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Ill Wind (An Anna Pigeon Mystery) Nevada Barr Annotation: Newly assigned national parks rangers Anna Pigeon seeks solace from her own personal demons in the ancient cave dwellings of a vanished Native American civilization. But an inexplicable illness affecting visitors to the popular Colorado landmark has dragged her from reverie, as have two mysterious tragedies--the death of a child and the murder of a friend. From the Publisher: In Ill Wind, Barr’s powerful new novel, Park Ranger Anna Pigeon confronts death among the ruins. Colorado’s Mesa Verde National Park is noted for its well-preserved cliff dwellings, the sole legacy of the Anasazi civilization, which vanished without any other trace in the twelfth century. Separated from friends and family and haunted by personal demons, Anna finds solace in these quiet ruins, their pinon-scented turrets and towers backlit by the fading blue of distant mountain ranges. But the rugged beauty of the park and the mystery of the Anasazi are cruelly overshadowed by danger and death. An unusually high number of medical rescues and the unexpected death of an asthmatic child are followed by the sudden demise of a fellow ranger who is found neatly curled up in one of the ancient kivas, his hat and shoes at his side. Anna had thought she’d found a friend in this man, had seen him as a kindred spirit, but his death transforms him into an enigma. Puzzled and more deeply wounded than she’d ever dare admit, Anna immerses herself in the ensuing investigation. As she sifts through shifting loyalties and struggles to honor the past, she must face forces both seen and unseen which threaten her career - and her very life. From The Critics: Publishers WeeklyBarr lands another successful entry in the solid series featuring Anna Pigeon, the down-to-earth National Park Service ranger last seen in A Superior Death (1994). The daily problems at Mesa Verde National Park are mostly straightforward, although Ted Greeley, the contractor installing a water line, tends to irritate folks (especially the park archeologist, incensed about Greeley’s indifference to buried Anasazi artifacts), and Patsy Silva, a park secretary, is getting ``weird’’ messages from her ex-husband, who has joined Greeley’s crew. The summer takes on darker hues when ranger Stacy Meyers panics so badly during the evacuation of an asthmatic child that he is useless. Soon afterward, Stacy vanishes; his corpse is found tucked away in the park in a scene of death that is ``pathologically neat.’’ Anna is assigned to assist Frederick Stanton, the deceptively ``vague and bumbling’’ FBI agent sent in on the case; as they match wits with an unknown adversary, their working relationship takes on warmer tones than at their last meeting. Despite being troubled by memories of her late husband and her increasing fondness for alcohol, Anna (usually) displays that common sense and appreciation for nature that makes her such good company. Literary Guild and Mystery Guild selections. (Apr.) BookList - Wes LukowskyAnna Pigeon, a park ranger at Colorado’s Mesa Verde National Park, is a woman on the mend. She’s a widow, she’s battling alcohol dependence, and she’s recently changed jobs. Despite her pain, she reaches tentatively toward Stacey Meyer, a ranger trainee who has also endured his share of middle-aged pain. Shortly after he mishandles a crisis that results in a child’s death, Stacey himself is found dead. Suicide? Anna thinks it unlikely. Murder? Possibly, but who and why? When the husband of another park employee is killed in a suspicious car wreck, the case takes on broader implications. Through it all, Anna struggles with her middle-aged angst, her alcoholism, and her loneliness, drawing support from long-distance calls to her sister, who serves the functions of both a Dr. Watson and a voice on the other end of a crisis hot-line. This third entry in the acclaimed series is as much a personal journey of self-discovery as it is a mystery. Anna is a flawed but admirable woman struggling daily to determine her values and her value in a harsh world. An outstanding novel.AudioFileNewly assigned to Colorado’s Mesa Verde National Park, Ranger Anna Pigeon, struggling with personal demons, strives to find out what is making park visitors sick and why a ranger trainee, Meyer, and the husband of a park employee have died under suspicious circumstances. Joanna Gleason narrates the excellent abridgment with clarity and drama. She portrays the female characters in clear, natural tones with subtle vocal effects and finds unique, distinctive voices for FBI Agent Frederick Stanton and Meyer. Barr’s characterizations are superb, and Gleason’s vocal characterizations enhance their vitality. An outstanding mystery capturing Anna’s journey of self-discovery is performed with ease and assurance. S.C.A. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYINGTerrific...Nevada Barr’s mysteries keep getting better and better...Ill Wind is enthralling, entertaining, and mysterious: everything a mystery should be. — Susan Isaacs Our Price: $7.99

Naming New York: Manhattan Places and How They Got Their Names Sanna Feirstein From the Publisher: New York is the oldest continually occupied city in America, yet its rich history is largely obscured by development. New Yorkers are surrounded by hundreds of place names, from those that survive from Manhattan’s earliest days as a Dutch trading post to those that reflect the city’s rich colonial, African and immigrant heritage. They provide a veritable encyclopedia of the city’s history. Buildings may come and go, but place names are surprisingly durable.Naming New York is a comprehensive compilation and explanation of the names of Manhattan’s streets, alleys, avenues, plazas, parks and corners. It surveys names currently in use and includes the oldest and the newest honorific "add-on" names, from Astor Place to Yitzak Rabin Way. Whether you’re a history or trivia buff, tourist, or just fascinated by place names, learning about the origins of these mostly unexamined sources enriches one’s experience of the city, and transforms a simple neighborhood errand into a trip through time. For example: Bowery: In the 17th century, Dutch farms known as "bowerij" were laid out in this section of Manhattan along the path of an old Indian trail. Known since that time as the Bowery, the thoroughfare became the first section of the Post Road from New York City to Boston. Houston Street: For William Houstoun, 1757-1812, of a prominent Georgia family, who married a daughter of Manhattan landowner Nicholas Bayard III. The Georgia provenance of the name accounts for its pronunciation and spelling both of which distinguish it from the Texas city. Wall Street: Follows the line of the city wall that the Dutch erected in 1653 across the northern perimeter of New Amsterdam to protect against attack from the British in New England. Author Biography: Sanna Feirstein is a docent at the New-York Historical Society. From The Critics: Publishers WeeklyEven natives to the Big Apple are unlikely to know many of the facts that Feirstein has uncovered in this little gem.Library JournalEver wondered why Wall Street is called that? Because it follows the line of the palisade wall that the Dutch erected across the northern perimeter of New Amsterdam in 1653 to protect against attack from the British. It is exactly this kind of place name information about Manhattan’s streets, avenues, plazas, parks, and corners that this thorough compilation provides. Whether discussing the names derived from the original Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam or the places named after modern notables, Feirstein, a docent at the New York Historical Society, maintains a friendly tone that does not diminish this tome’s educational value. Peppered with various historical illustrations, this is a fun read for any New Yorker or for those planning to visit the city, but it may be a bit over the head of those familiar with only the most notable landmarks of the city. Recommended for public libraries with a strong clientele interested in the history of the Big Apple.--Sandy Knowles, Henderson Cty. P.L., NC Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information. BooknewsNew York Historical Society docent Feirstein has written a historically rich guide to New York City that will entertain both New Yorkers and tourists as they walk through the Big Apple. The histories of the city’s major neighborhoods, as well as the history of their names divide the book into sections, the remainder of which contains the names of streets, parks, plazas, corners, alleys, and avenues in that neighborhood and the history of each name. The guide is illustrated with bandw photos of New York’s illustrious folk. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) List Price: $$16.95 Our Price: $15.25

Memory in Black and White: Race, Commemoration and the Post-Bellum Landscape Paul A. Shackel Our Price: $26.95

Martin Luther King, JR. National Historic Site: A Myreportlinks. COM Book Wim Coleman Our Price: $25.26

Beneath Their Feet: A Novel about Mammoth Cave and Its People Patricia H. Quinlan From the Publisher: From heartache to joy, these are the stories of mummies, earthquakes and a doomed hospital in a cave, dynamite and thievery. Here is a history spanning the first 130 years of the longest cave in the world.Beneath Their Feet is told through the fictional lives of four generations living on Mammoth Cave Ridge until the government bought their farm to make room for one of the country’s most colorful National Parks.Beneath Their Feet is a colorful tapestry interwoven between the real and the imagined involving the lives of the Penn and Lamber families. This is a story involving the hardships and struggles of these strong, independent, hard-working men and women who formed a part of south-central Kentucky, wrested from a sparsely populated land of hard clay.Beneath Their Feet is the first book to tell the history of Mammoth Cave in novel form. Our Price: $21.95

