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Genealogy: A Practical Guide for Librarians

Katherine Pennavaria

Commercials for the largest subscription database indicate that the process of genealogy is simple—you just “plug in” what you know, and the database does the rest! Those ads might sell subscriptions, but they are misleading. Getting beyond that “low-hanging fruit” is not so easy; collecting the records and data needed ...Read More
Kentucky African American Encyclopedia (Contributor - 5 entries)

Nancy Richey, Contributor; Gerald L. Smith, Editor; Karen Cotton McDaniel, Editor; and John Hardin, Editor

The story of African Americans in Kentucky is as diverse and vibrant as the state’s general history. The work of more than 150 writers, The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia is an essential guide to the black experience in the Commonwealth
A Witness to the Impossible: My Life of Mystery and Intrigue

Dewayne Stovall

My name is Dewayne Stovall, and I am a young man who was born into a life of tragedy, sorrow, and grief at the young age of five-years-old. Sadly, I saw my beautiful beloved twenty-three-year-old mother sneeze and begin bleeding to death one terrible Saturday in our family car, and ...Read More
The Forgotten Girl

David Bell

The past has arrived uninvited at Jason Danvers’s door in the form of his younger sister, Hayden, a former addict who severed all contact with her family as her life spiraled out of control. Now she’s clean and sober but in need of a desperate favor—she asks Jason and his ...Read More
They Become Her

Rebbecca Brown

Rebbecca Brown's debut novel, THEY BECOME HER, received Honorable Mention in the 2009-2010 Starcherone Innovative Fiction contest. It tells the story of Delia Bacon, the first to propose that Shakespeare did not write his own works and whose own literary ambition inspired a life filled with fame and scandal. Three ...Read More
Cutting a ThousandSticks of Tobacco Makes a Boy a Man: Traditionalized Performances of Masculinity in Occupational Contexts

Ann Ferrell; Pauline Greenhill, Editor; and Diane Tye, Editor

In Unsettling Assumptions, editors Pauline Greenhill and Diane Tye examine how tradition and gender come together to unsettle assumptions about culture and its study.

Contributors explore the intersections of traditional expressive culture and sex/gender systems to question, investigate, or upset concepts like family, ethics, and authenticity. Individual essays consider myriad ...Read More
Bringing the Arts into the Library

Jack G. Montgomery Jr., Contributor and Carol Smallwood, Editor

Using a library’s facilities to bring arts to the community is not only a valuable service, but also a wonderful marketing and outreach opportunity, a tangible way to show the public that libraries offer value, thus shoring up grassroots support. Editor Smallwood has combed the country finding examples of programs ...Read More
Creative Management Small Public Libraries 21st Century

Nancy Richey, Contributor and Carol Smallwood, Editor

Creative Management of Small Public Libraries in the 21st Century is an anthology on small public libraries as centers of communities serving populations under 25,000 that make up most of the public library systems in the United States. A wide selection of topics was sought from contributors with varied backgrounds ...Read More
Dear Sir: Sixty-Nine Years of Alfred Russel Wallace Letters to the Editor

Charles H. Smith, Editor and Kelsey Patterson, Editor

Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913), colleague of Charles Darwin, co-discoverer of the principle of natural selection, “father” of the field of evolutionary biogeography, vocal socialist and spiritualist, land reform theorist, intense social critic, etc., etc., was one of the most captivating figures of his time. Wallace began his professional career through ...Read More
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, 3rd Edition

Jennifer A. W. Wright (Joe), Contributor and Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, Editor

Information acquisition and management has always had a profound impact on societal and organizational progression. However, as computing dramatically advances the level of intelligence associated with management technologies, the breadth of their dispersal, and ultimately the impact of the information itself, the utilization and management of information science and technology ...Read More
Tibetan Folktales

Haiwang Yuan, Awang Kunga, and Bo Li

This collection of folktales provides readers with an extensive overview of the breadth of Tibetan culture, revealing the character of the region and its people as well as their traditional customs and values.
Most Westerners are unlikely to travel to the mountainous region of East Asia and experience ...Read More
Never Come Back

David Bell

When her mother is murdered, a woman is propelled into a twisted world of danger and double lives in this gripping psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Since She Went Away and Cemetery Girl.

Leslie Hampton always cared for her troubled son Ronnie’s special needs and assumed that her daughter ...Read More
Rides a Stranger

David Bell

Until his death, Don Kurtwood’s father was known as a simple family man, defined by his blue collar career and obsessive, albeit pedestrian, reading habits. When a rare book dealer who seems to know more about the late Mr. Kurtwood than his own son does turns up at the wake, ...Read More
The Kentucky Barbecue Book

Wes Berry

Kentucky’s culinary fame may have been built on bourbon and fried chicken, but the Commonwealth has much to offer the barbecue thrill-seeker.

