: A Theda Krakow Mystery
by Clea Simon (Poisoned Pen Press ) Cries and Whiskers: A Theda Krakow Mystery

Paws and Reflect: Exploring the Bond Between Gay Men and Their Dogs by Sharon Sakson, Sharon Sakson (Alyson Publications ) Paws and Reflect: A Special Bond Between Man and Dog

Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World by Dan Koeppel (Penguin Group (USA) Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World

Miles Davis, Miles Smiles, and the Invention of Post Bop by Jeremy Yudkin (Indiana University Press ) Miles Davis, Miles Smiles, and the Invention of Post Bop

December 20:

The Quick Resume & Cover Letter Book, Fourth Edition by Michael Farr (www.jist.com) Quick Resume & Cover Letter Book: Write and Use an Effective Resume in Only One Day (Quick Resume & Cover Letter Book)

Maybe A Bear Ate It? by Robie Harris......illustrated by Michael Emberley (Orchard/Scholastic) Maybe A Bear Ate It!

Black Widow by E. Duke Vincent (Bloomsbury) Black Widow: A Novel

Sanctuaries Of Earth, Stone And Light by Gloria Fraser Giffords (www.uapress.arizona.edu) Sanctuaries of Earth, Stone, and Light: The Churches of Northern New Spain, 1530-1821 (Southwest Center Series)

My Thousand And One Nights by Raja Alem and Tom McDonough (Syracuse University Press) My Thousand & One Nights: A Novel of Mecca (Middle East Literature in Translation)

Starship: Mercenary by Mike Resnick (www.pyrst.com) Mercenary (Starship, Book 3)

The Freedom Manifesto by Tom Hodgkin (www.harperperennial.com)  The Freedom Manifesto: How to Free Yourself from Anxiety, Fear, Mortgages, Money, Guilt, Debt, Government, Boredom, Supermarkets, Bills, Melancholy, Pain, Depression, Work, and Waste

An Uncertain Inheritance...edited by Nell Casey (William Morrow) Uncertain Inheritance, An: Writers on Caring for Family

December 19:

The Armchair Real Estate Investor by Robert Irwin (Kaplan Publishing) The Armchair Real Estate Investor: Put the Internet to Work for You and Reap Property Profits

My View From The Corner by Angelo Dundee with Bert Randolph Sugar (McGraw-Hill) My View from the Corner

London Art Deco by Arnold Schwartzman (Hudson Hills Press) London Art Deco

The Fourth Man by K.O. Dahl (St. Martin's Minotaur) The Fourth Man

The Dog Says How by Kevin Kling (www.borealisbooks.org) The Dog Says How

The Devil's Footprints by John Burnside (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday) The Devil's Footprints: A Novel

The Collaborator Of Bethlehem by Matt Beynon Rees (www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com) The Collaborator of Bethlehem

Concise Encyclopedia of Investing by Darren W. Oglesby (Haworth Press, Incorporated, The ) Concise Encyclopedia of Investing

December 18:

The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 by Rick Atkinson (Henry Holt & Company, Incorporated ) The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (The Liberation Trilogy)

Chicago
by Santi Visalli (Photographer), Stanley Tigerman (Introduction) Chicago

The Quiet Game by Greg Iles (Signet ) The Quiet Game

Chase by Clive Cussler (Penguin Group (USA) The Chase

Fire In The Desert by Glenn Puit (Stephens Press) Fire in the Desert: The True Story of the Craig Titus-Kelly Ryan Murder Mystery

Dancing Lives by Karen Eliot (University of Illinois Press) Dancing Lives: Five Female Dancers from the Ballet d'Action to Merce Cunningham

Final Countdown by Pat Duggins (University Press Of Florida) Final Countdown: NASA and the End of the Space Shuttle Program

Child Of A Dead God by Barb & J.C. Hendee (Roc Hardcover) Child of a Dead God: A Novel of the Noble Dead
 

December 17:

Fellowship Fantastic...edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Kerrrie Hughes (www.dawbooks.com) Fellowship Fantastic

A History Of The Kennedy Space Center by Kenneth Liparito and Orville R. Butler (University Press Of Florida) A History of the Kennedy Space Center

Stuff To Die For by Don Bruns (Oceanview Publishing) Stuff to Die For: A Novel

The Drop Edge Of Yonder by Donis Casey (www.poisonedpenpress.com) The Drop Edge of Yonder: an Alafair Tucker Mystery (Alafair Tucker Mysteries)

A Day With No Crayons by Elizabeth Rusch (Rising Moon/Cooper Square) A Day With No Crayons

The Guitar Player Book by Michael Molinda (Hal Leonard) The Guitar Player Book: The Ultimate Resource for Guitarists

The Master Key System by Charles F. Haanel (www.beyondword.com) The Master Key System

