NEW HAMPSHIRE BOOK COLUMN

by Dara Magnon, Reference Librarian
NH State Library
Reference & Information Services
(603) 271-3302
www.nh.gov/nhsl

Astarjian, Henry D. THE STRUGGLE FOR KIRKUK: THE RISE OF HUSSEIN, OIL, AND THE DEATH OF TOLERANCE IN IRAQ. Praeger Security International, Westport, CT. 2007 $49.95
ISBN 9780275995898
Astarjian is a physician in Nashua that grew up in Iraq. The book is part memoir of his time as a political prisoner, and part history of an oil rich city in Kurdistan.

Baker, Julie. THE GREAT WHALESHIP DISASTER OF 1871. Morgan Reynolds Publishing, Greensboro, N.C. 2007 $27.95
ISBN 9871599350431
Baker lives in Amherst. Her book tells the story of 32 whaleships that sailed to Alaska and became trapped in ice, stranding 1,200 people with meager supplies.

Baretto, Tim. SEARCHING FOR JOY. Beech River Books, Ossipee, N.H. 2007 $18.00
ISBN 9780979377846
Baretto teaches at UNH, Thompson School of Applied Science. He lives in Dover and is an advocate against child abuse. Searching for Joy is the story of 60 year old architect Tom Derringer, who discovers he has cancer and must confront the possibility of his death.

Churchill, Charles. EARLY SETTLEMENT AND OTHER POEMS. Beech Riverbooks, Center Ossipee, N.H. 2006 $24.00
ISBN 9780977651412
Churchill is a retired English teacher from Kingswood Regional High School in Wolfeboro, N.H. He currently resides in Maine. The book is illustrated by Dawn Marion of Center Ossipee.

Curtis, Rebecca. TWENTY GRAND: AND OTHER TALES OF LOVE AND MONEY. Harper Perennial, N.Y. 2007 $13.95
ISBN 9780061173097
Curtis grew up in Gilford, N.H. and writes stories set in New Hampshire. This is her first book. Curtis teaches at Columbia.

Davis, Cindy. ARE WE THERE YET? Treble Heart Books, Sierra Vista, AZ. 2007 $7.00
ISBN 20071932695559
Davis has been a New Hampshire resident since 1989. Are We There Yet? is her amusing memoir of raising three children during the 1990s.

DeCarteret, Mark. (IF THIS IS THE) NEW WORLD. March Street Press, Greensboro, N.C. 2007 $9.00
ISBN 159661059X
DeCarteret lives in Stratham. This is his collection of poems.

Demaree, Robert. FATHERS AND TEACHERS: POEMS 1984-2006. Beech River Books, Center Ossipee, N.H. 2007 $12.95
ISBN 978097937781
Demaree is a retired School Administrator who lives half the year in Wolfeboro and half in North Carolina.

Fogel, Alice B. BE THAT EMPTY: APOLOGIA FOR AIR. Harbor Mountain Press, Brownsville, VT. 2007 $14.00
ISBN 9780978600921
Fogel lives in Acworth. This is her third Book of Poems that she describes as a continuation of "...my exploration of the nature of our lives here in Northern New England."

Handford, J. Albert. IN THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT. Booksurge.com. 2007 $19.99
ISBN 97814196486
Handford is a retired U.S. Navy, private detective, hypnotherapist and scout leader. He lives in Center Sandwich. In the Dawn's Early Light is a fictional story of time travel aboard a Navy ship with mysterious cargo that ends up in 1421 Guam.

Hill, Joe. HEART SHAPED BOX: A NOVEL. William Morrow, New York, N.Y. 2007 $24.95
ISBN 97814196486
Hill is the son of Stephen King and is currently living in New Hampshire. This is the first novel by the award winning short story writer. It is a scary story about a dissipated former rock star that collects macabre. He buys a ghost inhabited suit over the Internet that disrupts his life.

Holmes, Richard. NUTFIELD RAMBLES: STORIES FROM THE HISTORY OF DERRY, LONDONDERRY, AND WINDHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE. Portsmouth, N.H. 2007
ISBN 9781931807647
Holmes is a Derry Town Historian. His book consists of "Historical rambles" about Nutfield nuggets like Lafayette's visit to Derry, the beggars of Barrington, and a mass murderer in Londonderry.

King, Ruth Sanborn. LISTEN TO THE CRICKETS: A MEMOIR ON RURAL LIFE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY. Lulu.com. 2007 $17.50
ISBN 978143031161
King is a retired librarian that grew up on the family farm in Loudon. The book is her memoir of a now vanished way of life.

Korfhage, Christine. WE AREN'T WHO WE ARE: AND THIS WORLD ISN'T EITHER. Cavenkerry Press, Fort Lee, N.J. 2007 $16.00
ISBN 9781933880044
This is Korfhage's debut Collection of Poems. They are autobiographical telling of her difficult childhood overseas. The author is also an artisan and a juried member of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen.

