Social Sciences Reviews | November 15, 2012

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Reviews of Michael D. Coe’s Royal Cities of the Ancient Maya, Richard Lingeman’s The Noir Forties, and Amy Wilentz’s Farewell, Fred Voodoo, plus a full list of social sciences reviews from the Nov. 15 issue.

Best Books 2012: Biography and History

Let the People In

Karl Helicher Director, Upper Merion Township Lib., King of Prussia, PA Reid, Jan. Let the People In: The Life and Times of Ann Richards. Univ. of Texas. Oct. 2012. 460p. photogs. index. ISBN 9780292719644. $27. BIOG Reid presents a colorful, warts-and-all portrayal of this unique, one-term progressive Texas governor and feminist who served as a [...]

Best Sellers: Business–Economics, December 6, 2012

January 2012 to date as identified by YBP Library Services

Xpress Reviews: Nonfiction | First Look at New Books, November 30, 2012

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Brush up on your British Secret Service intelligence with Corera’s history of the M16. Learn the latest in business model trends–customizing a nation. Keyes offers her Reiki wisdom in a new healing health guide. The many faces of Christmas are revealed in Plaut’s new investigation of how secular and religious American Jews interpret holiday tradition. May music be with you, in all its complex constructs as you revel in movement with Rahaim. Richard Burton’s Diaries doth not protest too much!

Parenting Reviews | November 15, 2012

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Reviews of Edward A. Bell’s A Parent’s Guide to Children’s Medicines, Meg Cox’s The Book of New Family Traditions, and Mei-Ling Hopgood’s How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm, plus a full list of parenting reviews from the Nov. 15 issue.

2012 Military History Roundup: With Ten Additional Reviews

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Reviews of military biographies and historical surveys, as well as books on the American Revolution, American Civil War, and 19th-century conflicts.

Best Sellers: Social Sciences, November 15, 2012

December 2011 to date as identified by YBP Library Services

Social Science Reviews | November 1, 2012

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Reviews of Steven Lubet’s John Brown’s spy, Robert Mcfarlane’s The Old Ways, and Charles Allen’s Ashoka, plus a full list of social sciences reviews from the Nov. 1 issue.

Professional Media | November 1, 2012

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Reviews of Information Literacy Beyond Web 2.0 and Carol A. Singer’s Fundamentals of Managing Reference Collections.

Best Sellers: Latin American Studies, October 25, 2012

December 2011 to date as identified by YBP Library Services

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