Spirit of the Garden Martha Brookes Brookes Hutcheson From the Publisher: Martha Brookes Hutcheson (1871-1959) was one of the first American women landscape architects to receive professional training. Like many of her female colleagues, she specialized in garden design, the topic of her acclaimed book, The Spirit of the Garden. When first published in 1923, the volume was both a critical and a commercial success, widely praised for its articulation of the architectural principles of garden design. "Every garden lover," advised one contemporary reviewer, "should have it on a most convenient table." Hutcheson made lavish use of photographs of her own garden designs and those of several important European examples to illustrate the concepts she considered fundamental to successful design. Evocative "before and after" images attest to the remarkable effect of plantings, even while she reminds her readers that fine design depends on comprehensive planning rather than horticultural rarity. In her practice and her writings, Hutcheson championed the use of native plants and was among the first to urge conservation of "our vast natural beauty." In an insightful new introduction, Rebecca Warren Davidson explores Hutcheson’s motives for becoming a landscape architect. In Davidson’s view, Hutcheson considered fine landscape design an instrument of social change and was inspired to write her book by a Progressive-era zeal. Davidson examines the circumstances of Hutcheson’s entry into MIT in 1900 and her subsequent career until her marriage at age forty, when she retired from active practice and turned to writing and lecturing. Among the many beautiful photographs illustrating Hutcheson’s designs are examples from Maudslay State Park in Newburyport, Massachusetts; the Longfellow National Historic Site in Cambridge; and Bamboo Brook Conservation Center in Gladstone, New Jersey—all of which are now open to the public. About the Author:An architectural and landscape historian, Rebecca Warren Davidson is acting director of the Fine Arts Library at Cornell University. Our Price: $34.95

Monuments and Memory: History and Representation in Lowell,Massachusetts Martha K. Norkunas From the Publisher: In 1989 Martha Norkunas relocated to Lowell, Massachusetts, the center of America’s Industrial Revolution, a National Historical Park, and her family’s home for 150 years. As cultural affairs director for the federally funded Lowell Historic Preservation Commission, she worked with artists from around the country to interpret the city’s past. Traveling throughout Lowell, she found that the city had more than 250 locally constructed monuments memorializing ethnic communities, local men and boys, and many other groups. Realizing the rich potential for exploring issues of memory and history through both the local monuments and the federally funded public art, she began this in-depth study, approaching it in a very personal way. List Price: $$17.95 Our Price: $17.05

The World War II Memorial: A Grateful Nation Remembers Douglas Brinkley From the Publisher: The stunning companion volume to America’s long-awaited WWII Memorial. Assuming its rightful place of honor on the National Mall between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, the World War II Memorial is an eloquent and moving tribute to "The Greatest Generation." Sixteen million Americans served in the armed forces—more than 400,000 gave their lives—and millions supported the war effort from home, all in the name of protecting that which we, as Americans, hold most dear: freedom. The World War II Memorial, published in conjunction with the dedication of this long-overdue memorial, commemorates the everyday Americans who in countless ways rose up to defeat one of history’s gravest threats to freedom. Veterans—including George H.W. Bush, Sen. Daniel Inouye, former senators Bob Dole and George McGovern, Yogi Berra, and many, many others—contribute their own personal stories while leading historians look at the military campaigns of the war. The memorial’s architect and its sculptor provide insights into how it symbolizes the fortitude and perseverance of a generation, and the exclusive photographs present the memorial through all stages of construction. Fittingly, this historic tribute falls in the 60th anniversary year of D-Day, a time when our nation once again reflects on its greatest sacrifice and greatest victory in the name of freedom. 100 color and 125 b-w photographs. Douglas Brinkley is the Director of the Eisenhower Center for American Studies at the University of New Orleans and author of Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War. From The Critics: Publishers WeeklyA fine companion to the PBS documentary on the memorial, this coffee-table volume begins and ends with useful histories and discussions of the memorial itself. In between are summaries from Brinkley (Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War, etc.) of land, sea and air campaigns, in Europe and the Pacific; of the home front, including war production and daily life; of women’s roles. Interspersed with the narratives are the personal tales of WWII veterans, including All-Star Pitcher Bob Feller, a battleship sailor; Audie Murphy, the most decorated American soldier; and a young Annapolis graduate who commanded a submarine at the end of the war, with a parallel tale by his wife. Well-chosen and well-reproduced period photographs are here in generous quantity, even if emphasizing the classics, as are photos of the memorial (by Richard Latoff). The war production of the Ford Motor Company (a sponsor of the volume and the TV special) gets significant space. The foreword by John S.D. Eisenhower states that for the U.S., the "impact of WWII lies chiefly on the effect it had on the Americans who lived through the period, especially those who participated, and the impact it had on American society." It does not mention the impact of the 405,399 U.S. deaths during the war, also commemorated by the memorial. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information. Library JournalA companion volume to the PBS documentary The World War II Memorial: A Testament to Freedom, this is an excellent addition to the literature, as its central theme is the memorial itself, recently dedicated in Washington, DC. The book begins with an account of the memorial, explaining its main elements and how it was conceived and built, and also offers comments from the designer and sculptor. The book then tells the story of the war as reflected in the memorial, with such chapters as "Victory at Sea" and "Victory in Europe," including women at war and the home front. Each chapter is written by a noted historian or author, e.g., Thomas Childers, Carlo D’Este, and Emily Yellin. The profusely illustrated text is nicely side-barred with interviews with veterans or civilians both well known and unknown, including Robert Dole, Daniel Inouye, Yogi Berra, and Margie Munn, a drill press operator. Highly recommended. David Lee Poremba, Detroit P.L. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information. List Price: $$39.95 Our Price: $27.96

Following in Lincoln’s Footsteps: A Complete Annotated Reference to Hundreds of Historical Sites Visited by Abraham Lincoln Ralph Gary From the Publisher: From Abe Lincoln’s law offices to the sixteenth president’s White House office; from the address in Springfield, Illinois, where he and Mary Todd made up after a premarital spat, to the window he jumped out of in order to avoid a quorum call in the Illinois General Assembly, to the spot where he first heard the news of Robert E. Lee’s surrender -- this unprecedented volume of Lincoln lore takes you there. In it, Ralph Gary, avid Lincoln scholar, also answers dozens of lingering questions about Lincoln’s life as he sifts for the truth among the many disputes that continue to rage among Lincoln experts and enthusiasts. A longtime member of notable Lincoln societies, Gary has scoured county courthouse records and the writings of Lincoln’s contemporaries as well as thousands of other books written on Lincoln’s life and work to compile the most complete and up-to-date guide to Lincoln historical sites ever published. Included in the book are detailed maps and diagrams of the cities and buildings that Lincoln called home, so that Lincoln admirers, Civil War buffs, and all lovers of American history can readily walk in the footsteps of one of America’s most popular presidents. In addition, several appendices illuminate surprising similarities between the lives of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, of Lincoln and John F. Kennedy, and even of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. A comprehensive and engaging guide, Following in Lincoln’s Footsteps not only provides all the essential places and dates in the remarkable life and career of the frontier lawyer who became president but also relates, often with little-known details, the many surprising stories these historical sites tell. Our Price: $16.00

Custer and Me: a Historian’s Memoir Robert Marshall Marshall Utley From the Publisher: "Robert M. Utley traces his lifelong fascination with George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn to an afternoon at the movies in January 1942 when he saw Errol Flynn’s portrayal of the "Boy General" in They Died with Their Boots On. But it was a visit to the Custer Battlefield National Monument in Montana in summer 1946 that put Utley’s life on a new course. He returned for the following six summers to don the National Park Service gray-and-green uniform and tell park visitors the story of Custer. Thus began Utley’s career as historian and National Park Service administrator." Through personal narrative, Utley offers an insider’s view of Park Service workings and problems, both at regional and national levels, during the Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter administrations. Utley also details the birth of the Western History Association, early national historic-preservation programs, and the many clashes over "symbolic possession" of what is now the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. Readers will see how a teenager smitten with Custermania came as an adult to appreciate the full complexity of the Battle of Little Bighorn and its interpretation and to research and write narrative histories of the American West that have appealed to popular audiences while winning highest honors from the scholarly and writing communities. Our Price: $37.95

