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Rooms: A Novel Meet Author Gordon Korman, Page 10 winner of the Tulsa Library Trust’s Great introduction 2016 Anne V. Zarrow Award for in a fun framework Young Readers’ Literature The Maker’s Guide to the Zombie

Criminal Destiny (Masterminds, Book 2) By Gordon Korman Balzer + Bray, $16.99, 311 pages Check this out! Do your genes write the story of your life before you are even born – or is your environment the creator of your destiny? This “nature or nurture” question has occupied large swaths of social science researchers for many years (with swings and sways in both

directions) and serves as the central theme of Criminal Destiny. The second in a planned trilogy by Gordon Korman, this fast-paced novel for older children is a worthy followup to the criminally good Masterminds. In Masterminds, a group of friends discover that the calm surface of their nearperfect hometown of Serenity, New Mexico, has a dark secret. (Warning: spoilers ahead!) See DESTINY, cont’d on page 7

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Untimely Death: A Shakespeare in the Catskills Mystery By Elizabeth J. Duncan Crooked Lane Books, $24.99, 304 pages Check this out! Charlotte Fairfax has come to like her life with a small, seasonal Shakespeare company in the Catskills. She had been on top of her game as costume designer for the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), but when her love life was devastated after a RSC run in New York, she decided to stay behind in America and make a new life for herself. This is a perfect place for her, and with a new season about to start and a new relationship with the local police chief, life is good. But there are complications when the guy who dumped Charlotte so many years ago is hired as the season’s big-name draw. Then the resident ingenue is murdered and Charlotte finds herself in the middle of the investigation. This cozy mystery by Elizabeth J. Duncan is the perfect opening book for a series. With “Romeo and Juliet” as the centerpiece for this book and Shakespeare’s folio of 37 plays, this series could go on for awhile, and that would be a good thing. The story is clever and plenty of red herrings, the characters are interesting and believable, and the writing is excellent. Cozy mystery fans will love this book and series. Reviewed by Rosi Hollinbeck Trigger Mortis: A James Bond Novel By Anthony Horowitz Harper, $27.99, 320 pages Check this out! After the events of Goldfinger, James Bond and Pussy Galore are settled in, seemingly, domestic bliss. Before the relationship can evolve or devolve, Bond is called into action. His task: enter a dangerous Grand Prix race and protect a Russian driver from SMERSH. At the race, Bond spies a Korean multimillionaire businessman meeting

with top SMERSH officials. From that suspicious meeting, Bond is thrust into a whole new race. From the idyllic hills of West Germany to the bustling Manhattan skyline, Bond must uncover and prevent a disaster that could change the face of the world. Trigger Mortis is the first in a new series that follows Ian Fleming’s original timeline. The Fleming estate provided Horowitz with unpublished outlines, and some of Fleming’s own writing was incorporated into the novel. The end result is a novel that fits right into the Bond universe without sacrificing the original style and voice. Fastpaced, snappy banter and larger-than-life characters coupled with Horowitz’s master hand make for a rip-roaring page turner that takes off like a rocket. Reviewed by John Murray The Diamond Caper By Peter Mayle Knopf, $24.95, 224 pages Check this out! Once again, Peter Mayle provides readers with an entertaining romp through the south of France. In this story, Elena Morales is an American insurance claims investigator who sets off for Nice to investigate the theft of some diamond jewelry from a client. She and her partner Sam Levitt are also purchasing a house in Marseille, which needs a total renovation. After Elena decides to spend more time on the renovation project, Sam decides to take up the investigation into several diamond thefts across the region. He is aided by old friends and new, as well as copious amounts of mouthwatering food and drink. But will

they be able to stop the jewelry thief, who seems to be able to strike at will, leaving no clues behind for the police to follow? This lighthearted mystery is full of interesting international characters and a distinct French way of life. It will therefore appeal to lovers of all things French. And, frankly, it’s a book best served with a chilled glass of Rose or Champagne, because, after all, why should Mr. Mayle’s characters have all the fun. Reviewed by Susan Miller A Curious Beginning: A Veronica Speedwell Mystery By Deanna Raybourn NAL, $25.95, 352 pages Check this out! After the death of her last guardian, Veronica Speedwell is getting ready to resume traveling the world and hunting butterflies, but everything changes when she discovers her home has been ransacked and she is nearly abducted. Now Veronica has accepted the help of a mysterious German baron who gives her

to his friend Stoker for safekeeping. When the baron is murdered, for reasons related to Veronica’s near abduction, it’s up to Veronica and Stoker to discover the truth. Deanna Raybourn’s long-awaited new series starring the daring Veronica Speedwell is sure to delight fans old and new alike. A Curious Beginning follows Veronica as she unravels the mystery of her own parentage, with the mysterious Stoker by her side. Veronica is spunky and smart, and while she doesn’t necessarily adhere to the general code of conduct most women of her era are bound by, she does understand how to work within society. Raybourn writes with her usual style and sense of humor. Veronica is a very likeable character, and the mystery is just enough to get fans hooked and ready for the next installment in this series! Reviewed by Holly Scudero

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Art Camp: A Simple Guide to Making Art With Paper, Nature, Recyclables, Paint, Found Objects and Everyday Materials By Susan Schwake Two Little Birds , $16.95, 144 pages Check this out! Most kids, given the chance, really enjoy making art. Give them the materials and some instruction, and turn them loose. Before you know it, you will have lots of wonderful things to hang on the walls and decorate your shelves. This little book has all the instructions kids will need to get busy, mostly on their own, to make 52 fun, artsy projects. Most of these can be created with materials found around the house or yard. Every spread in the main part of the book has a full-page photograph of the finished project, many with the artist, and the facing page has written instructions with four photos showing the process. Author Susan Schwake includes a materials list that covers all 52 projects. She also has recipes for a thick paint she calls paste paint, and a simple air-dry clay that can be painted after it is sculpted and dried. Kids will really have a great time bringing their own artistic ideas to such projects has Junk Drawer Sculpture or Colorful Beads or Thumbprint Garden. In addition, there is a section showing real artists who work in ways similar to those found in the book. Reviewed by Rosi Hollinbeck Desmond Pucket and the Cloverfield Junior High Carnival of Horrors By Mark Tatulli Andrews McMeel Publishing , $13.99, 240 pages Check this out! Desmond Pucket is a monster maker, a fan of all things spooky and scary, and his goal is to create the ultimate haunted house experience. But standing in his way are a stodgy new principal, an ambitious fellow student who takes frights too far, and all the trials and tribulations of teenage life, like

his friend who he might like as more than a friend. Can Desmond beat the odds and create the best haunted house the town has ever seen? An ode to classic monster tropes and a coming-of-age tale all at once, Desmond Pucket and the Cloverfield Junior High Carnival of Horrors is the third entry in the Desmond Pucket series, and it’s great fun. There’s a touch of the Scooby-Doo madcap hovering around the whole thing, but it deftly captures the awkwardness of forging your own path during your school-yard years. The art – both Desmond’s drawings and the little comic-strip visuals that help bring the book to life – enrich the storytelling greatly, making the spooky parts spookier and the sweet, awkward moments all the more relatable. This book is terrific, balancing silliness and seriousness without feeling overly calculated. I look forward to returning to Desmond’s world soon. Reviewed by Glenn Dallas Sewing Stories: Harriet Powers’ Journey From Slave to Artist By Barbara Herkert, Vanessa BrantleyNewton (illustrator) Knopf Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 40 pages Check this out! Harriet Powers was born a slave and grew up on a plantation in Georgia. The slave women wove cloth from cotton grown on the plantation and made quilts with scraps, quilts decorated with stories depicting legends of Africa. Harriet learned the skills needed for making appliquéd quilts from these women,

and that skill became part of the fabric of her life. She and her family finally became free at the end of the Civil War, but life was not easy for them even after they were able to buy a small farm. A quilt Harriet made drew a great deal of attention at a local fair including an offer to buy it, but she didn’t let it go until sometime later when the price of cotton fell. Fortunately, the woman who bought it realized its artistic value. This fascinating look at one of America’s least-known folk artists gives young readers a great introduction to her work and art. Author Barbara Herkert has written a lively, interesting text that shines with good research. Vanessa Brantley-Newton’s charming illustrations are a great complement for the text. Good back matter will lead readers to further study. Do not miss this one. Reviewed by Rosi Hollinbeck How the Sun Got to Coco’s House By Bob Graham 40 pages, $17.99, 40 pages Check this out! The sun starts, because it has to start somewhere, behind a hill and slowly peeks over, sliding down to touch the water and a fisherman’s hat. It continues on its journey

winking in the eye of a whale, lighting the beach, making shadows in the forest and in footprints of a child. It shines on birds flying south and airplanes flying high, across great cities and waits for shutters to be opened to peek into homes. In the country, the sun wakes up different animals, and shines on people going to market. It chases the night over entire countries until it comes to Coco’s street, extinguishing the street lights before blasting into Coco’s window to stay with Coco for the day. Author/illustrator Bob Graham has created an absolutely enchanting picture book for young children that will be a good starting point for discussions of the relationship of sun and earth. The writing is lively, full of movement and fun. The beautiful illustrations are filled with lovely, soft colors, and the sweet story will make this a “read it again, please” favorite of all who encounter it. Do not miss this beautiful, charming book. Reviewed by Rosi Hollinbeck

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Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics By Chris Grabenstein Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 288 pages Check this out! Kyle is enjoying the fame of escaping Mr. Lemoncello’s library. However, kids across the country want a rematch – one that pits their best library skills against those of Kyle Keeley and his hometown team. Mr. Lemoncello sets up a Library Olympics and invites librarians across the country to find their best and brightest bibliophiles to compete. Though there is some tough competition, Marjory from the Midwest is by far the smartest and most likely to surpass them. Then Charles Chiltington steps into the mix, not to compete, but to throw suspicion onto Mr. Lemoncello for the handling of the library. Between the 12 games of the Library Olympics and Chiltington’s attempt to wrench the library from Mr. Lemoncello’s control, Kyle isn’t sure there will be a library to return to at the end, especially because books are disappearing off the shelves! Grabenstein has created a bibliophile’s dream library, filled it with titles and technology to envy, and developed games that will challenge most library fanatics. Readers will find themselves playing along, and might even find a new title or two amongst the dozens of books mentioned. The puns are fun and the games are zany, but, “Hello! It’s a Lemoncello!” Reviewed by Rebecca Williams Hoodoo By Ronald L. Smith Clarion Books, $16.99, 224 pages Check this out! Ronald L. Smith’s debut middle-grades novel Hoodoo takes the reader to the shadows of Depression-era, small-town Alabama, through the eyes of 12-year-old Hoodoo Hatcher. Hoodoo comes from folk that

have the magic, but he can’t seem to conjure yet. An orphan raised by his grandmother, Mama Frances, Hoodoo is surrounded by family. But it is his dead father whose past casts darkness on the Hatchers. Part ghost story, part historical fiction, this classic Southern Gothic tale introduces young readers to hoodoo, or traditional African-American folk magic, as well as the segregated South. Haunted by dreams and screams he hears in the night, Hoodoo goes to the “colored-people” days at the county fair with his friend Bunny; there he has his fortune told. Following events that fit the fortune, Hoodoo seeks out Mrs. Snuff, the fortune teller, and finds her grimoire. The plot then quickly moves into the spiritual realm where Hoodoo battles a shade brought on by his father’s death. Hoodoo’s voice provides an engaging narrator, and the tale is sufficiently frightening for the young adolescent audience without being too scary. There is real loss and real love in this story, and a bit of a thrill. Reviewed by Gwynne Ash A Weird and Wild Beauty: The Story of Yellowstone, the World’s First National Park By Erin Peabody Sky Pony Press, $14.99, 192 pages Check this out! The very first national park in the world was Yellowstone National Park. The bill, passed by Congress and signed into law by Ulysses S. Grant in 1872, set aside more than 2 million acres of spectacular wilderness for people to enjoy. But how did this all come See WEIRD, cont’d on page 15

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The Cookie Companion: A Decorator’s Guide By Georganne Bell Cedar Fort, Inc., $21.99, 160 pages Check this out! The Cookie Companion is a true must-have resource for dabblers and cookie-frosting veterans alike. Reminiscent of the Wilton cake cookbooks in Grandma’s kitchen, the cookbook will push your creativity into full swing. The book includes several ideal cookie and icing recipes for your cookiedecorating pleasure, and continues to give detailed explanations of the consistencies of icing that are best for different types of decorating — pictures included. The color charts in particular are worth taking the time to go over before you start haphazardly pouring food coloring into your perfectly textured frosting. The decoration ideas themselves range from simple (Halloween eyeballs and birthday presents) to complicated and timeconsuming (wood grain signs with personalized messages and painted ocean scenes). I certainly fall further toward the “dabblers” side of the scale, so this book already has been a great resource for me. I found the introduction, while a bit lengthy, to be very helpful. I recommend reading it before beginning, as I did. You’ll save yourself many mishaps. All of the decorating ideas are adorable, but it may take less-experienced cookie decorators a few tries to get them right. Just make a few extra cookies, because you get to eat any that just don’t turn out quite right! Reviewed by Faith Lewis The Whole Enchilada: Fresh and Nutritious Southwestern Cuisine By Angelina LaRue, Deborah Llewellyn (photographer) Pelican Publishing, $27.95, 192 pages Check this out! Anyone who has had the pleasure of traveling and eating in the American South-

west knows the exciting aromas and tastes one finds there. But now anyone can find those same tastes and smells in one’s own kitchen with the help of this cookbook full of fresh ideas for healthy renditions of Tex-Mex fare. But this is more than a cookbook. There is much to learn here, such as how to make handmade corn tortillas and real tamale pie masa as well as several other cooking lessons with step-by-step miniclasses including photographs and instructions. There are also lists of terms and definitions as well as the basics you need on hand to turn your kitchen into a cochina. The eight sections — Condimentos, Sizzling Snacks and Appetizers, Sopa, Nacho Mama’s Beans and Rice, Main Dishes, Dulces, Kickstart Breakfasts, and Thirst Quenchers — will allow anyone to put together great meals or even host a fiesta. Each of the 100 recipes is led by an introductory paragraph, some with fun personal anecdotes, and has the requisite ingredients and instructions to make a perfect dish. There are plenty of mouthwatering photos to inspire. This is a winner! Reviewed by Rosi Hollinbeck Saveur: Soups and Stews By The Editors of Saveur Magazine Weldon Owen, $35.00, 224 pages Check this out! Nothing says comfort food like stews and soups. They are the perfect meal for the winter months, and, if chosen well, for all year round. Saveur magazine is well known for providing the very best in culinary experiences. This cookbook has taken the very best recipes for a wide variety of soups and stews for this collection.

Arranged in seven sections — Meat, Chicken & Poultry, Seaford & Chowder, Vegetables, Beans & Legumes, Noodles & Dumplings, and Chilled — there is something for everyone. Each recipe has an introductory paragraph, ingredients list and step-by-step instructions. In addition, most recipes have a spectacular photograph of the finished product that will get readers’ juices flowing. There are also some sidebars and pages with special information such as Working With Chiles, Small Pastas for Soups and Herb Garnishes. Recipes run from simple to exotic, from American dishes to recipes from Senegal, the Yucatan, Tunis, Iceland, Russia and many other places. With a small section in the back that gives instructions for nine different stocks, an excellent index and a table of equivalents, one has a perfect speciality cookbook for soups and stews. Reviewed by Rosi Hollinbeck Brownies, Blondies, and Bars By Stephanie Brubaker Cedar Fort, Inc., $19.99, 160 pages Check this out! Brownies, Blondies, and Bars is a cookbook for just that. Fellow baking enthusiasts will be excited to flip through page after page of drool inducing photographs and recipes that promise to disappear just as quickly as you are able to make them (which is faster than you might expect). The electric mixer and I are inseparable, and brownies are some of my favorite sweet treats, so I really wanted to like this cookbook, but in the end I had somewhat mixed feelings. Of the three recipes I tried, I was absolutely thrilled with one (Cinnamon Roll Blondies, which was an absolute hit and I have already been asked for the recipe); I struggled with the execution of one (S’mores Brownies); and I did not like another (Eggnog Bars). When I was flipping through the book prior to baking, I loved the three-page layout that features the ingredients, directions and a beautiful full-page picture on three consecutive pages. Unfortunately, when it came time to actually follow the recipes, this led to a lot of flipping back and forth between the ingredients page and the directions. Still, there is an excellent variety of flavors and I have another dozen recipes earmarked. I’m just waiting for the excuse to bake some more! Reviewed by Faith Lewis Blue Ribbon Baking By Linda Amendt Pelican Publishing Company, $26.95, 312 pages Check this out! If you don’t own a good baking book, Blue Ribbon Baking is a perfect choice. Even if

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you own a stack of books on baking, this is a wise addition. Linda Amendt has written a great cookbook that combines not only a huge selection of baking recipes but a virtual baking class. In her introduction she carefully and in detail reviews everything you need for your baking projects, including baking techniques from which dedicated bakers could learn. Since she is a baking competitor and judge, she reserves a full, very useful chapter on how to win in contests. In 13 chapters she provides recipes from cookies through pie crust to sweet rolls. These recipes include Blue Ribbon Tips that are excellent. Under each heading you’ll find more detailed tips, like 16 tips on layer cakes, 10 on cookies and nine on pie crusts. These are all very useful for successful baking. The recipes range from the standards (sugar cookies, brownies, blueberry pie) through her original recipes (stabilizing whipped cream, piña colada pie, cranberry orange pockets), also variations on recipes. They are well written and well laid out. An excellent no-frill, no-fluff baking book with minimal filler illustrations. Reviewed by George Erdosh Bulletproof, the Cookbook: Lose Up to a Pound a Day, Increase Your Energy, and End Food Cravings for Good By Dave Asprey Rodale, $27.99, 272 pages Check this out! David Asprey was terribly overweight when he found a way to lose weight (100 pounds), keep it off, and gain muscle and energy. The program he developed became The Bulletproof Diet. With hundreds of thousands of followers with success stories of their own, it was natural to bring a cookbook out to support the program. For those new to the diet, there are sections called The Bulletproof Principles, Bulletproofing Your Food and Bulletproof Tips and Techniques. A short section introduces the recipes and is followed by sections on Main Dishes; Sides and Salads; Soups and Broths; Lattes and Smoothies; Desserts; and Salts, Butters, and Condiments. The 125 recipes each have an introductory paragraph, complete ingredients list, and well-written, clear instructions. There are sections with gorgeous full-color, close-up photos of more than 30 of the finished recipes that will have readers running to the grocery store or kitchen to get started. With unique recipes like Co-

