By Linnea Dayton, Cristen Gillespie
Peachpit Press, $59.99, 792 pages
The Photoshop CS3/CS4 Wow! Book, (8th Edition) is more than WOW! Anyone who is currently working with or just switched to Photoshop CS3 or CS4, this book is an investment in the future of your digital photographs and images. This must-have reference tool contains nearly 800-pages [...]
By Christiane Northrup M.D.
Bantam, $20.00, 931 pages
Have you ever had a question that you were too self-conscious to ask, or had a friend that was so honest and knowledgeable that you clung to every word she offered? That is what reading this book feels like. Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom is a pearl, and Christine [...]
By Erika Lee and Judy Yung
Oxford University Press, $27.95, 386 pages
In 1910, Angel Island opened its doors in order to process the endless streams of immigrants getting off boats in San Francisco harbor. Americans were crying for the doors into the country to be closed in the early years of the twentieth century. The [...]
By Peter Pronovost; Eric Vohr
Hudson Street Press, $25.95, 276 pages
Peter Provonost, a leading researcher in the quality of patient safety at John Hopkins University, is working to improve the way hospitals and doctors work day-to-day, by suggesting a five-part check list that has decreased the common Intensive Care Unit (ICU) procedures.
These five steps include [...]
By Thomas C. Wilmer
RiverWood Books, $18.95, 236 pages
For being one of the oldest wine growing regions in California, the Livermore Valley has been long overshadowed by the marque Napa and Sonoma regions, even though it has been producing award-winning wines since 1889. Wine writer Thomas Wilmer has collected not only a guidebook for the [...]
By Karen Karbo
skirt!, $19.95, 229 pages
When you hear the name Chanel, what do you think of? Perhaps you don’t think of Coco Chanel, the subject of this book. Author Karen Karbo is well-qualified to delve into the past and provide the reader with an exploration of the philosophy of fashion guru Coco Chanel. Karbo’s [...]
By Harold Davis
Wiley, $29.99, 239 pages
What we have here is an incredible compendium of black and white photography, presentation and writing.
Author Harold Davis is a talented photographer and writer. In Creative Black and White Digital Photography Tips & Techniques Davis presents both of these talents very well. He has the rare ability to tell [...]
By Daniel Nanavati
CreateSpace, $8.00, 100 pages
Everybody lies. We lie to protect ourselves, to protect others, to prevent hurt feelings, to get what we want, to stay out of trouble. We lie for reasons both selfish and selfless. There are big lies and little lies, and statements that are lies to some but truths to [...]
By Cate Conniff-Dobrich
Chronicle Books, $27.50, 208 pages
This book is solely responsible for my gastronomic adventure to the breathtaking Napa Valley. For many years, The Culinary Institute of America has been the alma mater of renowned chefs and culinary experts around the world. In this tome, author Cate Conniff does a wonderful job presenting the [...]
By Marilyn Johnson
Harper Collins, $25.99, 272 pages
This is an amazing exploration of how libraries and librarians are changing in the age of internet information and digital downloads. Marilyn Johnson (a former staff writer for Life magazine) finds that librarians are not becoming obsolete remnants of a quieter, gentler time.
We are taken into the world [...]
Edited by Panache Partners, LLC
Panache Partners, LLC, $40.00, 299 pages
Spectacular Wineries of Sonoma County is companion book to Panache Partner’s 2007 release Spectacular Wineries of Napa County. And, while the names may sound redundant, Napa and Sonoma counties do live up to the “spectacular” label. More than fifty wineries are included, from Benziger and [...]
By Mark Schatzker
Viking, $25.95, 290 pages
“Steak is king. Steak is what other meat wishes it could be.”
Should you be judging this book by its cover, you would be expecting to find scores of recipes using steak as the protagonist. Leafing through its pages, you’ll find none. This book is not about cooking.
You may get [...]
By Sherri Brooks Vinton
Storey Publishing, LLC, $19.95, 303 pages
Revive your grandmother’s tradition of home-preserving the season’s bounty with Put ‘Em Up!. This delicious guidebook will inspire you to pickle, jelly, and freeze like an old pro. Put ‘Em Up! begins by dispelling the myth that canning foods at home is dangerous. There’s a complete [...]
By Elisha Cooper
Orchard Books, $17.99, 48 pages
What happens to farmland before the seeds for crops are sown? What happens after the harvest is complete? And what’s it really like to live on a farm? In Farm, a beautifully illustrated journey through a year of farm life, Cooper provides information about such things as tilling [...]
By Daniel Wolff
Bloomsbury Press, $16.00, 352 pages
I would strongly recommend that this book be added to the Required Reading lists of all educational programs; and that parents everywhere take the trouble to gain an awareness of the different learning styles of our students and ourselves through these fascinating vignettes. This book examines the educational [...]
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