Very Close to Trouble: The Johnny Grant Memoir Lyndel Meikle (Editor) From the Publisher: Trader, stockman, and raconteur, Johnny Grant (1831-1907) lived "very close to trouble" on the wide open Montana-Idaho frontier of the mid-nineteenth century. A key pioneer of western Montana, Grant is memorialized today by the Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site at Deer Lodge, Montana. From The Critics: Publishers WeeklyGrant was 76 when he dictated his memoirs to Clothild Bruneau Grant, the last in his fairly long line of wives. Meikle has ably edited the manuscript down to focus on his life in the 1850s and ’60s, when Grant galloped across the western Montana frontier, making a name for himself as an early pioneer and trader. The chapters are no more than a few pages long each, giving readers a memoir that doesn’t waste words on flowery description or bog down in introspection. "I hope it may be a warning against the indiscretions of youth, which you will see in this book have been the cause of many failures," wrote Clothild. Grant’s eyewitness accounts of frontier life, from a stage overturning to the hanging of highwaymen, the Mormon rising of 1857 and the discovery of gold, give readers an absorbing glimpse into his rough-and-ready times. Grant’s voice is distinctive: alternately lively, compassionate, angry and fearful. Grant writes tenderly of the death of one wife: "My little Quarra, when I heard of her death my first thought was the great loss our children sustained. She had been such a good mother. My own loss I realized more and more as time passed." But he is often, perhaps inadvertently, humorous. When Grant writes about Brigham Young, he speaks well of the Mormons, their industrious ways and peaceful city of Salt Lake. "They invited me to join their church. I did not object to having the wives, but I objected to giving the tenth of my horses to the church, so I did not join." Illustrations not seen by PW. (Dec.) Our Price: $17.95

The Grand Portage Story Carolyn Gilman From the Publisher: A compelling history of the legendary fur trade crossroads in northern Minnesota where Indian and European cultures have competed with and accommodated each other for nearly three centuries. Today Grand Portage National Monument, which embraces the portage route and the fur trade sites on the bay, lies within the boundaries of the Grand Portage Reservation of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. Our Price: $13.95

Lewis and Clark: Voices from the Trail Michael Kerrigan From the Publisher: When Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led their Corps of Discovery up the Missouri River from ST. Louis in the spring of 1804, they were pushing westward into uncharted territory. This stunningly illustrated book tells the story of their remarkable expedition in the words of the explorers themselves—an epic adventure related with unsurpassed excitement and immediacy—brought vividly to life with newly commissioned photography of the dramatic scenery that greeted them en route.Lewis and Clark were to begin mapping the vast tract of wilderness the United States had just acquired under the terms of the Louisiana Purchase. Most importantly, they were to ascertain whether a means might be found for shipping freight upriver and over the Western mountains to the coast beyond. A viable way through to the Pacific would open up America to the Asian Trade.They never did find their Northwest Passage, but they did make the crossing to the coast, revealing some of the most magnificent country any traveler had ever seen. Through deep forest, they made their meandering way along one of the world’s greatest rivers; they traversed endless plains with herds of bison to the far horizon. Approaching the Missouri headwaters, they made arduous portages past thundering waterfalls and braved mountains lashed by snow and wind.Each night on the trail, beside the campfire, Lewis and Clark recorded the events and discoveries of the day in the extraordinary journals that have become an incomparable landmark in the literature of exploration. They are also a classic text of natural history, providing the first accounts of some of our most fascinating plants and animals. Perhaps most moving is their portrait of Native Americans, for the explorers served also as diplomats on behalf of t heir president, Thomas Jefferson. The Lakota Sioux, Hidatsa, Arikara, Shoshone, Nez Perce, Chinook, and —tragically—the Blackfeet: these were just a few of the peoples with whom the Corps of Discovery established contact.What strikes the reader most about the Journals now is their engaging warmth and human interest, the vividness with which their historic characters lie today. Not just Lewis and Clark themselves, but the African-American slave, York, the Shoshone guide, Sacagawea, and her baby son—not to mention the dog, Seaman—all legendary figures now, they emerge here as individuals.Published to mark the bicentennial of one of the greatest journeys of exploration ever undertaken, this extraordinary volume celebrates the spirit that opened up a continent. It is a true-life tale of national destiny, of a journey of discovery that showed a new republic to itself; the vast land it was, the great nation it could one day become.Michael Kerrigan has written widely on history and literature, including titles on the history of U.S. institutions like the National Guard and the Border Patrol and on the role of the rescue agencies in the aftermath of 9-11. He reviews regularly for literary journals and has contributed to such reference works as the Our Price: $14.98

250 Great Hikes in California’s National Parks Ann Marie Brown From the Publisher: Foghorn Outdoors 250 Great Hikes in California’s National Parks serves up the best day-hiking adventures in more than a dozen California national parks and preserves, including Channel Islands, Death Valley, Devils Postpile, Joshua Tree, Kings Canyon, Lassen Volcanic, Lava Beds, Mojave, Muir Woods, Pinnacles, Point Reyes, Redwood, Sequoia, and Yosemite. Trails included range from easy walks for families to long, 16-mile treks for seasoned hikers. Whether readers are headed for the sequoia groves of the southern Sierra, the famous granite domes and waterfalls of Yosemite, the 700-foot-tall sand dunes of Death Valley, the underground caves of Lava Beds, or the rugged coast of the remote Channel Islands, 250 Great Hikes in California’s National Parks provides tips and information on the most spectacular trails in each park, the best seasons to hike them, and how to avoid the crowds. All trails are rated for difficulty level, estimated hiking time, mileage, crowds, best season, and overall quality. Our Price: $19.95

Lake Mead National Recreation Area Rose Houk Our Price: $4.95

Korean War Veterans Memorial R. Conrad Conrad Stein Our Price: $25.00

Chilkoot Pass, the Most Famous Trail in the North: A Hiker’s Historical Guide to the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Archie Satterfield From the Publisher: In 1897-98, countless thousands of stampeders crossed the Chilkoot Pass on their way to the Klondike goldfields. At no other time or place in recorded history did so many people voluntarily subject themselves to so much agony, misery, death, and glory. Archie Satterfield’s Chilkoot Pass is at once a fresh historical account of this unique era, plus an authoritative guide to preparing for and hiking "the meanest 32 miles in history." Satterfield, an experienced hiker and outdoorsman, has written more than 20 books. He’s made several trips over the Chilkoot and down the Yukon River. Our Price: $12.95

Clover, South Carolina (Images of America Series) Karan M. Robinson From the Publisher: Although Clover was not founded until the Chester and Narrow-Gauge Railroad built a watering station in the area in the mid-1870s, its rich history dates back to the American Revolution. Kings Mountain State and National Military Parks, commemorating a patriot victory, are just minutes away. Clover’s close proximity to Charlotte and the mountains has attracted many to York County, and its warm hometown atmosphere and strong sense of community make it a wonderful place to live. Images of America: Clover celebrates the history and people of Clover, from the early Scotch-Irish settlers to the present, with over 200 black-and-white images of local people, homes, industries, schools, churches, and community events. Readers are invited to contemplate a past filled with steam engines, horse-drawn carriages, and textile mills, while embracing modern-day Clover, including its sister city relationship with Larne in Northern Ireland. Our Price: $19.99

The Canadian Rockies: A Colourguide Ken McGoogan From the Publisher: The Canadian Rockies are home to worldrenowned museums, historical sites, and cultural attractions as well as to some of the best skiing, fine dining, and sightseeing to be found anywhere. The Canadian Rockies Colourguide offers knowledgeable, in-depth coverage of the top historical and cultural attractions in Alberta and eastern British Columbia as well as full and up-to-date information about all other aspects of the Rockies’ top destinations. Local experts point you to the best hotels, restaurants, resorts, entertainment, shopping, museums and galleries. You’ll discover the historic Banff Springs Hotel and the natural wonders of Jasper National Park and the Columbia Icefield. You’ll learn about native culture at Calgary’s Glenbow Museum, dinosaurs at Drumheller’s world-famous Royal Tyrrell Museum and local art and artists in Edmonton’s gallery district. This guide is lavishly illustrated with colour photographs and detailed maps. It follows the circle tour route preferred by many visitors which starts and ends in Calgary. The listings section offers telephone numbers, addresses, and other useful information -- including website addresses. Our Price: $16.95