Book Reviews conut-Braised Mackerel and Quick-Pickled Carrots or Kale Carbonara, this book will become the go-to book for Bulletproof aficionados as well as those who follow the Paleo and similar lifestyles. Reviewed by Rosi Hollinbeck 100 Creative Ways to Use Rotisserie Chicken in Everyday Meals By Trish Rosenquist Page Street Publishing, $21.99, 224 pages Check this out! For the author’s intended purpose, 100 Creative Ways to Use Rotisserie Chicken turned out perfect. Trish R o s e n q u i s t ’s purpose was to create a simple cookbook for busy moms serving meals relatively quickly using easily available ingredients that combine with diced store-bought rotisserie chicken. Most dishes of the recipes are cooked; some are salads but they produce good, nutritious meals. The recipes range from simple to somewhat more complex but even beginner cooks can follow the excellent instructions. Rosenquist conveniently laid out recipes on single pages. To make them quick and easy, most use canned and packaged ingredients such as canned soups, commercial pizza dough, cornflakes and potato chips. These are not recipes meant for dinner company. Many have simple useful notes below the recipes and many are illustrated by full-page photos. These are not professional quality and range from poor to good, but they illustrate what the cook is aiming for. The nine chapters show different categories of recipes to choose from such as 20-minute dinners, slow-cooker creation, savory sandwiches and slurpable soups. Here are some examples: French Spaghetti; Roasted Veggie Pesto Tart; Cornbread Taco Bake—all perfect for busy moms. Reviewed by George Erdosh Saveur: Italian Comfort Food By The Editors of Saveur Weldon Owen, $35.00, 224 pages Check this out! Italian food has become a mainstay in American kitchens and restaurants for many, many years largely because it has a wide variety of very tasty dishes that are, by and large, fairly easy to prepare. Saveur magazine has brought great cuisine to subscribers’ homes for 30 years, and now the magazine staff has gathered over 100 Italian recipes into one wonderful collection. Six

sections — Starters; Soups & Salads; Pasta, Risotto & Pizza; Fish & Meat; Vegetables & Sides; and Desserts — cover just about anything one would want to put together a complete Italian meal for any occasion. All recipes have an introductory paragraph, ingredients list and step-by-step instructions. Most have a mouthwatering photo of the finished dish. In addition, there are sidebars and pages explaining things like Digestivi — an elixir designed to put the digestive system back in order after a meal — a Pizza Primer, Regional Sauces, Italian Herbs and Working With Octopus, to name a few. Recipes include old standbys and new, exciting takes on Italian classics. The choices are wonderful with lots of fresh ideas and fabulous ways to excite anyone served these dishes. If you can only have one Italian cookbook, this is the one to have. Reviewed by Rosi Hollinbeck Michael Symon’s 5 in 5 for Every Season: 165 Quick Dinners, Sides, Holiday Dishes and More By Michael Symon 256 pages, $19.99, 256 pages Check this out! In a follow-up to his successful 5 in 5 cookbook, Michael Symon, co-host of The Chew and Food Network Iron Chef, instructs busy cooks on how to create delectable meals from scratch with five fresh ingredients, a few essential pantry items and only five minutes of cooking time. Michael Symon’s 5 in 5 for Every Season includes 165 quick, easy and affordable recipes for dinner, sides, drinks, snacks and holiday dishes. For new and experienced cooks, Symon’s recipes are fresh, simple, impressive and delicious. Symon provides a useful guide on how to keep a well-stocked pantry. He also explains the benefits of cooking in season. Many of Symon’s recipes are unconventional, but not so unusual that they are unappealing. The layout of the cookbook is easy-to-use as each season’s recipes are grouped together by section, the holiday dishes following in a fifth section. With colorful full-page photos, Symon’s concoctions are absolutely appetizing. He has thoughtfully included something for everyone’s diet: gluten-free, vegetarian, dairy-free and meat lovers. The short amount of cooking time is shocking; however, cooks should note that some recipes can take up to 30 minutes of preparation time. For anyone inspired to make homemade dinners nightly without little fuss, Michael Symon’s 5 in 5 For Every Season is the perfect addition for every cookbook collection. Reviewed by Mandy Nevius

DESTINY, cont’d from page 1 Eli, Malik, Amber, and Tori find out that they are part of Project Osiris, a topsecret experiment. Specifically, they are clones of evil adults, and the scientists are studying whether a community of stable homes, no poverty, and social mores of honesty and high moral values will eliminate any criminal elements in their genes. Will they grow into upright citizens … or will evil win out? In Criminal Destiny, the friends are on the run and on the hunt for answers from Tamara Dunleavy, the money and mind behind Project Osiris. Ironically, to find her, they must engage in – what else – criminal activities. Does this mean they are just following what their DNA has determined they would eventually do, or does their ultimate righteous goal of exposing the experiment justify their actions? Korman manages to combine a suspenseful and action-heavy plot with

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characteristic moments of Korman-ian humor and strong character voices. While the central mystery does not drive the reader to turn pages quite as quickly as in the first book, this sophomore effort is still compelling – particularly as the characters take turns narrating chapters and giving fresh perspectives on the unfolding plot. Another strong effort on the part of the always-inventive and masterful Gordon Korman that will please both old fans and new readers looking for an exciting story with thoughtfully explored themes. Reviewed by Randy-Lynne Wach

Meet Author Gordon Korman, winner of the Tulsa Library Trust’s 2016 Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers’ Literature, on May 6 at Hardesty Regional Library. See Page 8 of the April Event Guide.

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The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh: A Walk Through the Forest That Inspired the Hundred Acre Wood By Kathryn Aalto Timber Press, $24.95, 308 pages Check this out! When a renowned and urbane 1920s British humorist and playwright became a parent, his life turned around. A.A. Milne relinquished his London home for a glorious countryside farm where he wrote two immortal books for his son, Christopher Robin: Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner. Kathryn Aalto, an American landscape designer and garden historian, captivated by the books since childhood, spent several months exploring the surroundings of Ashdown Forest, the real-life setting of the fictional Hundred Acre Wood. Her first pages introduce Milne and the artist E.H. Shepherd whose drawings of Pooh and the other animal “lovies” (Christopher Robin’s soft bedtime toys) that have captivated young readers for some 80 years. Aalto glides into a lengthier section illustrated with superb full-color photographs of the woodland and meadows interwoven with Shepherd’s original drawings and excerpts from the stories. Several of the individual trees remain in place, some with sizable hollows that were once the make-believe homes of Pooh, Piglet, Kanga and their friends. Naturalists will delight in the images of the birds, insects and butterflies that frequent this favored region of England. The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh is a work of love and the result of dedicated research deftly written with humor and charm. Reviewed by Jane Manaster

Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life By Jonathan Bate Harper, $40.00, 662 pages Check this out! Like many admirers of Sylvia Plath’s works, I didn’t take much time to read any poetry or stories by her husband, Ted Hughes. In articles and film, he had been painted as the one who destroyed Plath. It is tragic that he believed it as well. The truth is that he did stray from the marital bed, leaving Plath to care for their young children alone, but it is also true that long before she ever met Hughes, Plath had demons of her own. This volume encourages me to read the works of Hughes; great poems, plays and children’s books. His poetry is beautiful. After all, he was Poet Laureate of England. That being said, that his wife, mistress and son all committed suicide leads one to believe that Hughes was so charismatic that those nearest to him could not live without him in their lives. It is a truism that poetry and tragedy are closely related. One only has to look at the lives of Byron, Keats and Pound to know that great poetry doesn’t always follow a stable lifetime. The author has been criticized for delving into Hughes’ private life. It would argue that the private life is critical to an understanding of Hughes’ works, particularly The Birthday Letters. Judge for yourself, but do get to know him by his writing. Reviewed by Julia McMichael Make ‘Em Laugh: Short-Term Memories of Longtime Friends By Debbie Reynolds, Dorian Hannaway William Morrow, $25.99, 266 pages Check this out! Whether Prince Philip is molesting Ms. Reynolds or she is wrestling Regis Philbin, Ms. Reynolds is a bundle of energy which, fortunately, translates to the page. Her cowriter is a comedy writer for late night, so the book is entertaining, although, the read-

er gets the clear feeling that Debbie Reynolds can tell more tales which might be better left unsaid. Her energy was only matched by the frenetic Mickey Rooney. Ms. Reynolds always seemed to be trying her utmost to entertain us at any cost, whether singing, dancing or becoming America’s sweetheart. She was the forerunner of Jennifer Aniston, after her husband dumped her for Elizabeth Taylor. Unlike many memoirs of stars which I have recently read, Ms. Reynolds actually builds stories around the name dropping and escapades. Just YouTube Good Morning with Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor if you want to sample her boundless energy. She was also a dead-on mimic, who could have made a living only with her impressions of the famous. For that reason, she made a good talk-show guest, whether she was undressing late-night host Jack Paar or waltzing with Johnny Carson. She tried so hard to be entertaining and succeeded at so many levels. Reviewed by Julia McMichael Last Act: The Final Years and Emerging Legacy of Ronald Reagan By Craig Shirley, Lou Cannon (foreword) Thomas Nelson, $26.99, 496 pages Check this out! Craig Shirley offers his third book on the Gipper; this one centered around the death and burial of our 40th president, Ronald Reagan. Emotionally packed with memories, this documentary spirals outward from the daily events that followed President Reagan’s death on June 5, 2004, as his body traveled from California to Washington, D.C., and back again until finally entombed. Shirley gives the detractors ample voice, not so much to offer balance but to show the ridiculousness of mainstream media in the face of such overwhelming public support for the widow and family, and for Reagan’s honorable legacy. “Thousands upon thousands upon thousands of men and women of all ages, all creeds and races, all economic backgrounds, lined the interstate Route 101 waving American flags, cheering for him, cheering for her, welcoming Ron and Nancy Reagan home.” They drove to the Capitol to pay their respects. They came by the tens of thousands and waited in lines for hours to bid him farewell. Shirley does more than capture the mood. He brings out the quotes and motives behind the agendas, personal and political. Reviewed by C.D. Quyn

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Find a Way By Diana Nyad 308 pages, $26.95, 308 pages Check this out! At the age of 9, Nyad asked her mother about Cuba. Her mother responded, “You can’t see it but it’s so close you could almost swim there.” Her prophetic words created desire to fulfill that light-hearted sentence. After five attempts, Nyad completed this impossible task at the incredible age of 64. Her life has been a succession of record-breaking and marathon swims. It takes the first few chapters before the book becomes interesting and well-written. The reader is well advised to stick with it for a truly inspirational story. After a few chapters, Nyad’s journalism roots show: she is a very good writer. The arduous training and rigors of marathon swimming make for a very interesting story. It doesn’t totally answer the question of why extreme athletes attempt incredible feats but clearly it is a compulsion. For the fifth attempt, Nyad had to get her team to once again believe in her and support her efforts. She could not give up on her dream. Whether or not you are an extreme athlete, swimmer or wishing to read an inspiring story, you will want to read this book. Reviewed by Julia McMichael An Einstein Encyclopedia By Alice Calaprice, Daniel Kennefick, Robert Schulmann Princeton University Press, $39.95, 376 pages Check this out! As far from a one-sitting read as your average encyclopedia, An Einstein Encyclopedia is a brilliantly realized tribute to—and resource about—iconic scientist, humanitarian and deep thinker Albert Einstein. Cleverly and crucially, the encyclopedia is not entirely organized alphabetically. It starts with an organized breakdown of his family, relationships, accomplishments, travels and death, discussing the man and his life before delving into the work that made him a household name and a scientific giant. It then breaks into a more commonly encyclopedic listing of scientific categories related to Einstein. Definitions and explanations are easily accessible for the average reader, which already puts this book above and beyond many tomes about Einstein’s work. See EINSTEIN, cont’d on page 10

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BROKEN ARROW LIBRARY Open Book Discussion Tuesday, April 5 • 6:30-7:45 p.m. Read "Eleanor and Park" by Rainbow Rowell and then join us for this lively discussion. Copies of the book are available at the Broken Arrow Library. For adults.

BROKEN ARROW LIBRARY/SOUTH Great Decisions: The Koreas Wednesday, April 6 • 12:30-2:30 p.m. Dig deep into the issues related to North and South Korea and their differences with other smart, savvy, searching adults. Great Decisions is the largest discussion group in the U.S., exploring a variety of global questions. For adults. Great Decisions: The United Nations Wednesday, April 20 • 12:30-2:30 p.m. What good is the United Nations? On the eve of the international organization's 70th birthday, we’ll discuss the UN's efforts to eradicate poverty, hunger and discrimination as well as ensure

justice and dignity for all peoples. Join the discussion! For adults.

BROOKSIDE LIBRARY Book-A-Librarian April 1-30 • Need individualized instruction on a library service? Whether you want to learn to download eBooks or improve your job skills, we are here to help. Appointments are available on a first-come, first-served basis and last 30-60 minutes. Registration is required. Call 918-549-7507 to Book-A-Librarian. For adults. Brookside Book Discussion Monday, April 11 • 1:30-2:30 p.m. Come and discuss the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "All the Light We Cannot See," a stunningly ambitious and beautiful story of a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. For adults. Participants should read the book prior to the program.

COLLINSVILLE LIBRARY All Thumbs Knitters Wednesdays, April 6, 13, 20, 27 • 12:30-2:30 p.m. All levels of knitting expertise are welcome to join us for this fun and instructional afternoon. For adults.

Collinsville Book Discussion Tuesday, April 12 • noon-1 p.m. Read "The Shoemaker's Wife" by Adriana Trigiani and then join this fun group of readers for a lively discussion. For adults.

April 18 • David Rader, former head football coach, University of Tulsa, will review "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown.

Patchworkers Tuesday, April 12 • 6:30-8 p.m. If you want to learn to quilt or are already an experienced quilter, join us for a fun and informative evening. For adults.

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Simple Steps for Starting Your Business: Start-Up Basics Thursday, April 7 • 6:30-8:30 p.m. Location: Pecan Room Learn the essentials of business start-ups, get action steps for your business and receive one-to-one mentoring. SCORE is a nonprofit association of volunteer business experts. Registration is required. Go to www.tulsa.score.org to register. DIY for Adults: Composting Saturday, April 9 • 11 a.m.-noon Location: Maple Room Join Graham Brannin, executive director of the Metropolitan Environmental Trust (M.E.T.), as he discusses how to start composting as well as the benefits. There will be a drawing at the end for a free compost bin. For adults.

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Golden Nuggets: Those Overlooked Sources in the Genealogy Center's Collection Saturday, April 16 • 9:30 a.m.-noon Location: Maple Room The vast collection of online genealogy records allows today's family history researcher access to many useful sources. While these online records are important, one should not ignore the large amount of resources found only in print. Join Kathy Huber, genealogy librarian, as she shares some of these rarely used records that are true golden nuggets. For adults. DIY for Adults: Using a Sewing Machine Saturday, April 30 • 1:30-4:30 p.m. Location: Maple Room Is your sewing machine starting to collect dust? Have you always wanted to learn to sew, but have been intimidated by your machine? We’re here to help! Let us show you the basics of sewing. Learn to wind a bobbin, thread your machine, plus basic machine care and maintenance. Also, learn basic stitches and get started on your first sewing project. We will provide you with resources to pursue your own DIY sewing projects and answer any questions you might have about sewing. Please bring your own sewing machine.

Plant Swap Saturday, April 30 • 1-4 p.m. Too much lavender? Not enough basil? Swap 'em out! Bring any plants, starts, seedlings, cuttings, bulbs, tools or garden materials you have to share. For ages 6 to adult.

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HELMERICH LIBRARY Book-A-Librarian April 1-30 • Need individualized instruction on a library product or service? Whether you need to learn how to download eBooks or improve your job skills, we are here to help. Book-A-Librarian appointments are available on a first-come, first-served basis and generally last 30-60 minutes. Call 918-549-7631 to reserve your time For adults. Books People Are Talking About Wednesday, April 20 • 12:15-1:15 p.m. Experience some of the best science writing today and learn something new! We will read and discuss "Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal" by Mary Roach, "The Soul of an Octopus" by Sy Montgomery and "The Sixth Extinction" by Elizabeth Kolbert. For adults. Light refreshments will be served. Sponsored by the Friends of the Helmerich Library.

Preview Night: Friends of the Helmerich Library Annual Book Sale Thursday, April 21 • 5-8 p.m. This preview night is for Friends of the Helmerich Library members only. Membership may be obtained at the door for a $5 donation. The book sale features thousands of gently used books and media. For adults. Friends of the Helmerich Library Annual Book Sale Friday, April 22 • 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, April 23 • 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The book sale features thousands of gently used books and media. Get quality and quantity at great prices while supporting the library. For adults.

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JENKS LIBRARY Jenks Library Book Discussion Group Thursday, April 21 • 1:30-2:30 p.m. You're invited to join this friendly group as we discuss books old and new. Please call 918-549-7570 to find out what book we will be discussing. For adults. Participants should read the book prior to the program.

JUDY Z. KISHNER LIBRARY Snakes Alive! Tuesday, April 26 • 6-7 p.m. Greg Bersche from the Skiatook Lake Corps of Engineers will talk about Oklahoma snakes and introduce us to a few of his "slithery" friends! For all ages.

KnitWits Knitting Group Wednesday, April 13 • 3:30-4:30 p.m. Do you like to crochet or knit? If so, join us! All skill levels are welcome. We have kits available for checkout. For all ages.

MAXWELL PARK LIBRARY Art @ the Library: Screen Printing Mondays, April 4, 11, 18 11 a.m.-1 p.m. • In this three-part course, participants will learn how to recognize the processes and techniques applied in screen printing and will screen print a canvas bag. Directions, guidance and supplies will be provided. A single canvas bag will be provided though feel free to bring additional new shirts or bags for additional screen printing. The course will be broken into three different sessions: April 4, introduction; April 11, self-work session; and April 18, completion of class. It is highly recommended for attendees to come to all three classes. For adults. No prior art knowledge required. Registration is required. Class size is limited to 10. Call 918-549-7610 to register. Sponsored by Tulsa Library Trust and Tulsa City-County Library Staff Association.

SKIATOOK LIBRARY Osage Language Class Thursdays, April 7, 14, 21, 28 • 6-7 p.m. The Osage Nation Language Department will teach participants the basics of the Osage language. For all ages. Sponsored by American Indian Resource Center.

ZARROW REGIONAL LIBRARY Osage Language Class Wednesdays, April 6, 13, 20, 27 6:30-7:30 p.m. • The Osage Nation Language Department will teach participants the basics of the Osage language. For all ages. Sponsored by American Indian Resource Center.

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BROKEN ARROW LIBRARY/SOUTH Teen Advisory Board Friday, April 1 • 3:30-4:30 p.m. Work on a simple craft project while discussing programming ideas, book recommendations and fun things to do at the library. Snacks are provided, and you'll receive volunteer hours for attending! For ages 12-18. In the Middle Book Group Monday, April 18 • 6:30-7:30 p.m. Do you like funny? How about fast-paced? And BONUS: the dog doesn't die! Read "No More Dead Dogs" by Gordon Korman and talk about it with other kids your age while enjoying light refreshments. Korman is the winner of the Tulsa Library Trust's 2016 Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature. Ask at the desk for your FREE book from the Tulsa Library Trust. For ages 9-12.

COLLINSVILLE LIBRARY Sukikyo! Anime Club Wednesday, April 13 • 3-4:30 p.m. Meet up with other manga and anime fans to discuss your favorite books, movies, characters and plot twists. For ages 12-18. Cool Beans! Monday, April 18 • 3-4 p.m. TCCL has a Seed Library! Get free seeds to grow your own garden. We will learn how to check out seeds, talk about gardening and plant a vegetable. For ages 10-18.

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Hardesty Teen Anime/Manga Club Saturday, April 9 • 1-2:30 p.m. Location: Digital Lounge Discuss your favorite manga characters and books while making a craft. For ages 12-18.

Teen Time Wednesday, April 6 • 4-5 p.m. Location: Auditorium • Improve your gaming skills on our Wii. Take that, Donkey Kong! For ages 10-18.

HELMERICH LIBRARY Celebrate National Library Week @ h-tag# Tuesday Tuesday, April 12 • 4:15-5:45 p.m. Join us for our h-tag# teen leadership group. Bring a friend and join in the celebration of National Library Week! We will take some pictures for our Instagram account.

HERMAN AND KATE KAISER LIBRARY Family Fun Friday Friday, April 1 • 2:30-4 p.m. Join us for an interesting and fun-filled afternoon of stories, crafts and games, plus stimulating science demonstrations. For ages 5-14 and their families.

JUDY Z. KISHNER LIBRARY Teen Lounge: Poetry Month Wednesdays, April 6, 13, 20, 27 3-5 p.m. • Join us for poetry-themed art and activities.

