Daily Book Pick Archive

May 8:

When Science Goes Wrong: Twelve Tales from the Dark Side of Discovery by Simon LeVay (Penguin Group (USA)) When Science Goes Wrong

Healthy Child Healthy World: Creating a Cleaner, Greener, Safer Home by Christopher Gavigan, Meryl Streep (Penguin Group (USA)) Healthy Child Healthy World: Creating a Cleaner, Greener, Safer Home

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
by Mary Roach (Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.) Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

Key To Conspiracy by Talia Gryphon (Ace) Key to Conspiracy (Gillian Key, ParaDoc, Book 2)

Brothers Of The Snake by Dan Abnett (BL) Brothers of the Snake (Warhammer 40,000)

The Ancient: Saga of the First King
by R. A. Salvatore (Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC) Ancient: Saga of the First King

Marine Corps Tank Battles in Vietnam
by Oscar Gilbert (Casemate Publishers) MARINE CORPS TANK BATTLES IN VIETNAM

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (Free Press) The White Tiger: A Novel

May 7:

Keeper Of Dreams by Orson Scott Card (Tor Hardcover) Keeper of Dreams

The Age Of Dreaming by Nina Revoyr (Akashic Books) The Age of Dreaming

Rediscovering Jacob Riis: The Reformer, His Journalism, and His Photographs by Bonnie Yochelson, Daniel Czitrom, Daniel Czitrom ( New Press, The) Rediscovering Jacob Riis: The Reformer, His Journalism, and His Photographs

Kiplinger's Estate Planning: The Complete Guide to Wills, Trusts, and Maximizing Your Legacy by John Ventura, Elton John (Kaplan Publishing) Kiplinger's Estate Planning: The Complete Guide to Wills, Trusts, and Maximizing Your Legacy
 

How Can You Defend Those People?
by Mickey Sherman (Globe Pequot Press) How Can You Defend Those People?

Iwo Jima by Larry Smith (W.W. Norton) Iwo Jima: World War II Veterans Remember the Greatest Battle of the Pacific

Naming Liberty by Jane Yolen (Philomel) Naming Liberty

Sea Queens: Women Pirates around the World
by Jane Yolen, Christine Joy Pratt (Illustrator) (Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc.) Sea Queens: Women Pirates Around the World

May 6:

iRead 2 You Interactive Voice Recorder (www.iRead2You.com)

A Floating City Of Peasants by Floris-Jan van Luyn (The New Press) A Floating City of Peasants: The Great Migration in Contemporary China

The A to Z of Phobias, Fears, and Anxieties by Ada P. Kahn (Checkmark Books) The A to Z of Phobias, Fears, and Anxieties (Library of Health and Living)

Final Entries 1945 by Hugh Trevor-Roper (Casemate) FINAL ENTRIES 1945: THE DIARIES OF JOSEPH GOEBBELS

Listen Up! by Linda W. Braun (Information Today) Listen Up! Podcasting for Schools and Libraries

Effective Executive Compensation: Creating a Total Rewards Strategy for Executives by Michael Dennis Graham, Thomas A. Roth, Dawn Dugan, Thomas A. Roth, Dawn Dugan (AMACOM) Effective Executive Compensation: Creating a Total Rewards Strategy for Executives

Ships without a Shore: America's Undernurtured Children by Anne R. Pierce (Transaction Publishers) Ships without a Shore: America's Undernurtured Children

Churchill's Triumph by Michael Dobbs (Sourcebooks) Churchill's Triumph: A Novel of Betrayal

May 5:

Two Weeks Since My Last Confession by Kate Genovese (Lebros International / www.kategenovese.com) Two Weeks Since my Last Confession'

Public Lies by Brenda Youngerman (Outskirts Press) Public Lies

The Music Of Pythagoras by Kitty Ferguson (Walker & Company) The Music of Pythagoras: How an Ancient Brotherhood Cracked the Code of the Universe and Lit the Path from Antiquity to Oute

Inclined To Speak...edited by Hayan Charara (The University Of Arkansas Press) Inclined to Speak

Frank Davis Makes Good Groceries by Frank Davies (www.pelicanpub.com) Frank Davis Makes Good Groceries!: A New Orleans Cookbook

The Complete Compost Gardening Guide by Barbara Pleasant (www.storey.com) The Complete Compost Gardening Guide: Banner batches, grow heaps, comforter compost, and other amazing techniques for saving time and money, and producing ... most flavorful, nutritous vegetables ever.