Time’s Magpie: A Walk in Prague Myla Goldberg From the Publisher: "Myla Goldberg lived in Prague in 1993, just as the process of Westernization was getting under way, the city straddling a past it wished to shed and a future it was eager to embrace. In 2003, she returned to see what the pursuit of capitalism had wrought and to observe the integral ways in which Prague’s character had endured. In Time’s Magpie, Goldberg explores a city where centuries-old buildings have become receptacles for Western values and a generation defined by the Communist regime coexists with a generation for whom Communism is a rapidly fading memory." Wander through the narrow alleyways and cobblestone streets to places most tourists never see - to a neighborhood eerily transformed by the devastating flood of 2002; to an anachronistic amusement park that is home to a discomfiting array of Technicolor confections; and to the cabinets of curiosity in the Strahov Monastery, where hidden among deceptively modest displays of butterfly specimens and ladies’ fans are creatures that defy the laws of taxidermy. This imaginative, individualistic journey will show you the odd and unique corners of a city often seeking to erase what its very stones will not allow it to forget. From The Critics: Pamela Paul - The New York Times It’s nice to travel with a novelist: Goldberg’s language is lush and evocative without sinking into dense or mannered descriptions. Better still, Goldberg was one of those post-collegiate Prague expatriates so prevalent in the early 1990’s, so she retains a rusty grasp of the language and remembers the city’s more obscure attractions. In Prague, she points out, ’’for every designated spectacle there are at least three that have gone unmarked and unsung.’’ Her forays into the Czech National Library and Vysehrad Cemetery, Prague’s Pere Lachaise, make even those who have spent time in the city pine for a return ticket.Library JournalNovelist Goldberg (Bee Season) spent a year in Prague as an expatriate in the early 1990s, writing and teaching English to ex-Communist officials. Returning ten years later, she vividly describes current places and events-a neighborhood turned into a ghost town by the recent devastating flood, antiwar protests in the main square, an encounter with corrupt police officers, a late-night tram ride with Czech citizens in various states of inebriation-against portraits of the city’s famous sites. The historic Prague of monasteries, medieval libraries, the Astronomical Tower, and Charles Bridge exists side by side with the modern Prague of skateboarders and amusement parks. Goldberg depicts both in an equally engaging manner, allowing her fiction writer’s voice to infuse each essay with exquisite detail. A fascinating look at Prague and another winner in the "Crown Journeys" series; highly recommended for all libraries.-Rita Simmons, Sterling Heights P.L., MI Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information. AUTHOR DESCRIPTIONMYLA GOLDBERG lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and daughter. Her second novel, Wickett’s Remedy, will be published in 2005. List Price: $$16.00 Our Price: $12.80

Real Alaska: Finding Our Way in the Wild Country Paul Schullery From the Publisher: What is real wilderness? During a week-long visit to the Brooks River in Alaska’s Katmai National Park, noted naturalist and master storyteller Paul Schullery strives to answer that question. His wise and aware description of misadventure along the dream-perfect waterway-where anglers, hikers, and photographers share the landscape with Alaskan brown bears-examines our deeply felt need to connect with something really wild, in Alaska and in the rest of America. At once funny and frightening, alarming and hopeful, Real Alaska demonstrates once again why Schullery has been called "America’s foremost citizen of the national parks." Paul Schullery has written numerous books on wildlife and the outdoors, including Yellowstone Fishes (0-8117-2777-7, cowritten with John Varley), and Shupton’s Fancy (0-8117-1534-5). He lives in Yellowstone National Park. Our Price: $21.95

Hiking Southern California: A Guide to Southern Californias Greatest Hiking Adventures Ron Adkison From the Publisher: Lace up your boots and sample sixty of the best trails southern California has to offer. Experience the area’s most scenic high-mountain landscape from 11,499-foot San Gorgonio Mountain, explore the world’s largest Joshua tree woodland in Mojave National Preserve, and discover the fascinating geology of Natural Bridge Canyon in Death Valley National Park. Southern California offers hikers diverse coastal, inland, and desert mountains; serpentine canyons, colorful badlands, and vast sand dunes; and cool conifer forests, isolated mesas, and dense cactus stands. Veteran hiker and outdoor writer Ron Adkison will introduce you to all this and more. Whether you are a day-tripper or long-distance hiker, old hand or novice, you’ll find trails suited to every ability and interest throughout southern California. Our Price: $15.95

Westsylvanaia Heritage Trail: Southwest Pennsylvania’s Historic Places John Hope From the Publisher: Stories behind over 25 state and national historic sites * Industrial era railroad, iron, and agriculture history "The author captures the history of the region, and with outstanding color photographs, compels readers to visit Westsylvania and experience the treasures along the 500-mile long heritage route for themselves." -Randy Cooley, Executive Director Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation Commission From Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural marvel, Fallingwater, to the Johnstown Flood National Memorial and Altoona’s Railroader’s Memorial Museum this book is an easy reader and guide for traveling the Heritage Trail and visiting each site along the route. The author shares his experiences at the sites as he weaves in the history and stories behind the facts. RB Books Our Price: $19.95

2005 Yosemite Wall Calendar Tide-Mark Press, Limited From the Publisher: John Muir lived in the Yosemite Valley from 1868 to 1873 and spent much of his time writing about the area’s beauty. The attention he won for Yosemite ensured its place as a national park. From lofty granite domes to snow-laden forests, from sparkling waterfalls to tranquil lakes and streams, the Yosemite calendar shares the spirit of awe John Muir felt so clearly more than 130 years ago. Royalties benefit the nonprofit Yosemite Association.Wallhanging, full color, 14 by 11 inches. Our Price: $12.95

Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello William L. Beiswanger From the Publisher: Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s magnificent mountaintop home in Charlottesville, Virginia, has attracted public attention ever since Jefferson’s day, when sightseers regularly visited the grounds in hopes of catching a glimpse of the former president. Today, each year more than half a million people from around the world visit Monticello, the only home in America on the United Nations’ list of World Heritage Sites that must be protected at all costs.Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello is a superb collection of essays, adorned with beautiful color photography, that showcases this American treasure. Designed by Jefferson himself, Monticello is a model of elegance and symmetry. It is also home to Jefferson’s world-class collection of art and porcelain from France, scientific instruments from England, the finest American furniture from Philadelphia and New York, and enduring furnishings made in Monticello’s own joinery by enslaved craftsmen. The celebrated gardens and grounds form an experimental yet breathtakingly lovely landscape featuring flowers, fruits, and vegetables of the Old and New Worlds.Featuring essays by Monticello’s scholarly staff, this stunning book explores all aspects of Jefferson’s home. A section on the plantation and the enslaved community at Monticello provides a larger context in which to place and understand the house, its activities, and its owner. From The Critics: Southern LivingThis book takes us on a photographic and textual adventure into the spirit of Monticello and its architect, Thomas Jefferson.Los Angeles TimesThis is a rare coffee-table book, not only handsome but full of worthwhile text and insights into the life and thinking of Jefferson as president, architect and Renaissance man.Richmond Times-DispatchMany books have been devoted to Monticello; this stands with the best.Garry WillsThis beautiful book captures the home’s aesthetic appeal, and the experts writing the text bring new information on the way Jefferson lived, studied, and created there. Los Angeles TimesThis is a rare coffee-table book, not only handsome but full of worthwhile text and insights into the life and thinking of Jefferson as president, architect and Renaissance man. Along with excellent photographs of Monticello’s interiors and gardens, the book explains the contemporaneous influences that shaped Jefferson’s design and use of the house. Read all 6 "From The Critics" andgt; Our Price: $45.00

Jefferson’s Empire: The Language of American Nationhood Peter S. Onuf From the Publisher: Peter S. Onuf’s book traces Jefferson’s vision of the American future to its roots in his idealized notions of nationhood and empire. Onuf’s recognition that Jefferson’s famed egalitarianism was elaborated in an imperialist context yields original interpretations of our national identity and our ideas of race, of westward expansion and the Civil War, and of American global dominance in the twentieth century." "In Onuf’s view, Jefferson’s quest to define a new American identity also shaped his ambivalent conceptions of slavery and Native American rights." "Jefferson’s ideas about race reveal the limitations of his conception of American nationhood. Yet, as Onuf strikingly documents, Jefferson’s vision of a republican empire - a regime of peace, prosperity, and union without coercion - continues to define and expand the boundaries of American national identity. List Price: $$19.50 Our Price: $18.52

2005 Michigan Nature Wall Calendar BrownTrout Publishers, Inc. From the Publisher: Michigan’s gifts of nature have never been more brilliant as they are in this 2005 wall calendar. From its stunning lakeshores to its picturesque forests, there’s natural beauty throughout this fine state. Isle Royale National Park is situated far out in Lake Superior and is accessible only by boat or plane. It is home to moose, foxes, and other wildlife. This remote island offers walking trails and wonderful vistas of Mount Franklin. It is a beautiful and inviting place. The Keweenaw Peninsula, a finger of land jutting into Lake Superior, is a spectacular place to witness the beauty of the fall foliage. Enjoy the year 2005 with twelve stunning examples of Michigan Nature. Our Price: $11.99

Unexpected Indiana: A Portfolio of Natural Landscapes Ron Leonetti From the Publisher: Unexpected Indiana reveals the beauty and power of the natural world in Indiana. Ron Leonetti and Christopher Jordan have covered the entire state, photographing the parks and preserves in all four seasons. From the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in the north to the cypress sloughs in the south, the full breadth of Indiana’s diversity is represented, revealing a hidden splendor. Nothing man-made intrudes upon these striking photos, which range from close-ups to sweeping landscapes of forests, rivers, prairies, dunes, and swamps. List Price: $$35.00 Our Price: $28.00