Minecraft Night Wednesday, April 13 • 6-8 p.m. Location: Computer Lab Improve your socializing skills at our Minecraft Night. Nothing says togetherness like combating zombies! For ages 10-18. Class is limited to 12 on a first-come, first-served basis. LEGO Lab Saturday, April 16 • 2-3 p.m. Location: Storytime Castle • Learn new building ideas, partner with other children and tweens during team building and explore free building. Leave your LEGOS at home and come play with ours. For ages 6-12. Registration is required. Class size is limited. Call 918549-7590 to register. Registration begins April 11. Sponsored by Tulsa Library Trust. TeenLEGO Wednesday, April 20 • 4-5 p.m. Location: Conference Room Come socialize and work on your mad building skills. You are never too old for LEGO! For ages 10-18.

Manga-Ai! Manga/Anime Club Saturday, April 23 • 12:30-2 p.m. Location: Conference Room Join with other otaku to discuss Japanese animation and watch anime! For ages 12-18.

NATHAN HALE LIBRARY Get Your Game On Friday, April 8 • 3:15-4:45 p.m. Join us for Wii and Xbox games. For ages 10-18.

SCHUSTERMAN-BENSON LIBRARY Mad Science Monday Monday, April 18 • 4-4:45 p.m. Join us for fun experiments from things that you may have around your house! For ages 5-12. The Craft Connection Thursday, April 28 • 6-7 p.m. Location: Meeting Room Join us for fun crafts. Supplies are provided. For ages 8-16.

ZARROW REGIONAL LIBRARY Minecraft Night Thursday, April 28 • 6-7 p.m. Location: Computer Lab • Put your imagination to the test building your own world in the popular computer game Minecraft! For ages 10-18.

Information is growing at a breakneck pace, and today’s libraries are transforming to help people cope in the digital age. National Library Week is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation’s libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. Whatever your interest, Tulsa City-County Library is here to provide you the resources you need. Visit your neighborhood library and

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COLLINSVILLE LIBRARY Job Lab Monday, April 25 • 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Make an appointment to get oneto-one assistance with your job search. Library staff will help you update your résumé, create an email address, search for jobs online, complete online applications or explore a new career in this special lab just for job seekers. You will have access to Microsoft Office software and the Internet. USB flash drives are available for purchasing, or you can bring your own to save your work. Standard printing charges apply. For adults. Registration is required. Call 918-549-7528 to register.

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HARDESTY REGIONAL LIBRARY Book-A-Librarian April 1-30 • Receive individualized instruction from library staff. Appointments are scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis and last 30-60 minutes. If you require additional time, you may make a follow-up appointment. Topics include navigating the library's website, database research, career services, computer skills, and audio and eBook tutorials. Call 918-549-7550 to schedule an appointment. For adults. MS Excel 1 Tuesday, April 5 • 6-8 p.m. Location: Computer Lab This class shows how to create formulas,

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use automatic fill and change basic formatting. You should take MS Word 2 and have some experience using a mouse prior to taking this class. For adults. Class is limited to 12 on a first-come, first-served basis. 3-D Printer Demonstration Wednesday, April 6 • 3:30-4:30 p.m. Thursdays, April 14, 28 ● 7-8 p.m. Location: Digital Lounge See what 3-D printing is all about with a demonstration of the Ultimaker2 3-D printer! For all ages. Children must be accompanied by an adult. MS Word 1 Saturday, April 9 • 9:30-11:30 a.m. Location: Computer Lab This class shows how to use toolbars and menus, set margins, apply spell check, and preview, save and

c o m p u t e r s , print documents. You should have some experience using a computer keyboard and mouse prior to taking this class. For adults. Class is limited to 18 on a first-come, first-served basis. MS Excel 2 Tuesday, April 12 • 6-8 p.m. Location: Computer Lab This class shows how to create and edit formulas, and apply functions and advanced formatting to your spreadsheets and workbooks. You should take MS Excel 1 prior to taking this class. For adults. Class is limited to 12 on a first-come, first-served basis. MS Excel 3 Tuesday, April 19 • 6-8 p.m. Location: Computer Lab This class shows how to create charts, apply conditional formatting and control the appearance of printed spreadsheets. You should take MS Excel 2 prior to taking this class. For adults. Class is limited to 12 on a first-come, first-served basis. Résumé Tips and Tricks Friday, April 22 • 3:30-4:30 p.m. Location: Computer Lab Bring your job history information and learn the latest tips for creating a great résumé using the library's resources and databases. Basic computer and Microsoft Word skills are necessary. For adults. Class is limited to 12 on a first-come, first-served basis. MS Publisher 101 Tuesday, April 26 • 6-8 p.m. Location: Computer Lab This class shows how to create fun and colorful signs and fliers. You should take MS Word 2 prior to taking this class. For adults. Class is limited to 12 on a first-come, first-served basis.

HERMAN AND KATE KAISER LIBRARY Book-A-Librarian April 1-30 • Need Individualized instruction on a library product or service? Whether you need to learn how to download eBooks or improve your job skills, we are here to help. Book-A-Librarian appointments are available on a first-come, first-served basis and generally last 30-60 minutes. Call 918-549-7542 to reserve your time. For adults.

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MARTIN REGIONAL LIBRARY MS Word 1 Saturday, April 2 • 10 a.m.-noon Location: Computer Lab This class shows how to use toolbars and menus, set margins, apply spell check, and preview, save and print documents. You should have some experience using a computer keyboard and mouse prior to taking this class. For adults. Class is limited to 12 on a first-come, first-served basis. MS Word 2 Saturday, April 9 • 10 a.m.-noon Location: Computer Lab This class shows how to create and format tables, use bulleted and numbered lists, and apply and format columns in a document. You should take MS Word 1 prior to attending. For adults. Class is limited to 12 on a first-come, first-served basis. MS Word 3 Saturday, April 16 • 10 a.m.-noon Location: Computer Lab This class shows how to create and use borders and shading, headers and footers, page numbering and drawing tools. You should take MS Word 2 prior to taking this class. For adults. Class is limited to 12 on a first-come, first-served basis. MS Word 4 Saturday, April 23 • 10 a.m.-noon Location: Computer Lab This class explores mail merge, and shows how to use tables to perform calculations and create onscreen forms. You should take MS Word 3 prior to taking this class. For adults. Class is limited to 12 on a first-come, first-served basis.

ZARROW REGIONAL LIBRARY eBook Office Hours Wednesday, April 13 • 1:30-3:30 p.m. Get one-to-one assistance on accessing all the wonderful free digital content available from your library including eBooks, audiobooks, music, movies and more. Bring your device and we will walk you through setup and answer all your questions. General questions about using your mobile device? Bring those too! For adults. Registration is required. Class size is limited. Call 918-549-7683 to register.

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children PRESCHOOL STORYTIME The best in children's literature, songs, games, finger plays, rhymes and other reading-related activities are shared with your preschooler. MY FIRST STORYTIME Learn and enjoy songs, stories and activities that are just right for your little one at this lapsit storytime. PAWS FOR READING Registered therapy dogs are excellent listeners. Kids are invited to read their favorite books to a furry, four-pawed friend. Each reader will receive a free book provided by the Tulsa Library Trust.

BIXBY LIBRARY Preschool Storytime Mondays, April 4, 11, 18, 25 11-11:30 a.m. • For ages 2-5.

BROKEN ARROW LIBRARY Preschool Storytime Mondays, April 4, 11, 18, 25 10:30-11 a.m. • For ages 3-5. My First Storytime Tuesdays, April 5, 12, 19, 26 10:30-10:50 a.m. • For newborns to 2-year-olds and their caregivers. Explore and Play Thursdays, April 7, 14, 21, 28 10:30-11 a.m. • For babies and toddlers, playing is learning! Join us for games, toys and activities that foster critical early literacy skills. For ages 1-5 and their caregivers. PAWS for Reading Wednesday, April 13 • 4-5 p.m. For ages 5-12. Registration is required. Class size is limited. Call 918-549-7500 to register. Elementary, My Dear Book Club Thursday, April 28 • 5:45-6:30 p.m. Read "Words With Wings" by Nikki

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Grimes, and then join us for a discussion, activities and fun. For ages 5-10. Parents are welcome to attend.

BROKEN ARROW LIBRARY/SOUTH Preschool Storytime Tuesdays, April 5, 12, 19, 26 10:30-11 a.m. • For ages 3-5. Stay and Play Tuesdays, April 5, 12, 19, 26 11-11:30 a.m. • For babies and toddlers, playing is learning! After our regularly scheduled storytime, join us for games, toys and activities that foster critical early literacy skills. For ages 3-5. My First Storytime Wednesdays, April 6, 13, 20, 27 10:30-11 a.m. • For newborns to 3-year-olds and their caregivers. PAWS for Reading Friday, April 15 • 3:30-4:30 p.m. For ages 5-12. Preschool Gardening 101 Saturday, April 23 • 2-3:30 p.m. Bring your little gardeners to the library for a colorful bouquet of activities. We'll explore the basics of plant care using nature-themed songs, stories and crafts. Young learners will have an opportunity to continue cultivating their gardening skills by taking home a potted seed and watching it grow. For ages 2-5 and their families.

BROOKSIDE LIBRARY Preschool Storytime Wednesdays, April 6, 13, 20, 27 10:15-10:45 a.m. • For ages 2-5. My First Storytime Wednesdays, April 6, 13, 20, 27 11-11:20 a.m. • For newborns to 2-year-olds and their caregivers. PAWS for Reading Friday, April 15 • 3:30-4:30 p.m. For ages 5-12. Registration is required. Call 919-549-7507 to register. Rainbow Food Thursday, April 28 • 11-11:45 a.m. Join us for a fun program with the Children's Museum. This event is all about food! Learn the importance of eating a rainbow diet by incorporating multicolored food into our meals. Children and their parents will learn about natural versus artificial foods and flavors, and how different ingredients affect our bodies. We'll finish the program by making a lunchbox art project. For ages 3-5.

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CHARLES PAGE LIBRARY Storytime With Ms. Julia Tuesdays, April 5, 12, 19, 26 10:30-11:20 a.m. • For ages 5 and younger with a caregiver.

COLLINSVILLE LIBRARY Stories From the Rocking Chair Tuesdays, April 5, 12, 19, 26 10:30-11 a.m. • For ages 2-4. PAWS for Reading Wednesday, April 20 • 3-4:30 p.m. For ages 5-12.

GLENPOOL LIBRARY Ms.Tatiana's Family Storytime Wednesdays, April 6, 13, 20, 27 10:30-11 a.m. • For babies and

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toddlers, playing is learning! Enjoy storytime and then stay after for games, toys and activities that foster critical early literacy skills. For ages 4 and younger with their caregivers.

HARDESTY REGIONAL LIBRARY My First Storytime Mondays, April 4, 11, 18, 25 Tuesdays, April 5, 12, 19, 26 10-10:20 a.m. • For newborns to 2-year-olds and their caregivers. Toddler Time Tuesdays, April 5, 12, 19, 26 11-11:20 a.m. Wednesdays, April 6, 13, 20, 27 10-10:20 a.m. Enjoy stories, action rhymes, fun

flannels, music, bubbles and meeting other toddlers in the neighborhood. For ages 2-3 and their parents/caregivers.

HELMERICH LIBRARY Mr. Adam's Family Storytime /Stay and Play Tuesdays, April 5, 12, 19, 26 10:30-11:30 a.m. Location: Storytime Room For children of all ages, playing is learning! Enjoy storytime and then stay after for toys and activities that foster critical early literacy skills. For newborns to 8-yearolds and their caregivers.

tulsa city-county library locations 25 Bixby Library 20 E. Breckenridge, 74008 • 918-549-7514 M-W, 10-6; Th, 12-8; Fri., 12-6; Sat., 11-5 19 Broken Arrow Library 300 W. Broadway, 74012 • 918-549-7500 M-Th, 10-8; Fri., 10-6; Sat., 10-5 23 Broken Arrow Library/South 3600 S. Chestnut, 74011 • 918-549-7662 M-Th, 10-8; Fri.-Sat., 10-5 17 Brookside Library 1207 E. 45th Place, 74105 • 918-549-7507 M-Th, 10-8; Fri., 10-6; Sat., 10-5 9 Central Library Closed for renovation 400 Civic Center, 74103 • 918-549-7323 8 Charles Page Library 551 E. Fourth St., Sand Springs, 74063 918-549-7521 • M, 10-6; T, 10-8; W-Fri., 10-6; Sat., 11-5 2 Collinsville Library 1223 Main, 74021 • 918-549-7528 M, 10-6; T, 12-8; W-Th, 10-6; Fri., 11-6; Sat., 10-5 24 Glenpool Library 730 E. 141st St., 74033 • 918-549-7535 M, 10-6; T, 12-8; W-Th, 10-6; Fri., 12-6; Sat., 11-5 22 Hardesty Regional Library and Genealogy Center 8316 E. 93rd St., 74133 • 918-549-7550 M-Th, 9-9; Fri., 9-6; Sat., 9-5; Sun., 1-5 21 Helmerich Library 5131 E. 91st St., 74137 • 918-549-7631 M-Th, 10-8; Fri.-Sat., 10-5 18 Herman and Kate Kaiser Library 5202 S. Hudson Ave., Suite B, 74135 918-549-7542 • M-Th, 10-8; Fri., 10-6; Sat., 10-5 20 Jenks Library 523 W. B St., 74037 • 918-549-7570 M-W, 10-6; Th, 10-8; Fri., 10-6; Sat., 11-5 3 Judy Z. Kishner Library 10150 N. Cincinnati Ave. E., Sperry 74073 • 918-549-7577 M, 10-6; T, 12-8; W-Th, 10-6; Fri., 12-6; Sat., 11-5

11 Kendall-Whittier Library 21 S. Lewis, 74104 • 918-549-7584 M-Th, 10-6; Fri., 11-6; Sat., 10-5 10 Librarium 1110 S. Denver Ave., 74119 • 918-549-7349 M-Th, 9-7; Fri.-Sat., 9-5 15 Martin Regional Library and Hispanic Resource Center 2601 S. Garnett Road, 74129 • 918-549-7590 M-Th, 9-9; Fri., 9-6; Sat., 9-5; Sun., 1-5 7 Maxwell Park Library 1313 N. Canton, 74115 • 918-549-7610 M-Th, 10-6; Fri., 11-6; Sat., 10-5 14 Nathan Hale Library 6038 E. 23rd St., 74114 • 918-549-7617 M-Th, 10-6; Fri., 11-6; Sat., 10-5 4 Owasso Library 103 W. Broadway, 74055 • 918-549-7624 M-Th, 10-8; Fri., 10-6; Sat., 10-5 12 Pratt Library 3219 S. 113th W. Ave., Sand Springs, 74063 • 918-549-7638 M-W, 10-6; Th, 10-8; Fri., 10-6; Sat., 11-5 6 Rudisill Regional Library and African-American Resource Center 1520 N. Hartford, 74106 • 918-549-7645 M-Th, 9-9; Fri.-Sat., 9-5; Sun., 1-5 13 Schusterman-Benson Library 3333 E. 32nd Place, 74135 918-549-7670 • M-Th, 10-8; Fri.-Sat., 10-5 1 Skiatook Library 316 E. Rogers, 74070 • 918-549-7676 M-W, 10-6; Th, 12-8; Fri., 11-6; Sat., 10-5 5 Suburban Acres Library 4606 N. Garrison, 74126 • 918-549-7655 M-Th, 10-6; Fri., 12-6; Sat., 11-5 16 Zarrow Regional Library and American Indian Resource Center 2224 W. 51st St., 74107 • 918-549-7683 M-Th, 9-9; Fri.-Sat., 9-5; Sun., 1-5

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HERMAN AND KATE KAISER LIBRARY Family Fun Friday Friday, April 1 • 2:30-4 p.m. Join us for an interesting and funfilled afternoon of stories, crafts and games, plus stimulating science demonstrations. For ages 5-12 and their families. Preschool Storytime Tuesdays, April 5, 12, 19, 26 10:30-11:30 a.m. • For ages 2-5. My First Storytime Thursdays, April 7, 14, 21, 28 10:30-11:30 a.m. • For newborns to 2-year-olds and their caregivers.

c h i l d r e n PAWS for Reading Wednesdays, April 13, 27 • 3:30-5 p.m. For ages 5-12. Registration is required. Call 918-549-7542 to register. Sensory Storytime Saturday, April 23 • 10:30 a.m.-noon Does your child have difficulty sitting through storytime? If so, this inclusive, interactive program of stories, songs and activities may be just what you are looking for! Sensory Storytime focuses on learning with all five senses and is especially designed for children with a variety of learning styles or sensory integration challenges. Registration is required. Register online at http:// kids.tulsalibrary.org/sensorystorytime or by calling 918-549-7542.

JENKS LIBRARY My First Storytime Wednesdays, April 6, 13, 20, 27 10-10:15 a.m. • For newborns to 2-year-olds and their caregivers. Preschool Storytime Wednesdays, April 6, 13, 20, 27 10:30-11 a.m. • For ages 3-5. Slime Creation Wednesday, April 27 • 1-2 p.m. Join us for a fun program with the Children's Museum. Children and parents will learn the states of matter and create a non-Newtonian substance (slime). We'll explore the texture, elasticity and consistency of slime by conducting a series of handson tests. For ages 4-8. Sponsored by Hispanic Resource Center.

KENDALL-WHITTIER LIBRARY Bilingual Storytime Tuesdays, April 12, 19, 26 3:30-4:15 p.m. • Experience an adventure in English and Spanish with a story. For ages 3-12. Rainbow Food Thursday, April 28 • 1-1:45 p.m. Join us for a fun program with the Children's Museum. This event is all about food! Learn the importance of eating a rainbow diet by incorporating multicolored

food into our meals. Children will learn about natural versus artificial foods and flavors, and how different ingredients affect our bodies. We'll finish the program by making a lunchbox art project. For ages 5-12. Plant Swap Saturday, April 30 • 1-4 p.m. Too much lavender? Not enough basil? Swap 'em out! Bring any plants, starts, seedlings, cuttings, bulbs, tools or garden materials you have to share. For ages 6 to adult.

LIBRARIUM PAWS for Reading Saturday, April 9 • 1-2 p.m. For ages 5-12. Up, Up & Away Wednesday, April 27 • 11 a.m.-noon Join us to celebrate Kid’s Day with fun and educational activities with the Children’s Museum! Children will learn about air pressure and how it affects objects around us. They will explore the flying ability of different materials and construct their own simple flying machine. For ages 3-5.

MARTIN REGIONAL LIBRARY Bilingual Storytime/Cuentos Bilingües Tuesdays, April 5, 12, 19, 26 11-11:45 a.m. Location: Storytime Castle Enjoy stories, songs and activities in English and Spanish. For ages 0-5./ Cuentos, canciones y actividades en inglés y español. Para las edades 0-5. Family Play Date Wednesdays, April 6, 13, 20, 27 10-10:45 a.m. • Toddlers love to explore and learn! Join us for imaginative play and discovery with toys and activities designed to foster young ones' early literacy skills. For ages 1-3 and their caregivers. Sponsored by Tulsa Library Trust. LEGO Lab Saturday, April 16 • 2-3 p.m. Location: Storytime Castle Learn new building ideas, partner with other children during team building and explore free building. Leave your LEGOS at home and come play with ours. For ages 6-12. Registration is required. Class size is limited. Call 918-549-7590 to register. Registration begins April 11. Sponsored by Tulsa Library Trust.

c o n t i n u e d Rainbow Food Saturday, April 30 • 11-11:45 a.m. Join us for a fun program with the Children's Museum. This event is all about food! Learn the importance of eating a rainbow diet by incorporating multicolored food into our meals. Children and their parents will learn about natural versus artificial foods and flavors, and how different ingredients affect our bodies. We'll finish the program by making a lunchbox art project. For ages 2-5 and their caregivers. Sponsored by Hispanic Resource Center. Slime Creation Saturday, April 30 • 1-1:45 p.m. Location: Auditorium Join us for a fun program with the Children's Museum. Children and parents will learn the states of matter and create a nonNewtonian substance (slime). We'll explore the texture, elasticity and consistency of slime by conducting a series of hands-on tests. For ages 2-5 and their caregivers. Sponsored by Hispanic Resource Center.