Modern Life by Matthea Harvey (www.graywolfpress.org) Modern Life: Poems

December 15:

Historic Photos Of Chicago Crime: The Capone Era by John Russick (Turner Publishing Company) Historic Photos of Chicago Crime: The Capone Era (Historic Photos)

Stay Healthy, Live Longer, Spend Wisely by Dr. Davis Liu (www.davisliumd.com) Stay Healthy, Live Longer, Spend Wisely: Making Intelligent Choices in America's Healthcare System

Victory Gardens Of Brooklyn by Merrill Joan Gerber (Syracuse University Press) The Victory Gardens of Brooklyn (Library of Modern Jewish Literature)

The Gene Makeover by Vincent C. Giampapa (Basic Health Publications) The Gene Makeover: Personal Genetic Health

Our Changing Planet (Cambridge University Press) Our Changing Planet: The View from Space

America's Three Regimes by Morton Keller (Oxford University Press) America's Three Regimes: A New Political History

Poussin by Henry Keazor (IPM) Poussin (Taschen Basic Art)

Pandora's Daughter by Iris Johansen (St. Martin's Press) Pandora's Daughter

December 14:

The Vacant Throne by Joshua Palmatier (www.dawbooks.com) The Vacant Throne

Breath And Bone by Carol Berg (Roc Trade Paperback) Breath and Bone

Return to Dragon Mountain: Memories of a Late Ming Man by Jonathan D. Spence (Penguin Group (USA) Return to Dragon Mountain: Memories of a Late Ming Man

Between Sundays by Karen Kingsbury (www.zondervan.com) Between Sundays

Swimming Up The Tigris by Barbara Aziz (www.upf.com) Swimming Up the Tigris: Real Life Encounters with Iraq

Blind Date by Anne Dufourmantelle (www.press.uillinois.ed) Blind Date: Sex and Philosophy

Gossamer Hall by Erin Samiloglu (Medallion Press, Incorporated) Gossamer Hall

Silent Cries by Lisa J. Peck (Bridgeway Books) Silent Cries: A Woman's Journey to Freedom

December 13:

Captain's Fury by Jim Butcher (Ace Hardcover) Captain's Fury (Codex Alera, Book 4)

BK Popsie by Michael Randolph (Hal Leonard) PoPsie: Popular Music Through the Camera Lens of William "PoPsie" Randolph

Born Standing Up by Steve Martin (Scribner/S&S) Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

The Cult Of Perfection by Cooper Lawrence (Globe Pequot/Skirt) The Cult of Perfection: Making Peace with Your Inner Overachiever

Killswitch by Joel Shepard (www.pyrsf.com) Killswitch: A Cassandra Kresnov Novel (Cassandra Kresnov)

Lives And Legends Of The Christmas Tree Ships by Frederick H. Neuschel (www.press.umich.edu) Lives and Legends of the Christmas Tree Ships

Korea Strait by David Power (Thomas Dunne/SMP)  Korea Strait: A Novel (Dan Lenson Novels)

The Kitchens Of Biro by Marcel Biro (www.birocookware.com) Kitchens of Biro, The

December 12:

Bayou Country by Rick Joslin (Stephens Press) Bayou Country: An Ilustrated History of Southeast Arkansas

High Deryni by Katherine Kurtz (Ace Hardcover) High Deryni

Laughing Sickness by Anne Black Gray (BridgewayBooks) Laughing Sickness: A Medical Mystery

Street Of Death by Mary Ann Mitchell (Medallion Press) Street of Death

The Contenders by Laura Flanders, et.al (www.sevenstories.com) Contenders

Censored 2008...edited by Peter Philips and Andrew Roth (www.sevenstories.com) Censored 2008: The Top 25 Censored Stories (Censored)

Manslayer by Nathan Long (www.blacklibrary.com) Manslayer (Gotrek & Felix)

The Street Of A Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama (St. Martin's Press) The Street of a Thousand Blossoms

December 11:

One Foot Out The Door by Judith M. Bardwick, Ph.D (www.amacombooks.org) One Foot Out the Door: How to Combat the Psychological Recession That's Alienating Employees and Hurting American Business

Gay Conservatives by Kenneth W. Cimino, PhD, MDA (www.haworthPress.co ) Gay Conservatives: Group Consciousness and Assimilation (Haworth Gay and Lesbian Studies) (Haworth Gay and Lesbian Studies)

Physical Evidence: Selected Film Criticism
by Kent Jones (Wesleyan University Press ) Physical Evidence: Selected Film Criticism (Wesleyan Film)

American Poets In The 21st Century...edited by Claudia Rankins & Lisa Sewell (www.wesleyan.edu/wespress) American Poets in the 21st Century: The New Poetics (Wesleyan Poetry)

Selected Letters Of Aldous Huxley...edited by James Sexton (www.ivanrdee.com) Selected Letters

