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24/7 Bookshelf

ForeWord's 24/7 Bookshelf offers exclusive lists of titles in targeted categories recommended by ForeWord contributors — great for growing a library, or scoping out the stash of a trusted reviewer. Each list is presented in a PDF document that you can either read online in your browser or download and print. New material is added regularly, so check back soon.

Art

American Art — ForeWord Editor-In-Chief Heather Shaw offers a selection of books about American art. Peruse Maine folk art and Clyde Singer's paintings of America. And gaze on books featuring photographs of Cleveland's African American churches, from Chicago in the 1950s, and from the Farm Security Administration in the 1920s and 30s.

November 2008

Audio

New Audio CDs - 4 — Fiction titles come to audio: Grace by Richard Paul Evans, The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb, and Full of Grace by Dorothea Benton Frank. We also profile two spiritual non-fiction titles, The Meaning of Life: Buddhist Perspectives on Cause and Effect and Emotional Awareness: Overcoming the Obstacles to Psychological Balance and Compassion.

December 2008

New Audio CDs - 3 — New audio CDs highlighted include fiction titles by James Lee Burke, David Fuller, Zoe Ferraris, Omar Tyree, Per Petterson and Elizabeth Hecht.

December 2008

New Audio CDs - 2 — A selection of fresh audio CDs including two fiction titles and one non-fiction title, plus a pair of middle reader books and one for even younger kids.

December 2008

New Audio CDs - 1 — A selection of fresh audio CDs including one on history/finance and a variety of fiction titles.

November 2008

Biography

Political Biography — Karl Helicher, a ForeWord reviewer, says political biographies are similar to sports biographies, in that to be worthy of the reader's time they have to get beyond the locker room and the back room. A good political biography is grounded in sound research and delves into the men, women, and the times that makeup the political arena of their respective eras. In this collection, he mentions ten great political biographies that he encountered during more than twenty-five years of political book reviewing.

November 2008

Favorites

Edward Morris — Edward Morris, a ForeWord reviewer (often mysteries) since the very beginning, reveals his prankster side in this personal collection of old favorites.

October 2008

Juvenile

Children's Nonfiction Series for Libraries and Classrooms — A variety of nonfiction book series suitable for group use. Check out a variety of series including National Geographic Investigates; Science Q & A; USA Past, Present, Future; African American History; and more.

October 2008

Summer Reading List — ForeWord's editors recommend 25 books from independent presses for young readers.

July 2008

Religion

Religion Top Sellers — Religion Top Sellers at Barnes & Noble outlets across the nation.

March 2008

Short Stories

Short Stories in Translation — New collections of short stories from China, Germany, Slovenia, and the Arabian Gulf offer surprises and a variety of worldviews for curious readers.

August 2008

Sports

Lawrence Kane — Lawrence Kane, a ForeWord reviewer, offers his list of must-reads for serious martial artists.

November 2008

Ron Kaplan — Ron Kaplan, a ForeWord reviewer and longtime member of the Society for American Baseball Research, shares his "essential baseball library."

October 2008

Travel

Travel Photography Books — We highlight a selection of terrific travel books that feature photography. Read about Lonely Planet's The Europe Book: A Journey Through Every Country on the Continent, Of Woods and Water: A Photographic Journey Across Michigan, Serenissima, and India in Word and Image.

December 2008