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Stay and Play Tuesdays, April 5, 12, 26 Wednesdays, April 6, 13, 20, 27 11-11:30 a.m. • For babies and toddlers, playing is learning! After our regularly scheduled storytime, join us for games, toys and activities that foster critical early literacy skills. For ages 5 and younger. Homeschool Storytime Tuesdays, April 5, 12, 19, 26 2-2:45 p.m. • Join us as we read stories and make a craft. For ages 5-10. Owasso Library Touch-a-Truck Saturday, April 30 • 10 a.m.-noon Bring the entire family to explore big trucks and vehicles at this free outdoor event! Families will have the opportunity for hands-on exploration of the vehicles. Enjoy sitting in the driver's seat, honking the horn of your favorite truck and interacting with community helpers like police officers, firefighters and construction workers. Snack on refreshments from local food truck vendors, listen to live music and make fun memories together at the Owasso Library Touch-A-Truck!

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Bilingual Storytime With Señorita Brenda/Cuentos en inglés y español con Señorita Brenda Thursday, April 7 • 10:30-11 a.m. This storytime comes with something extra – ¡ESPAÑOL! For ages 7 and younger./ Brenda comparte con los niños lo mejor de literatura infantil, juegos, rimas y otras actividades en inglés y español. Para niños con 7 años o menos.

Miss Connie's Storytime Thursdays, April 7, 14, 21, 28 10:30-11:15 a.m. For ages 5 and younger with an adult.

Mrs. Cindy's Storytime Thursdays, April 7, 14, 21, 28 10:30-11 a.m. • Join Mrs. Cindy for reading adventures, singing, rhymes, finger plays and fun. For ages 7 and younger.

Rainbow Food Monday, April 25 • 1-2 p.m. Join us for a fun program with the Children's Museum. This event is all about food! Learn the importance of eating a rainbow diet by incorporating multicolored food into our meals. Children and their parents will learn about natural versus artificial foods and flavors, and how different ingredients affect our bodies. We'll finish the program by making a lunchbox art project. For ages 3-5 and their caregivers. Child-care groups, please call before attending. Seating is limited so we may refer you to another library

PAWS for Reading Saturday, April 23 • 2-3 p.m. For ages 5-12.

OWASSO LIBRARY My First Storytime Tuesdays, April 5, 12, 19, 26 Wednesdays, April 6, 13, 20, 27 10-10:25 a.m. • For newborns to 2-year-olds and their caregivers. Preschool Storytime Tuesdays, April 5, 12, 26 Wednesdays, April 6, 13, 20, 27 10:30-11 a.m. • For ages 3-5.

Earth Day Crafting Friday, April 22 • 4-5 p.m. Bring paper and plastic to recycle in the big bin in the parking lot, and then come inside for a "trash to treasure" project. For ages 5-11.

RUDISILL REGIONAL LIBRARY Preschool Storytime Tuesdays, April 5, 12, 19 Wednesdays, April 6, 13, 20, 27 10-10:30 a.m. • For ages 2-5. Location: Storytime Room

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Hardesty Regional Library Connor’s Cove 8316 E. 93rd St. 918.549.7323

Gordon Korman

is the author of more than 80 books for children and teens. He has received numerous awards and honors during his prestigious career spanning nearly four decades. His latest book, Criminal Destiny, was released in 2016 and is the second in his Masterminds trilogy. Korman is the New York Times best-selling author of three books in The 39 Clues series as well as five books in his Swindle series. He also has written the trilogies Island, Everest, Kidnapped and Titanic, as well as the series On the Run. In 2013, Nickelodeon produced an original movie based on Korman’s book Swindle. At the presentation, Korman will receive the 2016 Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers’ Literature, speak about his life and works, answer questions from the audience and sign books. Copies of his books will be available for purchasing. Gordon Korman also will present awards to winners of Tulsa City-County Library’s 2016 Young People’s Creative Writing Contest at the presentation. c h i l d r e n

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Slime Creation Tuesday, April 26 • 11 a.m.-noon Location: Storytime Room Join us for a fun program with the Children's Museum. Children and parents will learn the states of matter and create a nonNewtonian substance (slime). We'll explore the texture, elasticity and consistency of slime by conducting a series of hands-on tests. For ages 2-5.

SCHUSTERMANBENSON LIBRARY LEGO Block Party Friday, April 1 • 2-3 p.m. We'll build pirate-themed constructions and play LEGO games on the Wii. For ages 5-10. Preschool Storytime Tuesdays, April 5, 12, 19, 26 10:30-10:50 a.m. • For ages 3-5.

My First Storytime Wednesdays, April 6, 13, 20, 27 10-10:20 a.m. or 10:30-10:50 a.m. For newborns to 2-year-olds and their caregivers. PAWS for Reading Monday, April 11 • 3:30-4:30 p.m. For ages 5-12. Mad Science Monday Monday, April 18 • 4-4:45 p.m. Join us for fun experiments from things that you may have around your house! For ages 5-12. Up, Up & Away Monday, April 25 • 11 a.m.-noon Join us to celebrate Kid’s Day with fun and educational activities with the Children’s Museum! Children will learn about air pressure and how it affects objects around us. They will explore the flying ability of different materials

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SKIATOOK LIBRARY Skiatook Storytime Wednesdays, April 6, 13, 20, 27 11-11:45 a.m. • For ages 2-5. PAWS for Reading With Miss Marley Thursdays, April 7, 14, 21, 28 3:30-4:30 p.m. • For ages 5-12.

LEGO Club Tuesday, April 19 • 6-7 p.m. Create and build with LEGOS. Work on your own creation or build as a team. The library will provide the LEGOS, you provide the imagination! All LEGOS must stay at the library. Pictures of your creations will be shared on our Facebook page. For all ages. PAWS for Reading Saturday, April 23 • 2-3 p.m. For ages 5-12.

ZARROW REGIONAL LIBRARY Stay and Play Storytime Wednesdays, April 6, 13, 20, 27 10:30-11:30 a.m. • Enjoy stories, songs and rhymes, and then stay after for games and activities that foster early literacy skills. For ages 5 and younger.

Free and Open to the Public If you are hearing-impaired and need a qualified interpreter, please call the library 48 hours in advance of the program. The Tulsa Book Review and Tulsa City-County Library Event Guide are printed on partially recycled paper.

The Tulsa City-County Library Event Guide is produced by the Public Relations Office of the Tulsa City-County Library. For questions or concerns, call 918-549-7389.

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CAREER TRAINING CONTINUED

 Virtual Assistant 101  Waiter and Waitress Training 101  Wedding Planning 101  Wellness Coaching 101  Workers’ Compensation 101  Workplace Safety 101  Writing Basics 101: Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation, Writing Structures  Writing Effective Persuasion 101

COMPUTER

 Photoshop Elements 101  Pinterest  PowerPoint 2007  PowerPoint 2010  PowerPoint 2013  QuickBooks 101  QuickBooks Online Essentials  Quicken 101  Social Media 101 (Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn)  Typing and Keyboarding 101  Windows 7  Windows 8  Word 2010

TRAINING COOKING  Adobe Acrobat 101  Adobe Illustrator 101  Adobe InDesign 101  Adobe Lightroom 101  Adobe Photoshop 101  Adobe Premiere 101  Computer Basics 101  Creating Word Press Websites  Digital Photography 101  Dreamweaver 101  Electronics 101  Excel 2007  Excel 2010  Excel 2013  Gmail 101  Google + for Business 101  How to eBay 101  How to Run an Effective Helpdesk 101  How to Use an iPad 101  Internet Fundamentals 101  Intro to PC Troubleshooting and Repair  Introduction to JavaScript  Microsoft Access 2013  Microsoft Outlook 2013  Microsoft Project 2007  Microsoft Publisher 2007  Microsoft Publisher 2013  MS Office 2007: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook  MS Publisher 2010  MS Word 2007  MS Word 2013  Office 2013: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook  OneNote 2013  Outlook 2007  Outlook 2010

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 All About Herbs  Beginner’s Guide to Wine  Cake Decorating 101  Candle Making 101  Catering 101  Cooking and Baking 101  Etiquette 101  Event Planning 101  Feng Shui 101  Housekeeping 101  How to Can, Freeze, Dry and Preserve Food  Introduction to Gardening  Italian Cooking 101  Nutrition 101  Party Planning 101  Pie Baking 101  Restaurant Management 101  Spanish Cooking 101  Spanish Culture 101  Tex Mex Cooking 101  Waiter and Waitress Training 101  Wedding Planning 101  Workplace Safety 101

CRAFTS & HOBBIES

 Acrylic Painting 101  Adobe Photoshop 101  Advanced Dog Training  Anti Aging Techniques  Aromatherapy 101

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 Astronomy 101  Babysitting 101  Bird Watching 101  Buying and Selling Antiques and Collectibles  Cake Decorating 101  Candle Making 101  Canoeing 101  Catering 101  Chakras 101  Cooking and Baking 101  Cosmology 101  Couponing 101  Creative Writing Workshop  Digital Photography 101  Dog Grooming 101  Dog Training All-In-One: Beginner to Advanced Techniques  Dream Interpretation 101  Electronics 101  Etiquette 101  Event Planning 101  Face Painting 101  Fashion Design 101: An Introduction  Feng Shui 101  Floral Arrangement 101  Freshwater Fishing 101  Genealogy 101  Geology 101  Haunted Places 101  Housekeeping 101  How to Can, Freeze, Dry and Preserve Food  How to Draw 101  How to eBay 101  How to Manicure  How to Start a Craft Business 101  How to Write Short Stories for Children 101  Interior Decorating Made Easy  Interior Design 101  Introduction to Gardening  Introduction to Music Appreciation  Italian Cooking 101  Journaling and Memoir Writing 101  Kinesics 101 - Learn to Read Body Language  Knitting 101  Landlord 101: Managing Rental Properties  Landscaping 101  Lifetime Wellness 101  Mystery Writing 101  Nonfiction Writing 101  Party Planning 101  Pet Sitting & Dog Walking Business 101  Photography 101: Beginner to Intermediate

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 Pie Baking 101  Poetry Writing 101  Romance Writing 101  Sewing 101  Soap Making 101  Spanish Cooking 101  Special Events Planning 101  Tex Mex Cooking 101  Therapeutic Bathing 101  Timeshare Basics  Traditional Scrapbooking 101  Travel Writing 101  Wedding Crafts and Projects  Wedding Planning 101  Weight Loss Management  Weight Training 101  Yoga 101

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

 Accounting & Bookkeeping 101 for Everyone  Accounts Receivable Management  Advertising, Marketing and Sales Writing  Assertiveness Training 101  Babysitting 101  Business Budgeting 101  Business Consulting 101  Business Credit 101  Business Ethics 101  Business Management 101  Business Math 101  Business Writing Basics  Call Center Customer Service 101  Career Coaching 101  Catering 101  Concierge 101: How to Run a Personal Service Business  Confidence Building 101  Creating an Effective Sales Team  Crisis Management 101  Customer Relationship Management 101  Customer Service 101  Dealing With Difficult People  Diversity Training 101  Economics 101  Economics 201  Effective Communication 101  Effective Presentations  Employment Law Fundamentals 101  Event Planning 101  Fashion Design 101: An Introduction

Mastering Sales Skills 101 Sales are the lifeblood of any business. Every business transaction you have from buying milk at the grocery store to buying your house or investing in new products and services involves sales. Mastering Sales Skills 101 is designed to teach you the principles of the selling process so you can add value to your company or organization from day one. This course is beneficial to all businesses. This course will assist you in identifying the key traits of a successful sales personality, the critical factors necessary for success in sales and how small differences can lead to exponential growth. The objective of this course is to offer comprehensive information and lay the foundation for mastering sales skills for a person of any age to apply in any situation for a variety of motives, whether personal or professional in nature.  Freelance Writing 101  Fundraising 101  Google + for Business  Home Business  How to eBay 101  How to Start a Craft Business 101  How to Start and Run an Online Business  How to Write a Business Plan 101  How to Write a Grant Proposal  Internet Marketing Basics  Introduction to Six Sigma  Investing 101: Stocks, Bonds, and Mutual Funds  Investing 201: Intro to Commodity, Options, and Futures Markets  Kinesics 101 - Learn to Read Body Language  Landlord 101: Managing Rental Properties  Leadership and Supervision 101  Management Essentials 101  Managerial Accounting 101  Marketing for Small Business 101  Marketing Outreach  Mastering Sales Skills 101  Mediation 101

 Motivational and Public Speaking 101  Negotiation Skills  Party Planning 101  Payroll Management 101  Personal Finance 101  Pet Sitting & Dog Walking Business 101  Project Management 101  Public Relations 101  Quicken 101  Restaurant Management 101  Retirement Planning  Small Business Guide  Special Events Planning 101  Team Management 101  Telephone Skills and Quality Customer Service  Time Management 101  Understanding and Managing Your Credit Report  Virtual Assistant 101  Wedding Planning 101  Wellness Coaching 101  Workers’ Compensation 101  Workplace Safety 101  Writing Effective Persuasion 101

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Investing 101: Stocks, Bonds and Mutual Funds This beginner’s course on investing starts with some foundational instruction about the economy and how the stock market fits into the economy. Then it talks about your financial portfolio and the things you need to know about yourself to help build your portfolio. Between the economy lesson and the portfolio lesson, you’ll be on your way to easily answering the question “What should I buy and when should I sell?” But this class delves even further into the world of investments, as each lesson takes you through different types of investments: stocks, bonds and mutual funds. Learn how each one works, how to choose good ones and when to sell them. Finally, learn about additional techniques and investments you can make that will help you to balance and diversify your portfolio.

FINANCE  Accounting & Bookkeeping 101 for Everyone  Accounts Payable Management  Accounts Receivable Management  Applied Statistics 101  Basic Math 101  Business Budgeting 101  Business Credit 101  Business Ethics 101  Business Management 101  Business Writing Basics  Economics 101  Economics 201  Economics: Complete Edition  Estate Planning  Excel 2010  Excel 2013  Fundraising 101  How to Write a Business Plan 101  How to Write a Grant Proposal  Interview Skills 101  Investing 101: Stocks, Bonds, and Mutual Funds  Investing 201: Intro to Commodity, Options, and Futures Markets  Legal Terminology 101  Managerial Accounting 101  Mastering Sales Skills 101  Organizational Psychology 101  Payroll Management 101  Personal Finance 101  QuickBooks 101  Quicken 101  Retirement Planning

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 Small Business Guide  Statistics 101  Team Management 101  Time Management 101  Understanding and Managing Your Credit Report  Understanding Business Administration

GENERAL EDUCATION

 ABCs of Algebra  ABCs of English Grammar  ABCs of Geometry  Accounting & Bookkeeping 101 for Everyone  Algebra 101: Beginner to Intermediate Level  American Civil War 101  American Government  American History Review  American Revolutionary War 101  American Wars: American Revolution and Civil War  Ancient Civilizations 101  Applied Behavior Analysis Strategies for Teachers  Astronomy 101  Attention Deficit Disorders: ADD and ADHD  Autism 101  Autism Spectrum Disorders for Teachers  Babysitting 101  Basic Math 101  Basic Parenting 101  Basic Research Skills

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 Biology 101  Building Children’s Reading Skills  Business Ethics 101  Business Management 101  Chemistry 101  Child Psychology 101  Computer Basics 101  Cosmology 101  Dream Interpretation 101  Early Childhood Development  Economics 101  Economics 201  Economics: Complete Edition  Electronics 101  Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 101  English Composition 101  Enhance Your Everyday Vocabulary  ESL Basic Grammar  ESL Basic Grammar and Writing  ESL Basic Writing Skills  Essay Writing 101  Excel 2013  Film Appreciation 101  First Grade Curriculum 101  Fundraising 101  GED Test Preparation  Geography 101  Geology 101  Geometry 101: Beginner to Intermediate Level  Greek Mythology  How to Improve Your Concentration  How to Manicure  How to Write Short Stories for Children 101  Journaling and Memoir Writing 101  Kinesics 101 - Learn to Read Body Language  Leadership and Supervision 101  Listening Skills 101

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 Math All-In-One (Arithmetic, Algebra, and Geometry Review)  Memory Improvement 101  Meteorology Fundamentals  Organizational Psychology 101  Pre-Algebra 101  Precalculus 101  Proofreading and Copyediting 101  Punctuation and Grammar 101  Reading Comprehension 101  Second Grade Curriculum 101  Sociology 101  Solving Classroom Problems 101  Special Education 101: Foundations, Purpose, & Challenges  Spelling 101  Third Grade Curriculum  Time Management 101  Typing and Keyboarding 101  Unit Studies 101  Vocabulary Building  Wildlife Rehabilitation for Beginners  World Religions 101  World War I  World War ll  Writing Basics 101: Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation, Writing Structures  Writing Improvement 101  Writing Women’s Fiction 101

HEALTH & MEDICINE

 Advocacy for Elderly Patients  Aging and Long Term Care 101  Alzheimer’s Disease 101

 Anatomy and Physiology 101  Anti Aging Techniques  Anxiety Therapy 101  Asthma 101  Biology 101  Careers in Healthcare  Caring for Seniors  Chemistry 101  Childhood Obesity 101  Comprehensive Medical Terminology 1 & 2  CPT Coding for Beginners  Depression Management  Diabetes 101  Drug and Alcohol Abuse 101  Early Childhood Development 101  Emotional Healing 101  End of Life Care  Health Education 101  How to Quit Smoking  Introduction to Medical Billing  Lifetime Wellness 101  Medical Office Procedures 101  Medical Terminology 101  Medical Terminology 201  Medical Terminology for Medical Coders  Meditation 101: Learn How to Meditate  Microbiology 101  Natural Skin Care 101  Nutrition 101  Nutrition 201  Stress Management 101  The Art of Breathing 101  Therapeutic Bathing 101  Vegetarianism 101  Weight Loss Management 101  Weight Training 101  Wellness Coaching 101  Yoga 101

World War II The effects of World War II cannot be underestimated, as they still impact lives and nations to this very day. The political restructuring that occurred following the defeat of the Axis Powers left the world a very different place: the creation and use of nuclear arms, the establishment of the nation-state of Israel, the division of much of Eastern Europe, the rapid expansion of Communism throughout much of Asia and Europe, the division of Germany, America’s rise to superpower status and far more. Clearly, the impact of this greatest of wars cannot be emphasized enough.

