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Ten year-old Sidikiba is about to be initiated into the world
of the kora, a twenty-one stringed West African harp performed
by his family for seventy generations. To become a kora player,
like his father and grandfather before him, Sidikiba must honor
and respect the wisdom of his elders, trust in the mystical secrets
of his community, and, above all else, be patient and practice
hard. Sidikiba's Kora Lesson is the story of a child's
encounter with a rich cultural heritage set in a modern African
city, where learning to balance the new and the old is part of
growing up. This book also includes a CD of kora music by Sidiki
Diabate.
Beaver's Pond Press.
Hardcover with music CD. $25.00 
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As the controversial presidency of George W. Bush draws to
a close, this work provides the first dispassionate, even-handed
assessment of Bush's years in office. Widely respected scholar
and author Steven E. Schier goes beyond the perspective of
contemporary political commentary, and draws on wide-ranging
literature about presidential history and strategy to carefully
identify both the unique and the familiar aspects of George
W. Bush's presidency.
M. E. Sharpe.
Paperback. $24.95
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This is the book we all know and love by Marlo Thomas and her friends—brought
to new life with brand new illustrations to captivate and inspire
a new generation of readers on a journey of the heart. Whether
you are opening Free to Be . . . You and Me for the first
time or the one hundredth time you will be engaged and transformed
by this newly beautifully illustrated compilation of inspirational
stories, songs, and poems. The sentiments of thirty-five years
ago are as relevant today as when this book was published.
Perseus Publishing.
Hardcover. $19.95
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David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with
six more pieces, including a never before published story.
Along with such favoritesas the diaries of a Macy's elf and
the annals of two very competitive families, are Sedaris's
tales of tardy trick-or-treaters;
the difficulties of explaining the Easter Bunny to the French;
what to do when you've been locked out in a snowstorm; the puzzling
Christmas traditions of other nations; what Halloween at the
medical examiner's looks like; and a barnyard secret
Santa scheme gone awry.
Little,
Brown & Company.
Hardcover. $16.99
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"Oil is the problem. Cars are the solution."
Those two simple sentences by the authors of Zoom define
the scope of their illuminating and important book, an examination
of a transformation in business and culture that is occurring
before our eyes.
In Zoom, Iain Carson and Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran, award-winning
correspondents for The Economist, show why and how geopolitical
and economic forces are compelling the linked industries of oil
and autos to change as never before.
Grand Central Publishing.
Paperback. $14.99
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A Lion Among Men complements the New
York Times bestseller Son of a Witch in fleshing out the world
of Oz, seen this time through the eyes of the Cowardly Lion-remembered
from Wicked as a tiny cub defended by Elphaba. While civil war
looms in Oz, an ancient and tetchy oracle named Yackle prepares
for death. Before she can return to dust, however, the Cowardly
Lion, an enigmatic figure named Brrr, arrives in search of
information about Elphaba Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the West.
As payment, Yackle, who hovered on the sidelines of Elphaba's
life, demands some answers of her own.
William Morrow & Company.
Hardcover. $26.95
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The development of the modern world has brought with it rampant
light pollution, destroying the ancient mystery of night and
exacting a terrible price—wasted energy, damage to human health,
and the sometimes fatal interruption of the life patterns of
many species of wildlife. In Let There Be Night, twenty-nine
writers, scientists, poets, and scholars share their personal
experiences of night and help us to understand what we miss when
dark skies and nocturnal wildness vanish. Let There Be Night is
an engaging examination, both intimate and enlightening, of a
precious aspect of the natural world.
Trade Paper. $21.95
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2008. As a 1950’s housewife and League of Women Voters
volunteer who spearheaded the city of Lincoln's switch to a strong
mayor form of government, Helen Boosalis never anticipated that
she herself would one day be the chief executive of Nebraska's
capital city. Told by her daughter, this is the story of a true
pioneer of women in politics.
Hardcover. $34.95
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Read the new book about one of Carleton's most beloved
coaches and alums!
"Jack and Jinny Thurnblad are a great Carleton story spanning
remarkably different eras in the College's history from the 1940s
to the present day. Campus leaders as students, 'glue' in the
alumni body for fifty-five years, respected and effective coach
from 1960 to 1984, ambassadors to Northfield, to collegiate athletics,
and to young athletes outside the U.S. — what joy they
have given to all who have known them. This thoroughly researched
and well written account of their lives by Dave Lavender is a
welcome addition to Carleton's historical record."
— Stephen R. Lewis, Jr., Carleton's ninth president
$21.95
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As the wife of Carleton's President Rob Oden, Theresa Johnston
Oden is well qualified to write about being the spouse of an
academic leader. Oden discusses the ways in which supporting
a leader-partner differs from traditional helpmate roles. She
examines the reasons for lingering expectations—why female
spouses in particular are still expected to volunteer their time
to the leaders’ careers—as well as the special concerns
of male spouses. A self-described introvert who needs a lot of
privacy, Oden admits that her adjustment to life as the leader’s
spouse was difficult. “Today I can honestly say that there
are parts of my role that I treasure. I found my way, but I felt
the lack of a book that spoke to my experience.”
