4 non fiction a field guide to demons fairies fallen angels and other subversive spirits carol k mack and dinah mack available again just in time for halloween the original guide on how to spot and identify demons and other subversive spirits and what to do next demons fairies and fallen angels are everywhere they lurk at crossroads crouch behind doors hide in trees slip into beds wait in caves hover at weddings and childbirths disguise themselves as friends and relatives and even pretend to be you they are powerful they are protean they are enchanting and to the uninformed they are often invisible this illustrated guide the first of its kind reveals the remarkable permutations of the demon and fairy species worldwide packed with lore about each demon detailing its origins the culture surrounding it and its reputed antics and exploits this is a fascinating exploration of global mythologies perfect for the armchair traveler and the intrepid seasoned demon-spotter alike this complete gu
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7 non fiction 112 mercer street einstein russell pauli gödel and the end of innocence in science burton feldman edited and completed by katherine williams from the acclaimed author of the nobel prize comes this fascinating portrait of four of the greatest minds in the history of science in 1944 albert einstein invited three close friends titans of contemporary science and thought to his home at 112 mercer street in princeton new jersey to discuss science politics and current events these three men were the legendary philosopher bertrand russell the great physicist wolfgang pauli and the groundbreaking logician kurt gödel taking their historic meetings as his starting point feldman offers a highly original examination of these four colossal personalities as friends colleagues and rivals especially the self-confident einstein and aristocratic russell masterfully researched this accessible book illuminates the lives of these great men and gives us their feelings about the world of science
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9 fiction the nazi hunter a novel alan elsner a gripping thriller that mixes fierce partisan politics the search for ex-nazi criminals and a crazed right-wing militia intent on destroying the u.s government nominated for the sophie brody medal of the american library association nicknamed the nazi hunter mark cain deputy director of the office of special investigations tracks down and brings to justice ex-nazis who have quietly slipped into the country since world war ii but on a rainy november afternoon it s a woman wearing a red brooch who slips past security and into cain s office i am looking for the nazi hunter she says i have documents important documents she promises to show him the documents when they next meet but never returns at first cain dismisses her as just another crackpot but when the washington post reports that a woman wearing a red brooch has been brutally murdered he suspects he may be on to something big he must find those documents meanwhile the republicans
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12 non fiction challenging the pacific the first woman to row the kon-tiki route maud fontenoy the whole world celebrated when maud fontenoy became the first woman to row alone across the north atlantic raising the bar she then took on a far more difficult challenge the pacific ocean again a feat no woman had ever before accomplished a time europe 2005 hero impossible she was warned the pacific is far too vast intolerable heat a foolhardy and dangerous undertaking and what about sharks and what about pirates terrified but determined maud set off from peru in her newly built boat océor on her most challenging adventure yet stifling tropical temperatures made rowing impossible during the day so maud rowed mostly by night defying the elements and the daunting solitude not to mention circling sharks maud overcame all odds as well as her personal doubts and fears demonstrating not only her indomitable courage and strength but proving once again that women can conquer the most difficult and
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14 non fiction witness to nuremberg richard w sonnenfeldt the chief american interpreter at the war crimes trials the chief interpreter for the american prosecution at the nuremberg trials after world war ii tells his insightful story of dealing directly with goering as well as his colorful eventful life before and after the trials richard w sonnenfeldt had at least three lives prior to the nuremberg trials of high-ranking nazis a childhood in germany escape to england in 1938 where he was wrongly interned as a german enemy alien and shipped to australia arrival in the u.s at age 17 where he joined the army and fought in the battle of the bulge and helped liberate the dachau concentration camp at 22 he was appointed chief interpreter for the american prosecution of nazi war criminals at nuremberg his pretrial time spent with hermann goering reveals much about not only goering himself but hitler goebbels and himmler and sonnenfeldt was the only american who talked with all the defenda
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17 fiction it might have been what he said a novel eden collinsworth a page-turning tale of tangled love that makes for perfect summer reading a woman with a photographic memory can remember trying to kill her husband but not why it might have been what he said a new yorker must read ˇ a harper s bazaar hot list hot beach read a marie claire 10 best to do pick ˇ a women s web book club featured book a woman of taste and discernment endowed with enviable wit and a razor-sharp mind isabel at 28 has achieved early success as the head of a publishing house when isabel meets james a handsome aristocratic highly talented writer known in equal parts for his entitlement drinking and charm she falls head over heels for him despite all her friends dire warnings breaking his past pattern james also falls for isabel and they marry together they confound their family and friends becoming an ideal match as much in love with each other as they are devoted to their son the question is what could po
