As Appearing in The Herald Journal Cache Magazine
August 2008
Rough Justice by Jack Higgins - FICTION HIGGINS
Assasin : a novel by Stephen Coontz - FICTION COONTZ
Foreign Body by Robin Cook - FICTION COOK
Fractured by Karin Slaughter - FICTION SLAUGHTER
Smoke Screen : A Novel by Sandra Brown - FICTION BROWN
First Daughter by Eric Lustbadder - FICTION LUSTBADER
Damage Control by Judith A. Jance - MYSTERY JANCE
Devil bones : A Novel by Kathy Reichs - MYSTERY REICHS
City at the End of Time by Greg Bear - SCI-FIC FANTASY BEAR
Go green, live rich : 50 simple ways to save the earth and get rich trying by David Bach; published by Broadway Books, 2008.
Internationally renowned financial expert and bestselling author David Bach has always urged readers to put their financial lives in line with their values. But what if your values are a cleaner and greener earth? Most people think that "going green" is an expensive choice they can't afford. Bach is here to say that you can have both: a life in line with your green values and a million dollars in the bank.
The fruit hunters : a story of nature, adventure, commerce and obsession by Adam Gollner; published by Scribner, 2008.
"Adam Leith Gollner draws readers into a Willy Wonka-like world with mangoes that taste like pina coladas, orange cloudberries, peanut butter fruits and the miracle fruit that turns everything sour to sweet, making lemons taste like lemonade. Peopled with a cast of characters as varied and bizarre as the fruit - smugglers, inventors, explorers and epicures - this extraordinary book unveils the mysterious universe of fruit, from the jungles of Borneo to the prized orchards of Florida's fruit hunters to American supermarkets." "Gollner examines the fruits we eat and explains why we eat them (the scientific, economic and aesthetic reasons); traces the life of mass-produced fruits (how they are created, grown and marketed) and explores the underworld of fruits that are inaccessible, ignored and even forbidden in the Western world."--BOOK JACKET.
Simple prosperity : finding real wealth in a sustainable lifestyle by David Wann; published by St. Martins Griffin, 2008.
In his bestseller Affluenza, David Wann and his co-authors diagnosed the debilitating disease of over-consumption. In Simple Prosperity he shows readers how we can overcome this disease by investing in a variety of real wealth sources. To recapture a more abundant and sustainable lifestyle, try: - Creating a richer life story through personal growth incentives - Forming higher-yield friendships and stronger bonds through social capital - Taking preventive healthcare measures to build up wellness reserves - Balancing the biological budget through greener currency - Caring for people, not just cars, to improve your neighborhood wealth index - Resolving that pesky carbon conundrum through energy savings - Celebrating instead of desecrating! Cultural prosperity futures value the earth as a sacred place In our age of hedge fund hysteria, Simple Prosperity is a new way of investing that will save our sanity and the planet.
Freedom from oil : how the next president can end the United States' oil addiction by David Sandalow; published by McGraw-Hill , 2008.
"A White House veteran, Sandalow explores what would happen if the next President made breaking the United States' addiction to oil a top priority. In crisp and clear prose, Sandalow explains the size of the challenge and then offers a powerful message of hope." "Throughout the book, profiles of individuals help bring serious policy dialogue to life. From the commander of U.S. forces in western Iraq to a grandmother in northern Alaska to an electric car entrepreneur to the winner of the Indianapolis 500, Freedom from Oil is filled with stories of people whose lives have been touched by oil dependence - and are working to find solutions." "Drawing on both his government experience and energy expertise, Sandalow depicts the President's top advisers as they explore options, shape solutions and create national policy, culminating in an inspiring speech by the President to the nation."--BOOK JACKET.
Earth, the sequel : the race to reinvent energy and stop global warming by Fred Krupp; published by W. W. Norton & Co. , 2008.
Krupp, who is President of the Environmental Defense Fund, has joined with Horn, an EDF staffer, to describe what the global community needs to achieve in order to reduce the effects of global warming. The authors exhibit a cautious but optimistic tone, maintaining that it is not too late to prevent a disastrous climate change through the development of new energy sources. Alternative energy sources are discussed at length, along with the specific innovations that will ultimately provide solutions. Annotation #169;2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Muhammad : Islam's first great general by Richard A. Gabriel; published by University of Oklahoma Press , 2007.
Gabriel argues that neither the faith nor the prophet would have survived had Muhammad not been an innovative and effective soldier. Though his arms training was rudimentary, Muhammad fought 8 major battles, led 18 raids, and planned 38 other major operations, transforming war in the Arab world. Before Muhammad, Arabian society was based on family and clan. The most common form of fighting was grab-and-run raiding seldom entailing severe bloodshed. There was also the blood feud, usually settled short of massacre. Muhammad's followers were to be loyal not to clan and kin but to the ummah, the community of the faithful. When fighting those not of the ummah, they were to use the tactics of the blood feud. So doing, they birthed a reputation for ferocity. Gabriel depicts Muhammad's military undertakings concisely and discretely, begging the question of how the general can be discriminated from the prophet. Muhammad broke and reshaped military and civil society in his world, a feat impossible to have done without the faith of his followers.