Kozlow, Robert. THE WHITE MOUNTAINS: A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY. Huntington Graphics, Burlington, VT. 2007 $29.95
ISBN 9781886064195
Kozlow is a dentist in Meredith, N.H. His book is a beautiful collection of images from various places in the White Mountains taken in all four seasons.

Lehrer, Jonah. PROUST WAS A NEUROSCIENTIST. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, MA. 2007 $24.00
ISBN 9780618620104
Lehrer is the editor-at-large for Seed magazine. He is also a science writer living in the Concord area. His book explores the idea that many scientific break-throughs were the results of artistic insight..

MacDougal, Ruth Doan. THE HUSBAND BENCH: OR BEV'S BOOK. Frigate Books. 2007 $12.21
ISBN 9780966335255
MacDougal is a New Hampshire native and the author of several novels. She has written updates to her father's hiking books. She is a recipient of the New Hampshire Writer's Project Lifetime Achievement Award. She has written several novels, beginning with the Cheerleader of New Hampshire characters as they live their lives. They tell the story of Beverly Colby, former high school beauty, and faltering marriage to Roger Lambert, high school basketball captain.

MacNeil, Maura. A HISTORY OF WATER. Finishing Line Press, Georgetown, KY. 2007 $12.00
ISBN 9781599241807
Maura lives in Henniker and is an Associate Professor at New England College. The book is a collection of poems recanting a summer of her childhood.

MacPherson, Maxwell. FOREVER YOURS. AuthorHouse, Bloomington, IN. 2007 $14.49
ISBN 9781431230
MacPherson lives in central New Hampshire. Forever Yours is a follow-up to the author's previous novel On Love and Animals. The book explores the wildlife in New Hampshire and other areas throughout the travels with Bess and Alex Samuel.

Milton, Edith. THE TIGER IN THE ATTIC: MEMORIES OF THE KINDER TRANSPORT AND GROWING UP ENGLISH. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL. 2005 $22.50
ISBN 0226529460
Author's unique childhood story. Jewish born in Germany. In 1939, just prior to Hitler's invasion of Poland, she was sent to England in a program that evacuated 10,000 Jewish children. She lived with a foster family for 7 years. Eventually Milton came to the United States and is now living in New Hampshire and California.

Moore, Michele C. & Caroline M. DeCosta. PREGNANCY AND PARENTING AFTER THIRTY-FIVE: MID LIFE, NEW LIFE. Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, MD. 2006 $16.95 ISBN 978080188317
Moore lives in New Hampshire and practices medicine. Her book is a thorough guide to the unique issues involved in pregnancy and childbirth in older women.

Older, Julia. TAHIRIH UNVEILED. Turning Point Books, Cincinnati, OH. 2007 $17.00
ISBN 9781933456591
Older lives in Southern New Hampshire. She is a poet, novelist, and translator. This is a book of her poems about Tahirih of Persea, the 19th century follower of Bab, "central figure in the creation of the Baha'I faith." Tahirih was a poet executed for her religious beliefs.

Ponders, Kim. THE LAST BLUE MILE. Harper Collins, N.Y. 2007 $24.95
ISBN 9780060847067
Ponders was one of the first American women in combat during Desert Storm. Now part of the Air Force Reserve, she lives in New Hampshire. This is her second novel that tells the story of Brook Searcy, a female cadet at the Air Force Academy, enmeshed in a cheating scandal.

Ronstadt, Robert. THE TUITION TRAVESTY: AND WHAT STUDENTS, PARENTS, ALUMNI, AND DONORS CAN DO ABOUT IT. www.booksurge.com (self published). 2007 $23.99
ISBN 9781419674235
Ronstadt is a former vice president of Boston University and a Gilmanton resident. This book is an exposé of the high cost of attending college with strategies for students to make education more affordable.

Rutt, Stephanie. AN ORDINARY LIFE TRANSFORMED: LESSONS FOR EVERYONE FROM THE BHAGAVAD GITA. Hobblebush Books, Brookline, N.H. 2006 $20.00
ISBN 9780976089667
Rutt is the Minister at the Tree of Life Interfaith Fellowship in Milford. This book explains Hindu Philosophy and principles for applying it to our lives.

Spirito, K. . Peter E. Randall Publisher, Portsmouth, N.H. 2006 $16.95 SPIDERLING (LA ROSA CHRONICLES, 5TH BOOK, SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF FAMILY)
ISBN 9781931807531
Spirito lives in New Hampshire. Spiderling is a thriller set in the White Mountains. It's a story of the world on the verge of destruction. All linking to an ecology camp in the Mountains that is actually a terrorist sleeper cell.