HISTORY  American Civil War 101  American Government  American Heroes and Villains  American History Review  American Revolutionary War 101  American Wars: American Revolution and Civil War  Ancient Civilizations 101  Basic Research Skills  Buddhism 101  Celtic Mythology 101  Cosmology 101  Economics 101  Economics 201  Egyptian Mythology 101  Genealogy 101  German Culture 101  Greek Mythology  Haunted Places 101  Historical Fiction Writing 101  History of the Universe  History’s Greatest Conspiracies  Introduction to Music Appreciation  Metaphysics 101  Philosophy 101  Salem Witch Trials  The Gulf War  Twenty Women Who Changed American History  UFO Studies  US Citizenship Test Preparation  Vietnam War  World Religions 101  World War I  World War l and ll  World War ll

HOME & GARDEN

 Advanced Dog Training  Advocacy for Elderly Patients  All About Herbs  Babysitting 101  Bird Watching 101: Food, Feeders and Behavior

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HOME & GARDEN CONTINUED

 Buying and Selling Antiques and Collectibles  Children’s Birthday Parties 101  Clutter Control 101  Cooking and Baking 101  Couponing 101  Dog & Cat First Aid, Care & Maintenance  Dog Grooming 101  Dog Training 101: A Guide for Beginners  Dog Training All-In-One: Beginner to Advanced Techniques  Etiquette 101  Etiquette for Children and Teens 101  Event Planning 101  Feng Shui 101  Floral Arrangement 101  Freshwater Fishing 101

 Interior Design 101  Introduction to Gardening  Landscaping 101  Nutrition 101  Nutrition 201  Pet Sitting & Dog Walking Business 101  Professional Organizer Training  Snakes of the Western Hemisphere 101  Soap Making 101  Spanish Cooking 101  Spiders and Other Insects in North America 101  Tex Mex Cooking 101  The Art of Breathing 101  Traditional Scrapbooking 101  Tropical Gardening 101  Vegetable Gardening 101  Wedding Planning 101

How to Teach Reading Fundamentals Reading may be achieved through a variety of methods and techniques that best suit individual learners and students of all ages and levels. This reading basics course is designed to help students increase their reading speed as well as their ability to comprehend content, directions and absorb materials for retention. Whether a student is taking this course to increase reading skills as a second or foreign language or by native English speakers wishing to increase their comprehension of a wide variety of materials, students will be introduced to different techniques and materials to do so.  Geology 101  Homeopathy 101  Housekeeping 101  How to Care for House Pets 101  How to Prepare, Stage and Sell Your Home  How to Start a Craft Business 101  Interior Decorating Made Easy

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HOMESCHOOLING

 ABCs of Algebra  ABCs of English Grammar

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 ABCs of Geometry  American Civil War 101  American Government  American Revolutionary War 101  Anatomy and Physiology 101  Ancient Civilizations 101  Applied Behavior Analysis Strategies for Teachers  Astronomy 101  Attention Deficit Disorders: ADD and ADHD  Autism 101  Autism Spectrum Disorders for Teachers  Basic Parenting 101  Biology 101  Bird Watching 101: Food, Feeders and Behavior  Child Psychology 101  Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 101  English Composition 101  Enhance Your Everyday Vocabulary  ESL Basic Writing Skills  Essay Writing 101  Etiquette 101  Etiquette for Children and Teens 101  Fundraising 101  GED Test Preparation  Genealogy 101  Geometry 101: Beginner to Intermediate Level  Greek Mythology  How to Write Short Stories for Children 101  Journaling and Memoir Writing 101  Math All-In-One (Arithmetic, Algebra, and Geometry Review)  Medical Terminology 101  Microbiology 101  Nutrition 101  Pre-Algebra 101  Proofreading and Copyediting 101  Punctuation and Grammar 101  Reading Comprehension 101  Special Education 101: Foundations, Purpose, & Challenges  Spelling 101  Typing and Keyboarding 101  Unit Studies 101  Vocabulary Building  World Religions 101  World War I  Writing Basics 101: Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation, Writing Structures  Writing Improvement 101

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Professional Organizer Training If you have a talent for organizing and want to find out how to set up your own professional organizing business, then this course is where you need to begin. Not only will answers be provided on what a professional organizer is, potential earnings and possible clientele, and various organizing tips, this course also will provide information about available resources and how to begin the nuts and bolts of writing your business goals. Provided marketing strategies and tips will wrap up this informative course and get you ready to begin!

DO IT YOURSELF

 ABCs of Technical Writing  Anger Management 101  Aromatherapy 101  Bartending and Mixology 101  Business Management 101  Buying and Selling Antiques and Collectibles  Cake Decorating 101  Candle Making 101  Canoeing 101  Catering 101  Concierge 101: How to Run a Personal Service Business  Creative Writing Workshop  Dealing With Difficult People  Dog Grooming 101  Effective Presentations  Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 101  Essay Writing 101  Etiquette 101  Event Planning 101  Feng Shui 101  Fundraising 101  Genealogy 101  Home Business  Housekeeping 101  How to Draw 101  How to Improve Your Concentration  How to Manicure  How to Prepare, Stage and Sell Your Home  How to Start a Craft Business 101  How to Write a Business Plan 101  How to Write Short Stories for Children 101  Landscaping 101  Listening Skills 101  Mediation 101  Meditation 101: Learn How to Meditate  Memory and Concentration Techniques  Memory Improvement 101  Nonfiction Writing 101  Party Planning 101  Pet Sitting & Dog Walking Business 101  Pie Baking 101  Professional Organizer Training

 Resume Writing 101  Soap Making 101  Speed Reading 101  Speed Writing 101  Stress Management 101  Typing and Keyboarding 101  Waiter and Waitress Training 101  Wedding Planning 101  Weight Loss Management  Wellness Coaching 101  Writing Effective Persuasion 101  Yoga 101

LANGUAGE ARTS

 ABCs of English Grammar  Basic English Speaking Skills  Chinese Culture Studies 101  Creative Writing 101  Egyptian Mythology 101  English Composition 101  Enhance Your Everyday Vocabulary  ESL Basic Grammar  ESL Basic Writing Skills  Essay Writing 101  French Culture 101  German Culture 101  Greek Mythology  How to Write a Short Story 101  Japanese Cultural Studies 101  Journaling and Memoir Writing 101  Novel Writing 101  Philosophy 101  Poetry Writing 101  Proofreading and Copyediting 101  Punctuation and Grammar 101  Russian Culture 101

 Spanish Culture 101  Spelling 101  Travel Writing 101  Vocabulary Building  Writing Basics 101: Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation, Writing Structures  Writing Improvement 101  Writing Women’s Fiction 101

LAW/LEGAL/

CRIMINAL  ABCs of Technical Writing  Advocacy for Elderly Patients  Anger Management 101  Business Ethics 101  Business Writing Basics  Child Abuse Recognition, Investigation, and Protection  Conflict Resolution 101  Contract Law 101  Criminology Basics  Domestic Violence 101  Employment Law Fundamentals 101  Legal Terminology 101  Negotiation Skills  Proofreading and Copyediting 101  Retirement Planning  Sexual Harassment Compliance  Small Business Guide  Typing and Keyboarding 101  Understanding and Managing Your Credit Report  Workers’ Compensation 101

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MATHEMATICS  ABCs of Algebra  ABCs of Geometry  Algebra 101: Beginner to Intermediate Level  Applied Statistics 101  Basic Math 101  Business Math 101  Geometry 101: Beginner to Intermediate Level  Math All-In-One (Arithmetic, Algebra, and Geometry Review)  Physics 101: Beginner to Intermediate Concepts  Pre-Algebra 101  Precalculus 101  Statistics 101

NEW AGE & HOLISTIC COURSES

Assertiveness Training 101 Many people confuse assertiveness with aggression, anger, antagonism, hostility, or even bullying. Being assertive is none of these things. The perfect starting place when learning how to do something new is to be very clear about what that behavior or action is; what it is not; and what it means, looks like and feels like. Whether you are having trouble being confident and assertive in your career or personal life, or if you are simply interested in learning more about this topic, this course will introduce you to a better way of getting what you want and need from the people in your life.  Soap Making 101  Tarot Cards 101  The Art of Breathing 101  Therapeutic Bathing 101  Wellness Coaching 101  Working with Your Animal Allies, Teachers and Totems  Yoga 101

OFFICE SKILLS  Angels 101: History, Religion, Spiritualism and You  Aromatherapy 101  Auras: Viewing, Identifying, and Understanding  Chakra Clearing  Chakra Meditation 101  Chakras 101  Cryptozoology 101  Dream Interpretation 101  Feng Shui 101  Haunted Places 101  Healing Affirmations 101  Homeopathy 101  Kinesics 101 - Learn to Read Body Language  Life Coaching 101  Lifetime Wellness 101  Meditation 101: Learn How to Meditate  Metaphysics 101  Nutrition 101  Reiki 1st Degree  Reiki 2nd Degree  Reiki Attunements  Reiki Hand Placements  Relaxation 101

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 ABCs of English Grammar  ABCs of Technical Writing  Accounts Receivable Management  Administrative Assistant 101  Advertising, Marketing and Sales Writing  Anger Management 101  Anxiety Therapy 101  Assertiveness Training 101  Business Budgeting 101  Business Credit 101  Business Ethics 101  Business Management 101  Business Writing Basics  Career Coaching 101  Computer Basics 101  Conflict Resolution 101  CPT Coding for Beginners  Creating an Effective Sales Team  Crisis Management 101  Customer Relationship Management 101  Customer Service 101  Dealing With Difficult People

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 Effective Communication 101  Effective Presentations  Employment Law Fundamentals 101  Enhance Your Everyday Vocabulary  ESL Basic Grammar and Writing  Estate Planning  Excel 2010  Excel 2013  Fundraising 101  General Secretary 101  Home Business  How to Improve Your Concentration  How to Write a Business Plan 101  Human Resources Management 101  Interview Skills 101  Job Performance Appraisals  Listening Skills 101  Managerial Accounting 101  Marketing Outreach  Mastering Sales Skills 101  Math All-In-One (Arithmetic, Algebra, and Geometry Review)  Mediation 101  Medical Terminology 101  Microsoft Publisher 2013  Motivational and Public Speaking 101  Negotiation Skills  Organizational Psychology 101  Outlook 2010  Payroll Management 101  Photoshop Elements 101  Project Management 101  Proofreading and Copyediting 101  Public Relations 101  Punctuation and Grammar 101  QuickBooks 101  Quicken 101  Running Effective Meetings  Sensitivity Training in the Workplace  Sexual Harassment Compliance

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 Small Business Guide  Special Events Planning 101  Speed Reading 101  Speed Writing 101  Spelling 101  Team Management 101  Telephone Skills and Quality Customer Service  Time Management 101  Typing and Keyboarding 101  Understanding Business Administration 101  Vocabulary Building  Workers’ Compensation 101  Workplace Safety 101  Writing Basics 101: Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation, Writing Structures  Writing Effective Persuasion 101  Writing Improvement 101

PARENTING & FAMILY

 Advocacy for Elderly Patients  Alzheimer’s Disease 101  Anger Management 101  Applied Behavior Analysis Strategies for Teachers  Attention Deficit Disorders: ADD and ADHD  Autism 101  Autism Spectrum Disorders for Teachers  Babysitting 101

 Basic Parenting 101  Behavior Management 101  Building Children’s Reading Skills  Building Self-Esteem in Children 101  Bullying in Elementary School 101  Caring for Seniors  Child Abuse Recognition, Investigation, and Protection  Child Psychology 101  Childhood Obesity 101  Children’s Birthday Parties 101  Clutter Control 101  Depression Management  Dog Grooming 101  Dog Training 101: A Guide for Beginners  Dog Training All-In-One: Beginner to Advanced Techniques  Domestic Violence 101  Dream Interpretation 101  Early Childhood Development  Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 101  Etiquette 101  Etiquette for Children and Teens 101  Genealogy 101  Healing Affirmations 101  Healthy Relationships 101  How to Write Short Stories for Children 101  Middle and High School Bullying 101  Negotiation Skills  Personality Development 101  Special Education 101: Foundations, Purpose, & Challenges  Stress Management 101  Traditional Scrapbooking 101  Typing and Keyboarding 101

Personality Development 101 In this course you will learn in-depth information about personalities. You will gain a better understanding about those around you and also more about who you are and how you got to be that way. This course is especially helpful for those who are striving to learn which direction their life should take and understanding others around them. This course is also great for those working in human resources and want to learn more about personalities and how that may impact hiring new professionals.

PERFORMING ARTS

 Chakras 101  Digital Photography 101  Etiquette 101  Event Planning 101  Fashion Design 101: An Introduction  Feng Shui 101  Film Appreciation 101  Floral Arrangement 101  Introduction to Music Appreciation  Photography 101: Beginner to Intermediate  Screenwriting 101  Special Events Planning 101  Weight Loss Management 101  Weight Training 101

PERSONAL CARE

 Advocacy for Elderly Patients  Alzheimer’s Disease 101  Anger Management 101  Anti Aging Techniques  Anxiety Therapy 101  Aromatherapy 101  Assertiveness Training 101  Basic Parenting 101  Chakras 101  Childhood Obesity 101  Confidence Building 101  Depression Management  Dog & Cat First Aid, Care & Maintenance  Drug and Alcohol Abuse 101  How to Can, Freeze, Dry and Preserve Food  How to Improve Your Concentration  How to Manicure  Interior Design 101  Life Coaching 101  Lifetime Wellness 101  Meditation 101: Learn How to Meditate  Memory and Concentration Techniques  Nutrition 101  Nutrition 201  Personality Development 101  Soap Making 101

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PERSONAL CARE CONTINUED

 Stress Management 101  Teaching Reiki  The Art of Breathing 101  Therapeutic Bathing 101  Vegetarianism 101  Weight Training 101  Wellness Coaching 101  Yoga 101

PET & ANIMAL CARE

 Advanced Dog Training  Bird Watching 101: Food, Feeders and Behavior  Cat Care and Training 101  Dog & Cat First Aid, Care & Maintenance  Dog Grooming 101  Dog Psychology 101  Dog Training 101: A Guide for Beginners  Dog Training All-In-One: Beginner to Advanced Techniques  How to Care for House Pets 101  Marine Biology 101  Marine Life Rescue 101  Pet Sitting & Dog Walking Business 101  Snakes of the Western Hemisphere 101  Wildlife Rehabilitation for Beginners

 Conflict Resolution 101  Counseling Psychology 101  Dealing With Difficult People  Diversity Training 101  Domestic Violence 101  Dream Interpretation 101  Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 101  Emotional Healing 101  Fundamentals of Cross-Cultural Communication  Healing Affirmations 101  Healthy Relationships 101  How to Be Your Own Life Coach  Human Resources Management 101  Kinesics 101 - Learn to Read Body Language  Life Coaching 101  Lifetime Wellness 101  Listening Skills 101  Mediation 101  Memory and Concentration Techniques  Negotiation Skills  Organizational Psychology 101  Psychology 101  Sexual Harassment Compliance

 Sociology 101  Stress Management 101  Wellness Coaching 101

REAL ESTATE  Business Writing Basics  Estate Planning  Feng Shui 101  How to Prepare, Stage and Sell Your Home  Interior Design 101  Introduction to Gardening  Investing 101: Stocks, Bonds, and Mutual Funds  Landlord 101: Managing Rental Properties  Landscaping 101  Professional Organizer Training  Retirement Planning  Timeshare Basics  Understanding and Managing Your Credit Report

Dog Training All-In-One: Beginner to Advanced Techniques

PSYCHOLOGY  Abnormal Psychology 101  Alzheimer’s Disease 101  Anger Management 101  Anxiety Therapy 101  Assertiveness Training 101  Autism 101  Basic Parenting 101  Building Self-Esteem  Building Self-Esteem in Children 101  Bullying in Elementary School 101  Child Abuse Recognition, Investigation, and Protection  Child Psychology 101  Childhood Obesity 101

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Throughout this course, we’ll dive into the world of dog training, first by starting off with a bit of dog training history and breed recognition, which will offer insight to breeds’ intelligence. You’ll not only learn basic dog training guides, but also learn the common advanced commands like stop, steady, back up and give, and then determine whether or not you and Fido are ready for off-lead training, which can be fun and tedious at the same time. We’ll explore various methods of advanced training including clicker training and the theory of the Monks of New Skete.

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REFERENCE  ABCs of Algebra  ABCs of Geometry  ABCs of Technical Writing  Abnormal Psychology 101  Accounting & Bookkeeping 101 for Everyone  American Civil War 101  American History Review  American Revolutionary War 101  Anatomy and Physiology 101  Ancient Civilizations 101  Anti Aging Techniques  Astronomy 101  Autism 101  Basic Research Skills  Biology 101  Bird Watching 101: Food, Feeders and Behavior  Business Management 101  Chemistry 101  Child Abuse Recognition, Investigation, and Protection  Child Psychology 101  Cosmology 101  Creative Writing Workshop  Dog Training 101: A Guide for Beginners  Economics: Complete Edition  Effective Communication 101  Effective Presentations  English Composition 101  Enhance Your Everyday Vocabulary  ESL Basic Grammar  ESL Basic Writing Skills  Essay Writing 101  Etiquette 101  Excel 2013  First Grade Curriculum 101  Genealogy 101  Geography 101  Greek Mythology  Haunted Places 101  History’s Greatest Conspiracies  Home Business  How to Write a Grant Proposal  How to Write Short Stories for Children 101  Interview Skills 101  Intro to PC Troubleshooting and Repair  Introduction to Medical Billing  Mediation 101

 Medical Terminology 101  Medical Terminology 201  Meteorology Fundamentals  Microbiology 101  Mystery Writing 101  Negotiation Skills  Novel Writing 101  Nutrition 101  Organizational Psychology 101  Philosophy 101  Project Management 101  Proofreading and Copyediting 101  Reading Comprehension 101  Resume Writing 101  Retirement Planning  Second Grade Curriculum 101  Small Business Guide  Special Education 101: Foundations, Purpose, & Challenges

RELIGIOUS STUDIES

 Ancient Civilizations 101  Angels 101: History, Religion, Spiritualism and You  Buddhism 101  Chakras 101  Christianity 101: An Introduction  Cosmology 101  Judaism 101: An Introduction  Metaphysics 101  Philosophy 101  Spiritual Counseling 101  World Religions 101

Microbiology 101 Our comprehensive online course on microbiology covers all aspects of microbiology and includes a CEU certificate at successful class completion. The study of microbiology is extremely rewarding, leading to advances in the welfare of the environment as well as human populations. Pursuing this fascinating subject may lead to careers in biotechnology, pharmaceutical manufacturing, medical research and forensics among other challenging professions. Regardless of whether you are a serious student considering a career in microbiology or a layperson who just wants to learn everything you can about the world around you, Microbiology 101 is guaranteed to change the way you look at the world.

 Speed Reading 101  Speed Writing 101  Statistics 101  The Gulf War  Time Management 101  Traditional Scrapbooking 101  Typing and Keyboarding 101  Understanding and Managing Your Credit Report  Vietnam War  Wedding Planning 101  Weight Training 101  Workplace Safety 101  World Religions 101  World War I  World War l and ll

SCIENCE  Anatomy and Physiology 101  Astronomy 101  Biology 101  Bird Watching 101: Food, Feeders and Behavior  Chemistry 101  Comprehensive Medical Terminology 1 & 2  Cosmology 101

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SCIENCE CONTINUED

 Dream Interpretation 101  Electronics 101  Essentials of Ecology 101  Geography 101  Geology 101  Global Warming  Health Education 101  History of the Universe  Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology  Marine Biology 101  Meteorology Fundamentals  Microbiology 101  Organic Chemistry 101  Physics 101: Beginner to Intermediate Concepts  Psychology 101  Sociology 101

SELF-HELP  Abnormal Psychology 101  Anger Management 101  Anti Aging Techniques  Anxiety Therapy 101  Aromatherapy 101  Assertiveness Training 101

 Fundraising 101  Healing Affirmations 101  Home Business  How to Be Your Own Life Coach  How to Improve Your Concentration  How to Quit Smoking  How to Write a Business Plan 101  Interview Skills 101  Kinesics 101 - Learn to Read Body Language  Life Coaching 101  Lifetime Wellness 101  Listening Skills 101  Managing Your Career  Meditation 101: Learn How to Meditate  Memory and Concentration Techniques  Motivational and Public Speaking 101  Negotiation Skills  Nutrition 101  Personality Development 101  Problem Solving Strategies 101  Resume Writing 101  Retirement Planning  Speed Reading 101  Stress Management 101  Team Management 101  The Art of Breathing 101  Virtual Assistant 101  Wellness Coaching 101  Yoga 101

Anger Management 101 If you have been at the mercy of the negative consequences that result from mishandled anger, Anger Management 101 will provide relief. This insightful course is filled with both practical wisdom and application that will end the anger trap for good. This course will provide the information you will need to end the anger cycle and live up to your true potential.  Building Self-Esteem  Building Self-Esteem in Children 101  Career Coaching 101  Clutter Control 101  Confidence Building 101  Dealing With Difficult People  Depression Management  Diversity Training 101  Drug and Alcohol Abuse 101  Effective Presentations  Enhance Your Everyday Vocabulary  Estate Planning  Etiquette 101  Feng Shui 101

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 Building Self-Esteem  Bullying in Elementary School 101  Caring for Seniors  Child Abuse Recognition, Investigation, and Protection  Child Psychology 101  Confidence Building 101  Conflict Resolution 101  Depression Management  Diabetes 101  Domestic Violence 101  Early Childhood Development 101  End of Life Care  Fundraising 101  Healthy Relationships 101  HIV: Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment  How to Write a Grant Proposal  Life Coaching 101  Mediation 101  Negotiation Skills  Psychology 101  Sexual Harassment Compliance  Sociology 101  Stress Management 101

SPECIAL EDUCATION

 Abnormal Psychology 101  Anatomy and Physiology 101  Applied Behavior Analysis Strategies for Teachers  Attention Deficit Disorders: ADD and ADHD  Autism 101  Autism Spectrum Disorders for Teachers  Behavior Management 101  Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 101  Learning Disabilities: What You Need to Know  Medical Terminology 101  Parent Advocacy in Special Education: Strategies, Supports and Quality Control  Personality Development 101  Psychology 101  Special Ed: Effective and Significant Approaches  Special Education 101: Foundations, Purpose, & Challenges  Unit Studies 101

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Spelling 101 Do you use your spell check on your computer obsessively? Are you afraid to write anything without a dictionary or computer spelling program? Are you receiving low grades on schoolwork because of poor spelling? Are your business emails filled with embarrassing spelling errors? Well then, it sounds like you can use this online course!

