August 2008
 
 
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"Random reads your library's needs."

In This Issue:

- Smart Books: New titles in popular science and psychology

- Watch it, they're crafty: The latest in knitting and more from Random House, Inc.

- WATCHMEN back in hardcover soon!

- Contest: Win a free advance readers copy of Hands of My Father by Myron Uhlberg!

Popular Science and Psychology: The best kind of books: ones that will make you feel smarter without making you feel dumber first!

 

 

 

 

 

  • Being and Becoming- Franklyn Sills (North Atlantic): Being and Becoming is a wide-ranging analysis of the nature of being and selfhood. The book presents an original, integrated paradigm with the aim of creating a comprehensive overview of the human condition—and finding ways to alleviate suffering. In essence, the book explores the question, “What does it mean to be?”
  • The Ethics of the Lie - Jean-Michel Rabaté (Other Press): Pinocchio knows: the unconscious knowledge of the conscious lie. The thesis of this erudite and entertaining book is that the lies we tell--and we tell them more often, perhaps, than you'd think--are structured as little paradoxes: We lie quite frequently, but we hate liars; we know politicians lie, but their careers are done when they're caught in the act, etc.
  • The Science Book (National Geographic): A delight for the casual reader, yet so complete and wide-ranging that science buffs and students will welcome it, The Science Book encapsulates centuries of scientific thought in one richly illustrated volume. Natural phenomena, revolutionary inventions, and the most up-to-date investigations are explained in detailed text, and 2,000 vivid illustrations make the information even more accessible.
  • Traffic - Tom Vanderbilt (Knopf): Would you be surprised that road rage can be good for society? Or that most crashes happen on sunny, dry days? That our minds can trick us into thinking the next lane is moving faster? Or that you can gauge a nation’s driving behavior by its levels of corruption? These are only a few of the remarkable dynamics that Tom Vanderbilt explores in this fascinating tour through the mysteries of the road.

Crafting Books: Be sure to grab these for your library as the winter approaches (Did I just say that?) and knitted/sewn holiday gifts go into production. (If anyone accidentally produces an extra pair of tan mittens and doesn't know what to do with them, please send them to David Eicke, 1745 Broadway, 6-2, New York, NY 10019.)


Betsy Greer
Knitting for Good!: A Guide to Creating Personal, Social, and Political Change Stitch by Stitch

978-1-59030-589-8 | $14.00 |
Trumpeter | TR

For the New Breed of knitters, knitting represents more than just the finished project: it is a way to slow down in a fast-paced culture, subvert producers of mass manufactured merchandise, embrace the domestic, and connect to people in their community.

Alison Lewis and Fang-Yu Lin
Switch Craft: Battery-Powered Crafts to Make and Sew

978-0-307-39544-3 | $24.95 |
Potter Craft | HC

A MacGyver of craft and Martha Stewart of technology, Alison Lewis shows readers how to sew and solder their way to unique personal and home accessories that light, blink, and shake. These FIT-meets-MIT projects (including boombox bags and talking toys) are packaged in an enclosed wire "o" binding that's as techy as the projects.

Jane Kirkpatrick
Aurora: An American Experience in Quilt and Craft

978-0-345-51334-2 | $7.99 |
Ballantine | TR

Aurora shows through a legacy of quilt and craft how the ordinary lives of people who founded old Aurora, Oregon, built an extraordinary community and shaped the American West by weaving together work, relationships, and Christian faith.This is an essential book for the collections of women's studies, American history and history of the Pacific Northwest.

Phoenix Bess
It Girl Knits: 30 Fresh Styles for the Young and Fabulous

978-0-307-39634-1 | $19.95 |
Potter Craft | TR

Wunderkind Phoenix Bess is taking the knitting world by storm. At age 13, she launched her own knitwear business, and she has since designed several collections of patterns that are sold nationwide, worked with major yarn companies, and been featured in Vogue Knitting. In this collection of accessories and garments, Phoenix shares her design philosophy and style pointers with young knitters everywhere.

  


Kay Gardiner and Ann Meador Shayne
Mason-Dixon Knitting

978-0-307-23605-0 | $29.95 |
Potter Craft | HC

Enjoy the practical advice, real-life knitting instruction, and irreverent humor of Yankee Kay Gardiner and Tennessean Ann Shayne. The ladies of Mason-Dixon Knitting will take you on a thrilling adventure through Knitopia, a place where knitting and creativity unite through the zaniest knitted items imaginable.

978-0-307-40840-2 | $21.95 |
Potter Craft | TR

Combining card-making techniques with origami-inspired folds, the 30 card and envelope projects in Origami Card Craft do more than simply open: they unfold, expand, and flip open. Perfect for any occasion, these unique cards pack a visual punch--and can be made in just minutes.

Aranzi Aronzo
Aranzi Cute Stuff

978-1-934287-09-5 | $23.95 |
Crown | HC

Cute Stuff is a book of instructions on how to make 17 different small objects featuring the Aranzi Aronzo menagerie of characters. Hot off the trail of the runaway hit craft book The Cute Book and the Aranzi Machine Gun series, Cute Stuff shows you how to make everyday items and accessories like hair ties, book covers, purses, key holders, and a slew of appliques out of the Aranzi Aronzo denizens! See what the "cute stuff" is up to in the brand-new Complete Aranzi Hour

Susan Griffin
Born-Again Vintage: 25 Ways to Deconstruct, Reinvent, and Recycle Your Wardrobe

978-0-307-40527-2 | $24.95 |
Potter Craft | HC

Born-Again Vintage is at the crossroads of two extremely popular hobbies: sewing and vintage shopping. By taking ubiquitous vintage items (i.e., large dresses and boys' T-shirts) and creating garments fashionable enough for a boutique, author Bridgett Artise shows readers how to go from borderline trashy to completely classy.

WATCHMEN: Back in Hardcover, Nov. 08


Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons

Perhaps the most acclaimed graphic novel of all time will be back in hardcover just in time for the movie debut early next year. Be sure to contact your wholesaler and reserve copies for your library!

Win a free advance readers copy of Hands of My Father, a powerful new memoir by Myron Uhlberg!

Growing up as the child of two deaf parents, Myron Uhlberg's first language was American Sign Language. His second was spoken English--and no sooner did he learn it than he was called upon to be his father's ears and mouth in the stores and streets of the neighborhood beyond their silent apartment in Brooklyn. A memoir of life in a world which the author found unaccountably beautiful, even as he longed to escape it.

Be entered to win a free copy of Hands of My Father when you answer this question: What famous ball-player was Myron's father's hero? (hint)

Please email your answer along with your address (sorry, no P.O. boxes) to library@randomhouse.com with the subject line, "hands" to enter.

Don't forget to include your address! (Offer open only to librarians in the U.S.)


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