Low Back Disorders by Stuart McGill (www.humankinetics.com) Low Back Disorders: Evidence-based Prevention and Rehabilitation

Knit Kimono by Vicki Square (www.interweave.com) Knit Kimono: 18 Designs with Simple Shapes

Mausoleum by Justin Scott (www.poisonedpenpress.com) Mausoleum: A Ben Abbott Mystery

December 10:

In The Shadow Of The Glacier by Vicki Delany (www.poisonedpenpress) In the Shadow of the Glacier

A Wizard's Bestiary by Oberon Zell-Ravenheart and Ash DeKirk (www.newpagebooks.com) A Wizard's Bestiary

The Guardian by James Zug (www.msupress.edu) The Guardian: The History of South Africas Extraordinary Anti-Apartheid Newspaper

Prude by Carol Platt Liebau (Center Street/Hachette) Prude: How the Sex-Obsessed Culture Damages Girls (and America, Too!)

The Neatest Little Guide To Stock Market Investing by Jason Kelly (Plume Paperbacks/Penguin) The Neatest Little Guide to Stock Market Investing (Revised Edition) (Neatest Little Guide to Stock Market Investing)

Crime Scene by Larry Ragle (HarperCollins Publishers ) Crime Scene

Opium Season by Joel Hafvenstein (The Lyons Press) Opium Season: A Year on the Afghan Frontier

The Boston Chef's Table by Clara Silverstein (www.globepequot.com) The Boston Chef's Table: The Best in Contemporary Cuisine

December 8:

Windows On Our Souls by Bob Shantz (Novalis) Windows On Our Souls: A Spiritual Excavation

Day By Day with People Of The Bible by Dennis Kurtz (Saint Mary's Press) Day by Day with People of the Bible: Reflections for Teens

Tender Mercies by Sr. Mary Peter Martin, fsp. (Pauline.St. Paul Books & Media) Tender Mercies: Prayers for Healing and Coping

Soul Care by Rose Mary Stutzman (Herald Press) Soul Care: How to Plan and Guide Inspirational Retreats

Ready To Wed by Melody Carlson (GuidePosts) Ready to Wed (The Tales from Grace Chapel Inn Series #4)

A Revolution Of Love by David Scott (www.loyolabooks.org) A Revolution Of Love: The Meaning Of Mother Teresa

One Mountain, Many Paths by Dr. Patrick Swift (www.greenleafbooksgroup.com) One Mountain, Many Paths: Special Edition

Good Discipline, Great Teens by Dr. Ray Guarendi (www.americancatholic.org) Good Discipline, Great Teens

December 7:

Timmy's In The Well by Jon Provost (Cumberland House) Timmy's in the Well: The Jon Provost Story

Corpocracy by Robert Monks (www.wiley.com) Corpocracy: How CEOs and the Business Roundtable Hijacked the World's Greatest Wealth Machine -- And How to Get It Back

Chronicles Of The Black Company by Glen Cook (A Tor Trade Paperback) Chronicles of the Black Company

Cross-X by Joe Miller (www.picadorusa.com) Cross-X: The Amazing True Story of How the Most Unlikely Team from the Most Unlikely of Places Overcame Staggering Obstacles at Home and at School to Challenge ... Community on Race, Power, and Education

Night Work by Steve Hamilton (Thomas Dunne/Minotaur/SMP) Night Work

The Best Of Make...from Make Media (www.oreilly.com) The Best of MAKE (Make)

Fair Game by Valerie Plame Wilson (S&S) Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House

The Solaris Book Of New Fantasy...edited by George Mann (www.blpublishing.com) The Solaris Book of New Fantasy

December 6:

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (Pantheon Books) The Complete Persepolis: Now a Major Motion Picture

Who Named The Knife by Linda Spalding (Pantheon Books/www.randomhouse.com) Who Named the Knife: A Book of Murder and Memory

The Secrets Of Money by Braun Mincher (www.braunmincher.com) The Secrets of Money: A Guide for Everyone on Practical Financial Literacy

Expecting Money by Erica Sandberg (www.kaplanpublishing.com) Expecting Money: The Essential Financial Plan for New and Growing Families

Eat, Drink & Be Vegan by Dreena Burton (Arsenal Pulp) Eat, Drink & Be Vegan: Everyday Vegan Recipes Worth Celebrating

God Needs No Passport by Peggy Levitt (www.thenewpress) God Needs No Passport: Immigrants and the Changing American Religious Landscape

Information And Emotion...edited by Diane Nahl and Dania Bilal (www.infotoday.com) Information and Emotion: The Emergent Affective Paradigm in Information Behavior Research and Theory

112 Mercer Street by Burton Feldman (Arcade Publishing) 112 Mercer Street: Einstein, Russell, Godel, Pauli, and the End of Innocence in Science

