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- Me,
Chi, and Bruce Lee - Brian Preston (North Atlantic):
A rollicking journey through the world of modern martial arts,
Me, Chi, and Bruce Lee takes us along on the educational,
endlessly amusing journey of author Brian Preston-from Kung-Fu
school in Canada to the Shaolin Temple in China, back to Canada
for some Brazilian Jujitsu, and on to Vegas and the UFC championship.
- Capoeira
Beyond Brazil - Aniefre Essien (North Atlantic):
The expansion of capoeira to the world stage has introduced
hosts of new techniques, traditions, and practices. Essien
brings an international perspective to this book, showing
capoeira in its full historical context, providing not only
technical instruction, but also a critical history.
- An
Obese White Gentleman in No Apparent Distress
- Riki Moss (Blue Snake Books): A captivating
fictionalized memoir portraying the life and wisdom of unconventional
Aikido master Terry Dobson, culminating in an exuberant romance.
- Aikido
Exercises for Teaching and Training - C.M. Shifflett
(Blue Snake Books): With the number of Aikido dojos in
the United States estimated at 1,000, this Japanese martial
art has never been more popular. This book serves as an invaluable
supplement for anyone interested in teaching or learning Aikido.
Mystery and Suspense!: The
days are getting darker, and with the skies goes the collective
unconscious. So be sure to have these engrossing titles in your
library for your brooding public.
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Christopher
Fowler
The Victoria Vanishes: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery
978-0-553-80502-4 | $24.00 |
Bantam | HC
When Arthur Bryant witnesses a woman's death outside
a public house called the Victoria Cross, he's struck only by
its tragedy.
But when he returns to the Victoria later that day, the street
appears to have aged a hundred years. Is the elderly detective
losing
his mind? But then his partner John May investigates an equally
confounding murder in a busy pub. Now Bryant and May must
track a daring killer who is stalking the city's oldest watering
holes...and who holds the key to London's most extraordinary
conundrum.
Kay
Hooper
Blood Sins
978-0-553-80485-0 | $25.00 |
Bantam | HC
All clues to the recent rash of murders point
to the enigmatic Church of the Everlasting Sin and its charismatic
leader. But getting to the man known as "Father"
will be no easy task, for he is insulated within his flock of
loyal minions. Now, with the support of Haven, the civilian
agency Bishop helped launch, the SCU must go deep into the fold
of a puppetmaster whose power reigns over more than they
could ever have imagined.
Robert
Greer
Blackbird, Farewell
978-1-58394-250-5 | $25.95 |
North Atlantic | HC
Shandell “Blackbird” Bird, recently
picked #2 in the NBA draft, is on his way to stardom, that is,
until his best friend Damien finds him shot to death at mid-court.
Well-meaning but naive Damien sets out to find the killer and
soon finds himself in over his head. Luckily, his father is
none other than gumshoe CJ Floyd, who will watch his back as
he stumbles closer to the truth.
P.D.
James
The Private Patient: An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery
978-0-307-27077-1 | $25.95 |
Knopf | HC
The first murder takes place at Cheverell Manor,
a private nursing home in Dorset for rich patients treated by
the famous plastic surgeon George Chandler-Powell, the victim
an investigative journalist named Rhoda Gradwyn. It's brutal,
showing every sign of premeditated fury, yet to begin with there
seems to be no reason for it. As Commander Adam Dalgliesh and
his team get to work, however, we see more and more motives
emerge until the very air is clouded with suspicion and fear.
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Linwood
Barclay
Too Close to Home
978-0-553-80556-7 | $22.00 |
Bantam | HC
Derek Cutter just wants a little privacy with
his girlfriend, which is hard won in high school. The perfect
opportunity
presents itself when his best friend Adam goes on
vacation for a week with his parents, leaving an empty
house. Well, empty until the Langleys return early and are unexpectedly
killed - with Derek still hiding in their basement. Before
he knows it, Derek is the prime suspect in the biggest murder
case to ever hit this small town, in a plot that is more wide-ranging
than anyone initially thought.
978-0-345-50111-0 | $25.00 |
Ballantine | HC | January 09
Webster Filmore Goodhue is quite possibly the
least likely person in LA County to be working with a crime scene
clean-up crew. After all, not only is he a disaffected slacker,
but he also has a weak stomach. Then this already screwed up situation
gets weirder when the daughter of a Malibu suicide they've only
just mopped up asks
Web for a favor: her brother's in trouble and they could use somebody
who knows how to clean up a mess.
William
Bernhardt
Nemesis: The Final Case of Eliot Ness
978-0-345-48758-2 | $26.00 |
Ballantine | HC | January 09
Ness, the famous treasury agent who helped convict
Al Capone, accepts a high-ranking position in Cleveland. He is
greeted as a hero and his tenure begins successfully--but all
that ends when the discovery of the first dismembered torso plunges
the city into a state of terror. Ness pours more and more energy
into the consequential investigation, desperately trying to live
up to his reputation.
Alfred
Acorn
Murder in the Museum of Man
978-1-58195-230-8 | $14.95 |
Zoland Books | TR | Jan. 09
Dean Cranston Fessing, dispatched from Wainscott University to investigate the finances of the neighboring Museum of Man,
has been murdered. Not only that, but his grisly remains bear the unmistakable mark of preparation as haute cuisine. Norman de
Ratour, museum recording secretary and unlikely sleuth, sets out to uncover a bubbling cauldron of clues in this hilarious satire
of academic life and contemporary social issues, a stew of murder, cannibalism, political posturing and high camp.
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Architecture
Straw
and Straw Craftsmen
by Arthur R. Staniforth
This book explores the many different uses of straw, from early
bedding and matting, straw huts and thatched roofs to stuffed
horse collars and woven baskets. Using illustrations of a variety
of straw crafts and considering the development of these skills,
this is a perfect introduction to a craft that has survived
for centuries.
Frank
Lloyd Wright: The Buildings
by Alan Weintraub
Accompanying Rizzoli’s best-selling Frank Lloyd Wright:
The Houses, this exceptional publication features Wright’s
major projects and programs, including such masterpieces as
the Guggenheim Museum, Marin County Civic Center, Unity Temple,
Johnson Wax, Taliesin, and Taliesin West, to name only a few.
I.M.
Pei: Complete Works
by Philip Jodidio
A.M. Pei: Complete Works, the first and definitive
survey of the master architect, showcases Pei’s transcendent,
sculptural forms in over fifty projects and more than 300 illustrations,
culminating in the last works he is currently completing.
Stanford
White, Architect
by Alan Weintraub
Through all-new, full-color photography, Stanford White,
Architect is the first book to explicitly feature the work
of the principal genius of the illustrious American architecture
firm of McKim, Mead & White.
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