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|  | Ivanhoe by Diana Gabaldon, Ed Parker, Gerry Taloac, Graham Tulloch, Ian Duncan
Scott's most revered novel, written in 1791, is a love story set in the Middle Ages. The hero is a Saxon knight, Wilfred of Ivanhoe, whose personal chivalric code comes into conflict with the corruption of his arch-rival, the Knight Templar Brian de Bois-Guilbert. Ivanhoe is also torn between the woman to whom he is betrothed, Rowena, and a saintly young Jewish woman, Rebecca, who loves him. The cast of characters also includes Richard the Lionhearted, Robin Hood, and the fabled Black Knight. AUTHOR: Diana Gabaldon, Ed Parker, Gerry Taloac, Graham Tulloch, Ian Duncan
PUBLISHER: Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction 
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 | Everyday Law for Dummies by John Ventura
Description not available.An introduction to the American legal system provides explanations of legal terms and concepts, and offers advice on making informed decisions regarding family, health care, work, investments, and more AUTHOR: John Ventura
PUBLISHER: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | How to Do Everything with Digital Video by Frederic Jones
Another winner in the extremely popular How to Do Everything series, this friendly, solutions-oriented book is filled with step-by-step examples on shooting, editing, and producing professional-quality home or business videos complete with sound, animation, and other finishing touches. The book covers all the hardware and software involved as well as techniques for creating streaming video for Internet use. AUTHOR: Frederic Jones
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Prime Time How Baby Boomers Will Revolutionize Retirement and Transform America by Freedman
Over the next three decades, the number of Americans over fifty will double, swelling to more than a quarter of the population. Already we are living thirty years longer than a century ago, with further gains expected in the coming years. The end result is a new stage of life, one as long or longer than childhood or middle age in duration, and one spent in unprecedented good health. Yet, as individuals, and as a society, we've shown little imagination or wisdom in using this great gift of a third age. Marc Freedman identifies the new longevity as not a problem to be solved, but an opportunity to be seized-provided we can engage the experience, talent, and idealism of older Americans. At a juncture when the middle-generation faces a time-famine, struggling to simultaneously raise kids and work long hours on the job, the older generation is awash in free time, poised to succeed women as the trustees of civic life in this country. In the process they stand to find new meaning and purpose in their lives, and abandon the limbo-like state unfulfilling for so many older individuals. Freedman argues that the aging phenomenon, the massive transformation that many portray as our downfall, may in fact be our best hope for renewal as a nation. AUTHOR: Freedman
PUBLISHER: PublicAffairs, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | The Hijacking of Manhattan by Dan Greenburg
After touching a radioactive space rock in a museum, an average, everyday boy named Max finds himself transformed into a superhero. However, despite all his super powers, Max discovers that being a super hero is still a lot of hard work. AUTHOR: Dan Greenburg
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | In Defense of Public Opinion Polling by Kenneth F. Warren
What do we really know about public opinion polls? Are they as flawed as conventional wisdom implies? How accurate are the polls, really? How can we spot a bad poll? Why do politicians and journalists have a love-hate relationship with polls? How do polls help us interpret history? Why has public opinion polling become so popular in other countries?In the 2000 national elections $100 million was spent on campaign polling alone. A $5 billion industry from Gallup to Zogby, public opinion polling is growing rapidly with the explosion of consumer-oriented market research, political and media polling, and controversial Internet polling. By many measures-from editorial cartoons to bumper stickers-we hate pollsters and their polls. We think of polling as hopelessly flawed, invasive of our privacy, and just plain annoying. At times we even argue that polling is illegal, unconstitutional, and downright un-American. Yet we crave the information polling provides. What do other Americans think about gun control? School vouchers? Airline performance? Or the Yankees' chances for winning another World Series? Pollsters consult with jurists on the best venue for a controversial criminal trial. They advise car manufacturers on which paint colors to use for a new model. They guide city councils in how to divide public funding across competing priorities.Ken Warren closes this book with an especially candid report card on how 13 major pollsters fared in predicting the November 2000 presidential contest and how pollsters fared in making 136 projections in congressional and gubernatorial races across the United States. Despite the wild swings of the political season most pollsters were remarkably accurate in forecasting the results. Based on extensive interviews with major pollsters and a wide examination of current polling practices and results, IN DEFENSE OF PUBLIC OPINION POLLING argues strongly that well conducted scientific polls are not only accurate, but are valuable tools in und AUTHOR: Kenneth F. Warren
PUBLISHER: Westview Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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