ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 4 0 2 / C& RL N e w s ■ M a y 1999 N e w P u b l i c a t i o n s George M. Eberhart T h e B ird A lm a n a c , b y D a v id M. B ir d ( 5 1 2 p a g e s , F e b r u a ry 1 9 9 9 ), b rin g s to g e th e r a w e a lth o f a v ia n in fo r m a tio n f o r b ir d -w a tc h e r s , w h o s e n u m b e r s h a v e s w e l l e d r e c e n t ly t o m a k e t h e h o b b y s e c o n d o n l y t o g a r d e n i n g a s t h e n u m ­ b e r - o n e r e c r e a t io n w o r ld w id e . M o r e t h a n 2 0 0 p a g e s a re ta k e n u p b y a c o m p r e h e n s iv e c h e c k ­ list o f w o rld b ird s. O t h e r f e a tu re s in c lu d e fa c ts a n d illu stra tio n s o n b ird a n a to m y , t h e p h y s io l­ o g y o f flight, e g g s a n d n e sts, w o rld b ird re c o rd s ( “h ig h e s t p r ic e p a id f o r a b ird b o o k : $ 3 -9 6 m il­ lio n fo r a s e t o f J o h n J a m e s A u d u b o n ’s T h e B ir d s o f A m e r i c a in 1 9 8 9 ”) , a w h o ’s w h o in b ird b i o lo g y a n d c o n s e r v a t io n , lis ts o f b ir d in g h o tlin es a n d o th e r re s o u rc e s , a n d n u m e ro u s tips o n c h o o s in g b in o c u la rs, installing a p u rp le m ar­ tin h o u s e , a n d setting u p a b a c k y a rd feed er. B ird is d ir e c to r o f M c G ill U n iv e r s ity ’s A v ia n S c i­ e n c e a n d C o n s e r v a tio n C e n te r . $ 1 9 -9 5 . F ire fly B o o k s . IS B N 1 - 5 5 2 0 9 -3 2 3 - 9 . A n y o n e p la n n in g a b ir d in g trip t o M e x ic o w ill w a n t t o h a v e S te v e N. G . 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C o lu m b ia U n iv ersity P re ss . IS B N 0 -2 3 1 -1 1 5 6 8 - 7 . O n e o t h e r la n g u a g e s p o k e n a n d w ritte n b y th o u s a n d s o f p e o p le w o rld w id e is L e g a l L a n ­ g u a g e , t h e t o p i c a n d title o f a b o o k b y P e te r M. T ie r s m a ( 3 1 4 p a g e s , F e b r u a ry 1 9 9 9 ) th a t e x ­ a m in e s t h e o rig in , g ra m m a r, a n d s y n ta x o f th is d iffic u lt id io m . T h e a u t h o r id e n tif ie s u n u s u a l s e n t e n c e stru c tu re s , t e c h n i q u e s f o r im p r o v in g p r e c is io n a n d m e a n in g , a n d v a r ia tio n s in s p o ­ k e n a n d w r itt e n le g a le s e . I n t h e p r o c e s s h e m a k e s a g o o d c a s e f o r sim p lify in g it in to p la in E n g lis h , e s p e c ia lly in c o n tra c ts , le g is la tio n , a n d jury c o m m u n ic a tio n s . H e s u g g e sts th a t o n e re a ­ s o n th e ju ry in th e O . J . S im p s o n c a s e r e a c h e d a v e r d ic t o f n o t g u ilty w a s J o h n n i e C o c h r a n ’s skillful a n d c le a r c lo s in g a rg u m e n t ( “I f it d o e s n ’t fit, y o u m u s t a c q u i t ”) . $ 2 6 .0 0 . U n iv e r s ity o f C h ic a g o P re ss . IS B N 0 - 2 2 6 - 8 0 3 0 2 - 3 . H e a v e n s U n e a rth e d in N u rse ry R h y m e s a n d F a ir y T a le s, b y M att K a n e ( 3 0 8 p a g e s , J a n u a r y 1 9 9 9 ) , r e v e a ls t h e c e l e s t i a l o r ig in s o f s u c h fairy ta le s a s S n o w W h ite , R u m p elstiltsk in , a n d J a c k a n d t h e B e a n s t a lk . J u s t a s G io r g io d e S a n tilla n a a n d H e rth a v o n D e c h e n d d e m o n ­ s tr a te d in H a m le t 's M i l l (G a m b it , 1 9 6 9 ) th at m a n y m y th s w o r ld w