December 5:

Escape The Mid-Career Doldrums by Marcia L. Worthing and Cjarles A. Buck (www.wiley.com) Escape the Mid-Career Doldrums: What to do Next When You're Bored, Burned Out, Retired or Fired

Where's Dennis by Hank Ketchum (Fantagraphics Books) Where's Dennis?: The Magazine Cartoon Art of Hank Ketcham

Ring Of Fire II...edited by Eric Flint (Baen Books) Ring of Fire II (The Ring of Fire)

The Ruby Dice by Catherine Asaro (Baen Books) The Ruby Dice (Skolian Empire)

Leadership The Outward Bound Way...forward by Jimmy Carter (The Mountaineers Books) Leadership the Outward Bound Way: Becoming a Better Leader in the Workplace, in the Wilderness, and in Your Community

Inside Greek U. by Alan D. DeSantis (The University of Kentucky Press) Inside Greek U.: Fraternities, Sororities, and the Pursuit of Pleasure, Power, and Prestige

Devil May Cry by Sherrilyn Kenyon (St. Martin's Press) Devil May Cry (A Dark-Hunter Novel, Book 11)

American Chestnut by Susan Freinkel (University of California Press) American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree

December 4:

A Working Man's Apocrypha by William Luvaas (www.oupress.com) A Working Man's Apocrypha: Short Stories

Crop Circles by Mary Carroll Nelson (www.frescobooks.com) Crop Circles: An Art of our Time

Surviving Iraq by Elise Tripp (www.interlinkbooks.com) Surviving Iraq: Soldiers' Stories

Rampant Raider by Stephen R. Gray (www.unsi.org) Rampant Raider: An A-4 Skyhawk Pilot in Vietnam

The Art Of Agile Development by Shane Warden and Jim Shore (www.oreilly.com) The Art of Agile Development

America's Child by Susan Sherman (www.curbstone.org) America's Child: A Woman's Journey Through the Radical Sixties

Surviving Adversity---Living With Parkinson's Disease by Gord Carley (www.survivingadversity.com) Surviving Adversity--living with Parkinson's disease

Zuckerman Bound: A Trilogy and Epilogue, 1979-1985
by Philip Roth, Ross Miller (Editor)  Zuckerman Bound: A Trilogy and Epilogue 1979-1985: The Ghost Writer / Zuckerman Unbound / The Anatomy Lesson / The Prague Orgy (Library of America #175)

December 3:

Legend of Saint Nicholas: A Story of Christmas Giving by Dandi Daley Mackall, Guy Porfirio (Illustrator), Guy Porfirio (Illustrator) (Zonderkidz) The Legend of St. Nicholas: A Story of Christmas Giving

The War On Terror by Nick Solly Megoran (IVP Books) The War on Terror: How Should Christians Respond?

The Bookaholics Guide To Book Blogs by Rebecca Gillieron and Catheryn Kilgarriff (Marion Boyars) The Bookaholics' Guide to Book Blogs

Ideas And Adventures: 1200-1700 by Sonia P. Seherr-Thoss (Synergy Books) Ideas and Adventures, 1200 to 1700

Aging Artfully by Amy Gorman (www.agingartfully.com) Aging Artfully:Profiles of 12 Visual and Performing Women Artists 85-105

Strike Dog by Joseph Heywood (www.lyonspress.com) Strike Dog: A Woods Cop Mystery (Woods Cop Mysteries)

Discover by Joel Comiskey (www.kathycarltonwillis.com) Discover: Use Your Gifts and Help Others Find Theirs (Advanced Training)

The Clubmaker's Art by Jeffrey B. Ellis (www.clubmakersart.com) The Clubmaker's Art: Antique Golf Clubs & Their History

December 1:

O's Guide To Life by the Editors of O Magazine (Oxmoor) O's Guide to Life: The Best of O, the Oprah Magazine (The Oprah Magazine)

Manslayer by Nathan Long (www.blacklibrary.com) Manslayer (Gotrek & Felix)

The Flight Of The Eisenstein by James Swallow (www.blacklibrary.com) The Flight of the Eisenstein (Horus Heresy)

Descent Of Angels by Michel Scanlon (www.blacklibrary.com) The Soul Drinkers Omnibus (Warhammer 40,000 Novels)

The Soul Drinkers Omnibus by Ben Counter (www.blacklibrary.com) The Soul Drinkers Omnibus (Warhammer 40,000 Novels)

Acupressure Atlas by Bernard C. Kolster, M.D. (Inner Traditions/Bear & Company) The Acupressure Atlas

Precious Blood by Jonathan Hayes (Harper Collins) Precious Blood

Cherry Hill's Horsekeeping Almanac by Cherry Hill (www.storey.com) Horsekeeping Almanac