Independence National Historical Park: The Story behind the Scenery Ronald Bruce Thomson Our Price: $9.95

Roadside Geology of Wisconsin Robert H Jr Dott List Price: $$22.00 Our Price: $17.60

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America Erik Larson Annotation: Finalist for the 2003 National Book Award, NonfictionWinner of the 2004 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime From the Publisher: "Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America’s rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair’s brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country’s most important structures, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes, a young doctor who, in a malign parody of the White City, built his "World’s Fair Hotel" just west of the fairgrounds - a torture palace complete with dissection table, gas chamber, and 3,000-degree crematorium. Burnham overcame tremendous obstacles and tragedies as he organized the talents of Frederick Law Olmsted, Charles McKim, Louis Sullivan, and others to transform swampy Jackson Park into the White City, while Holmes used the attraction of the great fair and his own satanic charms to lure scores of young women to their deaths. What makes the story all the more chilling is that Holmes really lived, walking the grounds of that dream city by the lake." The Devil in the White City draws the reader into a time of magic and majesty, made all the more appealing by a supporting cast of real-life characters, including Buffalo Bill, Theodore Dreiser, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and others. In this book the smoke, romance, and mystery of the Gilded Age come alive as never before. Synopsis: The bestselling author of Isaac’s Storm returns with a gripping tale about two men -- one a creative genius, the other a mass murderer -- who turned the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair into their playground. Set against the dazzle of a dream city whose technological marvels presaged the coming century, this real-life drama of good and evil unfolds with all the narrative tension of a fictional thriller. From The Critics: Publishers WeeklyThis is a steady performance of a book that, while gripping in its content and crisply paced, isn’t quite a gold mine for an audio performer. It relies on journalistic narration and includes almost no quotes, so there isn’t much chance for interesting characterization. But it is excellent nonfiction, chronicling the hurly-burly planning and construction of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair (which did, as the title suggests, include building what amounted to an entire city) and a cruelly calculating sociopath who used the event’s tumult and crowds to serve his homicidal compulsion. Goldwyn is an experienced narrator with a keen dramatic sense, and his resonant voice is well-suited to the project. Music is used only sparingly, but the few subdued, creepy bars Goldwyn reads over in the beginning do an excellent job of creating atmosphere for a tale that is subtle but often genuinely unsettling. Listeners will also be fascinated by descriptions of the sheer logistics of the fair itself, which serve as not only carefully crafted and informative history, but also as welcome breaks from the macabre and relentless contrivances of the killer. In all, it’s a polished presentation of an intriguing book that outlines the heights of human imagination and perseverance against the depths of our depravity. Simultaneous release with the Crown hardcover (Forecasts, Dec. 16, 2002). (Feb.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information. KLIATT - Pat Moore If you did not know this is a history book, you would think it a mystery novel, so skillfully does Larson weave together the story of the architect who directed the building of the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 and the story of the psychopathic serial killer who murdered a number of those who were drawn to Chicago by the fair. This meticulously researched work with its 50 pages of notes, sources and index reads like a popular suspense novel complete with daring accomplishments, gruesome murders and a tireless police chase. What matter if the daring accomplishment is an architectural feat—complete with the world’s first "Ferris" wheel and an island and lagoon designed by Frederick Law Olmstead? What matter if the American reader has never heard of architect Daniel Burnham or of the assassination of Chicago mayor Prendergast? What matter if the Philadelphia detective on the trail of a psychopath had never heard the term? The reader will not put this book down. Such a combination of writing skill and historical inquiry is rare indeed. Highly recommended. KLIATT Codes: SA*—Exceptional book, recommended for senior high school students, advanced students, and adults. 2003, Random House, Vintage, 464p. notes. bibliog. index., Ages 15 to adult. Library JournalBefore the turn of the 20th century, a city emerged seemingly out of the ash of then dangerous Chicago, a dirty, grimy, teeming place ravaged by urban problems. Daniel Burnham, the main innovator of the White City of the 1892 World’s Fair, made certain that it became the antithesis of its parent city, born to glow and gleam with all that the new century would soon offer. While the great city of the future was hastily being planned and built, the specially equipped apartment building of one Herman Webster Mudgett was also being constructed. Living in a nearby suburb and walking among the hundreds of thousands of visitors who would eventually attend the fair, Mudgett, a doctor by profession more commonly known as H.H. Holmes, was really an early serial killer who preyed on the young female fair goers pouring into Chicago. Using the fair as a means of attracting guests to a sparsely furnished "castle" where they ultimately met their end, Holmes committed murder, fraud, and numerous other crimes seemingly without detection until his arrest in 1894. Both intimate and engrossing, Larson’s (Isaac’s Storm) elegant historical account unfolds with the painstaking calm of a Holmes murder. Although both subjects have been treated before, paralleling them here is unique. Highly recommended.-Rachel Collins, "Library Journal" Copyright 2003 Cahners Business Information. Kirkus ReviewsA vivid account of the tragedies and triumphs of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago and the concurrent depravities of America’s first serial killer. In roughly alternating chapters, former Wall Street Journal reporter Larson (Isaac’s Storm, 1999, etc.) tells the stories of Daniel H. Burnham, chief planner and architect of exposition, and Dr. Henry Howard Holmes, whose rambling World’s Fair Hotel, just a short streetcar ride away, housed windowless rooms, a gas chamber, secret chutes, and a basement crematory. The contrast in these accomplishments of determined human endeavor could not be more stark--or chilling. Burnham assembled what a contemporary called "the greatest meeting of artists since the 15th century" to turn the wasteland of Chicago’s swampy Jackson Park into the ephemeral White City, which enthralled nearly 28 million visitors in a single summer. Overcoming gargantuan obstacles--politically entangled delays, labor unrest, an economic panic, and a fierce Chicago winter--to say nothing of the architectural challenges, Burnham and his colleagues, including Frederick Law Olmsted, produced their marvel in just over two years. The fair was a city unto itself, the first to make wide-scale use of alternating current to illuminate its 200,000 incandescent bulbs. Spectacular engineering feats included Ferris’s gigantic wheel, intended to "out-Eiffel Eiffel," and, ominously, the latest example of Krupp’s artillery, "breathing of blood and carnage." Dr. Holmes, a frequent visitor to the fair, was a consummate swindler and lady-killer who secured his victims’ trust through "courteous, audacious rascality." Most were comely young women, and estimates of their total rangedfrom the nine whose bodies (or parts thereof) were recovered to nearly 200. Larson does a superb job outlining this "ineluctable conflict between good and evil, daylight and darkness, the White City and the Black." Gripping drama, captured with a reporter’s nose for a good story and a novelist’s flair for telling it. List Price: $$14.95 Our Price: $13.45

Swept Under the Rug: A Hidden History of Navajo Weaving Kathy McCloskey From the Publisher: Debunks the romanticist stereotyping of Navajo weavers and Reservation traders and situates weavers within the economic history of the southwest. Our Price: $32.95

Frommer’s(R) Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, 4th Edition Eric Peterson From the Publisher: Frommers Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks is packed with all the facts, tips and descriptions you need to have perfect park vacation, in a pocket size guide: The most memorable park experiences, from Old Faithful and Mammoth Hot Springs, to Snake River raft trips. Great places to stay in and near the parks, ranging from historic lodges to family-friendly motels--plus a complete campground guide for each park. A fully illustrated nature guide to help you spot and identify bald eagles, bison, wildflowers, and more. The best hikes, from ranger-led interpretive walks to challenging backcountry overnights. What to see and do outside of the parks: rodeos, chuckwagon feeds, IMAX nature films, an elk preserve, Jackson Holes bars and boutiques, and more. Detailed, accurate park and trail maps Author Bio:Eric Peterson is a Denver-based freelance writer who has contributed to numerous travel publications, including Frommers National Parks of the American West, Frommers Texas, and Frommers Colorado. He also covers Colorados high-tech economy and punk-rock underground for local periodicals, makes a mean chicken chili, and hikes and treks through the Rockies as much as possible. List Price: $$10.99 Our Price: $9.89