SPIRITUAL STUDIES

 Angel Healing  Angels 101: History, Religion, Spiritualism and You  Anti Aging Techniques  Aromatherapy 101  Auras: Viewing, Identifying, and Understanding  Become a Reiki Master  Buddhism 101  Chakra Clearing  Chakra Meditation 101  Cosmology 101  Cryptozoology 101  Dream Interpretation 101  Haunted Places 101  Healing Affirmations 101  Hinduism 101  Homeopathy 101  How to Be Your Own Life Coach  Life Coaching 101  Meditation 101: Learn How to Meditate  Metaphysics 101  Paranormal Investigation 101  Paranormal Investigation 201  Paranormal Investigations: Complete Edition  Philosophy 101  Reiki 1st and 2nd Degree  Reiki 1st Degree  Reiki 2nd Degree  Reiki Attunements  Reiki Essentials  Reiki Hand Placements  Relaxation 101  Spiritual Counseling 101  Tarot Cards 101  Teaching Reiki

 The Art of Breathing 101  UFO Studies  Yoga 101

TEACHER RESOURCES

 ABCs of Algebra  ABCs of English Grammar  ABCs of Geometry  Algebra 101: Beginner to Intermediate Level  American Civil War 101  American Government  American Revolutionary War 101  American Wars: American Revolution and Civil War  Anatomy and Physiology 101  Ancient Civilizations 101  Astronomy 101  Autism 101  Autism Spectrum Disorders for Teachers  Basic English Speaking Skills  Basic Math 101  Basic Research Skills  Behavior Management 101  Biology 101  Bird Watching 101: Food, Feeders and Behavior  Building Children’s Reading Skills  Bullying in Elementary School 101  Chemistry 101  Child Psychology 101  Creative Writing for Beginners  Early Childhood Development 101  Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 101  Enhance Your Everyday Vocabulary  ESL Basic Grammar and Writing

 ESL Basic Writing Skills  ESL Grammar Skills Level 1  Essay Writing 101  Etiquette 101  Etiquette for Children and Teens 101  Fourth Grade Curriculum  Fundraising 101  Genealogy 101  Geometry 101: Beginner to Intermediate Level  Greek Mythology  How to Be a Substitute Teacher  How to Teach Reading Fundamentals  How to Write a Grant Proposal  How to Write a Short Story 101  Math All-In-One (Arithmetic, Algebra, and Geometry Review)  Medical Terminology 101  Meteorology Fundamentals  Microbiology 101  Middle and High School Bullying 101  Negotiation Skills  Nonfiction Writing 101  Nutrition 101  Personality Development 101  Philosophy 101  Pre-Algebra 101  Proofreading and Copyediting 101  Punctuation and Grammar 101  Second Grade Curriculum 101  Solving Classroom Problems 101  Special Education 101: Foundations, Purpose, & Challenges  Speed Reading 101  Spelling 101  Third Grade Curriculum  Typing and Keyboarding 101  Vocabulary Building  World Religions 101  Writing Basics 101: Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation, Writing Structures  Writing Improvement 101  Writing Women’s Fiction 101

TERMINOLOGY  ABCs of Algebra  Accounting & Bookkeeping 101 for Everyone  Anatomy and Physiology 101  Comprehensive Medical Terminology 1 & 2  Computer Basics 101

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TERMINOLOGY CONTINUED

 CPT Coding for Beginners  Economics 101  Economics 201  Enhance Your Everyday Vocabulary  ESL Basic Grammar and Writing  Introduction to Medical Billing  Legal Terminology 101  Medical Terminology 101  Medical Terminology 201  Medical Terminology for Medical Coders  Vocabulary Building

TEST PREPARATION

 ABCs of Algebra  ABCs of English Grammar  ABCs of Geometry  American Civil War 101  American Revolutionary War 101  Anatomy and Physiology 101  Basic Math 101  Basic Research Skills  Biology 101  Chemistry 101  Child Psychology 101  Customer Service 101  Enhance Your Everyday Vocabulary  ESL Basic Grammar  ESL Basic Grammar and Writing  ESL Basic Writing Skills  Essay Writing 101  GED Test Preparation  Geology 101  Geometry 101: Beginner to Intermediate Level  Interview Skills 101  Legal Terminology 101  Math All-In-One (Arithmetic, Algebra, and Geometry Review)

Terminology 101  Medical Terminology 201  Memory Improvement 101  Microbiology 101  Sociology 101  Speed Reading 101  Typing and Keyboarding 101  US Citizenship Test Preparation  World Religions 101  World War I  Writing Basics 101: Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation, Writing Structures

WEB DEVELOPMENT

 Adobe After Effects 101  Adobe Edge Animate CC  Adobe Fireworks 101  Adobe Illustrator 101  Adobe Muse 101  Adobe Photoshop 101  Adobe Premiere 101  Computer Basics 101  Creating WordPress Websites  Dreamweaver 101  Excel 2013  Google Analytics 101  Google+ for Business  How to eBay 101  Internet Marketing Basics  Introduction to CSS  Introduction to SQL  Microsoft Project 2013  Microsoft Publisher 2013  Microsoft Visio 2013  MS Publisher 2010  Office 2010: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook  Office 2013: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook  OneNote 2013

Introduction to CSS Ever wonder how the latest website designs are made? Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are the main coding files used to lay out a website and its design. CSS3 is the latest in styling standards, and it brings several new properties and declarations you can use to make your website design more easily created. CSS is currently the only standard in website design that plugs directly into your HTML, even the latest HTML5 standards. With CSS3 and HTML5, you can create the latest interactive pages for your website viewers.  Medical

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 Photoshop Elements 101  Pinterest  Social Media 101 (Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn)

WRITING SKILLS

 ABCs of English Grammar  ABCs of Technical Writing  Advertising, Marketing and Sales Writing  Building Children’s Reading Skills  Business Writing Basics  Creative Writing for Beginners  Creative Writing Workshop  Effective Presentations  English Composition 101  Enhance Your Everyday Vocabulary  ESL Basic Grammar  ESL Basic Grammar and Writing  ESL Basic Writing Skills  Essay Writing 101  Freelance Writing 101  Historical Fiction Writing 101  How to Write a Grant Proposal  How to Write a Short Story 101  How to Write Short Stories for Children 101  Humor Writing 101  Journaling and Memoir Writing 101  Marketing Outreach  Mystery Writing 101  Nonfiction Writing 101  Novel Writing 101  Paranormal Romance Writing 101  Poetry Writing 101  Proofreading and Copyediting 101  Punctuation and Grammar 101  Reading Comprehension 101  Resume Writing 101  Romance Writing 101  Screenwriting 101  Speed Writing 101  Spelling 101  Travel Writing 101  Typing and Keyboarding 101  Vocabulary Building  Writing Basics 101: Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation, Writing Structures  Writing Effective Persuasion 101  Writing Improvement 101  Writing the Great American Short Story  Writing Women’s Fiction 101

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 2D Drawing  3D + Animation  3D Drawing  3D Printing

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Getting Things Done

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Unreal Essential Training 7 hours 32 minutes; Beginner

Unreal Engine is a complete suite of game development tools made by game developers for game developers. From 2D mobile games to console blockbusters, indie experiments and virtual reality, Unreal Engine can power it all. In this course, Craig Barr covers the essentials of level design, lighting, effects, Visual Scripting, cinematics and game packaging with Unreal. He covers creating your first project, building a base landscape, blocking out levels, and exporting and importing assets for use in the design. Want to find out how to craft a unique look? Learn about applying materials and creating special effects with Unreal’s particle systems. Plus, get a thorough introduction to Blueprints, the visual scripting language, and optimizing performance for great gameplay with Unreal.

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Join author and world-renowned productivity and time management expert David Allen as he walks you through his five-step process for Getting Things Done. He’ll show you how to stay on top of your work and avoid feeling buried by it, while carving out space in your life to do more meaningful things. Learn how to capture, clarify, organize, reflect and engage with tasks that are demanding your attention, and come away with a clear head and a clear focus. In an exclusive bonus chapter, David Allen answers some of the most frequently asked questions he receives about Getting Things Done, including why GTD is different and how it can scale for larger teams and organizations.

 Audio + Music  Audio Effects  Audio Engineering  Audio for Video  Audio Foundations  Audio Plug-Ins  Automotive Design

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 B2C Marketing  Big Data  BIM  Black and White  Blogs

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 Branding  Business  Business Intelligence  Business Skills

 CAD  Cameras + Gear  Career Development  Character Animation  Charts + Graphs  Civil Engineering  Classroom Management  Cloud Computing  CMS  CNC + CAM  Collaboration  Color  Color Correction  Communication  Compositing  Computer Skills (Mac)  Computer Skills (Windows)  Construction  Content Marketing  Content Strategy  Creative Insights  Creative Inspirations  Creative Spark  Creativity

 Data Analysis  Databases  DAWs  Design  Design Business  Design Foundations  Design Patterns  Design Skills

 Design Techniques  Desktop Apps  Developer  Development Tools  Digital Planning  Digital Publishing  Documentaries  Drawing  DSLR Video  DVD Authoring

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Universal Principles of Design

2 hours 2 minutes; Appropriate for all

Design is full of unspoken rules and obscure theories that, when applied, can dramatically improve one’s own design. For the first time, we are documenting them all in one place. Universal Principles of Design, based on William Lidwell’s award-wining books, illustrates one design principle every other week, ranging from the tried and true (the 80/20 rule) to concepts that you may not have ever heard in a design context (Ockham’s razor or crowd intelligence). These principles are critical to successful design – no matter what the discipline. Anyone who creates, designs, engineers or illustrates will learn invaluable lessons that will take their work to the next level.

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Financial Wellness: Managing Personal Cash Flow

 Film Scoring  Filmmaking  Finance  Flash Photography  Forms  Freelancing

 Game Design  Game Development  Games  GIS

 HDR  Higher Education  Hillman Curtis Artist Series  Home + Small Office

1 hour 2 minutes; Beginner

Even if you’re normally level headed, “your brain on money” is different, and it can keep you financially stuck. In this course, financial therapist Amanda Clayman reveals ways you can adjust your financial habits and manage your cash flow in a positive way. Amanda helps you evaluate your current stress level and understand how your financial attitudes developed in the first place. She further helps you break down the stressful stimulus response behavior, separate your emotions from the noise, and gain a clear understanding of your situation and your options—and the consequences of past decisions. Last, she presents her framework for change, in a four-step model for managing your personal cash flow.

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Office 365: Excel Essential Training

8 hours 54 minutes; Beginner

Start mastering Excel, the world’s most popular and powerful spreadsheet program, with Excel expert Dennis Taylor. Learn how to best enter and organize data, perform calculations with simple functions, work with multiple worksheets, format the appearance of your data and cells, and build charts and PivotTables. Other lessons cover the powerful IF, VLOOKUP and COUNTIF family of functions; the Goal Seek, Solver and other data analysis tools; and automating tasks with macros.

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 Illustration  Infographics  Instructional Design  Interaction Design  Interior Design  iPad Music Production  iPhone, iPod, iPad  IT  IT and Hardware  IT Help Desk

 K-12 Education  Keying

 Languages  Lead Generation  Leadership  Lighting  Live Performance  LMS  Logo Design  lynda.com Presents

 Management  Manufacturing  Marketing  Masking + Compositing  Mastering  Materials  MEP  Microphones  Mixing  Mobile Apps  Mobile Marketing  Mobile Web  Modeling  Motion Graphics

 Music Business  Music Composition  Music Editing  Music Notation  Music Production  Music Theory

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Techniques and Concepts of Big Data 2 hours 12 minutes; Beginner

Big data is big news. But what is big data, and how do we use it? Simply put, big data is data that, by virtue of its velocity, volume or variety (the three Vs), cannot be easily stored or analyzed with traditional methods. Spreadsheets and relational databases just don’t cut it with big data. In this course, Barton Poulson tells you the methods that do work, introducing all the techniques and concepts involved in capturing, storing, manipulating and analyzing big data, including data mining and predictive analytics. He explains big data’s relationship to data science, statistics and programing; its uses in marketing, scientific research and tools like Amazon’s recommendation engine; and the ethical issues that lie behind its use. This course qualifies for 2 Category A professional development units (PDUs) through lynda.com, PMI Registered Education Provider #4101.

 Network Administration  Night + Low Light  Note Taking

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 Online Marketing  Operating Systems

 Presentations  Previsualization  Print Design  Print Production  Printing Photos  Product Design  Productivity  Productivity and Cloud Apps  Programming Foundations  Programming Languages  Project Management  Projects  Prototyping  Public Relations

 Page Layout  Particles + Dynamics  PDF  Photo Management  Photography  Photography Foundations  Plugin  Podcasting  Portraits  Post Production  PPC

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Innovative Customer Service Techniques

 Raw Processing  Recording Techniques  Remixing  Rendering  Responsive Design  Restoration  Retouching  Rigging

 Santa Barbara Film Festival  Scanning  Screenwriting  Security  SEM  SEO  Servers  Sharing Photos  Sharpening  Shooting Video  Site-planning  Small Business Marketing  Social Media Advertising  Social Media Marketing

44 minutes 53 seconds; Appropriate for all

Companies often want their employees to think outside the box when it comes to great customer service. Managers and frontline employees, in turn, often want to learn new techniques to boost customer service ratings. This course delivers new and cutting-edge research that can be used to take customer service to new levels. Jeff Toister shows how to influence customer perceptions, enhance your “service sense” and build teamwork in order to exceed customer expectations.

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Photoshop CS6 for Photographers

12 hours 20 minutes; Beginner

 Teacher Professional Development  Teacher Tools  Textures  Time Management  Tuning  Typography

 User Experience

S U B J E C T: S O C I A L M E D I A MARKETING In Photoshop CS6 for Photographers, author, photographer and teacher Chris Orwig explores Photoshop from the perspective of the photographer. The course details the features and techniques behind enhancing and retouching photos, preparing them for print and online publishing, and much more. Chris demonstrates how to make basic edits in Camera Raw, develop and save color profiles, work with layers and selections, tone and sharpen, and retouch images while retaining their natural character. Chris also shares some creative tips and project ideas, such as converting a photo to black-and-white and enhancing a portrait with hand-painted masks. The course covers workflow details, such as organizing images in Bridge and Mini Bridge, optimizing Photoshop preferences and calibrating your monitor.

 Social Networks  Songwriting  Spreadsheets  Start to Finish  Structural  Student Tools  Studio Setup

Personal Branding on Social Media

1 hour 8 minutes; Appropriate for all

Everyone – CEOs, business owners, entrepreneurs, authors, professionals and job seekers – needs a strong personal brand. In today’s online environment, a personal brand is more than a clever tagline, pithy elevator speech and professional profile pic. Instead, a deeper, more developed and consistent narrative is required across multiple social media sites. This course shows how to authentically and powerfully present your brand online. Branding expert Karen Leland reveals the important differences between the four main social media sites – LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest – and how to use them for career advancement and networking.

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 Video  Video Cameras  Video Delivery  Video Editing  Video Foundations  Video Pre-Production  Video Production  video2brain  Virtual Instruments  Virtualization  Visual Effects

 Web  Web Conferencing  Web Design  Web Development  Web Fonts

S U B J E C T: W E B

Designing Icons for the Web

2 hours 50 minutes; Intermediate

Learn techniques and best practices for designing smart, visually interesting Web icons in any software, in this guide with senior author James Williamson. First, find out what makes icons most effective and how to plan your design right from the start. Then review the best practices for brainstorming, sketching your ideas and finding the right visual metaphors. James shows how to build your designs at high resolutions and create variations that will work at smaller sizes. Finally, learn how to export your work to multiple file types and optimize SVGs, one of the most popular formats for icons.

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S U B J E C T: R E C O R D I N G TECHNIQUES

Audio Recording Techniques

5 hours 17 minutes; Beginner

Discover the industry secrets to recording crisp, rich instrument tracks and vocals in any type of recording environment. Join renowned audio engineer Bobby Owsinski as he walks through the process of miking and tracking a complete song by Underground Sun recording artist Iyeoka and A-list session musicians in a top-of-the-line studio—in a way that is applicable to any recording space and musical genre. Learn how to select the correct microphone and polar pattern for each instrument, with hundreds of revealing listening examples for drums, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, keyboards and more. These professional techniques offer critical insights for those just getting started in the recording process, and a trustworthy reference guide for more seasoned engineers. Bobby also demonstrates how to monitor and sculpt EQ settings, why and when to process your input signal, and how to choose the right outboard gear for the track. This course employs 360-degree, 3-D visualizations that provide an unprecedented perspective of the equipment, players and microphone placements discussed. Plus, with the raw audio files provided, you can critically listen to every recorded example at home with your DAW of choice at full 24-bit resolution.