id e w e r e s u b tle l e s s o n s in lu n a r a n d s o la r c y c le s a n d th e p r e c e s s io n o f th e e q u i n o x e s , s o K a n e s h o w s th a t S n o w W h ite , Little R e d R id in g H o o d , a n d C in d e re lla all r e p ­ r e s e n t lu n a r e c l i p s e s , a n d J a c k ’s m a g i c b e a n s s t a n d f o r t h e fiv e d a y s o f t h e w i n t e r s o ls t ic e . T h e th r e e b lin d m ic e sig n ify t h e th r e e n ig h ts o f th e n e w m o o n , a n d th e s e v e n d w a rv e s s y m b o l­ iz e t h e s e v e n m o o n s b e t w e e n t h e s o ls tic e s . O f c o u r s e , n o t a ll n u r s e r y r h y m e s a r e a s t r o n o m i­ c a l ( “R in g a r o u n d t h e R o s y ” h a d its o r ig in s in t h e 1 4 th -c e n tu ry B la c k D e a th ), b u t K a n e ’s w e ll- r e s e a r c h e d a n d m u ltic u ltu ra l s u r v e y is a v a lu ­ a b le c o n tr ib u tio n t o c e le s tia l im a g e r y in c la s s ic c h ild re n ’s literatu re. $ 2 4 .0 0 . G o ld e n E g g B o o k s , P .O . B o x 1 5 0 , A lto o n a , P A 1 6 6 0 3 . IS B N 0 - 9 6 6 7 0 7 6 -1 -3 . S p e llb o u n d : W o m e n a n d W it c h c r a f t in A m e ric a , e d ite d b y E liz a b e th R e is ( 2 7 6 p a g e s, mailto:geberhart@ala.org C& RL N e w s ■ M a y 1 9 9 9 / 4 0 3 F e b r u a r y 1 9 9 9 ) , e x a m i n e s h is to ric a l w itc h c r a ft a n d c o n t e m p o r a r y n e o p a g a n g o d d e s s r e lig io n in t h e U n ite d S ta te s . T h e s e 1 2 e s s a y s c o v e r d i­ v e r s e to p ic s , a m o n g th e m : t h e e c o n o m i c b a s is f o r w i tc h c r a f t p r o s e c u t io n s , m e n a c i n g o r u n ­ c o n v e n t i o n a l s p e e c h a s a n i n d ic a to r o f w i t c h ­ c ra ft, t h e s o c i o l o g y o f c o n f e s s i o n , t h e s la v e T itu b a a n d t h e S a le m w ith tria ls , t h e p o s s e s ­ s io n o f M arth a R o b e r s o n in B o s t o n in 1 7 4 1 , th e o u t b r e a k o f w itc h c r a f t a c c u s a t io n s a m o n g t h e S e n e c a I n d ia n s , t h e w i t c h m u r d e r tria l o f t w o C a y u ga w o m e n in B u ffa lo in 1 9 3 0 , a n d th e ro o ts o f f e m in is t n e o p a g a n i s m . $ 4 5 .0 0 . SR B o o k s . IS B N 0 -8 4 2 0 -2 5 7 6 - 6 . To D ie in C hicag o: C o n fe d e ra te Priso ners a t C a m p D o ug las, 1862-65, b y G e o r g e Levy ( 4 4 6 p a g e s , M a r c h 1 9 9 8 ) , is a c o m p r e h e n s i v e h is to r y o f t h e p r i s o n c a m p w h e r e m o r e C o n ­ fe d e r a te s d ie d th a n a t t h e b a ttle s o f S h ilo h a n d V ic k s b u r g c o m b in e d . L o c a te d n e a r t h e fo r m e r s ite o f t h e U n iv e r s ity o f C h i c a g o , C a m p D o u g la s stre tch e d e a st f r o m G i le s t o C o tta g e G r o v e a v e n u e s a n d n o r t h f r o m 3 1 s t t o 3 3 r d s t r e e t s — n o t a p o p u l a r t o u r is t s t o p t h e s e d a y s . L e v y c h r o n ic le s t h e w r e tc h ­ e d c o n d it i o n s a t t h e c a m p , e s p e c i a l l y in w in t e r , a n d u n e a r t h s s o m e little -k n o w n fa c ts a b o u t it: H e n ry M o rto n S ta n le y ( “D r. 