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19 children s a girl and her gator sean bryan illustrations by tom murphy a hilarious follow-up to the acclaimed a boy and his bunny showing kids that being different can be ok and even fun claire the sister of the boy who one day woke up with a bunny on his head discovers that she too has a strange new condition when she looks in the mirror there is a gator in her hair what is she to do panic run to mother or like her brother learn to enjoy her new friend with a girl and her gator sean bryan and tom murphy have once again worked their magic in claire they have created an equally spunky and lovable character bound to delight and entertain young children and their parents entertainingly loopy with its off-the-wall situation and imaginative pell-mell rhyme planes of apple green and sugar pink dominate the illustrations while sturdy yet light-hearted linework creates matter-of-factly fantastical scenarios a diverting rhyming readaloud bulletin of the center for children s books
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22 non fiction crossing into medicine country a journey in native american healing david carson from the coauthor of the million-copy best-selling medicine cards comes this riveting account of initiation into ancient wisdom and the healing power of a native american shaman coalition of visionary resources visionary award winner for auto/biography of choctaw descent david carson has absorbed and sought out native american spiritual knowledge since growing up in oklahoma indian country he distilled some of that knowledge in medicine cards the hugely successful divination system based on traditional animal medicine that became a new age bestseller in the 1990s now in crossing into medicine country he tells the story of his initiation as a conjure man a ceremonial healer with the choctaw medicine woman mary gardener for three years he studied the arts of power plants and medicine animals how to manipulate the layers of energy surrounding human beings and how to use sacred tobacco in ritual
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24 non fiction daughter of heaven a memoir with earthly recipes leslie li a powerful and touching memoir of a chinese-american woman and her extraordinary grandmother in which food becomes the keeper of culture and taste the keeper of memory a borders original voices program selection leslie li hails from the illustrious li family of guilin china her grandfather li zongren was china s first democratically elected vice president to whom chiang kai-shek handed over control of the country when he fled to formosa in 1949 leslie s father was studying in the u.s where he met and married leslie s americanborn mother in 1958 leslie s grandmother nai-nai came to live with her son s family in new york bringing with her a new world of sights smells and tastes nai-nai s wonderfully exotic new cooking opened leslie s heart and mind to her chinese heritage and to the world as leslie grew taste became the stronghold of memory and food the keeper of culture it was through her grandmother s traditional
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27 non fiction long way back to the river kwai memories of world war ii loet velmans a searing memoir of a man who survived brutality sickness and war but refused to give up hope a history book club selection loet velmans was seventeen when germany invaded his native holland in 1940 he and his family escaped to london aboard the only refugee boat to leave from their local harbor before the dutch army surrendered and german u-boats began their deadly patrol of the north sea deciding they would be safer in the far east the velmans family sailed to the dutch east indies now indonesia where loet joined the dutch army in march 1942 the japanese invaded the archipelago conquered it without a shot in a week and imprisoned the dutch soldiers for the next three and a half years loet and his fellow pows toiled in slave-labor camps building the infamous bangkok-to-burma railway the railway at the heart of the bridge on the river kwai meant to supply the impending japanese invasion of india some 2
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29 non fiction black dahlia avenger a genius for murder steve hodel foreword by james ellroy the most sensational notorious grisly homicide in los angeles history the black dahlia murder solved in this international bestseller on the morning of january 15 1947 the badly mutilated body of 22-year-old elizabeth short dubbed the black dahlia because of her jet-black hair and pale beauty was found in a vacant lot in los angeles her killer who taunted the police like jack the ripper became the object of one of the most massive and frustrating manhunts in l.a history 55 years later former lapd homicide detective steve hodel has finally solved the crime with explosive and shocking results hodel provides overwhelming evidence that the black dahlia murder was not an isolated case and that the killer was a respected member of l.a society his own father ˇ in paperback #2 on the l.a times bestseller list in hardcover #2 on the l.a times bestseller list #14 on the new york times bestseller list and
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