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The National Parks: An American Legacy By Ian Shive (photographer), W. Clark Bunting (introduction) Earth Aware Editions, $50.00, 240 pages Check this out! Those caring for America’s National Parks hope to meet Keats’ belief, “a thing of beauty is joy forever.” But if tourists and political shenanigans get in the way, “forever” is not going to last too long. As a contribution to conserving the hundreds of sites across the country, Ian Shive’s photographs emphasize the most celebrated – Yosemite, Yellowstone and New Mexico’s Arches – essentially the show pieces of the parks system. The West and Southwest dominate the collection, with California, Wyoming, Alaska and their neighboring states taking a share of the pages. Although the book’s title suggests a national panorama, the only East Coast sites are Maine’s Arcadia represented by two (admittedly outstanding) images of spring flowers, and compelling scenes of the Florida Everglades. Sadly, despite ingeniously positioning the camera, the photographs have as much emotional impact as a month-by-month calendar. Most are too familiar from previous photos. Only a handful of pages are as memorable as those revealing the blackand-white snowscapes at Yosemite and Kenai Fjords, the uncaptioned frontispiece of a pine-surrounded lake, and most dramatically, the aerial view of Nevada’s Lake Mead National Recreation area. The text is minimal, providing cursory descriptions of the regions in a whimsically designed and edited tribute. Reviewed by Jane Manaster The Mysterious World of the Human Genome By Frank Ryan Prometheus Books, $28.00, 300 pages Check this out! In the earlier part of the 20th century, it was held by most thinkers that the genome was nowhere near as complex as it is. It took the genius of Crick and Watson in 1953 to crack the code and realize the vast significance of DNA. Today the picture is broad-

ened by the work of the many scholars and scientists who continue to contribute to discovering the true secret of life. All this is marvelously cataloged and sequenced by Frank Ryan in his remarkable new book, The Mysterious World of the Human Genome. Ryan examines every aspect of genome study, including putting the historical emergence of discovery into a unique perspective. The author does more than chronicling the science surrounding genome study; he reveals the way in which the genome works and how it evolves, giving us a broad window into nature’s greatest wonders. The book is nothing short of a powerful explanation of where we come from and a quest to examine where we are going. I think that Frank Ryan will soon join the ranks of those about whom he writes and will become part of a revaluation that moves science forward. Reviewed by D. Wayne Dworsky The Art of Risk: The New Science of Courage, Caution & Chance By Kayt Sukel National Geographic Society, $26.00, 281 pages Check this out! They say, “no pain, no gain.” Kayt Sukel, author of This Is Your Brain on Sex, elaborates on risk management in her new book, The Art of Risk. The book incorporates every aspect of risk in four parts: Now and Then; NaturalBorn Risk-Takers; Making the Most of Risk; and Risk, Now and Future. Sukel is a prolific writer and appears to be fascinated about topics relating to how the human brain works. She indeed opens up areas of thought that involve our

tendencies to determine the degrees of risk people are willing to take. She begins by defining the parameters of risk and then examines them within the brain function, genes, gender and age. Once the reader permeates himself or herself with Sukel’s way of thinking, she uncovers areas of deeper thought about what we are willing to do. The book is carefully planned and wellconstructed. Readers are in for an enlightening treat. Kayt Sukel is well represented. Her essays and articles have appeared in many publications including Atlantic Monthly, New Scientist, USA Today, The Washington Post, Parenting, American Baby and Scientific American Mind. Reviewed by D. Wayne Dworsky Lonely Planet’s Wild World By Lonely Planet Lonely Planet, $39.99, 256 pages Check this out! Lonely Planet is rapidly coming to be known as the publisher of travel books that are not your mother’s travel books. They are well known for covering the usual places, but also finding a lot of places off the beaten track and highlighting them. All of their travel books have fabulous photographs. This is not a travel book, but is instead a coffee-table book of spectacular photographs of unspoiled places and the flora and fauna to be found on every continent.

The photographs are spectacularly beautiful. Every page or spread has a photograph and a caption. There is no text beyond that. Every image is sharp, clear and artistic. Floating jellyfish, a sunset over Sicily, craggy rocks on the Isle of Skye, a floating crocodile in Papua New Guinea, a condor soaring over Colca Canyon in Peru and other wonders of nature from all over the world populate this gorgeous book. Each of the photos is attached to a thumbnail in the book that has a sentence or two with a further explanation of the what and where that is not covered in the short captions throughout the book. This is a winner. Reviewed by Rosi Hollinbeck Anatomy of Voice: How to Enhance and Project Your Best Voice By Blandine Calais-Germain, François Germain Healing Arts Press, $35.00, 304 pages Check this out! Although an excellent book, Anatomy of Voice is not for the average reader. This extensive book is a very complete text on See ANATOMY, page 15

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Scandal Takes the Stage: The Wicked Quills of London By Eva Leigh Avon, $7.99, 384 pages Check this out! Scandal Takes The Stage is the delightful tale of Maggie Delamere, a playwright, and Cam, Lord of Marwood. Set in Regency-era England, readers will be entranced by Eva Leigh’s storytelling, as the romance between Maggie and Cam unfolds. I found it easy to lose myself in the pages of this romance novel. Apprehensive and prejudiced against aristocrats, Maggie was burned before, when she was 15, by a smooth-talking nobleman. But Cam’s genuine interest in her work eventually softens her long-frozen heart. Cam is a known rake, determined not to marry, but Maggie’s intelligence and creativity soon show him that he can find long-lasting love. When Maggie experiences writer’s block, Cam invites her to his country estate for some rest and solitude, and hopes that she will soon regain her abilities. Away from the distraction of the city, Maggie finds the quiet she needs and a new muse -- Cam. It is always interesting how couples in historical romance find their way around society’s conventions. In Leigh’s book Forever Your Earl, I found Eleanor and Daniel, Leigh’s hero and heroine, difficult to connect with. However, Cam and Maggie were much stronger characters than in Leigh’s other work. I look forward to what Leigh has to offer in the future. Reviewed by Caryn Shaffer Rooms: A Novel By Lauren Oliver Ecco, $14.99, 320 pages Check this out! Having read Lauren Oliver’s Delirium Trilogy, as well as parts of Panic, I was excited to pick up Rooms. Promising me “an enticing and imaginative ghost story and a searing family drama,” Oliver’s latest didn’t disappoint.

Minna, Trenton and Caroline arrive at the home of the recently deceased Richard Walker. Minna is bitter and dismissive about her father’s death. Caroline, Richard’s ex-wife, complains and drinks constantly. Angsty teen Trenton is fixated on killing himself, even after he discovers he has inherited the house. The ghosts of the home’s previous owners all watch with interest as the trio becomes unraveled at the daunting task of purging the home of Richard’s possessions. Oliver has proven to be an expert storyteller, deftly weaving together Minna’s, Trenton’s and Caroline’s pasts, as well as the stories of the ghosts and their untimely demises. It’s interesting how Oliver makes the ghosts become a part of the house and part of the lives of the living. Parts of the characters’ pasts are truly shocking, making the reader more sympathetic to their present state. To those who love impactful fiction, keep an eye on Oliver. She is a bright and promising voice in modern fiction. Reviewed by Caryn Shaffer My Name Is Lucy Barton: A Novel By Elizabeth Strout Random House, $26.00, 208 pages Check this out! It is a simple operation, an appendectomy. But when Lucy Barton can’t keep food down after a couple of days, she is kept in the hospital. Days turn into weeks and Lucy can’t go home. They simply don’t know what is wrong. She misses her two daughters and her husband. They cannot come to the hospital very often. Lucy sleeps a lot but doesn’t seem to get better. Then she wakes up and finds her mother sitting in a chair by her bed. She hasn’t seen her mother or even talked to her in many See FICTION, cont’d on page 15

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Staked (The Iron Druid Chronicles) By Kevin Hearne Del Rey, $27.00, 336 pages Check this out! Atticus O’Sullivan, a 2,000-year-old Druid, finally confronts the enemy plaguing him since ancient times. Along with his apprentice, Granuaile, and his recently freed mentor, Owen, Atticus gathers his forces and takes the fight to Leif and the cabal of ancient vampires for a final battle. Staked is book eight in the Iron Druid Chronicles. The story follows three weaving plotlines for each of the main characters. Atticus prepares to finish his lifelong war with the vampires, Granuaile tries to free herself from Loki’s grasp, and Owen establishes a new power source for Druids in modern times. The three plots twist and turn, all racing to a confrontation that will shift the series’ paradigm, and not necessarily for the better. Fans of the Iron Druid Chronicles know what to expect from this long-running series: snappy banter, hilarious turns of events and outstanding characterization. Hearne does not disappoint in his newest book, and is clearly at the top of his game. Funny, fast-paced and incredibly addicting, Staked is a must-read for series fans and anyone who enjoys an urban fantasy adventure with heart. Reviewed by John Murray The Great Forgetting By James Renner Sarah Crichton Books, $26.00, 352 pages Check this out! Written by the author of The Man From Primrose Lane, James Renner’s second work of fiction is a captivating assembly of horror, science fiction, conspiracy and lost love. When Jack Feltner returns home to small-town Ohio, it is to help his sister Jean deal with their elderly father and his strug-

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gle with dementia. Before Jack has spent one night in his old house, he makes the reacquaintance of Nils, an old school friend, and Samantha, Jack’s high-school girlfriend. Tony, Sam’s husband and Jack’s former best friend, has either gone missing or has committed suicide. Sam asks for Jack’s help in locating Tony. She is convinced he has killed himself because of his apparent mental and emotional decline right before his disappearance. The case is still under investigation by law enforcement, and the popular notion is that Tony was stealing from the hospital where he practiced psychiatry. Jack agrees to help Sam, and what follows is the unraveling of a reality that no one suspected or could have imagined. The Great Forgetting is written with a high level of energy and suspense. Unheard of characters round out bizarre twists of actual world events. I very much enjoyed my time spent in Mr. Renner’s world. Overall, the book had hints of Bradbury, Vonnegut and Koontz. However, personally, his use of present-day American figures and tragedies to tell his story felt convenient, and, at times, offensive. Reviewed by Nan Smith

EINSTEIN, cont’d from page 8 But it’s Part Three that really sells this one. It concerns his views on various topics—from World War II and the Cold War to his views of human rights—a fascinating inclusion that brings Einstein’s personality home in ways many books fail to. This is the be-all-end-all resource for all things Einstein, and it’s a tremendously interesting read, even if it’ll take you more than one sitting. Reviewed by Glenn Dallas

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Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words By Randall Munroe Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $24.95, 64 pages Check this out! Have you ever felt lost or downright stupid when someone explains something to you? Whether intentionally or not, techspeak and technical jargon can prove incredibly alienating and disheartening to the average reader. So imagine if someone could keep it simple without losing all the impressiveness and wonder that comes with understanding. XKCD’s Randall Munroe has dismantled that challenge with Thing Explainer, a collection of detailed images explaining both fundamental and complex concepts, but only using the thousand most common words. (Or, as he puts it, the ten-hundred most common words.) The International Space Station, cells, nuclear power plants, washer-dryers, helicopters, The Constitution, atomic bombs, elevators, units of measurement, all of them come to life under the cleverly executed guidance of Munroe. With fold-out pages for larger, more expansive subjects — like the sky, the planet, the periodic table, skyscrapers and more — he has ample room to explain. The Large Hadron Collider becomes the big tiny thing hitter. Bridges become tall roads, and microwaves become food-heating radio boxes. My favorite was “strong pretty ring-wearer” for his wife. Thing Explainer manages to be incredibly informative, interesting and hilarious all at once. What a treat. Reviewed by Glenn Dallas

Easy on the Eyes: Make-up Looks in 5, 15 and 30 Minutes By Lisa Potter-Dixon Ryland Peters & Small, $21.95, 144 pages Check this out! You can get the beauty look you want, whether you have a lot of time or only a few minutes, by highlighting your beautiful eyes. The book begins with the basics – prepping and moisturizing your skin, applying foundation, grooming your brows, applying mascara. The bulk of the book first shows you various iterations of the smoky eye look – done in five minutes if you’re in a hurry, to about 30 minutes for a real knockout look – and next, different styles of eye lining. Finally, the author encourages you to experiment, mixing different techniques to get the look you want. There are many more styles and looks out there, but the ones in this book give you a great set of ideas from which to start. It is not for the absolute makeup novice, but lots of photographs help you understand each step, which are broken out distinctly; the photos feature all different face and skin types and ages, reiterating the author’s core philosophy that all eyes are beautiful. The writing style is fun and encouraging, friendly and enthusiastic. This book will help you feel confident you can have the look you want, and maybe even try something new. Reviewed by Gretchen Wagner Rick Steves Rome 2016 By Rick Steves, Gene Openshaw Avalon Travel Publishing, $21.99, 589 pages Check this out! As Rick Steves describes Rome as crimeridden and expensive, I am almost talked out of visiting Rome once again. But, despite the roaming dogs and pickpockets, Rome is the Eternal City for many reasons. It is, however, one of the cities where it is smarter for the tourist to hail a cab, rather NONFICTION cont’d on page 12 Tulsa Book Review • April 2016 • 11

Book Reviews than rely on public transportation and to invest in money belts to protect the Euros. Steves divides Rome into walkable neighborhoods and suggests places to stay within the distinctive sections. Most firsttime tourists will be mainly interested in world-famous sites, such as the Colosseum, Vatican City with the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s, the Pantheon, Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain and the Appian Way. But there is so much more to Rome! One of the oldest Jewish settlements is in Rome dating from 1555. Steves includes a chapter for a Jewish Ghetto Walk. There are many more suggested walks and interesting, less-traveled sights to see. There are also suggested day trips away from Rome that are included in this travel book. In eight pages at the back of this book is a brief history of Rome. Read the book through and make your travel plans! Reviewed by Julia McMichael Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2016 (Lonely Planet Best in Travel) By Lonely Planet Lonely Planet, $14.99, 208 pages Check this out! Lonely Planet has become the go-to guides for all things travel. This little book, at just 5.5 by 7 inches, can easily be dropped into a pocket, purse or backpack, and is chock-full, as are all Lonely Planet guide books, of useful and pertinent travel information. There are four major sections — Top 10 Countries, Top 10 Regions, Top 10 Cities and Top Travel Lists. For the countries, regions and cities, there are write-ups such as Life-Changing Experiences, Most Bizarre Sight, Currant Craze, Regional Flavors, Classic Place to Stay and more. There are many surprising choices, but all have sound reasons laid out for the reader. Perhaps the most fun section to browse is the Lists section where one will find such things as the Value Destinations, Super Sleeper Trains, Best Places to Elope, World’s Most Extraordinary Sleepovers, Best Places to Seek Silence and more. The choices are really eclectic and a lot of fun. The writing is lively and the facts are fascinating. The information is useful, up-todate and apropos for travelers. A plethora of fine photographs will have readers on the phone and making travel plans. Reviewed by Rosi Hollinbeck

Nonfiction The Book of SHE: Your Heroine’s Journey Into the Heart of Feminine Power By Sara Avant Stover New World Library, $16.95, 304 pages Check this out! Stover’s Book of SHE was an amazing journey of self-discovery. I had not intended to get as drawn into it as I did. I felt compelled to stop and carry out the appropriate tasks, which slowed my reading. Stover details an alchemic working focusing on the heroine’s journey, which is rather different than the hero’s journey, made popular by Joseph Campbell. The heroine’s journey is just as prevalent in myth, legend and modern culture, though it oft tends to be overlooked. It is a subtle journey spiraling within. Stover pays homage to both Campbell and his hero’s journey, as well as Maureen Murdock’s heroine’s journey, as laid out in The Heroine’s Journey: Woman’s Quest for Wholeness. Oh, and let’s not forget Carl Jung and archetypes, which play such a vital role in either journey. This book will teach you to embrace your divine female energies, which men and women both have, and to learn acceptance for the cyclical things in your life. These lessons were especially important to me. My natural feminine cycles and I do not get along. I am working on correcting that now, and already I can sense greater creativity in my life. I found the meditations useful, though mine went in quite unexpected directions. Other tasks prompt you to work with inner archetypes, such as the Inner Critic, Wounded Child, Patriarch and others. All are Shadow reflections that hold valuable lessons. They developed as they did to protect you. It is your job to meet them, thank them and work together to find better life strategies from there on out. It is long work that requires dedication, but the payoff at the end is wonderful. My own archetype work, within the context of the exercises in this book, manifested in wildly different ways than I expected. The Book of SHE is a must-read for any, be they female or male, to get in touch with the animal and feminine energies that we all hold within. If you follow the exercises and tasks laid out in the book, you will find yourself growing and blossoming in unexpected ways, as you release and waken energies long dormant. Reviewed by J. Aislynn d’Merricksson

Work Reimagined: Uncover Your Calling By Richard J. Leider, David Shapiro Berrett-Koehler Publishers, $16.95, 184 pages Check this out! I had great hopes for this book, as I am entering into a new stage of my own work life—or rather, leaving one. The promise of direction when jumping into some great change is certainly appealing. If that’s what you’re looking for, you most likely will be disappointed. If, however, you’re searching for a way to find peace with your current circumstances, or motivation to change, this may be what you’re looking for. More philosophical exploration than practical guidebook, this book explores the concept of calling as a motivating force. It explains why it’s important to find something to love about your work and the dramatic difference that simply changing your perception can make on your overall happiness. Ideas are expressed in general, easy-tounderstand terms. The calling card activity near the end was a fun burst of the specificity I was searching for. Perhaps best for those who haven’t really considered what they want out of work and life, most of the book includes gentle promptings to help readers unearth what they love to do and why. Read to discover a path to joy, if you do not already know it. Reviewed by Randy-Lynne Wach If Someone Says “You Complete Me,” RUN!: Whoopi’s Big Book of Relationships By Whoopi Goldberg Hachette Books, $26.00, 240 pages Check this out! Whoopi Goldberg’s new book If Someone Says “You Complete Me,” Run! is the anti “how to catch a man and keep him” book that so many relationship books often are. She suggests, over and over again, being a complete person, being completely honest and upfront, and participating in the types of relationships that work for you personally, regardless of what society and pop culture lead you to believe is “right.” Drawing from her own experiences and loaded with pop-culture references, Whoopi’s voice is present throughout, which is exactly what I look for in a book written by a well-known celebrity. A bit repetitive, as most self-help books tend to be, and fairly liberal about sex and what relationships can look like, this book

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won’t be for everyone. It is meant to be empowering for people who want reassurance that they don’t need to want what society tells us to want, although anyone, whether single, happily paired up, or looking for justification to end a relationship that isn’t working, can take something away from this funny and insightful look into one person’s idea of what can make us all happy – the takeaway being honesty, communication and finding our own fulfillment. Reviewed by Tina Jaspersen More Doctor Who and Philosophy By Edited by Courtland Lewis and Paula Smithka Open Court, $19.95, 288 pages Check this out! The Popular Culture and Philosophy series tends to be hit or miss; some subjects simply offer more meat to chew on than others. But clearly, Doctor Who is a sumptuous buffet like few pop-culture properties out there today, since More Doctor Who and Philosophy is the second go-around for the series. Doctor Who lends itself brilliantly to philosophical analysis, because so many strong, intriguing concepts are central to the show’s mythos. The importance of the self, questions of morality and responsibility, the wavering uneasy definitions of good and evil, the dynamics of power, cleverness vs. violence ... these are rich veins to mine, and the show has struck gold for decades doing so. Each author is clearly not simply familiar with the show, as they deeply understand the mechanics and meaning behind given episodes, granting their arguments, their perspectives, their insight even greater impact. Every essay is like a late-night conversation with fellow fans, as stimulating as black coffee. This is easily the best edition of the series I’ve yet encountered, loaded with fascinating discussions that make me want to rewatch so many episodes. And I’m very glad to read that philosophers were as confused by the Impossible Girl as I was. Reviewed by Glenn Dallas TV Finales FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About the Endings of Your Favorite TV Shows By Stephen Tropiano, Holly Van Buren Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, $19.99, 424 pages Check this out! Did Lost leave you baffled? Did Sam and Diane’s will-they-won’t-they back and forth leave you saddened that they won’t after all? Does the very thought of Meadow trying to parallel park or a snow globe being shaken conjure fond memories or frustrated echoes

Book Reviews of former fandom? From the greatest to the most viewed, from the most shocking to the most disappointing, there’s one thing all of the finales in this book have in common: they’re memorable. Some are even iconic. I admit, I was surprised by some of these entries. I had no idea Magnum, P.I. raked in so many viewers. I enjoyed the finale of Buffy, but wouldn’t call it an all-time classic. I was glad to see the 30 Rock finale get all the love it so richly deserved, though. With ratings figures and behind-thescenes insight into the making of these final episodes, this is more than just a celebration of greatest hits, greatest misses, big ambitious swings and failed experiments ... it’s a glimpse into the relationships we form with characters and fictional worlds, and what bringing them to a close means to each viewer. This is a walk down Memory Lane and an ode to great storytelling all at once. What fun. Reviewed by Glenn Dallas The Maker’s Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse: Defend Your Base With Simple Circuits, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi By Simon Monk No Starch Press, $24.95, 296 pages Check this out! Simon Monk does an excellent job of providing great detail and information about general electronics, Arduino and Raspberry Pi. Starting with an overview of basic electronics and a tutorial on how to generate electricity with a bike and an alternator from a car, the reader is immersed in an easy to follow step-by-step instruction on how to work with hobby electronics. Underscoring the experience is a background commentary on how these devices might come in handy when dealing with zombies. The zombie commentary was sufficient to lighten the topic but not so overboard that it hindered understanding of the topics covered. The pictures and schematics were well sequenced to make each step of the process clear and understandable. Each project includes a list of all the components used along with part numbers and where to purchase. The tutorials that require writing code include well-documented code with instruction on what each section does as well as links to download the source code.

