Self-Help By Deborah Bigelow, Director, Leonia P.L., NJ - 11/15/2009
Borchard, Therese J. Beyond Blue: Surviving Depression & Anxiety and Making the Most of Bad Genes . Center Street . Jan. 2010. c.288p. ISBN 978-1-59995-156-0 . $21.99. SELF-HELP More than a firsthand account of depression, this book is a tour through the haunted thoughts of a person wracked by the disease.
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Professional Media 11/15/2009
Dow, Elizabeth H. Electronic Records in the Manuscript Respository . Scarecrow . 2009. c.208p. index. ISBN 978-0-8108-6708-6 . pap. $45. PRO MEDIA All librarians confront the issues associated with preserving digital materials. Though aimed primarily at archivists, this book is a great introduction to the various models of electronic preservation for all information managers.
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Social Sciences 11/15/2009
Biography Caistor, Nick . Che Guevara: A Life . Interlink: Interlink Pub. Group . Dec. 2009. c.160p. photogs. index. ISBN 978-1-56656-759-6 . pap. $15. BIOG Forty years after his death, Ernesto "Che" Guevara remains larger in death than he ever was in life. Born in Argentina and educated as a physician, he is still the iconic revolutionary for succeeding generations.
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Cookery By Carrie Scarr, West Fargo P.L., ND - 11/15/2009
The holiday season is almost in full swing! This means get-togethers and food, but for celebrants with allergies or health concerns like celiac disease, the holidays can be one land mine after another. Among those delivering taste and healthy eating are Jennifer Katzinger's Flying Apron's Gluten-Free & Vegan Baking Book, Cybele Pascal's The Allergen-Free Baker's Handbook, the Moosewood Coll...
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Science & Technology 11/15/2009
Agriculture Diarmuid, Gavin & Terence Conran . Planting: The Planting Design Book for the Twenty-First Century . Conran: Octopus , dist. by Hachette. Nov. 2009. 272p. illus. index. ISBN 978-1-84091-529-7 . $60. GARDENING Award-winning UK landscape designers Diarmuid and Conran (coauthors, Outdoors: The Garden Design Book for the Twenty-First Century) team up again, now with the basics ne...
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Short Takes By Savannah Schroll Guz, formerly with Smithsonian Libs., Washington, DC - 11/15/2009
Animal Lives . 7 vols. World Book: Scott Fetzer . 2009. 336p. ISBN 978-0-7166-0401-3 . $139. REF This seven-volume set consists of the following titles: Amphibians, Birds, Fish, Insects and Spiders, Mammals, Molusks and Similar Sea Creatures, and Reptiles. In each volume, the text is broken into segments with headings aiding comprehension.
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Reference 11/15/2009
Literature Diggory, Terence . Encyclopedia of the New York School Poets . Facts On File . (Literary Movements). 2009. 560p. maps. index. ISBN 978-0-8160-5743-6 . $75; Online: Infobase Ebooks REF Centered in New York City and distinguished from the Beats and the "New York Intellectuals" of the same era, the New York School Poets are united by commonalities of style rather than by time or a spe...
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Learning Gardens New York's GreenBranches program links the library to the street.
Green Picks: LBD May 2007 Want to reduce your library's carbon footprint? Join the Cradle-to-Cradle revolution. Helen Milling shares the green products her firm is using.
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