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|  | Letters from Motherless Daughters by Hope Edelman
A compilation of personal letters revisiting the subject of the loss of one's mother, written by women in response to the ground-breaking bestseller Motherless Daughters . AUTHOR: Hope Edelman
PUBLISHER: Dell Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Advice 
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 | How to Lie with Maps by Mark Monmonier
Originally published to wide acclaim, this lively, cleverly illustrated essay on the use and abuse of maps teaches us how to evaluate maps critically and promotes a healthy skepticism about these easy-to-manipulate models of reality. Monmonier shows that, despite their immense value, maps lie. In fact, they must. The second edition is updated with the addition of two new chapters, 10 color plates, and a new foreword by renowned geographer H. J. de Blij. One new chapter examines the role of national interest and cultural values in national mapping organizations, including the United States Geological Survey, while the other explores the new breed of multimedia, computer-based maps. To show how maps distort, Monmonier introduces basic principles of mapmaking, gives entertaining examples of the misuse of maps in situations from zoning disputes to census reports, and covers all the typical kinds of distortions from deliberate oversimplifications to the misleading use of color. AUTHOR: Mark Monmonier
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Advice
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 | The Grieving Child by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Helen Fitzgerald
Explaining death to a child is one of the most difficult tasks a parent or other relative faces. The Grieving Child now provides much-needed guidance, covering such areas as visiting the seriously ill or dying, especially difficult situations, including suicide and murder, attending a funeral, and the role religion can play. AUTHOR: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Helen Fitzgerald
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Advice
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 | Teens 911 by Deborah Morris
Description not available.Fictionalized accounts of true incidents from across the United States in which teenagers used their knowledge and skills to save their own or someone else's life. AUTHOR: Deborah Morris
PUBLISHER: Health Communications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Advice
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 | The One by Ben Young, Samuel Adams
Description not available.Outlines practical strategies for finding a Christian soulmate while emphasizing such virtues as free will, personal responsibility, proactivity, and preparation, advising on common misunderstandings. Original. AUTHOR: Ben Young, Samuel Adams
PUBLISHER: Nelson, Thomas Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Advice
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 | The New Maiolica by Matthias Ostermann
The practice of tin glaze spans thousands of years of history, from its inception in Mesopotamia, through its flowering in Islamic culture, its brilliant heyday during the Italian Renaissance, and its current active revival around the world. It has always been a medium both varied and expressive that has inspired ceramists and artists alike over the centuries to ply their brushes in an exuberance of painted decoration and narrative. Within the field of ceramics, maiolica, with its stable color-holding glaze surface, is unique as a medium-indeed, it has been called a painter`s medium. The New Maiolica is conceived by Matthias Ostermann as a workshop in print, guiding the reader progressively through some of the conceptual, material, and technical concerns that inform this versatile and compelling medium. The work of more than fifty international ceramists is shown, giving evidence of the great variety of contemporary expression in tin glaze. There is also an examination of the problems that can occur in maiolica production, and suggested solutions, followed by a list of recommended reading, with food for philosophical, aesthetic, and technical thought. AUTHOR: Matthias Ostermann
PUBLISHER: University of Pennsylvania Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Antiques & Collectibles
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