Prague In Danger by Peter Demetz (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) Prague in Danger: The Years of German Occupation, 1939-45: Memories and History, Terror and Resistance, Theater and Jazz, Film and Poetry, Politics and War

Chant to Soothe Wild Elephants
by Jaed Coffin (Perseus Publishing) A Chant to Soothe Wild Elephants

May 3:

Michal Chelbin: Strangely Familiar
by Leah Ollman, Leah Ollman (Aperture Foundation) Michal Chelbin: Strangely Familiar

Pursuit Of Light by Sandy Brewer (PeachTreeHouse) Pursuit of Light: An Extraordinary Journey

Jean-Pierre Jeunet by Elizabeth Ezra (University of Illinois Press) Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Contemporary Film Directors)

Worcester 1651 by Malcolm Atkin (Casemate) WORCESTER 1651 (Battleground Britain)

Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families Under the Law by Nancy D. Polikoff (Beacon Press) Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families under the Law

Front Lines edited by Denise Little (DAW Books) Front Lines

Hollywood Ambition by Marsha Orgeron (Wesleyan University Press) Hollywood Ambitions: Celebrity in the Movie Age (Wesleyan Film)

Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies by Charlene Li, Josh Bernoff (Harvard Business School Press) Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies

May 2:

Every Man Sees You Naked by David M. Matthews (Wheatmark) Every Man Sees You Naked: An Insider's Guide to How Men Think

Battle for Afghanistan : The Soviets Versus the Mujahideen during the 1980sby Mohammad Yousaf, Mark Adkin (Pen and Sword) BATTLE FOR AFGHANISTAN

Manic: A Memoir by Terri Cheney (HarperCollins Publishers) Manic: A Memoir

Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido by Hiroshige Ando, Ando Hiroshige, Keisei Eisen (George Braziller Publishers) The Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido

Comfort: A Journey through Grief
by Ann Hood (Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.) Comfort: A Journey Through Grief

A Camera, Two Kids and a Camel: My Journey in Photographs by Annie Griffiths Belt, Annie Griffiths Belt (Photographer) (National Geographic Society) A Camera, Two Kids, and a Camel: My Journey in Photographs

Shades Of Blue by Bill Moody (Poisoned Pen Press) Shades of Blue

The Ten -Year Nap by Meg Wolitzer (Riverhead Books) The Ten-Year Nap

May 1:

Story Of The Sand by Mark B. Pickering (iUniverse) Story of the Sand

Compulsive Acts by Elias Aboujaoude (University of California Press) Compulsive Acts: A Psychiatrist's Tales of Ritual and Obsession

Baghdad, Mon Amour: Selected Writings of Salah Al Hamdani by Salah Al Hamdani, Sonia Alland (Translator) (Curbstone Press) Baghdad, Mon Amour: A Journey of Exile and Return

The Latehomecomer by Kao Kalia Yang (Coffee House Press) The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir

America's Rasputin by David Milne (Hill and Wang/FSG) America's Rasputin: Walt Rostow and the Vietnam War

Climate Change: What's Your Business Strategy?
by Andrew J. Hoffman, John G. Woody (Harvard Business School Press) Climate Change: What's Your Business Strategy? (Memo to the CEO)

If You Die, I'll Kill You! by Lisa Dombrowski (Wesleyan University Press) The Films of Samuel Fuller: If You Die, I'll Kill You (Wesleyan Film)

The Disposable Male: Sex, Love, and Money--Your World through Darwin's Eyes by Michael A. Gilbert (The Hunter Press) The Disposable Male: Sex, Love, and Money--Your World Through Darwin's Eyes