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F in le y , w h o c u t a h o l e in t h e w o o d e n o u t s id e w a ll s o s h e c o u l d o p e r a t e a c o n c e s s i o n s t a n d f o r p r i s o n e r s ( a u ­ t h o r itie s r e p e a te d ly r e p a ir e d t h e w a ll, b u t s h e o p e n e d it a n o th e r 11 tim es), la ter w a s a p p o in te d su tler fo r th e c a m p ; th e C o n fe d e r a te c o n s p ir a c y o f 1 8 6 4 t o a tta c k th e c a m p a n d f r e e th e p ris o n ­ e rs w a s little m o r e t h a n w is h fu l t h in k in g ; f o r 1 0 c e n ts to u ris ts c o u l d c lim b a w o o d e n t o w e r a n d g e t a g lim p s e o f r e a l, liv e R e b e l s ; a n d t h e c a m p ’s b ig g e s t e s c a p e , w h e n 1 0 0 p ris o n e rs tu n ­ n e l e d u n d e r t h e w a lls in D e c e m b e r 1 8 6 3 , r e ­ s u lte d in a s e v e r e c r a c k d o w n . L evy a ls o id e n ti­ f ie s t h e C h ic a g o c e m e t e r i e s w h e r e t h e p r is o n ­ e rs w e r e b u ried . $ 2 9 .9 5 . P e lic a n P u b lis h in g C o ., P .O . B o x 3 1 1 0 , G r e t n a , LA 7 0 0 5 4 . IS B N 1 - 5 6 5 5 4 -3 3 1 -9 . W it n e s s t o N u re m b e rg , b y B r u c e M. Sta v e a n d M i c h e l e P a lm e r w ith L e s lie F r a n k ( 2 4 1 p a g e s , N o v e m b e r 1 9 9 8 ), p re s e n ts 11 in terv iew s w ith s e c u r it y g u a r d s , tr a n s la to r s , a tto r n e y s , jo u rn a lis ts , a n d t h e c o u r t r o o m ’s a r c h ite c t. U n ­ lik e leg a l a c c o u n ts o f th e p ro c e e d in g s , th e s e r e c ­ o l l e c t i o n s r e c a p t u r e w h a t it w a s l ik e f o r o r d i­ n a ry A m e ric a n s w h o w e r e a t th e trials o n a daily b a s is . $ 3 3 .0 0 . T w a y n e . IS B N 0 - 8 0 5 7 - 1 6 2 8 - 9 . The Y e a r 1000: W h a t Life W as L ik e a t th e T u rn o f t h e F irs t M ille n n iu m , b y R o b e r t L a c e y a n d D a n n y D a n z ig e r ( 2 4 0 p a g e s , F e b r u ­ a ry 1 9 9 9 ) , t a k e s t h e r e a d e r m o n th -b y -m o n th th r o u g h t h e first m ille n n ia l y e a r o n a lig h t b u t k n o w le d g e a b l e to u r o f A n g lo - S a x o n E n g la n d . T h e a u th o rs b a s e m u c h o f t h e ir d e s c r ip tio n o f everyd ay life o n th e m edieval J u liu s W o r k C a l­ e n d a r, a n illustrated d o c u m e n t p ro d u c e d in th e w ritin g s tu d io o f C a n te r b u ry C a th e d ra l s o m e ­ tim e a ro u n d 1 0 2 0 . T o p i c s r a n g e fro m f o o d a n d w e a lth t o re lig io n , w a r, a n d s e x , a s w e ll a s w h e t h e r o r n o t C h ristia n s th o u g h t th e w o rld w o u ld e n d th at yea r. $ 2 3 .0 0 . Little, B ro w n . ISB N 0 -3 1 6 -5 5 8 4 0 -0 . 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F o r th o s e w h o p re fer their knights a n d castles as projections o n a screen, T h e R e e l M id d le A g e s : F ilm s a b o u t M e d i e v a l E u r o p e , b y K ev in J . H arty ( 3 1 6 p a g e s , M a rch 1 9 9 9 ), is ju s t th e thing. H arty d e s c r ib e s n e a rly 6 0 0 titles, fro m G e o r g e s M é liè s ’s se v e r a l film s a b o u t J o a n o f A rc in 1 8 9 7 t o R o b C o h e n ’s Drαgonheαrt in 1 9 9 6 , e x p la in ­ in g th a t t h e M id d le A g e s p r e s e n t e d all t h e e l e ­ m e n ts o f a g o o d story: “lo v e, friend sh ip , intrigue, p a s s io n , a n d w a r.” E a c h en try lists p u b lis h e d r e ­ v ie w s a n d b o o k s o r a rtic le s f o r fu rth e r d is c u s ­ sio n . $ 7 8 .5 0 . M cFarlan d. IS B N 0 -7 8 6 4 -0 5 4 1 -4 . ■