Preview Shelf by Janice Clauser
Library News and Notable New Books
Labor Day is upon us. The Crawfordsville Library will be closed Sunday, Sept. 5 and Monday, Sept. 6. It will open again Tuesday, Sept. 7 at 9 a.m.
Two new books ready for borrowing celebrate the ratification of the19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States 90 years ago, especially "Woman Suffrage and Women's Rights" by Ellen DuBois. "Dreamers of a New Day" by Sheila Rowbotham is a set of biographies and an introduction to women who "invented" the twentieth century, how women came to be "modern", and how they shaped many of the issues that remain at the forefront of 21st century life.
Thomas Hischak's "The Disney Song Encyclopedia" tells about hundreds of famous and not-so-famous melodies from the 1930s to the present. "The Songs of Hollywood" by Philip Furia examines the way music was integrated into the plots of movies from the silent era through the glory years of musicals.
"Art Matters" is Purdue English professor and 2008 Indiana Professor of the Year
Robert Lamb's story of Ernest Hemingway's techniques and formative influences as creator of the modern short story. "Twilight at the World of Tomorrow" by James Mauro deals with the 1939 World's Fair amid all the clashing events just before World War II, "a story as incredible as it is inspiring". Jim McDevitt and Eric Juan offer "A Year of (Alfred) Hitchcock: 52 Weeks with the Master of Suspense", a book about his five-decade directing career with details about his films available on DVD. "You Never Give Me Your Money" is Peter Doggett's look at the Beatles' split, "a real 
page turner" from tragedy to triumphant return. "Furious Love" is Sam Kashner's view of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton's quarter-century love affair. "The A to Z of African American Cinema" comes from Torriano and Venise Berry. Wendy Burden's "Dead End Gene Pool" is an irreverent and darkly humorous memoir about five generations of Vanderbilts; "The rich are different". As the host of the TV show, No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain's "Medium Raw" kitchen confidential investigates controversial figures in food with shocking fun.
A success book is "Living for the Weekday" by Clint Swindall, who tells what employees and bosses need to know about enjoying work and life. "How to Be a Grown Up" by Stacy Kaiser lists ten secret skills everyone should know; one is "Talk is Cheap…Communication, Priceless". Nance Guilmartin's "Healing Conversations" helps with what to say when you don't know what to say. "The Money Book" helps freelancers, part-timers, and the self-employed with a personal finance system
formed especially for those with not-so-regular jobs; Joseph D'Agnese and Denise Kiernan spell it out. "Mike and Mike's Rules for Sports and Life" come from Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic of ESPN morning radio.
"iPad, the Missing Manual" is J. D. Biersdorfer's "book that should have been included in the box". A current topic is "At the Crossroads" by Abraham Aamidor
tells about Middle America's battle to save the car industry. "The Battle" by Arthur Brooks shows how the fight between free enterprise and big government will shape America's future. In "Murder City" Charles Bowden describes border city Ciudad Juarez and the global economy's new killing fields. Cait Murphy's "Scoundrels in Law" takes us back to the trials of lawyers who served gangsters, cops, starlets, and "rakes" who made the Gilded Age, 1869-1907.
Labor Day is upon us. The Crawfordsville Library will be closed Sunday, Sept. 5 and Monday, Sept. 6. It will open again Tuesday, Sept. 7 at 9 a.m.
Two new books ready for borrowing celebrate the ratification of the19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States 90 years ago, especially "Woman Suffrage and Women's Rights" by Ellen DuBois. "Dreamers of a New Day" by Sheila Rowbotham is a set of biographies and an introduction to women who "invented" the twentieth century, how women came to be "modern", and how they shaped many of the issues that remain at the forefront of 21st century life.
Thomas Hischak's "The Disney Song Encyclopedia" tells about hundreds of famous and not-so-famous melodies from the 1930s to the present. "The Songs of Hollywood" by Philip Furia examines the way music was integrated into the plots of movies from the silent era through the glory years of musicals.
"Art Matters" is Purdue English professor and 2008 Indiana Professor of the Year
Robert Lamb's story of Ernest Hemingway's techniques and formative influences as creator of the modern short story. "Twilight at the World of Tomorrow" by James Mauro deals with the 1939 World's Fair amid all the clashing events just before World War II, "a story as incredible as it is inspiring". Jim McDevitt and Eric Juan offer "A Year of (Alfred) Hitchcock: 52 Weeks with the Master of Suspense", a book about his five-decade directing career with details about his films available on DVD. "You Never Give Me Your Money" is Peter Doggett's look at the Beatles' split, "a real 
page turner" from tragedy to triumphant return. "Furious Love" is Sam Kashner's view of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton's quarter-century love affair. "The A to Z of African American Cinema" comes from Torriano and Venise Berry. Wendy Burden's "Dead End Gene Pool" is an irreverent and darkly humorous memoir about five generations of Vanderbilts; "The rich are different". As the host of the TV show, No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain's "Medium Raw" kitchen confidential investigates controversial figures in food with shocking fun.
A success book is "Living for the Weekday" by Clint Swindall, who tells what employees and bosses need to know about enjoying work and life. "How to Be a Grown Up" by Stacy Kaiser lists ten secret skills everyone should know; one is "Talk is Cheap…Communication, Priceless". Nance Guilmartin's "Healing Conversations" helps with what to say when you don't know what to say. "The Money Book" helps freelancers, part-timers, and the self-employed with a personal finance system
formed especially for those with not-so-regular jobs; Joseph D'Agnese and Denise Kiernan spell it out. "Mike and Mike's Rules for Sports and Life" come from Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic of ESPN morning radio."iPad, the Missing Manual" is J. D. Biersdorfer's "book that should have been included in the box". A current topic is "At the Crossroads" by Abraham Aamidor
tells about Middle America's battle to save the car industry. "The Battle" by Arthur Brooks shows how the fight between free enterprise and big government will shape America's future. In "Murder City" Charles Bowden describes border city Ciudad Juarez and the global economy's new killing fields. Cait Murphy's "Scoundrels in Law" takes us back to the trials of lawyers who served gangsters, cops, starlets, and "rakes" who made the Gilded Age, 1869-1907.
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