Health Care Will Not Reform Itself by George Halvorson
June 22, 2009 by Rob
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Written by one of the leading authorities in the industry, this book provides a basic primer on the American health care system. Using simple-to-understand language supplemented by insightful anecdotes and examples, the author cuts through the thicket of health care reform rhetoric to offer a step-by-step blueprint for achieving real improvements in health care delivery, as well as putting curbs on growing health care costs.
CRC Press, $29.95, May 2009, ISBN#: 9781439816141
This podcast was recorded at BookExpo America 2009 in New York City.
The Birth (and Death) of the Cool by Ted Gioia
June 22, 2009 by Rob
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This intriguing cultural history shows why cool is not a timeless concept and how it has begun to lose meaning and fade into history being replaced by a new cultural tone, one marked by sincerity, earnestness, and a quest for authenticity.
Speck Press, $25.00, November 2009, ISBN #: 9781933108315
This podcast was recorded at BookExpo America 2009 in New York City.
After Jihad by Oliver North
June 22, 2009 by Rob
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In Oliver North‘s, After Jihad, Peter Newman, the hero of Oliver North’s first three New York Times best-selling novels, returns to action in 2032 to battle government corruption and find a missing fuel cell scientist.
B&H Publishing Group, $27.99, November 2009, ISBN#: 9780805447187
This podcast was recorded at BookExpo America 2009 in New York City.
Saving Freedom by Jim DeMint
June 22, 2009 by Rob
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Saving Freedom is Senator Jim DeMint‘s first-hand account of the unsettling socialist shift behind-the-scenes action in Congress that are changing the character of our nation.
B&H Publishing Group, $26.99, July 2009, ISBN#: 9780805449570
This podcast was recorded at BookExpo America 2009 in New York City.
The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn
June 22, 2009 by Rob
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The Argyle Sweater is a comic for grown-ups but it’s inspired by a childlike imagination and charm. Follow bears, bees, chickens, wolves, dogs, cats, zebras, cops, game shows, phones, cavemen, and even nursery rhyme icons and an evil scientist, into the mischief and perfect-fitting dialogue of The Argyle Sweater world.
Andrews McMeel Publishing, $12.99, April 2009, ISBN#: 9780740776953
This podcast was recorded at BookExpo America 2009 in New York City.
Ready or Not…They’re Gay by Paul and Hjordy Wagner
June 22, 2009 by Rob
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Paul & Hjordy Wagner‘s Ready or Not…They’re Gay discusses “coming out” guidance for parents and teachers of gay children.
Synergy Books, $14.95, May 2009, ISBN#: 9780981546285
This podcast was recorded at BookExpo America 2009 in New York City.
Silent But Deadly by Mark Tatulli
June 22, 2009 by Rob
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Centered around an odd, ghostly-pale child named LIO, and his creepy coterie of friends, including a giant squid named Ishmael and a scythe-carrying grim reaper, LIO is influenced by cartooning greats Gahan Wilson, Charles Addams, and 19th-century satirist A. J. Volck.
Andrews McMeel Publishing, $12.99, September 2008, ISBN#: 9780740777424
This podcast was recorded at BookExpo America 2009 in New York City.
The Side-Yard Superhero by Rick D. Niece
June 22, 2009 by Rob
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Rick D. Niece‘s true account of a man’s journey home to reconnect with a childhood friend, and the memories that brought them together.
Synergy Books, $17.95, March 2009, ISBN#: 9780981546209
This podcast was recorded at BookExpo America 2009 in New York City.
A Crate of Vodka by Alfred Kokh and Igor Svinarenko
June 22, 2009 by Rob
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Two Russian friends, Alfred Kokh and Igor Svinarenko, revisit the years 1982-2001 and how their lives and the country they grew up in changed dramatically with freedom, success and opportunity mixed with nostalgia and new politics that continue today.
Enigma Books, $28.00, June 2009, ISBN#: 9781929631896
This podcast was recorded at BookExpo America 2009 in New York City.
That’s Why We Don’t Eat Animals by Ruby Roth
June 22, 2009 by Rob
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Ruby Roth‘s That’s Why We Don’t Eat Animals uses colorful artwork and lively text to introduce vegetarianism and veganism to early readers (ages six to ten).
North Atlantic Books, $16.95, May 2009, ISBN#: 9781556437854
This podcast was recorded at BookExpo America 2009 in New York City.