World History/Politics/Current Affairs
9/11 Contradictions
An Open Letter to Congress and the PressDavid Ray Griffin
"David Ray Griffin... has presented the often incredible but true details of 25 major contradictions in the Bush administration's accounts of 9/11. This book, based on careful research but written in a fast-moving, readable style, blows apart the notion that
The 9/11 Commission Report presents an accurate account of what happened on September 11. It makes crystal clear the need for a new investigation."
-- Bill Christison, former senior CIA officialmore »
The World Tribunal on Iraq
Making the Case Against WarEdited by Muge Gursoy Sokmen; introductions by Arundhati Roy and Richard Falk
A definitive reference work for activists and citizens interested in taking part in the worldwide effort to speak out against the war in Iraq and against the abuse of power.
"In February 2003-weeks before an illegal war was initiated against Iraq-millions of people protested in the streets of the world. That call went unheeded...more »
World Travel
100 Best Paintings in New York
Deanna MacDonald and Geoffrey Smith
100 Best Paintings in New York combines art history, commentary, and tourists' guide to provide you with a deeper understanding and appreciation of New York's greatest works of art. The descriptions draw attention to fascinating details in each work and look at why, where, or for what occasion they were painted. A biographical chronology of each artist accompanies the essays as well as a sample listing of works by other contemporary painters.
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Florida for Families
Larry Lain
Florida is America's backyard, the biggest, coolest backyard in the country. From the swing set (the mind-boggling theme parks of Orlando and Tampa) to the sandbox (hundreds of miles of beautiful beaches) to the wading pool (the mighty Atlantic Ocean and magnificent Gulf of Mexico), Florida is where the whole world comes to relax, to play, and to pretend for a week or two that grown-up cares have been banished from the world.
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Illustrated Gift Books
Fairy Tale Feasts
A Literary Cookbook for Young Readers and Eaterstales retold Jane Yolen, recipes Heidi E. Y. Stemple; illustrated by Phillippe Beha
“A creative book, which folds fairy tales into a cookbook of kid-friendly recipes…Yolen retells them with her usual verve and ease…the resulting dishes, as well as Beha’s spare, whimsical spot illustrations, will capture children’s fancy. Detailed marginalia greatly enhance both the folktales and the food sections of this charming offering that the whole family will appreciate."
—Booklistmore »
Palestine (2nd ed.)
A GuideMariam Shahin; photography by George Azar
"Hugely impressive... deeply researched, written with flair and passion, and enriched throughout with Azar's beautiful photography. All the historic sites get their due, but so do the foods, costumes, arts and traditions of the Palestinians... this enticing and absorbing book genuinely does what its genre should: it makes you want to go there."
--The Independentmore »
International Cookbooks
North African Kitchen, The
Regional Recipes and StoriesFiona Dunlop, photography by Simon Wheeler
Fiona Dunlop visits eight of the best home cooks in Morocco, Tunisia, and Libya. This culinary journey creates a vivid and sensual picture of how food is really shopped for and cooked in the private kitchens of some of the world's most extraordinary gastronomic cultures.
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World Fiction
Everything Good Will Come
Sefi Atta
WINNER OF THE WOLE SOYINKA PRIZE FOR AFRICAN LITERATURE
"A literary masterpiece...
Everything Good Will Come put me into a spell from the first page to the very last... It portrays the complicated society and history of Nigeria through... brilliant prose."
--World Literature Todaymore »
Honey, The
Zeina B. Ghandour
Ruhiya is an intensely spiritual young girl, the
muezzin's daughter in an oasis village in Palestine under Israeli occupation. One night her childhood love, a recently converted fundamentalist, sets off on a suicide mission. Ruhiya breaches one of the deepest taboos of Islam by chanting the call to the dawn prayer herself.
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Wild Mulberries
Iman Humaydan Younes, translated by Michelle Hartman
Sarah is on the brink of adulthood in her village in the mountains of Lebanon in the 1930s, a world itself hesitating on the verge of change. In Younes's textured, lyrical prose, the story of one young woman's coming of age becomes a meditation on a nation's hardship, on home and freedom, hope and loss.
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Zigzag through the Bitter-Orange Trees
Ersi Sotiropoulos; translated by Peter Green
WINNER OF THE GREEK STATE PRIZE FOR LITERATURE AND THE BOOK CRITICS' AWARD "A darkly comic story told in four quirky voices...Increasingly intricate parallels and connections among the characters become political, cultural, outrageous and, ultimately, hopeful...the story, aided by Green's fluid translation, moves quickly."
-- Publishers Weekly
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Poetry
Lives of Rain, The
Nathalie Handal
Short listed for The Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize
"Nathalie Handal's poetry is a global poetry of witness and wisdom. The weightiness of her subjects is delightfully at odds with the buoyancy of her cadence. In The Lives of Rain Handal's crisp multilingual diction renders passion, intelligence, and despair, deftly chronicling the human condition in its vivid particulars."
-Denise Duhamel
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Mahmoud Darwish, Exile's Poet
Critical Essaysedited by Hala Kh. Nassar and Najat Rahman
Mahmoud Darwish's work has long been considered seminal in shaping modern Arabic poetry. He has received wide international recognition and is regarded as a contender for the Nobel Prize. This book examines the complex connections between poetry, myth, lyric, prose, and history in Darwish's poetry.
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Children's Picture Books
My Bodyworks
Songs About Your Bones, Muscles, Heart and More!by Jane Schoenberg; music by Steven Schoenburg; illustrated by Cynthia Fisher
"Here is a splendid book for all the senses. The illustrations are lively and delightful."
–Eric Carle
"What a delicious combination of talents: lyrics, music, and facts all together. This one is earmarked for my twin granddaughters who are just the right age for it."
–Jane Yolen
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Rescuing Einstein’s Compass
Shulamith Levey Oppenheim; illustrated by George Juhasz
“A charming picture book, most ably illustrated in watercolors by George Juhasz…”
–The Boston Globe
“In this charming story…Juhasz has created wonderful pictures that sweep across each spread…an excellent read-aloud.”
–School Library Journal
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