The Unofficial Guide(R) to Hawaii, 3rd Edition Marcie Carroll From the Publisher: The Unofficial Guides® are the Consumer Reports of travel guides, offering candid evaluations of their destinations’ attractions, hotels, restaurants, shopping, nightlife, sports, and more, all rated and ranked by a team of unbiased inspectors so even the most compulsive planners can be sure they’re spending their time and money wisely. Each guide addresses the needs of everyone from families to business travelers, with handy charts that demonstrate how each place stacks up against the competition. Plus, all the details are pulled out so they’re extremely easy to scan. In The Unofficial Guide® to Hawaii you’ll get the inside story on the islands’ top attractions, such as Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, the Polynesian Cultural Center, the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial, and more, plus tips on travel packages, beaches, adventure outings, and golf. All the major hotels, resorts, and restaurants are rated and ranked for value and quality, and we’ve explored all the details of Hawaiian nightlife, from luaus to the legendary Don Ho. The Top 5 Ways The Unofficial Guide® to Hawaii Can Help You Have the Perfect Trip: A complete guide to exploring the islands, including the best beaches, scenic drives, and rain forest walks The inside story on shopping for aloha shirts, local art, and Hawaiian music How to discover truly authentic Hawaiian culture, with tips on enjoying Hawaiian regional cuisine The best places to golf, hike, dive, snorkel, and surf Proven strategies for getting the best hotel rates, plus tips on enjoying Hawaii with kids Our Price: $18.99

Touring the Carolinas’ Civil War Sites Clint Johnson From the Publisher: Combination history and auto-tour book that helps travelers find the battles, skirmishes, forts, graves, memorial statures. cemeteries, and towns that played a part in the war. From The Critics: Internet Book WatchTouring The Carolinas’ Civil War Sites is an ideal and essential travel guide for Civil War buffs wishing to visit the numerous North Carolina and South Carolina Civil War memorial sites and battlefields. A life-long Civil War buff, Clint Johnson draws upon his considerable expertise to presents the meticulous results of exhaustive research in an articulate, "reader friendly" text that is augmented throughout with area photography. Touring The Carolinas’ Civil War Sites is a highly recommended addition to personal and regional Civil War studies and reference book collections. Our Price: $19.95

Frommer’s Maui 2005 with Molokai and Lanai Jeanette Foster From the Publisher: You’ll never fall into the tourist traps when you travel with Frommer’s. It’s like having a friend show you around, taking you to the places locals like best. Our expert authors have already gone everywhere you might go—they’ve done the legwork for you, and they’re not afraid to tell it like it is, saving you time and money. No other series offers candid reviews of so many hotels and restaurants in all price ranges. Every Frommer’s Travel Guide is up-to-date, with exact prices for everything, dozens of color maps, and exciting coverage of sports, shopping, and nightlife. You’d be lost without us!Completely updated every year (unlike most of the competition), Frommer’s Maui features gorgeous full-color photos of the pristine beaches, colorful undersea life, and lush rain forest vistas that await you. Personally researched by a local expert, and written in an honest, personal voice, Frommer’s Maui is the premier guide to this fascinating island.It’s all here, from thrilling whale watching to the spectacular sunrise at Haleakala National Park, from a mile-by-mile drive along the Road to Hana to mule rides on neighboring Molokai. No other guide comes close to matching our coverage of the island’s beaches, golf courses, and adventure outings, with personal recommendations on the best outfitters, dive sites, and snorkeling spots.Our candid and in-depth hotel reviews, all based on recent personal inspections, will help you find the perfect place to stay: a lavish high-rise resort, a family-friendly condo complex, or an intimate BandB on its own private cove. And our restaurant reviews, all personally written by one of Hawaii’s leading dining critics, are simply second tonone. Whether you’re looking for romance or family fun in the sun, Frommer’s Maui is the only guide you’ll need. You’ll even get a free color fold-out map that makes trip-planning a snap! List Price: $$17.99 Our Price: $16.19

Introduction to Post-Tonal Theory Joseph Nathan Nathan Straus From the Publisher: A primer--rather than a survey--this book offers exceptionally clear, simple explanations of basic theoretical concepts for the post-tonal music of the twentieth century. Emphasizing hands-on contact with the music--through playing, singing, listening, and analyzing--it provides six chapters on theory, each illustrated with musical examples and fully worked-out analyses, all drawn largely from the "classical" pre-war repertoire by Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Bartok, Berg, and Webern. Considers three principal kinds of post-tonal music--free atonal music, twelve-tone music, and centric music. Makes extensive use of transformational graphs and networks to present analytical information; and includes a variety of exercises in theory, analysis, musicianship and ear-training, and composition. For anyone interested in Twentieth-Century Music Techniques and Post-Tonal Theory and Analysis. List Price: $$67.75 Our Price: $64.36

Archaeological Perspectives on the American Civil War Clarence R. Geier (Editor) From the Publisher: From studies of Antietam Battlefield, site of the bloodiest day in American military history, to Andersonville, the infamous Confederate prison, these graphically illustrated essays broaden our understanding of the American Civil War. They demonstrate how historical archaeology, combined with the traditional techniques of the study of history, generates new insights into battlefield tactics, social and military history, and the effects of the war on civilians and communities. The paperback edition includes a new foreword by award-winning journalist Jim Lehrer. Clarence R. Geier, professor of anthropology at James Madison University, is coeditor of Look to the Earth: Historical Archaeology and the American Civil War. He has directed and collaborated on historical archaeology projects at the battlefields of Third Winchester, Cool Spring, and Cedar Creek and has conducted research at the site of the Sheridan Field Hospital. His most recent work has focused on the interpretation of the Confederate military complex of Fort Edward Johnson-Camp Shenandoah in Augusta County, Virginia. Stephen R. Potter, regional archaeologist with the National Park Service for the National Capital Region, has overseen archaeological research at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Manassas National Battlefield Park, and Antietam National Battlefield. His work was featured on "Death at Antietam," a television program produced by the Learning Channel. He is the author of Commoners, Tribute, and Chiefs: The Development of Algonquian Culture in the Potomac Valley. From The Critics: Edwin C. Bearss - historian emeritus, National Park ServiceArchaeological Perspectives on the American Civil War is must reading for professionals, collectors, and all people interested in battlefield archaeology, the material culture of the Civil War era, and the preservation of associated sites. Because of the popularity of Civil War literature and archaeology, this well-illustrated and well-written publication will appeal to the general public, as well as to the professional community.Douglas D. Scott - Midwest Archaeology Center, Lincoln, NebraskaSpeaks to the carnage of war, figuratively and literally, as each author [investigates] the physical evidence of the war and its ramifications to those living at the time and in our culture today. There is little question that the American Civil War changed the fabric of our culture in ways that are still being felt today, and this volume provides a real and tangible link, via the material culture left behind by its participants, to that time.Civil War Book ReviewAn impressive compendium of varying but related methods of understanding the war through historical archaeology. Readers willing to expend some effort will come away with a better understanding of the Civil War. Our Price: $27.95

Track of the Cat (An Anna Pigeon Mystery) Nevada Barr From the Publisher: A stunning mystery set against the high-country trails of the Guadalupe Mountains of West Texas, where the age-old battle of man against nature is fought with a frightening twist. Anna Pigeon has fled New York and her memories to find work as a ranger in the country’s national parks. In the remote backcountry of West Texas, however, she discovers murder and violence. Fellow park ranger Sheila Drury is mysteriously killed, presumably by a mountain lion. But the deep claw marks Anna finds across Drury’s throat and the paw prints surrounding the body are too perfect to be real. Suspicious from the start and eager to prevent the needless slaughter of her beloved cougars, Anna can’t let the matter rest. The disappearance of another ranger and the frightening reality of a hiking "accident" of her own convince Anna that something is very wrong. Following a trail with few leads, Anna must confront the dark side of the desert. As she comes closer to the truth, she realizes that whatever is stalking the land she loves is now stalking her as well. Atmospheric, evocative, and rich in the mysterious secrets of the Southwestern wilderness, Track of the Cat marks the mystery debut of a superior writer. From The Critics: Tony HillermanA real find...Kept me reading far into the night. Publishers WeeklyThe texture, scents and sounds of the West Texas wilderness permeate this forceful debut, in which the murder of a National Park Service ranger illuminates the conflicts between those who want to place our country’s open spaces and wildlife under government protection and those who want to profit from them. Anna Pigeon has fled New York City after the accidental death of her husband, and she now works as a law enforcement ranger at Guadaloupe Mountains National Park. There she finds the remains of fellow ranger Sheila Drury, who apparently was clawed to death by a mountain lion. Although an autopsy confirms this judgment, Anna becomes convinced that the claw marks have been faked. Her superiors discourage her from probing further, but another supposedly accidental death goads her into investigating Sheila’s activities before her death--her campaign to open up the park to the public and her relationships with a young divorcee and with a powerful rancher opposed to Park Service policies. Anna is sure that clues reside in the thousands of snapshots the dead woman took--photos that show signs of having been rifled through. A park ranger herself, Barr develops a complex, credible and capable heroine who believes in truth and justice while remaining conscious of the ambiguities of human existence. (Mar.) Library JournalThe title of Barr’s mystery debut refers to a cat of a different color. As a park ranger in western Texas, Anna Pigeon stumbles upon the body of another female ranger in an isolated canyon. Suspicious of ``official’’ evidence pointing to a cougar as killer, Anna looks instead for a human murderer. Amid the conflicts among seasonal and permanent park employees, ranchers and rangers, cat hunters and conservationists, she finds a motive and imminent danger. Spectacular descriptions, psychological insight, and a refreshingly independent heroine. School Library JournalYA-On a biannual trek, park rangers check for signs of mountain lions. While climbing along her assigned route, Anna sees a dozen vultures circle above a canyon. Checking on their carrion, she discovers the body of fellow ranger Sheila Drury, apparently killed by a mountain lion. Believing the animal tracks and scratches are a set-up, the young woman conducts her own investigation, putting her life in peril as she encounters ardent hunters. Anna Pigeon is a great new addition to the cadre of female detectives, especially since her job as park ranger involves hiking through the spectacular scenery of the Guadalupe Mountains of west Texas. Several dollops of ecology and conservation of resources mingle with the murder clues, making this an exciting, almost ``good for you,’’ book.-Pam Spencer, Thomas Jefferson Sci-Tech, Fairfax County, VA WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYINGPowerful writing and deft characterization...a winning novel. — Faye KellermanA real find...kept me reading far into the night. — Tony Hillerman Our Price: $6.99