The Kentucky Barbecue Book is a feast for readers who are eager to sample the finest fare in the state. From the banks of the Mississippi to the hidden ...Read More
Black Notes

Cheryl Hopson

From the Publishers page:

Cheryl R. Hopson’s poetry shows the influence of years of reading, living, thinking through and imagining what it means to be a girl and woman, a person of color, a Southerner, a feminist scholar of working-class origins, and a poet. The daughter of a mother who was and continues to be an enthusiastic and avid reader, Cheryl understood early on the beauty and significance of the written word. She began writing and reading poetry at twelve years old, after discovering the fiction of Maya Angelou and the poetry of Nikki Giovanni.
Scotch Tape World

Tom Hunley

"Tom C. Hunley, on the evidence of these poems, is as in love with, as he is bewildered by, the world. And although that might seem a common way of being in the world, Hunley's ability to render his love and bewilderment precisely in his poems is unique and necessary. ...Read More
Alfred Russel Wallace's 1886-1887 Travel Diary: The North American Lecture Tour

Charles H. Smith Editor and Megan Derr

Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) is best known as the man who sent an essay on natural selection to Charles Darwin in 1858, prompting the older naturalist to drop plans for his multi-volume work on the subject and produce a shortened version – On the Origin of Species – only a ...Read More
Enquête sur un Aventurier de l'Esprit : Le Véritable Alfred Russel Wallace

Charles H. Smith and Antoine Guillemain, Translator
Progressive Trends in Electronic Resources Management in Libraries

Jennifer A. W. Wright (Joe), Contributor; Nihar K. Patra, Editor; Bharat Kumar, Editor; and Ashis K. Pani, Editor

As physical collections go digital, the organizational procedures, budgets, and usage patterns of libraries must evolve to meet this change by identifying the various issues that are essential in understanding the management of e-resources.

Progressive Trends in Electronic Resource Management in Libraries provides relevant theoretical and practical details from an ...Read More
The Hiding Place

David Bell

Twenty-five years after a child’s murder shocks a small Ohio town, new evidence forces everyone to question what they believe in this tense thriller from the bestselling author of Since She Went Away and Cemetery Girl.

Janet Manning has been haunted by the murder since the day she lost sight of ...Read More
Annoyed Grunt

Tom Hunley

Imaginary Friend Press is happy to release Annoyed Grunt, by Tom C. Hunley! This chapbook includes a critical introduction by Denise Du Vernay as well as 19 pages of Hunley's fantastic poetry. These persona poems take on the roles of America's favorite family, The Simpsons, and the poems embrace each character's dysfunctions, insecurities, and charm.
The Poetry Gymnasium

Tom Hunley

This book contains ninety-four exercises designed to inspire creativity and help poets hone their skills. Each exercise includes a clearly-stated learning objective, historical background matter on the particular subgenre being explored, and an example written by students at Western Kentucky University. The text also contains model poems by leading American poets including Sherman Alexie, Billy Collins, Denise Duhamel, and Dean Young. The book’s five chapters correspond with the five canons of classical rhetoric: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery.
Harriet Martineau and the Irish Question: Condition of Post-famine Ireland

Deborah A. Logan, Editor

Aside from Letters from Ireland and Endowed Schools of Ireland, Harriet Martineau wrote an additional thirty-eight articles about Ireland for London’s Daily News between 1852 and 1866, plus another thirteen articles for Household Words, Atlantic Monthly, Once a Week, Westminster Review, and New York Evening Post. It is those uncollected ...Read More
Butler County

Nancy Richey

Butler County, located in the south-central part of the state, was the commonwealth’s 53rd county. Settlers moving into the area thought they had found “a little bit of heaven”—a virgin forest of oak, poplar, chestnut, hickory, and walnut and an abundance of wild game. Out of this wilderness developed a ...Read More
Preserving Local Writers, Genealogy, Photographs, Newspapers and Related Materials

Nancy Richey, Contributor; Carol Smallwood, Editor; and Elaine Williams, Editor

Preservation of historical documents and library related materials is a growing problem in all library types and institutions. Fortunately, editors Carol Smallwood and Elaine Williams have pulled together the wisdom of practicing professionals to elucidate how to cope with the many problems that arise when preserving, managing, and digitizing important collections.