Nonfiction I recommend this book to anyone thinking about getting into hobby electronics since it covers a good spectrum of beginning projects and more advanced ones. Reviewed by Peterson Wagner 100 Deadly Skills: The SEAL Operative’s Guide to Eluding Pursuers, Evading Capture, and Surviving Any Dangerous Situation By Clint Emerson Touchstone, $18.00, 272 pages Check this out! In the novel Snow Crash, a character mentions how until the age of about 25, everyone thinks they could transform themselves into the biggest badass on the planet. Well, if you ever needed a handbook on how to make that transformation, 100 Deadly Skills is a solid place to start. This isn’t your average worst-case scenario book or urban survival guide, not by a long shot. This is hardcore be-ready-to-go-to-war training for aspiring apocalypse survivors, and, as retired Navy SEAL Clint Emerson calls them, violent nomads. Now, granted, that description probably makes this book sound frivolous or ridiculous, but I assure you, it is anything but. This is hard-won advice given by a man who has clearly been to the brink and back, not only living to tell the tale, but generously sharing the lessons he learned with readers. There are simple ideas, like defensive maneuvers or hiding keys and blades on your person, and much more complex techniques, like making a taser from a disposable camera or modifying your car for dangerous fieldwork. If your goal is escape, evade or survive, you’ll find a plethora of valuable advice in 100 Deadly Skills. Reviewed by Glenn Dallas The Big Bad Book of Bill Murray: A Critical Appreciation of the World’s Finest Actor By Robert Schnakenberg Quirk Books, $22.95, 272 pages Check this out! How do you encapsulate the life of Bill Murray? Clearly no normal biography will do. Well, Robert Schnakenberg has accepted this seemingly insurmountable task with The Big Bad Book of Bill Murray, an A-to-Z encyclopedia of all things Murrayesque. Alongside character descriptions, classic cohorts and stories from Murray’s life that have become pop-culture lore, you’ll find unexpected entries like Murray’s thoughts

on being assassinated, C-SPAN, William Holden, In-N-Out Burger, magnets, Gregor Mendel, Ralph Nader, the sex scene from Road House, petty cash, player pianos, religion, the song “Summer Breeze,” Bob Woodward and, of course, his eclectic filmography. Utterly nontraditional (and thereby perfect for representing Murray), The Big Bad Book of Bill Murray manages to explore all facets of Murray’s life and personality; despite its fawning fanboy tone, it discusses his darker turns, his sometimes vicious takedowns, and his knack for being immensely frustrating to studio execs and longtime friends alike. It’s been said, “Some people photobomb pictures. Bill Murray photobombs life.” If so, there’s no greater collection of those photobombs than right here. Hardcore fans and casual ones alike will learn plenty. Reviewed by Glenn Dallas CHOCOLATE: The Consuming Passion By Sandra Boynton Workman Publishing Company, $12.95, 112 pages Check this out! If you’re addicted to chocolate as most of us chocophilics are, then you will get a high from this overresearched handbook all about chocolate. Sandra Boynton not only composes songs along with her writing but also displays her cartooning skills in the whimsical illustrations that are integrated into the text. Starting with the history of the cacao tree beans from which the Aztecs made their xocoatl hot drink, the story of chocolate evolves into descriptions of our current products. Is your preference for milk or dark or white chocolate or some other variation? These are all described, as well as how this magical delight affects both the mind and body. Everything you want to know about chocolate is included here, including some tempting chocolate recipes and even a language phrasebook that allows you to find chocolate in Germany, France, England, Italy and even China. This writer is euphoric about chocolate and the theobromine evidently has triggered her to wittily record her rapture with this delicacy. Share this book with friends while feasting on a batch of chocolate brownies and mull over the question asked here: Sex or Chocolate: Which is better? Reviewed by Aron Row The New Small House By Katie Hutchison Taunton Press, $32.00, 224 pages Check this out! Residential architect and small-dwelling advocate Katie Hutchison follows in the illustrious footsteps of Sarah Susanka, au-

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thor of the Not So Big House series. Both women are experts in use of materials, site and scale. Taunton Press has added to their coverage of housing possibilities with The New Small House. Smaller is better for a certain segment of the house-buying public. Katie Hutchison focuses on dwellings that are not just small (1,700 square feet or less) but also smartly laid out, sited and built with carefully selected materials. Her 10 small-house strategies are defined up front and eloquently illustrated through a series of in-depth reviews of homes and retreats across the U.S. The book is a guide to what makes for a successful new small house. Hutchison goes into specific details about each of the beautiful and unique dwellings. The icons that alert the reader to the strategies employed are posted with each selection. Several of the owners are fellow architects who are clearly kindred spirits of hers. The New Small House is meant to prompt thoughtful consideration of how we can live with less and better choices. It also gives the reader plenty of ideas for downsizing or building a retreat. Reviewed by Ruta Arellano The Making of Home: The 500-Year Story of How Our Houses Became Our Homes By Judith Flanders Thomas Dunne Books, $26.99, 368 pages Check this out! Judith Flanders presents her survey of the evolution of the house into a home in a textbook format with glossy color illustrations, notes, bibliography and index. Ms. Flanders is British. Her writing is a bit stilted, but this may just be her natural style. She takes a close look at what we believe to represent past times and daily practices, and brings a logical scene to her reader. A p p a r e nt l y, those of us who are inclined to study interiors from the distant past have done so only at a superficial level. There’s more to what was meant in those historic paintings of rooms such as Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Wedding Portrait (1434). Social mores, values and fantasy are often present in the form of innocuous fabrics, colors and subtly placed items. The evolution of relationships (men, women and children), geography and personal values are all determining factors in NONFICTION cont’d on page 14

Book Reviews what was the place for sleeping, cooking and keeping animals – a house and what we now call a home. The cadence of the narrative evens out once the reader is past the first few chapters, and becomes more of a lecture rather than a heavily laden introduction to the concept of a dwelling. Reviewed by Ruta Arellano The Red Web: The Struggle Between Russia’s Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries By Andrei Soldatov, Irina Borogan PublicAffairs, $27.99, 384 pages Check this out! The Red Web: The Struggle Between Russia’s Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries tells the fascinating story of Russia’s communications systems and how they can be manipulated by Russia’s authoritarian regime to suppress dissent. The authors, journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan, chart the course and evolution of Russia’s communications technology from how it was adopted in the Soviet times to the present days. The authors argue that modern communications systems such as social media are used by both the government to monitor the oppositions as well those who oppose the almost dictatorial regime led by the former KGB officer Vladimir Putin. I felt an instant connection to The Red Web. With me having immigrated to America from the former Soviet Union, most of what Soldatov and Borogan write about is known to me either from my family’s experience from them having lived most of their lives in the USSR or by me keeping up with the latest developments from Russia and its neighbors from the Russian Internet (gasp!). The book’s setting is lively. It is as if I am right there in the middle of it all, whether in Putin’s cabinet reading and voting on a new bill that is ostensibly in the best interests of the people, or as a protester at Bolotnaya Square, taking to the streets and demanding the end to the brutal Putin regime. I would highly recommend The Red Web to anybody who keeps up with current events. It is extremely important to know what goes on in other countries, particularly a major economic, political and military world player like Russia. Reviewed by Michael Shulman Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath By Ted Koppel Crown, $26.00, 288 pages Check this out! With hurricanes, superstorms, floods and snowmaggedons reported with increas-

Nonfiction ing frequency, you’d think that every potential nightmare scenario would’ve been exhausted by now. But something just as catastrophic is lurking in the heart of America’s cities, and it’s a vulnerability that could lead to untold suffering in ways you might never have imagined. That catastrophe? A cyberattack on the nation’s power grid. Whether instigated by another nation, a rogue group or even a lone hacker with the right skills, it’s a possibility for which we are staggeringly unprepared. Lights Out is an in-depth investigation that takes us not only into the embarrassingly ill-informed offices of government agencies tasked with protecting us in a crisis, but explores the energy grid itself, explaining the technology and just how tempting a target it is to dangerous outside forces. But Ted Koppel, proving himself once again as one of the foremost voices in modern journalism, goes farther still, taking us to unexpected communities that might be best prepared to weather the storm. From doomsday preppers and survivalists to ranchers and Mormons, Koppel shares a cross section of America that’s both intriguing and alien to most readers. As horrifying as it is informative, Lights Out is something everyone should read. Reviewed by Glenn Dallas Crafting With Wood Pallets: Projects for Rustic Furniture, Decor, Art, Gifts and More By Becky Lamb Ulysses Press, $16.95, 128 pages Check this out! Crafting With Wood Pallets has 26 different projects you can make. There are detailed step-bystep instructions for each project and a section with everything you need to know about working with pallets. There is also a section on what tools you will need and a page dedicated just to resources for paint and stencils you might need. This was a great book. Every project looked amazing and I really appreciated the thorough instructions. The color illustrations along with the directions make it easy to follow along. The author even includes a section that describes how to paint pallets, including which paint to use and how to seal it for different purposes. One of my favorite parts is at the end of each project there is a

little box that gives you more ideas for how to do the project a little different than the way pictured. I can’t wait to start decorating my whole house with pallets! Reviewed by Christina Boswell What to Think About Machines That Think: Today’s Leading Thinkers on the Age of Machine Intelligence By John Brockman (editor) Harper Perennial, $15.99, 576 pages Check this out! Artificial intelligence. It’s the Holy Grail of robotics and programming, and some people believe we’re closer than ever before to realizing it in our lifetimes. But what would that mean for us going forward? Would they eventually replace us? Would they change us? Are we creating a new slave class? Would we compete for resources or work together harmoniously? In this new edition of John Brockman’s Edge Question series, that very possibility is posed to over 100 deep thinkers in all sorts of scientific and socially relevant fields, many of whom have wildly differing yet equally insightful opinions. Although getting views from so many thoughtful and learned individuals was valuable, I feel like the book would’ve benefited from featuring fewer voices and giving select voices more time. With each participant given four pages or less, there wasn’t simply a loss of greater potential depth for the most fascinating contributions, but a great deal of repetition as well. (I cannot count how many times the whole “we are thinking machines” point was made.) Unlike many books about a given topic, this one doesn’t claim to have all the answers. It just encourages the discussion. And that is an extremely valuable service. Reviewed by Glenn Dallas On Fire at Work: How Great Companies Ignite Passion in Their People Without Burning Them Out By Eric Chester, Nido R. Qubein (foreword) Sound Wisdom, $24.95, 256 pages Check this out! This book tries to outline what it takes for corporations to have not engaged employees, but employees who are on fire (i.e. beyond just engaged). The model presented is that employers seek in their employees seven attributes. In return, employees seek in their employers a somewhat symmetrical set of seven attri-

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butes. The narrative sets out to show that a traditional business model (termed “Old School”) does not fit this model, and what the workplace would look like if it were to implement the proposed model. After the introductory chapter, each chapter discusses one of the attributes that employees seek from employers. The last chapter showcases a company that embodies the proposed model. The writing is engaging and straightforward. Examples in the form of anecdotes and parables are used to illustrate the points made throughout the text. Empirical studies are used when illustrating flaws with the traditional model. However no such studies are presented for the proposed model, perhaps because there is none. Examining companies that implement elements of the proposed model but have not achieved the results described here would be useful. The book is written from the perspective of an employer, and hence the changes outlined are those employers need to make to transform the workforce. Readers without direct reports may have a difficult time translating the ideas presented into practice. As a book that is presenting a novel idea for employee engagement, it is a wellworth read. Reviewed by Muhammed Hassanali Friend & Foe: When to Cooperate, When to Compete, and How to Succeed at Both By Adam Galinsky, Maurice Schweitzer Crown Business, $27.00, 320 pages Check this out! Competition and cooperation are business buzz words that dictate how we approach a given situation. This book’s introduction argues that we engage in both behaviors – often si mu lt a ne ou sly. The first half of the chapters focus on building up, and then breakdown dichotomies in areas such as social comparisons, power, hierarchy and discrimination (gender and racial). The second half of the book discusses topics like signs to verify trust, ingredients of an apology and sympathy. Each chapter starts with an anecdote and makes reference to studies that explain the behavior. Earlier chapters are typically followed by another anecdote and study that explains the anecdote (as the second part of the chapter breaks the dichotomy). The book is entertaining and the narrative is easy to read. Studies cited in the book are referenced for those interested in reviewing not only the anecdotes, but understanding the more rigorous studies conducted. Of course, “friend” and “foe” have to be taken in a broader context of the various dichotomies that are discussed than in

Book Reviews the narrower sense of the words themselves. This book is a discussion of relating to others rather than a “how to” or checklist. Good advice not only from psychology but also from morality. Reviewed by Muhammed Hassanali Brooklyn: A Personal Memoir: With the Lost Photographs of David Attie By Truman Capote Little Bookroom, $29.95, 112 pages Check this out! Originally written for Holiday Magazine in 1959, Capote captured the essence of his Brooklyn Heights residency along with its iconic buildings and the offbeat denizens residing in its environs. Spiced with Capote’s maverick appraisals, the essay revives a memory of a neighborhood from a bygone era. But the essence of this edition is the publication of David Attie’s photographs commissioned in 1958 to publicize Capote and the upcoming production of Breakfast at Tiffanys. Unfortunately, these images were never published, and only after 50 years were they discovered by the photographer’s son. These pictures comprise the bulk of the book, and now reveal two photos of a young Truman posed against and within the gigantic winding staircase of his Brooklyn Heights Willow Street residence. The remaining shots capture in crisp, black and white the essence of Brooklyn Heights in the 1950s. The scenes of the shops, buildings, neighborhoods, river, and especially the resident teens and local folk, summon the viewer back to a bygone time so aptly portrayed in this compelling memoir. Further enhancing this edition is the laudable introduction by George Plimpton. Reviewed by Aron Row Beautiful LEGO: Wild! By Mike Doyle No Starch Press, $24.95, 232 pages Check this out! At this point, LEGO bricks have moved beyond toy and into cultural icon status. Professional designers and amateur master builders alike are constantly raising the bar for what can be accomplished with the everexpanding library of bricks and pieces produced by LEGO. These days, it’s entirely fair to call LEGO building its own legitimate art form. Beautiful LEGO: Wild! is the latest in the Beautiful LEGO series, and this collection focuses mostly on creatures, flowers and nature scenes. You’ve got animals (real and fictional), characters

Nonfiction Book Reviews (copyrighted and original), and a plethora of immensely creative, visually stunning pieces. Whether they’re building in a miniature scale (where efficiency is paramount and complete sets can feature fewer than 20 pieces total) or on a larger scale to bring these sculptures to life, you’ll see some absolutely gorgeous designs, innovative use of LEGO pieces and mind-blowing cleverness. What more can I say about this book? It’s absolutely beautiful, and it makes me want to go build something impressive. I’ll meet you at the LEGO chest. Let’s go! Reviewed by Glenn Dallas

ANATOMY, cont’d from page 9 every aspect of voice—particularly useful for medical professionals, actors, singers, speakers, lecturers and lawyers. Authors Blandine Calaise-Germain and Françoise Germain present an extremely detailed description of the body with regard to voice. The text is very wellwritten, clear, with short, precise sentences, and is easily understandable. Simple sketch illustrations with color shading by the senior author help to further clarify the text. These illustrations are wonderful and take up at least half of the book. Four extensive chapters make up this volume, ending with a brief chapter on the terms used in vocal professions. We learn about how you may change your voice by body posture, or how you take silent inhalations when you need to use your voice for long periods: this is healthier for the vocal cords and lubricates the mucous membranes. The authors extend their work beyond skeletal structure with regard to voice, including, for example, the description of the muscles of the tongue and lips, and how these affect your voice. This is a superb reference book for professionals. Reviewed by George Erdosh WEIRD, cont’d from page 5 about? The area had been largely ignored by white Americans. It was hard to reach, particularly in the winter, and it was an area used for hunting and held sacred by Native Americans, who fiercely protected it. But when gold was discovered there, white settlers were willing to go, and they discovered a land of wild and strange beauty with bubbling mud, hissing hillsides, roaring rivers and great wildlife. It took a wealthy railroad magnate, geologists, other scientists, conservationists, artists and more to bring about this amazing bill to protect this wild and beautiful place. There have been histories of this great park written, but never one for the middlegrade crowd. This book, with lively writing,

great research, and wonderful photographs, maps and other graphics, deserves a much wider readership than its intended audience, and should find a place in libraries and classrooms everywhere. Reviewed by Rosi Hollinbeck

FICTION, cont’d from page 10 years. But now her mother is there, day and night, for several days, and they talk about things they have never been able to discuss before. Elizabeth Strout certainly has a way with words. She manages to inhabit the mind of Lucy Barton, a writer with a strange past and, except for her illness, a lovely present that cannot last. This is a story of estrangement, love, forgiveness and more. Readers are with Lucy as she becomes a child at times, seeking her mother’s approval and love, something she has never had. The writing is elegant and powerful. This is an unusually beautiful book. Reviewed by Rosi Hollinbeck The Gilded Hour By Sara Donati Berkley, $26.95, 752 pages Check this out! In The Gilded Hour, Sara Donati creates two highly unconventional main characters: Anna and Sophie. These young women are unmarried physicians living in New York in 1883, one of whom is the daughter of free colored people. Although raised by a rather unusual and forwardthinking extended family, the society in which these two cousins live and work has little concept of women’s or minority rights or concern for the well-being of orphans. This same male-dominated society also supports the entrapment and incarceration of doctors for providing abortions or contraception education to female patients who desperately seek both. These elements alone could provide ample fodder for an excellent novel, but Donati adds a significant element of romance and a challenging mystery to her well-researched historical fiction. The result is is an irresistible page turner. Donati is also the author of the international best-selling Wilderness series. Indeed, Anna and Sophie are the descendants of the characters in that series. In any case, readers both familiar and unfamiliar with her earlier work should eagerly seek out The Gilded Hour. Reviewed by Annie Peters

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Fiction The Blue Between Sky and Water By Susan Abulhawa Bloomsbury USA, $26.00, 304 pages Check this out! Susan Abulhawa’s The Blue Between Sky and Water is a breathtaking tale of incredible importance. When the State of Israel is established in 1948, Um Mamdouh and her children, Nazmiyeh, Miriam and Mamdouh, must flee their beloved village, Beit Daras. During and shortly following the exodus, the Baraka family is separated from one another. Nazmiyeh settles in a refugee camp in Gaza where she begins raising her large family. Born in America and raised in the child welfare system, Nazmiyeh’s great-niece Nur is unaware of her existing Palestinian relatives. When Nur travels to Gaza to care for injured children, she discovers a loving family that she has always longed for. With a charming blend of real-life and magical, Abulhawa’s highly affecting account of the Baraka family is indelible. Some of the novel’s most beautiful and profound language lies in the lyrical snippets that begin each brief chapter. Abulhawa’s radiant prose brings to life the horrors and occasional joys that befall this courageous group of exiled Palestinians. Though tragedy runs deep throughout the novel, Abulhawa’s characters face their adversities with inspiring fierceness, never succumbing to self-pity. The Blue Between Sky and Water is a powerful, politically charged novel that functions as a primer for understanding the devastatingly real struggles of modern Middle Eastern refugees. Reviewed by Mandy Nevius

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