Paperback. $11.95
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These are the recent top ten bestselling
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"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple
words go to the heart of Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food,
the well-considered answers he provides to the questions posed
in the bestselling The Omnivore's Dilemma. In Defense
of Food reminds us that, despite the daunting dietary landscape
Americans confront in the modern supermarket, the solutions to
the current omnivore's dilemma can be found all around us.
Penguin Press. Hardcover. $21.95
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Statistics indicate that African American females, as a group,
fare poorly in the United States. Many live in single-parent
households-either as the single-parent mother or as the daughter.
Many face severe economic hurdles. Yet despite these obstacles,
some are performing at exceptional levels academically. For parents,
educators, policy makers, and indeed all those concerned about
the education of young African American women, Overcoming
the Odds is an invaluable guidebook on creating the conditions
that lead to academic-and lifelong-success.
Oxford University Press. Paperback. $29.95
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Through charts, maps, and reader-friendly text, Seeley measures
Minnesota's history in terms of high temperatures, significant
rainfall, and devastating blizzards. He defines the character
of our seasons and the climatology of our holidays. He shares
stories from climate stations around the state and biographies
of well-known figures in weather history. Whether planning your
garden, dressing for a February day, settling a bet, or simply
making small talk with a neighbor, you will find in this fascinating
guide all the facts and figures, trials and tales you need.
Minnesota Historical Society Press. Paperback. $22.95
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A hilarious look at the races of the world—capturing the
proud history and bright future of racism in one handy, authoritative,
and deeply offensive volume. Meet "C. H. Dalton," a
professor of racialist studies and a leading authority on inferior
people of all ethnicities, genders, religions, and sexual preferences.
In the grand tradition of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion and Birth
of a Nation, he is on a mission to clarify the truth about
self-supremacy, drawing on eminent scholarship to enlighten a
new generation of hate-mongers. Presenting evidence that everyone
should be hated (even white people), A Practical Guide to
Racism contains sparkling bits of wisdom.
Gotham Books. Hardcover. $20.00 |
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From her first dissection of a cadaver to the first time she
pronounced a patient dead, Pauline Chen combines personal experience
with clinical expertise in this riveting, deeply nuanced critique
of the medical profession.
Knopf Publishing. Paperback. $13.95
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Miko Kings is set in Indian Territory's queen city, Ada, Oklahoma,
during the baseball fever of 1903 and simultaneously in 1969
during the Vietnam era. The story centers on the lives of Hope
Little Leader, a Choctaw pitcher for the Miko Kings baseball
team; Lucius Mummy, a switch hitter; and Ezol Daggs, the postal
clerk in Indian Territory. It is Daggs who, in attempting to
patent her Choctaw theory of relativity, inadvertently changes
the course of history for the Indians and their baseball team.
Aunt Lute Books. Paperback. $11.95
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This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among
both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made
the difficult choice to leave behind all the trappings of modern
American success (marriage, house in the country, career) and
find, instead, what she truly wanted from life. Setting out for
a year to study three different aspects of her nature amid three
different cultures, Gilbert explored the art of pleasure in Italy
and the art of devotion in India, and then a balance between
the two on the Indonesian island of Bali.
Penguin Books. Paperback. $15.00
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In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son
of a black African father and a white American mother searches
for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins
in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father-a figure
he knows more as a myth than as a man-has been killed in a car
accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey--first
to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration
of his mother's family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he
meets the African side of his family, confronts the bitter truth
of his father's life, and at last reconciles his divided inheritance.
Three Rivers Press. Paperback. $14.95
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In this literary memoir, Reed Whittemore gives us glimpses into
his wide-ranging life as poet, little magazine editor, critic
and essayist, journalist, biographer, teacher, and more. Twice
Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (now U.S. Poet
Laureate), literary editor of The New Republic, Maryland
Poet laureate, Whittemore's alter ego R looks back over sixty
years, speaking in a conversational voice that in his poetry
and prose has become recognizably his own.
Hardcover. $26.95
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Juggling the demands of her yarn shop and single-handedly raising
a teenage daughter has made Georgia Walker grateful for her Friday
Night Knitting Club. Her friends are happy to escape their lives
too, even for just a few hours. But when Georgia's ex suddenly
reappears, demanding a role in their daughter's life, her whole
world is shattered. Luckily, Georgia's friends are there, sharing
their own tales of intimacy, heartbreak, and miracle making.
And when the unthinkable happens, these women will discover that
what they've created isn't just a knitting club: it's a sisterhood.
Berkley Publishing. Paperback. $14.00 |
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