Without
a Map, Meredith Hall, cloth, April 2007, $24.95, 978-0-8070-7273-8
People Magazine, a four star review in the April 23rd issue: “Achingly
sad, this is a stunning exploration of the mystery of ‘love and all its
failings . . . and its final redemption.’” —Caroline Leavitt,
four stars
Entertainment Weekly, review in the April 20th issue: “Hall
emerges as a brave writer of tumultuous beauty.” —Alanna Nash
Library Journal, review in the April 15th issue: “Based on original
research as well as secondary sources, this timely book will be of interest
both to general and academic readers. Highly recommended.”
New Hampshire Union Leader, review in the April 14th issue: “O’Connor’s
book delightfully answers almost any question one could ask about birds. I
am impelled to declare that the Chesworth pen and ink drawings add a sprinkling
of ‘salt‘ to O’Connor’s bird tales. This is a fun book
to read, whether nibbled at a bit at a time, or in one large clump.”
With Speed
and Violence, Fred Pearce, March 2007, $24.95, 0-8070-8576-6 (10), 978-0-8070-8576-9
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Print:
Science News, review in the April 7th issue
In Brief (newsletter for Earth Justice), review in the Spring 2007
issue: “Pearce’s survey of abrupt climate change science is a compelling
and terrifying read.”
Acts of Faith,
Eboo Patel, cloth, July 2007, $22.95, 978-0-8070-7726-9
Publishers Weekly, review in the April 23rd issue: “This autobiography
of a young activist captures how an angry youth can be transformed—by
faith, by the community and, most of all, by himself—into a profound
leader for the cause of peace.”
The Bone
Gatherers, Nicola Denzey, cloth, July 2007, $27.95, 978-0-8070-1308-3
“Nicola Denzey's lively, readable book opens up a fascinating, long
hidden world of early Christian women. This fine work not only lets us into
their world, but shows how it was kept hidden so long.” — Elaine
Pagels, author of Beyond Belief and Reading Judas: The Gospel of
Judas and the Shaping of Christianity
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