Florida Trail: The Official Hiking Guide Sandra Friend (Photographer) From the Publisher: The 1,300-mile Florida National Scenic Trail spans the state from Big Cypress National Preserve near the Everglades to its beachfront terminus at Gulf Islands National Seashore. This long-distance hiking trail encounters more than 80 distinct habitats along the way, including dwarf cypress forests, pine flatwoods, sawgrass prairie, and coastal dunes. Perfect for day-, section-, and thru-hikers, The Florida Trail: The Official Hiking Guide is the first comprehensive guidebook on the Florida Trail. Our Price: $16.95

Frommer’s(R) Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, 4th Edition Eric Peterson From the Publisher: Frommers Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks is packed with all the facts, tips and descriptions you need to have perfect park vacation, in a pocket size guide: The most memorable park experiences, from Old Faithful and Mammoth Hot Springs, to Snake River raft trips. Great places to stay in and near the parks, ranging from historic lodges to family-friendly motels--plus a complete campground guide for each park. A fully illustrated nature guide to help you spot and identify bald eagles, bison, wildflowers, and more. The best hikes, from ranger-led interpretive walks to challenging backcountry overnights. What to see and do outside of the parks: rodeos, chuckwagon feeds, IMAX nature films, an elk preserve, Jackson Holes bars and boutiques, and more. Detailed, accurate park and trail maps Author Bio:Eric Peterson is a Denver-based freelance writer who has contributed to numerous travel publications, including Frommers National Parks of the American West, Frommers Texas, and Frommers Colorado. He also covers Colorados high-tech economy and punk-rock underground for local periodicals, makes a mean chicken chili, and hikes and treks through the Rockies as much as possible. List Price: $$10.99 Our Price: $9.89

Month-by-month Gardening In Florida Tom MacCubbin From the Publisher: Do I prune my hydrangea in the fall or do I wait until early spring?When is it safe to put out tomatoes?Can I divide iris now? If you have ever asked yourself questions like these, Month-by-Month Gardening in Florida is for you. Gardening is a journey, not a destination. The day-by-day gardening experiences - planting a few onion sets in the first warm afternoon of spring... the surprises - a purple crocus before the snow has even gone ... the satisfaction - fresh green beans on the dinner table, or tomatoes, bright and red, safely in quart jars ... these are the things that keep the gardener coming back year after year. Month-by-Month Gardening in Florida is packed with information that explains what needs to be done and when it needs to be done in the Florida garden. Topics include: The most effective planting techniques. How and when to prune. The best season for fertilizing your lawn. The differences between bare-root, container, and balled-and-burlapped plants. Eleven plant categories, including Annuals, Bulbs, Herbs, Vegetables, Houseplants, Lawns, Perennials, Roses, Shrubs, and Trees. Twelve monthly calendars for each plant category - 132 calendars in all! - that make is easy to find the proper gardening advice. Whatever your gardening interests or the time of year, you can take the guesswork and mystery out of gardening. You will become a more satisfied gardener ... and your garden will show it! List Price: $$19.99 Our Price: $17.99

America’s Original GI Town: Park Forest, Illinois Gregory C. Randall From the Publisher: In this book, Gregory Randall presents the history of the planning, design, construction, and growth of Park Forest. He shows how planners - who dubbed the new community a "GI town" - drew on lessons learned from English garden cities and New Deal greenbelt towns to cope with America’s emerging peacetime housing crisis. He also shows how this new town changed community planning throughout the United States, including its effects on community development up to the present. Our Price: $25.00

Snobs Julian Fellowes From the Publisher: "Snobs is narrated by a journeyman actor who moves comfortably among the upper classes, while chronicling their foibles. And what a tale he has to tell." "Edith Lavery, the attractive only child of a moderately successful accountant and his social-climbing wife, earns a living answering the telephone in a fashionable Chelsea estate agent. While visiting his parents’ house as a member of the public, she meets Charles Broughton, Earl Broughton and heir to the Marquess of Uckfield, who runs the family estates in East Sussex and Norfolk. To the gossip-columns he is one of the most eligible young aristocrats around." "When he proposes Edith accepts. But is she really in love with Charles? Or with his title, his position and all that she thinks goes with it?" Partaking in events and never shy of commenting is Charles Broughton’s mother, the shrewd Lady Uckfield, known to her friends as ’Googie’. Edith, she decides, is a young woman on the make. And when a television company descends on Broughton Hall to make a period drama. ’Googie’s’ worst fears are fully justified. Synopsis: The Barnes and Noble Review from Discover Great New WritersFirst-time novelist Julian Fellowes, who wrote the screenplay for Gosford Park, here shines his literary light on the quirky, exasperating, yet enchanting world of the English aristocracy and the subtle distinctions that set its denizens apart from the lesser mortals of the mere upper middle class. Snobs is narrated by a young, vaguely struggling actor who was born into the world of stately manors and bumbling, idiosyncratic peers. At Ascot, he introduces his beautiful but more common friend Edith to Charles, current Earl Broughton and heir to the Marquess of Uckfield. Charles falls in love, and while Edith does not, she cannot quite render herself impervious to the attractions of becoming a countess and leaving her job as a clerk. So, they marry. Inexorably, Edith discovers that the charms of big houses and myriad social privileges don’t always bring happiness. And when a company of actors -- led by the handsome but vacuous Simon -- arrives to shoot some footage at Broughton Hall, Edith grabs at the chance to live a more exciting life. Fellowes evokes the spirit of Evelyn Waugh and other Bright Young Things in this clever, relentlessly funny send-up of the delicately stratified milieu of the English nobility -- a carefully cloistered and oddly captivating world. (Spring 2005 Selection) From The Critics: Publishers WeeklyWodehouse gets a modern twist in this brilliantly acerbic tale of snobbery and marital tomfoolery in 1990s London. Our nameless protagonist, a jovial, perceptive sort of 30-something fellow hanging affably about the fringes of society, introduces his middle-class but sleek and beautiful friend Edith Lavery to the earnest but dull Lord Charles Broughton. Much to the dismay of "civilized" society, Charles falls in love and proposes to the social-climbing but largely indifferent Edith. Even after she is married, Edith is snubbed and humiliated at every turn (in the slyest, politest possible way, of course), until she moves out in a huff with her married lover, Simon Russell, an actor-ego-on-legs who is eating up the publicity that comes with being seen with a countess and eager for this entr e into society (he doesn’t realize Edith has been cast into the societal dung heap). To Edith’s consternation, the glittering world of theater turns out to be just as small-minded and dull as that of society, with the added disadvantage of it not involving much money. Gossipy and dishy, this debut by the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Gosford Park is a merciless and hilarious sendup of snobbery and social jealousy, revealing the pettiness and self-absorption of both the envious and the envied. Agent, Cathy King at ICM (U.K.). (Feb. 10) Forecast: Fellowes’s satire of the English class system, a bestseller in the U.K., translates well for American readers. Anglophiles in particular will be in Brit-hit heaven. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information. Library JournalFellowes, who won the 2001 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Gosford Park, gives readers another glimpse into life among the upper classes in this delightfully satirical tale of the blond and beautiful Edith Lavery. Desperate and on the brink of turning 30, she chooses a husband for his money and status and almost immediately regrets her decision, as Charles turns out to be decent and honorable but totally boring (in and out of bed). The narrator, an actor friend of the social-climbing bride, describes Edith’s growing frustration with married life and her ill-advised decision to run off with a sexier man, only to discover that her old life held many charms-not the least of which was oodles of money and parties at Ascot. What’s a girl to do? The satire is biting but not distasteful, and Fellowes offers up a host of interesting characters-especially Googie, Edith’s aristocratic mother-in-law, who would make a great subject for a novel-plus an insider’s view of England’s class system. Highly recommended wherever British fiction is popular. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 10-15-04.]-Nancy Pearl, formerly with Washington Ctr. for the Book, Seattle Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information. Kirkus ReviewsAn archly amusing first novel that returns to the territory Fellowes staked out in his Oscar-winning screenplay for Gosford Park: class snobbery among England’s aristocrats and arrivistes. This story of "a latter-day Cinderella" couldn’t be simpler. Egged on by her rapacious mother, estate agent Edith Lavery sets her sights on an available earl, lands him, leaves him for a dishy actor of no great eminence, and then wonders whether she wasn’t better off surrounded by a world that never accepted her as one of its own and a husband considerably slower and stupider than she is. Nor are the characters especially compelling; the nameless narrator, a well-born actor who floats through the tale as a suspiciously useful confidant and omniscient intelligence, is particularly devoid of interest, even when he’s becoming a husband and father. The distinction of the novel is in its practiced eye for class distinctions (e.g., "that fatal, diffident graciousness that marks the successful social climber") and the long-bred behavior that keeps the aristocracy tethered in place despite the determined assault of numberless parvenus (so that the phrase "’not quite a gentleman’" becomes "the stock response to original thought"). Edith’s tug-of-war with her quietly iron-willed mother-in-law, Marchioness Uckfield, over the dull but invincibly goodhearted Charles Broughton stands out from the narrator’s tireless commentary, but the commentary itself, as patient and tireless as Trollope’s in recording tiny social slights and oversights, is the real treat here. If you can call it a treat, since Fellowes’s merciless dissection of the snobs he adores, unfolding in a series of brilliantly epigrammatic paragraphs, isin cumulative doses tiresomely repetitious, even boring, in its insights. A wonderful commonplace book of wit and wisdom on snobs and aspiring snobs-there are no former snobs-disguised as a novel that’s perhaps both too rich and too dry to take in all at a sitting. Author tour. Agent: Susan Howe-Orion List Price: $$23.95 Our Price: $16.76

Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon Michael P. Ghiglieri From The Critics: Library JournalFlagstaff, AZ-based authors Ghiglieri, a biologist who leads river trips in the Grand Canyon and abroad, and Myers (Fateful Journey: Injury and Death on Colorado River Trips in Grand Canyon), a medical doctor who has treated hundreds of Canyon injuries, have compiled a fascinating chronicle of deaths and dangers in Grand Canyon National Park. The book is arranged by category falls, dehydration, floods, the Colorado River, air crashes, freak accidents, suicides, and murder and at the end of each chapter is a chronological list with names, descriptions, and causes of the accidents. The authors show that most of the deaths, whether of tourists, prospectors, or experienced adventurers, occurred when people failed to pay attention to warning signs or did not use common sense; others are attributed to high testosterone levels. The episodes are engrossing, but one becomes sated with the details after a while. For public and large academic libraries. George M. Jenks, Bucknell Univ., Lewisburg PA Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information. List Price: $$22.95 Our Price: $18.36

Exploring Glacier National Park David Rockwell From the Publisher: One of the jewels in the national park system, Glacier National Park encompasses the dramatic landscape where the vast watersheds of the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and Hudson Bay converge. Here plants and animals unique to those three basins come together, making it one of the richest, most diverse natural places in North America. Wolves, grizzly bears, and moose wander its woods and high alpine meadows. Western redcedar, whitebark pine, and glacier lily thrive and mingle on the slopes of its glacial valleys. Author and naturalist David Rockwell explains the evolution of the park’s geology from the erosion of Australian mountains more than a billion years ago to the glaciers that gave Glacier National Park its distinctive landscape. He explores the natural history of the plants and animals of the park’s six distinct regions -- the aspen parklands, the North Fork Valley, the McDonald Creek Valley, the subalpine and alpine zones, and the park’s bodies of water. You’ll learn about the park’s great predators -- grizzly bears, mountain lions, and wolves -- and about their complex relationship with their prey. The result is a fascinating and intimate portrait of one of the world’s last truly wild places. Our Price: $16.95

Mirror-Travels: Robert Smithson and History Jennifer L. Roberts From the Publisher: "Robert Smithson (1938-1973), an artist of paramount importance in postwar America, created radical new perspectives for landscape architecture, photography, art criticism, and site-specific installation. His Spiral Jetty - a 1,500-foot-long coil of rock built in 1970 at the edge of the Great Salt Lake - is widely appreciated as one of the most significant art projects of the twentieth century. Less well known is the fact that the Jetty lies just a few miles from the Golden Spike National Historic Site, location of the completion of the first U.S. transcontinental railroad almost exactly a century earlier. The connection between the Spiral Jetty and the Golden Spike is but one facet of an entire complex of historical reference and reflection that structures Smithson’s work." Mirror-Travels presents the first thorough investigation of Smithson’s encounter with this and other histories as it focuses on the artist’s idea of history itself. Spanning Smithson’s career, from his little-known early religious paintings to his canonical earthworks of the 1970s, the book argues that Smithson’s experiments with memory and temporality, along with his concern with what he called "continuance" - a form of historical connection to the past - cannot be properly understood without attending closely to the specific histories of the sites he engaged. Offering a critical analysis of Smithson’s view of time, it provides comprehensive case studies of three of his most influential projects: "The Monuments of Passaic," a sardonic tour of a decaying New Jersey city conducted in the wake of the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act; "Incidents of Mirror-Travel in the Yucatan," a textual-sculptural-photographic travelogue that coincided with a series of revolutionary discoveries about Maya history; and the Spiral Jetty. Our Price: $40.00

Walking San Francisco Liz Gans From the Publisher: With its stunning natural setting, San Francisco is one of the most congenial American cities for those who love to walk. This vividly written guide features 18 great strolls, including 9 in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the world’s largest urban national park. From Fisherman’s Wharf to Chinatown, Golden Gate Park to the Cliff House, the Presidio to the Marin Headlands, cover the City by the Bay on foot, with Walking San Francisco in hand. Our Price: $10.95

Boater’s Guide to Lake Powell Michael R. Kelsey From the Publisher: Detailed maps and photos, including history ahd geology of the most scenic lake in the world make this a valuable guidebook to camping and hiking as well as boating the Lake Powell area. Our Price: $13.95

Exploring Glacier National Park David Rockwell From the Publisher: One of the jewels in the national park system, Glacier National Park encompasses the dramatic landscape where the vast watersheds of the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and Hudson Bay converge. Here plants and animals unique to those three basins come together, making it one of the richest, most diverse natural places in North America. Wolves, grizzly bears, and moose wander its woods and high alpine meadows. Western redcedar, whitebark pine, and glacier lily thrive and mingle on the slopes of its glacial valleys. Author and naturalist David Rockwell explains the evolution of the park’s geology from the erosion of Australian mountains more than a billion years ago to the glaciers that gave Glacier National Park its distinctive landscape. He explores the natural history of the plants and animals of the park’s six distinct regions -- the aspen parklands, the North Fork Valley, the McDonald Creek Valley, the subalpine and alpine zones, and the park’s bodies of water. You’ll learn about the park’s great predators -- grizzly bears, mountain lions, and wolves -- and about their complex relationship with their prey. The result is a fascinating and intimate portrait of one of the world’s last truly wild places. Our Price: $16.95

Lost in My Own Backyard: A Walk in Yellowstone National Park Tim Cahill From the Publisher: "Lost in My Own Backyard brings author Tim Cahill together with one of his - and America’s - favorite destinations: Yellowstone, the world’s first national park." Cahill stumbles from glacier to geyser, encounters wildlife (some of it, like bisons, weighing in the neighborhood of a ton), muses on the microbiology of thermal pools, gets spooked in the mysterious Hoodoos, sees moonbows arcing across waterfalls at midnight, and generally has a fine old time walking several hundred miles while contemplating the concept and value of wilderness. List Price: $$16.00 Our Price: $12.80

Battle of Gettysburg: A Guided Tour Edward J. Stackpole From the Publisher: Originally published in 1960 and now fully revised and updated, this guidebook combines the drama of battle with complete information about each tour stop. Clear directions and commentary on the town of Gettysburg work in conjunction with the day-by-day narrative of skirmishes and pitched fights that make up the Battle of Gettysburg. Invaluable to any Civil War buff and perfect for both tourists and armchair visitors. 24 photos. 12 maps. Our Price: $6.95